Wiscasset Class of 1906 Reunion Banquet at Webber's Tavern
A detailed account of the January 28 reunion banquet for the Wiscasset Academy class of 1906 at Webber's Tavern. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Guy Dow of Alberta, Canada, local teachers, family members, and many alumni. The evening featured toasts, music, slides by Llewellyn Rines, a roll call, letters from absent members, and a gift to the academy for laboratory work. Plans for future gatherings and other local society events were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber's Tavern
Wiscasset Academy
Guy Dow
Alberta
Canada
Dow
Helen White
Lillian Smith
Barbara Dow
Roy Dow
Alfred Gorham
Eva G. Wise
Mildred Holbrook
Anne Miete
Elden P. Munsey
Grace Gorham Cowley
Miss Miete
Great North West
Llewellyn Rines
Malden
Mass
Wiscasset
Mayfair Theatre
Sewall
Louie Blake
Dowling
Fred Merry
Eddie Pooler
Nellie Dowling
Roy Marston
John Hutchins
Emmelyn Weeks
Earl Aines
Earl Dow
Woolwich
Frances Plumstead
MacDonald
Ethel Cushman
Charles E. Cowley
Organ Society
Clinton R. Bailey
Frank Metcalf
Henry W. Webb
Woman's Club
Webb
Grace G. Cowley
Stella Miller
Dorothy Fishher
Madeline Fisher Reed
Louise Bailey Malcolm
Marjorie Bailey Prichard
Auf Wiedersehm
Sigmund Romberg
Malcolm
Anna Flood
Anna Soule
Anna Macurda
Ruth Haggett
Esther Dunham
Knox
Lincoln Counties
Grace C. Pease
Carrie Knight
Clarence A. Richards
Carolyn S. Varney
Rockland
George Rosie
Bangor
Bradford C. Redennett, Jr
Hodge Street
Civic Club
Mark W. Hennessey
Bath
Sewall Ships
Athletic Club
Rose Blair
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marston's
Samuel J. Sewall
Lincoln County
American Red Cross
Helen Berry
Ruth Patten
Portland
Bridgton
Chancellor C. Blagdon
Federal Street
Mr Rines
Ellsworth Holbrook
Ira Redonnett
Bradford C. Redonnett
John Leonard
Arthur Beane
Harry Quinnim
Tend Quinnam
Fred Merri Tuch
Charles Plumsteid
Ellworth Holbrook
Walter Leavitt
Birch Point
Clyde Leavitt
attYaliuns
Sidney G. Evans
Edward
Belfast
Evans
Edward Evans
Pemaquid Point
Virginia Ar Doe
I qTayon
Dorothy Colby
Stanley Dalton
Verne Farmer
Ralph Gross
Rita Gross
Alberta Grover
Rebecca Grover
Ruth Jackson
Maria Lewis
Teddy Sherman
Stanley Chism
Mrs Wilbra Billings Returns Home From Newton Relatives
Mrs Wilbra Billings has returned to her home on Cobb Road after spending several weeks with relatives in Newton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbra Billings
Cobb Road
Newton
Mass
East Bowdoin Ladies Aid met for quilt work and visiting
The East Bowdoin Ladies Aid met January 27 with nine members and one visitor. Business opened with the president, enough squares were made to finish the current quilt, one member ill and fruit sent, readings enjoyed, refreshments served. Next meeting February 10 at Mrs. M Barrett’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoin
Herbert Adams
M. Barrett
Samuel Enman
Richard
New
Douglass Road
Angie Purinton
Lisbon Falls
Marion Curtis
Plans for another supper discussed by Roland Smith Post
At a Tuesday American Legion meeting plans were laid for the second supper for post members sustaining members and auxiliary. Commander Eugene Hart named a Sapper committee including Perry Thompson Thomas Huston Allan Spear Samuel McElroy Ralph Gay Waldo Weston Col Hugh Eldred and Edgar Leavitt with Feb 15 set as the date Major Edward J Quinn former Harold T Andrews Post commander Portland will speak. The event aims to boost the Memorial Hospital fund and support past membership disabled comrades and related efforts. After the meeting members toured a newly installed oil burner donated by the Ladies auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
American Legion
Post
Eugene Hart
Perry L. Thompson
Thomas R. Huston
Allan Spear
Samuel McElroy
Ralph Gay
Waldo Weston
Col
Hugh Eldred
Edgar Leavitt
Edward J. Quinn
Harold T. Andrews
Portland
Major Quinn
Beano Committee
McElroy
Memorial Hospital Fund
Queen Esther Lodge Observes Anniversary
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge marked the birthday of Thomas Wildey founder of Odd Fellowship at a regular meeting in Odd Fellows hall. A candle light service was held. Committees included chairwoman Carolyn Thompson and members Sara Munsey Nellie Leeman. Next meeting February 15 will feature Past Noble Grands Night with roll call and entertainment and supper committees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah
Mildred Card
Nellie Stover
Clara Donaldson
Rose Jean
Dolly Mank
Sara Munsey
Nita Moore
Margaret Nelson
Agnes Perry
Nellie Leeman
Sagadahoc Grange Meets Saturday Night
Sagadahoc Grange in Bowdoin gathered Saturday evening with strong attendance. The program featured a knowledge test by Winifred Freeman, a tableau on Taxation, the After Noon at Home sketch, a descriptive guessing contest, essays on The Capture of Major Andre, vocal solos, a balloon race, and pantomimes. Winners included Llewellyn Freeman and Winifred Freeman. Mys Burns and Ermont Coombs. A pie social follows, with all women invited to bring pies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Winifred Freeman
Dwight Adams
Llewellyn Freeman
Donald Bickford
Ernest Coombs
Thelma Cornish
Laurence Adams
Daisy Bickford
Major Andre
Kenneth Bickford
Anna Whitney
Ernest Carr
Mary Burns
Sprague of Topsham Announces Candidacy
George A. Sprague of Topsham six terms on the selectmen announces his Republican bid for Sagadahoc county commissioner. A Topsham businessman and Sagadahoc Agricultural Society hall superintendent, he seeks fiscal restraint in county operations and is a member of Bath’s Solar lodge of Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Sprague
Topsham
Board of Selectmen
Sagadahoc
Tromirratiion
Sprague
Weekend visits and local notes from West Bath area
West Bath residents and relatives from York village to Bath and Portland are cited in social notes. Families including Swain Larrabee Haggett Lemont and Rose attend gatherings. Morse Cheverus game draws 500 Bath fans. Rep. Joseph W. Larrabee tours farms in Arrowsic Bath Georgetown Phippsburg West Bath and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafton M. Swain
York Village
Charles 8
Fighting Irish
Bath
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Fred W. Larrabee
Portland
Marion Williams
Lincoln Williams
Foster's Point
Marian Rose
Rosedale
Doris Crocker
Beatrice Rose
Charles Genthner
Maynard Carlton
Edward Jenks
New Meadows
Helen Condon
Doris Crooker
Kenneth Crooker
Betty Rose
Stanley Rose
Jenks
Fred J. Rose
Annie H. Trufant
Courtney E. Stover
John Reardon
Litchfield
Trufant's Crossing
Miss Trufant
Portsmouth
N. H
Arthur Baum
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
West Bath
American Red Cross
Chester King
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Joseph W. Larrabee
Augusta
Harry E. Peterson
Brunswick Road
Stanley Peterson
Peterson
Federal Agricultural Conservation Program
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Old Fashioned Dance Planned by West Bath Grange
West Bath grange held a meeting to plan an old fashioned dance for Friday February 11. Arthur C. Lemont chaired the event and formed a committee including Mrs George R Booker Mr and Mrs Herbert S Cavanaugh and others. Lectures by Mrs Sandelin featured readings riddles and a quiz on the Streets of Bath followed by community singing and a closing thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Arthur C. Lemont
George R. Booker
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Arthur S. Crockett
Charles B. Doyle
Barbara B. Freeman
Charles Genthner
Leon M. Genthner
Lemont
Minnie Smith
Scott R. Ward
Donald J. Emero
E. Mason Wright
William H. McGlinchy
Fred J. Rose
Augusta Woman Becomes Maine's Third Private Pilot
Miss Vida Watson of Augusta earned her private pilot license at Waterville Airport after tests Thursday morning. Inspector George L. Jones of the Department of Navigation oversaw the exam. Watson follows Madelyn Suttie and Margaret Henderson of Waterville as Maine’s other licensed pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida Watson
Augusta
Maine
Waterville
Miss Watson
Ruel Hanks
George L. Jones
Department of Navigation
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Appeals for Funds to Aid Chinese Sufferers
Bath Red Cross Chapter chairman Harry L. Day announced a national appeal at President Roosevelt's suggestion to raise funds for relief in China. The drive funds relief agencies and hospitals with a committee in China to distribute the money. no U.S. personnel will be sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Harry L. Day
Bath
Nelson T. Johnson
United States
Day
Cary T. Grayson
National Red Cross
International Settlement
Shanghai
Red Cross
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Charles C. Low
Bath Savings Institution
Sacred Heart Circle Names Committees for March and Banquet
Sacred Heart circle set March social and business meeting hosts and lists committee members. March social chair is Katherine Reardon with a long slate, while Banquet general chair is Marie Tardif and toastmistress is Margaret Flaherty. Guests from Bangor to Portland expected for Feb 13 Hotel Phoenix banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella Hall
Katherine Reardon
Vivian Kronstrand
Dora Collins
Hannah Curran
Beatrice Footer
Lida Costain
Viola Davis
Annie Hackett
Mary McElman
Dellie Bourque
Esther Moses
Hannah McCole
Phoebe Hart
Bangor
Brunswick
Lewiston
Portland
Hotel Phoenix
Marie Tardif
Margaret C. Flaherty
Regent
Marie Hamblett
Collins
Marion Houde
Gertrude Nugent
Delia Moody
Catherine Burgess
Catherine T. O'Hara
Venette to address Grace Church Men's Club
Frank Venette manager of the Opera House will address Grace Church Men's Club at the semi monthly meeting Thursday evening after supper at 6 30. The committee led by Stanley M Brown Harry L Day Emery Freeman and Carroll Watson has arranged an appealing program and supper to draw many members and friends to the parish house. Venette brings wide experience in entertainment and is expected to provide an enlightening and enjoyable talk. A large attendance is hoped for by the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Venette
Opera House
Grace Church Men's Club
Stanley M. Brown
Harry L. Day
Emery Freeman
Carroll Watson
Venette
Har Ris child hurt in kitchen accident at home
Har Ris of Mount Vernon was left alone briefly when a child fell and cut her face on a glass wash board requiring several stitches. Other members of the same family are sick with whooping cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Mount Vernon
Woolwich Notices and Socials Share Local Happenings
Woolwich reports a baked bean supper at Parker Head, visits by Ora Hallett and others, and multiple church services. Meetings include Nequasset Farm Bureau on Feb 8 with Miss Hor tense Welch on School Lunches, Willing Workers, Ladies Auxiliary, and School Board budgeting. Community updates mention illnesses, hospital stays, visits, and club activities across Woolwich, Montsweag, Boothbay Harbor, and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Hallett
Woolwich
Parker Head
William
Bernard Schreiter
Cathance
Woolwich Center
Montsweag Church
Montsweag
Harold Shaw
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Duncan McIntosh
Wilbur Howe
Alton Reed
Hortense Welch
Clara M. Reed
William Leeman
Earl Ryan
Boston
James Ryan
Leverett Welch
Providence
R. I
Guy Bussey
Sanford
Frank J. Walker
John Conway
Boothbay Harbor
Albert Temple
Merle Jameson
Eugene Cromwell
Bath
Mary Cunningham
Good Will Club
Costello P. Hall
Pearl Doughty
Yarmouth
LaForest Savage
Bernard Hathorne
Hartley Hathorne
Memorial Hospital
Nequasset Lake
William Clarke
Damariscotta
Clark
Eben Dana
Union Bridge School
Baptist Hall
Portland
Cheerio Club
Henry E. Weston
Lester Holbrook
Bailey
Wiscasset
Chester Leeman
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Iron Works Corp
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Day's Ferry
North Wool
Negu
West Dresden Pownalboro School Closes After Storm
West Dresden Pownalboro school closed Friday January 28 after a severe storm the previous week. Ten pupils made the honor list including Albert Wall Evelyn Wall Natalie Wall Avon Good Florence Mitchell Roger Hall Gordon Houdlette Philip Houdlette George Chaney Nelson Chaffin Arlene Siegars and Charlie Glenwood Wall. Pupils with perfect attendance were Glenwood Charlie Albert Evelyn Natalie Wall Gordon Houdlette Philip Houdlette. Absent one day were Roger Hall Nelson Chaffin and Arlene Siegars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownalboro
West Dresden
Albert Wall
Evelyn Wall
Natalie Wall
Avalon Good
Florence Mitchell
Roger Hall
Gordon Houdlette
Philip Houdlette
George Chaney
Nelson Chaffin
Arlene Siegars
Charlie
Glenwood Wall
Glenwood
Albert
Evelyn
Civil Service Exam for Unskilled Labor in Wiscasset
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive test for Unskilled Labor at 50 cents an hour to fill one vacancy as Charman in the Post office Custodial Service at the Wiscasset Postoffice Building. Male applicants must pass a strength test carrying 125 pounds. Applications due by Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Charman
Postoffice Custodial Service
Postoffice
Wiscasset
Board of Civil Service Examiners
First
U. S. Civil Service District
U. S. Postoffice
Boston
Massachusetts
Professor Coffin Hosts Talks Across Northeast
Prof. Robert P. T. Coffin of Brunswick broadcast from New York City on the Schools of the Air program. He spoke at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie under the American Association of University Women, led a Round Table Conference in Rochester, read at the Poetry Society, and spent the weekend in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Brunswick
Columbia
New York City
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
American Association of University Women
Rochester
Poetry Society
Cleveland
Woolwich P T A marks first anniversary with meeting
Woolwich P T A observed its first anniversary at Sagadahoc Ferry school house with about 40 attendees. State officers from Bath spoke, officers were retained until April, and plans included Funders' day on Feb 17 and a whist party Feb 26 to benefit the P T A, as members sang, learned safety rules, and discussed building needs for a larger, better equipped school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich P. T. A
Sagadahoc Ferry
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Seth 8. Mullin
Leroy F. Colby
Joseph I. Smith
Bath
Little
James Nostall
Beltran Crocker
Harry E. Fitch
Clarence E. Baker
Lincoln Houdlette
George F. Willis
Mullin
Colby
Smith
3A Safety Club
Noftall
Crocker
Fitch
Baker
Dresden couple given Sunday surprise
Mr and Mrs Augustus Perkins celebrated their birthdays with a Sunday gathering at their Dresden home. Friends and relatives attended a pink and white themed buffet lunch with cake coffee sandwiches and ice cream. Guests included Leon Robinson Mildred Perkins Clyde Perkins Car roll Perkins Milton Carlton Cleora Houdlette Audrey Houdlette Melville Houdlette Le land Siegars Joseph Reed and Harold Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Perkins
Dresden
Leon Robinson
Janis
Mildred Perkins
Clyde Perkins
Carroll Perkins
Milton Carlton
Cleora
Alfred Houdlette
Audrey
Melville Houdlette
Phylip
Richard
Leland Siegars
Joseph
Nellie Reed
Harold Perkins
Perkins
Washington party at Sagadahoc Ferry
A public Washington party will be hosted by the Good Will Club of Sagadahoc Ferry in the Sagadahoc Ferry school house on February 21. The club met Monday evening at Mrs. Costello P. Hall of Woolwich. 17 attended. Mrs. Fred Rice serves as president. The entertainment committee includes Mrs. Doris Haley, Mrs. Nelson R. Rice, and Mrs. Ardelia Farrar. Next meeting is February 14 with Miss Florence E. Carlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sagadahoc Ferry School House
Costello P. Hall
Woolwich
Fred Rice
Doris Haley
Nelson R. Rice
Ardelia Farrar
Florence E. Carlton
Woolwich Grange Hosts Surprise Kitchen Shower
At the Woolwich grange meeting last Wednesday in its hall newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Getchell of Wiscasset received a surprise kitchen shower. About 60 grangers attended as doughnuts cookies cake and coffee were served. Event coordinated by Mrs. Etta Lilly and Eubra Troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Ernest Getchell
Wiscasset
Etta Lilly
Eubra Troop
Truck crashes into Bangor barber shop in Machias sighting
A Bangor man passing through Machias witnessed a truck with a trailer full of telephone poles crash into a barber shop, punching through a wall. The driver swerved to avoid a child, left the road, plunged down an embankment, and both men escaped injury while the barber was away at dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Machias
Gardiner men buy William G. Robinson Store on Water Street
Sidney Merrill and Howard Boynton, prominent Gardiner youths and 1932 graduates, have purchased the William G. Robinson Store on Water Street. Merrill comes from Triple City Greenhouses in Farmingdale while Boynton runs Boynton's Market in Hallowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Merrill
Howard Boynton
Gardiner
William G. Robinson
Upper Water Street
That City
Gardiner High School
Merrill
Triple City
Farmingdale
Boynton
Boynton's Market
Hallowell
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Lawrence M. Poole
Portland, Ore
William D. Maxim
Palmer, N
America
Est
Edward Clarence Plummer
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Co
Front Street Bath, Me
Telephone
Legion Party
Queen Esther Lodge
Thomas Wildey
Odd Fellowship
Sprague OF
Sacred Heart Circle Names Committees
West
Civil Service Examination
P.T.A
Mrs. Perkins
Washington
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