Wiscasset Woman Keeps Busy At 95 Knit Socks For Red Cross
Mrs Lucy Jackson marked her 95th birthday while knitting 380 pairs of socks for the Red Cross and assisting community work. The issue also notes gifts for Tuey Jackson, a veteran of local charity and social events, plus town news on railroad directors, local trips, and community happenings across Wiscasset and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Jackson
The
Red Cross
Tuey Jackson
Birch Point
Eiveheen
Davis
Javehsen Tars
Dirckson
Local Gentry Juggle Gunning Jaunts and Visits
Street notes list residents and visitors such as W T Pottle, Charles Dunton, Clifton Munsey, Earl Kines and son Dann, Pauline Rines, Adie Dodge, Mabel Dodge, Marl Rines, Blagdon family, Wilson Bhigdon, Mrs Ernest Stone, Ines Sherman, Rev Wentworth. Trips include Shirley Mills, Edgecomb, the Forks, and California with a mix of health checks and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines Sherman
Federal Street
Boc. Wentworth
Old Orchard
Boothbay
Wentworth Wis
Methodist Church
Maine P T A Members Active This Week in State
Maine Parent Teacher Association groups are active with Mrs. Charles Ree of Denver and Washington D C visiting, institutes in Bangor and Portland, and the state meeting in Portland led by newly named president Mrs. Joseph W Pamlin. North Center and South End groups are represented, with lectures, receptions, and literature to promote child welfare and parent teacher work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicles
Maine
Charles Ree
Denver
Washington
DD. Co
Bangor
Porthind
Joseph W. Pamlin
Bolh
North Center
Leroy Calby
Seth So Malling
Charles J. Farnham
John
South End
Williaa 11
Small
Mes
Gratz Dacksan
Carrell A Deering
Jetaned
Porthid High School
Reeons
Augustus Thom
Butler
Pital
Roe
Pellowins
Blamlin
Portland High School
Adelbert W. Gordon
Maine Teachers’ Association
Orsan. “Child Welfare
Discussion On Role Of Men In The Grange Candy Kisses Draw Audience
Wee Bath gras women meet to discuss what use brothers of the grange have in the group. The session included songs, a character reading, cello solo, tableaux titled Autumn, and a bean bag contest. The program featured Lillian Rogers Carrie Carey Elin J. Doug, with performances by Iva Hagan Mercie McFadden and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Wee Bath Gras
Lillian Rogers
Harriet Poney
Jeet
Brothers
The
Ligsie
Carrie Carey
Elin J. Doug
Sia
Phepe Ward
Iva Hagan
Dreris McKay
Mercie McFadden
Lacey Ward
Dye Hagan
Doris MeKua
Vesta Thnckley
Amy Trish
Thelmn Oliver
Lizzie Haggett
Weston Lo Bouney
Andie Stackpole
Harriet Bonney
Millie Morse
Bertha Scott
Livtie Hargett
Annie Stackpole
Surprise Shower for Nequasset Couple at Parish Hall
About thirty members of the Men's Forum and the Woman's Auxiliary surprised Mr and Mrs Glenwood Brown at their Par Was presented to Mr and Mrs Brown and several other gifts. Music and a social time were enjoyed. A large birthday cake was given to Mr Brown whose birthday is this coming Sunday. Ice cream cake and crackers were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Forum
Woman's Auxiliary of
Nequasset
Glenwood Brown
North Bath couple marks fortieth wedding anniversary
A northeast gale failed to deter guests from celebrating Elmer J. Rich and Rose Ring Rich in North Bath. Friends gathered at the Rich home for a Hoth anniversary eve with Hallowe'en decorations, a gas lamp gift, and a supper featuring fruit cocktail, chicken salad, nuts, coffee, ice cream and cake. The couple’s four children include Reuben Rich and David B. Rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer J. Rich
Beyroad
North Bath
Thomas E. Werkins
West Bath
Reuben Rich
Waltham
Mass
David BK. Rich
Rich
Mero
Ivan Small
Corinna
Harry EK
Bath Iron Works Now Organized Corporation
Certificate of Incorporation approved for Bath Iron Works Corporation to be organized at Augusta. Purpose: build, operate, buy and sell ships and related equipment. Capital stock: $10000 preferred of $100 par, 5000 common of no par, five common shares subscribed. Directors: John E. Nelson president, FE. M. Hill treasurer, John KE. Wilson clerk, M. B. Coffin, K.M. Verham, all of Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Augusta
John E. Nelson
FE. M. Hill
John KE. Wilson
M. B. Coffin
K.M. Verham
Obituary of Vera M. Glidden 48 in Bath City Hospital
Vera M Glidden wife of Harry Glidden of 12 Newdoemsy street died Friday afternoon at City hospital where she had been a patient the last five weeks She was born in St Louis daughter of Mr and Mrs George Loueh Came to Bath 20 years ago where she had resided Destant relatives in St Louis other than her husband are the ents survivors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Weeks
Mary Sal Piimedyn
Prancena Ware
Puesday
St Petersburg
Charles Day
Jetfie Devine
Vianney
Perur Point Staehey
Wheakston
Treat Vis
Heorge Choands
Nigusta
Mirroughs Stinson
Hier Lom
Chirenee Hichards Aire
Webbers Tavern
Parnam
Othe Bank
Knight Price
Federal Street
Miro Paruhan
Thames
Mero
Charles “P) Ratley
New York
California
Moss Alexel Main
Boston
Wiscasset, Waterville and
Parmington
Col O
Laurence Hagsett
Benjamin Webber
Frank Uhassett
Edward Clink
Wilmington
Delote Mar
J. B. Plumstead
Amd
Foof
Pendleton
Charles Knight
Albert
Somes
TH Wo Webb
George Swain
Portland
Bilis
McCarty
Main Street
Vera M. Glidden
Harry Glidden
Newdoemsy Street
City Hospital
St. Louis
George Loueh
Bath
Ents
Death notices Raymond Rogers eight year old Attleboro boy
Mrs Ernest W.B. Heald of Meehouse Street reported the death of her nephew Raymond Rogers eight year old son of Walter and Winnie Rogers of Attleboro Mass. Infantile paralysis caused the death after three days illness. The body was taken to the funeral home of Fred O S Curtis. Funeral services followed the arrival of the afternoon train and burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest WB. Heald
Meehouse
Heiday
Raymond Rogers
Walter
Winnie Rogers
Attleboro
Mass
Fred O S. Curtis
Oak Grove
Atheadres
Obituary: George V Oliver of Bath Dies in Cleveland Home
George V Oliver a Bath native died Thursday morning at his daughter Mrs Carel Capen’s home in Cleveland after a long illness. He was a son of the late John Oliver and worked many years in the machinist’s department at Bath Iron Works. Survived by daughter and two sons John and George Oliver of New Bedford Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George V Oliver
Bath
Carel Capen
Cleveland
Tle
John Oliver
Bath Tren
John
George Oliver
New Bedford
Mas
Obituary: Mrs Susan C Hagan Dies at 82 in Georgetown
Mrs Susan C Hagan, 82, died at her Georgetown home Saturday. A daughter of John and Caroline Snowman McFadden, she lived in Georgetown all her life. The funeral was from her Georgetown Center home Monday at 2 PM with burial at Vive Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan. Hagan
Georgetown
John
Caroline Snowman McFadden
Georgetown Center
Vive Islands
George Oliver Funeral Arrives from Cleveland
The body of George B. Oliver arrived from Cleveland Ohio on Saturday morning. Funeral services were held at 11 am in the rooms of Fred S. Curtis, undertaker, conducted by Rev. David L. Wisen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George BE. Oliver
Cleveland
Ohio
Fred S. Curtis
David L. Wisen
West Bath Red Cross Meets at Grange Hall
West Bath Red Cross held an all day session at the Grange hall after a weather postponement. Volunteers tacked an entire quilt and sewed children’s clothes for winter. Dinner duties were led by Mrs. Laura Lemont with a hospitality group. A new committee for the next meeting was named including Mrs. Annie Wylie Stackpole and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
The
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Mabel Williams
Julia Johnson
Lillian Hiesmer
Bath
Charles Oliver
John Cavaniaugh
Georgia Glass
Charles M. Bachelder
Henry Adams
William HH. White
Abner Johnson
William Hosmer
Lowell
Nan Brown
Porthiavel
J. R. Brown
Alfred Trask
Lisbon
Ald
Fred C. Gerrish
William A. Brown
Brunswick
J. Everett Mayo
J.C. Bearse
Sanford
Augusta Pitts
Virw
FE. R. Brown
Annie Lee
Boston
Lee
Anna Lee
Ella Lee
Malden
Mass
Friends
Alma Palmer
Statford Crossing
John Higgins
Frank Higgins
William Plarding
Isaac Trofant
Hardings
Framingham
Tlenry Brown
Mary
William Davis
Clarence DePew
Byehton
Walter Boiler
Eleanor Bates
Oscar Latadenn O
Porthind
Bates
Samuel PL Bates
Sabine
Qie
Boys’ and Girls Agricultural Club
Charles Astman
Auburn
Eastbein
Joseph W. Larrabee
Ernest I. Williams
William Bailey
Dover-Poxcroft
Annie Stackpole
Ernest EB. Willisms
Harry Peterson
Porth
Helen Rogers
Gorham Normal School
L. D. Rogers
Charles I. Dolliver
Lewiston
Fred W. Larrabee
Belle Donnell
Asaniee Small
Portland
Llewellyn Rogers
Former Bath excursionist marks Kennebec crossing
William H. Litchfield of Portland, a Bath native and former resident, joined others to cross the Kennebec by bridge on Monday morning. He recalled Woolwich to Rockland train beginnings in the Knox Lincoln era, and noted the City of Rockland ferry could not handle crowds. Litchfield left Bath 46 years ago and served 31 years as a Portland letter carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec — Bridge
William H. Litchfield
Portland
Litchfield
Brunswick
Woolwich
Rockland
Knox & Lincoln
City of
Bridge Directors Plan Woolwich Land Purchase Centered In Plaza
Kennebec bridge directors and State Highway Commission members met in Bath to approve locating the administration building in the Woolwich plaza and to buy 100 foot by 50 foot land strips on both sides of the plaza approaches for protection. The move aims to prevent vendor stands from blocking traffic and to provide parking for travelers. Routine ticket sales and collection matters were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Bridge
George B. Wood
Rockland
State Highway Commission
Bath
Woolwich Plaza
Bridge Gate and Signals for River Span Safety
A crossing gate will sit on the highway deck of the new bridge and drop when the draw span rises for river traffic. Automatic roadway signals will illuminate at night to tell drivers Stop or Go. Signals and gates activate during span raising, with Stop displayed before the gate lowers, then Go after the span lowers and the gate rises. Rail safety signals will guard against train plunges when the span is raised.
Bath Water District Faces Revenue Loss From Ferry Remove
The Bath Water District will lose significant revenue as the Bath-Woolwich ferries are removed. Ferdinando Gorges pays about $100 for water with monthly bills around $75. Water used by locomotives in Bath and Woolwich will shift to Brunswick, their new headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Bath-Woolwich
Ferdinando Gorges
Bath
Woolwich
Brunswick
Additional Inventory in Davenport Estate in Sagadahoc Probate
A second distribution in the Davenport estate was filed in Sagadahoc county probate court by trustees William Shorey J Edward Drake and Arthur J Dunton. The new inventory totals 82548550 bringing executors total distributions to trustees to 164119779. Judge Walter S Glidden allowed the inventory. Other probate actions include petitions for probate and administration, bonds filed and approved and accounts filed for multiple estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Davenport
Sagadahoc County
William §. Shorey
J. Edward Drake
Arthur J. Dunton
Walter S. Glidden
Elizabeth W. Purington
Topsham
Walter M. Williams
Charles H. Bates
West Bath
Wilton G. Bates
Catherine Trott
Woolwich
Carleton E. Trott
Alvah G. Silva
Phippsburg
Cordelia Silva Gillis
William F. Small
Bowdoinham
L. A. Jack
Bath National Bank
L. Theresa Moses
Bath
George P. Keith
Erwin
Turner
Charlotte S. Turner
Edward W. Bridgham
Hiram C. Cornish
Augusta’ M. Coombs
William D. Coombs
Patriotic Daughters Meet At Hallowell
The October Maine Chapter meeting of the National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America was at Hotel Worcester in Hallowell. Officers amended by laws, admitted new members, and hosted a luncheon. A genealogical program led by Mrs. W J Sampson highlighted Revolutionary ancestor anecdotes for state and national historians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
Hotel Worcester
Hallowell
General Court
Washington
Llewellyn No Edwards
Blaine S. Wiles
W. J. Sampson
Dover- Foxcroft
Maine PTA Members Attend School of Instruction
Mrs. Leroy Colby presides the group with Mrs. John A. Lege and Mrs. Seth Mullin among North-Center PLT. A. delegates at a National PTA school at Porthind high school library. Mrs. W. A. Rockfiell, traveling instructor, leads sessions in Portland and Danvers, with program planning a key topic for Bath and South End delegates, per Bangor president Mrs. Blamlon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Colby
John A. Lege
Seth OS. Mullin
Charles 2. Paenham
North-Center
Plt
National
Parent-Teacher Association
Library of Porthind High School
W. A. Rockfiell
National Association
Vermont
Massachusetts
Banger Detut
Porthind
Bath
South End
Joseph W. Blamlon
Bangor
Elderly residents make maiden trip across bridge
Several aged people from Old Ladies Home and Old Folks Home joined a Monday morning trip over the bridge. Among them were Olive Thompson 84, Lizzie French 80, Mabel Warren 75, and Mary Cummings 73. Mary had crossed the Knox and Lincoln branch over 50 years ago. Fred E. Witham also participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Thompson
4Th Y
Lizzie French
Moare
Warren
Old Ladies Home
Mary Cummings
Old Folks Home
Knox & Lincoln
Woolwich
Fred E. Witham
Farm Bureau Meets at Woolwich Hall
A Farm Bureau gathering convened at Lebenon hall Woolwich on Monday of last week. About sixteen members attended and received a lesson in apple cookery while a fine dinner was served by the committee led by Mrs Herbert Leeman Mrs Bertram Crocker and Miss Anne Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Lebenon Hall
Woolwich
Herbert Leeman
Bertram Crocker
Anne Dodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset
Charles Naight
Mer
Aimelyn Weeks
Francena White
John Wright
Capra
Wright
Charles Ss. Sewall
Whirsehbaum
Tieethhay
Clovershale Teel
Sarah Dag Tex
Oseeint Lane
Girvee Albee
Clare Wright
Richel Bradford
M.S. Baker
Judia Lewis
Eliza Tolbroedk
Mars. Swain
Trene Metcalf
Tireh Point
Hannerford Aiel
Willan Nickerson
Bireh
Bel William
Puder "Gardiner
Xaericin Legion
Paris
de Gardiner
Wius
Picores
Pryness Plos
Shea
Miro Shea
Hines
Water Street
David
Sherman
John Merry
Fred Merry
Stanley Pilsett
Prank Angel
John Dyanten
Follewing
Phil
Dense
M Larral
BCL
Redlonnett
Wise
Asa
Re ‘Tupper
James T. Perkins
Tresdas Deak Verrie
Hais
Putoen
Maelind
Mr. Petrie
Petrie
Oonky
Bin
WBS
Pharidas
Naisty
Vincent Ddow
Thaler
Augusta Trust Company
Wiscasset, Maine
P.T.A
Mrs
Bath Iron Works
State Department
George E. Oliver
Susan C. Hagan
Lillian Brown
Foster's Point
John Horne
Jack
Milton Mills
N, IL
Horne
Amy Coombs
Campbell's Pond
Eli Osier
Gerald Feeney
Feeney
Horace Aitken
Kenneth Clifford
Beachmont
Aitken
Wendell Williams
Wentworth Institute
Ernest EK. Williams
Campbell's. Pond
Luella Noyes
Clara Noyes
Everett
Elmer Hodgkins
Sabino
Everett G. Lemont
Fred Kittredge
Thelma Kittredge
Vaughn Smiley
H. A. Owen
Lemont
Mark Willis
Gardiner
Lewis Williams
Samuel F. Bates
Charles Hateh
Dowslinham
Samuel
Robert Coombs
Natick
Campbell’s Pond
John Pooler
Waterville
Charles Bates
Charles
Irving Coombs
Quincy
Campbells Pond
Davenport
Glidden
Worster House
Farm Bureau Meets
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