Wiscasset Gazette Event Highlights Local Arts and News
The Crossroads Store a one act comedy at Red Men hall Friday eight pm to raise funds for the Wiscasset Gazette. Chaplain Sowder returns to speak on war era morals. Local groups plan farm bureau and DAR activities and report divorces and a fatal action in Europe with Morang family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Men's Hall
Wiscasset
Larry Lackcoyne
Raymond Sheman
Oscar Pumperspout
Walter Dow
Frank Skid
Harvey R. Pease
Jim Slider
Chester Pendleton
Hank Handle
Conrad Peters Balsam
Mark Caton
Dave Limbernet
Edward Mason
Spits
Ralph Brewer
Lena Jell Bernice Bailey
Sarah Desert Madaline Colby
Minnie Fish
Bertha Day
Eva Day
Winona Leavitt
Martha Day
War Department
Robert C. Morang
Bath area social notes include visits and health updates
A Bath column lists local visits birthdays and travels. Cpl Richard Felker at Peterson Field Colorado Springs suffers an ankle injury. S2/c Robert Fuller spends leave with Mrs Fuller in Portland. Families in Bath Larrabee and Mank households host relatives and attend church events. Vaccination plans for diphtheria and whooping cough announced for school and pre school children the week of the 29th. Summer cottages opened Sabino and Bath residents plan seasonal stays research and community activity noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sas
Richard Felker
Leon Felker
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Col
Robert Fuller
Gallups Island
Boston
Islesboro
Warren Mank
USN
Southport
N. C
Mank
Joseph Bellmore
Bath
Larrabee
Jerrold Courtney Stover
Courtney Stover
Lance
Victor Fuller
Lannes Fuller
Woolwich
Elmer Mank
David Larrabee
Topsham
J. W. Larrabee
Brunswick Hospital
Merton Wright
Ronald Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Marjorie Boucher
Daisy Crawford
H. A. Owen
Sabino
Charles H. Bates
Beachmont
Mass
Leon
R. H. McNary
Jack ‘Ughter
M. P. Clough
Marblehead
John H. McNary
Sabine
Chester Freeman
George Bailey
Portland
Donald Freeman
Leo Poulin
Pooler Cottage
G. C. Marriner
Marriner
Freda Hopkins
Dana
Flora Shepard
Richmond
Robert Medcalf
John Perkins
Harding
Dwinal Cornish
Carl
Christel
Wendell Williams
Ernest Williams
Regest Phillips
Michael
Stanley Williams
Edward Burns
Lincoln Williams
Roy Moore
Bath Iron Works
Walter Kings
Village Barn Playhouse to Open at Sagadahoc Ferry
Sagadahoc Ferry unveils a new summer theatre to be run by Phil Beaney, former New York and Hollywood actor known as Bob Wentworth. The Village Barn Playhouse will open this August at Seebenon Hall with a five week season and five Broadway hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Barn Playhouse
Sagadahoc Ferry
Phil Beaney
New York
Hollywood
Phil
Fred Beaney
Village Pride Bakery
Morse High
Harrison Lewis
New York City
Gene Martell
Paramount
Bob Wentworth
Abie
Gloria Swanson
Lakewood
Sebenon Hall
U. S. Marines
Bath
Sebenon
Hyde Camp Auxiliary Card Party Draws Large Turnout
Members of T. W. Hyde Camp Auxiliary hosted a Sunday card party at Mrs. Maurice Warner’s Middle Street home. Seven tables played auction and whist with prizes awarded to Mrs. Martha McAuliffe and Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer. Refreshments followed and a future party was set for Monday evening, June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Maurice Warner
Middle Street
Martha McAuliffe
Lida Costain
Florence Robinson
Elizabeth Palmer
Minnie Roderick
Gussie Pagurka
Warner
Card of Thanks for Fire Help in Phippsburg
We express gratitude to neighbors and friends and all who helped save our home and belongings after the recent fire in Phippsburg. Mr and Mrs John C Malcolm and Mrs Joseph O Purdue of Washington Street passed Wednesday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
John C. Malcolm
Joseph O. Purdue
Washington Street
Portland
Woolwich First Baptist Church Services and Local Notices
Woolwich and Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist churches hold morning services with reports on the Northern Baptist convention. A town meeting discussed funding a Sasanoa Bluffs sewage system, but the motion failed. Baked bean supper and Memorial Day plans listed along with various community notices and upcoming graduations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Northern Baptist Convention
Atlantic City
N. J
Woolwich - Wiscasset Baptist Church
Sasanoa Bluffs
Good Will Club
Moatsweag Baptist Church
David L. Wilson
Bath
Merle Jameson
Ivan Shaw
Woolwich Teachers Club
Nequasset School
Weston
Spaulding
Spinning Wheel Club
Jordan Wright
Gilbert Hathorne
Frances Hathorne
Clayton Stinson
Roy Lilly
Albion L. Corliss
Day's Ferry
Lewiston
Grand Chapter of
Maine
Order of the Eastern Star
Warren Trowbridge
John Leonard
Camp Fort Knox
G. D. Trott
Waterville
Merilyn Temple
Albert Temple
P. S. Desorde
Joseph
Allen
Elaine
Higate Center
Miss Marston
Raymond Lounsbury
Hartley Lounsberry
Sagadahoe Ferry
Walter Smith
Day’s Ferry
Costello P. Hall
Harold Goodell
Floyd Goodell
Kansas
Percy Bailey
Bath Road
Girl Cyclists Visit Nequasset From Nearby Towns
A group of 45 girls cycled to Nequasset taking lunches and enjoying warm weather swims. Mrs. Catherine Huse led the outing with chaperone duties. Participants include C Burgess B Ladd H Avery G Bonney N Burditt P O'Reilly B Madden E Faucher J Salmon M Pouliot E King A King M Pierce E Noyes L Inison B Cummings M Nelson D Wilson A Bagdikian E Hartleb A McCabe L Huff J Mc Mann J Jones N Gregware J Sinclair R Lait R Collins B Legard M Rines C Carpenter L King B O Grady J Heal L Trott E Rogers C Rogers G Christian J Anderson A Mac Donald F Callan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Catherine Huse
C Burgess
B. Ladd
H. Avery
G Bonney
N. Burditt
P. O'Reilly
B. Madden
E. Faucher
J. Salmon
M. Pouliot
E. King
A King
M. Pierce
E. Noyes
C. Rogers
G. Christian
J. Anderson
A. Mac Donald
F. Callan
Kinney Reappointed Pastor for Fourth Year in Lewiston Conference
Rev. Charles L. Kinney of Beacon Street church was named pastor for a fourth year at the state Methodist Conference in Lewiston. He also received appointments to the Arrowsie and Robinhood churches and has led Beacon Street since 1940. He heads Bath Ministers' association and serves on Bath Iron Works rationing board, publisher of the Maine Conference Year Book, and sits on Preachers' Aid society board and Conference Relations committee. He joined East Maine Conference in 1911 ahead of the East Maine Maine union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Pendleton
Nancy Nosepoke
Frances Somes
Mandy Lay
Louise Mason
Barbara Shears
Olive Dow
Bernard Bailey
John Riley
Charles S. Sowder
Congregational Church
Chaplain’s Training School
Harvard
Army Chaplain’s Corps
First Congregational Church
Lowder
Sowder
Wiscasset
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Church
Lewiston
Kinney
Arrowsie
Robinhood
Beacon Street
Bath Ministers’ Association
Bath
Weekend Visitors and School Plans Highlight Region
Alton Strout and the Reed couple hosted weekend guests while Gainsleys visited Kittery. Several families hosted relatives over Mother's Day and local plans proceeded for June 6 graduation at Day's Ferry school house with Superintendent Gilman in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Gilpatrick
Boothbay
Emanuel Arsenault
Viola
Union Street
Clarence Cunningham
Janice
Woolwich
Arsenault
Alex St. Pierre
Sagadahoc Ferry
Everett Rice
Jean
Gorham
Ee Mother
Lydia Morrill
Waterfront Property Sold to Bath Iron Works
Recent transfers of property recorded at the Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds include sale to the Bath Iron Works of three parcels of land with buildings thereon on the east side of Washington Street from the Bath Box Co. south line to the William T. Donnell shipyard holdings and to low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Bath Box Co
William T. Donnell
Land sales on Kennebec river involve feldspar property sale
Two lots on the Kennebec river tied to feldspar interests were sold to B. I. W by Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Hughes of Jersey City. The Bath Box company also sold a strip now used as a dumping site by the ship building corporation and may continue to be used for dumping for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
New Jersey
Anne Elizabeth Hughes
Jersey City
N. Y
Bath Box Company
The
Shipbuilding Corporation
Brotherhood Meeting Draws Strong Attendance at K of P Hall
The Independent Brotherhood held a lively meeting at the K P hall Tuesday night with Harold Thomas Paul Sweeney William Mullaney and George McKinnon as speakers. They discussed Independent Union activities in shipbuilding along the East coast and fielded many questions. Committees were formed to supervise the union’s role in the labor board election set for June 14 at Bath Tron Works with both AFL and CIO on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Brotherhood
K. of P. Hall
Harold Thomas
Fore River & Hingham Independent Unions
Paul Sweeney
Hingham Union
William Mullaney
George McKinnon
Fore River Union
Independent
Labor Board
Bath Tron Works
A. F. of L
Bereavement Thanks from Mrs. William King and Son
We thank neighbors and friends for their kindness sympathy and floral tributes during our recent bereavement. Mrs. William King and son Charles King
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William King
Charles King
Samuel M. Jordan Jr. Inducted and Stationed at Sampson
Samuel M. Jordan Jr. of U S N recently entered service and is stationed at the U S Naval Training Station in Sampson New York where he is undergoing boat training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Jordan Jr
U.S.N
Sampson, N. Y
U. S. Naval Training Station
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Huntoon Hill Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Joyce Johnson
Margaret MacLaren
Bertha Merry
Gladys Sherman
Harriet Jackson
Anna White
Gertrude Munsey
Blanche Fowles
Villa Munsey
Elsie Blagden
Farm Bureau
Lincoln County Superior Court
Ruth E. Winchenbach
Harold E. Winchenbach
Gloria M. Lewis
Douglass F. Lewis
Ralph Z. Hutchins
Elvira Hutchins
Libellee
Virginia B. Avore
John A. Avore, Jr
Dorothy K. McElroy
Ralph A. McElroy
Gladys B. Bridges
Raymond I. Bridges
Charles M. Giles
Dorothy E. Giles
Arthur E. Gamage
Alice P. Gamage
Millie E. Matthew
John E. Matthew
Letha O. Hickson
John W. Hickson
Nathaniel T. Talbot
Isabelle G. Talbot
Harry P. Hildebra
John L. Turner
Eleanor G. Clouture
Lawrence A. Clouture
Marguerite Alice McCurda
John L. McCurda
Minnetta M. Hatch
Henry E. Hatch
Robert
Ralph W
Minnie F. Cowley Morang
Wiscasset Academy
University of Maine
Masonic Order
Knights of Pythias
Mason Plant
Minnie Morang
Ralph W. Morang
Ralph Waldo
Ocean View
Delaware
Edward S
Donald Morang
Armed Services
Silas Lee Merry
Nellie Merry
Waterstreet
Billings Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
Merry
Ivan Rines
Maurice Rines
Maxwell Field
Ala
Pemaquid
Dar
Rufus Stetson
Damariscotta
Continental Congress
Henry D. Hersey
Century Indemity Co
Fred McLain
East Milton
Charles E. Cowley
Cowley
Federal Street
Charles Cowley
Richmond White
Frank Metcalf
J. DiPerri
Elsie Anderson
Clarence Blagdon
Harold Engelbrekt
Charles di Perri
Arthur Bean
Clarence Bailey
Alfred Norton
George W. Boynton
Lake Worth
Fla
Alfred E. Gorham
Harry Bradford
Edward
Bradford
Grand Lodge
Augusta
Indemnity Fund
Charles Macurda
Boothbay Harbor
Leon G. Flood
Maine General Hospital
Joanna Evans
Hall Lewis
May Ways and Means
Organ Society of the
Sidney G. Evans
Earl Colby
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Joyce Jordan
Frank L. Metcalf
Togus
Agnes Cowen
Mildred Staples
Helen Hall
Old Academy
John C. Fisher
John Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Medfield
Hees
SEARS
Center Street
Brunswick
Bath, Maine
West Bath
Joe Marsh
Maine Forestry Department
Brewing Industry Foundation
Frank H. Holley
Main ST
Weilding
Hyde Camp
Blanche Littlefield
Robert C. Reed
Marylyn Lois
Bath Memorial Hospital
Horace E. Wade
Frances G. Harding
Frank G. Harding
Clinton T. Loveitt
Stanwood Gilman
Day
Rev. Kinney
Iron Works
Donnell Yard
Scott
Marguerite
Hennessey’s
New England
Marguerite Hennessey
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