Local notices mix life events and community updates
The Worms convey a string of town happenings from engagements and weddings to parish plans, library memorials, school sermons, club receptions and baptisms. Residents and visitors including Elizabeth Haskell, Charles G. Chase, Betty Carrington, Gould & Smalley accountants, and St Philip's parish plan, while social and family news cover births and travels. The text notes various meetings, memorial contributions, and local events with several names and places mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Iset
Lincoln County Hardware
Elizabeth Haskell
E. Has- Has
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Academy
Charles G. Chase
Betty Carring
Wiscasset Store Robbed of $100
A Wiscasset store was robbed of about $100 after the door was forced. The money was in a bag kept in an ice box suggesting the thief knew the conditions of the shop. No clues yet, but the sheriff's office is investigating.
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Wiscasset
Sheriff's Office
Winter Visit and Birthday Tea on Federal Street
Mrs. Josie Wardwell of Westport spends the season with Mrs. Elsie Blagdon on Federal Street. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Colby hosted a Sunday tea for the 80th birthday of Mrs. Colby’s grandmother Hannah Grover, with four of her 16 children present and about 45 relatives and friends. Antoinette Plumstead returned from Thomaston to join granddaughter Kay King on upper Federal Street.
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Josie Wardwell
Westport
Elsie Blagdon
Upper
Federal Street
Earl Colby
Mrs. Colby
Hannah Grover
Grover
Thomas Dow
Wiscasse
Frank Dow
Kent's Hill
Ellsworth Dow
Vassalboro
Obituary: Mrs Mary Elizabeth Blagdon Dies at Home
Mary Elizabeth Blagdon wife of Chancellor C Blagdon died at her Federal street home October 27 after a months long illness. Born in Edgecomb she was daughter of William and Jane Cunningham and moved to Wiscasset in girlhood. She leaves two daughters Mrs Sewall Strout and Mrs Evelyn Trott and a son John L Blagdon all of Wiscasset. Funeral services were at Cowley Funeral Parlor Wednesday afternoon with Rev Robert H Heigham officiating. Interment in Union cemetery Edgecomb family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Blagdon
Chancellor C. Blagdon
Federal Street
Edgecomb
William and
Jane Cunningham
Wiscasset
Sewall Strout
Evelyn Trott
John L. Blagdon
Owen Thompson
Charles Morse
Cecil Carmichael
Waterville
Percy Holbrook
Edward Cummings
William Ketchum
Harold Perkins
Martha Crocker
Fred Rose
Harold Killiam
Gardiner
F. W. Deehan
Henry Donnell
Watervile
Ann
Henry, Jr
Earle Donnell
Frank Donnell
Philip Burns
Bernard Holmes
Bath
Byron Bennett
Whitefield
Larrabee’s Grove
Bennett
Bath Box Co
Ethel Burns
Philip
Stockholm
Houston
Marshall Boudreau
Fred Bubier
David Ring
Burnita Groves
Bath Memorial Hospital
John Frey
Dresden
Albert W., Witte
David White
David
Warren
Albert J. White
Ralph H. McNary
Marblehead
Mass
J. H. Meary
Cynthia Moses
Mary Deehan
Morse High School
Herbert Wilson
Florida
Lanes Fuller
Bath Iron Works
Ernest Snow
Robert Snow
Brunswick
Ednar Owens
Lawrence Burnham
Portsmouth
N. H
Irving Burnham
Myra Metcalf
Percy Hol‘brook
Durwood Bowie
Stewart Day
the Park
Harold McCutcheon
Harry Oliver
Marvin Williams
Wendall Williams
Nella Stover
Marjorie Stover
Owen Williams
Foster’s Point
Lena Larrabee
G. C. Smith
Joe
Leonard Smith
Ernest Ward
Augusta
Scott Ward
Redlon's Leads Night League Bowling Bid
Redlon's 9 Steeves 7 Pontiacs 2 as Redlon's 2501 team total sets a new mark. Six bowlers topped 500 with Oliver 545 and Plant 536 on Redlon's, Mitchell 507 Pratt 540 on Steeves, Jewett 511 and Small 539 on Pontiacs. Oliver also posted high single 131.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Small
Steeves
Redlon
Pontiacs
Redson
M. Oliver
L. Plant
M. Mitchell
R. Pratt
A. Jewett
Oliver
L. Price W. Plant
T. Conley
H. McCabe
M. Qgliver
R. Philbrick
Hamel
Ree Pooler
Tigers
Braves
Pirates
Indians
Dodgers
Red Sox
Yankees
Giants
chandHydes
Lonaue
Pooler
Mulcahy
Dearborn
E. M. Pratt
Wilson
Arsenault
Marsters
G. Wilson Vere
Sox
H. Hatch
J. Babine Seeereee
E. Moore Sseasese
W. Tait
Ih. Arsenault
Otals
R. Hamel
C. Kidder
P. Hart
G. Allenw
Guynn
H. Hall
D. Gilliam
J. Mulcahy
R. Davis
F. Knight
H. Comeau
E. Furber
Tee
E. Coombs
W. Day
C. Dearborn
H. Marsters
T. Spear
C. Starling
W. Hart
R. Pelletier
D. Green
M. Murray Vereee
F Worth
L. Pooler
E. Doyon
Baptist Sewing Circle Plans Christmas Sale Event
The First Baptist Church ladies sewing circle met with Mrs. Herbert Worrey to craft aprons for a Christmas sale tied to a December 10 supper. President Mrs. Lotta Good will appoint committees and an all day vestry meeting is scheduled with boxed lunches and beverages available at noon.
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First Baptist Church
Herbert Worrey
Middle Street
Lotta Good
Lotta Goodwin
Laura Harrington
Florence Martin
Harriet Wright
Julia Moore
Lucy Brown
Mabel Lake
Nellie Hinds
Min Pinkham
Hart
Quiet Halloween in Bath Stands as Most Peaceful Night
The city reports the quietest Halloween in its history due to mayoral and gubernatorial requests to curb activities amid a prolonged dry spell and fire hazards. Police logged two minor complaints and no property damage, with only a few small groups roaming calmly.
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Bath
Sixth graders hold lively class debate on slave labor in mines
The sixth grade at Huse school, guided by Mrs Eve lyn Stairs, debated whether primitive men should have made slaves work in iron mines. James King chaired. negative team Iley Robinson and others argued against. judges Carl Black, Kenneth Proctor and Donald MacKenzie. The negative won by a few points. Mrs Ernest Kearney attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse School
Evelyn Stairs
James King
Iley Robinson
Patricia Haynes
Jane Ledyard
Tommy Wing
Frank Young
Barbara Ireland
Vivian McDougal
Paul McCole
Robert Arsenault
Leon Piascik
Carl Black
Kenneth Proctor
Donald MacKenzie
Ernest Kearney
Wants His Job Back at Bath Iron Works
William F. Murphy of Brunswick, Army veteran, seeks reemployment at Bath Iron Works in a federal wartime veterans protection case. He claims he was employed there in 1941, discharged 1945, reenlisted, then denied a return after a 60 day furlough and after the second discharge in 1946.
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Portland
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S. District Court
William F. Murphy
Brunswick
Murphy
Bath Iron Works
Blue Bird Brownies Guests At A Party
Mrs. Marjorie Rush of 243 Washington street led Blue Bird Brownie Troop No. 10 in a Halloween party after school at her home. Decor in orange and black featured pumpkins and black cats with fruit centerpieces. Games included Birds Beasts or Fish and musical chairs as the girls sang familiar songs. Attendees included Sandra Moore Rita Cyr Phyllis Cyr Patsy Betts Mary Pratt Patricia Stover Sandra Beane Alice McNeil Arline Brown Anne Tardif and Gerween Doyle.
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Marjorie Rush
Washington Street
Blue Bird Brownie Troop No
Sandra Moore
Rita Cyr
Phyllis Cyr
Patsy Betts
Mary Pratt
Patricia Stover
Sandra Beane
Alice McNeil
Arline Brown
Anne Tardif
Gerween Doyle
West Bath 4H Club News and Local Personal Items
The West Bath 4H club met at the Littlefield schoolhouse with leader Mrs. Pauline Belanger. Attendance included Gerald Losier Albert Barter Robert Belanger and Joan Giacobbe. Halloween parties were held for Christine Linwood Miller and others. Personal items note visits guests routes vacations and travels of locals including families in Bath Dresden Warren Brunswick Whitefield and Portland.
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Charles Rietzel
Doris White
Marshall Boudreau
Joanne
Jeanette
Robert
David Boudreau
John Larrabee
Dorothy Bubier
John Guzette
Dana Family Moves to Sagadahoc Ferry Home
Mr and Mrs Eben Dana of North Woolwich have moved into their newly bought house, the former Frank Carlton residence at Sagadahoc Ferry. Dana owns Dana Mill in Woolwich and the Carltons have relocated to Arrow s where they now rent an apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben Dana
North Woolwich
Frank Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Dana
Dana Mill
Woolwich
Carlton
Arrows
Reading Grange Holds Question Period and Quiz
A Reading grange meeting featured a question period led by the lecturer Thee and participation by Mrs. Smith Joseph Wilson Mrs. Be ther Andrews Fred renter Miss Joanne Boudreau Donnell Joyce Wontwietham and Wesley McPhee. An advertising quiz was presented by Mrs. Ida Stover. Closing thought sincerity by Mrs. Thelma Sylvester. A report on the annual grange fair noted substantial receipts. Next Monday will feature a program by John Howe and refreshments served by Mrs. Mattie Collins Mrs. Ruth Wentworth with William Small Jr cashier. The evening ended with dancing.
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Herbert Simpson
Smith
Joseph Wilson
Bether Andrews
Fred Renter
Joanne Boudreau
Donnell
Joyce Wontwietham
Wesley McPhee
The
Grange
Ida Stover
Thelma Sylvester
John Howe
Mattie Collins
Ruth Wentworth
William Small, Jr
Elks vote to equip nine bed room at children’s home
Sixty five Elks from nine Maine lodges visited Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children on High Street to inspect needs and advocate funding. They recommended the state association fully equip a large nine bed room on the second floor at an estimated cost of about 1500 dollars. The group toured the home led by Marie Preston and later luncheon followed at Lombard Street lodge rooms.
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Elks
Maine
Hyde Memorial
High Street
Maine Elks Association
Marie Preston
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children
The
Lombard Street
State Association
Carliel Perry
Bath
George M. Hamlin
Rockland Lodge
Maynard Marston
Donald Emery
Gardiner Lodge
Arthur Henry
Rumford
Edward J. McMann
Association
Leon Jones
Biddeford
Bernard J. Murway
Waterville Lodge
James F. Usher
Edward Colley
Chelsea Waldron
Albert Berry
Portland Lodge
Young Bull Moose Spotted Near Wiscasset River
A young bull moose about a year old swam from Westport and landed near the river in Wiscasset this morning. Two game wardens observed the animal and reported it was in fine condition but tired from its exertions.
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Wiscasset
Westport
Rasmus Family Weekend Visit Across New England
Mr and Mrs Alfred Rasmus senior their daughter Pauline and son Fred of Wakefield Massachusetts spent the weekend with Rasmus senior’s mother Mrs Higgins of Five Islands and on Sunday called on Bath friends.
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Alfred Rasmussen
Pauline
Fred
Wakefield
Mass
Local notices and social events from Bath area
The column lists church services and community happenings. It notes a 6.30 event, a 7.20 Endeavor, a 9.30 Canter, and a 10.30 Sunday service at a church in Olwich Meneay Hen. A Bridge Club sale and baked bean event runs Friday 5 to 7 at the Baptist Hall. Also mentions Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Clarence Baker and Mr and Mrs Harry Watson visiting Bath.
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Chris- UN Endeavor
Oolwich Meneay Hen
Hyde Windlass Bowling League Standings Seen
Pirates Bruce Buttrick, U S A, received an honorable discharge in California after two years service. He flew from the West coast to New York and is now at home with his aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Harold Zoey of Willow. He wrestles with ties as he begins college education.
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Bruce Buttrick
Mmr
Fragmented list of prizes and notes from an unclear page
The text lists names such as Hen rt Arsenault Patricia Atwood Bourque Jean Dow Sanford and mentions first prize for girls to McPhee and second to Chetti. It notes tied prizes for Carol Loeschner Marchetti and John, plus mentions of guards and documents about Roosevelt Iwo Jima and United Nations. It is a garbled OCR fragment with multiple topics.
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Henrt
Arsenault
Patricia Atwood
Bourque
Jean Dow
Sanford
McPhee
Chetti
Carol Loeschner
Marchetti
John
John Lds
Aoemans
Lorraine Condon
Charlene Sinclair
Beverly Man
Jefferson
Ter
United States
Apanese
Roosevelt
Eisen
Yale
Sherman Poe Returns to Home in GSatury
Local note reports Sherman Poe returning to her home in GSatury after an unspecified period away with only brief details available.
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Sherman Poe
Master John A Ries Jr son of A Rines on Center Street
A fragmentary obituary notice names Master John A Ries Jr son of Mr and Mrs A Rines residing at 267 Center Street. The brief text appears to reference his passing with a few stray words surrounding a hall or house, lacking full details.
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John A. Ries, Jr
A. Rines
Center Street
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Boston
Frank A. Creamer
Jack Winters
Craig
Miles Memorial Hospital
da Ariscotta
Sunie Day
Charles Sigison
Miss Pinkham
Sheepscot River
Massachusetts
New York
George Boynton
Gorham
Alfred Gorham
Parker E. Marean
Edward Redfield
Boothbay Harbor
Harry Eiley
Redfield
New Hope
Penn
Janet Gaughek
Turner
Gregoire
Bets
Tional Tania
Baptist Sewing Circle
Stairs
Blue Bird Brownies
West Bath
Young Bull Moose
Hyde Windlass Bowling League
Hyde Windlass