Two Basins Chapels Reflect Community Divide in 1886
Basin history notes twin chapels built in 1886, Upper on the hill used by a Holiness Society and Lower near the schoolhouse, tied to Small Point church. Lower chapel burned in 1917 or 1918. Upper chapel hosts Sunday services with Rev. Lockwood from Cundy’s Harbor. Article also records WPA work on Popham road, local ailments, floods from tides, and various personal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casco Bay
Undy's Harbor
Nathan Washburn
Bath
W.E. Purington
Pettengill
F. L. Lockwood
Cundy’s Harbor
Small Point
Joseph Perrys
James Perrys
Basin
Mount Hunger
Westport School Closes For Two Week Holiday
The Westport school closed December 20 for a two week vacation. A Christmas program followed with greetings by Ann Louise Jewett and Clark Colby, songs and plays by students and staff, and appearances by Horace Cromwell, Alfred Cromwell, Pauline Lacharite, and others. Local families headed to Salem and Boothbay Harbor for holidays while Lacharite family members planned Brunswick work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wand
Ann Louise Jewett
Clark Colby
Edward Cromwell
Horace Cromwell
Carroll Jones
Alfred Cromwell
Mrs. Santa
Jon Lacharite
Santa Claus
Myrna Cromwell
Pauline Lac
Local Holiday Visits Fill Town With Guests
A long list of seasonal visits and gatherings fills the town during Christmas and New Year. Residents travel between Bath Winnegance Popham Beach Portland Augusta and Lisbon Falls visiting relatives friends and hosts.
Family Notes From Babson Park And Raymond Court
Mrs Olive B Guild of Babson Park Mass and Mrs Eastham Guild Jr of Clifton Mass returned home Saturday after visiting Mrs Eastham Guilds parents Mr and Mrs Williams Newell of Washington street. Mr and Mrs Louis Petlock hosted last week in Raymond court for their 17th wedding anniversary with buffet supper music by Justin Wayne on accordion and many gifts. Almost 50 guests attended including Mr and Mrs Morris Cohen Miss Evelyn Petlock Morris Petlock Mr and Mrs Samuel Prawer Mr and Mrs David Cogan Dr and Mrs Joseph I Smith Dr and Mrs Jacob Smith Mr and Mrs Harold Rubin Mr and Mrs Jack Kinkelstein Mr and Mrs Joseph Epstein Mr and Mrs Arthur Gediman Mr and Mrs Max Katz Mr and Mrs Isadore Singer Mr and Mrs Louis Silverman Mr and Mrs Abraham Kra mer Mr and Mrs Justin Wayne Mr and Mrs Solomon K Greenblatt Mr and Mrs Jacob Goldstein Mr and Mrs Samuel Levin Mr and Mrs Maurice Ziblatt Miss Esther Petlock Miss Sylvia Petlock Mrs Arthur Miller Mr and Mrs Morris Povich and Mr and Mrs Irving Siegal Elaine and Joseph of Providence R I
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive B. Guild
Babson Park
Mass
Eastham Guild, Jr
Clifton
Eastham Guild
Williams. Newell
Washington Street
Louis Petlock
Raymond Court
Justin Wayne
Morris Cohen
Evelyn Petlock
Morris Petlock
Samuel Prawer
David Cogan
Joseph I. Smith
Jacob Smith
Harold Rubin
Jack Kinkelstein
Joseph Epstein
Popham Beach Christmas News and Coastal Happenings
A Popham Beach community column recalls a Sunday library service with religious slides and stories. Local notices include coast guard activity clearing riverfront eyesores, cottage remains drawing sightseers, holiday visits, military and public duties, and plans around Governor Sumner Sewall's inauguration in Augusta Maine.
Town Gossip Notes on Illness and Social Events
George H. Pratt was moved to Memorial hospital from 60 Chestnut Street after a serious illness. Multiple residents, guests, and out of town visitors appear at private homes and gatherings, including Mrs. Walter Pye of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cotton in Bremen, and the Bath W. T. bridge club celebrating its second anniversary with a dinner and Christmas tree party at Mrs. Lena Fortier’s home on Maple Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Pratt
Chestnut Street
Memorial Hospital
Hubert T. McCarty
Washington Street
New York City
Walter Pye
Philadelphia
Harry L. Day
Green Street
Robert P. Shaw
Pelham Manor
N. Y
N. Y. Gerard, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Nelson, 154 Center Street
Nelson
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Arthur Sewall
James A. Gillies, Jr
Douglas Cotton
Cotton
Bremen
Barbara Ross
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
High Street
Jane Goldsmith
Portland
Deborah Lombard
South Portland
Philip Whittlesey
Newton
Mass
John Sealey
Augusta
Richard Harrison
New York
Henry O. Trowbridge
Andrews Road
A. B. Dobbs
Norfolk
Agnes B. Trowbridge
West Newton
Boston
W. T. Bridge Club
Bath
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Lena Fortier
Maple Street
Fortier
Lida Costain
Martha McAuliffe
Henrietta Richards
Katherine Burgess
Eva Keene
Phoebe Hart
Eva McElman
Ethel Lee
Nora McLaughlin
Katherine O'Hara
Arline Gay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Mary Pelham Hill
Tine Colby
Colby
Rose Carpenter
Popham Road
Hunt Place
Elkanah Wyman
T. C. Hughes
Massachusetts
Hughes
Nova Scotia
England
Billy Smart
Wiscasset
George Larrabee
Dromore Bay
Mr. Larrabee
Stephen Larrabee
William S. Newell
McInnes
White House
Dummer Street
York Street
Bath Iron Works
Clinton Beals
Wallace
Blackshear
Gorgia
Charles Pye
W. W. Hosmer
Middle Street
Donald Preble
Cranberry Point
Popham Marshes
Cranberry Island
Raymond Campbell
Campbell
George L. Cutting
Foxboro
Dromore Bay Farm
Hyte Wyman
Esther McCourt
Ceres
Carol
Charles V. Minott
Ada Catherine Minott
Roxbury
Abbie Minott
Ada C. Minott
A. P. Dickinson
Oakland
Calif
Mason
Stratton
Lyman Barbour
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Barbour
Westport
Parker
Philomena Eramos
Solange Reno
Robert
Forest
Samuel Sternberg
Cambridge
Frank Deojay
Oliver Deojay
L. T. Harrington
Charles Perry
Anthony Eramos
Zachary Eramos
Herman Hallett
Lewis Lowell
Forest Wyman
Marie
Page Wyman
James Chambers
Bob Moore
Popham Beach
John Rollins
Madeline Soule
Owen Richardson
West Point
Allie Rollins
Grace Kraft
Fred Shepherd
Lawrence Thayer
Robert Jewell
Frank Wyman
Charles Blaisdell
Elwood Hathorn
Alvin Rollins
Fort McKinley
Clifford Pye
Walter Cushing
William
Leroy Perkins
Burleigh Williams
Winne
James Kerwin
Earl Gagnon
Auburn
Harold Rogers
Stephen
Eugene Harrington
Leslie Logan
East Boston
Donald Logan
S. S. Santa Elena
Violet Hass
Elizabeth
N. J
John D. Libby
Laura Wyman
Sanford
Frances Libby
John Libby, Jr
Lisbon Falls
Stephen Hirster
William Hallett
Ora Hallett
Woolwich
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Thornton
Winnegance
George Morong
Alonzo Morong
Ralph Morong
Clifton Morong
Wevgsomhuirts
Lars
Lus
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Frances M. Robie
Christ
Walter Newdick
George Lyman Oliver
Raymond Larrabee
Coast Guard
Fuller
Karl Hentz
Harry Pashard
N. H
Maxwell DeShon
Seguin
Clarence Skotfieldt
Ceunt Dren
Skotfield
Ilarold Wallace
Moses Chandler
Christmas
Earl Dow
Lewiston Buick Co
Popham
Thomas Flannagan of
The
U. S
Buffalo
Lester Oliver
Leah Bowie
Elizabeth Oliver
Frank Scott
Barbara Sprague
Farmington Normal School
Victor Sprague
Walter Sprague
Harry Spencer
Ripley
Ellison Moody
Paul Davis
Guy Crowley
Susie Oliver
Annie Oliver
Milan Street
Marguerite McNulty
Alvah Light
Sewell Moore
Moore
Fred Shepard
Frances Luke
Barbara
Luke
Lighthouse Reservation
Dora Bridges
Robert Chamberland
Chamberland
Bird Shellenbarger
Ernestine Delano
Ollie Spinney
Ralph Spinney
Erlon Newdick
Mr. Wilson
State Department of Agriculture
Clinton Newdick
Elisha Bridges
U.S. Coast Guard
William D. Sewall
John K. Jayne
Jayne
New Canaan
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