Wiscasset Fire Society Meets at Blair's for Dinner
The Wiscasset Fire Society held its regular quarterly meeting at Blair's restaurant on Main Street on Tuesday evening July 14. Walter C. Leavitt hosted. After business, 18 members and one guest enjoyed a fine chicken dinner. The guest was Alex Cunningham of Wyoming and New Mexico, a former member, who gave an engaging talk.
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Wiscasset
Anna Sibley
Brookline
Mass
Elm Lodge
High Street
St. Philips Church
George Carlisle
Bangor
North Edgecomb
Billy Clisby
Charles Collins
Rebecca Clifford
Pauline West
Bridgeport
Frank A. Creamer
Washington Street
Judith Chase
New York
Walter G. Chase
E. Fred Albee
John T. Gay
Waldoboro
Maine
Pemaquid Point
Lee S. Gorham
Augusta
Frank W. Gorham
Chelsea
S. P. Barton
Windsor
William E. Gorham
Federal Street
Fred Moody
Exeter
N. H
M. A. Plumstead
Birch Point
Wells
Lexington
Harry Donnell
Bath
F. R. Hodgdon
Westport Road
Etta Applin
Belfast
Sidney G. Evans
John Leavitt
Topsham
Walter G. Leavitt
Birch Point Road
Margaret Wills
Brunswick
Joanna Evans
Philip Conley
Groveland
Grace L. Knight
Charles M. Legrow
George Porter
Boston
Carl M. P. Larabee
Alice Libby
Portland
Harry Mosher
Floyd Parker
Manchester
Cyprean H. Bryant
F. D. Southard
Hooper Street
Fred W. Burleigh
Joseph Coffin
William L. Frye
D A. R
Martha Whittemore
Melrose
Melrose Highlands
Carl H. Peekham
Paul C. Macurda
Samuel Farnum
Newtonville
Mary Farnum
Franklin
Alvin Duerr
Illustrated California trip lecture by West Bath Grange
Mrs Etta Parsons of North Jay lectured on a winter California trip at West Bath Grange with colored slides shown by Mr Parsons. The program drew 83 attendees including 12 visitors and featured musical readings and a health question discussion, followed by grange business and penny collection plans for next week.
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Etta Parsons
North Jay
Clayton Holden
Fernando T. Hutchins Soles
Paradise
Fred K. Sturtevant
A. Bernard .Henderson
Charles T. Henderson
Harold Peacock
E. Mason Wright
Charles W. Walsh
Mr. Holden
Jeff
Dorothy Jean Soles
Barbara Walsh
Parsons
Mr. Peacock
A. Bernard Henderson
Flora
Everett G. Lemont
Ceres
Edgar D. Leavitt
Herbert Hodgkins
The
Grange
Virginia Kingsbury
Harry F. Smith
Leavitt
James B. Lemont
Sturtevant
Resolutions on the Death of Martha E. Tibbetts
Riverside Cemetery Association mourns Sister Martha E. Tibbetts of Woolwich. The resolution honors her as incorporator and long director, notes her church work, and expresses sympathy to her son. A copy is sent to the Bath Independent for publication and recorded in association records. The message invokes faith and reunion in the hereafter.
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Riverside Cemetery Association
Martha E. Tibbetts
W. Scott Tibbetts
Woolwich
Golden Gate
Bath
David G., Reed
Charlotte L. Buck
Flora A. Hathorn
Kennebec Navigation Limited by Obstructions and Shoaling
A government notice reports limited navigation on the Kennebec River from Swan Island to Augusta due to obstructions from last spring floods. Mariners are warned not to exceed six feet draft, as tugs cannot reliably haul coal barges to Augusta before mid August. Wires crossing the river near Rich mond Dresden Bridge will be removed. several buoys are relocated or discontinued to mark safe passages while other channels west of Swan Island remain unsafe.
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Kennebec
Swan Island
Richmond
Augusta
Bath
Seguin
Shepard Point
Hallowell
Charles C. Brush
First Lighthouse District
Richmond-Dresden
Brush
Swan Island East Channel
Swan Island Flats
Ames Ledge
Richmond Bridge
United States
Ballast Rock
Park Point Rock
Theobalds Channel
Southards Wharf
Bradstreet Ledge
Coopers Place Shoal Channel
Hatch Rock
Wharf Rock
Hyde Windlass Men Have Day's Outing
Hyde Windlass Co propeller department held a first field day at Bull Rock Bridge near New Meadows river with track events swimming a clambake and afternoon softball. Moore led team to a 16 to 14 victory. Charles Kidder organized the event with help from Clement Lake and Rogers.
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Propeller
Hyde Windlass Co
Bull Rock Bridge
New Meadows River
Propeller Department
Melvin Pratt
Harold L. Safford
Victor Pinkham
Fenton Moore
Bert Cousins
Charles Kidder
Chester Clement
Vernon Lake
Clarence Rogers
Koehling Held For October Term In Maine Court
Ex County Attorney Carey accuses County Attorney Dale of dodging duty as Koehling, 22, Sebasco, remains held on $800 bond for an October term in Sagadahoc Superior Court after Judge Keegan finds probable cause on a charge of assault and battery against Guy Smith of Phippsburg. Dale prosecuted Koehling, who allegedly ambushed Dale on June 16 on Basin road Langy hill. Carey, Koehling’s lawyer, says Smith was the aggressor and threatened to kill Koehling with an automobile crank.
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John P. Carey, Jr
Ralph O. Dale
Guy Smith
Phippsburg
Carey
James Koehling
Sebasco
Sagadahoc Superior Court
John J. Keegan
Smith
Dale
Koehling
Basin Road
Langy Hill
West Bath Social Roundup at Sabine and Campbell's Pond
West Bath residents and visitors fill the weekend with social visits from Everett to Bath. Patrons include Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gilpin, Mr. and Mrs. John Perkins, and Mrs. E. B. Noyes with Sabine cottages cited. Sabino Improvement Association hosts a weenie roast. many families plan gatherings at Campbell's Pond and Birch Point as they wire homes for electricity.
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Walter Gilpin
Everett
Mass
Sabino
John Perkins
Hardings
H. A. Owen
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Stokes
Elizabeth
Keys
Rochester
N. H
E. H. Stokes
Haverhill
E. B. Noyes
Sabine Painted
Charles
Elliot Williams
East Vassalboro
Robert B. Small
Bath
Albert J. Larrabee
Larrabee
Sabino Improvement Association
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Kempton
Jaques
Mill Cove Road
Blair C. Wilson
David
Stackpole
University of Maine
Wilson
Morse High School
Kents Hill
Edward Nichols
Somerville
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Ira B. Netley
North Street
Marjorie Henderson
Henry Henderson
Winthrop
Charles H. Bates
Beachmont
Sabine
Muriel Vernette
Needham Heights
Dwinal E. Cornish
Carl
Cornish
Parcel Post Department
David Y. Alkazin
Bath and Robinhood
Birch Point
J. Edward Drake
Edward D. True
Frank W. Daniel
Malden
Marshall Boudreau
Alan
Jackie
Thomas
Elmhurst
N. Y
Conn
The
Watermans
Foster's Point
Jules Baer
Paris
New York City
Chester G. King
Fred Brooking
Boston
Carl Anderson
Portland
Anne Williams
Fred L. Williams
New Meadows
Anna Fischer
Roslindale
Fred J. Rose
Mr. Rose
Rosedale
Teddy Fischer
Roses
Massachusetts
Bath reunion and quilt gift highlight regional note
Frank Rose attended Bath high school alumni reunion in June. Marion Rafnell of Bath hosted Dromore grange ladies aid at Quaker Point cottage, presenting a 6500-piece quilt. The group enjoyed games, swimming, boating, and lunch, with upcoming entertainments planned by Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Owen.
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Cle
Frank Rose
Bath
Bath High School Alumni Association
Marion
Morse
Washington
Marion Rafnell
Dromore Grange
Quaker Point
Annie Malcolm
Celina Desjardins
Georgena Thorpe
Annie Wilson
Grace Kenney
Elfreda Perkins
Charlotte Owen
Malcolm
Ralph Kenney
Hubert T. McCarty
Desjardins
Owen
Perkins
Hardings
Mass
Nelson Cottage
Alfred J. Horley
Horley
Sabino
Walter Gilpin
Humphrey A. Owen
Leslie Mayo
Winterport
Good Will Club Sale at Sebenoa Hall Woolwich event
The Good Will club of Woolwich held a sale of cooked food fancy articles and candy at Sebenoa hall last evening followed by an entertainment. The entertainment committee chaired by Mrs Nelson Rice included Mrs Edward Reed and Mrs John Lilly with a sale committee led by Mrs Harry Fitch. 4-H Club girls ran the candy tables while The Elder Makes a Call skit featured Thelma S Baker Mila Orr Ruth Presley and others.
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Good Will Club
Woolwich
Sebenoa Hall
Nelson Rice
Edward Reed
John Lilly
Harry Fitch
4-H Club
the Elder
Thelma S Baker
Jennie
Mila Orr
Minnie
Ruth Presley
Ella
Alberta DeLong
Barbara Guenther
Ruth Dubar
Edgar A. Farrar
George Carlton
M Mahan Colony Enjoys Parties on Sheepscot Bay
The second sailing race of the season at MacMahan Bay, Sheepscot Bay, and Cape Newagen featured Randy Knowlton from Rye NY first, Lamar Hubbard second, Bill Hazen third. Edward Allen, camp councillor, strained his knee again playing baseball and will be on crutches briefly. Campers toured the river to Wiscasset with picnic supper as Wednesday baseball drew a large crowd and a scorekeeper’s task proved tricky. The Rawdles hosted a boat party for eight younger and seven older members aboard their launch, touring Boothbay Harbor and Townsend Gut. Various locals and visitors, including Mrs James S Rogers with her sons, visited Camp Chewonki. a birthday party for Mary M Wideman brought ten children to Newagon and Damiscove Island. Rev Arthur N Taft and daughter Rebeckah returned to Andover MA, planning to return. Gilbert Standish and helpers from Five Islands build a larger bell fry at St Cuthbert's Chapel to replace the old bell dedicated to Miss Margrette Wheeler.
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Allenook
Allen
Sheepscot Bay
Randy Knowlton
Lamar Hubbard
Bill Hazen
Rye
N. Y
Edward Allen
Wiscasset
Rawdles
Cape Newagon
Boothbay Harbor
Townsend
MacMahan
James S. Rogers
George
Talbot
Camp Chewonki
Jack Wideman
Arthur N. Taft
Rebeckah
Andover
Mass
Gilbert Standish
St. Cuthbert’s ‘Chapel
Margrette Wheeler
Woolwich Weekly Roundup of church, camping, and visits
Elizabeth Wright of Newark is on a month long vacation with her parents. Christian Pioneers camped three days at Monson climbing Mount Bearstone. Local anglers fished Harmon's Harbor with good catches. Mrs. Hunnewell of Woolwich turns seventy five and joins the Three-Quarter Century Club. Numerous visits, services, and Vacation Bible School activities fill Woolwich and nearby communities with charity, church events, and family news.
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Elizabeth Wright
Newark
N. J
Bonnie Brae
Wilson M. Wright
Christian Pioneers
Woolwich
Irving Baker
Alvin Munsey
Stanley Jack
Winship Reed
Jackie Merrill
Carl Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Livermore Falls
New England Tel. & Tel. Company
Warren Parris
Upper Washington Street
Chester Dana
Barbara
Moores Mills
N. S
Walter Cummings
George Gray
Portland
Charles Hunnewell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Hunnell
Good Will Club
Bath
Hunnewell
Mary Dana
R. N
Augusta
Vernon Ayer
Augusta Hospital
Alvin Hathorn
Damariscotta Hospital
Rufus Savage
Sewall
New Brunswick
Ralph
Nellie Savage
Marion Skinner
Walter Baker
Islesboro
Hartley Hathorn
Grace Preble
Arrowsie
Harold Roberts
John Savage
Ralph Savage
Congregational Church
Wilson Wright
F. B. Page
Lewiston
Willard Rand
Monson
Mt. Bearstone
George Farnham
Rev
Rand
S Ferry Congregational Church
Ruth Presley
Philip Bean
Geraldine Rice
Patricia Strout
Dorothy Reed
Elton Munsey
Thelma Tritt
Merrymeeting Camp
Harry Titus
Maine Council of Religious Education
Nequasset Church
Pine Grove
Nequasset
George Rice
Rockland
Earl Gainsley
Cambridge
Mass
Frank J. Walker
Boston
Bertram Crocker
Paul Allen
Herbert Hall
Emma Head
Woolwich Center
The
Red Cross
Portsmouth navy yard nearly shut down by funding gap
About forty years ago this month the Portsmouth navy yard at Kittery largely suspended operations as crews in the steam engineering, construction, and repairs departments were laid off due to exhausted appropriations. Only workers making furniture for new Bath cruisers continued under a special appropriation.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Kittery
Navy Yard
Bath
Mrs Drummond Hosts Farm Bureau Dinner Meeting
Mrs Norman H Drummond of Arrowsic entertained Nequasset Farm Bureau with 26 adults and six children present. Miss Hortense Welch led a program on Clothing and Textile Standards. Guests included Mrs Horatio Baker and Mrs Claude Beals. Dinner committee and August meeting planned. Esther Drum mond performed piano selections after the event.
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Norman H. Drummond
Arrowsic
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Hortense Welch
Horatio Baker
Arrowsie
Claude Beals
Lester Spinney
Woolwich
Drummond
Perley Ater
George Walker
Governor Brann Ferry Sets Busy Lincolnville Islesboro Schedule
The Governor Brann ferry between Lincolnville and Islesboro makes eight daily trips, six initially deemed sufficient. It now operates as the busiest vessel on Penobscot Bay and River, carrying about 2,000 passengers and over 500 motor vehicles in the first 16 days of service.
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Lincolnville
Islesboro
Governor Brann
Penobscot Bay
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Laura Farnham
Josephine Cunningham
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