Social and school notes from Wiscasset and nearby towns
Local social calendar highlights visits to Damariscotta and Augusta, bridge games led by Mrs. Marion Haggett and Mrs. Frank Hutchins, prize speaking events at Lincoln academy with Miss Barbara Southard winning girls prize, and Maine art talks. Town budget items from 1888 contrasted with current spending. The Happy Group formed from Sunday School pupils with recitations and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Holbrook
Benjamin Webber
Portland
Tom Dow
Mr. Webber
Marion Haggett
Water Street
Edith Hutchins
L. C. Greenwood
Woman’s Club of
Wiscasset
Congregational Vestry
Harvey Pease
Stanley Dodge
Eugene Stevens
Lelfast
Maine
John Southard
C. S. Barnes
Jessie Jackson
Keirstead
Priscilla Lewis
Stanton Sherman
Wiscasset Academy
June Tucker
Justice
William R. Pattangall
Augusta
Charles I. Barnes
North Newcastle
Barnes
Merle Day
Lincoln Academy
Damariscotta
John H. Southard
Grace Barnes
Barbara Southard
Alfred E. Gorham
Philadelphia
Victor Gorham
Charles S. Barnes
Frank Reed
Edgecomb
Messrs. Barnes and Reed
Bath Box Co
Snow Hills
E. Fred Albee
Federal Street
Maude Clarke Gay
Louise Blagdon
Senter’s
Blagdon
Pearl
Jamaica Plain
Kezar Falls
Hiram
Alice McIntyre
Boston
Frank Hutchins
Washington Street
G. C. Pease
Helen Haggett
Hutchins
Evelyn
St. Patrick's
Lester Greenwood
Wiscasset Inn
Organ Society
The
Happy Group
Miss Woodsum
Miss Harris
Joanna Evans
Phyllis Lewis
Ruth Jones
Dorothy Chase
Alice Lewis
Vera Lewis
Virginia Pease
Dentist Takes Over Practice From Former State Doctor
Dr A W MeVane assumes the offices and practice of Dr Mason M Leviot. MeVane a University of Maryland graduate, postgraduate from Columbia, taught at Forsythe Children's Hospital, and served as a dental surgeon in World War. Dr McWare has 23 years in practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.W MeVane
Mason M. Leviot
MeVane
University of Maryland
Columbia
Forsythe Children’s Hospital
McWare
Morse Girls End Successful Season in Local Finale
Morse high school girls basketball wrapped a successful season with a Friday win over Freeport 20-15, tallying six victories. Leading scorers were Mary Larrabee with 151 points and Gladys Spinney with 78, while captain Winifred Aderton contributed 22 points and played forward at times. Other notable players included Kate McCarty, Legard, Reed, Twomey, and Petlock. Legard's center play fueled many Morse scores. The season featured close games against Lincoln Academy, Gardiner, Rockland, Brunswick, Deering, Bliss B C, and Freeport, ending with a strong group effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Freeport
Mary Larrabee
Gladys Spinney
Winifred Aderton
Kate McCarty
Miss Legard
Miss Reed
Miss Twomey
Miss Petlock
Morse
Capt
Aderton
Miss Aderton
Lincoln Acad
de Morse
Gardiner
Rockland
Brunswick
Deering
Bliss B. C
Cities Service Five Defeat Lewiston Team
In Wiscasset a packed house saw Cities Service Five defeat the Lone Scouts of Lewiston 38 to 28. Brewer Harrington and McCabe led the offense while McMann added two field goals. Wiscasset led 20-7 after the first period and held on with a strong finish. Prior to the main game, Wiscasset Academy girls beat town girls 18-10. Next Monday Wiscasset hosts Libby-Thistle of Auburn to close the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Lewiston
Brewer
Harrington
McCabe
George McMann
Acrears
Wiscasset Clu
Perkins
Beaumont
Wiscasset Academy Girls
Libby-Thistle Clu
Auburn
Bowker
Nan Sead
BANKS
Thegtewesteren
Iis
McCade Silent
Btewet Ih
Ene
Eles
Tartietoy
Tose
McMann
Perkin Set de Cere Ee
Caritas Lier
Stover
Bath
Pipefish hatch 114 young in male pouch at aquarium
A mate pipefish at the Steinhart aquarium in San Francisco recently hatched 114 young from a pouch on his body. The event showcases cooperative parenthood in pipefish where the female lays eggs and the male carries them to term in his pouch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Steinhart Aquarium
Electric windwing thermometer warns pilots of sleet danger
A detector on the wing projects a warning to the pilot when temperatures near freezing threaten sleet. It ties to the ies warning indicator 16W to signal course changes. Also described is a fuel tank gauge that measures fuel by pressure on a diaphragm at the tank bottom.
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Popular Science Monthly
Ciruses Buy Steel Cars For Shows And Transport
Cirques and prominent carnivals are purchasing all steel railroad cars to protect performers animals and paraphernalia. The latest move includes forty double length steel cars for equipment and animals and enough all steel Pullman cars for staff accommodation.
Woolwich Activities Highlight Baptist Association and Local Events
Last Thursday Bowdoin Baptist association met in Freeport with speakers including Rev Allen and Dr Fraser on furlough from Africa. Woolwich grange conferred degrees, Easter events planned, and multiple meetings and suppers were hosted by local clubs and families. Notable visits included Miss Ethlyn Marston and Miss Charlotte Buck with various community engagements noted throughout the week.
Montsweag Church Plans Easter Program and Meetings
Despite bad weather the Willing Workers group at Hillcrest Manse met well with plans for an all day session hosted by Mrs. Fred Soule on Thursday the 28th. Bible study and choir brought good interest at Mrs. Soule’s Friday. Rev H H Bishop of the Baptist convention preaches next Sunday at 10:30. The Easter program The Broken Sar is prepared by Montsweag Bible School teachers under Mrs. Harold Woolley. Mrs. Soule directs music and George Patterson speaks. Pastor Mrs. Allen will be away a few weeks touring to Brooklyn New York via Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Baptist Association
Freeport
Allen
Richard Hunnewell
Maurice Hathorne
Fred Soule
Asbury Bailey
Harold Bailey
Ethel Leavitt
Killiam
Fraser
Africa
Woolwich
New York
Bishop
Rose Milley
Anna Soule
Moatsweag Women's Farm Bureau
Men’s Farm Bureau and
Willing Workers Society
Grange Hall
Bertha Sutter
Prinnette Allen
Moatsweag Women’s Farm Bureau
Miss Simmons
Carrie Hodgdon
Everett Brookings
Margaret Reed
Monroe
Bath
Nequasset
Ethlyn Marston
Auburn
G. W. Marston
Charles Wright
Charles Blair
Bowdeinham
William Blair
John Dewolf
Fort Williams
Duncan McIntosh
Charlotte Buck
Roy McIntosh
H. O. Cunningha
Fred Carlton
Hillcrest Manse
Montsweag Church
H. H. Bishop
The
Baptist Convention
Montsweagy Bible School
Harold Woolley
George Patterson
Mrs. Allen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boston
Social visits in South Dresden and West Dresden
Mrs Leland Siegars visited sister Mrs Harold Wall in West Dresden Thursday. Lawrence Southard spent the weekend with friend Miss Inez Stinson in Richmond. Mrs Harold Wall of West Dresden called on her mother Mrs Vesta Siegars and sister Mrs L H Siegars Sunday. Mrs Alex Munsey called on her sister Mrs Albert Tibbetts one day last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Siegars
Harold Wall
West Dresden
Lawrence Southard
Inez Stinson
Richmond
Vesta Siegars
L. H. Siegars
Alex Munsey
Albert Tibbetts
Polar Star Masons Elect Officers
Polar Star lodge Masons elected officers on Wednesday night with W. Percy Marks as worshipful master and William L. Skelton, George J. Goodwin, J Edward Hughes, William A Furber, Casper F Hartleb, John H Freeman, John O Moulton, Edward W Sampson named to various posts A public installation will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thess
Polar Star Lodge
W. Percy Marks
William L. Skelton
George J. Goodwin
J. Edward Hughes
William A Furber
Casper F. Hartleb
John H. Freeman
John O. Moulton
Edward W. Sampson
Grand Lodge
Chain store sales rise in February figures across outlets
Twenty four chain store systems report February sales up 28 percent from February 1928 and a 20.8 percent gain in combined January and February sales over the same 1928 period, signaling ongoing retail strength.
Former Bathman Describes Germany’s Shifting Prosperity
Arthur E. Dunning, secretary of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, discusses Germany’s condition at a Humboldt Haus meeting. He cites 25 years in the country, noting improved pose relative to 1924 yet ongoing troubles such as unemployment and reparations. He highlights Germany’s large borrowings, goodwill to pay, and two reparations boomerangs affecting ships and advertising German goods abroad. He recalls addressing U S chambers in 1924 and explains Dawes Plan acronym as “Do Away With Eternal Strife.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Prosperity
Arthur E. Dunning
Bath
American Chamber of Commerce
American Students’ Association
Humboldthaus
Fasanenstrasse 23
Berlin
Dunning
United States
Schacht
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Texas
New England
New Jersey
Principality of
Monaco
Beauty Turns To Modeling Dresses For Paris Firm
London society note shows Mayfair beauty the Countess of Erroll to leave England for a mannequin role with a Paris dressmaker. She will debut at Cannes showing Captain Molyneux designs. Formerly Lady Idina Sackville, she is famed for hunting exploits and is married to the Earl of Erroll in his third union.
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London
Mayfair
Bridge
Countess of Erroll
England
Paris
Erroll
Earl of Erroll
Earl de la Warr
Cannes
Captain Molyneux
Rail traffic in Chicago handles vast daily passenger flow
More than 380,009 passengers arrive or depart from Chicago by rail each day. They are carried by 2,050 trains over 23 trunk lines and 15 switching lines. A London shop keeper would not sell shirts with affixed collars due to dislike.
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Chicago
London
Probate petition for Orrin S Lindsey estate in Sagadahoc
Sarah E Lindsey of Bath petitions to be administrator of Orrin S Lindsey who died intestate in Bath on March 13 1929. The estate includes at least twenty dollars in personal property. He left heirs at law Clarence Lindsey, Jersey City and granddaughters Dorothy and Ance Lindsey of Jamaica Plain Mass. A hearing is ordered for April 9 1929 at Bath Probate Court with publication of the notice for interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Sarah E. Lindsey
Bath
Naid
Orrin S. Lindsey
Clarence H. Lindsey
Jersey City
N. J
Dorothy L. Lindsey
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Ance B. Lindsey
Supudahoc
Peron
Hented
Soward W. Bridgham
Neferenoon
Walter
Glinden
West Bath Notes and Family Social News
West Bath items report Baron Lemont Jr. celebrating a seventh birthday with friends including Emily Larrabee and Charles White. Members attend school events, church sales, and Red Cross stamps drive. several residents visit, host, or attend meetings. A longtime West Bath cattle dealer, William F. Simpson, dies. funeral planned in town.
Elks Charity Circus Brings In About $300 In Bath
Bath lodge of Elks reports roughly three hundred dollars raised by its Indoor Charity Circus held at Armory hall last week. The Saturday show attracted a packed crowd, with a lively midway and a series of acts that entertained the public while supporting local mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Armory Hall
the Elks
Paris London Airways Carry 30 000 in 1928
Paris and London air route carried about 30 000 travelers in 1923. The air passenger share to rail and channel traffic stood at 1 to 100 as estimates suggest over 3 000 000 faced Calais Boulogne and Dieppe customs.
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Paris-London Airways
Paris
London
Channel
Calais
Boulogne
Dieppe
Will of Bath man Covel probate petition in Sagadahoc
Edward W. Bridgham of Bath petitions for Letters Testamentary on the estate of William C. Covel who died March 12 1929 in Bath Maine. He lists heirs Ralph C Covel Mandella Covel N E Covel Harry Covel Fred Covel Harry T Passmore Arthur Passmore and requests bonds as executor. A court order requires notice by publication and a hearing set for April 9 1929 in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath
Willian C. Covel
Ralph C. Covel
Mandella Covel
N. E. Covel
Boston
Mass
Harry Covel
Fred Covel
San Diego
Calif
Harry T. Passmore
Arthur
Passmore
St. Johns
N. E
Cosmopolitan Club Elects Miss Moulton President
Miss Marcia Moulton was elected president at the Cosmopolitan club annual meeting. Other officers named include first vice president Mrs. Charles Farnham and second vice president Mrs. Roy Cosby. Seventy or eighty members attended the supper and each committee was announced with new appointments for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Moulton
Cosmopolitan Club
Charles KK. Farnham
Roy Cosby
Christine Curtis
Jennie Perkins
Ruth Field
Casper Hartleb
George A. Churchill
Frank A. Hodgdon
Alice Johnson
Mildred Nichols
Lillian Miller
Berenice Quimby
Edna Biss
Daniel T. Lougherty
J. Haviland ‘Lorrey
Lilian Miller
Helen Hartwell
George A. Anarchis
Edna Bliss
Glee Club
William W. Dennison
Clinton D. Wilson
William Palmer
Nellie Goodrich
Minnie White
House
Herbert O. Morse
Charles Miller
Lillian Frost
Boon
Frederick W. Freeman
Ruth ‘Thompson
Alice Magoun
William Freeman
J. Gertrude Silspy
Dua
Margaret R. Foote
Susan Ballou
Charlies R. Farnham
Lillian Kost
H. Emma Magoun
Bessie Hunt
Margaret Stewart
Garden
Charles R. Farnham
Cosmopolitan Club Year Recap Highlights Charitable Work
The Cosmopolitan club held eleven meetings with December omitted due to smallpox. It donated to Red Cross and Salvation Army, old ladies homes, and hospitals, sent sunshine boxes, funded Y M C A memberships, and aided in the Red Cross drive. Social events included picnics, dances, card parties, a minstrel show, and fundraisers for club repairs undertaken by Miss Bliss and a dedicated board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Old Ladies Home
Old Solks
City
Shutmis
Garden Club
Bath Choral Society
Bath Tims
Frank A. Hodgdon
Howard Davis Spoerl
Miss Bliss
Alice Johnson
Marcia Moulton
Helen Hartwell
E. Frances Dunning
Madelyn Rich
J. Henry McLellan
Lillian Lewin
Rachel Hodgden
Marion Hill Freeman
Langdon T. Snipe
Carrie Shaw
Edward C. Plummer
Mary Cunningham
Anne Kimball
Edwin Dodge Hardin
David L. Wilson
Robert 3. Gordon
John Shaw
Sheriff
Albert Henderson
Funeral service for Mrs Elizabeth Morse at Parker Head
The funeral for Mrs Elizabeth E Morse wife of Elbridge W Morse was held Thursday afternoon at her Parker Head home. Rev Howard P Jett of the Nazarene church officiated with bearers Loring Small Miles Web ber Milton Morse and Walter Morse. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth E. Morse
Elbridge W. Morse
Parker Head
Howard P. Jett
the Nazarene Church
Loring Small
Miles Webber
Milton
Walter Morse
Fairview Cemetery
Winnegance
Orrin S Lindsey dies suddenly at 79 in Bath Maine
Orrin S Lindsey 79 a veteran retired Bath merchant died suddenly March 13 at his home after an evening meal He came to Bath in 1851 with his father Augustus Lindsey and ran a grocery business on High and Center streets He declined public office and was a member of the New church He is survived by wife Sarah Elizabeth Hitchcock one son Clarence H Lindsey three grandchildren two half sisters and one half brother The funeral will be Saturday at 2 P M at 12 Court Street Bath Maine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin S. Lindsey
Hallowell
Augustus Lindsey
Bath
Washington and
Center Streets
High and
Albert H. Shaw
Lindsey
Arthur F. Larrabee
Board of Aldermen
New Church
Sarah Elizabeth Hitchcock
Clarence H. Lindsey
Jersey City
Mason Lindsey
Alice
Dorothy Lindsey
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Charles Rose
Carrie Lindsey
Leominster
Frank A. Lindsey
Fitchburg
Court Street
William F. Simpson Dies Redoubtable West Bath Cattle Dealer
William F. Simpson of West Bath a renowned cattle dealer died Saturday at Brunswick hospital after a long illness. He had led a Bath meat market for years and was a Bruns wick native. He survived by two sisters and two brothers all of Brunswick including Mrs. W. D. Storer Mrs. Angie Ham Herbert L. Simpson and Roland E. Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Simpson
West Bath
Brunswick Hospital
Augusta A. Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Brunswick
Tufton
Caroline Simpson
Bath
W. D. Storer
Angie Ham
Herbert L. and
Roland E. Simpson
Fred Anderson Sudden Death in New York
Word has been received of the sudden death in New York Sunday night of Fred Anderson a Summer resident at Gurnet and known to Bath and Brunswick residents. He was born in East Harpswell and had owned a cottage at Gurnet. Survived by wife a son Dr George Anderson a daughter Miss Emily Anderson and a brother George Anderson all of Brooklyn. Funeral Wednesday at 141 Covert Street Brooklyn. Body to be brought to East Harpswell for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fred Anderson
Gurnet
Bath
Brunswick
East Harpswell
George Anderson
Emily Anderson
Brooklyn
Covert Street
Lindsey Funeral Held for Orrin S Lindsey
Orrin S. Lindsey veteran retired businessman died recently with funeral Saturday at 3 PM at 12 Court Street. Rev. James Priestnal of the New Church officiated with honorary pallbearers William S. Palmer Frederic H. Low Charles C. Low Owen J. Ledyard and active bearers Arthur B. Stearns Galen E. Ward Daniel Williams and William Davis. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin S. Lindsey
Court Street
James Priestnal
New Church
William S. Palmer
Frederic H. Low
Charles C. Low
Owen J. Ledyard
Arthur B. Stearns
Galen E. Ward
Daniel Williams
William Davis
Oak Grove
Ernest C. Davis Funeral Held in Lynn Mass
The funeral for Ernest C. Davis a veteran employee of Torrey Roller Bushing Works was held Thursday afternoon at Curtis funeral home. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated with bearers Fred E. Bragg Arlington R. Armstrong John H. Schottler and Thomas A. Donaldson all shopmates. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest C. Davis
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Lynn
Mass
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Fred E. Bragg
Arlington R. Armstrong
John H. Schottler
Thomas A. Donaldson
Oak Grove
Covel Funeral for Local Harness Maker William Covel
The funeral of William C. Covel, last of the old school harness makers, car riage trimmers, was held Friday afternoon at 716 Middle Street. Rev. F. L. Littlefield officiated. Bearers included Alderman Harry M. Huse, Harris T. Rodick, George A. Cahill and Augustus A. Percy. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Covel
Old School
Middle Street
F. L. Littlefield
Wesley Methodist Church
Harry M. Huse
Harris T. Rodick
George A. Cahill
Augustus A. Percy
Oak Grove
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Cities Service Five
Montsveag
Dresden
Polar Star Masons
William F. Dunham
J. Baron Lemont, Jr
J. B. Lemont
Emily Larrabee
Charles White
Ellen Cyr
Barbara McDonald
Winnifred Brown
Barbara B. Freeman
Barbara M. Freeman
Leon White
Ralph Dale, Jr
David Rich, Jr
Clarence White
Robert Huse
Paul Lemont
Baron Lemont
J. Everett Mayo
E. R. Brown
Nazarene Church
Alma Reid
Russell Street
Fred W. Larrabee
J. M. Lemont
Elm Street Baptist Church
C. Murphy
Lowell School
Woman's Farm Bureau
Annie Trufant
Hortense Welch
Carrie Hodgkins
Hazel Wharff
Abbie Gage
Georgie Knight
James Coombs
William Jeffrard
Amy Coombs
Campbell's Pond
Sacadahoe
Frederick J. Hinckley
3Agadahoy
Wu Court of Probete
Bath Inc
Walter S. Glidden
Moulton
Irma Burns
Ida Colfhe
Florence Sidelinger
Walter Day
E Frances Dunning
Dorothy Furber
Frostina Marston
Jennie Silsby
Thelma Kittridge
Colonial Club
J. Haviland Torrey
Allan Spear
Elsie Burkhard
Patricia Smith
Harriet Lord
Margaret Lord
Marion Whitten
Orrin
C. S. Lindsey Funeral
W. C. Covel Funeral
Clara Elliott
Cape la Ronde
N. S
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
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