Wiscasset News Notes From Local Summer Scene
Wiscasset activity centers on visitors and residents enjoying summer. Arrivals include J Nelson Borland and Miss Monroe visiting The Elms, with many trips and gatherings at homes along Pleasant Street and High Street. The Girl Scouts host a candy sale on Saturday, while several families plan travels to Wyoming and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Nelson Borland
New York
Monroe
Lenox
Mass
Elms
Pleasant Street
Stuart Chapin
Williamstown
John Follansbee
New Hope
Penn
Cornwall Rogers
Murphy Corners Road
A. Williams Lienau
Girl Scouts
H. B. Nash
Bill Duerr
Eric
John Rafter
Sol Holbrook
Mildred
Anna Holbrook
Massachusetts
Gardiner
Holbrook
Alvin Sortwell
North Haven
Carrie Sears Dearing
Everett W. Jackson
John Jackson
Thelma Dearing
Bath
Nellie B. Clifford
Stanley
Helena Hatch
Millicent
Arthur
Newcastle
Dexter R. Fowles
Dexter, Jr
Burleigh Munsey
New Hampshire
Philip Munsey
Clifton Munsey
Margaret Pendleton
Raymond Pendleton
Rockland
F. L. Robertson
Eva Rines
W. G. Hubbard
N. J
Francisco
Lakewood
Gertrude Hubbard
Alice D. Taylor
Hodge Street
Thomas Campbell
Miss Hubbard
Camp Martyn
Andover
N. H
Harry Hill
Portland
Bridgton
Irving Stinson
Stratford
Rockland Highlands
Winona Newton
Benjamin Adams
Langeley Lake
William D. Patterson
Bath City Hospital
Leon A. Francisco, Jr
Federal Street
Pat Waldo
New York City
Peggy Knight
Braintree
Mas
Ann Conway
Danville
Virginia
Harvard
Frank Remick
Quincy
Paul Curtis
Wiscasset Inn
C. C. Blagdon
Freeman D. Southard
Portland Drugstore Change Hands and Local News
Geo. A. Lincoln starts with J C Budd Co store. Longtime Portland drugstore sold by E Dana to H P S Gould. Frank J Bragdon retained by Gould with higher pay. Dana Borland of Lynn and Joseph visit Miss S W Dana. Dana’s 18th birthday celebrated. Jon Be Seekings returns to Wis casset and opens a store. Rev I H W Wharff presided over quarterly conference at Methodist church. Local events and arrivals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Lincoln
J. C. Budd Co
Portland
E. Dana
H. P. S. Gould
Frank J. Bragdon
Wiscasset
Dana
Gould
Joseph and
Dana Borland
Lynn
Mass
Woolwich Union Sunday Services and Vacation Play
The Woolwich Union outlines Sunday services at Day's Ferry and Nequasset on July 19 with morning preaching and a 11 15 a m sermon. A vacation school exhibit and play are planned at Sagadahoc Ferry July 23 with a small admission. A contributors list shows multiple donors supporting the program and a non-absent pupil list will be published later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebenon Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Wilson Wright
Sadie
Nequasset
Sumner Bailey
Harold Gilmore
Ethel Bailey
A. E. Dodge
M. L. Dodge
Bertha Presley
Faustina Reed
Lloyd Stinson
Lucille Stinson
Paul Sylvester
Kendall Pryor
Barbara Kilbreth
Phippsburg Social Notes Highlight Notables Visits
Local readers learn of visits and gatherings in Phippsburg and nearby Bath. Aurin C. Wallace stopped in Dromore after wintering with relatives in Thorndike. The Collins family from Norwood and the Sawyers hosted guests, while Stanley Hutchins and Marion Hornbuckle returned to New York after a two week stay with the Grevers. James Butler, formerly of Phippsburg, dropped in to reconnect with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liams
Eugene Stover
Bath
Aurin C. Wallace
J. C. Clark
Thorndike
Dromore
William J. Collins
Norwood
Mass
Frederick Sawyer
Frank Oliver
Alice Burman
Popham
Stanley Hutchins
Marion Hornbuckle
New York
William Grevers
James Butler
Malden
Phippsburg
Summer Visitors Reported at Sabino and Vicinity
West Bath residents Mr and Mrs Thomas F Perkins return from Machias where they stayed with Miss Emily Bradbury at Rogue Bluffs. List of visitors includes families from Everett Mass Foster's Point Cliftondale Mass Worcester and Portland at Sabino Campbell's Pond Birch Point and Brigham's Cove with reunions and cottage stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Perkins
West Bath
Machias
Emily Bradbury
Rogue Bluffs
Lillian Brown
Foster's Point
Samuel F. Bates
Sabino
E. B. Noyes
Everett
Mass
Noyes
Henry Henderson
Charles Bates
Charles
Beachmont
Bates Cottage
D. A. Merry
Winneganee
Conrad Nelson
Mr. Nelson
P. G. Nelson
Larrabee
Sabine
William Nason
Bath
Larrabee’s Grove
Seymore Elliott
Cliftondale
Robert Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Axel Hanson
Barbara
Virginia
Worcester
John Horne
Jack
Milton Mills
N. H
Julia Coombs
Portland
Amy Coombs
Metcalf
Campbell’s Pond
John Anderson
Kenneth Patterson
Mayo Farm
Florence Swan Chadwick
Butler Bennet
Springfield
Swan Cottage
Birch Point
Olive Dunham
Evelyn
New York
Staples Cottage
White Mountains
Annie Barnette
Graveston
William Dotton
Barnette
Dotton
Laura Dotton
Ralph Dunton
Dunton
Brigham’s Cove
Wall and Siegars family mourn in South Dresden
South Dresden mourns as Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wall die Saturday in Gardiner. Friends and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tozier of Winslow and others from Waterville Randolph and Randolph attended calls. West Dresden Ladies aid plans annual fair August 5 at Pownalboro hall with a short play and dancing slated for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wall
Gardiner
Elmer Tozier
Winslow
Lawrence Mulholland
Maynard
Richard
Waterville
Albert Pihard
Randolph
Leland Siegars
Vesta Siegars
West Dresden
Veteran banker and historian hospitalized in Bath
William D. Patterson, 73, a former Wis casset banker, long time treasurer of Wis casset Savings Bank and of the Wis casset and Quebec Railway, and a longtime moderator of town meetings, was admitted to Bath City Hospital Friday with complications and is not available for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Patterson
Wiscasset
Maine
Bath City Hospital
Patterson
State Commander Pays Legion Visit
Smith Dunnack, State Commander of the American Legion, made his first official visit to Roland Smith post No. 21, A. L., attending the regular meeting and speaking on Legion goals and membership. The post adjourned to the New York Cafe for a lobster stew banquet with Roscoe E. Perkins as toastmaster, and several candidates were admitted. Mr and Mrs George A Merrill and their relatives guests.
Short Lobsters Bring Fishermen to Court
Arthur Green, Sebasco fisherman, was found guilty of possessing 12 short lobsters by Judge John J. Keegan in municipal court. He received a $60 fine plus $19.95 costs and six months probation with $200 personal bonds due by Aug. 1. Sidney Green was found not guilty. Green claimed legal lobsters were separated from doubtful ones in his dory and would discard those not of proper length after hauling traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Green
Sebasco
John J. Keegan
Sidney Green
Norman Toothaker
Harpswell
Keegan
Green
New Meadows
Young People Forum activity at Hillcrest church
The Young People's Forum at Hillcrest will host a Sunday 11 30 am meeting after services with discussion on Christian sharing and a picnic lunch. Helen Hedgdon will be toastmistress as 30 plus youths join in fellowship and share experiences from Washington to Moatsweag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Manus
Young People’s Forum
Asbury Bailey
Washington
New York
Boston
Orono
Kent's Hill
Bath
Moatsweag
Helen Hedgdon
Dorothy Bailey
Sadie Grover
Roberta Hathorn
Kathleen Brookings
Christian Endeavor
Melrose Residents Visit Mrs Blaisdell in Atlantic
Myron Gray of Melrose Massachusetts spent a weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Stilas Oliver on North Street. He returned with Mrs William H Wilson and Mrs John Holland of North Street who will spend the week in Atlantic Massachusetts visiting Mrs M N Blaisdell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Grace Cannon
Augusta
Mary Hobson
Federal
Sidney G. Evans
Joanna
Edward
Farmington
Mabel Dyer
Portland
Harvey R. Pease
Ernest Stinson
Irving Stinson
Jessie Jackson
Emma Stinson
Charles Doe
East Edgecomb
Dorothy Sewall
S. J. Sewall
Charles L. McCurda
George E. Parsons
Eleanor Parsons
Donald B. Macurda
Boston
Albert Somes
Molly Seamon
Charles E. Weeks
Washington Street
Patterson House
Millicent Jones
Newcastle
Ruth
John F. Jackson
Ruth Jones
Walter Serle
Middle Street
Paul Cambell
Fairfield
Vncent Spear
Gardiner
Spear
William Rines
Frank B. Nichols
Bath
Henry F. Merrill
Walpole
Lauchlin MacInnes
China Lake
Farm Bureau
China
George M. Coffin
Everett
Mass
B. K. Hobbs
Richard Wheeler
Catherine Sanders
Nellie Nutter
Damariscotta
Clinton Shea
Carlene
Ina Doughty
Gray
Fred Carlton
Dresnes
Quinnam Hill
S. S. Quinnam
Saco
Royce A. Quinnam
Barbara
James Holland
James Clark
New York
Harry Quinnam
Bangor
High Street
Wesley C. Day
I. J. Dyer
Auburn
Pemaquid Point
Erastus Foote
Chicago
R. J. Sewall
Winthrop
North Edgecomb
Edward F. Farnham
Wallace H. White
Twiggs
Wiscasset
Luther Hall
Hall
Camp Edgewater
Lawrence Crocker
Vincent
Myrtle Beane
Charles Grover
Thaddeus Reed
Christmas Cove
Alvin T. Berry
Wiscasset Inn
Elsie Lowell
Charles Vaughn
Canada
Herman Greenleaf
Clifford
Clara Sortwell
Edith Sawyer
George Southard
Mobile
Ala
Henry E. Scott
Medford
E. H. Boynton
Camden
J. W. Hatch
Belfast
Grace Day
Blanche Dickinson
Old Orchard
A. L. Berry
Marion
Gordon and
Richard
Newton
William Field
George A. Richardson
A. D. Pendleton
Bristol
R. I
Fred Marsh
Somerville
Ed Logan
Sailor's Snug Harbor
N. Y
Logan
Alvin Foye
George A. Merrill
Choo
Louis Perry
Perry
Quincy
Robert Perry
Freeport
Myron Gray
Melrose
Stilas
Oliver
North Street
William H. Wilson
John Holland
Atlantic
M. N. Blaisdell
Rare Old Sheraton Sideboard Found in Wiscasset Home
A rare Sheraton sideboard believed shipped from France to the Marie Antoinette house in Edgecomb sits in William G. Hubbard’s brick Washington street home in Wiscasset. The 103 year old dwelling showcases antique dishes, glassware, and a punch bowl with ties to the presidential yacht Talapoosa and President Grant. A etched decanter with a locking alphabet mechanism, mahogany, walnut and maple pieces, and Sheraton back tables complete the collection treasured by the former postmaster and Hilton House proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Edgecomb
William G. Hubbard
Washington Street
Wiscasset
Hilton House
Mr. Hubbard
Talapoosa
Grant
Alexis
Commander McRide
Hubbard
Sheraton Tp
New England crop forecasts show potato rise and apple fall
The New England crop reporting service forecasts a potato crop of 58.93 million bushels in 1931, up from 55.67 million in 1930, while apples are projected at 1.39 million bushels, down from 2.47 million in 1930. Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts and Connecticut expect much smaller apple output, Vermont up but below five year average, with June rain boosting hay and pasture conditions and corn and oats near 1930 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
United States Department of Agriculture
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
East Brunswick man injured in dawn crash
Horace Pottle of East Brunswick, a former Bath police officer, was slightly injured in a head on collision Monday at 4 15 on the Bath Brunswick road. A Buick truck driven by Pottle and a Reo sedan driven by M J Dunton with Mrs Mary Kelley of Portland collided on the west side of the brow of the hill. The Reo was badly damaged and Pottle's truck had a damaged radiator and motor. State Officer John P Crosby investigated and cited heavy fog as a factor with Officer George E McElman assisting traffic control. No arrests made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Pottle
East Brunswick
Bath
Dunton
Bath-Brunswick Road
Pottle
Reo
M. J. Dunton
Woodfords Grocer
Mary Kelley
Portland
John P. Crosby
George E. McElman
Scrambled Eggs On City Streets
Twenty seven dozen eggs totaling 324 were spilled on Washington Street near Bowery when a touring car carrying eggs bound for Boothbay camp for boys toppled. A salvage effort saved three dozen of the thirty. Mr and Mrs Pascal Flint of Portland, formerly of the city, were seen here Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Bowery
Boothbay
Pascal Flint
Portland
Woolwich Notices and Summer Plans Report
Charles Clifford and Lemuel Preble spent the weekend at Moosehead Lake at the Carlton camp. Capt. John G. Reed leaves for Capitol Island to spend the Summer aboard his yacht Sweetheart. Woolwich Farm Bureau meets at Mrs. John Brown with the Men s Forum promising an July 23 entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clifford
Lemuel Preble
Moosehead Lake
Carlton Camp
Corrinne P. Ladner
Gardiner
Jennie Prescott
John G. Reed
Capitol Island
Delia Card
Southport
Henry Carlton
Eleanor
Center
The
Baptist Church
Waldoboro
T. Herbert Fernald
Waldo P. Hathorne
Harvey
Springfield
Mass
Christine Hathorne
Emma Head
George Hathorne
Sagadahoc Ferry
Clayton Dolloff
Vivian
Clayton
Loudville
Dolloff
Thomas Prior
Edward Murphy
Moatsweag Farm
William Downing
Bath
Malcolm McEachern
Stewart McEachern
Ralph Wright
A. A. Stott
Geraldine
Reading
Anna Kahler
Christmas Cove
Woolwich Farm Bureau
John Brown
Men’s Forum
Nelson Rice
Boston
Flora Houdlette
Whitefield
Carroll Houdlette
Carrie L. Houdlette
Montsveg Church Notes Honor Large Eighth Grade Group
A Hillcrest Manse reception hosted by Christian Endeavor celebrated a large eighth grade group from Montsveg Church. The program featured recitations, exercises, dialogues, solos, and a special message by T Albert Field, with notable attendance from Woolwich and Woolwich Center. Penmanship samples by young members will be sent to the Philippines for potential exchanges and new friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Manse
Christian Endeavor
Elsie Bailey
Florence Brookings
Andrea Getchell
Louise Sutter Glennell Erskine James Percy Bailey
Margaret Ray
Madeline Higgins
Ethel Stimson
Clyde Souie Thomas
Brown Robert Moulton
Edmund Hayward
Hazel Mank
Edward Mank
Charlotte Buck
Woolwich
Currier
Miss Gould
Wiscasse
Fernald
Roland Bailey
Marshall
Arthur Erskine
Burton Bailey
Glennell Erskine
Ester
Miriam
Nehemian
James Percy Bailey
Great Friend
John St. Peter
Richard Woolley
Fred Stimpson
Ralph William Woolley
Jesus Loves Me
Dorothy Bailey
Fred Soule
T. Albert Field
Brunswick
Earl Bailey
Roy Oliver Woolley
Marcia Ellen Bailey
Richard
Ralph Woolley
Steadies
Louis Sutter
Philippines
Uncle Sam
Willing Workers Hear Ruth Harris From China and Philippines
The Willing Workers met indoors last Thursday with Mrs. Loring Soule. After sewing and a fine dinner, Mrs. Maurice Ha orne presided as host. Miss Ruth Harris, recently back from China and the Philippines, gave a splendid and inspiring address on her missionary labors during her first furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Soule
Maurice Haorne
Ruth Harris
China
Philippines
Bath to host Labor Day Firemen's Muster and Maine Fire Association meet
Chester H. McCabe announces Labor Day will host Bath a large firemen's muster with nearly 20 tubs and the Maine Fire Association meeting. Entries include Berwick, Lubec, Bath, Rockland, Thomaston and more. Bath merchants favor the holiday event boosting city celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Firemen’s Association
Chester H. McCabe
Maine State
Bath
Maine Fire Association
Fire Association
McCabe
Berwick
Vixen
Torrent
Lubec
R. H. Counce
Thomaston
General Berry
Rockland
A. R. Havener
Senator Baxter
Sagadahoc
Niagara
Brunswick
Androscoggin
Topsham
Massassau
Damariscotta
Sacarrappa
Westbrook
Hecla
Randolph
Tiger
Hallowell
Saco
Boothbay Harbor
Portland
Gardiner
Veteran journalist visits ship in Bath and Bay Point
James Heath, a longtime Lewiston Journal reporter and former Bath resident, visits Bay Point and Old Ironsides in Bath before returning to his home in Waltham Hancock County. He recalls Maine ship launchings and reconnects with old friends while serving as Bangor Daily News special correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Heath
Pacific Coast
Escondivo
San Diego
Cal
Bay Point
Lookout
J. Otis Swift
New York
Heath
Bath
Maine
California
Lewiston Journal
Arthur G
Hayes, 25, Augusta native, dies. services held
Joseph T. Hayes, 25, of Augusta formerly of this city died Monday morning. He leaves his parents Elmer F. and Lowena Hayes and three sisters Frances of Brookline Linda and Catherine of Augusta. The body was brought here Wednesday for interment. Funeral services were held in Augusta Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Hayes
Augusta
Elmer F
Lowena Hayes
Frances
Brookline
Linda
Catherine
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