Open House Day in Wiscasset Showcases Antique Homes
The sixth annual Open House Day drew visitors from many states to Wiscasset to tour historical homes filled with antiques and fine furniture. Proceeds benefited the Village Improvement Society and the Public Library, with a noon luncheon at the Dodge residence funding community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Village Improvement Society
The
Public Library
A. H. Dodge
Christine F. Bronson
Berkeley
Calif
Miss Bronson
William Ilsley
Lucretia Ilsley
Newburyport
Mass
Lillian Sanborn
Woburn
Stewart Alyward
Boston
Miss Sanborn
Raymond Sherman
Nellie Nutter
Benton Hobbs
Damariscotta
Harriet Bingdon
Hooper
Rock Garden
Marion Lewis
Hodge Street
Frances Creamer
Alia Fergnson
Miss Creamer
Frank A. Creamer
Detroit
Isaah Whitmore
Richard Hunnewell
Montsweag
D. Garrick McRitchie
David
Alice
Annapolis
Wiscass't Inn
Capt. McRitchie
David McRitchie
Wiscasset
John F. Vallely
Eleanor
Crawford House
Crawford Notch
Capt
Luther Hall
Capt. Hall
Charles Legrow
Grace L. Knight
Paris
Josephine N. Tucker
Alta Ferguson
Monhegan
Earl Sherman
Clinton
Levi Murdough
New York
Ellen Murdough
Watertown
Lee Merry
Water Street
Roger Leighton
Gardiner
Roger Burnham
Bath City Hospital
Leighton
Esther Pray
Dresden Mills
George Wilson
Providence
R. I
Main Street
Elizabeth Moody
Exeter
N. H
Frances Colby
Lowelltown
John South
Edward
Philadelphia
M. A. Plumstead
Clarence A. Peaslee
Bath
Mary Hobson
George Bemis
Federal Street
Raymond L. Rogers
Granville
Llewellyn Rogers
Wilbur Lowell
Howard Trussell
Lawrence Averill
Worcester
Sheepscot
Freeport
Old Town Gossip From Sheepscot Echo Aug 25 1894
Residents arriving and visiting include John Groves returning from Boston on vacation and Harry Greenleaf home from Somerville Mass. C E Jackson and family from Peabody Mass visit town. Louise Stone of Boston visits Henry Ingalls. Blanche Trufant returns to Willis. Carl Chaney went to Boston last week. Alvah Waters from Whitman Mass and Chas White of Richmond were in town. Mrs Folsom travels to Pittston for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon D. Crosby
Rockland
Harvey R. Pease
Alan
Portland
Josephine Tucker
Skewhegan
Etta Stimpson
Ira Redonnett
South Portland
Bradford C. Redonnett
Hodge Street
Walter Dow
L. B. Haggett
East Waterboro
Congregational Parsonage
Ernest G. Spinney
Fred M. Huntley
Damariscotta
Thelma Gilbert
New Harbor
Joice L. Lewis
Earl Lewis
Louise E. Flint
George Flint
Bath
Harold Quinnam
J. H. Dow
Nadine
Elaine
E. W. Stimpson
Skowhegan
Mary Groves
Juanita
Helen
Wellesley Hills
Windemere
Pemaquid Harbor
Madison Moore
S. S. Quinnam
Bishop Brewster
St. Philip's Parish
Cedric Alward
Los Angeles
Calif
Orchard House
Parker E. Moreau
Bath City Hospital
Wiscasset
Ruth Sewall
Bryant & Stratton
Boston
Damarin
William Wooafield
Myer
Florence Douglass
Manchester
Nhs
Frederick R. Brown
Frederica
Allan Murray
Vermont
Myers
Francesca Leighton
Old Stone Farm
First Congregational Church
Robert Lewis Weis
Unitarian Church of
North Edgecomb
Christine F. Bronson
Josephine N. Tucker
Mary Hobson
John C. Coney
New York
Edward M. Lawrence
Quebec
John H. Southard
Southport
Clara Lou Stinson
Hallowell
F. W. Sewall
Samuel Lunt
Somerville
Mass
Victoria Southard
Newall Jackson
C. J. Day
Walter C. Shea
Mr. Wheeler
Margaret Smith
Bangor
Gus Rundlett
Phebe Rhodes
Lynn
Ella Nickerson
D. B. Fraser
Nina Rundlette
Boothbay
Elden P. Munsey
D. D. Poole
Bertie
Joshua Poole
Beachmont
Carleton
Sheepscot
McFadden
Orrin McFadden
Dresden
Ed Logan
Sewall
John Groves
Harry Greenleaf
Carl Chaney
Alvah Waters
Whitman, Mass
Chas. R. White
Richmond
A. E. Folsom
Pittston
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Wiscasset notes from Aug 22 1908 list visitors and residents in town. Names include Co J Marr Boothbay Harbor, Ada Bowman guest of Mrs John C Grant, and Rev E W Moore from Matinicus Island. Socials feature Organ Society sale with Franklin hall music by Farnham's Orchestra. A Congregational church frame work progresses and summer fire society meeting occurs at Dr B A Bailey’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. J. Marr
Boothbay Harbor
Ada Bowman
John C. Grant
C. P. Knight
Camden
Albert Erskine
West
Florence
Grace Knight
New Hampshire
E. N. Lewis
Boston
Flora Farr
Portland
Ed. Rines
Llewellyn
Medford
Mass
F. D. Southard
Edna Hammond
Jennie Greenleaf
Weeks Mills
Geo. A. Richards
Bristol
R. I
H. D. Pendleton
Theodore Emery
Randolph
Ida Cutten
Alice M. Boynton
Hampden
Emerson
Echo Home
Patterson
Register
Philadelphia
Thurston
A. F. Sortwell
Cambridge
Main and
Federal Streets
George P. F. Hobson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Albee
Wiscasset
the Organ Society
Congregational Church
Franklin Hall
Farnham
Wm. Taylor
New York
R. H. T. Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Capt
Frank Lambert
Thomas Bowman
Mr. Bowman
Samuel Dickinson
Howard H. Trussell
M. Goodkowsky
Birthday Note for Augusta’s 95th Resident Susan Boardman
Mrs Susan Boardman longtime Augusta resident celebrated her 95th birthday Saturday with friends and cake. Born in Bradford August 19 1838 she is the sole survivor of ten children and has lived at 89 Grove Street with Mrs Mabel Sanborn for 11 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Boardman
Augusta
Shipbuilding Trades Form Cooperative To Aid Bath Iron Works
Bath hosts a Friday night meeting of the Shipfitters Loftsmen and Allied Trades in City Hall to discuss a cooperative organization. They report Bath Iron Works Corp complies with the shipbuilding code and expect broad cooperation across trades, with about 300 attending and many joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Roy A. Donnell
Oak Street
City Hall
Mr. Donnell
Bath Iron Works Corp
John W. Brown
Woolwich
NRA
Brown
Donnell
Shipfitters
Loftsmen and Allied Trades
Harry E. Cooke
William A. Kittridge
Frank A. Manion
George Fowles
Edward Whitehouse
Preston Farrar
Kittridge
Cooke
Reemployment Drive Committees Named in City
An advisory committee for the Presidents Emergency Re-Employment Campaign was formed in City Hall with Hon. Frank B. Nichols elected chairman. The group includes officers modeled on U S military titles and subcommittees on publicity led by Arthur K. Purington and education led by John P. Carey Jr. Members span The Times The Press Herald Bath Iron Works Bath area educators and prominent local figures with a women’s division also named. A follow up meeting is planned for next Wednesday night in the council chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Frank B. Nichols
Ralph G. Stetson
Board of Trade
National Recovery Administration
Hugh Johnson
Stetson
Nichols
J. Edward Drake
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Arthur K. Purington
the Times
John P. Carey, Jr
Harry C. Webber
Mark W. Hennessy
John J. Mulcahy
Edward W. Bridgham
George F. Reynolds
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Charles R. Farnham
Seth S. Mullin
Joseph I. Smith
Bessie E. Dickinson
Council Chamber
John E. Fitzgerald
Fred W. Quimby
Arthur W. King
Samuel Belanger
Naturalization Hearings Off Bangor September Term
No naturalization hearings will be held in Bangor at the September term due to the state election on Sept 11. Clerk George P. Gould received instructions from Henry Nichols of Boston stating the election is a general election under the law. Twenty four petitions scheduled for hearing will be continued to the November term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Bangor
George P. Gould
Henry Nichols
Boston
Naturalization
Gould
Sabine visitors and cottage life crowd West Bath notes
West Bath column lists numerous visitors and residents at Sabino Sabine cottages including Mr and Mrs Loring D Small and Mrs Charles H Bates of Beachmont Mrs Bates home in Sabino served by many Bath guests and social events like a Weenie roast at the Sabine Improvement Association with shared refreshments and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring D. Small
Wibbert and
Dana
Berry's Mill Road
Frank R. Freeman
Samuel Belanger
Bath
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Mass
Camp Illawarra
Owen
Sabine
Aiken
George Cameron
Beachmont
Theo Nelson
Sabino
Bertram Willis
Cobb Road
Bernard Pratt
Pratt Cottage
Fred Duren
Patricia
Richmond
Sabine Improvement Association
Henry W. Henderson
Winthrop
Humphrey A. Owen
Sabino Hall
Laura E. Lemont
Sanford’'s Crossing Road
Harry W. Lemont
Washington Street
Patten
F. B. Deacon
Mabel Deacon
Horace W. Aiken
Larrabee’s Grove
Dean Bonney
Weston L. Benney
Brunswick Road
Scott
James, Jr
Joseph
Florence Swan-Chadwick
Swan Cottage
Birch Point
Julia Coombs
Portland
Amy Coombs
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Dwinal E. Cornish and Son
Carl
Rose Street
Ernest E. Williams
Nequasset Folk Raise Funds With Sale and Dance
The Ladies Auxiliary and Men's Forum of Nequasset raised 52.32 for charity through a Thursday sale and evening entertainment at Sebenon hall Sagadahoc Ferry. Tables hosted by local women offered candy fancy articles etc and the program included solos skits and a male quartet before a dance attended by about 150. quilts awarded to Lewis E. Wilson and Samuel S. Hathorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Auxiliary
Men's Forum of
Nequasset
Sebenon Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Gertrude Gilmore
Burnette Bailey
Dora Bailey
Anne Dodge
Millie Dodge
Sara Bailey
Amy Cromwell
Ruby Stinson
Ruth Leeman
Pearl E. Reed
Lucille Stinson
Millicent
Hecht
Ellen B. Hodgkins
Ruth Dubar
Pearl Reed
Miss Hodgkins
Beatrice McIntosh
Evelyn I. Trott
Cabel
MacGilmore
Edward V. Reed
Everson Stinson
William Robson
Bertram Crocker
George Perry
Edna Currier
Merle Jameson
Chester Leeman
Lewis E. Wilson
Bath
Samuel S. Hathorne
Woolwich
Country Club Gasoline Theft Not Repeated
Special officer John Foley patrolled the country club Friday night after Tuesday's thefts. Three cars had over 20 gallons siphoned earlier, with tank covers damaged and discarded, but no further theft occurred and covers were later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Foley
Seekins Family Reunion Elects Officers in Augusta
Mr and Mrs Ralph E Seekins and relatives gathered at American Legion Park Three Mile Pond Augusta for the Seekins Family Association annual reunion. New officers include vice president Mr Seekins and secretary treasurer Mrs Heald. 85 descendants attended. The third Sunday in August was set as a permanent reunion date with picnic lunches served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Seekins
Arthur
Norman
Melvin S. Heald
Seekins
Weeks Mills
Helen Kelley
Portland
Minnie Davis
Burt Seekins
St. Albans
Millard Studley
Glen
N. H
Ervin Stuart
Windsor
William
Hannah Scates
John Seekins
William Seekins
Day's Ferry social notices and fundraiser minstrel show
Guests visit from Livermore Falls to Dorchester and Bath attend family gatherings and camps. A Day's Ferry card party raises funds for street lights as Merrymeeting and Brushwood counselors stage a minstrel show at Tuessie hall with dancing to follow for community entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carter
Deeghtee Julia
Livermore Falls
John Carter
Sunlecy
Men's Forum
Mary
Charlotte Stinson
New York
Henry Dubar
Warren Trott
Son Junior
Dorchester
Mass
Nequasset
Barbara Trott
Bath
Alfred E. Trott
Frank J. Walker
Melrose Highlands
John Reed
Axford Ramsey
Baltimore
Joseph August
Fannie August
Cambridge
Pine Cliff
Woolwich
Day’s Ferry
George Farnham
Calvin
Wellesley Hills
Laura Farnham
Merrymeeting
Brushwood
Tuessie Hall
Day's Ferry Community Club
Ferry
West Bath Grangers Join Sheriff for Annual Field Day
About 100 members of West Bath grange and families attended a Sunday field day at Bowdoin ham farm owned by Sheriff Albert Henderson and Mrs Henderson. Activities included baseball, tug of war, swimming, and picnics. David S. Henderson chaired the outing with committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Bowdoinham
Sheriff
Albert Henderson
Merrymeeting Grange
A. Bernard Henderson
Sheriff Henderson
Sagadahec County
Pomona Grange
Henderson
Pomona
David S. Henderson
Everett G. Lemont
Harry S. Wallace
Herbert L. Simpson
James B. Lemont
Harold E. Freeman
Raymond A. Smith
Harry F. Smith
Edwin W. Haggett
Bath Woman Chosen To Direct New School
Mrs Winona Tilton Stinson of Bath is appointed directress of Elsbeth Hall a new undenominational school on the Goodridge Estate Pomfret Conn opening September 26 with 40 girls. Thomas E Tefft president and five lecture courses enhance the program while departments cover secretarial finance and landscape architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Tilton Stinson
Bath
Goodridge
Pomfret
Conn
Stinson
Wellesley College
Mt. Ida School
Newton
Mass
Elsbeth Hall
Thomas E. Tefft
Tefft
Eighteenth Annual School of Methods Sessions at Ocean Park
The 18th annual session of the School of Methods runs August 21 to September 2 at Ocean Park with William G. Towart of Bennington Vermont as dean. Pre registration suggests attendance will match last year. Homer C. Bryant is registrar and Clarence B. Mitchell is business manager under the New England Baptist conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Methods
Ocean Park
William G. Towart
Bennington
the Park
New England
Homer C. Bryant
Clarence B. Mitchell
New England Baptist Conference
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Donald F. Preble
Esas Cid Arm
Sheepscot Echo
Bath Iron Works
N.R.A. Code
West Bath
Arthur Everbeck
Winthrop, Mass
Everbeck
William H. Charles
Charlesworth
Massachusetts
Professor Pierce
West Bath Grange Hall
Harry Raymond Pierce
Wellings College
Winter Park
Fla
South Harpswell
Grange
Helen E. Hartwell
Ruth Field
Bernice M. Carr
Fred S. Curtis
Christine C. Curtis
Dorothy Weterman
Richard F. Johnson
Cumston Cornish
Harland Booker
Winifred V. Quinn
Marguerite ‘Donnell
Harry Rackley
Topsham
West Bath Grangers
Mrs. Henderson
NEW School
Pomfret, Conn
Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine