Wiscasset Roster and Obituary Notice Highlight Local Figures
List of community names and relations from Wiscasset including Grace Jackson Merry funeral details. Mentions Grace Jackson Merry born 1879, Congregational Society ties, family survivors Fred Merry Bernard Merry Mabel Condon Nate Rines Rose Dow and others. Also notes Grace Cowley chairs Citizen Serve corps and several families visiting or returning from summer outings and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Jackson Merry
John Merry
Grace Jackson
Hooper and
Churchill Streets
Wiscasset
Chiera
Thomas
Kate
Aines) Jackson
Merry
Huntoon Hill Grange
Congregational Organ Society
Grateful thanks for support during bereavement
The Merry family thanks relatives friends neighbors and Hunteon Hill Grage and Wiscasset Alumni Association for heartfelt tributes and acts of kindness during their recent bereavement. Signed: Mr. John Merry Pvt Bernard Merry Mr and Mrs Fred Merry and Family Mr and Mrs Petrick Condon Mr and Mrs Herman Sheres Mr and Mrs John Currier. Ir Wiscasset Maine Sept 16 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunteon Hill Grage
Wiscasset
Association For the
John Merry
Bernard Merry
Fred Merry
Petrick Condon
Herman Sheres
John Currier
Maine
Local Summer Event Draws Community Interest
Fragmented OCR notes describe a summer gathering with talks, attire, and community groups. References to Addie Vickery Festnan and Berets Covi appear garbled but indicate a local social event featuring a parade or presentation and participants from Leesnans community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Vickery
Wilmington couple visit and stay with Moore family
Mr and Mrs Mariison Misre of Wilmington Delaware are visiting, passing a few days in the east where Mr Moore was engaged in business and were guests of Mrs Moore and brother in law Mr and Mrs Fento I Moore on Creek Street. They returned to Wilmington Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariison
Bath community hosts bake bean supper and family notices
West Bath held a bake bean supper raising a good sum. A large group gathered at Rock Hill Inn for a clam bake. Numerous locals from Bath and surrounding towns attended family reunions, visits, and Sunday gatherings at several homes and cottages, with many given thanks and messages of goodwill.
Maine Cleanliness Drive Reduces Highway Bottles
A passenger recalls a bus trip to Portland where Maine’s roads looked tidy after a law passed to curb bottle littering. The Brewing Industry Foundation faced blame and prompted action, leading to a cleaner highway scene with few bottles seen on the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewing Industry Foundation
Bath Iron Works Bond Drive Opens With Pro Soldiers’ Families
The big bond drive starts with a rally led by Archibald M. Main and John M. Contey Jr. as executives introduce families of workers across Bath and Brunswick. The event honors fathers and mothers whose sons serve or served in World War II, including naval officer Lt. Cmdr. Arthur Loesser missing in the Pacific and bomber pilots reported missing or prisoners of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Whalen
East Brunswick
Cecil, Jr
Mary O'Connell
First Street
Lewiston
South Pacific
Arthur C. Cook
Valley Road
Bath
Vincent
Germany
Cook
Herbert
Air Corps
Stephen S. Marshall
High Street
Donald
Ralph H. Hay
Brunswick
Maine
Thomas
Harding Plant
Mr. Hay
Swett Street
Elsie M. Tyler
Greene
Oscar Tyler
Pearl Harbor
Arthur E. Loesser
Iron Works
Bath Lodge of Elks
Winfield Stowe
Middle Street
Sidney
Philadelphia
Howe
Archibald M. Main
John M. Contey, Jr
Fitzpatrick
Brotherhood
Bath Iron Works
Newell
Bath Opera House Aids Third War Bond Drive Premier
Bath Opera House to host a Sept 28 premiere of Best Foot Forward to aid the Third War Loan Bond selling campaign. Lucille Ball and company star in the technicolor film with seating sections reserved by bond amount. Tickets go on sale Sept 14 at local banks, post office, and theatre. only bond purchasers receive tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Ball
William Gaxton
Harry Jones
Bath Opera House
Post Office
Bath
West Bath Man Receives First Bond Premier Ticket
Gerald Littledale of West Bath earned the first bond ticket for the Bond Premier showing of Best Forward at the Bath Opera House on September 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets, available at local banks, the post office, the Bath Opera House, and the Bath Iron Works bond booth, require bond purchase for admission. Seats are allocated by bond denomination, with the only showing limited to this event and no public sale. The Bath Opera House lobby bond booth is staffed nightly by Club '42 volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Littledale
West Bath
Bath Opera House
Post Office
Bond
Bath Iron Works
Lucille Ball
William Gaxton
Harry James
Opera House
Two Morse Graduates Leave For University Of Maine
Miss Evelyn White and Miss Anna May Berry depart from the city for Orono to enter the freshman class at the University of Maine They are Morse High School graduates from the class of 43 on the honor roll A farewell party was held at the Perry home on High Street with John Perry hosting gifts and refreshments among the guests were Dorothy Dunn Patricia Wing Anna Merrill Loraine Holmes Betty Jones and many Morse classmates and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn White
Anna May Berry
Orono
University of Maine
Morse High
Daniel J. Perry
High Street
John Perry
Morse
Dorothy Dunn
Patricia Wing
Anna Merrill
Loraine Holmes
Betty Jones
Bessie Kakos
Anna Berry
Rena Ulmer
Janet Colby
Shirley James
Mary Bloxsom
Priscilla Brady
Thomas Percy
John Chaffee
Graydon Smith
Joseph Torrey
Jack Lowery
David Desmond
Ronald Stone
Frank Dingley
Cyrus Leeman
Stanley Perkins
Rally and bond drive at Hardings fabrication plant
Service men spoke at a rally at 11 10 a m on behalf of a September bond drive at the Hardings fabrication plant. Booths will be open daily for bond purchases with a free bond drawn at noon each lunch hour. Miss Mary Eleanor Donnell left for Smith College to continue studies after completing ten Watson. Mr. and Mrs. E Everett Pierce returned home after a week’s vacation with their son in Ocean City New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardings
Mary Eleanor Donnell
Smith College
Wellesley
Mass
Watson
Mr. Watson
Washington Street
Mrs. E. Everett Pierce
Pearl Street
Everett Pierce
Ocean City
N. J
Pauline Rush
Philadelphia
J. C. Poulterer
Murphy's Corner
Everett Rice
South Windham
Costello P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Millicent and
Costello Hecht
Camden
Elizabeth Gould
Sagadahoc Ferry
Reed
Edward Veazie
Rockland
John C. Gilmore
Martha Thaxter
Cape Neddick
Gilmore
Harold Gilmore
Ray Prescott
Carmel
Daisey Bailey
Dorris Tracey
Boston
Miss Tracey
Day's Ferry
Eben Dana
Warren Dana
New London
Camp Perry
Williamsburg
S. P. Whitehouse
Jack Carlton
Alfred King
Upper Darby
Nequasset
Union Services and Community Notices in Woolwich Area
Woolwich Rev Newall Hall will host a morning union service at 10 30 at Day's Ferry Congregational church and an evening 7 30 service at Good Will club Sagadahoc Ferry Other items note Good Will club meeting and a change of date for a baked bean supper to Sept 25. Funeral held for Mrs Ephraim Eisenberg in Bath with relatives from Newark and Washington, and many local residents pictured in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newall Hall
S Ferry Congregational Church
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Albion L. Corliss
Ladies’ Aid
Central Church
Bath
Charles T. Jackson
Alfred E. Rowe
James Dunton
Joseph Avery
George E. Tobey
O. M. Page
Luther Thompson
George Merrill
David Rich
Margaret Foote
Charlotte Buck
Day’s Ferry
Mayor's
Ephriam Eisenberg
Newark
N. J
Riverside Cemetery
Eisenberg
Della Prescott
Charles D. Prescott
Miriam R. Eisenberg
Washington, D. C
Ruth Eisenberg
James Lander
South Gardiner
Worrell D. Prescott
Larchmont
N. Y
Mrs Caldwell Jacobson Heads to Montreal for Winter
Mrs. Helen Caldwell Jacobson leaves for Montreal to spend the winter with her son Caldwell Jacobson, a former Bath boy. She is accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Caldwell Jacobson
Montreal
Caldwell Jacobson
Jacobson
Herbert Moore
Former Bath girl and four daughters active in war work
Mrs. William Davis of Kew Garden City Long Island NY daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Crosby of East Brunswick is a former Bath girl and leads her four daughters in war service. Martha Crosby Davis chairs surgical dressings for the Red Cross while Clara Ernestine and Dorothy supervise dressings and all work at the blood bank. The family aids Regency Park Branch with 5000 members, and two Crosby sons serve in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch Port
New Rochelle
Harve
Sampes
Boothbay Harbor
John Grover
Dire Frank Beane
Frederick Tripp
Louise Adams
Rockland
Chehaven
W .W. Gorham
Upper Federal Street
Brooklyn
N.Y Corp
Harry Haggett
Lawrence Haggett
Boise
Idaho
Pie
Foster Hilton
Army Hospital
Grenier Field
Mass
Lawrence Pradley
Quincy Mass
Sidney B Knight
Kittery
William Davis
Kew Garden City
Long Island
N. Y
Guy Crosby
East Brunswick
Davis
Martha Crosby
American Red Cross
Clara
Home Service
Ernestine
Dorothy
Blood Bank
Regency Park
Kew Garden Hills
Crosby
Pvt
Donald Crosby
Camp Devens
Bath
Corp
Douglas Crosby
Camp Edwards
Odd Ladies Meet In Regular Session
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies met at K P hall on Washington street for their regular meeting. Sixteen members attended the Government of Maine session at Auburn and were served luncheon. Plans were made for a supper at the next meeting on Sept 24 with Mrs Sadie Davis as committee chair. Resolutions on Sister Maude Clark's death read. Miss Lorna Joy of Providence has entered Bath Memorial hospital school for nurses. Veron Joy and Vernon Joy of Pine Street noted visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
K. P. Hall
Washington Street
Government of Maine
Auburn
Sadie Davis
Maine
Sister Maude Clark
Mary Curtis
Lorna Joy
Providence, R. I
City Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital
Joy
Vernon Joy
Pinestreet
Large Myrtle Lodge attendance at U O of I O L session
The annual Government of Maine U O of I O L meeting was held at Odd Fellows Hall Auburn with a large turnout from Myrtle Lodge of Bath. Sixteen Bath members attended and a noon vegetable and escalloped dinner was served. Grace White of Dover installed officers with a Massachusetts governor and conductor present. Myrtle Lodge officers for the year include Lucelia Blake Bath past lady governess Bertha Cullinan Brunswick lady governess Netta Merrow Auburn vice lady governess Alice Dunning Brunswick secretary Lizzie C Chaney Bath financial secretary Gertrude Stewart Bath financial committee Mary Curtis Bath treasurer Grace Sylvester Brunswick conductor Addie Murray Waterville instructor Verna Miller Auburn chaplain Emma Haley Brunswick senior warden Edith Nash Bath junior warden Sadie McWilliams Portland guardian Annie Lemont Bath right supporter Lottie Garland Auburn left supporter. Memorial service honored Sisters Maud Clark Myrtle Lodge and Emery Portland. Mabel Lamb Dover assisted in installation. Bath delegates left for noon meal then afternoon meetings. attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government of
Maine
U. O
Odd Fellows Hall
Pleasant Street
Auburn
Myrtle Lodge
Bath
Grace White
Dover
N. H
Massachusetts
Lucelia Blake
Bertha Cullinan
Brunswick
Netta Merrow
Alice Dunning
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Gertrude Stewart
Mary Curtis
Grace Sylvester
Addie Murray
Waterville
Verna Miller
Emma Haley
Edith Nash
Sadie McWilliams
Portland
Annie Lemont
Lottie Garland
Maud Clark
Emery
Mabel Lamb
Mrs Preble Hosts Friends in Phippsburg For Mrs Avery
Mrs Donald F Preble entertained at her Phippsburg home Friday in honor of Mrs Maurice Avery of Williamstown Massachusetts staying at the Dickinson home Under-the-Lee with her family. The gathering featured flowers, a noon lunch, and card play. High score went to Mrs Rebecca Minott, with Mrs Avery second and Mrs H B Wyman third. Other guests included Mrs John Leach Mrs Oscar Minott Miss Emma Perry Mrs Viola Bonney Miss Abbie F Minott and Master Preble aged two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Preble
Phippsburg
Maurice Avery
Williamstown
Mass
Dickinson
Under-the-Lee
John Leach
Oscar Minott
Emma Perry
Viola Bonney
Abbie F. Minott
Henry Minott
Master Preble
Bay Point residents reunite as townsfolk return home
Leston Whittaker returns to Naval training station Newport R I after a ten day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs George Gates. Several Bay Point residents and visitors across Bath Dedham Auburn and Bridgeport are reported visiting returning or staying with friends and family as school opens and local activities resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leston Whittaker
Naval Training Station
Newport
R. L
George Gates
George Moses
Harry Crosman
Bath
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Walter Hartney
East Dedham
Mass
Lillian White
M. Murphy
Dedham
Rockledge
Ruth E. Keen
Jamaica
N. Y
H. S. Keen
Mildren G. White
Washington, D. C
Walter Quance
Fire destroys barn in Tuesday blaze at Bath area farm
A barn burned Tuesday with no livestock inside while hay and farm machinery were stored there. Firefighters using poles and ropes removed some equipment after the flames peaked. The occupant, Mr. Babb, works at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babb
Bath Iron Works Corp
Grangers Have Fine Program At Social Hour
Emily Thibodeau of Boston on vacation from Boston Storage Warehouses visited with sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs R Clinton McFadden of North Street. She traveled to Waterville to see her mother Georgiana Thibodeau before returning to her apartment at the Hemenway hotel in Boston. Mr and Mrs H Edwin Harjula and daughter Sonja of Brunswick and Mr and Mrs William H Daley and son Billy of Middle Street spent Saturday in Thomaston as guests of Mr and Mrs Alfred Harjula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Thibodeau
Boston
R. Clinton McFadden
North Street
Waterville
Georgiana Thibodeau
Hemenway Hotel
H. Edwin Harjula
Sonja
Brunswick
William H. Daley
Billy
Middle Street
Thomaston
Alfred Harjula
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Rock Hill
Marshal Boudreau
Joanne
Jeanette
Robert
David
Boudreau
Garrett Galvin
Woolwich
Sarah Greenleaf
West Somerville
Clara Greenleaf
Freeman O Emerson
Jamaica Plain
Wilbur Hagan
Skowhegas
Marshal Boud- Teau
Car
Crane
Bangor
Bath Savings Institution
H A Owen
Jane Bishop
Sabine
Percy Low
Warren C. Kernes
Gorham
F W Larrabee
Sn Wierren. Jr
Navy
Aleutuans
Laura Cutting
Beth
Alice Lanchester
Breenam
Carro
Wing
Arthur Wing Brunswick
Lanchester Cottage
Charles E Jones
Annie McKay
Rex Garcelon
West Southport
Merrill Foxx
Calais
Owen J. Thompson
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Jean Stobie
Winslow
Osborne Lane
Eleanor Thompson
Percy Holbrook
Mary Railey
Donald Boyce
Clyde R. Booker
George Booker
Sanford’s Crossing
Ernest Williams
Mena Knight
Annie Ridley
Dwinal Cornish
Stanley Williams
Alex Burden
William Bailey, Jr
Allan McAllister
Armed Service
Frank Donnell
William Ketchum
Donald McAllister
Seldon Hammon
Charles Hammon
Rock Hill Inn
Ralph Robinson
Trose
Hadley Tremaine
Elizabeth Cornish
Edward Graham
Frank Frewen
Howard Mayo
Howard Maya
Viet
Wiliam
Batine
Neapor
Rofo
van Wott Rat
Myr
Eleazer Batine
Fred
Betts
Danpiter
Berane Clifford
Robert Randal
Jase
Wollaston
Clifford
Selihard
Lew
Brigham
James Lemont
Leon Felker
Edward Burns
Lincoln Williams
Jennie Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Glen Holden
James Rodden
Larrabee's Grove
Skowhegan
Holden
Rodden
Merton Wright
Pierce Clinger
Elizabeth Condon
South Brookville
Lowell School
John Ladd
Ly Joe Marsh
Ft. Preble
West
Frank B. Bolley
Main ST
Russell S. Hitchcock
USN
U. OF M
Macia Stinson
Deering
Carolyn Sheldon
Dresden
Carl Longfellow
Sally Carlton
Ralph Higgins
Kenneth Baker
Fort Knox
Walter Baker
Amy Robertson
Beverly
Alec Robertson
Everett Leonard
Farrin Street
John Leonard
Garret Galvin
Galvin
J. W. Reed
Arthur F. Mayo
Lemont Perry
Fitchburg
U. 0
Margaret Nelson
Eva Atwood
Amelia Mitchell
Elsie Giggins
Lucelia_ Blake
Nellie Hunt
Annie Oliver
Sadie Savage
Emma Daley
Pearl Campbell
Mrs. Preble
Dave"’ Noyes
Herman A. Spinney
Duck Inn
Sherman Campbell
Warden Owen Richardson
Bay Point
Henry S. Keen
Bridgeport
Harry Stone
Fred P. Taylor
Grangers
RUSH
Oie
Front Street
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