Busy Wiscasset Maine Central station sees jump in traffic
The Wiscasset Maine Central station under Agent Frank H. Gray reports higher passenger and freight activity than 1936. A New York Philadelphia train on July 2 brought 57 passengers to Wiscasset and Boothbay Harbor. June freight shipments rose by nearly 200 over last year as tourists flock to local inns and camps. Local homes, cottages, and attractions like Castle Tucker and Elm Lodge report strong business and numerous guests, with many visitors from Boston, Providence, Bath, and New York enjoying summer in the area.
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Maine Central
Frank H. Gray
New York
Philadelphia
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay
Wiscasset Inn
Webber's Tavern
Lilac Cottage
Elm Lodge
Castle Tucker
Colonial Home
Maine Beautiful Camps
Davis Island
Wiscasset-Edgecomb Bridge
North Edgecomb
Fred McLaughlin
South Windsor
Conn
Lincolnshire Hotel
Charlotte S. Whiton
Boston
Frank A. Creamer
Washington Street
Harvey R. Pease
H. W. R. Stafford
Muriel Stafford
Clara Schmidt
Eric Stafford
Queens
L. I
Harry Boyd
Greensboro
N. C
Susan N. Ballou
Jane Sewall Murphy
Bath
Roger Washburn
Barbara
Newton Highlands
Washburn
Cora Groves
Blanche Gaillard
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Maud Smith Brizes
Mondrevan
Paul Hurlbert
Nancy
Hurlbert
Altes D Taylor
Andover
Mass
Geor Swain
Cape Elizabeth
H. W Shor
Prisvilla Short
Providence
R. J
John H. Currier
Saturns
Biron Poi
Rockland
B. Lewis
Churchill
Hiulloweil
Wind Mb . Dodge
Vorateof Lake
Representative Owen Talks Maine Education and Old Age Aid
Representative Owen explains the Maine sales tax plan to fund old age assistance and universal education, stressing fairness and minimal burden. He notes four months of legislative work, promises to reconsider tax if needed, and references upcoming decisions on funding and education equality.
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Maine
Booth
Erie
Bay Point summer visitors and notable shoreline sights
Minneapolitans L W Dietrich arrive to occupy Sunnyside while Caverlys visit Bath guests at Ride-a-wee. Numerous locals and guests stay at cottages on Gull Island Bay Point with several outings and a V shaped fog seen near Popham Beach. An upcoming Bay Point Village Corporation meeting is set for Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Casino with plans discussed.
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L. W. Dietrich
Minneapolis
Minn
Caverly
Bath
Mattson
Mause Masterman
Elizabeth Deering
Gull Island
George Nichols
Auburn
Maple Lodge
Oscar Miller
Chester Miller
Dorothy
Bobby
Bobby of
Gardiner
Juniper Lodge
Bay Point
Clarence Kneeland
Rowley
Mass
LeRoy Moore
Fred P. Taylor
Clayton
Richard Taylor Hagan
Woolwich
H. A. Spinney
Ralph Spinney
Theo
Matilda McNeil
Rodney Jones
New York
Ray Oliver
Bay Pointers
Popham Beach
Popham
Harold Robinson
Keith
Walter Quance
Comfort Cottage
Venus Shoe Co
Charles Goodwin
Arthur Burbee
Thomas Sparge
Carl Hayden
Germaine Cote
A. Albert
Alfred la Pointe
Richard Drew
Katherine
Dorchester
Conley
Anchorage
Marion Welch
Theo McNeil
Francis Oliver
Elford Stover
Nancy Lee
Elford, Jr
Edward Lee, Jr
David
Boy Scouts Describe Doings At Jamboree
West Bath grange heard four Bath scouts recount their Washington D C national jamboree experiences. Rep Henry W Owen Jr talked sales tax referendum linked to old age assistance. Speakers were Ralph Dale Jr William Hill Harry Fullerton and Stanley Cresey.
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West Bath Grange
Bath
Washington, D. C
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Ralph O. Dale
William Hill
Harry Fullerton
Stanley Cressey
The
Grange
Richard Gray
Roxbury
Mass
Fred K Sturtevant
Charles B. Doyle
Orange Picnic Committee
Sandy Cove
Candy’s Harbor
West Bath
Ruth L. Clark
William E. Lundrigan
Seth N. Snipe
Helena Hadley
Brunswick
Madeline Jones
James McGuiggan
Lida Nadeau
Barbara Walsh
Sturtevant
Pine excise tax bill dies in committee report
Through Representative Clyde H. Smith of Skowhegan the report Thursday showed a bill to remove the excise tax on white pine and Norway pine would not be reported from the committee. This practically assures lumber dealers in the region of continuation of the tax. The move signals lawmakers won t act to end the tax.
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U. S
Clyde H. Smith
Skowhegan
Bath area social notes detail summer visits and travels
West Bath greetings and lengthy list of visitors and summer travelers fill a Bath area column. Names include Hallowell R. Rogers Glastonbury Conn Williams Campbell's Pond and Birch Point guests from Maine Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. A Bath Iron Works clambake and a field day hosted by Rep. Joseph W. Larrabee are noted.
Maine visitors and locals share Sunday at various cottages
Mr and Mrs Charles Owen of South Portland visit his father Humphrey A Owen and Mrs Owen. Bath residents Maurice Deering and family at Cotteau camp Sunset for three weeks join Bath guests at the vacation area. Ev erett Massachusetts couple vacationing here visit Portland. Leonard W Oliver of Bath visits at his home with family. Boothbay and East Boothbay hosts include Osborne Oliver Mrs Olver and Virginia. Doble family from Bath enjoy weekend at their cottage along with Lloyd Sinclair and Miriam Beatrice Doble. Augusta visitors Dorothy Kilgallen, after circumnavigating the globe for New York Journal, remarks Maine scenery resembles Greece from the air. Chief OConnell and Deputy Dickson present roses to Judge Emery Beane at Togus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Owen
South Portland
Humphrey A. Owen
Owen
Maurice Deering
Camelia Deering
Herbert F Pierce
Bath
Cotteau Camp
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Mass
Portland
Leonard W. Oliver
West Bath
Harold J. Haggett
Delmar E Bates Cottage
Dorothy Kilgallen
New York
New York Journal
Augusta State
Maine
Greece
Woolwich Community Notices and Meetings Highlight Summer Events
Several local families and visitors are noted in Woolwich area items. A Union meeting is set for Day’s Ferry Monday evening at eight, with transport from Day’s Ferry 9:45 and Sagadahoc Ferry at four and North Woolwich at 11 15. Memorials, visits, illnesses, and travel are listed along with No. 6 schoolhouse repairs and Woolwich Center services on Sunday morning and eight in the evening.
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Day's Ferry
North Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Nequasset Methodist Church
the Union
Bernard Bailey
Eleanor James
Robert Sutter
John Carter
Roland Raynes
William
Frank Walker
Maxine
Charles Snipe
Arrowsie
Wilbur Howe
Esmond
R. L
Mildred Bailey
Gardiner
Edward Keene
Manchester
N. H
Maxine Walker
Capitol Island
Muriel Raynes
Morin
Bath
George Reynolds
Revere
Mass
D. W. Baker
Winslow
D. G. Trott
Howard Whittum
Flushing
N. Y
Annie Moulton
Haverhill
Edwin Moulton
Marion Skinner
Malden
Woolwich Center
Moatsweag
Jay Bailey
MacMahan Social Roundup Details Island Life
MacMahan residents and visitors enjoy feasts dances and bridge gatherings as summer plans unfold. Neale and Bowden Greggson hosts are noted while Mary Rathbun George Rogers and others visit Bath and Haverford preparations for St Cuthbert's Chapel services and a forthcoming August Tennis Tourney are announced.
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Page
Digby
N. S
MacMahan
Seal and Porpoise
Island
Nealleys
Bowden Greggson
Mary Lee
Mary Rathbun
George K. Rogers
Mary C. Scales
Bath
Scales
Ma” Scales
Donald Walker
Providence
R. I
Theodore S. Lazell
West Newton
Mass
Altar Guild
St. Cuthbert's Chapel
Shirley Gray
Frances Ann Alen
Dudley Hare
James Johnson
Southport Casino
Five Islands
Jim
Bill MacKaye
Janet Young
Talbot M. Rogers
John W. Flight
Haverford
Ovid Kinsolving
Frank H. MacMahan
MacMahan Isles Visitors Tour Europe This Summer
The Nealey family of Cambridge and Bath enjoyed a European tour visiting Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland before continuing to France. Miss Margaret Lee, Bryn Mawr alumna, is biking through England with a college friend after starting in London and visiting relatives.
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Monhegan
Bryn Mawr
MacMahan
England
London
Daughters of Isabella Plan for Conference Maine Catholic Women
A large turnout at Daughters of Isabella hall Tuesday evening organized plans for the Maine Council of Catholic Women quarterly meeting at the Hotel Sedgwick this Saturday. Co chairs Mrs Andrew C Flaherty and Mrs Dominique J Tardif with registration overseen by Mrs Daniel J Perry and Miss Eva C Tatron. Committees named include Hospitality Courtesy Publicity and Decorations with several named members.
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Isabella Hall
Maine Council of Catholi
Sedgwick
Andrew C. Flaherty
Dominique J. Tardif
Cherge
Daniel J. Perry
Eva C. Tatron
Catherine J. O Hara
Addison C. Jones
John W. Costain
William H. McGlinchy
Stephen E. McPhee
John W. Sonia
Eva C. Tatro
Emma Leonard
Tuesday Night Program At Dromore Grange
An enjoyable program was presented at Tuesday evening’s meeting of Dromore Grange. It featured songs including America the Beautiful and The Sack Waltz, readings, a George Ingalls contest, piano selection, and a discussion on sales tax. Teams captained by Edward Kenney and Hubert T. McCarty competed in a Peanut Hunt with dogs and roosters as winning team. Everett J. Babine of 35 West Street, a B. L. W. Corp. employee, is a patient in Bath Memorial Hospital after an appendectomy Monday night.
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Dromore Grange
America the Beautiful
Grange
George Ingalls
Men of the Grange
Hubert T. McCarty
Mother Mahree
Elfreda M. Perkins
Grace Kenney
Edward Kenney
Roosters
Everett J. Babine
West Street
B. L W. Corp
Bath Memorial Hospital
West Bath Farm Bureau Annual Picnic Held
West Bath Farm Bureau held its annual picnic Thursday at the Charles H L Bates cottage Sabino with 21 present A picnic lunch opened at noon with coffee by hostess Mrs Loring D Small The next regular meeting will be Aug 26 on Canning attendees included Mrs William Coombs Mrs Ellery E Whittemore Miss Edna Higgins Mrs Charles Ripley Mrs Earl Lermond and family Guests listed include Mrs Joan B McNary Mrs Charles H Bates Miss Marjory Henderson Mrs Helen Gagne Mrs Harold Haggett and daughter Lucy Ann Mrs Walter Smith Miss Jeanette Beardsley Mrs Wilfred Chaney and Mrs Samuel T Bates
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West
Charles T. Small
Elmer Sublinger
Joan B. McNary
Charlies H. Bates
Marjory Henderson
Helen Gagne
Harold Haggett
Lucy Ann
Walter Smith
Jeanette Beardsley
Wilfred Chaney
Samuel T. Bates
Murphy Family Cottage Visit at Foster's Point
Mr and Mrs John A Murphy and daughters Mane and Teressa of Washington DC visit their niece Mrs Charles Miller Jr of High Street at the Miller cottage in Foster's Point. John McMorrow of Dorchester Mass also attends. Dr Murphy joins for weekends while Julia L Murphy of Rumford opens her cottage at Foster's Point for the summer.
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John A. Murphy
Mane and
Teressa
Washington, D. C
Charles Miller, Jr
High Street
Miller
Foster's Point
John McMorrow
Dorchester
Mass
D. J. Murphy
Jean
Susanne
Jackie
Buddy
Lewiston
Posters Point
Dr. Murphy
Julia L. Murphy
Rumford
Bath social notes travelers and visitors update
Personal notes list visits and returns across several households and towns. Mr and Mrs Robert Dunton and two children returned to New York after visiting his mother in Court Street. Miss Wulumina M Gackenbach resumed duties at Bath Trust Co after a York Beach vacation. Miss Gladys M Comeau vacationing in New Edinburgh. Dr H Lauder and others from Boston spent days at Small Point by boat. Barbara Dana visiting Augusta with relatives. R Rideout of South Berwick visiting Bath. Rideout related to late ship designer. Prof and Mrs Robert B Waugh and sons staying with Rod Hill in Lincoln Street for a few days.
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Josephine Plumstead
M. A. Plumstead
Birch Point
Portland
Loring F. Fountain
Annie M. Gamage
David C. Beatty
Belmont
Mass
Pemaquid Falls
Carolyn S. Varney
Washington Street
Luther White
Bangor
Herbert W. Hawes
Federal Street
Roy Farmer
Raymond Farmer
Bath Memorial Hospital
Theodore Gaillard
Blanche Gaillard
New York City
Elm Lodge
High Street
Carlisle Macurda
Charles L. Macurda
Main Street
E. Clinton Perkins
Wilmington
Del
Mr. Perkins
Foster Perkins
Fort Hill Street
Alvin Duerr
New York
North Edgecomb
Mary
Emmelyn Weeks
Frank Condon
Condon
Beverley Hills
Calif
Henry Nash
Pennsylvania
H. B. Nash
Eugene C. Lewis
Philadelphia
Julia Lewis
Frank S. Lambert
Somerville
Gray's Hill
William Clisby
Algernon Dodge
Edgecomb
Emma Curtis
Amory Curtis
Charles
Melrose
Clover Cottage
Walter Clifford
Hyde Park
Charles A. Day
John Greenleaf
Hallowell R. Rogers
William
Glastonbury
Skowhegan
Verna Green
Dover-Foxcroft
William F. Hennessey
Lynn
Salem
Bath
Williams Cottage
George Stephens
Upper Derby
Robert D. Metcalf
Providence
R. L
Boston
Stevens Cottage
Weymouth
Ernest E. Williams
Stanley
Campbell's Pond
Muriel Wiliams
Needham Heights
Phippsburg Center
Orville J. Guptil
Seacoast
Sunbeam
Guptill
Stackpole
Blair C. Wilson
Philip A. Stackpole
David L. Wilson
Paul Burns Wilson
Charles S. Stackpole
Carolyn Stackpole
Chester Stevens
Auburn
Florence Swan Chadwick
Everett
Pickering
Chadwick
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Frederick E. Drake
E. B. Scott
Sylvia Ann
Lancaster
Gardiner Lodge of Elks
Thomas Point
Grace Beiler
Helen Capen
Eastport
Lincoln Williams
Foster's Point
Ernest T. Fulton
Dorothea
Front Street
Williams
Edward Jenks
Gray
Lane Construction Co
Wakieboro
Bath Iron Works Corp
Brown’s Field
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Robert Dunton
James FP. Dunton
Court Street
Wulumina M. Gackenbach
Cobb Road
Bath Trust Co
York Beach
New Edinburgh
Gladys _M. Comeau
Bath Opera House
H. Lauder
Webb White
Oilwell
James White
Barbara Dana
Chester Dana
Highland Street
Andaunt
Burton Hodgkins
Augusta
R. B. Rideout
South Berwick
City
Rideout
Johnson Rideout
Robert B. Waugh and
Douglas and
Hillary
New Haven
Conn
Roland F. Hill
Lincoln Street
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FE Drake, Jr
Omy
Frederick E Drake
Bireh Pownt
Stanley B. Wallace
Clyde F. Frost & Company
Bath and Vicinity
Fidelity Building
Portland, Maine
BOY Scouts
Kennebec County Medical Association
Somerset
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Kineo
Greenville Junction
Mount Kineo
R. B. Cattell
Lahey Clinic
Sabino
John J. O'Connell
Lloyd Dickson
Augusta Police Department
Emery O. Beane
Municipal Court
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
M’mahan
W. Clinton Allen
Saturda Bat
ATURE
Standish Field — Court ST
Daughters OF Isabella
Council of Catholic Women
West Bath Farm Bureau
Bates’ Cottage
Foster’s
Virginia
E. S. S. Wharf
Kennebec
Sasanoa
MacMahon Island
Southport
Capitol and
Squirrel Islands
D.S.T