Wiscasset Church Members Plan December Christmas Sale
The Organ Society of the First Congregational church held a Wednesday vestry meeting with strong attendance and progress toward the December 1 Christmas sale. A 6:30 supper honored active parish men and spouses, with 70 present. The Dorcas Girls and Christian Endeavor groups met, while Thanksgiving services were planned at St. Philip's and a memorial service set for December 2. A legal case at Lincoln County Superior Court and local social updates also appear in this town record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Anna White
Cora Bean
Georgiana Lilly
Alice Taylor
A. H. Dodge
E. W. Rankin
South Bridgton
White
John Jackson
Dorcas
Virginia Pease
Grace Bean
Christian Endeavor
Joanna Evans
Frances Grover
Zina Davis
Martha Haskell
Society
St. Philip's Church
Charles S. Sewall
Henry B. Nash
Charles M. Tubbs
Bath
Methodist Church
Charles E. Titus
Buffalo
N. Y
Titus
Boston
M. D. Glidden
Effie J. Poole
Local Social Notes Highlight Eliza Holbrook Family
Miss Jessie M. Jackson and High Miss Mildred Holbrook visit during Thanksgiving at Winchester Massachusetts. Mrs Eliza Holbrook hosts at Main street while Mrs Ellsworth Holbrook returns from Valley Stream New York. Theodore Dow and family relocate to Boston for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie M. Jackson
High Street
Mildred Holbrook
Winchester
Mass
Eliza Holbrook
Main Street
Ellsworth Holbrook
Valley Stream
N. Y
Theodore Dow
Boston
Dow
Sea disasters shaping modern maritime law
A survey traces how major ship catastrophes from 1898 to the Morro Castle influenced safety rules. La Bourgogne spurred discipline reforms, Republic prompted radio mandates, Titanic created ice patrols, Lusitania led to wartime naval accords, Vestris tightened salvage and inspection rules, and Morro Castle foreshadows fire safety legislation and international standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
la Bourgogne
New York
France
Republic
Nantucket
Vestris
Morro Castle
Salvation Army Struggles to Meet Thanksgiving Demand
With prices rising and funds tight the Salvation Army aims to provide Thanksgiving dinners to over 100 families averaging five members each. Adjutant Edward J. Tripp notes more first time applicants, including long-time Bath merchants seeking aid. Basket contents include meat, bread, dairy, produce, canned goods and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Edward J. Tripp
Bath
Tripp
Sewall Family Holiday Visit with Guests Planned
Arthur Sewall 2d will arrive Thursday morning from New York to spend the holiday weekend at his Washington street home. Guests for Thanksgiving day include Miss Minnie A. White Mrs. Ruth Henry and Henry C. Wright with Mr. and Mrs. Sewall hosting.
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Arthur Sewall 2d
New York
Washington Street
West Bath residents, visitors mark holiday routines
Alonzo G. Fisher on a month’s vacation from Forbes estate duties at Naushon Island left for Bath after visiting Lar rabee’s Grove in Woods Hole. Several Bath area residents and guests were noted including Larrabee family visits, nursing arrivals for Amy Coombs’s death, and local moves such as the Sandelins leasing the West Bath farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo G. Fisher
Forbes
Naushon Island
Woods Hole
Mass
Bath
Larrabee's Grove
Fred W. Larrabee
Harry Williams
Portland
Foster's Paint
Lincoln Williams
Walter W. Larrabee
Billy
Topsham
Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
John Horne
Milton Mills
N. H
Campbell's Pond
Amy Coombs
Julia Coombs
Mabel Ried
Belle C. Donnell
J. Gertrude Silsby
J. Everett Mayo
Edward P. Gile
Bowdoinham
Loring D. Small
Irving Coombs
Togus
Amy Co
Phyllis Sandelin
Helen H. Rogers
Saco
Clementine K. Burns
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Past Masters Night At Solar Lodge Masons
Over 100 attended Solar lodge Past Masters night with four members having 60 plus years in the order. In addition to out of town representatives, Cecil L. Fullerton presided as Worshipful Master while Harry E. Thompson led as presiding past master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge
W. Scott Shorey
Car F. Williams
George A. Sanford
William P. Hill
Genesta
Cecil L. Fullerton
Harry E. Thompson
Brewer
Henry G. Shaw
Karcher S. Jackson
Sanford B. Nickerson
Oscar F. Williams
N. Gratz Jackson
Langdon T. Snipe
Luther S. Thompson
Roy F. Shackford
Jason A. Merrill
David E. Rich
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Marshal
Ralph L. Blakeney
Tyler
Walter S. Glidden
Sylvester H. Rowland
Solar Quartet
Ernest Wood
Ralph Blakeney
Daniel Williams
Frederick Edney
Arthur B. Stearns
Surprise Linen Shower For Miss Greenblatt At Home
Miss Bessie F Greenblatt celebrated her approaching marriage to Isadore Singer of Brunswick with a bridge party and a surprise linen shower at 2 Pearl street hosted by Misses Bessie Mary and Minnie Brown. Prizes went to Mrs Max Katz first and others. umbrella gifts marked the event. Attendees included numerous local residents and guests with coffee and pie served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Mary
Minnie Brown
Pearl Street
Bessie F. Greenblatt
Isadore Singer
Brunswick
Bessie Brown
Miss Greenblatt
Bridge
Max Katz
Celia Povich
Portland
Morris H. Cohen
Maurice Margolis
Evelyn Petlock
Marcia Petlock
Sophia Weinblatt
Pauline Mikelsky
Davids. Cogan
Samuel Korolick
Lillian Fine
Arthur W. Gediman
Samuel Levin
Harry Brown
Morris S. Povich
Ada Greenblatt
Sophie Greenblatt
Joseph I. Smith
Jacob Goldstein
Sophia Mikels
Riva Divia Greenblatt
Show Boat program delights West Bath grange guests
West Bath grange members and visitors enjoyed a Show Boat program led by Everett G. Lemont. The cast included Herbert S. Cavanaugh as Captain Henry and Arthur C. Lemont, Harold E. Freeman, Mrs A Bernard Henderson, Miss Emily Comeau, David Henderson, and John Howe in key roles. Local entertainers performed songs and dances, with Ruth Field and others composing the chorus. A reader from Richmond, Charles Thompson Jr., attended, and 135 people, including 23 visitors, were present. The grange voted to skip Dec 24 meeting. elections will be held next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Everett G. Lemont
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Captain Henry
Arthur C. Lemont
Lanny Ross
Harold E. Freeman
Conrad Nagel
Trafton Swain
James Comeau
Comeau
Ella
Emily
Mr. Freeman
Mrs. Henderson
Emily Comeau
Ruth Field
Wilhelmina Gackenbach
Helen E. Hartwell
Muriel H. Howe
Bernice M. Carr
Kenneth Brown
David Field
Raymond A. Smith
Bernard Comeau
Charles Thompson Jr
Richmond
Thompson
Edwin W. Haggett
Grover pleads guilty to drunken driving charge
Walter W. Grover of 14 Maxwell street pleaded guilty Monday after an accident in which his sedan struck a parked car owned by Mrs. W Hazel Cunningham. Grover was fined 100 dollars plus 5.95 costs and posted 500 dollar bond for January term appeal. Roy H. McNeil of 42 Edward street also pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid 4.95 dollars in costs. Grover and McNeil were treated for head injuries. Mrs Cunningham injured with a nose fracture and head wounds but left Memorial hospital Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Grover
Maxwell Street
Owen J. Ledyard
Sagacahoc
Grover
W. Hazel Cunningham
Cunningham
Memorial Hospital
Grover and
McNeil
Bath Water District Approves Thompson Brook Plant Upgrades
The Bath Water District, at its annual meeting, approved repairs at the Thompson Brook auxiliary station and replacement of hundreds of feet of the 12 inch main under the New Meadows river. Also approved are improvements to the Nequasset main station in Woolwich with a new motor and pump upgrades. Official supervision by President William S. Newell and acting superintendent Maurice A. Libby, with a 1915 charter, re-elected President Newell and officers including William A. Furber, treasurer. Judge Walter S. Glidden, clerk and general counsel. Frederick A. Danforth, Gardner, auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Thompson Brook
New Meadows
Nequasset
Woolwich
William S. Newell
Maurice A. Libby
Bath
intoxication cases pass the 200 mark
One weekend arrest for intoxication led to a guilty plea and suspended sentence by Recorder Owen J. Ledyard. Police totals exceed 200 for the year, with two months remaining and a projected near 240. Despite 7.2 beer and ale, arrests have not increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen J. Ledyard
Woolwich Union Book Club studies Religious and Devotional Work
The Woolwich Union for Christian Service book club met Friday afternoon at Day's Ferry under the leadership of Mrs. Walter W. Swank with assistances from Mrs. George Wright and Mrs. Winfield Wright. Attendees included multiple local members and guests. next meeting set for December 20 at Mrs. Wilson Wright’s home with the topic Children and the Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebenon Hall
Fred Carlton
Florence Carlton
Annie Cunningham
Charles Henderson
Bath
Maxine Walker
Boston
John Reed
Plinette Allen
Montsweag
Winter Street Men Entertain Ladies on Ladies' Night
Winter Street chapel hosted a well filled event with 135 attendees for five reels of Norway travel films and Society dinner. The Men’s club committee organized the supper with aid from the ladies. next meeting is December 5 with supper by the Ladies’ aid.
Wets Again Victors Over Days in Tourney
Carol Stevens a University of Maine Orono student will spend Thanksgiving with her parents Mr and Mrs Hiram T Stevens of Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Stevens
University of Maine
Orono
Hiram T. Stevens
Middle Street
Sacred Heart Daughters Install New Officers in Brunswick
The fourth installation of Sacred Heart circle No. 551 Daughters of Isabella was held at Red Men's hall. Miss Mary A Barron installed officers. new regent Mrs. Margaret Flaherty led a slate including Marion O'Hara as vice regent and Adeline McPhee as honorary past regent. About 150 attended. a welfare rummage sale was planned for charity work.
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Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Red Men's Hall
Margaret C. Fly
Tegent
Anne Perry
Mary A. Barron
Elizabeth Circle
Arlene Thibeault
Barron
Sacred Heart
Margaret ©. Flaherty
Marion T. O'Hara
Adeline V. McPhee
Katherine Talbot
Vivian Konstrand
Margaret McGlinchy
Mary J. Cummings
Hannah McCole
Muriel C. Burgess
Monitor
Geraldine McGuiggan
Nora McLaughlin
Margaret M. Allen
Corrine Hayes
Delia M. Cloutier
Gertrude Nugent
Dora Collins
Flaherty
Miss Barron
Thibeault
Ludger Melancon
Miss O'Hara
K. of C. Hall
Burgess
John Scott
Charles Fitzgerald
John Conley
Katherine Conley
John Costain
John F. Hart
John Johnson
Edward J. Murphy
Wilfred McInnes
Esther McDonald
Frank Moses
Alex Burgess, Jr
Wilfred Thebeau
Daniel McDougal
Dorothy Peters
Frank Wilson
Frank Fortier
Boxing card to feature star matchups with major price cuts
Promoter Nick Mihalos unveils a new pricing scale at Arcade arena this Friday. Ringside seats drop 40 percent and bleachers 33 1 3 percent as a five bout show headlines Gordon Garnett versus Kid Roberts and other welterweight clashes including Tardiff vs Grant Dennis vs Moore Lamance vs Grenier. Tickets went on sale Monday afternoon with a first come, first served rule.
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Nick Mihalos
Arcade Arena
Allstar
Gordon Garnett
Kid Roberts
Waterville
K. O. Tardiff
Brunswick
Cecil Grant
K. O. Dennis
Charlie Moore
Ted Lewis
Bath
Young Lamonce
Pete Lamarre
Young Grenier
Elm City
Roberts
Grant
Dennis
Lamance
Garnett
Tardiff
Mihalos
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Wiscasset
Superior Court
Lincoln County
Traverse Jury
Alvin W. Keirstead
Foreman
Thomas Brown
Waldoboro
J. M. Canwell
Bremen
Austin S. Dodge
Newcastle
L. A. Dunbar
Nobleboro
Sidney G. Evans
Harold Hunter
H. A. Moody
Jefferson
Walter Rittall
Dresden
William M. Rogers
Bristol
George Russell
Whitefield
Harold A. Shuman
Thurman E. Alley
Southport
Carl Z. Bailey
South Bristol
Chester W. Poole
Arthur Winslow
Boothbay
Henry H. Jewett
Kressel Hume
Boothbay Harbor
Ross Nichols, Jr
Nichols
Hume
Jewett
Jewett and
Bradford C. Bedennett
Harry Manser
Weston M. Hilton
Damariscotta
Redennett
Alton C. Wheeler
Auburn
Edward W. Bridgham
Clarence Golding
Rockland
Court House
Grand Jury
Golding
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Ralph Brewer
Lincoln Block
Leavitt
Water Street
Kennebec Valley
Moulton Union
Bowdoin College
Lewiston
Freeport
Augusta
Federal Street
Roy R. Marston
Malden
Woman's Club of
Maine Public School Finance Commission
Maine
Sewall
Bertram L. Packard
Paul R. Mort
Teachers College
Columbia University
Mary Hobson
Woman's Club
David L. Wilson
Eulela Pray
Wiscasset Academy
Georgianna Lilly
Hooper Street
Lawrence Marston
George Huff
Lynnfield Center
W. F. Merrill
Marston
Massachusetts
Lee Gorham
Jeannette Haggett
Marjorie Gass
China
Oak Grove Seminary
Carleton Lewis
Buck
E. F. Gamage
Joseph Delano
Doe
Charles Doe
Joseph Baker
Byron Adams
Howard Elliott
F. H. Caswell
Edgecomb
Perley Dunton
Rufus Caswell
Edge
Bath Buck
Walter Miete Alna
Fred Marsh
Archie Shortwell
Christine McCarthy
Washington, D. C
M. A. Plumstead
Carleton Lowell
Dora Lowell
Emma J. Stinson
FORD
Chevrolet
Plymouth
BUICK
U.C.C
Hageett Garage Co
West Bath
Solar Lodge Masons
Misses Bessie
Mary and
West Bath Hall
Man
Winter Street
Norway
Oslo
Bergen
Charles C. Low
David Y. Alkazin
Ernest Freeman
Archie Doyle
Melvin Beerwort
Alice F. Johnson
Harry McIntire
William C. Perkins
Ladies’ Aid
Singing Guild
Eagles Hall
Cribbage
L. Hagan
R. Boyce
Spinney
A. Haggett
J. Hart J. Coughlin
N. Morse
R. Crocker
D. Boudreau
J. Gallant
W. Deering
A. Ferris
R. Boardman
F. Allegrin
Bi Heart
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Company
Abbot Village
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