Wiscasset Club Hosts Reception for Teachers and More
The Wis casset Parent Teachers' club held its annual teacher reception in the gym with President Mrs Bertha Paquette welcoming returning and new teachers. Rob ert MacLaren chaired a school board intro and the officers managed the program and refreshments. Other items note library trustees election, Rebekah Lodge installing, IOOF officer elections, Lions Club first zone meeting, high school student council plans, and various personal items from Norman Chancelor to Dorsies Aircraft tours and Florida trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers’ Club of
Wiscasset
Bertha Paquette
Paquette
Robert MacLaren
Elizabeth T. Hathorn
Woolwich
Noble Grand
Pine Cone
Rebekah Lodge
D.D.P
Inez Carter
Bata
D. M
Athena Gillespie
District 11
Marguerie R. Colby
E. Artna Hubbard
Jannette Rines
Lucille R. Leighton Treas
Arambec Lodge
IOOF
Forcet Lewis
Leon Hilton
Robert Fulton
George O. Mains Jr
Stanley Humasen
Harold Maybury
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Lions Club
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Leon G. Flood
Robert Rollins
Wiscarset High School
Linda Pickering
Billy Sutter
District Conference of Power Squadrons Oct 10
The Fall meeting of District 19 U S Power Squadrons will be held at Lock Haven Inn Winnepesaukee Lake NH on Saturday Oct 10. Maine and New Hampshire squadrons including Casco Bay Kennebec River Wawenock Portsmouth Manchester Winnepesauke will attend. Sunday cruise on Squam Lake promises a clambake cook-out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 19
U. S Power
Lock Haven Inn
Winnepesaukee Lake
N. H
Maine
New Hampshire
Casco Bay
Kennebec River
Wawenock
Portsmouth
Manchester
Winneepesaukes
Lansing P. Mallett
Squam Lake
Haddix Alters Style For Pirates After St Louis Move
Harvey Haddix says he is pitching his natural way after leaving St Louis and joining the Pirates. He emphasizes a return to his established method following a season with Cincinnati last year and a May loss to Milwaukee in 13 innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddix
Pittsburgh
Harvey Haddix
Pirates
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Community News From Woolwich and Days Ferry
Woolwich and Days Ferry activities fill the week with social gatherings scouting events and club meetings. Mrs Just Wold hosts a surprise shower. Canasta club meets in Bath. Good Will club and Woolwich Fire Department plan a baked beans supper Oct 17. Woolwich Girl Scout troop elects officers and schedules a cookout Oct 10. Rally Day at Mont sweag church features a musical program and youth sessions. Community club plans a Halloween party Oct 24 and a Nov 7 meeting with local hosts. Local residents travel for trips and family visits, and Woolwich Center Baptist pastor Rev. Hersom returns from a fortnight absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Wold
Ardecen Haynes
Edward H. Murphy
Edmund Hagan
Eugene Herrin
Kermit Bennett
John M. Leonard
Norma Hathorne
Leo King
Richard Chadbourne
Keith Atwood
Edward J. Murphy
Victor Knight
Dawna Leonard
Ralph McInnis
Canasta Club
Ferry
Good Will
Montsweag
Anna Hawes
Judy McIintire
Stephen Sidebotha
LeRoy Hawes
George Wilson
William Sanders
Stephen Sidebotham
Charlene Hawes
Central School
Lincoln-Sagadahoc
Bath
Marthew Doak
Days Ferry
Richard Campbell
Thomas Calvin
Elizabeth
Meg
Carleton Day Reed, Jr
Prudence
Susan
Hopestill Ann
Abagai
Carroll Morse
Eliot
Lorrell
Doak
Andrea
Emily Ann
Randy
Warren
Greg
Matthew Doak
Marcia Stinson
Jennie Howe
Woolwich
Morse
Mr. Doak
Hitch-Hiking Hen Causes Laughs In Moultrie Farm Stop
Ed Edwards of Moultrie picked up a ride to a cotton field, but a hen hidden under the truck seat laid an egg and cackled loudly, giving everyone a good laugh as plans for picking cotton were discussed at R. J. Deas' nearby farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie
Ed Edwards
R. J. Deas
Edwards
Surprise baby shower in Arrowsic honors Hartford guest
Mrs Mary McCrater hosted a surprise baby shower Sunday evening for Mrs June Tardiff of Hartford Conn with many guests from Arrowsic Beth Lewiston Bath and Pittston. Guests brought gifts and stories of recent visiting relatives and travels filled the event with autumn warmth and local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McCrater
June Tardiff
Hartford
Karl Rosenwald
George Stafford
Damaristotta
John Nourdone
Doublin ¢ Point Range
Janet
Linda
Somerville
Mass
Nardone
Cois Guard
Massachusetts
Nequasset Auxiliary Honors Past Presidents Dinner
Nequasset Congregational church Ladies Auxiliary honored past presidents Mrs. Pearl Reed Mrs. Ethel Blake and Mrs. Gertrude Stacy and honorary members Mrs. Ruby Stinson Miss Mary Dodge Mrs. Florence Hathorne Mrs. Eldie Wright Mrs. Bernice Bailey at a Thursday vestry dinner. A public supper was announced for Saturday Oct 24 with planning committee members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Congregational Church Ladies Auxiliary
Pearl Reed
Ethel Blake
Gertrude Stacy
Ruby Stinson
Mary Dodge
Florence Hathorne
Bailey Evening School Adds Elementary Mechanical Drawing Course
Principal Nathan W. Watson announced the addition of an elementary mechanical drawing course for this year's classes at Bailey Evening School. Frank Danforth of Morse High School will instruct the class. no advanced mechanical drawing courses will be offered this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan W. Watson
The
Bailey Evening School
Frank Danforth
Morse High School
Watson
First Baptist Sewing Circle Holds All Day Session
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist Church met in the vestry for an all day session on September 30. Members worked on sewing for the November sale with luncheon at noon. Tables were arranged by Elsie Crosby and Myra Metcalf assisted by Lila Place and Lucy Brown. A business meeting was led in the afternoon by president Minnie Pinknam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Elsie Crosby
Myra Metcalf
Lila Place
Lucy Brown
Minnie Pinknam
Busy Court Term Forecast With Heavy Criminal Docket
Superior Court opens next Tuesday for a crowded October term. Municipal records show at least 27 appeal cases, including driving while intoxicated, driving after revocation, and other offenses. Trespass appeals involve nine Woolwich and nearby residents with disputes over a Gardiner property road used to access mud flats. Deadline to withdraw appeals is 10 am Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Sheriff's Department
Donald ©. Stackpole
Robert A. Bartlett
Woolwich
Margaret Gardiner
Kenneth Seigars
Raymond Robson
Robert Hersom
Dresden
Arnold Chase
Newcastle
George James
Neil Page
Oscar Page
Wilma James
Wiscasset
Seigars
Joseph Lidtarr
Kenoth Sherman
Russel LeBourdais
Brian LeBourdais
Carlton Scivars
Herbert Geroux
Oscar Leighton
Gardiner
Darrell Cheney
Stuert Wyman
Roland Hammond
Daniel Reed
Albert Rines
Principals Plan for National Education Week Observance
Education Week coverage details the first principals meeting of the new year led by Superintendent Loring R. Addison. It outlines United Fund drive planning, National Education Week activities starting November 8, and changes to the school banking program reducing teachers’ workload. Monthly principal meetings, departmental meetings at Junior High and Morse High, and curriculum changes from the high school evaluation committee are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring R. Addison
United Fund
Manley Grant
The
American Legion
Addison
Morse
Moody Flint
Raymond Barnham
John Skeehan
Accidental Shooting Injures Local Man at Woolwich Dump
George Gammons 21 owner of Cooks was wounded in the right thigh Friday afternoon at the Woolwich town dump while target shooting at rats. A .22 calibre bullet from his pistol caused a flesh wound and he was taken to Memorial hospital in Bath in good condition after the slug was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gammons
Brurnswe
Memorial Hospital
Woolwich
Bath
Gammons
Hosiital
West Bath Cottages See Daily Inspections After Break-Ins
West Bath cottages at Rosedale undergo daily inspections following recent break-ins. Melrose couple Mr and Mrs Blair Wilson spend summers at their Bowdoin connected home in West Bath and attend Bowdoin Fathers Association events in Brunswick. Various local residents visit family, celebrate a 91st birthday, and plan winter trips, with past weekends spent in Deerfield and New Meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Wilson
Melrose
Mass
West Bath
Bowdoin’s Fathers Association
Brunswick
Philip
Bowdoin
Fred Rose
Laurence Putnam
John Crosby
Ernest Mahoney
Rosedale
Percy Holbrook
T. C. Hughes
Hughes
Irving Burnham
Woody Burnham
Laurence Burnham
York
Deerfield
N. H
Sumner Andrews
New Meadows
Connecticut
New Jersey
Florida
Herbert Holbrook
Yarmouth
Charles Holbrook
Raymond
Freeport
West Bath PTA Meets In New School Thursday
West Bath P T A held its first Fall meeting in the new all purpose room of West Bath Consolidated School. Mr s Leonard S Smith welcomed over 50 members and guests and the annual report was reviewed. Anthony Ouellette named membership chair with other committees to follow. Gloria DePalma's room won the attendance banner. Wimpy the Clown will appear at Morse High School, announced by District P T A president C Lloyd Hooker. Teachers were introduced and given corsages and boutonnieres. Refreshments followed with Fall decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath P. T. A
New West Bath Consolidated School
Leonard S. Smith
Anthony Ouellette
Gloria DePalma
C. Lloyd Hooker
P.T. A
Wimpy
Morse High School
West Bath
Mizpah Class Meets With Mrs Wing In West Bath
Mizpah class of the First Baptist met at Mrs Bur ton Wing s West Bath home. A special collection for the Thailand box was announced for the next three meetings. Devotions centered on Steps To A Christian Life. Attending were Miriam House Ruth Rusell George Carey Vinal King Kenneth Thayer Royden Haynes Rene Roy Edmund Furber Trueman Bray Leslie Thompson. The group will meet this week with Floyd Carter at 966 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Burton Wing
West Bath
Thailand
Miriam House
Ruth Rusell
George Carey
Vinal King
Kenneth Thayer
Royden Haynes
Rene Roy
Edmund Furber
Trueman Bray
Leslie Thompson
Floyd Carter
High Street
House Warming for Mr and Mrs Armand Petit
Mr and Mrs Armand Petit recently moved from 61 Willow Street to 682 Washington in the former Andrew Putterfield residence. Friends held a Monday evening house warming with gifts, a served supper, and social time. Guests included Mr and Mrs Jenna Sylvester, Mr and Mrs Harry Higgins, Mrs Richard Campbell, Mr and Mrs John Green and daughter Donna, Mr and Mrs Howard Carlton, Mr and Mrs Wesley Sweeney, Mr and Mrs Harry Allen, Mr and Mrs Donald McKinnon, Mrs Donald Stewart, Mrs Edna Lee, Mrs Bira Staples, Mrs Wilfred Hart, and Mrs Susar Fetit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Petit
Willow Street
Washington
Andrew Putterfield
Wesley Sweeney
Harry Allen
Donald McKinnon
Donald Stewart
Edna Lee
Bira Staples
Wilfred Hart
Susar
Fetit
Richmond Group Holds Outing and School Notices
The Richmond community reports a Saturday cottage outing at the Gardner residence on Bailey Island with a lobster and clambake. It notes plans for the annual teachers reception at High Street school and lists refreshment and entertainment committee members. Also mentions meetings of Mothers Friends Teachers club, Methodist rummage sale plans, harvest supper, and a slate of school officers for Richmond High. Local lodge installations, guests, and social visits are summarized, including Beulah Rebekah lodge officers and various neighborhood visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Gardner
Bailey Island
High Street School
Mothers’ Club
George Anderson
Daniel Maloney
Bernard Thyng
Kenneth Rodrigue
Plympton Kent, Jr
Maynard Brown
Gordon Lemont
Robert Sidelinger
June Seigure
Lois Silver
The
Methodist Church
Phippsburg Pupils Rally Behind Magazine Drive
Principal William Turcotte of Phippsburg Consolidated School announced a student magazine subscription drive to fund a proposed new baseball diamond. The effort has raised 325 dollars so far and aims to reach 500 by October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Turcotte
Phippsburg -Consolidated School
Twenty Named To GOP Committee By Chairman Ross
Bath Republican Executive Committee names include two members from each ward led by City Committee Chair Rodney E. Ross Jr. The by law revised body can set policy and oversee organization. First meeting set for Oct. 12 with several ward representatives and at large members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Ross
Bath
City Committee
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Executive Committee
Edward J. McMann
Hazel Robbins
Iarrld L. Adams
Herbert T. Caverly
George T. Costain
Ralph W. Brewer
Merritt A. Mitchell
Warren S. Atkinson
William A. Niss
Diane C. Senderson
Wesley G. M.reo
Adaniinal
Dresden Area Briefs Highlight Local Events and People
A public supper at Dresden town hall by Fastern River Grange funded lodge expenses. Lincoln-Sagadahoce county teachers' convention kept schools closed. Mrs Olive Higgins awaiting surgery at Middlebury Conn hospital. Horace Gilpatrick named Lincoln county grand juror for 1959 60. Eldred Chapman on traverse jury. Mr Eugene Reed of West Dresden welcomed a son at Gardiner Croneral hospital. Albert Wall and family guests of Mrs Evelyn Hodgdon in West Dresden. John Frey boarding with Mr and Mrs Harold Pushard. Dresden Mills residents Mrs Edward Good and Mrs Dorr Woodward vacationing at Georgetown cottage. Dennet former pastor spoke at South Dresden church. John Houdlette of Meriden and wife visited Dresden Mills. plan winter there. Dr Walter Conley of Camden and Charles W Sheldon of Rockland visited Sheldon sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Sagadahoc County
Morse High School
Bath
Emily Strout
Sagadahoe Ferry
Boothbay
Gary Coffin
William Brann
Canada
Quebec City
Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lawrence Edwards
Larry Willard Proctor
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sherman Mills
Edwards
Dale Sides
Mr. Edwards
George Edwards
Island Falls
David Clark
Pascagoula
Stillwater
Mr. Gordon
Harry Gordon
Adam Galuza
Barley Neck Road
Canaan
Galuza
Just Wold
North Woolwich
Donald Koughan
Sheila
Brunswick
Earl Dow
Sagadahoc Ferny
Champion
Alberta
Dow
Guy Dow
Connecticut
Hamilton
Mass
Raymond Wallace
Gerald Hersom
Aroostook County
Hersom
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Cora Pinkham
Five Islands
Woolwich Central School
Russell Tanner
Marcia Stinson
Days Ferry
Miss Stinson
New York
Oakley Stinson
California
Nelson Rice
Wilbur Crocker
Phoenix
Ariz
Eugene Rice
Swampscott
Frank J. Walker
Maxine Boyd
Rangeley Lakes
White Mountains
Rangeley
Fastern River Grange
Lincoln-Sagadahoce County
Olive Higgins
Middlebury
Ernest Cate
Georgetown Rey
Dennet
South Dresden
John Houdlette
Meriden
Mr. Sheldon
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
First Class In Home Nursing Starts Oct 19
Mrs. R. Clinton McFadden chairs Bath Red Cross home nursing program announces the first class will start October 19 at Bath Memorial Hospital in cooperation with Bayview Elementary School. The course, limited in size, offers practical instruction for nursing in the home and has already drawn several registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath
Amercan Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Batey
Bath Memorial Hospital
McFadden
Wallace Trias
Portland
Taffy Robinson Birthday Party On Her Tenth
Tally Robinson celebrated her tenth birthday Sunday with a party at her parents home on Edgett Street. Games and a movie were enjoyed. a decorated cake and ice cream were served, with prizes given to each guest. Out of town guests included Miss Shirley Robinson and Frank Pizzi ferri of Boston and Mr. and Mrs William Andews of Portland, plus guests from Bath such as Barbara Grant and Lucille Ozella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tally Robinson
Potter Robinson
Edgett Street
Shirley Robinson
Fianée
Frank Pizziferri
Boston
William Andews
Portland
Bath
Barbara Grant
Lucille Ozella
Joanne Sturtevant
Marion Rice
Denise Bessey
Kathy Losier
Tzeana Black
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset Library Association
Margaret Pease
Anne Darling
Mary Marston
Shelton
Norman Chancelor
Lowelltown Road
Maine Medics Center
Kenneth Cain
Dorsies
England
London
William Gove
William McPhee
Fort Hillstreet
Wirona Gregoire
Swampstott
Gregoire
Charles Dunton
Dunton
Leslie Lewis
Boothbay Center
Clearwater, Fla
Roy R. Marston
Marston
Mrs
Lawrence Marston
North Reading
District Conference of Power Squadrons
Rossbell Hawes
Ruth Chadbourne
Sylvia Edgerly
Sharon Wright
Andrea Doak
Jill Soule
Ruth Hawes
Janice Baker
Carolyn Booker
Stephanie Tasker
Ruth Soule
Della Howe
Betsy Smith
Elsie Wright
Patty Breeding
Eunice Leach
Linda Edwards
Jody Sleeper
Donna Galuza
Nancy Allen
Nancy Berry
Martha’ Soule
Anita Brewer
Linda Brown
Patty Smith
Edward Gallant
Geraldine Edgerly
Elizabeth Rogers
Harold Tasker
Nequasset
Herbert Leeman
Hockomock Road
Nequasset Auxiliary
First Baptist
West Bath Pta
New School
Richmond
Richmond High School
Joseph Burney
Edwin Douglass
Judy Thrower
Diane Poland
Dennis Gardner
Elaine Poland
Rebecca Seigars
Murray Stinson
Brian Gardner
Dennis Carver
Cheryl Babb
Dennis Withee
Carol Ann Watts
Gary Nash
Diane Foster
Amandus Densmore
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Velma Jhnson
Mindeten
Frett
Frances White
Claudia Wallace
Annie Knight
Bertha Trott
Joyce Pinkham
Fra Douglass
Carolyn Reynolds
Clair Ames
Sarah Lancaster
Lois Pushard
Inside Guardian
Irene Jackson
Outside Guardian
Dris Lieboritz
Lil’lian Haynes
Elva Curtis
Charles Trott
Cleveland Curtis
Eva Douglass
Velma Johnson
Lodge
Curtis
Mike
Elva Kelley
Auburn
Rebekah Assembly
Melvin Kelly
Grand Lodge of
Bessie Curry
Rebekah
Jean Hatfield
Stamford
Cnn
Albert Darrah
Josiah White
Gloucester
Glen
Harry Curran
Kingfield
Leslie Roberts
Robert
Frank Milay
Terrance Curran
Sumner Keith
Herman Woods
Harold
Eva Baker
Topsham
Oscar Douglass
Bowdoinham
Douglass
Emily Chase
Minnie Douglass
Carrie Sheen
Lula Douglas
Phippsburg
Taffy Robinson
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