Wiscasset Church Leaders Share in State Convention
The State Convention of Congregational and Christian churches met May 12 to 14 in Machias with delegates from Wiscasset First Congregational and Sheepscot churches. Rev. Charles S. Sowder and others attended. Sowder exchanges pulpits with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue of Bath next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Sowder
First Congregational Church
G. B. Sowder
George W. Carleton
William L. Frye
Sheepscot Congregational Church
Annie Adams
North Edgecomb
Machias
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Bath
Purdue
First Congregational
Gowder
Winter Street Congregational
C. S. Sowder
Fred S. Rand
Webber's Tavern
Charles E. Pugh
Samuel J. Sewall
Ithan
Mary Hobson
Pugh
New York
Egbert Sewall
Bobbie
Charles S
Providence
R. I
Charles S. Sewall
Bath Road
Ada Wentworth
Lewiston
James E. White
Ama Road
Foster Perkins
Stanley Somes
Boston
Fort Hill Street
Charles L. Macurda
Main Street
Massachusetts
Oscar Bailey
Berry's Mill
Westport
George Bemis
Jamaica
Piichard
Churchill Street
Maine
Sortwell House
Archie H. Dodge
H. Louise Brandt
Pedro Gillett
Damariscotta Road
Wiscasset Academy
Congregational Church
Carroll T. Berry
Pleasant Street
Charles Reed
Boothbay
John Blagdon
State House
Augusta
Forrest Lewis
Academy
George Grover
Grace Beane
Roger Dow
Beverly Hamlin
Marion Rines
Ruthena Thompson
Ethelyn Whitehouse
Bertha Wright
Margaret O'Neil
Fernald Bailey
City Council backs straight Brunswick to Bath road
Six of seven aldermen and 19 of 21 councilmen sign a May 9 resolve urging Governor Brann Executive Council and State Highway Commission to adopt the Court Street route between Brunswick and Bath and repair Route 1 for reliable traffic, aiding summer tourists. Mayor Sewall endorses the plan as part of wider regional road improvements across Sagadahoc Lincoln Knox and Waldo counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe G. Bailey
Republican Club
Brann
Executive Council
State Highway Commission
Brunswick
Bath
Arthur Sewall
Bailey
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Knox
Waldo
City of
Court Street
Bangor
Bowdoin Drama Tourney Honors Maine High Schools
South Portland won first in the Bowdoin Interscholastic Drama tournament with Madison High School second, held Saturday in Memorial Hall Bowdoin College. Judges praised Madison for second and gave Stephens High a high honorable mention. Plays from Garret Schenck Jr East Millinocket Bay Harbor Norway Hallowell Morse Rangeley also performed with no individual winners named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Portland
Madison
Bowdoin
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
New England
Manchester
N. H
Stephens
Stephens High
Garret
Minstrels Delight Morse High Audience In Annual Event
St Marys Minstrels presented at Morse High School in an approximately three hour program directed by Jack Shaw. The event featured 40 plus performers with acts by Dido Cutting, Thomas Deejay, Ruth Conley, Kathleen Leonard and many others, including a trained horse routine and a Thimble Theatre sketch. The show concluded with a large chorus and a “School Days” finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Minstrels
Morse High School
Jack Shaw
Francis S. McPherson
Jack Mulcahy
Henry Arsenault
Ead
Dido Cutting
Arthur Preney
Edward McGuiggan
Thomas Deejay
John Allen
Lionel Labbe
Herb Douglas
Tom Deejay
Mulcahy
Minstrels
Polly Wolly Doodle
Kathleen V. Leonard
Minnie the Mermaid
Mary Clappison
Shirley Temple
Pat
Laura Mulcahy
Delta
Glenda Ingraham
Mississippi
Thomas
Dorothy Arsenault
Tennessee
Alice Hogan
Monte Carlo
Bernice Daigle
Katherine Cameron
Ruth Conley
Cecile Veilleux
Lida Nadeau
Bill" Lundrigan
Dido
Herbie
Mary Cunningham
Ann Hartnett
Joanne Heal
Kathleen Harkins
Freda McAllister
Mary Anderson
Mary McNeil
Helen Tabor
Ed and
Henry
Dick Boucher
Joseph Avery
Norman
Richard Soucie
Augusta Brothers
Pop Eye
Frederick J. Hoffman
Madelyn Babine
Margaret McDougall
Thelma Fogg
Purchasers Ready to Take City Hall Transfer
Joseph Charles Footer requests City Clerk to prepare transfer documents for the sale by the city to Lionel D. Green of Boston of the old City hall property at Center and Water streets. The buyers will pay $4,000, with completion within 12 months. Mayor Sewall and City Treasurer Young authorized the deed. new owners plan a brick and stone mercantile building at least $35,000 in cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Charles Footer
John W. Gilmore
Lionel D. Green
Boston
Old City Hall
Center
Water Streets
Footer
Municipal Committee On
City Hall
Sewall
Mrs Stanley Petersons Family Visit Noted in Portsmouth
Mrs. Stanley Peterson and daughter Audrey of Portsmouth New Hampshire returned after visiting Mr and Mrs Carl E Meister in Washington Street and Mr and Mrs Harry E Peterson in Brunswick Road with Mr Petersons parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Peterson
Audrey
Portsmouth
N. H
Social Roundup at Lewiston and Bath Area Homes
Lewiston guests include Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Dolliver and Mrs. Belle Donnell visiting Bath, with notes on residents visiting Foster's Point and West Bath events. Red Cross, farm bureau meetings, summer homes at Foster's Point, and a School League baked bean supper precede a West Bath grange dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Dolliver
Lewiston
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Edwin W. Haggett
Berry’s Mill
Bath
Charles L. Haggett
Haggett
Belle’c. Donnell
Henry L. Adams
William H. Holland
Sanford
Richmond
Hiram C. Brown
Foster's Point
Dunton Farm
Harry P. Williams
Marion
Portland
Jennie Larrabee
Walter H. Larrabee
Elmer B. Williams
Old Town
Williams
Fred L. Williams
James
Cape Elizabeth
Foster’s Point
James P. Bartholomay
Pee Mass
Leavitt
West Bath Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Carolyn D.wing
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Harris ‘I. Rodick
Ellery E. Whittemore
J. Everett Mayo
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
Church of the Nazarene
Ira B. Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing
P. M. Olm
Trufant's Crossing
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
American Red Cross
Owen E. Rogers
North Bath
Harry FE. Peterson
Brunswick Road
Harry S. Wallace
Fred
J. Rose
Marian
Rosedale Farm
Roslindale
Mass
Anna Fischer
Leon F. Bates
Beachmont
Loring D. Small
Berry's Mill Road
The
Grange
Fred J. Rose
Earle C. Donnell
Chester G. King
West Bath farmer dies by own action at Berry's Mill farm
William C. McCullough a 70 year old West Bath farmer shot himself at his Berry's Mill road farm. Dr. Joseph I. Smith said death came from a self inflicted bullet wound. He fired several times before a .32 pistol bullet entered his neck just below the right ear. He died instantly in front of his barn doors. Family said he was ill with a chronic disease and authorities noted possible mental derangement. He leaves his wife three daughters a brother and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. McCullough
West Bath
Berry's Mill Road
Joseph I. Smith
Loring D. Small
McCullough
Mr. McCullough
Hants County
N. S
Adam
Eva McCullough
Albert Pinkham
Bath
Warren Davis
Arthur Ward
North Bath
Alexander McCullough
Portland
Bath Eagles Elect Officers for Year
Bath Aerie of Eagles No. 875 held its annual election at its semi monthly meeting. Newly elected officers are Donald F. McRae president Norman O. Morse vice president Walter H. Norton chaplain Edward J. Lee secretary Amos F. Pery treasurer Rodney E. Tarbox inside guard Horace L. Norton outside guard with Walter I. Norton as three year trustee. Plans include a May 29 class initiation for Walter I Norton and a Memorial day graves decoration with officers and trustees in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Donald F. McRae
Norman O. Morse
Walter H. Norton
Edward J. Lee
Amos F. Pery
Rodney E. Tarbox
Horace L. Norton
Walter I. Norton
Mothers Day Program At West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange held a Mother s Day program directed by Mrs. Edgar D. Leavitt with 82 attendees including ten visitors. The event featured a quartet selection for Pomona and state contests and announced an Apple Blossom Festival invitation from Lewiston county agent Charles Eastman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange Hall
Edgar D. Leavitt
Grange
Pomona
State Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Fred H. Cary
Fred K. Sturtevant
Chester A. Plant
John M. Howe
Charles L. Eastman
Lewiston
Raymond M. Clark
Fernando T. Hutchins
West Bath School
Fred Brown
Bath Memorial Hospital
B. I. W. Corp
James B. Lemont
Harry F. Smith
Arthur C. Lemont
F. Wilbur
Katherine Hagan
Mother
Leavitt
A. Bernard Henderson
Charles B. Doyle
Dorothy Jean
Barbara Walsh
Dorothy Waterman
Grace Waterman
Beatrice Rose
Barbara Freeman
Mothers Day Tea Draws Large Cosmopolitan Club Guests
Annual Mothers Day tea hosted by the Cosmopolitan Club filled the Washington street clubhouse. Mrs. Carl Y. Kennedy organized the program with pianists and vocal solos by Morse high school senior Mary Bates and University of Maine junior Jane Goldsmith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington Street
Carl Y. Kennedy
Edwin H. Given
Kennedy
Mary Bates
Morse
Jane Goldsmith
South Paris
University of Maine
Louise A. Bucknam
Miss Bates
Miss Goldsmith
J. R. Andrews
Lina Andrews Ross
Fred R. E. Dean
William S. Newell
Ruth H
Girl Scout Leaders Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Girl Scout Leaders Association held its annual meeting at Miss Elizabeth B. Deering’s home. Mrs. Donald F. Preble elected president. Miss Jean L. Danforth named vice president. Miss A. Catherine Shell enbarger reelected secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Leaders’ Association
Elizabeth B. Deering
Washington Street
Donald F. Preble
Jean L. Danforth
A. Catherine Shellenbarger
Miss Deering
Bay Point
Glenn H. Easton
Preble
Girl Scouts’ Herb Garden
Portland
Linwood F. Carr
Eleanor P. Danforth
Easton
Shellenbarger
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Sumner Sewall
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Washington and Belchertown Visitors Stay in Bath
Mr C E Dannegger and Mrs Dannegger of Washington DC and Mr Mrs C E Smith of Belchertown Mass were overnight guests of Mr and Mrs Harry E Peterson on Brunswick Road. Dannegger visited Bath destroyers at Bath Iron Works before returning to DC. Mrs Carlton Trott of Days Ferry returned after weeks in Portland with son Millard E Trott who was a Portland patient after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Wright
Florida
Points South
Lilac Cottage
Maude Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Ellis W. Nash
Damariscotta
E. Fred Albee
Town
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Josephine Plumstead
Portland
M. A. Plumstead
Birch Point
Annie Randall
J. R. Graves
B. A. Bailey
Main Street
E. Fred ‘Albee
Eva G. Wise
Augusta
J. Gott
William G. Gorham
Alna Road
John Blagdon
Massachusetts
Carlton
Carlton Foye
Federal Street
Lee S. Gorham
Germany
Frank R. Hodgdon
Memorial Hospital
Neal Creamer
Miami
Lewiston
C. E. Dannegger
Washington, D. C
C. E. Smith
Belchertown
Mass
Harry E. Peterson
Brunswick Road
Dannegger
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Washington
Carlton Trott
Day's Ferry
Millard E. Trott
Trott
Woolwich Churches Plan New Pastor and Shared Duties
Woolwich holds annual meetings as Rev W J Rand is named permanent minister of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service after Methodist conference approval. Rand, from North Anson, graduates Bates College 1934 and studies at Boston University divinity school. he will move to Woolwich Thursday as parsonage repairs at Day's Ferry are planned. The Center Baptist Church contemplates sharing the pastor with Moatsweag. Rev H E Weston of Dexter preached at Moatsweag and Center. The Good Will club and 4-H Club plan events around May 22 with a bean supper and a play called They Made An Impression, featuring local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Woolwich
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Methodist
W. J. Rand
Mr. Rand
North Anson
Bates College
Divinity School
Boston University
Day’s Ferry
Day's Ferry
George Farnham
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Lida Hawthorne
Moatsweag
H. E. Weston
Dexter
Melvin Howe
North Woolwich
Albion Corliss
Edward V. Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Frederick D. Gilmore
Nequasset
Center Baptist
Sarah Bagley Wright
C. H. Hawthorne
Easter Dolloff
Dolloff
Wright
Christine Hawthorne
Prudential Committee
C. E. Head
J. Edna Wright
Harvey P. Hathorne
Good Wild Club of
Harry Fitch
Laura Farnham
Nelson Rice
Avis Marston
Geraldine Rice
Patricia Strout
Ruth Presley
Ila Orr
Dorothea Reed
Sarah Reed
Thelma Baker
John Lily
Maud Orr
Winfield Stevens
Adelbert Hall
Bath
R. J. Gilmore
Carlton Barn
Good Will Club
Sebenon Hall
Maxine Walker
Swampscott
Mass
Frank J. Walker
Loring Mayberry
Belmont
Wallace Reed
John Reed
Gertrude Trott
Portland
Arrowsie
Georgie Walker
Ferry
Samuel Hathorn
State Road
Percy Jewett
Dernal
Dahlia
Alan
George W. Shaw
Harry O. Richardson
Percy Bailey
Earl Spencer
Spencer
Charles Graves
Montsweag
G. W. Shaw
Drugist Lewis E. Wilson Buys Half Interest in Front Street Block
Lewis E. Wilson the druggist at 114 Front Street purchased a half interest in the three story brick block at 94 Front Street from the residuary legatees of Miss Annie L. Palmer. Executors Henry F. Palmer of Boston and Lois J. Palmer of Bath, and Gershom Palmer’s heirs, hold the other half with the Bath estate owner. The deal was arranged through Judge Arthur J. Dunton of Bath. The deed was filed for recording at the Gagadahoe Registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Wilson
Front Street
Annie L. Palmer
Henry F. Palmer
Boston
Lois J. Palmer
Bath
Gershom Palmer
California
Mr. Wilson
Arthur J. Dunton
Henry”. Palmer
James C
Wilson
Thespians Close Season With Post Road at Columbia
The Thespians presented their season finale at Columbia Friday night with Post Road a modern two act comedy in four scenes by Wilbur Daniel Steele and Norma Mitchell. H Augustus Huse directed a polished cast led by Miriam Kimball Martha Bridge Lillian Miller Cecil Rowland Margery Given Charles Cummings and others. Barbara substitution for Mary Kenney drew praise and Bath audiences applauded the ensemble. The staff included George Baer Connard business manager Charles Avery assistant Lillian Miller treasurer Henry W. Owen publicity Franklin Wright assistant stage director Richard Haskell stage manager William Owen electrician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
John Black
Marie Merrill
Lloyd Steeves
Richard Haskell
Frances Smith
Frances Young
Mary Kenney
Barbara
Bath
George Baer Connard
Charles Avery
Lillian Miller
Henry W. Owen
Franklin Wright
William Owen
Talk on Gardening by Mrs. Murray Senter
Mrs. Murray Senter of Damariscotta and Wiscasset gave a brief talk on Random Thinking About Garden Facts at the Cosmopolitan Garden club meeting. She spoke on annuals and perennials with planting tips and demonstrated flower arrangements. Tea followed with Mrs. Fred N. Sanborn serving. The group discussed grounds improvements led by Mrs. Charles H. Frost and Mrs. Carl Y. Kennedy and voted to enter a roadside beautification contest sponsored by a Portland newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Senter
Damariscotta
Wiscasset
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Senter
Charles W. Sowder
Charles H. Frost
Carl Y. Kennedy
Portland
Balentine Addresses Woolwich Grangers on May Meeting
Thomas Reed Balentine of Portland, a Republican nominee candidate for Representative to Congress, spoke to Woolwich grange on Wednesday May 6 about hunting and fishing in Mexico. He recounted lifelong visits to Mexican waters while the anglers enjoyed stories and refreshments followed by beano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Thomas Reed Balentine
Portland
Congress
Mexico
Mexican
Damariscotta Artist Exhibits Paintings on Coast
Maine painter Maurice Day of Damariscotta draws praise on the Pacific Coast for water colors of whimsical little folk. His work, born in Maine and New England by birth, is praised as technically refined yet playful and serious, appealing to both traditional and modern tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maurice Day
Pacific Coast
South Coast News
New
Tug Brings Lighter to Help Raise Bridge
The Alert towed a Merritt, Chapman, Scott Corp. lighter to Brunswick to assist in raising and resetting the Maine Central railroad bridge spans over the Kennebec River. It tied up at Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. before heading to Merrymeeting Bay, with launches to tow the lighter upriver, then returned to Bath and sailed for New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alert
Merritt, Chapman, Scott Corp
Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad
A River
Topsham
Kennebec
Port
New London
Funeral for William C McCullough West Bath Farmer
The funeral of William C McCullough, a West Bath farmer, was held Sunday at 2 PM at his funeral residence 173 P. O. The Rev David L. Wilson of Central Church officiated. Bearers included Tete tee Bachelder Edwin W. Harry J. Rich and Edward H. Family burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. McCullough
West Bath
David L. Wilson
L. Nd
Central Church
Tete Tee Bachelder
Edwin W. Harry J. Rich
Edward H
Fame
Oak Grove
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Horatio Shea
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Jack Myer
Greece
Lincoln County Superior Court
George L. Emery
Hollis
Clarence A. Richards
Weston M. Hilton
Arthur R. Greenleaf
St. Philip's Sunday School
St. Mark's Church
Jesus Christ
Governor and Highway Commission
Bowdoin Drama
St. Mary’s
Bath Eagles
Pomona Grange
Girl Scout
Thespians
Post Road
Columbia Theatre
Gardening
Mrs. Murray Senter
Balentine
Woolwich Grangers
W. C. McCullough