Wiscasset Fire Society History Highlighted at Meeting
Read of early Wiscasset Fire Society formed to prevent fires with rules, watches, fines, and the leather fire. Current members include Leslie A. Sullivan and F. Edward Evans, with a 63-year member Charles Knight honored at a recent gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ras
Wiscasset
Christopher
Jonathan Eeets Jr
Abiel Wood, Jr
John S. Foye
Franklin Tinkham
Joseph T. Wood
Seth Tinkham
Ezekial Cutter
John Merrill
Toe Silas Lee
Thomas McCrate
Fire Society
Leslie A. Sullivan
F. Edward Evans
Richard E. Kimball
the Ledges Inn
Lawrence Haggett
Oregon
California
Roy Marston
Charles E. Knight
Woolwich and Nequasset Church Notices and Social Items
Woolwich First Cational church at Nequasset with Rev Lowell W Milliken to conduct service at 10 45 Friday evening. Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist church Montsweag service Sunday 10 30 with Rev Archibald N Craig leading. Business meeting set for Oct 25 at 7 30. Woolwich Teachers Club to meet at Sebasco with Superintendent and Mrs Stanwood C Gilman. The Wheel club met with Mrs Albert Hathorn with a social featuring southern style sandwiches cake and coffee. Personal items note birth of Philip Edward son to Mr and Mrs Irving Baker at Bath Memorial Hospital weighing nine pounds four and a half ounces. Marilyn Temple visited Bath with Miss Winona Clark and others. Numerous guests from Gardiner Milton Mass Dorchester Mass and Sebec Lake visited local families. John Leonard Arthur Beane Burton Packard and Weenie Cooke enjoyed a deep sea trip to Seguin Island. Dr Cyril Bousfield confined at home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Cational
Nequasset
Lowell W. Milliken
Afehibala Noceaia
N. Craig
Woolwich-Wiscasset
Woolwich
Philip Edward
Marilyn Temple
Winona Clark
Bath
Harry Leach
Bruce Washburn
Joan
East Burke
Roland Tibbetts
Southport
Densmore Leac
Chester Gibson
Milton, Mass
Howard Miller
Howard, Jr
Dorchester
Mass
Enteree Miller
Louise Er
Burton Packard, Sr
Weenie Cooke
Sebec Lake
John Leonard
Amy Seigars
Gardiner
Cathy
Joe Seigars
Anna
Ivan Shaw
George M. Ames
Roberta
Judson Soule
Boothbay
John Seigars
Arrowsie
Rolvin
Albert Trott
Arthur Beane
Wiscasset
Joan Burnham
Burton Packard
Seguin Island
Cyril Bousfield
Dunlap Commandery Holds Notable Annual Inspection
The Dunlap Commandery Knights Templar held its annual inspection on a Tuesday evening. A candidate received the Order of the Temple, a lobster salad supper was served, and Eminent Sir Cony A. Duncan of Augusta led 27 Knights Templar from Maine in reviewing the work. Representations from Portland Augusta Lewiston Gardiner and other commanderies in Maine Massachusetts and New York attended. The event was praised as a red letter evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Order of the Temple
Ladies of Genesta Chapter
Cony A. Duncan
Augusta
Maine
E. C. George J. Goodwin
Portland
Lewiston
Gardiner
Massachusetts
New York
West Bath Grange Plans Annual Fair
West Bath Grange approves plans for its annual fair with a two-night program on Thursday and Friday. Setup covers decorations, harvest supper, home cooked food, and a dance with tickets through committee members. Open to the community, event features a program including music, readings, Halloween stunts, penny match, and closing remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Greenlees Herberton
Annieson
Bessie Boudreau
Andrews
Marie Page
John Sylvester
Ethel MacDonald
Ella Coombs
Wallace MacDonald
William Coombs
Fred Wentworth
Donald
Ella ‘Coombe
Bertha
West Th
West Bath Socials and Personal Items Report
West Bath notes a 4 Heats gathering with refreshments and attendees listed including Albert Hubert Loretta Barter and others. Personal items cover a Friendly club meeting, visitors from Nova Scotia, and multiple birthday and surprise parties with names and hosts.
Local School Benefit Play Night Lists Cast and Events
Parker Head leads a program featuring Tattletale and Which Is Witch? with casts including Carole Mank Mary Moore and Joyce Gray. Refreshments for the School Improvement League are planned after the evening. Robert Cushing won a recent arithmetic contest for the third grade. Raymond Nisbet received a citation from Crowell Publishing Co. for selling the largest number of subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole
Mank
Wyman
Han
Morong
Bobby
Connie Lee Hoar
Bobby Gray
Bill Lowell
Albert Gray
Eddie Gray
Robert Harrington
Sandra Mank
Beryla Nisbet
Mary Moore
Joyce Gray
Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers Club Meeting Notes
Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers Club met Thursday evening at the schoolhouse with 14 members present. Mrs. Arthur Orr was elected chairman of the committee for the food sale at the PTA fair on November 19. A Halloween party is planned Friday at 1 30 PM at the schoolhouse for children, and donations for refreshments are welcomed, contact President Mrs. Mary St. Pierre at 198-W.
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Sagadahoc Ferry
Arthur Orr
Mary St. Pierre
Tel
Spoils of War Fuel Percheron Horse Breed in France
The Battle of Tours 732 saw Charles Martel defeat the Saracens and distribute war spoils to La Perche and Normandy. Saracen horses crossed with Brittany mares, yielding the Percheron draft horse developed on France’s lush pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tours
Charles Martel
la Perche
Normandy
Brittany
France
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Arambec Lodge of Odd Fellows
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Pine Cone Lodge
Ethel L. Potter
Noble Grand
Dorothy Fulton
Laura Main
Josephine Johnson
Mabel Bryant
Jertha Leis
Lermond
Emily Blake
Arlene Nadeau
Cora Sutter
Lillian Dow
Marjorie Furbish
Anna Reed
Nettie Raymond
Rebekah Lodge
Keano
Wiscasset Woman's Club
County Union
Waldoboro
Paul Hutchins
Inez Dennis
Damariscotta
Elizabeth Webb
Priscilla Campbell
Madeline Reed
John Fisher
Ruby Heigham
D. F. S. Day
Grace A. Cowley
Robert MacQueston
Woman’s Club
Laura Evans
Charlotte Cleaves Smith
Middlesex
Mason
Birch Point
New Jerusalem Royal Arch
Robert H
America
P. Ballantine & Geus
Newark
N. J
West Bath Grange
West Bath
Albert Hubert
Loretta Barter
Bonnie and
Robert
Joan Gracobbe
Wanetta Russell
Bethel Estes
Jerry Lesier
Susan Jerry Richard Tremaine
Mitchell
Milton Morse
Salem
Ind
Ric
Pearl Harbor
Morse
Harvey Dobbins
Palt
Fred Rose
Albert
Naval Hospital
Friendly Club
Nice Bubier
Davis
Alice Smith
Evelyn Deehan
Louise
Kathryn Torrey
Lena Peterson
Gladys Deehan
Angie Renshaw
Laura White
Olive White
Nellie Booker
Ladiere
Grange Hall
William Sampson
Nova Scotia
Melford
Perham
I. B.neiley
Florence Neiley
Fred Larrabee
Bisaeh Locke
Ee Broke
Ware Rainn White
Simone Barter
Dotton
Fred Bubier
Howard
Albert White
Charles
Richard
Dunham
Dorothy
Bubier
Shall Boudreau
David
Joanne
Jeanette Boudreau
Robert Boudreau
John Larrabee
M. Knight
Percy Holbrook
Amerga
Frances Yoo Myra Medcalf
Gie Bubier
Frances Pecci
Phillis Pecci
Betty Comeau
Edna Chadbourn
Freda Perkins
Helen Gagnon
Miss Knight
Parker
Walteree
Florida
Arthur Harrington
Carole Ann
Leslie Darling
John
Bill
Earl Lowe Harrington
Marg
Hamel
Bert Nisbet
Leo Hamel
Castine
Mra
Myrtle Simpson
Hawthorne
Sagadahoc
Johns-Manville
Roofing & Siding Co
Owef
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