Making Life Count and a Rural Play in Wiscasset
Lawrence Soule discusses making life count as plans for the rural play Aaron Slick from Crick are presented in Edgecomb Town Hall by the South Newcastle Methodist church. Lincoln County Ministerial Association meets in Wiscasset to map future talks on social reconstruction programs and causes of unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Soule
Aaron Slick
Crick
Edgecomb Town Hall
South Newcastle
Harold 5S. Sherman
Boston
Mary T. Matthews
Harold S. Sherman
Federal Street
Stanton Sherman
H. 8
Sherman
Pittsfield
Mary Holland
Wiscasset Academy
L. C. Greenwood
Wiscasset Inn
Priscilla Lewis
Wiscasset
Bangor
S. H. Sherman
Albert Myer
Garrison Hill
Buffett
Annie Dodge
Jennie Gray
Hattie Mosier
Marguerite Hall
Harvey R. Pease
Augusta
F. M. Chase
Ernest Colby
Main Street Hill
Bath
Blair
Water Street
Blackstone
Mass
George H. White
Kenneth Glidden
Manley Glidden
Jo Labbie
Damariscotla
Benjamin F. Blagdon
Minnie Porter
Frank Haggett
Frank Gray
Frank Hutchins
Harry L. Knight
Elbridge Bickford
Dresden
William Stinson
Harold S. Bickford
Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Alice Greenleaf
Laforest Lowell
Wiscasset Echo Highlights from January 7 1995
Notes from the town include L L Lowell of Bath in town, Elizabeth Pattersn returning from Boston, Masons meeting and officers installed, a two hour late westbound train, local ice dealers stocking quality ice, Nellie Micue visiting from Chelsea, Florence Dunton and brother visiting Bath, a Socialist meeting with Dr Gorham, Roy Reed renting Sawyer building for a market, Erastus Lewis taking a position in Augusta House, the Dorothy launch aiding local transit, Ada MacMahan visiting East Boston, Ross Bailey’s milk route snowshoe workaround, Islarnd Belle steamship trips to Boothbay Harbor, Hattie Blackman’s trip to Worcester and back via Boston/New York toward Ormond Fla, and obituary for Alice M Porter plus I C O F resolutions on deaths of Joseph Sylvester and Joseph Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
Bath
W. D. Blake
G. E. Littlefield
Gorham
Roy Reed
Sawyer
Main Street
Erastus Lewis
Augusta
Augusta House
Dorothy
Edgecomb
Ada MacMahan
East Boston
Sarah Sylvester
Ross Bailey
Boothbay Harbor
Hattie Blackman
Woolwich
Miss Liza
Blaine Hall
Boston
New York
Ormond, Fla
The
Echo
Alice M. Porter
Joseph Sylvester
Joseph Black
Daily Lilliputian notes and local updates
Miss Nina Rundlett went to Boston Thursday. Miss Page of Hallowell visits Mr William P Lennox. Miss Grace Ingalls returned from Portland this week. Henry D Hobson has gone to New York for the Winter. The weather was unusually mild last week. Mumps and chicken pox appear in town. Charles F Emery bought the Foote house and moved in. Charles Weeks elected director of First National Bank at annual meeting. Severe rain storm and high wind. roads washed. Ansin Landerzin of Richmond and Mrs Sma! of Gardiner visited Frank Johnson. A misplaced switch derailed a freight engine and tender, slight damage, no injuries. passenger trains delayed. Charles Ervine’s return from Edgecomb interrupted by two tramps. horse escaped. Road repair in Maine in January continues in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Road
Richard Palmer
Earl Sherman
Hooper Street
Stanton Sherman
Harold S. Sherman
Pittsfield
Richard Plumstead
California
San Francisco
I. C. C. Whitmore
Randall Brookings
South Portland
Everett Brookings
Conn
Brookings
Frances Plumstead
Boothbay Harbor
Warren Grover
Bath Iron Works
F. H. Theakston
East Orange
N. J
Bath Road
F. H. Hutchins
Wiscasset
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Winter Street Church
Bath
Woman's Club
Mr. Hardin
Roy R. Marston
Portland
Lilliputian
Nina Rundlett
Boston
Page
Hallowell
William P. Lennox
Grace Ingalls
Henry D. Hobson
New York
Charles F. Emery
Foote House
Main
Middle Street
Charles Weeks
First National Bank
Ansin Landerzin
Richmond
Sma
Gardiner
Frank Johnson
Charles Ervine
Edgecomb
Watch Clock and Jewelry Repairing Ad in Maine
Stanley Raymond offers watch clock and jewelry repair services in Wiscasset Maine located on Middle Street. Business promotes repair expertise with emphasis on timepieces and jewelry services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Raymond
Middle Street
Wiscasset
Maine
New Year Tree Charity Event At Queen Esther Lodge
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge hosted a New Year’s tree and children’s night last Tuesday week. Children and invited guests enjoyed supper, gifts from Kris Kringle, and a program directed by the children’s night committee, featuring performances by June Stover Nellie Leeman Buddy Plummer and other participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Ernest B. Heald
Albert Thompson
Herbert McCabe
Herbert Huggard
Henry T. B. Leeman
Scott Tibbetts
Fred Stover
Harry Richardson
Kris Kringle
Children's Night Committee
June Stover
Nellie Leeman
Buddy Plummer
Gertrude Wallace
Laura Crafts
Doris Crooker
Lillian Leeman Rice
First Social Affair Of Dike School P T A Card Party
The newly formed Dike School P T A held its first social in the kindergarten room with 34 bridge tables and 24 tables of whist. Margaret Conley and Raymond Golden won high bridge scores while Mrs Clarence Atwood and Charles T Henderson led in straight whist. A 25 member business meeting opened the event and committee members were named. The next meeting is set for January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Conley
Raymond Golden
Clarence Atwood
Charles T. Henderson
Elmer Sidelinger
William Fogwill
Irving Varney
William J. Craft
Henry W. Owen Jr
Fred Kittridge
Week of Prayer Program Approved by Bath Ministers
The Bath Ministerial association formally approved the Week of Prayer plan at its Monday morning meeting in the Y M C A. Special union meetings will be held each evening through Friday at 7 30 in the vestry of First Baptist church. Rev Weston P Holman preached Monday night and Rev Charles H Berry preached Tuesday night. Rev Howard D Spoerl resigned as secretary treasurer of the association and was succeeded by Rev Kenneth E Morse. The association aims to secure notable speakers at future meetings.
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Times
Bath Ministerial Association
First Baptist Church
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Church
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street Church
Howard D. Spoerl
Universalist Church
Kenneth E. Morse
The
Watch Meeting at Corliss Street Church
About 25 attendees gathered in the Deering room at Corliss Street church for a watch meeting featuring praise prayer and testimony. Rev. C H Berry spoke after stereopticon views, with a vocal trio and poems read by Mrs Lizzie French. Silent prayer followed the tolling of the church bell at midnight and light refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deering
Corliss Street
C. H. Berry
Clarice Berry
Edith Wallace
Ruth Watson
Lizzie French
Improper Registration Charge Costs Man Fine
Dominic Mcucci of Brunswick was arraigned in municipal court on improper vehicle registration and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pled guilty to the registration charge, paid fines, the OUI charge was postponed for two weeks. Frank Carver and Harry L. Thompson witnessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominic Mcucci
Brunswick
Frank Carver
Topsham
Walant
Harry L. Thompson
Mayor Cahill Will Retire From City Hall
The Times reports mayor Cahill plans retirement with an array of political and business figures named in connection to the decision. Frank B. Nichols publisher of The Times, former governor’s council member, and Arthur J. Dunton among others are noted as involved in the context of the retirement discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Frank B. Nichols
the Times
Governor’s Executive Council
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Edward Drake
Pascoe G. Bailey
Republican City Committee
Arthur H. Price
Congress Shirt Co
William S. Newell
Rodney E. Ross
Hyde Windlass Co
Fred
West Bath Local Notes Highlight Residents and Visitors
West Bath community updates as residents travel, visit relatives, and work. Mary Jane Footer born to Mr and Mrs Edward Footer of Hyde Park. both mother and baby reported well. A Red Cross meeting held in Bath. several locals noted guest visits and employment details across Bath and surrounding towns.
West Bath Grange Installs Its Officers
Charles M. White of Augusta installs West Bath Grange officers at the annual exercises in the grange hall attended by many. A gold piece was presented to retiring secretary Mrs. Lillian Rogers after 21 years of service. The first and second degrees will be conferred next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MM. White
Augusta
State Department of Agriculture
West Bath Grange Hall
Lillian Rogers
Howard Blake
Mr. White
Doris Fuller
Banner of Faith
Marguerite Lemont
Ethel Lee
Banner of Hope
Esther Perry
Lucy Ward
Banner of Charity
Helen Green
Alice Johnson
Banner of Fidelity
Eva Lemont
Carrie Cary
Mabel Brown
Joanna Hodgkins
Annie Peterson
Pearl Lemont
Grace Freeman
Woolwich Nequasset Farm Bureau Events and Christmas Pageant
Woolwich Nequasset Farm Bureau postponed its Jan 9 meeting to Jan 10. A Dec 23 Christmas program at Mont Sweag Church featured a pageant with figures from Comrades Boys Class and Bath residents, a Santa visit, and carols led by Mrs. Anna Soule. Upcoming events include a Jan 14 poultry meeting at Woolwich Center Baptist church and a Feb 4 kitchen improvement talk by Hortense Welsh. A Bates College Y M C A deputation will visit Jan 10–12 with community sing, social, and services led by Bates boys and local youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.d Vizet
Montsveag
Harold Woolley
Helen Longdon
Eva Soule
Sadie Grover
Josephine Sutter
Mabel Grover
Wilma Sutter
Nellie Leeman
Bath
Richard Hunnewell
Comrades
Anna Soule
Soule
Alton Soule
Wee Anna May Berry
William and
Paul
Shepherds
John Sutter
Albert Bailey
Melvin Soule
Carol
Joseph and
Mary
Ammon Soule
Rosa Woolley
Wise Men
Bruce Dickson
Asbury Bailey
Santa
Woolwich Farm Bureau
Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Orono
The
Woolwich Ladies’ Farm Bureau
Herbert Munsey
Day’s Ferry
Montsweag
Bates College Y. M. C. A
Lewiston
Monc- Sweag
Local notices and community notes from a 19th century town
Mrs Florence Temple resigns as Moat sweag school teacher and Mrs White of Bath takes the post. Autos licensed in town reach 88 by Jan 1. Nellie Reed receives a surprise birthday party with cake cocoa and candy. Lucretia Willey returns from Cherry field and resumes No 1 school work. Overnight guest Saturday with Mrs Colin Wakefield of Bath. Mrs Sarah Wright closes her home and heads to Boston for winter. Roland MacIntosh returns to Lancaster Mass. Parker N Moulton and M C Trott hosts at Moulton camp on Lake Nequasset last week. Charlotte Buck visits Mrs John G Reed. Emma Dolloff stays with Dolloffs for winter. Frank M Dodge and Allen Brown visit Sagadahoc Ferry. Nomination papers for U S Senator Wallace H White circulate in town. Union Bridge school opens Monday under Miss Charlotte Buck with 26 scholars. Charles H Thomas of Pine street Lewiston carries a rare 1862 five dollar note bearing Hamilton portrait and Spinney signature.
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Florence Temple
Moatsweag
White
Bath
Nellie Reed
Lucretia Willey
Cherryfield
No. 1
Colin Wakefield
Sarah Wright
Boston
Roland MacIntosh
Lancaster
Mass
Parker N. Moulton
Washington, Conn
M. C. Trott
Moulton
Lake Nequasset
Charlotte Buck
John G. Reed
Emma Dolloff
C. E. Dolloff
Frank M. Dodge
Allen Brown
Edgecomb
Sagadahoc Ferry
U. S
Wallace H. White
Union Bridge
Miss Buck
Local residents report illnesses and visits in South Dresden
Joseph Burgess slowly recovers after illness with Dr. Dorr attending. Mrs. Vesta Siegars and her daughter Mrs Harold Wait are in West Dresden after a Monday visit. Margaret Pashard and Inez Stinson are noted in Dresden Mills and Richmond respectively. Mrs. Charles Pashard dies at Arthur Herrington’s Richmond home Monday night.
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Joseph Burgess
Dorr
Vesta Siegars
Harold Wait
West Dresden
Margaret Pashard
Dresden Mills
Inez Stinson
Richmond
Laurence Southard
Charles Pashard
Arthur Herrington
Charles J. Dain Elected Chairman of the Board
Sagadahoc county commissioners organized for the year with Hon. Charles J. Dain of Bath chosen chairman succeeding Hon. George M. Stinson of Woolwich who held the post in 1929. Charles B. Randall of Bowdoinham remains the third member as primary nomination papers circulate for Mr. Cain whose term ends this year.
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Sagadahoc
Charles J. Dain
Bath
George M. Stinson
Woolwich
Charles B. Randall
Bowdeinham
Cain
Ida H Rowe Returns From Augusta Visit
Mrs. Ida H. Rowe, employed in Augusta, was a guest last week of her brother C. F. Harrington at 209 North Street and returned home Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida H. Rowe
Augusta
C. F. Harrington
North Street
Will Install Radio at Colonial Club
The Colonial club met in January with new members William Oliver Albert Austin Jr Alfred L Tarbox and J M Leonard added and John Blaisdell moving to active status A radio for a month long trial was approved for club rooms Along with continued Book of the Month and funding to buy new uniforms for the Colonial club City League basketball team and tournament arrangements with Brunswick club and Bath Lodge of Elks were set in motion The committees named Clinton D Wilson Marius Page and Reginald Stacy George Field for their respective tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
William Oliver
Albert Austin Jr
Alfred L. Tarbox
J. M. Leonard
John Blaisdell
Brunswick Club
Bath Lodge of Elks
Clinton D. Wilson
Marius Page
Brunswick
Reginald Stacy
George Field
Elks
Colonial
Waterville Clergyman to Address Corliss Street Church Youth
Rev Fletcher Knollin director of religious education Waterville will speak to the Christian Endeavor group at Corliss Street church next Sunday evening at six. Everyone is invited to attend. Separately a small chimney fire at the Phoenix Tuesday morning was fought by Engine 4 with chemicals, causing no damage or disturbance to the house or guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Knollin
Waterville
Christian Endeavor
Corliss Street Church
Phoenix
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred S. Curtis
Thomas R. Huston
Mer
Queen Esther Lodge
Dike School
P.T.A
Week OF Prayer
Cahill
West Bath
Jennie .Larrabee
Ah Larrabee
Edward Footer
Hyde Park
Mary Jane
Edward Giles
J. M. Lemont
J. B. Lemont
Osmond J. Higgins
Buick Motor Co
Flint
Mich
Fred A. Higgins
Edna Higgins
C. C. Chesley
C. S. Lemont
Lowell Building
Gordon Preble
Harold Freeman
Barbara
West Bath Grange
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Rachel ‘Odr
Vail
Bath Savings Institution
Charles H. Thomas
Pine Street
Congress
DeWitt
Alexander Hamilton
F. E. Spinney
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Rinck
Harold L. Troop
Center Street
General Utilities
Bath and Vicinity
Mr. Troop
the General Utilities Company
State of Maine
New England
Ning
WLBZ
Bangor, Me
General Utilities Company
General Utilities Building
Exchange Street
Carters
Dr. Carter
Carter
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