Wiscasset Social News Highlights From Pittston to Armistice Weekend
Wiscasset residents hosted a misc shower for Thomas Yarbrough and Louise Wickwire of Florida after a Pittston gathering. The Marco club met on Water Street with a travel talk on Asia and 17 in attendance. Many items follow including school awards, DAR meetings, nursing classes, a Thanksgiving Day donation tea, and multiple personal notices across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
Newcastle
Thomas Yarbrough
Pittston
Yarbrough
Louise Wickwire
Florida
Stanley Dodge
Marco Club
Water Street
Louise Bailey Malcolm
Philippines
Japan
China
Robert Graff
The
Organ Society
Elden P. Munsey
Harvey R. Pease
Marjorie Malcolm
Ann Grover
Judith Rines
Reading
Wesley Farmer
Barbara Petrie
Sally Nelder
Janet Nichols
Leonard Inman
Robert Bryant
Joan Lewis
Norris Calden
Arthur Reed
Quinnam House
Middle Street
Roscoe C. Varney
Waterboro
Frank Tracey
Lexington
Mass
Carl C. Bennett
Augusta
A. R. Berryman
Boston
F. J. Wyman
Milford Collins
Stoningham
L. R. Sinclair
Searsport
W. R. Thomas
Belmont
Mabel McKendrick
E. Pearl Daggett
M. Weiner
W. Fisher
Bath
W. R. Chamberlain
New York City
H. Borleis
Hingham
M. Robin
Inwire
George Parrow
Nashua
N. H
A. J. Ward
Roxbury
Pemaquid
Grace T. Carlisle
Boothbay Harbor
Grace A. Cowley
Federal Street
Ada Coffin
North Edgecomb
Coffin
Lillian Corey
Anne Bisbee
Damariscotta
Lydia Morse
Waldoboro
Amy Jewett
Lincoln County
Sonie Clifford
Opportunity Farm
Local visits and a successful minstrel show at Masonic hall
Norman Bailey of Fort Dev ens visited his parents over the weekend while Mrs Harold Rollins of Bow deinham was a Sunday guest of cousin Mrs Carolyn Sheldon. Robert James, a pupil of Middle Bridge school, shot a deer recently. The minstrel show at the Masonic hall Friday evening was a great success, clearing about $50. The play was written and coached by Mrs Horace Gilpatrick, with accompanist Mrs Euleia Pray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Bailey
Fort Devens
Harold Rollins
Bowdeinham
Carolyn Sheldon
Robert James
Middle Bridge School
Thomas James
Masonic Hall
Horace Gilpatrick
Euleia Pray
Meeting Called for Friday at Cosmo politan Club House
A Friday afternoon meeting at three in the Cosmo politan club house convenes the supper committee for the annual Christmas sale and supper on Saturday December 6. The committee includes Mrs Carroll A Deering chairwoman Mrs Stanley M Brown Mrs E M Fuller Jr Mrs Maurice Libby Mrs Leland R Mitchell Mrs Charles Soule and Mrs Elmer Williams. Mrs Chester A Roberts will oversee the dining room and the menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Club
Carroll A. Deering
Stanley M Brown
E. M. Fuller, Jr
Maurice Libby
Leland R. Mitchell
Charles Soule
Elmer Williams
Chester A. Roberts
Patriotic Program Tonight at G A R Hall
All patriotic organizations and the general public are invited to a program this evening sponsored by the T. W. Hyde camp and auxiliary in G A R hall at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
G. A. R. Hall
West Bath Sewing Group Meets For Quilt Work And Lunch
The West Bath group met in the Grange hall for an all day session with one quilt tacked and Red Cross sewing. A fish chowder luncheon with steamed pudding coffee and pickles was served by Mrs. Fred Larrabee Mrs. J. B. Cook and Mrs. David Henderson. Next meeting December 2 will feature lunches and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Grange Hall
Fred Larrabee
J. B. Cook
David Henderson
A. B. Snow
E. W. Haggett
Fernald invites Senator Nye to Maine visit
Hon. Roy L. Fernald of Winterport, Maine, prominent in politics and Waldo Chamber of Commerce president, invites United States Senator Gerald P. Nye to Maine. He offers a free forum and accommodations, quoting Voltaire and praising Elijah Lovejoy’s spirit to defend free expression.
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Fernald
Senator Nye
Maine
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Waldo Chamber of Commerce
United States
Gerald P. Nye
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Voltaire
Elijah Lovejoy
Giant cake at Roger's hardware sale for Band Booster Club
A fifteen pound cake on display Tuesday at Roger's hardware store will raise funds for the Band Boosters' club. The cake, topped by a miniature turkey and icing with seven pounds of sugar, used a dozen and a half eggs and was donated anonymously by a woman with a royal and gubernatorial cooking background.
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Roger's Hardware Store
Band Boosters’ Club
Band Booster’s Club
Canada
England
Tallest hollyhock still stands in South End garden
A South End woman preserves a remarkable 14 foot five inch hollyhock towering above her porch. The plant, described as the tallest in the city, remains erect amid a bed of mixed flowers, notably pink sasa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Mrs Margaret Adams Visiting Brunswick With Daughter
Mrs Margaret Adams of Weeks street is passing a few days in Brunswick with her daughter Mrs Ernest Stanwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Adams
Weeks Street
Brunswick
Ernest Stanwood
Bath Gains Expanded Rail and Bus Service
Maine Central Railroad and Maine Central Bus Lines establish weekday rail and bus links among Bath Brunswick Freeport Portland and Boston. Early morning trips depart Bath at 7:00 and 7:15 with Portland arrivals at 8:15. The Flying Yankee connects Boston to Portland at 8:30 and 1:50 p.m. return trips run to Bath Brunswick Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Freeport
Portland
Boston
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central Bus Lines
Maine Central
Portland Union Station
Bath and
Bay Point Notes From Fort Bragg And Local Visitors
Sergt Francis Oliver at Fort Bragg reports springlike Maine climate and hopes to return for Thanksgiving. Miss Ruth Keen and Henry Keen of Jamaica New York Bay Point chaperoned a dance at Adelphi College Garden City for 100 Mitchell Field soldiers. Local children suffer whooping cough. Armistice Day visits include Mrs L M Spinney and Bath residents. Edward Thorne from Bath Iron Shipyard visited relatives in Bath. Other local residents visited or traveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Estes
Bath
Lancaster
N. H
Percy Walker
Leon Felker
Richard Felker
Frank Morgan
Harry W. Moulton
Robert Coombs
Marion Rose
Robert Metcalf
National Orange
Worcester
Joseph Bellmore
Rockland
Bellmore
Yvonne
Edward Jenks
Bath Memorial Hospital
Philip Williams
Harry Williams
New Meadows
Portland
Williams
Bath Iron Works Corp
E. W. Haggcott
Arthur
Harold Haggett
Haggett
Winneganee
I. B. Neilly
Florence Neilly
Laura Cotten
J. W. Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York Village
Loring D. Small
Wilbert and
Dana
Mr. Small
Charles T. Small
Ralph Dunton
Mr. Dunton
Francis Oliver
Fort Bragg
N. C
Maine
Ruth Keen
Henry Keen
Jamaica
N. Y
Bay Point
Adelphi College
Garden City
Mitchell Field
Loring
L. M. Spinney
Fred P. Taylor
Dickie Hagan
Auburn
H. A. Spinney
Earl Payson
Andrew Butterfield
Harold Robinson
Keith
Belle Heald
Georgetown
Carrie Oliver
Robert Fry
Edward Thorne
Todd- Bath Iron
South Portland
Peter Khilinitsky
Adelaine Hinckley
Forrest Baker
Morton Baker
Carol Burgess
Lemuel Preble
Jessie B. Spaulding
Grace Baker
Maurice Shea
Rosa Shea
Edwin Moulton
Frank J. Walker
Arthur J. McKeand
Maxwell McKeand
Canton
Mass
Maxine Walker
Boston
W. C. B. Robbins
Ogunquit
Charlotte Buck
Cleveland Buck
Orlando
Fla
William Sylvester
John Brown
Hockomock Bay
New Jersey
Bleike Reed
Reed
Orr
Brooks Perry
Grant
Gardiner
Edward Wanne
Alexandria
C. P. Hall
Annie Cunningham
Florence Carlton
Ella Temple
Bowdoinham
Albert Temple
Arid
Gilbert Hathorne
Everett
Chopps School
Emma Copeland
George Ames
St. Petersburg
Maine jury awards 362.25 to Weston pupil Merquier
In Aroostook County, a Superior Court jury ruled 362.25 for eight year old Harold Merquier against Weston superintendent James DeWeaver. The September 1940 incident led to 12 days hospitalization after the head was bent back. Law Court appeal expected. Maine Teachers Association involvement noted.
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Maine
Aroostook County
Harold Merquier
Weston
Arthur Merquier
James DeWeaver
Gillis
Megquier
DeWeaver
James P. Archibald
Maine Teachers’ Association
Richard Kennan
Augusta
Hunters Return From Week-Long Indian Pond Trip
Dr. Harry F Morin Harry W Thebeau Albert Henderson and Charles Henderson returned home Sunday night from a week long hunting trip to Indian Pond Charles Henderson brought back the only deer shot by the party and the only one seen during their stay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Morin
Harry W. Thebeau
Albert Henderson
Charles Henderson
Indian Pond
Caddy Family Visits West Medford Hosts Holiday Guests
Henry P. Caddy with daughter Arline and son in law Mr and Mrs William F Caddy of West Medford arrive Wednesday evening for a holiday visit with Mr and Mrs Charles Bartlett and Mrs Carl C Troop at 1008 Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Bryant
Lester Brown
Cape Elizabeth
Charles E. Cowley
M. A. Giffin
Augusta
Donald Tweedy
Danbury
James T. Cox
Brockton
Mass
Harry E. Bailey
Federal Street
John Dow
Bridgeport
Foster Perkins
Niagara Falls
Harold Perkins
Edward Burke
Hilda Brandt
Southport
Conn
Zina Davis
Brownfield
Harvey R. Pease
Lawrence Lewis
National Grange
Worcester
Sanford G. Lewis
Providence
R. I
Herbert
Sidney B. Knight
Kittery
Getchell Homestead
Lawrence P. Radley
Joan Edith
Quincy
Henry P. Caddy
Arline Caddy
William F. Caddy
West Medford
Charles Bartlett
Carl C. Troop
Middle Street
Woolwich Community Notices and Club Gatherings
A Woolwich crowd attended a card party by the School Improvement League at Chopps School Saturday, adding to the treasury. Various hosts and guests from Day's Ferry and Bath hosted clubs, birthdays, and games with refreshments, plans for future events, and Thanksgiving preparations noted throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Improvement League
Chopps School
Treasury
George Ames
William Crocker
Horace Allen
Dick Leach
Albion Corliss
Day's Ferry
Waldo Allen
Maralyn
Parker Strout
Bath
Louise Miller
Nellie Reed
Roland Raines
Reed
Eben Dana
Ralph Rice
Morton Baker
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
J. M. Gowdy
Irene Spinney
World Emergency Fund
John W. Goudey
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Montsweag Baptist Church
Woolwich Pastor Will Be Married
Florence B M Weeks of West Kennebunk is engaged to Rev Herbert F Milligan of Woolwich formerly pastor of Kennebunk and West Kennebunk Methodist churches. Weeks a Kennebunk native who has been a teacher nurse and religious leader in New Haven Conn. Milligan serves the Federated Churches of Woolwich. The wedding is planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dresden
Pownalboro
Howard Miller
Howard
Dorchester
Mass
Miller
Louise Miller
Melvin Howe
Robert Fuller
Methyl Crockett
Auburn
Charlotte Buck
C. E. Bousfield
Sarah Bagley Wright
Clara Hathorne
Alden Bailey
Frost Bailey
Harpswell
William Robinson
Henry Seegars
Murphy's Corner
Myers Reed, Jr
Weymouth
Reed
Herbert F. Milligan
Nequasset Methodist Church
Sagadahoc Ferry
Christian Endeavor
Bertha Ridding
Providence
R. I
Clarence Tanner
Forrest Baker
Patricia
Bruce
Darrell
Rosa Shea
John Gilmore
Woolwich
Marshall Point
Port Clyde
Charles Allen
Sarah Bailey
Gardiner
Dora Bailey
Nequasset
Emma Copeland
Middle Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
George Ames
Harvey P. Hathorne
Ida M. Beals
Flossie M. Beals
Morton Baker
Eben Dana
Judy Rice
J. M. Gowdy
Gowdy
Cecil Bousfield
Son Darrell
Lida Hathorne
Christine Hathorne
Clara Hawthorne
Carrie Hathorne
Gladys Hathorne
Merle Jameson
Albert Hathorne
Charles H. Hunnewell
Carroll Burgess
Florence B. M. Weeks
West Kennebunk
Kennebunk
West
Florence
B. M. Weeks
New Haven
Women’s Society Meets in Augusta for Day’s Session
Mrs Willard McLean reelected recording secretary at the district meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church held in Augusta Green Street M E church. Ten members from Wesley M E church attended with others from Beacon Street M E and local clergy. Mrs Evelyn D Goodhue presided at the session and a new slate of officers was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard McLean
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Augusta
Green Street
M. E. Church
McLean
Wesley M. E. Church
Society of
Beacon Street M. E. Church
Society of Wesley Church
Andrew Butterfield
Walter F. Day
Bessie E. Dickinson
William Temple
Wilfred C. Trott
Wendell Williams
Parker Worrey
Frederickson
West Bath
Williams
Wesley
Evelyn D. Goodhue
Sidney
Ruth Esther Wheaton
New York
Women's Home Missionary Society
Miss Wheaton
WSCS
Church
Aldrich
Wesley Group
Sumner Sewall
Blaine House
Bowen Torrey
Bath
Leach-Skinner Wedding in Woolwich
Marion Louise Skinner and Densmore Carleton Leach wed at four o clock Sunday in Monmouth Center Methodist church. The bride wears cadet blue and redingote. guests include maid of honor Ellen Savage and best man Ralph Savage. After a supper in Augusta, the couple will reside in Woolwich after a brief honeymoon, with Leach employed in Woolwich.
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Marion Louise Skinner
Densmore Carleton Leach
Woolwich
Monmouth Center Methodist
Charles T. Brown
Mr. Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Monmouth
Ellen Savage
Augusta
Ralph Savage
Maid of Honor
Bernice Lee
Maria E. Savage
Leach
Maria E
John R. Savage
Bath
Morse High School
Lyndon, Vt
Promotions in 240th Coast Artillery at Fort Williams
Public Relations Office Portland Harbor Defenses announces promotions within the 240th Coast Artillery. J Robshaw of 92 Union Street rises to Sergeant. Cleveland Else of 57 Pine Street and Charles H Grace of 54 Granite Street advance to PFC. Rodney F Black of 900 High Street promoted to Corporal. All but Black are with Battery B. Black serves in Battery E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
240Th Coast Artillery
Portland
Harbor
Fort Williams
J. Robshaw
Union Street
Cleveland Elsemore
Pine Street
Charles H. Grace
Granite Street
Rodney F. Black
High Street
Black
Battery B
Navy Weakened by Its Lack of Cargo Carriers
Richard Mathews Hallett spoke to Winter Street and Central church men about National Defense focusing on the Navy. He warned the Merchant Marine is the Navy’s weak point, citing Mahann and noting inadequate mariners and a new Castine nautical school. The gathering included a meat loaf supper and community singing, with plans for a Central church supper meeting on November 25 at 6 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mathews Hallett
Winter Street Men’s Club
Central Church Men’s Club
U. S. Navy
Louisiana
Mahann
Hallett
Maritime Commission
Nautical School
Castine
Ladie S
Marius H. Page
Justus Miller
Fred H. Lord
Central Church Club
Winter Street Club
Central Church
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Church AID Plans Baked Bean Supper
The Ladies' Aid of Central Church met at the parish house to arrange a baked bean supper for Saturday November 29 with Mrs Alfred J Rowe as general chair. The dining room will be run by Mrs Levi W Steward and Mrs David E Rich. Members also worked on quilts and served a noon dinner for 25 including husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of
Central Church
Alfred J. Rowe
The
Aid
Lewis J. Sanborn
Perry L. Thompson
Charles T. Jackson
N. Gratz Jackson
Luther
Thompson
Levi W. Steward
Club Garret Plans Christmas Dance And Plans For Hayseed Hop
Club Garret outlines committees for the annual Christmas night dance to be formal with a buffet. Dorothy Anliker chairs. other members include Shirley Tobey Adele Hutchins Phyllis Darrah Barbara Pitman. Hayseed Hop plans discussed. donations were raised for the Hospital. Thanksgiving breaks shifted Bailey Evening school to Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Garret
Dorothy Anliker
Shirley Tobey
Joseph Mullaney
Adele Hutchins
Phyllis Darrah
Barbara Pitman
Brunswick
Anliker
Dolly Goodwin
Robert Pletts
Betty Watson
Tobey
Darrah
Bar
Henrietta French
Hutchins
Pitman
Mary Goodwin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman's Club
William Frye
Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Stanwood Gilman
Joseph E. Hubbard
Hubbard
Samuel J. Sewall
Sidney G. Evans
Earl D. Rines
Edmund Ingalls
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Charles Macurda
John Chase
Frye
Lincoln Home
American Legion Auxiliary
Red Men's Hall
Barbara Bailey
Bernard Andrew Bailey
Earle Walter Pulsifer
Saint Philip's Church
Frederick R. Brown
New York State
St. James Chapel
Brown
Mary Crosby Renwick
Frederick Tilden Brown
Ridge School
Washington, Conn
Harvard College
Owl Club
Institute
Laura Pelton Hazard
Frederick Tilden
Laura Hazard
Natalia
Fredericka Rhinlander
Deering Milliken & Amory Brown
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Verne Vincent
George E. Millard
George G. Chiera
American Red Cross
John Jackson
Blanche Fowles
Anna White
Laura Seavey
Bernard Merry
Annie Reed
Fred Allen
Dresden
Helen Linscott
St. Philip's Parish House
Henry Dunnack
Strout
Frank Haggett
American Pen
Columbia Hotel
Anne Nelder
Depositors’ Trust Co
Virginia Pease
Hartford
Melvin Miller
David G. Reed
Women’s Society
Central Church Aid
Garret
Bailey Evening School