Cosmopolitan Club Sets Annual Harvest Fair and Supper
The Cosmopolitan club budgets a Nov 21 harvest supper and fair at the clubrooms with fair opening at 2 pm and supper from 5 30 to 7. Committees led by Mrs Linwood Idman and Miss Ada Greenblatt organize Garden table Parcel Post Cooked Foods and more plus a Co chair supper group and a Clean Up crew with ticket sales by John Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Linwood Idman
Ada Gree
James Knight
Mildred G. Nichols
William Davis
William W. Dennison
Carville Avon
Rachel Nicho
Charles T. Small
Jacob Smith
Woodbury Bailey
Chester Leeman
Ernest Bailey
J. Arthur Burgess
Richard Sherwood
Vivian Brown
Gerard Billington
Deton Bonsey
Fred Quimby
Isadore Singer
Amy Irish
John Hayes
Richard Thompson
Raymond Farnham
Bernard Knight
Abbott Redlon
Louis Petlock
Henry D. Small
Clinton Owen
Dallas Crabtree
Leslie Stairs
Walter Thurston
Kenneth Colby
Louis Couture
Bangor
Gerard Billing
Supper Committee
Albert Whitney
Carville Douglas
Frederick Moffatt
Alan Noble
Roscoe P. McFadden
Loring Addison
Daniel Stor
Ada Greenblatt
Frank Sanders
Linwood Boardman
Alice Johnson
Myron Heenie
Alice Nowell
Paul Marchant
Arthur Eseley
John Robbins
Melrose High official Blair Wilson Hurt in Football Accident
Blair Wilson, biology instructor and Melrose High athletics manager, suffered three broken ribs after a football game injury incident Saturday. He was treated by a physician and a Boston specialist before being moved to Melrose Hospital. His parents, Rev Dr and Mrs David L Wilson, were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Wilson
Melrose
Mass
Boston
Wakefield
Melrose High
Wilson
Melrose Hospital
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Human hearing tends to decline after age twenty
The article notes that hearing usually becomes less acute soon after reaching the age of 20, indicating early onset of auditory decline as part of aging.
Mothers Host Halloween Party for Lambert Park Youth
Seven mothers organized a Halloween party at the Lambert Park Community hall for over 50 youths. The evening featured decorations, a skit titled Ice Breaker, dancing, a scavenger hunt, refreshments, and games, with plans for another gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Park Project
Maurice Trottier
Scott Libby
Harry Drake
Becky Frazer
Robert Marty
Wiliam Elfring
Ple
Bentley Glidden Committee Choice for Damariscotta Postmaster
The Damariscotta Republican Town Committee chose Bentley Glidden for postmaster at a Wednesday meeting. 15 of 17 committee members voted for Glidden, who ranks second on the civil service list from an exam two months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentley Glidden
Damariscotta Republican Town Committee
Glidden
Pearl Woodbury
Lawrence MacKechnie
Civil Service
MacKechnie
Bath
U. S. Internal Revenue Office
County Pomona Meeting Sets West Bath Visit
Sagadahoc Pomona plans next meeting with West Bath on November 18 an evening affair. Annual election of officers will be held at this gathering and two souvenir plates for her collection are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
West Bath
Armistice Day Plans for City War Memorial Dedication
Armistice Day events in the city advance with a 2 PM parade on November 11 led by Morse High School band and local units. The granite shaft in the city park will be unveiled, Maj Gen Frank Low and Maine Adjutant General George Carter to speak, wreaths placed, Gold Star families invited, and transport arranged. Battery B National Guard firing squad will attend as citizens are urged to display flags. The observance gains significance with the memorial dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Warner
Morse High School Band
American Legion
Bath
Frank Low
Harrison
Maine
George M. Carter
Frank Reinoehl
703Rd Aaa Battalion
National Guard
Youngsters Host Halloween Party at home
Roxanne Legard and brother Brian hosted a Halloween party at their Middle street home. The party featured orange and black decorations, a ghost entry, a witch guide, spooky sounds, games and prizes for Judy Legard, Linda Leeman, Myron Delong, Brian Legard and Buddy Pinkham. Guests enjoyed crepe paper hats and a dining room table with chrysanthemums, candles and treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxanne Legard
Brian
Clifton Legard
Middle Street
Judy Legard
Linda Leeman
Myron DeLong
Brian Legard
Buddy Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
Jerry Charpentier
Carol Hooker
Annette Bourget
Roberta Cloutier
Roxanne
Annual Parish Meeting Reelects Jane Goodman Clerk
At the church gathering officials con clave Miss Jane Goodman was reelected clerk after her report. Mrs. Edgar Leavitt was named head of the absent members committee to fill the vacancy from Mrs. John Sylvester's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Goodman
Edgar Leavitt
John Sylvester
West Bath Grange Meeting Notes Recap
Brown and Florence McCall lead the legislative committee with Mercie MacFadden. Bessie Snow and Frances Waterman handle community service alongside Leon Belangey and Herbert Simpson. Donations reported by Mattie Collins Helen McNelly and Bertha Palmer.
Wheeler Sentenced in Sagadahoc County Superior Court
County Attorney Carlton cites lack of sufficient evidence for the commonwealth not proceeding. Wheeler received a term from Sagadahoc County Superior Court in a case handled by the county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
31 Divorce Decrees Granted at Sagadahoc Superior Court
Justice Francis W. Sullivan grants 31 divorce decrees at the Sagadahoc County Superior Court October term following adjournment. The list includes dissolutions for Desertion Intoxication Cruel and Abusive Treatment and other grounds with spouses from Bath Richmond West Bath Brunswick Topsham and surrounding towns. Notable names span Berube Pinkham Lilly Sise Burton Peters Grogan Moskovis MacDonald Sliby Good Pratt Mortimer Sweeney Pottle Stewart Berry Bennett Pellegrini and others across Maine communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Sullivan
Sagadahoc County
Edward J
Pauline J. Berube
Richmond
Regina Pinkham
West Bath
Ardeen Pinkham
Bath
Frances M
Herbert M. Lilly
Eugenia
David Youngblood
Florence L. Slocomb
Benjaminf. Slocomb
Barbara L. White
Aoa
C. White
Portsmouth
John L. Sise
Florabelle Sise
Midland
Tex
Gladys I. Burton
Earl D. Burton
Appleton
Wis
Josephine H. Ker
Dalton P. Baker
Brunswick
Edward J. Peters
Loretta R. Peters
Vivian M. Grogan
J. B. Grogan
Barbara Moskovis
Peter Moskovis
Lewiston
Malcolm A. MacDonald
Emma Adele MacDonald
Brockton
Mass
Marion E. Sliby
Michael G. Sliby
Betty L. Good
Thomas J. Good
Eureka
Calif
Myrtle Pratt
Ezra Pratt
Caroline E
Darrell W. Giberson
Natalie G
Arthur J. Lachance
Yvette
Arthur
Paul Almy
Harold C. Plummer, Jr
Janet M. Plummer
Quincy
Minnie M. Walker
James E. Walker
Topsham
Sarah I. Mortimer
Rick
Harold D. Mortimer
Wallace G. Sweeney
Beverly M. Sweeney
Phippsburg
Rita M
Fred A.pottle
Lilian J. Stewart
Tam
Robert B. Stewart
Dorothy M
Charles D. Berry
Charles L
Elizabeth Ann Presley
Woolwich
Martha E. Emery
William S. Emery
Wiscasset
Barbara C
Lermond L. Davis
Georgetown
Phyllis E. Bennett
Ralph Henry Bennett
Evangeline Pellegrini
Garnon
Victor P. Pellegrini
Ath
Home Nursing Course Seeks Women Volunteers in Bath
Bath Memorial hospital offers a free Home Nursing Course in the Red Cross Room for women in Bath and surrounding communities. About 10 members are enrolled. beginners are welcome. Next meeting is 7 pm Monday for those interested, contact Mrs. Wallace Ham or Mrs. Duncan McInnes by Monday evening. Participants should bring a clean apron notebook and pencil. No age limit beyond high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
Bath
Wallace Ham
Duncan McInnes
Ham
Easter Lily Blooms Bright Spot in Mrs Gagner’s Garden
Mrs Evelyn K Gagner of 1353 Washington Street reports an Easter lily blooming in her garden last week with a second bud nearly ready to open if a frost does not blight it. The plant stands about a foot high and is the lone surviving flower in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn K. Gagner
Washington Street
Arden
Engagement of Miss Anna Cyr to Harold Swain Announced
Engagement announced for Miss Anna Cyr and Harold T Swain son of Mr and Mrs Harold K Swain of Deering Street. The couple plan a November wedding. Cyr is employed at the Bath Box Factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Cyr
Harold T. Swain
Harold K. Swain
Deering Street
Simon Cyr
Middle Street
Aned Pictswein
Bath Box Factory
Tricks or Treats Stalk Bath Areas Amid Halloween Raid
Children in horror masks swept Bath and surrounding areas on Friday night collecting candies and treats in a large neighborhood raid. The "peace offering" tactic left few mischievous incidents and few casualties while defenders prepared with special Tricks or Treats sacks and goodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bev Ann Main to David Byer in a Spring Wedding
Mr and Mrs George Main announce the engagement of their daughter Bev Ann to David Byer son of Mr and Mrs Harold Byer of Boothbay Harbor. Bev Ann attended the Wisconsin Academy and works as a waitress. David Byer a Boothbay Harbor High School graduate and WWII veteran plans a spring wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Main
Bev‘Ann
David Byer
Harold Byer
Boothbay
Miss Main
Wiscasset Academy
Byer
Uate
Boothbay Harbor
Don
Wedded 37 Years Observe Anniversary With House Party
Mr. and Mrs. William Grimard celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary at home with a Saturday party. A buffet lunch and social hour followed, a cake was served, and chrysanthemums adorned the dining table. Seven of ten children attended from families in Cambridge Mass., Boston, Portland, and Long Island. others could not attend in Hartford and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grimard
Cambridge
Mass
Henry Grimard
Boston
Joseph Grimard
Portland
Philip Grimard
Long Island
Euclide Grimard
Clifton Legard
Roxanne
Brian
Lena Charpentier
Perry
Bath
Alice Wing
Hartford
Conn
Joseph Ragusa
Washington, D. C
Maurice Grimard
Boating Enthusiasts Attend Free Pilot Training Session
About 90 boating enthusiasts attended a Friday session of free piloting courses offered by the Casco Bay Power Squadron at Bath Iron Works Recreation hall in Portland. Commodore Nelson F. Cartwright and Lindsey Lord led instruction with four members, attendees divided into sections and expressed satisfaction with current and future lessons. Harold P. Small of New Meadows Yacht Club said there is still an opportunity to sign up as missed lessons can be made up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casco Bay Power Squadron
Portland
Bath Iron Works
Nelson F. Cartwright
Lindsey Lord
Portland Squadron
New Meadows Yacht Club
Harold P. Small
Fire prompts quick action at Kramer apartment heater
An unidentified boy alerted Central Station shortly after eight on Friday night to a basement blaze in the Kramer apartment building on Water Street. Firemen found oil leaked from the burner catching fire and quickly extinguished it with a booster line to prevent wider damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kramer
Water Street
Central Station
United Canvassers set for Bath meeting and Loyalty Sunday
Elmer B Williams announces Archdeacon Herbert S Craig and Rev Wallace Harris as speakers for the United Canvassers gathering. Seven church canvassers meet at Winter Street Church on Nov 29 at 730 pm with a second unit planned for Dec 6 Loyalty Sunday. Past participants found the team approach rewarding. Harvester ants store seed in heaps for hy nad use and somet ve tractive to pasture lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer B. Williams
United Church Canvass
Herbert S. Craig
Wallace Harris
United Canvassers
Winter Street
United Canvass
Bath
Farmers urged to join water strike for farm sale help
Fragmentary notice invites readers to contact North Temple area contact for assistance with selling a farm water rights or property. Includes partial phone number and location cues, implying a local appeal for help with land or water access.
Bowdoinham Couple Marks 30th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Perley Harmon celebrated thirty years of marriage with a Saturday party from two to five oclock. Ruth Palmer hosted assisted by Pauline Clark Maud Russell and Ada Thibodeau of Lisbon Falls. Guests included family, friends and out of town relatives from Worcester Lewiston and Topsham. A four tier cake bore 30 pearls. More than 50 cards and several gifts were received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley Harmon
Harmon
Lester
Mass
Ruth Mattison Palmer
Bowdoinham
John Gray
Norman, Jr
Worcester
Roy Harmon
Roslindale
June Hendrickson
Baroni
Lewiston
Edgar Wood
Marie Hoffman
Rebekah
Warwick Ward
Auburn
Howard Cushing
Topsham
Charles Brswell
Margaret
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
May Anzer
Gladys Patrick
Sadie Clements
Minnie Winn
Harold Karkos
Rufus Reynolds
Pauline Ey
Patricia Ey
Ralph Stilphen
Anna Palmer
Charles Hacknett
Margaret Biswell
Kenney Family Hunter Bags 120-Pound Doe
Warren mechanical department employee at the Independent is first to bag a deer this Fall. Kenney with his father Charles and uncle Edward Kenney of West Bath shot a 120-pound doe in the Bingham area last week. The neck shot came from about 100 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
the Independent
Kenney
Charles
Edward Kenney
West Bath
Bingham Area
Local Personal Notices Bring Readers from Bath to Florida
Bowdoin and Bath names appear among residents and visitors. Mr and Mrs Erland Curtis spent Friday in Lewiston while Mrs Edna Small and Mrs Emily Wallace attended an Extension Service meeting in Auburn. Ernest Nichols plan to winter in Florida and Mary Hardie and Mary Ronalder left for Florida for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Curtis
Lewiston
Edna Small
Emily Wallace
Auburn
Maxwell Ward
Donna
Denham
Clinton
Georgie
Helen Denham
Mary Hardie
Mary Ronalder
Hardie
Florida
Miss Ronalder
E. Andrew Peterson
Leon Dunklee
New London
Conn
Foster
Pleasant Street
Falmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Damariscotta
Flown
Pomona
Frank Lowe
Front Street
Rome
James B. Drake & Sons
Farnham Lumber Co
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Cushman Baking Co
West Bath Grange
Wheeler IS
Alton L. Johnson
Belfast
Grand Combfast State Armory
Johnson
Templar
Harold Kelley
Palestine
Charles K. Sawyer
Frank E. Southard
Augusta
Harold A. Carmen
New England
Knights Temseo
Rt.inent
Ansel A. Packard
Knights Templar
United States of America
Charles Vater
John Size
Tory Theard
Timbuktu
Mrs
B. I. W. Recreation Center
Bowdoinham Fire Department
Malcolm Hatch
Electa
Coombs
Parent-Teacher Association
Horace Millay
Edward Fennimore
Ellis Moore
James Nugent
Bowdeinham
John Ruby
Eoe
Crosby
Raia
Bowdoin
Paul Akeley
Audrey Wilson
Bertha ‘Bond
Grace Leighton
Vergent Morris
Lawman
Prema
Abbott and Costello
Buck
Stooges
China
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!