Local groups plan fall programs in Wiscasset and area
Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association hires Gordon and Mrs Dunthorne to assist Miss Mildred Burrage for six months starting October 1. Wiscasset High School forms fall class officers while St Philip's Church School schedules an October 7 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association
Gordon Dunthorne
Dunthorne
Washington, D. C
Mildred Burrage
Lincoln County Museum
Wiscasset
Wiscasset High School
Tom Rankin
Joan Dalton
June Paquett
Jackson
St. Giles’ Church Jefferson
Boothbay Region
Waldoboro
Camden
Lincoln Academy
Boothbay
Thomaston
Wiscasset Public Library
Parent
Bertha Paquett
Roger Burnham Frey
Dresden Mills
Donald Allen Cunningham
North Nobleboro
Robert Dale Hahn
Roy Allen Shea
Huntoon Hill
John MacLaren
Marshall Hubbard
Jessie Lewis
Karen Haines
Linda Maybury
Edwin Stockford
Ceres
Donna Gross
Pomona
Judy Lamson
Flora
Charlotte Stockford
Patty Haines
Barbara Lincoln
Linda Lewis
Judy Shea
Harry
American Legion Auxiliary
Woman's Club
Women's Club of
Wiscas
Woolwich and Nearby Clubs Schedule Fall Events
The Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary plans an entertainment after popular requests from last summer’s Old Folks concert at Nequasset Congregational church. Various clubs including Day's Ferry Saramaunnis, Woolwich Teachers' Club, and Moatsweag Extension Group outline meetings, supper plans, and guest speakers through October and December. Activities include social gatherings, elections, building expansions, and a food and budgeting talk by Jean Spearin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Nequasset Congregational Church
Elta Robson
Ethel Blake
Helen Reed
S Ferry Saramaunnis Club
Carroll Morse
Marthew Doak
Woolwich Teachers’ Club
Woolwich Central School
Stanwood Gilman
Kennethet
Philip Beaney
Domeritories
Florida
Moatsweag
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Jean Spearin
Lewiston
Helen Hill
Helen Crocker
Leila Rosenwald
G. Gower
Roseanna McFadden
Katherine Pert
Florence Hogan
Fanny Nickerson
Millicent Ball
Arrowsic Mother’s Club Holds Fall Meeting And Local News
Arrowsic Mothers Club held its first Fall meeting at the schoolhouse with good attendance. Officers read reports and discussed the Halloween party plans. Residents note improvements on Doubling Point road and water cisterns needed around Doubling Point Light. Personal items include weekend visits and family outings of local residents and visitors to Reid State Park and Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie Mothers Club
Carol Ainsworth
Mildred Stafford
Marie Davis
Doubling Point
Bath
Coast Guard
Portland
Arrowsic
Sharon Day
Kenneth Day
Lester Davis
Doubling Point Light
Davis
Sandra
Judy
Reid State Park
Earl Smith
Wylie Mitchell
Arlington, Masy
Kennebec
Sherburn Marshall
Manchester N. H
Skowhegan
Norman Drummond
Robert Hogan
Washington, D. C
Spinney Mills
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hogan
Washington
Sagadahoc Ferry
Los Angeles
Calif
Eugene Rice
West Coast
Rice
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
William Wright
Arthur
Billerica
Mass
Middleton, N. H
Winter Wonderland sale planned by Woolwich ladies
At Mrs Richard Campbell’s home the Woolwich club outlined a first annual Winter Wonderland Christmas sale and supper with a later sale time to be announced. The evening featured handwork for the sale and cookies with new cider. The next meeting will be Sept 27 with Mrs Carleton Day Reed Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Campbell
Winter Wonderland
Carleton Day Reed, Jr
Woolwich
Woolwich PTA Opens Fall Season Meeting
Woolwich P T A held its first fall meeting at Woolwich Central School. President Mrs Glenda Watts welcomed many members. Officers reports were read and approved. The executive board met Sept 17 to plan fall and winter projects. The group agreed the aim should be closer parent teacher relations, with money making secondary. An Oct 15 meeting invites first and second grade parents. A fall project was outlined with Frank Watts David Soule and T Tarpy Schulten guiding. Fourth grade won attendance banner. Refreshments by first grade mothers led by Charlotte Leeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich P. T. A
Woolwich Central School
Glenda Watts
Frank Watts
David Soule
T. Tarpy Schulten
Eleanor Jameson
Charlotte Leeman
Boothbay Wedding for Shirley Stoddard-Robt McMurray
Shirley Freeda Stoddard daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth E Stoddard of Boothbay married Robert G McMurray grandson of Mrs Dorothy Johnson of Bath Sunday at 4 pm in First Methodist church Boothbay Harbor Rev Forrest F Fowle officiated. The couple will reside in Orono after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Freeda Stoddard
Kenneth E. Stoddard
Boothbay
Robert G. McMurray
Dorothy Johnson
Oak Street
Bath
Marion R. Langille
James Juliano
Woolwich
Carol Ann Pierce
Boothbay Harbor
Jean Hardwick
Roberta Giles
Hardwick
Giles
Marlis Stoddard
Eugene Sukeforth
Lee Stod
Carol Pierce
Boothbay Region
Martin County School
Jensen Beach
Fla
McMurray
Morse High School
Orono
Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship Meets Sunday
The Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship met Sunday evening at Moatsweag Baptist church with Charlene Soule leading in Carol Tanner’s absence. Members worked in pairs in a contest. winners Mrs George Wilson and Mrs William Saunders will receive bookmarks at the next meeting. The gathering closed with a benediction by Rev Stephen Sidebotham. 18 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Charlene Soule
Carol Tanner
Christian Faith Committee
George Wilson
William Saunders
Stephen Sidebotham
Bay Point round of visits and seasonal notes in Bath area
Mrs Sturgis Leavitt reports the family home safely and warmer than Bay Point while Dr Leavitt, a UNC lyric languages professor, sends greetings. Bath visitors include Mrs Mildred Whittaker and children, Mrs Alice Safford, and Mrs Nina Cummings. Local residents travel between Bath Brunswick Lewiston Canton Roxbury Dedham and Hartford. Outdoor signs point to a mild winter as birds feed and squirrels store nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis Leavitt
Chapel Hill
N. C
Bay Point
Leavitt
University of North Carolina
Dwight Furbish
Mildred Whittaker
Bath
Whittaker
Joseph Perow
Alice Safford
Louis Hinckley
Reginald Gordon
Brunswick
L. M. Spinney
Nina Cummings
Harry Stone
Eleanor McCue
Lewiston
Southard
Avery
Hartford
Raymond
Auburn
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Marie
Edward Foley
Susan
Sandra
Canton
Mass
Hasenfus
Roxbury
Eleanor Gillis
Dedham
Louisa Howard
J. G. Hamilton
Randall
Dresden couple Weds at Windsor Methodist Church
Richard W. MacComb son of Bridge Academy principal wed Miss Belva Whitaker Randolph daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Whitaker at Windsor Methodist Sept 1 Rev Harold Nutter officiated with organist Herbert Hixon and soloist Mrs Lawrence Reynolds. Best man was John Makay Erie Pa maid of honor Marion Bean Providence Bible School bridesmaids included Mrs Robert Potter Palermo Mrs Richard Vigne Miss Elihu Whitaker and Miss Mildred MacComb. Reception at the bride’s uncle and aunt Maynard Whitaker home. MacComb a former radar technician and Army veteran. Other local notices include an artesian well drilling at Edward Good’s, Bickford’s Hill rental, Red Cross class postponement, a graduate promoted in Maine National Guard, and Togus hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. MacComb
Bridge Academy
MacComb
Belva Whitaker
Randolph
Arthur Whitaker
Windsor Methodist Church
Harold Nutter
Herbert Hixon
Providence
R. I
Lawrence Reynolds
John Makay
Erie
Marion Bean
Providence Bible School
Robert Potter
Palermo
Richard Vigne
Elihu Whitaker
Mildred MacComb
Maynard Whitaker
Liberty Baptist Church
Maine Vocational Institute
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Edward Good
Haley
Bickford’s Hill
Kenneth Boudin
Power Squadron Exam Eligibility for Certificate and Membership
The Power Squadron ends its examination with eligibility for a certificate and for enrollment in advanced courses. Passers of the piloting exam may be invited to join a Squadron. The savings and loan industry began in a Philadelphia suburb in 1831.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings and Loan Industry
Philadelphia
Phippsburg PTA rummage sale and town clinic notices
The Phippsburg P T A will hold a rummage and food sale at Riverside hall Saturday at 11 a.m. Donations picked up Thursday evening. A preschool clinic and immunizations for children up to school age are set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the town hall with Dr Hamilton and nurse Lucy Chamberlain assisting. Neighborhood parents may arrange transport via Mrs. Maurice Blair by Monday. Schools nearby close Oct 4-5 for State Teachers’ Convention. Various local meetings and community activities are noted, including Grange officer elections, Dromore Extension Service dinner, Unity Circle book purchases and charity distributions, Youth Fellowship food sale Oct 6, Pilgrim Fellowship work day Oct 20, Hill cemetery clean-up for Christian World Missions, and social visits to area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Town Hall
Maurice Blair
Hamilton
Lucy Chamberlain
Norman Dubie
Chester Wilson
Chester Wilson, Jr
Lester Morse
James W. Gilman
Bodwell Grange
Dromore Extension Service
Lucy Cutting
Eva Rogers
Eveline Beals
Nettie Hughes
Pilgrim Fellowship
Hill
Churcn
Christian World Missions
Unity Circle
Maine Seacoast
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Emergency Feeding Study At Dromore Extension
Emergency feeding was practiced at the Dromore Extension service meeting on September 19 in Dromore grange hall with a cafeteria style noon meal served by Mrs. Janet Oliver, Mrs. Elmer Rogers, and Mrs. Mildred Rogers. Crafts was the day’s theme with demonstrations in wood flowers, plastic painting, and copper plaques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Dromore Grange Hall
Janet Oliver
Elmer Rogers
Mildred Rogers
Harold Seavey
Thomas Totman
John Rogers
Eva Rogers
Evelyn Beals
Nettie Hughes
Stitching Course Added to Bailey Evening School
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development committee announces a new stitching class for this year's Bailey Evening school sessions. The class will be held at the Congress Sportswear factory during regular evenings, aiming to create a pool of trained stitchers for the local needle trades. Executive secretary Richard B. MacLennan says the program provides training to help participants qualify for work in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Development Committee
Bath Area
Genesta Officers Invited to Fill Stations Tonight
Genesta Chapter OES has invitations from Deering Portland Crescent Boothbay and Mt Pisgah chapters for officers to fill stations during Guest Officers Night and degrees. Caroline Robbins is invited to Electa on Oct 2 at 7 30, Frieda Bagdikian Esther Doris McKay and Adah Dorothy Pratt to serve in Boothbay at 8 pm on Oct 2, Mae Ward invited as secretary at Mt Pisgah Guest Officers Night on Oct 11. Members are invited to attend all three events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Deering
Portland
Caroline Robbins
Electa
Crescent Chapter
Boothbay
Frieda Bagdikian
Esther Doris McKay
Adah Dorothy Pratt
Mt. Pisgah
Boothbay Harbor
Mae Ward
West Bath notes and social items from local visitors
West Bath column records Shamrocks 4 H club meeting at Mrs Leon Belanger Hill road home. It lists weekend guests Mr and Mrs Harland Boynton at Kittery, travel plans to visit sisters in New York and Vermont, DeMolay activities, Bath residents visiting relatives in York and Gardiner, and Morse High graduate Lance Fuller awaiting Air Force training. Frank E Donnell funeral in Whitman, Mass. Residents Myra Foote and others mentioned with local work and moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Boyd
Boyd
Mae Boyd
Boston
Mass
Russell Boyd
Frank J. Walker
Day's Ferry
Jesse Munsey
Brookline
Dummer Street
Bath
Harvey Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Harrison Tipsword
Patricia Chubbuck
Quebec City
Quebec
Tipsword
Central Maine Power Co
Sedgwick Hotel
Noble Avenue
Charles Lermond
Kent
Nancy
James A. Bimson
Carleton W. Lowell
Lawrence R. Vail
Weeks Street
Five Islands
Warren Hawley
Shamrocks 4-H Club
Leon Belanger
Hill Road
Harland Boynton
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Hollis Boynton
Aurable Forks
N.Y
Mary Northeen
Richmond
Victor Fuller
Ruth Fuller
Lance Fuller
Irving Burnham
Woody
Bill
Roland Lagassee
Lawrence Burnham
York
Deehan
Laura Whitmore
B F Whitmore
Gardiner
Victor
Barbara Fuller
James Voorhees
Brunswick Road
Myra Foote
Maine General Hospital
Portland
West Bath
William Voorhees
US N
Quonset Navy Base
Rhode Island
Air Force
Fuller
Morse High
Westover A. F. B
Massachusetts
Thespians Meet Sunday With Mr. and Mrs. Legard
The first Thespian meeting of the Fall season was held at the Legards home on 1917 Washington Street. President Mildred Marshal led the session introducing new members Anne Singer Leo Paradis Jed Colby and Saverio Cina. Group singing and refreshments followed provided by Mr. Legard and Mrs Gladys Haskell assisted by Albert W Thompson. The November gathering is planned for the High Street home of Mr. and Mrs. F Waldo Marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Legard
Washington Street
Mildred
Anne Singer
Leo Paradis
Jed Colby
Saverio Cina
Legard
Gladys Haskell
Albert W Thompson
High Street
F. Waldo Marshal
Pack 57 Cub Scouts Has Annual Roundup Monday
Pack 57 Beacon Street Church held its annual Cub Scout Roundup Monday with strong turnout of parents and Cubs. Registration was completed by Paul Berry as newly appointed Cub Master Don Mothers Mrs Gloris Hor ridge and Mrs Erma Berry led their first Den meetings. Future Den meetings will be held at the homes of Den mothers. Carlton Pye, institutional representative, said only five more Cubs can be admitted. boys ages 8 to 11 interested should contact Rev Richard Arnold or Cubmaster Berry immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Church
Paul Berry
Don Mothers
Gloris Horridge
Erma Berry
Carlton Pye
Richard Arnold
Cubminster Berry
Music Cavalcade Seating Expanded at McMann Field
Additional seating will be transported from Brunswick to McMann Field to raise capacity beyond 2,600 in anticipation of a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMann Field
Brunswick
Rev Bell Elected Bath Ministers Association Guest Speaker
Bath event notes Rev Bell mass speaker at University of Life sessions last year. He will address Bath Ministers Association at its next meeting on November 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill, Mass
Bath
University of Life
Bath Ministers Association
West Bath Grange hosts annual Boosters Night
West Bath Grange observed Boosters Night with State Deputy Byron Harrington and State Juvenile Deputy Mrs Harrington as guests. The event awarded silver star certificates for 25 year membership to Hugo Sandelin and others. 50 year members were recognized. Around 140 grangers attended with visitors from multiple nearby granges. The program included readings, music, and a Presley impersonation, concluding with Auld Lang Syne and a social hour. Officers for the coming year will be elected next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Byron Harrington
Harrington
Hugo Sandelin
Oliver W. Bell
Ellen King
Mabel Ansert
Silver Star
Eva Lemont
Dromore
Dirigo
Merrymeeting
Sagadahoc
Merriconeag
Topsham
Presumpscott
Harraseeket
Eureka Granges
John Lander
Columbia
Donna Smith
Lucy Armstrong
Grange
Ruel McKenzie
Presumpscott Grange
Lander
Eisenhower
Arline Barjan
Priscilla Norton
Marie Gregnar
Violet Carson
Beatrice McKenzie
Florence Auspund
Elvis Presley
Pauline Belanger
Arvella Holbrook
Janice
Karen Orr
Sally Harvey
Linda Bailey
Edgar McNelly
Sandra Rose
gyGander
Alice Smith
Robert Palmer
Ruth Doughty
James Royal
Dora Royal
Angela Chapman Celebrates Sixth Birthday Party at Home
Angela Sue Chapman daughter of Alyce E Chapman and and Frank Chapman marked her sixth birthday with a Saturday party at 11 Libby Court. The dining room featured balloons and streamers while games and a fish pond prize activity entertained guests. Winners included George Wright Cathy Joy Hamilton Dale Brimigion and Barbara Brimigion. Attending were David Denaco Caroline Strube Penny Cornish Joyce Vigue Sharon Bailey Anne Hill Hope McKellar James Hamilton and Dean Chapman along with relatives Mrs James Hamilton Mrs Martin Vigue Angela's grandmother Mrs Alden P Denham and paternal grandparents Mr Mrs Arthur Chapman of Monroe Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Sue Chapman
Alyce E. Chapman
Libby Court
George Wright
Cathy Joy Hamilton
Dale
Barbara Brimigion
David Denaco
Caroline Strube
Penny Cornish
Joyce Vigue
Sharon Bailey
Anne Hill Hope McKellar
Cathy Joy
James Hamilton
Dean Chapman
Martin Vigue
Angela
Alden P. Denham
Arthurs Chapman
Monroe, Mich
Past Ladies Club entertains Myrtle Lodge members
Past Ladies Club of Myrtle Lodge entertained members Monday at the Weeks Street home of Mrs Louise Rogers. A business session followed by a social hour and supper hosted by Mrs Rogers and Mrs Alice Lewis. Cards were written to the sick, plans made for the next meeting a Halloween party on Oct 22 at Mrs Sadie Savane Flinch's High Street home. Other guests included Mrs Theresa Hill, Mrs Jennie Cameron, Mrs Gertrude Stewart, Mrs Sadie Savage, Mrs Pearl Campbell, Mrs Lucelia Blake, and Mrs Lizzi B.C Chaney. Mr and Mrs John Crommett and sons Stanley and Jack and Mrs George Burns of Weeks Mills were recent guests of Mrs Crommett's sister Mrs Claude Dyer, West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Weeks Street
Louise Rogers
Rogers
Alice Lewis
High Street
Sadie Savane
Flinch
Theresa Hill
Jennie Cameron
Gertrude Stewart
Sadie Savage
Pearl Campbell
Lucelia Blake
Lizzi B.C Chaney
John Crommett
Stanley
Jack
George Burns
Weeks Mills
Crommett
Claude Dyer
West Bath
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Woolwich
Doris Carter
Jeanette Groves
Rita Flemming
Elsie Stins
Day's Ferry Community Club
Raymond Hutchins
Raymond, Jr
Woolwich Pta
Shirley Stoddard
Robt. McMurray
Dresden
Oliver
Red Cross
Philip Alexander
Maine National Guard
Boyd Goodwin
Togus Hospital
Harland MecCobb
South Dresden
James Herrick
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Leonard Gahan
Phippsburg
Eleanor Ball
Mapleton
Mark Harrington
Ellen Blair
William Blaisdell
Freeport
Gladys Haggett
Gertrude Blaisdell
William Cummings
Farmington
Frederick Haggett
Stephen
Waterville
Elizabeth Hampton
Dromore Extension
Theresa Wyman
Emily Wyman
Marguerite Donnell
Frank A Donnell
Whitman
Frank E Donnell
Thespians
Mrs. Legard
Pack 57
Cub Scouts
Bell
West
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