Drowning of Wis casset man prompts town notice
The community mourns Bilas Lee Merry 56 year old Wis casset janitor who died after slipping from a narrow trestle into the Sheepscot river Monday night. He leaves a widow Nellie and seven children and funeral services were held at his home with interment at Greenlawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilas Lee Merry
Merry
Academy
Sheepscot
Mr. Merry
Wilder Farley Merry
Susanna Blagdon Merry
Wiscasset
Nellie Merry
Chester
Wilder
Lee
Donald Leavitt
Bath
Josephine
Susanna
Leota
Henry W. Webb
Greenlawn Cemetery
John Merry
Lincoln Merry
Fred Merry
Chancellor Blagdon
Levi Murdough
New York
Peter McKay
Belmont
Mass
Kenneth Gray
Emma Gray
Cora Blake
Josephine Campbell
Boothbay Harbor
Roscoe Robinson
Josie Sheldon
Wendell Leavitt
Woolwich
Isabel House
Damariscotta
Neighborhood thanks for sympathy and flowers offered
Mrs Nellie Merry and family along with Mr and Mrs Donald Leavitt of Wiscasset Maine express gratitude for the sympathy shown during their bereavement and for the beautiful floral tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Merry
Donald Leavitt Wiscasset
Phippsburg Community Notices and Visiting Highlights
Local residents in Phippsburg and nearby towns host and visit family and friends across multiple households. Travelers include Clifton Clark family from Kittery. Abbie Minott group in Portland. Walter J. Pierce and wife with children. Morse family connections in Bath and Topsham Fair prize winners. and many others visiting relatives in Bath, West Bath, Small Point Harbor, and Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Clark
Clifton, Jr
Ermont
Kittery
Charles L. Stevens
Abbie Minott
Elizabeth Hampton
Portland
Sarah
Annie Nichols
Walter J. Pierce
Campbell Farm
Cora Campbell
James L. Morse
Bertha Nickerson
Howard Atwood
West Point
John E. Blaisdell
North Abington
Mass
Donald Morse
Topsham Fair
Fred Morrison
Quincy
Ruth Morrison
Martha Morrison
The
Basin
Richard Young
Small Point Road
Young
Boston
Joan
Bath
Morse High
Henry Minott
Middle Street
Alice H. Minott
Posse Nissen College
Newton
Robert Coombs
Robert
Nancy
Eula
Bath Memorial Hospital
Emily Wyman
Asa Wyman
Omar Perry
Edward Bolton
Perry's Hill
Anna Perkins
Shirley Pratt
Eleanor Brown
William Gilmore
New Bedford
Harry Gilmore
Roscoe Perkins
Marlene
Ardene
Eugene
William Barbour
Five Islands
Susie Nichols
Lynette Caverly
Sebasco Estates
Granville Cook
Cushman Farm
Frances Cook
Sebasco Grammar School
John H.perkins
East Brunswick
Raymond Campbell
James Percy
Cox’s Head
Percy Young
Parker Head
Lois Woodman
Minnie
Roscoe Woodman
Carl Haskell
Eugene Ingalls
North Bath
George Ingalls
William B. Perry
Ada Catherine
William Bradford
Robert Campbell
Southport
Walter E. Farmer
Elfreda Perkins
Annie Malcolm
Eveline Beals
Adrianna Pratt
Hubert McCarty
Dromore Grange
Pomona
Dirigo Grange
Abner Wilson
Lottie
William Blaisdell
Robert Pye
Ernest Rogers, Jr
Archie Trainor
Eleanor Gilmore
West Bath
Dromore
John F. Leach
Phippsburg
Malden
Seattle
P. Leach
West Bath Community Notes Mark 70th Birthday and Local Events
Mrs. Rufus W. Lombard celebrated her 70th birthday with a family gathering in West Bath on Friday October 21 featuring three birthday cakes ice cream and candy. The item lists numerous relatives friends and neighbors from Bath Phippsburg Auburn and Portland plus other local happenings and a Halloween program at Lowell school with proceeds for playground equipment. The note also mentions weddings weekend visits and preparatory closures for the Maine State Teachers Convention in Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus W. Lombard
Lombard
Howard A. Spinney
Phippsburg
Ralph Spinney
Bath
Clarence Perkins
Popham
Edith Lowell
Charles Grove
Auburn
Mr. Grove
Doris Spinney
Shirley
Jean
Norman
Arline
Stanley
Virginia Perkins
Barbara Lowell
Leroy
Reed Perkins
Neal ‘Robichaud
Frank Woodbury
Henry Holding
Thomas Holding
Ralph Daniels
Portland
Rafe
Frederick Thompson
Franklin
Gorham
Edward K. Thompson
Martha Eleanor Bates
George Austin Bailey
Sabine Colony
Ocean House Road
Cape Elizabeth
Julia Coombs
James
Robert
Campbell’s Pond
Percy Low
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Birch Point
Stanley Williams
Robert R. Coombs
Winthrop
W. J. Bonney
Lincoln Williams
Anne Williams
Philip Williams
Arline Parker
Jennie Larra
North Bath
Larrabee
Grove
Herbert Wilson
Emily Marie Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Edward J. McMann
David L. Wilson
Bangor
Pleasant Street
Lowell School
Roberta Hathorne
Maurice T. Hathorne
Woolwich
Percy Waterman
George Rose
Carleton Andrews
Topsham
Lowell
Boy Sentenced to State School for Boys in Theft Case
A 16 year old North End youth pleaded guilty to breaking entering and larceny at Earl H. Duley’s store on Washington Street and was sentenced to return to the State School for Boys in South Portland. Judge Arthur J. Dunton imposed the order. the boy had prior time at the institution. Herbert Randlett of Portland pleaded guilty to speeding on Washington Street, paid a 5 fine and 4.95 costs. Alma Allen resumed nursing studies at Mt. Vernon Hospital after a two week visit with her sister on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Earl H. Duley
Washington Street
State School
South Portland
Arthur J. Dunton
Herbert Randlett
Portland
Oak
North Streets
Alma Allen
William 8. Blair
School of Nursing
Mt. Vernon Hospital
Cambridge
Mass
West Bath Grange Plans For Fair Entertainment Committees Formed
West Bath grange met Monday electing Mrs. Charles T Henderson in charge of fancy work and Mr and Mrs Charles B Doyle along with Mrs Edgard D Leavitt and Robert Oliver in charge of entertainment for the upcoming fair. 62 members attended including 12 visitors with plans for community singing readings dances and a quiz contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Henderson
Charles B. Doyle
Edgard D. Leavitt
Robert Oliver
West Bath Grange
H. David Clark
Kenneth Reardon
Stewart J. Anderson
Pearl B. Anderson
Maude Haile
Doris Henderson
Margaret Tourtillotte
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Bill
George Booker
Milicent Hecht
Charles Berry
Roger Robinson
Charles Doyle
James Lemont
Charles Walsh
Herbert Cavanaugh
Leon Genthner
Lucy Simpson
Mother Nature
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
The West Bath Farm Bureau conducted an all day session at Mrs. Loring D. Small's home focusing on Seam Construction and Dress Finishing led by Mrs. Harris T. Rodick. Dinner was served by Mrs. Elmer Sidelinger and Mrs. Ellery E. Whittemore. The Nov. 17 meeting will cover Slip Covers and Christmas Suggestions with Mrs. Rodick and Mrs. William Coombs on the dinner committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris T. Rodick
West Bath Farm Bureau
Loring D. Small
Elmer Sidelinger
Ellery E. Whittemore
Maud
West Bath Red Cross Holds Busy Meeting
West Bath Red Cross chapter met at West Bath grange hall on October 19 to plan the coming season. Sewing included a puff, children's clothing, and patchwork. The next meeting is set for November 2 with several members in charge.
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West Bath
American Red Cross
West Bath Grange Hall
Fred W. Larrabee
Lincoln Williams
Carlton W. Andrews
Baker
Henry D. Adams
Earl Donnell
J. Everett Mayo
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Courtney Stover
Joyce
Melford N. Perham
Janice
Edwin W. Haggett
Morton S. Baker
Lula P. Herbert
Clifford B. Wilband
Charles T. Henderson
Harry S. Wallace
Herbert Dennison
Buddy
Herbert E. Worrey
Owen E. Rogers
Herbert Simpson
Herbert Paul
Joseph Day
William Powers
Choir and Ushers Plan Dance and Card Party
Members of St. Mary's church choir and ushers with friends will attend a party hosted by Rev. Timothy C. Maney at Hotel Sedgwick. Henry M. Biggins heads the general committee with Mrs Annie L Perry Mrs Elizabeth C Comeau Paul L Boudreau and William E Lundrigan. Grace E Cunningham and Kathleen B Leonard oversee refreshments Louis E Allain handles music and Francis McPherson Henry Gediman will provide dancing music. The event begins at eight o’clock.
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St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Hotel Sedgwick
Henry M. Biggins
Annie L. Perry
Elizabeth C. Comeau
Paul L. Boudreau
William E. Lundrigan
Grace E. Cunningham
Kathleen B. Leonard
Personal notes from Bath and Portland visits
Mrs. Annie M. Libby of Massachusetts is visiting Bath for a few days with friends. Mrs. E. A. Dolloff of Washington Street left Tuesday for Portland to visit relatives. Miss Sarah Adams entertained her contract club on South Street Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Libby
Massachusetts
Bath
E. A. Dolloff
Washington Street
Portland
Sarah Adams
Contract Club
South Street
Woolwich Community Notes Span Travel Guests and Plans
Woolwich residents report visits from friends and relatives to Bath, Livermore Falls, Boothbay Harbor and Sagadahoc Ferry. Events include a Nequasset Farm Bureau play Nov 10, church services, a Cheerio social, a New England boiled dinner Oct 31, and a Christmas sale prep with sewing.
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Warren Trott
Warren, Jr
Dorchester
Mass
Lake Nequasset
Minnie Rice
Bath Memorial Hospital
Eugenie Hunnewell
George Tibbetts
Richmond
George Farnham
Wellesley
Everett Rice
Windham
Fritz Klipbell
Bath
Clara M. Reed
Bangor
Frank J. Walker
Louise Reynolds
Jesse Spaulding
John Carter
Clayton Armstrong
Alfred Ames
Day's Ferry
Arthur Allen
Day’s Ferry
Montsweag
Cheerio Club
Alton Berry
New England
Fred Soule
Eben Dana
Augusta
Dana
Burton Hodgkins
Longwood Avenue
Mary Dana
Barbara
Woolwich
New York
Lennie Stilphen
Maine
Gunning
Richard Stinson
Stinson
Hartley Hathorn
Donald Wilson
Town
Lindsay Cooper
Sagadahoc Ferry
Elwin Weeks
Greenville
Ardella Farrar
Lincoln Farrar
Woodfords
Ida M. Beals
South Portland
G. Clifford Madden
Pine Street
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Montsweag Grange Hall
Sophie Kerr
Henry Dubar
John Gilmore
Earl Ryan
Frank Bailey
Percy Bailey
Herbert Leeman
Dorothy
Katherine Ryan
Nequasset
Arthur Williams
Florence Hathorne
Amy Cromwell
Nine of Clubs
Carl Longfellow
Fred Brown
Albion L. Corliss
Samuel Buck
Mabel Jack
Edwold Carter
Isaac Howard
Herbert Munsey
Lois Day
Josiah W. Reed
Buck
Woodbridge
Wales
Cambridge
Sasanoa Bluffs
Horatio L. Baker
Arrowsic
Woolwich Union
North Woolwich
Totman hosts O. G. T. club second meeting at Winnegance
Mrs. Arthur L. Totman entertained the newly organized O. G. T. club at its second meeting held Thursday evening at her Winnegance home. The gathering featured sewing and home made ice cream and cake, with Mrs. Merton L. Dearing, Mrs. Maurice Skillings, Mrs. Walter Davis, Mrs. Roy Green, Mrs. Edward Chapman, and Miss Anna Perkins in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Totman
O. G. T. Club
Winnegance
Merton L. Dearing
Maurice Skillings
Walter Davis
Roy Green
Edward Chapman
Anna Perkins
Old Coins Unearthed In Woolwich Garden
Frank A. Hodgdon in Woolwich unearthed two old coins during plowing. A 1787 Massachusetts one cent, valued at about 30 dollars, features an Indian with a bow and arrow and the name Commonwealth around the eagle. Also found a large 1807 US copper cent in good condition. Hodgdon’s home, Capt. J Edward Stinson Colonial, dates to 147 years ago. He also preserves documents signed by Samuel Adams Caleb Strong Increase Sumner Christopher Gore and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hodgdon
Nequasset Road
Woolwich
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Hodgdon
Samuel Adams
Caleb Strong
Increase Sumner
Christopher Gore
William King
Bath
Maine
Dumner Sewall
Mark Langdon Hill
Phippsburg
Congress
Woolwich P T A Limits Its Efforts to Sagadahoc Ferry
At a Woolwich P T A meeting the group voted to confine its work to Sagadahoc Ferry school. It arranged a Halloween party for Oct 29 with refreshments and games. Plans were made for a poverty hall on Oct 31 at Sebenon hall. Home made candy will be sold and coffee and doughnuts served. Committee members listed and 16 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Beltran Crocker
Charles Haley
John A. Presley
Freeman L. Oliver
Bath students boost Maine university undergrad roster
University of Maine reports 1,466 Maine undergraduates from 306 communities. Sixteen Bath residents are among the total, with Sagadahoc county contributing 25 students from Arrowsic Bowdoinham Richmond Topsham and Woolwich. Other counties ship counts show Penobscot leading with 34 and Cumberland with 26 communities represented.
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Bath
University of
Richmond
Topsham
Woolwich
Orono
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
Telephone Girls Host Party Tuesday Night
Mrs. Clarence H. Ayer Mrs. Patricia Hodgkins and Mrs. Daniel E. Hall Jr headlined a party in the New England Tel and Tel Co retiring room hosted by the traffic department and business office. Gifts included electric coffee pots for Mrs. Ayer and Mrs. Hall and a black suede bag for Mrs. Hodgkins. Attendees included Miss Helen J Hartwell and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Ayer
Patricia Hodgkins
Daniel E. Hall, Jr
Traffic Department
New England Tel
Tel. Co
Ayer
Hall
Hodgkins
Helen J £. Hartwell
Leroy L. Burnham
Bessie P
Local youth honors Navy Day with framed Drayton painting
Donald A. Duncan Jr. of 17 Cummings Street placed in the Times window a framed free hand painting of the U S destroyer Drayton as his Navy Day contribution. The piece, a postcard copy, shows notable talent and artistry by Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Duncan, Jr
Cummings Street
Times
Drayton
Duncan
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