Wiscasset church outdoor service and community notes
The Wiscasset Congregational church youth group led an outdoor worship at Birch Point with Rev. E G Spinney after a vestry picnic. A Dorcas Club Friendly Indians gathering, vestry movie nights, and ministerial meetings are reported along with choir readings, local obituaries, birthdays, and residents' travels and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples’ Group
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Congregational Church
Birch Point
E. G. Spinney
Natalie Mayo
Dorcas Club
Friendly Indians
Vestry
Lincoln County Ministerial Association
Jefferson
Christian Endeavor Hall of the Baptist Church
Tripp
S. Gordon ‘Tucker
E.G. Spinney
Earle Clifford
Ymca Motion Picture Bureau of
New York City
South Bristol
Congregational Churches of
Maine
First Congregational Chanrch of
Wiscassel
Wiscasset
Car ad promises low repair costs for Chevrolets
An advertisement touts a full size car with minimal maintenance worries. The copy emphasizes durability and reduced repair bills, highlighting Chevrolet branding as a key selling point to reassure buyers about long term costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Wis casset notes and town news from May 1894
From old files the Sheepscot Echo reports Boston visits by Fred Rines and Ed White, local sickness, and visiting neighbors. It notes large numbers of railroad workers in town, the M C R R stone crew at Cow Island, and plans for a Boston Wis casset direct boat. Knights of Pythias move to a new hall and the Rector's Aid Association forms at St Philip's. Capt Rundlett negotiates for the new boat, and a drowning in Bath funerals a fisherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Fred Rines
Ed White
Boston
Maude Nute
E. C. Boston
A. Bender
Frank Barker
Hooper Street
Hobson’s Island
Knights of Pythias
James Winslow
Dana
M. C. R. R. Stone
Cow Island
R. T. Rundlett
Wiscasset
St. Philip's Church
Windsor
Rector’s Aid Association
St. Philip’s Parish
Sch
Nat Meader
Capt. Dunton
Lawrence Haines
Rene le
Custom House
Mavooshen
Philadelphia
McCarty
Daniel H. Barter
Tempest
Bath
Wiscasset News Roundup From May 1908 Echo
WISCASSET 25 YEARS AGO Sheepscot Echo May 23 1908 notes residents in Bath Lewis ton and Brunswick visits. Dandelions bloom as town glistens. Local tradesmen repair sidewalks SAE. Obituary Judge Otro Castner dies at Waldoboro after brief illness Brights disease Bowdoin graduate. Sister Mrs J T Sanborn survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
Archie Dodge
Bath
Otis Albee
Lewiston
Middle Street
J. Carlin
Boston
Cobb, Aldrich Co
Abiel G. Greenleaf
Greenlawn
Fred Nate
Emma Sheldon
Marion Dodge
Sewall Groves
Geo. Blackman
William Sheldon
Sheldon
Warren Pushard
Elmer Pushard
F. 8S
Perkins
Business College
R. H. Tucker
Lick Observatory
Mt. Hamilton
Cal
South America
Mr. Goodkowsky
Otro D. Castner
Lincoln County
Waldoboro
Bright
Castner
Bowdoin College
J. T. Sanborn
Woodfords
Hormell to Teach at Syracuse Summer School of Citizenship
Professor Orren C Hormell of Bowdoin on sabbatical will teach at Syracuse University School of Citizenship this summer in Syracuse New York. Professor and Mrs Hormell are in London now and plan to return to the United States next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orren C. Hormell
DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
Bowdoin
Europe
School of Citizenship
Syracuse University
Syracuse
N. Y
Hormell
London
West Bath Social Items and Scouts Jamboree Notes
West Bath notes a baked bean dinner at the Lowell school on Friday June 9 at 6 30 for the School league chaired by Mrs Fred J Rose with committee members Mrs Percy R Waterman Mrs Fletcher A Waterman and Mrs Fred 8 Brown. Troop 90 Boy Scouts of America attended a Pine Tree Council jamboree in Portland with Calvin Kimball as scoutmaster and several Bath youths joining in the parade. Local visits include members of Larrabee grange 37 visiting Dirigo grange 13 in Brunswick and many Bath residents visiting cottages and relatives around Birch Point and surrounding areas. Edwin W Haggett will lead a dance tonight by West Bath grange 154 P of H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Fred J. Rose
Percy R. Waterman
Fletcher A. Waterman
Fred 8. Brown
Zina B. Clifford
Auburn
Rosedale
Troop 90
Boy Scouts of America
Calvin Kimball
Bath
Portland
Pine Tree Council
Fred Brown
Stanley Brown
William Getchell
Ralph Higgins
Reed Pitman
Henry Donnell
Stanley Rose
Cumston Cornish
Harlan Booker
Ernest Snow
New Meadows
Andrew Lemoine
Dwight Curtis
Margaret Higgins
Fred
S. Brown
Chester Getchell
Edward A., Jr
Mary Jane
John L
High Street
James B. Lemont
Chester Stevens
Birch Point
Edwin W. Haggett
West Bath
Mass
Thompson
Percy E. Holbrook
Meadwebrook Road
Helen H. Rogers
Velma Gibbs
Merrimac
Bertha Sears
North Chelmsford
Clementine K. Burns
Saco
Rogers
Bath Residents Entertain Guests At Local Cottages
Mr and Mrs Lewis Williams of Topsham and U S Internal Revenue Agent Malcolm L Doble with Mrs Doble and daughter Beatrice visited and stayed over the weekend. Bernard Pratt and son entertained Alston E Oliver while Elbridge B Malcolm and Paul Holbrook visited Humphrey A Owen. Mrs Harry P Bridge and Mrs Elbridge B Malcolm called on friends. Rev Charles M Tubbs and Mr and Mrs James H Thorpe were weekend visitors at cottages. Harriet and Carolyn Small hosted friends at their cottage with Mary and Eleanor Cotteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Holbrook
Humphrey A. Owen
Harry P. Bridge
Harry
Linden Street
Bath
Elbridge B. Malcolm
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
James H. Thorpe
High Street
Harriet
Carolyn Small
Robert B. Small
J. Henry Cotteau
Mary
Eleanor
Middle Street
Real live baby giveaway at Uncle Zeke’s Opera House
An upcoming Friday night program at Uncle Zeke’s Country Store Opera House will feature a stunt promising to give away a real live baby to a member of the audience. The show will run alongside the feature film The Mind Reader starring Warren William and Constance Cummings, with local singer Kathleen Leonard and Francis McPherson as extras. Ed Taylor and sons of Rangeley reported killing five bears in Wilbur district, including a mother and two cubs and two yearlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Warren William
Constance Cummings
Kathleen Leonard
Francis McPherson
Ed Taylor and Sons of
Rangeley
Wilbur District
Community Notes From Woolwich and Nearby
Woolwich reports include Mr and Mrs Everett Rice and family visiting Mrs Minnie Rice in Windham. Rebecca lodge district meeting attended in Brunswick. Ruth Sylvester of Portland stayed with Aunt Mrs Henry Carlton. Flora Leonard improving from pneumonia. Leeman family returned to farm in Bath after winter in Bath. Mrs David Sennett had hand operation at Bath City hospital. Bernard Bailey building new house on Farnham place Montsweag. Ex Senator F W Carlton returned from Moosehead lake fishing trip. Ruth Mank visits Gorham Normal from home. Stinsons open Day's Ferry home for summer. Trott improving from illness. Bradford Redennett of Wiscasset to speak Memorial Day at Center Baptist Church May 30. Special male quartet music planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
Costello P. Hall
E. V. Reed
Brunswick
Rebecca Lodge
Ruth Sylvester
Portland
Henry Carlton
Flora Leonard
Herbert Leeman
Bath
David Sennett
Bath City Hospital
Bernard Bailey
Farnham Place
Montsweag
F. W. Carlton
Moosehead Lake
Ruth Mank
Gorham Normal School
Talk on Leadership Conference Given at Y
Wesley H Lemont reported on leadership activities after attending last year’s Leadership Conference. He led soap carving classes at Corliss Street church and assisted Vacation School and Montsweag during the summer. The Y plans to send more youths to the conference June 24 to July 1 as it did last year with 25 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley H. Lemont
Y.M.C.A
First Baptist
Montsweag
Corliss Street
Scouts
Salvation Army
Wesley
Wesley Lemont
White Ribboners Host Monthly Meeting
W. T. C. U. met Tuesday afternoon in Salvation Army hall with Mrs. Howard P. Jett as newly elected president presiding. Devotions centered on Restoratio n of the Home. Delegates to the county convention were chosen and transportation arranged. Mrs. Lora La Mance will be guest speaker at Wesley Methodist church with a program of music and readings by L. T. L. members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Hall
Howard P. Jett
Jett
E. Melvin Pratt
Wilfred W. Chaney
Charles H. Berry
West Bowdoin
Chaney
Royal Temperance Legion
Lora la Mance
Wesley Methodist Church
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Augustus Blagdon
Sheep
Ernest G. Spinney
Old Jackson Cemetery
John Smith
Alna_ road
Smith
Watts
Josephine Tucker
Varney
Augusta
Luther Hall
Mrs. Barbour
North Edgecomb
Louise Blagdon
Garrison Hill
Grand Lodge
W. C. Day
Miss Blagdon
Senter’s
Edith A. Sawyer
California
Fryeburg
Academy
Etta Blair
Alberta Boulin
Dorothy Chase
Mildred Cunningham
James Cushman
Dorothy Hilton
Harrist MacPhee
Lucille Quinnam
Leona Weeks
Richard Bicknell
Rachael Bradford
Dorothy Higgins
Clifton Reed
Elsie Bailey
James Bailey
Andrea Getchell
Ida Hanscom
Arlene Hill
Ruth Jones
Helen Lewis
Olavi Micte
Eva Rines
Florence Sproul
Joanna Evans
George Grover
Laura Nichols
Doris Higgins
Walter Pushard
Frances Fossett
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Women's Club of
Ruth S. Hodgdon
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Annabel Snow
Bates College
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Holgdon
Cosmopolitan Club of
Wright
Lambert
Miss Jackson
Earl D. Ames
Pauline
Jail Hill
Albert Sames
Molly Seamon
Union Street
Lucia Eames
Federal Street
Lawrence B. Haggett
Forest Preble
Olive Branen
Dresden Mills
Masonic Hall
C. A. Peaskee
Mary Hobson
F. J. Dyer
Shea
John Comeau
Whitefield
B. F. Blagdon
Leslie Ferris
H. S. Shea
Clinton Shea
Carlene
Gray
Alberta Boudin
John Blagdon
Herman
Hyde Park
Gertrude Munsey
Evan
Woman's Auxiliary
National Council of the Episcopal Church
F. C. Roberts
Percy Bryant
St. Andrew's
H. v. B. Nash
C. E. Cowley
M. A. Giffin
Leland Bryant
St. Philip's
Harland Ryder
June Bailey
St. John's
S1. Philip's Church
Christchurch
Gardiner
Robert E. Campbell
Liberia
Episcopal Church
Parker Marean
Susan Smith
Hew House
Tom Akeley
Marjorie Holbrook
Donald F. Preble
Optician
Center St
CMM
B. Flint
Mich
ORS Building
Certainz
Rolet
Chevrolet Motor CO
Detroit, Michigan
Plant’s CO. M. McKown
Boothbay Harbor
William Prentice
New York
Piccadilly
45Th Street
William Madlung
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