Dorcas Club and Women’s Groups Hold Fall Meetings in Wiscasset
In Wiscasset and nearby, several clubs held fall meetings. Dorcas club elected Florence Hamlin as president and filled officer posts. the Woman's Club of Wiscasset faced a leadership change as Mrs Myer resigned. Members heard talks from district director Mrs Glover and Maine Federation president Mrs Gay, with programs planned through spring 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club of
Wiscasset
A. J. Myer
Fideri P
Mutnsey
William Elliot
Alvin W. Keirstead
George Bamis
Harvey R. Pease
Bradford C. Redennett
E. F. Glover
Rockland
G. Verdi
Strauss
V. Koivue
Maude Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Maine Federation of Women’s Club
Gay
Washington County
Past Matrons Night Observed by Garrison Hill Chapter
Minnie Adams and others led the Garrison Hill O E S Past Matrons and Past Patrons Night with a pageant Fenced in by Love. Refreshments served by Susan Bailey Violette Reed Stella Doe and Madge Campbell.
Old Army pistol reveals its owner in census of 1898 notes
Walter E. Millett finds an old Army Colt at the municipal dump. A paper under the handle names Alice J. Thomas and Ernest A. Barnes of Battery C 1st Maine Heavy Artillery U S Volunteers with dates in 1898. Thomas from Pittsfield aged 18 and Barnes from Waterville aged 23 enlisted July 16 1898. mustered July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Millett
Middle Street
Alice J. Thomas
Ernest A. Barnes
Battery C
Savannah
Waterville
Eastern Ave
Thomas
Barnes
Maine Heavy Artillery
United States Volunteers
Pittsfield
Bath
Wiliam R. Kimball
Old Plate
Milnett
Watervill
Maine Governor Sees Best Ever Teaching Staff in State History
Governor Barrows told Portland crowds that Maine children are under instruction from a better prepared group of teachers than ever before. In a Columbus Day address he touted equalization funding to bridge funding gaps between rural and urban districts and praised recreational industry as a key economic pillar. He cited fiscal 1938 data with a per capita cost of 36.61, a balanced budget, and a 989000 debt reduction. A downtown parade followed the observance with speakers Msgr. George P. Johnson and Col. Frank E. Lowe, amid record 81 degree heat in Portland and 79 in Calais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Barrows
Portland
Knights of Columbus
Thetate
George P. Johnson
Frank E. Lowe
American Legion
Mercury
Calais
Maine-New Brunswick
Lobster Rearing Project Under Way at Boothbay Harbor
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Arthur R. Greenleaf said a 50 year lease on government land beside the Federal hatchery will host a new rearing station. The state will provide a rent free site and seek $12,000 more from P. W. A. with a $20,000 base appropriation. A biologist will work with the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries on surveys and propagation with a laboratory at the station. Three thousand pounds of seed lobsters are in John's Bay pound for rearing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Greenleaf
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Department
John's Bay
Geenleaf
Captain Walker Will Be Speaker At Winter Street Club
Capt. Frank J. Walker of Woolwich will address the Winter Street Men's club Thursday evening in the first fall meeting. He brings 20 years of South American travels including four in British Guiana and led construction and transport for the Aluminum Co of America. Supper at 6 30 precedes the event and annual officer elections will be held. All local men are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Walker
Woolwich
Winter Street
Mrs Walsh Injured In Auto Collision On City Street
City law officers reported Mrs Walsh was injured when her Ford sedan was struck from the front by a Ford touring car driven by Allen. The crash occurred at 8 40 o clock as both cars rested on the sidewalk at the southeast corner of the intersection. Mrs Walsh was hurled against the windshield and suffered lacerations from shattered glass. The municipal court convenes at 2 p m Thursday with Attorney Edward W Bridgham representing her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Joseph A. Butler
James DeCapua
Allen
Walsh
Edward W. Bridgham
Local Visitors Share Sunday Moment at Murphy Household
Mr and Mrs Harry Byram of Freeport and Mrs Harriet Royal of Yarmouth visited their aunt Mrs Edgar C Murphy at 625 Washington Street on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Byram
Freeport
Harriet Royal
Yarmouth
Edgar C. Murphy
Washington Street
West Bath Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Mrs. Samuel F. Bates closed her Bath home and visits Delmar and Mrs. Bates in Bath. Families like the Lombards and Coombses hosted kin from Boston Bethel and Philipsburg Center. Halloween tickets at Lowell school, a trip to the White Mountains, and a September storm damage tour are noted along with church and Grange activities and upcoming receptions in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Bates
Delmar
Bates
Bath
Charles H. Bates
Leon
Beachmont
Mass
Sabine
Rufus W. Lombard
Rovert C. van Amringe
Boston
Samuel N. Blackwood
Bethel
van Amringe
Rovert R. Coombs
Eula
Carol
Nancy
Robert
Richard Young
Phppsburg Center
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce
White Mountains
Lowell School
E. A. Litch
Scotland
Ireland
Carleton Andrews
Fred W. Larrabee
Portland
Andrews
Clyde R. Booker
Perth
Abboy
N. J
Geogre R. Booker
Iss Marian Rose
C. G. King
E. W. Haggett
Harold Haggett
Lucy Ann
Charles Haggett
Billy
Bobby
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Sanford’s Crossing
Wesley M. E. Church
West Bath Grange
Lincoln Williams
Edward Jenks
Hattie Clarke
Williams
Providence
R. I
Ernest Ward
Augusta
Scott Ward
Hardings
Golden Sheaf
Grange
Portland City Hall
Red Cross
Dr Wilson describes trip to Costa Rica
Dr David L Wilson spoke at Central Church league about his recent Costa Rica journey. A supper bridge fundraiser is planned for Oct 24 with tables reservable through Mrs Arthur W King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Costa Rica
David L. Wilson
Central Church League
Harold S. Avery
Francis B. Hill
Arthur W. King
William H. Small
Leslie J. Wold
Alex MacDonald
Donald B. Wilson
Bowen Torrey
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Rudolph C. McRae
Leon B. Pennell
Edward Cumminis
Albert S. Noyes
Harold Hodgkins
Betty Fuller
Ethel Blake
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Leonard M. Lord
West Bath Grange notes death and Pomona plans
At a regular meeting West Bath Grange draped its charter for Annie Wylie Stackpole the oldest honorary member who died last week. New members were elected and a Pomona meeting planned for Oct 20 with other groups sharing notices.
Woolwich Union Silver Tea Draws Support for Social Work
A successful silver tea sponsored by the Woolwich Union For Christian Service was held at the home of Mrs. Wilson M. Wright. Speaker Mrs. M. J. Bradshaw of Bangor discussed the social responsibility of women, stressing environment education and recreation and the need for trained social workers to aid delinquent and maladjusted children. Decorations featured Fall flowers and yellow nasturtiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolence Committee
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Wilson M. Wright
M. J. Bradshaw
Bangor
New Jersey
Bradshaw
Samuel P. Buck
John W. Brown
Percy C. Bailey
George Wright
Charles Haley
Mary L. Dodge
Isaac B. Howard
John C. Gilmore
Nequasset Farm Bureau Plans Chicken Pie Supper
Nequasset Farm Bureau held an all day meeting on Oct 12 at Mrs William Leeman home Woolwich to plan a chicken pie supper and a Nov 16 play at Mont Sweag grange hall They also arranged attendance at the Twin County Farm Bureau annual meeting in Turner Center on Nov 1 with Mrs John C Gilmore in charge of the exhibit Miss Mary Wright spoke on easier housekeeping and reducing the day’s load A square noon meal was served by Mrs John Brown and Mrs Herbert Leeman Twenty three members and two guests attended The next meeting will be Nov 2 at Mrs Edwold Carters to discuss Christmas suggestions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Hill
Susan Bailey
Violette Reed
Stella Doe
Madge Campbell
Katherine B. Lewis
Birch Point
Lewis
Joseph Hubbard
Somerville
Alice Taylor
Castine
Walter Smith
Grace Skillings
Woolwich
Nellie Dowling
Dresden
Bath
Sheepscot
Edgecomb
Wiscasset
Bradford-Sort
Nequasset Farm Bureau
William Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Mont Sweag Grange Hall
Twin County Farm Bureau
Turner Center
John C. Gilmore
Nequasset Bureau
Mary Wright
John Brown
Herbert Leeman
Daisy Welch
Bureau
Maurice Hathorne
Edwold Carter
Chester Grover
Blanche Littlefield
Littlefield
George Gainsley
Southboro
Mass
James Thorpe
A. E. Copeland
Kamp
St. Petersburg
George Tibbetts
Richmond
Eugenie Hunnewell
Chester Grover, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
James Nostall
Ethel Dexter
Vera Dexter
Camden
William Gould
John Conway
Boothbay
Frank R. Bailey
Charles D. Hunnewell
Everett Rice
South Windham
Guy Foss
Auburn
William J. Downing
Harold Downing
Fred H. Thompson
Carolyn Wing
Hackensack
N. Y
Hattie Adams
Woolwich Center
Washington Street
Ralph Rice
Merle Jameson
Clara Hawthorne
Christine Hawthorne
Carrie Hathorn
Emma Head
Alice Baker
Rose Baker
Sarah Bagley Wright
Samuel Hathorne
George G. Hathorne
Ambrose McFadden
Keith Jameson
Forrest Baker
Wiscasset Road
Woolwich P. T. A
Sagadahoc Ferry Scholhouse
Woolwich Notes Show Visits and Local Happenings
Mrs Chester Grover visits Bath while Miss Blanche Littlefield and friends enjoy a weekend at Day's Ferry. The Copelands close Kamp Cozy for a winter in St Petersburg. Townsfolk host gatherings and plan harvest suppers at Woolwich Center Baptist church and the P T A meets in Sagadahoc Ferry schoolhouse.
Rock Hill Inn Opens Near New Meadows
Mr and Mrs Joseph W Larrabee of West Bath open Rock Hill Inn a new resort between the old and new State highways. The 11 acre site on Foster's Point road features a dining room 30 by 32 feet with an eight foot piazza and a Rockola for music. The inn serves meals lunches and dinners and the grounds will be a recreational park for outings with swimming boating fishing and games. The business began August 14 and the couple plan to use the 11 acres for parties and dancing events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Foster's Point
Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
New Meadows
Dromore Ladies Aid Meets at Mrs Thorpe Home
Mrs James H Thorpe hosted the Dromore Ladies aid at 78 Washington street Tuesday with Miss Marion A Rafnell assisting. They discussed Christmas sale plans after a business meeting and enjoyed Welsh rarebit cake and coffee. Arthur Cormier from Wiseman Farms underwent an appendectomy Monday at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Thorpe
Washington Street
Dromore Ladies Aid
Marion A. Rafnell
Henhouse Fire Near Sasanoa Bluff injures man and sorcery
A large henhouse on the Babb property at Sasanoa Bluff Woolwich burned early Sunday with Albert Babb unaccounted for. he later emerged from woods with a hatchet wound claimed to be from his wife Elizabeth who was arrested for intoxication but given probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasanoa Bluff
Woolwich
Albert Babb
Bath Iron Works Corp
Babb
Elizabeth
Bath
Woolwich Union Supper Planned For November 4
The Woolwich Union for Christian Service schedules its semiannual supper in Sebenon hall on November 4 at 6:30 p.m. Reports from the benevolence committee and the Sunday schools will be presented. Hostesses include Mrs. Farnham, Mrs. Wing, Mrs. Carlton and others across North Woolwich Day's Ferry Sagadahoc Ferry Nequasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Union For
Christian Service
Sebenon Hall
Benevolence Committee
George B. Farnham
Carolyn Wing
Milton Carlton
North Woolwich
Mabel Jack
Lois Day
Day's Ferry
Florence Carlton
Earl Dow
Sagadahoe Ferry
John C. Gilmore
Frank Bailey
Nequasset
Melvin Howe
Wilbur Howe
Charlotte Buck
Samuel A Buck
Day’s Ferry
Beltran Crocker
Harry Fitch
Sagadahoc Ferry
Henry Dubar
Percy Bailey
Woolwich Grange Hosts Visitors for Booster Night Session
Visitors from Dresden Edgecomb and Wiscasset joined Woolwich Grange on Wednesday October 12 for Booster's Night. A shower honored Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutter of Wiscasset and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith of Woolwich. Murphy's Corner school children performed a rope drill and a skit, with readings by Mrs. Mary Fullerton and Mrs. Fred Hathorne. Coffee cake and dancing followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Edgecomb
Wiscasset
Woolwich Grange
Robert Sutter
Walter Smith
Woolwich
Murphy's Corner School
Mary Fullerton
Fred Hathorne
Popham Notes and Local Labor Highlights
Popham notes detail residents at cottages in vacation periods then returning to Schenectady. Hattie A. Sawyer, 81, oldest stitching room worker at Norway shoe company, marks 49 years in factories, celebrated with gifts and a party before spring. Average Maine farm wages for July to September show typical decline without board at 45.50 and with board at 29.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie A. Sawyer
Norway Shoe Company
Sawyer
Norway
B. F. Spinney Shoe Factory
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorcas Club
Congregational Vestry
Madeline Reed
Ruth Jones
Florence Hamlin
Dorothy Thompson
Clara Dow
Corp
Paul E. Bailey
Fort Ethan Allen
Charles E. Cowley
Federal Street
Pemaquid
Ada Coffin
Raymond Sherman
Quebec
Hersilia
Elizabeth Etnier
Gilbert Head
Organ Society
Alberta Larrabee
Kate Sewall
Blue Hill Potteries
Adelaide Pearson
Oliver L. Hall
Henry W. Webb
William Pierre Robert
William Ellingwood
Cosmopolitan Club
A. E. Chittenden
New England
A. J. Myers
Elden P. Mupsey
A. W. Keirstead
Charles Cowley
Charles Sewall
Cora Groves
D. F. S. Day
H. W. Webb
Frances Scritwell
Charles Cowles
AW Ketrstead
F. D. Southard
Nellie Mun Sey
Mary Young Bemis
Grace Kieht
Roy Marston
Bessie Mikels
H.W Werb
DE G. Day
Badwin Rothwell
Hospitality Cummiitee
Hatreey Bay
Corn Choss
Elden
Norris Micer
Bad Rines
Lauriey Halett
Annie Adams
Mra BC
Redouiett
Rufus Caswell
Armaneniy Hoye Committee
Alfred Dowline
Fred Soule
M. Sidney Gilivurm
Mays
Gms
Minnie Adams
James Bimson
Mary Hobson
W. L. Frye
Aroa
David Wilshiee
Skowhecan
Conde ‘Phin
Percy Grey
Fotr Secorne
Hughes
Ed Lund
Flower& Hughes
Elinore Hoaglund
Elkton
Central Press
W.P.A
Walker
Mrs. Walsh
Egg Rock
Hancock County
Coast Guard
Pinkham
OF Bath
America
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Press
Bath, Maine
Mercie MacFadden
Ceres
Edgar D. Leavitt
Leona Henderson
Frederick M. Morton
Donald Page
Frank Williams
Richmond Grange
Secial Pomona
Herbert Hodgkins
Harry Peterson
Owen E. Rogers
Stackpole
Charles Walsh
Grange Hall
Topsham
E. D. Leavitt
Leon Genthner
Fred K. Sturtevant
the Safety Commission
Chicago
Charles Doyle
Kenneth P. Haskell
Adrian Kenney
Maxwell Sawyer
The
Central Maine Power Co
Woolwich Union Group
Christian Service Benevolence Committee
Wilson Wright
Montsweag Grange Hall
Rockport
mid-West
Rockport, Mass
Peter A. Lyons
Dromore Ladies' Aid
Arthur Cormier
Wiseman Farms
Memorial Hospital
Sasanoa Bluffs
Woolwich Union
Christian Service Group
Popham
Schenectady
Buchanan
Montsweag Farm
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