Wiscasset Area News Highlights From Garden City Pioneer Sermon to Local Socials
Reverend John Gardiner preached at First Congregational Church after touring Sheepscot and will speak August 26 at the old Congre gational church. The 129th annual meeting of the Wiscasset Female Charitable Society elected Miss Mary Hobson as president and renewed officers and directresses. The town welcomes visitors, notes on Founder's Day near Lincoln Home, and reports on services, concerts, and social visits across Wiscasset and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gardiner
Garden City
Virginia Pease
Jessie
Brownie Metcalf
Little Mary Susan
Greenwich
Hobson
Nina Lennox
Jane Tucker
Perry Fowle
Parker
Providence
R. I
James A. Bimson
Sagadahoc County
Republican Club
Perry
Boston
E. White
Alna Road
Flora Lowell
Fred Greenleaf
Georgianna Lilly
Hooper Street
Kelton Southard
Roy R. Marston
Main Street
John W. Myer
New York
A. J. Myer
Federal Street
Myer
Portland
Wiscasset
Katherine Crutcher
Elm Lodge
Sheepscott
Lawrence Averill
Averill
Teachers College
Worcester
Mass
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Cotton Blossom Singers
Piney Woods
Miss
Roger Dow
Carl C. Clark
New England
South End P T A Guests Visit Bay Point Cottage
The South End P T A was entertained on August 8 by Mrs. Harry W. Cros man and Mrs. Edward Coombs at Crosman's Bay Point cottage. Twenty three joined the Blue bird bus trip for a noon fish chowder dinner followed by sailing, card playing and sightseeing. Mrs. John H. Hunt announced a piano gift from Ralph McIntire in memory of his aunt, Mrs. William D. Oliver, to be placed in Washington street rooms. An outing is planned later this month at Brigham's Cove cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
P.T.A
Bay Point Cottage
Harry W. Crosman
Edward Coombs
Ralph McIntire
William D. Oliver
Washington Street
Brigham’s Cove
J. Albert Redlon
Small
Bus Fire Damages Vehicle on Morse Hill in Winnegance
A four cylinder Rev truck carrying youths to Lewiston from Popham Beach caught fire as it descended Morse's hill. Garden hose extinguished the blaze but the bus was badly damaged and the group fetched another bus in Lewiston to return home. The incident followed a weekend of church and vacation school events in Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred White
Fred L. Parks
Irving Cromwell
Morse’s Hill
Winnegance
Lewiston
Popham Beach
Winfield W. Maerse
Winneganee Church
Robert Bracey
Bowdoin College
Church
Bracey
Thomas Totman
Ruth Morse
Helen Sims
Totman
Noted ship rigger dies Tuesday morning
Oman L. Fullerton, 60, noted rigger of Bath built vessels, died Tuesday morning at his home in Bath after a long illness. A leader in Bath shipyards, he served as master rigger for Bath Iron Works and left a large family including five sons and three daughters. He was born in Parrsboro and spent his early life at sea before settling in Bath over 30 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman L. Fullerton
Bath
Mechanic Street
Advocate
N. S
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Mr. Fullerton
Parrsboro
Edward Fullerton
Hood
Cecil L
Clarence O
Elihu W
Alfred E
Wiley T. Fullerton
Mabel S
Ruby P. Fullerton
Kenneth London
Clarence Fullerton
River Hibbert
Jennie E. Thompson
Oxford
Mary Gurney Perry Funeral Arrangements Noted
The body of Mrs. Mary Gurney Perry daughter of the late William Henry Duncan of Bath was brought from Kansas City and burial occurred in Maple Grove. She was born in Bath lived on South Street and moved to Lynn Massachusetts as a child. She is survived by a son George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gurney Perry
William Henry Duncan
Bath
Kansas City
Maple Grove
Mrs. Perry
South Street
Washington and
Middle Streets
Lynn
Mass
Mary Duncan
George
Committal service for Mrs Mary Gurney Perry
Mrs Mary Gurney Perry daughter of the late William Duncan of Bath arrived Friday night from Kansas City for a Saturday afternoon committal at Maple Grove cemetery in the family lot of Samuel Duncan. Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist officiated. She was accompanied by her son George Piper and Mrs Piper and by Massachusetts relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gurney Perry
William Henry Duncan
Bath
Kansas City
Samuel Duncan
Maple Grove
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
George Piper
Bowdoin Chapel to Host Sunday Services in Late Afternoon
Bowdoin will hold Sunday services at the chapel at three o clock standard time with Eugene Ashton of Lewiston Bates College graduate as speaker. Sagadahoc grange resumes after summer vacation with its first meeting Saturday evening. Local residents and visitors, including Miss Mary McAfee and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Adams, are mentioned in social notes and family arrivals. Robert McAfee works at the feldspar lodge in Topsham. Dr. Carroll Williams and family welcome a newborn daughter born August fifth in Portland. Mrs. L. C. Starbird and son Clyde visit Lewiston while Mr Starbird recovers at Central Maine General Hospital, showing improvement after four weeks.
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Saint Bartholomew
Apostle
Charles Humphrey Foster
William Davis Hassler
William Gray Hassler
New York City
Henry G. Raps
Charles E. Titus
Walter Sherman
Lee Merry
Edgar Rankin
Bertram Reed
Walter Pashard
Charles Dorr
Mount Katahdin
Hassler
William
Martin E. Connolly
Sheepscot Road
Frank Knight
Eleanor
Bridgeport
Conn
Stuart Swedeman
Alice Pierce
Milton
Fred Hall
Loring T. Fountain
Annie M. Gamage
Belmont
Mass
Pemaquid Falls
Harold Bailey
Kitcnen
Damariscotta
Wood
Miss Lawrence
Lester Brown
Cape Elizabeth
Elden Munsey
Federal Street
Jessie White
Portland
R. S. Halstead
White Plains
N. Y
M. A. Giffin
Washington Street
Alex Lewis
Winona
Marblehead
A. H. Dodge
Pauline Rines
Marston
Carrie Clark
Eugene Ashton
Lewiston
Bates College
Sagadahoc Grange
Mary McAfee
Newcastle
Harold Adams
Springfield
Adams
Ella Adams
Robert McAfee
Feldspar Lodge
Topsham
Carl Cooledge
Spvringfield
Williams
Addi. Williams
L. C. Starbird
Sens
Clyde
Starbird
Central Maine General Hospital
Sabino Improvement Association
Charles J. Cain
Horace W. Aiken
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Henry W. Henderson
Winthrop
Sabine Improvement Association
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Hewitt
Beachmont
Sabine
Walter Bowker
Bath
Josephine Malmsten
New York
Sanderson
Muriel
Frederick
Jack
George
Peabody
Camp Cozy
Sabino
Leon F. Bates
John Eade
Dorothy
Hazel
Sunset Cottage
Roy Perry
Hyde Park
Delmar E. Bates
U. S. Internal Revenue
Malcolm L. Doble
Doble
Beatrice
Phyllis Bowie
Thure G. Nelson
Worster House
Hallowell
Ferguson
Alabama
Bethel
Norway
Paris
Mayo
Dana Grover
Mayos
Larrabee’s Grove
Union
N. J
William Sands
Patrick Sexton
Warren
George H. Hibbard
George D
Smithport
Raymond Cole
Dorchester
West
Winnegance
Loring D. Small
Miss Nancy Hyde Returns From Swampscott Visit
Miss Nancy Hyde of Elmhurst returns home after a two week stay in Swampscott Massachusetts with her aunt Mrs Olive Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Hyde
Elmhurst
Swampscott, Mass
Olive Guild
Virginia M Clark Weds Everett White in Corliss Street Baptist
Miss Virginia Minetta Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Melville B Clark married Everett Gleason White son of Mr and Mrs Edgar M White in a Friday evening ceremony at Corliss Street Baptist Church. Rev Charles H Berry officiated with a double ring service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Minetta Clark
Melville B. Clark
High Street
Everett Gleason White
Edgar M. White
Cathance
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Charles H. Berry
Ruth Louise Clark
Lillian M. Clark
John A. Clark
South End
Morse High School
Morse
The
Times
Bar Harbor
Topsham
Bath Iron Works Corp
Ramona Council
Pocahontas
Ruth Louise
Lillian
Discord Club
Cosmopolitan clubs host gathering at Mrs Sewall’s Summer home
Mrs Sumner Sewall welcomed about 70 Cosmopolitan Current Events and Garden club members to her Small Point Beach estate. Guests admired the grounds and flowers, enjoyed lunch, then played cards and walked the grounds. Gifts were presented to the officers of both groups at day’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Cosmopolitan Current Events Department
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Small Point Beach
Mrs. Sewall
William D. Sewall
Frederick W. Humphreys
Joseph I. Smith
Roscoe P. McFadden
Leroy F. Colby
Garden Club
Universalist Ladies Visit Sabino Cottage Event
Universalist Ladies aid and invited friends were entertained August 8 by Mr and Mrs Henry G Hodgdon at their Sabino cottage. A luncheon of fish chowder preceded a business meeting with large attendance. The afternoon featured a skeet game with Mrs Addie Robbins highest scorer and Mrs George Hodgkins getting the consolation prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Robbins
George Hodgkins
West Bath 4-H Club’s Trip to Bear Pond Field Day
Members of the West Bath 4-H girls and boys clubs led by Mrs. Rose traveled by the Rose track to Bear Pond on Friday for the annual field day featuring swimming and other sports. Joseph Haile led the boys as driver with several club members attending. A separate note records Mr. and Mrs. D Wylie Lemont and others visiting Boothbay Harbor on August 8 to see Rev. Forest L Littlefield. a picnic dinner occurred in Buzzell's Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Fred J. Rose
Rose Track
Bear Pond
Joseph Haile
Marian Rose
Beatrice Rose
Virginia Reno
Mary Bailey
Marion Getchell
Roger Haile
D. Wylie Lemont
William A. Coombs
Harris T. Rodick
Carrie Sampson
Boothbay Harbor
Forest L. Littlefield
Littlefield
Wesley M. E. Church
Buzzell’s Grove
Sabino community reel of gatherings and notices
West Bath residents hear of a postponed card party held at Sabino hall due to the death of Charles J. Cain. The issue lists many summer visitors and locals at Sabine with remarks on picnics, cottage stays, shingling work, and social calls, plus a fishing trip hosted by Henry W. Henderson and attended by Walter Gilpin and others.
Rotary luncheon features Ray Palmer on Spain and Europe
Ray Palmer of Bath spoke at a Phoenix Rotary luncheon about his banking work in Barcelona and experiences in England France and Spain. He outlined Spain's trade barriers tariff policy and hopes for mutual tariff concessions with the United States. Palmer forecast Spain moving rightward from early leftist leanings and noted automobile dominance by Americans despite high tariffs. R. Carl Mountier and Sumner Sewall attended as Rotary visitors. directors discussed new membership names after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
the Phoenix
Ray Palmer
Bath
International Banking Co
Barcelona
Spain
England
France
Palmer
United States
Republic
R. Carl Mountier
Carleroi
Sumner Sewall
Past Noble Grands Club Meeting Outing Report
Past Noble Grands club of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge traveled by car to Harborne House in South Harpswell for shore dinners and social activities. Members listed include Mrs. Atwood, Mrs. Bunker, Mrs. Farrin, Mrs. Huggard, and several others with drivers Mr. Ward and Mr. Leeman. two members were absent visiting Portland and New Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther
Rebekah Lodge
Harborne House
South Harpswell
John E. Atwood
Wallace L. Atwood
Alfred H. Bunker
North Woolwich
Edwin A. Copeland
Frank J. Farrin
Herbert H. Huggard
H. W. Larrabee
Lois T. McKiever
Portland
Charles E. Helah
New Harbor
Guilty Verdict in Larceny Case at Bath Carnival Grounds
Kenneth Radley of Bath was found guilty of larceny for stealing a cigarette case and a safety razor from Ernest Raymond during the Pine Tree Shows at the carnival grounds. He received four months in Augusta jail after arraignment before Recorder Owen J. Ledyard. A companion, also charged, was given a suspended sentence and probation on guilty pleas to intoxication and to the larceny charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Radley
Augusta
Owen J. Ledyard
William Curran
Radley
Ernest Raymond
Southbridge
Mass
Raymond
Rice
Fine new equipment for Memorial Hospital
Trustees of Bath Memorial Hospital receive news of upgraded facilities including an operating table sterilizer portable X ray unit and laboratory gear funded by the Davenport estate Thebeau president notes this marks the estate donors first gift to the hospital and announces a bronze memorial tablet design by Thatcher Pinkham to honor endowment supporters to be cast by Torrey Roller Bushing Works
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
L. Eugene Thebeau
Thebeau
Pres
George P. Davenport
Davenport
Thatcher Pinkham
Torrey Roller
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds Annual Picnic at Brigham's Cove
The West Bath Farm Bureau held its annual picnic Thursday at Attorney Charles T Small Jr. for the second year at Brigham's Cove. Guests included Mrs Henry W Henderson and Mrs Harold J Haggett. Members listed and a cafeteria lunch with sandwiches salads cake fruit and nuts were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Harold J. Haggett
Weston L. Bonney
Fred S. Brown
William A. Coombs
Joseph N. Day
Belle C. Donnell
Frank A. French
Edwin W. Haggett
Edna M. Higgins
Herbert Hodgkins
Chester G. King
Daniel A. MacDonald
Humphrey A. Owen
Fred J. Rose
Elmer Sidelinger
Loring D. Small
Walter W. Smith
Coombs
French
Miss Higgins
Ralph H. Dunton
Bureau
Melrose hosts Atkins Bay weenie roast party
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Gray of Melrose Massachusetts hosted a Saturday night weenie roast on the shores of Atkins Bay. Attendees included Philip Carruthers and family, Virginia Holden, Lexie MacLeod, Charles Drummond and daughter Betty, Walter Morse and Elmer Morse, Merton Oliver and Janet of Winneganee, Florence and Doris Coughlin of Malden, Harry F Oliver of Bath, and Freeman Oliver with Edna and June of Popham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Gray
Melrose
Mass
Atkins Bay
Philip Carruthers
Jane
Edwin
Virginia Holden
Lexie MacLeod
Charles Drummond
Betty
Walter Morse
Elmer
Merton Oliver
Leaner
Winneganee
Florence Coughlin
Doris Coughlin
Malden
Harry F. Oliver
Bath
Freeman Oliver
Edna and
June
Popham
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Panel
Ford Tudor
Haggett Garage Co
Ford Sales and Service
Donald F. Preble
Optician
Center St
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Mary G. Perry
Bowdoin
Virginia M. Clark
Everett G. White
Bath Iron Works
Cosmo Club
Small Point
Pauline Wright
Floyd Wright
Charles S. Lemont
Mr. Lemont
Trufant’s Crossing Road
Percy E. Holbrook
Freeport
James L. Holbrook
L. F.” Atwood
Rotary
Memorial Hospital
West Bath Farm Bureau
Charles T. Small, Jr
F. J. Gosselin & Sons
Maine Street
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