Early Wiscasset History Told by Radcliffe Club Speaker
Mrs Walter Greenough Chase presented a history of Wiscasset at a Radcliffe club meeting in the Wiscasset public library. Guests included Rev Arthur Schoenfeldt and Champlain Burrage. Chase recounted voyages, ancestral ties, ships, and local tales from two centuries, noting notable locals and quirky customs.
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Wiscasset
Walter Greenough Chase
Lincoln County
Radcliffe Club of
Maine
Bangor
Woman's Club
Wiscasset Public Library
High Street
Fisher Wright
Lilac Cottage
Wiscasset Common
Arthur Schoenfeldt
Kennebunk
Robert C Rounds
Cambridge
Mass
Boston Radcliffe Club
Doris M. Staples
Ardmore
H. L. Baker
Arrowsic
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath
Pemaquid
C. V. Minott
Phippsburg
Elizabeth B. Nichols
Pine Point
Helen Broe
Agnes P. Lowell
Edward C. Moran, Jr
Portland
Richard S. Kendall
South Portland
Albert J. Myer
Champlain Burrage
Mrs. Chase
Fanny Scott Hubbard
England
Portsmouth
Charleston
S. C
Boston
Chase
Paris
Herald
Boston Transcript
Damariscotta
Circolo Italiano di Boston
Julia Ward Howe
Radcliffe
Joshua Pool
Sheepscot
Samuel Tarr
Ezekiel Averell
Ous
West Indies
Wood
Major Carlton
Veteran railroad conductor leaves Boston and Maine
Levi W. Steward a 46 year veteran of the Boston and Maine Railroad has tendered his resignation under the Railroad Retirement Act after three years on leave due to incapacity. He began in 1891 as a brake man and rose to conductor, once carrying President Woodrow Wilson on a secretive trip. Steward recalls wood and coal era changes, automatic signals, electric lighting, steel cars, and modern interlocking towers that improve safety. He served on western Portland division routes, with final runs Boston to Marblehead and Boston to Lawrence, and resides at 847 High Street Bath with a Summer home Indian Rest in Arrowsic.
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Levi W. Steward
High Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Steward
Boston
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Magnolia
Boston & Albany
Cambridge
East Somerville
Secret Service
Mr. Steward
Crawford Notch
Fabyans
Portland
Worcester
Marblehead
Lawrence
Walter Russell
High and
Chestnut Streets
Bath
Arrowsie
Dedication of Fort Richmond Tablet Marks Historic Site
Governor Barrows presided at the dedication of a bronze tablet marking the site of Fort Richmond on the Kennebec. The Maine Daughters of the American Revolution and Richmond residents attended, with Dr Victor Carey delivering the afternoon address on local settlement beginnings.
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Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Richmond
Old Fort Richmond
Kennebec
Kittery
Machias
Montpelier
Thomaston
Valley Forge
State Society
Old Fort
Sumner C. Pattee
Belfast
Earle W. Cronk
Fort Richmond
Fred C. Morgan
Saco
Warren
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Swan's Island
Joseph Heath
Maine Old Folks Anticipate Their Coming Meeting
The Three Quarter Century club in Maine grows to about 14 000 members aged 16 and over. The annual gathering is set for Ellsworth on August 12 with Hon. Frank H Holley as transportation chairman and a program of speeches music and a luncheon.
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Maine Public Health Association
Maine
Ellsworth
Frank H Holley
Wynifred Stajter
Eugene Hale Dent
Clyde Smith
Oilit Augusta
Walter Hawk
Century Club
Forts Move Garrison Away From Richmond
Forts at Frankfort Western and Halifax along the river reduce the need for a Richmond garrison as defense shifts upriver and the fort is no longer required in its previous role.
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Frankfort
Western
Halifax
Richmond
Sanford B Nicerson Returns From Weeklong New York Business
Sanford B Nicerson of Loring Short and Harmon Portland is on a two week vacation. He recently returned from New York City after a week of business travel.
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Sanford B. Nicerson
Loring, Short & Harmon
Portland
New York City
Summer cottage fire at Five Islands saves nearby homes
A late night blaze on Ledzimere road destroyed the Charles H. Minchen eight room cottage at Five Islands as sparks threatened the village. Volunteers from the local fire company kept flames from neighboring cottages and a hotel, with water drawn from the ocean, while firefighters battled the roof blaze for minutes until the structure burned to the ground.
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Fie
Charles H. Minchen
Ledzimere
Five Islands
Minchen
Tire Department
Ios
Minden Place
J. C. Brice
Somerville
Harbor View
Ada McGilvary
Percy Wilkins
Bates College
Victor Pinkham
Vernon Gravy
Fred Carr
Bath Iron Works Corp
Malden Island
Outdoor Wedding at Bride's Home in Bath
Miss Gwendolyn Inez Leonard wed George W. Spaulding in an elegant Friday outdoor ceremony on the lawn at 17 Cato Avenue Bath. The Rev George B Wolstenholme officiated beneath an evergreen arch with music by Mrs Morse. Guests included local families and relatives from Bath and surrounding towns.
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Gwendolyn Inez Leonard
George W. Spaulding
Cato Avenue
George B. Wolstenholm
Peoples Baptist Church
Earle Morse
Morse
Leonard
Jean Barbara Leonard
John Leonard
Milan G. Leonard
W. Starling Burgess
Wiscasset
Spaulding
Mr. Spaulding
Quint
Mr. Leonard
Doris Brown
Marguerite Brown
Alice Coleman
Fred E. Bragg
Aluminum Company of America
Bath
West Bath Grange
Elizabeth Spaulding
Quarryville
N. B
Albert B. Spaulding
Waterville
Canada
Bath Iron Works, Corp
North Pond
Smithfield
Bernice Achorn
Chester Aderton
Joseph Brown
Andrus L. Coleman
M. Eleanor Coireau
Harry E. Cressey
Eunice Guilett
Boston
Gerdt Hendell
Boothbay Harbor
P. Coleman
Brunswick
Rosetta Coleman
Gardiner
Earle Hagan
Thomas Hagan
Georgetown
Willard Quint
North Anson
Henry Leonard
Popham Beach
Arthur Bean
Richmond Firemen Honor Chief Randlette at Banquet
Richmond Fire Department hosted a banquet at Enterprise grange hall for Chief Joseph W. Randlette who had just been elected president of the New England Association of Fire Chiefs. Attendees included Maine chiefs and local officials. a $100 gift was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Enterprise Grange Hall
Richmond Fire Department
Joseph W. Randlette
New England Association of Fire Chiefs
Balsams
Dixville Notch
N. H
Harry W. Douglass
Earl McFee
Roy H. Gipatrick
Maine
Oliver T. Sanborn
Portland
Allen F. Payson
Camden
Scott Morse
Bath
W. R. E. Carey
Wallace W. Gardiner
Chief Payson
Randlette
New England Association
Grange Hall
Maine Alone Shows Fatality Decrease In Six Months
Fatal highway death toll across New England rose 4 percent in the first half of 1937 from 1936, totaling 721. Maine recorded a decline from 85 to 64 fatalities, while Rhode Island stayed at 40, Connecticut rose to 181, Massachusetts to 333, New Hampshire to 58, and Vermont to 45. Also notes visiting Doane family in New York City.
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New England
Tna Casualty & Surety Co
Maine
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Hampshire
Vermont
Designer Burgess Wins Another Honor in Yacht Design
Lavost honors to come to W. Starling Burgess of this city and Wis casset co designed Harold S. Van derbilt's Ranger. He won design number 22 for a 30 foot yacht to sell for $2500 to $3000, sponsored by the Yankee One Design Class Association. The mould is by Bath Tro. Works Corp. and shipped to Brill Brothers Saugus Mass for first build by Labor Day.
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Boston
Burgess
Bath Tro. Works Corp
Brill Brothers
Saugus
Mass
Bath Iron Works Corp
Obiey
Aleady
Maine
Vanne Philp Duo
South Shore
Yankee One Desk Cla Association
Fatlow Wilde H Brown
Cape Cod
Homer Clark
Cape Ann
J. Amory Jefferies
North Shore
A. Loring
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lucinda Bailey
Thomas G. Plant
Sarah Sampson
Charles W. Morse
George P. Davenport
Mary J. Ledyard
Charles E. Moody
Galen C. Moses
Randall D. Bibber
D.A.R
Sagadahoc
Imenmibi
Melvin Maui
Alice
M Association
Elisnor
Helen Prince
Tus
Wilbur Co
Ves Smith
Dan Staples
Barrow
Ang
McGouldrick
Haney
West 1
Erly
Sanford
AL Bluehill
Harry Bartlett
Berlin
Lowell
Tuk
Nequasset
Ba Iets
Dora O. Lowell
Warren Bartlett
Henry Dubar
Gwendolyn Leonard
Ernest E. Doane
Paul
A. H. Goodwich
Shepard Street
Yankee One Design Class Association
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