Wiscasset Honor Roll and Local News Highlight
Wiscasset Academy honors roll lists Post Graduates Alberta Boudin Cunningham Coro aripo Te Lucille Quinnam. Seniors Brown Morang Louise Colby. Juniors Elsie Bailey James Bailey Andrea Getchell Genevieve Hodgdon Ruth Jones Eva Rines. Sophomores Joanna Evans Laura Nichols. Freshmen Frances Colby John Currier Donald Dunn Beverley Hamlin Ethel Higgins Rita Lewis Walter Miete Elizabeth ONeil Helen Quinnam Frank Reed Samuel Soule Bertha Wright. Freshmen Grace Beane Marion Rinss Ruthena Thompson earned straight A's. The paper also notes a 39 to 19 basketball win over Waldoboro, art exhibit photos at Portland, and many church and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Academy
Alberta Boudin
Cunningham
Coroaripo
Lucille Quinnam
Brown
Robert Morang
Louise Colby
Elsie Bailey
James Bailey
Andrea Getchell
Genevieve Hodgdon
Ruth Jones
Eva Rines
Joanna Evans
Laura Nichols
Frances Colby
John Currier
Donald Dunn
Beverley Hamlin
Ethel Higgins
Rita Lewis
Walter Miete
Elizabeth O'Neil
Helen Quinnam
Frank Reed
Samuel Soule
Bertha Wright
Grace Beane
Marion Rinss
Ruthena Thompson
Waldoboro High
Wiscasset News Highlights From February 1909
Wiscasset echoes report John W. Walker visiting town while Prof. Mitchell Bowdoin will preach at Congregational chapel. Mrs. Rose Vaughan and Dana return from Skowhegan as Boston visitor Charles P. Blinn travels after aunt’s death. Island Belle steamer misses return trip amid storm. Funeral of Mrs. Mary Pashard held with Rev. R. M. Pierce. Whitman residents attend sister Abbie C. Southard’s funeral. Mail carrier Robert Marie misses run after heavy drifts. W S Peaslee sells apothecary stock to A W Keirstead Rumford. Wiscasset Creamery thriving, now five days weekly. Albert P. Blinn attends Hilton funeral. Newburyport item notes Postal Telegraph Cowley’s promotion to Manchester office. farewell gathering follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
John W. Walker
Prof. Mitchell
Bowdoin College
Congregational Chapel
Rose Vaughan
Dana
Skowhegan
Charles P. Blinn
Boston
S. B. Hilton
Fred Blagdon
Island Belle
Boothbay Harbor
Mary Pashard
William Colby
R. M. Pierce
Daniel C. Rines
Harry
Whitman
Mass
Rines
Abbie C. Southard
Robert Marie
Here
W. S. Peaslee
A. W. Keirstead
Rumford
Local Notes From Sheepscot Echo February 9 1895
The Sheepscot Echo reports a cold stormy week and plans for railroad news next week. Residents Annie Lewis, Reverend Burroughs, Reverend Millett, and others are noted for visits, travel, or sermons. A chimney fire threatened Lewis Poole’s house but neighbors saved it, while a high tide flooded George P Colby’s fish market. The Lincoln County Historical Society met at the Court House with Rufus Sewall presiding and a talk on Commodore Tucker’s life. The Sagadahoc steamer near Erskine’s wharf undergoes electric light upgrades. Schoner Lawrence Haines arrived with the tug Bonita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Files
Sheepscot Echo
Annie Lewis
Dresden
Richmond
Boothbay
Frank Jackson
Grace Jackson
F. E. Johnson
Johnson
Lewis Poole
Millett
Gorham
Congregational Church
Congregational
Methodist
Maine State Sunday School Association
Geo. P. Colby
Lincoln County Historical Society
Rufus K. Sewall
Commodore Tucker
William Keene Hilton
Sewall
Erskine’s Wharf
Schoner Lawrence Haines
Wiscasset Academy Beats Morse Frosh in Narrow 43 34 Win
Wiscasset Academy defeated Morse Frosh 43 to 34 on the high school court as Bryant led with 13 points for Wiscasset while Norton topped Morse with 14. Morse Frosh were competitive in the second half but couldn't close the gap. Next Wednesday Morse Frosh visit Wiscasset for a return game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High Frosh
Wiscasset Academy
Morse
Wiscasset
Frosh
Bryant
Merry
Reed
Leavitt
Everett Norton
Morse Frosh
Summay Wiscasset Academy
CIA Schreersee
Sherman, Lf
FRGBC
Seeres
Seeveenkes
Reynoulds
Romsey, Ig
Tovaiba Ae Eee
Wilson
Lost keg tale in Bath halts beer run
A Bath driver lost a half barrel of 3.2 beer while delivering to a business. He retraced the route and searched Front street, but the keg vanished, leaving locals puzzled about its mysterious disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Front
Oroville
Calif
Strong Cast Selected for Thespians Play
The Thespians open their annual drama series with Sidney Howard’s The Late Christopher Bean at Columbia Theatre Friday night. A strong cast features H Augustus Huse as Dr Haggett and Brenda Hill as Mrs Haggett with Miriam Kimball Abby Lillian Miller Ada and Roberta Manson as Susan. Alberta Warren and Cecil Rowland co star with Dr Winchenbach and Charles Avery as key rivals. the dining room setting frames a tale of art fraud and a fortune discovered with a comic denouement. Associate Thespian membership remains open for the season with seats available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thespians
Sidney Howard
Christopher Bean
Columbia Theatre
Dr. Haggett
H. Augustus Huse
Brenda Hill
Haggett
Miriam Kimball
Abby
Lillian Miller
Ada
Susan
Roberta Manson
Alberta Warren
Brunswick
Cock Robin
Warren Creamer
Cecil Rowland
Tallant
F. A. Winchenbach
Rosen
New York
Charles Avery
Davenport
Haggett Home
Haggetts
Delightful Talk Given by Girls' Friendly Society
Mrs. Charles Donnell spoke to Grace church's Girls' Friendly Society in the parish house on China and native customs. She shared experiences from China along with exhibits of toy figures wedding procession embroidered dress and other crafts. A short business meeting followed with refreshments and plans for the next meeting including a supper Valentine party and games under the committee of Misses Leavitt Voorhees Hoyt Bridgham Tubbs and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Newcastle
Theta Methodist Social Union
County
Wiscasset
Methodist
Woman's Association
Ralph Stoody
Chestnut
Hodgdon
Bath
Mary Hobson
Benjamin Webber
Frank Hutchins
Carrier S. Knight
Lincoln County Ministerial Association
Methodist Parsonage
Christian Endeavor
Congregational Vestry
Beverley Hamlin
Donald Dunn
Ruth Jones
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Charles Donnell
Girls’ Friendly Society of
Grace Church
China
Eleanor Voorhees
Kathleen Pepper
Wil‘mer I. Voorhees
Doris I
Leavitt
Dorothy Milliken
Persis Hoyt
Lucille Johnson
Janet Bridgham
Barbara Tubbs
Saco sport links to Biddeford columnists woes
A columnist in a Biddeford Pay? column vents over a Saco sports sag with a Portland restaurant tale. He describes lunch misgivings about a dish resembling putty, while a sympathetic co worker suggests the substance may be filler called putty used to fill gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Biddeford
Portland
West Bath residents shuffle through routine and cold
Campbell's Pond and Bath community notes reveal employment changes, medical updates, and social visits with residents like Robert Metcalf starting a metal spinner trade in Providence. Ice harvesting and a cold snap mark the week as locals visit relatives, attend meetings, and enjoy bridge afternoons at Sunnyside lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Providence
R. I
Ernest & Williams
Campbells Pond
Joseph I. Smith
Williams
Lester G. Munsey
Thelma A. Dotton
Randall Merry
Stanley W. Williams
Portland
South Portland
Woodfords
J. Edward Drake
Sunnyside
Walter Brown
Charles Chason
William Biglow
Gertrude Skidmore
Leonice Garland
Fred Phelan
Fred S. Brawn
Edwin W. Haggett
Fred Williams
James
Lincoln Williams
Foster’s Point
Harold J. Haggett
High Street
Bath
Topsham Grange
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin County
West Bath Grange
Haggett
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Leonard Wallace
Berry's Mill Bridge
Valentine Dance Planned by West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange voted to hold a Valentine dance in its hall on Feb 13. The dance committee includes Mrs. Ernest Snow chair, Kenneth Smith, and Miss Dorothy A Welch. Attendees totaled 99 with 19 visitors, and a varied program featured Miss Marion L Jaques on Cuba with slides, clips by Edwin W Haggett, vocal solos by Mrs. Fred K Sturtevant, readings, a blindfolded stunt won by Charles L Haggett, and a ventriloquist act by David S Henderson and Herbert S Cavanaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Ernest Snow
Kenneth Smith
Dorothy A. Welch
Anh
Marion L. Jaques
Central Grammar School
Cuba
Edwin W. Haggett
Fred K. Sturtevant
Scott R. Ward
Charles L. Haggett
David 8. Henderson
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Rotary Headquarters Representative Here
Bath Rotary club welcomed Lou Buddy from Chicago Rotary International headquarters for a noon luncheon at Hotel Phoenix. He outlined club filing systems, service ideals, and urged community service, cooperation and less criticism. New committees were formed. Portland Rotary invited Bath to celebrate Rotary International’s 29th anniversary at the Falmouth hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rotary Club
Lou
Chicago
International
Hotel Phoenix
Buddy
M ‘Bers
Rotary
Harry W. Owen
Portland
Rotary International
Falmouth
E Leslie Pidgeon
Ottawa
Canada
Ornor W. J. Moulton
W. A. Furber
Richard Quick
Shore
Scott Nomination Sparks Colonial Club Elections
Arthur B. Scott was nominated for club president with Dwight W. Pierce as vice president at the Colonial club meeting. Edwin Ramsay and Allan Spear nominated for secretary and director, with Alex Burden and Carl C. Anderson on finance committee. The annual meeting is set for March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Scott
Colonial Club
Dwight W. Pierce
Edwin F. Ramsay
Allan Spear
Alex Burden
Carl C. Anderson
Lannual
Brunswick
Parry
Joseph F. McCole
Horace P. Morse
C. A. Berry
Wendall B. Heal
Herbert W. McCorrison
Merritt Mitchell
Robert Oliver
Bobby Carver
Barnacle Bill
Sailor Man
Eugene C. Mill
Bausch & Lamb
Rochester
N. Y
Science
Mt Vernon Baptist Pastor Dies After Illness
Rev L B Tibbetts, pastor of the Baptist church in Mt Vernon for nine years, died Sunday night after four days with pneumonia. Born in Hollis 63 years ago, he graduated Bates College in 1896. He served in Norridgewock Steep Falls and Lisbon before Mt Vernon, leaving a widow Annie Shaw, three daughters Mrs Ernest Wade Mrs Carleton Morrill Miss Mary Tibbetts a son Nelson at Bowdoin College and a brother Charles of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Tibbetts
The
Baptist Church
Mt. Vernon
Hollis
Tibbetts
Bates College
Norridgewock
Steep Falls
Lisbon
Annie B. Shaw
Ernest R. Wade
Carleton Morrill
Auburn
Mary Tibbetts
Vernon
Nelson
Bowdoin College
Charles
Portland
Getchell–Elliott Engagement Announces Bar Harbor Couple
Bar Harbor announces the engagement of Clarice C. Getchell to Herbert Elliott of Kezar Falls. Elliott, a 1929 University of Maine graduate and Phi Mu Delta member, works on Mount Desert Island with the John D. Rockefeller Jr. engineering staff. Getchell, Class of 1927, is active in music and drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie L. Getchell
Bar Harbor
Clarice C. Getchell
Herbert ‘Elliott
Kezar Falls
Elwood Elliott
Elliott
University of Maine
Phi Mu Delta
Mt. Desert Island
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Engineering Staff. Miss Getchell
Thibodeau couple celebrates 650th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs J Thomas Thibodeau of Skowhegan observed their 650th wedding anniversary with a two day celebration arranged by relatives Henry Lewis Willard J Croteau and Lewis. The event began with a 7 30 mass of thanksgiving at Notre Dame de Lourdes church where Fr Renaud officiated. the couple were married February 4 1884 in the same church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Thibodeau
Skowhegan
Henry Lewis
Willard J. Croteau
Lewis
Thibodeau
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Renaud
Woolwich church forum on Christian origins and membership
A letter from W. W. Swank invites parishioners to a Sunday 10 o clock vestry at Nequasset church to discuss the origin of Christianity and church membership. It poses questions about differences between Christian ed Jewish roots church forms and how denominations arose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Woolwich
W. W. Swank
Local Social Notes From Sagadahoc County and Nearby Towns
Augusta residents host visits and visitors travel to Boston for weeks long stays. Bates College student Isaphiene Dolloff enjoyed a weekend with her Elster Dolloff parents as community families hosted a steady stream of winter gatherings, including a Grange party attended by over 100 with sandwiches and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Beals
Augusta
Ida Beals
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sarah Bagley Wright
Boston
Isaphiene Dolloff
Bates*s College
Elster Dolloff
Neqvassét Farm Bureau
James Colby
Ladié¢s
Hollis Leeman
Leverést Welch
Congregational Church
Miss Bertha
Presly
Mas Wheeler
Waterville
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mary Dodge
John Lily
William Cressey
Carrie Hathorne
Ambrose McFadden
Leonard Stilphen
Alvin Hathorn
Lewiston
Mr.s
Vernon Ayer
Vernon
Mary Wright
Cuvier Dolloff
Samuel Moore
Bath
Maynard ‘Tatt
Topsham
James Cameron
Cedar Grove
Ernest. Hathorn
Clifton Jewett Wins Senior Camelot Tournament at YMCA
Clifton Jewett won the Senior Camelot tournament at the YMCA defeating Wesley Marco in three straight games. Maurice Puffer won the Junior Camelot title and lost to Jewett in straight sets for the YMCA championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Jewett
Clifton Jewett
Wesley Marco
Maurice Puffer
Camelot
Howard Mayo
Martin Eaton
Walter Rogers
Edward Brown, Jr
Douglas Crosby
Wilfred Gauc Det
Leland Fortier
Donald Perry
Rodney Ross, Jr
John Mullaney
Henry Sarkis
Harold L. Donnell
C. Richard Farnham
Warren McNeil
Eaton
Gaudet
Brown
Perry
Marco
Mullaney
McNeil
Donnell
Aor
McNe
Stauder
Clerk Carl Anderson Resigns to Lead Richmond Store
Carl Anderson, a Richmond post office clerk for three years, resigns and on February first assumes management of the Richmond store formerly operated by the late Frank Anderson, Hig Feather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Anderson
Richmond
Frank Anderson
Hig Feather
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carroll L. Berry
Carl M. Larribte
Churchill Street
Jessie Quinnam
Bradford C. Redennett
Hodgestret
Farm Bureau
Woman's Club Rooms
Edna Cobb
U. of M
Frances Fossett
Maine General Hospital
Lincoln Street
Water Street
Bernice Webber
Katherine Gibbs
Bradford- Sortwell-Wright
Pleasant Street
Franklin Hall
Bertrand H. Mitchell
Frederick T. Jackson
Birch Point
Norwalk
Conn
Stanley W. Dodge
Barbara Furze
North Reading
Frank Haggett
Waterstreet
Charles S. Sewall
MacMillan
Bowdoin
Labrador
Button Islands
Alfred O. Gross
Bowdoin and
Clark University
Worcester
Saint Philip's Church
Woman's Auxiliary
Sheepscot
Epworth League
Methodist Vestry
Charles W. Ayers
Cowley
B. Hilton
Main Street
Hilton
Randlett Block
H. W. Hawes
Sioux Falls
H. H. Trussel
M. Goodkowsky
St. Phillip's Church
Rev. M. Ogden
H. V.b. Nash
Ford Tudor
Nash
Pontiac
Hagcett Garage Co
Ford Sales and Service
Newburyport Morning Herald
Henry Cowley
Postal Telegraph Co
Manchester
N. H
John Burns
Mr. Cowley
Donald F. Preble
Rockland Coal Company
William Sansom
Chickawaukie Lake
Mrs. Charles Donnell
West Bath
Florence A. Neiley
Miles
Purington
Carolyn B. Rogers
Courtney E. Stover
J. Everett Mayo
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
Harriet Fraser
Littlefield
Robert
Ernest Jr
New Meadows
Fletcher A
Percye R. Waterman
Foster's Point
Snow
Waterman
Candy's Harbor
Laura Cutting
Winneyance
Phippsburg
James Perry
Rotary Headquarters
Lou Buddy
Scott
CLUB
Brunswick Club
L. F
Atwood
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