Wiscasset Town Notes On Weddings And Local News
Richard S Flood and Norma L Harris were wed in Alexandria on Oct 20. James Seigars and Mary Boudin also married that day in Alna. A fire damaged the Godfrey home on Westport Ferry road with $2000 loss. Holy Communion observed on All Saints Day at St Philip's. Wiscasset High School won Knox Lincoln cross country title. team to compete at Orono. Enlistments include Marines and Air Force from Lincoln County. Town meetings, school events, and club activities listed with dates and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard S. Flood
Leon G. Flood
Wiscasset
Anna Flood
Connecticut
Norma L. Harris
Alexandria
St. Claire Bailey
U. S. Coast Guard
Washington, D. C
Kenneth Sherman
Gardiner Flood
New York
Town
Richard
James Seigars
William Seigars
Alna
Mary Boudin
Carl Boudin
Lawrence Averill
Middle Street
Gardiner
Irving Godfrey
Westport Ferry Road
Godfrey
Ormand Pitcher
John B. Sutter
St. Philip’s Church
Waldoboro
Chuck Shea
Orono
Organ Society
Congregational Parish
Lincoln County
Harold H. Harrington
Boothbay Harbor
Marine Corps
Vaughn Neal Hathaway
Damariscotta
Donald Edward Baker
Coopers Mills
Lee Hanna Cushing
Pemaquid Beach
Coast Guard
Frederick William Seigars
Air Force
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch Masons
Woolwich Stork Shower Honors Mrs Merrill at Stilphen Home
Mrs Lloyd Merrill was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Stilphen in Woolwich. Attendees included local families, teachers at Woolwich Central school, and guests from Bath Ocean Point and Wisccasset. Community groups held meetings and events planning dinners and fundraisers for clubhouse needs and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Merrill
Ernest Stilphen
Stilphen
Ernes Stilphen, Jr
Philip Rattleff
Merrill
Clarence Tanner
Rena Frye
Alvin Hathorn
Patricia
Milton Hathorne
Hartley Hathorn
Leah
Charles Presley
Shirley Beal
Kate Jameson
Merle Jameson
Samuel Soule
Harland Wright
Caroline
Ernest Stilphen, Jr
Carrie Delano
Lawrence McLain
Lyda Mhathorne
Christine Hathorne
Woolwich
Stanley Dalton
Wiscasset
Carol Jones
Bath
William Wright
Harry Wright
Ocean Point
Woolwich Central School
Androscoggin
Lincoln
New Boothbay Harbor High School
Florence Temple
Hazel Hopkins
Edith Rice
Florence Kershner
Pearl Reed
Woolwich Grange
Marion Chubbuck
Alberta Bailey
Bernice Bailey
The
Grange
Grange Hall
Erten
Tudor Idiner
Canasta Club
Day’s Ferry
Mason Carter
Carter
Elsie Stinson
Avis Duncan
Gertrude Brown
Rita Flemming
Betty Doak
Grace Smith
Woolwich Teachers’ Club
Eleanor Jameson
Susie Humason
Alva Donnell
Marguerite Cornish
Union Bridge
Mother's Club
Freda Jones
Beacon Street
Woolwich P. T. A
Local Social Roundup from Day's Ferry and Nearby Towns
Day's Ferry and surrounding communities report visits and arrivals. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Beane of Holly paused in Maine then returned to River Road, while Mrs. Beane's parents in Fort Kent hosted them after a week with relatives. Many others hosted or visited in Sagadahoc Ferry, Woolwich, Bath, and Bangor. Travelers move to Florida for winter. nursing exams and hospital stays noted for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Reed
River Road
Maria Savage
David Dodge
Anthony Dodge
Nequasset
John Leonard
Bath Memorial Hospital
Milton Hathorne
Woolwich
William Fogg
Ralph
Lehigh Acres
Fla
Fogg
Ada Cross
Herbert Cornish
Lawrence Edwards
John Gordon
Cumberland
Natalie Edwards Lavielle
Bangor
Eastern Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Augusta
Sagadahoc Ferry
Allen Beane
Boothbay Harbor
Beane
Arthur Beane
Ralph Champion
Jeffrey Wilbur
Brunswick Community Hospital
Champeon
Wilbur Presley
Percy Peters
Agnes Gaudet
Westbrook
Alex St. Pierre
Loraine Price
Sagadahoc
David Bell
Bell
Oliver Bell
Bath
T. Tarpy Schulten
Alec
Woolwich Center
Boston
Mary
Annie Dodge
State Highway
Winthrop
Roby Welch
Anne Benes
St. Petersburg
Surprise Stork Shower For Mrs Guy Hynes
Mrs Guy Hynes was guest of honor at a Friday evening surprise shower hosted at 672 Middle Street by Mrs Robert Oxton and Mrs Burleigh Oxton. Gifts were given, games provided entertainment, and refreshments were served. Guests included Mrs William Kistler Mrs Edward Simpson Mrs Robert Mosher Mrs George Wyman Mrs Robert Huse Mrs Roy Cook Mrs Eunice Dow Mrs Frances Greg and Mrs Evelyn Edgecomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Hynes
Robert Oxton
Burleigh Oxton
Roy Cook
Middle Street
Hynes
William Kistler
Edward Simpson
Robert Mosher
George Wyman
Robert Huse
Eunice Dow
Frances Greg
Evelyn Edgecomb
Richmond pupil warned against campaigning at school
Political Education Richmond reports William Chewning Jr age 10 was forbidden to distribute his father’s City Council campaign cards during Munford School class hours. The notice emphasizes that electioneering on municipal property during working hours is banned by the city of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
City of
William Chewning, Jr
Munford
Arrowsic Halloween Party Echoes School Spirit
Arrowsic town hall hosted a gala Halloween party for local school children in costume with orange and black decorations and supervision by teacher John Drayton. Mothers' Club hostesses served refreshments as games and stunts lit up the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie
John Drayton
Mothers’ Club
Ethel Elwell
Carol Ainsworth
Mildred Stafford
Marie Davis
George Gates
Gates
Senior Girl Scout Troop Hay Ride Draws 22 Couples
Senior Girl Scout Troop sponsored a hay ride Saturday night with 22 couples aboard two truck driven hayracks. The party began at 7:30 from the county courthouse, traveled through North Bath to Larrabee's Grove in West Bath, with refreshments at Mrs Ruth Fuller's home. Chaperones were Mr and Mrs Roy Lawrence and Mr and Mrs Harry Ring Jr. Richard Carlson supplied the hayracks and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
County Court House
North Bath
Larrabee's Grove
West Bath
Ruth Fuller
Foster's Point Road
Berry's Mill Road
Roy Lawrence
Harry Ring, Jr
Richard Carlson
Engagement announced for Miss Sue Stevens Hardy
Mr and Mrs Frederick O Hardy of Boxford Massachusetts announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Sue Stevens Hardy to James Leydon Mc Inerney son of Mr and Mrs James F Mc Inerney of Newton Center Massachusetts. Miss Hardy is a graduate of Sanborn Academy and Mount Ida Junior College. Mr Mc Inerney graduated from Boston College in 1950. A Spring wedding is planned. Mr McInerney's mother is the former Katheryn Leydon of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick O Hardy
Boxford
Mass
Sue Stevens Hardy
James Leydon McInerney
James F. McInerney
Newton Center
Miss Hardy
Sanborn Academy
Mount Ida
McInerney
Boston College
Katheryn Leydon
Bath
In service call mixes up streets in Tulsa dispatch
A police scout car reported it was in service at 11th and Allegheny but after a silence the dispatcher asked to change to 11th and Yale stating they could not spell Allegheny. The exchange ends with a clarification of the street location in Tulsa Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
11Th
Allegheny Streets
Yale
Allegheny
Phippsburg Community Groups Plan Activities and Elections
Local organizations schedule meetings and events including Bodwell Grange initiations, the Dromore Extension Association November gathering with Handy Work topic, and a mass feeding during Maine Civil Defense Week. Polls open for the presidential election Tuesday at 10 am. Several families and youths attend Halloween events, church and youth activities noted, along with local hunting trips and hospital or residence moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
Dromore Extension Association
Maine Civil Defense
Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Phippsburg
Bath Council of Churches
Wesley Methodist Church
Youth Fellowship
Boston
Cinerama
Norman Dubie
Small Point Parsonage
Carl Wilson
Glen Alden
Joyce Shorey
Norman Dubie Jr
Earl Lowell
Horace the
Happy Ghost
Chester Wilson
Ida Nordlund
Hamel
Lowell
Town Hall
Martin Eaton
Margaret Oliver
Diana Pye
Marilla Totman
Stanley Roberts
Boyd Harrington
Owen Totman
National Grange Officer Speaks at West Bath Meeting
High Priest E. Carroll Beane of the National Grange was principal speaker at the West Bath grange. He outlined the hospital insurance program for grangers as Pauline Belanger displayed the blue ribbon with five silver stars awarded by State Lecturer Lottie York for last year. 1956-57 officers will be installed at next week’s meeting, with installation supper at 6 pm under Helen McNelly Verna Coombs and Dorothy Lewis assisted by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demeter
E. Carroll Beane
National Grange
West Bath Grange
Lottie York
Pauline Belanger
G. C. Marriner
Helen McNelly
Verna Coombs
Dorothy Lewis
Grange
Renewing Sewer On York Street
Arthur Avery announced the replacement of an aging York Street sewer by Highway and Sewer Department crews. About 250 feet of new eight inch main will replace a six inch hand made cement line from the Maine Central Railroad crossing to Dummer and York Streets. The old line, in service roughly 75 years, will be largely removed with only one other small cement segment remaining in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway and Sewer Department
Arthur Avery
York Street
Maine Central Railroad
Dummer and
York Streets
Avery
Error With Interest Notice in Novata Grocer Case
A grocer Mel Landers in Novata Oklahoma received an unsigned note with a $20 bill and two $1 bills. The note claimed to compensate for an old change error in the store and requested interest on the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novata
Okla
Mel Landers
North Bath Stork Shower and Local Socials Chronicle
Mrs. Harry Nelson Jr was feted at a stork shower hosted by Mrs. Joe Marquis and Mrs. Iola Brown with gifts and refreshments. Attending were Mrs. Nelson and numerous Bath residents plus out of town guests. Separate notices include a family birthday party at Tarbox Street for Carla Seekins and Kenny Brown, with cake and ice cream, and several short local updates on building, injuries, and visits among area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nelson, Jr
Joe Marquis
Iola Brown
Nelson
Marquis
Brown
Ruth McLaughlin
Margaret Long
Marion Jones
Nina Nelson
Elizabeth Dionne
Wanda Lemoine
Evelyn Stewart
Constance Kneeland
Thelma Atkinson
Carla
Kenny Brown
Seekins
Clarence Brown
Kenny
Patty
Clifford
Joseph McKenna
Shawn
Cedric Sukeforth
Clarence Moore
Harry Nelson
John DeGroot
Youth Rally Plans At Corliss Street Baptist Church
First Baptist church Youth Fellowship met Sunday to outline a Bowdoinham Baptist Association youth rally at Corliss Street Baptist Church on November 12. Marilyn House will lead the program for Woolwich Youth Fellowship next Sunday. Plans also include a social, a ribbon candy project, and an officers meeting scheduled for November 3. Rev Charles R Sims led the Matt 10 study. Jack Wallace gave the closing prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Corliss Street Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Trail Of Fire Children Prank In Bath Disturbs Residents
Bath police report a fiery prank on Washington Street where a trail of lighter fluid led to a resident's front steps, ignited, then the youths fled. Several children were questioned with no immediate results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Washington Street
Edward L. Gaudreau
Barretts Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harry G Barrett observed their golden wedding at home at 49 Chestnut Street on Monday receiving cards and flowers. They wed October 29 1906 at Wesley Methodist Church. Barrett long affiliated with Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows for 35 years. Mrs Barrett has suffered illness the past years. They have three children Harry Jr Arnold and Mrs Gladys Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Barrett
Chestnut Street
Wesley Methodist Church
D. B Holt
Barrett
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Arnold Barrett
This City
Gladys Clark
Rochester
Honest winner at Del Mar returns $30 shortfall
Joe Fuller cashed a winning ticket at Del Mar racetrack and later discovered $30 more than expected. The next day he asked the cashier if the night’s tally was short. The cashier admitted a $30 shortage, Fuller repaid the amount and then won the next five races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Mar
Calif
Joe Fuller
del Mar Racetrack
Fuller
Local Social Notes From West Bath Area
West Bath residents and guests share weekend visits and gatherings. Stephen Goode and family host and visit in Lewiston while Be langer family adds guests from Brunswick and Bath. Several trips include New Jersey relatives, Maine towns, and extended kin connections across Saco Topsham and Augusta.
Needlework Guild to Exhibit And Tea in Bath Nov 8
The Bath Branch of the Needlework Guild of America will hold its annual tea and exhibition at the Cosmopolitan clubhouse on Thursday November 8 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM. Donated items for the yearly project will be on display to support local hospitals homes and charities including sheets children's clothing and women's nightgowns. Guild officers will host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Needlework Guild of America
Cosmopolitan Club House
Needlework Guild
Public Health Nursing Association
Welfare Department
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital
Salvation Army
Population Rise in Michigan Tops Nation
Michigan’s population grew 38 percent since 1940, per Detroit Board of Commerce, marking the largest gain among industrial states. The state now numbers about 7,266,500 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan
Detroit Board of Commerce
Grim ards Honored With Surprise 40th Anniversary Party
Mr and Mrs William Grimard of 5 Federal Street were feted Saturday evening at the home of their daughter Clifton Legard in Bath for their 40th wedding anniversary. Nine of their 10 children attended along with 17 grandchildren. A purse of money was given, punch served by Roxanne Legard, and a butter lunch shared. Married October 24 1916 in Canada they moved to the United States in 1922 and have lived in Bath since 1940. Mr Grimard works at Bath Iron Works and their extensive family includes Wing Morrissette Ragousa Charpentier Legard Grimard siblings and Philip Grimard currently stationed in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grimard
Federal Street
Clifton Legard
Middle Street
Grimards
Punch
Roxanne Legard
Canada
Grimard
Eden Asbestos Co
Vermont
Maine
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Alice Wing
New Britain
Conn
Dora Morris
Winter Street Ladies Aid Plans Sale and Supper
Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid named committee heads for its annual Christmas sale and lobster salad supper led by President Mrs. Munroe Carlton who will be general chairman. Over 40 members attended as Mrs Alfred Condon and Treasurer Mrs. Horace Ward spoke. East Brunswick’s Mrs William Harding gave a lecture on Everyday Hobbies and displayed a button collection and old imported faces. Next Friday the group meets at noon and plans tea at Wesley Methodist for World Community Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Congregational Church
Aid
Munroe Carlton
Horace Ward
Alice Varney
Edgar Leavitt
Clifford B. Wilband
Ernest Freeman
Alice Johnson
Fred Hooper
Clarence Fullerton
Dorothy Weeks
Homer Potter
Marion Berry
Delmar Bates
Joseph Coss
Arthur K. Purington
Chester Lorentsen
David Alkazin
Susie Clark
Henry McCabe
McNacs
Utilities
White Elephant
Carlton
Alfred Condon
Flower Fund
William Harding
East Brunswick
Wesley Methodist Church
Greater Bath
Tackle Lou Creekmur Opens 1956 With Perfect Start
Lou Creekmur of the Detroit Lions began the 1956 season undefeated, having played in every Detroit league and exhibition game since joining the team in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Creekmur
Detroit Lions
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Woman's Club of
Lawrence A. Averill
Richard King
Andrew Wilband
Stanley King
Blanche King
Brewster Doggett
Walter Dodge
Leslie Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
Alice Colby
Charles Thayer
Whitefield
Wiscasset High School
D. F. S. Day
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Robert L. Smith
Sherman's Clothier
Center Street
Mrs
Arrowsic
Arthur Rand
Portsmouth
N. H
Frank Garon
Lester Davis
Doubling Point Light
Portland
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
Ibra K. Lawrence
Old Stage Road
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Lawrence R. Vail
Frye
Jane Pride
Lawrence Rothwell
Worcester
Rothwell
Norman Drummond
Georgetown Road
Drummond
Arti
Sandra Davis
Owls Head
Rockland
Douglas Larrabee
Robert Walther
Westport
Chester Whittaker
Linda
Michael
Bristol
Mr. Whittaker
Terri Lee
Robert Hogan
Michael Mazeiko
Charles Sastamoine
Brunswick
Gerry Galuza
Auburn
Charles Pye
Maurice
Dudley Harrington
Moosehead
Perley Quimby
Charles V. Minott
Henry Senecal
Everett Harrington
David Mossie
Manchester
Gertrude Blaisdell
John Blaisdell
Pemaquid
William Blaisdell
Arthur Morse
Dead River
Blaisdell
North
Corliss St. Church
Trail of Fire
Harry Barrett
Stephen Goodenow, Jr
Leon Belanger
Carl Robinson
Charles
Robert Cressey
David King
Merrill Jordan
Hampton
N.H
Alfred Jordan
Oliver Wass
Ernest Williams
Charles Williams
Ina Stevens
Topsham
Alice Smith
Joel Smith
Ada Bryant
Machias
Joseph Larrabee
State Grange
Sagadahoc County
Worcester House
Hallowell
Francois Vaillancourt
Guy Voilette
Bucksport
William Reno
Richard Pelletier
Wilfred Huard
Sebac
William Bailey, Jr
Alpha Booker
Francis Deehan
Robert Farnham
Biloxi
Miss
William Deehan
St. Louis
Mrs. Grimmard
Winter Street Ladies Aid
State OF
Harold J. Goss
Secretary of
Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
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