Henry's Wedding at Red Men's hall in Wiscasset
Wiscasset hosts Henry's Wedding a three act production with Forty plus cast members. The benefit for the Women's club piano fund features 33 men in period attire and a chorus of academy girls with Mary Hobson and Grace Pease at the piano. Tickets are selling fast for Thursday and Friday at Red Men's hall with all seats reserved. The event includes a program of singing spirituals and a Mystic Shrine number, directed by Helen Thornton, and information on upcoming church services and community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Lewis
Mystic Shrine
Ernest G. Spinney
Florence and Grace Knight
Frank Metcalf
Alfred Groves
Fessenden C. Stone
John Riley
Benjamin Adams
Harry E. Rines
Henry v. B. Nash
Eulelia Pray
Gerald Kneeland
Alvin W. Keirstead
Lerk
Clarence A. Richards
Annie E. Dodge
May Hune
Harold Haggett
Betty Colby
Reba Carney
William Baker
Margie Monre
Church School
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Epworth League
Wiscaster
Charles E. Titus
Paul Miete
Woman's Club
Webber’s Tavern
Mary Marston
Betty Senter
Jessie Stinson
Grace L. Knight
Carrie L. Knight
Angie Rines
Grace Sewall
Christine Bronson
Bulah Spinney
Alice McIntyre
Grace Pease
Grace Albee
A. H. Lennox
Henry W. Webb
A. G. Chittenden
Allcints
State Federation
WISCASSET 25 YEARS AGO May 4 1907 in Sheepscot Echo
Weather was cold and disagreeable. Edward McLaughlin and Miss Marion Dodge were seen in town. Lennox Southard enjoys a pony team while Miss Annie Plumstead readies from Lewiston. Mrs Osborn Powers and son visited for a day. Winnie Gorham taught in Oakland and Rev B G Seaboys and wife arrived en route to Boston. Grace Nuté traveled with Etta Mower to Bath. Rev Raymond A Fowles visited from Greenville before heading to North Attleboro. Mrs Plummer Lewis went to Boston to see Helen Mycue married and sailed to Europe. Mrs Farley Merry spent time in Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Edward McLaughlin
Marion Dodge
Lennox Southard
Annie Plumstead
Lewiston
Osborn Powers
Sheepscot
Winnie Gorham
Oakland
B. G. Seaboys
W. S. Peaslee
Boston
Etta Mower
Greene
Bath
Grace Nuté
Raymond A. Fowles
Greenville
J. Wellington Fowles
North Attleboro
Mass
Plummer Lewis
Helen Mycue
Europe
Farley Merry
Boothbay
Fine Talk on Foods Given Bath Rotary
Bath Rotary members heard Dr Langdon T Snipe deliver a luncheon talk on Food at Hotel Phoenix He traced man s diet from seeds to hunting and cooking highlighting nutrients digestion and mastication He urged water intake and avoiding overeating The club plans a Morseigh graduating class reception next week and visiting Rotarians Caldwell Philips and Foster Higgins attended Also Jack Hyde shot 35 for nine holes at Brunswick course on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Langdon T. Snipe
Conti
Lord Byron
Morseigh
Caldwell Philips
Wakefield
Foster Higgins
Augusta
Bath Notes and Visits Highlight Weekend Socials
Bath area society pages list numerous visitors and homestay guests from Auburn Portland and Brunswick. Mumps confine Harland Booker a Morse high freshman at home while many locals extended weekends at cottages along Brigham's Cove Rock Haven and Sabine.
Corliss Street Folk Hold Annual Church Meeting
Forty eight members attended Corliss Street Baptist Church annual meeting in the large vestry. Nellie Hunt declined reappointment as clerk after sixteen years, Katherine Trott chosen successor, Charles Plant elected temporary then permanent moderator. Officers named include Grace Watson treasurer, Sadie Coombs and Lucian Ames collectors, Harold Walker auditor. Trustees list and committee assignments noted, with Rev. Charles H. Berry pastor.
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Corliss Street Church
Baptist
Nellie Hunt
Katherine Trott
Charles Plant
Benjamin Stackpole
Charles H. Berry
Grace Watson
Sadie Coombs
Lucian Ames
Harold Walker
Carroll A. Deering
Wilfred W. Chaney
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Maud Wright
Lizzie French
Ruth Watson
Edith Wallace
Clarice Berry
Bath City Hospital Abandons Hospital Day Observance
In tribute to the late Dr. Byron F. Barker the Bath City hospital will skip Hospital Day on May 12. Trustees say no public inspection or tea service will take place, choosing to honor Dr. Barker by foregoing the observance. Hebron Academy Outing Club opened at Matthews Pond camp with a steak fry for about 50 boys led by Coach Elwin Towne. The event featured doughnuts, pickles, bread, and coffee, with games and boating followed. A planned deep sea fishing trip is set for the May 14 weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron F. Barker
Bath City Hospital
Barker
Hebron Academy
Academy
Matthews Pond
Elwin Towne
Outing Club
Lamarre Leads Brunswick in Weekend Trotting Park Meet
In an 84 to 24 victory, Brunswick High standout Lamarre scored 16 points, winning the 100 yard dash in 11 seconds and pole vaulting 9 feet. Morse was led by N Lowery in the half mile and coach Alkazin plans another meet at Whittier field.
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Brunswick High
Morse High
Trotting Park
Lamarre
Brunswick
Morse
Nelson Lowery
Dick Haskell
David Y. Alkazin
Morse Track Forces
Whittier Field
McEiman Twins
Johnny Huse
Ken Hatch
Alkazin
Mischievous North End Boys Appear Before Court
Six North End youths aged 14 to 19 were arraigned before Judge John J. Keegan on charges of riding trolleys without permission, stealing rides, removing a trolley and hanging a May basket out of season. The 17 year old alleged leader was sentenced to the Men's Reformatory, probationed. The five others were released after a judge’s admonition. Police also investigated tampering with fire alarm Box 622. Separately, Dr. Gilman P. Lombard of Belfast, longtime Civil War veteran and 60 year dentist, marked the Palestine commandery K T Belfast’s 50th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
John J. Keegan
George Nelson
George Wilson
Gilman P. Lombard
Belfast
Palestine Commandery
K. T
Woolwich Residents and Visitors Headlines From May Events
Woolwich locals and guests figure in a busy bulletin of May activities. Dana delivers lumber to Winneganee for a new bridge. Samuel Moore visits Richmond on Saturday. Merle Jameson and daughter Merlene return from Boston area. George M. Stinson and daughter open Day's Ferry home for summer.
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Della Card
Frances Hathorne
Dana
Winneganee
Samuel Moore
Richmond
Merle Jameson
Merlene
Boston
George M. Stinson
Woodfords
Day’s Ferry
Fred Carlton
Eugene Hunnewell
Bath
Lawrence Putnam
Eben Dana
Woolwich Farm Bureau
Horace Wade
Benjamin Shaw
New Harbor
Centre Baptist Denomination
Herbert T. Fernald
Waldoboro
Chester Dana
Richard Wolcott
Ralph Wright
Hartley Hathorne
Bowdoinham
Elmer Mank
Days Ferry
Middle Road
A. E. Wardwell
Sasanoa Bluffs
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mens’ Forum
Congregational Vestry
Ferry Community Club
W. L. Jennings
South Gardiner
Baptist
T. H. Fernald
Fernald
Sarah Bagley Wright
Lawrence Bond
Sagadahoc
Woolwich
Millard Trott
Day's Ferry
Union Station
Portland
Ora Reed
John G. Reed
Albert Hathorne
Woolwich Center
Miss Marcia
Local Notes From South Dresden And Visited Guests
South Dresden resident Frank Brown moved to Yarmouth to live with his father Thomas Brown. Miss Inez Stinson of Richmond visited friends. Joeph Siegars and Carleton Mc Cobb enjoy a Bridge academy vacation. Dan McCobb and son Waverly visited Frank and Mrs McCobb. Mrs Blanche Dinsmore visited the Carleton home. Chief Game Warden Frederick Smalwood's crew planted fish fry last week releasing 30,000 fingerlings in Knox County brooks and 10,000 in Lincoln County streams from the Camden hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brown
L. H. Siegars
Yarmouth
Thomas Brown
Inez Stinson
Richmond
Joeph Siegars
Carleton McCobb
Bridge Academy
Dan McCobb
Waverly
Boothbay
Frank McCobb
Blanche Dinsmore
Fred Carleton
Frederick Smalwood
Ralph W. Brown
John E. Doherty
Knox County
Lincoln County
Camden Hatchery
Fire destroys homes and a chicken house in Woolwich
John Preble suffered total loss of his home and contents, and Bailey of Wiscasset lost a barn with hay and equipment, after a fire on April Saturday. Morton Baker of Nequasset saw his chicken house burn, leaving only the brooder frame. the fire was discovered when the Bakers went to feed the chicks. Governor Gardiner accepted an invitation to speak at Memorial Day exercises May 30 at Montsweag church, hosted by the Woolwich Memorial Society. Josiah Walker and Mrs. Walker, longtime hotel manager and Boston inn proprietors, are at their Summer home at Day's Ferry with Miss Maxine Walker visiting Melrose Highlands during vacation. A. M. G. Soule of the State Department of Agriculture visited his Summer homes at Murphy's Corner and Barley Neck.
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Ice
Sidney G. Evans
Wiscasset
Moving Picture Pictorial
Colorado
James B. Clark
Congregational Church
E. G. Spinney
Ethel Y. Barbour
Patterson House
Congregational Parsonage
Carleton
Dorothy Fischer
Portland
Emily Groves
Josephine Plumstead
Birch Point
Adam, Bros
Washington and
Warren Streets
Joseph P. Tucker
Josephine Morried
Thomaston
Jane Tucker
Clarence A. Peaslee
Bath
Mary Hobson
Federal Street
Neal Creamer
J. L. Neal
Edith Hodgdon
Marblehead
Mass
Stella Hodgdon
Maine Central Institute
Stanton Sherman
Harold S. Sherman
George P. Hoban
New York
Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
A. H. Dodge
Edith Hutchins
Kate Sewall
Anna White
Laura Carleton
Grace Knight
Cora Groves
Stewart
Grace Sewall
Verna Bailey
Elizabeth Sewall
Georgianna Lilly
Josephine
Ernest G. Spinney
Mises Varney
Roy R
Eugene Drake
William Soule
Waterville
D. S. Hawes
Winslow
Herbert W. Hawes
Frank R. Hodgdon
Evelyn Hodgdon
State Agricultural College
Cobleskill
Nat Harrd Perkins
Fort Hill Street
Ralph Dunbar
Mr. Dunbar
Augusta Trust Co
John Preble
Bailey
Mr. Preble
Morton Baker
Nequasset
Mrs. Baker
Wm. Tudor Gardiner
Woolwich Memorial Society
Montsweag Church
Josiah Walker
Rossindale
Young’s Hotel
New Parker House
Boston
Walker
Day’s Ferry
Maxine Walker
Melrose Highlands
John G. Reed
A. M. G. Soule
Day's Ferry Club Presents Dinty Dugan Comedy
Day's Ferry Community club stages the Irish comedy Dinty Dugan at Tuessie hall Day's Ferry on Saturday at 8 30 pm daylight time. The two acts follow Dinty from poverty to wealth as his wife and friends react to fortune with humor. The cast includes Samuel Ward as Dinty, Mrs Carlton Reed as Maggie, Clarence Preble as Clarence, Timothy Casey, Mrs Mable Jack as Bridget, and Carlton Reed as George Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinty Dugan
Ristocrit
Day's Ferry
Tuessie Hall
Day’s Ferry
Dugans
Samuel Ward
Carlton Reed
Maggie
Clarence Preble
Kitty
Timothy Casey
Mable Jack
Bridget
George Lent
Woman Fined On Driving Charge After Guilty Plea
Ruth E. Young pled guilty in municipal court to operating without a license and operating an improperly registered vehicle. Judge John J. Keegan fined $5 with $6.95 costs in each count and Young appealed to the June term of Superior court after a collision on Dummer street with Alva Jewett of West Bath. Officer Crosby reported the backing crash damaged Jewett’s parked car. Also noted are three white rats given to Milo students for a Red Cross nutrition project at the high school, cared for by the General Science class under a manual training effort.
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Ruth E. Young
John J. Keegan
Young
Mrs. Jewett
Jewett
Milo
Miss Brewster
Red Cross
Manual Training Department
Colby College Publishes Photo Booklet of College Life
Colby College released a booklet mainly composed of photographs showing various phases of college life. Copies are available free of charge from the Registrar.
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Colby College
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Elm Lodge
Young Men's Club
Congregational Church of
Rural Life
Jessie M. Lawrence
Rockland
Merry
George Gray
Elizabeth Emma
Andrew Peterson
Charles Edward Williams
Edgecomb
Williams
Bishop Codman
St. Philips Parish
Donald F. Preble
Optometrist and Optician
Center St
Steeves Market
Jamie Knight
Dr. Steadman
Samuel Dickinson
Glouchester
Comical Brown
Charles West
C. M. Leavitt
Vassalborough
James Clark
Newburyport
Alex Blagdon
A. F. Blagdon
F. M. Knight
East Wilton
F. H. Boynton
Messenger Office
Allen
Mary Sears
Charles E. Sewall
G. S. McFarland
Massachusetts
H. C. Baker
Everett
J. F. Dunton
Franklin
Baltimore
Fred McNear
Harvard Law School
George McNear
San Francisco
Moses Rines
Rockport
Dr. Langdon T. Snipe
Jack Hyde
West
Harland Booker
Morse High School
George R. Booker
Sanford’s Crossing
Ralph Dunton
Arthur Footer
South Street
Brigham's Cove
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Weeks Street
Benjamin H. Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Henry Cotteau
Middle Street
Sabine
Rock Haven
Elmer Donnell
Lake Street
Auburn
William Haskell
Summer Street
Edwin Alton
Helena Alton
George Brswell
Con
Miles S. Purington
Trufant’s Crossing Road
Chester Stevens
Auburn Vassed
Philip A. Stackpole
Kent's Hill Seminary
Readfield
Ernest E. Williams
Wet Bath
American Red Cross
Annie Trufant
Fred Williams
Philip
Lincoln Williams
Foster’s Point
Lillian Brown
Miami
Fla
Albert White
David
White
Altha N. White
Alfred B. Snow
Trufant’s Crossing
Dorothy Bryant
Topsham
Joshn Auvan
Ruth Bryant
John H. Bryant
Walter H. Larrabee
John F. Larrabee
Fred W. Larrabee
John Auban
Mallet Road
Witch Spring Road
Roger S. Holden
Charles S. Stackpole
Central Mains Power Co
Ida Colby
J. Everett Mayo
Charlotte Colby
Della W. Lampson
Coesper’s Mills
R. Colby
Chase
Baxter’s Bitters
Corliss Street Folk
Dumais
Murray
Powers
Fortin
Dumias
W. Green
N. Lowery
R. Haskell
Bean
R. Oliver
Call
Warren
Worsnop
Sparks
M. Coombs
L. Reynolds
Sparks Brunswick
Fields
Oliver
F. Morse
Dresden
Day’s Ferry Club
York
Heart of
Broadway
Piccadilly
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