Wiscasset Christmas pageants and town society notes
Dorcas club hosted by Miss Ruthena Thompson with Organ Society sale work. Friendly Indians meet at Congregational vestry, followed by a moving picture show including Harold Lloyd and Our Gang reels. Various church programs, Christmas preparations, and social events fill the town calendar with dances, dinners, and elections at Huntoon Hill grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthena Thompson
Dorcas Club
Congregational Church
Chub
Miss Thompson
Organ Society
Bradford C. Redennett, Jr
Congregational Vestry
Harold Lloyd
Our Gang
United States Navy
Maine
Island of
Sugar
Edward Rice
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Congregational Church School
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Sheepscot Echo 1907
December 14 1907 report from Wiscasset details heavy rain washing roads. updates on local residents including Helen Jackson Martha Reed families and Bates College student visits. Notes weddings at Kingfield and Bath Grace Church. deaths of Mrs R H T Taylor. marriage of Annie Rose Rines to Morrel M Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Helen Jackson
Bath
Martha
R. W. Reed
Portland
Miss Wright
Bates College
Aines
Annie
L. A. Gray
Francis Albee
Boston
Frank W. Jackson
Whitefield
N. H
Verna Smith
Alma Rines
Martha Jackson
George E. Cowley
Leeds
Grace Church
Annie Rose Rines
George F. Rines
Morrel M. Smith
Damariscotta
Cuthbert McGay
Weather and social notes from Sheepscot Echo 1893
From December 16 1893 readers learn of cold weather and sleighing with a recent snow storm, local arrivals from Lynn Gardiner and Bath, church activities, a steamer running ice free, business closures and a 30 day stock sale, entertainment by Harper's Ferry Jubilee Singers, local preaching, studio visits, a tugboat towage, fox hunting results, and visits by families including the Whitneys and Trefethens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Frank Blake
Lynn
Wallace
Orlando Kimball
Gardiner
Geo. H. Crosby
Portland
Alice Ridley
Bath
Nina Rines
Methodist Sewing Circle
Boothbay
C. E. Gates
Harper's Ferry
Congregational Chapel
Addie Benner
J. F. Haley
Boothbay Harbor
Bucksport
Sheepscot
Trefethen
Card of Thanks from Preble Family
We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for floral offerings and kind sympathy during our recent bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Preble, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Forest W. Preble. Wiscasset Me December 15 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Preble
Harold Erskine
Forest W. Preble
Wiscasset, Me
West Bath Christmas program and town notices
West Bath hosts a Christmas entertainment and tree lighting at the Lowell school on Friday December 16 with songs readings and a Runaway Stocking burlesque and a Mary Christmas playlet. The annual West Bath Grange fair follows with a card party supper and an eight oclock program including a Romeo and Juliet pantomime and the Detour Ahead play. The column then lists local residents visiting returning from trips and medical and social notes, including longtime Island Falls citizens and town officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Len Orcas
Santa
Gertrude Childs
Harold Bailey
Paul Lemont
Edward Footer
Margaret Brown
King— Leon
Charles An
Clarence White
Bobby Querry
Henry Rose
Mary Bailey
Mr. Benton
Leon White
Katie
Beatrice Roe
Tess
Corrinne Brown
Miss Quinn
Dorothy Waterman
Gip
Charles White
Workman
Read Pitman
Carlton Bailey
Carlton Brown
Mother Goose
Joe William Stilphen
Mary
Mrs. Binson
Beatrice R Se
Mr. Binson
Henry Donnell
Barbara Pitman
West Bath Grange
Polly MacManus
Frank P. Sprague
Bath
Berry’s Mills Road
Louise M. Stewart
Oliver Street
Carolyn B. Rogers
Saco
Helen H. Rogers
E. Leslie Goodwin
New York City
Foster's Point
Emily Larrabee
Topsham
Walter W. Larrabee
Edward A. Foster
John Langdon
James B. Lemont
Sanford’s Crossing Road
Samuel Cole
Stanleigh and
Samuel, Jr
Lewiston
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Fred Williams, Jr
Portland
Lincoln Williams
Foster’s Point
Harry Williams, Jr
Belle C. Donnell
Lily S. Pray
Center Street
Chester Stevens
Auburn
Norman Thomas
Norman, Jr
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Stevens’ Camp
Birch Point
Robert D. Metcalf
Boston Memorial Hospital
West Bath
Morton S. Baker
Woolwich
Humphrey A. Owen
Bath and Sabine
J. Everett Mayo
Mary O. Bryant
Witch Spring Road
John G. Auban
Mallet Road
Allen L. Cates
Berry's Mills
Rufus W. Limbard
Robert van Amringe
Boston
Samuel H. Blackwood
Bethel
Joseph W. Larrabee
Leburton D. Sheldon
Edgett Street
Woolwich Socials Tour Opens Holiday Season
Woolwich residents hosted 35 guests at the old Bailey homestead with a dinner of roast duck venison and steak followed by cards and music. Local travels included Mass and New York visits, Christmas planning at Nequasset church, and upcoming town events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Grover
Old Bailey Homestead
Lester Holbrook
Massachusetts
New York
James Colby
L. M. Dalley
Rockland
Albert Humphreys
Portland
Nequasset Congregational Church
Union Sunday School
West Bath
Elizabeth Johnson
Everson Stinson
Edward V. Reed
William Downing
North Woolwich
Augusta
Dresden
George Ames
Gardiner
Bessie Small
Everett Baker
Frederick Brown
Bath
F. W. Carlton
Albion L. Corliss
Woolwich
Isaac B. Howard
Clara E. Corliss
Ma&rcia Stinson
Loring Soule
Harold Shaw
Motion Picture Reels Shown at Central Church Men’s Club
An evening meeting of the Central church Men’s Club featured Clinton D. Wilson showing two educational reels. One traced American school development from early cabins to modern high schools, the other demonstrated engine construction. A supper followed, and the club plans a January session with Frank B. Nichols. Dr. and Mrs. Allen M. Small rebuild after a November fire, with community donation and a cement foundation already in place for a new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Pusher
Main Street
C. C. Blagdon
DeForest
Day
Charles
Sewall
Bath Road
Sarah D. Varney
L. B. Haggett
Woman’s Club
Woman's Club
Bertram E. Packard
New England
Beethoven
W. H. Smith
Waterville
Smith
Lester Peters
Somerville
Mass
Joseph H. Smith
Sidney G. Evans
Central Church
Clinton D. Wilson
Bath
West Bath
America
Little Fog Cabin
Frank B. Nichols
Allen M. Small
Freedom
Knights of Pythias Hall
Nequasset Farm Bureau Holds Annual Meeting in Bath
Nequasset Farm Bureau gathered at Mrs. C R Farnham’s home with 22 members and guests to elect officers for 1933 34 and review annual reports. Officers named include Ha thorne Marston and McFadden with plans for a full year of demonstrations and educational talks from January to December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
C. R. Farnham
Middle Street
Hortense Welch
Rachel Gilmore
John W. Brown
John C. Gilmore
Percy D. Marston
Henry T. Dubar
Costello P. Hall
Sumner Bailey
Maurice T. Hathorne
Percy Bailey
Frank Bailey
Flora Storey
Edward B. Shaw
Daisy Wilson
James Colby
Loring Soule
Edwin T. Holbrook
Westwich
Smith Freeman
Louise Smiley
Roscoe P. McFadden
Adelbert W. Hall
H. Emma Magoun
Bath
Leverett Welch
Arthur Williams
Woolwich
Marjorie Smiley
Dubar
Jordan C. Wright
H. Emma Mageson
Farnham
Hathorne
Freeman
Marston
Magoun
Local labor used for Bath Opera House interior work
The Bath Opera House foundation is finished and interior work proceeds with a 26 man crew over six weeks, 23 Bath residents and contractors’ staff. All materials, including lime, gravel, sand, brick, lumber, plumbing supplies and hardware, are purchased from local dealers as Publix Theatres Corp continues a policy of using local labor and suppliers. Mrs Maude Norton Gary of Farmington portrayed Lillian Nordica in the Maine History pageant and revealed her family connection to the diva and wore a sequined gown and a $500 tiara from Nordica’s collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Opera House
Opera House
Bath
Publix Theatres Corporation
Maude Norton Gary
Farmington
Maine
Lillian Nordica
Gray
Bates College Tea Dance Notable Social at Chase Hall
The Lambda Alpha club hosted a tea dance at Chase Hall on Friday afternoon. Soft candle light and a fireplace created an intimate atmosphere with Bates Bobcats providing music. Chaperones included Dr. and Mrs. Harry W. Rowe and guests Dean Hazel M. Clark and Prof. Grovesnor M. Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates College
Lambda Alpha Club
Chase Hall
Bates Bobcats
Harry W. Rowe
Dean Hazel M. Clark
Grovesnor M. Robinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset
Dixie Land Minstrels
Academy Athletic Association
Soule
Mr. Soule
Fred Blagdon
Mark Caton
Paul Farnham
Forrest Lewis
Melvin Ssule
Leland Greenleaf
Carl Pearson
Harold Leavitt
Pearson
Lewis
Mildred
A. H. Applin
Brunswick
Edward E. Whiting
Allan
West Upton
Harold Quinnam
Chester Swett
West Boothbay Harbor
H. 8. Shea
Jesse F. White
D. M. Munsey
Perry Fowle
Lucille
Donald Shea
Munsey
Fowle
White
Flora
Huntoon Hill Grange
Donald W. Shea
William Stinson
Lucille Quinnam
Alton E. Ames
Fred W. Blagdon
Octavia Nute
DeForest M. Munsey
Vinnie S. Quinnam
Daniel Ames
Ceres
Ida L. Shea
Pomona
Annie Boudin
Gertrude Munsey
Alberta Boudin
Alice Ames
Will Anderson
Sam Quinnam
Quinnam Hill
M. Cleveland Quinnam
Lester Fogg
the Ledges
Robert E. Maass
Patricia Anne
Arthur Durgin
F. Blagdon
Clarence Ames
Lincoln County Union of Woman's Clubs
W. G. Hubbard
St. Philip's
Lennox
Webb
Holbrook
Garrison Hill
Sarah A. Shaw
Henry G. Shaw
Ruth Plummer
Lisbon Falls
Nina Fowles
Elliotville
New Jerusalem
Bradford C. Bedennett
King
Harvey R. Pease
Frank B. Adams
Frank H. Gray
Charles E. Cowley
Charles H. Plumstead
Leon H. Grover
Royal Arch
Byron Adams
Frank E. Quinnam
Benjamin H. Adams
Harry D. Mosher
Clarence Q. Bailey
Wiscasset Academy
Annie Nelder
Frances Fossett
Etta Blair
Mary Colby
Mildred Cunningham
Dorothy Hilton
Josephine Sutter
Leona Weeks
Gladys Hall
Elsie Bailey
James Bailey
Floorence Brookings
Andrea Getchell
Arlene Hill
Ida Hanscom
Ruth Jones
Helen Lewis
Lee Merry
Olavi Miete
Eva Rines
Florence Sproul
George Grover
Denis Higgins
Laura Nichols
Gustave Pearson
Walter Pushard
Lawrence Radley
Lusetta Preble
W. E. Johnson
Preble
George
Susan Hilton
Peter Fredson
Cora
Laura
Clarence A. Prebble
Charles E. Titus
Woodlawn
Brookline
Everett
Forest Preble
Elizabeth
George Crocker
Charles Reed
Susetta Preble
Stanley W. Dodge
Albert Galloupe
Hallowell
Frank Haggett
Minnie Porter
Walter C. Raddin
Edgecomb
A. H. Dodge
Providence
R. J
Dodge
Ernest G. Spinney
Frank H. Hutchins
Frank D. Foye
E. Fred Albee
Col. Dummer Sewall
Albee
Maude Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Gay
Margarette
Knox
C. Earl Sherman
Clinton
John Currier
Joanna Evans
Helen Quinnam
Ethel Reed
George Foster
Ford
Haggett Garage Co
Ord
Donald F. Preble
George H. Donham
Island Falls
Readfield
Isaac Donham
Patten
Denham
Katahdin Kalendar
Daily Record
Wilson
Canada
Panama
India
Africa
Philippines
England
France
Germany
Bermuda
Bath Independent
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Five Islands
Bowdoinham
Richmond
the Times Co
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