Lincoln Home opens in August with weekly club host
The Lincoln Home in Newcastle will be open each August day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. D. S. time and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays, with Lincoln county women’s clubs directing one day per week after Aug 3. Program dates list Miss Sarah Varney on Aug 4 and other chairmen through Aug 31 as visitors tour the Home and observe two years of county club work.
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Lincoln
Newcastle
D. S
Lincoln County
Union
Wiscasset
Sarah Varney
E. Fred Albee
Milford Giffen
A. W. Irvine
Sol Holbrook
St. Philip’s Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Bath
New York
Rosamond Fuller
J. Nelson Borland
Harold Davis
Boston
Ruth Sewall
Wolcott Fuller
A. W. Lienau
Bernard Wyckoff
Jane Tucker
The
Organ Society
Edith Hutchins
Laura Carlton
Anna White
Georgia Lilly
Nellie Blagdon
Sue Bailey
Betty Senter
Dorothy Fischer
Grace Merry
Sarah Sherman
Mary Marston
Society
Jessie Jackson
Grace Sewall
Angie Rines
Sophia Preble
Ava Dodge
Jennie Lewis
Vera Quinnam
Blanche Fowles
Marjorie Monre
Florence Knight
Christine Bronson
Mary Hobson
Bulah Spinney
Etta Barnes
Nina Groves
Viola Adams
Grace Albee
Jennie Grey
Laura Evans
Emily Groves
Verna Bailey
Lara Coffin
Velma Dodge
Edward Marston
Virginia Pease
Ruth Jones
Dorcas Club
William D. Patterson
Maine Historical Society
Mary
Emmelyn Werks
Earl Aines
Helen Dickinson
Kate Perkins
Matinicus
George Sawtelle
Providence
R. I
E. L. Rowe
Middle Street
Florence
Grace Knight
Camden
George Lincoln
Edwin Springer
Zillah Springer
Baltimore
Clyde Harrington
Harold
Frank Metcalf
Emmons J. Alden
Melrose Highlands
Social notes from Sheepscot Echo visitors in town
A large round of social notices lists residents and visitors in town life. Frank Lambert visits his mother while Scott Rines returns from Boston. Lillian Smith comes from Newburyport and Olive Thompson from Bath. Several others travel or stay locally including Mrs. Wilder McClintock from Portland and Miss Florence Page bound for Europe. Local residents host and visit relatives across Dorchester Needham Somerville and Duluth with occasional travel by bicycle or steamship Friezeland sails mark farewell to Europe.
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John FE. Keller
Augusta
Lillian Loud
Lillian
Sheepscot Echo
Frank Lambert
S. Scott Rines
Boston
Lillian Smith
Newburyport
Fred Marsh
Dorchester
Mass
Richard Coffin
Olive Thompson
Bath
Susie Boyd
Needham
Joe Henry Greenleaf
E. C. Boston
Richmond
Lida Ourish
Rosa Coffin
Harry Greenleaf
Nannie Arthur
Wilder McClintock
Portland
Hilton House
Isabella Boyd
E. D. Boyd
Lunt
Somerville
C. P. Knight
Carrie Dana
Bertha Maxwell
Sarah W. Dana
Alfred Groves
R. E. Lenfeld
Duluth
Minn
Geo. E. Street
Exter
N. H
Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Florence Page
New York
Europe
Germany
France
England
Scotand
Wiscasset Guests and Returns Mark 1906 Summer
Wiscasset notices list visitors and locals returning home or visiting from Bath Bangor Lynn Mass Dorchester Boston Augusta Malden and other places. Notable items include James McKenney returning after thirty five years in California and recounting the 1906 San Francisco quake and fire experiences. Reverend J H Reardon and family journeyed from Fairfield, while Dr DeForest Day welcomed a newborn visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Earl Dow
Skowhegan
Rena Pushard
Bath
William T. Hall, Jr
Ernest Stinson
Bangor
W. F. Foye
Steele
N. D
James McKnight
Carrie
Portland
John Groves
Lynn
Mass
James McKenney
California
Wiscasset
Thomas Babson
Boston
Alex Lewis
Augusta
George Lennox
Marion Freeman
Dorchester
Mas
Mary Nute
J. H. Reardon
Francis
Fairfield
Everett Leavitt
Charles Leavitt
DeForest Day
William A. Tucker and Son
Malden
Mr. Tucker
J. A. Robinson Co
Bath Leads Among Old Folks at Maine Three Quarter Century Meet
Bath led other communities in Maine at the annual Three Quarter Century reunion in Camden. Sheriff Henderson coordinated transport for attendees, with nearly 100 Bath residents participating. The event coincided with Mary H. Bruce’s 81st birthday. R. L. Eaton donated a car for the trip, carrying N. W. Eaton, George Shaw, and Mrs. Alice Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Three
R. L. Eaton
Swarthmore
Eaton
N. W. Eaton
Phippsburg
George Shaw
Woolwich
Alice Johnson
West Bath celebrates 97th birthday of Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Rich
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Rich of West Bath, Sagadahoc County’s oldest women, observed her 97th birthday on Monday Aug 3 at home. She received visitors a postcard shower and best wishes messages. She is a fifth generation descendant of John Alden and oldest living member of Wesley M E Church despite blindness in recent years.
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Ann Elizabeth Rich
Sagadahoc County
West Bath
Rich
John Alden
Jenks Mitchell
Loring Small
Wesley M. E. Church
Summer round up to screen children entering school
The city PTA organizes a week long Summer round-up to inspect 190 children about to start school. Doctors will offer free examinations Aug 3 to Aug 8 at set times in the Red Cross room, or children may go to their family physicians. Further details from Mrs Ada Crockett or Clinton D. Wilson.
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William H. Small
Smith
Gregware
Duce
Morin
Stott
Red Cross
Grant
Ada Crockett
Clinton D. Wilson
West Bath Grangers Enjoyable Party Despite Rain
West Bath grange lawn party halted by a Wednesday shower but the dance in the grange hall went ahead with a five piece orchestra. Edwin Haggett and Miss Alice Johnson led the dance committee with ticket head Joanna Hodgkins and assistants. Booths featured various fundraisers run by local residents including blanket doll sugar ham and bacon and hot dog stands.
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West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Edwin Haggett
Alice Johnson
Joanna Hodgkins
Ann Perry
Eva Fulton
Thelma Sylvester
Thelma Oliver
Marie Ayer
Robert Oliver
Charles Henderson
John Sylvester
John Davis
Bernard Henderson
James Thurston
Lucy Ward
Mercie McFadden
Bessie Snow
Iola
Eva Lement
Ernest Snow
Candy
Ralph Dunbar
Everett Lemont
Daisy Oliver
Hope Ward
O. N. Redlon
Jack Mulcahy
H. P. Small Co
General Motors
Alvah Morse
Laura Lemont
West Bath
Anna Custer
East Brunswick
E. Mason Wright
Iola Worrey
Ethel MacDonald
Bertha Henderson
Eva Atwood
Pearl Lemont
Annie Henderson
Newman Kennerson
Wesley Lemont
Chester Worrey
Herbert Simpson
Wilbur Hagan
Catherine Galvin
Ella Coombs
Marshall Boudreau
Leland Plummer
William Coombs
Keano
Charles Chesley
Eva Lemont
Cyclone Sawyer to Fight Herbie Beck Friday in Bath card
Pro wrestling promoter reshuffles the arena bill as Cyclone Sawyer meets Herbie Beck in the main event. Beck, brother of Ginger Beck, is a tougher opponent and recently beat Jack Renault. The rest of the Bath program includes Ginger Beck versus Johnny Miltos, Young Jack Dempsey versus K O Philips, and Jimmy Walsh against Flash Lyons. Burial details for Vinettie Colby provided. West Bath Grange lawn party ends after two successful nights with prizes awarded for weight guess and gold piece wins.
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Ginger Beck
Portland
Cyclone Sawyer
Mihalos
Herbie Beck
Ginger
Sawyer
Nick
Jack Renault
Lewiston
Bath
Herbie
Portland Exposition Building
Johnny Miltos
Dover
N. H
Death of Mrs. Margaret Addicks in Delaware
Word arrived in Bath that Mrs. Margaret Addicks died June 26 after a long illness at her home in Claymont Delaware. For years while Mrs. and Mrs. Baker lived in Bath she made her home there and formed many friendships.
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Bath
Frederick W. Baker
Margaret Addicks
Addicks
Claymont
Del
Woolwich Community Notes Highlight Visits and Events
Social round includes visitors from Bath Rockland and Richmond. A Three Quarter Century club event in Camden, a birthday party for Alvin Hathorne, and plans for Sebonen hall entertainment on Aug 14 for Woolwich Union for Christian Service are announced. Several residents travel, healings and hospital stays noted along with 4 H club tour led by Albert Bailey and county agent Easton.
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Elmer Mank
Old Orchard
Josephine Cunningham
Bath
Eugenie Hunnewell
Harry Knight
Fletcher
Esther Bailey
Somerville
Mass
Fred Carlton
Annie Cunningham
Charles Henderson
W. Scot. Tibbetts
Riverside Cemetery
Camden
Nellie Buck
Yarmouth
Cc. P. Hall
Rockland
Sadie Kennerson
William Gould
Adams
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bath City Hospital
John C. Gilmore
Rangeley Lake
Robert Rice
Burke
Boothbay
Ladies Auxiliary
Men’s Forum
Eugene Cromwell
Paul Yphantis
Boston
Fred Hanson
Malcolm McEachern
Westport
William Gott
Richmond
William Cressey
T. Herbert Fernald
Waldooro
Merle Jameson
Hartley Hathorne
Alvin
Evelyn
Madlyn Hathorne
Charlie Brown
Albert Hathorne
Emma Hathorne
Ernest Hathorne
Sebenon Hall
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Wilson Wright
Pearl E. Reed
Clarence Baker
Percy Marston
Herbert Munsey
H. P. Hathorne’s
Edgar Blanche
Martha S. Crandall
Ida
Providence
R. I
Wilson Bailey
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Perry Lock
Martha Jane
Day's Ferry Community Card Party Draws Praise
A home event hosted by Mrs. Joseph W. Reed proved a success with praise for the committee and refreshments. The gathering drew guests from Bath and the Summer colony, boosting the treasury as Miss Charlotte Buck and Mrs Martha Buck Carver visited Prescott House tenants in Boynton Conn. Ellen Buck visits Yar mouth while Winship Reed adds a sailboat to the village fleet. The river scene evokes old times along the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Reed
Bath
Treasury
Flossie Temple
Farm Bureau
Dexter Baker
Temples
Charlotte Buck
Martha Buck Carver
Portland
Charles Briggs
Boyaton, Conn
Prescott
Ellen Buck
Yarmouth
Winship Reed
Delighted at Return of Missing Jewels
Mrs Mildred M Greene of South Newcastle rejoiced at the recovery of a platinum diamond ring and a topaz ring taken Friday from a miniature jewel case pinned to her camp coat in Bath. A 13 year old boy confessed on Saturday and returned the rings, avoiding police report. Mrs Greene plans safer jewel handling after her town visit. Dr G E Cash of Cincinnati returned after a month at Boothbay camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred M. Greene
South Newcastle
Bath
Maine master diver W Scott Tibbetts dies at 70
W Scott Tibbetts a famed Maine master diver died at his Bath home at age 70 after six weeks of illness. A veteran of the Kennebec voyages he walked over the river in 1888 and completed many deep dives including laying water pipes and salvaging wreckage. He is survived by his wife Emma Barter a son J Wilmot Tibbetts and a sister.
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W. Scott Tibbetts
Maine
Dummer Street
Kennebec
Scott Tibbetts
Woolwich
James M
Elizabeth E
Colby) Tibbetts
Wiscasset
Sasanca
Sheepscot
Kate Lilly
Annie F. Kimball
Herman Kimball
Ripley Ropes
Sadie Kimball
Solon Andrews
Boothbay Harbor
George Gurney
Monhegan
White Islands
Tumbler Island
Squirrel Island
Spruce Point
Lamoine
Frenchman's Bay
Gardiner
Eastern Steamship Co
Bath Water
Bath
Beacon Street M. E. Church
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Lincoln Lodge
Emma Barter
Boothbay
Wilmot Tibbetts
Charles Estes
Durham
Bath Elks Plan Aug clam bake at Curtis estate
Bath Lodge of Elks announces its annual clam bake and field day for August 16 at Meadow Lodges, West Bath on the New Meadows river. Exalted Ruler John P. Carey Jr. named committees for general chair, bake, sports, tickets, and transportation with members including Bradford Be langer Lucius Le Mont J Edward Mc Mann Arthur Sprague and others.
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Bath
Leslie Plant
Sam Povich
L. Eugene Thebeau
Alden G. Smith
Ralph O. Dale
John Conroy
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Anna Prentice
Brooklyn
N. Y
Holly Inn
Christmas Cove
Federal Street
Albert Somes
Charles Weeks
Pleasant Street
Charles Collins
Clifford Collins
Sarah
Carolyn Varney
Gertrude Murrey
Lincoln Home
Woman's Club of
Joseph G. Bailey
South Braintree
E. G. Crossman
Wellington J. Fowles
Gardiner Road
Mr. Fowles
Ella Poole Fowles
Gilbert H
Herman L. Fowles
South Windham
C. E. Titus
Fowles
G. H. Fowles
H. L. Fowles
Judson Cromwell
Charles Cromwell
Clara Curtis
Winnifred
Madison Moore
W. J. Fowles
Herman J. Fowles
FE. H. Crossman
Samuel Dickinson Houe
Water Street
George Huff
Lynnfield
North Edgecomb
G. Fred Isley
Saco
E. W. Ilsley
Union Street
Margaret Ryan
George P. Hobson
Leon A. Francisco
Leon A., Jr
Billy Moody
George A. Paine
Cambridge
Belle R. Rose
Chase's Point
Harvey R. Pease
Richard Tucker
Mises Mary and
Palo Alto
Calif
High Street
Canada
Celia Whitehouse
Pearl Whitehouse
Waldsboro
E. Dana Rines
Earl Rines
C. A. Richards
Ralph
Baptist Church
Damariscotta
Howard E. Hall
Charles S. Sewall
Frances Creamer
Detroit
Frank Creamer
Washington Street
Dorothy Greenwood
Hazel Mayo
Commonwealth
Frank Lowell
Sadie Lowell Whalen
Gladys Lowell
W. E. Gorham
Lee
South Bristol
Pedro R. Gillott
Rita L. Gillott
Carl Brandt
Winfield S. Carlisle
Chicago
Stanley W. Dodge
Lawrence B. Haggett
George E. Coleman, Jr
Bear Pond
Fred Colby
Madeling Merry
Charles E. Titus
West Anna
Cotton Blossom Singers
Sheepscot Methodist Church
George Hernandez
Epworth League
East Poland
Chevrolet
U.C.C
Haggetts Garage
Ford Dealers
Ralph Atkins
Waterville
Lincoln Williams
Foster's Point
Victor Swatt
Robert
Weymouth
Stevens
Birch Point
E. W. Haggett
Miles Purington
Brunswick Hospital
Edwin Ahlin
James Scott
James
Joseph
Everett
Swan Cottage
Florence Swan Chadwick
Harold Haggett
Haggett
W. W. Bennett
Arthur
Washington, D. C
Larrabee’s Grove
Charles Dolliver
Fred W. Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Walter
Anstress
Emily
Brunswick
Byron M. Steele
Ernest
Watertown
Cox
New Meadows
Regina Lebesque
Auburn
Rexford Clark
Noyes
Sabine
Howard Hodson
Noyes Cottage
Raymond Perry
Hyde Park
Sabino
Roy Perry
Luella Noyes
Elmer Hodgkins
Horace Ait
Charles Bates
Henry Henderson
Tibbetts Farm
Brigham’s Cove
Beachmont
West Bath Grangers
Cyclone
Vinettie H. Colby
Charles H. Colby
Bailey Evening School of Industries
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street Church
Royden Colby
Foxboro
Charles Huff
Oakland
Arthur Colby
Exeter
Lawrence Colby
Eester
Oak Grove Cemetery
N. E
Norway Medicine Co
Norway
G. E. Cash
Cincinnati
Hostetter
Dayton, O
Bath Lodge OF Elks
Transportation
Thomas Conley
Charles Syde
Peter Reno
Fred S Curtis
Thomas R. Huston
R. Bath
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