New Film Program At Wiscasset Congregational Church
An evening program at the Congregational church featured a moving picture The Conquest of the Forests showing Canadian forests and timber processes, followed by When Jesus Was Born depicting biblical scenes. Next Sunday a two reel GE film The World of Paper will be shown, outlining writing printing and paper making.
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Congregational
Jesus
Holy Land
Herod
Bethlehem
General Electric Co
Dorcas Club
Young Men's Club
Organ Society
Congregational Church
The
J. Kenneth Burnham
Elmhurst
Vacuum Cup Tires Featured With Low Prices
Local ad promotes Penn Ac vacuum cup tires at prices from 3.48 to 5.69 with several ply options. The message invites comparisons and offers mounted free service.
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Pennsylvania
Birch Point News and Local Notes
A December 31 1892 note lists winter activity at Birch Point including ice cutting and a mill shutdown for the season. It mentions W R Bailey selling a team to Boston interests and visits by Charles Dorithy of Boston Hartley Hilton of Westport and Scott Jackson of Jersey City. The dirt train accident near the bridge and the Marooshon schooner sailing to South Bristol are also recorded along with lingering illness of Joseph Chaney and the Colby funeral.
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Sheepscot
Birch Point
W. R. Bailey
Charles Dorithy
Boston
Wiscasset
Merriman
Southport
Louis Knox
Hartley Hilton
Westport
Scott Jackson
Jersey City
Isaac Colby
Federal Street
Wilson Munsey
Hallowell
Cow Island
Clark's Point
Joseph Chaney
Marooshon
Wisca
Residents return home for Christmas in Sheepscot Echo
Albert Rines returns from Bath for Christmas as Lester Day comes home from the University of Maine Orono. Henry Cowey, Irving Stinson, Charles Metcalf and Mark Stinson come home from Worcester and North Vassalboro. Miss Mabel Fish and Miss Emma Cunningham visit home from Augusta and Bath respectively. Mrs. J. E. Kitchen travels to Lynn Massachusetts for relatives. Emma Weeks returns from teaching in Westport. Ida Sears comes back from Bath Times office. John Chase and family visit from Somerville then depart for E. S. Levitt Sunet route freight work. Lizzie V. Hall schooner arrives Portland, loading lumber for New York. Joseph Borland and family visit from Brockton.
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Sheepsco
Echo
Albert Rines
Bath
Lester Day
University of Maine
Orono
Ienry Cowey
Bang R
Irving Stinson
Worcester
Mas
Chas. Metcalf
North Vassalboro
Mabel Fish
Augusta
Mark Stinson
Emma Cunningham
Charles E. Quinnam
Berlin Mills
N. EL
F. H. Albee
J. E. Kitchen
Lynn
Mass
Emmelyn Weeks
Westport
Ida Sears
Times Office
John Chase
Somerville
North Edgecomb
E. S. Levitt
Sunet
Morgan Line
Southern Pacific Co
Boston
Charles Leavitt
Fred W. Rollins
Wiscasset
John H. Dunton
Pittton
Lizzie V. Hall
Reeves
Portland
Railroad Wharf
New York
Joseph Borland
Brockton
Thrilling Bath Visitor Rescued After Ten Hours Afloat
An incident reports a Bath visitor plunged into water with no rescue visible for about ten hours. Preservers kept him afloat while armpit deep water threatened death. An English trawler picked up the man who was hospitalized as swelling subsided.
West Bath Notes of Christmas and Local Gatherings
Miss Julia Coombs returns to Portland after Christmas with her mother in Campbell's Pond. Funeral attendees for B H Stackpole gathered from Lewiston Nashua and Rockland. West Bath residents hosted Christmas dinners with Ward Martin Marks and Estes families. Pomona Grange and Red Cross meetings planned. Local residents hosted guests from Bath Brunswick Augusta and Winnegance with tree exchanges and meals. Milk Men association met at the grange hall.
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Julia Coombs
Portland
Amy Coombs
Campbell's Pond
B. H. Stackpole
Corlis Street
Bath
Robert Stackpole
Lewiston
Ruth Stackpole
Jennie Stackpole
Nashua
N. H
Bertha Whiting
Harold Whiting
Lynn
Charles Stackpole
Rockland
Scott Ward
Hardings
Ernest Ward
Augusta
Lawrence Martin
June
Auburn
J. Edward Marks
Carrie Ward
Jerome Estes
Shirley
Ralph Wright
Pomona
L. D. Sheldon
C. C. Chesley
Walter Larrabee
Fred W. Larrabee
Emily Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Llewellyn Rogers
George Erswell
George
Brunswick
Ida Colby
J. Everett Mayo
Morse High School
Percy Allen
Fairfield
Harriet Johnson
Springfield High School
Milk Men's Association
Grange Hall
Christmas Visits and Local Notes from Nequasset
Alden McVernon of New York was a Sunday guest of the Wrights. Several families visited in Dresden, Wiscasset, and Nequasset for Christmas. An old fashioned sing at Nequasset church was announced with a lunch and New Year’s watch. Multiple residents attended the Christmas concert and others visited kin in Gorham, Reading, Rockland, and Portland.
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Alden McVernon
New York
Ralph Wright
Wilmot Dodge
Christine Hathorne
Wiscasset
Eben Dana
Ralph Rice
Chezter Dana
Dresden
John Savage
Sarah Hathorne
Harold Hildreth
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Dubar
Henry
Nequasset
Days Ferry
Ruth Reynolds
Edgar Blanche
Augusta
Gershon D. Trott
Alice Preble
Bowdeinham
Herbert Steven
Henry Carlton
Alice Irish
Winthrop
Percy Marston
Christmas Day Gatherings Across South Dresden
South Dresden households share holiday visits with relatives in Richmond Portland Warren Union Gardiner and Edgecomb. Notable exchanges include Mr and Mrs George Tibbetts with siblings Mr and Mrs Siegars and Mr and Mrs Irving Lilly and son Haroldl, plus visits by Parkes and Katherine Starrett and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tibbetts
Richmond
G. L. Siegars
Irving Lilly
Haroldl
Portland
Fred Starrett
Parkes
Katherine
Warren
Myrtle. Davis
Union
Starrett
Harold Wall
L. H. Siegars
Joe
Joseph Burgess
Gardiner
Frank Williams
Edgecomb
Joe Burke
Fernalds Thank Woolwich Aid For Bath Independent Gift
Rev and Mrs T N Fernald of Waldoboro thank the Ladies aid of the First Baptist church Woolwich Center for a year's subscription to the Bath Independent. The gift brings weekly news of former parishioners and friends and acknowledge generosity at Christmas.
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T. N. Fernald
Waldoboro
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Bath
Woolwich
Woolwich Union Service Plans Church Activities
Woolwich Union holds Sunday morning events at Nequasset with Sunday school at 10 and preaching communion at 11. A council meeting at 3 pm in Nequasset church. A watch night service with songs readings and storytelling set for Thursday December 31 at Nequasset church.
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Woolwich
Volleyball Class Organized in Bath
Redington Reed was named chairman of the Y M C A volleyball gym class membership and program committee. Elbridge Wright Melvin Comeau Harold Brown and George Comeau join the committee. A meeting of interested players was held at the Y M C A Tuesday night to drum up support for the class with plans for inviting five new members to the first session. The first meeting is Monday Jan 4 from 5 to 6 p m at the Y M C A. Former members are urged to attend as plans include a possible industrial and club league or at least a class league in volleyball.
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West Bath
David Henderson
Leland Plummer, Jr
Paul Lemont
Crine Brown
Lizzie Haggett
Winifred Brown
David Whorff
Marion Plummer
Wosk
Charles Plummer
Creerye Perry
Dorothy Anliker
Betty Lee
Ethel Sutherland
Santa Claus
Revert Oliver
Hope Ward
E. Moon Wright
Mr. Wright
Herbert Simpson
Bernard Henderson
Lucy Ward
Kathryn Hagan
Dorothy Welch
Eunice Hanscom
Anna Cogan
Muriel Howe
Lillian Lewin
Pearl Lemont
Frank P. Washburn
Fannie Clark
Ida Oliver
Edna Higgins
Annie Henderson
Elizabeth Chesley
Redington Reed
Reed
Elbridge Wright
Melvin Comeau
Harold Brown
George Comeau
Bath rotary hears talk on fire insurance
Bath Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Phoenix featured Vice President William A. Furber discussing fire insurance. He noted a 1930 U.S. and Canada fire loss of 463 million dollars, the 80 percent coinsurance clause, valuation difficulties, oil heater hazards, and permit needs.
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William A. Furber
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
John Conti
United States
Canada
Old City Hall
Maine
Saco
Harold O. Page
Fred A. Fisher
Damariscotta-Newcastle
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Fifty-Seven Years in Same Bath Work Room
Oscar R. Adams began work in 1870 in Bath above Chase's store and has labored daily for 57 years in the same rooms. He joined Palmer & Canney Clothing Manufacturing Co., then ran his tailoring and packing business after their closure. His first customer was J. E. Blaisdell, who later operated a news stand at Center street.
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Oscar R. Adams
Chase’s
Bath
Palmer & Canney Clothing Manufacturing Co
Adams
J. E. Blaisdell
Center Street
Splendid Showing by Salvation Army in Christmas Work
The Salvation Army reports 83 baskets fed 530 people and housed five men, with Mayor H. P. Small giving the first basket. Donations from Bath Opera House to public schools and individuals totaled $377.17 with a $96 value of goods, aiding Christmas and winter relief efforts in Bath.
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the Independent
Salvation Army
H. P. Small
Bath Opera House
Bath Public Schools
West Bath Grantz
West Bath Boy Scouts Crosman's Market
West Bath Schools
Congress Shirt Factory
Friends of the Army
Bath Hunters Licenses Issued to Bath Residents
The Bath City Clerk lists 1932 hunting and combination hunting and fishing licenses for residents. Hunting licensees include Carl G. Tozier Ernest E. Smith Harry W. Berry Raymond M. Haley Milton C. Savage Hudson Towles Horace E. Jacquith Lawrence E. Sprague. Combination licenses issued to Newman F. Kennerson Charles D. Weeks Edward C. Rolfe Chester H. McCabe Forest M. Rice.
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Bath
John W. Gilmore
Carl G. Tozier
Oak Street
Ernest E. Smith
West Street
Harry W. Berry
Middle Street
Raymond M. Haley
Cummings Street
Milton C. Savage
Court Street
Hudson Towles
Horace E. Jacquith
Academy Street
Lawrence E. Sprague
William Duley Celebrates Christmas in Quincy
William Duley of Quincy Mass passed Christmas with his wife at his mother Mrs Ida Duley’s home on Pearl street. the family gathered for the holiday.
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William Duley
Quincy
Mass
Engagement Announced At Lewiston Dinner Party
Ex councilman Arthur W Gediman and Mrs Gediman announced at a Lewiston dinner party the engagement of their daughter Sara Margolin to Hyman Bornstein of Auburn. Bornstein is Mrs Gedimam’s brother and wedding date is not set.
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Arthur W. Gediman
Jordan High School
Vesper George School of Art
Boston
Plotkin Brees
Bornstein
Reva Bornstein
Pulsifer Street
Auburn
Edward Little High School
Bates College
Brownstein
Lewiston
Bates
Also Mentioned on This Page
George E. Coleman Jr
Little
Mr. Coleman
Frank Butler
Portsmouth
Horace Day
Springfield
Wesley C. Day
Washington Street
Ruth Sewall
Mary Metcalf
William Johnson
Wiscasset-Edgecomb
Wibur Lowell
Bailey
Emma Stinson
Jessie Jackson
N. Graiz Jackson
Manuel Caton
Hew Bridge
Sadie Grover
Josephine Plumstead
M. A. Plumstead
Dorothy Sewall
Charles E. Pugh
Philadelphia
J. Sewall
Lee St
P. A. Condon
Eleanor Albee
Herman Sherer
Lawrence
John Merry
Gardiner Road
Jennie Clifford
Memorial Hospital
John H. Southard
Ledyard Southard
Forest Lunt
Lunt
Samuel Lunt
St. Philip's
Trinity Mission
Babes In Arms
St. Philip's Church
Marion Rines
St. Philip's Christmas Fund
Theakston
Slade Road
Linesin County Ministerial Association
First Congregational Church
George L. Pressey
Boothbay Harbor
Bradford C. Bedennett
Congregational Vestry
Santa
Elizabeth Sewall
Helen Haggett
Wiscaset
South Newcastle
Epworth League
A. I. Oliver
Charles E. Titus
Methodist Church
Mr. Titus
Carl Main
Mark Caton
Allie Verney
Anne Midte
Roger Cowley
New England Institute of Embalming
Charles B. Cowley
Middletreet
New Jerusalem
Lincoln K.dge
Bradford C Redonnell
King
Elden P. Munsey
Frank B. Adams
Frank H. Gray
Charles E. Cowley
Alexander Grover
Leon H. Grover
Royal Arch Cantain
Charles B. Plumstead
Third Vale
Harvey R
Herbert Mutnvey
Alton
Davberry
Georgiana Lilly
Hooper Street
Marie
Harold Frost
Wet Winthrop
Frost
Richard Rines
Ama Road
James
White
Lester W. Knight
Ada Weymouth
Lew
Raymond Robinson
South Portland
Warren Grover
Emma Curtis
Melrose
Charles N. Sigison
Miss Pinkham
Jessie Tukey
Perry Bryne
Damariscotta
Sydney Taylor
Little Red Brick House
Mary Campbell
Aliie Colby
Nettie Ernestine Knight
Camden
Martha E. Knight
Misses Knight
Gertrude
Grace Cannon
Clarence A. Richards
Virginia Pease
Beulah Spinney
Helen Quinnam
Louise Hill
Joanna Evans
Grace Beane
Hazel Mayo
Phylis Lewis
Geraldine Scammon
Margaret Dickenson
Ruth Jones
Harvey R. Pease
Zina Davis
Lee S. Gorham
Lake Placid Club
N. Y
W. S. Gorham
Penn Ac
Haggett’s Garage
Ford Dealers
Wiew
Nova Mypicine Co
Norway
Wien
Woolwich Union Service
Bath Savings Institution
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Albion K. Chaney
Highland Street
Everson Stinson
Fred S Curtis
Bon Balance Equipment
R. Bath
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