Wiscasset News Briefs From February Reflections
Wiscasset items note Miss H Louise Lincoln's Kingston visit, illness recoveries at Bath and Richmond, and town business including the auto show in Portland. Local trades, a Maine meeting, and notes on schools, a fish market opening, and a February cold snap are reported along with social events at the Methodist vestry and Woman's Club programs.
West Bath social notes reflect a busy community
Albany resident Lloyd Bates visits Sabine relatives while Marguerite Williams teachers Brunswick and several Bath families host dinners and gatherings. Readers include Red Cross activity, Nazarene church events, illness updates, weekend guests from Brunswick and Bath, and local officials selling unpaid taxes.
Methodist social in Wiscasset hosts church guests
Rev Webb of Wiscasset and Rev Tits hosted the day with Rev and Mrs L G March district superintendent of the Methodist church. The ladies served a bountiful dinner at Edward Riches home. Mrs Titus and her father Mrs Kendall attended the dinner. A social evening at the Methodist church drew over 125 people with solos duets and the Mellerdrummer pantomime. Harmonica band featured and doughnuts and coffee served. Next services set for Sunday Feb 10 led by Rev Charles E Titgis who will discuss Abraham Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Wiscasset
L. G. March
Methodist Church
Edward Riches
Titus
Kendall
Alias South
Charles E. Titgis
Abraham Tincoln
Steeling Bible Class Elects Officers at Meeting
Steeling Bible class of the Ceehse treet church held its monthly business meeting with 31 members present. The annual election named Mrs Willard Oliver as teacher and Mrs John Hunt as president, among other officers. A $35 donation to the church was approved and 62 calls to the sick and shut-ins were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stering Bible
Ceehsetreet Church
Willard Oliver
John Hunt
Jilden Fisher
Abby McCabe
Melvin Pratt
Robert, Mitchell
Wilfred W. Chaney
Vernal Chaney
Arthur Plant
Chester Plant
Jed Hallowell
O. E. Pagi
Ambrose
Robert Mitchell
William Hatch
Annie Jewett
William Hill
Funeral for Joyce J Erskine Officiated at Chadbourne Room
Rev Charles M Tubbs of Crace church led the funeral for Joyce J Erskine three year old daughter of Simon and Mary at Chadbourne undertaking room Broad Street Tuesday morning at 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce J. Erskine
Charles M. Tubbs
Crrace Church
Joyce J
Simon and
Mary Erskine
Chadbourne
Broad Street
House Honors Capt H W Butler In Maine Legislature
Representative Henry W Butler of Bath continues to recover from flu and complications. A House resolution expressing sympathy and wishes for a rapid recovery was unanimously passed. Other actions include fisheries and game measures, a Swan Island game preserve proposal, a Sagadahoc court term date correction, and a Fort William Henry reservation plan. Foster of Ellsworth introduced a $19,654.70 highway reimbursement resolve for Havey and the Bradbury Smith estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Butler
Bath
Augusta House
Maine
N. Gratz Jackson
House of Representatives
Henry W. Tutler
House
Jackson
Winneganee Creek
Alton Wright
Committee On
Hawkes
Richmond
Swan Island
Kennebec River
Sagadahoc
Aldrich
Bishop
Boothbay Harbor
Fort William Henry
Pemaquid
Foster
Ellsworth
H. H. Havey
Bradbury Smith
Smith
Havey
Sullivan
Gardiner-Richmond
Deering High Edges Morse Quintet In Portland Thriller
Deering High defeated Morse High 14 to 13 at Deering gym in Portland in a tight game. Morse guard Freddy Gaudet led with three floor baskets and Jimmy Miller added two. Deering relied on center McKinney for key points as the third period proved decisive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Deering High
Portland
Bath
Deering
Morse
Freddy Gaudet
Gaudette
Jimmy Miller
Shipping City Boys
McKkinney
Portlandites
Lions Elect King Billy at Rich City Lodge Event
Friends of the popular Aldhow elect William Dimtsany known as King Billy during a 283 member Lions Club meeting in Rich City. The vote followed by distant horn rumors from Bath. Monday meetings planned, with Miss Effie Wright confined at home and Mrs Hazel Wing Hopkins substituting this week. Mrs Jason Merrill visiting Garden Street with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldhow
Billy
William F. Dimtsany
Momaus
Bath
Effie Wright
Mitchell Schiil
Illoe
Hazel Wing’ Hopkins
Grove Street
Miss Wright
Jason A. Merrill
Garden Street
Frank M. Lamb
Mechanic Falls
Woolwich notices and local movements crowd town life
Miss Leora Stinson spent the weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fitch returned from Boston on business. Mrs. George Willis is recovering, Rufus Savage and family are convalescing from flu under Dr Dorr’s care. Mrs. Alice Preble is bedbound with Dr Bailey attending. Eugene and Bath guests John Long hosted. Wendell Nelsons visit tied to Mrs Preble’s illness. Charles Miller recovers from Maine General Hospital operation. Mrs Miller stayed with G M Stinson. Mayflowers bloom at Miss Julia Hathorne’s. School closed Friday for vacation. Clinton Kahler attended Portland auto show. Miss Maxine Walker visited Leon Kelly in Brunswick. Putnam camp hosts Putnam and Kahler for Lake Nequasset fishing. Mrs Gardner Greenough and son Carl visit Edgecomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Louise Lincoln
Kingston
Pedro Gil- Raymond Farnham
Bath City Hospital
Federal Street
Frank E. Quinnam
Portland
Nellie Pusher
Lincoln Shoe
Miss Lincoln
Ruth Sewall
New York
R. B. Metcalf
Alice Dodge
Wiscasset Grain Co
Bailey
Richmond
Chase Building
Main Street
Wiscasset
Charles E. Cowley
Lorenzo Cookson
Whitefield
W. H Southard
Middle Street
Bronson
Winifred
San Francisco
Canal Zone
S. S
Adamson
Lilliputian
Congregational Society
W. P. Lennox
Methodist Society
Newall Jackson
David Munsey
Wiscasset Music Hall Association
Richard T. Rundlett
W. M. Choate
Dresden
Alna
Rufus K. Sewall
Charles E. Frieerson
Edward B. Neal
J. D. Borland
Sol Holbrook
Alfred Lennox
E. C. Boston
W. R. Bailey
Colby & Taylor
Samuel Anderson
Bath
T. Bailey
C. A. Peaslee
F. T. Dana
S. B. Hilton
Sewall & Sons
Charles E. Emerson
The
Charles Sewall
Harry DePew
Joseph Borland
Sanford Rounds
Eddie Lewis
Leon Gray
Alva Waters
Norman Waters
Leslie Kitchen
George Nute
George Jones
Silas Rines
Roscoe Rines
Alice Taylor
Laura Albee
Rosie Coffin
Bertha Baker
Mary Nutter
Nellie Cowley
Julia Blair
Daisy Budd
Vernie Blagdon
Frank Shea
George Lennox
Alden Chaney
Willie Taylor
Myrtie Somes
Charles Fisher
Harry Maha
Willie Lewis
Raymond Fowles
Lizzie Barter
Mary Emerson
Mary Taylor
Annie Maha
Laura Sears
Mable Albee
Dora Kitchen
Gertrude Dickinson
Hattie Pushard
Daisy Page
Vesta Nute
Carrie Cookson
Nellie Albee
Roy R. Marston
F. D. Southard
George W. Pooler
Wisasset
Boothbay Harbor
Gowell Block
Bowdoinhham
Harry Bailey
Pierine
Reomathy
Wien
Aucrusta ‘Trust Co
Bodentie Boothbay Savings
F. PH. Theakotan
Stanley Clifford
Raymond Patterson
Beverdy
Lbeise
Peetise Jones
North Pieteecogh
Piidis Ateetudiie
Ayo
George McKenney
Parker Street
Leora Stinson
Harry T. Fitch
Boston
Fitch
George Willis
Rufus Savage
Dorr
Alice Preble
Eugene Long
John Long
Wendell Nelson
Bowdeinham
Clinton Kahler
Maxine Walker
Leon Kelly
Brunswick
Lawrence Putnam
Putnam
Lake Nequasset
Gardner Greenough
Carl of
Edgecomb
Earl Dow
South Dresden Family and School Schedule Report
Mr. and Mrs. George Tibbetts of Richmond visited family Sunday. Josie Siegars stayed with her aunt in Richmond from Friday to Sunday. River Road School closed February 1 after a five week term taught by Miss Irma Devereux. Absent students included Priscilla Bates, Fred Bates, Mazie Cheney, Stephen Fitch, James Fitch. Fred Carlton returned home Sunday from Bath hospital after nine weeks there. Services Sunday by Woolwich Union for Christian Service at Nequasset church 10.30, Day's Ferry church 2.30, Saga cdahoc school house 7.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tibbetts
Richmond
Albert Tibbetts
Josie Siegars
James Lynch
River Road School
Irma Devereux
Priscilla
Fred Bates
Mazie Cheney
Stephen
James Fitch
Fred Carlton
Bath Hospital
Woolwich Union
Nequasset Church
Day’s Ferry
Sagacdahoc School
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting on Slip Covers
Nequasset Farm Bureau plans a February 11 meeting at Mrs. Wilson Wright’s home. The program topic is Slip covers, with committee members Mrs. John Gilmore, Mrs. Percy Bailey, and the hostess organizing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Wilson Wright
John Gilmore
Percy Bailey
What is Doing at Legislature Wednesday and Tuesday
A dense summary of Maine legislative actions listed by date. Measures include acquisitions of Arrowsic bridge by the state, memorials for Harold T. Andrews, creation of a Port of Portland Authority, a new circuit and supreme court structure, civil service commission for South Portland, high value property purchases for Waterville and Old Town, town manager forms for several towns, and numerous resolves and acts on bridges, mosquito control, road and bridge work, and cultural monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Arrowsic
Carlton
Sagadahoc
Harold T. Andrews
Portland
Maine
Minott
Cumberland
Gardiner
Penobscot River
Bucksport
Nickerson
Waldo
Androscoggin
Greenleaf
Port of Portland Authority
Act of Oakes
Circuit Court
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Oakes
South Portland
Civil Service Commission
City of
Old Town
Rackliff
Lewiston
Belleau
Jones
Winthrop
Act of Rounds
East Livermore
Livermore Falls
Old Orchard Beach
Gate Athletic Commission
Locke
Biddeford
U. S
Pitt Fessenden
Hatmnnbal Hamlin
Washington
Officers Installed By Genesta Chapter Of E S P C
Officers of Genesta chapter O E S were installed for the year at the Masonic temple by Past Grand Matron Mrs Millward G Patten of Topsham. New officers include May Ward as worthy matron and Luther Thompson as worthy patron with a banquet to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Millward G. Patten
Topsham
Lucy R. Pike
Mabel Merrill
Pike
Kate Perkins
Nellie Congdon
Margaret Henderson
May Ward
Luther Thompson
Carolyn Thompson
Annie Cox
Frieda Bagdikian
Elnora Oliver
Mildred Morse
Ethel Sampson
Ada Lucy Pike
Ruth
Ella Congdon
Esther
Patten
Grace Sampson
Henderson
Cecil Rowland
George Barker
Myrna Avery
Edith Savage
Olive Corliss
Ada Deering
Annette Merrill
Harriet Morse
Nellie Harriman
Rose Rogers
Bernice Fuller
Alice Shackford
Doris Leavitt
Henrietta Potter
Morse High Girls Lose Contest With Deering
Morse high girls trailed 29 11 at Deering on Saturday but mounted a late bid to contest the Purple Lasses. Led by Larrabee McCarty and Capt Anderson Morse fought hard. Deering veterans Walker Andrew and Orr outscored Morse early. Jensen Bolton keyed Deering defense as Morse forwards Larrabee Linney fought for points. Bath team also threatened Deering with Mary Larrabee scoring early. Substitutes used in second half, Deering holding under 30 points remains a notable achievement for Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Deering
Larrabee
McCarty
Aderson
Morse
Walker
Andrew
Orr
Morse Girls
Jensen
Bolton
Linney
Bath Girls
Mary Larrabee
Paing
Deering Girls
Lucy W Farrar obituary notes long illness and survivors
Lucy W Farrar aged 29 lay in the Old Folks Home since August 1918, bedridden 22 months. Widow of Sanford Farrar she was born in Appleton to Jesse and Mary Robbins. She leaves a daughter Mrs James S McFarland of Arrowsic in Bath City Hospital and a nephew E A Farrar of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Folks Home
Sanford Farrar
Appleton
Jesse
Mary Robinson Robbins
James S. McFarland
Arrowsic
Bath City Hospital
E. A. Farrar
Bath
Famous author speaks to Rotarians at Phoenix luncheon
Bath Rotarians heard Richard Mathews Hallet, noted author and Saturday Evening Post contributor, recount his Pacific fleet experiences aboard the California. He described a bombing-plane ride and a 600 foot drop over Pearl Harbor, with aviation future battles debated and Uncle Sam held harmless in case of accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hotel Phoenix
Richard Mathews Hallet
Saturday Evening Post
Pacific
California
Uncle Sam
Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Hallet
Oranches
Navy
Army
Mr. Hallet
Boothbay
Eugene Desmond
Chester Plant
Walter Ey
Reqeust
Sheriff Henderson
Howard D. Spoers
Wiliam C. Perkins
Maxwell Powers
Joseph Solevich
Alury Hennessey
Continental Congress delegates elected in Bowdoinham area
Delegates, alternates and pages to the Continental Congress at Washington were chosen by Col. Dummer Sewall chapter D A R. Elected for the State Conference at Dover-Foxcroft were also announced along with alternates and pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Congress
Washington, D. C
Col. Dummer Sewall
D. A. Pals
New Memorial Hall
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Dover-Foxcroft
Alice K. Robbins
Caroline P. Cary
Lena King
Alma S. Kendall
Bowdeinham
Ethel F. Willes
Cathance
Leonice B. Morse
Frances M. Webber
Melinda T. Allan
Quincy
Mass
Clara D. Palmer
Jane Lemont
Margaret R. Foote
Annie L. Palmer
Stella N. Given
Alice G. Shorey
Lynette H. Hill
Lucy R. Kimball
Margaret R. Henderson
Father and Son banquet set for March 5 at Y M C A
The annual Father and Son banquet sponsored by the YMCA will be held Tuesday evening March 5 at the Y. Plans are underway to make it the largest ever. Rev. Gordon C. Reardon of Water Ville will deliver the main address. Morrison of the New Hampshire YMCA calls his talk one of the finest for men. The banquet committee includes Frank B. Nichols Rev Edwin D. Hardin and Clinton D. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon C. Reardon
Water Ville
Potts College and Theological School
Henry H. Crane
Malden
Mass
Scranton
Pass
S. S. Morrison
New Hampshire
Reardon
Frank B. Nichols
Edwin D. Hardin
Clinton D. Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset Academy Athletic Association
Red Men's Hall
Ava Dodge
Bootles Benbow
Brad Bedennett
Ted Cheseldine
Conrad Parker
Leviticus
Fred Blagdon
Scotch McAllister
Rea
Ralph Marang Shorty Long
Glee Club
Lee Robert Smith Slivers Magee
Stanton Sherman
Benj. Benbow
Linwood Ames
Sandy McCann
Carl Main Officer
Riley
Emerald Isle
Forest Lewis
Gear S
Speed Motor Car Co
Bruce Dickson Jonqail Gray
Mary Gill
Betty Benbow
Bootles
Alberta Potter
B. J. Benbow
Madeline Fossett
Rupesby
Katheryn Perkins
McCann
Louise Adams
Selina MecCin
Helen Bailey
Juliet Shobbs
Janet Patterson Mile Minnie ‘Florellc
Priscilla Lewis Salamanca Spivius
Hazel Dyer
James Knight
Warren Dorr
James Cushman
Gertrude Bean
Bernice Lewis
Margaret Quinnain
Edna Bean
Hazel Mayo
Eleanor Albee
Woman's Party
John H. Southard
Fred F. Pendleton
Bert Haseet
Wes Amene
E. J. Ayers
James F. Morse Co
Woman's Club of
St. Philips Parish House
Woodsum
George Swain
George Bemis
H. W. Webb
Florence Hale
Rural Department of Education
Miss Hale
Henry V.b Nash
Archie H. Dodge
A. W. Keirstead
F. EF. Parker
Frank R. Hodgdon
Birch Point
Margaret Warland
Florence McLoud
Joseph A. Tibbetts
Arthur C. Jackson
J. A. Tibbetts
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Tibbetts
Wiscasset Bay
Ralph Richards
Webber's Tavern
C. A. Richards
Porthed
Bob Merry
Helene Clisles
Suniday
Merry Sutton
Daniel D. Pare
Miso Jane “Ucker
Josef Hulman Reed
Rite Teeny Purshrarel
Fftie Peale
Sinn Berries
Webber
Beebees
Elta
Henie
Tony
Aed
Mepher Richards
Smiter
Jtielards
Abe
Psteceli
Praehian Tooretarh
Fodas Wiarnor Uist
Stek
Samson Olf Jefferson
G. J. Pynv
Roberts
Southport
Harris
Barron
Dresden Mills
MacKillop
Alma
Allen
Moutsweag
I. P
Atwood
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland, Me
West Bath
Lloyd Bates
Albany
N. Y
Samuel F. Bates
Sabine
Marguerite Williams
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
William Dunton
Frank
Harold
Marie Dunton
Henry Brown
H. R. Rich
Walter Brown
Lower Washington Street
Nellie Brown
J. Everett Mayo
Chester Freeman
Fred Duren
Patricia
City Hospital
H. P. Jett
the Nazarene Church
J. Everett Mayo Herbert Simpson
Margaret Storer
Brimswick
Wiliam Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Harry Peterson
Il Ness
Wiliam Foster
Ner Jerents
Sabino
E. T. Brown
EL. A. Sotheard
Pine Street
Walter Larrabee
Woolwich
Fred W. Lerrabee
Lowell School
J. B. Lemont
Harold Freeman
East Brunswick
Mildred Strout
Belle Donnell
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Emily Larrabee
L. D. Sheldon
ST. B. Neiley
John McLellan
Upper Washington Street
J. GB. Lemont
Eleanor Brown
Arthur Brawn
Alfred Snow
Fred Brawn
Steeling Bible Class
H. W. Butler
Morse Quintet
Gane
Davis
Jordal
Borrestall
McKinley
Willams
Favor
Crider
Crecker
Jenkins
Miller
Forrell
Tour Bo
King Lion
Buxton
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine CO
Abbot Village
Ie Uyee
Maine Foundation
Act of Page
Somerset
Maine Development Commission
James M. Kerr
Rumford
Hancock-Sullivan
Delring
Fray
Andrew Ri
Tuteemb
Evans
Chapman
Jensen, Ly
Bolton, Vy
Total
Spinney
Aderton Se
Reed Se
McCarty Rg
Legard le
Twomey Re
Petlock
Lg Card
Mahan
Lucy W. Farrar
Brown
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