Memorial Service for Sgt. Raymond Corey Held in Wiscasset
A memorial service for Sgt. Raymond Corey USMC who died May 10 from Okinawa wounds was held at Now Edgecomb Congregational Church with Rev. Robert Heigham and Cmdr. Robert MacQueston delivering eulogy. The service included a volley and taps, flowers, and reflections from Legion and church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgecomb Congregational Church
Raymond Corey
USMC
Okinawa
Robert JH. Heigham
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post
American Legion
W. E. Robinson
Baptist Church
South Portland
Cmdr
Robert C. MacQueston
American Legion Post
Harry Carlisle
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
A. L
the Légion Auxiliary
The
State Guard
Scouts
Huntoon Hill Grange
Robert H. Heigham
First Congregational Church
Vacation notices and military updates from Edgecomb area
Listing of residents visiting and traveling in Edgecomb and nearby areas. Mentions Or guests in homes, hospital visits, and furloughs. Includes military service notes for several individuals and a Red Cross meeting date. Legislative references to meat supply and tax enforcement are noted.
Maine Outdoor Notes on Bass Seas and Atlantic Salmon
Maine notes show limited tuna sport fishing this year as commercial fishing prospers. Bass season opens June 1 with fly fishing allowed until June 21. Bangor Salmon Pool hosts the first Atlantic salmon weighing nine pounds, with expectations for many more as heavy runoff boosts upstream fish runs. Local anglers report strong catches on Narraguagus River and Branch Lake, including notable brown trout from Bath and Ellsworth, signaling a robust season for Maine’s trout and landlocked salmon fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
White House
Bangor
Truman
Harold Hatch
Brewer
Harry Smith
Cherryfield
Narraguagus
Harry
Ray Plummer
Harrington
United States
Ray
Seasonal Fishing Pickups Expected After Cold Wave
The season has been slowed by high water and cold weather though anglers expect warming waters to trigger delayed feeding and improve catches over the coming weeks.
Meetings of Organizations List Attendees
Attendees at the gathering included Trott and Henry Trowbridge along with Mr. Temple Mr. Herrick Mrs. Haynes Mrs. Carpenter Mrs. James Noftall Mrs. Ed ward Hamblett Rev and Mrs. Louis A. Dole William C. Perkins Saunders Patterson Loring Addison Miss Mary Lee Harold Carter and Edward J. McMann.
Philathea class hosts village church supper and viewings
The Philathea class of Corliss Street church held a Friday evening supper for 35 in the small vestry with a V shaped table setup and patriotic decorations. The event featured a covered dish menu, prayers by Rev. Albert R. Freeman, and remarks by Mrs. Ber nice Achorn and Charles Godfrey. Members later watched motion pictures including The Life of Christ and World Fair footage along with Easter and field day scenes captured by Walter Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
Corliss Street Church
Earl Morang
William Davis
Arthur Berry
William Knowlton
Robert King
Grace
Walter Norton
Harold Walker
New York
Naval Pictures
Personal notes of furloughs and visits among military families
Pvt. and Mrs. Ernest Whitney and daughter Sylvia of Denny road left Tuesday to visit relatives in Camden while he takes a two weeks furlough from Camp Bowie Texas. Mrs G W Kern Chicago Mrs R H Martin Norco Calif and Mrs R W Shelton Norfolk Va all residents of 894 High street left for home after husbands' Navy duty. Mrs Annie Freeman Bowman street left to visit her daughter Mrs Ernest J Ward and Mr Ward at Sebago Lake cottage in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Whitney
Sylvia
Denny Road
Camden
Pvt. Whitney
Camp Bowie
Texas
G. W. Kern
Chicago
Ill
R. H. Martin
Norco
Calif
R. W. Shelton
Norfolk
High Street
Navy
Annie Freeman
Harold Freeman
Freeman
Bowman Street
Ernest J. Ward
Mr. Ward
Portland
Sebago Lake
Memorial Day Ode Echoes a Soldier’s Silent Voice
A memorial lyric inspired by Corporal Edwin Grantham honors fallen soldiers with questions of tribute. The speaker imagines options like a wreath or flag and ends with a resolving, quiet voice that speaks beyond the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantham
Local News Highlights From Woolwich and Nearby Towns
The column notes weekend visits by Margaret Anna and Jean Gowdy with guests from the University of Maine and Levant and Dover-Foxcroft. It lists church services at Woolwich Center Baptist with lessons and socials, plus graduations, club events, and family visits. Also mentions births, moves, and Sgt George Ames Jr hospitalized in Italy. A historical weather note contrasts 1857 spring with current cold spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Sheriffs’ Association
Gilbert
Pemaquid Beach
Sadie Gilbert
Lincoln County
Herbert L. Pinham
State of
Maine
Ralph A. Gallagher
George W. Singer
Lincoln Municipal Court
Charles M. Giles
Clarence A.richards
Edith H. Rines
Register of Deeds
Harvey R. Pease
Alfred B. Chaput
E. Ashley Walter
Board of County Commissioners
Dorothy E. Roberts
Lincoln County News
Roberts
Pemaquid Harbor
Philip Dearborn
Altena Brown
Joan N. Glid
Margaret
Anna
Jean Gowdy
J. M. Gowdy
University of Maine
Patricia Palmer
Levant
Maxine McCreedy
Dover-Foxcroft
Orono
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
David
Methodist
Nequasset
Good Will Club
Gilbert Hathorne
Union Bridge Mothers Club
Union Bridge School
Clayton Stinson
Spinning Wheel Club
Samuel Hathorne
Merle Jameson
Ruth Lilley
Dresden
Albert Temple
Horace Leeman
Arline Grover
Jordan Wright
Elsie Stinson
Harriet Blanche
Mechanic Falls
Sam Hathorne
Hayden Temple
Keith Jameson
Gladys Mayo Crocker
Sarah Bagley Wright
Curtis Plant
Melrose
Mass
Mr. Plant
Maxine Walker
Frank J. Walker
Capitol Island
Ella Temple
Wiscasset
Harry Mosher
Percy D. Marston
Sagadahoc Ferry
North Turner
Canton
Condon
North Woolwich
Edwin L. Moulton
Sqaw Brook
Moosehead Lake
Robert Reed
Marilyn
Waldoboro
Reed
River Road
James Parker
West Bath
Florence Oliver
Popham Beach
Alec Reed
Roland D. McIntosh
North Street
Bath
Duncan McIntosh
George Ames
Sgt
George Ames Jr
Italy
Sgt. Ames
15Th Air Force
Prompt discharge urged for soldiers over 35 in Capitol debate
Washington reports prompt discharge of all soldiers over 35 except key personnel was urged on Capitol Hill as WPB predicted war demands would free 4.8 million workers and fighters within six months. The scene also covered Truman influence on emergency jobless payments and a political hot potato over Senate restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
WPB
Truman
House
Senate
Bees Brought Down From Brunswick Tree by Bath Women
Normena MacKinnon and Gertrude Tiemer, two Bath bee enthusiasts, were called to Mrs. A. F. Brehaut’s Maine Street home in Brunswick. They climbed a pine tree with a bushel basket and a heating pot to remove a large swarm. After locating the queen, they placed the queen in a hive and transferred the rest of the bees, delivering them to the Dingley Dell Apiary owned by the women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bath
Normena MacKinnon
Gertrude Tiemer
A. F. Brehaut
Maine Street
MacKinnon-Tiemer
Tiemer
Who
Anoth
Dingley Dell
Ladie
War labor shifts and congressional raises debated in Senate
Analysts project June to August unemployment rising by 1.1 million with total joblessness near 1.9 million and war workers dropping by 2.8 million. Six months hence 4.8 million will be out of war work, including 1 million fired. Civilian absorption and armed forces total 4.1 million, while 1.3 million remain unemployed as entrants lag. Congress votes split over a 2500 tax free expense allowance linked to a pay raise, Senate blocking all increases except for Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Rockland Triumphs Over Morse In Tight Win
Rockland used a late rally to beat Morse as Flint scored and Kelsey reached first. Philbrook struck out and Teel was out on an infield fly, shaping a close contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Kelsey
Philbrook
Teel
Rockland nine edges Morse in tight baseball tilt
In a 3 to 2 game Rockland scored late to beat Morse. Steen pitched seven innings allowing two runs on four hits while Trafton worked two innings for Morse. Key miscues and two stolen bases by Flint and Burgess helped Rockland pull ahead in the final frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canacaris
E. Small
Dire
Leo Burt Smith
Steen
Bourget
FiszBla
Smith
Burt Smith
Rockland
Morse
Flint
Marsh Tees
Sonia
Burgess
S. Smal
Small
Holden
Steen Trafton
Trafton
Innin
Holen
Loing
Breer
100th Medal of Honor Goes to Sgt Jake W Lindsey
The Nation's 100th Medal of Honor recipient is T/Sgt Jake W Lindsey 24 of Lucedale Mississippi. He received the award from President Truman before a joint session of Congress for gallantry and intrepidity in a one man war against Nazis near Namick Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake W. Lindse
Lucedale
Miss
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Lindsey
War Department
Namick
Germany
International
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Herbert A. Taylor
Esther Libby
Harry L. Bradford
Helen Dickinson
Academy
Freeman D. Southard
Bradford
Taylor
Wilbur F. Merrill
Brighton
Ann Nelder
North Edgecomb Cottage
Alberta Sherman
Pauline Rose
Celia Rines
Barbara Cost
Bernice Blagdon
Priscilla Campbell
Gertrude di Perri
Grace McFadden
Margaret MacLaren
Verna Southard
Dorothy Chase Lee
Blagdon
McFadden
Judy McFadden
Bernard McFadden
Middle Street
Judy
Jane Race
Susan Mason
Rosa Woodfield
Madelein Fairfield
Patsy Bailey
Donna ‘Brown
Delight Greenleaf
Jane
Carleton Foye
Federal Street
Earl Robinson
Robinson
William G. McPhee
Fort Hill Street
William G. ‘McPhee
Pauline Race
Velma Dodge
Harriet Grindell
Benjamin F. Webber
John Blagdon
Jeannie
Evelyn Trott
Janet Redennett
Walter Underwood
Augusta
Charles E. Mason
Bradford Street
Olis Dow
Boothbay
Benjamin Crosman
Main Street
Lawrence Leach
Edward H. Crosman
Clarence A. Richards
Granville Moulton
Richards
Charles di Perri
Ben-jamin Crosman
North Edgecomb
B. F. Blagdon
Arthur Douglas
Richard King
Fairfield
Robert H. Heisham
Beverly
Peas J. Bryan
Salem
Willow Road
Episcopal
Bradford C. Redennett
D. O. Stuhl
Elmer R Campbell
Frances S. Jackman
Roosevelt
MCRR
Libby
Ralph Richards
Frank Stone
Edgecomb
Jasper Rines
Nate Aines
Churchill Street
Frances Jackman
Boston
Anne Nelder
John M. Merriam
Framingham
Mary Hobson
George H. Bemis
Albert Owen
Sumner Field Jr
Grace Bean
Harvey C. Beane
Hodge Street
Pvt
Ellsworth McPhee
William G. McePhee
North Africa
Anzio
Sicily
France
Curtis Pearson
Fourth Service Command
115Th Transportation Co
Camp Gordon Johnston
Fla
John Chase
George A. Chase
Camp Wheeler, Ga
Ezra Z. Webber
Ezra Jr
Pfe
Maurice Pendleton
Marianna
Damariscotta Mills
Chester Pendleton
Tech
S Thomas Clark
Crowder Field
Newcastle
Clark
Thelma Boudin
Anderson
D.N.M
Nation
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthaus
Marshall L. Willis
Rangeley Lake
Marion J. Baker
Bucksport
Branch Lake
James P. Silver
Ellsworth
Corp
Edwin Grantham
Ardennes
Corporal Grantham
Ken Woodman
Woolwich
Ephraim Fullerton
Henry Dubar
Krug
Webber
March
Drinkwater
Weymouth
Irish
Largay
S. Small
Japan
Reo Cross
Mitsubishitaircraft CO
Kokusan Mach. CO
Kayaba. Eng. CO
Ake
Acey
Bay of
Tokyo
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