Brackett Honored by Wiscasset Bar Association
Probate Judge John W. Brackett received a framed Maine coast oil painting by Alphonse J. Shelton and a personal letters book at a testimonial luncheon at the Wiscasset Inn. Harvey R. Pease led the tribute as 25 lawyers praised his character kindness to young lawyers and faithful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thon
John W. Brackett
Ela
Wiscasset Inn
Judge Brackett
Maine Coast
Wiscasset
Alphonse J. Shelton
Harvey R. Pease
Bar Association
Huntoon Hill Juvenile Grange
Legion Hall
Wiscassett High School
F H. A
Augusta
Jean Graves
Edgar Rankin
Mason Plant
Birch Point
St. Philip’s Church
Macurda
Main Street
John L. Blagdon
Lincoln County Superior Court
Chester Marden
Waterville
Judge Marden
Stanley Johnson
Harry Mosher
Burton Reed
Boothbay Harbor
William Munro
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Wiscasset High School
Bowdoin College
Hilton
Michaud
Marco Club
Patricia Haines
Local society notes and a tragic yard accident
Personal items show moves and visits among Malvern and Woodland residents. A fatal accident occurs when 18 month old Sarah Grover is struck by a backing car in Gardiner Road, with medical examiner confirming instant death. Garrison Hill Chapter OES to hold an evening meeting with degree work to be exemplified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Louise Grover
Linwood Grover
Gardiner Road
T. W. Hyde Camp And Auxiliary District Rally
The T. W. Hyde Camp and Auxiliary of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held a district rally at Fisher school with supper at 4.30. Frances L. Warner directed the supper. PD Maurice J. Warner presided. The program included welcome by Donald C Preble readings by Gary Wakefield dances by Alice May Preble and Patty and Phillip Arsenault, a flag charge, Civil War songs, piano by Charlotte Cahill, and presents to Laura Frizzell from officers and Phyllis Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Fisher School
Department
Frances L. Warner
PD. C. Maurice J. Warner
America
The
Assembly
Donald C Preble
Gary Wakefield
Alice May Preble
Joe Day
Brunswick
Patty
Phillip Arsenault
Betty Cabana
Oakland
Charlotte Cahill
Laura Frizzell
Henry Patten
Augusta
Phyllis Warner
Maurice Warner
P. D
Harry Warner
Fire in Woolwich at Brown residence chimney blazes out
Woolwich firefighters responded to a Wednesday chimney fire on Nequasset road at the Brown residence. No damage was reported and the flames were quickly extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Brown
Nequasset Road
Woolwich Firemen Meet to Discuss Duties
The Woolwich Fire Department will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in the town fire station. All members are urged to attend for the latest updates and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Malaria Found As Far North As The Arctic Circle
A note reports malaria, though usually a warm climate disease, has been found as far north as the Arctic Circle. The observation highlights unusual spread patterns and raises public health interest.
Forty Thieves Solitaire: Rules and Play Tips
The article outlines Forty Thieves aka Napoleon at St Helena and Roosevelt at San Juan. It explains dealing two decks into ten tableau piles, building foundations with eight aces, and rules for moving cards, stock use, and spaces. It notes two key skills: space utilization and tableau building, and offers official rules from the Playing Card Association at 420 Lexington Ave, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
St. Helena
Big Forty
Roosevelt
San Juan
al Baba
Playing Card Association
Lexington Avenue
New York 17
N. Y
Woolwich Community Notes Show Meetings And Activities
Woolwich and nearby communities held multiple club meetings with officer reports and plans for spring and summer. Notable gatherings included Union Bridge Mothers Club and Montsweag Extension Group with speakers from Day's Ferry and Bath, plus P T A projects like a Jungle Gym installation and a forthcoming square dance.
Woolwich Grange Hosts Guest Officers Night in May
Woolwich Grange plans a May 16 guest officers night led by Master Clyde Bailey. Pro tem officers were Donald Robson and Harvey Chubbuck. Members noted visits to Dirigo Merrymeeting and Huntington Hill granges. A May 1 turkey and ham dinner was announced. The evening honored mothers with readings songs and tableaux including Jessie Spaulding and Alberta Bailey. refreshments followed social hour with lady officers in charge next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Grange
Clyde Bailey
Donald Robson
Harvey Chubbuck
Dirigo
Merrymeeting
Huntoon Hill
New England
Little Wanderers
Jessie Spaulding
Alberta Bailey
Gladys Hathorne
Leon Hathorne
Jackie Chubbuck
Madelyn DeLong
Judy McIntire
Joan Galuza
Patty Hathorne
Alton Smith
John Sutter
Rose Hathorne
Russell Sturmer
Woolwich Fellowship Keeps Biblical Roll Call at service
The Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship met at Moatsweag Baptist church with Carol Tanner as chairman. The program featured a roll call of biblical names and readings from Hebrews with verses from Ephesians read by Miss Tanner. The Rev and Mrs Sidebotham offered a vocal duet, George Wilson sang a solo, and 24 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Carol Tanner
Miss Tanner
Stephen Sidebotham
George Wilson
Russell Tanner
William Sanders
Grace Brown
Seanna Hathorne
Rosalie Hathorne
John Stadley
Woolwich Grange Hosts Mother’s Day Event and Local News
Moatsweag Extension Group members attended a tea at Blaine Mansion hosted by Mrs. Edmund Muskie. Woolwich Grange honored Mrs. Jessie Munsey as oldest mother and Mrs. Alberta Bailey as youngest. carnations were presented as a token. Nearby residents, travel updates, and health notes round out the community roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moatsweag Extension Group
Blaine Mansion
Edmund Muskie
Woolwich Grange
Jessie Munsey
Alberta Bailey
The
Grange
Russell Boyd
Boyd
Mae Boyd
Boston
Frank J. Walker
Day's Ferry
Carroll Morse
Malden
Mass
Morse
Richard Anderson
Carle Longfellow
Clearwater, Fla
Douglas Shaw
Sagadahoc Ferry
Jesse Munsey
Popham Beach
Woolwich
Harvey Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Clyda Stover
Meadow Road
Portland
Doris Green
Southern Asia Teams Train in Florida This Year
Eight teams from Southern Asia trained in Florida this year, focusing on fitness and technique. Camp featured drills, conditioning, and scouting of regional competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Florida
Arrowsic Dance Planned With Local Refreshments
A dance will be held at Argysko Town Hall Saturday evening with Mothers Club providing refreshments. The committee includes Mrs. Carol Ainsworth and Mrs. Marion Rittall amid notes of recent local group meetings. Nearby residents and visitors plan short visits and outings through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard O. Frye
Block House Point
London
England
Dresden News Roundup From Dresden Mills And Surrounds
The Extension Group met at Mrs. William Houdlette's Dresden Mills home. Rev. James Herrick preached on Getting Even at Dresden Mills Church and South Dresden church. Fire crews battled grass fires at L Pashard farm and Sidelinger's Dres den Mills and Forest Hill cemetery. Red Cross plans first aid instruction with initial May 14 date. A three act comedy Aunt Bessie Beats the Band played at the Masonic auditorium with cast members including Rev James Herrick and Lila Fitch. Clayton Mayers return from Clermont Florida to Dresden Center. Mrs John Mayers enters Newcastle Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Houdlette
Dresden Mills
James Herrick
South Dresden
Dresden
L. Pashard
Sidelinger
Forest Hill
West Dresden
Red Cross
Bessie
Masonic Auditorium
Horace Gilpatrick
Lila Fitch
George Chick
Alvin Jewett
Wilmot Trussell
Lyndel Good
West Bath Grange Drama Club Elects Its Officers
Miss Bonnie Belanger was chosen president of the West Bath Grange Drama Club at an organizational meeting hosted at Miss Jean Belanger's High street home. Elected beside her were John Landers as vice president Doris Doughty secretary treasurer Sanders director and an initiating committee named George Gammon Kenneth Taylor Loretta Barter and Brenda Brewer. The group invited future members and planned a June variety show at the grange hall with the next meeting set for May 10 and refreshment duties assigned to Mrs. Pauline Belanger and Bonnie Belanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Presley
Ethel Blake
Amy Cromwell
Vivian Champion
Alberta Brooks
Norma Holbrook
Ruth Leeman
Gary Champion
Richard McE]lman
Georgie Walker
Day's Ferry
Moatsweag Extension Group
Bath Extension Group
Quebec
Walker
Montsweag Group
Canada
Elton Berry
Irma
Woolwich
Bath
Montsweag
Twin County
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin
Grange Hall
Richmond Corner
Alice Baker
Leila Rosenwald
Emma Drummond
Adele Mazeiko
Muriel Preble
Howard Kirkpatrick
Richard Campbell
Richard Bisson
Carleton Day Reed, Jr
Edwin Wade
Fred Brown
Arthur Brown
Marcia Stinson
Herbert Munsey
Elsie Pinson
Carl Pinson, Jr
Edward Gallant
Marthew Doak
Bonnie Belanger
West Bath Grange
Pauline Belanger
Eunice Coombs
William Garland, Jr
Phyllis Gagnon
Ruth Doughty
Westport Community Association Holds First Meeting of Year
Westport Community Association met at the town hall on Friday evening with a covered dish supper. Treasurer Dr. Ernest Graumann reported 90 members. Central Maine Power Co. representatives Jameson and Whitney explained the new power line. David Soule discussed acquiring Center Church for a community building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport Community Association
Ernest Graumann
Jameson
Whitney
Central Maine Power Co
David Soule
Roles Reversed Ft. Lewis Walsh
Three years ago Sgt first class Robert Shipley taught ROTC at Montana State University. His student Paul D Hansen of Missoula later became his platoon leader after Shipley was assigned to a unit here as platoon sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Lewis, Walsh
Robert Shipley
Montana State University
Paul D. Hansen
Missoula, Mont
Shipley
West Bath 4-H and sewing group meet for service
Shamrock 4-H members gathered at Mrs. Leon Belanger home to discuss community service and sewing projects while baton drill practice occurred. Reta Hennessey and others attended and next week the meeting moves to Jack and Jerry Bennett home with blouse cutting instruction planned. Mrs. Louis Dinsmore of Lisbon visited family in West Bath and a birthday party honored her. The West Bath Sewing Group met at Mrs. Frances Deehan's home to make surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Refreshments were served and attendees included Mrs. Albert White Mrs. A Condon Mrs. Harold Perkins Mrs. Oliver Wass Mrs. Dee han.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock 4-H Club
Leon Belanger
Reta Hennessey
Barbara
Christine Fuller
Jack
Jerry Bennett
Marie Earle
Bonnie Belanger
Dorothy Snowdon
Louis Dinsmore
Lisbon
George Stimpson
Richard
City Bowling League Awards Banquet Honors Members
The seventh annual City Bowling League dinner at Sea Grille West Bath drew 70 members. Edward J. Jenks presided and presented trophies for top averages and scores in two divisions to Arcadians and Angelo's Market teams with runners-up and other awardees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Bowling League
Sea Grille
West Bath
Edward J. Jenks
Gary B. Newman
Ralph F. Small
Loraine M. Price
Olin Pankhurst
Albert Ray
Joseph R. Hart
Arcadians
Charles Bachelder
Vance Libby
Walter Willis
Paul Pinkham
Walter Fitzgerald
Andrew Savage
Newman
Red Men
Wilbur
George
Harold Loveitt
John Lutz
Lawrence Libby
Walter Staples
John Stuart
Angelo’s Market
Lin Wright
Bob Young
Lawrence Reynolds
Hart
Angelo DiMascio
Georgetown Indians
Chester, Chester, Jr
Jim McMahan
Herbert Belanger
Arthur Tibbetts
Lincoln Campbell
Industrial Development Committee Meets in Bath
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee met May 2 in City Hall with Earl W. Farnham presiding. Guest Lucien Bisson of Bisson's Trucking discussed trucking industry problems as seven members attended and future meetings with local businessmen were planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Development Committee
Bath Area
Spiced Orange Segments in Sugary Syrup
Heat membrane-free orange sections in a spicy sugar syrup and serve with power or meat. Whole cloves and stick cinnamon may be used for spicing the syrup.
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary plans purchases for Bath facility
The Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary announced at a Wednesday meeting plans to buy an oxygen tent and various items including a dinette set for maids, a desk for the X ray office, and new corridor chairs. Gifts and donations were noted, with praise for past presidents and updates on volunteer hours and sewing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bowen Torrey
Paul Revere
Sumner Sewall
James A. Gillies, Jr
Ranger
England
Talk On Life In The Philippines At Cosmopolitan Club
Mrs. Joe Bennett guest speaker shared life in the Philippine Islands with slides and attire details at the Cosmopolitan club meeting. She described the mesiza gown or terno, Manila scenes, and postwar devastation. The club also discussed Federation dates, cancer fund support, Drama Club notes, and plans for a Civil Defense talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Cosmopolitan Club
Joe Bennett
Washington, D. C
Phippsburg Center
Philippine Islands
Manila
Warsaw
Bennett
Isadore Singer
Red Rose Troop week meeting hosts Brownies guests
At Corliss Street church Red Rose Troop 6 held a day camp planning session with Mrs Freeman inviting suggestions. Janice Card led a program for 30 Brownies from Fisher PTA. Scouts and Brownies sang Make New Friends and did games, skits, and dances with several girls named in activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rose
Corliss Street
Donald Freeman
Janice Card
Fisher P.T.A
Linda Ames
Barbara Fuller
Judy Libby
Martha Pratt
Wesley WSCS reelected president and officers
Mrs. Walter Upham was reelected president of the Wesley Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service at a Tuesday vestry meeting. New officers include Mrs. Merle Niles as vice president and Miss Carolyn B. Rogers as secretary of promotion among a full slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Upham
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Shoes stolen nine months earlier surface in street sighting
In Tucson nine months after two pairs of J. P. Brown shoes were stolen from his car a man walking with similar footwear was identified. The suspect claimed he bought them second hand and was arrested on a petty theft charge.
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Tucson
Ariz
J. P. Brown
Opener
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Charles J. Pugh
Malvern
Penn
Pugh
Katherine Sewall
Sumner Shorey
Pleasant Street
Mabel Condon
Herman Sherer
Lawrence
Roger Handy
Frances Plumstead
International Council For Exceptional Children
School For the Deaf
Zelma Colby
Madge Campbell
Madison
Wisc
Robert Nason
T. W. Hyde
Woolwich Firemen
Thaesa Fariv
Wiscasset Concrete Block, Inc
Lowelltown Road
Maine
Tel
Orville Small
Phoenix
Merle Jameson
Glenda Watts
Geraldine Edgerly
Glenice Berry
Woolwich Fellowship
Clayton Mayers
Clermont, Fla
Dresden Center
John Mayers
Lincoln County
Newcastle
West Bath Grange Drama Club
Westport Community Asso
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Irving Burnham
Nan Brown
Llewellyn Rogers
Wilbert B. Small
Scarsdale
Charles H. Bates
Carolyn Rogers
H. R. Rogers
Glastonbury
Conn
Leon Prince
Monmouth
Harland Boynton
Tuttle
Dr. Miller
Quaker Point
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Harry Rich
Loring Small
Leon Bates
Colin Dinsmore
Harrington
Oliver Wass
F. Deehan
Ed Collins
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Merrill Jordan
Merrill, Jr
Hampton, N. H
Dr. Russell
Massachusetts
Memorial Hospital
Arthur W. King
Cozy Corner
Paul Marchant
Courtney Stover
Ladies Aid
First Baptist Church
Grace Church
William D. Hill, Jr
Junior Hospital League
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
the Times Company
Bates Manufacturing Company
Mirs
Lawrence Katz
Howard W. Mayo
Charles B. Doyle
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Charles T. Small
Gerard Billington
Cosmo Drama Club
Maria Riva
Marlene Dietrich
Civil Defense
R. Clinton McFadden
Ruth Murphy
Louis O. Couture
Granville M. Colby
Arthur S. Eseley
Nellie D'Arcy
J. Arthur Burgess
Vivian Brown
Elvira Birney
Isabelle Bryant
Kenneth Chubbuck
Long
the Ages
Scouting “Trust
Foster Pratt
Carol Cornish
Janet King
Joanne Dauphinee
Linda Elliot
Nancy Merchant
Truman King
Linda Roderick
King
Maurice Libby
Marilyn MacDonald
Betty Shepard
Irene Thomson
Merle C. Niles
George Hopkins
Andrew M. Butterfield
Carolyn B. Rogers
John Swearingen
Charles Marble
Christian Social Relations
Drusilla Fielding
Robert Savage
Stanley Hunter
Spiritual Ite
Harold Payson
Robert E. Wagner
Clinton Fleming
W.S.C
Wesley Church
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