Open House Day showcases Castle Tucker and local homes
Wiscasset's Aug 15 Open House Day will feature Castle Tucker on High Street as a central stop with guided tours and tea by Gen. Knox chapter DAR members. Other events include a Tudor era tea at Governor Gardiner’s Phipps Point home and a ministerial gathering at Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Tucker
High Street
Wiscasset
Jane Tucker
Castle ‘Tucker
Gen. Knox Chapter
Miss Tucker
Thomaston
Edith Lenfest
Fred Overlock
Richard O. Elliot
Cassandra Washburn
Annie Willy
Charles Shorey
Lena Shorey
Hortense Wilson
Edith Wilson
Henry L. Hall
Mabel Nash
Loring Smith
Annie Donnell
Annie Greenleaf
Sortwell Sunken Garden
Main Street
William Tudor Gardiner
Phipps Point
Woman’s Club of
Wiscasse
Lincoln County
Gardiner
John F. Wright
Woman's Club
Alvin F. Sortwell
Woman's Club of
Robbery at Pine Tree Shows Hits Carnival Dressing Room
Don Blair of the carnival troupe reported larceny from a dressing room tent at McKay Park during Pine Tree State Shows. Jewelry, clothing, and a maroon sweater were taken between 8 and 10 p.m. Tuesday while carnival activities ran at peak. Officer Langdon Green investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree
McKay Park
Don Blair
Langdon Green
Rotary Club Dines At Country Club
The Rotary club held a Tuesday evening luncheon at the Country Club replacing the noon meeting at Hotel Phoenix. A beefsteak dinner accompanied by songs and solos followed a sociable hour, with plans for a stronger year's program and increased membership. Guests included Walter T. Paine of New York and Wilmer I. Voorhees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Country Club
Hotel Phoenix
Ry" Page
Rotary
E. W. Bridgham
John Conti
Chet" Plant
Morse High
Winchenbach
Edward C. Stiness
Providence
Frostproof
Fla
Walter T. Paine
New York
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Enjoyable Outing of Corliss Street Church Research Class
Twenty members of the Corliss Street church Research class enjoyed a Lemont camp outing on the New Meadows last Wednesday. A short business session preceded Bible questions and humorous readings. Tables were spread under trees for a picnic lunch prepared by Mrs. Mabel Shepard and assisted by Mrs. Melville B. Clark. Gratitude was extended to several hosts and drivers for a memorable afternoon. plans for the next meeting will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Church
Lemont
New Meadows
Mabel Shepard
Melville B. Clark
Shepard
Arthur C. Lemont
Lucian R. Ames
William P. Hatch
R. Frank Curtis
Ross E. Mitchell
George Worrey
Everett G. White
Historic document owned by Bath man details 1811 commission
A Bath citizen presented a well preserved 1811 commission for Benjamin Swett as captain of a militia company. The document bears Elbridge Gerry signature as governor and commander in chief of Massachusetts, with Denny M. Cobb attesting on the back, dated March 13 1811, nine years before Maine’s separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Elbridge Gerry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Gerry
Benjamin Swett
Commonwealth
Maine
Massachusetts
Swett
Denny M. Cobb
New Meadows Swim to Feature Multiple Cup Awards
The annual New Meadows swim will be held Sunday from the marine float opposite New Meadows Inn to Thomas Point. Pete Lamarre of Brunswick, founder and organizer, seeks a large field. Four cups will be awarded to winners, runner up, first girl, and first Brunswick boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Pete Lamarre
Brunswick Boy
New Meadows Inn
Thomas' Point
Melville Hutchinson
Portland
William Charron
Arthur Pouliot
Frank Walsh
Philip Bernier
Fred Richard
Joan Johnson
Brunswick
John—Weisenberger
Boston
Dunning Street
Mrs Homer Richardson Guests of Mrs Arthur Sewall
Mrs Homer Richardson and her daughter Miss Frances Clark of Boston arrived Saturday to stay a few days as guests of Mrs Arthur Sewall of Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Gilbert
The
Stone-Webster Co
Boston
Arthur Norton
High Street
Homer Richardson
Frances Clark
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Walter H. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Eaton-Harding Wedding at Brighton Avenue Church
Dorothea Emily Harding of Arlington and John Francis Eaton of Providence and Boston wed at 10 30 Saturday morning August 4 in Brighton Avenue Baptist Church Allston under Rev P A A Killam. The reception lunch followed at Hartwell Farm Concord with gifts including a sterling chest. They plan to live in Boston after a Maine vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Avenue Baptist Church
Allston
Mass
Dorothea Emily Harding
Arlington
John Francis Eaton
Providence
Boston
P. A. A. Killam
Dorothy Holmes
Clarence Chute
Weston
Eaton
Walter W. Harding
Simmons College
United Business Service of
Harold Bertrand Eaton
Winona T. Eaton Stinson
Connecticut
Utica
N. Y
School of Business Administration
Northeastern University
College of Liberal Arts
Boston University
Kediphone
Thomas H. Edison, Inn
Bath
Hartwell Farm
Concord
Paul Revere
Maine
Mr. Eaton
Harvard Dock Fill Nears Completion In Bath
Bath progresses on Harvard dock fill replacing the wooden bridge with earth and a fire dam. Two culverts with a water valve and overflow protection are installed. Gahan’s dock fill also near finish with a high water fire dam and emergency water supply. Two small fills remain on North Bath road and the road to Bath Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Washington Street
Bath
Lincoln Street
Bedford
Chestnut
Harvard Street
Gahan's
Harvard Dock Bridge
Gahan's Dock Bridge
Bath Road
Harry Plummer Farm
Bath Country Club
Country Club
New Meadows
Maine Central Railroad
Oak Grove Avenue
Cars sought to transport Maine’s 75 plus to annual meeting
Maine’s Three-Quarters Century club plans its annual meeting in Augusta with Bath Sagadahoc county to send large delegations. Sheriff Albert Henderson appeals to anyone in Sagadahoc to provide automobiles for transporting the elderly, urging prompt response to avoid leaving anyone behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Henderson
Maine
Century Club
Augusta
Bath
Sagadahoc
Albert Henderson
Sagadahoe County
Sagadahoc County
West Bath 4-H Plans Bear Pond Outing for Aug 10
West Bath 4-H Boys and 4-H Girls clubs met at Rosedale Farm led by Mr and Mrs Fred J Rose to plan the Bear Pond outing on Sunday August 10. Joseph Haile the boys president chaired as 14 guests will travel by truck with Mrs Rose. sports are planned for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosedale Farm
Fred J. Rose
Bear Pond
Joseph Haile
Marian Dale Holton
Collingswood
N. J
Charles E. Vanderkleed
West Bath
Vanderkleed
Sabine Cottage
Van
Dobbs Ferry School
Thomas L. Pierce
Pierce
Birch Point
Richard Elliott
Bryn Mawr
Lloyd Bates
Elizabeth
Albany
N. Y
Samuel F. Bates
Sabino
Horace W. Aiken
Beachmont
Mass
Alston E. Oliver
High Street
Bath
Humphrey A. Owen
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Charles H. Bates
Bates
Anne Eliza Rich
Elbridge B. Malcolm
Walter M. Hill
North Street
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Charles, 3Rd
Sebasco Estates
Alpheus Purington
Parker Head
Frank Purington
Seattle
Wash
H. B. Cole
West Virginia
Thorpe Cottage
Cole
U. S. S. Dewey
Worcester House
Hallowell
Delmar E. Bates
William Foster
Dorothy
Shirley
Cathance
Fred Duren
Patricia
Richmond
Edwin Ahlin
Chadwick
Scotts
James A. Scott, Jr
Ahlin
John Horne
Milton Mills
N. H
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Horne
August Jottings From Popham Beach
Local column notes summer residents and visitors at Popham Beach and surrounding cottages. Families from Naugatuck Brunswick Dorchester Portland Nashua Bath Montclair and Montreal appear among frequent trips to Sebasco Cape Elizabeth and the Point along with plans for a Village Improvement Association summer event and a card party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hill
Naugatuck
Herbert J. Kellaways
Marguerite McNulty
Village Improvement Association
Fred C. Scribner
Alfred Graham
Moses
Dorothy Marston
Montclair
N. J
Popham
Charles F. Hathaway
Harold DeLong
Bath
Fred Humphreys
Duniels Cottage
Albert Willard Smith
Portland
Danforth Cove
Cape Elizabeth
Canada
Fitch Cottage
Mary Toothaker
Robert Toothaker
Edward Owen
Owen
Harold Ward
New York
Kennebec House
Atkins Bay
Wesley Bible School Opens August Twenty
Wesley Church will hold a daily Vacation Bible School from Monday August 20 to Friday August 31 with sessions led by Ellery E Whittemore Carroll Niles Willard McLean and the pastor for boys and Mrs Heywood Niles Catherine Shellanbarger Margaret Gordon Charlotte King and Jane Wing for the girls The program features The Life of Christ shown as a 35mm film each morning plus memory work music scripture explanations hymns and handicraft The pastor Rev Ernest Heywood noted the 20th anniversary of the Great War and urged international cooperation and critical thinking to avert a new Dark Age Registrations may be sent to the pastor at 33 Union Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Plumstead
Exeter
N. H
Fred Moody
Fred West
Jane Tucker
Charles E. Titus
Henry W. Webb
Elton K. Bassett
Oake Grove
Boothbay Harbor
Bassett
Congregational Church
Fred Soule
Somerville
Mass
Will Plummer
Wayland S. Small
Oakland
Aurelia Springer Gould
Ellen Gertrude Gould Churchill
Ralph Hallowell Wakefield
Gardiner
St. Mary the Virgin
Falmouth
Robert W. Plant
Wakefield
George Conley
George Wilson
Providence
R. I
A. H. Dodge
Main Street
Josephine Plumstead
South Portland
Birch Point
Saint Philip's Church
Henry G. Raps
Altar Guild
Sewall Metcalf
Henry Scott
Betty Sortwell
George ,Pinkird
Nefit
Nevane
Philip's Ryan Painting Fund
John Gardner
Wiscasset
Gardner
London
England
California
Garden City
New York
Charlie Chaplain
Felix
William Fairbanks
Dorothy Révier
Ella G. Fowles
Effie J. Poole
Federal Street
Cost
Barbara Southard
Mabel
Lois Purrington
Topsham
Wesley Church Daily Vacation Bible School
Ellery E. Whittemore
Carroll Niles
Willard McLean
Heywood
Niles
Catherine Shellanbarger
Margaret Gordon
Charlotte King
Jane Wing
Christ
Ernest Heywood
Union Street
St Mary's Lawn Party Celebrates a Successful Run
Friday night crowds topped earlier nights with about 1200 on the midway. The Lawn Party raised an estimated 1500 to 2000 for St Mary’s Parish as Fr Ludger Melancon praised donors and invited groups to use the grounds for future events.
Hunter Wheeler Marriage Returns Filed In City Clerk Office
Tuesday records in the City Clerk office list the marriage on Saturday August 4 between Stanley Baker Muni Bath and Miss Vivian Athene Wheeler of Fairfield. Officiating clergyman was Ernest C. Flood. The groom, dairy employee, is son of the late Ernest Hunter and Mrs Vic Worrey Hunter of Benton Station. The bride is daughter of Carl V. and Maud A. Wheeler of Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmor
Stanley Baker
Vivian _Athene eeler
Fairfield
Ernest C. Flood
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Ernest Hunter
Vic Worrey Hunter
Benton Statio
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Fred S. Wright
Frederick
Belaire
Ohio
Davis Island
Maude Rines
Goldie Rines McGinnis
Alice Rines Flarity
Donald
Whitman, Mass
Douglas Soule
East Braintree
Lytle Dow
Hilton Soule
Lynn
Josephine Merry
Donald Leavitt
Woolwich
Jennie Merry
Grace Merrit
Roxbury
Newcastle
New Jersey
Marion Berry
Horace E. Henderson
Ford
Chevrolet
Dodge
Buick
Haggett Garage Co
Ford Sales and Service
Carnival Company
Donald F. Preble
Optician
Center St
Steeves Market
Dines
Lemont Camp
New Meadows River
Bathman
Eaton-Harding
Julia Coombs
Amy Coombs
Campbell’s Pond
Fannie Tinkham
Florence Chadwick
David MacKinnon
Elizabeth MacKinnon
Houston
R. E. Dodge
Percy R. Waterman
Fletcher A. Waterman
Herman Crosman
Helen
Russell
Newton Highlands
Edwin W. Haggett
Samuel Cole
Lewiston
Fred W. Larrabee
Small Point Beach
Marion Avery
Fred Williams, Jr
Popham Beach
Improvement Society
Wesley Bible School
Walter Irving
Newman F. Kennerson
Pine Street
Kennerson
Elinor C. Brown
Edwin H. Given
Cobb Road
Ist
Mary’s
Legion Hall
Ralph C. Whitehouse
Andrew C.flaherty
John W. Costain
Scott Morse
Edward J. Murphy
Ralph Gay
J. Emery Footer
C. Maguerite Hennessey
James B. Lemont
James B. McLaughlin
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Ludger Melancon
Maney
St. Mary's
Fr. Melancon
St. Mary's Parish
St. Mary’s Parish
Gratis
Bernard McCausland
Oak Street
Stanley M. Brown
Maxwell Street
Edesse F. Boyce
Middle Street
Elsie Genthner
Russell Street
Alice Maney
Bangor
Antonio A. Puna, Jr
Vine Street
Bridges Market
Elinor Sullivan
A. D. Stetson & Son, Inc
Coleman Fraser
Milar Street
Frank Seavey
Union
Hunter-Wheeler
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