Founders Day events and busy social season in Wiscasset
Interest grows in Lincoln Home Newcastle Founders Day on Wednesday Aug 5 with a colonial pageant, luncheon, and lawn attractions to aid county women’s clubs. Community notes report Bible school, church events, visitors, health updates, and summer visitors in Wiscasset and nearby areas.
Family Gathering at Ames Home in Wiscasset
The Ames home in Wiscasset hosted a Sunday gathering for 35 guests including Linwood Ames, Arlene Ames, Katherine Ames R N of Caribou, and Fort Fairfield guest Winn efred Petersen. Adults from Bath, Brunswick, and Brunswick area families attended the hot dog roast and picnic dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Ames
Wiscasset
Linwood Ames
Daniel Ames
Arlene
Orris Ames
Philip
Patricia
Carol
Bath
Katherine Ames
R. N
Caribou
Winnefred Petersen
Fort Fairfield
Howard Sylvester
Linwood
Ernest Sylvester
Janice
Frank Carleton
Harry Walker
Gladys Walker
Lavinia
Meralee Walker
C. E. Cullinan
Marjorie Barrows
Charles Strout
Priscilla and
Richard Strout
Lillian Goodrich
Brunswick
Social Notes From Portsmouth and Nearby Communities
Miss Helen Acton of Portsmouth visits Mrs. Ernest A. Allan in Topsham. Harry Bartlett from Berlin arrives to visit Mrs. Bartlett and Warren at Lake Nequasset. Mrs. Juliette Farris and Richard of Berlin return after weeks with Mrs. Bartlett. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Downey and Harold of Ware, Mass. return after two weeks at West Southport and Caratunk. They join Mrs. Downey’s sister and brother in law on Bedford Street. Miss Miriam Adams of Woonsocket and family depart for Boston then sail Tuesday on the Newfoundland to St Johns, N F for a two week outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Acton
Portsmouth
Ernest A. Allan
Topsham
Harry Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Bartlett
Warren
Lowell
Lake Nequasset
Juliette Farris
Richard
John B. Downey
Harold
Ware
Mass
West Southport
Pleasant Pond
Caratunk
Exhibition of Vacation Church School Held Friday
The Vacation Church School of First Baptist held an afternoon program with worship, songs, Bible readings, and story retellings. Parents attended as students displayed handiwork and were treated to ice cream and orangeade.
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First Baptist Church
Marion Corliss
Charles R. Sims
John Dunlap
Jesus Christ
Bertha Sutherland
Mary Furber
Jane Furber
Harriet Furber
Barbara Legard
Jesus
Emma King
America
Carol Stover
M. Helen Sims
Laura Hall
Ester Hall
Arthur I. Stuart
Arthur J. Dunton
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds Annual Picnic
West Bath Farm Bureau held its annual picnic at the Dunton cottage Brigham's Cove on Thursday with Mrs Charles T Small and Mrs Loring D Small as hostesses. Members brought picnic lunches and were joined by guests including Mrs Howard E Blake and Mrs Harold J Haggett with daughter Ann and Mrs Charles L Haggett with son Billy. The next meeting is set for August 6 at an announced location, with Canning as the topic led by Miss Hortense Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Elmer Sidelinger
Walter W. Smith
Annie H. Trufant
Ellery E. Whittemore
William Williams
Howard E. Blake
Harold J. Haggett
Ann
Charles L. Haggett
Billy
Frank W. Hagan
Skowhegan
Bath
H. A. Owen
Sabine
Harold M. Bates
Jean
Bates
William Ross
Trenton
N. J
Charles H. Bates
Sabino
Jean Bates
Henry Henderson
Donald
Winthrop
Mass
Marjorie Henderson
Sabine Improvement Association
West Bath Farm Bureau
Brigham’s Cove
Charles T. Small
Loring D. Small
Dunton Cottage
Lucy Ann
Humphrey A. Owen
Malcolm Mackinnon
Robert
Byron Steele
Watertown
Steele
Emma Cox
Cox
Trufant’s Crossing
Olive Downer
Joseph M. Lemont
Charles S. Lemont
Larrabee’s Grove
Walter W. Larrabee
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Believed Palmers Safe in Madrid
The article reports Mr. and Mrs. Ray Palmer feared amid the Spanish uprising. H. E. Shepard of National City Bank in New York says cables with branches in Spain have been exchanged and assume everyone there is all right, though no definite word has arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Palmer
Bath
Barcelona
Spain
Owen J. Ledyard
Palmer
Ledyard
James P. Ledyard
H. E. Shepard
National City Bank
New York
Obituary of Reynolds McCutcheon 80 Bath Iron Works employee
Reynolds McCutcheon 80 longtime Bath Iron Works employee and former Eastern Steamship Lines steward died Saturday night after a long illness at his 46 Winter Street home. Born in Hamilton Bermuda he lived in Bath for many years and served on ships including Star of the East Sagadahoc Ransom B Fuller Kennebec City of Rockland and City of ??? He is survived by his wife one daughter Mrs Cora Burch of Gardiner and two grandchildren Madeline and Reynolds Burch, both of Gardiner.
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Ransom B. Fuller
Kennebec
City of
Rockland
Wesley Methodist Church
McCutcheon
Cora Burch
Gardiner
Madeline
Reynolds Burch
Weekend visitors and summer guests fill West Bath notes
West Bath and Sabino marked a busy weekend with relatives and friends visiting cottages. Families from Bath, Lewiston, Winthrop, Norwood and Arlington Heights plus visitors from Haverkamp Akron and Brooklyn gathered at Birch Point, Sabino, and Foster’s Point for holidays, birthdays, and social events.
Bath board to pick Morse high school coach this week
From more than a dozen applications the Bath Board of Education will likely select a teacher coach for Morse high school this week. Four leading candidates are Howard S. McPhee Salem New Hampshire Albert Kent Madison John P Cavan Livermore Falls and Manfred L Palmer Littleton New Hampshire Others include Clark L Abbott former University of Maine athlete and Mathe son assistant to Bill Mansfield at Winslow High and a Springfield man. The role requires coaching at least two major sports and teaching mathematics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
Morse High School
Howard S. McPhee
Salem
N. H
Albert Kent
Madison
John P
Paddy” Cavan
Livermore Falls
Manfred L. Palmer
Littleton
Clark L. Abbott
University of Maine
and Matheson
Bill Mansfield
Winslow High
Springfield
Horace P. Herrick
McPhee
Morse High
Allentown
N. J
N. H. Kent
Bowdoin
Mose Nannigan
Madison High
Colby
Diamond
Palmer
Batesman
Bobcats
Benefit Ball Draws Big Crowd for Rogers Fire Victims
The Arcade ballroom hosted a benefit dance Thursday for Elmer W. Rogers whose Texas yard fire left the family homeless. About 500 tickets were sold and proceeds will fund relief. Miss Mary Cunningham’s students performed, Al Dorr’s Kings of Harmony played, and Hillbilly songs by Babine and McDougall thrilled the audience.
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Arcade
Elmer W. Rogers
Texas Yard
Mary Cunningham
Joanne Heal
Priscilla Loring
Barbara Hart
Mary Stilphen
Beverly Curran
al Dorr
Six Kings of Harmony
Edward T. Whitehouse
Chester W. Clement
Madelyn Babine
Gertrude McDougall
Topsham Citizen’s Family Hit By Fourth Tragedy
Fire devastates Ulysses Bosse home on Tedford road Topsham amounting to about 5000 in loss. The Bosse family has endured a series of misfortunes over three years including a back injury car crash a child’s death and a Christmas bridge crash. Firefighters faced water shortages, hampering efforts to control the blaze. Insurance covered some damage. David S. Cogan family returns from Paconia New Hampshire with sons Edward Arnold Gerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses Bosse
Tedford Road
Topsham
Bosse
Bossee
Tedford Street
Brunswick Fire Department
Outdoor service in pine grove at Nequasset church
Plans complete for an outdoor service in the pine grove behind Nequasset Methodist Church on Sunday at 3 30. Rev Harold Metzner of Waterville will speak with musical solos by David Cash Mrs Earl Dow and Miss Thelma Klett. If rain the service shifts to the adjoining church.
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the Pines
Pine Grove
Nequasset Methodist Church
Harold Metzner
Waterville
Metzner
David Cash
Merrymeeting Camp
Earl Dow
Woolwich
Thelma Klett
Carlton Bridge
Ryan
W. J. Rand, Jr
Lloyd Doty Boo Arene Caes Walker
Ernest Heywood
Science Gates
Henry Watson
Woolwich Center Church Sees Youth Sessions and Activities
The article notes a regular session at Chelset T1890 followed by a Young People's meeting at 8 PM. A service at 10.46 AM at the Woolwich Center church precedes Vacation Church School closing with handwork displays. Woolwich Center youth host a Friday evening gathering. Moatsweag youth plan a Friday weenie roast next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moatsweag
Bathman Sees Drought Echoes On Cross Country Trip
Thomas Bates United States engineer with the War department arrived Bath after a seven day 3650 mile motor trip from Los Angeles via the southern route. He observed severe drought in the Midwest and heat up to 130 degrees in New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma while reporting a best day of 1017 miles. Bates a Morse High School 1923 and University of Maine 1928 graduate worked on the Carlton bridge project and is stationed at Catalina Island.
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Thomas Bates
United States
War Department
John L. Bates
Andrews Road
Catalina Island
Los Anles Harbor
Los Angeles
Bates
Bath
Mid-West
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Mr. Bates
Morse High School
University of Maine
M.clintic-Marshall Co
Carlton Bridge
J. Albert Redlon, Jr
Redlon
Bell Telephone Co
Cal
Lewis-Jones Wedding Reported in Rockland
City Clerk John W. Gilmore filed returns for the marriage of Alvah Forest Lewis of 454 Washington street to Mrs. Alice May Jones of 674 Middle street in Rockland. Rev. J C A Marstaller officiated at 3 Adams Street Rockland. The groom works in tire and auto supply. he is son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Lewis. The bride is daughter of James E. Brewster and Lucy E. Brewster of Rockport. Also notes Miss Katherine Macfarlane of Lynn returned from a two week visit with Mrs. Leah Strout in Woolwich and was joined by her sister-in-law Mrs. Sidney Macfarlane of Lynn.
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Rarer
New York
Barnacle
North Edgecomb
LeClercq
Columbia
Stewart Chapin
Montsweag
Henry Chapin
Washington, Conn
Perdo Gillott
Mary Lincoln
Reta Gillott
South Newcastle
Frank 8
Lambert
Somerville
Mass
John Follansbee
Beth and
Joan Follansbee
New Hope
Penn
Cromwell Rogers
Moatsweag Road
Herbert Feis
Washington, D. C
Martin Andrews
Bath Road
Thomas Chrystie
Blake
Dresden Road
Moore
Davis Island
School of Instruction
O. E.S
Masonic Hall
Wiscasset
D. G. M. Louise Blagdon
Garrison Hill
J. Kenneth Burnham
Elmhurst
N. Y
Burnham
Augustus Burnham
George E. Coleman
Brunswick
Germany
France
Denmark
Switzerland
England
Jimmie
Raymond D. Hamlin
Portsmouth
N. H. Leavy Lane
Middle
Water Streets
Middle Street
Clarence A. Gough
Eunice
Fairhaven
Fred F. Pendleton
Sparkman & Stevens
Lawrence B. Dunham
New York City
J. Frederick Bohmfalk
John Alden
Manhasset Yacht Club Burgee
Wyoming
Caspar
Lillian Nate Loud
Lillian
Berkeley
Loud
Minnie Lewis
Hodge Street
Wilder Merry
Mr. Merry
Lee Merry
John Merry
Bernard
Nellie Merry
Bath
Leavitt
Willard Rand
Nequasset
Carter
Nequasset Congregational Church
Mr. Rand
Rand
Dutch Neck Methodist Church
Beverly Carlton
Five Islands
Frank Preble
Vera
Shep” Call
Pittston
Bay Point
Lowell Brown
Murphy's Corner
Herbert Wright
Earl Spencer
Julia Spencer
Massachusetts
Boothbay
James Thorpe
Natick
George Gainsley
Muriel Raynes
Cambridge
Elizabeth Sara Eaton
Leon Eaton
Oak Street
Clifton Gainsley
Miss Eaton
Day’s Ferry
John Carter
Vermont
Edgar Blanche
Mechanic Falls
Marcia Kennerson
California
Clara E. Head
Blanche
Cora Corliss
Portland
Susan Stimpson
Skowhegan
Earl Dow
Bath Iron Works
Wilbur Howe
Brooks Bridge
Robert Decker
Malden
Hildreth Hume
Dicky
Philadelphia
Thwing
Chopps Point
John W. Gilmore
Rockland
Alvah Forest Lewis
Washington Street
Alice May Jones
J C. A. Marstaller
Adams Street
William L. Lewis
James E. Brewster
Lucy E. (Nutter) Brewster
Rockport
Katherine Macfarlane
Lynn
Leah Strout
Chicago
Woolwich
Miss Macfarlane
Charles Hunnewell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sidney Macfarlane
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Newcastle
First Congregational Church
Birch Point
Bible School
Lawrence Averill
Teachers’ College
Worcester
Sheepscot Congregational Church
Mary Hobson
Ira Redennett
B. C. Redennett
Emma Hilton
Bangor
Ralph Preble
Federal Street
George W. Porter
Boston
Porter
Organ Society
Nina G. Fowles
The
Fannie Adams
Mabel Lewis
Nellie Munsey
Hattie Mosher
Laura Carleton
Helen Haggett
Mary Marston
Grace Pease
Jennie Lewis
Jennie Preble
Harriet Jackson
Anne Miete
Frances Plumstead
Congregational Parsonage
Grace Sewall
Alberta Larrabee
Vera Quinnam
Viola Adams
Frank Hutchins
Norris Miller
Charles S. Sowder
Ruthena Thompson
Marcia Angell
Dorcas Club
Raymond Quinnam
Gerald Sherman
Harry Haggett
Billy Grant
Clayson
John Lewis
Pemaquid Beach
Edgar Evans
Raymond Sherman
Charles Metcalf
Camp Hines
East Raymond
Clarence A. Richards
Maine Clerks of Court Association
Machias
Eastport
Quoddy Village
Chester Merry
Haggett Garage Co
Thomas Campbell
Summit
Campbell
Alice D. Taylor
Jennings Firuski
Alvin F
Joseph Hubbard
Julian Hobson
William E. Gorham
John South
Edward
Jonathan
Jacques
First Baptist Society
Madrid
Wesley M. E
Medford
Doris Crocker
Upper Washington Street
Rosedale
Fred J. Rose
Arthur Everbeck
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Ed. Nichols
F. A. Newman
Melrose
Cape Elizabeth
Harold Newman
D. H. Philbrook
Norwood
Henry Churchill
Lewiston
Stevens Cottage
Churchill
Chester Stevens
Owen Thompson
Percy E. Holbrook
Holbrook
Eleanor
Robert Thompson
Holbrooks
Albert Lovely
Roger
Arlington Heights
Florence Swan Chadwick
Everett
Leroy L. Burnham
Edwin W. Haggett
Oak Lodge
Harpswell
Harry P. Williams
Marion
Ruth Kirby
Fred L. Williams, Jr
David
Lincoln Williams
Foster's Point
Pred K. Lane
Robert B. Small
Albert J. Larrabee
E. J. Dunlap
Burt
Nancy Wardell
Butler
Alfred J. Horley
Arlington
Samuel F. Bates
M. Eleanor Bates
Chester Freeman
Delmar E. Bates
Howard C. Bates
George Bailey
South Portland
Freeman
Walter Gilpin
BOARD
Ollie” Berg
Topsham Citizen
Mrs. Davids. Cogan
High Street
Paconia
N.H
Charles Arik
Laconia
Arnold
Gerald
Littl White
Barre
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Bathman
West Coast
Lewis-Jones
C. A. Marstaller
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Rytex
Bath, Maine