Happenings of the Week in Phippsburg
Charles H. Cutting long a Portland harbor steamboat engineer visited old friends in the city. The Center School opened for the last term with Miss Eleanor Morse as teacher and bus routine. Several residents reported bonfires mistaken for a forest fire on Pitch Pine hill. The schooner Mars Smith carried timber to Orr’s Island. The Sutherland mill nears relocation after finishing log work. Assessors busy with taxes. early commitment expected. Multiple locals engaged in farming, auto use, lumber, or business visits in Bath and Sebasco. Residents discuss mail service changes and road work progresses through spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cutting
Portland Harbor
Eleanor Morse
Winnegance
Pitch Pine Hill
George
Mars Smith
Morse
Orr's Island
Sutherland Mill
Ine Gulls Wood
William G. Smallet Bath
Phippsburg
Seargent Carswell
Fort Baldwin
Portland
M.ds. Fryer
Meadowbrook Inn
Bath
Thomas I Perry
George N. Cutting
Chebeague Island
Sebasco
Dromore
Jerry Murphys
Charles Deering
Cundy’s Harbor
Charles Kohling
Gordon St. Preble
Abner C. Johnson
Brunswick
West Point
Olnes Perry
Kennebec
Grace Dickinson
Rogers
Pease
A. M. Richardson
Phippsburg Basin
John
Nathaniel Morse
Small Point
George W. Wilson
Silas Olivtro
William H. Gilbert
Charles Anderson
Phippsburs
West Bath
Pomona Grange
William Wilson
Freeman HH. Merritt
Sebasco Estates
Martin Waiman
Sand Perit
Charles Sylvester
New Meadows Parish Notes and Boat Launch
Charles Brodrick of Waltham visited the Snows at Surdly with Mrs Charles Snow. Holbrook Bros launched their new six horsepower Gray engine boat. The annual parish meeting elected state officers for the coming year. Mabel Jordan was named president with Mrs Sidney Holbrook as vice president and Mrs Harvey Jordan as secretary treasurer. The Merry Club planned an entertainment at Dirigo Grange Hall on May 7 with songs music readings and the farce How the Story Grew followed by dancing and cake and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brodrick
Waltham, Mass
Mero
Charles Snow
Surdly
Holbrook Bros
Lina Randall
Mabel Jordan
Sidney Holbrook
Harvey Jordan
Dirigo Grange Hall
Texas Oil opens city branch led by Mark W Sewall
The Texas Oil Company plans a city branch with Mark W Sewall as manager. The territory runs from Freeport to Thomaston. Two large tanks will be built on the Sewall farm west of High Street bridge, replacing the Standard Oil tanks now there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas Oil Company
Mark W. Sewall
Freeport
Thomaston
Sewall
High Street Bridge
Standard Oil Company
Winnegance News Roundup of Local Happenings
Miss Katherine Morse returns from Bath to visit brother Walter Morse. Alfred Oliver builds a large water tank for his Bay Point cottage and a new foundation for his barn. Various residents travel, church events, sewing circles, and social visits are noted along with a drink fountain call for Postoffice square. John G. Morse celebrates his 92nd birthday. The McKay portable mill moves to West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Morse
Bath
Walter Morse
Alfred Oliver
Bay Point
A.D. Adams
Wiscasset
F. W. Carlton
Bath Market Sees Mixed Supplies and Rising Prospects
Market reports show limited country produce in Bath this week as farmers prioritize planting. Eggs fetch 18 to 22 cents per dozen, old potatoes linger at 50 cents a bushel, strawberries remain cheap at 25 cents a box, and onions are scarce native varieties. Cattle and hay outlook improve with pasture growth and June moisture a key factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gardiner Hough sails to Boston for painting
Gardiner M. Hough departed last night aboard the Maine Central transfer boat Ferdinando Gorges bound for Boston where the craft will be painted. Mrs. Frank Houdlette and her grandson Frank Carde of Bowdoinham Ridge visited this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield W. Morse in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James (. Perry
the Basin
Bath
Martin Waiman
Small Point
Joseph Larrabee
West Bath
E. H. Morse
Reach
Herbert Manson
East Boston
Thomas I. Perry
Zina B. Hunt
Cgeorgetown
Winneyaunee Sewing Circle Sociable
Fred 38. Coombs
Gardiner M. Hough
Maine Central
Ferdinando Gorges
Boston
Frank Houdlette
Frank Carde
Bowdoinham Ridge
Winfield W. Morse
City government to consider annual appropriation bill
The annual appropriation bill will be presented at the next meeting of the city government and with this out of the way it ought to be plain sailing for Mayor Larrabee and his crew in the municipal ship. The trolley line should at least benefit from the increase in rates on the Maine Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrabee
Maine Central
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Fred Oliver
Eugene Perrys
Sebbasco
Jerry Murphy
Sam Day Hill
Frank S. Bowker & Son
Dening
James FE
Perry
Irvine Wallaee
William BF. Willis
Kk. H. Morse
Frank H. Beal
William H. Wilson
Watean Lake
the Independent
Harry Mank
Parker Head
Pers
New Meadows
Claurch
Alfred Clifford
Winnegance News
N. B. Cook
Winneganee
Monmouth
Robert Oliver
Blaisdell & Leeman
Wl Aet
James T. Morse
Clara Williams
Charles Hewitt, Jr
Richmond
Beulah MelIntire
B. Po Brown
Corliss Street
Winnesance Sewing Circle
VM Try Club
Winnegance Sunday School
Bernice Clifford
Sarah Morse
Frank Knight
Westport
Eugene Knight
Lydia Rogers
Postoffice Square
Abramy C. Oliver
Maria Jack of
Bowdoinham
John G. Morse
Harry Oliver
William Merry
Sagadahoe
Min Slorse
Andrew Powers
Phippsbore
T. O. Kewley
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Ethel Trask
Tillian McCutcheon
Lewiston
New England Telephone Company
Clarence Lakin
Merry
McKay
George L. Rogers
James F. Will Co
Srunswick
Walohn
Hamburg
Warner’s Brothers
R. D. Bibber
Front Street
Kennebec River
Castor
Sameel
Lilia New York
WNC
Bears
Castoria
New York City
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