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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1928

Page

4

Wiscasset residents report social visits and outings

A busy week in Wiscasset sees picnics at Little River, motor trips to Augusta, and numerous visits by residents to friends in Edgecomb, Bath, and Portland. Local society notes include a leg injury from swimming, new town fire alarm, and community members attending events, rehearsals, and family gatherings.

Worship Schedule and Musical Evening at Wiscasset Parish

Regular services will be held in Sheepscot South Newcastle and Wiscasset on Aug 26 with no service at West Alna. A 3 p.m. service at Old Alna. music program at Wiscasset features tenor soloist Benjamin Stuber and violinist Rev. Stanley I. Stuber. Last Sunday drew a good audience. this one promises an even finer musical evening.

Sheepscot Newcastle Wiscasset West Alna Old Alna Benjamin Stuber Gardiner Augusta Stanley I. Stuber Rochester New York Leland S. March Charles E. Titus

Personal Notes From Bath and Nearby Towns

Local social notes list visits and travels among residents and visitors. Roscoe P. McFadden and son George spend days in Canada. Ruth Robbins of Kittery visits Patricia Whitehouse in Bath. Anna Smith of Chicago visits Alden G. Smith in Bath. various locals travel to Small Point and Popham Beach. Elmer Smith of the destroyer Charles Osborne visits Bath. Mrs. Hill convalesces at home after hospital stay on Middle Street. Huse family plans a Ohio trip. other visitors include Miss Denham, Charles Brown, and Joseph Allen.

West Somerville Mass Frederick Everson Barbara Frank Lambert Front Street George Warren Fairfield George Lincoln Wiscasset S. Lincoln Lincoln, Jr Walter Serles Augusta Steve Wright Allen Malcolm Quincy Point John F. Jackson Churchill Street Angus McRea Rockland Cross Camden Boothbay Harbor Abbie E. Boy Gorham Ervin Thompson Union Street A. R. Diggwell Dana A. W. Wilband Donald Boston Robertson-Clements Frank L. Robertson Charles T. Jackson Bath Roy R. Marston Main Middle Streets Harvey R. Pease Portland Leonard G. March March Leland S Methodist Parsonage Arthur Keating Blinn Somerville Chester Pinkham Haggett House Water Street Roscoe P. McFadden Canada Ruth Robbins Kittery Patricia Whitehouse Center Street Anna Smith Chicago, Il Alden G. Smith High Street John M. Conley Margaret Hennessy Small Point Lorenzo Norman New York J A. Bernier J. Haviland Torrey Carmen Jean Ohio

Families and visitors enjoy Maine summer at Bath area

West Bath residents host friends and relatives from Quincy Au burn Topsham Rockland and Augusta as cottages at Kings Point Rosedale Birch Point Mere Point and Sabine greet guests. Local residents share gatherings and extended visits while others return from Bates Rome and Gorham Normal connections.

Bath resident credits early wheel steering invention

An Independent reporter visits Bath's Doc Rouse who recounts a 1820s claim that Kingsbury and Rouse perfected a new ship steering gear. The device used a wheel replacing long tillers, a notable advance in steering in heavy seas, with Kingsbury living near Middle Street and Rouse migrating from England.

Bath Bath and Bathites Bachelor Hall Post Office Doc Kingsbury Rouse England Bridge- Merrill Capt. Kingsbury Middle Street Crocker Crest Oliver Goldsmith

Niles Family Visiting Cahill and Rumford Relatives

Mr. and Mrs. Merle C. Niles and son Robert of Syracuse New York are visiting Mrs. Niles parents Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cahill on Middle street. Before returning to Syracuse they will visit Mr. Niles parents in Rumford.

Merle C. Niles Robert Syracuse N. Y

Dr Kershner Addresses Lincoln County Sportsmen Club

Dr Warren E Kershner of Sagadahoc County Fish and Game Association spoke at the Lincoln County association meeting in Damariscotta on Tuesday night outlining aims to improve state wildlife through protected areas breeding streams and rearing pools for trout and salmon He urged reform of state fish and game controls advocating a fixed yearly hunting and fishing license for residents He discussed state practices in other states noting differences in preserving breeding sites and the success of protected preserves in boosting game supply

Warren E. Kershner Sagadahoc Kershner Dr. Kershner New Jersey

Bath Reports Its First Heat Prostration

Bath recorded its first heat prostration Friday morning when Fred W. Blanchard of 3 Summer Street fainted at the Svar Lunch on Front Street. Counter man George Burns saved him from collapse as Blanchard began to fall. Dr. Hugh D. Grant attended and revived him before City Marshal Walter Whitney took him home, where he is improving.

Clarence Blagdon Louie P. Dickinson Boston Emma Dickinson Federal Street F. H. Albee Newcastle Wilmot Jenness Hanover Mass Edgecomb A. W. Keirstead Dana Main Street MacMillan Wiscasset C. I. Dickinson Frank Catherine Frank H. Colby Lincoln Street Sanford Lewis Lincoln County Board of Fire William D. Patterson Wavenock Block Harold W. Bishop Boothbay Harbor Lincoln County Board Patterson Lincoln County Lincoln County Laundry Ellsworth W. Holbrook John Riley Helene Groves Bath City Jesse F. White Gladys Eva Theodore Victor Sherman Bar Harbor Joseph H. Lambert Bath Fred W. S. Blanchard Summer Street Svar Front Street Blanchard George Burns Burns Hugh D. Grant Walter L. Whitney

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Earl Parker Philip Thomas Hutchins Nutter Catherine Sanders Robert Nutter Little River Frank Fairservice Clark Sarah Stetson Sarah Peaslee Albion Q. R. Peaslee Alna Village Andrew R. G. Smith Whitefield James E. Morse Henry C. Robinson W Keene Damariscotta Jotham A. Foye Sylvester McNamara Madeline Brooklyn Castle Tucker Mattye Manchester L. C. Greenwood Oliver Marshall Kenneth Philip Burnham Harold 8S Sherman Mary Holland Charles Hamner New York City Emma Sisley Mabel Rhoades Hardison Damariscotta River Heron Island Christmas Cove M. D. Glidden Mr. Glidden Lewiston Kenneth Glidden Paul Macurda C. L., Macurda Fred L. Moody Lewiston Hospital Birch Point Mrs. Dodge Dover N. H Mr. Moody Joseph E. Hubbard Mrs. Hubbard Alice Taylor Hamner Mr. Hubbard A. H. Lennox Henry W. Webb Elizabeth Sewall Eliot S. J. Sewall Walter L. Frisbie Dorchester Frank H. Hutchins Charles Gibbons Stoneham J. P. Tucker Frank Meadowcraft Meadowcroft Eastland Walter J. Chase Cove Manor Harriet McGill Whiton Frank Creamer Charles Grover Walpole Frank Bean Nathaniel Clapp Nina Whitmore Morgan Richard Hunnewell Buckinham The Augusta Trust Company Maine Wiscasset, Maine Harry P. Bridge Bridge-Merrill Inc Quaker Point West Bath H. C. Dobbin Ash Quincy Kings Point Roscoe Jordan Auburn Wakely Rosedale George Clifford Marguerite Junior Topsham F. W. Larrabee Corey Larrabee’s Grove John Christensen Charles Card Ernestine Chestnut Street Bath Larrabee's Grove J. M. Lemont E. G. Lemont Sabine Almena Marion Jaques Beatrice Nichols Bernice Carr Catherine Emmons Helen Hayes Marguerite Williams Gorham Normal School Grace Parker Miss Parker Miss Williams Fred Duren Patricia Richmond Samuel Bates Ina Williams Oscar F. Williams Francis D. Cooke Washington, D. C Galen M. Lowe Brookline John Leonard Alexander Mechanic Falls Oliver White Staples Phyliss Stackpole Bates College John Fhorne Jack Milton Mills John Willard Braintree John King Willard Willard Martha King Carolyn Stackpole Rome Nellie Starrett Thomaston Berry Mills Isaiah Hunt Elizabeth Flora Hunt Eugene Brown Roy Shackford Jeanette Ruth Dale Eleanor Bates Oscar Landean R. G. Clark Everett Noyes Cottage Charles Owen Florence Louise Smiley Paul Ryan A. J. Owen Harold Swan Moore Roxbury Cotteau William Toulouse Margaret Percival Waterville John Pooler Harold Bates Jean Trenton N. J Henderson Marjorie Jane Lawrence, Mass Charles Bates James McLaughlin Willow Street W. P. McAuliffe Mason Wright Edward Lee Ernest A. Allan Mrs. Allan Henry Tarbox Mere Point FRED S._CURTIS Mortician Thomas R. Huston Mgr Cities Service Oils Percy D. Marston Alton P. Reed Woolwich W. A. Todd T. D. Reed O. K. Marr Georgetown Moatsweag Ox Horn Camp John H. Welsh W. W. Hilton Alna E. M. Hilton F. E. Douglass No. Whitefield Chauncy C. Sargent Dresden Mills Warren R. Martin Randolph J. B. Lilly Dresden Palermo Grain Co Palermo John Burnham E. Edgecomb Gloucester Fish Co New Harbor Wiscasset Grain CO Tel Dr. Rouse Lincoln County Association Central Fibre Company, Inc South Gardiner, Maine
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