Wiscasset Town Meeting Highlights and Local News
Wiscasset held its annual town meeting at Red Men's hall with wide turnout. Elections named A W Keirstead clerk, Le on Grover White Hawes treasurer Sewall collector Sewall, and others. The town voted toll exemption at Carlton bridge and to discontinue Birch Point bridge for vehicles, continue Lowelltown and Birch Point schools, and approved several appropriations including for common schools library and fire services. Updates cover a range of civic groups, a Boy Scout formation, weddings, birthdays, church activities, and local appointments.
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Wiscasset
Red Men's Hall
Alvin W. Keirstead
Frank H. Gray
Charles S. Sowder
A. W. Keirstead
Leon H. Grover
James E. White
Herbert W. Hawes
Samuel J. Sewall
Charles 8. Sewall
Fred W. Blagden
Carl H. Boudin
Fred A. Soule
A. H. Dodge
C. C. Blagdon
Grace G. Albee
Norris A. Miller
Carlton Bridge
Birch Point
Lowelltown
Wiscasset Public Library
Three Hungry People Wins Bowdoin Play Contest Prize
John V. Schaffner, 25, earned first prize of 30 dollars for Three Hungry People in the Bowdoin Masque and Gown one act play contest held last week in Memorial hall. Paul Welsh, 37, took second prize of 20 dollars for Asylum and also won best actor prize. Miss Nella Barber received best actress prize. Judges were Professors Stanley P. Chase, Robert P. Tristram Coffin, and Newton Phelps Stallknecht.
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John V. Schaffner
Bowdoin
Memorial Hall
Paul Welsh
Nella Barber
Stanley P. Chase
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Newton Phelps
Circuit Epworth League Organized in Bath Region
About 100 youths from Bath area Methodist churches gathered at Beacon Street Church last Wednesday to organize the Merrymeeting Circuit Epworth League. The evening featured supper, music by local youths, devotions, and a talk by Clifton Tedford on teamwork. Officers include President Carl P. Meister Secretary Beth Trott and Treasurer Carroll Morse.
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Bath
Beacon Street
Epworth League
Herbert Henderson
William Gove
Clayton Holden
Gove
Elizabeth Dorr
Boothbay Harbor
Charlotte King
Wesley Church
Marion Talbot
Doris Crocker
Rebecca Miller
Florence Tait
Samuel Morse
Clifton Tedford
Forest L. Littlefield
Merrymeeting Circuit Epworth League
Carl P. Meister
Beacn Street Church
Beth Trott
Carroll Morse
Beacon Street Church
William J. Craft
Clinton Pratt
Carl T. Meister
Edward St. Martin
Hermon W. Crooker
Irving C. Varney
George Wallace
Leland S. Plummer
Wilbur H. Crooker
William Armstrong
Carl Y. Kennedy
D. Leroy Lord
Charles T. Henderson
Text Books Purchase Delayed for a Time
The Board of Education postponed a $5,000 text book purchase until the city council accepts the budget. Books in several schools are worn and replacements are needed as spending has fallen below earlier levels. Blair C Wilson offered to coach the high school baseball team gratis, and Roll of accounts No 1 for $768.84 was approved for payment. The board also honored retiring member Miss Frostina E Marston for eight years of service, noting she missed one regular and one special meeting.
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Board of Education
Blair C. Wilson
Frostina E. Marston
Florida
Augusta
Skelton
Spear
Smith
Motorists Cause Delay For City's Street Cars
A rising number of drivers park on street railway tracks causing passenger delays and missed appointments. Truck and pleasure car operators share the nuisance, blocking tracks in business and residential areas and showing little regard for trolley passengers.
California Exposition Opens at Balboa Park
A reader describes Balboa Park in San Diego as a vast, shaded 1400 acre setting for the California Exposition opening May 29. The project involves at least a billion dollars in public works and offers views over the city, bay, and Point Loma.
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California
Marcia E. Kennerson
la Jolla
Calif
The
Independent
Balboa Park
San Diego
Loma
Broad Pacific
Sagadahoc Probate Court Buys First March Term
Judge Walter S. Glidden presided over the Sagadahoc probate court session. Will allowances, administrations granted, inventories filed and allowed, accounts settled, petitions granted, and many estates listed for estate actions and appointments across Bath West Bath Woolwich Phippsburg Topsham Georgetown Richmond and other towns.
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Walter’ S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Lydia Littlefield Galt
West Bath
R. Thornton
Antoinette F. Barker
Bath
Frank A. Barker
Boston
Mass
Clara A. Abbott
Charles C. Low
Daisy B. Wilson
Woolwich
Frank J. Glassnap
Minden
Conn
Lydia L. Gait
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillias B. Dunnels
Agnes W. Humphreys
John H. Stacy
Phippsburg
J. Arthur Stevens
Clara E. Hinckley
Georgetown
Jacob P. Lewis
Delina Pepin
Delina Pepen
Topsham
Joseph Roy
Brunswick
Selon F. Williams
Hazel V. Sheldon
Rachel B. Dunning
Richmond
Bath National Bank
Roland Smith
Ruby Hearn Smith
Lewis B. Smith
Martha B. Bridge
Amelia Hartford
Harry W. Douglass
Guardian
William E. Rowe
Charles E. Rowe
Georgie S. McHeffey
Inez Ingalls Rothwell
Herbert L. Grinnell
Herbert L. Grinnell, Jr
James A. Colby
Alice J. Colby
John W. Hunt
Alonzo F. Hunt
George W. Naugler
Chrystal N. Naugler
Rufus D. Moulton
Parker N. Moulton
Melville H. Blackwell
Amos K. Butler
Albert H. Shaw
J. Edward Drake
William S. Shorey
George P. Davenport
Martha E. Shaw
Marguerite Maxson Russell
Scott Wimard Maxson
Bridget T. Wagner
Edward R. Hanson
Allen F. Wheeler
Elizabeth Walker Purinton
Mary A. Goodwin
Elon Blair
Charles A. Blair
George M. Stinson
Freeman A. Trott
Novella J. Trott
William W. Robinson
Ann Mary Robinson
Elizabeth Jane Alexander
Humphrey Mallett
Marion B. Wade
Ella G. Odiorne
Susie B. Johnson
James H. Goddard
Charles C. Benedict
Oliver Moses
Rupert H. Baxter
Susie A. Johnson
Ralph O. Johnson
Lisbon Falls
Harriet E. Kane
Oscar B. Ingalls
Edward W. Bridgham
Gardiner R. Deering
Lina G. Sewall
Gordon Berry
Baldwin P. Snipe
Arrowsie
Frank H. Snipe
Walter L. Richardson
Owen A. Richardson
Gerald Pearl Whittier
Gerald Pearl McNeill
Pownal State School
Francis L. Morrell
Francis L. Mowo
Three mill stones found in Westbrook prompt mill inquiry
Three old mill stones unearthed in Westbrook spur questions about a historic grist mill in the area. No local memory confirms a mill stood there, leaving researchers to search records for evidence of such a facility.
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Westbrook
West Bath Pancakes and illness mark town notes
West Bath observes widespread illness with flu and bronchitis among pupils and residents. Evelyn Perkins Battens bron chitis while several teachers and students miss school amid ongoing infections. Local social updates include visits, travel to Lewiston for a minstrel show, and family milestones at Bath Memorial hospital with two newborns and a 13th birthday.
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Evelyn Perkins
H. Dorman Perkins
West Bath
Clarice Whittier
Berry’s Mill
Lewiston
Rena Whittier
Carrie Ward
Ralph Wright
Ernest Purington
Topsham Grange Hall
Grange
Joseph W. Larrabee
Emily Larrabee
Edward Jenks
Grace Waterman
Dorothy Waterman
Charles C. Chesley
Chesley
Dorothy Estes
Ose
Marie Wright
Caribou
Percy E. Holbrook
Meadowbrook Road
Freeport Hospital
Nan Brown
Portland
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Bath
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
Alfred B. Snow
Trufant
Horace W. Ward
Paul M. Olm
J.everett Mayo
Lowell
Littlefield
American Red Cross
Berry’s Mill Road
Warren Everett
Fletcher A. Waterman
Foster's Point
Bath Memorial Hospital
Audrey Ann
Frank R. Durant
James B. Lemont
Lemont
Sanford’s Crossing
J. Bazin Lemont, Jr
Beacon Street Church Draws Large Male Attendance
The Beacon Street church Brotherhood meeting led by Rev. Harley A. Shattuck noted strong male turnout, with over a third of attendees from men’s groups. Daniel MacDonald spoke on seacoast missions and his mission boat work, then indoor baseball saw Shattuck’s Ducks beat MacDonald’s Bullfinches 9 to 6. Charles Senderson homered in the eight, after Sam Morse’s two-bagger. Next meeting set for March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Harley A. Shattuck
Brotherhood
Henry M. Powers
Elmer Norton
Daniel MacDonald
Seacoast
George Wallace
John Williams
Mr. Shattuck
Ducks
Charles Senderson
Sam Morse
Acadia Lodge Plans for Large Meeting
Members of Acadia lodge Knights of Pythias plan a large gathering Thursday evening at the new Pythian temple when two candidates will receive the rank of Knight. A special luncheon and a surprise await attendees asBath Pythians are invited to attend and enjoy the event. The Post Office Department rescinded a prior order closing Broad Cove in Lincoln county, with several offices listed to close on March 30 and name changes including Towle California to Baxter and Maggie to Kaylong in West Virginia.
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Acadia Lodge
Knights of
Broad Cove
Lincoln County
Pleasant ~Valley
Mont
Lawrence
Okla
Warren
Nekoma
Ill
Celina and Lorne
Minn
Evona
Ansonville
Lloyd
Towle
Calif
Baxter
Maggie
W. Va
Kaylong
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day Session in Winneganee
Dromore Farm Bureau met in Winneganee Community House on Wednesday of last week to discuss Restoring Old Furniture. Mrs. Annie Lemont presided over a morning business meeting. Elmer F. Campbell spoke in the afternoon. Members planned a card party for March 21 and a future meeting on April 3 titled Making the House Homelike.
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Nate Rines
Maurice Lint
Chestnut Street
William ©. Hubbard
Mr. Rines
Civic Club
Roger McGrath
Portland
Athletic Association of the Academy
Congregational Vestry
Rut Jones
Grace Bean
Joanna Evans
Barbara Sherman
Martha Haskell
Virginia Caton
Eva Rines
Phyllis Lewis
Ruth Thompson
Marion Rines
Emily Chisam
Harriett Jackson
Cora Bean
Dorcas
Walter Serle
George Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Chest
Pendleton
Lewis Tarrana
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winneganee
Frank A. Hodgdon
Elmer F. Campbell
Annie Lemont
Bureau
Eleanor Drake
Elizabeth Mayo
Florence Morse
Esther McCourt
Emily Williams
Bess Manson
Anne Deering
Eva Rogers
Association
Thatcher Pinkham
Elisha Bridges
Martha Morse
Thomas Totman
Mr. Campbell
Hortense Welch
Lewiston
Aletha Campbell
Evelyn Beals
Louise Mayo
Clara Oliver
West Bath Grangers Have Fine Program
Attendance reached 82 at the West Bath Grange meeting in the grange hall. With officers absent, James A. Thurston stood as overseer and Mrs. Herbert Simpson as Pomona. The agenda included a dance Friday March 22, and a program next Monday by Carver's Tops ham orchestra with light refreshments. The Monday program featured songs, parodies, a reading, a discussion on gymnasiums in public schools and transport costs, a tongue twister, a scenic tableau, and a closing Auld Lang Syne.
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West Bath
Grange
Annie Laurie
Blue Lover
Leon Genthner
Fred K. Sturtevant
Olney C. Perry
Edward Jenks
David S.S. Henderson
Harold E. Freeman
George R. Booker
Charles B. Doyle
Herbert Simpson
John M. Howe
Everett G. Lemont
Hugo Sandelin, Jr
Dorothy Waterman
Helena Hadley
Brunswick
Barbara Freeman
Obituary: Charles T. Mains 72 Bath native painter
Word has been received of the death of Charles T. Mains 72 native of Bath in Roxbury Massachusetts Monday March 4 He was born in Bath son of the late William H and Lois Fish Mains A painter by trade he worked in Massachusetts before returning in the late 1920s to Bath to paint yachts at Bath Iron Works He leaves a widow three sons and a daughter Requiem high mass was sung at St Johns church in Roxbury last Thursday and interment was in New Calvary cemetery.
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Charles T. Mains
Bath
Roxbury
Mass
William H
Lois Fish Mains
Massachusetts
Bath Iron Works
St. John’s Church
New Calvary Cemetery
Funeral Services Held for Ivory L. Hall 61
Ivory L. Hall, 61, former resident, died suddenly March 9 in Waco Texas. Born January 24, 1874 in Vinalhaven, he worked for The Texas Co. from 1912 to 1923 and later with Barton Manufacturing Co. in Waco. Survived by sons Luther C. Hall of New York and Richard C. Hall of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Funeral held Wednesday in Vinalhaven.
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Ivory L. Hall
Waco
Texas
Vinalhaven
Mr. Hall
Bath
The
Texas Co
Barton Manufacturing Company
Moses and
Judith (Colburn) Hall
Luther C. Hall
New York
Richard C. Hall
Greenfield
Mass
Phippsburg Notes Include Local Visit and Fine
Miss Cora Campbell and John E Blaisdell traveled to Kittery and Belmont to visit relatives. The Phippsburg board of selectmen met with Owen Richardson chairing. other members were Willian R Bowie and James Lester Morse. Howard Holden, Bangor aviator, paid a $1 fine plus costs in Bangor municipal court for flying without a state license, the first such case in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Campbell
John E. Blaisdell
Kittery
Belmont
Mass
Blaisdell
Albert Brown
Mr. Brown
Grace Parks
Board of Selectmen
Owen Richardson
Willian R. Bowie
James Lester Morse
Howard Holden
Bangor
Maine
Woolwich Social Round Featuring Pioneers and Local Notables
Mrs Anna Soule hosted Woolwich in Wiscasset with guest of honor Mrs Plinette Allen pastor of Moatsweag Baptist Church. The Pioneers at Hillcrest Manse entertained with an attendance contest planned for Lent and a structured ship the good ship Friend Ship named for Roberta Hathorne. Various locals including Bruce Dickson Melvin Soule Clyde Leavit and others attended. Bruce Steadman infant son Bruce Steadman returned home from Memorial hospital and plans for redecorating church noted. Community events include Good Will club, Ladies Auxiliary sewing, and a fish chowder gathering with St Patrick decor. A No 6 schoolhouse supper funds church redecorating and plant sales by Carrie Wing.
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Hodgdon
Boothbay Harbor
Gerald Sherman
Reginald Riley
Kenneth Lincoln
Maurice Pendleton
Edward Evans
Charles
Sowder
Portland
Lee Gorham
Birch Point
Harry Donnell
Bath
Chicago
Coyne Electric Engineering School
Thomas McLaughlin
Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Westport
St. Philip's Church
Vera Quinnam
White Elephant Club
Federal Street
Wesley C. Day
Horace
Augusta
Daniel R. Sortwell
Boston
Randall Cummings
Edgecomb
E. Fred Albee
Wiscasset
J. D
Charles H. Plumstead
Treas
Charles E. Cowley
Sidney G. Evans
Alex G. Grover
Chester H. Pendleton
S. S
William Averill
J. S
Lee Porter
Frank B. Adams
Benjamin H. Adams
D. Edgar Badger
Ira Redonnett
South
Bangor
Redennett
General Motors Co
Anna Soule
Plinette Allen
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Woolwich
Allen
Thomas Dickson
Walter Leavitt
Leon Grover
Roberta
Leon and
Bernard
Blanche Grover
Marcia Bailey
Alton Berry
Anna
Paul and Alton, Jr
Rachel Hunnewell
Arthur Williams
Maurice Hathorne
Roberta Hathorne
Laughlin McInnes
Pearl Nelder
Carrie Hodgdon
Brye Sutter
Eleanor
Newman Getchell
Montsweag Church
Elsie Bailey
Bernette Bailey
Dorothy Getchell
Marjorie Lewis
Forest Baker
Bruce Steadman
Wiscasset Highway
Clara Head
St. Petersburg
Fla
W. F. Kennerston
William Gould
Millard Hanson, Jr
Monmouth
Phyllis Gilpatrick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fred Rice
C. P. Hall
Good Will Club
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ann Dodge
William Robson
Henry Cooper
George Burhart
West Somerville
Edward V. Reed
Jay Gould Bailey
Miss Spaulding
Orono
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Fred King
North Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Grace Preble
Day’s Ferry
Lenten Services to the Woolwich Union
The article notes the first in a five part Lenten service series to be held on Thursday at the Woolwich Union for Christian Service with continued coverage on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Fireside Forum Meets At Hillcrest Manse For Real Adventure
A Fireside Forum gathering at Hillcrest Manse on Monday night March 11 enjoyed games music and an inspiring message Real Adventure led by Mrs Harold Woolley. Upcoming gathering announced for March 18 with Mr and Mrs Newman Getchell and Richard Hunnewell leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Manse
Harold Woolley
Newman Getchell
Richard Hunnewell
Walter Leavitt
Wiscasset
Harvey Bailey
Correction notice on Woolwich town meeting results
The Indep endent corrects last week's report stating Harvey A. Henderson was re elected to the Board of Selectmen by three votes over James F. Dunton. Henderson received 110 votes and Dunton 107 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Harvey A. Henderson
Board of Selectmen
James F. Dunton
Mr. Henderson
Mr. Dunton
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Organ Society
Harris, Jackson
Ella Dunton
Charlies SS. Sowder
C. J. DiPerri
Parker B. Stinson
Roy Dickinson
Raymond Quinnam
Roland Tarbox
Clayson Lewis
Alton Smith Shore
Newcastle
Charle S Metcalf
Paul Simpson
John Lewis
Franklin Fairservice
Parker Fowles
Dorcas Club
Betty Jean McFadden
Auburn
Frank Frye
Lincoln Academy
Maxine Carleton
Betty Richardson
Phyllis Bryant
Audrey Mayo
Ruth Dickinson
Elizabeth and
George
Donald F
University of Maine Bacteriology Dept
Clements Bros.’ Farms
Winterport
Circuit OF Epworth League
Methodist
New Society
Richard C. Owen Post
American Legion
Saco
Legionnaires
Glidden
West Bath Grangers
Charles T, Mains
Roxbury, Mass
No. 6
Carrie Wing
John Savage
Pratt
Corner Community Club
Murphy's Corner
James Dunton
Edward Shaw
Nellie McDonough
Arthur Willians
Montsweag
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Company
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