Local residents and visitors noted in Wiscasset town notices
Reports list residents moving into homes on Federal and John Greenleaf streets, guests and visitors from Everett Massachusetts Camden and Chicago, a July town bell schedule, a watch recovered from a well, and a bombing accident injuring H V B Nash. Also mentions the new Alfred University language professor Grace Robinson and summer guests at The Albee including Frank Meadowcroft and Mrs Meadowcroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George West
Helen Jackson
George Poole
Everett
Mass
Langdon
Everett S. Leavitt
Dr. Gorham
E. H. Boynton
Hampden
Echo
F. W. Hilton
South Framingham
The
Albee
Edward Sortwell
Camden
Mr. Sortwell
F. A. Creamer
Pittsburgh
Tom Dow
Washington Street
C. C. Blagdon
John Greenleaf
Federal Street
Blagdon
Herman Dodge
H. D. Pendleton
H. V. B. Nash
Wiscasset
Nash
E. R. Stimpson
C. H. Metcalf
Alfred University
Alfred, N. Y
Grace Robinson
Mount Union College
Alliance
Ohio
Frank Meadowcroft
Louise
Chicago
Mr. Meadowcroft
Albert Erskine
Erskine
F. L. Erskine
Wiscasset Society Meeting, Outings, and Local News
The Wiscasset Female Charitable Society holds its officers meeting at Miss Mary Hobson’s home with the annual session set for August 16. A parade of social events includes Knights hosting a luncheon with contract at Federal Street, prize winners, and visits from residents of Bath, Beverley Mass, New York, and Boston. The town shares summer visitors, housekeeping notes, a fire at Gardiner Road, new births, and club activities with a focus on community and charitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Female Charitable Society
Mary Hobson
Knight
Federal Street
Warren Lowell
Bath
Clarence A. Peaslee
W. S. Nason
Varney
Edward Lord
Lillian
Beverley
Mass
Lord
Jennie Nute
Hodge Street
Beatrice Clisby Dodge
Child
Brunswick
Edward S. Merry
Ways and Means
Woman's Club
Cary
Mess
Clark and
Ramsay
Lloyd Lowndes
New York
Grant Rafter
Louise Bigelow
Rosamond Fuller
Charles Chase
Boston
High Street
Thomas Brooks
Charles River Village
William Borla
Snell House
Henry Webb
H. B. Nash
Lincoln Home
Robert Williamson
Augusta
Miss Trask
Jefferson
Bangor
Emma Stinson
Paul Keller
Clark House
Alna Road
John Blagdon
Hattie Blagdon
Hooper Street
George Main
Gardiner Road
Ernest Colby
WISCASSET 25 YEARS AGO Echos July 13 1907
E E Seekins builds an ell on Langdon road. Francis Albee returns from Boston. H H Trussell travels to Portland. Belle Foye learns to set type at the Echo office. J W Walker piano tuner visits. J Ingram Taylor visits Westport. Frank Plumstead from Bangor visits his father Asa P Plumstead. George Blagdon's house on Union street noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Seekins
Langdon Road
Francis Albee
Boston
H. H. Trussell
Portland
Belle Foye
Echo
J. W. Walker
J. Ingram Taylor
Westport
Frank Plumstead
Bangor
Asa P. Plumstead
George Blagdon
Union
Town Gossipy Notes Salute Local Residents
Mrs. Evan Somes and son Clifton visit Mr. John West. Horace E. Henderson, Whitman High principal, is in town. Funeral services for Mrs. Abram Savage were held with Rev. W B Jackson officiating. A steam pile driver travels downriver near Frank Palmer's mill. Several locals vacation, trade horses, and enjoy summer visits across Boston and Belgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Somes
Clifton
John West
J. P. Hilton
Alice Welsh
Boston
Leonard Marston
J. M. Knight
Miss F. Lincoln
Belgrade
Miss Golder
Mr. Littlefield
Peabody
Mass
William Taylor
Clark's Point
Wilmot W. Lowell
Gertrude
Gardiner
Frank Palmer
Will) Devitt
Southport
Wiscasset
F. A. Creamer
Neal
L. P. Gibbs
Sawyer
S. G. McFarland
Dunton's Cut
Orlando Kimball
Gardiner Reporter Journal
Rotary Club Tackles Payable Rail System And Transport
A Rotary meeting discussed restoring railroads to profitability with Mr. Wheeler presenting relatable anecdotes. President Furber led the session and the club approved hiring buses to move youths to Bath and Christmas Cove Salvation Army Camps for their annual vacation. Visiting Rotarians included Payson Pierce, George Morse, Clifton Page. Guests were H. R. Dunham, O. E. Page, and L. J. Sanborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Furber
Bath
Christmas Cove
Salvation Army
Payson Pierce
Reading
Mass
George Morse
Boonton
N. J
Clifton Page
Indianapolis
H. R. Dunham
Waterville
O. E. Page
L. J. Sanborn
City
West Bath social notes list local visits and summer plans
The column records residents from West Bath and nearby towns enjoying visits, guests at cottages, and family news. Names include Walter W. Larrabee, Julia Coombs, Carolyn and Philip Stackpole, Nellie Starrett, and many Lemont and Mayo family members with travels to Campbell's Pond, Weeks Street School, and Foster's Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Bath
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Philip A. Stackpole
Bates
Campbell's Pond
Stackpole
Weeks Street
Kent’s Hill
Nellie Starrett
State Normal School
Geneseo
N. Y
Newfoundland
Grenfell Mission
F. E. Douglas
Brunswick
New Meadows Shore
J. Everett. Mayo
the Inn Road
Harriet M. Johnson
North Street
J. Gertrude Silsby
Green Street
White Mountains
James Comeau
Spring Street
J. Everett Mayo
Francis Stover
Brunswick Road
J. E. Mayo
Sarah E. Lemont
School Street
Emma N. Cox
Lexington
Mass
Trufant’s Crossing
John D. Peters and Sons Junior
Richard
Everett
Peters
James B. Lemont
Sanford's Crossing
Harold J. Haggett
Harry
Arthur Lemont
Summer visitors and residents at Beachmont cottages
Beachmont Massachusetts hosts seasonal guests including Theo Nelson and family, Oscar Mobery from Marblehead, and many riders from New York City and Bath. Visitors socialize at cottages, clubs meet for Bridge, and local residents host relatives from Revere and Tampa during July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Nelson
Beachmont
Mass
Oscar Mobery
Marblehead
Mobery
E. J. Dunlap
Bert A. Dunlap
Nancy Wardwell
New York City
Portland
William Cotton
Samuel Bates
Walter F. Abbott
Ira Abbott
Marjory Quinn
Abbott Camp
Water Cove
Henry Henderson
Winthrop
Charles Bates
Charles Owen
Florence Owen
William Jordan
Waterville
Smiley Cottage
George Buchanan
Buffalo
N. Y
Delmar Bates Cottage
Buchanan
Western Electric Co
Willis E. Perkins
Tampa
Fla
Humphrey A. Owen
George Cameron
Walter M. Hill
Bath
Aiken Cottage
Charles Hewitt
Hewitt Cottage
Elmer Hodgkins
Ellen B. Hodgkins
Noyes Cottage
Porch Bridge Club
Lee Farm
John McNary
Revere
Foster's Point Cottage Guests Across Multiple Families
Mr and Mrs Arthur Williams of Wal tham Mass stay at Upham cottage Foster's Point. Miss Helen Bennett and Miss Pauline Bennett of Arlington visit grandparents Edmund Wellington Malden at their Foster's Point cottage. Mr and Mrs Raymond Hillard Framingham at Pickett cottage Foster's Point. Edmund Wellington Malden host grand daughters Dorothy Wellington and Doris Lovell Medford. William Mason Groveland at their cottage. Walton Mason Stoneham and two children visit Dr Johnson Foster's Point. Lucy Owen Framingham Elmer Williams Old Town at their cottage. Fred Williams family South Portland Sunday guests of Lincoln Williams Foster's Point. Mrs Rosmond Sales and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Williams
Waltham
Mass
Upham
Foster’s Point
Helen Bennett
Pauline Bennett
Arlington
Edmund Wellington
Malden
Raymond Hillard
Framingham
Dorothy Wellington
Doris Lovell
Mediford
William Mason
Groveland
Foster's Point
Walton Mason
Stoneham
Beardsley Case Beats Fuller in Reckless Driving Trial
Mrs. Susan Beardsley testified in municipal court that she heard an admission of fault after the May 18 collision with Arthur Fuller. Fuller was found guilty, fined $20 with $17.10 costs, and is appealing to Sagadahoc superior court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pond
Arthur Fuller
Fuller
Susan Beardsley
Edward W. Bridgham
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Bridgham
Fred Perry
Beardsley
Elmer Sidelinger
Beacon Street
Walter L. Whitney
Washington Street
Whitney
Fuller Machine
West Bath Grange Hosts Fine Independence Dance
A record crowd of over 130 attended the West Bath grange dance in the hall from 8 30 to after midnight. Red white and blue decorations celebrated the Washington bicentennial and Fourth of July. Committee members wore ribbons and received congratulations for a successful event featuring waltzes fox trots square dances a lemon dance and spotlight dances. The orchestra included Mrs. Edwin W Haggett pianist Harold J Safford Jr violin Percy Leeman saxophone and Herbert A Henderson drums. Rev Theodore Halbert Wilson new director of the National Park seminary in Washington will work with President James E Ament and manage the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Bessie F. Greenblatt
Hazel Cunningham
James Thurston
Kenneth Smith
Bernard Henderson
Bernard Comeau
Edwin W. Haggett
Harold J. Safford, Jr
Percy Leeman
Herbert A. Henderson
Theodore Halbert Wilson
Island Avenue
Local Social Roundup from Woolwich and Nearby
Weekend visitors and gatherings abound as residents in Woolwich Bath and surrounding towns host relatives and friends. Notable entries include Mr and Mrs Frank Carter of Liver more visiting John Carter of Nequasset while Delmar Trott joins family in Sagadahoc Ferry and Delia Card hosts Bath guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carter
Livermore
John Carter
Nequasset
Wendell Leavitt
Bath City
Delmar Trott
Central Maine Power C Co
Augusta
Clarefice Carlton P
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Farnham
Farm Bureau
Rae We
Wietten
Percy Bailey
Everett Rice
South Windham
Marcia Stinson
Atlantic City
National Education Association
Julia Decker
Philadelphia
Barbara
Priscilla Trott
Bath
Alfred Trott
Eben Dana
Herbert Fernald
Waldoboro
Simon Wall
Wiscasset
Samuel Moore
Moses Kennerson
Delia Card
Harold Walker
Chester Dana
Burton Hodgkins
Fred Hiþe
Kenneth Day
White Mountains
Herman Lilley
Angie Barter
Dresden
Georgia Worcester
Wendell Nelson
Munseys enjoy Rangeley Lakes weekend trip with friends
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Munsey and relatives from Pittsfield and Sagadahoc Ferry relish a cabin retreat at Rangeley Lakes. They describe cozy comforts and fishing delights, while the Benedict Arnold Trail to Canada provides a thrilling, stomach-churning ride not advised for the faint of heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Munsey
Leonard Munsey
Pittsfield
Mass
Humphrey
Sagadahoc Ferry
Rangeley Lakes
Canada
Probate Court Session Deliberates Wills and Administrations
Judge Walter Glidden presided in Sagadahoc probate court as several petitions and administrations were acted on. The matters included probate of a will for Charles H. Hodges of Richmond, commissions to depose a witness for Edwin H. Pert of Bath, and appointments of administratrices and administrators for Wells, Bath, Phippsburg, and Richmond estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter 8. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Charles H. Hodges
Richmond
Ralph C. Hodges
Edwin H. Pert
Bath
Eunice ‘T. Pert
Wellington A. Moore
Ruth A. Moore
Leland Ames
Merle H. Jameson
Charles H. Ingraham
Phippsburg
Edna Ingraham Armington
John Kershaw
Hannah Syphers
Executors and Administrators Accounts in Bath Area
Estate actions announced include accounts for Louise H Maxwell Gertrude Maxwell minor and others. Petitions filed or granted cover trustee confirmation and license to sell real estate for August Harris and related Bath estates with administrators and executors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Louise Mace
Kchanond
Edward A. Mansir
Charles E. ‘Trufant
Bath
Mary 8
Curtis
Louise H. Maxwell
Gertrude Maxwell
Ralph O. Dale
Clara Rose Given
Mary E. Oer
Charles W. Dingley
Martha A. Given
Willie L. Dinsmore
Bowdoinham
Gertrude G. Thompson
Mary Ella Gilman
Byron F. Barker
Edward C. Stiness
August Harris
Peg J. W. Randlette
Portland fishermen fail to appear in Bath court
Three Portland fishermen named Francesco Zappia Pasquale Cimina and Joe Cotuegio did not appear in Bath municipal court to face charges of illegally taking ground fish from Sheepscot bay in May by gill nets Judge John J Keegan warned a bench warrant may be issued Wardens Frank Hallowell Everett Bryant Thomas McKinnon and Warren Hume testified about conflict with outsiders fishing in the sanctuary area between the Cuckolds and Griffiths Head They pleaded not guilty last Friday and the case was continued until Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bath
Sheepscot Bay
John J. Keegan
State Sea and Shore Fisheries
Frank Hallowell
Everett Bryant
Thomas McKinnon
Rockland
Warren Hume
Boothbay Harbor
Southport
Griffith’s Head
Georgetown
Francesco Zappia
Pasquale Cimina
Joe Cotuegio
Worthless check case noll pros ssed (Continued)
Crosby Portland attorney said he could not understand two trips since Butler had been at home in Portland. Butler corrected this, admitting a week away during which Officer Crosby made the first trip. Costs paid without further dissension. A N Dugal of 41 Field Ave Auburn entertained Thursday evening at a double birthday party for Edwin and Alfred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby
Portland
Butler
A. N. Dugal
Field Ave
Auburn
Edwin
Alfred
Sadie Robinson
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Stimpson
Rundlett Block
Main Street
Cyrus R. Jackson
Charles E. Emerson
Apothecary
Reuben M. Brookings
Frank Lowell
Wilder F. McClintock
F. T. Dana
George Lewis
Joseph Henry Greenleaf
James M. Knight
Charles P. Knight
Mr. Meader
Wiscasset Shoe Factory
Joseph T. Cowley
L. W. Gibbs
Jotham Stimpson
R. H. T. Taylor
Groceries and Express
James Henderson
Boots
Lester Greenwood
Dorothy
Commonwealth Art Colony
Stanley W. Dodge
Harvey R. Pease
Jefferson Pond
John Mayo
John Merry
Bernard
Fred Merry
Effie Irvine
North Edgecomb
Charles Collins
George Carlisle
Charles Day
Charles Legrow
Wilbur F. Merrill
Frank Lambert
Joseph
Somerville
Sunner
Fresman D. Southard
Josephine Tucker
Hulda Pashard
Ira Redonnett
Bradford C. Redonnett
Dorothy Chase
Carroll McFadden
Lewiston
Perdo Gilott
Rita Gillott
Rutherford, N. J
Carl Brandt
Sidney G. Evans
Adaie Merry
Walter Leavitt
Frank Hodgdon
Plinette Allen
Montsweag
DeForest Munsey
Frank Quinnam
M. A. Plumstead
Fred Moody
Exeter
N. H
Olive Moody
Bee Plumstead
Birch Point
Geote Sawtelle
Providence
R. I
Addison Reed
Harriet Thwing
Mabel
Georgia Lilly
sae Itinsaninhd —_ivlastac
Donald F. Preble Optometrist and Optician
Mess Bath
Steeves
Sheepscot Echo
Old Files
Paris
France
Cohen
Edmund Tourigny
David Folsom
Ellis F. Coombs
Patrick A. Tierney
Florence Tierney
Foster’ Point
Sabino
Foster’s
West Bath Grange
Woolwich
Walter S. Glidden
Nol
W. G. Jefferson
M.D
Bath Corner
Western Avenue
Heart
Broadway
Piccadilly
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