Con vocation Week events and local society notes in Wiscasset
In Lincoln county during the 26th annual Convocation Week at Bangor Theological Seminary, ministers including Rev. Spinney and Rev. Clifford attend. A Dorcas supper at the First Congregational Church raises funds with a large crowd, and an Organ Society day proceeds despite icy streets. Several lodge and grange installations occur, plus community updates on obituaries weddings ice supply and club meetings.
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Lincoln County
Bangor Theological Seminary
Ernest G. Spinney
Wiscasset
Earl A. Clifford
South Bristol
G. Gordon Tucker
Newcastle
J. A. Stevens
Southport
Alfred G. Davis
Waldoboro
Dorcas Club
First Congregational Church
Vestry
Frank Quinnam
Harvey R. Pease
Sidney G. Evans
Dorcas
Lawrence B. Haggett
Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
Nina Fowles
Georgianna Lilly
Laura Carleton
Cora Bean
Carolyn Fuller
New York
David L. Wilson
Bath
Luther Carney
Huntoon Hill Grange
Fred W. Blagdon
Daniel Ames
Alberta Boudin
Linwood Ames
Donald Shea
Octavia Nute
DeForrest Munsey
Vinnie Quinnam
Alton Ames
Pomona
Blanche Fowle
Flora
Annie Boudin
Lucille Quinnam
Ceres
Anna White
Alice Ames
Lincoln Lodge
No. 3
G. M. Raymond A. Dolloff
Boothbay Harbor
Charles E. Titus
W. M
Byron A. Adams
S. W
Elmer J. DeMerritt
J. W
Arthur W. Young
Frank H. Gray
Leeman Potter
S. D
William Gorham
J. D
Harold Averill
S. S
J. S
Roger Cowley
Tyler
Stanley Dodge
Charles E. Cowley
Byron Adams
Lawrence Haggett
Ice trade and social notes from Rockland area in 1895
Miss Louise M. Jones visits Rockland friends while Mabel Nute visits Boothbay. Local reports note cattle prices, a rare double barrel flint lock gun, and Ruth D. Blake’s birth. Ice cutting on Birch Point pond is booming with projections of 18,000 tons. Harbor activity includes Celina and City of Augusta loading ice for Washington and coal shipments reduced in price.
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Old Files
Sheepscot Echo
Louise M. Jones
Rockland
Mabel Nute
Boothbay
Joseph Groves
T. S. Call
Mr. Call
Echo
Nate Rines
Nathan Call
Dresden
Scotland
W. D. Blake
Ruth D. Blake
Wiscasset
Birch Point Pond
Birch Point
L. L. Lowell
Fred H. Albee
Big Footealley
Geo. P. Colby
Seth Patterson
Celina
Washington, D. C
City of Augusta
Washington
Link Davis
Edgecombeddy
Sheepscot
Wiscasset 1909 Briefs From Sheepscot Echo
Miss Mary Wright visits Lewiston. Fred Merry returns from Bridgton. Harry Haggett and his mother travel to Boston. Mrs Emma Johnson of Brunswick visits Wiscasset. Mrs Sabin and daughter Gertrude return to Camden.
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Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
Mary Wright
Lewiston
Fred Merry
Bridgton
Harry Haggett
Boston
Emma Johnson
Brunswick
Sabin
Gertrude
Camden
Foye Sends Check for Another Year of Independent
A. H. Foye of the Foye Mercantile Co. at Steele North Dakota mails a payment for another year’s subscription and notes he always looks for the pink wrapper in Sunday morning mail. He was once a Wiscasset resident before moving west years ago.
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A. H. Foye
The
Foye Mercantile Co
Steele, N. D
Independent
Bath Water System Described by Superintendent Abbott
Walter F. Abbott, Bath Water District superintendent, spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon about the water system sourcing from Lake Nequasset and pumped across the Kennebec. He noted electric pumps, tighter screen meshes, standpipes, and cement lined pipe, with yearly usage around 450 million gallons. The city owns a fine system with debt well below comparable towns and a sinking fund near 153 thousand dollars.
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Walter F. Abbott
Bath Water District
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Nequasset Lake
Lake Nequasset
Siz
Augusta
Health Department
Bath
Kennebec
Woolwich
Middle Street
West Bath Grange cancels meeting due to severe weather
Cold, icy roads kept West Bath Grange members from gathering Monday night though 14 attendees pressed on to the hall. Upcoming activities include a ram event next week with a talk by Miss Marion L. Jaques and a Red Cross meeting next Wednesday with a dinner committee led by Mrs. Weston L. Bonney and others.
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West Bath
Bath
The
American Red Cross
Grange Hall
Weston L. Bonney
Guy Crosby
Charles C. Chesley
William H. Holland
Helen H. Rogers
Clementine K. Burns
Saco
Llewellyn D. Rogers
H. Dorman Perkins
Sagadahoc Pomona
Topsham
Walter W. Larrabee
Billy
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Cosmopolitan Club Hosts Maine Union of Clubs Event
The Cosmopolitan club hosts the Maine Progressive Union of Clubs on Friday for its annual meeting. Mrs. Charles R. Farnham, president of both groups, presides. The program includes officer reports, papers on Why My Club, and a 2:30 talk on Book Fashions by Charles Campbell.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Maine Progressive Union of Clubs
Charles R. Farnham
Maine Progressive Union
Community Club of
Winnegance
Progressive Club of
Lisbon
Women's Club of
Freeport
W. S. Ricker
Progressive Club
Harry F. Oliver
Baker
Women's Club
Emma E. Walker
Flora J. Allen
Nellie Hunter
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Charles Campbell
Book Department
Loring
Short and Harmon
Portland
Charles W. Avery
John Erskine
Damariscotta
Lincoln County Union
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Farnham
Harry C. Webber
W. C. Small
Frank Byram
Lisbon Falls
Man argues county would lose by jailing over unpaid fine
Kenneth Witham of East Brunswick, formerly Bowdoinham, was jailed for not paying about 29 dollars in fines and court costs from a Fourth of July incident. He contends jail would cost the county more than the debt, noting potential costs for his wife’s support and jail housing. He plans to pay when able, but prefers jail to paying now.
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Kenneth Witham
East Brunswick
Bowdoinham
Albert Henderson
Mr. Witham
Kennebec
Mary B Grows 60 Dies After Illness at Turnpike
Mary B. Grows of Brunswick aged 60 died early Monday after a period of illness at her turnpike home. Born in Orono she was the daughter of George D. Ladner and his wife and had lived in Brunswick for 20 years. She is survived by her husband William W. Grows a son Warren B. Grows a brother George Ladner of Orono and a sister Ruth Balsor of Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Mary B. Grows
William W. Grows
Orono
George D. Ladner
Brunswick
Woolwich Union Pastor Seeks Pledges for Union Work
The Woolwich Union pastor W. W. Swank outlines a major home visitation program to reach every family within the union territory. Visitors will solicit pledges and special gifts for union maintenance, while inviting all families to participate if financially able. He urges cordial reception of visitors and suggests weekly contributions via envelopes.
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Woolwich Union
Union Territory
W. W. Swank
Community notices and social updates from local area
The Ladies auxiliary and Men's Forum plan their monthly meeting at the Hollis Leeman home on Feb 1. A dance at Sebenon hall Tuesday benefited the Warm Springs Home in Georgia. Robert Hall of Hyde Park visits grandparents the Leemans. John C. Gilmore is home with a severe cold. Last Friday 108 students rode to Bath for the Cline program at Red Cross rooms. Mr and Mrs Thomas Murphy and Virginia visited North Reading relatives. Horace Wade and Flora Hathorne are ill. Day's Ferry had no services due to travel. Edwin Wade returns to Connecticut. his family stays with his father. Eric Carlton from Providence visits Reed Mains farm friends. Following Emma Barnes's death, the Post cane has gone to Mrs.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Hollis Leeman
Sebenon Hall
Warm Springs
Robert Hall
Hyde Park
Mass
William Leeman
John C. Gilmore
Bath
Red Cross
Thomas Murphy
Virginia
North Reading
Horace Wade
Eric Carlton
Providence
R. I
Reed Mains Farm
Emma Barnes
Town Figures Highlight Residents and Guests
Harriett Allen Savage, the town's oldest resident, lives with her son John Savage. Rev. Walter Swank shows off a new car. Miss Eva Carlton of Portland recently visited relatives in town.
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Harriett Allen Savage
Eva Carlton
Portland
Wedding at St. Marys Church Carlisle featured couple Carlton Stacey
Peter C Carlton of Boston wed Christine Stacey of Bath in a Saturday morning ceremony at St Marys Church Nantasket Rev Timothy C Maney officiated. Double ring service attended by Joseph Carlton and Mary Cunningham. A wedding breakfast followed and the couple departed for New York before returning to Boston to a new apartment.
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Peter C. Carlton
Boston
Christine Stacey
Bath
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Joseph Carlton
Mary Cunningham
Grace Cunningham
Middle Street
Mary Carlton
Willard A. Stacey
Weymouth
Mass
Morse High
Mrs. Carlton
New York
Alexander Seavey Wedding Saturday
The marriage of George W. Alexander and Miss Doris Velma Seavey was solemnized Saturday night at eight at 402 Middle Street Baptist Church. Deacon Charles H. Berry officiated using the single ring service. Olive Seavey attended as sister of the bride. The bride is daughter of Deacon and Mrs. Richard G. Seavey of 461 Middle Street. She attended Morse High School. The groom is a son of Mrs.
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George W. Alexander
Doris Velma Seavey
Middle Street
Middle Feet
Baptist Arch
V. Charles H. Berry
Olive Seavey
Alexander
Deacon
Richard G. Seavey
Morse High School
Bride Margaret Alexander Wed William Alexander
Margaret Gallant Alexander of Newburyport Massachusetts and the late William Alexander. He is a native of Prince Edward Island and is employed as a shoe worker. For the present, Mr and Mrs Seavey will make their home with the bride's parents.
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Margaret Gallant Alexander
Newburyport
Mass
William Alexander
Prince Edward Island
Mrs. Seavey
Albert Brown Wedding Saturday at Grace Episcopal
The marriage of Henry Albert and Miss Millicent Lorraine Brown took place Saturday evening at 895 High Street Grace Episcopal Church Bath. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiated the single ring ceremony with Mrs. Robert Wallace and Mr. Wallace in attendance. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Albert of 14 Winter Street Court and the bride is daughter of Mrs. Mary H. Brown and the late William F. Brown of 7 Summer Street Court. They will reside with the groom's parents for now.
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Howard Trussel
Birch Point
Parker Erskine
Bangor
C. T. Ogden
St. Philips’ Church
Etta Turner
Auburn
St. Philip's Parish
Charles Lennox
N. Gratz Jackson
Bath
Y. Jackson
W. F. Merrill
Augusta
Mr. Merrill
Conrad
Lorimer Lewis
Sanford Lewis
W. H. Sheldon
John Sheldon
Woolwich
Frank Keizer
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Irving M. Fowle
Arthur Stillwell
Westport
Susie Dow Stimpson
Turner Avenue
Skowhegan
Frank Creamer
Pittsburgh
Joseph Neal
J. W. Blagdon
Gardiner Road
Fred
West
Josie
Carl Fuller
Warren Pashard
Harriet Mary
Joseph Horton Smith
R. M. Pierce
Dorothy Sheldon
Lucy A. Lambert
Mary Pashard
John Smith
Henry Albert
Millicent
Lorraine Brown
High Street
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Robert Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Albert
Joseph J. Albert
Winter Street Court
Mary H. Brown
Summer Street Court
William F. Brown
Tate May Announce Candidacy for County Commissioner
Up county friends of William F. Tate of Topsham consider urging him to seek the Democratic nomination for county commissioner. Tate, a former representative to the Legislature and last summer’s Democratic delegate to the Constitutional convention, ran with Alderman Sumner Sewall, the Republican choice. It is unclear if Tate will respond to the urging.
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Up County
William F. Tate
Topsham
Mr. Tate
Sumner Sewall
Tate
Death of Mrs. Nettie Parker in Lu bec
Howard A. Spinney of West Bath reports the death of his aunt Mrs. Nettie Parker formerly Nettie Ward, who died in Lu bec on January 26 after a three month bed confinement. Survived by daughter Miss Verlie Parker of Marblehead Massachusetts and son Maynard Clarence Spinney of Upper Washington Street.
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Howard A. Spinney
West Bath
Nettie Parker
Lubec
Bath
Parker
Nettie Ward
Popham Beach
Verlie Parker
Marblehead
Mass
Maynard
Clarence Spinney
Upper Washington Street
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Montsweag Farm Bureau
Mary Hunnewell
Anna Soule
Neda
Henry G. Raps
Charles
Sewall
Bath Road
Garrison Hill
Charles E. Pugh
Philadelphia
Lee Street
Evelyn Reed
Maurice Pinkham
Bar Mills
Miss Reed
Charles West
Federal Street
Genieve Hodgdon
W. B. Lewis
Churchill Street
Henry W. Webb
A. H. Lennox
Clarence A. Richards
Roy R. Marston
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Charles Reed
Forest Preble
Grace Barnes
Friends
Eva Rines
Dorothy Hilton
Academy
Ways and Means
W. C. Day
Benjamin Adams
Clinton R. Bailey
Ruthena Thompson
Wiscasset Academy
Female Charitable Association
Mary Hobson
Mabel Lewis
C. W. A. Project
Nina Fowlis
Donald F. Preble
Optician
Center St
Cosmo Club
Union OF Clubs
Dorothy
the Hatch Shoe Store
Front Street
Geo. A. Churchill
L. F
Twood
Atwood
Corliss Street Parsonage
Rev
Charles H. Berry
Albert Brown
Nettie A. Parker
DR. H. B. Duce
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