Wiscasset Congregationalists plan October reopenings
The First Congregational church of Wiscasset ends September services and will resume the morning 11 a.m. service on the first Sunday in October. The church school starts October 4 at 10 a.m. Rally day programs are planned for each class.
Local News Notes From Sheepscot Echo 1892
Geo F Emery and wife return to Randolph. Chas E Rines moves opposite the Echo office. Hallowell Rogers and wife visit Mrs Chas E Emerson. Miss Lillian Nute returns from Boston. Mr and Mrs Frank Jacobs guests of Mrs Benjamin Jackson. Nellie Clark secures Boston box factory job. Sortwell family returns to Cambridgeport from Wisconsin. Picnic party travels from Anna to Old Fort. Mrs Helen M McKenney goes to Boston for winter. Miss Bessie Stoodley and Miss Upham visit Annie A Jackson. Capt Sewall Southard recovering from accident. Bert Henderson seeks employment in Whitman. Ed Stimson visits old home in Wisconsin. E C Boston of Richmond in town. Died: Mrs A Augusta in Wiscasset aged 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Fryeburg
Japan
National Arts Club
New York
W. F. Merrill
Roy R. Marston
Port Clyde
Parker B. Stinson
High Street
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Wiscasset Methodist Church
Epworth League
Mary Hobson
A. H. Lennox
John F. Wright
H. v. B. Nash
Sol Holbrook
George Bemis
Carrie Knight
Alice Taylor
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Wilbur F. Rea
Charless. Sewall
Lawrence Marston Dae Ee Edward
Malden
Mass
Roy Marston
Frederick B. Dunn
Rock Island
Quebec
John Wright
Lee Street
Dunn
Edna
Ida Antworth
Waterville
B. C. Redonnett
Will Dow
J. V. MacBean
Sears
Herbert Antworth
Bath
Ira Redonnett
Cities Service Oil Corp
Redonnett
Portland
St. Philip's Church
Thomaston Prison
Peter P. B. Franklin
Williams Lienau
Mr. Nash
Timothy
Christ Jesus
Noah Rogers
Cornwall
Murphy Corner
James Levyn
Walpole
Portsmouth
N. H
William McFadden
Fort Hill Street
Augustus Johnson
Frank Hodgdon
Nequassel
Freeman Southard
Hodgdon
Lee Woodworth
Newtown
New Rochelle
N. Y
Nancy Thornburg
Esther Gilmore
Gloucester
Roland _ Pillsbury
Rutland
Roger Plaistead
Alna Road
John H. Dew
Dew
Dow
Lincoln Lodge
A. F
A. M
Huntoon Hill Grange
Geo. F. Emery
Randolph
Chas. E. Rines
Echo Office
Hallowell Rogers
Chas. E. Emerson
Lillian Nute
Boston
Frank Jacobs
Benj. B. Jackson
Nellie Clark
Sortwell
Cambridgeport
Anna
Old Fort
Helen M. McKenney
Bessie Stoodley
Upham
Uphams' Corner
Dorchester
Annie A. Jackson
Sewall Southard
Bert Henderson
N Whitman
Stimson
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Sheepscot Echo Item Highlights
Josiah Haines, once Birch Point mill bookkeeper, was in town Sunday. Dr Leathers and family plan a ten day vacation starting Monday night. A ten cent store on Main Street offers a desirable assortment. Mr and Mrs Joseph D Borland of Brockton Mass, guests of Mrs Lennox, have returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Haines
Birch Point Mill
Leathers
Ten Cent
Main Street
Joseph D. Borland
Brockton
Mass
Notable Visits and Local Notes From Town Headlines
J A Tibbetts of New York City returned home after visiting his brother Chas Tibbetts. Architect Austin W Pease of Portland toured Ancient Pemaquid to study restoration of Stone Castle planned as monument museum and library. Miss Cooper of Gardiner and Hon Charles E Littlefield were guests of G P Farley. Gertrude Lowell visited Lillian Wiswell. Grace Day and Lou Blake returned from Old Orchard. Lester Day returns from Seguinland summer clerking. Mrs Keene of Lawrence arrived to visit her parents Dr and Mrs W E Gorham. Campaign flag honoring Governor Cobb and Congressman Littlefield waved on Main Street last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church of
Wiscasset
Church School
Supt. Guptill
Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society
E. G. Spinney
Congregational Church of
Matinicus
Rockland
Rufus S. Sewall
Sewall
Rufus
Beaufort
N. C
New York
Henry F. Merrill
Cambridge
Mass
Castle Tucker
High Street
George Libby
George Libby and Party of Friends of
Yarmouth
Harold S. Sherman
Federal Street
H. S. Sherman
Lee Merry
Lincoln Home
Woman's
BE. Murray Senter
Raymond Sherman
Middle Street
John H. Southard
Canada
John Snyder
East Orange
N. J
First Congregational Church
Charles Sewall
Harord Hardy
Barbara
Yonkers
N. Y
Ernest G. Spinney
Congregational Parsonage
Hardy
Technical High School of
Third Church of Christ, Scientist
Beulah R. Spinney
Bombay
Boston
Newcastle
Sheepscot
E. P. Spinney
George Melville Porter
Brookline
Mr. Porter
Atwood Bay Co
Carver
Georgia Whidden Porter
Gertrude Schofield
Trenton
William R. Leslie
St. Mark's Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Everett
Wiscasset Friends
Miss Sawyer
Edith A. Sawyer
H. T. Sawyer
Higi Kouki
Rose Rines Dow
Harry Dow
Alberta
Rose Vaughn
California
Cora Fowles
Bath
Susie Stinson
Skowhegan
Earle Dow
Woolwich
Guy Dow
Roxanna Butler
Bridgeport
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Leon Flood
Cobboseecontee Lake
Joanna Evans
Helen Quinnam
Beverley Hammond
Congregational Church
Dorcas Club
Ruth Jones
Ruth
Leon A. Francisco
Elmhurst
W. B. Humphrey
Charles B. Bateman
Washington, D. C
Sabina Lovejoy
Catherine Bowden
Francisco
A. D. Burr
Washington
Edna Jones
Fort Hill Street
Clarence A. Richards
Portland
Marie
S. Robbins
Blanche I. Jouett
W. F. Merrill
C. S. Sewall
Hodge Street
Richard Foye
Lee Street
Gertrude Murray
MacMahan Island
Fred Moodey
Betty
Billy
Olive
An Winette Plumstead
Monmouth
Mary Boynton Johnson
Freeport
L. I
Johnson
Charles Boynton
Frances Plumstead
Lilly H. Francisco
L. A. Frantisco
Jennie Nute
Hodge
Helen McLaughlin
Lewiston
Florence and
Grace Knight
Charles Legrow
Neutie Knight
Camden
Aroostook County
J. A. Tibbetts
New York City
Chas. Tibbetts
Pullman
Austin W. Pease
Pemaquid
Miss Cooper of
Gardiner
G. P. Farley
Chas. E. Littlefield
Gertrude Lowell
Lillian Wiswell
Damariscotta Mills
Grace Day
Lou Blake
Old Orchard
Lester Day
Seguinland
New Seguinland
Keene
Lawrence
W. E. Gorham
Harold Smith
Little Daughter
Kennebec Bridge Receipts Rise With Week’s Traffic
Over 1,000 cash paying cars and more than 2,000 passengers crossed the Kennebec bridge during August 21 to 28, boosting revenue by 495 dollars and a daily average of 70 dollars higher than the same period in 1930. The table shows 11,083 autos at 50 cents, 23,033 passengers at 5 cents, and overall cash receipts totaling 7,539.70 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Aticro
Nile Oper
Teg Agiattals
Push Ball Battle Staged Here in Bath on Labor Day
A push ball contest for Bath's Labor Day muster will feature hand engines from local fire laddies. A prominent Maine citizen will prize the winner as teams push a huge rubber ball toward the goal line in a tug of war style battle. Motion picture cameras are expected to film, promising national publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Summer notes and visits across New Jersey and Massachusetts
Personal notes record Mr. and Mrs. Alden of Plainfield and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey of Swampscott as guests of Mrs. Lincoln Bailey in Bedford Street. Earl Hutchinson wraps up summer duties at Wiseman Farms and returns to Barre Vermont. Ramona council hosts auction bridge at Red Men’s hall with prizes awarded, and Michigan reports over 1.18 million families own radio sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Alden
Plainfield
N. J
J. B. Bailey
Swampscott
Mass
Lincoln Bailey
Bedford Street
Alden
Kresge
Earl Hutchinson
Wiseman Farms
Mr. Hutchinson
Barre
Mraz. Hutchinson
Elmer Campbell
Middle Street
Clifford Harrington
North Street
J. L. Russell
Russell Street
Ocean
Point
Harrington
Lucius QC. Barrows
Augusta
Beatrice Harrington
Morse High
Philadelphia
New York City
Ramona Council, D. of P
Red Men's Hall
Lucelia Blake
Clara Donaldson
Albert Gallant
Annie Johnson
Marshall
Harry Sprague
Chester Totman
Ant
Rogers Moulton
Wilfred McInnis
Stover
Larrabee
William Gillis
Bath Country Club ratifies acts of directors
A large Bath Country Club meeting heard President Rodney E. Ross review the club’s formation and progress. He cited 7000 loads of dirt, over 1.25 miles of drain pipe, and 5000 feet of water pipe for greens and fairways. The group unanimously ratified directors’ actions and praised contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Rodney E. Ross
Ross
Stiles & van Kleek
Joseph Torrey
Edward W. Bridgham
Torrey
Mr. Ross
Daniel T. Dougherty
Kerr & Houston
Frank Churchill
Man in trouble for digging quahogs in Bath area
Felix Gallant of Center street faced arraignment in Bath municipal court on a quahog digging charge. He claimed legal advice allowed collecting shells below low water, but Judge Ledyard found him guilty yet released him due to his large family and unemployment. Tensions rose as James French criticized Gallant as an alien, while Gallant argued the quahogs were taken from government waters with the low tide. Deputy Sheriff Loring Small estimated five bushels were in Gallant’s boat at Berry's Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Flats
Bath Municipal Court
Felix Gallant
Center Street
John J. Keegan
Owen J. Ledyard
Gallant
Keegan
Loring Small
Berry’s Mills
Totem Pole Erected At Low Home Gains Attention
A bright 12 foot totem pole carved by Galen M. Low stands on the grounds of his parents at 695 High Street drawing steady attention. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Fisher left for Upper Darby Pa after a two week visit with Mrs Fisher s aunt Mrs Bertha Shea. Fisher, a high school teacher, plans coal region research. Mrs John B Crosby has returned from Lewiston visit with Mrs Alonzo Harriman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen M. Low
Charles C. Low
High Street
Kenneth Fisher
Upper Darby
John B. Crosby
Alonzo Harriman
Lewiston
Bath youths pursue and recover Mayo car theft near Bowdoin
Merton Snipe and Cornelius Brewster chased the orange and black Dodge from Orrs Island road to a field where the thieves abandoned the car. Brunswick police later arrested Edward Dall and Eugene Ridley after a farmhouse informant led to the crashed auto found south of Bowdoin College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Mayo
Bath
Orrs Island
Merton Snipe
Cornelius Brewster
Brewster
Snipe
Brunswick
William
Garnet
Times
Mayo
Edwards
Bowdoin College
German Police Dog Dundee Returns After Escape at Skowhegan Fair
The Chesleys and Murphys lost their trained German police dog Dundee for four days after he squeezed from a car window during fireworks at Skowhegan fair. Believed frightened by loud noise, the dog wandered until, on the fifth morning, he stood by the car and recognized Mr. Chesley’s voice, returning immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Charles C. Chesley
Trufant’s Crossing
Wiscasset Edgecomb bridge project starts with barge arrival
Construction of the new Wiscasset Edgecomb bridge began this week as the barge Baltimore unloaded lumber and piling at Birch Point. Kerr and Huston Co. of Portland hold the contract with Frank Bell of Portland as superintendent and H E Towne as resident engineer. The 120 foot swing draw spans electric and 22 foot wide roadway with a five foot sidewalk. The project must finish in 100 working days after Sept 15 with one way traffic maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset-Edgecomb
Baltimore
Birch Point
Kerr and Huston Company
Portland
Frank Bell
H E. Towne
Dover-Foxcroft
P. G Cushman
Edgecomb
Wiscasset
Alameda Goal Tender Of Years Ago Here
Tom Morse, a Bath visitor, rose as a local hero fifty years ago when he stood in goal for Alameda in a decisive polo match. With regular goalie Dow absent, Morse played a stellar game that revived Alameda’s standing and remains a legendary memory for longtime polo fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Tom Morse
New Jersey
Bath
Maine
New England
Tom
Oer
Don
Portland
Dow
Brunswick High Names Twenty Football Candidates
Twenty candidates report for Brunswick high school football ahead of a Sept. 26 opener with Morse at Kelley field. Coach Jake Aldred plans light workouts this week and real football next week. Veterans include Capt. Frederick Sprague Izzy Racine Russell Racine Reginald Naugler and others. squad expected to grow to about 40 in two weeks as veterans remain missing. The five listed veterans helped beat Morse 7-6 and 19-7 last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Morse High
Kelley Field
Edwards Field
Jake Aldred
Frederick Sprague
Izzy” Racine
Russell Racine
Reginald Naugler
Raymond Campbell
Roy Wilson
Edward Hudon
Wilfred Gerard
Murray Pulsifer
Sebasco teen scores two holes in one in one week
David Dellanger age 16 of Wakefield Massachusetts made two holes in one at Sebasco on number six, joining Walter C. Fogg of Portland who achieved one on number two last week. Dellanger’s 146 yard sixth hole follows a 21 for nine holes, a Sebasco course record since rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dellanger
Wakefield
Mass
Sebasco
Walter C. Fogg
Portland
Sebasco Lodge
Dellanger
R. P. Dellanger
Wilfrid Chaney
Wesley Marco
Bath
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