Wiscasset groups fund drive plans and May court notes
Community organizations plan a common fund drive for equipment at the Wiscasset academy and a second meeting is set to add representatives. The May term Superior Court opened in Wiscasset with Justice Murray presiding, lists grand and traverse jurors, and notes the Tri County Rural Letter Carriers Association meeting move to May third Saturday in North Whitefield after Feb travel disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Edward P. Murray
Clarence A. Richards
Charles M. Giles
Herbert L. Pinkham
Charles P. Lyford
Joseph Blanchett
Boothbay Harbor
Rufus Caswell
Edgecomb
Hardy Davis
Walter Farmer
Southport
Ruel Foster
Ralph A. Brown
South Bristol
Ruth Haggett
Ahui Hervila
Somerville
Frank Lailer
Bremen
Elsie M. Mank
Waldoboro
Simon E. McDougall
Beatrice Morey
Damariscotta
Linwood E. Palmer, Sr
Nobleboro
Chester W. Poole
Lilla Reilly
Bristol
Clark D. Rowe
Harvey O. Sprague
Jefferson
Jane Tucker
Wellis C. Weaver
Walstein K. Weeks
Newcastle
Clyde C. Winchenbach
Tri-County Rural Letter Carriers Association
Knox
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
North Whitefield
Ladies Forage elects officers at Pine Wood Camps convention
The State convention met at Pine Wood Camps in Denton electing Mrs. Charles ae as president and naming a state delegate. The event included regent Mrs. Mabel Rand hosting Pemaquid chapter and awarding nine student essays with Boothbay Harbor High School winning first prize and gold medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Wood Camps
Denton
Charles Ae
Mabel Rand
Pemaquid
The
Americanos
Apa
Oak Street
Boothbay Harbor
Jerry Lewis
Boothbay Harbor High
James Cawley
Ada Hall
Lincoln Academy
Peter Granger
James Buchanan
Lincoln
Grace Crowley
Wiscasset
Amy Jewett
Headle
Edna Brewer
Lois Frye
Sheepscot
Inez Ayer
Anna
Elizabeth Reed
Helen Ripley
Damariscotta
Grace Carlisle
Fannie Perkins
Rliamentarian
Martilla Foster
Charles Hodgdon
East Boothbay
Wiscasset Academy events note May 15 dinner and June events
Mrs Di Perri and daughter from Everett visited to finalize a sale of property on Lee street. An Eastern Star supper at Masonic hall May 15 supported the Home Economics and Manual Arts fund. Committees were named. The Wiscasset Academy baccalaureate is set for June 2 at the Congregational church and Alumni will gather June 6 for graduation and a banquet and ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
He Lemy
Seit Ca
Congregational Church
Ruth Kierstead
Marco Club
Samuel Joe
Alumni Association
Walter Sherman
American Legion
Viola Adams
White Elephant Club
Srk
Dorothy Fulton
Rebekah
Eva Bradford
American Legion Auxiliary
Vinton C. Reed
Blue Ledge Masons
Helen Gross
Eastern Star Club
Robert MacLaren
Huntoon Hill Grange
Rebekah Lord
IOOF
Sidney G. Evans
Fire Society
Mary Hobson
Female Charitable Society
Richa
Baby St. Philips Auxiliary
Frances Sortwell
Hetsy
Boy Scout
Eacceaiatee
Robert Pees
Academy
Maybelle
Sherman
Frances Somes
Wiscasset Gazette
MacGrath
St. Philip's Church
Stanton A. Sherman
Fire Company
Priscilla
Western Star Club
Wiscasset
Harry Bradford
Rebekah Lodge
Wiscasset Academy
Bradford
Kingfield
Windham
Academy Board of Trustees
Joseph di Perri
Ernest DeMarco
Everett
Mass
Florence Sherman
Laura Evans
Cochairmen
Cora Beane
Carolyn Pendleton
Inez Burton
Helen Fisher
Gladys Light
May Sherman
Beatrice Cowley
Grace McFadden
William H. Burton
Wisca
Sarkis Leavitt Church Wedding Details In Maine
George Anthony Fgh served as navigator with the U S Army Air Forces during World War II. Ruth Sarkis, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Fr Martineau, married in a double ring ceremony at the Sarkis Leavitt church in Wiscasset with 100 relatives and friends in attendance. The bride wore a powder blue suit with a white feather hat and gardenia corsage. matron of honor Mrs Robert Footer wore gold, a white feather hat and gardenia corsage. Ushers included John Bourque Thomas Berry Harold Perry and George Perry. A reception at the Phoenix followed. gifts included a three tier wedding cake. Afterward the couple visited the groom's mother in Bath and planned a wedding trip through Massachusetts then Foster's Point for a summer cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Wiscasset
Alfred M. Norton
A. M. Norton
First Congregational Church
Wiscasset Academy
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Richard E. Kimball
George Anthony Fgh
Ruth Uring
Wiceaneet
Uur
Martineau
Onor
Robert Footer
Ernest Sarkis
Boston
John Bourque
Thomas Berry
Harold Perry
George Perry
the Phoenix
Sadie Sarkis
Morsey High
Coburn Classical Jute
Rhode Island State College
Bath Iron Works
Sarkis
Mary Haryk
Dolly Goodwin
Turner Gregory
Michael Kalel
William Kalel
Mary
Springfield
Mass
George Sarkis
Roxbury
Arthur Attaya
Roslindale
Abdul Hassan
Quincy
Paul Bucky
Peter
Portsmouth
Edna Kalel
Ida Kalel
Mary Dyer
Thelma Farris
Barbara Dyer
Richard Dyer
James Kalel
Betty Salem
Portland
Doyle to Direct Collection of Food for Overseas Relief
Mayor Dominique J. Tardif appoints Charles B. Doyle, Bath Chamber of Commerce president, as chairman of a local committee for the National Emergency Food Collection. Other members will be named soon. The drive, run with President Truman’s family emergency committee, aims to gather funds and foods nationwide. Former Vice President Wallace has accepted the national chairmanship and urged direct aid to war victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominique J. Tardif
Charles B. Doyle
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Doyle
Truman
United States
An Wale Lace
Tardif
Direct Economic Loss From 1946 Traffic Accidents
The record states total direct economic losses from traffic accidents in 1946 reached 1.45 billion dollars. It notes the figure as a national estimate and reflects broad insurance and repair costs across all sectors.
Local Social News Highlights Including Birthdays and Travel
The article lists gatherings and visits across Brunswick Freeport Bath Topsham Islesboro and Gardiner. It notes Mrs Crocker’s birthday party with a treasure hunt and spider gift web activity plus a birthday cake. Also mentions new artesian wells at Birch Point and returning service members Norman Perkins Graydon Smith and others with family and hospital news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lear
David
Denne
Tsts
Metter
Crocker
Weclwiske
Ness
West Eneernid
Honoraby Aiackare
Edna Aeiggine
Osman Nuatty
Fred Rose
Ernest
Freeport
Mary Greene
Laurence Lord
G. C. Smith
David Larrabee
Walter Larrabée
Topsham
Jean McMann
Bath
Josep Rrabee
Psoas Stetson
G Smith
G. James Cooke
Bath Memorial Hospital
Wilbur Brown
Isaac Trufant
Brunswick
Fred Larrabee
Warren Babbidge
Lucille
Islesboro
Laura Whitmore
Gardiner
F. W. Deehan
Graydon Smith
Earling
Robert Killiam
Walter
Jean
Laura Iimore
Edward Collins
Frispe
F. W. Dee- Clifford Babbidge
Bowen Torrey
Meadow Ledges
Alewives Run at Damariscotta
Reports from Damariscotta describe a heavy alewife run with crowds at the falls and a bustling packing house where herring are salted in large barrels. Children sell smoked herring and lobsters as the water turns black with fish and the falls race high. Melbourne is noted as Australia's capital of Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damariscotta
Illinois
Woolwich Community Notes and Local Happenings
Woolwich memorandum of church services Scout activities and local events across Woolwich and Nequasset. Rev Lowell Milliken and others lead services and talks while the Woolwich Teachers club, dance recitals, and parish gatherings appear alongside visitations from families in nearby towns.
Car Recovered After Theft Near Columbia Hotel
Bath police recovered a stolen blue Ford sedan after Officer John Kelliher spotted it at the rear of the Columbia hotel. The vehicle had been reported stolen from the office parking lot minutes earlier. No injuries or further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John Kelliher
Columbia Hotel
Memorial Hospital Notes Memorabilia Reading Scraps
Incomplete hospital note snippet shows names Japet Thole and Bath, with scattered terms likely indicating a patient record. Readable fragments mention times like 11a and vague references to notes or observations. Further context needed for a precise summary or attribution.
Nequasset Lake Alewives Harvest Details Emerge
The article describes the annual alewives run from Nequasset Lake to the dam and Noghesst Lake area. Fish are trapped in a sluiceway to indoor pools then released into trucks for processing and sale. Thousands are taken each year with some fish smoked and sold wholesale. young alewives return to the lake after two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noghesst Lake
Nequasset Lake
Phippshaat
Nequasset Auxiliary Holds All Day Session
Nequasset Auxiliary met Thursday for an all day session with Mrs. Maurice Hathorne. A noon covered dish buffet dinner was served with hostess help from Mrs. Frank Bailey. In a business meeting plans were made for the May 29 gathering with Mrs. Wilbur Presley. A successful sales table and twin auction raised funds for the treasury led by auctioneer Mrs. Eugene Beck. Attendees included Mrs. Henry Dubar, Mrs. Percy Bailey, Mrs. Frank Bailey, Jean Tracey, Mrs. Edward Shaw, Charlene Soule, Cromwell, Henry Coaers, Eugene Jones, Mrs. Dicky, Halnecoe Dore, Mrs. Ethwoid Ner, Mrs. Walter Libby, Master Ward Mayo, and Mrs. Maurice Hathorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Maurice Hathorne
Frank Bailey
Wilbur Presley
Eugene Beck
Treasury
Henry Dubar
Percy Bailey
Je A Tracey
Edward Shaw
Er Aoe Charlene Soule
Ou Cromwell
Henry Co
Eugene Ones
N Dicky
Halnecoe Dore
Ethwoidner
Walter Libby
Ward Mayo
Enjoyable Comedy by Genesta Chapter Cast Shines
Bertha the Beautiful Typewriter Girl presented by Genesta chapter O E S under officers supervision at Temple Tuesday evening. The three act melodrama set in the Gay Nineties shows banker Daniel Desmond and Boswell Bancroft. Cast and costumes praised for period accuracy and professional execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Sonic ‘Temple
Genesta Chapter
Daniel D
Desmond
Boswell Bancroft
Francis Bertrand
Bath Family News Notes Visitors and Seasonal Cottages
Local Bath residents share summer visits and cottage occupancy. Mrs. Grace Campbell and family call on Mary Campbell. H. A. Spinney and Clarette Butters visit. the Moffatts and their son Carroll Frederick spend Sunday in Bath. several locals plan seasonal stays at cottages. Robert Fry and James Skaling visit Bath. Mrs. Farr Payson returns from Bath Memorial hospital with sister assisting. Howard O. Nash and family plan season at their Bath cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Spinney
Brown
Feraby
Fance
Rs. Eves Stone
Sumner
Bath
Olly Brett
Maine Generalital
Portland
James Skaline
James Williams
Neening
Walter Noyes
Robert Fry
Grace Campbell, Daiter
Mary Campbell
Farr Payson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Walter Cunningham
H. A. Spinney
Clarette Butters
Frederick P. Moffatt
Carroll Frederick
Howard O. Nash
Eath
James Nostall
Cast and reception mark successful local dramatic event
Earl Pride and Mrs Luther Thompson led a productive fundraiser with a strong cast list. The Desboro Desmond character and banker figure sparked the play with several solo performances by Edward Butterfield and appearances from Blanche Bancroft and Miss Jean L Danforth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Pride
Luther Thompson
Daniel
Desboro Desmond
David Y. al- Daniel Desmond
Glenwood Garfield
Edward Butterfield
Skeets
Kenneth Boswell Marae
Manuel Bowers
Blanche Bancroft
Jean L. Danforth
Bertha Bancroft
Kath Clar Clayborn
Wands LeMoine
Ee Riverton
Dorothy Wood
Bridget O’cassey
Eva Kenney
Eléanor Danforth
Frances Young
Boy Scout Exhibit At Front Street Window
Parents should view a fine display of Boy Scout equipment in a vacant Mikelly block storefront window on Front street. The exhibit showcases a Scout's camping outfit and various handmade items, arranged to inspire thousands of Scouts expected to gather for the June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikelly Block
Front Street
Glee Club Member Constance Hitchcock Performs with Tabor Academy
Miss Constance Hitchcock of 658 Washington Street, member of the House in the Pines Glee club in Norton Massachusetts, recently took part in a concert with Tabor Academy in Marion Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Hitchcock
Washington Street
Glee Club
House In the Pines
Norton
Masss
Tabor Academy
Marion
Mass
First sewing machine patent granted in 1864
A historical note states the first sewing machine received a patent in 1864 marking a pivotal development in textile technology. The detail anchors early innovation and patent activity in the era.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Althea E. Cowan
Agnes Cowan
Frederick F. Pendleton
Chester Pendleton
Washington, D. C
Catherine McLean
Earl McLain
Pendleton
Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Arlington, Va
Eecumetries Ian
Richmond White
Robert MacQueston
Helen Bellas
Joseph Coffin
Henry Dyer
Women's Auxiliary of
Maine
Allen
Chewonki
Harraseeket Grange
John F. Jackson
Roland Hammond
James Keefe
Vinnie Quinnam
Jackson
George Hammond
Ceres
Clifton Munsey
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Home and Community Committee
Knox and
Edward Bryan
Salem
Williow Road
Josephine Plumstead
Antoinette Plumstead
Federal Street
Josie Wardwell
Georgia W. Lilly
Hooper Street
Westport
E. H. Woodworth
Catherine
Toronto
Bath Road
Pemaquid Point
Fred R. Brown
Kenneth Lincoln
Hodge Street
New York
William Duncan Reid
David Burton Reid
Seattle
Wash
Reid
W.H. Burton
Birch Point
DeForest
Frank R. Burton
Burton
Philadelphia
Donald Burton
Waltham
William Burton
Engineers Blue Room Club
Harvey R. Pease
Zina H. Davis
John P. Chase
North Edgecomb
Wolfeboro
N. H
Albert S. Owen
Anna Cate
Owens
Dudley Dunphe
Barnacle
Dunphe
Marines
Robert H. Heigham
Beverly
H. W. Raddin
Bradenton
Fla
Byron Adams
Charles Lennox
Maine General Hospital
Mr. Petrie
Effie Poole
Alfred E. Gorham
Lake Worth
George Boynton
Charles E. Cowley
Eugene McGrath
M. Adele Avery
Julia C. Jordan
Yonkers
N. Y
St Mary’s Church
Hammond
Dresden
Melbourne
Australia’s State of
Victoria
Woolwich
Seemewend
Cunningham
Tienda
Frideboek
Lowell
Milltmee
Iowanip van Co
Igs Pointe
Milliken
Robert Doe
Altonee Ee Wik
Robson
District Bath
Earl Lermond
Merle Niles
Sapneeboe Sounds Court
Ralph Bowers
Waterville
Bowers
Mary Cunningham
Patricia Smith
Bartlett O O. Smith
Kay
Dolly Grover
E. K. Anderson
Samp Guptil
Anderson
Guy Bussey
Sanford
Frank J. Walker
Edwin L. Moulton
Bathroad
Greenville
Ateng Telerhon Packard
Lester Holbrook
Holbrook
Clara Tibbetts
Hallowell
Nequasset Road
Belle Ames
Ames
Alfred Ames
Ben
Riverside Cemetery
Douglas Seaver
Middleton
Russell Boyd
Roy Morton
Framingham
Japet Thole
Moster
Uf . i
Genesta
Bob” Allen
Socony Station
Jetus
Rex
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