Wiscasset Parish Events Include Visitation and Services
Bishop Brewster will visit St Philip's parish for confirmation on April 11. Passion Sunday service is April 2. Lenten talk by H v B Nash on prayer. Local society notes mention Red Cross beanies, Woman's Club programs, and a charity party at Mrs Haggett's. Family notices report travels, illnesses, deaths, and town happenings with numerous local names and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
St. Philip's Parish
St. Philip's Church
Charles M. Tubbs
H. v. B. Nash
Grace Church
Hildegarde Thornberg
Massachusetts
James Puiin
Bath
Veterans’ Hospital
Rutland
Mass
Lincoln County
American Red Cross
Ho. B. Nash
Helen Haggett
Middle Street
Haggett
Marion Haggett
Emmelyn F. Weeks
Grace C. Albee
C. A. Richards
Woman's Club Rooms
Ralph Preble
Brookline
Boston
High Street
J.P .Tucker
Josephine
Augusta
Sidney Bean
Arthur Bean
Cape Cod
Wiscasset
Woman's Club
Grace M. Sewall
Anna Soule
Anne Miete
Anderson
Main Public Health Association
Louise Stickney
Mildred Grover
Jessie Lawrence
Annie Adams
Edith Greenleaf
Thomas Dixon
Birch Point
Walter Leavitt
P Blinn Recovers After Serious Illness at Charlesgate
P Blinn is making a good recovery after a serious illness at Charlesgate Hospital in Cambridge Massachusetts. Cards from Rev and Mrs E G Spinney note a delightful motor trip to St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Blinn
Charlesgate’s Hospital
Cambridge
Mass
E. G. Spinney
St. Petersburg
Fla
Wiscasset Notes From A 1908 Echo Baker’s Dozen Local Facts
Wiscasset 1908 column reports on church rectory re shingling visits by Ida M West and others, residents returning from Boston Bates College Needham and North Edgecomb, Camp Comfort Newcastle and Wellesley visits. Local business figures include George Bemis leasing Hosmer House Camden and M M Richards Waldoboro visiting Echo office. Echo reporters recount ships Cox and Green at Newport News and Rogers of Bath taking new post in New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Ida M. West
Boston
Henry Rines
Damariscotta
Frank W. Jackson
Whitefield
N. H
Emma Stinson
Bates College
Lewiston
T. H. Bellas
Jesse Jackson
Dresden
Albert Cutting
Bath
M. C. Boyd
Needham
Mass
George H. Bemis
Camden
Camp Comfort
Newcastle
Warner Slilsley
Wellesley
Theodore Cutten
George E. Emery
Randolph
Roy C. Jackson
M. D
Hartford
Conn
Marion P. Dodge
North Edgecomb
Mary Belle Kennedy
Emma Sheldon
Emma Dickinson
Organ Society of the
Congregational Church
John Nute
Rena Pushard
Gladys Crossman
Gardiner
George McPhee
New York
Porto Rico
Cox
Annie S. Rogers
Echo
Birch Point mill restarts as town schedules meetings
The Birch Point brick yard will start operations in a few days with a full crew. The adjourned town meeting meets Monday April 2 to address right of way for the W and Q railroad and to settle unfinished schoolhouse and town hall matters. Also noted are local visits, departures, and residents moving or selling property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Birch Point
Erskine
Chicago
Castner
Llewellyn Rogers
Bath
Effie J. Poole
Boston
Will Caton
Helen Lennox
Mrs. Allen
Portland
William Taylor
Medford
Mass
Abbie Hodge
Alice
Marcia Totman
Willie McFadden
Seth Patterson
Damariscotta
Waldoboro
Emeline Boynton
Moses Huntoon
Isenor
Lincoln County
E. H. Boynton
West Bath Farm Bureau meeting and social items
West Bath Farm Bureau met in the Grange hall on Thursday to discuss Square Meals for Health and served a noon meal of corn chowder beans carrot salad coffee and cookies. Members and guests include Mrs. Fred B brown Mrs. Arthur Brown Mrs. Guy Crosby Mrs. Belle C. Donnell Mrs. Edwin Haggett Mrs. Harold Haggett Mrs. Jerry Haile Mrs. Fred Rose and others with plans for an April 18 Cake Making program and committees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Farm Bureau
West Bath Grange Hall
Fred 8. Brown
Arthur W. Brown
Guy Crosby
Belle C. Donnell
Edwin W. Haggett
Harold L. Haggett
Jerry L. Haile
Fred J. Rose
Loring D. Small
Scott R. Ward
Laura E. Lement
Small
Bureau
Fred Brawn
Arthur Brown
Crosby
Ward
Robert Thompson
John
George Newberg
Haverhill
Mass
Thompson
Percy E. Holbrook
Holbrook
Meadowbrook Road
Ira B. Neiley
Trufant'’s Crossing
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Charles Holbrook
Raymond
Freeport
Allan L. Cates
Portland
Donald Pinkham
Clarence Cotton
Sabine Road
Walpole
Helen H. Rogers
Clementine K. Burns
Saco
Burns Glee Club
Burns School
Miss Rogers
Bath
Union Gospel
Wesley M. E
Homer W. Grimes
Carl Fredrickson
Robert D. Metcalf
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
Boston
Winthrop
Arthur Everbeck
Quaker's Point
Bryant
Witch Spring Road
Laura E. Lemont
Fred W. Larrabee
Ladies’ Aid
First Baptist Church
Topsham Grange
Edna M. Higgins
Frederick A. Higgins
Fred Brown
Hardings
Charles C. Chesley
Joseph W. Larrabee
Alfred B. Snow
Grace Waterman
Ralph Wright
Larrabee’s Grove
Elmer Craig
The
Grove
James B. Lemont
Sanford's Crossing Road
Gilbert Wilson
Lewis and
Kenneth
Isaac M. Trufant
Lewiston
Charles Penney
William Williams
J. Everett Mayo
City government standing committees named for the year
Mayor Lord and President Brown chair joint panels with aldermen and council members listed for each committee. Key panels include Accounts, Athletics, Charities, Engrossed ordinances, Finance, Fire, Insurance, Manufactures, New streets, Ordinances, Printing, Public buildings, Public lighting, Schools, Taxes, Water, Special Police, and State aid and pensions with designated aldermen and councilmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Brown
Common Council
Sumner Sewall
Joseph Charles Footer
Edward M. Robbins
Wallace R. Ham
Edward F. Miller
Walter W. Smith
Joseph F. Atkinson
Cyrus W. Longley
Harry L. Day
Amos F. Perry
Harris T. Rodick
Joseph Atkinson
Philip R. Blaisdell
Leslie J. Wald
Allen M. Irish
Raymond C. Hart
Chester H. McCabe
Daniel T. Dougherty
John N. Taylor
Charles J. Donnell
Henry M. Powers
Leslie J. Wold
Mark A. Jackson
Edwin R. Andrews
Arthur Sewall
Roscoe Clinton McFadden
Walter—W. Smith
Gardiner R. Deering
John J. Mulcahy
Edward Robbins
Raymond M. Haley
Outstanding Maine Farmer of Piscataquis County Honored
A longtime Piscataquis County farmer and former road commissioner is recognized as an outstanding Maine farmer. He helped bring telephone service to his area, secured patrons for the first Newport milk route, and became Piscataquis County's first commercial potato grower. He served as trustee of the county agricultural group. one employee stayed 28 years, another from age 15 until retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calaquis County
Newport
Piscataquis County
Bank Holiday Affects Maine Tourist Abroad
Ex Governor Percival Baxter, returning to Portland from Bath, recounts a U S bank holiday in Africa that halted his travel. He faced refused American checks, wary money changers, and delays until a Bank of England director funded his route to Gibraltar via American consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Percival P. Baxter
Portland
Bath
Rupert H. Baxter
Baxter
Washington Street
Maine
Morocco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bank of England
Dresden Man Drowns In Eastern River
John A. Rittall thirty six, a Navy World War I veteran and Emerson Lane post member from Richmond, drowned Friday afternoon in the Eastern River near Dresden. Firemen with three boats searched until 9:30 pm, discovering the body about 30 feet from the ice. He left a wife six children his parents and eight brothers and sisters. The accident likely occurred while poling a boat through a channel with an ice pick, and no witnesses were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Rittall
North Sea
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Richmond
Dresden
Richmod Fire Department
Rittall
Sargeant
Frank Bishop
Richmond Fire Department
Woolwich Social Roundup Adds News From Nearby Towns
Mrs Eugenie Hunnewell returns home after weeks with friends in Brunswick. Miss Geraldine Stott visits from Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield. Rev Plinette Allen to lead Montsweag parsonage meeting with Willing Workers. Earl Bailey injures arm in fall. Reed cut finger at saw. Rev Rodney Roundy spoke at Nequasset church with communion. George Stinson of Brooklyn, ex-Woolwich resident, dies. Ladies Auxiliary and Men's Forum to be hosted by James Colby. Bertha Buer to read Buenos Aires paper. Community song service at Montsweag Church followed by travel pictures from the American Bible Societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie Hunnewell
Brunswick
Josephine Cunningham
Bath
Fred Carlton
Geraldine Stott
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
A. A. Stott
Montsweag
Mary Hunnewell
Plinette Allen
Earl
J. Gould Bailey
Bailey
Wiscasset
John Reed
John Savage
Rodney Roundy
Portland
Nequasset
Henry Swanton
David Reed
Montsweag Church
American Bible Societies
Gardiner Family At Woolwich Farm
Ex Governor William Tudor Gardiner and his wife and children visit their Woolwich farm near Phipps Point after traveling from New York and Portland. The party includes daughter Margaret and son Sylvester who recently sailed to Italy and Egypt, with two schoolbound sons joining from Groton. Gardiner weighs future plans while noting a brief encounter with his successor Louis J. Brann in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tudor Gardiner
Phipps Point
Woolwich
Gardiner
Margaret
Sylvester
Italy
Egypt
New York
Portland
Harold Sewall Club
Augusta
Murphy's Corner
Groton
Andrews, Nelson & Gardiner
Louis J. Brann
Miss Hodgdon Returns After Washington Visit
Miss Ruth S Hodgdon daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank A Hodgdon of Woolwich returned Saturday by train after five weeks in Washington DC as guest of Mr and Mrs Robert Townsend She attended the inauguration ceremonies of President Franklin D Roosevelt on March 4 which was also her birthday Entertainment in Washington came from Representative and Mrs Carroll L Beedy Mr and Mrs Francis G Cooke and Miss Margaret Murphy Summers as Fos ter s Point She resumes studies at Lincoln Academy taking a post graduate course next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Street
Ralph E. Preble
Julia Cunningham
Charles E. Titus
Alton Berry
Bath City Hospital
Fred Soule
Birch Point
Woolwich Grange Hall
Grange
Donald B. MacMillan
Letetia Fogg
Eva MacMillan
Charles S. Sewall
Bath Road
Joseph P. Tucker
Josephine Tucker
Sarah D
Carolyn S
Varney
Portland
Marston's
Munsey & Groves
Bradford C. Redennett
Pemaquid Falls
Red Men's Lodge
Harvey Bean
Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Hodge Street
Amy Libby
Ethel Y. Barbour
High Street
White Elephant Club
Carl M. Larrabee
F. J. Dyer
Cora Groves
Turner Falls
Mass
Elm Lodge
Howard Lincoln
First Congregational Church
East Bloomfield
N. Y
Simon D. Crosby
Rockland
Harvey R. Pease
Crosby
Pease
Augusta
H. R. Pease
F. Burton Haggett
Haggett
L. B
Ruth S. Hodgdon
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Washington, D. C
Robert Townsend
Capital
Francis G. Cooke
This City
Margaret Murphy
Foster's Point
New Milford Athletes Medal Recipient Excels in Hockey
Culbert McGay Jr of New Milford Connecticut son of Rev and Mrs Culbert McGay formerly of Bath received a medal as one of Kent school s best all round athletes. He was praised for hockey play this winter and recently appeared in a game at Madison Square Garden in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culbert McGay, Jr
New Milford
Conn
Culbert McGay
Bath
Kent School
Bath Representative Defends New Inland Fisheries Bill
Representative Henry C. Wright of Bath defended a bill S. D. 521 granting the Inland Fisheries and Game commissioner authority to publish rules. The House voted 79 to 51 to accept the majority report, allowing two readings and a next-day assignment. Wright praised Commissioner George J. Stobie, arguing the bill would streamline work and save time and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Wright
Bath
Maine
Committee On Inland Fisheries and Game
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Game
George J. Stobie
Wright
Mr. Stobie
Speaker
Inland Fisheries and Game
Fish and Game Department
Woolwich Grange to Repeat Successful Game Night
The Woolwich grange No. 68 P of H held a well attended Friday night games event in the grange hall with ten tables of games and a dart ball match. Dancing followed with John H. Carter on piano and Merle H. Jameson on violin as refreshments were served. The committee Harry Bradford Harold Bailey Mrs Merle H Jameson and Mrs Maurice T Hathorne organized the evening from eight until midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
P. of H
Grange Hall
John H. Carter
The
Grange
Merle H. Jameson
Harry Bradford
Harold Bailey
Maurice T. Hathorne
Schooner Horace A. Stone Branded a Menace
The four masted schooner Horace A Stone built in Brewer in 1903 lies crippled at the Meridan Street bridge in East Boston and is branded a menace to navigation by the waterways department. Once a show boat visiting Kennebec river and coastal towns she later caused protests at T Wharf before a December fire and now faces removal order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace A. Stone
Brewer
Meridan Street
Boston
Kennebec River
Maine Central
Wilbur “Nash
Harrington
T Wharf
Meridan Street Bridge
Waterways Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carroll McFadden
Auburn
Donald F. Preble
Optician
Center St
U.C.C
Haggett Garage Co
Ford Dealers
Wiscasset, Maine
West Bath
Alexander Kaminsky
Trufant’s Crossing
Snow
Annie Williams
Red Cross
Courtney E. Stover
Stover
Della W. Lampson
Edward Street
Mayo
Norway Medicine Co
Norway
Woolwich Farm
Phipp’s
Stobie
Inlands Fisheries and Game
Piccadilly
45Th Street
Broadway
New York City
William Madlung