Summer visitors fill Sebasco and nearby towns
A parade of guests arrives at Cushman cottages, Rock Gardens, and Sebasco Estates, including families from Lewiston, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Wakefield, and New York. Notable visitors include Miss Marie Heapy, Mrs. Henry A. Strum, and Prof. Maurice Avery's guests. Local residents host dances, concerts, and social teas while summer homes and cottages are occupied through July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbbie F. Minott
Ada Catherine
Caribou
Josselyn Botanical Society of
Maine
Annie Nichols
Susie Nichols
Portland
George Ballou
Yonkers
N. Y
Little Wood Island
Powall Buckner
Helen Maynard
Rock Gardens
William Tench
Richard and
Robert
Clearwater
Fla
Sebasco Estates
Lucile Cushman
New York
Sebasco Lodge
David Blanchard
Westfield
N. J
Joseph Brazier
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Bath
Sebasco Clipper
Warren Fogg
Lewiston
Dexter Kneeland
Coe Pushes Oxford Plains as New England Air Base
Lovell Maine July 8 1939 Republican candidate Major George C Coe urges the War Department Committee to locate one of five US air bases in New England. He favors the Oxford plains Maine site near Portland for defense and civic action to back the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Coe
Lovell
Maine
J. Buell Snyder
Congress
Pennsylvania
New England
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
United States
Oxford Plains
Portland
Miller Couple Celebrates 45th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Abraham Miller of 107 Lincoln street returned Friday from a three weeks trip to New York and Malden Mass in observance of their 45th wedding anniversary which fell on June 20. They attended the World's Fair and Radio City while in New York and visited their son and daughter Joan. In Malden they saw their daughter Mrs Joseph Goldman and granddaughter Beverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Miller
Lincoln Street
New York
Malden
Mass
Radio City
Joan
Joseph Goldman
Beverly
Camp Moonlight Hosts Two Families at Point
Mr and Mrs Laforest Coombs with Beverly and Donald Coombs occupy Camp Moonlight at Point alongside Mr and Mrs Harvey Groves with Donna Lee Groves and Mr and Mrs Linwood Davis for the remainder of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laforest Coombs
Beverly
Donald
Harvey Groves
Donna Lee
Linwood Davis
Camp Moonlight
Mont
Parker Head Visitors and Summer Plans in Popham
Parker Head and Popham residents and visitors fill a busy week with social calls at the Lowells and Harringtons, camping, fireworks, and a rescue at Popham Beach. Memorial hospital operation for John Rollins Jr and plans for Parker Head July 31 to August 11 are noted amid local gatherings.
Personal notes mention local residents with visits and a fall
John W. Sampson of 1059 High street fell on a plank over a cellar stair, entered Memorial hospital for X rays. Mrs. Fernando Hutchins and daughters Norma Joan and Martha Jane of Lynn Mass arrive to spend July with her parents on Washington street. Percy Savage and wife weekend guests at Birch Point cottage. Roy Shackford on vacation from state liquor store duties. Various relatives travel between Five Islands Jamaica Plain and West Bath with Summers and cottage visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Sampson
High Street
Sampson
Memorial Hospital
Fernando Hutchins
Norma
Joan
Martha Jane
Lynn
Mass
Hutchins
Joseph Oliver
Upper Washington Street
Percy Savage
Five Islands
Mr. Savage
Roy Shackford
Turner Court
Birch Point
Shackford
John Huskins
Helen Plummer
Winship _ street
William F. ‘Plummer
Willian F. Plummer
Carl Reitzel
Jamaica Plain
James B. Lemont
West Bath
Edward Footer
Upper High Street
Mary Jane Footer
New Bath Area Telephone Directory Shows Growth in Listings
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co released Bath area directories showing 2,107 listings, up from 1,977, with 68 pages including a first-time classified section. Rupert M. Irvine notes improving accuracy, while Boothbay Harbor Bowdoinham and Brunswick rise in listings and Freeport Harpswell and Phippsburg shrink. The ten year span reveals varied changes across Bath, Wiscasset, Georgetown, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bath
Rupert M. Irvine
Boothbay Harbor
Bowdeinham
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Georgetown
Freeport
Harpswell
Phippsburg
Collision Damages Two Vintage Cars on Broad and Front
A 1931 Ford coupe driven by Mrs. Frank J. Walker Woolwich and a 1938 Packard sedan driven by Miss A Ethel Stewart 2 Bedford street were damaged in a collision Saturday noon at Broad and Front streets. The Walker car came from Broad turning south on Front and struck the Stewart car’s rear left fender ripping out a section near the running board. The Ford rolled onto the sidewalk and stopped against the Pierce block housing Fall's Shoe Store and the Coffee Shop damaging the stairway door casing. Ford front bumper and steering gear were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Frank J. Walker
Woolwich
Packard
A. Ethel Stewart
Bedford Street
Broad
Front Streets
Walker
Broad Street
Stewart
Pierce
Fall's Shoe
H. G. Hodgdon
Legion Lawn Party Committees Named and Plans Made
Plans are nearly complete for the American Legion lawn party on Legion grounds July 12 to 14. A larger display of booths and amusements is promised to raise funds for the Legion building fund. Booths include a ladies auxiliary serving hot dogs tonic candy and cake led by Mrs Ralph Gay and others and a Lady Lucky booth chaired by Edgar Leavitt with assistance from Perry Thompson Maurice Brown James Clappison Miles Hagan Dr Victor Carey Wilbur Crocker Gardner Rogers Wiltur Hill and R J Steussy. The Daisy Dart gallery is run by Lance Cooper Earl Cooper Carl Dixon and Gus Schwerdtfeger. Eugene Hart heads the general committee and calls a meeting Sunday at 1 pm. Also noted are visitors Mr and Mrs Charles Foster of Little Neck L I visiting Mrs Foster's sister Mrs Leland Plummer and family in Bath with their son Harold Foster at camp during August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wyman
Marion Bridges
Popham
Lester Harrington
Lewis Lowells
Stonybrook
Stanley Perkins
Arthur Kreidler
Helen Cushing
Mildred Harrington
John Rollins, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Annie Harrington
Harrington
Florence Rollins
Alice Rollins
Alice Lowell
Jennie Woodward
New York
George Woodward
North Bergen
N. H
Peterson
Galen Daley
Edna Perry
Stevens
Earl Hamel
Little Sandra Mank
Popham Beach
Hamel
Samuel Sternberg
Allan
Marilyn
Arthur Bassett
Arlene Bassett
Edwin M. Wyman
Boston
Ashton Nickerson
Fileen Crowell
Earl Lowell
Lynette Caverly
Parker Head
James Temple
Lillian Temple
Percy Quincey
Arthur Thompson
James Kerwin
Earl Gagnon
Lewiston
Eugene Harrington
Elizabeth Wyman
Clarence Wallace
Robert Jewell
Priscilla Wyman
Lawrence Thayer
Frank Wyman
Olive Deojay
Frank Deojay
Brunswick
Frances Marks
Bailey's Island
Allie Rollins
Walter Cushing
Lou Webber
John Anderson
John Libby
Anderson
Angie Mank
Eddie Hemingway
American Legion
Bangor
Chicago
Sagadahoc County
Jeannette Hallett
Woolwich
Marple Stewart
Harry D. Mank, Jr
Betty Logan
Wilma Hodgkins
Legion
Legion Building Fund
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ralph Gay
John Costain
Carl Stinson
John Hart
Ambrose Curran
Helen Hill
Victor Carey
Perry Thompson
Waldo Weston
John Crosby
James Clappison
Alice Rideout
Lucky Booth
Edgar Leavitt
Maurice Brown
Miles Hagan
Wilbur Crocker
Gardiner Rogers
Wiltur Hill
R. J Steussy
Daisy Dart
Lance Cooper
Earl Cooper
Carl Dixon
Gus Schwerdtfeger
Eugene Hart
Legion Building
Miss Sewall Travels Through Europe to Italy
Miss Mary Sewall, staying several weeks in Europe, is currently in Venice after visiting the Azores, Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Rome, Naples, and Florence. She plans to tour Switzerland and France before sailing home at the end of July. Mrs. Elmer C. Lufkin of 70 High Street is visiting friends in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sewall
Europe
Venice
Italy
Miss Sewall
Azores
Madeira
Gibraltar
Algiers
Rome
Naples
Florence
Switzerland
France
Elmer C. Lufkin
High Street
Rockland
Popham Beach daily life and weekly winners
Last week at Popham Beach lists winners for July 3 to July 8 including Mrs. Louis Gayton Philip Wyman and Mrs. Waldo Weston among top scores. The column notes frequent visitors from Bath Milton Boothbay and other towns, camping schooling concerts dances and a sightseeing plane offering short river rides.
Visitors at the White Spot Gather for Holidays
Lillian P. White of Dedham Mass and Elizabeth Carlton of Woolwich visited the White Spot on Sunday. C F Pritham and son from Augusta joined during the holiday, with several others including Mrs Charles H Priest and daughter Girlandine Priest of North Vassalboro, Mrs Verne Denico of South China, and Adin Shorey of North Vassalboro returning after a fortnight's stay. J A Rainford of New York City and C Kenneth Lee of Barre VT were there last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian P. White
Dedham
Mass
White Spot
Elizabeth Carlton
Woolwich
C. F. Pritham
Augusta
Charles H. Priest
Girlandine I. Priest
North Vassalboro
Verne Denico
South China
Adin Shorey
Need for a Whorf at Popham Point Advocated
Herbert J. Kellaway urges the construction of a stone wharf at the parade ground northwest corner of Fort Popham to serve year round. He dismisses a floating stage idea as impractical and cites coast guard and local boat builders for caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Popham Beach
Maine
Fort Popham
Lubber
Sebago Lake
Coast Guard Station
Arthur Stevens
East Boothbay
Popham
Bath
William Hutchins
Herbert J. Kellaway
Salem residents host visiting relatives and maritime news
Mr and Mrs Charles Curtis of Salem Mass visited relatives including aunts Lizzie French and Cora Small over the weekend. Capt William F Plummer of the schooner Helen Barnet Gring sailed from Boston for Norfolk then Canada for lumber bound for New York. Funeral attendance for William B Kendall of Bowdingham noted with Edwin Parris and Mrs William Yule among out of town mourners. Mrs Walter Adler and son Richard returned from Boston weekend visit to Mrs Edward Footer. Adler formerly Ethel Totman. Zetta Wright Higgins of Cambridge was guest of E Mason Wright while en route to Five Islands where she reopened Rockcrest Summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Gayton
Philp Wyman
Waldo Weston
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Voorhees
Philip Wyman
Forrest Wyman
L. Gayton
Robert Cody
Leroy Perkins
Cody
Irving Meredith
Milton
Mass
Meredith
New England
Appalachian Mountain Club
Shirley Isaacson
William Roy
Woolwich
Frank Scott
Roy
Popham
Florence Carson
Somerville
Alford Graham
William Cupit
Brookline
Alvah O. Light
Arrowsic
Woodard
Fred French
Brunswick
Mr. Light
Paul Cobb
Saco
Horace Morse
Mary
Martha
Bath
Staples Drug Store
Clarence Getchel
Page Wyman
Lawrence
Philip
South Shore
Leon Fickett
Pond Island
Fred Osgood
Osgood
Niles Cameron
Pauline
Ellen
Allan Spear
Joseph
Donald
George E. Hoyt
Richmond
Kathleen Conley
Bay Point
Albert Towne
Janice
Marguerite
Waltham
Little Park
Pines
Frances Shaughnessy
New York
Legard
Sargent
Allan Hall
Yarmouth
Stanley Hyde
George Percy
Salem
J. Hougton McClellan
Minot Percy
Boston
Percy
Capt. Simpson
Mr. Duganne
Russell Sprague
Topsham
Mr. Sprague
Walter Sprague
Bernice Carr
Senter’s, Inc
Madelyn Bridges
West Bath
Walter Williams
West Georgetown
George Oliver
Roger
Elizabeth Oliver
Richard Gilmore
Billy Voorhees
Frederick Humphreys
Agnes Humphreys
Robert Toothaker
Caroline
Stanley Lane
Sedgemere
Charles J. Donnell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Society Hall
Charles Curtis
R. Frank Curtis
Lizzie French
Cora Small
William F. Plummer
Helen Barnet Gring
Norfolk
New York City
Edwin Parris
William Yule
Upper Washington Street
William B. Kendall
Bowdeinham
Walter Adler
Richard
Edward Footer
Upper High Street
Adler
Ethel Totman
Zetta Wright Higgins
Cambridge
E. Mason Wright
Winship Street
Five Islands
Rockcrest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dexter Kne
Alan and
John
Marie Heapy
Baltimore
Matikin Dougherty
Burnt Coat Island
Blanch Brotherton
South Hadley
Herbert Moore
Henry A. Strum
Brooklyn
Riley Williams
Emma Houston
Marcus Beebe
Wakefield
Shebasco
Raymond Dellinger
Lodge
Clarence Schimmer
Jo-Ann
Orange
Clarence Mackay
Julian Mason
Schwab Cottage
Henry Carlton
Eleanor
Kelley Homestead
New Meadows
Maurice Pushard, Jr
Grace Wheeler
Edith
Dayton
Meadowbrook
Fred Blachly
McCuller
Brightwater
Margaret Minott
Hebron Academy
Carol Mijal
Elizabeth
Forrest Staples
Frank Zautoski
Massachusetts
Paul Simonds
Edwin Crosby
Swarthmore
Roland L. Eaton
Gloria Jean
Martin Eaton
Helen Balls
Donald Marshall
Wilmington
Del
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco
Bath Memorial Hospital
Reginald Wright Kauffman
Randolph Norwood
Lee
Lima
John Rust
Marian
Betty
Anna Miller
Jamaica
Louise Garth
Ohio
Eleanor Brown
Revere Mass
Edward Breare
Edward, Jr
Wilbur
Revere
Harry Gilmore
Laura Cutting
Annie Bowker
Stanley Hutchins
John B. Holton
Amherst
Leon Pennell
Winnegance
Jay K. Bowker
Laconia
Ada Catherine Pierce
Kittery
William B. Perry
Robert P. Manson
Campbell Farm
Walter J. Pierce
Portsmouth
Ernest A. Rogers
John D. Rogers
Quaker Point
Pauline Rogers
Chebeague Island
Geneva Bennett
Flora Leavitt
Mildred
South Portland
Frank P. Leavit
Arthur Bean
Fred Mains
Pittston
Barbara Cox
Cold Spring Farm
Forbes
Frederick Blachly
Howard
Washington, D. C
Stansbury Hagar
Tom
Marjorie
James L. Morse
Andrew Flaherty
Karcher Jackson
Johanna Cavanaugh
Marguerite Beardsley
Warren
Connie
Ann
Bobby Wilson
Bodwell Grange
Dromore Grange
Gigi Fala Livre
Grange
Melvin Pratt
Patrick Henry
Stanley Gilman
Eleanor Gilmore
Issa McIntire
Ede Srs
Pear Ather Ray McIintire
Myrtle Pye Vidline Solo Scatce
Eas
Theresa Wyman
Grange Hall
Coe
Parker
Boerne
Bowdoinham
Legion Lawn Party
Charles Foster
Little Neck
L. T
Philip Dalrymple
Kennebec Point
Diana Gould
Auburn
Nancy Gaton
Boothbay
Thorne Island
White Cap
Christopher H. Marr
Brann
Peter Isaacson
Stone House
Isaacson
Jack Linder
Weston
D. T. Percy, Jr
Cynthia Hanna
Holliston
Barbara Fischer
W. W. Osgood
Dover, N. H
E. W. Osgood
Wylys Ames
Montclair
Marsh Cottage
Henry Day
Day
Seguin Island
Ralph Morong
Nancy
Muriel
Rae
Lisbon Falls
Shirley Morong
Frances Morong
Vernon Mattson
Dorothy
Newton Center
Mattson
Wheeler
Miss Bette
Katherine Gibbs Secretrial School
Vernon, Jr
Newton High School
Bette
Walter A. White
Chevrolet
Annatelecn
Pilgrim Chevrolet, Inc
Front Street
Free Ice Chem
Tel
White-Spot
Sea Grill
W. W. White
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