Wiscasset News Roundup: Local Obits and Society Notes
Obituary notes for Mr. Groves of Wiscasset recount his birth in Boothbay Harbor and family ties as he is interred in Greenlawn. A wedding at Westport last Saturday featured Edward Delano and Miss Evelyn Colby. Various church events, new organist at St. Philip's, and Women’s Auxiliary gatherings are reported with receptions and dinners planned.
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Boothbay Harbor
Sun
Groves
Wiscasset
William and
F. Groves
Newton
Greenlawn Cemetery
Charles W. Findley
Kate Groves Perkins
Edward.,.Delano
Evelyn Colby
Westport
Robert H. Heigham
Eastern Star Club
Masonic Hall
William H. Burton
Beatrice Cowley
Frank B. Adams
St. Phil’s Church
Berkeley Peabody Providence
R. I
Bowdoin College
St. Philip’s
R. L. White
Edwin G. Stockford
Knights of Pythias
Middle Street
H. H. Trussell
Hollis Greenleaf
Kendall Dutton
Charles W. Findlay
Women’s Auxiliary of
Lillian Dow
Florence MacQueston
Daisy McGrath
Cora Beane
Olive Dow
Henry Dyer
Gertrude Higgins
Charles M. Tubbs
Tubbs
Bath
Tom Akeley
Gardiner
A. M. G. Soule
Augusta
Rowe B. Metcalf
Greenwich
Loring
Eric Robinson
Newcastle
Charles S. Sewall
Akeley
Heigham
Maine
W. Seaver Warland
Stuart Chapin
Frances Sortwell
Freeman D. Southard
Joseph E. Hubbard
Webb
Miss Sortwell
Helena Bellas
Helen Day
Mary Marston
Elizabeth Webb
Wiscasset Fire Society meets with new member and honors
The Wiscasset Fire Society held a Tuesday evening meeting at the Masonic dining room with sixteen members present. Richard H. Tucker was elected honorary member, and Charles E. Knight marked 62 years of membership, rarely missing meetings.
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Ooo
Wiscasset Fire Society
Masonic Dining Room
Leslie A. Sullivan
Harold A. Campbell
Richard H. Tucker
Palo Alto
Calif
Charles E. Knight
Knight
Campbell
Sullivan
Dorothy Thompson
Boston
Main Street
Stanley Morris
Upper
Bradford Street
Wiscasset social notes show visits and travels
The column lists numerous visits, trips, and family gatherings in Wiscasset and nearby towns. It notes Mildred Holbrook hospitalized, several residents traveling to Portland, Bath, Groton, and Boston, hunting trips in Katahdin, and local attendance at clubs and events.
Harold Rogers Returns Home From Merchant Marine Tour
Harold Rogers of the Winneganee district, son of Mr and Mrs Parker O Rogers, has been in the Merchant Marine for nine months and returns home. In Shanghai he met William S Newell president of Bath Iron Works, a former long time employer, among a group of prominent men. Rogers missed a chance to speak with him but enjoyed seeing a hometown figure.
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Harold Rogers
Winneganee
Parker O. Rogers
Merchant Marine Service
Shanghai
William S. Newett
Bath Iron Works
Rogers
Newell
Social Roundup of Bath and Nearby Towns
Numerous Bath residents and guests are noted at family visits and weekend gatherings in Bath, West Bath, Phippsburg, and surrounding towns. The listings mention friends and relatives from Boston Worcester and Danvers, dances, funerals, and trips to South Portland Naples and Andover, highlighting extended family connections and local travel.
Family Names and Relations From Local Notice
A fragment lists Mrs Nellie Daughters Mrs Leavitt Mrs Leeta Meserve and SusanRa. sons Wilder Chester and Silas Lee.
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Nellie
Mrs. Leavitt
Leeta Meserve
SusanRa
Wilder, Chester
Silas Lee
Bruns and Graves Families Noted in Local Mention
The brief line mentions Arthur Nicoll Bruns and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graves of Larrabee Grove in a local note referring to children and Henry the second.
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Henry
Arthur Nicoll Bruns
Carl Graves
Larrabee Grove
Short Cuts in Sewing Highlight Ras All Day Meeting
Nequasset Farm .Bureau held a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. Ossian Dodge's home focusing on sewing tips presented by Mrs. Percy Marston assisted by Mrs. Jordan Wright. A Scotch auction by Mrs. Hathorne and Bailey raised funds for the remembrance fund. Next meeting set for November 6 at the Good Will Day with dinner hosted by Mrs. Adelbert Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm
Bureau
Ossian Dodge
Percy Marston
Ethel Thompson
Walter Libby
Maurice Hathorne
Percy Bailey
Adelbert Hall
Ethel Meeting
Powers
Nequasset Mothers Club Social at Forrest Baker Home
The Nequasset Mothers Club held a social at the home of Mrs. Forrest Baker on State Road with husbands as guests. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Laura Gilmore and Harold Gilmore for the men, Evangeline Sparks and Ruth Cromwell for the ladies, and Guy Cromwell and Eugene Beck for high men. Sixty three was the game played. decorations featured garden flowers and candles.
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Forrest Baker
State Road
Lester R. Holbrook
Laura Gilmore
Harold Gilmore
Evangeline Sparks
Ruth Cromwell
Guy Cromwell Ee. High
Eugene Eck
Eugene Beck
James
Guy Croomwell
Reginald Stacy
Social Notes From Boston and Nearby Towns
Personal greetings as Mr and Mrs Russell Boyd of Boston visit Seon Walker and Mrs Frank J Walker plus Mrs James Parker. Vance Dil of Bridgewater calls on Harold Shaw. Clifton Gainsley welcomes a son. Horace Wade visits in Portland. Charles Draper and Willard Bobby Chubbuck report from Roca Field Mississippi last week.
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Russell Boyd
Boston
Seon
Frank J. Walker
James Parker
Carl Stinson
Vance Dil
Bridgewater
Harold Shaw
Clifton Gainsley
Horace Wade
Portland
Charles Draper
Willard Bobby Chubbuck
Roca Field
Miss
Bath residents host weekend social rounds
Saturday evening Mrs Paul Gilmore Mrs Alen Thayer and son Wayne and Mrs Harry Watson of Bath were Sunday callers of Mr and Mrs Harold Shaw. Mr and Mrs Merle Jameson and children Keith and Merleen, oars. Samuel Hathorn and Henry Wright passed Sunday in the cis entertained a very of friends Friday evening with a corn roast at their new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Sewall
Mildred Holbrook
Maine General Hospital
Portland
F. Lennox Southard
Mary Southard
Groton, Conn
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Ross B. Nichols
Bath Memorial Hospital
Stuart Humphrey
Ada
Fonda
N. Y
Humphrey
Vinton Dow
Philip
Munsey
John B. Downey
Harold
Berlin
N. H
Downey
Edwin Moulton
Katahdin
California
John C. Fisher
George W. Fisher
Boston
John K. Anderson
Medfield
Mass
William H. Burton, Jr
New Britain
Conn
Edward H. Crossman
Water Street
Henry C. Demmons
Scarboro
Frank H. Hutchins
Washington Street
Hutchins
Lewiston
Cemmons
George A. Chase
North Edgecomb
Albert Owen
Wolfboro
Alton Erskine
Wood Dodge
Jessie Erskine
Eddie Erskine
Bath
Gerald Gott
Brunswick
Guy Cromwell
Lillian D. Smith
Paul Gilmore
Alen Thayer
Wayne
Harry Watson
Harold Shaw
Merle Jameson
Keith
Merleen
Samuel Hathorn
Henry Wright
Cis
Governors Meeting Debates City Meter Placement
Cherise Doyle told the Chamber of Commerce governors that residents oppose meters on side streets and that meters were promised only on Front and Center streets. The board decided to take no action, favoring a fair trial, with meters already along Route 1. Signs need repainting and several new signs are required. Everett Johnson noted job opportunities and inquiries during his tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherise B. Doyle
Board of Governors
oNeverett R. Johnson
Bath Couple Celebrates 63rd Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Thomas Perkins marked sixty three years of marriage in Bath with quiet family observances. A shower basket of gifts from Genesta Chapter Elks or OES members accompanied best wishes from past matrons and friends.
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Bath
Thomas Perkins
Sonia
Nell Bro
Afternoon Social At Mrs Oliver's 60 High Street
Mrs Raymond Oliver entertained members of her afternoon club at 60 High Street on Tuesday afternoon with dessert at 1.30 o'clock followed by a social hour. Guests included Hewitt Jr, Mrs Fred Nichols, Mrs John G Morse Sr, and Mrs John Taylor.
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Raymond Oliver
High Street
Hewitt, Jr
Fred Nichols
John G. Morse
John Taylor
Bay Point Notes Attract Birds And Local Happenings
Personal items from Bay Point describe feeding stations for kadees juncoes and snowflakes buntings, a rare avian visit. No school Thursday as local children attend the Topsham fair. Weekend updates cover Bath residents Nostall family, Walter I. Noyes recovery, Grace Gates cottage visit, and calls between Mrs. Forrest Drake and Mrs. Kenneth Crafts with Edna Coolidge.
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Kadee
Juncoes
Topsham Fair
James
Nostall
Bath
Walter I. Noyes
Grace Gates
Kenneth Crafts
Edna Coolidge
Forrest Drake
Educational program aims for pupil instrument training
The article notes about 150 pupils with instruments, one third of the group. Attempts to buy affordable instruments have failed. Miss ae appeals for donations of violins, trombones, clarinets and accoutrements to foster grade school music training and enhance future orchestral and band programs.
Shortage of common nails halts home repair plans
A man visiting a hardware store for white paint learns there is a nationwide shortage of materials. He wants nails but the clerk says only six and ten penny sizes are in stock while eight penny nails are unavailable for a long time. The vendor notes persistent scarcities as fall approaches.
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Frank Rittall
Frank
Marion Bean Rittall
White Elephant Club
Grover C. Hoyt
Chewonki Neck
Fort Hill Street
Mason
Birch Point
Goodall Tree Surgery Co
Albert J. Myer
Federal Street
Oyster Bay
John
Sinclair Lewis
Fletcher Waterman
Albert White
Jeanette Williams
Elmer Williams
Foster’s Point
Patricia Booker
Russell Turcotte
Worchester
Patricia
Marilyn Booker
Becker Junior College
Evelyn White
University of Maine
Herbert White
New Jersey
Booker
West Bath
Harland Booker
Pittston
Frank Magno
South Portland
Harvey Dobbins
Andrew Babkirk
Arthur Babkirk
Albion
Brownville
Chester King
Phippsburg
Emma Crosby
East Brunswick
Marie Bass
Flushing
Long Island
Edward Burns
Philip Burns
Marie Baer
Nell
Clement Yates
Danvers
Rosedale
Walter Larrabee
Topsham
Joseph W. Larra
Eleanor Wright
Melford ‘Perham
Everett Wright
Fred W. Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York Village
Charles McEwen
Andover
George Booker
Sylvia
Harland and Family
Stanley Peterson
Massachusetts
Joseph W. Larrabeen
L. D. Sheldon
Ellen Quinlan
Harry Peterson
Laura Whitmore
Robert Killiam
Walter Killiam
Grace Pushard
F. W. Deehan
Paul Lemont
St. John’s Preparatory School
James Lemont
Edwin J. Lebel
George F. McLean
Annie Towle
Merton Wright
Courtney Stover
Harry Snow
River Edge
N. J
New York
Everett Lemont
Las the
RAS
Nequasset Mothers Club
Woolwich
Chamber OF Commerce Governors Meeting
America
Bay Point
P. Ballantine & Sons
Newark