Central Maine Power Co reports 1936 earnings and flood costs
Central Maine Power Co reports a net income of 1,426,863 for the year ending August 31, 1936. The letter notes 96,980 spent to abandon the Bath Gas Plant and 76,064 tied to the March flood. It describes turbine work at Bucksport, Farmingdale plant rehabilitation, drought standby use, and plans to fund construction via bonds, junior securities, depreciation, and surplus earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Walter S. Wyman
Central Maine Power Company
Maine Seaboard Paper Company
Bucksport
Farmingdale
Waterville
Po Marelage Ala Cief
Bath Pee
Ted Raeee
Bae Beesees
Badence
Wiscasset Organ Society to Convene in Vestry
The Organ society of Wiscasset opens its fall season with a meeting at the vestry on Wednesday Oct 14 at two o'clock. Donations are sought and hostesses are Mrs Nina Fowles and Mrs Emily Groves. Various local pastors and Sunday school leaders are noted alongside community happenings, visits, and residents’ movements in town.
West Bath Grangers Hear Olsen Program in Grange Hall
West Bath grange members met for a business session with 92 attending. Mr and Mrs Conrad Olsen of Stratford Conn presented a program featuring singing and travel pictures from a New York to Australia trip on the ship Joseph Conrad. Read quarterly report noting 377 members and four golden sheaf members. dances shifted to Thursdays. next meeting to be a miscellaneous program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Pomona
Grange
Edgar D. Leavitt
Arthur Crockett
Everett G. Lemont
Flora
Jean L. Danforth
Chester T. Lorentsen
National Grange
D. Wallace MacDonald
Alva Peckham
Marion
Mass
Mabel Brown
Hardings
Barbara Freeman
Grace Waterman
Dorothy Waterman
New York
Australia
Joseph Conrad
Villiers
Olsen
Maine
Baxter
Washington and
Pearl Streets
Boothbay Harbor
John M. Howe
Ceres
West Bath Grange
Mr. Howe
the Grange
Olsens
Edward Olsen
Reverend David L Wilson to Return From St Louis Triennial
Reverend David L Wilson of Middle Street will return Thursday from St Louis after attending the Triennial of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Middle Street
St. Louis
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Sacred Heart D of Isabella circle elects officers for year
Sacred Heart circle of Daughters of Isabella met in the D I hall on Tuesday evening to elect officers for the ensuing year. Re-elected: regent Mrs Kronstrand, vice regent Mrs Cummings, financial secretary Mrs McPhee, treasurer Mrs Perry, scribe Mrs McPhee, chancellor Mrs Moses, custodian Mrs Costain, first guide Mrs Sonia, second guide Mrs Sonia, monitor Miss Tatro, banner bearer Mrs Nugent, outer guard Mrs Edgett, inner guard Mrs Arsenault, trustee for three years Mrs O'Hara, organist Mrs Collins. Installation date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
D. of I. Hall
Carl G. Kronstrand
John W. Cummings
William H. McGlinchy
M. Worthley McPhee
Daniel J. Perry
Stephen E. McPhee
Frank E. Moses
John W. Costain
George E. Sonia
John W. Sonia
Eva C. Tatro
Monitor
George J. Nugent
William Edgett
Beatrice Arsenault
Inner Guard
Catherine O'Hara
Lorenzo J. Collins
Franklin M. Talbot
Joseph McCole
Charles Fitzgerald
Alexander Burgess
George McElman
Grace Cunningham
Catherine Kelley
Delia M. Cloutier
George Nugent
Lafayette
Portland
Resolutions Honor Ellen R Warren of Laurel Grove Cemetery
The Bath Independent reports heartfelt resolutions by Laurel Grove Cemetery Association upon the death of Ellen R Warren. The document notes her roles as incorporator, benefactor, church leader, long time musical director and organist, and dedicated teacher. It states sympathy to her family, requests publication, and honors her as a faithful servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reaper of Death
Ellen R. Warren
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Pacific
Bath
Maine
Bath Independent
Albert Hathorn
Flora A. Hathorn
J. Edna Rice
Memorial resolutions for Anna M Soule and Percy Bailey
Devine Providence reports the Grover Cemetery Association grieving the loss of longtime benefactor Anna M Soule and acknowledges her support for cemetery upkeep and rural school teaching. The council notes sorrow, offers sympathy, and resolves to record the resolutions and send copies to the Bath Independent for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Independent
Flora A. Hathorn
Anna M. Soule
Percy C. Bailey
West Bath social notes reflect church visits and travels
In West Bath a steady stream of visitors coincides with church life. Rev Ernest Heywood called on Mrs Ester Stackpole, while Mrs William H Holland hosted relatives and friends. A long local group traveled through the White Mountains and New England, visiting Franconia Crawford Notches Plymouth Montreal Quebec and St Johnsbury. Various residents, including Miss Barbara Fisher and John Larrabee, attended the Lincoln-Gagadahoo Teachers association convention in Waldoboro. A number of illnesses and recoveries are noted, with Mrs Joseph W Larrabee convalescing from pneumonia under Dr DeForest Day care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Holland
Alton C. Berry
Woolwich
Barbara E. Fisher
Littlefield School
John F. Larrabee
Lowell School
Waldoboro
Lincoln-Gagadahoo County
Henry McClearn
Portland
Fryeburg
Woodside Inn
Mayo
Maude Woodside
White Mountains
Franconia
Crawford Notches
Plymouth
N. H
St. Johnsbury
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Quebec
Jackman
Bingham
Beatrice Rose
Rosedale Farm
Doris Crocker
Upper Washington Street
Bath
Ernest Rose
Jackie
Ernest Henry Rose
John Kenney
Edward Kenney
Hazel Heath
Everett S. Stackpole
Sanford's Crossing Road
C. Callahan
Brockton
Mass
Mary D. Stackpole
Old Orchard
Brunswick
Mildred Strout
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
DeForest
Wiscasset
Paul Fischer
Frank W. Daniels
Birch Point
Malden
S U V Auxiliary Elects New Officers
Officers of the Auxiliary to T. W. Hyde camp Sons of Union Veterans were elected at the annual meeting in G A R hall and will be installed in January following a date change at the national convention in Washington. Delegates and alternates to department and national conventions were named, with additional notices of visits and a local contract club gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans
G. A. R. Hall
Washington
Alice Rideout
Mabel Ansert
Velma Crocker
Florence M. Robinson
Jennie C. Garey
Frances L. Miller
Gertrude Stewart
Lucelia Blake
Edith Miller
Mary Gallant
Minnie Cressey
Nellie Swett
Asenith Haggett
Department
Pomona Grange Meets in Woolwich
Sagadahoc County Pomona met in Woolwich for the September session with 104 present to hear state master F Ardine Richardson and Mrs Richardson. Pro tem officers, census taken, and discussions covered marketing versus production methods and compulsory automobile insurance. The October meeting is set for Bodwell grange, Small Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Woolwich Grange
Ardine Richardson
Strong
Richardson
Flora
Harry Rackley
Topsham
Ralpherie
Dromore
Emma Ferguson
Merrymeeting
Gwendolyn Tarr
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Elfreda M. Perkins
Amelia Williams
O. E. Rogers
West Bath
Lorenzo Massee
Dirigo
E. C. Patten
C. B. Smith
Old Virginny
the Grange
Bodwell
Five Islands
Bernice Sturtevant
John H. Carter
Grange
Charles Thompson, Jr
Rebecca Rogers
Enterprise
Charles M. White
Augusta
White
Merrymeeting Grange
Mary Hunnewell
Woolwich
Carter
Thompson
Anna Soule
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Woolwich Pioneers Hear Talks On Success And Jesus
In Woolwich 27 attendees plus Rev and Mrs Rand joined a Friday discussion on the sect What Is Success. A social followed as a planning group met to consider a new name for a young people organization. October services focus on Jesus with Rally and Loyalty Sunday upcoming. Various local congregations and residents were noted visiting, hosting, and attending events at Montsweag, Woolwich Center, and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand
Woolwich
Jesus
Willard Rand
Ernest Heywood
Bath
Oakland
Moday
Montsweag
Woolwich Center
Arthur Broulette
Dresden
Wilbur Tibbetts
Gardiner
Ellery E. Whittemore
Elizabeth
Grace
Herbert J. Leeman
East Woolwich
William Robson
David
Miriam
Raymond
Etta Mary
Nequasset
George W. Shaw
Asa Hathorne
Frank J. Walker
Swampscott
Mass
Maxine Walker
Boston
Bleike Reed
Flushing
L. I
Percy Bailey
Charles Rogers
C. P. Hall
Alden Farnham
Little Son
Boothbay Harbor
Wardwell Cottage
Clayton Stinson
Eveyson Stinson
Woolwich Grange Boosters Night Draws Large Crowd
Woolwich Grange held a gala Boosters night on September 30 with a full hall. The program featured the officers march, white outfits, songs, a flag drill by Murphy's Corner pupils, talks by Rev Henry E Weston and Rev Willard Rand, and musical numbers including saxophone, piano and recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Leverett Welch
William Robson
William Bradford
Albert Smith
Grange
Murphy’s Corner School
Jessie Spaulding
Bath
Willard Rand
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Farmer
Arthur Williams
Maurice Shea
Ruth Leeman
Amelia Williams
Elder Robson
John Carter
Personal Notes from Bath Area Summer Residents
A series of brief notices details residents returning from or traveling to seasonal homes. Dora L. Howard and spouse left Five Islands for Middle Street. Alice Reynolds Emile Le Cour and Katherine Ward of Brookline Mass returned after a Bath summer. Mabel O Hara Athana Congdon of New England Tel are on vacations. William Curran and wife two weeks with sister in Wollaston. Elisha Bridges and daughter Marion of Popham Beach visiting Mrs. Page Wyman. Mrs. Robert Fulton of Portland returned after visiting relatives. Mrs. Frank W. Perkins of High Street vacationing in White Mountains with her steel salesman husband. Roscoe Higgins and family from York Street joined Bath residents visiting the White Mountains over weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora L. Howard
Five Islands
Middle Street
Alice Reynolds
Emile le Cour
Katherine Ward
Brookline
Mass
Bath
Mabel O’hara
Athana Congdon
New England Tel, & Tel Co
William Curran
Bath Street
Wollaston
Curran
Maurice Wood
Elisha Bridges
Marion
Popham Beach
Page Wyman
Mechanic Street
Robert Fulton
Portland
Leland Mitchell
Donald Hopkins
Corliss Street
Frank W. Perkins
High Street
Morse High Invades Brunswick In Armistice Clash
About 500 Bath students and townsfolk travel to Brunswick for Morse high school football against the Orange and Black at Edwards field. The expected 1,500 attendance includes Bath and Brunswick fans with a band, rival cheerleaders, and postgame plans. Morse aims to avenge last Armistice Day 6 0 win as Brunswick seeks revenge and a snake dance in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Morse High
Orange and Black
Edwards’ Field
Bath
Rooters
American Legion Band of
Morse
Brunswick High School
College Town
Brunswick Warriors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Gas
Organ Society
Nina Fowles
Emily Groves
Charles
Lowder
C. H. McElhiney
Damariscotta
First Congregational Church
Congregational
Roger Dow
Clarence Gough
Gladys W. Sherman
Ruth M. Jones
Bertha Wright
Beverley Hamlin
Ruth Simonton
Charles S. Sowder
Vinton Dow
Raymond Sherman
Grace Beane
Elsie Bailey
Olive Tarbox
Verna Southard
John F. Jackson
Bernard Merry
Clarence A. Peaslee
George H. Bemis
Carolyne S. Varney
Alice D. Taylor
Mary Hobson
Sarah D. Varney
Grace L. Knight
Warren
Josephine Plumstead
M. A. Plumstead
Woman's Club of
Roy R. Marston
Lawrence H. Marston
Jennie Webber
John Blagdon
Addie Merry
Harold Bickford
Alvin W. Keirstead
Charles L. Woodworth
Canada
Samuel J. Sewall
Charles E. Pugh
Mr. Pugh
Ithan
N. Y
Sewall
New Haven
Josephine
Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers’ Association
Joseph Kennedy
Providence
Ira Redonnett
Bradford C. Redonnett
Hodge Street
Mary Rafter
Bath Road
Washington, D. C
Allen Carroll Berry
Carroll T. Berry
Pleasant Street
New York City
O. H. Best
England
Mr. Berry
Creamer
Frank A. Creamer
Washington Street
Lee Porter
Whitefield
J. C. DiPerri
Nova Scotia
Jessie Quinnam
Frank R. Hodgdon
Frank Frey
A. H. Dodge
Federal Street
Leonard Boynton
Lewis’ Spa
Edgecomb
Wiscasset Bridge
Robert E. Merry
A. J. Myer
H. B. Nash
Joseph Coffin
M. A. Griffin
Women’s Auxiliaries of Episcopal Churches
Nellie Carlin
Marcia Angell
Mrs. Carlin
H. H. Blinn
Eva
Rowe
Bangor
A. H. Applin
Belfast
Francena White
Caroline O'Brien
Cecil Holmes
8. Evans
Donald Petrie
Mholbrook House
Sol Holbrook
Main Street
Winona Leavitt
Frances Plumstead
Marjorie Monto
Elaine
Entrest
Isabellas
Wesley M. E. Church
Everst
Stackpole
Asa A. Wilson
Lincoln Street
Wilson
Albert Clark
Carrie French
Columbia Falls
Stanley J. Bickle
United States Treasury Department
North Street
Henry Bickle
South End
Harry W. Crosman
Pomona Grange
John G. Morse
Winnegance
Lena Shepard
Harry Ring
Elizabeth Coombs
Charles Hewitt, Jr
John Taylor
Babcock
Norfolk, Va
Washburn Street
W. S. Voorhees
Poland Spring House
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
New England
Mr. Voorhees
Bath-Augusta
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