Bath Independent Newspaper Archives, Aug 13, 1931, p. 5

Wiscasset News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Incidents

Miss Eva Rowe of Bangor, sister of Mrs. Lucinda Allen, was struck by a car crossing a street last Monday evening. She is recovering after a broken leg and three fractured ribs at Eastern Maine General Hospital. The column lists numerous visitors and events including trips to Portland, Camden, and Winthrop, farm bureau meetings, and social gatherings, plus notes on local residents’ comings and goings and a Cloverdale store ownership change.

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Eva Rowe Bangor Lucinda Allen Pleasant Street Miss Rowe Eastern Maine General Hospital Ton Stephen Boyd Boston Roger Plaistead Molly Seamon Bernard and Leonard Point Shirley Winthrop Mass Camden Frank Metcalf James Orrick New York Cumberland Jack Myer Federal Street Elia M. Abbott Alna Wilbur Lowell Hoage Street Harold Sherman D. H. Johnston Norwood H. F. Williamson Lewis Ogletree Anniston Ala M. C. Webber, Jr Rutland John H. Southard R. S. Halstead White Plains N. Y M. A. Giffin Robert F. Boyd Melrose Boyd Sheepscat Road Loring Yarmouth Margaret Storey Everett Mas Lucy Jackson Birch Point Neal Creamer Creamer Frank Creamer Washington Street Mildred Miller Springfield Ernest G. Spinney Congregational Parsonage J. Clifton Lewis Eugene Philadelphia Julia Lewis M. D. Glidden Morris Bath F. J. Dyer Auburn Wesley C. Day John Currier Farmington State Normal School Donald Petrie Cloverdale Main Street Clarence I. Dickinson Herbert H. Blinn Charles Curry Gardiner Blinn Frank H. Hutchins Fred Forman Esther

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Weekend in Maine Brims With Guests and Open House

A string of visitors and locals fill Wiscasset area events. Theodore Gaillard of New York leaves Elm Lodge after two weeks. Elm camp guests Lippit of Providence and R. L attend town events. Open House Day broadcasts promote Maine Publicity Bureau plans with WCSH.

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Wiscasset Echo 1906 Notes on Local Visits

In Bath and surrounding towns, Mrs. Sarah Sylvester and Miss Alice Greenleaf visited Saturday. Miss Mary Merrill visits sister Mrs. Sewall York in Rockland. Mrs. Ebbit and two children stay with Miss Clapp. Episcopal Sunday school picnic held at Davis Island. Mrs. John C. Grant returned from Ports mouth New Hampshire. E.gchorn party from Boston toured town and Old Fort. Mrs. Rufus Greenleaf and granddaughter Chester Wetport visitor. Mrs. Parker E Lewis and daughter move to Bath for work.

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Wiscasset Sheepscot Echo Sarah Sylvester Alice Greenleaf Bath Las Mary Merrill Sewall H. York Rockland Ebbit Miss Clapps Episcopal Sunday School Davis Island John C. Grant Portsmouth N. H

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Notable Visitors and Local Accident in Wiscasset Echo

Richard Coffin returns to Boston from last Thursday. New York and Boston visitors fill the town with travelers including Miss Maud Smith and Mrs. Lizzie Bollwig. Capt. Sewall Southard is injured after his carriage topple on Main Street hill. no dislocations or broken bones found by Dr. Peaslee, but arm and shoulder swelling and suffering noted.

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Sheepscot Echo Richard Coffin Boston David B. Fraser New York City Wiscasset Theodore E. Burton Cleveland Maud Smith Newburyport Mas Lillian Smith Frederick W. Burleigh Ashmont Mass Rosa Coffin Addie Averdie Bertha Chaney Delia Albee Emma McCobb Anna Lizzie Bollwig Grace Emerson George Emerson Echo Home Mary Anderson Rosa West Flossie Ethel Somerville Sarah Clark Stephen Littlefield Willis Cunningham Carrie Emma Chamberlain Gardiner Philena Smith Sewall Southard Main Street Capt. Southard Peaslee

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Probate Court Handles Wills and Administrations In Sagadahoc

Tuesday session of Sagadahoc Probate Court presided by Judge Walter S. Glidden approved wills for Alma Kendall and others, opened probate petitions for Aurele Michaud Mary Norton and more, and filed bonds inventories and accounts for multiple estates in Bath Richmond and nearby towns.

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Walter S. Glidden Sagadahoc Glidden Alma Kendal Bowdeinham Edward P. Kendall Aurele Michaud Topsham Louise Michaud Charlies C. Snow Bath W. H. Gould Amelia Harford Richmond Joseph W. Randlette Alma Kendall Lewis and Lois Swett William H. Small Winifred Crane James D. Crane Wilton G. Bates William Thornton Bates Frank Wilbur Hagan Edward W. Bridgham Martha D. Oliver Charles H. Oliver Ellen F. Smith Edward B. Smith William C. Covel Edward W Bridgham William A. Jack Edward L. Curtis Orlando H. Curtis Woolwich John D. Gowell Clara T. Gowell Oprah B. Darrah William B. Hibbert

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Death of Lucy Walls Nine Year Old Girl

Lucy Walls aged nine daughter of Mrs. George G. Trask died Thursday morning at 6 30 at her home 35 en months She was born in Bath a daughter of Harold R and Grace M Walls She was in the second grade at Mitchell school and attended the Corliss street Baptist Sunday school She leaves besides her mother two sisters Alice Dodge of Springvale and Madge Staples of Bath

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Lucy Walls George G. Trask Bath Harold R Grace M. Walls Mitchell School Corliss Street Alice Dodge Springvale Madge Staples

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West Bath Residents Gather for Summer at Lemont Cottage

Local society notes many visitors and guests in West Bath and surrounding towns. Dorchester and Campbell's Pond residents, along with families from Portsmouth Medford Weymouth and Everett, enjoy weeks at Larrabee's Grove and Lemont cottages while others recover from surgery and plan returns home.

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Fleas and Ants Rampant This Year Across Neighborhoods

Fleas and ants appear numerous this year with reports of big families visiting homes and infestations in several houses. In one case an owner moved away after persistent insect problems. Ivy poison also rises with heightened discomfort and more cases than before. Mrs. Nancy MdeCabe hosted a Thursday club gathering with several guests before some members left for Washington, D.C.

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Tocmer Vic

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Steeves Buys Center Street Block for Grocery Store

Lloyd E. Steeves, proprietor of Steeves Market at 137 Front Street, buys the 47-49 Center Street block from Dora L. Howard. He will move his grocery business and introduce a Groceteria store within the ground floor, with City Hall offices remaining on the second floor. The mayor relocates to City Landing, and Steeves plans to open the new concept by Oct 1.

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Lloyd E. Steeves Steeves Market Front Street Center Street Dora L. Howard Harold P. Small City Landing Steeves Bath City Hall Boston Dorchester Mass Ward Roland Smith Post American Legion

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Morse High School Names New Home Economics Head

Miss Jeanette Smith, daughter of Mrs. Edward B. Smith of Bath, was elected head of the home economics department at Morse high school by the Board of Education. She succeeds Miss Alfreda Skillin who left for Thornton academy in Saco. Miss Smith is a Morse graduate with Simmons College training and recent leadership at Wilton academy.

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Jeanette Smith Edward B. Smith Bath Morse High School Board of Education Alfreda Skillin Thornton Academy Saco Smith Simmons College Boston Wilton Academy Marion Jaques Central Grammar School University of Maine Harold Brown Perry L. Thompson Pownal Morse High William A. Furber Frostina Marston Edward W. Bridgham

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Three Men Fined for Evading Tolls at Bath Bridge

Three Springfield men Fred Carlson Demetrius Koppyscinski and Douglas Carnegie were fined five dollars plus six dollars ninety five cents costs for evading toll at a Kennebec bridge. They claimed to need work in Caribou and presented a letter promising arrival August fifteenth. Judge John J. Keegan suspended the fines and warned them to avoid toll bridges in the future.

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Kennebec Bridge Springfield Mass Waldoboro George S. Shaw Rockland Bath John J. Keegan Fred Carlson Demetrius Koppyscinski Douglas Carnegie Caribou Springfield Arms Manufacturing Co Keegan

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Woolwich community notices highlight visits and events

Woolwich residents host and visit relatives across Maine and Massachusetts. A Baptist Vacation Bible School closes with a Nequasset Lake picnic. The Center Baptist church invites Ernest Spigulis of Latvia and Adolph Klaupik of Russia to sing and speak at Sunday service.

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Perley Brown Fryeburg Marian Skinner Samuel Moore Yarmouth Malcolm McEachern Bath City Hospital Glenwood Brown Albert Bridges East Boston Bridge William Cressey Baptist Vacation Bible School Nequasset Lake Ward Bros Everett Reed Auburn Emma Head Charles Savage Whitefield Mary Richardson Somerville Mass Flora Leonard Sagadahoc Ferry Harry Knight Fletcher Esther Bailey Fred Carlton Merrymeeting Camp Rangeley Lakes Perry Montsweag Tuessie Hall Kenneth McDougal Detroit Mich A. E. Trott Henry F. Butler Cambridge Charles T. Henderson Bath Center Baptist Church of Woolwich Ernest Spigulis Latvia Adolph Klaupik Russia Newton Theological Institute J. Allie Davidson

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Musical program at Montsweag church under Christian Endeavor

On Thursday evening at Montsweag church the Christian Endeavor Society led by William Robson presents Curtis M. Saulsbury, a negro tenor, with readings and local instrumental numbers. A silver offering will be taken. The New England School of Methods hosts 30 Federation Cottage residents under Maine Baptist Women's Federation. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lord and son Lawrence of Bath and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bailey with three children visited Montsweag.

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Montsweag Christian Endeavor Society William Robson Curtis M. Saulsbury Maine New England Rural Pastors Ocean Park Hilda Ives Saulsbury New England School of Methods Federation Maine Baptist Women’s Federation Alberta Malcom Dresden

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Social callers visit in South Dresden and Gardiner

South Dresden residents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wall and Mrs. Leland Siegars hosted visitors Saturday evening in Gardiner. Edna Hatch visited relatives in the south end of town last week. Gardiner guests included Mr. and Mrs. James Hammond and children Helena and Richard visiting Harold Wall, while Riverside hosts were Elmer Tozier and family from Winslow along with Mulholland clan from Waterville and Ricker and Pushard families from Gardiner and Randolph.

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Harold Wall Leland Siegars Gardiner Edna Hatch James Hammond Helena Richard Riverside Elmer Tozier Winslow Lawrence Mulholland Maynard and Waterville Fred Ricker Albert Pushard Randolph

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Threats Against Governor Baxter Spark Public Alarm

Former Governor Percival P. Baxter says his life was threatened after publishing articles attacking the Soviet regime. He told club members that anonymous letters warned he would be harmed if he continued his criticisms while noting American instructors in Russia draw heated controversy.

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Percival P. Baxter United States Baxter

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Miss Ella Comeau Returns After Medford and Somerville Visit

Miss Ella Comeau returned after a two week visit in Medford Massachusetts with her cousin Miss Gladys Thebault and in Somerville Massachusetts as a guest of Miss Evelyn Jeddrey, formerly of this city.

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Ella Comeau Medford Mass Gladys Thebault Somerville Evelyn Jeddrey

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Maine Branch League of Nations meeting at Bowdoin College

The Maine Branch of the League of Nations Association held a well attended session in Bowdoin Memorial Hall. Speakers included John Murray Carroll Bates College on The World Has Become One Market Place and Joseph Allen College of the City of New York on World low mood. Judge Pattangall spoke on The World Court after luncheon at the Eagle hotel. A resolution urged Maine U S Senators to vote to join the World Court.

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Bowdoin Memorial Hall Maine League of Nations Association John Murray Carroll Bates College Joseph Allen College of the City of New York W. B. Catlin United States William R. Pattangall Eagle Hotel Memorial Hall Elihu Root James Madison Pattangall T. W. Rankin Russia Henry Morganthau U. S

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Twenty six coal cars leave Bath for Rumford Oxford Paper Co

Twenty six carloads of coal were loaded direct from the Munson Line motorship Muncove at Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co dock in Bath for Rumford and the Oxford Paper Co. The shipment totals 3 900 tons of bituminous coal. The Muncove will return by the 20th or 21st to load again, and a further 6 500 tons of run of the mine New River coal will be delivered for wharf use after discharge. Mrs Marion Oliver, deputy city clerk, is ill and confined at home.

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Munson Line Muncove Kennebec

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Wiscasset News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Incidents

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Weekend in Maine Brims With Guests and Open House

Wiscasset Echo 1906 Notes on Local Visits

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Notable Visitors and Local Accident in Wiscasset Echo

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Probate Court Handles Wills and Administrations In Sagadahoc

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Death of Lucy Walls Nine Year Old Girl

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West Bath Residents Gather for Summer at Lemont Cottage

Fleas and Ants Rampant This Year Across Neighborhoods

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Steeves Buys Center Street Block for Grocery Store

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Morse High School Names New Home Economics Head

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Three Men Fined for Evading Tolls at Bath Bridge

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Woolwich community notices highlight visits and events

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Musical program at Montsweag church under Christian Endeavor

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Social callers visit in South Dresden and Gardiner

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Threats Against Governor Baxter Spark Public Alarm

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Miss Ella Comeau Returns After Medford and Somerville Visit

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Maine Branch League of Nations meeting at Bowdoin College

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