Wiscasset Society Notices Highlight Holidays and Local News
Wiscasset hosts at Organ Society meeting with Christmas sale planned for Dec 13 and a supper. Town reports frequent visits, church services, Y M C A trip news, and social events with residents including Spinney, Haggett, Larrabee, and Moore. Governor Brann, Judge Powers, and local workers featured in recent town affairs.
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Francena White
Alice D. Taylor
Georgianna Lilly
Organ Society
Ernest G. Spinney
Bombay
N. Y
Henry W. Webb
Mary Hobson
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Bath
First Congregational Church
Miss Hobson
Ruth Jones
Christian Endeavor Society
Forest Lew
Donald Morang
Auburn
Clarence A. Richards
Portland
Granville Moulton
Lawrences B. Hargett
Dateliter
Haggett
Norman Lundy
K. Murray Senter
Salem
Wiscasset
Farl Dow
Hooper
Richard Rines
Lin
George Lincoln
Mrs. Dyer
Hooper Street
Massachusetts
Virginia Elliott
Damariscotta
Virginia Peas
Madison Moore
Roy Dow
Carrie Clark
R.N
James Chuk
Clark's Point
Harry Quinnam
Cleveland Quinnam
Arthur Rines
Rinces
Vincent Spear
Gardiner
Blue Lodge of Masons
Woman's Club of
Langdon T. Snipe
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Lawrence B. Haggett
California
Herbert Powers
Superior Court
Legion Civic Club
Judge Powers
Bernice Webber
Katherine Gibbs
Boston
Benjamin Webber
Frank Quinnam
Josephine Plumstead
Birch Point
Walter Leavitt
Topsham
Lawrence Duprey
Ipswich
Mass
Frank RR
Hadgdon
Westport Road
Duprey
Alice Hadgdon
Vivian Ciiles
Harvey R. Pease
Rockland
Bangor
Louis J. Brann
Harald Campbell
Main Street
Augustus Burnham
Maine Eye and Ear
Selectmen’s
Local church events and town notices in Wiscasset
Community plans and discussions on Civil Works Admin plans. Mrs Palmer moves into her Birch Point bungalow with son Frederick. Knight retires from grocery business after 50 years. Episcopal communion observance and parish activities scheduled at St. Philip's church. Wiscasset Larger Parish services listed with a Full program and youth reports from the Older Boy's Conference.
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Civil Works Administration
Budget Committee
W. H. Palmer
Berry
Birch Point
Connecticut
Bath
George W. Carleton
Charles E. Knight
Mr. Knight
Knight
Episcopal Church
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
St. Philip's Church
Daisy Stevens
Sewall Metcalf
Boston
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Epworth League
Wiscasset
Charles E. Titus
Henry Crane
Elbridge Verney
Olavi Miete
Thanksgiving notes and rail work in Wiscasset area
A December 1 1894 note from Sheepscot Echo lists Thanksgiving visits by Miss Annie Sawyer Miss Vernie Blagdon Miss Florence Snell and others to friends in Boston Amherst and Newcastle. It reports a half planked Erskine wharf a major railroad construction push with rails shipments to port and a plan to operate to Weeks Mills by January.
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Old Files
Sheepscot Echo
Annie Sawyer
Vernie Blagdon
Boston
Florence A. Snell
Amherst
Mass
Horace Rhines
Turkey
Charles Sewall
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Lillian Shortwell
Newcastle
Erskine Wharf
Louisa Lincoln
Kents Hill Seminary
C. T. Burroughs
FE. T. Hedge
H. W. Haw
James E. Ballard
Freeport
Arnold Greenleaf
Abril C. Greenleaf
J. H. Greenleaf
Will Bailey
Alden Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Wiscasset
Theodore Cutten
Cambridge
Theodore H. Cutten
Danforth Street
Leander Baker
Providence
R. I
Frank S. Lambert
Somerville
L. L. Lowell
Samuel Groves
Thomas A. Lowell
Lowell
Sheepscot
C. P. Knight
North Whitefield
Whitefield
Jefferson
Weeks Mills
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Echoes Thanksgiving Visits
November 28 1908 notes show Mrs DeForrest Day in Portland Isaac Jackson at home for Thanksgiving visitors from Boston Lewiston Bath and other towns Miss Flora Farr from Portland and Miss Linnie Page from East Edgecomb attend in town Local Creamery stores ice near Edgecomb and a whale sighting near Davis Island noted as a monster sighting with motor boat chase historic Davis Island whale episode also mentions George Bemis linked to Hotel North and a state register of deeds meeting in Augusta.
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Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
Woolwich
Flora Farr
Portland
Henry Cowley
Newburyport
Mass
Henry Nichols
North Reading
L. W. Gibbs
Parker Lewis
Little Daughter
Bath
R. M. Pierce
Bates College
Morrell
Waterville
W. F. Merrill
Rudolph Rowland
Frank J. Bragdon
Alice Bragdon
Abner Blair
Edward Blair
Turner Center Creamery Association
Edgecomb
Davis Island
Shipbuilding on the Clyde Topic of an Able Talk
Central church Men's Club hosted John Wishart from Bath Iron Works to discuss Clyde shipbuilding his Bailey school charts and shipyard history. He compared Cunarder Lusitania Mauretania dimensions, described launching on the Clyde, and shared Scottish stories. A 40-seat supper preceded the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
John Wishart
Central Church
Bath Iron Works
Bailey Evening School
Mr. Wishart
Lusitania
Mauretania
Tom Huston
Sidney Lermond
Fred Fuller
Maurice Haynes
Marius Page
William Small
Gene and Mother Await Pie Breathing In Oven
Gene and her mother anxiously watch the oven for the first pie as Gene jokes that it is still breathing when the door opens. The Indianapolis News captures a light domestic moment.
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Gene
Indianapolis News
Rotary welcomes District Governor Moulton at Bath luncheon
Warren J. Moulton D D of Bangor district governor of the 38th district spoke at the Bath Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Phoenix. He urged club attendance at the upcoming district conference in Bangor May 15 16 and noted plans for the next international convention in Detroit. He highlighted illiteracy reduction efforts and praised Aroostook farmers for repaying 60 percent of crop loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Warren J. Moulton
Bangor
Moulton
Bangor Theological Seminary
Waterville
Aroostook
Department of Education
Washington
Rotary
Maine
Sagadahoc
Harry T. Passmore
Edward Sewall
Marius Page
Rev. S. H. Perkins Dies Suddenly in Lynchburg
Mrs. Emma Jacobs of Bath learns of the sudden death of her brother Rev. S. H. Perkins in Lynchburg Virginia at age 73 from angina pectoris. A Brunswick native, he led Inglewood Baptist Church since 1928 after serving College Hill Baptist. He belonged to Odd Fellows Junior Order of United Mechanics and United Commercial Travelers. He is survived by his wife three sons and three sisters.
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Emma Jacobs
Bath
Lynchburg
H. Perkins
Brunswick
Henry
Martha Dunning Perkins
Inglewood Baptist Church
College Hill Baptist Church
Odd Fellows, Junior Order of
United Mechanics
United Commercial Travelers
Miss Lina Sewall Funeral Held in Winter Park
The funeral of Miss Lina G. Sewall, daughter of the late Gen. Fred D. Sewall, who died Thursday in Winter Park Florida, was held Wednesday at Winter Street Church. Rev Horace Holton of Brockton and Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with organ music by Mrs Carl Albee and Miss Sewall's cousin. Honorary bearers included Mayor Lord and doctors Gordon Berry Lincoln Hill Spear and Ledyard. Burial followed at Maple Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lina G. Sewall
Fred D. Sewall
Winter Park
Fla
Winter Street Church
Carl Albee
Sewall
Horace Holton
D. D
Brockton
Mass
Joseph O. Purdue
Mayor Lord
Gordon Berry
Worcester
James O. Lincoln
Fred D. Hill
Allan Spear
Owen J. Ledyard
Maple Grove
Newspaper Woman Questions Gov Ritchie
A Maryland governor Albert C. Ritchie faced a sharp exchange with a rookie reporter at a press conference. She grilled him about life guidance and Russian novels, prompting his quip that he is a bachelor and cannot answer for posterity.
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Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Perus
Ritchie
Gov. Ritchie
Dance draws good crowd in West Bath Grange Hall
West Bath Grange Hall hosted a well attended Thursday dance with Miss Anne K. Quinn and Kenneth Smith organizing. Prizes in the spot waltz went to Howard O. Nash and partner as local musicians provided entertainment.
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West Bath Grange Hall
The
Grange
Anne K. Quinn
Kenneth Smith
Howard O. Nash
Edwin W. Haggett
Harold L. Safford, Jr
Graham White
Herbert A. Henderson
David Neilson
New York City
Walter H. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Neilson
Dorothy Wright
Joseph M. Lemont
Haggett
James B. Lemont
Bazin and
Paul
Edward A. Footer
Footer
Upper High Street
Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Emily
Charles L. Haggett
West Bath
Arthur C. Lemont
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Lexington
Edwin H. Hutdin
Lemont
Dorchester
Sue Mackie
Paul Palmer
West Roxbury
Wendell D. Williams
Needham Heights
Mass
Campbell's Pond
Ernest E. Williams
Helen H. Rogers
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Saco
Clementine K. Burns
Dwinal E. Cornish
Farle C. Donnell
Portland
Electric Boat Co
Groton, Conn
June A
Helen Eskilson
Brunswick Grammar School
December Weather Ahead Says Sam Morrill Forecasts Snow
Lewiston meteorologist Sam Morrill cautions a cold stormy December with notable snow by Christmas. He predicts normal to below normal temperatures, three storm peaks from the 1st to 7th, 12th to 18th, and 24th to 30th, and a fair but cold finish. He also notes a possible earthquake event between the 13th and 20th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Morrill
Lewiston
Sam
Bath to Spend 16100 on Athletic Field Improvements
The city plans a 16100 appropriation to upgrade Kelley Athletic Field by adding a cinder running track and improving the baseball diamond. The project aims to provide a proper track for youths, with past efforts and recent improvements noted. Vera Tozier Anderson is ill at the City hospital.
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Bath
Kelley
Ernest F. Kelley
McKay Park
Lincoln Street
Mill Pond
Park and Cemetery Department
Vera Tozier Anderson
City Hospital
School Improvement League entertains with plays and music
The Sagadahoc Ferry school audience enjoyed a radio broadcast style program featuring three plays including Pennies Grow and Unthankful Thankful, recitations, vocal and instrumental numbers. Cast lists highlighted many children with Harold Strout and Barbara Genthner among performers, plus a quartet and violin solo by local musicians.
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SPS
Sagadahoc Ferry School
Grocer
Enes
Harold Strout
Theodore Molson
Kenneth Churchill
Mila Orr
Ruth Presley
Geraldine Rice
Ray
Patricia Strout
Dorothy Reed
Edward Orr
Kenneth Grant
Mildred Foote
William Molson
Paul Sylvester
Kenneth Sylvester
Ray Loundsbury
Faustina Reed
Waldo Dexter
Hartley Loundsbury
Sarah Reed
Jennie Molson
Mi&le
Everson Stinson
William Robson
Bertram Crocker
Walter Swank
Joan H. Carter
Nelson Rice
Marilyn Hatch
Ruth Reynolds
Skelton Elected to Executive Bankers NRA Code Committee
William L. Skelton assistant treasurer of Bath Trust Co was elected to the executive committee of the Bankers NRA Code committee at a Group 2 bankers meeting covering Androscoggin Franklin and Oxford counties plus Bath and Brunswick in Lewiston. The group aims to standardize service charges and act as a clearing house for member banks with state committee approval led by Daniel T. Dougherty of Bath. FE Parker Lewiston presides E H Morrison Wilton VP BE L Wellman Auburn secretary treasurer and the trio plus W H Farrar Brunswick L M Irish Rumford complete the nine member executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Skelton
Bath Trust Co
Bankers Nra Code Committee
Bankers of Group 2
Androscoggin
Franklin
Oxford
Bath
Brunswick
Lewiston
Bath Clearing House
Daniel T. Dougherty
FE. E. Parker
E. H. Morrison
Wilton
BE. L. Wellman
Auburn
W. H. Farrar
L. M. Irish
Rumford
Allen M. Irish
Mr. Skelton
Limit For Changing Enrollments In Municipal Elections
The article notes a rush of possible party enrollment changes ahead of municipal, primary, and state elections with deadlines already passed for caucus participation. It explains enrollment changes affect partisan nomination eligibility and clarifies that enrollment does not restrict ballot casting.
Woolwich Union Plans Social and Services in Sagadahoc Ferry
A Woolwich Union for Christian Service social is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in Sebenon hall Sagadahoc Ferry to aid Woolwich Union. Entertainment arranged by Rev Walter Swank George Wright Harold Gilmore and Lewis Cooper with refreshments by Mrs Nelson Rice and Mrs Edward V Reed.
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Loring K. Soule
Richard Hunne‘well
Harold Ghaw
Newman Getchell
Daisy Wilson
Plinette Allen
Pred Soule
Alton Berry
Arthur ‘Williams
George Stickney
Sebenon Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woowich
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
C. P. Hall
Perley Roode
Dresden
John Reed
Bar Harbor
Benjamin Shaw
New Harbor
Shaw
Edward V. Reed
Red Cross
Sagadahoc
Jameson
Waldron
Julius Reed
David G. Reed
Sebenca Hall
Frank J. Walker
Swampscott
Mass
John W. Brown
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nequasset
Edward Holbrook
A. W. Hall
Bath
R. J. Gilmore
Lawrence Putnam
Modshea
Lake
Union For Christian Service
Walter Swank
George Wright
Harold Gilmore
Lewis Cooper
Edithe Rice
Pearl Reed
Ruth Reynolds
Wesley Ladies Aid Plans Christmas Sale and Rummage Event
The Wesley church ladies plan a rummage sale at the vestry on Friday, Dec 8 with an all day meeting. A combined Christmas sale with the Sorority is set for Dec 15 at two in the afternoon featuring a supper and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Wesley Church
Fred R. Cahill
South Street
Fred Quimby
Charles E. Ripley
Fred Cahill
Edward P. Rice
William Davis
Edward Cook
Joan O. McBean
William Coombs
Merton O. Wibber
Harris T. Rodick
Oliver Brown
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Carrie Sampson
Wilfred C. Trott
Ripley
Pred Cahill
Quimby
Abner C. Johnson
William W. Hosmer
Rice
John Gage
George A. Cahill
D. Wy- He Lemont
Porest L. Littlefield
Gardiner Hosts Maine Grand Chapter Reception Attends
Mr and Mrs Henry G Shaw and other Genesta members attended a reception in Gardiner for Norman H Trafton chosen as Worthy Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of Maine. Nearly 400 guests from 25 Maine chapters filled Shrine hall for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G Shaw
Paul G. Pagdikian
Luther S&s. Thomypeon
Catherine E. Leonard
Mabelle S. Pullerton
Ruby P. Pullerton
Genesta
Gardiner
Norman H. Trafton
Grand Chapter
Maine
O. FE
Homn
Marion
Mraz. Shaw
Shrine Hall
Mrs Delia Lempson Improves After Providence Hospital Surgery
Friends report Mrs Delia Lempson of Edward Street is recovering daily after a recent operation at Providence Hospital Rhode Island. She now rests at her sister’s home in Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Lempson
Edward Street
Providence. R. I. Hospital
Providence
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West Bath Grange
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Olney C. Perry
George Wallace
Gertrude F. Wallace
Gertrude E. Wallace
Edna Antworth
Josephine L. Hamblen
Wilhelmina M. Gackenbach
Albert H. Thompson
Carolyn
Thompson
Reginald T. Burns
Melvina Vachon
Arthur E. J .,Jr
David A. Vachon
Frank Wavester Jr
Harold J. Footer
Scott M. Golder
Mary C. Golder
Kenneth Brown
Doris McKay
Annie J. S. Lemont
Almon R. Perry
Doris Holbrook
Charles B. Doyle
State Grange
Sidney Holbrook
S. H. Perkins
Morrill
School Improvement League
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