Tax roll for 1940 in Wiscasset shows slight rate drop
Wiscasset voters commit 1940 tax at 46 per thousand down from 46.40. total $43,317.46 with $34,636 for last town meeting appropriations and $7,132.36 state tax $3,087.47 county tax and $461.83 overlay. Personal property lists include 56 horses 8 oxen 227 cows 90 young stock and 2,968 hens. Unpaid taxes and liens total $5,299 April 1. 40 did not pay 1939 polls. Bonded debt stands at $1,500. temporary loans $1,950. Two per cent early payment discount. politics and local civic notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Sewall
Harvey R. Pease
Charles E. Knight
Stanton A. Sherman
West Bath Group Tours White Mountains for Picnic
A party of 26 from Bath and Brunswick traveled Sunday to the White Mountains visiting Franconia Notch and Crawford Notch and enjoying a noon picnic. Attendees from West Bath included Mr and Mrs Fred J Rose their daughter Marion son Stanley and several others. Additional notes list various Bath area residents visiting relatives and staying at cottages over the weekend including Larrabee and Snow families and local residents ill or traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
White Mountains
Franconia Neatel
Crawford Notch
West Bath
Fred J. Rose
Marion
Stanley
Maynard Carlton
Raymond Crocker
Betty Rose
Irwin Whorf
George
Henry Rose
Philip Renaud
Carlton
Harold Bailey
L. D. Sheldon
York
Joseph W. Larrabee
Harry Williams
Foster's Point
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Walter W. Larrabee
William
David
Joseph
Humphrey A. Owen
Sabine
Albert Merriman
West Harpswell
A. B. Snow
Merriman
Edward Burns
Philip
Gorham
Fred Bubier
Marshall Boudreau
Edward Larrabee
Albert White
E. W. Haggett
Harold Haggett
Haggett
Lucy Ann
Falmouth
Skillin
Progressive Union Meeting at Winnegance Maine Source
The Maine Progressive Union met at Winnegance Community Club for an all day session with 50 attending lunch and more in the afternoon. Dr James W Loughlin Newcastle state district health officer spoke on communicable diseases and spray born illnesses noting health departments work and the value of the health department. Mrs Doris Coggeshall presided. Bath attendees numbered 14. Lisbon Falls invited for a June 5 tea with speaker Marguerite McIntire of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Progressive Union
Winnegance Community Club
James W. Loughlin
Newcastle
Loughlin
Maine
Department of Health
New England Tel
Tel. Co
New England States
Doris Coggeshall
Union
Bath
Fred Rand
Lisbon Club
Lisbon Falls
Marguerite McIntire
Brunswick
West Bath Red Cross completes refugee work and meeting
West Bath Red Cross finished its refugee project and delivered one comforter at a regular Grange Hall gathering. Luncheon served by Mrs. Worrey, Mrs. Messenger, and Mrs. Snow. Guests Harry Peterson and Owen Rogers attended. Members from Woolwich East Brunswick and Bath joined, with many names listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Woolwich
Morton S. Baker
Forrest A. Baker
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Harry E. Peterson
William H. Powers
Joseph B. Day
East Brunswick
A. B. Snow
Lincoln Williams
Edward C. Burns
E. W. Haggett
J. E. Mayo
Charles
Nancy Alace
Owen E. Rogers
David S. Henderson
Dromore Ladies Aid Meets at Mrs Perkins Home
Dromore Ladies Aid met Tuesday evening at Mrs. John H. Perkins residence in East Brunswick for a business session and to finish work on handcrafts. A hobo style lunch followed with fruit cup crabmeat and pineapple Crean Cheese Sandwiches and assorted desserts. Next meeting set for June 19 at Miss Marion A. Rafnell's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
John H. Perkins
East Brunswick
Marion A. Rafnell
Weeks Street
James A. Thorpe
Ada Pratt
Elbridge B. Malcolm
Howard H. Barter
Stanley W. Williams
Rafnell
Genesta Chapter celebrates 40th anniversary in Mason temple
Genesta Chapter OES observed its 40th anniversary Friday evening in the Mason temple with about 100 attendees including 16 past matrons nine past patrons and one charter member. The ceremony The Fence of Love honored guests of honor and gifts were given to past matrons and patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
William J. Craft
Fred A. Osgood
John F. Bowie
Henry G. Shaw
N. Gratz Jackson
Warren Gledhill
Thomas F. Perkins
Albion L. Corliss
Annie E. Cox
Wilbur C. Oliver
Luther S. Thompson
Benjamin F. Savage
Harry G. Deering
George W. Merrill
Horace W. Ward
Paul G. Bagdikian
Thomas Aikenhead
Catherine E. Leonard
David Y. Alkazin
George W. Larrabee
Isaac B. Howard
John Wishart
Donald D. Young
George A. Rogers
Wallace L. Atwood
Charles A. Soule
Chester H. McCabe
Leonard M. Munsey
J. Wilmot Tibbetts
Elwood A. Hathorne
John W. Gillespie
Kennebec Greenhouses
Genesta Chapter
Genesta Sewing Circle
Harold P. Small
Charles A. Carr
John H. Grindell
Ralph E. Wright
Sven B. Lonn
Lewis J. Sanborn
Horace P. Morse
Bath Young Women Receive A Surprise
Miss Jeannette F. Shackford and Miss Vanona A. MacDonald were honored with a surprise party by New England Tel. and Tel. Co. colleagues Tuesday evening. Shackford received sterling salad forks and MacDonald a compact and manicure kit, with mixed flower corages. The event included chicken rolls, coffee, cake, and a social hour with numerous attendees and supervisors from Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette F. Shackford
John A. Greene, Jr
Vanona A. MacDonald
Baliboa Heights
Panama Canal Zone
Business Office
Traffic Department of
New England Tel. and
Tel. Co
Shackford
Miss MacDonald
Helen E. Hartwell
Mary K. Kenney
E. Frances Mather
Eleanor S. McAllister
Helen M. Lesier
Edith G. Small
Charles A. D'Arcy
Ethelyn E. Mather
Mary E. Perkins
Sadie C. Dowling
Lera D. Burns
Carroll E. Davis
Elizabeth P. McKay
Carolyn M. Belanger
Doris L. Crocker
Mary Tourtillette
Agnes Burnham
Arline Gadd
Ferne Griffin
Old Town
Helen
Marguerite Hartnett
Portland
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
West Bath Farm Bureau held an all day session at Mrs. John H. Bryant's home. The program on Leftovers in Meal Planning featured Mrs. Loring D. Small as chairwoman and included a dinner. The next meeting is set for June 18 at Mrs. William H. Davis’s home with Miss Mary L. Wright in charge of Artistic Handwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Fellows
Lincoln County Superior Court
Lincoln County Bar
Quinnam’s
Weston M. Hilton
Justice Fellows
Reginald H. Harris
Harold W. Hurley
Ralph Gallagher
Gordon Anderson
Asa D. Tupper
C. M. P. Larrabee
Bradford C. Redennett
Harvey R. Pease
The
Bar Association
Clarence A. Richards
Ralph Miller
Register of Probate
Elden P. Munsey
Register of Deeds
Norris A. Miller
Vivian R. Giles
Fred L. Wilson
Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Donald B. MacMilan
Holbrook
Main Street
George Hobson
Augusta
Mary Y. Bemis
Everett Schroeder
Newcastle
Carolyn Varney
Washington Street
Willis B. Mitchell
New York
Eastern
Penn
Grace Bean
First National Bank
Portland
Harvey Bean
Sewall B. Strout
Carrie Smith
Malden
C. C. Blagdon
Federal Street
C C. Blagdon
Freeman Trott
Elizabeth
Ruth Small
Bath
Curtis Goodwin
Rockland
Kendra Edith
Knox County General Hospital
Goodwin
Julia Paisley
Wiscasset
Ami Hanford
Arthur Sargent
Cape Elizabeth
Thaddeus Reed
Raymond Quinnam
Vera Quinnam
James McLaren
Newark
N. J
Neil
Roy R. Marston
Edna Southard
Mass
Lawrence Marston
West Bath
Small
William H. Davis
Granite Street
Mary L. Wright
Brown
Charles A. Beane
E. K. Thompson
Davis
Haggett
Robert Coombs
Daniel O. Blaisdell
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Charles E. Ripley
Whittemore
E. C. Donnell
William Coombs
Woolwich News Roundup From May Excerpts and Local Happenings
Woolwich sees new building plans as Vinal Hunnewell purchases P Hathorne store and plans a shop near Route 1. Road work continues Prescott's Corner to Horace Wade home. 27 students sat high school entrance exams at Gadadahoc Ferry. Various clubs host meetings with refreshment spreads and upcoming dates. Memorial service at Nequasset Congregational Church May 30 with guest speaker Bradford Redennett. Community dinners and sewing circles at Montsweag, Good Will clubs, and local visits and family events fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinal Hunnewell
P. Hathorne
Prescott’s Corner
Horace Wade
Gagadahoc Ferry
John Carter
Jennie Howe
Florence Temple
Chopps
Sea Haven
Frank J. Walker
Capitol Island
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Mother's Club
Clayton Armstrong
Nequasset Congregational Church
Bradford
Plorence Carlton
Nelson Rice
William Mulherin
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Mae Roberts
Edward Murphy
Loring Maybury
Walter Abbott
Lester Knight
Edward V. Reed
John Moore
Wilmot Brookings of
Gardiner
William Robson
Nequasset
Albert Irish
Winthrop
Irish
Percy Marston
Sagadahoc Ferry
Avis Marston
Nasan College
Eugenie Hunnewell
Waterboro
Glenda Wright
Jordan Wright
University of Maine
Linda
Bernard Bailey
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Daisy Bailey
Wiscasset
Chester Grover
Forrest Smith
Forrest
Richmond
Mason Carter
Day's Ferry
Paul
Rangeley Lages
Dean Bradley
Gregory Sanatorium
Boothbay Harbor
John
John Soule
Warren Pushard
Annie Oliver
Winnegance
Eben Dana
William Hanson
Beverley
Roger Cothran
Auburn
Fred L. Carlton
Frank Head
Waldoboro
Clarence Bailey
Lincoln
G. W. Shaw
Herbert Wright
Paul Gilmore
Janice
Joseph Belanger
Jean
Leon Eaton
Bath
Harold R. Shaw
Montsweag
Carolyn Farnham
Doris
Eleanor Farnham
David Reed
Chicopee
Mass
Richey
Carle Longfellow
Day’s Ferry
Mr. Longfellow
Lake Sebago
Samuel Buck
Women Candidates Stir Bath Political Club, Coe Says
Major George C. Coe, Republican candidate for Congress in the First district, told Bath’s newly formed Women’s Republican club that women’s organizations work quietly but powerfully. He praised Nettie Burleigh and urged club members to vet candidates, stressing individual effort in the primary and the two party system’s role in shaping policy. The meeting, with over 30 attendees, announced a follow up public event at eight in the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Coe
Bath Women’s Republican Club
Common Council
City Hall
Major Coe
Louis Brann
Maine
Republican Clubs
Nettie Burleigh
Roosevelt
Hoover
Miss Burleigh
Wassarboro
William S. Given
Bowdoinham
Edmund A. Rothwell
Nathan E. Coffin
Grace Dickinson
Florence Farnham
Elizabeth Deering
America
Hatch
Iron Works Aims for Destroyer Contract Bids
The destroyer Gleaves completed day one of acceptance trials and returned to the shipyard Tuesday evening. Pres Newell and associates prepare bids for four destroyers with a planned Washington presentation on May 31. St Marys guild of Grace Church held its final meeting of the season and planned Red Cross work at the parish house in Pall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleaves
Washington
Boston
Portland
Pres. Newell
Newell
St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church
Westcostoge Inn
Red Cross
Bay Point Gardening Delayed Then Rushed To Recover
Bay Point residents report spring delays due to cold. Gardens require uphill hauling of rocks and soil, with Miss Elizabeth Deering's and the Navajo plots noted for extensive work. Local bird study party from Massachusetts College visited Gull Island. Sheriff investigated a break in First Beach. Town updates include arrivals and visitors at Bay Point homes, social calls, and a recovering child from Gilbert Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Maine
Elizabeth Deering
Gilbert Head
Brunswick Hospital
Elizabeth Victoria
Stephen Etmier
Hersilia
Atkins Bay
Maryland
Organ Recital at Corliss Street
Senior Young People of the Corliss Street church present John E. Fay of Portland in an organ recital Thursday at eight. Program includes Bach preludes and fugues, Water Music selections, Handel meditations, MacDowell and Dubois pieces, and other classical works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
John E. Fay
Portland
Alyn
Daquin
Diton
Ketelby
Tschaikowsky
Auxiliary of the Community club meeting report
The Auxiliary met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Frank Peroy. First prize in the auction went to Mrs. Peroy and second to Mrs. Walter Morse. The group will meet again on Thursday afternoon May 30 with Mrs. Harold Miller and plans to entertain the Maine Progressive union next Thursday. Mrs. Mina Butterfield arrived from Lagloria Cuba and Miami Beach Florida and will reside with Mrs. Alice Frost on Lower High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Peroy
Frank Perry
Walter Morse
Harold Miller
Maine Progressive Union
Mina Butterfield
Lagloria
Cuba
Miami Beach
Fla
Alice Frost
Lower High Street
Woolwich Book Club Holds Informal Social Meeting
Woolwich Book club met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Wilson M. Wright home with 21 in attendance. Members reviewed last year and planned next year’s sessions while considering new titles. Mrs. George E. Wright helped serve refreshments as a daffodil and forsythia tea table was arranged. The group will meet June 20 at Murphy's Corner with Mrs. Maurice T. Hathorne to vote on the best book of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion S. Berry
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Legion
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright No. 54
First Congregational Church
Lincoln
Enelebreck
Pemaquid Lodge
Charles J. DiPerri
Fred F. Pendleton
Frank B. Adams
John A.merry
Bernaird A. Merry
E. Lawrence Lewis
Benjamin H. Adams
Chancellor C. Blagdon
Elden P. Munsey
Thaddeus F. Reed
Harry S. Lewis
Norris A. Miller
Bradford C. Redennett
George G Chiera
Harry E. Rines
George G. Chiera
Red Men’s Hall
Order
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Union
Waldoboro
Grace Sewall
Lois Frye
Woolwich
Men’s Night at Bath Country Club Postponed
The Bath Country Club postpones the men’s night event originally set for Thursday at five o’clock. The first regular Thursday night party will instead occur on June 6 with golf, supper and dancing as Memorial Day week includes a flag tournament and ladies are invited to join the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice Taylor
Washington and
Hodur Streets
C. Bladgon and Son
Marco Club
Sheepscot River
Boston Island
Millard
Wiscasset Sunnay
Huntoon Hill Grange
Arthur Paquett
Holbrook Blagdon
Grange
Harold Shea
Harry Quinnam
Robert Chapman
Robert Chapman Lawrence-Lewis
Franklin Hammond
Roland Hammond
Donald
John Jackson
Jessie White
Lawrence Lewis
Cip
Pus
Donald Shea
Poostar
Bony Pig
Jorg
Ose
Forest Morris and
Quinnam
Edward Evans
Forest Morris
Rasa Grange
Star Spangle Banner
Progressive Union
West Bath Red Cross
Dromore Ladies Aid
West Bath Farm Bureau
Flossie Beals
Lincolnville
Friendship
South Waldoboro
T. J. Fernald
Emma Bickford
Republican Club
Iron Works
Ralph Gould
Walter I. Noyes
Blue Bell
Dave
Earl Payson
Walter Cunningham
Georgetown
L. M. Spinney
H. A. Spinney
Maurice Burns
Echo Valley
Walter Thurston
Cumberland
Charles Huff
H. A. Spidney
Louise Howard
Edward Cook
South Street
Barbara Hanna
Andrew Butterfield
Edward
Roslindale
Harry Stone
Helen McCue
Lewiston
Harry Crosman
Edward Coombs
Ruth
Percy Bailey
Lou
Manse Masterman and
E. R. Wright
Bruce
Evelyn Pinkham
Woolwich Book Club
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