Community Mourns Charles Sigison in Wiscasset
Charles N. Sigison, 67, died suddenly at his Washington Street home while wintering in town. He was born in Buffalo and lived 25 years in North Edgecomb. Survived by widow, sister in Buffalo, and brother. funeral held with Rev. W. K. Houghton officiating. burial in Edgecomb. Grange officers were installed in a separate event, with a program featuring readings, music, and remarks. Community activities included Edison film at the Congregational church and multiple club meetings with plans for future events and a mid winter federation notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Sigison
Washington Street
Mr. Sigison
Buffalo
N. Y
North Edgecomb
Edgecomb
Wiscasset
Henry S. George
Harrison Sigison
W. K. Houghton
Huntoon Hill Grange
Annie Donnell
Wiscasset Grange
Waldo Verney
Garrison Hill
Hazel Rankin
Ruth Houdlette
Sheepscot Valley
C. E. Titus
Alice Greenleaf
Story
Albert Seigars
Reading
Alberta Boudin
Otto Miete
Miete
Charles Hendrickson
Olive Dow
Alton E. Ames
Roy L. Dow
Lucille J. Quinnam
Harold Quinnam
Carl H. Boudin
Octavia Nute
DeForest
DeForest M. Munsey
Vinnie S. Quinnam
Daniel Ames
Ceres
Alice Ames
Flora
Jesse F. White
Blanche Fowie
Anna White
Gertrude Munsey
Arthur Durgin
North Conway
B. F. Blagdon
Damariscotta
West Anna
Sheepscott
Thomas A. Edison
Congregational Church
Milan
Ohio
Edison
Dorcas Club
Margaret Dickinson
Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
Ernest G. Spinney
Bangor
John R. Mott
Earl Wallace Petty
Maurice Roy Ridley
Douglas Horton
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset Hardware Co
Water Street
Beulah Spinney
Annie Macurda
Edith Day
Mary Marston
Woman's Club
Charles S. Sewall
Moulton
State Federation of Women's Club
Augusta
Mary Hobson
E. D. Hardin
Bath
Irene Metcalf
Alice McIntire
Grace Albee
Farm Bureau
Lawrence
Julia Lewis
Philadelphia
Worcester
Mass
A Suggestion About A Careless Boy And Remedies
A verse describes a boy falling in a puddle and catching a cold. His mother spanks him and serves hot bread and honey to ease the cough. An advertisement nearby offers a remedy for sale in Bath with mail options and sample sizes for quick delivery.
Graffams Gardens Gardiner Maine Bulbs For Sale
Gardiner Maine storefront Graffams Gardens advertises for sale a selection of bulbs. The notice highlights Glad bulbs and other varieties available locally. This concise listing stresses seasonal offerings and local availability for gardeners seeking transplantable plants.
Wiscasset notes social events and parish affairs
Several months have passed as residents return home. Mrs Ada Comstock visits Thomaston, others attend St Philip’s parish meeting. A sudden death shocks the town. Auto show attendees, church services, Epworth League topics, and a chopping bee for church wood are announced. Sickness remains high amid children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Sigison
Washington Street
Ada Comstock
Thomaston
Harry Bailey
Federal Street
Garrison Hill
Nellie V. Pusher
W. M
Charles H. Plumstead
W. P
Nina G. Fowles
Assoc. M
Frank H. Gray
Earl Sherman
Bath City Hospital
Sherman
Portland
Roy R. Marston
Freeman D. Southard
Charles S. Sewall
F. Burton Haggett
F. F. Pendleton
Wiscasset
Paul Sherman
Epworth League
Sheepscot Methodist Church
Mary Hobson
Jennie Lewis
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Recounts Local Happenings
The Sheepscot Erho column from January 26, 1907 notes thirty six below zero, Mrs. Everett Jackson in Bath, a lost horse by John H Dow, river near the long bridge frozen, visits by H H Chamberlain of Round Pond and other locals. John Downey resumes studies at Wiscasset academy, Mrs. Charles Day breaks her leg, and Carl Fuller and wife celebrate a new marriage. Mrs. Sherman, station agent at South Newcastle, and others are mentioned along with social events and neighborhood notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Erho
Everett Jackson
Bath
John H. Dow
Long Bridge
H. H. Chamberlain
Round Pond
Will Clisby
C. L. Macurda
John Downey
Wiscasset Academy
Abiel G. Greenleaf
Walter Cunningham
South Dresden
Congregational Church
Archie Dodge
Charles Day
Carl Fuller
Charles E. Sherman
Boston
Sherman
South Newcastle
Historic Paul Revere bells linked to presidents and locals
In Sheepscot Echo dated January 2 1893 Ruth Danton visits Portland J F Greemear returns from Boston and other locals report Bath visits Emma Knight’s Portland trip and a storm door at the Custom House. The post office upgrades and a new postmaster candidate Macorda are noted. A Paul Revere bell in Medford and another in Wiscasset are cited. Capt Charles A J Farrar dies. born Boston 1842 and later edited Wiscasset Herald. Henry Healey of Bath visits Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscat
Ruth Danton
Portland
J. EF. Greemear
Boston
Lester Jackson
Bath
Seth Patterson
Cleaves
Emma Knight
Custom House
Macorda
Medford
Mass
Paul Revere Company
Paul Revere
Paris
Wiscasset
Washington
Charles A. J. Farrar
Capt. Farrar
Maine
Doctor on Seguin Island Trip Encounters Stranded Car
Dr Willis G. Jefferson answered a Seguin Island call during a wintry trip. The car bogged in ruts near the cemetery, a coast guard transfer, a snow squall on arrival, and a two hour stay treating Robbins and others before a long cold return by motor boat and aide Moses Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis G. Jefferson
Seguin Island
Donald D. Robbins
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Jefferson
Parker Head
Clarence Perkins
Augusta
Dr. Jefferson
Coast Guard Station
Mr. Robbins
Moses Chandler
Mr. Chandler
High Street
Robbins
High Standing Of Bath Banks Through History
Bath National Bank tracing its charter to 1864 notes leaders from Albert C. Page to Arthur Sewall with succession by his son. Marine National Bank chartered 1865 headed by Bernard and Samuel Bailey and Horatio Duncan. Bath Trust Co chartered 1902 with Rupert H. Baxter as incumbent and listed vice presidents and treasurers. Bath Savings Institution organized 1852 with multiple presidents and treasurers. Peoples Savings Bank organized 1868 with a sequence of presidents and treasurers including Bailey, Fisher, Reed, and Moses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath National Bank
Albert C. Page
Arthur Sewall
Mr. Sewall
William D. Sewall
Fred D. Hill
William D. Hill
Marine National Bank
Bernard C. Bailey
Samuel D. Bailey
Horatio A. Duncan
Silas H. Duncan
Bath Trust Co
Albert H. Shaw
Rupert H. Baxter
Edward W. Hyde
Rodney E. Ross
Bruce H. M. White
William D. Mussenden
William B. Mussenden
J. Edward Hughes
William L. Skelton
Bath Savings Institution
Bath
Charles C.low
Allan Spear
Percy R. Low
Peoples Savings Bank
Peoples
Roland D. Fisher
Franklin Reed
Galen C. Moses
John R. Kelley
David TI. Percy
Seth T. Snipe
George W. Johnson
Frank W. Weeks
Oscar C. Rogers
Y M C A Notes Highlights Week At A Glance
Thursday 7 00 p m Y M C A Men s club meeting and new member initiation. Saturday 9 00 a m Grammar School League games 6 30 p m Church League games. Ta Bowl tournament attracts interest Leon Buck achieves 202 high string. Boys week seen year round at the Y M C A many unemployed youths seek work through the rooms. Church League photo largest groups ever taken. Y M C A Juniors varsity seeks rival teams contact Ralph Crocker for games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Buck
West Bath social notes and Red Cross meeting roundup
West Bath residents frequent Bath and area towns visiting relatives and attending meetings. Families such as Small, Holbrook, Rogers, Larrabee, Stackpole, and Chesley are listed among visitors and hosts. The West Bath Red Cross held an all day session at Tru fant's Crossing with 18 attendees, and future meetings are scheduled for Feb 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring D. Small and Sons
Wilbert and
Dana
Berry's Mills Road
Cathance
Walter G. Marco
Edwin W. Haggett
Helping Hand Club
Mena Preble
High Street
Bath
Ellis F. Coombs
Foster's Point
Mechanic Falls
West Bath
Herbert Worrey
Della Adams
Frances Cavanaugh
Stella Dyer
Seneca H. Conley
City
Morton S. Baker
Georgie A. Knight
Edwin L. Moulton
Woolwich
Percy L. Wright
Topsham
Wright
George Wright
Walter H. Larrabee
John F. Larrabee
Larrabee
Benjamin H. Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Carolyn M. Stackpole
J. Edward Drake
Birch Point
Jennie Stackpole
Campbell’s Pond
Auburn
Robert
Alfred Snow
Laura Lemont
Edwin Haggett
Belle Donnell
Lincoln Williams
Llewellyn D. Rogers
William H. Bryant
Morse
John H. Bryant
Witch Spring Road
Emma Andrews
Bingham
John C. Whorff
Whorff
William Whorff
Carratunk
John Mahoney
Farmington
Joseph W. Larrabee
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Merry Meeting Grange
Alfred B. Snow
Pejepscot
Snow
Aurilla Benson
Harpswell
Isaac Allen
Povich Denies Report Wise Run For Mayor
Alderman Morris S. Povich of Ward 7 denies the report that he will seek the Republican nomination for mayor at their caucus on February 18. A Front Street clothier, he has served two years in city government, elected as councilman then alderman, and says he will retire from politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris S. Povich
Povich
Front Street Clothier
Ice crop outlook for Saco river dealers hinges on cold spell
Ice dealers in Saco and Biddeford expect to fill their houses with frozen product despite thin river ice. The river has yielded thin harvests historically, and a cold spell could thicken it. Ice cutting began on the Saco in 1839.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Biddeford
Thirtieth Anniversary Observed by West Bath Grange
West Bath grange marked its 30th anniversary with a social for about 200 attendees. Annie Peterson and others led activities, with Sheriff Albert Henderson directing community singing and speakers recalling the 1902 dedication. A program of solos, readings, and an orchestra followed, plus refreshments and dancing. A brief meeting pledged to present an Old Folks concert on Feb 4 at the West Bath hall, and Edwin Haggett led arrangements. Joseph Stickney will show moving pictures of game and fish in Maine next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Lillian Lewin
Herbert Cavanaugh
Robert Oliver
Bobby Carver
Mr. Oliver
Daisy Oliver
Lizzie Haggett
Melvin Pratt
Herbert Henderson
The
Grange
Cosmopolitan Club
Masonic Temple
West Bath Grange Hall
E. Mason Wright
Edwin Haggett
Harry Peterson
Mercie McFadden
Joseph Stickney
Saco
Maine
Department of Inland, Fisheries and Game
Hi-Y Club Plans Ticket Sale Fundraiser at YMCA
The Hi-Y club met at the YMCA with vice president Omar King presiding in Hibbert Norton’s absence. Members divided into teams to sell play tickets for Salt Water, electing Ralph MacDonald as general and team chairman, with Vernal Chaney leading the other team. Elwood Legard added as the 25th member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Omar King
Hibbert Norton
King
Ralph MacDonald
Vernal Chaney
Newell Wilson
Merritt Trott
Russell Colby
Ivan Kirkpa
Bath Independents Lose in Brunswick
The Freeport social scene has been subdued by scarlet fever with gatherings limited to small card parties and a few lodge meetings as residents avoid larger events. Despite some brave attendance at minor functions the illness dominates town life, curbing celebrations and public activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Woolwich Notes on Illness and Local Life
Woolwich items report several influenza and measles cases, returns to work in Rockland, and visits by families and visitors. Highlights include hospital arrival of a baby, a Baptist convention trip to Boston, a February Ladies Farm Bureau meeting, and local social visits among the Reed, Dana, and Hunnewell families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Fitch
George Rice
Rockland
Raymond
Plinette Allen
Sarah Bagley Wright
Boston
John Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Frank Walker
Maxine
Eben Dana
William Downing
Edward Nelson
North Woolwich
Bernard Bailey
Wiscasset
Eugenie Hunnewell
Brunswick
William Todd
Joseph Dunton
Augusta
Fred Carlton
Bath
Nequasset Farm Bureau to Meet on February 2
Nequasset Farm Bureau will meet February 2 with Mrs. Alice Colby on the Wiscasset road. Mrs. Smith Freeman will lead a discussion on Basketry. The University of Maine extension department urges all farm bureaus to observe the Washington bicentennial with the roll call excerpts from Washington's life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Alice Colby
Wiscasset Road
Smith Freeman
University of Maine
Farm Bureau
Washington
Bath Folk in South News Bits From Winter Guests
Mr and Mrs John H Stacey of Pop ham Beach report Bath people abroad in Florida. Harry B Sawyer and wife of Bath visit Lake Wales and plan a St Petersburg trip. Mrs Harry Deering hosts at Hotel Pennsylvania. Newbury Oliver, former Bath boy, works as clerk at West End Hotel. Stacey couple attend church and Maine Society of St Petersburg event by Beale at Boothbay Harbor cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Stacey
Popham Beach
St. Petersburg
Fla
Stacey
Bath
Harry B. Sawyer
Lake Wales
Harry G. Deering
Pennsylvania
Newbury Oliver
West End
Beale
Boothbay Harbor
Maine Society of St
Larceny Case Ties Desk Set Theft to City Jobs
Bathman, unemployed helper under Mayor Small, pleaded guilty in Bath municipal court to larceny of a desk set from Miss Frances Sprague, a North Street grammar school teacher. Judge Kee gan gave one year probation with biweekly reports to probation officer Wilbur C. Oliver. The case followed a school complaint. evidence tied the man to painting and cleaning at the school. Also noted is the birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Laforest Savage at Bath City Hospital.
Butler First to Announce Candidacy for Governor's Council
Capt Henry W Butler of Bath formally announces his bid for the Maine Governor's Executive Council, 3rd district covering Sagadahoc Androscoggin and Franklin counties. He has served Bath in two legislative sessions and is well known statewide. The council is elected by the legislature after county delegation nominating. Sagadahoc gains representation in 1933 34. Other frequently named contenders include F W Carlton J Edward Drake and Charles W Clifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Butler
Bath
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin
Franklin
Capt. Butler
Maine
F. W. Carlton
J. Edward Drake
Charles W. Clifford
Past Masters Night at Polar Star Lodge Ninth Annual Event
Polar Star lodge of Masons held its ninth annual Past Masters night with a Special meeting as the Master Mason degree was conferred on one candidate. Past masters occupied chairs including Oliver Moses III, Henry Owen Jr, Delmar Bates, William Furber, Eben Marston, William Skelton, W Percy Marks, Arthur Stilphen, Edward Sampson, Joseph Terrell, Alden Denham. Supper was served at 6:30 before the 8:00 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Oliver Moses
W. M
Henry W. Owen, Jr
S. W
Delmar E. Bates
J. W
William A. Furber
Eben J. Marston
Treas
William L. Skelton
W. Percy Marks
Arthur B. Stilphen
S. D
Edward W. Sampson
J. D
Joseph A. Terrell
S. S
Alden P. Denham
J. S
Pastor Mahey Leaves Portland for St Paul Installation
Rev Timothy C Mahey of St Mary's joins Rt Rev Bishop John Gregory Murray in Portland to St Paul Minn where the former Portland bishop will be installed as Bishop of St Paul Fr Maney departs for two years leaving St Dominic's Portland Bath parish no successor named during Fr Maneys absence Fr Rosario Ouillette of Portland will lead Cheverus High School teacher in charge Mrs Archie Doyle returns from Skowhegan visit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy C. Mahey
St. Mary's Church
Portland
John Gregory Murray
St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Maney
Martin J. O'Toole
St. Mary’s Parish
St. Dominic’s Church
Bath
Rosario Ouillette
Cheverus High School
Auction Notice of Bath Property Sale in Maine
January 21 1932 execution issued on a judgment from Bath Municipal Court Sagadahoc County Maine in favor of C Earle Richardson of Brunswick against Ernest Pinkham of Bath for 116 dollars 10 cents debt plus 8 dollars 28 cents costs. Property on Sprague Annie E Smith and West street Bath to be sold February 20 1932 at 2 pm at public auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
Ernest Pinkham
City of Bath
Sprague
Annie E. Smith
West Street
Lillian M. Rowe
Ralph W. Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graffam’s
Graffam’s Gardens
Gardiner, Maine
Henry P. Healey
Doctor
W. G. Jefferson
Edward C. Hyde Cashier
F. Partridge
Church League
Ralph Crocker
West
Report Wise
West Bath Hall
Bath Independents
Cooks Corner Rollaway Court
Bath Lads
Dick Bamforth
Dud Leavitt
G. F.G
Brown
Dorsay
If Richards
Bamforth
Serene
Bates
Bowdoin
R Buxton
Buxton Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Mrs. Laforest Savage
ST. Mary’s
Archie Doyle
Skowhegan
State OF Maine
County
New Webster’s College
Times
Independent Office
Webster’s College
Weaster
the Bath Times
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