Wiscasset residents mourn deaths of local citizens
Obituaries note Mrs Charlietta K Legrow’s death at home in Wiscasset on Jan 23 after a long church membership. Jane Albee Gibbs Lowell, widow of George L Lowell, dies Jan 25 in Portland hospital with extensive family survivors listed. Other local updates include church, club, and civic notices, plus a Solon dam project progress report by Central Maine Power Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlietta K. Legrow
Wiscasset
Ledeaths
George E. Millard
Greenlawn Cemetery
Jane Albee Gibbs Lowell
George L. Lowell
Frank E. Quinnam
Henry W. Webb
Lowell
Maine General Hospital
Portland
George
Arabella Gibbs
Cando
N. D
West Anna
Laura Downey
Edith Burk
Marion Chaney
Leona Spicer
Vera Quinnam
Agnes Blaine
Alice Potoppoff
Dorothy Mann
Emery
Lloyd
Chester
James
Richmond
Ulysis Gibbs
Winnie
J. D. Haskins
Washington, D. C
Haskins
Patience Sortwell
Ella Temple
Bowdoinham
Harry D. Mosher
Mosher
Warren Street
Joseph Tucker
Josephine Tucker
Carolyn S. Varney
Neal Creamer
William McPhee
CCC
Camden
Alfred Dowling
Bradford Street
Maine Public Health Association
Augusta
Grace A. Cowley
Ada Coffin
Pemaquid
Louise Maxwell
Boothbay Harbor
Valley Forge
Kenniston
Hulda Pennoyer
West Boothbay Harbor
Fannie Scot
Hubbard Ch.we
Walter Greencoeh Chase
High Street
St. Philip's Church
Mount
Nellie Milneoy
Augusta House
Central Maine Power Co
Solon
Bingham
Bingham Station
the International Paper
Indian tongues responsible for names of places
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. John P. Harrington traces American place names to Native American languages. He explains Utah means upper people in Navajo and Apache terms, Tacoma derives from Puget Sound words for snowy mountains, Manitoba means land of the spirit from Algonquin, and Seattle from Seh-Ahl, an influential local (Manitoba notes: spirit term manitoowa).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Utah
Tacoma
Cheyenne
Manitoba
John P. Harrington
Smithsonian Institution
Harrington
Pecs
Cheyenne River
Puget Sound
Snowy Mountain
Mount Rainier
Mount Baker
Everett
Wash
Mount Hood
Mount McLaughlin
Seattle
Lake Union
University of Washington
Land
Social News From West Bath And Nearby Towns
West Bath residents host a range of visitors during the week including Mr. and Mrs. Harris T. Rodick of Elsinore Avenue Bath and Mrs. Lawrence Lord plus Mrs. Elmer Sidelinger. Other notes mention a minor fall in which Alpheus H. Goodwin escaped serious injury and various weekend visits, school closures due to a storm, and skating on New Meadows Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. French
Harris T. Rodick
Elsinore Avenue
Bath
Lawrence Lord
Elmer Sidelinger
Alpheus H. Goodwin
Sabine Road
Ernest Heywood
Howard A. Spinney
Phippsburg
Berry's Mills
Alpha W. Booker
Harland Booker
Madelyn Hathorne
Fred W. Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Trafton W. Swain
York
Melvin Rogers
Thomaston
Mabel Weaver
Littlefield
Lowell
Brunswick
Florence Neiley
Belle C. Donnell
Frank E. Donnell
Whitman
Mass
Frank Owen Stevens
Herbert Stevens
Ethel Wells
Auburn
Elmer Williams
Portland
Omar Perry
Winnegance
Percy A. Holbrook
Waterville
Owen Thompson
Mayoralty Buzzing as Haskell Seeks Nomination
Haskell launches first public bid for Bath mayor with pledge of sound economy and independence from party loyalties. He will seek Republican or Democratic nomination, or run as independent if unavailable, placing Bath before party. Mayor Small says chances of running again are slight and praises current administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Maine
Mr. Haskell
Woolwich Man Heads Maine Department of Agriculture Division
A. G. M. Soule, chief of Maine's Division of Inspection since 1914, has long guided safety and quality rules for feeds seeds fertilizers sprays and foods. Born in Woolwich in 1879 he built a varied career before rising to his current post overseeing licensure registration and weight and measure enforcement for Maine agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Department of Agriculture
Division of Inspection
A. G. M. Soule
Maine
Soule
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Soule
Woolwich
Lincoln Academy
Bowdoin College
Maine Medical School
Zeta Psi
Alpha Kappa Kappa
Theta Nu Epsilon
Boston Herald
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Grange
Order of Masons
Rotary
Surprise showers honor Winnegance couple and guests in Bath
Mr and Mrs Herbert Lermond of Winnegance received a surprise shower at their home with a 6 30 arrival and a covered dish dinner. Guests included Stewart Day Harry Oliver Walter Morse and Gertrude Small. A second shower honored Dorothy Lermond at her parents home in Phippsburg with a Cape Cod chair and magazine stand. Numerous Bath residents attended and others contributed. A tea at Oake Grove Seminary in Vassalboro honored Mrs Lewis O Barrows and Mrs Sumner Sewall with presenters and servers from the Bath and Kennebec County community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lermond
Winnegance
Lermond
Stewart Day
Harry Oliver
Florence Morse
Carrie Wyman
Nellie Carr
Gladys Eaton
Bernice Carr
Madelyn Bridges
Elsie Comeau
Gertrude Small
Verna Bowie
Dorothy Rogers
Bernice Drake
Marion Oliver
Grace Ferris
Ruth Trueworthy
Violet Deering
Bertha Holbrook
Marguerite Holbrook
Edith Haggett
Doris Haggett
Louise Mayo
Louise Burgess
Alice Weston
William D. Sewall
Fred R. E. Dean
Jane Sewall Murphy
Fred W. Quimby
Wilmer I. Voorhees
James A. Bimson
Justus H. Miller
Dominique J. Tardif
Bath
Oake Grove Seminary
Vassalboro
Robert E. Owen
Senator Owen
Kennebec County
Lewis O. Barrows
Sumner Sewall
Maine Senate
H. Chesterfield Marden
Waterville
Harold Murchie
Calais
Senate
Harry F. Morin
Dresden Middle Road Reopens After Sprained Ankle
Miss Marion Woodward of Boothbay Harbor resumes teaching at Dresden Middle Road School after several days home with a badly sprained ankle. Amy Cromwell of Woolwich returns home after visiting her sister Mrs Willard Siegars. Whooping cough cases reported in town. Maurice Pushad and Henry Hatch were in Bath. Mr and Mrs Wallace Rittal weekend guests of Mrs Rittal s parents. Cordwood from South Dresden to Bath for Bath Box Co. Smelt fishermen report good catches. Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs Thomas Leask included Mr and Mrs William Leask and Mrs Dot Cromwell of Westport plus Robert Leask.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Road
Marion Woodward
Boothbay Harbor
Amy Cromwell
Woolwich
Willard Siegars
Maurice Pushad
Henry Hatch
Bath
Wallace Rittal
Rittal
Ernest Cate
Dresden Mills
Dresden
Bath Box Co
Thomas Leask
William Leask
High Street
Richard
Dot Cromwell
Westport
Robert Leask
Skolfield Announces Engagement Of Ida M Skolfield
Mrs Mae Skolfield of Wellesley Massachusetts announces the engagement of her daughter Ida M Skolfield to Laurence Moore of Chester Pennsylvania son of Mr and Mrs Roy R Moore of 1086 High Street No wedding date has been set Miss Skolfield is the daughter of the late Captain Frank Skolfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Skolfield
Wellesley
Mass
Ida M. Skolfield
Laurence Moore
Chester
Roy R. Moore
High Street
Miss Skolfield
Frank Skolfield
Woolwich Club notices and community events afoot
Regular Woolwich Nequasset Farm Bureau meeting hosted by Mrs Guptill and Mrs Duncan McIntosh. Baked bean suppers planned at No 6 schoolhouse to benefit Woolwich Union for Christian Service and North Woolwich church. Willing Workers and Cheerio club hold meetings and birthday observances at Montsweag and adjacent homes. Founders Day plans discussed by Woolwich PTA. Various local visits, health updates and social gatherings across Woolwich, Day's Ferry, Sagadahoc Ferry, Nequasset, South Portland, Boothbay Harbor, Bath, and Brunswick. January through February activities include bake sales, socials, and attendance contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Guptill
Duncan McIntosh
No. 6
Woolwich
Arthur Allen
Memorial Hospital
David Arthur
Fred Rice
Robert
Boothbay Harbor
New Hall
Roland McIntosh
Ida Beals
Flossie Beals
H. P. Hathorne
South
Portland
Clifford Madden
Moatsweag
Cheerio Club
Montsweag
Ella Shaw
Etta Dunton
Montgomery County
Pauline Dunton
Boothbay Center
Annie Reed
Trevett
Doris Dunton
Guy Lewis
Fannie Merrit Farmer
Buddy
Billy
Bobby
Barry
Woolwich Union
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
Gagadahoc
Sagadahoc Ferry
North Woolwich
Presque Isle
Mr. Longfellow
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Massachusetts
Mrs. Longfellow
Charles H. Hunnewell
Brunswick
Mattie Gott
Samuel Buck
Rockland
Mass
Charles Chase
Mrs. Chase
Chase
Charlotte Buck
Earl Dow
Virginia
Chimney Fire at City Barn Quickly Contained
Firefighters from Engine 4 extinguished a chimney fire discovered at 9.05 a.m. Wednesday in the city barn on North Street Extension. The blaze was put out in about 15 minutes with almost no damage, per early report from Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Engine 4
Whorff and RennardWed in West Bath Grace Church
Erwin F. Whorff married Miss Virginia M. Rennard in Grace church rectory with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating. The couple, both of West Bath, were attended by family members including Mrs. John C. Whorff and Morris R. Upham. The groom works as an oil truck driver and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Rennard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin F. Whorff
Virginia M. Rennard
West Bath
Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
John C. Whorff
Morris R. Upham
Anne Neill
Albert J. Rennard
Bath to Florida in frail craft produces many thrills
The narrator called Duchess sails from Shipbottom through Cape May to Atlantic City and beyond, detailing rough nights, a lost dinghy, ice in marshes, near collisions, and encounters with other boats while forecasting a Florida passage. He notes Cape May history, fishing industry, lighthouses, and a near tow offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Florida
David Dash
Bill
Shipbottom
Beach Haven
Great Bay
Atlantic City
Absecon Inlet
Philadelphia
Gloucester
Cape May
Ventnor City
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Stone Harbor
Stose Harbor
Delaware
Aing
Coast Guard
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Hendric Hudson
Cornelius Mey
Cape Cod
Long Island
Town Bank
Bay
Cape May Point
Boston
Long Harbor
Fort Lauderdale
Highway Bridge
Baymore
Wilmington
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Alloway Creek
Chesapeake
Longtime Maine Teacher Phoebe Matthews Remembers Early Pay
Miss Phoebe E. Matthews of Castine, a schoolteacher for over 50 years in Maine and Massachusetts, recalls earning $2.75 weekly with board on a Penobscot Bay island. Now 76, she faced 35 pupils in warm weather and 65 in winter, and remains an optimist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe E. Matthews
Castine
Maine
Massachusetts
Penobscot Bay
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Frank H. Gray
Helen Cowley Erskine
Maybelle Sherman
Amy Jewett
B. Waring
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Damariscotta
The
Organ Society
Phant Club
Janice Metcalf
Frederick Pendleton
Viola Adams
Woman’s Club
Marston
Nellie Dowling
Harriet Jackson
Laura Evans
Wesley Day
Freeman Southard
Harvey R. Pease
Anna B. Soule
George D. Soule
Ethel Y. Barbour
Cowley’s Funeral Home
Middle Street
C. W. Walden
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Judith Chase
New York
Fannie Hubbard Chase
Woman's Club
William Pierre Robert
Cliva Elliott
Anna Ficod
Grace C. Pease
Louise Adams
House
Helen Reed
Thayer Hospital
Viding
McPhee Robinson
Butuateer
Judith Anne
Fort Hillstreet
Robert E. Lane
Belfast
Lyman Harriman
Prospect
Mort. Soule
A. M. G. Soule
Whorff
Renuard
Curtis Goodwin
William J. Paisley
Weeks Street
Goodwin
Boothbay Camp
Jarvis Sound
Cape May Harbor
Sail Loft
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