Sebasco Estates Hosts Wide-Range Summer Visitors
A parade of visitors and guests filled Sebasco Estates as Edward Lawrence party from Stamford and Ogunquit guests joined Mrs. Arthur Walter and Mrs. Sylvester Cushman. Numerous Bath Lewiston and Portland residents, plus others from New York and Maryland, vacationed at cottages and clubs with social events and drives to Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lawrence
Helen Lawrence
Ruth Atwell
Stamford
Edwin D. Hardin
Maassena
N.Y
John F. Skillings
Harold Cushman
Lynn
Mass
Nathan A. Cushman
Harry Buter
Buter
Alliston
Sebasco Estates
Errold Blaisdell
Fred Morrison
Quincy
John Evans
Interurban Rapid Transit Railroad
New York City
James L. Morse
Percy L. Miller
George Pottle
Dromore Grangers Meet Tuesday Night
Dromore Grange of Phippsburg held its regular meeting with no special business. Lecturer Mrs. Elfreda Perkins led an evening of varied programs and readings, plus a note on flags and a Beano prize winners list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Elfreda Perkins
Maj. Bowes
Jenney
Sinclair Minstrels
Seth Parker
Ralph Kenney
George Ingalls
Dakotas
United States
Bessie Dickinson
Hubert McCarty
Massachusetts
America
Mattie Cutting
Miss Cutting
Grange
Will Rogers
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bullitt
Russia
Annie Malcol
Reuben Purington
Dromore
Amherst
Mass
Master Taber
World’s expert cue artists visit Colonial Club in Bath
Seven top billiard and pool stars led by Willie Hoppe will tour Bath with one hour exhibitions and free instruction at the Colonial Club, then a statewide tournament follows with a Chicago prize trip for the winner. Other clubs in Lewiston Portland and Bangor also signed on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Hoppe
National Billiard Association of America
Chicago
Bath
Jarges Caras
George Spears
Joseph Procita
Ruth McInnis
United States
George Kelley
Allen Hall
Brunswick-Balke Billiard Co
Lewiston
Portland
Bangor
Colonial Club
Bennett Funeral Held At 17 Trufant Street
The funeral for Harry D. Bennett occurred Sunday afternoon at two at his home 17 Trufant Street with Rev Joseph O Pur due of Winter Street Church presiding. Bearers named were Charles I Madden Harry P Nason Capt Leonard W Oliver Charles Ridley Irving C Var Yiey Hid Asa Wilson. Burial was in Oak Grove. Mrs Walter P Warren and daughter Miss Edith Warren of Troy New York visited with Mrs Sewall of Washington Street after the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blaisdell
Portland
Samuel London
Kenneth Brown
Kenneth, Jr
Rumford
Linwood C. Feero
J. Pomeroy Brown
West Point
St. Michael's
Charles L. Stevens
Joseph O. Purdue
Bath
Annie Bowker
Small Point
J. Bradford Sprague
Lottie Cobb
Bowdeinham
Emma Perry
Rosebay Cottage
Calvin W. Rogers
Belle Sawyer
Fiera Risteen
Roland Eaton
Swarthmore
John C. Clark
Thorndike
Carrie Pye
Julian Mason
Glen Cove
L. L
Small Point Beach
Horace Holton
Brockton
Mass
Wynburg
Center Church
Howard Blackley
Fred
Cora Campbell
George Ingalls
Howard MacDonald
Augusta
Bosthbay Harbor
Virginia
Samuel
Howard Murphy
Dobb's Ferry
N. Y
New Meadows
Gordon Davidson
South Portland
Thomas C. Hughes
Fred Perry
Elizabeth Moore
Ernest A. Rogers
Emily Wyman
Quaker Point
Vernal Chase
Omar Perry
Robert C. Whitehead
Maria Poulson
Robert L. Ewing
Betty
Mary Ewing
Robert Feero
Lydia J. Feero
Bar Harbor
Joseph Varnum
Millinocket
Varnum
Abner Wilson
Sebasco
Mt. Vernon
Albert Warren
Harry Berry
Eleanor
George J. Ingalls
Flora Risteen
Welfare Club
Dromore
Harry D. Bennett
Trufant Street
Winter Street
Charles I. Madden
Harry P. Nason
Capt
Leonard W. Oliver
Charles Ridley
Irving C. Var- Yiey
Asa
Wilson
Burtar
Oak Grove
Miss Brown
Phippsburg
Earl Mitchell
Boston
Robert Cody
Edward Hennesy
Miami
Fla
Ben
Hennesy
Harold Delong
Marguerite
Agnes Hennesy
Riverside
Joseph Small
New York City
Frank A. Small
The
Allen Brown
Margaret
Winnegance
Miss Grace
Ethelyn Spinney
Milton
Cody
Ann
Frank Scott
Keene
N. H
Scott
George Pettee, Jr
Waterville
Dorothy Moor
Richmond
David Parsons, Jr
Malden
Parson Cottage
Kenneth Pheiffer
Pheiffer
Dorothy ‘Nushaker
Worcester
Doris Spinney
Ralph Spinney
Clarence Perkins
John
Joseph Young
Parker Head
Charles McKenney
Seguin Island
Bertha Curtis
Wendall Todd
Salem
Augusta Todd
Moody
Harpswell
Ellison Moody
Ida Burnham
Lester Oliver
Frank Oliver
Horace Bickford
Allen Irish
Sabine
Popham Beach
Walter Duffet
Brookline
Duffet
Percy
Leon Fickett
Pond Island
Charles McKay
Dorcas
Elith
Robert
Tulsa
Okla
Agnes Williams
Auburn
Kennebec House
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Walter Williams
Sea Grille
Lincoln Bowie
Bowie
Lewiston
Esta Perkins
Omar King
Linwood Haynes
J. Dwight Kimmouth
Hackensack
N. J
Marcia Fitzgerald
Dorothy Mattson
South Shore
Roland Alley
U.S. Coast Guard
Camp
Curtisguile
Wakefield
Merle Connors
Charles McDonald
Constance
Edwin Taft
Georgetown
Henry Leonard
Edna M. Coolidge
Popham Beach Social News Highlights Visitors and Work
Rich mix of summer guests at Kennebec House and Beachside from Richmond Brunswick and Portland. Local crews repair Society hall and build a new wharf near the parade grounds while захowoff lighthouse workers and coast guard personnel join beach activities and river outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Randlette
Richmond
Portland
Ella Marr
Randlette
J. Savor
M. C. ‘Savor
West Hartford
Conn
Kennebec House
Leroy Perkins
Bath
Effie Spinney
Beachside
Ralph Morong
Rae
Muriel
Eugene
Nancy
Olisfield
Morong
Pauline Morong
Charles Clark
Brunswick
Clinton Newdick
Ernest
Marjory Moody
Harpswell
Ellison Moody
Edward Harriman
Augusta
Society Hall
Moses Chandler
Ernest Oliver
Frederic Wyman
Miriam Thornton
Providence
R. I
Wyman
Knights
Phillip
Watertown
Mass
Fort Popham
Leonard Norseworthy
Elizabeth
Washington, D. C
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Thomas Adams
Joseph
Portsmouth
N. H
Lyman Oliver
Christopher Marr
R. J. Honeywell
Julia
Winsted
Ralph Spinney, Jr
Lawrence Pero
Bay Point
Emma Russell
Hallowell
C. H. Marr
William Morrison
Cox's Head
Popham
Ida Schofield
Doris Perry
Lydia Atwood
Barbara Tubbs
Basil Lunt
South Portland
Mr. Miller
Machiasport
Frank Pheiffer
Worcester
South Shore
Perley Chandler
James Chandler
Louise Trembly
Lewiston
Helen Blodgett
Brattleboro
Grace Barrett
Son Paul
Barrett
Mary Eleanor Donnell
Patricia Sewall
Harold Delong
Agnes
Marguerite Hennessy
Clifton Morong
Robert
Forst Popham
Fred Spinney
Ethelyn
Spinney
Leeman Drake
Carol
David
Mr. Drake
George Smith
Isaac Voorhees
Merrymeeting Girls
Merrymeeting Bay
Maine school for boys seeks donated books
Grube B. Cornish superintendent of the State school for boys South Portland appeals for books. Maine provides only 42 dollars yearly for delinquent boys library needs. He requests residents send home library books no longer read to form a worthwhile collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Portland
Grube B. Cornish
Maine
Cornish
Mr. Cornish
Singing quilt idea originates with a Phippsburg woman
Mrs. James Wyman of West Point created a singing quilt for a Phippsburg Welfare Club gathering at Bodwell Grange Hall. Each 15 by 15 inch square depicted a known song, starting with Kate Smith's Moon Comes Over the Mountain. The project inspired others to make similar quilts and the club aids town residents, clothing children, and maintains road signs. Mrs. Wyman praises the club's aims, with officers listed as Mrs. Horace Morse president, Miss Emma Perry vice president, and Mrs. Harry Gilmore secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wyman
West Point
Phippsburg Welfare Club
Bodwell Grange Hall
Wyman
Mrs. Wyman
Kate Smith
Phippsburz Welfare Club
Phippsburg Center
Horace Morse
Emma Perry
Harry Gilmore
Dromore Grange Contestants Dine After a Close Loss
Capt Annie Malcolm hosted a long dinner at Ever Green cottage after the Dromore grange contest. Guests included Mrs Evelyn Beals, Mrs Lizzie Oliver, Mrs Perkins, Mrs Georgie Thorpe, George Ingalls, Hubert McCarty and Grace Dickinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Malcolm
Dromore Grange
Perkins
Malcolm
Evergreen Cottage
Marion Rafael
Reuben Purington
Mrs. Malcolm
Capt
New Meadows
Keano
Todd Wildlife Sanctuary to be Established on Maine Island
Lying off the Maine coast in Muscongus Bay the island between Damariscotta and Waldoboro will host a Todd Wildlife Sanctuary established by the National Association of Audubon Societies. Generous gifts from Dr Millicent Todd Bingham and Dr James M Todd support preservation of its primeval spruce cover, mosses, and all natural features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Muscongus Bay
Damariscotta
Waldoboro
Millicent Todd Bingham
Medomak
James M. Todd
Boothbay Harbor
National Association of Audubon Societies
Todd Wildlife Sanctuary
Lincoln County
Parched Washington County blueberry crop collapses in drought
The hot drought has cooked blueberries on bushes in Washington County. Growers abandoned fields days ago as fruit withers, threatening a key regional industry once rivaling sardine and smoked herring for jobs. Down East berries mature later than southern and western regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Calliope Built by McFadden for Personal Pleasure
Boston and New York artist George A. McFadden constructs a portable home calliope for private music in his Lyndeboro Place studio. He describes adapting an automatic grand piano bellows and brass tubing to create a compact instrument driven by a cellar electric motor. His son of Roscoe P. McFadden, Morse high 1922 graduate, built the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. McFadden
Boston
New York
McFadden
George McFadden
Lyndeboro Place
Broadway
Kerry Village
Mr. McFadden
Roscoe P. McFadden
Middle Street
Morse High School
Obituary Harry D. Bennett 61 Navy yard crane operator dies
Harry D. Bennett 61 a crane operator and locomotive engineer at Portsmouth Navy Yard died suddenly at his Bath home after years of heart trouble. A Bath native born Isle au Haut he served in the Spanish American War and worked at The Texas Steamship Co Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Navy Yard. Survived by wife and son Harry M. Bennett of Bath and brother William Bennett in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Bennett
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Trufant Street
Mr. Bennett
Bath
Stonington
Texas Steamship Co
Bath Iron Works
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Isle Au Haut
DeForest Bennett
Ernest Edgar Kate
Camp
Harry M. Bennett
William Bennett
West
Judge Keegan Returns From Vacation With Family
Judge John J. Keegan of the municipal court has returned from his annual vacation at Lubec with relatives. Mrs. Keegan and son Jackie accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Lubec
Keegan
Jackie
Expenditures Reported For Bridge District Election
The Deer Isle Sedgwick Bridge District lists expenditures to induce votes for the September 9, 1935 election. Secretary Raymond C Small reported August 20 1935 travel telephone stationery and clerical hire costs totaling 453 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge
Deer Isle- Sedgwick Bridge
Raymond C. Small
Orted
Nighttime disturbances and a theft in Winnegance
Winnegance residents report nocturnal activity as youths occupy an abandoned house for a club and light kerosene lamps. At 145 am a car stopped at a residence, ten people awoke and noted a bright tail light while a theft from an apple tree occurred. license number handed to Miss Dorothy Maynard of Springfield, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
Sheriff's Department
Dorothy Maynard
Springfield
Mass
Roberta Manson
Nome
Sensational Italian Fighter Tops Arcade Card Friday
Vance Troiano the sensational Italian middleweight leads the Arcade arena card Friday night with Dom Labbe Lewiston under Chick Hayes Portland promoter Hayes introduces the new Italian star to the state Troiano once Italy 160 pound champ arrives six months after coming to this country Labbe Lewiston meets the hard hitting son of Italy Dom Labbe brothers Paul Junior Jack Renault and X O Labbe appeared here many times Dom Labbe has never had a top bout here TarDiff White rematch expected as White seeks to regain edge Brunswick idol Tardiff aims to KO White Babine a 150 pound rookie from North End meets Guy Wright curtain raiser with local hype of future promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Troiano
Dom Labbee
Lewiston
Chick Hayes
Portland
Hayes
Italy
Troiano
Mihalos
Dom Labbe
Harpswell
White
Cardiff
Young Babine
North End
Guy Wright
South End
Babine
Kentuckian Praises Maine Scenery at Bangor Station
A visitor from Kentucky, while refueling in Bangor, declared Maine offers the best scenery and attractions of anywhere he has traveled. His remarks drew interest as a fully impartial tourist spoke highly of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bangor
Kentucky
Vehicle Fire Damages Car in City Intersection
An automobile owned by Irving Barter of 144 Water Street caught fire Saturday morning at Center and Washington Streets. A still alarm sounded at 9 50 at Engine 4 fire house and firefighters controlled the blaze in about half an hour, returning at 10 20. Engine 4 also responded Friday afternoon to a chimney fire at Samuel Fortin of 14 Middle Street Court using one chemical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Barter
Water
Center
Washington Streets
Samuel Fortin
Middle Street Court
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Marius Beebe
Wakefield, Mass
Joseph Brazier
Joseph Cahill
Marie Cahill
Peaks Island
Doris Locke
Medford
Anna Trott
Ruth Skillings
Christina Cutting Beaven
Manchester
N.H
Edward ©. Clary
Ashdale
Chester Story
Winski Story
Pittsburgh, Pa
Dromore Grangers
H. D. Bennett
Walter P. Warren
Edith Warren
Troy
Eugene Stover
Kennebec River
Camp Curtisguile
Olive Crowley
Machias
Roy Gray
Robert Toothaker
Caroline
Gertrude Farrell
Capt. Urquehart
Sumner Mains
Gilbert Gunnells
Waltham
Five Islands
Stephen Etinier
Ellison Mood
Prank Smatl
William Hill
Naugatuck
George A. M’fadden
Calliope
Lewis O. Barrows
Arcade
State OF
Sagadahoc
Carolyn E. Thompson
State of Maine
Washington Street
H. C. Rowe
Samuel Wade
Wade
William Marr
Rowe
Lyman B. Hollingshead
W. H. Crooker
Crooker
Kennebec
Shields
Washington
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