Wiscasset Fire Society hosts banquet at Blair’s Restaurant
The 549th quarterly Wiscasset Fire Society meeting at Blair’s Restaurant included re election of Charles S. Sewall as clerk and Charles E. Knight as treasurer. Neal Creamer served as moderator and toastmaster. Dr. Charles J. DiPerri spoke on drugs in medicine. The event featured talks on local hand tubs and engines now superseded by a motorized department. Attendees included Charles E. Knight and numerous local figures.
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Wiscasset Fire Society
Blair's
Charles S. Sewall
Charles E. Knight
Neal Creamer
Charles J. DiPerri
Amazon
Nile
Charles 8. Sewall
Carrol T. Berry
John H. Southard
Roy R. Marston
Elden P. Munsey
Alvin W. Keirstead
Lawrence B. Haggett
Charles E. Cowley
Richmond L. White
Parker B. Stinson
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
Wesley C. Day
Leon G. Flood
Carroll T. Berry
Joseph
Engagement of Elsie Bailey to Curtis Pearson
Mr and Mrs Harvey Bailey announce the engagement of their daughter Elsie Bailey of Federal Street to Curtis Pearson of Bath son of the late Mr and Mrs William Pearson of Bath. Bailey a Wiscasset academy valedictorian, Pearson an employee at Bath Iron Works.
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Christina Albee
Louise Jewett
Alice Pichard
Frank Winn
South Portland
Clarence A. Richards
Federal Street
Elsie Bailey
Ruth Jones
Verna Southard
Ruth Campbell
Lillian Rines
Helen Quinnam
Helen Faulkingham
Eva Rankin
Phyllis Lewis
Madeline Reed
Evelyn Hutchins
Eleanor Sproul
Harriet Jackson
Bailey
Harvey R. Bailey
Curtis Pearson
Bath
Pearson
William Pearson
Miss Bailey
Wiscasset Academy
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Red Rolfe Speaks at Bath Rotary Luncheon
Bath Rotary members enjoyed a lunch at Hotel Sedgwick with Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees as guest speaker. Superintendent Parker introduced Rolfe, Concord native and former Dartmouth teammate, who recounted training, seasons, and memories including a year with Babe Ruth.
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Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Fred Hill
Parker
Red” Rolfe
New York Yankees
Concord
N. H
Dartmouth
Rolfe
Yankee
Newark
St. Petersburg
St. “Pete
St. Louis Cardinals
Babe Ruth
al Webster
Lewiston-Auburn Club
Charles Joy
Lewiston
Robert J. Howland
Boston
Frank A. Vennett
City
Bath Boy Earns Eagle Scout Badge at Pine Tree Council Event
Harry E. Fullerton 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil L. Fullerton of 27 Huse Street, received the Eagle Scout badge from Governor Lewis O. Sparrows at the Pine Tree Council annual meeting in Portland. He attended the 1937 Scout Jamboree in Washington and serves as junior assistant scoutmaster and bugler for Troop 55 while active in Morse High School drama, Latin club treasurer Hi Y club and Grace Episcopal church Acolyte Guild.
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Harry E. Fullerton
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
Lewis O. Sparrows
Pine Tree Council Inc
Boy Scouts of America
Hotel Eastland
Portland
Harry Fullerton
Washington
Morse High School
Acolyte Guild of
Grace Episcopal Church
Clever Pony Grandmother
A reader recalls an event near Oscar Bailey’s Wiscasset home involving a baby pony found in the road. The gray pony, believed to be its mother, blocked access and guided the foal back to safety, showing animals’ clever behavior.
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The
Independent
Oscar Bailey
Wiscasset
Bailey Place
Engagement Announced Between Ruth Hughes and Lloyd Perry
Mrs. Carrie E. Knight announces the engagement of her daughter Ruth Hughes of Cottage Park to Lloyd D. Perry son of Edna Perry of 406 Front Street. Perry works in the tinshop at Bath Tron Works Corp and Miss Hughes has spent three years in the traffic department of the Bath exchange of New England Tel Tel Co. Perry is Morse High School class of 1928 and Hughes is class of 35. The wedding is planned for early Spring.
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Carrie E. Knight
Cottage Park
Ruth Hughes
Lloyd D. Perry
Edna Perry
Front Street
Perry
Bath Tron Works Corp
Miss Hughes
Bath Exchange
New England Tel, & Tel. Co
Morse High School
Parker Head Notes and Local Social Roundup
In Parker Head the Sunday crowd includes Mrs Ray Campbell and Clarence Blaisdell visiting kin. Mrs Julia Logan visits her mother Mrs Henry Mank Sr. The Ladies Sewing club met at Mrs Lewis Lowell’s with a pleasant lunch from five members. Attendees Mildred Harrington Helen Cushing John Perkins Harold Rogers and Orman Rogers from Winnegance went to a Portland fight. Nat Percy visits Bucksport. Boy Scouts wrote to Rev Stevens of Alfred who sent scout pins. Laura Wyman visits North Berwick with her father’s family. Vestry event at Parker Head. Sunday school birthday party honors Jean Hamel Earl Hamel Barbara Mank Sandra Mank and others with games and cakes. Guests include Earl Lowell Lloyd Lowell Dorothy Cushing Charles Savage Ramon Hamel William Cushing. Galen Daley visits Bath relatives. Community Club discussed and made ping pong paddles. James Chambers spends weekend in Harmony. Jennie Hallett and Frances Schreiter visit from Cathance for Sewing club but return early due to illness. Mrs Leston Harrington hosts cards. Mrs Earl Lowell hosts a small party with Mrs Lewis Lowell Florence Rollins. Allie Rollins shops in Portland. Halletts visit Woolwich for weekend. Award Day at Sunday School yields gold cross pins for nine Sundays attendance: Fred Libby Lloyd Lowell Sally Pearl Lowell Barbara Mank Jean Hamel. Six Sundays recipients get Bible pictures: Sandra Mank Dorothy Cush ing Clayton Charles Doris Savage William Cushing Ramon Hamel Earl Hamel Laura Wyman.
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Ray Campbell
Clarence Blaisdell
Julia Logan
Boston
Henry Mank
Ladies Sewing Club
Lewis Lowell
Mildred Harrington
Helen Cushing
Portland
John Perkins
Harold Rogers
Orman Rogers
Winnegance
Nat Percy
Bucksport
Charles Stevens
Alfred
Laura Wyman
North Berwick
Parker Head
Jean Hamel
Earl Hamel
Barbara Mank
Sandra Mank
Fred Libby
Carolyn Wallace
Doris Savage
Clayton Savage
Sally Pearl Lowell
Lynette Caverly
Earl Lowell
Lloyd Lowell
Dorothy Cushing
Charles Savage
Ramon Hame
William Cushing
James Chambers
Harmony
Jennie Hallett
Frances Schreiter
Cathance
William Hallett
Sewing Club
Florence Rollins
Leston Harrington
Allie Rollins
William Hallett and
William, Jr
Woolwich
Clayton
Charles
Ramon Hamel
Sportsmen oppose proposed legislation on gunning floats
Sagadahoc Red Gun & Skeet Association voted 14 to 5 against a bill to bar decorated gunning floats in Merrymeeting Bay. About 30 sportsmen attended the public hearing at City Hall with Ransom Kelley urging the measure, while experienced gunners argued existing restrictions are sufficient.
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Sagadahoc
Ransom Kelley
Arnold Trail Sportsmen's Club
Fairfield
Kelley
Obituary of Frank Raymond Blake 74 Bath native dies in Mechanic Falls
Frank Raymond Blake 74 of Bath died Monday in Mechanic Falls at his daughter’s home after years of ill health and a stroke. Born February 9 1863 in South Harpswell, he worked as a coastwise trader and carpenter before living in Mechanic Falls. He leaves wife Annie Cromwell Blake two daughters Mrs James Williams Mechanic Falls and Mrs Don Foote Bangor one son Herbert L Blake Saugus Mass one sister Mrs Charles Noble South Harpswell ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral was Wednesday at Tucker funeral home Mechanic Falls.
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Frank Raymond Blake
Bath
Mechanic Falls
James Williams
Mr. Blake
South Harpswell
A. Raymond
Cinderella (Jewett) Blake
Annie M. Cromwell
Westport
Lower Washington Street
Rose Rivel
Don L. Foote
Bangor
Herbert L. Blake
Saugus
Mass
Charles Noble
Tucker Funeral Home
Dromore Grange Installations and Local Visits
Local residents attend Dromore Grange installations in Bath and Sagadahoc county. Visitors include Rev. and Mrs. Stevens of Alfred, Mrs. Derwent of Jefferson, Capt. and Mrs. Perry in New York week, and several Holmes and Rogers households. The gathering features installing officers from Dirigo and West Bath with about 50 attendees. The new altar dedication awaits master Mrs. Elfreda Perkins recovery from an automobile accident.
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Charles L. Stevens
Alfred
Dromore Grange
Anna Derwent
Jefferson
Dromore
James L. Morse
Harry Gilmor
William B. Perry
Hattie Pye
Bath
William W. Hosmer
Frank P. Leavitt
C. M. Leavitt
South Portland
Ida Hinckley
Five Islands
J. Lester Morse
New York
South America
Gardiner Rogers
Sally
Brunswick Road
Meadowbrook
Sagadahoc County
Emma Ferguson
Bowdeinham
Adelbert F. Williams
Augusta
Nathaniel Perkins
Curtis Funeral Home
Alvin Pye
William Gilman
Church Committee
Center School
Lynette Caverly
Jay K. Bowker
George Betts
Stanley Williams
Percy Holbrook
Campbell's Pond
Charles Pye, Jr
Small Point
Howard S. Bowker
Stonybrook
Fred Mains
George W. Larrabee, Jr
West Bath
Bodwell
Dirigo
Woolwich
Hubert T. McCarty
Georgena Thorpe
Isabel Smart
Elfreda Perkins
Mrs. Ann Farrin 87 Dies After Illness in Bath Home
Mrs. Ann S Farrin widow of Henry R Farrin died Friday evening at 41 Green Street Bath after a heart attack two days earlier. Born in Edinborough Scotland she grew up in Tops ham and lived in Bath for more than 60 years. Survived by son Frank J Farrin Bath three daughters Emma Kenney Buffalo New York Albert E Desmond Bath Russell M Colby Bath and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Ann S. Farrin
Henry R. Farrin
Green Street
Farrin
Edinborough
Scotland
James
Agnes Hardie
Topsham
Bath
Emma
Death of Allen D. Niles in Boston
Mrs Nellie Wheaton Niles of South Portland learns of the sudden death of Allen D. Niles a 48 year old railway mail clerk at Boston City Hospital after a day’s work. He was born in Hallowell a Mason and served 20 years in the railway mail service. He is survived by his wife a son Frederick 11 a mother and three brothers. Funeral was Monday at Phillips Funeral Home South Portland with burial in Hallowell.
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Allen D. Niles
South Portland
Boston City Hospital
Mr. Niles
Hallowell
Hallowell Lodge of Masons
Niles
Nellie Wheaton Niles
Bath
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Frederick
Walter
Groveton
N. H
Carroll
Rockland
Oliver Niles
Mississippi
Phillips Funeral Home
Ocean Street
Philip O'Hara
George R. Perry
David Tabor
Eugene Footer
Adeline McAllister
Popham Beach News Notes and Coastal Incidents
S. L. Ganick of the United States Engineering Office Boston and William W. Robinson Bath visited to review river beach damage with maps. The Lusitania steamer, after fog, ran ashore on clam flats then reached deeper water. Obituary notices, birthday events, and cottage moves feature alongside lighthouse work and local visits.
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S. L. Ganick
United States Engineering Office
Boston
William W. Robinson
Bath
William Hill
Naugatuck
Conn
Ganick
Lusatania
Kennebec
Atkins Bay
Seaman E. Drake
Horatio N. Drake
Vinalhaven
Grand Manan Island
Canada
Indian Point
Osgood
Bernard Carleson
Dix Island
Silver Lake
Hibiscus
Sugar Loaf
Newport News
Marion Bridges
Stanley Perkins
Lynette Caverly
Sebasco
Stanley
Arline
Virginia Perkins
Betty
Charles
Kenneth Leonard
Merrill
Gloria
Inest Oliver
Bertha
Walter
Nancy Newdick
David
Carol
E. E. Drake
Muriel
Debra Huntley
Barbara Luke
Lighthouse
East Boothbay
Stephen Ethier
Nassau
Bahamas
Ellison Moody
Popham
Leslie Greenlaw
Leslie
Leroy
Mr. Oliver
Mr. Osgood
Capit
E. W. Osgood
Herbert C Stevens 75 Dies At Bath Home
Herbert C Stevens 75 died Friday afternoon at his Bath home on Cobb road. A carpenter, he came from Portland to Bath 12 years ago. Born in Chelsea Maine, he was son of Henry and Sarah Stevens and is survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs Earl Randlette of Portsmouth New Hampshire, a brother George Stevens of Windsor Maine, a sister Mrs Mabel Aldrich of Hallowell, and a grandson Herbert A Randlette of Portland.
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Herbert C. Stevens
Cobb Road
Trent
Bath
Portland
Mr. Stevens
Chelsea
Henry
Sarah Cappers Stevens
Earl Randlette
Portsmouth
N. H
George Stevens
Windsor
Mabel Aldrich
Hallowell
Herbert A. Randlette
Engineer Visits Popham Beach Over Erosion Threat
S. S. Ganick of the United States Engineers Office Boston called at Popham Beach Thursday with Bath resident William W. Robinson his daughter Mrs. William E. Hill and cottage owner Niles Cameron of the Coast Guard station plus Capt. Llewellyn Oliver to inspect river bank erosion endangering several cottages. Photographs and a contour map were collected for later study and report.
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S. S. Ganick
United States Engineers Office
Boston
Popham Beach
William W. Robinson
Bath
William E. Hill
Naugatuck
Hill
Hiram T. Stevens
Ganick
Park Square
Bath Iron Works Notes and Gossip
A long history of Bath Iron Works from its 1889 founding by General Thomas Worcester Hyde through its evolution to the present. The piece covers early contracts, notable ships including the Machias and Corsair, key executives like William S. Newell and Archibald M. Main, and anecdotes on riveters, aluminum use, and factory life plus a look at employee culture and bowling matches.
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Bath
B.I.W
Thomas Worcester Hyde
Hyde Windlass Co
Water Street
Machias
Maine
Ethel Hyde
Castine
Cottage City
Manhattan
Maine Steamship Co
Frank Jones
Maine Central Railroad
Legislative orders limit bill reception in 1939 session
In the Senate on January 4 1939 the house agrees to bar any bill or resolve received after 4 p m on Thursday February 9 1939 without unanimous consent. If not unanimous in the other house reception, bills go to the Ninetyth Legislature. Exceptions apply for joint committee reports and measures to aid the Eighty ninth Legislature. A true copy ATTEST.
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Maybelle Sherman
William Cochran
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Frank H. Gray
Marion Smith
Cora Bean
Helen Gorham
St. Philip's Woman's Auxiliary
Sarah Keirstead
Main Street
Eliza Holbrook
Edith Bellas White
Anna Holbrook Plum
Woolwich Grange
Charles M. White
Albert Bailey
John Sutter
Cora Pearson Sutter
Mary Hunnewell
Ammon Soule
Florence Smith
John Carter
Bernice Bailey
Ceres
Wilma Nelder
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Rachel Lawrence
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Bath Road
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Reading
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Boothbay Harbor
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Lee S. Gorham
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Palmer
Joseph T. West
Damiariscotta
Lincoln County
Stephen Wright
Wright
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Arthur Greenleaf
Sea and Shore Fisheries
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Herbert Pinkham
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al Perry
J. W. Osborn
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Thatcher Pinkham
Tim McCabe
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Bean Rock
Merrymeeting Bay
George Harnish
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George Barker
Johnny Hayes
Woods’ Point
Hamish
Gerald Atkinson
Frank Plummer
Dick Frates
Charlie Cotten
Bob Sturtevant
Frank Reinoehl
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Roydon V. Brown