Wiscasset Society Notes From August Meeting and Local Visits
The 153rd annual meeting of the Female Charitable Society met at the First Congregational parish house with officers kept for next year. A political tour by Mrs Bernice Blagdon and Mrs Benjamin Rines with Gov Muskie and others included stops at Lincoln County courthouse Central Maine Birch Point Sylvania Waldoboro plants and lunch with Mrs Muskie. Personal items note vacations and house guests among local families including Miss Susan Lowndes in New York and Rev Johnson starting duties Sept 7 at the local church.
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Female Charitable Society
First Congregational Church
Charles Sewall
Dorothy Washington
Elizabeth Norton
Bernice Blagdon
Lincoln County Register of Probate
Benjamin Rines
Emund Muskie
Clinton Clauson
Frank Coffin
Lincoln County
Maine
Birch Point
Sylvania
Waldoboro
Edmund S&s. Muskie
Burleigh Munsey
Taylor
IGA
Susan Lowndes
New York City
Emerson Smith
Tanya Smith
Gov. Smith
High Street
Egbert Sewall
Auburn
Bath Road
Richmond White
Illinois
White
Walter Scarfield
Trenton
N. J
Ralph Preble
Hooper Street
Andrew Sullivan
Roslindale
Mass
Leslie Sullivan
Louise Wright
Claremont
N. H
Freeman D. Southard
Joy Wright
Stanley F. Johnson
Summer Street
Johnson
Austria
Rev. Johnson
Wolcott Andrews
Martin
Chris
Woolwich Day's Ferry Clubs Host Fall Meeting
Woolwich Day's Ferry community club plans its first fall meeting Saturday in the club room with Howard Kirkpatrick leading the business session. The Spinning Wheel club held August activities with a barbecue on River Road and an evening in the boathouse rum pus room.
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Day's Ferry
Howard Kirkpatrick
Spinning Wheel Club
Florence Temple
Geraldine Edgerly
Murphy's Corner
Florence Hathorne
Eldie Wright
Elsie Stinson
Eleanor Jameson
Community groups clean school and plan Sept opening
Mothers' club members gathered at the schoolhouse on Wednesday to ready the building for opening day September 8. Volunteers including Mrs. Carroll Ainsworth and Mrs. Marion Rittall prepared rooms, served hot beverages with picnic lunches, and coordinated with Sagadahoc County Democratic club members soliciting subscriptions at Arrowsic headquarters. The report also notes blueberry bushes near Baker residence surviving high tides and local social events with garden scenes and family visits across Arrowsic and nearby towns.
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Mothers’ Club
Carroll Ainsworth
Marion Rittall
Celia Carlton
Milly Stafford
Sagadahoc Women's County Democratic Club
Howard
Frye
Black House Point
Birthday Club
Ethelyn Shea
Sebasco Estates
Helen Crocker
Shea
Natalie Steen
Leila Rosenwald
Adeline Bourque
Georgia Johnson
Academy Street
Elliott Peterson
Ruth
Yarmouth
Roland Peterson
Harry Heald
Belle Heald
Georgetown
Michael Mazeiko
Baker’s Pond
Saco
Emma Drummond
Arrowsie
Florence Wright
Phyllis Craige
Gladys Eaton
Betty Wishart
Georgia
West Bath Social Notes Among Local Families
Mrs. Cecil Beane and children Glenis and Lee visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs William Cowan of Sidney. Several households hosted or visited relatives from Kittery Westbrook Augusta Neck Harrington Danvers Gardiner and South Portland during Labor Day weekend and late summer. Melford Perham returned home from Bath Memorial Hospital slowly improving. Herbert Freeman and wife attended the Maine Three Quarter Century club gathering in Augusta on August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Beane
Glenis and
Lee
Kenneth Snowdon, Jr
Newport
R. J
Kenneth Snowdon
Patricia Josselyn
Augusta
Harland Boynton
Edward Robichaud
Staten Island
N. Y
Arthur Cormier
Teddy Robichaud
Francis Stover
Christine and
Catherine
Falls Church
Courtney Stover
Wilbert Small
Rose Elizabeth Darling
Lowell Ellsworth Spicer
People's Methodist
Danvers
Mass
Oliver Wass
Patricia
Colin Dinsmore
Lizzie Wass
Harrington
Francis Deehan
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Melford Perham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Herbert Freeman
Maine
Richmond club meet recalls Civil War museum note and local hires
Amy Bradley Tent of DU V met at president Viola Douglass home. Bertha Noyes memorial draped Charter. Memorial service led by Viola James with Vanessa Beedle. Secretary discussed Bosworth Memorial hall Civil War museum in Portland. Local teachers listed for Richmond schools and staff. Various residents announced travel and family visits.
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Amy Bradley
Daughters of Union Veterans
Viola Douglass
Main Street
Bertha Noyes
Viola James
Vanessa Beedle
Bosworth Memorial Hall
Portland
Richmond High School
Daniel Mahoney
George Anderson
George Gray
Muriel Pratt
Bernice Thyng
Emerson Grammar School
Richard T. Joy
Jonesport
David Christopher
Mary Smith
Lorraine Baker
Marcia Baker
Clara Sedgley
Elizabeth Hayes
Mina Clark
North Carolina
Ralph Fossett
Vannesa Beedle
Miss Johnson
Charles Jewett Leonard Bishop
The
Maine Highway Safety Committee
State House
Augusta
Josiah White
Pleasant Street
Glen White
Gloucester
Mass
Peacock Miller Wedding in Brattleboro Vermont
Miss Marcia Ann Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold C Miller of Brattleboro Vermont married Daniel Joseph Peacock son of Mr and Mrs George C Peacock of Watertown New York last month at St Michael s Roman Catholic Church Brattleboro The ceremony was led by Rev N Joseph Pray and a reception followed at the Miller home The couple will reside in Burlington with Peacock set to start his senior year at St Michael s College Vermont The bride a former University of Vermont graduate and Essex Junction teacher has also worked as a lifeguard and swimming instructor at Reid State Park The groom and bride plan a wedding trip to New Hampshire and Maine
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Russell Boyd
Boston
Frank J. Walker
Ferry
Boyd
Swampscott
Mass
Carlton Harvey
Greenville
Loring Edgerly
Murphy Corner
Sylvia
Crosby- Harvey
Auburn
Marcia Ann Miller
Harold C. Miller
Brattleboro
Daniel Joseph Peacock
George C. Peacock
Watertown
N. Y
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
Byard Honsman
Ipswich
Marilyn Taft
East Randolph
Stephanie Peacock
George C. Peacock, Jr
Donald H. Miller
Paul Feisthamel
N. Joseph Pray
Miller
Peacock
New Hampshire
Man
Burlington
University of Vermont
Essex Junction
Bay Point
Reid State Park
St. Michael’s College
Soldier Visit Stirs Bath Weekend Reunion
Pvt. Robert E. Haskell stationed at Fort Devens Mass spent the holiday weekend in Bath with his grandmother Mrs J M Oliver. He was joined by Pvt. Jack Valentine of Madison Wis as his guest. Haskell and Valentine then left Fort Devens in September for duty in Washington Dc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Haskell
U.S A
Fort Devens
Mass
Bath
J. M. Oliver
Jack Valentine
Madison, Wis
Haskell
Valentine
Washington, D. C
Vote for Jim Oliver for Congress in Maine
A 1958 election message urging voting on September 8 to build a better Maine. It outlines five program points including direct payments to farmers, classroom funding, adjusted living wage schemes, ending job discrimination against older workers, and higher government efficiency to pay the bills.
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Maine
Dresden Social Roster and Getchell Family Event
Mrs Alton Strout and Mrs Elmer Wade of Scotia N Y were luncheon guests Saturday of Mrs Leslie A Bailey. Mrs Wade visited the Misses Sheldon. Edward Good Dresden Mills entered Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston for treatment. Mrs Albion Beverage and family were at their cottage at North Haven last week. Judging by cars at the firehouse the beano game was well attended. Ray Cate accepted a teaching position at South Gardiner. Mrs Mialcolm Bailey and son Mark were callers. she manages a Randolph beauty salon. Doris James and family have rented the Philip Chapman residence Dresden Center. Labor Day visitors included Mrs Curle Eo Longfellow of Day's Ferry and Miss Blanch Corliss of Portland. An error last week should have read Mrs Emma Corson daughter Mrs Madelyn Whaling Faust Corinth were visitors of Mrs Carson's sister Mrs Leroy Robbins and another sister Mrs Augustus Good. Mr Karl Zerse Needham MA spent August at a local cottage. he is a Boston Symphony Orchestra member. James Cameron family and Bath visitors stayed at the Cameron residence West Dresden. Fre-e tnmon of the Getenett family held Aug 24 at Getchell homestead. Mrs Ida Getehell hosted ten children and many relatives from across ME and NH. 94-year-old Mrs Getchell attended, youngest Terry Houdlette aged nine. Twenty grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren plus 13 great great grandchildren were present. Guests included Verna Robinson Portland William Clark Fal mouth Foreside Tilly Bonander Hartford Conn William Houdlette Dresden Mills John Hale West Dresden David Dawson Meridan Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hodgdon
Woolwich Central School
John McPhail
Florence Temple
Margaret Gardiner
South Woolwich
Donald J. Baulch
University of Vermont
Maine
Montsweag
Richard Slater
North Brookfield
N. Y
Sidebotham
George Wilson
Alton Strout
Elmer Wade
Scotia
Leslie A. Bailey
Wade
Sheldon
Edward Good
Dresden Mills
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Albion Beverage
North Haven
Ray Cate
South Gardiner
Mialcolm Bailey
Mark
Bailey
Randolph
Doris James
Richmond
Philip Chapman
Dresden Center
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Labor Day
Curle Eo Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Blanch Corliss
Portland
Emma Corson
Madelyn Whaling
Faust Corinth
Carson
Leroy Robbins
Augustus Good
Karl Zerse
Needham
Mass
Zerse
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Cameron
Andrey
Sarah Cameron
Margaret McKeller
David
Bath
Cameron
West Dresden
Getenett
Getchell Homestead
Ida Getehell
Guy Getehell
Mobile
Ala
Ada Perkins
Brvnckline
Carol
Woolwich
Herbert
Hermon
Gorham
Guy
Westbrook
Fred Getehell
Ezra Butler
Grace Brown
Walter Polk
South Portland
Falmouth
Foreside
Alfred Houdlette
Audrey
Melville Hu
William Clark, Jr
Tilly Bonander
Hartford
Conn
William Houdlette
John E. Hale
David Dawson
Meridan
Getchell
Terry Houdlette
Richard Handlette
Town bids sought for land and schoolhouse at Se basco
Selectmen announce a public session on September 10 at 7 PM to open sealed bids for a parcel of land and the schoolhouse at Se basco. Minimum bid is 1000 dollars and bids may be rejected. Also bids for the Winnepance schoolhouse to be moved are invited with a 20000 dollar minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Selectmen’s Office
Selectmen
Winnepance
James FC
Chambers Arthur M Bowker Jr
Mark W Harrington Selectinen
Phippsborg
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Wiscasset
Bradford Street
Europe
New York
Lois Lyman
Parker E. Marean
Walter Dow, Jr
J. William Schulze
Schulze
Polly Reed
Half Penny House
George Davison
Cambridge
Hodge Street
J. Harold Marriott
Merton Wright
Muriel Preble
Williamsburg
Georgie Walker
Maxine Walker
Ruth Murphy
Norma Holbrook
Marjorie Woorter
Kay Stevens
Mary Hall
Emily Lawrence
Ethel Bailey
Sarah Bailey
Ruth Leeman
Maud Wright
Dana Edgerly
Ricky
Susanne
Daniel
Judy
Stanley
Stephen Sidebotham
Dorothy Marty
Barbara Kurz
Velma Atkins
Ohio
Marty
Edward Marty
Genesta Carter
Gertrude Stacy
Nequasset
Hilding Olson
Paul Olson
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Alton Munsey
James
Damariscotta Lake
Munsey
Nelson Lubee
Brunswick
Ralph Bowers
Old Lyme
Marjorie M. Gill
Popham Beach
Ruby Welch
Richard Anderson
Salisbury
Carroll Morse
Sagadahoc County
State OF
Harold I. Goss
United States
Frederick G. Payne
Waidoboro
Horace A. Hildreth
Cumberland
Congress
Robert Hale
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Etta M. Thurlow
Courtney E. Stover
West Bath
Harriet C. Stevens
Arthur O'Dollofyf, Topikam
Charles B. Doyle
Louis O. Couture
Howard W. Mayo
Bowdoinham
Lawrence R. Edwards
Edmund S.S. Muskie
Waterville
Clinton A. Clauson
James C. Oliver
Cape Elizabeth
Edward J. Murphy
Barbara L. Brewer
Harold D. Perry
Truman B. Wallace, Jr
Arthur D. Dolloff, Topikam
Harry S. Larrabee
Joseph P. Nolan
Edwin H. Pert
Ceola B. McEwen
Carlton Day Reed, Jr
State Liquor Commission
State Liquor Store
Hotel and Club
Portsmouth
George Stafford
Leeman
Edward C. Clary
Clinton Allen
Mac Mahan Island
Mr Allen
Rye
Mac Mahan
Island
Rye Day School
Marion Winslow
Nobleboro
State of Maine Hotel Association
Horace Chapman
Bangor
Peacock - Miller
Pol
Jim Oliver
Dresden
Isabel Stevens
Five Islands
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