Wiscasset and area woes noted at church service reports
Sunday afternoon service across five centers highlighted the children's Lenten offering with delegates from Trinity Mission Gardiner and clergy from Bath Wiscasset Newcastle Damariscotta Belfast Augusta St Mark and St Barnabas Hallowell. Local society updates covered illnesses travel purchases and court actions as well as community improvements and school events.
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Philips
Trinity Mission
Christ's Church, Gardiner
Philips Brooks Francklyn
Thomaston
Episcopal Church
Bath
Wiscasset
Newcastle-Damariscotta
Belfast
Augusta
National Council of the Church
Cornwall Rogers
Moatsweag Road
Maude Branca
High Street
California
William G Hubbard
Washington Street
C. C. Blagdon
George BE
Haff
Malden
North Edgcomb
Irvine Stinson
Stratford
Eddy School of
North Edgecomb
Frances Plumstead
Joseph DiVita
Holland
Elizabeth O'Neil
Alison Cummings
Philip Parker
Gwendolyn Greenough
Anita DiVita
Blanche Plumstead
Elaine Moore
Clarence Dodyr
Leon Dodge, Jr
Helen Dodge
Wrusio
Nineah
Toy Orchestra
First Congregational Church
Emma Ilsley and son Warner settle in Saco
Letters from Emma W Ilsley report she and her son Warner living contentedly in Saco where Warner works with his brothers in the Saco Dairy they own. Izetta Taylor returns to Lincoln Home after two weeks with Georgianna Lilly and friends. Wilbur Merrill and Mr and Mrs Sewall move to Merrill home on Hodge Street after spending fall and winter at the Sewall Homestead in Bath roal.
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Vigne
Law Court
State
Joseph Leighton
Nelner
Sheepscot
Nelder
Warren Reed
Cleveland Ross Barter
George Reed
Clayton Barter
Harry Mathews
Arthur Greenleaf
Hattie L. Pond
Howard Murphy
Atburn
Emily Lilly
Robert B. Watts
Village Improvement Society
J. P. Tucker
William P. Patterson
W. S. Karland
Jane Tucker
Wesley C. Day
Wiscassel Hardware Co
Bath
Southard
Barbara Southard
Boston
Wiscasset Academy
Congregational Church
Freeman D. Southard
Wilbur F. Merrill
Rachel Bradford
Opree
Leona Weeks
Rachael Bradford
Telham
Ruth Jones
Litchficld Academy
Litchfield
Waldoboro High
Stanley Somes
Turner Center
Auburn
Katherine Farnham
Howard Farnham
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kenneth Beckwith
Henry Payne
Beverly
Mass
Congregational Parsonage
Howard Trussell
Maine General Hospital
Alice D. Tasgier
Joseph Fe.hubbard
West Somerville
Beimis-Hobson
Federal Street
Burton Hageett
Lawrences B. Hageett
Boton
Emmelyn Weeks
Parker B. Stinson
Stinson
Fred P. Merry
Greene
E. W. Moore
First Congregational Church
Clarence A. Richards
Portland
Mr. Richards
Emma W. Ilsley
Warner
Saco
Izetta Taylor
Lincoln
Georgianna Lilly
Charles S. Sewall
Local Notes From Sheepscot Echo May 19 1894
May 19 1894 items report Wilbur Munsey to build a new stable. Repairs on the toll bridge and Wiscasset House stable proceed. Visitors include Miss Edith Gilmore and Capt. Benjamin B. Jackson on leave. A 1807 runners party from Sheepscot with John Anderson and Hugh J. Anderson is recalled. Harbor notes list ships, brick loads, and tugs in Bath and New Port.
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Old Files
Sheepscot Echo
Wilbur Munsey
William Farnham
Henry Ingalls
Portland
R. H. Taylor
Boston
Seth Hobart
Bath
H. M. Crocker
Whitefield
Edwin Coffin
Arace Hilton
Damariscotta
Toll Bridge
W. G. Hubbard
Wiscasset House
William Lowell
E. B. Neal
Ashville
N. C
Edith Gilmore
Dresden
Annie Mahar
Birch Point
William B. Taylor
Fred West
W. H. Marr
Whitneyville
Harve
Sherman Mitchell
Strong
Henry Roberts
Llewellyn Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Sheepscot
Stuart
Thomas McCrate
Wiscasset
John Anderson
Maine
Hugh J. Anderson
Madigan
Ira D. Sturgis
Newport
Fannie Hodgkins
Newell B. Hawes
Hungewell
Sagadahoc
Baker
Seguin
Wiscasset Echo news roundup from May 1908
Miss Martha Knight of Camden stays with C P Knights. Mrs Annie L Rogers of Bath visits Echo home. Various residents repair homes and move houses on Danforth and Middle streets. Several local residents travel, work, or teach. Leroy M Young, a 76 year old carriage maker, dies after a long illness.
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Sheepscot Echo
Martha Knight
Camden
C. P. Knights
Annie L. Rogers
Bath
Echo
Sanford Lewis
E. A. Perkins
Damariscotta Mills
T. H. Cutten
Danforth Street
Irving Fowles
Fred T. Dana
Will Albee
Silas Dickinson
Water Street
Arthur Buazzell
Charles E. Cowley, Jr
Middle Street
L. A. Lambert
Inez Waters
Somerville
George Waters
Federal Street
D. W. Southard
George Blagdon
Walter Pushard
Pashard
Chelsea
Gustavus White
St. Ward
Franklin Block
L. B. Marston
G. H. Fowles
John Greenleaf
Will McPhee
Reed
Lincoln Gibbs
Rensellaer
N. Y
Herman Fowles
Gardiner
Ward
Ned Bailey
F. F. Noyes
Weeks Mills
Fred Sidelinger
Leroy M. Young
Young
West Bath Grange Continues Contest With Varied Program
West Bath Grange held an eight weeks program night after its business meeting. Herbert S. Cavanaugh chaired the event featuring radio studio skits from WBG. Performers included Mrs. Edwin W. Haggett, Chester McCrater, Miss Jean L. Danforth, Bernard J. Comeau, Miss Almena A. Jaques, Miss Catherine H. Emmons, and James B. Lemont. The crowd of 130 heard snippets of news, a crystal gazing act, and the 13th episode of Chu-Man-Chu. Plans announced for May events and May 22 25 committees were listed with several members named.
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Grange
West Bath Grange
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
WBG
Chester McCrater
Jean L. Danforth
Bernard J. Comeau
Haggett
Almena A. Jaques
Madame Fatiga
Catherine H. Emmons
Mr. Civanaugh
James B. Lemont
Danforth
Virginia Wright
Henry J. White
Carleton Perry
Wesley H. Lemont
Charles L. Haggett
Edwin W. Haggett
David S. Henderson
Harry F. Smith
Harold J. Haggett
Charles L. Burgess
Minnie Smith
Leland S. Plummer
Chester H. Worrey
Bessie F. Greenblatt
Charles B. Doyle
Ellsworth Fund Benefit Nets Over Two Hundred Dollars
A Sunday night benefit at the Opera House for Ellsworth fire sufferers drew a capacity crowd. The event and 45 Maine houses covered expenses while performers volunteered. Notable acts included Brim Jewett master of ceremonies, Ken Trask band, and a varied lineup with McPherson at piano, saxophonists, a guitarist, and the Carver children. The audience praised the program and the charitable cause.
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Opera House
Ellsworth
Colburn
Maine
Jewett
Ken Trask
Francis McPherson
William Caldwell
Harvey Hartley
Woodbury Bailey
Graham White
Merritt Trott
Darkies
Joe Avery
Henry Gediman
Newell Hamilton
Charles Dorsey
Billy Gove
Carver
Louise
Bobby
Loren Hart
Red Cross Quota Set for Bath at 1500 Dollars
Bath chapter plans to raise its $1500 quota for relief work in Ellsworth. John C. Fitzgerald elected general chairman. a gifts committee includes Mrs. E W Hyde and others. Fire Relief Day is May 21 in churches. donations accepted at The Times office or with treasurer Charles Low at Bath Savings Institution.
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Ellsworth
National American Red Cross
Bath
City Hall
John C. Fitzgerald
E. W. Hyde
Seth S. Mullin
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Charles C. Low
Fitzgerald
R. Clinton McFadden
Bernice MacDonald
Times
Charles . Low
Bath Savings Institution
North Center PTA Elects Its Officers
Rico reference noted as Puerto Rico preference. Mrs. Charles L. Anderson’s daughter, from 1401 Washington, visited her former home last summer and plans to return to the island this summer. Afternoon hostesses were Mrs. Morris S. Povich, Mrs. David S. Cogan, and Mrs. Cohen.
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Rico
Puerto Rico
Bregger
Charles L. Anderson
Washington Street
Morris S. Povich
David S. Cogan
Cohen
West Bath Notes Broad Range of Local Activities
West Bath grange members attend Merriconeag meeting while 26 attend West Bath Red Cross to stitch and ship garments to Ellsworth. Residents visit East Auburn after a major fire. Bath page also covers local visits, family news, and a new Brunswick birth. Stanley Williams dislocates elbow. Carolyn Elizabeth Stackpole born in Brunswick to the Stackpole family.
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West Bath Grange
Merriconeag Grange
North Harpswell
Ernest Snow
Augustus Snow
Grace Waterman
Alice O’brien
Margaret Yates
Catherine Emmons
West Bath Red Cross
West Bath Grange Hall
Ellsworth
Fred W. Larrabee
David E. Rich
Lincoln Williams
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Owen E. Rogers
Scott R. Ward
Rich
East Auburn
Charles C. Chesley
Joseph W. Larrabee
Anstress
Emily Larrabee
Walter H. Larrabee
John F. Larrabee
Edgar Murphey
Portland
Larrabee’s Grove
Harry W. Lemont
Washington Street
the Grove
Jennie Larrabee
Julia Coombs
Amy Coombs
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Minnie Bailey
Hazel
South Berwick
Ernest E. Williams
Bailey
T. T. Bailey
Stackpole Place
Bath
Berwick Academy
Baileys
Chester Stevens
Stevens
Henry Churchill
Churchill
Auburn
Birch Point
Topsham Grange
George R. Booker
Stanley FE. Wallace
Lillian E. Lewin
Kenneth Smith
Marjorie Smith
Harry F. Smith
Dorothy A. Welch
William Charlesworth
Donald
Worcester
Mass
Charlesworth
Ida Bonney
William Fraser
Frank Taylor
Brockton
Grove
Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Carolyn Elizabeth
Brunswick
Charles S. Stackpole
Middle Street
Stackpole
Florence M. Freeman
St. George
Bath News Notes Family Visits and Local Windswept Sightings
A Mother’s Day gathering at the Bates home in Bath included Del mar E Bates of Snowpark and relatives from Portland and Richmond. Visitors at Camp Cozy and other Bath camps, plus a windborne paper sighting from New Auburn, are recorded with local names. Oxford County prize speaking contest at Buckfield awarded to Betty Snow, Margarite Shaw, and William Fisher with judges from Bates College.
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Samuel F. Bates
Delmar E. Bates
Snowpark
Bath
Fred Duren
Patricia
Richmond
Chester Freeman
Donald
Portland
M. Eleanor Bates
George Bailey
Raymond D. Cummings
J. Henry Cotreau
Eleanor
Mary
James H. Thorpe
High Street
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Sabine
Walter M Hill
New Auburn
Humphrey A. Owen
Masonic Hall
Buckfield
Betty Snow
Canton High
Marguerite Shaw
Paris High
William Fisher
Mexico High
Brooks Quimby
Prof. Whitback
Frank Murray
Bates College
Lewiston
Social notes from Woolwich and nearby towns
Weekend visits feature Samuel Buck with sister Charlotte Buck at Day's Ferry. Mrs. Frank J. Walker and daughter Maxine of Melrose and others visit, with Maxine returning to school. Sagadahoc Ferry eighth graders to take state exam May 26. May 14 observed as Mothers Day by Union Sunday School at Newquetset with musical tributes and a collection sent to Ellsworth.
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Samuel Buck
Portland
Charlotte Buck
Clifton Scott
Scott
Melvin Howe
Charles Wade
Swan Island
Albion Corliss
Richmond
Abbie Bailey Lily
John Bailey
Joseph L. Walker
Roslindale
Mass
Day’s Ferry
Albert Hall
Rockland
F. W. Carlton
Lawrence Putnam
Carlton Camp
Moosehead Lake
William Hansen
Union Sunday School
Nequasset
Grace
Dorothy Skillins
Gertrude Gilmore
Ethel Stinson
Lucille Stinson
Glenda Wright
Grace Skillins
Rose Cooper
Dorothy Skillen
Wilbert O'Neal
J. Colby
Ellsworth
John C. Gilmore
Ruth Dubar
James Colby
Colby
P. Smith
John Gilmore
Fourth annual Pansy Service honors mothers at Little White Church
Montsweag services for Mothers Day featured Rev. Plinette Allen in a moving reflection on the mother first at the cross. Special songs followed by a Bible study and the Pansy Service planting pansy boxes around a living memorial tree for Mrs. Maria Flagg Butler. Relatives of both yesterdays and todays mothers planted the boxes with many named donors and processors, closing with "Bless Be the Tie" sung and prayers offered by the pastor.
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Plinette Allen
Christ
Maria Flagg Butler
M. E. Bailey
Kenneth Bailey
Nellie Bailey
Florence Hawthorne
Wilson
Daisy Wilson
Nancy Plumstead
Mary Hunnewell
H. B. McKenney
Anna Soule
Adeline Soule
Robert Soule
Margaret Dort
Anna May Berry
J. C. Budd
Hollis Bailey
Edna Erskine
Marshall Erskine
Beatrice Bailey
Katherine Bailey
Daisy Bailey
Maxine Bailey
Edith Getchell
Dorothy Getchell
Rosa Wooley
Richard Wooley
Lena Grover
George Grover
Marcia Bailey
Harold Bailey
Evelyn Bailey
Marcia E. Bailey
Marion Berry
Fred Wm. Berry
Paul Allen Berry
Dickson
Bruce Dickson
Samuel J. E. Soule
Allen Berry
Woolwich Assessors Address Tax Status Of Bath Water District
Woolwich assessors state that Bath Water District lands and dwellings are taxable in Woolwich under state law, despite the district charter exempting property. They argue back taxes and future taxes should be paid, citing constitutional requirements that general laws apply to corporations. Carlton Day Reed signs the statement for Woolwich assessors.
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Bath Water District
Woolwich
the Independent
Maine
Bath Waiter District
Bath
Carlton Day Reed
Deadlock Broken As Sagadahoc Knights Win Interclub Match
Bath Camp Modern Woodmen hosted Sagadahoc council Knights of Columbus at Red Men’s hall for a Wednesday interclub. visitors won three of five tables as the clubs met to break a tie after the season. Refreshments followed and plans to start the Indoor League earlier next year include two home and away rounds.
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Bath Camp
Modern Woodmen
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Red Men's Hall
Knights
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