Wiscasset News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Wiscasset and Edgecomb residents visit, travel, and attend charity sales as officials discuss public health nursing plans. The Organ Society Christmas sale at the Congregational vestry succeeds despite rain. Masons held an official visitation with MM degree work and banquet. Community leaders plan health seal drives, club activities, church services, and holiday events across Lincoln County towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Cummings
Edgecomb
Helen Keirstead
Violet Ray
Boston City Hospital
Dusault
North Edgecomb
Kate Perkins
Frances Perkins
Roy R. Marston
C. S. Barnes
Ferl F. Day
Portland
Grace York
Roy Marston
Roy L. Dow
Newburyport
Mass
Mary Marston
Edith Hutchins
Sara Sherman
Lara Coffin
Anna White
Laura Carleton
Lillian Bailey
Harriett Jackson
Grace Albee
Kate Sewall
Viola Adams
Naomi Swain
Grace Pease
Jean Coleman
Sue Bailey
Verna Bailey
Nellie Blagdon
Cora Groves
Frances Plumstead
Irene Metcalf
Ida Creamer
Minnie Bemis
Hattie Mosher
Mary Weeks
Bertha Parker
Edna Southard
Alice Taylor
Lester Greenwood
Boston
Carl A. Brandt
Charles S. Sewell
Labrador
MacMillan
EB. F. Albee
Wiscasset
Grace Carlisle
Boothbay Harbor
Maine Public Health Association
Augusta
Theresa Anderson
Lincoln County
Anna
Nellie Albee
Boothbay
George A. Carlisle
Bremen
Evie M. Studley
Whitefield
Amy Kbensel
Waldoboro
B. G. Miller
Fannie Stone
Cooper's Mills
J. E. Orbiorne
Newcastle and Damariscotta
J. M. King
Round Pond
Sara E. Svenson
Southport
Trevett
Monhegan
Grace A. Carlisle
Noble
Wiscasset Quintet Wins Second Game After Fight
Wiscasset City Service Five beat St Peters A A of Portland 43 27 in a fast, rough contest at Wiscasset. McCabe led scoring with key second half bursts, Brewer and Pooler contributed strong floor play, while Shepard and Alberti provided solid defense for the visitors. Next Monday Richmond meets Wiscasset at the village hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
St. Peters A. A. of
Portland
Greater Portland Schoolboy
Portland Boys Club
St. Peters A. A
McCabe
Bath A. C
City Service
Brewer
Ralph Brewer
Wakefield
Mass
Spider Carlton
Mac McCabe
Red Perkins
Louis Pooler
Harrington
Roma
Westbrook High School
Shepard
Visitors
A. Alberti
Botto
Richmond
Gee
Pooler
Fason
Carlton
Ny Kt
Perkins
Ti Brewer
Sema St
Peters
Lee
J. Alberti
Albgsi
Adans
Stover
Sccrer
Leavitt
West Bath social notes greet a week of family visits
Miss Annie Trufant returns from Portsmouth to West Bath while staying with Miss Abbie Gage in Union Court. Mrs. Emma Cox of Lexington arrives after her sister-in-law’s death and will travel back with her brother Mr. Lemont. The community shares illness recoveries, school reopenings after small pox concerns, and holiday gatherings among residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Trufant
Portsmouth
Miss Trufant
Abbie Gage
Union Court
Bath
Emma Coz
Lexington
Mass
Charles S. Lemont
Lemont
West Bath
Cox
James Coombs
J. E. Mayo
Marguerite Williams
Brunswick
Lillian Brown
Foster's Point
Auburn
John Collins
Douglas Shaw
Avon
Arthur Brawn
Boothbay Harbor Girls Beat Wiscasset In Season Opener
Boothbay Harbor girls opened their season after an eight year lapse with a 33 to 23 win over Wiscasset Academy. Captain Reed scored 31 of Boothbay Harbor team points, while D Lewis led a middle period rally for Wiscasset with 18 of their 23 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset Academy
Harbor Lassies
Wiscasset
Reed
Wiscasset Girls
D. Lewis
F.G. Ce Perkins
Er Davis
Aeas Reed
Se Beer
Anes
Lewis
C Popa
Seeeres Hutchinson
Sc Riley
Ses Abbott
Serene Eevee
Een
Sens Howard
Bee Tune Tee
F.G Perkins
Rf Settee
Tere
Tene Bailey
Rf Boor
Mayo
B. Lewis
C Webber
Sc PO
Fa Potter
Tey Sheaves Erskine
Asarehey
Treat Hill
Ces
Terete
Sees Albee
Cee
Stover
S. Leavitt
Bath man survives car crash after near train collision
Elbridge Banks of South Gardiner escaped serious harm after his car skidded off the Rollingham Brook area and overturned three times. The vehicle briefly blocked signals triggering an automatic stop as a westbound freight train halted safely. Banks suffered a concussion and head cut but is not expected to die. His daughter Mrs. Melvin Pratt learned of his condition, and Mrs. Fred D. Hill returned home from Beachmont after a ten day visit with the Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Pratt
Highland Street
Bath
Elbridge Banks
South Gardiner
Rollingham Brook
Maine Central
Banks
Five Islands Grange elects officers for year
At the grange meeting on Tuesday evening officers were chosen for the ensuing year. L. H. Rowe named Master and Kathleen Rittall as Ceres, with several other posts filled by local residents. A benefit under Mrs. E. M. Billings’ direction followed, raising over 41 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Rowe
W. L. Berry
Orissa Carr
Fred Carr
Harold Pinkham
Amanda Blaisdell
Mattie B. MacMahan
Ethelyn Gray
Horace Rittall
Ceres
Kathleen Rittall
Pomona
Aurelia Pinkham
Flora—Addie Gray
Phyllis Stevens
E. M. Billings
Grange Hall
Hovey
America
Five Island School
Edith Wilkins
Martha Bowen
Agnes Powers
Lava Gray
Amy Hovey
Luella Higgins
Meeley
Dorothy Reed
Mattie MacMahan
Belle Stevens
Izetta Pinkham
Mrs. Billings
Westport Woman Dies After cataract Surgery and Lung Infection
Mrs. Janette B. McLaughlin of Westport died at her North End home in the early hours of Monday following cataract surgery in Bath and a subsequent lung infection that strained her heart. Born in 1850 to Manson C. and Martha Jane Dunton, she leaves her husband Capt. Thomas McLaughlin and a son Edward of Plymouth Mass. Funeral held at her home with Rev. Henry W. Webb officiating. interment in the family Westport lot. Maynard Larsen and Ralph Boucher are visiting home from naval training at Newport R. I. Mrs. Flossie Newman left town for Los Angeles. Mrs. A. M. McKown returned from Bath after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Covei.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janette B. McLaughlin
North End
Bath
Manson C
Martha Jane (McCarty) Dunton
Westport
Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church
Henry W. Webb
Wiscasset
Maynard Larsen
Ralph Boucher
Naval Training School
Newport
R. L
EF. V. Lewis
Flossie Newman
Los Angles
Calif
Mrs Jack Wade and Nephew Paul Daley Relocate to Portland
Mrs Jack Wade and her nephew Paul Daley who have lived on Winship Street for the past year have spent several weeks in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wade
Paul Daley
Winship Street
Portland
Georgetown Notes on Local People and Events
Dr. Barrows vaccinated pupils and townspeople at Center school Friday. Many residents traveled to Lewiston Bath Lisbon Falls and Portland for visits and errands. Center school vacation and Christmas plans noted with a program and tree led by Mrs. Georgia M Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrows
Boothbay
Clayton Rowe
Friend
Bath
Georgia M. R. Walker
Woolwich
Stella Powers
Levi Powers
Robinhood
Bath City Hospital
Harry Heald
Lewiston
Hartley Harley
Ida Lewis
Belle Heald
Jennie Todd
West Georgetown
Lisbon Falls
Arthur Todd
Grange Hall
Five Islands
Union Hall
Edgar Warren
Colleen Bryer
Center
Rotarians to Erect Usual Christmas Tree
The Bath Rotary club met at Hotel Phoenix after a two week recess for the epidemic. President Eugene M. Desmond welcomed Ralph H. Bragg back from illness and thanked members for Thanksgiving gifts. A committee was formed to secure a Christmas tree for the park, to be decorated by Central Maine Power Co. with lights. Maj. William R. Kimball spoke on his Cuba trip during the Spanish War Veterans anniversary, recounting Havana in 1898 and travel with Maj. Charles L. Pratt, including a train route from New York to Key West and visits to Marianao and sugar plantations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Salvation Army
Albert Henderson
Percy E. Nickerson
Edward W. Bridgham
Central Maine Power Co
Maj
William R. Kimball
Cuba
Havana
Charles L. Pratt
Boston
Massachusetts
Major Pratt
Major Kimball
New York
Key West
Washington
Miami
Marianao
Lewis J Avery Dies in Bath at 62
Lewis J. Avery a longtime Bath teamster died Wednesday morning at 10 45 at his home 94 Union street from a heart attack after a year and a half illness He was born in Canada son of Joseph and Mary Avery and moved to Bath as an infant He worked in the municipal highway department He is survived by his wife two sons Arthur R and Ernest R Avery four grandchildren one brother Joseph E Avery and one sister Mrs George A Merrill The funeral will be Saturday at eight in St Marys church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Fred Isley
St. Johnsbury
Emma W. Isley
R. T. Atkinson
Bismark
N. D
Charles Hubbetts
Earl Whittemore
Mary Anne
Emma Barber
Portland
George Blagdon
Pleasant Street
Woman's Club
Congregational Vestry
Maude Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Parker B. Stinson
Coombs
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Harold Dean
Flushing
L. I
Harold Dean, Jr
Walter
Charles E.titus
Methodist Episcopal Church
West Anna
J. E. White
Lester Knight
Augusta
George Carleton
Larrabee
Bath
Fred Carleton
Dresden
Bath City Hospital
George S. Lincoln, Jr
Strong Hospital
Hattie Merrill
Donald Petrie
Ifill
Georgia Lily
Hooper Street
Luther Hall
Edgecomb
Exchange
William Boyd
Fedeal Street
Elden P. Munsey
Ralph Harvey
Lewis J. Avery
Union Street
Mr. Avery
Canada
Joseph and
Mary Rodique Avery
Arthur R
Ernest R. Avery
Ernest R., Jr
Louise
Alice
Helen Avery
Joseph E. Avery
George A. Merrill
St. Mary’s Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. F
Atwood
L. F. Medicine Co
St. Peter’s A.A. of
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works, Corp
York
Georgetown
Edmund Wilbur Ford
Edmund Ford
South Weymouth
Frank W. Hagan
Upper High Street
Lassies
Gardiner
Fred D. Hill
High Street
Beachmont
Walter M. Hill
Buxton
Buxton Preematis Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Fred Carter
Pembroke
Clarence MacMahan
Percy Savage
F. H. Rittall
Saco
Frank Hall
T. D. Reid
Horace Murray
C. H. Muiden
Gertrude Leonard
Dalton Carter
Annie
Irving Carter
Walter Savage
C. Davis
Bay Point
E. B. Billings
J. G. Stevens
F. P. Carr
J. M. Stevens
E. M
A. M. McKown
Ralph C. Covei
Middle Street
Lester Pettengill
W. O. Oliver
George B. Oliver
Marrtown
John G. Morse
Winnegance
Martha Rich Bowen
Charles Hanna
First Baptist Church
Bowen
Earle Hagan
T. M. Hagan
Arthur Oliver
Pearl Harford
Dora Hallett
Charles Mains
Arthur Mains
F. W. Hovey
C. L. Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Walter Powers
Bessie
Dorothy Stuart
Ralph Reynolds
George Laskey
B. F. Powers
John Thibodeau
Oakland
Thomas Hagan, Jr
Edward Grant
York Village
Lewis Trafton
Golding Sons’ Feldspar Co
M. G. Sparks
Sparks
Doris
Spruce Pine
N. C
Garden City
J. J. Patterson
Grace
Bath Savings Institution
Maj. Kimball
Kennebec River
Whornes Head
Near
Ong
Maine
White Mountains
Ocean
Kennebec
Henry C. Rowe
P.O
Rhode Island
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