Wiscasset Guests and Local Happenings Summary
Wiscasset hosts include Winston Churchill and family as guests at the Wiscasset Inn while Ed Lowell entertained in Westport. Local society notes cover reunions, camp visits, and townsfolk traveling to Lewiston, Bath, Portland, and New Harbor. Community events include church services, a Walter Mills concert, and a library tea, with numerous family gatherings and summer cottage movements throughout the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Creighton
Wiscasset Inn
Ed Lowell
Westport
Paul
Walter
Camp Chewonki
John R. Ramsey
T. J. Shepard
Marblehead
Mass
Tripp Lake Camp
M. R. Patterson
M. M. Patterson
G. i King
H. BE. Wade
Cloverdale
Marl Carleton
Creuimery
F. BB. Higgett
Modockownndo
Charles Grover
Walpole
Frank A. Dow
Kent's Hill
Roy R. Marston
Walter Willey
Waterville
Marjory Blagdon
Boston
Carl Benndt
Union Street
Malden
Markson Bros
Agnes Chaney
Edith
Alna Road
Newall Strout
C. C. Blagdon’s
Sheepscot
Red Merry
Marine Hospital
Portland
Susie Dunton
Augusta
John Dunton
Camp Keyes
M. C. Connelly
Newton
Shirley West
Wiscasset
White Mountains
Crawford House
EK. Emerson
Bath
Wiscasset Tabernacle
Mr. Avery
Chinney
God
Enoch
Fred Haggett
Clarence Nicola
Nicola
Pennsylvania
J.C. Compton
Belford
N. Y
Chicago
Rock Island
Josephine Plumstead
Antoinette Plumstead
Whitmore
Charles R. Morgan
Fred Albee
Maud Clark Gay
Martin's Point
Charles Reed
Hand Engine League plans meeting in Topsham
A special meeting of the Maine State Hand Engine League Inc will be held in Androscoggin Hall Topsham August 18 at 730 pm Two delegates and one alternate are allowed from each association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Hand Engine League, Inc
Androscoggin Hall
Topsham
Judge Glidden Acts On Many Matters At August Probate Court
Judge Glidden handles broad probate docket in Bath Maine with administration appointments for Lydia Deering and other estates. Bridgham named administrator amid bonds and multiple early inventories and appraisals, plus numerous wills admitted and executors and guardians appointed for estates across Bath Topsham Bowdoinham Gardiner and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
Lydia M. Deering
Gardiner G. Deering
Law Court
Thomas Dowling
Arthur J. Dunton
Isabelle F. Perry
Bath
Joseph M. Trott
Henrietta Saintdon
Topsham
Joseph Hi. Rousseau
John W. Curtis
Frances R. Curtis
Everett
Stackpole
West Bath
Julia J. Bailey
Mary EK
Skelton
Towdoin
James Tl. Skelton
William KE. Tarr
Bowdoin
John W. Tarr
Edward W. Bridgham
N. Gregson
Henrietta IP. Gregson
Richmond
Anna M. Gould
George Franklin Gould
J. Edward Drake
William S. Shorey
George VT. Davenport
Emma
A. Miller
Herbert T. Miller
Woolwich
Abbott EB
Marion Houdlette
Reuben Colburn
Alice EK
Foster
Lester I Foster
Ralph A. Mallett
Sirenus A. Mallett
Annie I, Sargent
Plaistow
N. H
George W. Sargent
Horatio Hall
Bowdoinham
Charles L. Browne
George S. Ward
Edwin W. Mallett
Norris G. Curtis
Grace Arline Quimby
Gertrude M. Devins
William E. Tarr
Lillian Scribner
Dora
S. Lewis
Jeremiah Cotton Lute
John Shaw
George W. Paine
Henry E. Houdlette
Annie Andrews
David Andrews
Lawn Party at Lowell School Cleared $12 for Club
The lawn party on the grounds of the Lowell school at Trufant's Crossing West Bath was a decided success under the Keep It Up Club of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Club. Attractions included purple and white booths electric lights and local residents served ice cream candy and punch. About $12 was cleared for the club treasury. Many guests and neighbors visited over the evening and several members and locals were noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell School
Lowell
Trufant’s Crossing
West Bath
Boys and Girla Agricultural Club of
Walter Larrabee
Hayden Rogers
Leonard Brown
Emily Larrabee
Anstress Larrabee
Julia Brown
Mildred Strout
Brunswick
Mary Stackpole
Old Orchard
Stackpole
John Freeman
Barbara
Bath
Lemont and Sons
James Jr
Paul
Lemont Cotthe
New Meadows
Charles F. Dolliver
Lewiston
New Meadows Inn
Fred W. Larrabee
James Williams
Fred Williams, Jr
Portland
Lincoln Williams
Philip Williams
Foster's Point
William Tierbert
Montclair
N. J
Henry Galt
Foster's Dount
Elmer Rogers
Lucy
Harry Hosmer
Bryant
Popham Beach
Marguerite Williams
Campbell's Pond
Herbert Williams
Birch Point
Biffie Wright
Frank Jaques
Daniel Williams
Elizabeth
Oscar Williams
Williams
Gerald Whenny
Drake
F. J. Littlefield
Arlene
Ernest EF. Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Thornton Bates
W. G. Bates
Sabine
Charles Swruger and Sons
Winslow and Alton
Malden
Mass
Happy Nook
Henry Brown
Alma Reid
Eb, Brown
Byron Steele
Emma Cox
Porthind
Herbert Pottle
Quincey
Maxs
Larrabee's Grove
Anstress
Pinson Lake
First Baptist Church
Bb. W. Haggett
Harold
Charles
Dorothy
Quincy
Charles Lemont
J. M. Lemont
A. Stewart
S% South Street
Rev
L. E. Mann
J.C. Larrabee
W. F. Dunton
E.R. Brown
Walter T. Brown
Ed Hunt
Mabel Marden O
Haverhill
L. Be. Mann
Augustus Ditts
Stanley Johnson
Edith Stewart
Frances Wallace
H. R. Rich
Lacey Gerrish
Sidney J. Meeker
Washington Street
BE. R. Brown
Nellie Little
Swampscott
Ernest DP. Purington
John Eadle
Hazel
Peabody
Fred Butler
Sabino
Myerett Lemont
H. A. Owen
Roy Perry
Hyde Park
Delmar Bates
Chester Freeman
Donald
Eleanor Bates
Samuel F. Bates
Deer In Corn Patch At Cook's Corner
Robert Dana of East Brunswick reported a large buck deer entered his corn patch at Cook's Corner and fed on the green tops before he drove it away. The animal headed toward the woods on the west side of the road toward Androscoggia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dana
East Brunswick
Cook's Corner
Androscoggia
Talented Amateurs Present Fine Play at Columbia Theatre
The three act farce A Pair of Sixes delighted a small audience at the Columbian theatre Thursday night. Former Morse High School Class of 1926 stars Mary O'Donnell and Elwood Toothaker drew strong applause in key roles. Edwin Powers and others provided lively performances as business partners facing domestic duties. A singer, Miss Winifred Kennerson, offered a vocal interlude between acts and Marion Freeman coached the troupe. Cast includes Donald Wilson as Shipping Clerk, Jimmy the Office Boy FP Wilbur Hagan as Krome, David Mullin as the bookkeeper, and Miss O'Donnell in dual parts Sally and Mrs Nettleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbian Theatre
Morse High School
Mary O'Donnell
Sally
Flwood Toothaker
Cappy Ricks
Edwin Powers
Toothaker
George I
Nettleton
Winifred Kennerson
Marion Freeman
Donald Wilson Jimmy
Wilbur Hagan Krome
David Mullin
George B. Nettleton
Elwood Toothinker
George S. Nettleton
Elsie Trott
T. Boggs Johns
Kennebec Wharf to expand for 2700 ton steamers at Bath port
Larger colliers will come to this port as dredging to a mean depth of 27 feet extends the Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co property to 550 600 feet of frontage. The plan includes the Goodwin property, enabling 2700 ton steamers, with Fay Spofford Thorn-dike of Boston as engineers and Frank E. Lowe of Portland as president. Directors include Joseph W. Gorman and others, promising one of the best Atlantic seaboard plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Goodwin
Frank EK
Lowe
Portland
Bath
Fay
Spofford & Thorndike
Boston
Atlantic Seaboard
Pres. Lowe
Morriss F. LaCroix
Paine, Webber & Co
FF. Ward Paine
Laine, Webber & Co
Burton Smart
Joseph W. Gorman
Worcester
Mass
Mr. LaCroix
William S. Linnell
Maine
Alexander Macomber
Paine
Smart
People's Church to House Chautauqua Course Dates
Rev. George J. Wolstenholme of People's Baptist offered use of his church for the Chautauqua course on August 30 31 and September 1. The offer was accepted by guarantors who distributed tickets. The outlook favors brisk ticket sales and a strong program. Wolstenholme was chosen assistant treasurer in Treas. Arthur B. Scott's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Wolstenholne
People's Baptist
Wolstenholme
Treas
Arthur B. Scott
Five Pleaded Guilty In Intoxication Case
Five respondents pleaded guilty to intoxication before Judge Keegan in police court Tuesday after a Monday night party at a participant’s home. Patrolmen Rice and McElman detained them. Two defendants were fined $5 each plus costs of $6.95 and $3.905 respectively. three had sentences suspended on the condition they leave town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keegan
Rice
McElman
Sunday School Picnic at Gardiner Point Woolwich
Sunday school pupils of Murphy's Corner Woolwich enjoyed a Sunbeam picnic at Gardiner Point with extra treats from Mr Patterson of Mount Vernon and Miss Ruth Emerson of Bath. The group rode a river motor boat to Davis Island block house, played tug of war, and returned tired but happy after more games and a thank you to Mr Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy’s Corner
Gardiner Point
Old Block House
Davis Island
Murphy's Corner
Woolwich
Sunshine Sdnpeams
Patterson
Mount Vernon
Ruth
Emerson
Bath
John Soule
Colonial Club Bake Set for August 28
The Colonial club held its monthly meeting on Monday and voted to stage the annual bake at Sebasco Estates on August 28. President Clinton D. Wilson named the organizing committee and scheduled a follow up meeting tonight at 7:50 in the club rooms. Committee includes Harry P. Bridge as chair and members W Verey Murky Alfred Dunlap Horace Morse M H Page Chaster S Kingsley Edward V Reed Roger D Skillings Stanley Bickle. Names James Little and Woodbury Brackett moved from active to non resident membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Sebasco Estates
Clinton D. Wilson
Harry P. Bridge
W. Verey Murky
Alfred Dunlap
Horace Morse
M. H. Page
Edward V. Reed
Prince George's Brother Seeks VanCouver Ranch Gift
A fundraising effort aims to raise eighty five thousand dollars to buy a ranch in Vancouver for Prince George, brother of the Prince of Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince George
Prince of Wales
Vancouver
Strange coincidence at New Meadows Inn diners
Congressmen Wallace H. White of Auburn and Daniel J. McGillicuddy with family of Lewiston dined at New Meadows Inn at the same noon hour. Patrons noted the unlikely timing, calling it accidental rather than planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows Inn
New Meadows
Wallace H. White
Auburn
Daniel J. McGillicuddy
Lewiston
Ex-Postmaster Returns From Squirrel Island Visit
Ex postmaster Ernest F Kelley came back Saturday morning from a week at Squirrel Island with his son Frank B Kelley of Winchester Massachusetts. His wife and three grandchildren Philippa Forbes and Frank B Jr spent the month there. The children won first prize at the casino children exhibit with a mouse elephant costume. Philippa ten wore head role and Forbes eight played hind legs. Junior served as mahout. Philippa received a brace-let Forbes a jack knife and Junior a sail boat. The Kelleys planned a Bangor stop before returning to Bath and Winchester to end the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest F. Kelley
Squirrel Island
Frank B. Kelley
Winchester
Mass
Philippa
Forbes
Frank B. Jr
Casino
Junior
Miss Philippa
Kelleys
Bangor
Mr. Kelley
Grandfather Kelley
Bath
Man Helped Build Old Fort at Popham
Loring Harvey Cushing, staying at Hotel Riverside at L'opham Beach, recounts helping to build Fort Popham. He recalls green garrison, a black and white target on Stage Island, and a misfired shell that caused no injuries. The fort defended privateers aiming at American vessels like the Chesapeake and featured a half-turntable drawbridge entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Harvey Cushing
Hotel Riverside
L’opham Beach
Fort Popham
Popham
Chesapeake
Stage Island
Extension Service issues two new agriculture home econ bulletins
The College of Agriculture Extension Service announces two new bulletins: How to Make Attractive Lamp Shades an eight page guide for home decorative work and Poultry Housing a revised publication with new drawings and pictures. Maine residents may request from county farm bureaus or the Extension Service Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Maine
County Farm Bureau
Orono
Biddeford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Tibbetts
Earl Whittemore
George Blagdon
Walter Mills
A. H. Lennox
Mill
Mills
Dan Dickinson
Clarence A. Richards
Clerk of Courts Association
Rockland
Grace Faxon
Webber's Tavern
Massachusetts
J I. Sortwell
FF. W. Carlton
Pred Albee
Joseph Plumstead
Wilmington
Del
Pash
Gertrude
Frances Hubbard
Monhegan
Jonas Tulse
Frances
Rochester
N.Y
Henry W. Webb
Lillian Hiescock
Roy Briggs
Waverly
Maass
Dayville
Misses Knights
Lawrence Slaggett
Samuel J. Sewall
Karl Barker
Archie IL Dodge
Anak Pemple
Oakland Park
Margaret Dunphe
Bridge
Edgecomb
The
Organ Society
Congregational
Washington
Dertha Day
Jos. Tp.tucker
Josephine Tucker
Varney
Christmas Cove
Loren
Brooklyn
Margaret Lunphe
Walter W. Clifford
Donald Robb
Mas
Effie Irvine
Charles West
Boothbay Harbor
Margaret. Warland
W. 8
Warhind
Old Stone Farm
Doughiss
Jos. P. Tueler
Minnie Y. Bemis
Haggett’s Service Stations
Wiscasset, Maine
Ford Service
Main Street
Burt
Lawrence
Harold Small
William H. Small
Raymond and
William Jr
Pleasant Street
Everett Lemont Cottage
Ralph McNary
Betty
Charley Bates, Jr
Marion Rose
Fred Rose
Columbia Theatre
M.H.S
Toney Toler
Raymond Small Florence Colessi
Alice Whalen
Samuel Applegate
Francis Duprey
Thomas J. Vanderholt
Mestad Sista Et Meat
Alfred Gannon Gadde
Tetera
People's Church
Norway
Mxpkins Co
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Woolwich Grange Hall
Natalie Hall
American Opera Company of
New York
Bettina Hall
Winthrop Ames
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
Marjory Flall
Reader
Charles Winkhaum
Day's Ferry Dramatic Club
Tuessice Hall
Alex M. Reed
Charlotte Buck
A. EK. Trott
Nequasset
Nequasset Congregational Church
Woolwich Grange
James Colby
Jeanette
John Bueratto
Erma
Jack
Pemaquid
Annie Cunningham
Howard O. ‘Cunningham
Howard Lee
Troutdale
Eugenie Hunnewell
George M. Carlton
Hampton Beach
Waldo
P. Hathorne
Harvey
James F. Walsh
Farmington
C. P. Hall
Walsh
Maine Central Railroad
Leon Dodge
Little Son
South Newcastle
Fred Carlton
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
Thomas J. Reed
Cumberland
Banks Preble
L. E. Savage
Ralph
Nellie
Fred P. Hathorne
Julia
Hartley T. Hathorne
Little River
Samuel Moore
Winthrop
Vernon Ayer
Moses Kennerson
Harl
Delia Card
Harold Leeman
Martha
Artell Hayward
Gertrude Swift
Robert
Mattapan
Woolwich Farm Bureau
Tuessie Hall
Woolwich Center
Squirrel
Man
Riverside
Abbie Cass
Annie Hamlin
Cambridge, Mass
John M. Skofield
Atwood
L. F. Medicine CO
Maing
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