Wiscasset Bride and Local Wedding Ledger Highlights
The article details the wedding of Miss Gorham to Harry L. Bradford in Wiscasset with close family attendance, then notes a Worcester Hotel reception and a weeklong honeymoon. It lists wedding party members, guests, and subsequent residence at the Gorham homestead, plus surrounding social updates and town notices including the Wis casset Water Company meeting and various local society events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E
Aura E. Gorham
Harry L. Bradford
Wiscasset
Charles E. Cowley
Federal Street
George E. Millard
William A. Bradford
Garrison Hill
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright
American Legion Auxiliary
Bradford
Bates College
Harvard University
Wiscasset Academy
Windham High School
Lawrence Lord
Edna Bradford
Harrison
Frank Lawrence
Rachel Bradford
Woolwich
George Bradford
Gayle Bradford
Bath
Alfred E. Gorham
Lee S. Gorham
Augusta
Edward B. Wise
W. A. Gorham
Eva and
Evelyn
Personal Items From Newark and South
Personal notices list Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGuire of Newark N J and Mrs George Push ard and Mrs Victor Odlin of South as featured in a local social column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McGuire
Newark, N. J
George Pushard
Victor Odlin
South
West Bath Milk Dealer Sells Route to Oakhurst Dairy
James B. Lemont of West Bath, a veteran milk dealer for nearly 75 years, sells his milk route to Oakhurst Dairy. His farm, established by his father Joseph M. Lemont, will continue supplying customers with milk from the Lemont herd. The community notes include PTA summer roundup plans, school entrant letters, local doctor examinations, and various visits and relocations around Foster's Point and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Lemont
Bath
Oakhurst Dairy
Lemont
Oscar _Adams
Berry's Mill Road
Grange
Trufant’s Crossing
M. Jeanne Eliot
Lillian M. Snow
Foster's Point
Edward
Brenda
Melford Perham
Courtney Stover
Corliss Street
Herbert White
Fairfield
White
Walter W. Larrabee
Topsham
Billy
Joseph
David
Larrabee
Local residents noted in Bath road visit and Boothbay Harbor business trip
John Downey hosted a Monday evening gathering on the Bath road. Mrs. Ethelyn Barlow of Boothbay Harbor was in town on business Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Downey
Bath Road
Ethelyn Barlow
Boothbay Harbor
Town
Death of Randall F. Cummings Wis casset Supt of Schools
The Wis casset community mourns Supt Randall F. Cummings who died Sunday afternoon in Edgecomb. Born in Belmon t Millss he was about 45 and led the district serving Alna Edgecomb Dresden Pittston and Wiscasset for 18 years. Funeral at Edgecomb Congregational with Rev Vincent, cremation in Everett Mass. All Wiscasset schools closed in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Randall F. Cummings
Edgecomb
Mr. Cummings
Belmont
Millss
Alna
Dresden
Pittston
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post
Congregational Church
Vincent
Everett
Mass
South End P T A Discusses State Legislative Matters
Miss Elizabeth Deering led the South End P T A meeting in Washington street rooms on topics including the teachers tenure bill compulsory vaccination and the nautical school being developed with Bath Iron Works Corp and Hyde Windlass Co A tolls freeing bill was also noted A state convention will be in Boston May 18 22 and another in October at Old Orchard Hostesses were Mrs Richard Quick and Mrs N Gratz Jackson The next meeting is May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Deering
South End
Washington Street
Nautical School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Boston
Old Orchard
Richard Quick
N. Gratz Jackson
Woolwich attic yields Harrison and Tyler campaign button reviving 1840 tale
A Woolwich attic discovery unearths a 1840 Harrison and Tyler campaign button. The glass edged brass insignia with log cabin motif recalls the era’s rough campaigning and Harrison’s brief presidency from March 4 1841 to April 4 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison & Reform
William Henry Harrison
Great Northwest
Louisiana Purchase
Ohio
Congress
Senate
John Tyler
Harrison
James River
Virginia
White House
Maine
Kent
Edward Kent
John Fairchild
Fairchild
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Woolwich
Allan Spear
Bath Savings Institution
West Bath Grange finals set for chicken pie supper
West Bath Grange fixed plans for Friday night with a chicken pie supper and reserved ticket sales due by Wednesday. A Strawberry festival with a Stephen Foster program and dance was discussed for late June. A Pomona meeting at Merriconeag Grange on May 8 was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Edward B. Hamblett
John M. Howe
Frank S. Cromwell
Edward Jenks
Stephen Foster
William Armstrong
Pomona
Merriconeag Grange
Armstrong
Grace Waterman
Fred J. Rose
Ceres
Leon M. Genthner
Wallace MacDonald
William Davis
Penny March
Charles Genthner
Kenneth Stoltz
Fred Rose
David Fields
Marie Rose
Flora
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Mr. Shellenbarger
John
Jerry Haile
Community notices and social rounds in Woolwich area
Woolwich community groups plan events a school board party, game night, teachers club and Mothers club gatherings. Residents update on moves, church services resuming on Mother's Day with special music, and various relocations including ministers and families moving within Bath and Day's Ferry areas.
Bath-area social notices report familial visits and travel
Mr and Mrs J C Poulteter of Man left Monday for two weeks in Philadelphia. Alden Farnham and family hosted and visiting relatives, with Mrs Farnham returning to stay two weeks. Other Bath guests include J Frank Hunt Joan Redlon June Craig and Melvin Dickinson visiting Shaw households. Nearby travel includes Hollywood visitors with a drive home via Flint Michigan and Bath plans for summer. Ida Beals and Harvey Hathorne with Mrs Pettengill visited Gardiner and Beals relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Poulteter
Man
Alden Farnham
Barbara
David
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Farnham
George B. Farnham
J. Frank Hunt
Joan
J. Albert Redlon
Lemont Street
Bath
June Craig
Melvin Dickinson
Wiscasset
Harold Shaw
George W. Shaw
Moatsweag
Alden F
Westboro
Sagadahoc Ferry
Fred Wright
Bath Country Club
California
Ida M. Beals
Harvey P. Hathorne
Allen Pettengill
South Portland
Gardiner
Beals
Harry A. Beals
Farewell Reception for Woolwich Pastor Charles T Brown
A farewell supper and reception honored Charles T Brown at Sagadahoc Ferry Good Will club hall after four years with Woolwich Union for Christian Service. Gifts and a Good Luck cake preceded his move to Monmouth Federated church where he begins a new sermon on Mother's Day. Brown, born in Housatonic Mass, studied at Bangor Theological Seminary and Bowdoin college while serving Woolwich. Rev Herbert F Milligan will assume Woolwich duties next Sunday. The event featured a fishing license gift amid lighthearted merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 6
Jennie Howe
Florence Temple
Louis Reynolds
Bernette Wallace
Day’s Ferry
Clayton Armstrong
Mary Scribner
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Good Will Club
Riverside Cemetery Association
Ferry
Leon Kelley
Brunswick
Lawrence Ryan
Philadelphia
Boston
Farnham
Ralph Rice
Bath Iron Works
Sara Bagley Wright
Massachusetts
Albion L. Corliss
Skowhegan
Congregational Churches of
Maine
Central Church
Bath
Clifford Ritchie
Clifford, Jr
Joan
Chicopee
Mass
Charles D. McDonald
Dedham
Harry N. Wright
Paul and
Norman
Hollywood
Calif
Winfield Wright
George Wright
Nequasset
Christine Hathorne
Wiscasset
Wilmot Dodge
C. E. Bousfield
Hall Inn
Edward Wilson
Denver
Col
Clara Hathorne
E. A. Dolloff
Jefferson
Damariscotta
York Beach
Howe
Wilbur Howe
Herbert Redding
Sagadahoc Ferry
Redding
Duncan McIintosh
Blanche Littlefield
Portland
North Haven
Charles T. Brown
Woolwich
Harry Fitch
Lawrence Putnam
Arthur Orr
Alex St. Pierre
Florence Carlton
Federated Church
Mr. Brown
Housatonic
William C. Brown
Stockbridge
Bangor
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bowdoin College
Brown
Huntoon Hill Grange Hosts Men Win Contest Awards
In a literary contest the men of Huntoon Hill grange win over the women. The Kelley Gavel will be presented to Southport grange Thursday evening May 8. Ken McKenzie will present a program for Huntoon Hill grange on May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntoon Hill Grange
Kelley
Southport Grange
Southport
Ken McKenzie
Driver Pleads Guilty in Stop Sign Case
Arthur J. Robinson a truck driver for contractor Rocco Zoppo working on the city water main was arraigned in Municipal court Wednesday for allegedly passing a stop sign at Middle and Winter streets. He pleaded guilty and paid costs of court 4 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Robinson
Rocco Zoppo
Robinson
Byron E. Clark
Middle
Winter Streets
Birds Arrive at Bay Point and Local News Briefs
Purple finches and tree swallows arrive as summer homes are sought. Red winged black birds spotted in Georgetown. a birdhouse was found emptied with red squirrels using the space. Mother squirrel relocated the babies to the woods within ten minutes. Bay Point road scraped and fenced snow removal ended for the season. Community notes praise Albert Coombs and record visits by residents and visitors, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and several Bay Point locals visiting cottages and attending gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Bay Point
Albert Coombs
Belmont
Mass
Jehovah's Witnesses
Amos Steadman
Cambridge
Birchwood
Stephen Etnier
Stephanie Jay
Victoria Elizabeth
Gilbert Head
Gilbert Lewis
Walter Powers
Andrew Butterfield
Elizabeth
Maurice Burns
L. M. Spinney
Truman Taylor
Marr Town
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth Deering
Eva Gaudet
Dalrymple
Boston
Georgetown Road
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Charles Johansen
Bath
Lawrence Perow
George Moses
Cynthia Ann
Harry
Harry W. Crosman
Camp Brokus
Lois and
Kay Burns
Echo Valley
Lou
Picnic Supper on Rocks by Bath Oceanside
About 40 Bath youths and a Bruns wick Universalist delegation shared a picnic supper on the rocks overlooking the ocean Sunday night. Rev. Sheldon Christian spoke on Youth and Life at a camp meeting for the Bath Pilgrim Fellowship, followed by a vocations and education discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Universalist Church of
Brunswick
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship
Mary Young
Sebasco
Sheldon Christian
Universalist Church
Raymond G. Putnam
Nequasset Farm Bureau Hosts Three Areas Meeting
Nequasset Farm Bureau entertained Dromore Montsweag and West Bath Farm Bureaus Wednesday at the Good Will club house Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich. Theresa Anderson Maine Public Health Association spoke at 1.30 on Mental Hygiene. Anderson was met at the toll house at 11.30 by bureau officers and hosted at Begin's with tea served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Dromore
Montsweag
West Bath
Bath Guests and Army Private Returned From Macon
Mrs. Frank H. Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Dunton both of Pearl street left Macon Monday for Bath where Mr. Johnson, a U S Army private, is stationed. Mrs. Ronald MacGilvary of Woodfords visited Mr. and Mrs. C E Gordon on Oak street for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Johnson
Pearl Street
Elizabeth Dunton
Johnson
U. S. Army
Macon
Bath
Ronald MacGilvary
Woodfords
C. E. Gordon
Oak Street
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Bradford-Wise
Wiscasset Water Company
Larrabee and Redennett
Charles S. Sewall
Perry B. Bryne
James L. Bryne
Bradford C. Redennett
Samuel J. Sewall
Wm. A. Holman
Ray Belanger
Damariscotta Memorial Hospital
Belanger
Ruth Grover
Viola Grover
Ladies of
St. Philip's Guild
Britain
Alton Erskine
Wm. A. Gorham
Charles S. Barnes
Sandra Lee
Guy Cromwell
Gerald Gott
Marshall Erskine
Glenwood Brown
Famiy
Arthur
Albert
Hollis
Marcia
Pearl Erskine
New England College Entrance Certificate Board
Katherine B Lewis
Red Mens Hall
Girls Glee Club
Aarolyn Rines
Cinderela
Frances Callahan
Thalia Bailey
Kay Dow
Dorothy Sproul
Verne Farmer
Helen Penne
Wonderta Nickels
Ruth Jackson
Alberta Grover
Virginia Adams
Marjorie Holbrook
Muriel Lewis
Fairies
Fianne Monte
Shea
Dorothy Culby
Mary Lou Soule
Barbara Merry
Lowise Dutton
Mariya Bader
Rebecca Grover
Geneva Sherman Valeria Been
Clara Dow
Marilyn Penne
Nancy Smith
Bullie Ingram
Lords
Barbara Sullivan
The
Academy
Orchestra
Frederick Pendleton
Horace MacMahan
Merry Marilyn Petrie
Helen Light
Helen Petrie
Dorothy Colby
Carleen Shea
Robert Day
Robert Adams
Richard Reed
Winona Leavitt
Frances Plumstead
H. O. Pushard
Rosilla Dow
Bridge Or Conn
Robert E. Maass, Jr
Patricia Ann
Maass
Harry Quinnam
Erie Proving Grounds
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Harve de Grace
Stuart Brown
Dow Bungalow
Janice Gould
B. F. Blagdon
Jackson Quinnam
Diana
Eugene McGrath
A. W. Keirstead
Lisbon Falls
Leon G. Flood
Brewer
Grace L. Knight
Plymouth
Annie G. Macorda
New York
Main Street
Parker E. Mareau
Alice Taylor
Somerville
Joseph Hubbard
Hubbard
William Elliot
St. Petersburg
Fla
Milton Martin
Bingham
Earl Colby
Martin
Sanders Engineering Co
Birchpoint
Harvey R. Pease
Bernard Merry
Stanley W. Dodge
General Grand Council of the
United States
Everett W. Jackson
Dickinson House
Sheepscot Road
Charles Lee
Lee
Fessenden Chase
Earl D. Rines, Jr
Barbara Ann
E. D. Rines
Sewall P. Strout
Rosa Miller
Malden
Strout Farm
Grace Knight
Camden
Raymond Quinnam
Henry Dyer
Laura Seavey
F. D. Southard
William Rich
Southard
Grace Sewall
Lincoln Home
Newcastle
Freeman Trott
Chancellor Clagdon
Sewall Strout
North Edgecomb
Donald Hunnewell
Henry
Mary Lou
Allen W. Hunnewell
Kendell Hunnewell
Joanne
Gerald
John Minott
Julia Lewis
Lewis
Harold Campbell
John Kilborn
Peter
Cape Elizabeth
Kilborn
Allen Hunnewell
Hunnewell
Reginald H Harris
Ralph A. Gallagher
Weston Hilton
Gordon Anderson
Fred R. Merry
Edwin S. Pooler
al Gorham
South End P. T. A
George A. Milliken
Earl Stinson
Mr. Stinson
Mrs
Elwell Stinson
Bath and
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