Phippsburg Notes On Hunting Trips And Local People
Phippsburg and surrounding areas report hunting trips and hospital visits. Mrs. Horace Holton of Brockton, Mass, is a patient in Boston. A party of nine gunners from Phippsburg Dromore and Bath hunted at Fort Lake. Tommy Morse of Beach district gunned at Baker's Point and harvested a 130 pound buck. Mrs. and Mr. Gagnon returned from Wellington due to illness in the family. Local residents visit Lewiston and Portland. Ed Lorin of Colby College is kin to Rev. Henry Loring. The Wyman store at Small Point closes for season. Regulars and guests frequent Meadowbrook spots and road work progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Holton
Brockton
Mass
Robert Brigham Hospital
Boston
Colby
Meadowbrook
Woolwich
Harry Thompson
Phippsburg
Dromore
Bath
Ernest Rogers
Fort Lake
Tommy Morse
Baker's Point
Peter Gagnon
Wellington
Gagnon
Raymond Campbell
Lewiston
Ed” Lorin
Colby College
Henry Loring
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Charles Loring
Framingham
Helen Loring-Driscoll
Portland
Driscoll
Wyman
Small Point
Nellie Tracy
Tom Tracy
Meadowbrook Cottage
Howard Bowker
Eugene Bowker
Harry Bradshaw
Meadowbrook Road
Gardiner
River Points
Henry M. Minott
Phippsburg Center
Ralph Coombs
Eugene
Edward Haley
Delia Bolton
Jay K. Bowker
William B. Perry
Cora Campbell
John Malcolm
Wollaston
John Malcolm, Jr
Woodsfords
Daniel Morse
Union
N. J
Pleasant Cove Farm
James E. Perry
Fred Perry
Walter D. Farmer
Southport
Miles Webber
Frank Blair
George Penton
Herbert Shorey
Jack Shorey
Community club auction and social notices in Winnegance
Mrs. Peter Gagnon hosted the Community club Auxiliary with three tables of auction. prizes went to Mrs. Orman Coggeshall and Mrs. Harry C Williams. Next session Nov 27 at Mrs. Charles T Small’s, cov ered dish dinner. Also notes on local travels and visits of several residents and a Rotary club entertainment event by Lindsay D Cooper and Charles W Morton of Swift and Co at Damariscotta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Gagnon
Winfield W. Morse
Orman Coggeshall
Harry C. Williams
Charles T. Small
High Street
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Lewiston
Robert P. Manson
Frank Perry
Bangor
Manson
Duncan Farrell
Dresden Mills
Joseph Houdlette
Edwin F. Small
Auburndale
Mass
Thomas Andrews
Weymouth
Dennis Topher
Wellesley
Edward McHugh
Lindsay D. Cooper
Charles W. Morton
Bath
Swift and Co
Damariscotta Rotary Club
Quinnam House Thanksgiving Dinner Popular With Locals
Bath residents flocked to the Quinnam House in Wiscasset for Thanksgiving and holiday meals under new management drawing epicures from the area on holidays and Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Quinnam House
Wiscasset
Migrations Topic At Rotary Club Luncheon
Bath Rotary hears Prof. Warren B. Catlin of Bowdoin discuss Maine migrations in economic life since 1820. From pioneers to mills to coastal tourism, he notes shifts and a 108 million dollar impact. Also reports light outages and next week Colby football motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Pacific Coast
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Isle of Shoals
York Beach
Casco Bay
Bar Harbor
Catlin
Wisconsin
John Parker
Central Maine Power Co
Norman Smith
Brunswick
Thomas Proctor
Boothbay Harbor
H. C. Cowan
Rockland
Millett
Colby Football Association
Colby
Morse
Wedding Anniversary Surprise Party Honors 13th Year
Mr. and Mrs. Redford Christianson were surprised with a party Tuesday evening at Mrs. Sadie Coulhhard’s Center street home for their 13th wedding anniversary. Gifts, refreshments, and a large gathering from Bangor and New York attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauriston Caton
Sidney Higgins
Daniel McDougal
John Burgess
Lawrence Thayer
Harold A. Boutin
Ethel Webster
Mary McNinch
Barbara Dube
Jeanette Webster
Thelma Sutherland
James Sutherland
Ally Carr
William Flewellyn
Donald Hill
Philip Campbell, Jr
Frank Fish
Roscoe Doughty
Alton Bartlett
Bangor
Ethel Orum
New York
Seed Potatoes Bring Record Prices in Aroostook County
Aroostook county seed potatoes reach peak prices as seed shipper surveys show Chippewas at 3 50 to 4 per 165 pound sack Fort Fairfield. Green Mountains Katahdins and Irish Cobblers at 2 75. US Grade One table potatoes 1 65 to 1 75 at central loading stations. Starch potatoes fetch 60 cents per barrel for farm use. Federal Starch Diversion pays 90 cents per barrel for Grade Two or better and 25 cents for culls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook County
Carrie Sullivan
S. Nightingale and Co
Fort Fairfield
Maine
U. S
Long Cove Lobsterman Ed Witham Paints Marine Portraits
Long Cove in Knox County highlights Ed Witham, a lobsterman and painter. A Rockland High graduate, he began painting as a sophomore and has since pursued art with instruction in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harbor
Long Cove
Knox County
Ed Witham
Rockland High
Boston
Thanksgiving Service and local notes in Popham Beach village
Sunday evening services at the Popham Beach library focused on Thanksgiving origins and gratitude for homes and native land. Frances Robie urged actions of thanks and cited patriotic mottos including God Bless America and God Will Bless America When America Knows God. The Bath churches held a union Thanksgiving service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Library
Frances Robie
America
Robie
Bath
G. E. McNulty
William Stone
Biddeford
Sewall
York County
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Bruce H. M. White
Topsham
Roscoe Shaw
Popham Circle
Guy Crowley
Ellison Moody
B'nai B'rith Auxiliary plans a box supper
Bath and area activities feature a December box supper planned at the Bath B'nai B'rith Auxiliary meeting. Ada Y. Greenblatt presided as three new members joined. A Chanukah playlet complemented the evening. Next meeting December 8 will be joint with the men's lodge. Thanksgiving plans include Skelton family dinner at 491 Main Street Lewiston with extended relatives. Southwest Harbor slated for 168000 in 20 picket boats this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath B'nai B'rith
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Martin Freeman
Loren H. Jaffe
Sylvia Kutz
Morris W. Ziblatt
Mary Arck
Evelyn Petlock
Max Katz
Samuel Levin
Bnai Brith Lodge
Dorice Miller
Jeannette Miller
Samuel Prawer
Morris S. Povich
Esther J. Petlock
Southwest Harbor
Readings on Old Hymns at Grace Church Club Meet
Les Camarades Musicaux met at Grace church parish house with Mrs. Fred D. Hill hosting. Miss Jennie R. Melcher read a paper on Our Oldest Hymns, tracing Bay Psalm Book origins and early composers. New member Mrs. Esther Murphy joined as soprano. program included Grieg, Dett, Schumann, Massenet, Wagner, Barrett, and Cherubini performances led by Mrs. Albee and Miss Melcher at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Camarades Musicaux
Grace Church
Fred D. Hill
Jennie R. Melcher
Esther Murphy
Grieg
Carl FE. Albee
Dett Nash
Nathan Watson
Fred Cary
Allan H. Ramsay
Miss Melcher
Schumann
Albee
Massenet
Robert B. Hatch
Mr. Ramsay
A. Creams
Wagner
Cherubini
Watson
Hill
Carleton L. Rice
Don Pasquale
Donizetti
James M. Royal
Lieu- Trance
Eckert
Sturtevant
Miss Rena Legard Hosts Thanksgiving Themed Birthday Party
Rena Legard daughter of Mr and Mrs Forrest C Legard celebrated her seventh birthday with a party at 15 Maple Grove avenue. Guests included James Goves Frances Norton Barbar Urquhart Annie Yates Barbara Lesard Freda Legard Sargent Legard and Bernice Burden. Activities featured turkey pinning, potato balancing, and clothes pin toss with prizes awarded to Gretchen Trott Margaret McCabe Glenn Carter. Refreshments followed with ice cream cookies lemonade and birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Legard
Forrest C. Legard
Maple Grove Avenue
Gretchen Trott
Margaret McCabe
Glenn Carter
James Goves
Frances Norton
Barbar Urquhart
Annie Yates
Barbara Lesard
Freda Legard
Sargent Legard
Bernice Burden
Mrs Whittier Recovers After Fall From Steps
Mrs. Arthur C. Whittier of 19 Russell Street is recovering after a fall from the outside steps to the street. The fall covered 14 stairs with no broken bones, thanks to a neighbor who caught her before she hit the sidewalk. She is under a physician care for bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Whittier
Russell Street
Ross family travels for Thanksgiving gathering
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney F. Ross of High street left Wednesday afternoon to pass Thanksgiving with his sisters Miss Annie Ross and Miss Florabel Ross of Kennebunk. They were joined there by their daughter Miss Barbara Ross from Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney F. Ross
High Street
Annie Ross
Florabel Ross
Kennebunk
Barbara Ross
Augusta
Parker Head residents attend Armory Legion Ball
Parker Head residents and families gathered at the Bath Armory for the Legion Police Ball on Armistice Day. Local Girl Scouts elected officers, earned badges, and planned a Christmas party. Brownies met with Miss Robie. various members attended Farm Bureau and church missions in nearby towns.
Four Bath Boys Arrested After Series of Breaks
Four Bath youths aged 13 to 16 were arrested after a week of burglaries in the business district. Patrolman Moriarty caught two inside Pomerleau shoe shop as they tried to break in. The group confessed to eight breaks including Amoco and Craft's Battery, with $47 from Amoco the largest haul. All four implicated others and detailed each break and share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Alfred Pomerleau
Washington Street
Andrew M. Rice
Mathew N. Gannett
Pomerleau Place
Craft's
Amoco
Pomerleau
Rice's
Crafts
Moriarty
Rice’s
Controversy over Bangor City Hall use for America First speaker
A Bangor dispute centers on an application to use City Hall for an America First speaker. The Bangor City Council unanimously refused the request at an executive session before the bi monthly meeting. Haven Sawyer, local America First Committee representative who filed the application, sent a protest letter to Chairman Frank O Youngs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Bangor City Hall
America First” Organization
Frank O. Youngs
Youngs
Haven Sawyer
America First Committee
Migrating owls expected to reach Maine this winter
Reports from Meyers and observers in Bar Harbor and Trenton indicate Far North owls will invade Maine again this winter. The notes say that every four years or so large numbers migrate south into the eastern United States, signaling a seasonal influx.
Quiz on School Affairs in State at PTA Meeting
At Grace church, Oak street, North Center PTA held a Tuesday afternoon session chaired by Mrs. W Scott Davis. Mrs. Wilmer J Voorhees led a 20 item quiz won by Mrs. Horace Morse. Mrs. Dennison had second. The meeting opened with sewing for Red Cross and included a defense report and volunteer registration cards. A tea fundraiser for the dental clinic was announced for Nov 26 at 3 to 6 p.m. The group voted to pay for a class party for top PTA percentage in the recent enrollment drive, won by Theo McNeil's fourth grade. The next meeting is Dec 2 with speaker Mrs Cyril E Bousfield on Forty Years in China. Raleigh Glynn invited to address Dec 16 on the new physical education program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer J. Voorhees
North Center P. T. A
Grace Church
Oak Street
W. Scott Davis
Voorhees
Horace G. Morse
William W. Dennison
Raleigh Glynn
Morse
Variety of games at November social Sacred Heart Circle
Sacred Heart circle Daughters of Isabella held a November social in the D. of S. hall on Front street with games and contests. Mrs. Louise Edgett won Lincoln Penny first prize, Arlene Gay second. Helen Moses regent won a slogan contest. Lena Fortier won an apple naming contest. Sophie McPherson won a turkey parts naming contest. Alice Burgess won ring tossing. Edgett got consolation. Sandwiches coffee served. Card party planned at Hotel Sedgwick on Mon Nov 24. reservations with Arlene Gay or Alice Burgess due by Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
D. of S. Hall
Front Street
Louise Edgett
Arlene Gay
Helen Moses
Regent
Lena Fortier
Sophie McPherson
Alice Burgess
Della Bourque
Louise Arsenault
Dora Collins
Margaret C. Flaherty
Margaret Ingraham
Martha McAuliffe
Martina McInnis
Catherine Talbot
Eva C. Tatro
Sedgwick
Obituary for J Walter MacNeil in New York hospital
J Walter MacNeil died Wednesday in a New York hospital after a lengthy illness. He was the son of the late Martin and Sarah MacNeil and is survived by a sister Mrs. Harry Lemont of Brunswick, another sister Mrs. Enid Ringberg of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Thomas Foley, plus a daughter and son Joseph of Augusta. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walter MacNeil
New York
Martin
Sarah MacNeil
Harry Lemont
Brunswick
Enid Ringberg
Massachusetts
Thomas Foley
Joseph
Augusta
Deer Brought Down Near Dresden Line by Woolwich Hunter
Mrs Maurice Colby bagged a 200 pound deer Tuesday near the Dresden line in Woolwich, sharing the day’s luck among local hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Colby
Dresden
Woolwich
Sewalls Welcome Visitors for Thanksgiving
Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall of the Stonehouse arrived home in Boston. Their daughter Miss Mary Sewall came Wednesday to pass Thanksgiving recess with her parents. William D Sewall a freshman at MIT will spend Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Neyo H Trott of Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirma T. Stevens
Walter Cummings
Bath
Joseph Higgins
Georgetown
Popham
Clifton Morong
Robert
Gerald
Joanne Nancy
Herman Shepard
Walter Oliver
Providence
R. I
Marjorie Ellinwood
Anne Gardiner
Florence Skelton
Jeff Green
Bowdeinham
William Wallace
Mabel Jack
Stanley Jack
Woolwich
Frank Scott
Frances Robie
Arthur Sewall
The
Stonehouse
Boston
Mary Sewall
William D. Sewall
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Neyo H. Trott
Community supper and Armistice Day observance at Townhell
Westport residents hosted a community supper with game vegetables cake pies and coffee on Wednesday night. After an Armistice salute and songs, readings and a piano solo followed with local and out of town guests attending. Various residents and visitors were noted along with a death notice for Mrs. Perley Baker of Gardiner and local visits and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ann Harrison
C.S. Little
Olive Knight
Usic
Bo Ellsworth Colby
Eugene Whitten
Charles Carras
Oliver Gray
Mary Greenleaf
Alice Knight
James Cromwell
G. C. Gray
Hallowell
Russell Phinney
Burnham Knight
Bath
Charles DiPerri
Wiscasset
Jennie Cromwell
Nina Greenleaf
Carl Hodgdon
Albert Greenleaf
Bert Knight
Eugene Lewis
Boston
Margaret Webber
Lewis
Norwalk
Iceland
Verrill
Bowdeinham
Amos Knight
Mr. Knight
Knight
Perley Baker
Gardiner
Baker
Thomas Point
Gertrude Morrill
Westbrook
Edith Campbel
George O. Gray
Robert Walther
William Lane
Everett
Mass
Gove
Helena Hodgdon
Alfred
Dover
N. H
Solomon Higgins
Virginia Jewett
William Bonyon
Thomas Place
Maine Prison Warden Reports 1940 41 Gains In Rehabilitation
John H. Welch warden of Maine State Prison files annual report with Commissioner G. W. Leadbetter noting morale rise and rehabilitation emphasis. He cites unexpended balance 31079.25, income excess 16393.86, reduced expenditures 14251.57, adjustments 438.82, inventory up 10912.86, equipment 3607.91, plant 1533.24 totaling 46698.91 in credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Welch
Maine State Prison
G. W. Leadbetter
Department of Institution Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary Club
Mrs. Redford Christianson
Popham Beach
B’nai B’rith Auxiliary
William L. Skelton
David
Morse High
W. B. Skelton
Main Street
John K. Skelton
R. L
Jennie Melcher
Parker
John Libby
Fred Libby
Charles Blaisdell
Frances Libby
Legion Police
Earl Lowell
Dorothy Davis
Barbara Mank
Marion Cushing
Ardene Perkins
Doris Savage
Dorothy Cushing
Carolyn Wallace
Lorraine Harrington
Barbara Wyman
Colleen Wyman
Lorraine
Barbara Harrinton
Bath Memorial Hospital
Barbara
Olive Devray
Leston Harrington
Frances Robb
Phyllis Young
Eugene Warrington
George Howe
Sandra Mank
Sally Lowell
Marie Wyman
Gladys Scott
Marline Perkins
Janet Shaw
Betty Bath
George Woodward
North Bergen
Harold
George
Anna Percy
A. P. Hibbard
F. P. Young
McCarty
Walter Percy
Charles Stevens
School Improvement League
Grace Haas
Elizabeth
Donald Logan
W. H. Wyman
W. T. Wyman
Allie Rollins
John (Leroy) Perkins
Walter Cushing
Hite Wyman
Arthur Lear
Charles Perry
Lloyd Perry
George Morong
Machias
Leslie Darling
Arthur Harrington
Wesley Harrington
Eugene Harrington
Harold Rogers
Stephen
Clayton Hoar
East Machias
Forrest Wyman
Lewiston Sativy Ag
Solange Reno
Waban
T. E. McCarty
Charles
Blaisdell
P.T.A
North Center
Westport
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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