Memorial Day Notes From Wiscasset Community
Memorial Day activities include Masonic lodge events in Bath area with degree ceremonies for two candidates and a Fourth of July celebration plan led by Harold Campbell and Grace McFadden. Auxiliary poppy sale, Lincoln Lodge gathering with local and visiting Masons, and honors for long service members are reported along with local personal items and church memorial remarks.
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Aram
L.C.C.F
Bath
Wiscasset High School
Masonic Hall
O.E.S
Esso Bethlehem
Wiscas
Academy
State Banking Departas
Locoln Lodge
Benjamin ‘Adams
Harold A. Campbell
Grace McFadden
Cochairman
Schuyler Fairfield
Walter B. Pushard
Frank Winters
W. W. Ry
Little Baseball League
Wiscasset High
Bernard Samuels
New York
Wiscasset
Washington and
Federal Streets
Ten Ecyk Thompson
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post
Post
Lincoln Lodge
New England
Garrison Hill
Paul E. Powers
Freeport
Edward H. Dunton
Boothbay Harbor
Charles E. Cowiey
Powers
Dunton
Charles I. Barnes
William M. Hunter
Benjamin H. Adams
William H. Cochran
Leon Dodge
L. Dow
Edgar G. Hilton
Otto Miete
DeForest Munsey
Earl D. Rines
Walter G. Serle
LeRoy Farmer
Fraklin Skillin
Visitors and locals gather in regional social notes
Trenton guests at Wiscasset Inn include Mrs. pene and Mrs. Josephine Foye of Augusta. Mrs. Foye’s friends learn of Mrs. Stockford’s marked improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wilband return to Fifth Street from Fort Lauderdale after wintering there. Mrs. Lemuel Moody and daughter Louise of Old Town visited Mrs. Boylston Hutchins last week.
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Trenton N. J
Wiscasset Inn
Pene
Josephine Foye
Augusta
Mary E Campbell Rites Held for Local Resident
Funeral services for Mary E. Campbell a longtime Wiscasset resident were conducted at the Congregational church on Monday afternoon. She died in Augusta on May 22 and burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery Bath with committal at the grave. Survivors include her brother William W Campbell of Waltham Mass and nephews James C Campbell of Chicago IL and William C Campbell of Wichita KS.
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Mary E. Campbell
Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Augusta
William W. Campbell
Waltham
Mass
James c. Campbell
Chicago
Ill
William C. Campbell
Wichita
Kansas
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath
Engagement announced for Miss Pinkham of Readfield
The engagement of Miss ee Ceee Carleton Pinkham of Readfield has been announced. She is an honors graduate of Bridge academy and Kennebec School of Commerce and works for the State Department of Health and Welfare in Augusta. Her fiancé Mr. Pinkham is a Kent's Hill graduate employed by Peachey Builders in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win Rittall
Ceee
Carleton Pinkham
Readfield
Shirley
Bridge Academy
Kennebec School of Commerce
State Department of Health and Welfare
Augusta
Pinkham
Kent's Hill
Peachey Builders, Inc
Ernest Chester Palmer
Hallowell
Gardiner General Hospital
Lula Palmer
Arnold Sproul
John McFadden
Cedar Grove
Charles Waterman
Randolph
Ernest
Cox Memorial Methodist Church
Dresden Lodge
Amesbury-White
Gardiner
Roy Lilly
South Dresden
Leona Jewett
Bernard Bailey
John Frey
Lilly
Dresden Mills
Marion Blinn
Harland McCobb
Leslie Louveney
Clayton Mayers
Ramegin Archery Club
Ernest St. Germaine
Charles Russell
Boston
West Palm Beach, Fla
Good Will Club Plans June Fundraising Events
A Good Will Club committee met with Mrs. Pearl Reed to discuss June fundraising. Attendees included Mrs. Doris Haley, Mrs. Mary Hall, Mrs. Betty Brown, Mrs. Lowell Brown, and Mrs. Reed. Plans include a May 28 party at the clubhouse and a June 7 baked beans and salad supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Pearl Reed
Doris Haley
Mary Hall
Betty Brown
Lowell Brown
Reed
Vast Diversity of Fish Species Count Reaches Thousands
A broad scientific overview notes there are roughly 25 000 distinct fish species described worldwide. Researchers highlight ongoing discovery and classification efforts across oceans and freshwater habitats, reflecting the rich biodiversity of aquatic life.
News and Notes Across Kennebec
Local social pages note visits from Earl Thompson and others, with families from Wakefield and Sagadahoc Ferry arriving for Memorial Day weekend. Eugene Rice returns from Los Angeles to start a Pittsfield photography studio after wartime service, while Woolwich Memorial Day services and baccalaureate plans are detailed along with church events and local family travels.
Woolwich PTA installs officers and plans annual fair
The Woolwich PTA met Monday at Tuessic hall and installed new officers led by past president Brian M. Jewett. Officers include Forrest Baker 2nd vice president Charlotte Thornton 3rd vice president Marthew Doak secretary Alvah Edwards treasurer Richard McElman building trustee. The group approved the 7th Annual Fair for Oct 3 4 and set June 23 as the next meeting. Graduation exercises will be in the PTA hall on Friday June 6 with committee appointments announced.
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Woolwich
PTA
Charlotte Thorning
Woolwich Pta
Frances M. Jewett
Ami
Pomona to Meet at Dirigo Grange on Wednesday
West Bath Grange held a meeting Monday with plans for Pomona to meet Wednesday at Dirigo Grange where supper will be served at six. Guest speaker Mrs. Berenice Colby discussed European countries especially England and shared articles and artifacts. An annual memorial program, directed by Chaplain John Howe, is set for Monday with refreshments and Carver's orchestra for dancing.
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West Bath Grange
Pomona
Dirigo Grange
Marguerite Mulcahy
Berenice Colby
West Bath Community Notes and Local Visit Highlights
West Bath church services set for June 1 at 2 30 led by Howard F Cramer ton. The West Bath Sewing group met at Mrs Ethel Burn s home with a list of attendees and refreshments served. Numerous visits and calls occurred around Bath including residents in Portland Gardiner Bath and Brunswick with family and military travel updates. Marriage intentions filed by Glenda Wallace and Karl Jewett Jr. were noted along with attendance at union meetings and various weekend gatherings.
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Ida Stover
Gladys Deehan
Ethel Burns
Milton Morse
Nella Whitmer
Bath
Fred Rose
Eva Atwood
Rosedale
Arthur Deehan
New Meadows
Wilbur Fowden
U. S. Navy
Washington
Irving Burnham
William Caylor
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Ralph Kaer
Malcolm Varney
Blanche Huff
F. W. Deehan
Dean Farnham
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Reginald Farnham
Waterville
Philip Burns
U. S. Army
Governor’s Island
N. Y
Burns
Eunice Putnam
Portland
Glenda Wallace
Leonard Wallace
West Bath
Karl E. Jewett, Jr
Carl Jewett
East Brunswick
Eastern States Farmers Union
Waldoboro
Richard Renshaw
Jackie
Elaine
Massachusetts
George Booker
Alpha Booker
Walter Wade
Lisbon
Edward Kenney
Hadley Condon
Larrabee’s Grove
Bath Memorial Hospital
Conrad Larrabee
Eastern Nazarene Eallege
Wollaston
Mass
John Tarrabee
Larrabee
Conrad
Martin Roman
Meriden
U.S. Army
Linwood Miller
Gertrude Greenleaf
Portsmouth
N. H
Sunday Dinner Hosts Mention Family Names In Snippet
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to Mrs John Perkins and Mr Harold Davis hosting Sunday dinner with children and a family guest list. The text is garbled and lacks clear event details or dates.
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Ohn Perkins
Harold Davis
Woolwich Memorial Day Service Overture and Chorus
Woolwich will host Memorial Day services with Diane Merrill performing Seana solo and Pat and Paul Crocker singing The Battle Hymn of the Republic with Florence Temple at piano. J. H. Whittum and Mrs Georgie Walker will read association reports and announce the 1953 committee. Marjorie De Wick Ruth Soule and Richard E McElman organized this year’s program.
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Woolwich
Diane Merrill
Seana
Pat
Paul Crocker
Florence Temple
J. H. Whittum
Georgie Walker
Marjorie de Wick
Ruth Soule
Richard E. McElman
West Bath Church to Open for Summer Season
The West Bath Methodist church resumes services Sunday June 1 with Rev. Howard F. Cramer of Beacon Street church delivering the pulpit for June. The country church has been renovated including a fresh ceiling coat and buff walls with a blue border. Sunday worship begins at 2 30 p.m. and all are welcome.
Teachers Sponsor Tea for Legislative Candidates and Wives
The Adahoc County Teacher's Legislative committee hosted a tea Monday afternoon inviting all county legislative candidates and their wives. About 150 teachers and PTA members attended to meet candidates, sample a menu of lobster and chicken dishes, and chat in a cordial setting.
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Theadahoc County
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Reg Yvette B. Small
Lil Fisher
Harry Horne
Katherine Conley
Herbert T. Caverly
Converse Fenn
Ann Deering
Ruth Ames
South End
Evadna Drake
Dike
Loring Addison
Carl Crane
Huse
Richard Towle
North Center
Alice Small
West Bath
Margaret Gilman
Annette Totman
Phippsburg
Evangeline Sparks
Woolwich
Richmond
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Moffatt
Charles F. Cummings
Frank O. Dunton
Bath
Maine Teachers Association
Isabelle Bryant
Doris Wing
Evelyne Percy
Margaret Flaherty
Manley Grant
Nathan W. Watson
Dennis Murphy Woolwich
Elizabeth Harris
Georgetown
Alice Lowell
Morse Dragons edge Brunswick as Haggett no-hits outvictory
Morse defeats Brunswick 10 straight, Haggett with a no hit no run effort through six innings. Carmichael Padres two triples and Munsey handles catching with seven putouts as Morse bats spark seven steals and multiple hits. Heavy hitters include Black Munsey Trafton and Kingsbury driving in runs while seventh inning rains halt play.
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Billy Haggett
Don Brown
Brunswick
Aldie Leéman
Dragons
Annu
Joe McCarthy
Svetuts
Murphymen
Black
Bobby “Cocker
Carmichael
Dick Whittier
Munsey
Bobby
Johnny Trafton
Ronnie LeClair
Trafton
Whittier
Louis Kingsbury
Leute
Paul McCourt
Kingsbury
Sonny Munsey
Morse
Eddie Hahmel
Don Raymond
Sonny
Bobby Carmichael
Jimmy Beck
Brad Stover
Beck
Brown
Stover
C'michael
Raymond
Walker
Scouts and Cubs Set for Friday Memorial Day Meeting
All Boy Scout troops and Cub Scout packs are to meet on the south side of Summer street at 9 30 a.m. Memorial Day morning with at least one adult leader per unit. Gear for the Council Camporee at Camp Hinds to be trucked to a central pickup point by 10 a.m. Friday. Donald Ring or Stewart McAllister to be notified for pickup. Saturday is visiting day at Camp Hinds with Bath parents and friends invited to view the camp facilities.
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Summer Street
Camp Hinds
Donald Ring
Stewart McAllister
Arrowsic Mothers Club Plans Sale and Graduation Meeting
Arrowsic Mothers Club met at the school house with president Mrs. Celia Carlton presiding. Final plans were made for today’s cooked food sale and a special meeting at Mrs. Mary McCrater’s home Monday to discuss graduation. Present were Mrs. Mildred Stafford Mrs. Celia Carlton Mrs. Mary McCrater Mrs. Gowen and Mrs. Laura Greenleaf.
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Arrowsie Mothers Club
Celia Carlton
Mary McCrater
Mildred Stafford
Gowen
Laura Greenleaf
Bath and Phippsburg Men Found Guilty in Counter Assault
In a near full Municipal court session, two Bath men and two from Phippsburg waived fault and battery against Senecal and his son Louis of Phippsburg. The Jo brothers faced similar charges, alleged melee occurring during a dispute. Judge Gardiner Deering presided and found the four men guilty by 3.15 p.m., each ordered to pay.
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Bath
Phippsburg
Senecal
Louis
Jo Brothers
Senecals
Harold J. Rubin
Gardiner Deering
Corliss Brotherhood Reports At Foster Point Meeting
Corliss Street church group met Monday to discuss severed Kare and club affairs. Harold Safford, Aug. 9, hosted, with hymn sing and trio Cummings Dwyer Pratt providing music. A colored movie program courtesy of Inland Fisher Game Department entertained attendees. Cake was served. next meeting slated for September.
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Corliss Street
Foster Point
Harold Safford
Cummings
Fred Dwyer
Pratt
Inland Fisher Game Department
Hood
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George Hamlin
Joseph Hamlin
Rockland
Mr. Hamlin
Maine Central Railroad
Jennie J. Ladd
Milo
William I. Kierstead
Robert Frazier
Maine
Hostital
Rensel H. Colby
Maine Canned Foods, Inc
Foren Avance
Erate
Kennebec
Earl Thompson
Will
Fred Drew
Wakefield
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrowsic
Ruth Dubar
Nequaspe
Hodgkins
Ethel Bailey
Mary Dodge
Ina Leeman
Eugene Rice
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Los Anles
Cal
Eugene
Pittsfield
Mountain Division
Italy
Los Angeles
Western Union
N. Elwood Coffin
Kathy
Ellen
Larri
N. Elwood
Poquonock Bridge
Conn
America
Woolwich Center’ Baptist Church
Daniel W. Staffeld
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Rense] Colby
Wiscasset Congregational Church
Baptist Churches of
Moatsweag
North Woolwich
Donald Thwing
Louise Rey
William Stevens
Jerry Hanson
Millard Hanson
Nequasset
Lexington
Stevens
John McAvoy
James Burnett
Clearwater
Fla
Idahoc Bay
Phipps Point
Paul G. Bagdikian
Oak Street
Lindley Foss
Farmington
Edith Campbell
Ralph Jewett
Westport Junction
Flans
Tuessic Hall
Bonnie
Ralph Tibbs
Houlton
Woolwich Services
Montsweeg
The
Andy Looptory
Munse
Dane
Bever
Kingsilly
McC
McCourt
McCarth
Pine Pier
Ree
Rever
Seppe
Scouts
CUBS
Arrowsic Mothers Club
Tasmania
Corliss Brotherhood
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