Wiscasset Legion elects officers at annual meeting
At the Legion Civic club annual business meeting Bradford C Redennett was elected president Charles H Sewall named vice president Sidney G Evans secretary and treasurer There were 18 members present at the Wiscasset Fire Society meeting at Webber's Tavern with Frederick H Theakston as host.
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The
Legion Civic Club
Bradford C. Redennett
Charles ‘8. Sewall
Sidney G. Evans
Wiscasset Fire Society
Webber's Tavern
Frederick H. Theakston
Mr. Theakston
Charles S. Sewall
William D. Patterson
George P. Hobson
Joseph L. Neal
Charles E. Knight
Will Colby
Alice Rines
Ernest G. Spinney
Congregational Church
Capernaum
Matthew
Mary of
Organ Society
Young Men's Club
Young Men's Club of
Panama Canal
Josephine N. Tucker
Boston
Committee of Ways and Means of the Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
Bertha Parker
Grace Merry
Elsie Blagdon
Annie Macurda
Jessie Jackson
Sarah Sherman
George Coleman
Little Son
Chauncy Parsons
Montclair
N. J
Owen's Mouth
Charles E. Titus
F. F. Pendleton
Richard Rines
A. W. Young
Wiscasset
Whitefield Cemetery
Etta L. Petrie
R. N
Rockland
Donald M. Petrie
Middle Street
Ernest Stinson
Bangor
Emma Stinson
Dorcas Club
Grace Beane
Hodge Street
E. G. Spinney
Eugene H. Drake
Edna Pomroy
Haggett’s Garage Co
Helen Cowley Erskine
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Highlights From January Echo
A January 19 1907 column notes Joan Albee hauling logs for Dr Bailey and William Mason returning from Boston with a fine road horse. Colder morning at 28 degrees below. H S Pashard retires to Bechel. church guilds meet. railway workers receive a 5 to 8 percent raise. George Williams to entertain Lincoln lodge with humorous readings. post office keeps noon hours open. social hour follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Joan Albee
Dr. Bailey
H. S. Pashard
Bechel
Altar Guild
Sol Holbrook
William Mason
Boston
Evie Foye
Norwood
Mass
R. W. Reed
Emma Clapp
George L. Storer
Waldoboro
George W. Smith
Augusta
Echo
Woodruff
Brunswick
Congregational Church
Wiscasset, Waterville and
Farmington
Ladies’ Guild
St. Philip's Church
W. G. Hubbard
Wiscasset
Lincoln Lodge
George B. Williams
From Old Files Sheepscot Eeho January 21 1899
Nina Rines returned from Boston last Tuesday. W A Kennedy went back to Wisconsin last Thursday. Emeline Dickinson went to Boston yesterday to remain for the winter. The cuming was finished at Birch Point today. The best crop ever housed and the last run was 19 inches thick. The kindling wood mill has more orders than it can fill. The mill runs at full capacity and will continue for four months. The remains of Joseph Taggart who died in Boothbay Harbor were brought here for interment last Wednesday. Taggart was a rising Boothbay businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Eeho
Nina Rines
Boston
W. A. Kennedy
Wisconsin
Emeline Dickinson
Birch Point
Jseph Taggart
Bsothbay Harbor
Taggart
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Rockland Junior High and High School Minstrel Show
The Rockland Junior High and High School presented a half hour program titled Minstrel Show guided by Miss Ellen Thompson and Miss Elizabeth Hagar. The public event showcased original costumes and performers drawing warm parentes attendance and praise for preparation and execution.
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Rockland
Ellen Thompson
Elizabeth Hagar
Bath's Old Folks Home In Fine Condition
The Bath's Old Folks Home reports excellent physical condition after repainting and piping upgrades. The facility houses 35 residents, its full capacity, with a prosperous year amid steady business conditions. Capt. Samuel R. Percy, the president, oversaw oversight of property as corporators and officers were unanimously reelected at the Bath Trust Co. meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Percy
Bath Trust Co
Rupert H. Baxter
Daniel T. Dougherty
Walter S. Glidden
Allen M. Irish
James O. Lincoln
Frank B. Nichols
Thomas G. Plant
Rodney E. Ross
William L. Skelton
L. Eugene Thebeau
Charles P. Wetherbee
Joint Meeting of Bath P T A S
The Bath Parent Teacher Association meeting continued with Mrs N Gratz Jackson as committee member. Seventeen attended dinner and two more joined in the afternoon, totaling nineteen. An all day session is planned for February 2 with hostesses Mrs William Hatch and Mrs Hiram Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Gratz Jackson
William Hatch
Hiram Bailey
Dike School PTA Demonstrates Reading Method
The Dike PTA met in the old summer school house Tuesday with Mrs. Harry L. Horne and 12 third graders showcasing the Bolineus reading system used in local schools for five to six years. The program covered introduction, phrase drill, silent reading, questions, and oral reading, with 35 attendees and reports from committees on benevolence, work, and publicity.
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Dike P. T. A
Harry L. Horne
Dike
Francis Perry
Connie Gilmore
Margaret Sampson
John Quirk
Marian Sprague
John Cushing
Frances Grainger
Catherine McAllister
James Staples
Robert Marston
Herman Crocker
Ralph Dunbar
George Reynolds
Leroy Colby
the Thespians
Columbia Theatre
Everett G. Lemont
Charles Henderson
Raymond Powers
Leroy Lord
Legion to Present Old Time Minstrels at Legion Hall
Legion members announce an old time minstrel show to be staged at the Legion hall. The drum corps of Roland Smith post is now part of the post, with the group’s finances and duties assumed. A supper preceded the meeting and remarks on the show were given. Dances open to Legionnaires and friends begin Jan 28. Also, Bath City Hospital Nurses Alumnae plan their fourth quarterly meeting at 7:30 Thursday.
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Legion Hall
Legion
Drum Corps
Roland Smith Post
Post
Helen Shaughnessy
Gardiner Rogers
Wilbur Crocker
Perry Thompson
Shaw
Bath City Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association
Fire destroys Playhouse at Campbell's Pond West Bath
West Bath Playhouse at Campbell's Pond once a school house was bought by Mrs J Edward Drake and demolished by fire on Thursday noon. Fire halted during renovations after two months of work and the structure burned rapidly. The building had been insured and local Bath firemen responded. Nearby notices mention measles at Morse high school and various social visits around Bath.
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Campbell's Pond
West Bath
J. Edward Drake
George R. Booker
Sanford’s Crossing Road
Patricia
Marilyn
Harry F. Morin
Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Edwin C. Patten
Topsham
Elinor Brown
Bath Road
Anstress Larrabee
Larrabee’s Prcve
Walter Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Percy Marriiner
Elmer Craig
Brunswick
Craig
Hattie Austin
Charles C. Chesley
Larrabee’s Grove
James B. Lemont
Fred W. Larrabee
Laura Lemont
John MacLellan
Philip A. Stackpole
Kent's Hill Seminary
Readfield
Benjamin H. Stackpole
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Weeks Street School
Dwinal E. Cornish
Academy Street
Ira B. Neiley
Trufant's Crossing
Ernest E. Williams
Lindell J. Chadbourne
Herbert L. Hopkins
Spring Street
Percy E. Holbrook
Mrs. Holbrook
Helen Doucette
Freeport
Whitehead
Hollywood
Fla
New Meadows
Wet Bath Farm Bureau
West Bat Grange Hall
Heredis
Charles L. Eastman
R. F. Talbot
Orono
Bureau
Charles R. Farnham
Middle Street
Bach
Harriet Brown
Winifred Brown
Elizabeth Chesley
Emma Crosbey
West Bath Farm Bureau
Annie Trufant
Trufant’s Crossing
Caning
Belle Donnell
Lizzie Haggett
Engagement announced of Miss Letha Clark to Parkman White
Mr and Mrs Leslie Clark of Skowhegan announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Letha Pearl Clark to Parkman White son of Mr and Mrs Peregrine C White of Hiltonhill Skowhegan Both graduates of Skowhegan high school in 1930 and 1928 respectively They are active officers of Skowhegan grange with Mr White as overseer and Miss Clark as Pomona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Clark
Skowhegan
Letha Pearl Clark
Parkman White
Peregrine C. White
Hiltonhill
Miss Clark
Skowhegan High School
White
Skowhegan Grange
Clark
Pomona
West Bath Grange to Observe Thirtieth Anniversary
West Bath Grange marks 30 years with a program next Monday in the grange hall. The anniversary committee includes Mrs. Harry Peterson and other officers, with a postponed contest for married and single women set for Jan. 25. Illness kept many away, attendance 57.
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West Bath
Grange
The
Harry Peterson
Owen Rogers
Everett Lemont
Herbert Cavanaugh
John Howe
E. Mason Wright
Robert Oliver
Charles Henderson
Ernest Snow
Herbert Hodgkins
Leland Plummer
Edwin W. Haggett
David Henderson
Albert McFadden
D. Wylie Lemont
the Grange
Leland
William White
Elmer Rich
Herbert Simpson
Obituary of Portland tailor Peter Eskilson at 58
Peter C. Eskilson 58 of Portland died Friday at his home 14 Hammond Street after ill health since last June. A Danish immigrant born Aug 16 1873 he practiced tailoring in Portland for 40 years. He is survived by widow Mary A Eskilson daughter Helen S Eskilson a son W Earle Eskilson a brother Edward Eskilon and two grandchildren. He was a member of the Portland Elks Lodge and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter C. Eskilson
Portland
Helen S. Eskilson
Brunswick Grammar School
Hammond Street
Mr. Eskilson
Denmark
Miss Jennie Baker 74 Dies At Wardwell Home Saco
Miss Jennie Baker a Bath native and former Wardwell Home matron died after a long illness at the Wardwell Home in Saco. She was educated in Bath and served as a dietitian and later as matron before resigning in 1927 due to ill health. Her funeral was held at the Home Saturday at 2:30.
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Jennie Baker
Bath
Wardwell
Saco
Maple Grove
Baker
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bath Merchant’s Wife Dies After Long Illness
SARAIL WEINBLATT Sarah Weinblatt a 60 year old Bath merchant’s wife died Thursday morning after an illness confined her to bed for 11 months. Born in Russia she lived in Bath forty years and leaves a son Senda two daughters Sophia and Rose all of Bath two brothers Frank Weinstein of Malden Mass Harry Weinstein of Portland and two sisters Mrs Ida Levine of Lowell Mass and a sister in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Weinblatt
Moses H. Weinblatt
Washington Street
Bath
Russia
Senda
Sophia
Rose
Frank Weinstein
Malden
Mass
Harry Weinstein
Portland
Ida Levine
Lowell
New York City
Miss Woods Funeral Held at St Mary's Church
Miss Mary A Woods funeral was held Saturday morning at eight in St Mary's church with Rev Timothy C Maney officiating. Bearers were Eric B Haggett J Earl Woods Ernest R Avery and Just Wold. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Mary—A.woods
St. Mary's Church
Timothy C. Maney
Eric B. Haggett
J. Earl Woods
Ernest R. Avery
Just Wold
Oaks Grove
Woolwich Community News Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Montsweag schools closed for a week due to teacher Lena Oliver measles spread at Sagadahoc Ferry. Local residents host guests from Boston and Bath while church groups plan a Sagadahoc Ferry supper. Town meeting at Nequasset discusses tax cuts. Jan 22 Nequasset church supper and meeting slated.
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Lena Oliver
Montsweag
Frank J. Walker
Boston
John Reed
Walker
Sagadahoc Ferry
Union For Christian Service
Edgar Blanche
Day's Ferry
Chester Dana
Bath
Eben Dana
The
Baptist Church
Horace Wade
Church Hall
William Downing
Fred Thompson
George Ames
Gilbert Hathorne
Richmond
Delmar Trot
Laforest Savage
Mr. Savage
Rufus Savage
Congregational Church
Nequasset
Duncan McIntosh
William Williams
Jack
Camden
Williams
William Gould
Margaret Reay
Morse High School
Chester Reay
A. I. Oliver
Christian Service Union
Nequaset
Woolwich Union schedule for Sunday and Saturday events
The Woolwich Union for Christian Service lists Sunday activities at Nequasset and North Woolwich with a 7 30 p m service at Sagadahoc schoolhouse and a 10 a m Sunday school and 11 a m prayer session. A Saturday night business meeting at Nequasset Congregational church will be followed by a supper.
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Woolwich Union
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Nequasset
North Woolwich
Sagadahoc
The
Union
Congregational Church
Funeral services for Thomas J. Dowling observed in Bath
Thomas J. Dowling known as Tommy died suddenly after a yearlong illness. His requiem high mass at St. Marys church was followed by burial at Calvary cemetery. Bearers included local and Boston connections, with a long cortege and many floral tributes from Bath and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Dowling
Tommy
St. Mary’s Church
Bath
Boston
Maney
Mr. Cowling
Calvary Cemetery
Philip O'Hara
John P. Carey, Jr
John H. Murphy
Michael Keough
John Donahue
Allen Niles
Portland
Nathan Alberts
June Marks
Fred Merrill
Brunswick
Y Men's Club Hosts First Bridge Party Winners Named
The Y Men's Club held the first of six bridge parties with 14 tables. Winners included Mrs. Williams Whitney and Mrs. William Adams in contract, Miss Josephine Frazier and Miss Louise Johnson in auction, and James Jenkins won the men's prize in auction. Next party set for Feb 1 with invitations and reservations through committee members. Carrot shipments from Maine rose to over 1300 cars, the heaviest since October, with 365 cars shipped last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Men’s Club
Williams Whitney
William Adams
Josephine Frazier
Louise Johnson
James Jenkins
D. Joseph Doyle
Harold Adams
Harold Cutting
Melvin Comeau
Brian M. Jewett
Maine
Chiefs Raised In Red Men Tribes For 1932
In Red Men hall on Thursday evening the Sasanoa tribe No. 64 I O R M and Ramona council No. 27 D P were raised. New Ramona chiefs listed include Pearl Barter Arletta Yates Stella Wade Everett White Martha Wilson Eunice Perry Florence Robinson Lucelia Blake Clara Donaldson Mary White Elizabeth Haley Minnie Woodman Celina Des jardins Gertrude Freeman Velma Crocker Evelyn Coughran Eleanor McDonald and other noted roles. Domhegan Brunswick aided the ceremony with Harold Hammond and George Gouchey. Sasanca tribe chiefs for 1932 include Burt Dyer Paul West Horace Woodman Everett White Ralph Boardman Ernest R Avery Eugene Haggett Harold Corliss Nate Young Charles Ansert. A supper followed and guests from neighboring councils attended.
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Sasanoa Tribe
Ramona Council
Red Men's Hall
Catherine Durgin
Lucelia Blake
Pearl Barter
Proprietess
Arletta Yates
Pocahonta
Domhegan Tribe
Brunswick
Alfarette Council
Mishenoc Council
South
Bristol
Grass and Brush Fire at Bath Country Club
About ten acres of grass and brush burned Saturday evening on Bath Country club property near the golf course along Lovers' Retreat road. A telephone tip from Mrs David Henderson brought Engine 4 and a large chemical to the scene. volunteers from Bath and North Bath helped suppress the blaze without hoses.
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Bath
Daughter born at City hospital Towne baby Marilyn Elizabeth
A daughter was born on January 12 at City hospital to Mr and Mrs Selwyn Towne of Andrews Road. The newborn was named Marilyn Elizabeth Towne.
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City Hospital
Selwyn Towne
Andrews Road
Marilyn Elizabeth Towne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl Hughes
A. H. Dodge
Main Street
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad
Frank W. Winter
Auburn
John F. Jackson
Helena E. Clifford
Dexter R. Fowles
Dexter, Jr
Annie Adams
Edith Greenleaf
Nellie Clifford
Effie Irvin
Damariscotta
Deforest Munsey
Perry Fowles
Harold Rines
Robert
Bath City Hospital
Little Billy Rines
Ardine Rines
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Epworth League
West Anna
Dorothy Brookings Pendleton
Katherine Brookings
Everett Brookings
Philip Tryon
Phyllis
Pownal
United States
Redennett
Bradford C. Redonnett
Joint Meeting OF
P.t.a.’S
OLD Time Minstrels
Sarail Weinblatt
Miss Wood
Woolwich
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Morse High
Newcastle
Lincoln Academy
Horace Herrick
Morse
Gale
Tukey
Lowery
Rf Tees
Jewett
Green
Fred S Curtis
Meral Service
Thomas R.huston
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