Prize Speaking at Wiscasset Academy Draws Large Audience
The annual Prize Speaking contest at Wiscasset Academy was held Friday evening at the Congregational church with a large audience. Prizes total $10, awarded by the Village Improvement Society and the Woman's club, led by Miss Rachel Bradford, Miss Alberta Boudin, and Miss Leona Weeks as top finishers. The event featured a strong program, judged by Hattie Fosett, Annabel Snow, and Norris Lord, and included readings and performances from local students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Academy
Congregational Church
Charles 8. Sewall
Village Improvement Society
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Freeman D. Southard
Wilbur F. Merrill
Rachel Bradford
Alberta Boudin
Leona Weeks
Hattie Fosett
Annabel Snow
Lincoln Academy
Prin. Norris Lord
Bridge Academy
Caprus x
Harbour
WisCasset 1907 local notes and graduations
Wis casset society items from May 25 1907 note C L Macurda moves into Methodist parsonage C C Blagdon buys John Greenleaf house Federal street graduation set for June 13 updates on local residents visitors and arrivals repairs on parsonages and homes. Huffs mill fire at Birch Point damages roofing with limited overall loss.
Localgossip from Sheepscot Echo�s June 3 1893 issue
Miss Quinn is quite sick Lester Hodgdon visits town Mrs Nellie Southard visits home Mrs Charles Lennox has been visiting in Augusta Miss Jessie Jackson at home over Sunday Mrs Scott returned from Boston Joe Taylor builds a new stable Annie A Jackson returns from Boston J P Tucker travels to Minneapolis then Chicago Hand organ man appears Richard H Tucker returns from South America Mrs Mary McNear leaves for Minneapolis George P McNear and wife visit in town Nate Rines barber shop pole repainted Summer greetings for Mrs Small and daughter Deming of Massachusetts staying with Mrs Joseph Jackson for the Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Files
Sheepscot Echo
Miss Quinn
Lester Hodgdon
Nellie Southard
Charles Lennox
Augusta
Jessie Jackson
Scott
Boston
Joe Taylor
Annie A. Jackson
J. P. Tucker
Minneapolis
Chicago
Richard H. Tucker
South America
Mary McNear
George P. McNear
San Francisco
Nate Rines
Summer movement swells Edgecomb as residents arrive
Capt ny Rundlett puts up a new awning at his west entrance. Edwin Farnham and wife plan a summer in South Boston. Augustus White returns to Somerville and will spend the season in Wiscasset. Fred Jackson returns from Roxbury to summer aboard tug Wa wenoe with Capt Warren Coffin as cook. John Amory is in town for the summer. Mrs Morton brings her son Henry Morin to visit after thirty years away. Capt R T Rundlett receives a note from Tim Eastman about suicide and buying a casket for a funeral tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ny Rundlett
Edwin Farnham
Morton
Clapp
Henry Morin
R. T. Rundlett
Tim” Eastman
Patterson
Randlett
West Bath Grange dance draws nearly seventy five pairs
About 75 couples attended the May dance at West Bath grange hall. An orchestra led by Mrs. Edwin W. Haggett provided music for waltzes and fox trots. The evening featured novelty dances and a prize waltz won by Mr. and Mrs. Danford A. McDonald. Sheriff Albert Henderson and others judged contests. Refreshments were run by Ernest Snow and colleagues. A second dance is planned for June 2 with a new committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Edwin W. Haggett
Percy Leeman
Harold L. Safford Jr
Herbert A. Henderson
Bessie F. Greenblatt
David S. Cogan
Paul Joneses
Danford A. McDonald
Albert Henderson
Edward J. McMann
E. Mason Wright
John L. Wilson
Ernest Snow
James Thurston
Kenneth Smith
the Grange
Eva L. Fulton
James R. Wing
Alice F. Johnson
Mothers Day Poem From Lewiston Girl To Her Mother
A 12 year old girl Rachelle S Dearborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray E Dearborn Lewiston writes a Mothers Day poem praising her mother. She thanks her mother for loving care and calls her an angel from above. Her father is noted as a son of Mrs Bert Johnson of Bath. The piece centers on gratitude and the mother’s enduring kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachelle S. Dearborn
Ray E. Dearborn
Oak Street
Lewiston
Mr. Dearborn
Bert Johnson
North Street
Bath
Scarver Pays Fine After Driving Without License
Franklin Scarver of 148 Water Street pleaded guilty in municipal court to operating an automobile without a license. He was fined 10 dollars with 6.95 dollars costs, suspended, after an accident on Middle Street near Congress Shirt Co. when he swerved to avoid an pedestrian and hit a parked Ford, causing telephone pole damage. the Buick had minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Scarver
Water Street
Middle Street
Congress Shirt Co
Scarver
David Cogan
Seth Snipe
Maine students plant 100 Scotch pines in Indian Township
Eleven senior forestry students from the University of Maine planted over 100 Scotch pines in Indian Township, Washington County, under the direction of Professor J. M. Briscoe. The experiment aims to gather growth data and inform silvicultural treatment of this pine species in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Township
Washington County
University of Maine
J. M. Briscoe
Forestry Department
Briscoe
Maine
Roland Post Sponsors Bath Baseball Team
Roland Smith post of Bath will sponsor a baseball team in the American Legion Junior Baseball League this summer. The Bath boys under 17 by June 30 will compete in Maine for the State title and may advance to regional and sectional playoffs with expenses paid by the American and National Leagues. A Roland Smith post committee coordinates support with 12 Bath business sponsors and Morse High School players as potential core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
Bath
American Legion
Maine
Treasuries
Roland Smith
J. Horace McClure
Wilbur Crocker
R. J. M. Stoussey
McClure
Fred D. Hill
Frank B. Nichols
N. Gratz Jackson
Wilbur C. Oliver
O. M. Redlon
Eugene M. Desmond
J . Horace McClure
Ralph G. Stetson
Neal J. Smith
Dr. Williams Whitney
John Fitzgerald
John H. Hyde
Morse High
Newell Wilson
Bath Maine lists teachers elected for 1932-33
The Bath school board announces the 1932 33 teacher roster in the bath Maine district. High School staff include Arthur B Scott J Edward Pomeroy and others while elementary teachers cover many names. Several instructors are not re elected. Board also limits high school dances to Friday nights 11 pm and notes budget pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Arthur B. Scott
J. Edward Pomeroy
Errol Baker
Charles Cummings
Horace Herrick
Jean Ogaen
Mary H. Conley
Katherine Conley
Hesta M. Rose
Cecile Veilleux
M. Agnes Fahey
Mary Lord
David Y. Alkazin
Bailey Day School
Catherine Leonard
Janette Smith
Bernice D. Staples
Mary Brown
Edith B. Horne
Celia McElman
J. Gertrude Silsby
Frances Sprague
Katherine Trott
Martha E. Hooper
Margaret T. Mulligan
Beatrice W. Black
Carrie C. Smith
Bessie M. Hunt
Doris P. Dyer
Almena Jaques
Dorothy Davis
Laura Mitchell
Joan Harrison
Eleanor Ferguson
Louise Robbins
Effie Wright
Christine Lockery
Sarah Coombs
Lillian Fisher
Cecil J. Cutts
Blair Wilson
Edna McAvoy
Elizabeth Ames
Leona B. Huestis
Carolyn Turner
Ella R. Jaquith
Mabel
F. Libby
Eileen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Margaret J. Adams
Harold E. Brown
Alice O’brien
Genevieve Duprey
Ethel T. Higgins
Ann Thompson
Isabell Lewis
Marjorie Troop
Helen Orr
Bessie Greenblatt
Agatha Lenox
Florence Watson
Evelyne Donnell
Kathryn Hagan
Carrie E. Shaw
John Grindell
Old Town
Supt. of Schools Chase
West Bath Community Notes Report Busy Local Life
West Bath notes detail Red Cross meeting at Trufants Crossing with patchwork and quilting. Attendees include Rogers, Adams, Belle Donnell, Lillian Mayo, Bernice Bubier, Lillian Brown, Annie Peterson of Douglas Knight, and Woolwich residents. Also mentions upcoming June 1 meeting and local visits, campers, and family gatherings. Schools close June 10 with five Lowell pupils entering Morse High School. Memorial Day expected to draw residents to cottages, road work ongoing, and residents changing homes and jobs in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Nan Brown
Portland
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Chester Stevens
Auburn
Birch Point
Frank Daniels
Malden
Mass
Daniels
John Russell
Russell Street
Bath
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Charles 8. Stackpole
Rockland
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Philip A. Stackpole
Readfield
Benjamin H. Stackpole
Campbell’s Pond
H. Dorman Perkins
Perkins
Berry’s Mills Road
Edward Footer
Junior
Mary Jane
High Street
Footer
James B. Lemont
Sanford’s Crossing
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Everett Lemont
Fred Kittridge
Patrick A. Tierney
Florence Tierney
Lewiston
Rock Haven
Nellie Temple
Everett
Emily Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Stanley Rose
Marion Rose
Fred J. , Rose
Edna Brawn
Fred S. Brawn
Lowell School
Ira B. Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing Road
J. Edward Drake
William A. Brown
Clarence Cotton
Allan Cates
Dwinal E. Cornish
Cornish
Academy Street
Washington Street
Bath residents noted in seaside cottage visitors
Malcolm Doble and family of Green Street Bath passed Sunday at the Doble cottage. Everett G Lemont and guests Fred Kittridge Raymond Smith Wentworth Kittridge visited the Lemonts. Bernard Pratt and son arrived for the weekend. John McNary of Chelsea Massachusetts visiting West Bath with friends. Arthur Lemont Mabel Shepard and Almon Perry also mentioned in weekend chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Doble
Green Street
Bath
Doble
Everett G. Lemont
High Street
Fred Kittridge
Raymond Smith
Wentworth
William Kittridge
Bernard Pratt
Aoe
John McNary
Chelsea
Mass
Arthur Lemont
Mabel Shepard
Almon Perry
Woolwich Notes of Guests Visits and Local Events
Woolwich community life includes visits by residents and relatives from Bath Augusta Gardiner Portland and New Rochelle. Local events feature church services Memorial Day plans Meantime families host guests at Days Ferry and Montsweag with entertainments to support the Woolwich Union for Christian Service and the Woolwich Ladies Farm Bureau meeting topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frede
Bowdeinham Baptist
Woolwich Ladies Farm Bureau
Day’s Berry
Josiah L. Walker
Roslindale
Mass
Old Homestead
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Sebenon Hall
Woolwich
Herbert Munsey
North Woolwich
Day's Ferry
Sagadahoc Ferry
Nequasset
Bath visitors fill local cottages this weekend
Bath residents and relatives gathered at several cottages as visitors from Elm Street, High Street, and Beachmont etc spent Sunday at local homes. Notable arrivals included Mr. and Mrs. Perry Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pratt, and families from Bath and Belmont, with Pooler and Nelson parties also noted.
Gardiner to Deliver Oration at Woolwich Memorial Day
Governor William Tudor Gardiner will give the oration at Woolwich Memorial Day exercises in Mont Sweag church on Monday May 30 at seven o'clock evening. The program includes prayers, a Roll of Honor, and benediction with Rev Mrs Allen and Rev Plinnette Allen among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tudor Gardiner
Mont- Sweag
John Carter
Allen
Wiscasset
Clara Reed
Molson
Amotica
Plinnette Allen
Woolwich Union Calls a Pastor from Reading Mass
Woolwich Union for Christian Service extended a call to Rev. Russell Richardson of Reading Mass to fill the vacancy created by Rev J Benjamin Shaw. The annual meeting at Day's Ferry church heard hopeful remarks about his acceptance. Clarence Baker was elected chairman with John Carter as vice chairman and officers named including secretary Bernice Bailey treasurer Pearl Reed and Gertrude Baker assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Russell Richardson
Reading
Mass
J. Benjamin Shaw
Day
Hyde and Hutchins Win Their Golf Match
Bernard H. Hutchins and John H. Hyde won a best ball 18 hole match at Bath Country Club 3 and 2 over Frank Gilman and George Grant. Hutchins also defeated Gilman 3 and 2 in a separate pro bout as a windy chilly day challenged all players. A gallery watched as Bath led early and held the advantage until the 16th green. Editorial praise of the Please Dont Talk Business placards appears in Maine hotel rooms per the Maine Development Commission notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Bernard H. Hutchins
Bath
John H. Hyde
Bath Club
Frank Gilman
Augusta
George Grant
Hutchins
Bath Links
Maine Hotel Men's Association
Maine Development Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Chase
Anon
Artie
Sss
Mildred Cunningham
mAsome
Shirley Cushman
Lincoln County Union of Women’s Clubs
Wakicoro
State Federation
A. G. Chittenden
Mary Hobson
Westport Town Hall
Gilbert Greenleaf
Walter G. Chase
Judith
Joseph P. Tucker
Josephine
Joseph L. Neal
Skowhegan
Eugene Chase
Gardiner
Joseph Groves
Nina Fowles
O. E
Garrison Hill
Fred Hilton
Cloverdale
Thomas Hall
Percy Nute
Melrose
Mas
Mary Nute
Pleasant Street
Albert Erskine
Anna
Pauline Hilton
Ingersoll
Ruth Jones
Gravesy
Florence Brookings
Packard Leona Weeks
Charitie
Bingen
Phyllis Quinnam
Stcieigbaaol
Fialdtas
Davenport
Mary Bailey
Church School
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Epworth League
Mary Colby
Anne Miete
Miss Miete
Charles E. Titus
Rebekah Lodge
Luther Hall
Edgecomb
Carol McFadden
Seaver Warland
Joan
Old Stone Farm
Sortwell
St. Philip’s
Congregational
Christian Churches of
Rodney W. Roundy
Western Maine
Auburn High Street Church
Wiscasset First Parish Congregational Church
Scarboro
Walnut Hill
Auburn High Street
Woodfords
North Berwick
John Smith
Alna Road
Main Street
George E. Coleman, Jr
Lion's Club
Rotary Club
Damariscotta
Fiske House
Charles E. Pugh
Philadelphia
Sidney W. P. Bean
Arthur Bean
B. N. Packard
Packard's
Lions’ Club
Webber's Tavern
Waldoboro
Donald F. Preble
Optometrist and Optician
Center St
Steeves Market
C. L. Macurda
C. C. Blagdon
John Greenleaf
Federal Street
D. H. Moody
C. J. Marr
Boothbay Harbor
Music Hall
F. F. Dana
C. H. Metcalf
Winslow
John Albee
C.C. Blagdon
John Merry
Joseph Wells
Charlotte Wells
West Buxton
Florence Snell Jones
Priscilla
Braintree
John Wright
Bevis
Spokane
Vermont
New Hampshire
David Stinson
Arrowsic
G. A. Fowles
Ruth
Huff
L. F.” Atwood
L. F.” Atwood’s
Roland Post
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Bath Lads
American Legion Junior Baseball League
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Sree Eeenee
Eveveresensee
Eae Waee Music
Estes
Clinton D. Wilson
Bath Board of Education
Arthur Allen, D. D
Tel
Pleasant St
New Post Office
Sabino
Josephine Cunningham
Eugenie Hunnewell
Walker
Days Ferry
H. P. Hathorne
F. W. Carlton
Mosehead Lake
Chester Dana
Burton Hodgkins
Eben Dana
Reed
Waldron
Thomaston
Delia Card
Center Baptist Ladies’ Aid
John Savage
Alvert Hodgdon
Samuel Moore
Albert Wing
Little Daughter
Bucksport
William Downing
Albert Galloupe
Eva Carlton
Ives
Mark Hennessey
A. M. G. Soule
Auguta
Montsweag
Sara Bailey
Dora Bailey
Harold G. Hall
Harold, Jr
Lamberton
New Rochelle
N. Y
Mon Montsweag
General Participa
Perry Thompson
Elm Street
Alston E. Oliver
Owen Cottage
James H. Thorpe
Anna Butler
Delmar Bates
Bates
Samuel Bates
John Pooler
Waterville
Pooler
Calvin Robinson
Belmont
Aiken Cottage
Woolwich Union
Hyde
Heart of
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