Warren Stockford and Patricia Ells Wed in Greenville
Warren I Stockford of Wis casset and Patricia J Ells of Greenville married in Greenville Congregational church with Rev Robert Mayhew officiating. The bride wore blue satin and gray accessories. They will live in Wis casset where Stockford is in business after a Bar Harbor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren I. Stockford
Wiscasset
Patricia J. Ells
Greenville
Greenville Congregational Church
Robert Mayhew
Keith Stockford
Charles Rogers
Bar Harbor
Stockford
Mothers’ Club
Birch Point School
Jane Weeks
Julia Barker
Academy
All North
Birch Point
Local Notes and Short News Roundup
Pvt. Kenn Munsey returns from Port Dix on a week’s furlough and will report to a Colorado post. W. Philip Munsey reports an excellent peach crop. Selectman Harry L. Bradford visited Augusta on town business. Fred Dunton takes vacation from Munsey's market. Vin ce Dow assists in his absence. James E. Stanier, former Wiscasset academy principal, was in town and now teaches in Buxton. Jay Blagdon Delight Green leaf Richard Colby earned junior life saving badges in the Red Cross program. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Vansant return from Southwest Harbor after a ten day stay. Vansant injured but not seriously cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenn Munsey
Port Dix
Ine
Colorado
W. Philip Munsey
Harry L. Bradford
Augusta
Fred Dunton
Munsey
Vince Dow
James E. Stanier
Wiscasset Academy
Buxton
Jay Blagdon
Delight Greenleaf
Richard Colby
Red Cross
Stephen Vansant
Southwest Harbor
Vansant
James J Keefe Ward Remembered Veteran of World War I
James J. Keefe Ward mourned after passing at a Massachusetts hospital where he had been in treatment. He lived on Gardiner road and was a World War I veteran and member of Huntoon Hill grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Keefe
Gardiner Road
Mr. Keefe
Massachusetts
Huntoon Hill Grange
Torrent 1 Wins Fourth Prize at Everett Mass Ends Season
Bath based Torrent No. 1 took fourth prize of 75 dollars for longest distance at the Everett muster in Massachusetts. Twenty five machines competed with Essex and Neptune leading. Bath team ends season with two firsts and several top finishes. A banquet for Torrent No. 1 is planned at GAR hall on Saturday evening October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrent
Everett
Mass
Torrent No. 1
Bath
W.s.newel
Essex
Neptune
Newburyport
Gov. Bradstreet North Andover
Passaconaway
Seabrook
N. H
Eureka
Portsmouth
Triumph
Berwick
Volunteer
East Greenwich
R. L
Vixen
Okos
Marblehead
Erie
Georgetown
Protection
Newbury
Fountain
Winchendon
W. S. Newell
Defiance
Westerly
R. I
Niagara
Brunswick
Capt. Hunt
King Phillip
Chelsea
William
Fife and Drum Corps
Ivy Kathryn Picken
Gar
Band Welcomes Newlyweds Home in Bath
A six piece band led by Postmaster Edward N Hartnett greeted George Neal McKellar and Betty Patricia Robson at Bath station returning from Boston. Friends from the post office and Elks serenaded the couple as they walked to their Drayton road home, marking a rare old time homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
George Neal McKellar
Betty Patricia Robson
Boston
Post Office
And
Elks
Edward N. Hartnett
Drayton Road
Hilton Libby
Robert Rice
Floyd Carter
Frank Curran
Joseph Avered Eppapenmy
Supreme Court Adopts Vegetable Status for Tomato in 1893
In 1893 the Supreme Court ruled the tomato a vegetable for tariff purposes. By botanical standards it remains a fruit, defined by its ovary after fertilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court
West Bath Club Notes and Community Updates
West Bath 4-H Harvesters club meets at Littlefield schoolhouse Saturday with leader Mrs Pauline Belanger. West Bath P T A holds first Fall meet Oct 4 at Littlefield schoolhouse. Sewing Group meets Sept 20 at Lowell schoolhouse evening. Many residents attend events and visits. Edward Estes undergoes surgery. families travel and host guests. multiple local gatherings described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvesters 4-H Club
Littlefield
Pauline Belanger
West Bath
Lakewood Finishes 49th Summer Season With The First Year
Paul Huber from Belgrade Lakes plays a lead in Lakewood's farewell bill The First Year. The final curtain falls Saturday night ending the Summer theatre's 49th season with strong audience interest in his portrayal as The Traitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Huber
Lakewood
Belgrade Lakes
Melville Burke
Converse Fenns Return From Belgrade Lakes Camp
Mr and Mrs Converse Fenn and family have returned to their home on High Street after spending the summer at their camp on Belgrade Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Converse Fenn
High Street
Belgrade Lakes
Woolwich P T A Plans Three Night Fair and Ball
Woolwich P T A votes to sponsor the third annual fair for three nights from Sept 29 to Oct 1 at Tuessie hall. Brian M Jewett chairs the event with new stage shows each night and a queen contest with coronation on Oct 1. A baby giveaway and a popular TV set exhibit are planned along with a Tuesday card party and a Sept 24 rummage sale in Bath. Reservations via Mrs Francis M Jewett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich P. T. A
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich
Francis M. Jewett
Bath
Alice Baker
Tuessie Hall
Boothbay Holds Special Meeting on School District Vote
Boothbay residents plan a special town meeting Monday to vote on accepting a state act to form the Boothbay Region School District. The issue follows a growing high school facility need and mirrors recent Bath district legislation with a referendum deadline before January 1, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Boothbay Region
Boothical Register
Bath
Parking Meters Approved In Boothbay Harbor
The Boothbay Register reports a poll shows strong support for seasonal parking meters in Boothbay Harbor with summer residents and merchants favoring them while opponents call them a nuisance. Meters, installed this year, aim to ease downtown parking and are generally accepted after two seasons of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Register
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Early European universities hired professors by students
In medieval universities students controlled faculty appointments, selecting and employing professors. The system shifted power toward student bodies rather than sovereign or church authorities, shaping academic governance in the era.
Woolwich Congregations and Community Notes
Woolwich notices list church worship times at Nequasset Montsweag and Center Baptist with pastors named H E Danielson and John F Anderson. Local clubs VBS plans PTA fair dates Sept 29 30 Oct 1 and social visits and family events across Bath Richmond and Gorham.
West Bath Grange Meets With Harvest Queen Candidates
West Bath grange met Monday with Master Daniel McCall presiding. About 100 attended as Mrs. Lucy Armstrong stood in for Carl Meister as Lecturer. The program featured songs, readings, a Young People's Chorus, solos, a quiz, and a discussion on foreign aid. Harvest Queen candidates were introduced on stage. Next meeting and Past Masters event set for Bodwell grange September 21 with supper and dancing to Carver's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Daniel McCall
Lucy Armstrong
Carl P. Meister
the Grange
Lizzie Haggett
Grandma’s Radio
Mercie McFadden
Young People’s Chorus
Thelma Sylvester
Bernice McGlinchey
Joan Longley
Alice Jones
Jean Lermond
Joanne Boudreau
Marie White
Marilyn Longley
Barbara Holderness
Quiz
Beautiful Grange
Donald Coombs
Florence White
America
Ethel MacDonald
Courtney Stover
Ida Oliver
Alfred Neal
The
Grange
Master McCall
Verna Grover
Alice Deehan
Beverly Coombs
Joan Boudreau
Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council
Bodwell Grange
Carver
Sagadahoc Boy Scouts Camporee Planned at Cushman's Beach
The Sagadahoc district Scouts announce a Fall Camporee at Cushman's Beach Sebasco for Friday to Sunday with two nights of camping and scout skill games. Patrol led activities will feature a court of honor for merit badges on Saturday and Cub Pack guests. Sunday services will close the event with open access for parents and friends. Bath scouters directing include Clyde Lake as director Archie Wishart as assistant George Hastings as registrar Stewart McAllister games John Dauphin judging Earl Lemont court of honor Lewis Prentiss cubbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Cushman’s Beach
Sebasco
Bath
Clyde Lake Camporee
Archie Wishart
George Hastings
Stewart McAllister
John Dauphin
Earl Lemont
Court of Honor of Honor
Lewis Prentiss
Browning Wins Maine Professional Golfers Title in Bath
Jim Browning of Brunswick defeats Ernie Newnham of Portland 7 and 5 to claim the 1949 Maine Professional Golfers Championship at Bath Country Club. Browning shot a 33 on the first nine and had three birdies early, while Newnham defeated Bob Taylor to reach the final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Browning
Brunswick Golf Course
Ernie Newnham
Portland Country Club
Bath Country Club
Calm College Towner
Ray Lebel
Browning
Harold Wiley
Norway
Newnham
Maine
Bob Taylor
Waterville
Maine Professional Golf Organization
George Jones
Augusta
MPGO
G. Jones
Portland
Jimmy Jones
George
Jones Brothers
Engagement Announced for Miss Thera Ruderman and Dr Jesse Levin
The engagement was announced at a formal tea hosted by Dr Levi ns parents to celebrate Thera Ruderman of Worcester Mass and Dr Jesse Levin of Augusta Me The event also marked the 35th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Levin Guests traveled from Worcester Brookline Bangor Augusta Portland and Newton Center to attend The wedding is planned for October 18 at Temple Emeth Chestnut Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thera Ruderman
Robert Ruderman
Worcester
Mass
Jesse Levin
Albert Schiro
Bangor
Charles Levin
Lewiston
Ruderman
South High School
Clark University
Widener
Harvard University
Morse High
Levin
Bowdoin
Tufts Dental School
Sarah Schiro
Connie
Lawrence
John Branson
Graney
Benjamin Lupovitz
Robert
Slosberg
Augusta
Lawrence Young
Charles Farber
David Farber
Black
Merrill Cohen
Portland
William Levin
Newton Center
Temple Emeth
Chestnut Hill
Mrs Faustina Guernsey and Son Return to San Francisco
Mrs Faustina Guernsey and her son Robert return to San Francisco California after spending the summer with Mrs Guernsey's parents Mr and Mrs Myers Reed of Woolwich They visited friends in Portsmouth New Hampshire and Kittery during their stay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faustina Guernsey
Robert
San Francisco
Calif
Tag Day Benefit for Polio Fund
The Emergency Polio Fund tag day kicks off Friday at 3 30 PM and runs through Saturday with teen volunteers from 4 H groups collecting at City Hall auditorium. Mrs James Nostall chairs the drive with assistants Mrs Edward Hamblett and Mrs Granville Colby. Awards will go to the top three collectors and all proceeds go to the National Polio Fund to aid needy chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Division of
City Hall
James Nostall
Edward Hamblett
Granville Colby
National
Polio Fund
National Fund
Miss Anne Hartnett Graduates From Salem Nurses Training
Anne Marie Hartnett daughter of Edward N Hartnett will graduate from Salem hospital nurses training school on Thursday at eight in the evening. Commencement will be held in Memorial hall Salem. She is a Morse High school class of 1936 graduate and ranked third in a class of 40 at Salem. She now leads the hospital staff in charge of the men’s surgical division. Her parents and aunts Mrs Arthur Footer Whasset Miss Mildred Footer Portland and Miss Agnes Footer Bath will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Marie Hartnett
Edward N. Hartnett
Bluff Road
Salem Hospital
Memorial Hall
Salem
Miss Hartnett
Morse High School
Hartnett
Jean
Anne
Arthur Footer
Whasset
Mildred Footer
Portland
Agnes Footer
Bath
Miss Greenblatt Returns From Twin Mountain Employment
Miss Riva C. Greenblatt daughter of Mr and Mrs Solo mon K Greenblatt 233 Washington Street has returned home from Twin Mountain hotel Twin Mountain New Hampshire where she was employed for the summer She will leave Sunday for Orono to begin her senior year at the University of Maine Also Phyllis Armes daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglass Armes Topsham who graduated Morse High School last June will enter the University of Maine at Orono in the freshman class majoring in mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Congregational Church
High Street
Water Street
Main and
Water Streets
Haggett Lot
William H. Babcock
Waldoboro
Newark
N. J
Wiscasset-Edgecomb Bridge
Edgecomb
M.C.R
Lee Wallace
Miami
Fla
Alfred Gorham
Gorham
Federal Street
Harry Beals
W. Victor Gorham
Upper
Brooklyn
N. Y
William McPhee
Kay
Mr. McPhee
William G. McPhee
Fort Hill Street
Joseph Black
Hallowell
Wiscasset
Edgar K. Sewall
Marcia
Sewall
Margaret Howe
Stephen
Providence
R. I
Boylston Hutchins
Roy R. Marston
F D. Southard
Charles S. Sewall
Portland
Fred Brown
New York
J. Kenneth Lincoln
Lincoln
Hodge Street
Pauline Belanger
Robert
Bonnie
Priscilla Estes
Nanetta
Edward
Bethel
Russell
Timothy
Roland
Albert
Loretta Barter
Dennis Farrow
Judith Lesier
Joan Gracobbe
Susan Watts
Lewiston
Raymond Hillard
Framingham
Mass
Elmer Williams
Foster's Point
King’s Point
Rosedale
Edward Estes
Russell Estes
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard Dunn
Betty Anderson
Gardiner
F. W. Deehan
Paul McCoy
Joan
Mary Ellen
Concord
N. H
McCoy
Archibald McCoy
Donald Weed
G. C. Smith
Percy Holbrook
Roy Moore
Steep Falls
Edwin W. Haggett
Fred Larrabee
Emma Drummond
Huntoon Hill Grange
John
Henry Murphy
Herbert Murphy
Graydon Smith
Karen
Leonard Smith
David and
Dale
Kenneth Jaquith
Brenda
Amy
New Meadows
Alice Richards
Clarence Richards
Billy
Pam
Waterville
Arthur Deehan
Alice
Albert Whorff
John Whorff
Shirley
Bingham
Alonzo Fisher
Bath
Hazel Whorff
Edward Collins
Brunswick
Francis Deehan
Elaine Renshaw
Massachusetts
Irving Burnham, Jr
Irving Burnham
Shirley Wharff
Newagen Inn
Norman Perkins
Linda
Leon Belanger
Carl Graves
Eulela Pray
John Frey
Dresden
Annie Towle
Merton Wright
C. R. Sims
Lynwood Miller
Robert Coombs
Michael Meehan
Michael
Dorchester
Richard Renshaw
Nella Stover
Old
Bath Road
Courtney Stover
Fred W. Larrabee
Stover
Marjorie
Portsmouth
Blanch
Dora Corliss
Day’s Ferry
Brian M. Jewett
Kennebunkport
Sherwood Francis
Clarence Cronk
Maine General Hospital
Marcia Stinson
John Leonard
Sebec Lake
Jean
Dawna
David
Burton Packard
L. Louis Doyle
Belmont
Westport
Melvin Howe
New Hampshire
Russell Boyd
F. J. Walker
Seahaven
Capitol Island
Merle Jameson
Keith
Frances Hathorn
Worcester
Middleton
Riva CC. Greenblatt
Solomon K. Greenblatt
Washington Street
Twin Mountain Hotel
Twin Mountain
Miss Greenblatt
Orono
University of Maine
Phyllis Armes
Douglass Armes
Topsham
Morse High School
College of Arts and Science
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mademoiselle
Front Street
George N. M’kellar
Lakewood Nears Close
Woolwich P.T.A
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
John F. Anderson
Montsweag Baptist Church
H. E. Danielson
Center Baptist Church
Spinning Wheel Club
Hollis Leeman
Clarence Barkley
Lester
Cincinnati
Ohio
Merry Meeting Camp
Keith Jameson
Henry Wright
Jameson
Washington
Albert Wing
Richmond
Brian Jewett
Donald Leavitt
Anthony Dodge
Robert DeWick
Richard McElman
Sherwood Keith
Ruth Lilly
Wellesley
John McNeish
Mason Carter
Eleanor
Avis
Avis Carter
Boston University
Robert Burk
Roxbury
Kevin Jonathan
Burk
Marjorie Mayberry
Day's Ferry
Paul A. Pitman
Moatsweag
Grange Hall
Chopps School
Mary-Martha Muckler
Maureen Clancy
Carlton Leach
Sandra Clancy
Ruth Pinkham
Joseph Pinkham
Richard Pinkham
Beverly Baker
Bible School
Rosalie Preble
Lemuel Preble
Forrest Baker
Richard Barden
Miss Preble
Mr. Barden
Carol Ainsworth
Florence Temple
Norman Drummond
Esther Drummond
Robert Hogan
Arrowsic
Jessie Spa
Muriel Preble
Edward Gallant
Rosa Shea
Herbert Munsey
Miss. Preble
William Thornton
Barbara
Eeks S Lake
Eva McNeill
Linwood Rideout
Charles Preble
Bowdeinham
Rolin Trott
Anne Hartnett
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