Wiscasset Community News and Local Scout Events
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post of the American Legion sponsors Boy Scout Troop 201 with a new committee: Dr. Everett Schubert Harold A. Campbell Richard Higgins Kenneth Gray and Harvey Whitehill. A tentative troop staff includes Walter Pushard Robert Adams Roderic Bell Elliott Abbott and Lester Pickering. St Philip's church to sponsor a new Scout troop this fall. Royal Arch Religious Affirmation Day services at St Philip's with attendance from Bath Damariscotta Boothbay Harbor. Roy E. Barnes and Blanche Stickney wed at Edgecomb with reception at Huntoon Hill hall. Lincoln County Museum fall exhibit opens with new assistants Gordon Dunthorne. Enlistments in Lincoln County include Chipman Foster Harrington Dyer. College qualification tests set for Nov 19 1956 and Apr 18 1957. Various local visits and school events noted across Wiscasset community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Colby
Arlena Hubbard
Pine Cone
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Portland
Niles
Winter Street
Bath
Robert P. Frazier
St. Philip’s
Royal Arch
Maine
Roy E. Barnes
Blanche Stickney
Edgecomb
Forrest Littlefield
Barnes
Lincoln County
Kenneth Leland Chipman, Jr
Bristol
Coast Guard
Donald Thomas Foster
Harold Harvey Harrington
Corps of
Military Police
Fort Dix
Selective Service College
Hallo ween party planned for Gagadahoc Ferry children
Woolwich Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers club will host a Hallo ween party at the Good Will club house on Oct 31 from 7 to 9 p.m for small children with games stunts and refreshments. A teen dance follows with Mrs. Wallace Sheldon as general chairman assisted by Mrs. Arline Stour and Mrs. William Phillips.
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Gagadahoc Ferry
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Wallace Sheldon
Arline Stour
William Phillips
Raymond Hathorne
U. S. Geodetic Survey
Maurice T. Hathorne
Murphy’s Corner
Hathorne
G Canyon
Mer
California
West Coast
Merle Hathorne
Day’s Ferry Road
Brunswick Community Hospital
Corey Dana
Dorothea Fulton
Braintree
Mass
Jean Young
Weymouth
Matthew Oak, Jr
Day’s Ferry
Harrison K. Dutton
Paula
Medfield
Woolwich
Antoinette Louise Baker
Kenneth Baker
Murphy’s Corner Road
Bruce Frederick McGowen
Carl McGowen
Orr's Island
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Miss Baker
Morse High School
Porter High School
Kezar Falls
Hyde Windlass Co
Day's Ferry
L. William Fogg
Ralph
Damariscotta Lake
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
San Antonio
Texas
Edward H. Murphy
Middle Road
Bath Memorial Hospital
Randall Duane
Mrs Thompson Dies in Portland After Long Illness
Mrs Harry Thompson wife of Harry Thompson dies in Portland after 18 months confined to a bed. She is survived by her husband three sisters a brother and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thompson
H. E. Rines
Portland
Funeral for Harry C Skinner Held at Mayo & Son
Funeral service for Harry C Skinner was held Monday afternoon at 1 30 from the A F Mayo Son Funeral residence with the Rev Martin v B Sargent pastor of the Winter Street Congregational church officiating. Pallbearers were Arthur Gediman Lawrence Houston Vernon Lake and George Buchanan. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C
Ice Drifts Across Arctic Ocean Forming Massive Ice Cakes
Ice masses upwards of 200 feet thick and several miles wide drift during summer across the Arctic Ocean. Researchers note the unusual extent and movement of these ice formations, highlighting potential impacts on maritime routes and climate patterns.
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Arctic Ocean
Bath Social Notes Span Visits and Births in 1960s Style
North Bath residents and relatives from Hartford Framingham Portland and Bath share visits illnesses and celebrations. Anniversaries births and a return to work at Oakhurst Dairy mark the week as families gather at homes and in-town events. Lisa Marie Adkins born October 11 to Elizabeth Barstow’s daughter Mrs Glen Adkins. John D Rockefeller returns to Oakhurst Dairy after a week away.
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Katherine Campbell
Hartford
Conn
William Campbell
Raymond Nadeau
Mabel Osgood
Framingham
Mass
William Nadeau
Oscar Wright
Samuel Morse
Portland
Kenny
Patty Brown
Clarence Brown
Edward McKenna
Bath
McKenna
Walter Mosher, Jr
Walter Mosher
Peter Lebel
J. K. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Arline Munsey
Evelyn Gagne
Louise Cochran
Ada Brown
Evelyn Raynes
Vivian Robinson
Edwin Hemingway
Henry G. Root
Littleton
Root
Jeffrey
Russell Cornish
Waterville
Harold McDonald
Togus
Fred Lovejoy
Glen Adkins
Lakehurst
N. J
Lisa Marie
Adkins
Elizabeth Barstow
William Barstow
Edwin Rogers
Rose Lee Higgins
Gladyce Cothran
Rose Kingsbury
Elaine
Thomas Tobin
Eleanor
Dorchester
Clarence Moore
Moore
Clarence Seavey
St. Johns
N. B
Tobins
Dorothy Robinson
Oakhurst Dairy
Dromore Grangers Host Halloween Party at Meeting
Dromore Grange held a Halloween themed meeting with costumes and an evening program. Supper at 6 followed by readings, music, and stories by Aretha Campbell Elfreda Perkins and others. Winners were announced for costume contest cake walk and stunt program with next Grange card party set for Oct 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Lorenzo Masse
Brunswick
Aretha Campbell
The
Grange
Elfreda Perkins
Thomas Tracey
Raymond Campbell
Dorothy E. Wright
Everett Wright
Dorothy B. Wright
Beatrice Burns
June Wright
Edward Burns
Annie Wilson
Jessie Morrell
Harriet Otis
Perkins
Farmer walks 45 miles to Paducah in record time
Good Walker Murray, Saskatchewan, farmer Joe Richard walked 45 miles to Paducah in nine hours and 50 minutes. He then repeated the feat in eight hours and 35 minutes after being offered 100 dollars to do it again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Murray
Joe Richard
Murray District
Paducah
West Bath United Fund names volunteers for drive
Mrs. Loring D Small and Mrs Courtney Stover co chair United Fund announce volunteers including Mrs Lannes Fuller Paul Lemont Miss Florence Neiley Mrs Robert F Perry and others. Local social news covers birthdays visits and family events across Bath Brunswick York Harbor and surrounding towns.
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Loring D. Small
Courtney Stover
The
United Fund
Lannes Fuller
Paul Lemont
Florence Neiley
Robert F. Perry
Stanley Rose
John Peters
Owen Williams
Lawrence Babine
Leland Belanger
Alpha Booker
Everett Comeau
Gordon Farrow
Harry Larrabee
Anthony Ouellette
George Rose
Geraldine
Jacqueline Bennett
Frankie Moore
North Bath
Vincent Williams
Union
Richard Carlson
Beau Haven Ranch
Dresden School District Names New Deputy Sheriff
Arlen Johnson of Cedar Grove is the new deputy sheriff and a former structural iron worker who has spent the winters in Florida. He is a Mason Shriner and member of Scottish Rite. Community and church groups report local activities, including Grange, P of H, and extension club movements. The area observed the Lincoln and Sagadahoe County Teachers' convention with Dr Payson Smith delivering the keynote and a focus on building moral character in pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlen Johnson
Cedar Grove
Johnson
Florida
Masons
Eastern River Grange
Dept. Cleveland Marriner
Richmond
Knox-Lincoln Extension Club
Frank Houdlette
Dresden Mills
Stephen Powell
West Dresden
Lincoln and Sagadahoe County
Payson Smith
Forrest Fowle
Boy Scouts
Frank Dorr
Charlotte Francis
Beatrice Fowle
Wiscasset
James Herrick
Community notices and events from Dromore area
Local groups announce dinners games and meetings across Dromore and Twin County area. Unity Circle hosts public supper at Dro more grange hall with door tickets. schools close for county teacher convention. annual Twin County Extension Association meeting at Topsham grange hall. Halloween activities at Riverside hall for Small Point church families and youth groups. Pilgrim Fellowship Rally in Bath. Dromore Extension officers elected for year. youth activities including cemetery cleanup. Republican committee plans poll transportation for Nov 6. past masters and officers installed at Bodwell Grange. dental clinic supported by local volunteers. hunting trip reports and various community visits and memberships.
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Unity Circle
Dromore Grange Hall
Twin County Extension Association
Topsham Grange Hall
Extension Association
Riverside Hall
Small Point Sunday School
Small Point Church
Anita Totman
Annette Skhofield
Amy Sprague
Jannette Oliver
Mildred Rogers
Twin County
Youth Fellowship
Center Church
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Maine Sea Coast Mission
Small Point Parsonage
Ida Nordlund
Martin Eaton Hosteses
Republican Committee
Lewis Alexander
Washington D. C
Mr. Alexander
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Stanley Hunter
Dromore Grange
Dromore
Lorenzo Massy
Dirigo Grange
Bodwell Grange
Massy
William Blaisdell
George Larrabee Jr
Thomas Totman
Harold Mott
John Rogers
Charles Pye
Frederick Haggett
Martin Eaton
Gordon Alden
Stanwood Gilman
Arthur Morse
Dead River
Patty Rogers
Brunswick
Thomas
Portland
Small Point Community
Small Point
Small Point Community Church
Norman Dubie
Rebecca Nann
Central Church League Plans Parish Supper and Christmas Fair
The Central Church League held a Monday work session at the parish house with co president Mrs. A George Moses presiding. Final plans were made for the annual parish supper next Monday and the Christmas fair set for November 29 and 30 with new chairmen named for the parish supper and cooked food table details.
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League of Central Church
John D. Haggett
Leon E. Beals
Albert J. Bailey
Clyde A. Mallett
DeMolay Mother And Son Banquet Slated For Thursday
The DeMolay Mothers Circle invites all DeMolay members and their mothers to a no charge banquet Thursday at six in the Masonic Temple. Mothers provide covered dishes. A brief Mothers Circle business session and a social hour follow the meal. Committee includes Ruth Fuller chair and co chair Samuel Prawer with Cecil Fullerton Dallas Crabtree and Homer Potter.
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de- Molay Mothers Circle
Masonic Temple
de Molay
Ruth Fuller
Samuel Prawer
Cecil Fullerton
Dallas Crabtree
Homer Potter
Bangor Theological Convocation Attended by John Rogers
James Seavey U. S. C. G. spent a few days at his Center home this week. The Junior choir schedules a meeting at the Small Point parsonage after school on November 1 and every Thursday thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rogers
Bangor Theological Seminary
James Seavey
Center
Small Point Parsonage
Girl Scout Council Board Meeting Set For Bath
The Bath Girl Scout Council holds a Monday night meeting at President Duncan McInnes’s Pearl Street home. Seventeen troops led by Mrs Cyrus P Ashe include nine Brownies six Intermediates and one Senior with leadership training planned this fall at Winter Street Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cyrus P. Ashe
Girl Scout Council
Duncan McInnes
Pearl Street
Donald Freeman
Winter Street Congregational Church
Judith Ashe
Marilyn Foster
Michigan
Council Provident McInnes
Asheves
Merrymeeting
Waldoboro
Brunswick
McInnes
Ashe
Hildreth Fisher
Oliver Foster
William Niss
Thornton Percy
Benjamin Sabo
Washington Court House Woman Says She Isn’t Afraid
Mrs. Walter Marshall of Washington Court House Ohio faces a pet rat named Freddie with fearless resolve declaring she is not afraid of anything the statement reflecting a quirky domestic scene from the Ohio town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Court House
Ohio
Walter Marshall
Freddie
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Margaret MacLaren
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Edward Clark
Quebec
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Roy R. Marston
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West Bath
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Courtney E. Stover
Gussie Mitchell
Oliver Wass
Frank P. Morse
Martha Nicholson
Freeport
L. D. Small
Irving Burnham
Lawrence Burnham
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Emma Wade
New London
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Kittery
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George Boynton
Everett Peaslee
Damariscotta Mills
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Edgar McNelly
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Hingham
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