Wiscasset Social and Community Notes From Local Club Evening
Mrs Millard selected Toyland from Victor Herbert Babes in Toyland and Mr Millard sang The Midshipmite by Stephen Adams at an evening hosted by the club with Rev George G Chiera guest speaker on Italy. A social hour followed with refreshments as committees and local officials attended and many residents are noted in attendance and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Webb
Ethel Redennett
Helen Day
Harriet Jackson
Verne Bimson
Bernice Blagdon
Grace Mitchell
Priscilla Campbell
Flora Bailey
Randall E. Cummings
Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Helen Dickinson
Eulela Pray
Theodore Gagne
Academy
Turner Gregoire
George F. Studley
Josephine Merry
Elinor Mahan
Frances Callahan
Norris A. Miller
Grace A. Cowley
John F. Jackson
Community Notes Include Local Club Forming Tip-Top 4-H
Miss Lucinda E. Rich organized a girls 4-H club named Tip-Top with officers President Lorcan Hodgdon Vice President Clara Dow Secretary Carlene Shea Treasurer Margery Grover and members including Dorothea Morris Barbara Merry Dorothea Morris Marilyn Petrie and Carlene Shea. Local residents attended and activities at the home of Mrs. Lester Hodgdon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeForest Munsey
Thalia Bailey
Valeria Beane
Clara Dow
Margery Grover
Lorean Hodgdon
Jean Hutchins
Barbara Merry
Dorothea Morris
Marilyn Petrie
Carlene Shea
James E. Foye
Malden
Mass
Guy T. Dow
Douglas
Champion
Alberta
Canada
D. M. Munsey
Harry Quinnam
Bernard Merry
Lincoln Pomona
Whitefield
Janie Gould
B. F. Blagdon
Waterville
Divorces Granted at Lincoln County Court Term
Twelve divorces were granted by Justice Albert Beliveau at Lincoln County Superior Court, one of the shortest terms in half a century. Decrees include Lillian B. Strout, Beatrice E. Trowant, Esther M. Lailer, Ruth W. Goodspeed, Carl H. Campbell, Vida E Bund, Evelyn A. Keene, Clara Greenleaf Hall, Florence L. Teele, Beryl Wing, Harley G. Rollins, and John A. Frost, with various grounds and alimony or custody provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Beliveau
Lincoln County
Carl H. Campbell
Waldoboro
Ethel V. Campbell
Hudson
N. H
Vida E Bund
Damariscotta
Harry F. Lund
Vida E. York
Evelyn A. Keene
Boothbay Harbor
Murray C. Keene
Newcastle
Theodore Wing
Belfast
Harley G. Rollins
Nobleboro
Caroline A. Rollins
John A. Frost
Jefferson
Florence K. Frost
Hunter Mrs Welch Bags Largest Wisconsin Deer to Date
Mrs Welch, while hunting with her husband in the woods about an hour, encountered three deer. She fired at the buck with a 20 gauge shotgun and brought it down with three shots. An enthusiastic hunter, she had seen several deer before but this was her first successful kill and the largest deer claimed in Wiscasset to date.
Lincoln Pomona Grange Holds Annual Meeting with Arlington Grange
The Lincoln Pomona and Arlington granges met in North Whitefield on Saturday. Maine State Grange Overseer E. Carol Bean installed officers including Master W. E. Humason of Sheepscot Valley, Overseer Harriet Orchard of Southport, Lecturer Helen Linscott, Steward Wilbur Hunter, and other officers across Seaside Bristol Meenagha Jefferson and Eastern River granges with local officials also installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Pomona Grange
Arlington Grange
North Whitefield
Maine State Grange
E. Carol Bean
W. E. Humason
Sheepscot Valley
West Alna
Harriet Orchard
Southport Grange
Southport
Helen Linscott
Bunker Hill Grange
Jefferson
Wilbur Hunter
Seaside Grange
Bristol
Fred B. Allen
Eastern River Grange
Dresden
Ronello Francis
Church League Set to Open Season December 2
The Y M C A Church Basketball League delayed its start by one week to Saturday December 2 to accommodate new glass backboards. A Monday December 4 game kickoff was approved with all following games on Saturdays. Two ex Morse High letter men join Beacon as Charlie Grace and Earl Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Church Basketball League
Charlie Grace
Earl Brown
Grace
Wilmer I. Voorhees
St. Mary’s
Wesley
Winter
Arthur Sarkis
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
Rupert Lewis
Raymond Parks
Frank Harvie
Durward Shorey
Linwood Haynes
Robert Stevens
Maynard MacFadden
Robert Burgon
George McKellar
Edward Sewall
Alfred Neal
William Perkins
Kendall Lord
Carl Erlebach
Daniel Hatch
W. S. Voorhees
Jesse Kenderdine
Francis Gooch
Philip Oliver
Frederick Hamlin
Home Town Paper Holding Its Own
The home town paper acts as a substitute for lengthy letters for transplanted city dwellers. It offers a printed panorama of small town life, reconnecting former residents with local commerce, acquaintances, and events through a digest of distant happenings and familiar Main Street scenes. Christian Science
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Pembroke man Carter continues haying in cold wind
Russell Carter, Pembroke, led a team of farm horses and a mowing machine to cut hay on a Preston farm near the Lower Pennamaquan River and below the stone bridge. He plans to continue mowing before snow, having left the machine at Preston and warmed by a kitchen stove after enduring a numbing cold wind in heavy clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Carter
Pembroke
Preston
Pennamaquan River
Stone Bridge
Carter
Preston Place
West Bath Couple Returns From Wedding Trip
Mr and Mrs Maynard Carlton came home to West Bath after their wedding journey to New York and settled at a house near Rosedale. Miss Marian Rose, a Maine General Hospital student nurse in Portland, spent Sunday at her Rosedale Farm home. Mrs Fred J Rose and Mrs Chester G King were in New York last week due to the illness of their brother in law Walter Whitmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cluff
Central Maine Power Co
Franklin Hall
Madeline Smith
Helen Haggett
Laura Carleton
Angie Rines
Verna Delano
Gladys Davis
John Chase
Nina Fowles
Alice Taylor
Book Club
George Bemis
Federal Street
Jane Redonnett
Bangor
Bradford C. Redonnett
Hodge Street
George G. Chiera
Episcopal Rectory
Academy
John Blagdon
Harvey R. Pease
Dickinson Block
Frances Sortwell
Cambridge
Mass
Washington
Randall Brooklings
Birch Point Road
Sadie Chaney
Alna
Henry Dyer
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Carl Elliot
Toledo
William Elliott
Grace L. Knight
Beverly
Plymouth
Charles E. Cowley
Bath
Nellie Dowling
American Legion Auxiliary
Bradford Street
Guy Dow
Alberta
Canada
Roy L. Dow
Daniel Sortwell
Boston
Union Street
Irving Thompson
Wiscasset
Alfred Gorham
Eva Gorham Wise
Edward
W. E. Gorham
Lee S. Gorham
Augusta
Charles T. Doe
Cheshire
Boothbay Harbor
Ina Smith
Waldoboro
Cooper's
Huden
John Higgins
Pine Street
Lannes Fuller
Lance
Victor
Scott Maxson
Fuller
Maxson
Elmer Mank
Woolwich
Edward Mank
Lawrence Palmer
Lawrence, Jr
Portland
W. H., Larrabee
Larrabee
John
A. B. Snow
E. J. Wilson
Brunswick
Sagadahoc Pomona
West Bath Grange Hall
Gustavus Toothaker
Harp
Maynard Carlton
New York
Rosedale
Percy E. Holbrook
Robert E. Linekin
Hilltop Market
Birch Point
Ernest E. Williams
Edward K. Thompson
Justus H. Miller
Marian ‘Rose
Maine General Hospital
Rosedale Farm
Fred J. Rose
Chester G. King
Walter Whitmer
Deer Hunters Face Last Week of Maine Season
Notes from Maine forests and streams report a strong deer kill with a closing Nov 30 deadline. Inspections show large increases in Washington Hancock and other counties and state officials expect totals to exceed last year’s about 20 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hancock County
Hollis Patterson
Amherst
Beddington
Lee
Mapleton
Ashland
Patten
Lincoln
Rangeley
Bath Iron Works Notes and Gossip
Bath Iron Works continues work on a 73.8 foot duraluminum mast for Robert W. Johnson’s yawl Good News at Nevins yard City Island New York with launch planned in about a month. Previous projects include Harold Vanderbilt Vim and the 165 foot Ranger. masts feature interior riveted supports and internal halyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Robert W. Johnson
New York Sportsman
Good News
Sparkman & Stephens
Nevins Yard
City Island
N. Y
Johnson
Harold
Vanderbilt
Iron Works
Nevins’ Yard
Augusta man reunites after horse goes missing on highway
Richard Poulin of Augusta reports his horse vanished while he helped a cousin with her saddle. A search failed until a call from Leighton Road said the horse wandered into Charles Ponant’s yard. The rider was found unharmed and Poulin vowed caution in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Poulin
R.F.D
Augusta
Poulin
Pao
Charles Onant
Leighton Road
Paulin
Deer hunt misadventure ends with unexpected buck
Howard Leavitt and a companion planned to keep Mrs. Leavitt out of danger while they hunted on a Saturday in Wisconsin woods. After hours in the hills they returned to find a 175 pound buck wandering near the car, left by the deer that eluded them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Leavitt
Wiscasset
Howard
Mrs. Leavitt
Woolwich Activities Highlight Winter Plans and Events
Woolwich residents engage in dances, club activities, and church services as winter plans unfold. Murphy and family hunters return with a 140 pound doe from Grand Lake, while Good Will club schedules a December turkey supper and Day's Ferry hosts a game party. Residents relocate for winter, attend hospital waits, and travel to Bath and Sagadahoc Ferry, with church services announced by the Woolwich Union and local pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy's Corner
Grand Lake
Maine
Win‘nip Jr
S Grove
Hollis Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Leeman
William
Gertrude Gilmore
Frederickmore
Louise Smith
Edgecomb
Stanley Wallace
Bath
Irene Chambers
Daisy Welch
Glenda Wright
Chester Leeman
Ethel Dexter
Sagadahoc Ferry
Fayette
Charles Knox
Ralph Bowers
McClure
Garden Street
Florida
Good ‘Will Club
Harry T. Fitch
Florence Carlton
John and
Jesse Kelly
Small Point
Henry Carlton
Kelley
Bath Iron Works
Good Will Club
Mary St. Pierre
George Farnham
Wellesley Hills
Mass
David G. Reed
Gertrude Trott
Day's Ferry
Lynn
Carl Longfellow
Roy A. Goss
Rae
Rita
Augusta
Mason ©. Carter
Chopps
Improvement League
Sarah Bagley Wright
Harold Woolley
Boothbay
Irving Miller
Hopkinton
Mr. Miller
Frances Miller
John C. Preble
Clarence and
Lemuel
Blanche Bunker
Ida Beals
Sagadahoc notes and local club activities in Sagadahoc area
Ethel Dexter of Sagadahoc returns home after a brief absence. Nequasset residents plan to visit with Mrs. Farnham and daughter. George P.T.A. of Woolwich meets Friday Nov 24 at 5 30 p.m. at the school. Good Will club of Sagadahoc Ferry hosts a 7 30 card party with whist and bridge and treats. Bath residents report visits and a gunning trip to Northern Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Gowdey
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Montsweag Baptist Church
Center Church
Montsweag
Mr. Gowdey
Moatsweag Church
Salvation Army of
Bath
Calvin Farnham
George” Farnham
Sagadahoc Ferry
Blair Bailey
Frank Bailey
Woolwich
Santa Monica
Calif
Grand Canyon
Boulder Dam
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Washington
Parnham
Ethel Dexter
Sagadahoc
Payette
Phi Ryan
Nequasset
Creniutaerle
Farnham
George
Erry P.T.A
Eben Dana
Ralph F. Rice
Maine
Good Will Club
Harry Watson
Front Street
Harold R. Shaw
Alex T. St. Pierre
Edward Murphy
William H. Sheldon
Lester Knight
Loring T. Maybury
Nelson R. Rice
Charles Haley
Stanley Jack
People's Church reports a productive year and leadership changes
At the annual meeting Pastor Rev. George B. Wolstenholme presided as moderator. Trustees re-elected with Milan O Leonard and new member Mrs Bernice Cressey. Clarence I Lane elected deacon with Mrs Lane added to the deaconess board. Treasurer Mrs Milan G Leonard and collector Mrs Nina McRae chosen. A Sunday school superintendent election to follow. Vestry upgrades approved for Christmas sale plans. Ladies' Aid and Circle also reported a successful year with officers reappointed and chairs chosen for sewing and visiting committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Church
George B. Wolstenholme
Milan O. Leonard
Bernice Cressey
Clarence I. Lane
Nina McRae
Franklin
Helen Leonard
Ladies’ Aid and
Circle
Ladies’ Aid
Wolstenholme
Mary Anderson
Minnie Cressey
Mary J. Murphy
Ruth Trask
Woolwich Grange Quilts Exhibit At Meeting
Woolwich Grange featured a quilt exhibit including a thimble quilt with thousands of pieces lent by Mrs. Ella Shaw and a colorful crazy quilt owned by Mrs. Mary Fullerton. Mrs. Wilson Bailey lent several fine quilted specimens. A roll call on home recreations and war impact on farm income were discussed. games and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Ella Shaw
Wilson Bailey
Mary Fullerton
Civil Service Exams Open for Maritime and Air Corps Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for positions including assistant inspector of ship construction at $2 600 yearly with age limits twenty five to fifty three, instructor in Air Corps Technical School with several pay levels, and principal editorial clerk at $2 300 or editor at $1 800. Applications must be filed in Washington D C by December 11. full details available from I C Coombs in this city or from the board secretary at other post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Colorado
U.S. Maritime Commission
Air Corps Technical School
U. S. Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Illinois
Scott Field
Belleville
Ilinois
Lowry Field
Denver
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Post Office
Hunting trip near Wilson's Mills in Rangeley Lake region
Herbert Lermond and Francis East man enjoyed a weekend hunting trip at Wilson's Mills in the Rangeley Lake area, according to local reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lermond
Francis Eastman
Wilson's Mills
Rangeley Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Village Improvement Society
Garrison Hill Chapter
O. E
Grace Sewall
The
Star
C. 8. Whiton
Frank A. Creamer
Washington Street
Sidney B. Knight
Robert Heald Knight
Bath Memorial Hospital
Knight
Dorothy Getchell
Leverett C. Welch
Wolfe Pond
Burnt
Welch
Church League
West
Frank Peabbles
Cape Elizabeth
Gorham
Harold Hardwick
Hardwick
Fish and Game Department
Sabbathday Lake
Fish and Game
Blaine Mansion
Lewis O. Barrows
Harold Chadwick
Houston
A. M. Whittum
Atlantic
Chadwick
Inland Fisheries and Game
George J. Stobie
F. A. Tibbetts
Arlington
Square Lake
Old Maid
Kezar Lake
Maine Development Commission
R. H. Houston Co
Bath Branch
Bailey Evening School of Industry
Arthur King
Robert Lambie
Lewis Swett
Jack
Elm
Philco
Secretary of State
Hans A. Johansen
Pleasant Street
William Dowling
Phippsburg
Hans
Doris H. Henderson
David 8. Henderson
North Bath
Steeves Market
J. C. Poulterer
Island Heights
N. J
C. P. Hall
Harokd Gilmore
Kittery
Mr. Gilmore
John C. Gilmore
Annie Cunningham
Saga
Woolwich Union
North Woolwich Church
Civil Service Examinations
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