Open House Days Draw Town Visitors and Notables
The town welcomed many visitors including Mrs. Charles A. Caesar of New York and families from New York and Connecticut. Open House Days drew larger crowds of attractive locals, with several inquiries about weddings, church services, and summer guests at the Inn. The old sun dial was restored on the Common, schools reopen, and a fire at the town dump prompted a quick response from volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philip's Church
Charles A. Caesar
New York
Damarin
Ruth Sewall
Mathan's
Lyman Rhoades
John and
George Rhoades
Sharon
Main Street
Helen Heath
John T. Pierce
Ruth Pierce
Evelyn May
Jack Hoey
Boston
Virginia Heath
Mary Beamon
Union Street
Muse
Riley
Phillys Munsey
Local News From Sheepscot Echo Mourns and Visits
The Sept 9 1893 issue notes Coffin and wife returning to Boston while Mrs Clarence Preble travels there after a visit. Edith Grant from New Castle visits Nannie Arthur. Captain A C Chaney and Silas Porter with wife are in town or have recent movements. Byron Richards of Cambridge and Mrs Philbrook of Birch Point are mentioned. Thomas Babson of Boston arrives by the Wednesday morning train. Emma Hilton works at the W and R R Office as stenographer. Wages and staff of W R R office and W Q R R survey progress near ten miles. Mr W P Porter journeys to Boston with two nieces and returns Friday. Rev J F George to officiate next Sunday. Clara Brown recently in Wisconsin Laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscat Echo
Coffin
Boston
Clarence Preble
Edith Grant
New Castle
Nannie Arthur
A. C. Chaney
Byron Richards
Cambridge
Philbrook
Birch Point
Silas Porter
Thomas Babson
J. F. George
St. Ne Church
Emma Hilton
Clara Brown
Wiscasset
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Highlights from The Echo 1907
Wiscasset items note George Lennox and family from Bath visiting, Miss Linnie Page visiting sister Mrs. Clisby, Jennie Greenleaf and Edna Hammond in Boston, Rebekah picnic at Sweet Au, and various townsfolk traveling to Boston and Rockland. Residential purchases include Bradford Pashard buying Dr Cushman place on High Street and the A. W. residence sold to Charles Vaughn. August 27 obit for Charles H Day, 55, and numerous visits among locals and guests from Bath Roxbury and West Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscet Echo
George Lennox
Bath
Linnie Page
Edgecomb
W. K. Clisby
Jennie Greenleaf
Edna Hammond
Boston
Rebekah
Mass
Fred Burleigh
Theodore Cutten
Alma Emery
Randolph
E. T. Hodge
M. E. Shaw
Tarboro
N. C
H. W. Hawes
Frank Fullerton
Helen Jackson
Federal
Brad Clark
Clark
W. & Peaslee
L T. Hobson
High Street
Will Clark
Brad
Louise Dickinson
Sophia Lowe
Roxbury
Local Guests and Receipts From West Bath Weekend
West Bath residents and guests report weekend visits with Lewiston Auburn and Bath households. A wide circle includes Larrabees, Coles, Stevenses, Whites, Staples, Everbeck, Metcalf, Perkins, Day, Berry, Lemont, Snow, and Chesley with family recaps and Labor Day plans. Some attendees joined Pomona Sagadahoc grange meeting at Bowdoin Center and others visited relatives in Massachusetts and Concord New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Samuel Cole
Lewiston
Chester Stevens
Birch Point
Auburn
Alvah White
Annie Staples
Bath
Staples Cottage
Fogg’s Market
Main Street
Elmer Strout
Una
Mechanic Falls
Arthur Everbeck
Winthrop
Mass
Thomas F. Perkins
Charles Day
Evelyn
Junior
H. Dorman Perkins
Perkins
Mercie E. Berry
Concord
N. H
Benjamin E. Berry
Jamaica
Long Island
N. Y
Charles
Almond Berry
Pomona
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Charles 8. Lemont
Alfred B. Snow
James B. Lemont
Laura Lemont
Charles C. Chesley
Emma N. Cox
Lexington
Edna Brown
Fred S. Brown
Massachusetts
Edward A. Footer
Edward Jr
Mary Jane
High Street
Bath summer visitors and family gatherings listed
A Bath area column lists multiple summer visitors and local families from Watertown and Bath. Names include Mrs. Erwin Daley, Mrs. Alston Oliver, Mrs. Andrew Holmes, Theo Nelson, J Henry Cotteau, Eleanor and Mary, Alice Nelson, and others visiting cottages and camps around Bath Beachmont Meadowbrook Water Cove and Marblehead while families travel between Watertown and Maine for the season.
Daniels Family Moves to Groves Farm for Winter Visit
Mr and Mrs Daniels and their daughter from Attleboro Massachusetts have relocated to the Groves farm for the winter. They are accompanied by their guest Miss Clapp of Reading Massachusetts for a few weeks. Died In Wiscasset August 26 Timothy Cunningham aged 81 years 4 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Attleboro
Mass
Groves Farm
Miss Clapp
Reading
Wiscasset
Timothy Cunningham
Bath residents host visiting kin at summer picnic
A Bath based gathering last week at a West Point picnic started at 6 30 in the morning with meals on the beach and a good day of fishing. Guests included Boudreau of Babee, Mrs F Wilbur Hagan and Mr Hagan, and William Bates of Stoneham along with Minnie Crocker and Anne Bates of Waltham and James Bates of Bath. Mrs Crocker visited Mr and Mrs Jer F Bates midweek, while a New York summer resident shops in Bath for fall goods sent home. The visitor’s son buys two pairs of shoes each year in Bath, claiming they are better than New York options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Boudreau
Babee
F Wilbur Hagan
Hagan
William Bates
Stoneham
Mass
Minnie Crocker
Waltham
Anne Bates
James Bates
Bath
New York
Millard Trott
Portland
Joseph August
Frances
Pine Cliff
John Reed
New Meadows Inn
Marcia Stingon
G. M. Stinson
Rumford
Ferry
Tuessie Hall
Carrol L. Beedy
Frank Hodgdon
Nequasset
Merrymeeting
Frank J. Walker
Maxine
Milton
Jane Feere
Cathleen Prescott
Little Son
Bangor
Prescott
Daisey Bailey
Kate Bell
Edna
Boston
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men's Forum
James Colby
Avis Marston
Reay
Canton
Fred Kimball
Woodman
Lawrence
George Farnham
Wellsley
Laura Farnham
William Williams
Sarah Kennerson
Rockland
William Gould
John Percy
Frank Bailey
Bernette
Blair
New York State
Canada
F. W. Carlton
Moosehead Lake
Isaphene Dolloff
Ruth Mank
Baptist
Ocean Park
Ruth Henderson
Maine General Hospital
Harvey T. Henderson
George M. Carlton
Philadelphia
Lawrence Ryan
Barbara
Priscilla Trott
Alfred Trott
Dorothy Robinson
Frances Focher
Milton Hathorne
Elbridge Wright
Phyllis
Bruce
Harold Walker
Browder
Chicago
Clara Head
James Ryan
Lynn
Ossian Dodge
Mont- Sweag
Anna
Mary Dodge
Jewett Dahla Gardens
Percy Jewett
George W. Shaw
Woolwich
Woolwich Women Pass Day Sewing Event
A Woolwich meeting at Sagadahoc Ferry schoolhouse showcased clothing making and remodeling for children led by Maine state clothing specialist Miss Helen Spaulding with home demonstration agent Miss Hortense Welch. Two children's upper suits and one overcoat were completed. further home sewing planned. attendees from Bath and Woolwich included Mrs Norman Drummond Mrs William S Potter Mrs Addison Jones and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Ferry
Helen Spaulding
Hortense Welch
Twin Counties
University of Maine
Norman Drummond
Williams. Potter of
Arrowsie
Addison Jones
Eileen Jones
Roy A. Donnell
Bath
Harvey J. Crosby
John A. Presley
Ivory Strout
Percy D. Marston
Woolwich
Annex to Sebasco Lodge to Add 26 Rooms in Three Story Wing
Sebasco Lodge plans a three story annex to add 26 sleeping rooms with private baths, connecting to the existing lodge by a large porch rec room. Architect Alonzo Harriman of Lewiston prepared the plans as the hotel, already booming this season, seeks to accommodate more guests next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco Lodge
Sebasco
Cushman
Alonzo Harriman
Lewiston
Charles A. Harriman
Bath
Lodge
New England
Keel of Bath destroyer Dewey to be laid soon
Representative from the Bath district reports progress on the destroyer Dewey at Bath Iron Works. President William S. Newell notes full government cooperation and says keel laying is expected early in October as material continues to arrive. The update highlights local commitment to Bath’s foremost industry and potential for additional work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Dewey
Maine
Pres. Newell
Navy Department
Department
Newell
Bath
Funeral for Horace A. McKenney Spar Maker
Horace A. McKenney spar maker is mourned at a Tuesday funeral service held at two o clock at Fred G. Curtis funeral home with Rev. Charles L Stevens of Alfred officiating. Bearers named were Philip Blaisdell Charles Blaisdell William Potter and E E Pinson. Burial took place at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace A. McKenney
Fred G. Curtis
Charles L. Stevens
Alfred
Philip Blaisdell
Charles Blaisdell
Willian Potter
E. E. Pinson
Oak Grove
Woolwich community notes and social visits
Woolwich residents and visitors fill town pages with calls visits theater and church events. Notables include Millard Trott of Portland visiting families at Pine Cliff and New Meadows Inn and Congressman Beedy speaking at Nequasset. Local groups plan an evening fund drive for electric lights and a Baptist church program closes with a supper and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church
Bath Country Club Labor Day Dance Opens Social Season
The Bath Country Club hosts a Labor Day dance in its new clubhouse with John Grindell's Colonial Club orchestra. Guests from Maine clubs including Portland and Augusta are invited. refreshments and dining will be on the porch and in the dining room. Committee chairs include Mrs. Alden G. Smith and Mrs. Carrie Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
John Grindell
Colonial Club Orchestra
Alden G. Smith
Carrie Shaw
Marcia Moulton
Roger D. Skillings
Herbert Douglas
Maine
Portland
Augusta
Country Club Golf Outs In Late Afternoon and Evening
The report notes a late afternoon and evening golf outs at the Country Club. Details on players and scores are not provided in the readable text.
Farmers Claim No Aid Needed for Loans
Farmers need no aid and securing loans for farm machinery would cut tax payment loans. New England farmers appear to be handling readjustment without heavy financing. A five foot shark carcass found near Bagaduce River shore sparks speculation as mutilated lower jaw noted, shark drifted up seven to eight miles to Castine harbor before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Bagaduce River
Brainard Gray
South Portland
Castine Harbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. E. White
Boughton
Oscar Avery Marden
Palermo
White
Fred Coffin
Gillespe
Biss Alice D Taylor
Hodge
Pe Sgeer
Sete
Tee West Somerville
Mettward
Mass Taylor
Tab Bakoh
Molly Seamon
George E. Coleman, Jr
Jimmie
Portsmouth
Nhs
Bingham Dam
Jackman
Josephine N. Tucker
Joseph L. Neal
Skowhegan
Etta Stimpson
Prank Metcalf
J. Alden Twachtman
Eric
David
Greenwich
Providence
R. L
Sawtelle
Lucinda
Allen
Pleasant Street
Frank Decker
Drexel Hill
Richard Hume
Malden
Mabel Thwing
John Smith
Newcastle
Charles E. Titus
Robert Burn
the Cotter
Epworth League
Titus
Donald F. Preble
Ofptor
Wiscass
Charles H Day
A. W
Charles Vaughn
West Bath
Sabino
Erwin Daley
Watertown
Alston E. Oliver
Andrew Holmes
Holmes
Conrad Nelson
Alice
Marblehead
Nelson
Theo Nelson
Beachmount
Theo
J. Henry Cotteau
Eleanor and
Mary
Middle Street
E. J. Dunlap
Bert
Nancy Wardell
Butler Cottage
Horace W. Aiken
Beachmont
James Perry
Meadowbrook
Bernard Pratt
Harold Bailey
James
Marcia
Leona Weeks
Iva L. Hagan
Walter F. Abbott
Ira Abbott
Marjorie Quinn
Gwendolyn Quinn
Abbott Cottage
Water Cove
James H. Thorpe
Proctor A. Hagan
Winship Street
F. Wilbur Hagan
Martha
George
Humphrey A. Owen
Horace McKenney
Front Street
Weaver
Alemite
Black & Decker
Jet Sioux
John Fitzgerald
John P. Carey
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Paul
Montsweag
Bath First
J. Fraser Barbrick, M.D
N. Y. Pollclinic
N. Y. Post Grad
Edinburgh
Scotland
Royal Infirmary
Vienna
Austria
Allgemeine Krankenhaus
Harevard
Charitable Eye & Hat Infirmary
California Eclectic Medical College
Columbia Hotel
Barbrick
Cervantes
DeWitt Hotel
Congress Square
Huntington Ave
Broadway
Piccadilly
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