Wiscasset Notes of Return Visits and Events
Wiscasset residents report post winter returns and visits. Mrs. Charles Macurda returns to Main Street after wintering in Boston. Miss Joanna Evans visits with parents on Federal Street while Miss Anne Nelder resumes bank duties. Sidney Evans returns home after a month in Miles Memorial Hospital from an auto accident and is improving. A home nursing course concludes with a party for Mrs. Dunnack and a Red Cross fundraising play draws $46 for disaster relief. Red Cross dressings work expands with nursery provisions for caregivers. The Vite Box Presentation is announced for May 10 at St. Philip’s church in the district. The Rev George L. Cadigan to preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Macurda
Boston
Addie Merry
Benjamin Blagdon
Anne Nelder
Joanna Evans
Leavitt Institute
Sidney G. Evans
Federal Street
Jean Reid
Princeton
N. J
Hans Jenson
Middle Street
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Evans
H. E. Dunnack
Newcastle
Dunnack
Frances Brown
Hill
Celia Etheridge
Clara Bean
Madelin- Colby
Vera Haggett
Harriet Jackson
Janette Keefe
Helen Gorham
Keirstead
Margaret Fisher
Ophelia
Elizabeth Sproul
Sukey
Mary Stinson
Molly
Olive Dow
Delia
Lillian Wetherbee
Sarah
Elinor Sproul
Jane
Lillian Gagnon
Cecelia
Seymore Gagnon
Samantha
Thelma Flagg
Lis Hopkins
Lucill Gagnor
Marina
Dorothy Fulton
May Jennie
Mary McNinch
Marilda
Clara Wetherbee
Topsy
Lillian Gagnor
Rachel
Evelyn Gibbs
Claribell
Isabel Gagnor
Annabel
Jeanette Gagnor
Hannah
Vinigar Butler
Loretta
Frances Grover
Rebecca
Shirley Cain
Ezekiel
Lowell Stinson
Huston Wadwell
Robert Condon
Gardiner Road
Verna Southard
Barbara Dow
Elaine Dow
Ruthena Thompson
Mabel Bryant
Ruth Applin
Mildred Morris
Emily Riley
Bertha Day
Mrs. Gamache
Erma Brewer
Eileen Foye
Red Cross Surgical
Lincoln County
Wiscasset
Louise Malcolm
Shirley White
St. Philips Church
Maine
George L. Cadigan
St. Pauls Church
Brunswick
George G. Chiera
Rogers Named Recorder Of Houston Municipal Court
Gov Sumner Sewall appoints Alfred L Rogers as recorder of the Houston municipal court succeeding Harry H Baulch who goes to federal service as a lieutenant. Baulch has run an automobile business and partnered in Frank Berry women’s clothing store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred L. Rogers
Sumner Sewall
Houston
Harry H. Baulch
United States
Frank Berry
Houston School
Frank
Ricker Junior College
Madeline
Katherine Gibbs
Boston
Winter Street Auxiliary Hosts Annual Tea in Chapel
The Winter Street church Auxiliary held its annual tea Tuesday afternoon in the chapel set with forsythia and spring flowers. Mrs. Ralph O. Dale led arrangements with cochairs Mrs. Joseph Purdue and Mrs. John Sylvester. A varied musical program featured Bath public schools supervisor Mrs. John Emmons Sawyer and student performers. The event included decor, service, and ticketing efforts and will conclude the season with a May 12 meeting and supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Ralph O. Dale
Joseph O. Purdue
John H. Sylvester
Carleton W. Andrews
Purdue
John Emmons Sawyer
Jean Smart
Bath Public
Linna Marie Purdue
Zitamarie Sullivan
Geraldine Corliss
Martha Day
Virginia Bowker
Gertrude Dole
Valerie Nickersen
Central Grammar
Thelma W. Dearing
Jean Sibelius
Roscoe P. McFadden
Edward B. Smith
Alice E. Varney
J. Albert Redlon
J. Edward Drake
Henry O. Trowbridge
Alice F. Johnson
Sylvester
Lucy G. Rogers
Clifford B. Smith
Alfred McCabe
Percy Pratt
Howard W. Pratt
Harold Thayer
Alice Lorraine Purdue
Natalie Perkins
Grace Crowley
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Earl C. Kimble
William Crowley
Russell M. Colby
Robert P. Manson
Ernest Freeman
Edgar D. Leavitt
Emery Freeman
Henry O. McCabe
Frederick H. Cullen
Cullen
Morton F. Young
North-Center P T A Plans Playgrounds for Bath Children
At a Bath meeting the North Center P T A voted to cooperate with the city to establish playgrounds and with health authorities to obtain diphtheria toxoid for children. Mrs W S Voorhees reviewed a Boothbay district meeting with guest child psychologists Cary Cleveland Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Oak Street
Bath
W. S. Voorhees
Boothbay
Cary Cleveland Myers
W. Scott Davis
Marius Page
Morris Powieh
Florence J. Parker
W. L. Voorhees
North Center
Harland A. Leedd
Ladd
Joseph Smith
American Legion Police Meet Thursday Evening
All members are requested to attend at the Legion hall Thursday evening May 7 at seven to receive orders and instructions.
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American Legion Police
Legion Hall
West Bath notes travel and local visits
West Bath residents and visitors are listed in a string of short items. Mrs James B Lemont travels to St John New Brunswick to stay with her sister Mrs Isabella Dunthey. Families from Berry Mills, Auburn and Bath plan weeks at Bald Head Small Point and other getaways. Community members visit relatives in Boothbay Harbor Boston Melrose and St George Quebec while local staff aid sugar rationing at Berry Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Lemont
St. John
N. B
Isabella Dunthey
Rufus Lombard
Berry Mills
Litchfield School
Katherine Campbell
Loring D. Small
Leon Belanger Jr
Edward K. Thompson
Edwin W. Haggett
George Jewett
Hadley Tremaine
Robert R. Coombs
William White
Edward Footer
Upper High Street
Bath
Perry
Edward
Boothbay Harbor
Dorothy Waterman
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Boston
Alfred Gray
Roxbury
Earl Hobart
Melrose
Mass
James Williams
Fred Williams
Cape Elizabeth
Lincoln Williams
Fosters Point
Grace Wessinger
Lowell School
Llvelyn D. Rogers
Gardiner
David Williams
Williams
Bertha Davis
Emily Larrabee
West Bath
St. George
Quebec
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee Grove
DeForrest Day
Wiscasset
Clement Yates
Danvers
Chester King
Phippsburg
William Sampson
Trufant’s
Wesley Lemont
J. Everett Mayo
Trufants Crossing
O. A. Knight
Sabine
Humphrey A. Owen
John Foster
Eugenie Chamberlain
Waterville
Lane
Grange Meeting Draws Gov Sewall Crowd and Frank Remark
At a recent grange gathering Gov. and Mrs. Sumner Sewall attended drawing a crowded hall. Officials rearranged seating to ease the program as a purple velvet clad guest joked about not being able to “get together.”
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Sumner Sewall
the Grange Son
Maine Council of Catholic Women held tenth annual convention
More than 400 women attended the Maine Council of Catholic Women's tenth annual convention in Augusta on Saturday and were guests of Mrs. Sumner Sewall at Blaine House for tea. Mrs. Sewall greeted guests at the door and many toured the governor's home for the first time, including the Blaine study with its historical articles from James G. Blaine's era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Council of Catholi Women
Augusta
Sumner Sewall
Blaine House
West Bath Grange Pays Tribute to Mothers Day Program
West Bath Grange No. 154 P of H hosted a Mother’s Day tribute featuring a mother and son duet by Mrs. Grover C. Smith and Graydon Smith, readings, tableaux, and songs. Performances honored moms with a roll call, quiz, and audience dancing to live music, as about 100 attendees participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Armstrong
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Grover C. Smith
Graydon Smith
Russell W Kenney
Whistler
Hope Ward
Alice F. Johnson
Thomas Fessenden
Doris E. Armstrong
Ruth Furbish
Topsham Grange
Wesley H. Lemont
Lincoln Williams
Herbert Simpson
Girard Hodgkins
Lewis E. Palmer
Frederick Morton
Sir Walter Scott
Roger Pinkham
Texas
D. Wylie Lémont
Harry Moore
Rose Jean
Russell W. Kenney
Women of Wesley Society Plans May Social
The Women of Wesley Society of Wesley Methodist Church met in the vestry with Mrs. A. M. Butterfield presiding. They planned a social for May 29 with a play and games led by Mrs. Walter F. Day and Mrs. Walter E. Upham, plus refreshments.
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Women OF
Wesley Society
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
A. M. Butterfield
Willard McLean
Waterville
Walter F. Day
Walter E. Upham
Robert S. Gordon
Red Cross
Mabel Paquet
Llewellyn D. Rogers
West Bath
Kidder
Lawrence Houston
Weeks
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Topsham
Jennie Walker
Butler Funeral Held for Osgood Butler
The funeral for Osgood Butler was held Wednesday afternoon at his residence on High Street. Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt of the Corliss Street church led the service. Bearers were four Fort Preble soldiers, including Privates Mayhew Hornyak Sprague and Moulton, with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood Butler
High Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street
Fort Preble
Mr. Butler
Martin Butler
Mayhew, Hornyak
Sprague
Moulton
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woolwich Club News Highlights Local Meetings and Visits
The next Teacher's club meeting is at Day's Ferry schoolhouse with Miss Priscilla Willard hosting on May 14. Various clubs met recently including Day's Ferry Community and Goodwill clubs, with sewing and quilting activities. A list of local residents visited or were hosted in Woolwich and nearby towns.
Brotherhood Votes to Send Delegates to Washington
At a meeting of the Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers the local unit voted to send delegates to a suggested meeting with the Shipbuilding Stabilization committee in Washington this month. The C I O and A F of L will have no voice at the meeting. The group reported pay raises after reclassifications and approved 5000 campaign buttons and hiring an office staff including a dues collector. William Allard presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
E. H. Petterson
Newport News
East Coast Alliance of Independent Shipyard Unions of America
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee
Washington, D. C
Alliance
A. F. of
Washington
Brotherhood
William Allard
Hyde Windlass executive Bert Cousins hospitalized
Bert Cousins of Hyde Windlass Co. is a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital, awaiting treatment and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Cousins
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath Memorial Hospital
Rationing Sugar Stamps Explained by Local Officials
Grocers confused about sugar rationing rules as stamps 1 through 28 have designated usage periods. Harland A. Ladd clarifies that each stamp allows one pound of sugar in its designated two week window, stamps void if removed or unused, and grocers must file stamps on a War Ration Stamp Card for stock purchases.
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Superintendent of Schools
Harland A. Ladd
Telephone
Office of Superintendent of Schools
Mother's Day Observed at Winter Street Congregational Church
Mother's Day will be observed Sunday in Winter Street Congregational church with flowers on the communion table in memory of mothers. Donors may contribute via Miss Grace Dickinson or Rev. Joseph O. Purdue. contributions go to the honorees before Wednesday evening. Raymond Gardner of Rockland takes over as manager of the Western Union office in Newburyport Mass on May 1. He previously served in Rockland and Amesbury and Farmington Maine. The fifth annual Stephens High School band concert at Abbott auditorium, under Harry J. Cohen, raised about $500 with Claude Phillips of Salem as conductor and Walter M. Smith of Boston as guest cornet soloist. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Higgins of Bedford Street visited Portland recently.
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Congregational Church
Nequasset
Mother’s Club
Carlton Day Reed
Day's Ferry
Mable Jack
Albert R. Richard
Alberta
Frank W. Packard
Auburn
Rose Blagdon
Louise
William
Earl Gainsley
Portsmouth
N. H
George Gainsley
Earl Stimson
Skowhegan
Boston
Albert Bailey
Joseph Smith
Bath
Warren Pashard
Emma Hunt
Winter Street Congregational Church
Grace Dickinson
Joseph O. Purdue
Raymond Gardner
Rockland
Western Union
Newburyport
Mass
Massachusetts
Amesbury
Farmington
Maine
Stephens High School
Abbott Auditorium
Harry J. Cohen
Praest
Claude Phillips
Salem
Walter M. Smith
Lieut Dougherty Promoted to Captain in Army Medical Corps
Lieut. John Dougherty medical director of the Springfield recruiting and induction station and aviation cadet board member, promoted to captain retroactive to February 1 1942. He is a Georgetown and Boston University graduate who served at St Elizabeth hospital prior to active duty and now supervises the induction station with a staff of 22 civilian medical specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dougherty
Springfield
Aviation Cadet Board
Capt. Dougherty
Daniel T. Dougherty
North Street
Bath
Georgetown
Boston
Dougherty
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Brighton
Mass
Medical
Harold J. McCann
McCann
Army of the United States
Bay Point Births and Local News Highlight Community
Congratulations to Joseph Rosborough and Jean Bowman Bowman's family welcomes Nancy Jean born to a Mo line Illinois couple with ties to Oak Park and Salter Island. Virginia born to James Oliver on April 27 at Boothbay hospital. Bay Point church members welcome Rev. Keehlwetter back after eye surgery in Boston. Sympathy to J Gould Hamilton on wife Louisa's death. family includes son, two daughters, three grandchildren. Coast Guard blackout reported. Bay Point lights out in under 20 minutes with local help. Red Cross nurse Ada McConnell visited families. residents assist with street light notices. Several residents relocate boats and cottages. Delano visits Bowdoinham before York trip. Mary Ruth Malcolmson and Fred Malcolmson Jr. travel to New York. Harry Stone and Harold Robinson spend weekend, Robinsons at Honey Moon. Timothy Perow and friend at cottage. Florence Achard travels to New York but will return Wednesday.
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Joseph Rosborough
Moline
Ill
Nancy Jean
Rosborough
Jean Bowman
Earl Bowman
Oak Park
Salter Island
Bowman’s
James Oliver
Boothbay Hospital
Virginia
Bay Point
First Baptist Church of
Georgetown
F. Keehlwetter
Keehlwetter
Boston
J. Gould Hamilton
Louisa Hamilton
Hamiltons
Hamilton
Whittaker Boys
Miss Howard
Ada McConnell
R. N
Red Cross
New York
Harry Stone
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Honey Moon
Timothy Perow
Florence Achard
Achard
Miss Emma Alden Heads to Brookline After Bath Visit
Miss Emma Alden left Thursday morning for Brookline Massachusetts after a brief visit in Bath. Miss Hazel Feero a Morse High School teacher spent the weekend there and returned to her duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Alden
Brookline, Mass
Bath
Hazel Feero
Morse High
Boston
Justus H Miller Elected Head of the Rotary Club
The Rotary Club nominating committee reported officers for the year starting July 1 with Justus H Miller as president and a slate including Rupert M Irvine as vice president Carl Y Kennedy as treasurer Boyd L Bailey as secretary and Carl C Anderson Charles A Shepard Donald D Young and John Parker as directors all unanimously chosen. John Parker presided and Dr Francis A Winchenbach urged greater blood transfusion bank interest at Memorial hospital with three Rotarians volunteering to donate blood tonight. The club voted a cash donation to cover clinic expenses including fruit juices food and stimulants after tests with other city service clubs sharing costs. Visiting Rotarians L Gastonguay Reginald A Ouellette P L Arnold George H Mensk Ernest Farnsworth and a Portland guest attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Justus H. Miller
Rupert M. Irvine
Carl Y. Kennedy
Boyd L. Bailey
Carl C. Anderson
Charles A. Shepard
Donald D. Young
John Parker
L. Gastonguay
Reginald A. Ouellette
Lewiston
P. L. Arnold
Portland
Bath Chapter Praised for War Relief Dress Shipment
The Bath chapter of the British War Relief Society is praised after sending a 50-dress shipment last Tuesday. Boston headquarters thanks Mrs. Alexander MacDonald in charge of shipments, noting the ease of clothing despite wartime strain and highlighting the dresses as practical and attractive. Mrs. John Taylor and Mrs. Leah Strout of Washington street were in Portland and Saco Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
British War Relief Society
Boston
Alexander MacDonald
Maine
John ‘Taylor
Leah Strout
Washington Street
Portland
Saco
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Henry J. White
Lahey Clinic
Corey Hill Hospital
Brookline
Woolwich
Wilson M. Wright
Clarence Clark
Richard
Newport
Wright
Winfield S. Wright
Harold Roberts
George Wright
Supt
Wilbur Higgins
Bedford Street
Lieut. Dougherty
Bath Man
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Henry W. Owen, Jr
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