Christmas Eve Service and Ice Storm Impacts Report
A church program featured a quartet and piano pieces by Mrs. A W Wil, Rev. Charles E Titus delivering a John 316 sermon, and Epworth League devotional led by Bradford Redennett Jr. Ice storms hit the area, damaging trees and utility lines. crews repaired hazards for days. Local residents visiting and holiday gatherings noted, with scenes at Gar rison Hill OES and community events amid winter weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Redennett Jr
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Mary Chase McFadden
Auburn
Dorothy
Wiscasset
Percy Trafton
Bangor
L. A. Southard
Westminster School
Simsbury
Conn
John H. Southard
Zina Davis
Hallowell
Garrison Hill
Santa Claus
Frank H. Gray
Od Santa
Louise Blagdon
Angie Rines
Bertha Day
Mary Merston
Maine
Herm
Henry Sewall
Hebron
Gertrude Sortwell
Miss Sortwell
Elizabeth
Dorothy Sewall
S. J. Sewall
Lee Street
Josephine Plumstead
South Portland
Antoinette Plumstead
A. H. Dodge
Leon Donnell
Portland
Parker Lewis
Bath
DeForest da
Zea Hilton
Congrega
Christmas notices and travels reported in Rockland
Short items list residents and visitors leaving for Boston and elsewhere for Christmas. Several people visit relatives, including Mrs. Charles Sigison and Miss Pinkham, Cyril Grant heads to Langley Field, VT, with plans to fly to Mexico on Dec 21, and others relocate or recover from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Charles Sigison
Earl Sherman
Burnham
Mabel A. Rhoades
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Emma W. Tisley
Priscilla Lewis
Bangor
Ava Dodge
Newcastle
A. H. Dodge
Eleon Shillman
Philip
Waterville Hospital
Alice Lake
Fror Moody Bible School
Eteen Shuman
Watervile
Wiscasset Notes From 25 Years Past
The week opened with patches of good sledding despite scattered horse sleigh use. Funeral services for Miss Alice Porter were conducted last Monday afternoon by Rev. G. G. Winslow. Dana drug store owner Mr. Pusher reports higher than expected patronage as business grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Porter
G. G. Winslow
Pusher
Dana Drug Store
Wiscasset News: Weddings, Deaths and Local Events
Black in South Gardiner was received here last Tuesday noting lodge memberships. Luther Maddocks discussed Wiscasset bridge repairs while Emmeline Bellas and Alanson Folansbee announced wedding cards. Charles Norris of Damariscotta died. Lincoln lodge elected officers for 1932 with private installation scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmeline Bellas
Chicago
Alanson Folansbee
Folansbee
Erastus Foote
Wiscassett
F. W. Sewall
Hallowell
Louise Page
Leathers
Hodgdon
Helen Dickinson
Esther Weeks
Colby College
Waterville
Charles Norris
Damariscotta
Norris
Wiscasset
W. B. Jackson
Jesse F. White
Anna F. Blagdon
Lincoln Lodge
A. M
Christmas Seal Sale Progresses Through Sagadahoc County
The Christmas Health Seal and Bond Sale advances in Sagadahoc county as communities support Tuberculosis fund drives. Funds finance clinics and a Maine public health program and aid patients toward sanatoria or home treatment, with only five percent going out of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine Public Health Association
Maine
National Tuberculosis Association
S. 8. Mullin
State
Parent-Teachers Association
Bath
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Norman Drummond
Ruth Powers
Bowdoinham
Ceola Bugbee
Emily Rideout
A. S. M.dougall
Richmond
Arthur Terrill
John F. Dunham
Nettie Leavitt
Woolwich
Wilson Wright
Percy Bailey
John C. Gilmore
West Bath
Kitty Preble
Mes
Earl Donnell
Lillian Cutler
Topsham
Mildred Edwards
Helen Porter
Lester Willis
Phippsburg
Lizzie M. Sawyer
Alice Galvin
S. S. Mullin
Frank B. Nichols
Clinton D. Wilson
Divorce Easy for Dyaks in Dutch Borneo Paradise
University of Chicago anthropologist John W. Province reports that the Dyak people in Dutch Borneo practice easy divorce with no alimony. Cruelty infidelity and desertion are cited as grounds. a small penalty ends the husband's financial responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Borneo
John WW
University of Chicago
Usamerican Lyric Anthropological and Radio Research Expedition
West Bath Christmas Visits and Local Happenings
The West Bath community records holiday visits lighted by family gatherings. Lively notes include Mr and Mrs Llewellyn Rogers hosting relatives, Miss Jennie Larrabee in Portland, and Hallowell Rogers visiting from Hartford. A skating accident left Stover with a three stitch facial cut, and a Lowell School program funded the School Improvement League amid a blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Saco
Llewellyn Rogers
Courtney Stover
U. of M
Orono
Asi
J. E. Mayo
Stover
Lowell
Joseph W. Larrabee
J. Everett Mayo
Hallowell Rogers
Hartford
Conn
Romantic revival shapes Paris fashion revival in haute couture
Paris designers showcase velvet and fur 5 to 8 ensembles with toe length skirts and fur borders. Velvet jackets pair with long velvet princess frocks and fur hems in autumnal fabrics like chiffon and georgette crepe. The designer hopes words seductive enchanting and stunning return to smartly dressed women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Haute Couture
Rue de la Paix
Growth of Child Psychiatric Clinics Reaches 350 Cities
Washington reports five hundred clinics now operate in 350 cities across 36 states. Grace Abbott of the U S Children's Bureau calls the 1929 list a significant development in child welfare. She notes the need for expert, multi viewpoint analysis of a child's problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Children’s Bureau
Chicago
Grace Abbott
United States
Judge Smith Known For Precision at Maine Secretary of State Desk
The long serving Maine official known as Judge Smith runs the secretary of state’s office with steady access to vast records. A former Dover municipal judge born February 12, 1870, he directs 47 deputies and handles 600 to 700 license appeals yearly while pursuing Maine history as a hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Maine
State House
Dover
Joseph B. Peakes
Frank E. Guernsey
Dover-Foxcroft
State of
Eastern Maine Conference Seminary
Bucksport
Dover- Foxcroft
Topsham Farmer Loses Buildings in Monday Fire
Fire destroyed the private Topsham farm buildings of Harry Tf Cheney along with a horse, cow, turkeys, and poultry valued at about 5000 dollars with 4000 dollars insured. The blaze, aided by a storm and broken private road access, prompted alarm three miles away due to a cut telephone line. A sleeping occupant is suspected but not confirmed to have been inside the barn when the fire started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Tf. Cheney
Mallett Road
Topsham
Brunswick
Strange detonations heard in Bath city overnight
A series of loud explosions or detonations disturbed Bath residents through the night, starting about 11 PM Sunday and continuing until 5 AM Monday. Suspicions ranged from a frost crack to an earthquake, with one report noting telephone bells ringing from the jarring noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ralph W.W. Bragg
Central Maine Power Co
Fatigue Affects Reading and Work Patterns Says Study
A university study found the mind functions better when fatigued as fatigue reduces wakefulness and promotes steady thinking. The brain is described as too restless in morning and afternoon for full concentration and fatigue acts like a mild sedative, lowering flightiness.
Woolwich Christmas Gatherings Highlight Community News
Mr and Mrs Fred Carlton hosted a Christmas dinner with a large crowd in attendance. Guests included Miss Maxine Walker visiting from Connecticut and Mr and Mrs A E Trott with Milton Trott in Bath. Several local families hosted relatives over the holidays and a community Christmas tree event was planned for Quansett Church on Christmas night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carlton
Veon
Maxine Walker
Connecticut
John G. Reed
A. E. Trott
Milton Trott
Bath
Roland McIntosh
Lancaster
Mass
Beatrice Pellett
Duncan McIntosh
Mable Jack
Ladies’ Farm Bureau
F. J. Walker
Boston
Cora P. Corliss
Day's Ferry
Albion Corliss
Morse High School
Forest Baker
Frank J. Walker
Lawrence Kahler
Anna
Gladys Wright
Mary
Nequasset Church
Racing Four Years Car Wins $150000
Washington report details Louie Meyer and Frank Lockhart with the Miller Special, a record setting racing car. It earned $150,000 in four years and claimed three world speed records for its class, with Meyer winning the 1928 Indianapolis race and the season title, making him the first to win the national championship twice in succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louie Meyer
American Automobile Association
Meyer
Frank Lockhart
Lockhart
California
Atlantic City
Indianapolis
Daytona Beach
Los Angeles
New Chemical Cooling Speeds Army Planes
Dayton reports a new ethylene glycol cooling system for the P-6 fighter lifts speed to 181 mph and reduces radiator size by about a third. The Curtiss Hawk marks the first to use the system, promising lighter weight and better fuel efficiency for military and future commercial aircraft. George Potter, a Dartmouth senior, arrived Friday to vacation with his parents on Summer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Army Corps
Air Corps
Wright Field
George Potter
Dartmouth
Capt
William Potter
Summer Street
Bath students stage Shakespearean style senior plays
Seniors presented two short plays Sham by Frank Tompkins and Dust of The Road by Kenneth Goodman on a windy Wednesday evening. Mrs Clinton D Wilson earned a gold bouquet for coaching. A burlesque Heart Throbs and Pants spoofed talking pictures and drew loud laughter. Stanley Hatch filled in for ill Stanley Whitehouse in the villain role. The class will perform its annual Spring class play with Roland Trott Dorothy Ham Margaret Mackinnon Ruth Watson and Nathan Watson heading the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tompkins
Kenneth Goodman
Clinton D. Wilson
Stanley Whitehouse
Stanley Hatch
Telephone Ladies Have Enjoyable Party
The New England Tel and Tel Co operating and commercial departments held their annual Christmas tree party Sunday night. They dined at the Colonial with lobster salad and an elaborate menu then returned to the rest room for gift exchange and merriment. Miss Bessie Stimpson of Brunswick, chief operator, overcame travel difficulties to Bath for the event and received a gold piece as a token of esteem. A flashlight photo concluded the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Colonial
Bessie Stimpson
Brunswick
Paris couturier Doucet leaves vast modern art collection
Paris reports reveal that Jacque Doucet, famed dressmaker and art patron, left a major modern art collection including canvases by Manet Picasso Rousseau plus a vast art library. His 1912 sale of eighteenth century works brought nearly $3 million and funded long term art library holdings now open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jacque Doucet
University of Paris
Couturier
Manet
Coxanne
Picasso
Rousseau
Marie Laurencin
Doucet
Salomon de Rothschild
County rules allow killing trespassing hens in Hilo
The county attorney’s office rules that owners may kill chickens that trespass into flower beds. If warned, the fowl may be killed and their bodies returned to the owner's yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
Hawaii
Maine Seacoast Mission Leader Visits Bath
Rev. Orville J. Guptil, superintendent of the Maine Seacoast Mission and former pastor of the North Street Church in Bath, was a recent visitor in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville J. Guptil
Maine Seacoast
North Street
Bath
Miss Bessie Galvin Visits Parents in Phippsburg
Miss Bessie Galvin a Phippsburg teacher spends her Christmas vacation at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Garrett Galvin on High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Galvin
Phippsburg
Garrett Galvin
High Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Stinson
Amherst
Episcopal Society
Wawenock Hall
Methodist Vestry
Fred Greenleaf
Abbie Turner
Massachusetts
Reuben Brookings
Edgecomb
Chas. G. Holyoke
Benjamin F. Blagdon
Hope E. McKenzie
Franklin Club
L. R. Gibbs
Sheridan
Henry R. Pyne
America
Wiscasset Board of Trade
Wiscasset Bridge Company
Lincoln Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Our
Trust Department
Bond Department
Augusta Trust Company
Wiscasset, Maine
Dyaks
Stanley Raymond
Middle Street
Bath Maine
Chadbourne
Stron
Topsham Farmer
Fred S. Curtis & Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!