Open House Day Draws 1000 Plus To Wiscasset Tour
Wiscasset held its 10th annual Open House Day with over 1,000 visitors. Guests from states and international cities toured colonial houses and public buildings from 11 am to 6 pm, with a noon luncheon on the Water Tower lawn served by Mrs. DeForest S. Day and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Barcelona
Spain
India
London
Germany
Ottawa
Ontario
Water Tower
DeForest S. Day
Roy R. Marston
Charles S. Sewall
Alvin W. Kerrstead
Frank M. Haggett
Carroll T. Berry
Frances A. Sortwell
Alvin F. Sortwell
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Social notes from Birch Point to North Edgecomb
John South returns to Birch Point home while Miss Plumstead is accompanied by Edward South. Plumstead guests from Wilmington, Del. include Mr and Mrs Joseph Plumstead and Edward Plumstead. Also reported are trips to Quebec, a church talk, vacations in Providence and North Edgecomb, and local school and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John South
Birch Point
Miss Plumstead
Walpole
Kenneth Short
Providence
R. L
Howell Short
Priscilla
Webber's Tavern
Howard Trussell
Main Street
Middle Street
Sidney G. Evans
Ben Franklin
John Blagdon
Trussell
Walter W. Leavitt
Water Street
Lester Peters
Alna Road
James Jackson
Machias
Bradford C. Redennett, Jr
Hodge Street
Josephine Plumstead
Portland
Charles M. Sigison
Katherine Pinkham
Sigison
Miss Pinkham
Arthur Hatch
Marie Antoinette House
North Edgecomb
Dillon Bronson
Los Angeles
Calif
Tomas Bronson
Bronson
Wiscasset
Charlotte S. Whiton
Frank A. Creamer
Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Whiton
Louise Adams
Weston P. Hilton
Helen Farris
Augusta
Wiscasset Woman's Club to Aid Lincoln County Fair
The Wo man s club of Wiscasset plans to serve a baked bean dinner on August 24 at the Lincoln County Fair to benefit the Lincoln Home for the Aged. Damarsicotta Mills club joins in the effort with cooperation from Wiscasset officials. Attending were Mrs Henry W Webb president and others from Wiscasset plus Mrs Frank A Hodgdon of Newquasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Henry W. Webb
Lincoln County
Charles Sewall
DeForest S. Day
Fred Soule
Clara Groves
Frank A. Hodgdon
Nequasset
Ice shortage grips Bath area amid warm spell
Prolonged heat has raised demand for natural ice while supplies dwindle. Dealers refuse new customers as Portland also withholds extra orders to supply Summer resorts. Some residents rely on electric refrigeration as outages hamper cooling and threaten local supplies at Small Point and Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hutras
Boothbas Harbor
Portland
Small Point
Popham Beach
Phippshores
Georgetown
Pesett
Clam Chowder Supper Planned at Popham Beach
The Village Improvement Association will host a six o'clock clam chowder supper in the library at Popham Beach Saturday night. Mrs Fitch and Mrs Mattson head the committee as reservations are taken, aiming for a informal gathering that will attract Bath residents and neighbors due to the moonlit mid August event. Mrs Edward Hetzler Jr of New York stayed with Mrs Sewall on Washington Street an overnight guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Improvement Association
Popham Beach
Cote
Fred Fitch
Vernon Mattson
Bath
Edward T Hetzler, Jr
New York
Arthur Sewalld
Washington Street
Family fills all offices in Maine Grange event
The Harlow family of Mt Rockemeka Grange No 189 in Franklin County Jay Maine turned their entire Grange meeting into Harlow Night spanning 16 family members filling all offices the lecture hour and program and providing refreshments. Patrons traveled to witness the event described as unique in Grange history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange Weekly
Maine
Mt. Rockemeka
Franklin County
United States
Harlow
Jay
Grange
Grange Assembly
MacMahan Island Cottagers Elect New Officers
The annual meeting of the MacMahan Island Cottagers Association elected Dr. Joseph H. Beattie president and Mrs. John K. Lee vice president. Miss Mabel A. Searle remains secretary treasurer as the group revises directors and approves improvements and committee appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMahan Island
Nelson Edwards
Paoli
Lilian Roberts
George Rathbun
Detroit
Mich
Joseph H. Beattie
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Theodore S. Lazell
John K. Lee
Bryn Mawr
Penna
Public Safety Orders Clean Up Campaign In City
The municipal committee on Public Safety led by Frank T. Fortier sent out twenty two notices to business concerns and property owners to remove rubbish and reduce fire and health hazards. If owners ignore notices the matter goes to the Board of Aldermen for possible cleanup and charges. The committee includes Fred E. Drake Harris T. Rodick Melvin Savage Dominique J. Tardif Mayor Arthur Sewall and Forrest Legard. Mrs Thelma Cottrell a guest of Mrs Leroy V. Honsinger is visiting from Binghamp ton New York.
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Municipal Committee On Public Safety
Frank T. Fortier
Fortier
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Fortier
Fred E. Drake
Harris T. Rodick
Melvin Savage
Dominique J. Tardif
Arthur Sewall
Forrest Legard
Social visitors fill West Bath cottages for summer week
Mrs. Charles Lemont of Topsham and Mrs. Byron Steele of Watertown visit West Bath cottages. Many guests from Boston Portland Newton and Bath mingle with locals at Birch Point Campbell's Pond and Rosedale. Families gather at cottages, plan summer stays and attend local events amid rotation of visitors.
Bates Farm News Roundup of Local Visitations
Residents and guests frequent the Bates farm in Bath with extended visits and returns. Everett Mass travelers SABINO and the Hatch group join Miss R Alice Rich and others from Bowdoinham Columbus Ohio, Bath, and Marblehead on varied trips. The Bates cottage hosts multiple families including the McNarys and Cotreaus as they vacation and work on nearby cottages and camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Mass
Charles Hatch
Bowdhoinham
R. Alice Rich
Bath
Columbus
Samuel Bates
Bates Farm
Delmar E. Bates
Snow Park
Florence Darling
High Street
Humphrey A
George Bailey
South Portland
Chester Freeman
Portland
Willem—Foster
Cathance
Charles H. Bates
Leon
Sabine
Beachmont
J. Henry Cotreau
M. Eleanor Cotreau
Middle Street
Social Roundup of Visitors and Locals at Numerous Cottages
Westport reports Mrs. Alice Williams and son Roger return home from Mechanic Falls. Several Connecticut and Massachusetts visitors stay at area cottages, including Miss Jean Harper, Dr. Ernest Graumann, Emil Zepp, and families from Brookline Boston Dorchester Belmont Watertown Malden Melrose Newton Center New Haven and others. Notable gatherings include birthday party for Deborah Pierce and Bath Rotary club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Williams
Roger
Mechanic Falls
Jean Harper
Grove Beach
Conn
Ernest Graumann
Graumann-Siewerts
Emil Zepp
Brookline
Mass
Gertrude Jones
Boston
Paul Wiggin
Holbrook
Stanley and
Kermit Adams
Dorchester
Ruth Craig
James Craig
New Haven
Gordon Harvey
Shirley
Stuart
Pemaquid
Damariscotta
Martha Hoffman
Warren
Harriman’s Point
Watertown
Allen Carlson
George J. Matthews
Harriman Point
Baker Memorial
Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert Lamont
Sydney
Betsy
Robert
Newton Center
Lamont
Cole
Gertrude Hanley
Belmont
Ronald Johnson
Nine Acre
Irene Matthews
Matthews
Blue Hill
Archie Brewer
Vernon
Dorothy Higgins
Boothbay Harbor
Edwin Cromwell
Mulhall
Ashland
Ida Greenleaf
Inez Cerutti
Mary Buckley
Edward Adams
W. H. Siewerts
Belle B. Tilton
Portland
Herbert Blake
Malden
Williams
Elizabeth Gould
Esther Hanley
Etta Harriman
Melrose Highlands
Harriman
South End
Katherine Harriman
Ernest H. Harriman
Melrose
Josephine Mora
Marcelline Mora
Frederick Brown
Woolwich Community Fair Set With Multiple Booths
Woolwich grange prepares for the first Community Fair at Woolwich grange hall on Thursday from 3 PM to 8 PM with a dance to follow. Fifteen local organizations will host booths including the Monteneng Farm Bureau Nequasset Farm Bureau and Willing Workers Society.
Woolwich Community News Signals Local Visits and Events
Woolwich notes multiple visits across Day's Ferry Montsweag and Sagadahoc region including Mrs Reed and family, Mank and family, and Rachel Gilmore. A beano for the electric light fund, Pomona Grange initiation, and church activities anchor a weekend of gatherings and plans for August and September.
Lincoln County Fair Opens Next Week At Damariscotta
The Lincoln County Fair at Damariscotta runs Tuesday through Thursday with evening sessions Tuesday and Wednesday. Races begin at 1 p.m. featuring Pari Mutuel bets. The event showcases farm products fancy goods and cattle plus several vaudeville acts.
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Lincoln County Fair
Damariscotta
Bath Boy Scout Harry Fullerton Attends Camp Hinds after Jamboree
Harry E. Fullerton son of Mr and Mrs Cecil L Fullerton of 27 Huse street left Sunday to pass the remainder of the summer at Camp Hinds Boy Scout camp at Panther Pond He is a star scout of Troop 55 and was among four Bath boys who attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington D C earlier this summer He went to Camp Hinds with his parents.
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Sheepscot View
Davis Island
Joseph Coffin
Mary D. Albee
Wellesley Hills
Mass
J. J. Wall
Boston
Frank Terry Brooks
Litchfield
Niagara Falls
Harold Perkins
Billy
Jackie
Edgecomb
Alice M. Boynton
Portland
Wilbur F. Lowell
Hodge Street
John Dove
Conn
Henry B. Nash
Main Street
Herbert Murray
Robert
Harworth
Mr Murray
Gertrude Murray
Ethel Y. Barbour
High Street
Alden Twatchman
Greenwich
Harry E. Fullerton
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
Camp Hinds
Woolwich Grangers Sponsor Community Fair Activities
The first Community Fair sponsored by Woolwich Grange will be held Thursday at the Woolwich Grange hall from three to seven and eight to twelve for dancing. Fifteen Woolwich groups will run booths with items from fortune telling to candy, food, crafts, and games. Committees are led by Mrs. Leverett Welch of Woolwich and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Shea of Bath.
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Woolwich Grange Hall
Woolwich Grange
Woolwich
Leverett C. Welch
Maurice B. Shea
Bath
Monteneng Farm Bureau
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Cheerio Club
Montsweag
Willing Workers Society of
Forum
Auxiliary
Nequasset
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Day's Ferry
Murphy's Corner
The
Grange
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Leverett ¢. Welch
Clif Leeman
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Punch Bowl
Sagadahoc
Junior Red Cross of
American Red Cross
North
Ladies’ Aid
Center Baptist Church
Woolwich Book Club
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Repeating Old Time Service At York Village Church
York County marks its Tercentenary with a repeat of the 1710 service at First Parish Church York Village on Aug 22. Descendants of Father Moody and Colonial families will attend in period dress as Rev. W H Millinger preaches part of Moody’s ancient sermon The Doleful State of the Damned. Tithing men drum and guard with colonial soldiers as men and women sit apart. Public welcome.
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York County
New England
York Village
Father Samuel Moody
Father Moody
York
W. H. Millinger
Queen Esther Lodge Meets Tuesday Night
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge met Tuesday evening in Odd Fellows hall for its August meeting with Mrs. Georgia Pierce as noble grand. Officers nominated included Mrs. Pearl Reed vice grand Mrs. Lena Shepard secretary and Mrs. Eola Atwood treasurer. Plans were made to entertain new members from Wiscasset lodge which has joined Queen Esther Rebekah. The next meeting will be Sept 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Georgia Pierce
Noble Grand
Pearl Reed
Woolwich
Lena Shepard
Eola Atwood
Wiscasset Lodge
Asa L. Young Dies in Bangor at 82
Asa L. Young, 82, formerly of Auburn, died in Bangor. He worked in the lumber business dealing in ship knees and railroad ties with a Storage dump in Bath near the Maine Central tracks. He was a member of Kora temple A O M S and a 32nd degree Mason. Survived by his wife in St Petersburg Florida a son Eugene E. Young of Ohio two brothers Isaac Young of Bangor William Young of Whitefield N H and a grandson Richard Young of Auburn. Burial was in Mt Auburn cemetery.
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Bangor
Asa ‘L. Young
Auburn
St. Petersburg
Fla
Eugene E. Young
Ohio
Isaac Young
William Young
Whitefield
N. H
Richard Young
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
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Raymond
William B. Lewis
Mabel A. Rhoades
Saco
Carolyn S. Varney
Philip Cohen
Llewellyn Note House
Federal Street
Raymond Fowles
Helena
Alice Ruth Fowles
Tunkhannock
Effie J Poole
Dani Rines
Austin Johnson and Son
Neil
Norwood
S. D. Sherman
Churchill Street
William Clisby
Rortland
Buster Perkins
Fort Hil Street
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Tewirdoneh
Jewel Herachd
Lewis O
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Ti Bancor
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Teoot
Lanuer
Rss
Bane
Bitty
Harvey
Criti
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Stummer
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Muicia Nig
Hwe Yate
Greerer Jayne Sind
Geese Coward
Reading
Page Poole
Miss Poul
E. C. Merry
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Pederai Street
Richard Gray
Norway
Frank H Gray
Stanley W. Dodge
Dodge
Damariscotta Lake
George Rosie
Lester Brown
Vernon Brown
Cousins
Elden P. Munsey
Frances Plumstead
Oneonta Normal School
Oneonta
Philadelphia
M’mahan Cottagers Association Meeting
Thelma Cottrell
Binghampton, N. Y
Leroy V. Honsinger
Cobo Road
West Bath
Charles 8. Lemont
Topsham
Emma N. Cox
Alfred B. Snow
Trufant’s Crossing
Byron Steele
Lexington
Old Orchard Beach
D. Wylie Lemont
Beatrice Rose
Rosedale
Helen Simmons
New Bath-Brunswick Road
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Mildred Henley
Willard Beach
George Robinson
Philip A. Stackpole
Kents Hill School
Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Bates College
Julia Coombs
Coombs
James A. Scott
Scott
James A. Jr
Joseph
Florence S. Chadwick
Chadwick
Frederick Wood
Leslie Mayo
Winterport
Drake Cottage
Walter Delano
Gardiner
Ernest E. Williams
Campbells Pond
Delano
Holway and Co
Trott Bros
Dorothy M. Waterman
Foster’s Point
Morse
Roger D. Skillings
Ada Y. Greenblatt
William Dean
Willimantic
New Meadows
Lincoln Williams
Agnes Woodworth
Newton Highlands
Harry P. Williams
Sabino
Westport
Grange To
Alma L. Reid
Augusta E. Pitts
Deering Street
Bessie Lanesse Richardson
Mr. Richardson
R. I
Miss Reid
Miss Pitts
Russell Street
Frank H. Chesman
Janice
Mary
Quincy, Mass
Chesman
Scott M. Golder
Winship Street
Everett Quimby
Farrin Street
John G. Reed
Frank Walker
Maxine
Tuessie Hall
Electric Light Fund
Ann Moulton
Haverhill
Edward Moulton
Kennebec Fox Farm
John Reid
F. J. Walker
Capitol Island
Loring Mayberry
Roberta Hathorne
Maurice Hathorne
Pomona Grange
Arthur Williams
Sebenon Hall
Union For Christian Service
John Carer
Castine
George Gainsley
Massachusetts
Samuel Morse
Carrol
Whiskeay
Woodbury Merrill
Carl Longfellow
John Reed
Merrill
Jack
Sara Bagley Wright
Alaska
Ida Beals
A. L. Pellett
Danielson
Roland McIntosh
Cheerio
Montsweag Church
Woolwich Center Church
Grange Hall
Vernon Ayer
Mary Wright
Mary Dana
Eben Dana
Anthony Dodge
Samuel Moore
Lloyd Stinson
Everson Stinson
Lou Hathorn
Glendive
Mont
Albert Hathorn
Harold Bruce
Belfast
Harry Fitch
Sanford
Fitch
Henry Fitch
East Rochester
Clinton Pellett
Margaret Shaw
Earl Dow
Virginia
Southport
James O'Neil
James Nostall
George Farnham
Bradford Farnham
John McGill
Wellesley
Woolwich Grangers
Queen Esther Lodge
Asa L. Young
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