Local Social Notes From Wiscasset News
Pilgrim Fellowship honors Harold Blanchard with a surprise party at his Washington street home as he leaves for a chief engineer post in Groveton New Hampshire. Community events include card games at Mrs. Frank Gray’s Water street home and a Ladies Organ Society meeting with a December 8 winter sale planned.
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Pilgrim Fellowship
Harold Blanchard
Washington Street
Blanchard
Bath Iron Works
Groveton
N. H
Frank Gray
Water Street
Bradford C. Redennett
Harry D. Mosher
Charles E. Cowley
Carolyn S. Varney
Grace L. Knight
H. E. Rines
Mary Campbell
Miss Knight
Colney
Robert Heigham
Laura Carlton
Alice D. Taylor
Hodge Street
Burton Blackman
North Carolina
Donald Blackman
Wesley Swift
Gardiner
Maude Clark Gay
Stanley Bailey
Boston
Charles Cowley
Gay
Robert Bailey
Turner Field
Georgia
Clarence Bailey
Pvt
Foster Hilton
Bath Road
Frances Grover
Walpole
Mass
Mildred Main
Charles Grover
Lewiston Finance Board OKs State Tax Payment
The Lewiston Finance Board on Tuesday evening authorized Controller Patent to pay the State tax of 265159.31 dollars. The controller noted the city carried a credit against this amount estimated between zero and 35000 dollars.
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Lewiston
British Sailor Armed with Glass Breaks Homes in Raid
A Royal Navy sailor on a one man patrol in Brunswick attacked two High Street homes early Tuesday, smashing a door and multiple windows. O. E. Lunn pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to intoxication and malicious mischief after being captured by a Bath-ward light cruiser.
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Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Bath
O. E. Lunn
Royal Navy
Gardiner R. Deering
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Jennie Brown
Linn
Mayo
Warning Issued On Cashing Worthless Checks In Flood Edict
Local police urged stores to exercise extreme caution with checks amid a flood of counterfeit items. Six checks were under investigation, five in Portland and one in Lisbon Falls, with two more reported in the city. A pencil signed check for 50.25 dollars drawn on First National Bank was passed at the Penny Arcade, and another similar check was presented at the First National Store. Hazel Elliott was contacted but denied writing the checks. Authorities seek to identify the passer and warn harsh penalties for future offenses.
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Portland
Lisbon Falls
Edward L. Gaudreau
Dana W. York
First National Bank
Hazel Elliott
Harry
Harvey
Police
First National
West Bath Sewing Group Meets at Grange Hall
West Bath notes a sewing meeting at the Grange hall with many attendees and a comforter added to Red Cross work. Social visits recount relatives and friends from Norridgewock Winnegance Lewiston Bath and Brunswick with multiple dinners and guest stays.
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West Bath
Grange Hall
Edward Haggett
Everett Lemont
Harry Peterson
Melvin Comeau
Charles Doyle
Earle Donnell
F. W. Larrabee
J. B. Cooke
Llewellyn Rogers
Herbert Cavanaugh
F. Deehan
Red Cross
War Service Council Hears Progress On Salvage Efforts
The War Service Council reports industrial scrap shipments of 1.6 to 1.8 million pounds monthly. Fall salvage gains under Mrs. Granville Colby show strong results, with fairs and school drives planned for paper and another tin can drive starting Pearl Harbor Day. Recreation needs include funding for Kimball field, teen girl programs, and expanded YMCA and USO activities. next meeting in January. Alfred Tardy pleads guilty to carrying a loaded rifle in a car. fined $10 and costs. Bradeen and Mendall plead guilty to deer registration offenses. case postponed for payment.
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Granville Colby
Parker
Lions Club
Rockland
Pearl Harbor
Bath
Allan Spear
Kimball Field
Spear
Miss Jaksey
War Workers Girls Club
USO Hall
Brennan
Bath Iron Works
BIW
William Perkins
YMCA
The
Stevens
Halliwill
Woolwich Obituaries and Local Happenings Across Town
Dr Frank Littorin to preach at Woolwich Center and Montsweag churches with Sunday school at 10 and 11 as rain and wind storm damages wiring and farms report barn losses for Trott Huff Hanson and Savage. Local residents, hunting trips, furloughs and visits fill town life with social and civic notes.
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Frank Littorin
Maine Baptist Convention
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Montsweag
Bath Iron Works
Maine Central
Gibbons Coal Co
Richard Brawn
Fort Bennington
Fred S. Brawn
Day's Ferry
Fred Baldwin
Albion L. Corliss
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
Maine
Alton Berry
Bangor
Anna Mae
University of Maine
Orono
Edward Orr
Wiscasset
Howard Trott
Beatrice Lang
Irving Baker
Clarence Baker
Sagadahoc Ferry
Newport
R. I
Maxine Walker
Boston
Frank J. Walker
Blanche Littlefield
Portland
David Harris
Alton Harris
Ralph Harris
Georgiaville
Frank Staples
Esmond
Jack Connors
Greenville
Wilbur Howe
Farnham Rice
U. S
Ralph Rice
United States
Maritime Service Training Station
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Dennis Roberts
Edwin Soule
Barter’s Island
Harold Roberts
Mary Wright
Bowdoinham
Milton Hathorne
Warren Peterson
Harriet Adams
Waterville
Carrie Hathorne
Jake DeLong
DeWitt
Head Place
Woolwich Center
Stewart McEachern
Hazelwood Avenue
Dallas L. Tracey
Nequasset
Frank Richards
Tracey
W. Carlton Squiers
Stephen
Woolwich Grange
Grange Hall
Elsie
Notable Attendees Include Navy Recruiting Staff and Local Residents
Those present included Mrs. Law rence Palmer, Mrs. Louis Palmer, Mrs. Irving Joy, Miss Eleanor Bourget, Mrs. Winship Reed, Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, Mrs. Frances Grover, Miss Marguerite Reed, Miss Virginia Reed, and Navy Recruiting Station personnel Richard Bachelder, Ricco Ferio, Tony Iola, William Dick, Eugene Van Buren, and Ray Carle.
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Lawrence Palmer
Louis Palmer
Irving Joy
Eleanor Bourget
Winship Reed, Sr
John Reed
Frances Grover
Margueritet Reed
Virginia Reed
U. S. Navy
Richard Bachelder
Ricco Ferio
Tony Iola
William Dick
Eugene van Buren
Ray Carle
Nequasset Auxiliary Meets at Mrs Bailey’s Home
Nequasset Auxiliary gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Percy Bailey’s home on the Wiscasset road in Woolwich. Seventeen members attended including Mrs. Bernice Bailey and Mrs. John Gilmore who presided. After business, sewing and visiting filled the remainder of the meeting. The next gathering is scheduled for Thursday at 1 30 in the Nequasset Congregational vestry.
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Percy Bailey
Wiscasset Road
Nequasset
Woolwich
Bernice Bailey
Stella Nickles
Ruth Dubar
Florence Hathorne
Nellie Libby
Daisy Elwell
Amy Cromwell
Mildred Ryan
Norma Holbrook
Dorothy Reed
Martha Hague
Mae Gilmore
Ruth Leeman
Genesta Carter
Problems Discussed At Augusta P T A Meeting
The Augusta gathering addressed teacher shortages in Aroostook counties with trailer schooling as a stopgap. They discussed preschool literature, parental participation, health and nutrition, and the seven point health pin, with Mrs. Carl French named to lead the North-Center P T A in collaborating with teachers.
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Augusta
Aroostook
W. Scott Davis
Miss Boynton
Miss Harris
Elmhurst
Norman Howard
North-Center
Louis Dole
State Health Department
Carl French
P.T.A
Deer Registration Failures Prompt Court Plea
Roland Bernier and Kenneth Hinckley of Upton pleaded guilty in Rumford court for failing to register a deer. Each received a $10 fine and $6.90 in costs with the fines suspended on payment of costs. Complaints were by Leon Wilson and Mendall Conant.
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Woodrow Harding
Lisbon Falls
Auburn
Roland Bernier
Kenneth Hinckley
Upton
Rumford Court
Leon Wilson
Mendall Conant
Wildlife Influx At Bay Point Reports Rich Local Fauna
Rainy spell brings many birds and mammals closer to habitation. Robins, grosbeaks, bluejays, crows, gulls visit feeding areas. deer, foxes, skunks, woodchucks seen nearby. Local residents and visitors noted by names and cottages on Bay Point this season.
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Robert Fry
J. Otis Swift Turner
Bay Point
Veterans Night Proves Success at Auxiliary Program
Edith Miller and Mrs Frances Warner led a patriotic Veterans Night inviting all service men and veterans. The program included opening prayer, America, the American Creed, welcomes by George Melzard, Lincoln's Address by Gardiner Crocker, and Lt Russell’s talk on the flag. Students from Charlotte’s School of the Dance performed dances and songs. a patriotic tableau closed the event with John Marks Jr, Vernon Miller and Ruby French.
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Edith Miller
Frances Warner
Assembly
America
Charlotte Cahill
George Melzard
Lincoln
Gardiner Crocker
Russell
Charlotte
School of the Dance
Shirley Pelletier
Little Rabbits
Mary
Laura
Agnes Cressey
Jean Briggs
Constance Brown
The
Hazel Warner
Chloe DeRaps
Rube
Bettina Snell
Josephine Mitchell
Holland
Priscilla Witham
John Marks, Jr
Vernon Miller
Ruby French
Lewiston Pvt Elisee Dutil Wounded in Italy Twice
PFC Elisee A Dutil son of Mr and Mrs Alphonse Dutil of Lewiston was seriously wounded in Italy on October 15 and is recovering slowly after evacuation to a North African hospital. This marks his second wound in action, the first occurring in Sicily where his leg wounds earned a Purple Heart.
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Elisee A. Dutil
Alphonse Dutil
Bartlett Street
Lewiston
Italy
Pvt. Dutil
An ounce of prevention and Maine brewing discipline
From where I sit the old copybook maxim about prevention holds true. The Maine Forestry Department and brewing industry show self regulation by malt beverage dealers, keeping Maine’s taverns in clean, decent surroundings as a result.
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the-Mai
Maine
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