Wiscasset Notes on Dives and Summer Visitors
At Bowdoin last week Walter Pushard won first prize for diving and second for underwater swimming. Several locals and visitors arrive for the summer, including Miss Gladys Rockefeller and Miss Doris Warland. The community plans an Open House on Aug. 16 and various families enjoy summer homes and trips. The month brings a mix of family news, arrivals, and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Young People’s Conference
Bowdoin
Walter Pushard
Elsworth MacPhee
Gladys Rockefeller
Greenwich, Conn
Doris Warland
New York
Stuart. Chapin
Williamstown
Mass
Montsweay Road
Cornwall Rogers
Remembering Mrs Verna Bailey Longtime Wiscasset resident dies at home
Verna E Bailey died at her Federal Street home after a long illness. She was born in Clinton, moved to Wiscasset at 15, and graduated from Wiscasset Academy in 1904 as an honor student. Survived by husband Harry E Bailey and several relatives, she was active in Pine Cone Rebekah lodge and local clubs. Funeral services were held at her home Saturday conducted by Rev Ernest G Spinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna E. Bailey
Federal Street
Bailey
Clinton
Armand
Nancy Smith
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Academy
Harry E. Bailey
Armand Smith
South China
Ada Comae
Thomaston
Ernest G. Spinney
The
Congregational Church
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Echo July 11 1908
Community notices list visitors and residents in Wiscasset including Mrs. Erastus Foote from Chicago and A F Warren of Auburn. Various townspeople travel, entertain, or conduct official business as the Probate Court holds its first term and Col. Orrin McFadden attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
Hottest Day in Years Amid Local Home Projects
The town sweltered as repairs on Federal street homes continued and a new roof was added. Temperatures hit 94 to 102 in the shade on the hottest day in years. Visitors included Wilmot Lowell and family from Jamaica Plain at the Haynes cottage, with Boston’s John Tippett in town as guest of Freeman D. Southard. Portland residents White and Poor stayed at White’s south town home. Arthur Bean pitched at the Harbor last Saturday and has signed to play with Harbor this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Marston
Erastus Foote
Chicago
A. F. Warren
Auburn
E. N. Lewis
Boston
Mary Stinson
Lewiston
Helen Piper
Damariscotta
Lester Day
Annie E. Sawyer
Portland
Flora Farr
Walter McGill
Medford
Mass
the Albee
M. L. Wright
Middle Street
Norma Chase
Gardiner
Nate Rines
A. F. Sortwell
Skada
Francis Erskine
Master Parker
Camden
John
Bath
Prohibition
Congress
Col
Orrin McFadden
Dresden
Llewellyn Rogers
Echo Home
J. W. Brackett
James Merry
Ruth
Newcastle
Frank Hodgkins
Melrose Heights
L. W. Gibbs
Fred Glidden
Mae Rines
Joseph Coffin
Dorchester
Willie «McKenzie
Mr. Blythe
Providence
R. I
Sarah Sylvester
W. E. Gorham
Federal Street
Mercury
Wilmot Lowell
Jamaica Plain
Haynes Cottage
John Tippett
Wiscasset
Birch Point
Freeman D. Southard
Joseph G. White
Poor
Mr. White
Arthur Bean
Harbor
Harbor Boys
Rain Helps Needed and Town Notes in July 1894
Rain is much needed as Sheepscot Echo notes arrivals and visits in town. People moving and traveling include Henry C. Baker moving to Dr Brown’s High street house, Capt. A C Chaney and family at home, Miss Mae Lennox in Bath, and William Doe from Williamsport visiting. Work on W Q railroad wharf advances with pile driver and carpenters. The steam yacht Clarieta arrives with summer visitors, and the Bath tug Farnsworth delivers a raft of piling logs for the railroad. The Bath built schooner Margaret B Roper sails with 600 tons of ice, while the Hattie P Simpson gains Ollie Chaney as second mate and the Kennebec ships 2,200 tons of ice to Philadelphia. The Erskine wharf is to be rebuilt with deeper water and new hemlock piling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie FE Lewis
Cape Elizabeth
Henry C. Baker
Dr. Brown
High Street
A. C. Chaney
Johnson
Henry
Gardiner
James P. Stinson
Boston
Mae Lennox
Bath
Elizabeth Patterson
Abram Nute
Wilder McClintock
Cambridge
Mass
Hilton House
Ida Neal
Waldoboro
Abbie Black
Machias
William Doe
Williamsport
Mamie Taylor
Portland
W. E. Gammons
Fred March
Damariscotta
Silas Y. Jackson
Will Stinson
Joseph H. Greenleaf
Jennie
Massachusetts
Orrin Pottle
Jonas Fowle
Westport
Abijah Dickinson
Ethel McCarty
Wm. D. Blake
Verdiel C. Jones
Rev
C. L. Banghart
Joseph G. Call
S. Y. Jackson Place
Joseph J. Call
Pittston
Lawrence
Greenleaf
Capt. Carleton
A. H. Davenport
Farnsworth
Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad Co
Lennox Wharf
Margaret B. Roper
Crammer
Norfolk
Kennebec
Philadelphia
Erskine
Thanks for sympathy and floral tributes in bereavement
Acknowledgment from Harry F E Bailey Armand R Smith and Ada B Comstock of Wiscasset Maine dated July 13 1933 expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for aid sympathy and flowers received after a bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry FE. Bailey
Armand R. Smith
Ada B. Comstock
Wiscasset, Me
Meteorite suspected as space rock found near Lubee farms
Judge John J. Keegan of the municipal court possesses a round metallic object the size of a baseball unearthed by Thomas F. Keegan Jr on the Keegan farms at Lubee. It was initially thought to be a cannonball but surface pitting and reddish glow suggest a meteorite. If confirmed, it would be a rare large specimen. Mrs Inga Johnson and Mrs Nicholas Bjornson and son Roy of Philadelphia are visiting the Hatch camp at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Keegan Farms
Lubee
Thomas F. Keegan, Jrfa
Keegan
Inga Johnson
Nicholas Bjoomson
Roy
Philadelphia
Popham Beach
West Bath Grangers Attend Merrymeeting Program
West Bath grange members visit Bowdoinham to enjoy an evening at Merrymeeting grange. Miss Lillian E. Lewin arranged the program featuring solos, a sidewalk waltz, humorous reading, original poetry and song, a one act play, and a poem of welcome. Light refreshments were served and dancing continued late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Merrymeeting
Lillian E. Lewin
Bowdeinham
Lewin
The
Grange
Fred K. Sturtevant
Miss Lewin
Charles L. Haggett
A. Bernard Henderson
Edwin W. Haggett
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Robert Oliver
Harold E. Freeman
Albert F. McFadden
Barbara Freeman
Muriel H. Howe
Owen E. Rogers
Charles T. Henderson
David E. Rich
Raymond A. Smith
Emily Rideout
Family Refuses Woolwich Move in Poor Settlement Case
A Bath city family of eight children and two adults, paupers charged to Bath but settled in Woolwich, refused to relocate when ordered by Sheriff Henderson at Bath Overseers’ request. The dispute, with Woolwich opposing Bath, was reviewed by Judge Keegan and will proceed after filed statements and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Albert Henderson
Bath
John J. Keegan
Edward W. Bridgham
Arthur J. Dunton
Selectmen
Keegan
Passmore Installed as Head of Rotary Club
Harry T. Passmore, a Bath Rotary charter member, was formally installed as president at the noon meeting at Hotel Phoenix. Officers James A. Gillies Jr. and Carl Y. Kennedy were installed as vice president and treasurer, with Henry W. Owen absent due to Portland harbor military camp. Retiring president William A. Furber passed the gavel as Passmore and Marius H. Page reported on the Boston international convention. visiting Rotarians included Woodbury Brackett and Clifton O. Page among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Passmore
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
James A. Gillies
D Jr
Carl Y. Kennedy
Henry W. Owen
Portland Harbor
William A. Furber
Pasmore
Pasmore With Considerable Ceremony and Later, With Mr. Passmore
Marius H. Page
Boston
Woodbury Brackett
Washburn
Clifton O. Page
Cincinnati
Bill Harris
Waterbury
Tree surgeons licensed by state to take exam again
Owing to high demand the licensing exam for tree surgeons will be held again on July 17 at 130 p.m. at the State House in Augusta and at the University of Maine. The test aids those who missed the June 15 sitting. About forty holders already hold certificates in Maine and the public is urged to deal only with certificated tree men for protection work. In Lewiston, Miss Germaine Cloutier, 16, was struck by a taxi and suffered facial and shoulder injuries. x rays show no skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Augusta
University of Maine
Maine
H. L. Gauvreau
Germaine Cloutier
Lewiston
Hamlin Hagerty Camp Outing Held at Gun Point
United Span ish War veterans of Lewiston held its annual outing at Gun Point with about 65 veterans present. The day featured a sports program and a shore dinner at noon. Comrades joined from Lisbon Tagus and Brunswick camps. Before returning, box lunches from the ladies auxiliaries were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin-Hagerty
United Spanish War Veterans
Lewiston
Gun Point
Lisbon
Tagus
Brunswick
Summer residents at Sabino and surrounding spots
West Bath notes list guests and visitors at Sabino cottages through July including Mr. and Mrs. Theo Nelson, Delmar Bates, Olaf Branting, Elmer Hodgkins, Evertt Lemont, Fred Kittridge, and many Bath and Boston families. The piece also notes Rev. Patrick Crayton’s death and announces the Kennebunk flower show at town hall on July 19 with garden club leaders coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Nelson
Beachmont
Mass
Sabino
W. A. Burnham
Lynn
Kenneth Foster
Cathance
Delmar E. Bates
Bath
Olaf Branting
Branting
Christian Science Church
Boston
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Bella Harris
Helen Smith
New York
Noyes Cottage
Evertt G. Lemont
Fred B. Kittridge
William A. Kittridge
Richard Hastings
Virginia
Janet
Richard, Jr
Bangor
Robert Small
Theresa Small
James H. Thorpe
Robert Greer
E. A. Nelson
Everett
J. E. Kelley
Charlestown
R. F E. Kelley
Burns
Malcolm L. Doble
Beatrice
Doble Cottage
Reuben Purington
Ralph Trask
Winneganee
Evergreen Cottage
Quaker Point
Samuel F. Bates
Sabine
Henry Henderson
Marjorie
Paul
Winthrop
Charles H. Bates
Conrad Nelson
Alice
Theo
Marblehead
Lemont Cottage
Franklin Wright
Franklin Hallowell
William Paisley
John Sheridon
Raymond Palmer
Charles L. Haggett
Sanford
Emily Larrabee
James B. Lemont
Sanford’s Crossing
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Walter H. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Frank Daniels
Malden
Birch Point
John F. Larrabee
Farmington
Violet Bunker
Dorchester
Philbrook
Albert Lovely
Arlington
Philbrook Cottage
Mr. Lovely
Lovely
Stanley W. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Natick
Needham Heights
Wendell L. Williams
Julia Coombs
Amy Coombs
Arundel Garden Club
Kennebunk Town Hall
Former Pastor Surprised on 70th Birthday by Woodland Center Ladies
Twenty seven women from Woodland Center with their pastor Rev. Robert W. Bell visited former pastor Rev. T. H. Fernald at his Woolwich home to celebrate his 70th birthday. The gathering included gifts a purse of money a birthday cake and a picnic dinner. Fernald recently recovered from a serious operation at Bath City hospital and spoke highly of the surgeons and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Center
Robert W. Bell
T. H. Fernald
Woolwich
Fernald
Albert Hathorn
Eben Dana
Elida Hawthorne
Augusta
John” Rice
Bell
Mr. Fernald
Hartley Hathorne
Bath City Hospital
Judge Keegan declines treasurer post in Sagadahoc Repeal group
Judge John J. Keegan of Bath municipal court declines the Sagadahoc Repeal association treasurer role, citing commitment to uphold Prohibition. He explains he cannot serve with ties to the anti Eighteenth Amendment cause and will remain impartial in cases. An executive committee will name a successor. Delegates from Maine clubs head to Chicago for the National Biennial July 10 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
John C. Fitzgerald
Sagadahoc Repeal Association
Keegan
Bath
Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Bertha Hudson
Winthrop
Marguerite Tapley
Elizabeth J. Firth
Bangor
Sue Carr
Nina Griggs
Nerissa Kent
Edith Dill
Luella Haskell
Marion Webber
Transportation
All of
Portland
Carroll
S2co
Corinne Dudley
Wilton
Helen Mitchell
Houston
Chicago
Maine
Eastport
Farmington
Stevens Hotel
Dolloff Engagement Promotes Local Connections
Dr. and Mrs. David E. Dolloff of Crescent Street Biddeford announce the engagement of their daughter Weslene Janet to George F. P. Troy Jr. of Providence Rhode Island. Weslene is a Biddeford High School 1929 graduate and Pembroke College Brown student. Troy is Brown 1931 graduate and a Providence Journal staffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Dolloff
Crescent Street
Biddeford
Weslene Janet
George FP. Troy, Jr
Providence
R. I
Dolloff
Biddeford High School
Pembroke College
Brown University
Troy
Providence Journal
Rhododendron Blooms Warm Maine Highlands This Year
In the Maine mountains wild rhododendron grows uncultivated and forms a notable beauty spot. In Lexington township northern Maine the plant is flowering in plentiful measure this year with shell pink blossoms and dark waxy leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Mountains
Middle South
Maine
Lexington
Carolina Hills
Road Construction Progress Near Minot and Poland
A new macadam road is being laid between Minot and Poland with about 1800 feet of base completed and surface work set to start around July 25. Additional road projects include routes from Waldoboro to Warren and other towns, with several segments in concrete and traffic changes planned, including one way traffic and two way restoration by July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot
Poland
Waldoboro
Warren
Brewer
Dedham-Ellsworth
Weston
Etna
Benton
Burnham-Pittsfield
Harrison-Otisfield
Topsham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harrison Keller
Grant Ratter
Washington, D.C
Perkin’s Institute
Miss Ryan
Crocker
Wheeler Electrical Manufacturing Co
Fast Orange
N. J
Herbert C. Ryan
Wilhelmina Bragg
William H. Houghton
Edgecomb
Lewis Oliver
New London
Conn
University of California
Walter Leavitt
Skowhegan
Reta Lewis
Harry Lewis
Rangeley
Lawrence Haggett
East Waterboro
Jeanette
Sterling Don
Harriet
J. W. Fowles
Effie J. Poole
Langdon Road
Harold Campbell
A. H. Dodge
Orono
Campbell
W. C. Day
Horace Day
F. J. Dyer and Sons
Ellis
Pemaguld Harbor
Carl H. Main
Ruth Nichols
Charles H. Titus
Mr. Main
O. N. Main
Main
Ross B. Nichols
Molly Seamon
Metcalf
Union Street
Gardiner Road
LD. R. Sortwell
Charles S. Sewall
Julia Watson
Lakewood
A. J. Mann
Lee F. Gorham
Lake Placid Club
N. Y
William E. Gorham
Maude Clark Gay
E. Fred Albee
Grace L. Knight
Charles Legrow
Grace Moore
Plymouth
Horace W. Day
American Salesbook, Co
Rochester
Worcester
Day
Wesley C. Day
Luther Little
Weston P. Chamberlain
Washington, D. C
Alice D. Taylor
Hodge Street
F. L. Robertson
Harriet Blagdon
Alna
Herbert Munsey
Alton
Georgianna Lilly
Sarah Stenson
Flora Lowell
Joanna Evans
Belfast
Louise Barley Havenstein
Barley Camp
Damariscotta Lake
Harold Leavitt
New Brunswick
Donald F. Preble
Old Files Sheepscot Echo
Lubec
West Bath Grangers
Passmore
Rotary
West Bath
Patrick J. Crayton
Holy Name Church
Rockland
Fr. Crayton
Marlboro
N. H
St. Marys High School
St. Johns Seminary
Brighton
L. F.” Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
David .G. Reed
Hadie
Boothbay Harbor
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men's Forum
Nequasset
Hollis Leeman
Sebenca Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Frank Bailey
Piney Woods
Sebenon Hall
Montsweag Church
Barbara Hackett
Gordon College
Priscilla Conley
Plinette Allen
McIinnes
Nova Scotia
Kenneth McDougal
A. E. Trott
Trott
Wilbur Howe
Esmond, R. L
North Woolwich
George M. Carlton
Richard
George, Jr
Jack
Lawrence Ryan
Reed & Reed
Chesterville
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Tuessic Hall
Marcia Stinson
Catherine Beebee
Hyde Park
Evelyn Hathorne
Prank J. Walker
Milton
John G. Reed
Camp Chewowski
Mary Dana
Brunswick Hospital
David Reed
Boothbay
Lester Holbrook
Eric Robertson
Manchester
Lebenon Hall
Piney Wood
A. L. Corliss
S Aepor
Hotel
Piccadilly
Simmons
Rene
WM. Madlung
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