Phippsburg Builds Town House 1881 Historic Site
William H Higgins donated land for a town house site in 1881. The old town house hosted meetings in 1879 1880 and the new building opened 1881 after bids from Charles Bowker Elijah Clifford and Clark Bowker with Charles Bowker awarded the contract. A fire on the Fourth of July destroyed the adjacent Minott boarding house stable and Getchell store while villagers were away picnicking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Higgins
Church Lane
Minott
Charles Bowker
Elijah Clifford
Clark Bowker
Warren Heald
Small Point Beach Club to Open for Summer Season
The Small Point Beach club will open Monday June 30 for the season with many reservations. Miss Anne Kimball of Bath will manage for her third season. Staff includes Ralph O Dale Jr Martha Page Esther Drummond and others. Several summer homes already opened and renovations ongoing at the Paine cottage recently sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Beach
Anne Kimball
Bath
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Martha Page
Esther Drummond
Arrowsie
Walter Stevens
Charles Roberts
Stella Mae
North Edgecomb
George S. Dearborn
New York
Richard Mac
Douglas Dearborn
Walter E. Edge
Julian Mason
Duer D. Breck
Chase Metlon
Local Visitors Return From Trips In New England
Mr and Mrs Edward Lanagan of Milton Massachusetts returned after visiting Mrs Lanagans sister Mrs Edwin F Small. Mr and Mrs Duncan Farrell of Bangor with daughter Susan are staying this summer with Mrs Farrells parents. Mr and Mrs Robert Manson returned from Boston after several days away. Mr and Mrs Harold Haggett and Mr and Mrs Edwin F Small spent Sunday at Pemaquid Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lanagan
Milton
Mass
Charles Kiessling
Lillian White
Johnny White
Billy White
Rockledge
Robert Snowman
Southport
Mary Campbell
Maurice Burns
Echo Valley
Portland
Oscar Miller
Chester Miller
Bobby
Duran
Auburn
Fred Taylor
Clayton
Sea Holm
George Curry
Gardiner
Charles Clark
Bay Point
Harold Robinson
LeRoy Perkins
Thomas Hagan
Richard
Jefferson
Georgetown
Fry
New Hampshire
Flora Day
Bow Lake
Strafford
E. P. Thorne
East Boston wedding ties local families in town news
Parker Head Mrs Herbert Doughty Jr Don ald Logan Miss Sandra Mank and Miss Barbara Mank attended the wedding of Miss Virginia Logan to Seymour Hunter in East Boston. The Doughtys served as matron of honor as Scout groups and townspeople share summer plans and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Doughty, Jr
Donald Logan
Sandra Mank
Barbara Mank
Boston
Virginia Logan
Seymour Hunter
Doughty
Parker
Marion
Dorothy Cushing
Lorraine Harrington
Doris Savage
Miss Robie
Charles Rollins
Allie Rollins
Grace Kraft
Charles Blaisdell
Charles Perry
Earl Lowell
H. D. Mank
John Libby
Eugene Harrington
Walter Cushing
Clarence Allen
Houston
Frances Robie
Baptist Convention
Bath
Clam Diggers
Luncheon and Dinner Parties Mark Country Club Social Season
A series of luncheon and dinner gatherings fill the Country Club dining room since its opening. Hostess Mrs Karcher S Jackson led a bridge luncheon with three tables. Attendees included many local society figures and guests from Haddonfield and Richmond. Bowdoin College class of ’96 held its annual reunion and banquet with 20 attendees. Others hosted dinners and suppers weekend gatherings. A summer events calendar is being prepared for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Karcher S. Jackson
Milton C. Trott
Mark W. Hennessey
Robert B. Hatch
Robert Brownell
Theodore Watson
Arthur Sewall
Samuel D. Hooper
Ralph W. Bragg
W. Dayton
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Times Company
Summer visitors and local residents listed at the Light
Community notes list residents and visitors including Mrs Margaret Marsh and Miss Leslie Logan in the village. James Chambers employed in Bath passed Tuesday at home. Families such as the Wyman cluster and the Osgoods with Cynthia Ann were at Perkins Island and the Light over the weekend. Constance Ann McDonnell rejoins grandparents at the Light after recovering from a winter operation and H E McDonnell of Portland is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Lowell
Margaret Marsh
Leslie Logan
James Chambers
Bath
W. T. Wyman
W. N. Wyman
Carolyn
Harriett
Thomas’ Point
Dominic Eramo
Erachele Eramo
Fred Osgood
Cynthia Ann
Perkins Island
Robert Barlow
Robert
East Boothbay
Francis Luke
Barbara
Keeper
Osgood
Constance Ann McDonnell
Popham Beach
H. E. McDonnell
Portland
Light House
Constance
Wiscasset couple enjoy Bar Harbor trip and visits
Mr. and Mrs. Lorimer S. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. R. Irving Lewis of Wiscasset took a pleasant motor trip to Bar Harbor. On returning they visited Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Soper in Orland. Mrs. Sidney B. Knight returned to Kittery after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Newman Getchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorimer S. Lewis
R. Irving Lewis
Wiscasset
Bar Harbor
Dennis Soper
Orland
Sidney B. Knight
Kittery
Newman Getchell
Popham Beach Crowded as Heat Wave Hits the Coast
Weekend heat broke records at Popham Beach with 93 degrees at the U S Coast Guard Station and many village thermometers in the nineties. Beachgoers filled the shore while local notices updated mail delivery start dates from June 21 to July 1 and community events moved ahead including Vacation Church School and Summer dances at Society hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Coast Guard
Postoffice
G. Walker
Society Hall
Frances Robie
Paul Davis
Marion Bridges
G. E. McNulty
McNulty
Walter Snipe
Melville Robbins
D. J. Allaire
Logan Smith
Belmont
Mass
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Barbara
Nancy Hyde
Catherine Merrill
Ellen Whittemore
Ann Whittemore
Elizabeth Hall
Lois Fogg
Edna Anderson
Mary Rand
Robert Cody
Frank Scott
Wendell White
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert Head
York
Donald Small
Bath
Allan Spear
Donald
Joseph Spear
Girard Nelson
Charles Hathaway
Cambridge
Louis Gayton
Barbara Rounds
John Cartland
Auburn
Gayton
Art Lewis Midway Shows Set for Brunswick Week
Art Lewis' Midway arrives in Brunswick on Sunday for a six day engagement starting Monday June 30. The act features the Four Stars aerial troupe at 125 feet without nets and Lucie Gilette the human cannonball shot 120 feet. The mile long fairgrounds host 20 monster rides and neon lines with 20,000 feet of lighting plus 7 large show wagons. A July 4 celebration is planned with afternoon and evening events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Lewis
Brunswick
Lucie Gilette
Mr. Lewis
Garnet Road
Mass Mary F Wren remembered at Tufts death noted
Mrs Mary F Wren widow of Frank Wren dean of Tufts College died suddenly on June 13 in Kennebec Point. Tufts trustees and the Mystic Valley Tufts club unveiled a memorial tablet for Dean Wren at commencement. Also notes on poison ivy prevention and local Bay Point social happenings. Betty Curry graduates Gardiner High, joins Speedwell Acres camp staff as dancing counsellor. Birds and sea season described with chickadee and robin observations and several Bath Point visits and cottage stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Kennebec Point
Mary F. Wren
Frank Wren
Tufts College
Rs. Wren
Frank G. Wren
Mystic Valley
Tufts Club
Dean Wren
Betty Curry
George Curry
Gardiner
Gardiner High School
Currys
Betty
Charles Kiessling
Dedham
Mass
Katherine
Charles Burgess, Jr
Bath
Local social notes record visitors and callers
Cod has been home for three days liberty. Mr and Mrs Paul Legard and baby of Bath were Sunday callers at Clarence Perkins home. Mrs Peter Isaacson made a business trip to Augusta and Portland. Mrs William Hill of Naugatuck Conn was in town Monday. Mrs Eugene Holt of Portland was a guest Tuesday of Mrs Francis O Bertrand, 45 High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis
Basin Road
George Davis
George C. Pease
Isabel Smart
Pease
Bath
Sylvester Hill
George Penton
Alfred
Stevens
Phippsburg
Jack Wilson
Meadowbrook
Brigham's Cove
Hamilton McCourt
Freeport
Junior
Winneganee
John C. Malcolm
Wollaston
Mass
Middlebury
Middlebury College
Bishop Atwood
Malcolms
Small Point Road
Edward Thomas
John Rollins
Allie Rollins
Walter Cushing
Lewiston
Jack Wade
Lewis Wallace
West Point
Clarence Blaisdell
Anthony Eramos
Philomena Eramos
Robert Barlow
Francis Luke
Eugene Osgood
Perkins Island
Constance
Robert Moore
Mary
Robert
Lewis
Beverly
Lewis Lowell Thursay
Lewis Lowell
Brunswick
Frances Robie
Ocean Park
William E. Hallett
Woolwich
Katie Thomas
Eleanor Thomas
Wilbur
Cox’s Head
Sadie Carlson
A. L. Nickerson
Phippsburg Center
Lloyd Perry
Bath and
Small Point
Charles Perry
John D. Libby
Sagadahoc County
American Legion
J. Logan Smith
Belmont
Russell W. Bird
Richard
Medford
Elizabeth Webber
Smith
Cambridge
Bird
City of
Bowen Torrey
Beebe
John
Wakefield
Waldo Curtis
Keith McLuer
David
Keith Atwood
Charles Morse
Peter Isaacson
Stone House
Fred Waterhouse
Auburn
Waldo Weston
Page Wyman
Charles Talbot
McElroy
Weston Cottage
Stanley Hyde
Barbara
Nancy Hyde
Ledgewood
Niles Cameron
Ellen
Pauline Cameron
Allan Rogers
Sally
Hallowell
Walter Sprague
Barbara Sprague
Rogers
Farmington Normal School
Saco
Horace Morse
Barbara Morse
Annette Williams
Fred B. Kittredge
George Buchanan
Robert Cody
Anne
Milton
Donald Spear
Virginia
Everett Parker
Barbara Danforth
Judy Dennison
Popham
William Voorhees
David Crockett
Martha
Horace, Jr
Roscoe Shaw
Joan
Eugene Desmond
Ann
Shaw Cottage
Fred Humphreys
Humphreys
Arthur King
Audrey
Donald King
Omar King
South Portland
Frank Scott
Bath Iron Works
White Spot
J. E. Kirk
Gardiner
N. Y
Winifred McIntyre
Scituate
H. Rice
Brooklyn
Owen
James Ham
Boston
Vernon Mattson
Newtonville
Walter Cousins
Clarence Perkins
Norman
Elisha Bridges
Marion
Eliot Bold
Fortune
Cod
Liberty
Paul Legard
Baby
Augusta
Portland
William Hill
Naugatuck Conn
Eugene Holt
Francis O. Bertrand
High Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Senecal
Roscoe Perkins
Norman Howard
Howard
Phyllis Bowie
Head Beach
Winter Street
Emmy Wyman
Betty Wilson
North Street Extension
John Wilson
Georgia Leech
Lindens
Minnie McCarty
Frank Percy
Percy
Parker Head
McCarty
Lyman Barbour
Clarence Wallace
Crystal Lake
Maurice Avery
Bessie Sprague
Harry Bowie
Emma Perry
Milton Webber
Archie Bowen
Albert Bennet
Chebeague Island
Esther McCourt
Walter Rines
Ada C. Minott
Carol
Ceres McCourt
Old Orchard Beach
Georgia Leeach
Frank Leeach
Julian Luckenbeck
Eveston
Luckenbeck
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
America
Midway
Turner McCarthy
Malden Hospital
Walter Percy
Fred Percy
JL. Teach
F. Percy Young
Anna Percy
Dromore Farm Bureau
Edward Thomas, Jr
Charles A. Rollins
George Morong
Clifton Morong
Bernard Wyman
Sanford
Frances Libby
Sanford High School
Robert Beals
Clinton Beals
Mr. Beals
Charles Small
Beverly, Charles, Jr
Cape
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