Wiscasset Notes Highlight Weddings and Summer Guests
Social page from Wiscasset reports the wedding of Edith Hilton to Arthur Rines at Warren Congregational Church, Bar Harbor trips to Cadillac Mt., visits by families from Manchester and Boston, Camp Chewonkt closing, farm bureaus tours, and parish events with many locals and visitors noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Blake
Falmouth
Charles A. Day
North Edgecomb
Rines
Gustivus R. Hilton
William Lenox Rines
Conrad Parker
Manchester
N. H
Sheepscot
Chewonkt
Stuart Humphreys
Vinton Dow
Philip Munsey
Fred Albee
Jane Tucker
Pemaquid
Paul Burleigh Conkhing
Boothbig
Montsweag
Knox-Lincoln Farm Bureau
A. L. Deering
Edna Cobb
Jovan Evans
Phyllis Lewis
Virginia Pease
Congregational and Christian Churches of
Miaime
Medomak Camp
Washington
Winthrop
Joanna
Phyllis
Dorcas Club
First Congregational Church
Virginia
Harold Hardy
Yonkers
N. Y
Ernest G. Spinney
Tolstoy
Baptist Vestry
Damariscotta
John Herser
Somerville
Mass
Wiscasset
Memorial Hospital
Lincoln Home
Wiscasset Public Library
Winona Leavitt
Farmington Falls
Sidney G. Evans
Addie Merry
Fred Merry
Belfast
Mark Stinson
Baldwinsville
Stinson
Emma Stinson
High Street
Arthur Hatch
Arthur, Jr
John Hatch
Marie Antoinette House
White Plains
C. S. Dunklee
Dudley
James Wadlow
Brooklyn
George Carlisle
North Edge
Notable Visitors and Local News in September 1894
Miss Lou Lincoln returns to Kents Hill and regional visitors include Evan Somes of Boston and Hon. George H. Crosby with family. Local events cover church fairs raising funds, a night blooming cerea, and a September 5 concert in Music Hall to aid Miss Marion Smith. Schooner Marooshen delivers steel rails. roadbed progress and cost optimism for the Wiscasset railroad project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD Files
Sheepscot Echo
Lou Lincoln
Kents Hill
Evan Somes
Boston
George H. Crosby
A. M. Card
Alna
A. R. G. Smith
Whitefield
Holbrook Lowell
Newtonville
Milton Lowell
J. G. Bailey
Richmond
S. M. Partridge
North Whitefield
May Preble
Woolwich
Marion Snell
Arthur Passmore
Bath
Wiscasset
W. R. Caton
Freeport
John Southard
Kate Vannah
Gardiner
Hilton House
Episcopal Church
Deacon Smith
Beachmont
Mass
W. F. Merrill
E. E. Seekins
J. E. Dickinson
Samuel Lunt
Somerville
Point Greenwood
Bristol
Wilmot Lowell
Grace
Jamaica Plain
Warren Lowell
Flora
Ethel Lewis
Capt
Fred Lewis
Charlestown
E. W. Dunbar
E. M. Dunbar
H. A. Dunbar
Damariscotta
Walter Trott
Cambridge
Frank Hodge
E. T. Hodge
Richard T. Rundlett
Wilbur Lowell
Custom House
Lowell
Music Hall
Marion Smith
Paris
WISCASSET 25 YEARS AGO Highlights from August 1908 Echo
Wiscasset residents appear in a local column listing visitors and changes. Harry Farnham returns to Boston. Lincolny Block reshingled. The Albee hosts guests from Hudson Berlin Mills and Dorchester. several families and individuals travel, visit, or return home from trips to the White Mountains Matinicus Island and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
Harry Farnham
Boston
Frank Lambert
Alvah Waters
Hudson
Mass
The
Albee
J. T. Crosby
Auburn
Main
Water Streets
Thedore Cutten
White Mountains
Llewellyn Rines
Medford
Charles Foster
Chelsea
Mary Weeks
Blanche Quinnam Albee
Berlin Mills
N. H
Frank Fowler
Philadelphia
Marston House
Emma Weeks
Emmelyn
Esther
Matinicus Island
Verny Smith
Mr. Haines’ Dry 8
Mary Merrill
Elizabeth B. Chase 70 Bath widow of Walter E. Chase
Mrs Elizabeth B Chase 70 wife of Walter E Chase veteran Bath grocer died Thursday after a year of failing health she was born in Phippeburg daughter of Capt James T Morse and Margaret Wyman Lowell Morse educated in Bath and Philadelphia spent most of her life in Bath Attendant Central Congregational church active in Sans Souci club She and her husband married in 1887 leave son Walter Emery Chase Jr and daughter Mrs Karcher Jackson both of Bath two grandchildren Nancy P Chase and Richard E Jackson one brother Fred J Morse of Harrison NY and two nephews James Lester Morse and George M Morse both of Bath Harrison NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. Chase
Walter E. Chase
Bath
Chase
Phippeburg
Capt
James T
Margaret Wyman (Lowell) Morse
Philadelphia
Central Congregational Church
Old Sans Souci Club
Walter Emery Chase Jr
Mrs
Karcher Jackson
Nancy P. Chase
Richard E. Jackson
Fred J. Morse
Harrison, N. Y
James Lester Morse
George M. Morse
Mrs Evelyn Curtis Dies at Bowdoin Home After Long Illness
Mrs Evelyn Curtis wife of Norman E Curtis of Bowdoin Sagadahoc court crier died at her Bowdoin home late Monday of last week after a year of poor health. She taught in Bowdoin town schools for many years and was a member of Sagadahoc Grange. Survived by her husband daughter Marion three sons John Harold and Leonard all of Bowdoin her mother Mrs A E Purinton and sister Miss Angie Purinton of Bowdoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Curtis
Norman E. Curtis
Bowdoin
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Curtis
Marion
Angie Purington
Sagadahoc
Annie M Crocker dies after long illness in Bath
Annie M. Crocker 66 wife of Guy G. Crocker died at 7 30 Saturday morning at her home 186 Middle street after years of failing health Born in Phippsburg daughter of William A and Martha Cutting Rogers she moved to Bath 18 years ago Survived by husband one daughter Mrs Ralph Robinson of Brightwater three brothers Cal John D Rogers of Phippsburg and a grandson Charles Robinson of Brightwater Funeral private at home with Elmer W and W Bath residents Monday at two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Crocker
Guy G. Crocker
Middle Street
Phippsburg
William A
Martha Cutting Rogers
Bath
Ralph Robinson
Brightwater
Cal John D. Rogers
Phipps
Captain Francis Donnelly Drowned Off New York Dock
Captain Francis Donnelly, 32, of Roslindale Massachusetts, master of the schooner Black Douglas built in 1930, drowned Thursday morning when he fell into the water while trying to board his ship tied at Pilot street City Island New York. His body was recovered by police. The Black Douglas previously sailed from Boston under Captain L. M. Larsen in July 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Donnelly
Congreve Street
Roslindale
Mass
Black Douglas
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pilot Street
City Island
New York
L. M. Larsen
Grace L Talbot Dies After Long Illness in Bath
Grace L Talbot age 56 wife of Charles W Talbot died Friday at home in the Winnegance district after a long illness that confined her to bed for more than five months following a stroke. Born in Bath she was daughter of Charles A and Rachel Morse Hunt and lived in Bath all her life. Survived by husband two sons Chester and Frank Talbot Bath and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace L. Talbot
Charles W. Talbot
Winnegance
Bath
Charles A
Rachel Morse Hunt
Chester
Frank Talbot
Henry Pease Potter Dies at 82 in Bath of Heart Trouble
Henry Pease Potter 82, a retired carpenter, died Saturday morning after long illness due to heart trouble. Born in Topsham to Isaac J. Potter of Bowdoinham and Rosanna Woodman Potter of Harpswell, he spent most of his life in Bath working in shipyards. He entered the Old Folks Home June 6, 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pease Potter
Topsham
Isaac J. Potter
Bowdoinham
Rosanna (Woodman) Potter
Harpswell
Bath
Old Folks Home
Talbot Rites Held for Grace L Talbot at Home
Funeral services for Grace L. Talbot wife of Charles W. Talbot were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 30 at 78 High Street Rev David L Wilson of Central church officiated. Bearers were Willard Cromwell J Albert Redlon James McLaughlin and Joshua N Tibbetts Interment followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace L. Talbot
Charles W. Talbot
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Willard Cromwell
J. Albert Redlon
James McLaughlin
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Oak Grove
Funeral for Elizabeth B. Chase Held at Center Street Home
The funeral for Elizabeth B. Chase wife of Walter E. Chase Bath grocer who died Thursday was conducted Sunday at 2 PM at her home 141 Center street by Rev David L Wilson of Central church. Bearers were James L. Morse Edmund P. Briggs William V. Percy Arthur B. Stilphen Harrison E. Bowie Charles Co. Low. Interment followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. Chase
Walter E. Chase
Bath
Center Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
James L. Morse
Edmund P. Briggs
William V. Percy
Arthur B. Stilphen
Harrison E. Bowie
Charles Co. Low
Oak Grove
Henry P. Potters Funeral Held At Old Folks Home
Henry Pease-Potter a retired carpenter died recently and his funeral took place Monday afternoon at two at the Old Folks Home. Rev. Charles R. Sims of the First Baptist church officiated. Bearers were Thomas Colbert Edward Harrington Edward A. Huse and Ernest F. Kelley. Burial was in Fairview cemetery Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Potter
Henry Pease—Potter
Carpenter
Old Folks Home
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Thomas Colbert
Edward Harrington
Edward A. Huse
Ernest F. Kelley
Fairview Cemetery
Winnegance
Mrs. Annie Crocker Funeral Held at Home
The funeral for Annie M. Crocker wife of Guy G. Crocker was held Monday at two at 186 Middle Street. Rev. David L. Wilson of Central Church officiated and burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crocker
Annie M. Crocker
Guy G. Crocker
Middle Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Oak Grove
West Bath garden notes and summer social row
Odd growths in West Bath spark interest. A nine inch cucumber from Percy Holbrook Star Route 4 and a seven and a half inch squash by Theodore Moi of Woolwich are described along with a blooming golden banded lily at Quaker Point. Dozens of neighbors and visitors travel to Bath for dances, clambakes, and family summers at Sabine and Trufant's Crossing cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Holbrook
West Bath
Theodore Moison
George A. Moison
Woolwich
Quaker Point
Georgie Lombard
Rufus W. Lombard
Walter H. Larrabee
John F. Larrabee
Ronald
Conrad
Webster
Elmer Williams
Old Town
Foster's Point
Fred Williams
Portland
Lincoln Williams
Dean Bonney
Larrabee's Grove
Spencer's Island
George T. McLellan
Alberta S. McLellan
Bath
Edward K. Moore
Ida Moore
Brunswick
Charles 8. Lemont
Emma N. Cox
Lexington
Mass
Trufant’s Crossing
Century Club
Fort Williams
Miles MS. Purington
Lynn
Howard
Lawrence
Etta
Abbie Purington
Purington
George A. Erswell
Erswell
Junior
William Burke
Edward
Fred W. Larrakge
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Ernest Snow
Edwin W. Haggett
Nellie Starrett
Thomaston
Fannie Hann
Starrett
Geneseo State Normal School
Geneseo
Clark
Luella M. Noyes
Everett
Sabine
David Clayton
Sabino
Humphrey A. Owen
Alex Burgess
M. Evelyn Burgess
Bernard Pratt
Carl Kronstrand
Arthur
Madelyn
D. Wilfred Thibeault
Daniel
Muriel C. Burgess
Daniel McDougall
Carlton Burgess
John
Russell Folsom
Ralph Daley
Circle Drive
Waltham
Camp Illawarra
Owen Cottage
U. S. Internal Revenue
Malcolm L. Doble
William Healy
Boston
Revenue Department
Doble
J. R. Halmshaw
Newburg
N. Y
Edmund Searles
New Bedford
Marjorie Levis
Brooklyn
Mount Vernon
J. Everett Mayo
Charles Jacobs
West Somerville
Kent's Hill School
Mayo
Hugh Aitken
Mary
Frederick N. Sanborn
Trufartt’s Crossing
Five Islands
Andrew F. Black
Rear Court Street
Charles Doten
Florence A. Netley
Henry W. Henderson
Two Camps Present Fine Minstrel Show at Tuessic Hall
More than 100 attendees enjoyed a minstrel performance at Tuessic Hall Day's Ferry as Boothbay and Brushwood camps staged the event for the Day's Ferry Community Club. The program featured bagpipe soloist Lomond Nimmo, tap dancer Harold Bees, and a host of campers and counselors in song, comedy, and ensemble numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuessic Hall
Day’s Ferry
Boothbay
Brushwood
Lomond Nimmo
Harold Bees
Lomond ‘Nimmo
David Weinig
Sweet Sixteen
Landon Bachman
Richard Peek
Nelson Schwab
R. M. Larsen
Thomas Shepard
Robert Arnold
Keith Browning
Topsham Veteran Visits Bath in Civil War Echoes
William H. Tobey, 91, of Topsham and former Bath painter, recalled Civil War service with the Army of the Potomac. He enlisted in 1861 at Gardiner with the Third Maine Regiment, spoke of meeting Lincoln, and described Ford’s Theatre visits. He divides time between Topsham and summering with his daughter in King's Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Tobey
Topsham
Bath
King’s Point
Mr. Tobey
Fred W. Armes
Anna
Lewis and
Phoebe Parsons Tobey
Tobey
Army of the Potomac
Gardiner
Third Maine Regiment
Premier Quartet at Woolwich Farm Bureau event
Woolwich residents attend Montsweag grange hall entertainment featuring the Premier Quartet. The Three Quarters Century Club gathered at Fort Williams, with 145 attendees, as Rev West spoke on Working the Devil Overnight. Names include Reed, Gilmore, and Bailey families plus Stinson Robson Crocker Perry in a noted choir and quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Montsweag Grange Hall
Century Club
Fort Williams
Rachael Gilmore
John G. Reed
Charles Pullerton
J. Sumner /Bailey
Fred Carlton
Portland
Frank J. Walker
Boston
Stinson, Robson, Crocker and Perry
Kathleen Prescott
Carmel
Daisey Bailey
A. W.hall
John Gilmore
Vinal Hunnewell
Bar Harbor
Bay Point
Carlton Reed
Farmington
Melvin Henderson
Bath
George Carlton
Nequasset
Prize Winners Highlight Fort Williams Field Day
Mrs. Frank Arsenault and Mrs. Jeannette Cote won prizes at the ninth annual Three Quarter Century club field day in Portland. Other donors and winners included Rudy Vallée for fiddling, Col. Fernando Philbrick, a Roosevelt gift to Charles Dood Crane, and Amelia Earhart air tickets to Sara Whitten and Edgar Stevens. Various age and longevity honors were noted, with registrations listing many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Woolworth
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Dood Crane
Rockland
Boston
Amelia Earhart
Sara Whitten
Topsham
Edgar L. Stevens
Scarboro
Mrs. Woolworth
Ruth Chase
Clewley
Bangor
Frederick Hale
Rose Spinney
Industry
Woolworth
Charles Murphy
Lyman
Mary Shea
Portland
County Deputy Visits at West Bath Grange graded degrees
West Bath grange held a Monday meeting with Deputy Harry Rackley inspecting the third and fourth degrees for a class of 12. A harvest supper followed with Mrs. McFadden, Henderson, and Ward in charge and 196 attendees including 36 visitors. Next meeting Sept 11 features a surprise program. Labor Day breaks next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rackley
Topsham
West Bath Grange
Albert F. McFadden
Ceres
Charles T. Henderson
Pomona
Scott R. Ward
Flora
Robert W. Oliver
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Everett G. Lemont
Edward A. Footer
Grangers
West Bath
Lillian E. Lewin
Ernest Snow
Edwin W. Haggett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Comb Cottage
Carlisle
Gertrude Hubbard
Paul Hulbert
Harlan Jewett
Westport Ferry
D. M. Munsey
Sydney Evans
Will Anderson
Robert E. Maass
Arrowsie
Robert Maass, Jr
the Ledges
Lincoln Home Corporation
Newcastle
Cedric Alward
Nash
St. Andrew's
St. Philip's Church
Robert B. Williamson
Augusta
Arthur H. Mallen
St. Philip's
Henry F. Butler
Jesse
Browning Metcalf
Camp Chewonki
G. M. Hanshakter
Orchard House
Adirondacks
Parker E. Mareau
Lois Mareau
Parker, Jr
Gaspe Peninsula
South Newcastle
Epworth League
Lea Hayes
Regina Hayes
Clifton Lewis
Julia Lewis
Eugene Lewis
John Blagdon
Benjamin Webber
John Glendenning
Lemingston
Olive Nutter
Robert
Springfield
Arthur Durgin
Washington Street
Fred Porter
Bridgeport
W. V. Gorham
James C. Borden
Edgecomb
Arthur Wyer
Woburn
Roy Spark
Richard
Melrose
North Conway
Arthur Durgen
Piano Fund
Woman's Club of
A. H. Dodge
George Wilson
Providence
R. I
Ellsworth Dodge
Dodge
Cyrus R. Tupper
Court House
Anna Jury
Anna Rittenhouse
Chatham
N. J
A. W. Kierstead
Main Street
Leticia Smith
Hobson
George Bemis
New Jersey
William Chadsey
Etta M. (West) Averill
Joseph West, Jr
Lucinda (Williams) West
Augustus B. Averill
Iva F
H. H. Trussell
Lawrence A
Worcester
Jane Lane
Newton
Sarah Stanwood
Old Homestead
Henry W. Webb
Old Alna
Ruth MacMahan
Malden
Gertrude McKenzie
Leland Bryant
Bernice Webber
Louise Adams
Lincoln County
U. of M
George C. Hamlin
Boothbay Harbor
Endicott Johnson
Max Katz
Elm Street
Donald F. Preble
Mrs. Chase
Donald
Marjorie
Laura E. Lemont
Fred W. Larrabee
Sagadahoc Pomona
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Ernest E. Willams
Stanley W. Williams
Campbell's Pond
John Ix. Russell
Russell Street
Greene, Winthrop and
Chester Stevens
Birch Point
Frank Daniels
Timothy White
North Salem
Ina M. Williams
Oscar F. Williams
Brushwood Camps
Wade Rowland
Kenton Donaldson
Robert Rowland
Agols
Howard Mayer
William Crosby
Ace Nelson Schwab
Black Eyed
Susan Brown
Lincoln
Ford
Harry Tobey
Ashland
Ramona Council
No. 27
D. of P
Orr's Island
Silver Cloud
Frank Arsenault
Biltous
Sean Sree
L. F.” Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
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