Shipbuilding past and village homes in Sebasco area
The historical note traces Minett shipyard activity from early 1800s to 1904 with vessels like the Cortez and Nebraska, mentions shifts in yard sites from Church Lane to the present area, and recalls figures James Drummond C. V. Minett and others. It also describes the Thomas Morse Cobb house as village showplace, local town meetings, library trustees, selectmen, and community events at Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie
Muartz- Severs
Drmg
Cage James Dewmemond
Drummond
Thomas Westig
L. Bill
C. VV. Minett
Nebraska
Cortez
Church Lane
Weentlesly Ss
Wick
James Drummond
C. V. Minett
Todd
Thomas Mirwa-wee
Bowdoinham
Capt
Janes Drummond
Mr. Minott
Mirot
Minott
McCobb
Thomas MceCobb
Seguin
Thomas MceCubp
Beauchamp Pass
Scarce introduction to crustaceans noted in report
A fragmentary note mentions scarce introduction of crustaceans and individuals Fiten Wallace and Ernest Wai Raymond Camse engaged in weed cutting at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiten Wallace
Ernest Wai
Raymond Camse
Town officers elected in Mondrys annus at Phipprourg
Townspeople elected John G Mors as town clerk and Mark W Marrng ion as first selectman. James L Morse defeated Elkanah Wyman for second selectman, Raymond Mein won third selectman, Albert Bo Menderson elected treasurer and tax collector, Jase G Cissiders beat J. Titman for auditor, Howard Bowker re elected road commissioner, Philip Jzcub unopposed for school board. Total town appropriations rose to about 51526 23 with funds for schools roads repairs and support of the poor. Town approved gift of beach strip at Popham for park and formed a committee to plan improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severs
Phipprourg
John G Mors
Moderstor
Gre
Janes L Morse
Elkanah Wyman
Raymond Meintisenee
wdAectman
Thomas Titman
Albert Bo Menderson
Jase G. Cissiders
Howard Bowker
Herbert Doughty
Philip Jzcub
Popham Beach
West Point
Parker Head
Tarring
Schaseo
Simi
Popham
Charles V. Mina
W. J. McCourt
Eugene Winslow
Everett Oliver
Spring Fashion Show at York Hall Preview
Ki Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi stages a spring fashion show on March 23 at York Hall. Local models will showcase spring gowns and hats to raise funds for Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children and the club treasury. Committees for production, publicity, tickets, and models are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
York Hall
William D. Sewall
Warrington Street
Ki Beta
Beta Sigma Phi
Mere
Carolyn Turpie
Hyde Memorial Home For
Pine Tree Society
Club
Eleanor Danforth
Polly Eliason
Louise Graustuck
Jean Danforth
Madelyn Weiherbee
Kathleen Watson
Mary Haskell
Jeannette Greene
Funeral services for Harry Fales Smith held Wednesday
Funeral services for Harry Fales Smith were Wednesday afternoon at two from the Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. A Masonic service was conducted by Polar Star lodge officers. Bearers were Peter Tenneson, Harry Hanna, Linwood Abbott and Berty Lonn. Body entombed at Oak Grove. Mr. and Mrs Merle Oak and children of East Brunswick were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fales Smith
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Polar Star Lodge
Peter Tenneson
Harry Hanna
Linwood Abbott
Berty Lonn
Oak Grove
Merle Oak
East Brunswick
Richard Ireland
Tallman Street
Mrs Pearl Oliver Haskell Admitted To Lewiston Hospital
Former Bath dancing teacher Mrs Pearl Oliver Haskell is a patient at Central Maine General hospital in Lewiston, receiving care as she recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Oliver Haskell
Bath
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Parker Head Community News Highlights and Local Visits
The Parker Head column covers church services by the Gideon Bible Society in Phippsburg, PTA activities, birthday gatherings at Mrs. J D Libby’s home, and a Founders Day book review. It notes dam concerns near Park Mead and Liberia mission letters, plus various social visits and school events at Parker Head and Brunswick area friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Bible Society
Phippsburg
Parker Head Vestry
Leslie Well Grange
T. L Totman
C Gilman
Bernard Henderwoalien
Murice
Shenderson
William Ciman
Korma
Shirley Pye
Waites Cushing
Earl Lowell
Charles Bizistell
Frances Morong
Frances Hour
Frances Barkslow
Eugene Harrington
W. Liby
John Brooks
Fred Libby
Francis Lander
Bernard Wyman
Harold Barkzslow
J D Libby
Elizabeth Wyman
Parker
Pta
Will Sweet
Wnio
Charles Viaindell
Mead
MacIntyre Turn
Lion
Parker Head
Augutta
Payne
Leslie Darling
World Day of Prayer Service Friday at Wesley Church
The World Day of Prayer was observed Friday afternoon at Wesley Methodist church with about 200 women from Bath’s Protestant churches. The service featured prayers meditations and a dramatic presentation and an offering to support missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Wesley Methodist Church
Jeaders
United Council of Church Women
Willard McLean
Maine Council of Church Women
Bath
Louis Dole
Maine Council
McLean
Dole
Stanley Hunter
Charles Howe
William Temple
Walter Uphant
Louis. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Willard McLain
Arvid Anderson
Harold Walker
Wilfred Cheney
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Horace Morse
Albion Corliss
Central Congregational Church
Evelyn Southard
First Baptist Church
Sills Outlines Maine Education and Constitutional Reform
President Sills urges raising teacher salaries in Maine to boost incentives and respect for teaching. He calls for a new constitution, a thorough survey, and revision, noting 40 to 50 amendments have been made previously. He favors a four year governor term, 16 year old voting, and a constitutional convention. A chicken pie dinner preceded his remarks by the Contral church Ladies' aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Dr. Sills
Sills
Contral Church Ladies’ Aid
Alfred Trott Funeral Held in Woolwich
The funeral for Alfred Trott of Woolwich took place at 3 p m Wednesday from the Mayo funeral home with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Beavers were Merle Jameson Sherwood Baker Albion Corliss and Samuel Buck. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery Woolwich. Charles Presley of Woolwich recently completed a 16 month course at the Wiggins School of Aviation Norwood Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Trott
Woolwich
Mayo Funeral Home
Joseph O. Purdue
Merle Jameson
Sherwood Baker
Albion Corliss
Samuel Buck
Riverside Cemetery
Charles Presley
Wiggins School of Aviation
Norwood
Mass
Popham Beach Community Notes Spur Local Fund Drives
Nancy Welch leads Red Cross fund collecting in Popham while Parker Head and Percy district residents back Bath Memorial Hospital efforts. Bodwell Grange hosts a Friday dance and Parker Head bakes bean supper aids hospital relief. town meeting funds pave Minott property survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Welch
Red Cross Fund
Popham
Leslie Darling
Parker Head
Stanton Douzois
Percy
Bodwell Grange
Bath Memorial Hospital
Thosm
Werbert Sprague
Fred Spinney
Lawrence Taylor
Guy Crowley
Ernest Oliver
Ellison Moody
Helen Gagnon
Tur
Bath Popham Circle
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Charles V. Minott
Grace Cushing
Bath
Blanchard Crowley
Bruce Melhones
Peter Isaacson
Liwiston
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Thomas Totman
Phippsburg
Walter E. Sprag
Willard Oliver
Oliver
Norman Markham
Hamilton McCourt
Napoleon Fickett
F. D. Scott
Correction clarifies two Popham items mixup
The Independent corrects two Popham Beach items after a typesetting error mixed up names and details. Harvey Lamson was misreported as ashore for supplies and Archie McLaughlin as in Boston with Mrs McLaughlin and daughters. the correction clarifies Lamson and McLaughlin positions and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Popham Beach
Harvey Lamson
Pond Island Light
Archie McLaughlin
Kennebec
Bath
McLaughlin
Lamson
Bath area residents attend drills and meetings
Edward Thomas Jr. and Frederick Thomas attended National Guard drills and meetings in Bath and Portland. Elbert Woodman of Phippsburg Center visited, while S.C. More, Richard Dozois, Lawrence Thayer, Neil Sullivan, and Elbert Woodman were noted in nearby towns. Blue Point oysters were named after Blue Point village in Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Thomas Jr
National Guard
Bath Armory
S.C. More
Richard Dozois
Boston
Lawrence Thayer
Neil Sullivan
Bath
Wyman Farm
Frederick Thomas
O.R.C
Portland
Blue Point
Long Island
Early Spring Hints From Bay Point Residents
Bay Point residents note robins and geese arrivals as signs of early spring. daffodils and pussy willows show growth while maple buds open. snow leaves after a heavy storm. A hearing in Augusta on Bay Point Village Corporation charter resulted in an all‑day trip and no decision yet. Brighter news as Spinney recovers in Portland and locals visit Bath and Portland for errands and birthdays in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Augusta
Legal Affairs Committee
Georgetown
Lloyd Pinkham
Five Islands
Heald
Harry Heald
Robinhood
Pinkham
Kennebec River
F. P. Moffatt
Bath
Herman A. Spinney
Portland
Marine Hospital
Dwight Furbish
Alice Hinckley
Edith Wright
Arthur Ashton
Branwell Harford
Cecil
Mavis
Jerome Furbish
Woolwich Appropriations Rise by Nine Thousand Dollars
Woolwich town meeting approved a total of 49 931 29 in appropriations an increase of about 9 000 from last year. Funds cover a repaid loan for a bridge hospital bills for the poor and road work plus 4 000 from 1949 excise tax to the consolidated school fund a fireworks ordinance and pay raises for volunteers. The Mountain school reopening was rejected after a show of hands vote and the tax rate is expected to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Montsweag Road
Chopps Road
Consolidated School Fund
Bath
Woolwich P. T. A
Legal Affairs Committee
Dresden Notes and Local School Play Hosts
Miss Henrietta Groves visited at Dresden Mills with Mrs. Fred Stilphen as Mrs. Edward Hall joins family after Cedar Grove move. Lincoln Academy and Cony High School will attend Bridge Academy contests March 24. Ladies' Aid held a vestry supper with Rev C Bennet present. Smelt fishing ended after a rain and fog day. Camp removals and school reopened after vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Groves
Leslie Bailey
Edward Hall
Hall
Cedar Grove
Fred Stilphen
Dresden Mills
Lincoln Academy
Cony High School
Ladies’ Aid
Sagadahock Hotel and surrounding blocks history future plans
The Sagadahock Co. bought land from Mrs. Eliza A Morse to build a hotel on Front Street bounded by Lincoln Bank lot Center Street Morse land and Dr Stockbridge Swasey lot. Constructed in 1948 with Granite Block and Union Block, the Sagadahock Hotel was Maine’s then most modern four story brick hotel. The 1894 fire destroyed the hotel Granite Block and part of Union Block, which were promptly replaced by new structures. Louis Stone Jr a 10 year old observer at Memorial hospital since Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza A Morse
Supadahock Co
Front Street
Lincoln Bank
Center Street
Bank
Sagadahock
Dr. Stockbridge
Maine
Sagadahoc
Sagadahoe
Union Block
Louis Stone, Jr
Louis Stone, Sr
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Probate court monthly session lists wills and estates
Wills filed and admin orders noted for Bath Richmond Phippsburg and other towns. Executors named without bond and guardianship actions recorded. Entries include accounts filed and allowed for several estates. Ernest Walls, U S N, serving in the Mediterranean aboard USS Spokane with Sixth Task Force under Admiral Connolly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Footer
Bath
Edna M. Footer
Edgar Ellsworth Phinney
Arrowsie
Gertrude A. Phinney
Charles B. Day
Richmond
Alice M. Favor
Alma L. Reid
Daniel Williams
George A. Dickinson
Katherine A. Dickinson
Arthur H. Decker
Phippsburg
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles N. Nanfel
Ava Maria Whitney
Henrietta S. Libby
Frances E. Libby
Flora A. Hathorn
Woolwich
Elwood A. Hat
Martha Rich Bowen
Joan H. Shaw
Roscoe H. Shaw
Guardian
Alice A
Nancy H. McKinney
Gardiner
Julie Curtis
James J. Lyden
John P. Carey
William E. Miller
Bowdeinham
Margaret E. Miller
John H. Green
James L. Green
Ernest Walls
U.S.N
Grace Trask
Central Avenue
Mediterranean
Spokane
Richard L. Connolly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Totman Public Library
Esther McCourt
Stanwood Gilman
John Morse, Jr
Herbert Scott
Out of Tuay
Robert Whitehead
Sons Windham
Horace Holton
Wellesley
Raymond Wyman
Snothe Ferm
Mark Harrington
James Lester
Morse
Raymond McIntire
Everett Harrington
Emma A. Perry
Bath Memorial
Robert Thistie
Annie Pease
Bess Dickinson
Alvin Brewer
Sebasco
Grant
J. J. Grant CO
Bath, Me
Harry F. Smith
Eugene Ror
Mary Dannenelser
Meranner
Henry Gediman
Leston Harrington
Liberia
Africa
Clarence Skelfield
Perkins Island
Daniel Irving
Pophem Beach
Arthur Kreidler
Yoeman
Jack Roberson
Yooman
USN
Frances Morung
New London
Conn
Sally Bill Lowell
Txpy
South Portland
Karl Lowell
Morse High School
Sally
Clyde Moore
Rose Marie
Les‘ton Harrington
Donald Parent
Liursel Meore
Harrington
Rober, Campbell
Lynn Moss
Chester Stenburne
Frooksville
Albert Gray
Chetes Gray
Brootsville
Mertie Shepherd
George Watson
Brunswick
Bob Moore
Popham Road
Flizabeth Wyman
Lewis Lowell Herman Hallet
E Hallett. Jr
Leslie Wilson
Wyman
John Rollins
Grace Kraft
George Woodward
Portland Junior College
L. D. Lowell
U.S S
Bathmen
Atlantic
Caribbean
John Dunning
Robinson Street
Keith
Harold Chandler
Maple Grove Avenue
George E. Dersham
I. C. Electrician
Winslow Street
Sicily
Richard A. Bourget
Seaman
Western Avenue
D. H. Fox
Council of Church Women
President Sills
COX
Mountain School
Dresden
Margaret J. Melcher
Homer C. Weston
Freeport
Winfield W. Morse
Doris M. Coggeshall
FORD
Haggett’s Garage
Wiscasset
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