Fourth of July Brightens Wiscasset Festivities
Fog and a late destroyer arrival failed to dampen a town celebration. A 1000 strong crowd sheltered from a 20 minute shower as Damariscotta Rotary beat Boothbay Harbor Civic 12 to 3. floats, prizes, track events, a greased pig chase and boxing showcased the day with the Viking plane arriving and a large community gym fund drive underway.
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U. S
Twiggs
Sheepscot River
Damariscotta Rotary Club
Boothbay Hanbor
H. v. B. Nash
Frederick Burleigh
A. W. Lienau
George E. Coleman, Jr
Flood
Allerton Hutchins
Mr. Coleman
Priscilla Bryant
G. E. Coleman
C. E. Titus
Wiscasset Hardware Store
Senter’s
Velma Jewett
Marston's Drug Store
Paul Bailey
F. E. Polly
Bradford Redennett, Jr
Frank Ames
Brunswick
Harry Hathorne
Parker Matean
Dana Rmes
Stanley Dodge
Dana Rines
Carl Main
P. B. Stinson
Harold Shea
Wiscasset
Robert Bailey
Parker Fowles
Lee Merry
Legion Civic Club
Lions Club
Rotary Club of
Damariscotta
Civic Club
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Bears
Donald B. MacMillan
Viking
Rockland
Charles F. Rockeville
Navy
Death of Dr William E Gorham of Wiscasset
Dr William E Gorham a longtime Wiscasset dentist died at his Federal Street home after two years of ill health. Born March 29, 1849 in Boston he taught and practiced in medicine before specializing in dentistry. He is survived by his wife Aura and eight children, plus a sister and grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday with Rev Ernest Spinney officiating. A new wider bridge with a sidewalk is planned to connect Wiscasset and Edgecomb, awarded to Kerr Houston Co of Portland for about 231000 dollars.
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Congregational Parsonage
Ernest G. Spinney
Robert F. Boyd
Melrose
Mass
Herbert Knowlton
Quincy
Frank Stone
Richard Foye
New Jersey
Foye
C. A. Peaslee
Mary Campbell
Bath
Mary Hobson
Federal Street
Ira Redonnett
Medford
Bradford Redonnett
Hodge Street
Squirrel Island
Lennox Southard
Mary
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Polychronicles
Brighton
Bradford C. Redennett, Jr
Mary Barnes
Damariscotta
Charles Sewall
Mary Richardson
Girl's Latin School
Chicago
Charles E. Macurda
Emmons J. Alden
Sumner P. Barton
Windsor
Frank Gorham
Chelsea
Albert Reeves
John FE. Andrews
Clarke
George Glasheen
Cambridge
E. Fred Albee
Harold Hill
Portland
Maine General Hospital
Beatrice Dodge
Brunswick
Ed. Merry
Georgia Lily
Samuel Welch
Togus
James Lewis
Sanford
William
Wiscaset
Westport Ferry
Montsweag Station
Harvey R. Pease
William E. Gorham
Wicasset
Dr. Gorham
Boston
Oak Grove Seminary
Farmington Normal School
Aura E. Gorham
Grace A. Albee
Wiscasset
G. W. Boynton
Lake Worth
Fla
William V
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred E
Waldoboro
Lee S
Lake Placid Club
Eva G. Wise
S. P. Barton
Windscer
Edgecomb
State Highway Department
Kerr & Houston Co
Notable Visits and Local Notables in Town
From the Sheepscot Echo July 9 1892 list of in town residents and visitors: M r and Mrs John Grant of Chicago in town W R Bailey and wife were in Wa terville last week Miss Fannie Hubbard of Charles town S C at the Hilton House Mrs David McRitchie and son of Washington D C returned this week Thomas Bowman of Council aisTs n town The Wiscasset Fire society met last Tuesday evening at the Hilton House Mr and Mrs Woodman and three children staying with Capt R H Tucker for the Summer Mrs Mary Cutter of Chelsea and others continue page eight
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John Grant
Chicago
W. R. Bailey
Waterville
Fannie Hubbard
Charlestown
S. C
Hilton House
David McRitchie
Washington, D. C
Thomas Bowman
Council aisTs
Wiscasset Fire Society
Woodman
West Bath resort activity over the Fourth weekend
Larrabee's Grove in West Bath hosted numerous visitors from New York City, Wakefield, Bath, Brunswick, and beyond for the Fourth of July weekend. Families enjoyed a club bake, fireworks, and cottage stays while many travelers paused at Brigham's Cove and Quaker Point. local church services and a parade of summer visitors continued through the weekend.
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Harry Wallace
L. D Sheldon
Bath
Percy Marriner
Margaret
Topsham
J. B. Lemont
Paul
F. W. Larrabee
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Emily
Anstress
Walter
Brunswick
Methodist Church
F. L. Littlefield
Wesley M. E
Thomas Baxter
Scituate
Mass
Quaker Point
Keay
Bailey
Sarah Wood
Boston
George Hunt
Harry Hall
Oscar Williams
Ina Williams
Charlotte Wyman
Hunt and Williams
Brigham’'s’ Cove
Robert Thompson
John
Haverhill
Percy Holbrook
George Staples
Annie Staples
Staples
Birch Point
J. Edward Drake
J. Edward, Jr
Fred Thomps
Drake
Frank Pemberton
Carl Jensen
Dorchester
C.S. Lemont
Harold Haggtt
Doris Jordan
Charles Haggett
C. C. Chesley
New Meadows
E. W. Haggett
Arthur
Haggett
Laura Lemont
Charles Card
Ernestine Eaton
Chestnut Street
Larrabee’s Grove
Robert Halmshaw
Hancock
N. Y
J. Everett Mayo
South Bristol
Eva Searles
Halmshaw
Lettie Searles
Hallowell Rogers
Hartford
Foster’s Point
Ed Tourigny
David Folsom
Auburn
Foster's Point
Lillian Brown
Elmer Craig
Hattie Austin
Emily Mason
Joseph Groves
Bingham
E. R. Brown
Alma Reid
Augustus Pitts
South Portland
Joseph Bearse
Cooper's Mills
Ida Colby
Florence Rogers
Bath pupils win health pins seven point seven
The Maine Public Health association issued health pins to students across Bath public schools for meeting standards in vision hearing teeth throat weight posture and birth registration. Notable groups include North Grammar Grade VII with 15 names and Central Grammar Grade VIII and other classes earning six or seven point pins.
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Maine Public Health Association
North Grammar School
J. Gertrude Silsby
Flora Ramsdell
Phillip Trainor
Janet Bridgham
Eleanor Cunningham
Madelyn Dunton
Margaret Gallagher
Clayton
Warren Higgins
Patricia Hall
Fred Hayward
Roswell Haskell
John McLaughlin
Esther Hall
Louise Norton
Otis Pero
Viola Rideout
Central Grammar School
Berenice M. Colby
Gwendolyn Quinn
Gordon Crowley
Isabel Groves
David Vachon
Betty Rice
Marjorie Smith
Phyllis McCoubry
Henry Sarkis
Margaret Brown
Joseph Dinsmore
Celia Morse
Aimena Jaques
Harry Deering
Center Street
Ethel Higgins
Stanley Coleman
Emily Farnsworth
Isabelle Lewis
John Coombs
Anne Shellenbarger
Ida Cohen
Norman Reynolds
Edith Berg
James Clancy
Elaine Piper
Albert Whitney
Walter Carlton
Marion Anderson
Stanley Brown
Norman Seekins
Dorothy Davis
Clarence Pero
Beatrice Cummings
Lorraine Marr
Richard Fleming
South Street
Elizabeth E. Duce
Lillian Goodwin
Pearl Oliver
Violet Jones
Maurice Glidden
John Butler
Laura A. Mitchell
Dorothy Norton
Mary Reynolds
Joseph Coolidge
Helen Coolidge
Ralph Nadeau
Doris Pettingill
Six Point
Joan M. Harrison
Russell Gasser
Daniel Hatch
Marion McEachern
Sarah McEachern
Barbara Morse
Edward Lemont
Madelyn Robson
Ruth Cogan
Frank Lee
Diana Pierce
Janet Goodwin
Elaine Collins
Weeks Street
Louise Robbins
Lillian Trainor
Agatha Lennox
Marion McGuiggan
Phyllis Haggett
Mitchell School
Florence M. Watson
Mildred Cutting
Lillian F. Fisher
David Skelton
Elizabeth Whittemore
Alice Young
Patricia Gray
John Murphy
Margaret T. Mulligan
Carolyn Stackpole
Rosanna McFadden
West Bath Grangers Hold Final Summer Meeting
West Bath Grange held its final summer meeting with 50 members present and visitors from Arbutus Cambridge and Dromore granges. A varied program featured readings poetry and a wedding commandment talk Old Ironsides vocal solo and community singing. Charles Matel a former newspaper man from Auburn saved Rosario Denis from Taylor Pond after a canoe overturning before dawn.
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West Bath Grange
Arbutus Grange
Cambridge Grange
Dromore Grange
Hope Ward
Marion Plummer
Ella J. Douglas
Addie Purington
Eleanor MacDonald
Iola Worrey
Annie Teeling
Fred Brown
Robert Oliver
Bernard Henderson
Bertha Dunbar
Herbert Simpson
Charles Matel
Bernat Matel
Cook Street
Auburn
Chicago
New York
Taylor Pond
Rosario Denis
Denis
Matel
Woolwich Notes and Summer Arrivals Highlight Town News
Woolwich residents welcome visitors from New York New Jersey Florida and Washington and share weekly doings. Families visit attend a Fourth of July clambake plan summer sales church services and farm activities while noting shopping clerks and hires and local travel to Bar Harbor and Manchester New Hampshire.
Floy B Dotton Dies in Sabine Aged 39
Floy B Dotton 39 wife of William E Dotton died suddenly Tuesday at her Sabine home from a Monday shock. Born in Howland to Charles and Elizabeth Lewis, she lived in Sabine over two years. Survived by husband, two children Clarence and Thelma, and sister Annie Barnette of Groveton NH. Funeral Friday at 2 PM DST at her home, Rev F L Littlefield officiates.
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Floy B. Dotton
William E. Dotton
Sabine
Dotton
Howland
Charles
Elizabeth Lewis
Dottons
West
Safety First Slogan in Girl Scout Camps
The national Girl Scout program requires minimum waterfront safety standards across 550 camps. An Ameri can Red Cross examiner oversees swimming areas not exceeding 20 feet deep, with grade marked zones and a Buddy Plan pairing girls to stay together. A life-saving crew and equipment ensure vigilance, while regional inspections push camps toward certification and standardized life-saving training for all scouts. The Red Cross offers a waterfront safety banner after camps meet all standards.
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Girl Scouts
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Obituary for Albion F. Wallace 68 Casco Bay Fisherman
Albion F. Wallace 68 longtime Casco Bay fisherman died Tuesday at his West Point home after a long illness He was a charter member of the tribe of Red Men at Orrs Island and lived 28 years in the community Born in Portland he was the son of Jesse and Lucinda Wallace He is survived by his wife three sons and three daughters Harry W Wallace Merton F Wallace and Sherman A Wallace Mrs Mabel Griffin Mrs Lena Day and Mrs Cordelia Wallace three sisters Ida Lubee Martha Daley and Fanny Wallace Prayers will be Thursday at 1 PM at his home followed by a 130 PM service at the West Point church Rev Howard P Jett of Bath officiating Burial will be in Holland cemetery
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Camden High School
A. M. Weatherbee
Lions Club
The
Legion Civic Club
Anne Carrere
Washington
Alvin Sortwell
Parker Marean
D. R. Sortwells
North Haven
Charles Titus
Alfred H. Harrington
Gussie Gilbert
J. Nelson Borland
New York
James Ross
Harvard University
Cornwall Rogers
Murphy's Corner Road
Frederick Rhinelander Brown
Patterson House
A. Williams Lienau
Boston
E. Felix Kloman
Kloman
Grace Church
St. Andrew's
Newcastle
DeForest Munsey
Fred Geisler
Donald and
Frederic
Ida L. Shea
Whitefield
Earl Dow
Woolwich
J. H. Dow
Allan Weeks
Allan, Jr
Leona
Idebert Opilvies
Harold Shea
Vincent Spear
William Rines
Roy Dow
Merle Day
Augusta
Virginia Carlton
Theodore Sherman
Lincoln County Ministerial Association
Pemaquid Beach
James Herrick
New Harbor
First Congregational Church
John Spinney
Farmington
L. J. Boynton
Federal Street
Bradford C. Bedennett
Old Rock
Round Pond
Fred Dow
Lynn
Mass
J. E. McKenney
Birch Point
Fred Moody
Billy
Elizabeth
Exeter
N. H
Winona Loravitt
Fred Hall
Farmington Falls
Simon D. Crosby
Winona Newton
Rockland Highlands
Harvey R. Pease
Winona
Virginia Pease
Roy Dickinson
Rockland
Herman S. Fowles
South Windham
J. W. Fowles
Irma Chase Brewer
Lawrence Lord
Barbara and
Wilmot Lord
Naples
Harry L. Bradford
Stanley M. Sargent
Emma Sargent
FE. G. Spinney
Sargent
Hartford Seminary
Spinney
Congregational Church
Island Falls
Grace Pillsbury
Derry
J. H. Walleley
Wiscasset Inn
John Brown
Bleike Reed
New Jersey
Lewis Orr
Florida
Bertha Brown
Martha Carver
Colman
Charlotte Buck
Evelyn Nickerson
John Reed
Edward Buck
Cassie Carter
Yarfouth
Thomas Brown
McIntosh Farm
Wiscasset
W. W. Wright
Portland
Wesley Wright
Fred Hathorne
Milton Hathorne
Leon
Kenneth Day
Arrowsic
Pemaquid
Ralph Wright
Bath City Hospital
Rufus Savage
Douglass Hunnewell
White Mountains
Harold Walker
Bath
Eben Dana
Ernest Stilphen
Josephine Cunningham
Fred Carlton
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
Nelson Rice
Geraldine
H. P. Hathorne
Moosehead Lake
F. W. Carlton
Montsweag
Frederick Robinson
Alice
Nancy McInnes
Arline Curtis
Lloyd
Ivan Shaw
Hettie
Nequasset Congregational Church
Frank Bailey
Ethelyn Marston
Bar Harbor
Bangor
Edward Murphy
Donnell Thwing
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Nequasset Methodist Church
Day’s Ferry
Pine Grove
North Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Nequasset Farm Bureau
J. W. Brown
Barley Neck Road
Albion F. Wallace
Casco Bay
West Point
Tribe of Red Men
Orrs Island
Jesse
Lucinda Wallace
Leaves
Harry W
South Portland
Merton F
Sherman A. Wallace
Mabel Griffin
Lena Day
Cordelia Wallace
Ida Lubee
Martha Daley
Fanny Wallace
Waltham
Howard P. Jett
the Nazarene Church
Holland Cemetery
Trufant Funeral Held for Harpswell Leader
The funeral of Charles E. Trufant nanogenarian and Harpswell's prominent citizen occurred Tuesday afternoon at his daughter Mrs. Fred S. Curtis's home 38 Pleasant Street with Rev. David L. Wilson of Central Church Bath officiating. Bearers were Perley Hackett Henry Allen Alonzo Totman and Hiram Totman. Knight Templar ritual followed at Oak Grove with Dunlap commandery officers including Eminent Commander Oliver Moses the third and Post Commander William A. Furber among others.
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Charles E. Trufant
Harpswell
Fred S. Curtis
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