Wiscasset State Guard unit and town notes
Wiscasset residents form and train O. F. 3rd Battalion Maine State Guard led by Captains Bailey and Cain. The roster includes Cain Foster Brown Sherman Dodge Pooler Condon Lewis Miete and others. Several guard members join federal service Navy recruiters and local hurricane damage is reported along with community notices and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Redmen’'s Hall
O. F
Maine State Guard
Maine
Everard Bailey
Kenneth E. Cain
Co. F
Leland C. Foster
Leland Brown
Gerald Sherman
Stanley W. Dodge
Edwin Pooler
Robert Condon
John Lewis
Fred Fulton
Vincent Kingston
Kenneth Cheney
Anson Perley
Clayson Lewis
Aaron Tucker
Hollis Erskine
Clifton Hutchins
Navy
Lincoln association meeting held in Rockland
A review of local society notes shows the Lincoln Association of Congregational and Christian churches met in Rockland with Rev. Ronald Bridges addressing as newly elected moderator. Luncheon followed at the Copper Kettle as the 139th annual Wiscasset Female Charitable society plans its Sept 27 gathering.
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Lincoln Association of Congregational and Christian Churches
Rockland
Ronald Bridges
Congregational and Christian Churches of America
Wiscasset Female Charitable Society
George H. Bemis
Federal Street
Carroll T. Berry
Rockport
Leland C. Foster
Mason Station
Birch Point
Berry House
Suseanna Staples
Portland
George Sproul
Lowell Road
Sidney Bean
Bean
Arthur Bean
Hodge Street
Jean, Dawna
David Leonard
Bath
John B. Downey
Vermont
Downey
Raymon Sherman
Henry W. Webb
Charles N. Sigison
Miss Pinkham
North Edgecomb
Fred Hilton
Augusta
Frederick Pendleton
Norman Holbrook
Alan Pease
Edwin Pinson
Lincoln Academy
Charles J. di Perri
Helen Sjosdebt
Montreal
Edwin Gamage
Grand Lake
Washington County
Sewall Strout
Boston
Cpl
Lea Merry
Nellie Merry
Water Street
Cpl. Merry
Billings General Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
Brace
Simon D. Crosby
Harvey R. Pease
Waterstreet
Harwood Ellis
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Mass
Parker E. Mareau, Jr
Parker E., III
Parker E. Mareau
Main Street
Paul E. Bailey
Frank M. Haggett
Federal
Joseph Coffin
Davis Island
Larry Coffin
Huntoon Hill
Charles Collins
Charles A. Day
New York
Frederick Jones
Margaret Haskell
Wiscasset
Verna
Sally Kimball
Richard E. Kimball
Pleasant Street
Zina Davis
Boothbay Harbor
West Bath Community Notes and Local Arrivals
Mrs Frances Robie Morse will be guest preacher at West Bath church Sunday evening. Burns sisters from Bath sang duets at last Sunday’s service. Bowdoin radar school clambake at Rock Hill Inn drew about 125. Roland Carlton left for Camp Devens for army training, honored by a surprise party. Over 300 attended Topsham Grange 70th anniversary with State Master and State Lecturer. Various naval leave visits, family gatherings, and local social events continue through Bath area communities. Dates and places: Bath, Topsham, Boothbay region families, and several military-related updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Robie Morse
West Bath
Burns
Bath
Radar
Bowdoin College
Rock Hill Inn
Roland Carlton
Camp Devens
Mass
Howard Carlton
Hank Senecal
Arrowsie
Chester Kelsea
Georgetown
Benjamin Jurkskowski
Donald McCrea
John Perkins
Carol Carlton
J. W. Larrabee
Fred Larrabee
Leon Felker
Topsham Grange
Scott Maxson
Sampson
N. Y
Robert Killiam
Gardiner
F. Deehan
Arthur Wing
E. W. Haggett
Leonard Smith
Donald
G. C. Smith
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
John
Pierce Clinger
Patricia Wing
Forest Baker
Leon Belanger, Jr
Ralph
Genesta
Kings Point
Norman Perkins
U.S A
Columbus
Perkins
Clyde Yeaton
Worcester
Richard Hodgkins
Larrabee's Grove
Fred Bubier
Gertrude Greenleaf
Irving Burnham
Betty Burnham
Massachusetts
West Bath Grange Boosters Night Draws 48 Members
West Bath Grange held a Boosters Night with 48 members and three guests. The program led by Mrs Persis Miller included poems, community songs, a musical quiz, group piano solos, and dancing, after a routine business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
The
Grange
James B. Lemont
Frank Donnell
Esther Andrews
Bertha Ward
Betty Weeks
Annie Peterson
Arthur Lemont
Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary directs meeting and plans
The Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary directors met in the staff room with Mrs. Arthur King presiding. Reports were read, committees named for nursing, graduation and programs, bylaws approved for 1944, a vacancy filled temporarily, and 608 hours since Aug. 1 noted for volunteer service totaling 1058 hours. The next meeting is Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. the home of Mrs. Arthur Sewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur King
School of Nursing
E. Motley Fuller
William Dennison
Albert Noyes
George B. Wolstenholme
Elizabeth McGrath
Josephine Moore
S. S. Mullin
Rupert Irvine
Stanley Brown
John Parker
Just Wold
Frederick E. Drake
Arthur Sewall II
King
Charlotte's School of Dancing to Open
Charlotte's School of Dancing, a well known studio, will reopen September 30. Registration for children aged 3 to 7, 7 to 10, and older beginners is on September 27 and 28 at 28 Broad Street. Classes range from 1:00 pm to 4:15 pm with year levels outlined. Adults may join through private appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
School of Dancing
Broad Street
Woolwich Church Services and Local News
Woolwich First Baptist Church holds morning service at 10 am with Mrs. J M Gowdey delivering Hands. Evening service at 7 30 pm titled Lifes Puzzle by Gowdey. Montsweag services at 11 30 am with Hands. Ladies aid meets Thursday at Woolwich Center parish hall. Local updates cover Boy Scouts efforts, waste paper drive by Wiscasset American Legion on Oct 1, and community visits and marriages involving Woolwich residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Church School
Woolwich and Wiscasset Baptist Church
Montsweag
Ladies Aid
Woolwich
Harmon Smith
Biddeford
Dunton
Portland
Edward B. Shaw
Harry Austin
Charlotte Chase
Kennett High School
Conway
N. H
Chase
Samuel P. Buck
Day's Ferry
Carla
Alberta DeLong
Maine General Hospital
Sagadahoc Ferry
Helen P. Leonard
Bath
John Leonard
Albert Temple
Ella Temple
Bowdoinham
Hayden Temple
Wilson M. Wright
Newport
Lt. Colby
Frederick and
Mary Colby
One Shot and One Duck Report Governor Opens Maine Season
Governor Sumner Sewall and State Fish and Game officials reported a strong opening to the Maine duck hunting season at Merrymeeting Bay. Black ducks and blue winged teal predominated as gunners appeared along Whiskeay Creek and Day's Ferry despite foggy weather and fewer hunters than pre war years. Chester MacMahan of Georgetown returned with nine ducks by early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Bay
Maine
Fish and Game
George J. Stobie
Sumner Sewall
Merrymeeting
Augusta
Whiskeay Creek
Day's Ferry
North Bath
Thorne’s Island
Winneganee
Bay
Chester MacMahan
Georgetown
Mrs Carleton Lowell and Miss Beals Visit Boston Area
Mrs Carleton W Lowell and her sister Miss Flossie M Beals left Wednesday for the remainder of the week in Boston and Cliftondale Massachusetts where they will stay with their cousins Mr and Mrs Lawrence R Vail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton W. Lowell
Flossie M. Beals
Boston
Cliftondale
Mass
Lawrence R. Vail
Six Babine Brothers Serve in U S Armed Forces
Mr and Mrs Evie Babine of 35 West Street are six star parents with six sons in the armed services. Four are in the Navy, one in the Merchant Marine and the youngest, Gervase, 18, left for induction in Portland. Sons include Gerald USN at paratrooper school, Everett SH1c USN on a destroyer escort, Eugene EM3c USN on another escort, Clarence S1c USN on a merchant ship, Harold Army veteran now Merchant Marine, and Gervase in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evie Babine
West Street
U. S. Navy
Merchant Marine
U. S. Army
Gervase
Morse High
Portland
Bath Iron Works
Gerald Babine
Src
USN
Legion Auxiliary to Host Department Head Visit
The Legion Auxiliary meets with President Mrs. Earl Risteen welcoming members. Department President Mrs. Beatrice Turcotte of Waterville will visit Sept 27, with district meetings Sept 28 in Damariscotta and a Wiscasset gathering Friday. A new membership committee is named and a prize offered for most new members by Jan 1. Christmas boxes for service members’ children will be packed, and an Oct 2 rummage sale is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiliary of
American Legion
Earl Risteen
Risteen
Department
Beatrice Turcotte
Waterville
Turcotte
Bernard Pratt
Walter Hill
Free Will Workers Meet On Wednesday
Free Will Workers of Corliss Street church met last week as guests of President Mrs. Harold Walker of 32 Highland Street with 19 in attendance. Reports were read, Fall activities discussed, and plans set for a Christmas sale and for serving dinner and supper for the Bowdoinham Association on October 4. A committee led by Mrs. Harold Walker and others was appointed for the supper, and a trading post run by Mrs. John Hunt raised funds for the treasury. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Church
Harold Walker
Highland Street
Bowdeinham Association
Corliss Street Baptist Church
John Hunt
Lester Campbell
William P. Hatch
James Gillespie
Robert Mitchell
Walter Taylor
Arthur Berry
Orris Ames
Ira Boyden
Treasury
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Thelma R. Taylor
Woodland
Taylor
Louise Harnden
Nellie Leeman
Bath
Edwin Taylor
Brunswick High Stuns Biddeford 13-0 in football clash
Brunswick High surprised Biddeford High with a 13-0 victory as the Brunswick defense shut down Biddeford’s running game while keeping the ball in Biddeford territory most of the game. Artie Bleau and Reggie Lord emerge as standout ball carriers for the College Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick High
Biddeford High
Bruns
Biddeford
Artie Bleau
Reggie Lord
College Town
Dowling-Nichols wedding at noon at home
A simple home ceremony at the Nichols residence united Miss Marjorie Nichols and 2nd Lt. Robert J. Dowling U S A F in a noon wedding conducted by Rev. Sidney E. Dee. Attendants were Martha Morse and William Rogers as part of a small family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Nichols
Cobb Road
Marjorie
Robert J. Dowling
U.S. A
Martha Morse
Lt. Dowling
William Rogers
Walter C. Rogers
Morse High
Pierce Secretarial School
Boston
Bath Iron Works
University of Alabama
Biloxi
Miss
Whittenberg College
Springfield
San Antonio
Vernon
Texas
Moore Field
Mission
Dowling
John C. Dowling
Tampa
Fla
Bath
Bay Point Hurricane Relents but Carries Aftermath Lingers
West of the harbor the hurricane of Thursday night caused little structural damage but left boats adrift or sunk. Lobster fishermen report heavy losses as traps were battered. A baby quail appears on rocks near Aunt Lou's shop. Summer residents and guests mix at cottages as the season winds down with the post office already closed on September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou
Andrew Butterfield
Albert Coombs
Edward Butterfield
Temple
Exeter
N. H
Niles
James Nostall
Ivory Strout and Son
Charles F. Kiessling
Dedham
Mass
Church Vestibule Smashed by Wind at Popham Beach
A freak gust at Popham Beach ripped away the church vestibule entrance and shattered the round memorial window. The building, long unused, has damaged memorial windows while an oil lamp remained intact. Trees were uprooted and locals evacuated to friends’ homes inland. Surf was strong but no severe cottage damage noted.
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Popham Beach
Friends
Roland Smith Post Plans Activities
Roland Smith Post American Legion met Tuesday evening. Two Bath World War II veterans Henry Adams and Carl Strand were received. The ritual was performed by Commander Edmund Arsenault and others. A Halloween dance was set for Saturday Oct 21 with a committee named. A members dinner was planned for late October or early November. Department Commander Gerry Wade will be guest. A buffet lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Henry Adams
Carl Strand
Bath
Edmund Arsenault
Waldo Marshall
Miles Hagan
Edward St. Martin
Martin
Edgar Leavitt
Howard Pratt
Gerry Wade
Visit to Boston by Day and Shaw Family
Harry L. Day and Mrs. Day traveled with Mrs. Day's father Frederick P. Shaw of Shaw's Book Store for a week in Boston. The note ends with a call to send a prayer over there through War Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Day
Mrs. Day
Boston
Frederick P. Shaw
Shaw
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Walter G. Serle
Lawrence B. Haggett
Bath Road
Court House
H. S. Sherman
Wiscasset Road
Boothbay
Boothbay Center
Bradford C. Redennett
M. Stetson Lincoln
Baptist Church At
Boothbay Region
Sherburn Stevens
Bradford Sortwell-Wright
Legion Hall
Millie Mathew
Beulah Pitcher
Florence MacQuestion
Sara Bradford
Eva Bradford
Margie Dowling
Nina Gavett
Beatrice Bailey
Irene Metcalf
Frank A. Creamer
Webster Bretton
Detroit
Mich
Foster Kellogg
Stinson
High Street
Robert Smith
Parker B. Stinson
Bernard Samuels
Washington Street
Bradford-Sortwell/Wright Post
Boy Scout
Robert H. Heigham
Aubrey Hastings
Edward Burns
Archibald McCoy
Eleanor Thompson
Owen Thompson
Stuomer
Percy Holbrook
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Libby
Holbrook
Alice Lancaster
James Apt
Brunswick
Fred Buber
Foster Point
Marshall Boudreau
Harry L. Cornish
Alaska
Warren Babbidge, Jr
West Bath Grange
Hospital
Charlotte’s School OF Dancing
U.S
Legion Auxiliary
Sidney E. Dee
Queen Esther Lodge
Joe Marsh
Newill
Brewing Industry Foundation
Frank Holley
Frank Wi. Molley
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