Wiscasset Town Meeting Approves Clubhouse Build
About 30 citizens attended as Harry L. Bradford was chosen moderator. Voted to grant Wiscasset Yacht club permission to erect a building on the lower Middle street area near the Post Office for a clubhouse. A $600 surplus transfer for Village streets was tabled as insufficient for needed work from Fore Street to the Maine Central right of way. The town will ask the 1953 Legislature to close Wiscasset flats to nonresidents for digging clams and related worms. Adjournment followed after 29 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Bradford
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Flats
Family and community notes plus local incidents
Refreshments were served at a gathering honoring a guest of honor and several relatives attended. Chester Blair of Bath collapsed on Main Street and was taken to Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta where he is recovering. Hunters report ducks in flight, partridge scarcity, and woodcock moving to pine areas. Personal items include Cary Grant Rafter's trip to Washington via Cape Elizabeth, the Van Sant family visit to Washington, and guests of Ralph Knowlton and Mrs. Leslie Sullivan. Joyce M. Dionne replaces Pauline Page at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altonine
Charles S. Barnes
Kinsley
Billy
Douglas Munsey
Douglas, Jr
Cherry Ann
Erwin Skillin
Linda Lee
Eva Nason
Arthur
Chester Blair
Bath
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Cary Grant Rafter
Bath Road
Cape Elizabeth
Washington, D. C
Stephanie Vansant
Washington
Parls
Ralph Knowlton
Waterville
Clifford Hagan wedding joins two families in Brunswick
Miss Isabelle Hagan daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Hagan of 5 Dummer Street Court married Daniel A Clifford of Everett Massachusetts Saturday evening at seven in Brunswick. The couple will reside at 178 Broadway Everett after a short wedding trip to New York City. They were attended by Mr and Mrs William Hudson of Bath. The bride a Bath School alumna worked for Bath Canning Co. The groom a graduate of Everett High School works for Koppers Co East Providence. Many relatives attended including George Clifford Boston Patricia Norton Cambridge and Clara Wetherbee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Hagan
Patrick Hagan
Dummer Street Court
Daniel A. Clifford
Everett
Mass
Brunswick
John Clifford
William Hudson
Bath
Bath Canning Co
Clifford
Everett, Mass
Koppers Co
East Providence
New York City
Broadway
George Clifford
Boston
Patricia Norton
Cambridge
Clara Wetherbee
George
Wiscasset
Edwin Johanson
Lewiston
Clara M. Kingsbury Barker
Anna de Costa
Front Street
Household Nu Association
School of Art Nursing
Charter Room
New England Mutual
Will Serve Final Beans Supper For Sagadahoc Ferry Lights
Good Will club hosts last baked beans and salad supper of the season on Saturday to fund the Sagadahoc Ferry street light project. Proceeds support lighting costs. committee includes Miss Florence Carlton, Mrs. Edith Rice, and Mrs. Pearl Reed. Aprons and fancy items sold with the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Skelton Pleads Not Guilty in Beal Claim
Beals sues estate of Frank W. Thorne for $1490 claiming housekeeper and nursing services since 1945. Thorne died January 1951. Witnesses say Beal worked for Thorne who promised $10 weekly pay. Defense to begin later today. Rubin and Bridgham for Beal, Singer for defense. Earlier, a separate ruling awarded Mrs. Ruth Engell $500 from Nelson F. Brown for a dog incident in Bath Lambert Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beals
Frank W. Thorne
Thorne
Windfall to Maine Institutions from Duncan Heirs
A 1908 investment in Coronet Phosphate Co. stock, now sold for 250 per share, yields about 1.25 million for Maine institutions and heirs. The largest block was held by the late George F. Duncan of Portland, with proceeds going to Maine General Hospital, Portland Children's Hospital, a women’s home, a women and children’s home, and the Portland Salvation Army group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Enone Mea
Maine
Coronet Phosphate Co
Florida
George F. Duncan
Maine General Hospital
Jennie McLellan
Bath
Charles C. Duncan
New York
Liverpool
Samuel E
Samuel Duncan
Ath
Charles
Horatio A. Duncan
Marine National Bank of
Duncan
Charles H. McLellan
J. Henry McLellan
California
McLellan Shipbuilders
Times
Western Promenade
Truck Hits Taxi In Woolwich Injures Woman Passenger
Mrs Madeline Bourassa thirty two of Woolwich was hospitalized with possible knee and rib injuries after a Route 1 collision with a westbound fish truck from St Stephens. Taxi driver Edward Jenkins received minor injuries and was treated and released. Morrow, the truck operator, said he swerved to avoid the taxi but hit it broadside, driving the cab into a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Bourassa
Woolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Larry
Edward J. Jenkins
Larry's Market
Raymond J. Morrow
St. Stephens
N. B
Paul Woodcock
Boston
Morrow
Silvermanes Return From Bangor For B Nai B rith Meeting
Mr and Mrs Louis M Silverman return to 175 Oak Street after a Bangor visit. They attended the 20th anniversary meeting of the State of Maine Council of B Nai B Rith in Lucerne. James D Ewing publisher of the Bangor Evening Commercial received a B Nai B Rith citation from Mr Silverman. Oscar Ewing’s daughter Miss Ada Greenblatt of Bath attended the session and Ewing was the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis M. Silverman
Oak Street
Bangor
State of Maine Council of B'Nai B'Rith
Lucerne
James D. Ewing
Bangor Evening Commercial
Oscar Ewing
B'Nai B’rith
Silverman
State of Maine Council
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Bath
West Bath Sewing Group Makes Surgical Pads for Hospital
At Hazel Whorff home the West Bath group stitched surgical pads for a hospital. Members included Carole Eastman Pauline Belanger Elva Belanger Hadassa Glidden Yvonne Vaillancourt Lillie Donnell Hazel Whorff Carolyn Rogers Hazel White Beatrice Carleton Ida Stover Glad Deehan. The Harvester 4-H club attended a Topsham grange hall exhibit with ribbons and prizes awarded for room improvement sewing dairy and gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Hazel Whorff
Carole Eastman
Pauline Belanger
Elva Belanger
Hadassa Glidden
Yvonne Vaillancourt
Lillie Donnell
Carolyn Rogers
Hazel White
Beatrice Carleton
Ida Stover
Glad Deehan
Harvester
Topsham Grange Hall
Mable
Judy Ashe
Edward Estes
Bonnie Belanger
Wanetta
Bethel
Edward
Russell Estes
Bethel Estes
Bon- Aeee Mable
Patty White
Beverly Pecci
Edna White
Reta Hennessey
Patty Guynn
Wanetta Estes
Mable Ashe
Robert Belanger
David Larrabee
Petter Francisco
Peter Francisco
Harvesters 4-H Club
Foreign Farm
Grange Hall
Ethel Burns
Gladys Deehan
Arthur Cormier
Boothbay
Irving Burnham
Everett Suilphen
Myles Willey
Reginald Farnhan
Leon F. Bates
Beachmont
Mass
L. D. Small
Lawrence Martin
Groton
Robert Thompson
Roy Moore
John Robbins
New York City
Wilmington
Del
Moore
Lawrence
Garrett Galvin
Woolwich
Marshall Boudreau
Edward Robichaud
Teddy
Rockland
Winneganee
Maud Kittridge
North Waterford
Viola Currier
Waterford
Lewis Kittridge
Byron Safford
Molly Safford
Wayne
Richard Bouton
Newport
Albert Desmond
Bouton
Marjorie and
Herount
Willard Adams
Boothbay Visit Ties Sister and Mr Goodrich in Portsmouth
Boothbay woman recently called on her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Ralph Goodrich in Portsmouth during a brief trip that highlighted family connections and travel between New England towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Ralph Goodrich
Portsmouth
Dresden Lodge officers chosen for the coming year
Officers selected for Dresden Lodge F. and A. M. include Master Ray Cate and Secretary Earl Foss with Ernest Cate Chaplain Horace Gilpatrick senior warden Milford McDonald junior warden Charles Gray senior deacon James McCoy junior deacon Harold Blinn junior steward Lawrence Chadwick marshal Leslie Bailey tyler Edward Goud Installation set for Thursday evening Lyndel Goud of Olive Branch chapter acted as sentinel at Genesta chapter in Bath Visitors included Mrs Lyndel Good Mrs Wilson Ryder Mrs Alvah Jewett and Mrs Julia Blinn Principal Willis McComb and Charles Stilphen attended a Worcester House meeting in Hallowell Bridge academy football to face Leavitt Institute Oct 31 Various local residents attended Extension Association meeting at Damariscotta Henry Reay of Milo noted as lifelong visitor to the area Robert Chapman family moved to Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Lodge F. & A.M
Ray Cate
Earl Foss
Ernest Cate
Horace Gilpatrick
Milford McDonald
Charles Gray
James McCoy
Harold Blinn
Lawrence Chadwick
Leslie Bailey
Tyler
Edward Goud
Lyndel Goud
Olive Branch
Genesta
Bath
Lyndel Good
Wilson Ryder
Alvah Jewett
Julia Blinn
Willis McComb
Timip Academy
Charles Stilphen
Worcester House
Hallowell
Wayne Battler
Randolph
Bridge Academy
Leavitt Institute
R. Houdlette
Frank Goodwin
Melvin Randall
Lester Munsey
Frank Houdlette
Dorr Woodward
Extension Association
Damariscotta
Benjamin Wentworth
Henry Reay
Milo
Reay
Leonard Gahan
Carol Sproul
Sammie and
George
Wiscasset
Dresden Mills
Marshall Cate
Norfolk, Va
Helen Jewell
McFee
Robert Chapman
West Bath Grange Entertains With Varied Program
West Bath Grange met Monday evening and offered a lively program led by lecturer Miss Marguerite Mulcahy. Performers included vocal groups and solos, piano pieces, original compositions by Laforest Coombs and his son, a Halloween quiz, a skit, and encores, ending with refreshments and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Marguerite Mulcahy
Alice Smith
Persis Miller
Bertha Palmer
Pittsburgh
Esther Andrews
Grandma
Elsie Pinson
James Royal
Maine
Laforest Coombs
Mr.Coombs
Donald
Estella Doughty
Doris
Rose Doughty
Mike Ford
Pat
Paul Crocker
Bertram Crocker
Pauline Belanger
Shirley Taylor
Bonnie Belanger
Ashe Sisters
Two Honest Lads Find Pocketbook
Bath police praised two boys Martin Turpie and Harry Wilson for honesty after they found a pocketbook near the Bath Iron Works Recreation hall on Washington Street. They turned it to police, who worked to locate the owner using the identification cards and money inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Turpie
William Turpie
Greenstreet
Harry Wilson
Harry M. Wilson
Middle Street
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Bath Auto Co. chimney fire causes light damage
Still Alarm Engine 4 answered a 10 o'clock Wednesday fire call around a chimney at the Bath Auto Co on Front Street. Heat from an outside chimney started clapboards smoldering on the wooden building south of the main garage. Damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath ‘Auto Co
Front Street
Cosmo Club Members Attend Union Session in Freeport
Fourteen Cos mopolitan Club members joined the Progressive Union meeting hosted by Freeport Women's Club on Main Street. The day featured art themes with paintings, fall flowers, a noon luncheon, and a talk by Mr. Noel Yates of Philadelphia on art and self improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Progressive Union
Freeport
Freeport Women’s Club
Robert Hunter
Gram
Helen Randall
Freeport Club
Noel Yates
Philadelphia
Yates
Grandma Moses
John Winchell
Bath
Union
Albert Whitney
Carville Douglas
Fred Quimby
Bernard MacDonald
Linwood Boardman
Mildred G. Nichols
Bernard Knight
Littlefield
Abbott Redson
Daniel Matter
Myron Heenie
Frederick Moffatt
Carroll Deering
Leland Mitchell
Bath Boys In Service Update Highlights Veterans Returns
Pfc Robert Gaudette arrives in the United States after a year in Germany with the 557th Quartermaster Airborne Aerial Supply Co. He is a World War II Navy veteran and son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Gaudette. Reginald Callahan Jr on leave from New London attached to USS Sarda returns to bath with family. Raymond Bechard of Bath on emergency furlough due to grandfather’s illness from Hamilton AFB California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gaudette
U. S. Army
United States
Germany
557Th
Q. M. Airborne Aerial Supply Co
Dennis Gaudette
Western Avenue
Navy
U. S. S. Bennington
U. S. S. Philippine Sea
U.S. S. Leyte
Gaudette
Fort Bragg
N. C
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Munich
Nellinger
Fort Devens
Mass
Reginald G. Callahan, Jr
Mary Callahan
Middle Street
New London
Raymond Bechard
U. S. Air Force
Hamilton Air Force Base
Hamilton
Calif
Red Cross
Chester Totman
Bechard
Ray A. Greene
Academy Street
Lutzes Welcome Daughter Sandra Jean At Memorial Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lutz Jr announce the birth of a daughter at Memorial Hospital Saturday morning. The baby weighs seven pounds two ounces and is named Sandra Jean. She is the first great grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lutz of Holbrook Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lutz, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Sandra Jean
John W. Lutz
Holbrook, Mass
Brave Billy Brown Again In Hospital
Billy Brown son of Mr and Mrs Sanford Brown of Sagadaho Ferry has bronchial pneumonia and is improving at Memorial hospital after nearly a month of treatment. This is his twentieth hospitalization in three years but he remains hopeful to return to second grade at Nequasset school and resume studies with tutoring. He was unable to join Halloween festivities but remains a favorite of nurses and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Brown
Sanford Brown
Sagadahoc Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Nequasset School
Billy
Miss Sandra Johnson Injured in Newton Car Crash
Miss Sandra Johnson 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Royal H Johnson of Bath was taken to Newton Massachusetts hospital after an automobile accident Monday afternoon. She was the only injured of four in the car and the extent of injuries could not be ascertained Tuesday. A 1952 Morse High School graduate she was a freshman at Lasell Junior College Auburndale Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Johnson
Royal H. Johnson
Bath
Newton
Mass
Miss Johnson
Morse High School
Laselle Junior College
Auburndale
Johnson
Elks Frolic in Rockland with Brim Jewett as MC
Brim Jewett of Bath will serve as master of ceremonies for the Lime City Lodge of Elks Second Annual Frolic at the Rockland Community Building tonight. The event features Jewett with songs stories and banjo to entertain attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brim” Jewett of
Bath
Rockland
Lime City
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Garrison Hill
W Nef Club
Mréen MacFarlane
An Any d
King
Zina Davis
Patriciackett
Helengram
Lawrence Averill
Maude Kemp
China
Clara Soule
Elizabeth Norton
Margaret MacLaren
Patricia Brackett
Ida Colby
Inez Burton
Grace Sewall
Priscilla Campbell
Helen Day
Bernice Blagdon
Grace Cowley
Elenore Englebrekt
Lucy Pels
Pauline Race
Florence MacQuestion
Angie Rines
Blanche King
Mary Marston
Madeline Colby
Doris Vansant
Ways and Means
Helen Haggett
Laura Evans
Alberta Larrabee
Isabell Young
Ann Darling
Grace Pease
Carolyn Varney
Edna Southard
Helen Fisher
Ruth Wickham
Lincoln Home
Ada Munroe
Loretta Higgs
Louise Blegdon
Gardiner Road
Genesta Chapter
Cora Beane
Ebther
Eunice Adams
All Saints
Margaret Desmond
Joseph E. Hubbard
First Congregational
Carla Lee Nason
William A. Gorham
Clifford-Hagan
Groom
Kennebec
Arrowsic
Woolwich Central School
Frank Rittall
Richard Gowen
Rittall
Raymond Ainsworth
Major Ainsworth
Robert Hogan
Washington, D
Sagadahoc County
Lawrence Edwards
Nancy
Islands Falls
Brookstook County
William Edwards
William
Island Falls
Richard Thomas
Sadie Thomas
Montreal
Que
Alice LeBlanc
Mothers Club of
State Highway Department
Augusta
Maine Central Railroad
Woolwic Post Office
Skelton
State OF
Socialist Labor Party
Harold L
Secretary of State
Socalit Party
Progressive Party
Retary OF State
The
United
Wuotee
Emery
Socialist Party
Hallinan
Larry’s Market
Cosmo Club
Lad
Twentieth Hospitaliza
Foreign Wars
Dyer-Flaherty Post
V.F.W
Morse
Post
Morrissette
Rogers’ Hardware
Pblic
LaSalle Junior College
Newton Hospital
Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
P. O. Box
Jackson 7
Mississippi
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