Missionary Society Holds All Day Corliss Street Meeting
Far and Near Missionary society of Corliss Street church held an all day session with devotions led by president Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney. Members worked on White Cross patchwork and infants wear, opened gift boxes for war relief, planned next week’s packing for Miss Mildred Furbush in Kentucky, and discussed a Children’s World Crusade. A Thanksgiving offering was voted and a missionary books raffle conducted. Next meeting set for December 20 with hostesses Mrs. Merton A. Wright and Mrs. Towle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Towle
M. E. Watson
Far and Near Missionary Society of
Corliss Street
Wilfred W. Chaney
Towle
Frederick P. Moffatt
Mildred Furbush
Kentucky
Miss Furbush
Society
Moffatt
Childrens World Crusade
Missionary Society For Children
Watson
Missionary Books
Missionary Refit Fund
Merton A. Wright
Stolen Ford Tudor Recovered Abandoned in Brunswick
A 1935 Ford Tudor owned by Elmer J Norton of 89 Milan Street, taken last week from the Maine Central wharf while he worked at the Iron Works, was found Friday afternoon abandoned on Mill Street in Brunswick. Norton kept the ignition key in the dash, aiding the thief. City Marshal Joseph A McLaughlin urged owners to secure vehicles amid a drifting population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer J. Norton
Milan Street
Maine Central
Norton
Iron Works
Mill Street
Brunswick
Mee Norton
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Blaisdell Brown Wedding On Saturday In Corliss Street Church
William Frederick Blaisdell and Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Brown were married Saturday evening at eight in Corliss Street church. The bride wore white satin with a veil and carried white calla lilies. Attendant Miss Olive G Porter wore pastel blue and carried carnations and chrysanthemums. Best man John Erold Blaisdell. ushers Arthur Perry and Leslie Dyer. Organist Francis S McPherson played Stardust during the ceremony. Afterward the bridal party hosted guests at the groom’s brother in law’s home. They will reside in Phippsburg after December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frederick Blaisdell
Eleanor Elizabeth Brown
Corliss Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Edward Breare, Jr
Phippsburg
Olive G. Porter
Everett
Mass
John Erold Blaisdell
North Abington
Arthur Perry
Leslie Dyer
Francis S. McPherson
Edward Breare
Revere
John H. Blaisdell
James Lester Morse
High Street
Morse
Beach Road
Blaisdell
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Revere High School
Henry Gilmore
Gertrude Gibby
Gertrude Melrose
Miles Breare
Peabody
George Shepherd
Elmer S. Stoneham
Pythians Prepare for Dress Rehearsal
The Acadia lodge Pythians under Capt. Harry Williams plan a Thursday dress rehearsal for the third rank degree to prep for the Damariscotta class. They travel to Bath with Pythians from Friendship Brunswick Bowdoinham and Freeport and aim to uphold the team’s high state reputation once led by Capt. Harry Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia Lodge
Harry Williams
Bath
Friendship
Brunswick
Bowdeinham
Freeport
Williams
Harry Watson
Watson
Eam
Miss Lippincott Returns Home After Visit
Miss Alice Lippincott of Woodbury New Jersey has returned to her home after several weeks with her sister Mrs. E Everett Pierce of Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lippincott
Woodbury
N. J
E. Everett Pierce
Washington Street
Whitman Riley Wedding Held Friday in Brunswick
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Forsaith Riley daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Harrison Riley Jr of Brunswick and Frank Burton Whitman Jr son of Mr and Mrs F Burton Whitman of Wollaston Mass occurred Friday night at the bride’s home on Pleasant street. The ceremony was by Rev Thompson E Ashby at First Parish church. The bride wore white satin and old lace with a tulle veil. Attendants included her sister Mrs Harrison Davis Jr and bridesmaids Mrs George B Forbes and Miss Jane Whitman. Best man R Berkeley Whitman and ushers Harrison Davis Jr Herbert W Hartman Jr David W Burnett and Thomas Riley. A reception for 300 followed. The couple will reside on Maine street Brunswick after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Forsaith Riley
Thomas Harrison Riley, Jr
Brunswick
Frank Burton Whitman, Jr
F. Burton Whitman
Wollaston
Mass
Pleasant Street
Thompson E. Ashby
Harrison Davis, Jr
Hingham
George B. Forbes
Rochester
N. Y
Jane Whitman
R. Berkely Whitman
Worcester
Herbert W. Hartman, Jr
David W. Burnett
Thomas P. Riley
Charles T. Burnett
Maine Street
Whitman
Ora Mitchell
Bath
Connecticut College
Bowdoin College
Pejepscot Paper Co
Howard Moody
Ruth M. Gallagher
Elmer Dodge
William King
Merry Meeting Grange
South Lewiston
Delmar Curtis
Lottie Purington
Ralph Purington
Arthur Romaine
Brunswick Hospital
Romaine
Betty Hobart
Winfred Soule Dodge
Bowdoinham
Vivian Moody
Freeport
United Baptist Parsonage
Arthur E. Darby
Dodge
Main Street
Horace Dodge
Bowdwoinham
Boyce Thomas
Portland
Karl Hatch
East Bowdeinham
Norman B. Smalls
Melrose
Frank Sievars
Lewis Gilpatrick
Maine
J. E. Allen
Dorothy Adler
Eleanor Jones
Methodist Ladies Aid
Wallace Hunter
Maurice Libby
Sylvia Tardy
Lewiston
Leroy Adams
Navy
Newport
Randall Coombs
Lisbon Falls
Fred Mulligan
Bridge Club
Clifton Babb
William Babb
Wilford Jones
Raymond Blodgett
John McCart
Ernest Millay
Harold Millay
Spear Sedgley
William Gile
Scott Mosher
Princeton
Ruth Jones
F. L McKeen
Nova Scotia
Belmont
Jones
Thompson
Harold Haggett
Alice Merry
Frank Jack
Edgecomb
Rogers-Greenleaf Wedding in Winter Street Church
Stanley A. Rogers and Miss Mary Evelyn Greenleaf wed in a Winter Street church ceremony performed by Rev. Joseph O. Purdue. The couple, with a two weeks’ wedding trip, will reside at 3 Trufant Street. Attendant Muriel Worcester wore coral velvet. ushers included Waldron H. Troop and Frederick F. Rowland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley A. Rogers
George A. Rogers
Trufant Street
Mary Evelyn Greenleaf
Irvin Greenleaf
Calais
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Muriel Worcester
East
Lebanon
George A. Rogers, Jr
Waldron H. Troop
Frederick F. Rowland
Jordan-Twitchell wedding announced in Fryeburg and Hiram
Returns of the marriage showJohn Haskell Jordan of Fryeburg son of Mr and Mrs Henry W Jordan and Miss Ellen Mae Twitchell of Hiram daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Twitchell were married November 10 by Rev Louis A Dole pastor of the Church of the New Jerusalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haskell Jordan
Fryeburg
Henry W. Jordan
Ellen Mae Twitchell
Hiram
Bernard Twitchell
John W. Gilmore
Louis A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Van Buren and Merrell Wed in Richmond
Edward Henry Van Buren of 306 Center Street and Marion Blanche Merrell of Richmond married November 9 in a ceremony conducted by Rev. George B. Wolstenholme. The couple are the children of Mrs. Welby G Van Buren and the late Martin Van Buren, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Henry van Buren
Center Street
Welby G van Buren
Martin van Buren
Marion Blanche Merrell
Richmond
Charles S. Barter
George B. Wolstenholme
John W. Gilnore
Mrs Smith Addresses Home Arts Meeting on Refinishing
Mrs Joseph I Smith spoke on Refinishing Old Furniture at a Cosmopolitan Club Home Arts meeting. Mrs Herbert R Leavont added notes and demonstrations including paper streamer nut baskets and pin trays for the Christmas sale. Next gathering December 11 with Mrs Chester A Roberts in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Smith
Home Arts
Cosmopolitan Club
Herbert R. Leavont
Smith
Mother Club
Chester A. Roberts
W. W. Dennison
Christmas Clubs boost deposits in mutual savings banks
The 1940 Christmas round will see Santa deliver gifts to Christmas Club depositors in 17 states. Banks report a new high holiday savings total of $69,559,014 across 1,237,685 accounts with an average balance of $41.49. Mrs. Charles J. Sastamoine and Miss Laura C. Harrington visited Augusta for a day of calling on friends.
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Santa Claus
Mutual Savings Banks
Charles J. Sastamoine
Laura C. Harrington
Augusta
Cosmo Garden Club Plans For Christmas Sale
The Cosmopolitan Garden club at 9 Linden Street plans a Christmas greens table for the mother club’s sale. Members aim to offer decorative, practical novelties for gifts and home use at the December event. Attendees included Mrs. Sumner Sewall and others. refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Thomas Murphy
Linden Street
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Garden Club
George A. Churchill
Granville M. Colby
Carroll A. Deering
Elizabeth Deering
Gardiner R. Deering
J. Franklin Farnham
Alice E. Johnson
Virginia C. Hamilton
Carl Y. Kennedy
Herbert R. Lemont
Roscoe P. McFadden
John Parker
Fred W. Quimby
Edmund A. Rothwell
Sumner Sewall
Louis M Silverman
R. J. M. Steussy
R. P. McFadden
Two Bath Men Leave For Army Service
Henry King the first volunteer from Bath and Carl Erlebach Sagadahoc county's first selectee left Bath for induction in Bangor. They gathered at the Selective Service head quarters and boarded a bus to Brunswick for Bangor while Dr David L Wilson and board members urged them to uphold soldierly conduct and obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry King
Carl Erlebach
Sagadahoc
Bangor
Selective Service
Bath Trust Co
Wilson
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Dr. Wilson
Purington
Brunswick
Joseph C. Brannigan
Topsham
Mr. King
Robert H. Haskell
Memorial hospital to appoint dietitian with a Davenport trust gift
Hospital trustees approved hiring a dietitian as staff recommendation and a Davenport estate gift will provide funds for the post. Superintendent Miss Helen V. Downing will choose from several applications. Trustees also consider a children’s ward and semi private rooms. Ralph G. Stetson will review current bookkeeping and advise on changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
George P. Davenport
Helen V. Downing
Hom
Ralph G. Stetson
Quiz Program Helps Bath Pilgrim Fellowship Tie
Miss Jane W Stevens led a Sunday quiz at Bath Pilgrim Fellowship Winter Street church. The contest between ladies and men ended in a tie, the ladies winning after tiebreak. Refreshments followed and officers planned December events. Miss Norma MacKinnon of Topsham will present Edna St Vincent Millay readings next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane W. Stevens
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship
Winter Street
Norma MacKinnon
Topsham
Ednar St. Vincent Millay
MacKinnon
Nursing Home Care Ad and Farm Property Listing in Maine
Classified notice from West Bowdoin Maine seeks buyers for farm and city property. Includes contact Pred B. Ma Stan E. Wallace and generic local details. Also mentions Mrs Ray Purinton Graduate Nurse and Lisbon Falls telephone 122-3 as a reference. The ad places an 11-21-41 date stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bowdoin
Brunswick
Ray Purinton
Lisbon Falls
Bowdoinham Community Notes Include Weddings And Club News
Bowdoinham PTA meets at Coombs High with six new members as national president’s message and Red Cross roll call are read. Plans for skating rink, lumber for swings, gravel for grounds, a silver tea, and mystery packages are announced for Nov 26. Engagements, births, weddings, and local visits fill the social page, including Ruth Gallagher to Elmer Dodge and Winfred Dodge to Vivian Moody. Local apologies, travel to Portland for funerals, hunting trips, and holiday gatherings appear through the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs High School
Ralph MacEwen
Fred Leavitt
Irving Prindall
Frank Heath
Phillip Rideout
George Brown
Marjorie Valentine
Evelyn Ackley
Mrs Caroline L Douglass Obituary
Caroline L Douglass widow of Walter S Douglass who died in March 1934 passed away November 8 after a two week illness. She was born in Bowdoin, daughter of Charles and Eunice Campbell and lived in the family home. Survived by 10 children including Hattie E Wallace of Bath and Emily M Chase of Bowdoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Douglass
Walter S. Douglass
Bowdoin
Charles and
Eunice Campbell
Hattie E. Wallace
Bath
Emily M. Chase
Douglass Funeral Held in Bowdoinham Family Home
Funeral services conducted at the Bowdoinham home on November 11 for a deceased woman. Survived by 43 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Bearers included Hazen Hilton Elmer Gowell Donald Jasper John Reed and members of the Douglass family. Floral offerings from the Ladies Aid and a neighborhood spray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Douglass
Ladies Aid
Bath Rebekahs Attend Meeting at Dixfield
Mrs Carolyn Thompson district deputy president of district No 10 attended a dinner in Hotel Stanley Dixfield where Mrs Melissa Brackett president entertained her officers before an annual reception tendered by the Rebekah assembly. Distinguished Rebekahs and Odd Fellows attended from across the state including John D Thornton grand master Lewiston. Others at the reception included Mrs Henry T B Leeman Miss Dorothy E Milliken noble grand of Queen Esther Albert H Thompson and Mr and Mrs Everett G Lemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Thompson
Dorothy E. Milliken
Noble Grand
Queen Esther
Albert H. Thompson
Everett G. Lemont
Brackett
Baum announces engagement of Anna Baum to Donald Hillier
Mr and Mrs Arthur E Baum of Portsmouth New Hampshire formerly of Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Anna Baum to Donald Hillier of Lancaster New Hampshire Miss Baum was graduated in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Baum
Portsmouth
N. H
Bath
Anna Baum
Donald Hillier
Lancaster
Miss Baum
Holiday Wedding Planned for UNH Graduate Couple
From the University of New Hampshire Miss Baum, member of Alpha Phi Delta, assist to the publicity director, and Mr. Hillier, a 1938 UNH graduate and Cornell Law senior, plan a holiday wedding on Saturday December 28. She was born in Bath and raised in Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of New Hampshire
Alpha Phi Delta
University
Bath
Portsmouth
Miss Baum
Ralph D. Warren
Washington Street
Grace Duncan
Hillier
Cornell Law School
Ithaca
N. Y
Olsen Featured in Crown and Star Minstrels at Masonic Temple
Walter Olsen, former Fred Waring tenor, will headline the Crown and Star Minstrels at the Masonic Temple on the 28th and 29th and will rehearse with the group tonight. Dorothy and Jeannette Williams bring marimbaphones, Mrs. Fred Sturtevant sings, and Brunswick boy tenor David Morin appears with his guitar. Nearly 30 mixed voices form the circle with William A. Furber as interlocutor and new jokes for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Olsen
Fred Waring
Crown and Star Minstrels
Masonic Temple
John Shaw
Dorothy
Jeannette Williams
Fred Sturtevant
David Morin
Brunswick
William A. Furber
Brown Coombs wedding links Lewiston to Poland Spring union
The marriage of Mrs. Jennie Coombs of Lewiston formerly of Bath to Carlton Brown of Poland Spring and Florida occurred Thursday morning Nov 14 in Boston. Mrs. Coombs, daughter of the late Isaiah and Mrs. Coombs of Bath, is widow of Harry Coombs of Lewiston. Brown, associated with Poland Spring House, spends summers there and winters in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Coombs
Lewiston
Bath
Carlton Brown
Poland Spring
Florida
Boston
Coombs
Isaiah Coombs
Harry Coombs
Brown
Poland Spring House
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