Alewife season returns along the Maine coast
Nequasset Damariscotta and other Maine locales prepare for the annual alewife run described as a spring Home Week. The article details the fish’s ancient homing instinct, migrations from Cape Cod to inland ponds, crowded river passages, and the epic journey back to spawn before returning to the sea. It notes massive hauls at Nemasket behind Star Mills and the long life cycle from fry to spawner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Damariscotta
Maine
Cape Cod
Rhode Island
Brewster
Weymouth
Middleboro
Star Mills
Nemasket River
Mass
Fall River
Taunton River
Assawompsett Pond
Taunton
Massachusetts
State Farm
Englerst
Local Social News From Westport And Surroundings
Westport residents and visitors share weekend trips and visits across Massachusetts and New England. Grace Siewerts of Milton travels through New York and Pennsylvania visiting Reading. The Meserlan family of West Roxbury enjoy Long Cove cottage. Harriman family from Hampden vacation at their Hampden farm. George B. Richardson returns after wintering with relatives in Hopedale. Colin Dunn and daughter Dorothy spend time at home. John P. Harrison and son George return after weeks with family in Boston. Florence Gilmour and Hazel Percy from Woburn visit Miss Gilmour’s Burnham Knight summer home. Knight of Bath visits Amos Knight. Frank Greenleaf returns from Foxboro with Beatrice Colby for summer with the Greenleafs. Eva Beaudet of Boston visits her cottage briefly. Esther Hanley and Charles Hanley of Belmont at Nineacre for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Siewerts
Milton
Mass
Westport
New York
Pennsylvania
Reading
Paul Meserlan
Phyllis
West Roxbury
Long Cove
Philp Harriman
Hampden
Hopedale
Colin Dunn
Dorothy
John P. Harrison
George
Boston
Florence Gilmour
Hazel Percy
Woburn
Gilmour
Burnham Knight
Bath
Amos Knight
Frank Greenleaf
Foxboro
Beatrice Colby
Fred Greenleaf
Eva Beaudet
Esther M. Hanley
Charles E. Hanley
Belmont
Boothbay duo visit sister in Front Street
Mrs Stephen Pinkham and her daughter Miss Betty Pinkham of Boothbay recently returned from Florida where they spent the winter and spring with relatives. They were guests Monday of Mrs Pinkham’s sister Mrs Joseph Doherty on Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Pinkham
Betty Pinkham
Boothbay
Pinkham
Joseph Doherty
Front Street
Lemont Family Returns From Boston After Sister’s Illness
Mr and Mrs Harry Lemont and their son Joseph of 24 Incoli Street return from Boston where they were summoned by the serious illness of Mrs Thomas Fuley, niece of Mrs Lemont, who is an inpatient at Boston General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lemont
Joseph
Incoli. Street
Boston
Thomas Fuley
Vaina MacNeill
Boston Hospital
Wiscasset Woman's club dinner and officer slate
Forty members and guests attended the Wiscasset Woman's club annual dinner. Mrs. Nellie Munsey was elected president with a slate including Lois Frye as first vice president and Ethel Redennett as second vice president. Distinct speakers from Rockland and New England federation circles were welcomed, corsages presented, and reports accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Woman's Club
High Street
Nellie Munsey
Sarah Keirstead
Grace C. Cowley
Minnie Bemis
Lois Frye
Ethel Redennett
Ruth Jones
Grace Cowley
Elizabeth Webb
E. K. Glover
Rockland
Waldoboro
State Federation
Flye
A. E. Chittenden
Lois Flye
Clara Elliot
Vivian Dunn
Grace Sewall
Mary Marston
Angie Rines
Grace C. Pease
Zina Davis
Louise Miller
Mary Rich
Edna Southard
Helen Day
Betty Senter
Anna Flood
Annabelle Sigison
Bessie Mikels
Ruth Silverman
Carrie McKenney
Catherine Pinkham
Mary Hobson
Clara Wright
Louise Redennett
Bernice Blagdon
Grace Mitchell
Flora Bailey
Edna Welch
Priscilla Campbell
Pauline Race
Celia Rines
Sally Studley
Weekend visitors and local gatherings in West Bath
West Bath notes report visits from Rufus Lombard and Robert Van Amringe of Boston plus Miss Helen Rogers from Longmeadow. Local families share summer plans, cottage stays at Brigham's Cove and Foster's Point. A car get stuck on a rural road prompts neighborly aid and remarks on country freedom and dumping rubbish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus W. Lombard
Robert C. van Amringe
Boston
Helen Rogers
Longmeadow
Mass
L. D. Rogers
Loretta May
Forest Baker
Julia Coombs
Portland
James
Robert
E. E. Williams
John H. McNary
I. B. Neiley
Percy Low
P. E. Holbrook
Dwinal Cornish
Edward Sampson
Harold P. Small
Marian
Bath
Brigham's Cove
Harold Cutting
Martha
Winnegance
Percy E. Holbrook
Brigham’s Cove Colony
William H. Small, Jr
William H. Small
Raymond Small
Mark Hennessey
Marguerite Hennessey
Marjorie
Esther
Emily Furber
Eric Anderson
Redlow
Birch Point
Chester Plant
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Fred Williams
Catherine Corrigan
David
Cape Elizabeth
Williams Cottage
Foster's Point
Columbian Hall
J. W. Larrabee
Grace
Dorothy Waterman
Edward Jenks
Sophia Gatchell
James B. Lemont
James Brann
Cooper's Mills
Larrabee's Grove
Harry Cribbey
Mildred
Louise
Frances
Annie H. Truant
Allen McAllister
C. E. Stover
Richard Andrews
William Bailey, Jr
Frank Donnell
Chester G. King
E. W. Haggett
Everett G. Lemont
Lula Herbert
Topsham Grange
Former Mayor Drake Returns to Sagadahock Office
Hon. J. Edward Drake, long confined by illness to his home at 972 Washington Street, made his first appearance in five weeks on Tuesday at his Sagadahock block office. He was greeted warmly by the many friends who flooded his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
Washington Street
Sagadahock Block
West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting Thursday
West Bath Farm Bureau held a regular meeting at 8 Elsinor Avenue hosted by Mrs. Harris T Rodick. Attendees discussed desserts for dinner and heard from Miss Mary L Wright and Mrs James B Lemont on upcoming sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Farm Bureau
Harris T. Rodick
Elsinor Avenue
Loring D. Small
James B. Lemont
Mary L Wright
Arthur Brown
Lemont
Charles G Chase Wins Acclaim for His Wood Carving
Portrait of Charles G. Chase of Wis casset whose life size Broad-winged Hawk stands as a hallmark of his national recognition in carved wild birds. The Bath Iron Works employe single block method, single finish, and a prolific collector in Locust Valley skeet champion Robert W Canfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Chase
Wiscasset
Robert W. Canfield
Locust Valley
Bath Iron Works Corp
St. Paul's Preparatory School
Concord
N. H
Chase
St. James
Mr. Chase
Linda Judith Bailey Born to Montsweag Family
A daughter named Linda Judith was born April 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bailey of Montsweag. The week-end saw extended visits among locals including Mr. and Mrs. J. Bailey, Clyde and Earl Bailey, and Arlene Ames of Wiscasset. Community events include Woolwich Union services on Sunday with meetings set for May 11 at the Good Will clubhouse and a forthcoming annual banquet. Local residents, visits to Portland and Boston, and Club activities at Day's Ferry and Sagadahoc Ferry were also noted along with school and community programs and guest weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Bailey
Montsweag
Linda Judith
J. Bailey
Clyde
Earl
Arlene Ames
Wiscasset
Gloucester
Boston
G. Eugene Swanton
Oscar Treland
Dexter
Eugenia Swanton
Mountain School
George W. Shea
Stephen Prentice
Mary Ella
Bristol
Harold Shaw
Woolwich Union
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
North Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Good Will Club House
Warren Robbins
Florida
Charlotte Buck
Good Will Club
Union For Christian Service
Percey Bailey
Franklin R. Bailey
Isaac B. Howard
Carl E. Longfellow
Carolyn D. Wing
Milton H. Carlton
Fred L. Rice
Florence Carlton
Clarence Baker
Eugenie Hunnewell
Andrew Merrill
Emma Head
Portland
Ida Beals
Fred Carlton
Charles Henderson
Blanche Littlefield
Samuel P. Buck
Day’s Ferry
J. W. Reed
Maxine Walker
Woolwich
F. J. Walker
Walker
South America
Bath
Avis J. Marston
Colby College
Priscilla George
Taunton
Mass
Theodora Wright
Springfield
Jean Pearson
Plymouth
Fire in Woolwich Brings Bath Engines to Brush Blaze
Bath fire department Engines 3 and 4 answered a call from Woolwich selectmen to fight a brush fire near the Maine Petroleum Service Co. property. About 1500 feet of hose were laid and 45 gallons of chemical used via booster line. Oil storage tanks nearby were not involved. The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fire Department
Woolwich Selectmen
Maine Petroleum Service Co
Mrs Coffin and Beals Visit Cousins in Massachusetts
Mrs Nathan E Coffin and her sister Miss Flossie M Beals of Park street returned from Saugus Massachusetts where they spent the weekend with their cousins Mr and Mrs Lawrence Vail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan E. Coffin
Flossie M. Beals
Park Street
Saugus
Mass
Lawrence Vail
Loom Weaving Talk At Dromore Grange Hall
Dromore Farm Bureau held an in between meeting at Dromore grange hall on Loom Weaving. Members worked on projects including baby garments sports sweaters blouses and a swagger coat. Mrs Esther McCourt and Mrs Aletha Campbell served dinner. Next meeting May 24 will discuss Making the House Homelike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Day
Dromore Farm Bureau
Dromore Grange Hall
Esther McCourt
Aletha Campbell
Clara Oliver
Woolwich P T A Names Nominating Committee
Woolwich P T A appointed Mrs. Harry E Fitch Mrs. Roland D McIntosh and Mrs. Alex T St Pierre to a nominating committee Thursday evening at a business meeting. Mrs Charles Haley was made chairman for the Summer Round-up with officers to be elected May 25 at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Fitch
Roland D. McIntosh
Alex T. St. Pierre
Woolwich P.T.A
Charles Haley
Bath to Florida in frail craft yields many thrills
A Maine boater chronicles the long voyage of Duchess along the Intracoastal Waterway from Fernandina to Vero Beach. He recalls porpoises surfacing, St Augustine landmarks, Marineland’s oceanarium, Daytona Beach, and wintering stops at Titusville and Winter Park while meeting locals, sharing talks, and photographing the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Florida
Fernandina
Fla
Savannah
Charleston
St. Johns River
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
St. Johns
Tolomato
Northland
Connecticut
Daytona Beach
Bar Harbor
Treasury Street
America
Marineland
Oceanarium
Yacht Basin
Baltimore
Minneapolis
New Smyrna
Russia
Snapper
Mosquito Lagoon
Titusville
Winter Park
Raymond Greene
Brushwood
Boothbay
Merrymeeting
Professor Farley
Lions Club
Indian River City
Eau Gallie
Vero Beach
Indian River
Dave Dash
Bath Country Club Opening Delayed To Saturday
The Bath Country Club opening, initially set for Wednesday, was postponed to Saturday. The course is playable, giving extra drying time. Real estate agent Charles T. Jackson of 71 South Street visited uptown Monday after four weeks, having contracted influenza that developed into pneumonia but is now regaining strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Jimmy Jones
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cloverleaf Club
Cora Beane
Hodge Street
Marion Ingalls
Lee Street
Alberta Potter
Wiscasset Lumber Co
Eva Gorham Wise
Alfred Gorham
Legion Hall
Clarence Richards
Carolyn Varney
George Bemis
Thomaston
Webber's Inn
Vincent Reed
Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain
George E. Millard
George Carleton
Anne Miete
Dover Foxcroft
Congregational Churches
Herbert W. Hawes
Nellie Dowling
Grace Merry
Rebekah Lodge
Leon G. Flood
Ellsworth
State Highway Commission
Frank H. Gray
Andrew Wisband
Fort Lauderdale
Merle Das
Marstons Drug Store
Charles J. DiPerr
Everett
Evander Gamage
Federal Street
Clara Dow
Vincent Dow
Lincoln County Memorial Hospital
Bradford Sortwell Wright
Earl Colby, Jr
Daniel Colby
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Damarin
Charles S. Séwall
West Bath
Arthur Brawn
Earle C. Donnell
William Davis
Marie Marco
Humphrey A. Owen
Barrold W. Quint
Charles T. Ripley
E. K. Thompson
Ellery E. Whittemore
Annie H. Trufant
Cora A. Savage
William A. Coombs
Henry T. Dubar
Charles, G. Chase
Bath Iron Works
John Gillespie
Washington
Queen Esther Rebekah Hall
E. Mason Wright
Wilbur Crocker
Sarah Rice
David Cash
Boothbay Camp
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