Edward Hollis Chilman Weds Gail Foster in St Philip's Church
Edward Hollis Chilman son of Mr and Mrs Oliver E Chilman Newcastle and Gail Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Leland Foster Wiscasset were married at St Philip's church Saturday at 3 pm Rev Robert P Frazier officiated Mrs Helen Erskine organist played the wedding march Bride wore chantilly lace nylon tulle gown with Juliet cap veil Maid of honor Miss Barbara Foster of Providence R I Bridesmaids wore light blue gowns and carried deep blue glamel lias Best man Donald Stover Bar Harbor Ushers included Jack Gordon Cornish Donald Spear Bath David Alexander Damariscotta and Leland Foster Jr Bride traveled to White Mountains after reception at Wiscasset Inn The couple to reside in Orono where groom is a University of Maine senior and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sorority and Fraternity The bride attended University of Maine and is a Hyde Windlass Co employee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilman - Foster
Edward Hollis Chilman
Oliver E. Chilman
Newcastle
Gail Foster
Leland Foster
Wiscasset
St. Philip’s Church
Turday
Robert P. Frazier
Helen Erskine
St. Philip’s
Barbara Foster
Providence
R. I
Jacqueline Knapp
Milton
Mass
Betty Tucker
Eagle Lake
Joanne Bailey
Damariscotta
White Mountains
Wiscasset High School
University of Maine
Chi Omega Sorority
Hyde Windlass Co
Bridgroom
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Orono
Dyer Family Reunion Highlights Maine Gatherings
The seventh Dyer family reunion was held August 30 at Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Adams home in Wiscasset. Attendees included numerous Dy ers, spouses, and daugh ters from Bath to Bangor plus out‑of‑state relations. A separate note reports Cpl. Earl B. Colby Jr. receiving the Good Conduct Medal in Lebanon while serving with the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Paturel
David and
Wayne
Auburn
Sidney P. Dyer
Harold Dyer
David Andrew
Bangor
Alvah Smith
Richard and
Allen
Judith
Hamden
Walter Dyer
Terry
Ronnie
Eddie
Laconia
N. H
Frank B. Adams
Frank Philip
Byron Adams
Wayne and
Neal
Wiscasset
Walter W. Adams
Carol Ann
Donald
Donald Stackpole
Diana Sue
Robert Michael
Bath
Herbert Dyer
Carlys
Lewiston
William E. Hanson, Jr
Arthur Brothu
William A Gorham
Douglas Munsey
Fred Peaslee
Milford Cronk
Charles A. Barnes
Robert Barnes
Robert Owen
Elwin Skillin
Gerald Gott
Brunswick
Andrew Hyde
Andrew Hyde, Jr
Topsham
Lloyd Shaw
Woolwich
Cpl
Earl B. Colby, Jr
Beirut
Lebanon
Earl Colby
Cp Colby
Marine Corps
Marines
Parris Island
N. C
Camp LeJeune
N C
Kittery
Naval Base
Kneeland
Middle Street
Selectmen's Office
Central Maine Power Co
Gardiner Road
Sumner Pike
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Maine Central Railroad Co
Upper Bradford Street
Dresden Social Roundup Captures Summer Visits and Events
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Gahan of South Portland vacation at Mrs. Leonard Gahan’s home. Kirkpatrick guests include Warren of Brunswick Robbins of Bowdoinham and the Sheldon sisters at Pemaquid. Dresden Mills hosts visitors while Prof. and Mrs. Bailey celebrate 55th anniversary. Eastern Star hosts a baked beans supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Gahan
South Portland
Leonard Gahan
Edwin Warren
Brunswick
Harold Robbins
Bowdoinham
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Pemaquid
Ernest Cate
Georgetown
William Powers
Lynn
Mass
West Dresden
Alfred Houdlette
Audrey
Bath
John Houdlette
Meriden
Conn
James Cameron
Hallice Brannen
Kennebunkport
Eastern River Grange
Vistors
Southport
Arraseeker Granges
Roland Tibbetts
Roland Hammond
Tibbetts
Wilmot Trussell
Carolyn Sirois
Evelyn Carver
N. B. T. Barker
Yarmouth
Abbie
Lois Baker
Cedar Grove
Barker
Europe
L. A. Bailey
Dresden Mills
Ruth King
Bay Point
Holmes
Robert Miller
Roosevelt, N.Y
Alden Bass
Gardiner
Bailey Residence
Eastern Star Club
Widow Mrs Annette Huff Dies at 94 in Massachusetts
Mrs Annette Chase Huff widow of George Huff longtime North Edgecomb resident dies at her daughter Mrs Lawrence H Marston home in North Reading Massachusetts at 94 Born in Edgecomb she moved to Lynnfield about 20 years ago later lived with her daughters families in North Reading She was highly respected and active in Edgecomb community Continued on page hoven
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Chase Huff
George Huff
North Edgecomb
Lawrence H Marston
North Reading
Mass
Edgecomb
Lynnfield
Abedall
Fane Hoven
Nequasset area updates and Woolwich school note
Capt Ralph Hatch of Daytona Beach and Pemaquid plans winter camp in Florida with his daughter Marilyn Hatch Carter and Hoyt. Woolwich school to open Sept 14 after sprinkler system installation. bus transport planned. Social and church events noted including Mrs Ethel Blake hosting, Vail family gathering, and Carlton family visit before school duties begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hatch
Daytona Beach
Fla
Pemaquid
Florida
Nelson Carter
Marilyn Hatch
Hoyt
Hatch
Daytona
Woolwich
York
Ethel Blake
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Nequesset
Lawrence R. Vail
Portland
Auburn
Charles Doten
Karl Tucker
Laura Taylor
Dorothy Hammond
Robert Brown
Willis Morton
Brunswick
Lee Doten
Barbara
Christine
George Carlton
Havertown
Lyndonville
Richard Carlton
Carlton
Nequasset
Stanwood C
Celia Carlton
Mildred Stafford
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Wilton Porter
Baltimore, Md
West Bath Grange Sees Busy Evening With Plans
West Bath Grange held a well attended meeting on a hot Monday night. Master Alex Burgess presided. a Grange song opened and the group voted to skip the September 7 meeting due to the holiday. Discussions covered the September 25 to 26 Grange Fair, with committees named and refreshments arranged by William H. Small Jr and Mary Gaudreau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Alex Burgess
William H. Small, Jr
Mary Gaudreau
Mattie Collins
Doris Doughty
Shirley Taylor
Bertha Palmer
Farnham
Alice Burgess
Elsie Pinson
Peter Pason
West Bath Social Roundup of Visiting Relatives and Events
The West Bath column lists numerous visiting relatives including Mrs Thelma Manter and Deborah Manchester NH, Mrs Emily Cowan Sydney, and others from Bath York Woolwich and Groton. It notes Glenis Beane’s return after hospital treatment, farm families visiting, and community happenings such as 4 H meetings and Pomona Grange activities.
Torrent 1 Wins First Money in Marblehead Muster
Bath team Torrent 1 won first money in the second class machines at Marblehead firemen muster. Chester McCabe Jr. acted as foreman. The Bath handtub hit 172 ft 11 3 4 in, beating seven entrants. Androscoggin Topsham and Deluge Berwick also placed, while first class multiple entries included L B Spaulding Haverhill and Neptune Newburyport. Torrent party hosted a success dinner in Beverly en route, with Kennebec failing to arrive due to truck trouble. more musters are planned in Amesbury and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrent I
Bath
Marblehead
Mass
Chester H. McCabe, Jr
Donald Hanscom
Maine
Androscoggin
Topsham
Deluge
Berwick
Gerry
H. B. Lewis
Methuen
Winnissimmett
Chelsea
Hancock
Ashburnham
L. B. Spaulding
Haverhill
Torrent I Association
Carl Teakles
Beverly
Kittery
Amesbury
Springfield
Bath ladies twin travel group visits Canada and Maine
Mrs. Robert Newman and her twin sister Mrs. Ellie Newman plus relatives toured Eastern Maine and Campobello Canada visiting Woodlands Calais and Woodlands area friends. The twins aged 77 to 78 are noted for fraternal activity and were to take their first plane ride before weather halted plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Newman
Gary and
Grady
Maine
Canada
Newman
Bath
Ellie Newman
Jennie Wormell
Woodland
Wormell
Washington County
Riverside
Rebekah Lodge
Woodland Woman's Club
Kansas City
Twin County Extension Group Tour Highlights Local Farms
A Dro more Extension Association group from Sagadahoc and Androscoggin counties toured the Prout Farm Bowdoinham and Rose Gardens Richmond during a Thursday field day. More than 400 members enjoyed a noon chicken barbecue at Richmond Village Grange with speakers Beatrice Adams of Topsham and James K Romeyn of Melrose addressing homemaking and motherhood topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Extension Association
Sion Association
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Dromore Grange Hall
Twin Counties
Richmond Village
Beatrice Adams
Topsham
Toronto
Canada
Adams
James K. Romeyn
Melrose
Mass
Association
Dromore Extension Group
Annette Skhofield
Lucy Cutting
Alice Lowell
Ruth Gray
Addie Seavey
Annie Harrington
Pre nuptial Shower for Lu cille Lavoie of Auburn
Mrs. Hugh D. Grant hosted a Saturday evening shower for Miss Lucille Lavoie of Auburn in anticipation of her marriage to Stanley L. Jack of Day's Ferry. The event featured flowers from Day's Ferry, a shower cake with a yellow umbrella and two birds, and generous refreshments. Miss Lavoie will wed Sept. 19 in a church ceremony in Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh D. Grant
Lucille Lavoie
Auburn
Stanley L. Jack
Day's Ferry
Mrs. Grant
Linder Street
Mr. Jack
Mabel Jack
Grant W. Harris
Middletown
Conn
Miss Lavoie
Grant
Jack
Herbert Cornish
Brian M. Jewett
Paul Pitman
Arthur Allen
Carroll Perkins
Clifton Gainsley
James Thorpe
Fred Brown
Day's F
Joseph Jenkins
Arthur Hutchins
Norman Wetherington
Harold Childs
Frank Techeria
Harry Leghton
Harvard Lord
Robert Cousins
Abraham Shocker
Bath
Grant M. Harris
City Hall to Test New Oil Heating Unit This Week
Engineers are assembling the oil burning heating unit at City hall and expect testing by week’s end. The fall and winter heat will follow, with September 6 as the usual starting date for City Messenger Theodore Burns to start fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Theodore Burns
Dolloff Couple Run Cottage Race at Bass Cove
Mr and Mrs William Dolloff of Trufants Crossing West Bath run at their cottage at Bass Cove. Dolloff vacations from the Atlantic and Pacific store and Mrs Dolloff from the city room of the Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dolloff
Trufant’s Crossing
West Bath
Bi S Cove
Mr. Dolloff
Atlantic & Pacific
Dolloff
City
The
Times
Mrs Newman Plans October Bath Visit
The note outlines an October flight plan and an extended visit by Mrs Newman to Bath, indicating travel and a longer stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
Bath
Special meeting at Hyde Home for new polio cases
The Pine Tree Society will hold a special meeting at the Hyde Home to discuss aiding 46 children in the Home and expanding polio therapy. The Pine Tree Camp at Rome closed after a record season. Mrs. William P. Wiles will lead the September 29 Augusta meeting at the Augusta House inviting supporters to attend the Easter Seal Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Home
Rome
Duncan H. Farrell
Maine
William P. Wiles
The
Pine Tree Society
Augusta House
Augusta
Silver Anniversary for a Bath Couple
Mr and Mrs Edward Johnson of 45 Academy Street were honored Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Butterfield in Bath for their silver wedding anniversary. They married August 29 1928 at Beacon Street Methodist Church and spent their married life in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Johnson
Academy Street
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath
Arrowsie
Carl Severin
South Portland
Johnson
Bath Iron Works
Dredging Underway To Deepen Kennebec Channel
Maintenance dredging of the Kennebec River ship channel from Bath to the mouth has begun. The U S Army Corps of Engineers dredge arrived and five days a week work will continue for about a month to restore a 27 foot depth at mean low tide. Locations include Hospital Point Bath Parker's Head flats and Sugar Leaves vicinity. Mrs Alice Lilly of Portland visits Mr and Mrs John Howe in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bath
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army
Hospital Point
Parker's Head Flats
Sugar Leaves
Popham Beach
Marine Band to Perform at Morse High School Auditorium
Staff Sergeant Bramwell Smith rises as a featured composer in a Marine Band concert October 8 at Morse High School auditorium. Lt Col William F Santelmann will lead the 155 year old ensemble with selections spanning contemporary to classic works. Smith joined the Marine Band four years ago and will debut his composition Neapolave Smith. Reserved seating available at Fullerton’s starting Monday September 14 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramwell Smith
United States Marine
Morse High School
Gram
William F. Santelmann
America
Geant Bramwell Smith
Neapolave Smith
Marine Band
Fullerton
Sunday Heat Tops Season Records in Bath
Bath residents endured the warmest day of the season with official heat at 97 degrees and a Vine street reading of 116 in direct sun. Beaches lakes and watercraft filled local shores including eleven sailboats between Birch Point and Basin Point. Fort Popham and Reid State Park drew their largest crowds of the year as a cooling southwest breeze eased the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Vine Street
New Meadows
Winmeganee Bay
Birch Point
West Bath
Basin Point
Fort Popham
Kennebec and
Reid State Park
Georgetown
Final Service Reopens Church With Community Thanks
The fifth and last service led by Rev. H. Macy Whitehead and organist Mrs. Jessie B. Spaulding marks the church reopening. Members thank Bath ministers and Mrs. Spaulding for making the revival possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Macy Whitehead
Jessie B. Spaulding
Bath
Spaulding
LeMay Family Returns From East Hartford Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Louis LeMay and their niece Miss Sylvia Palmer of Oakland visited East Hartford Conn with Mr and Mrs Spinney and family. They were guests over the weekend and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis LeMay
Erly Hughes
Phippsburg
Mrs. LeMay
Sylvia Palmer
Oakland
East Hartford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foote’s Island
Odd Fellows of Arembec Lodge
Pine Cone Rebekahs
Pine Cone
Court House
Wiscasset Yacht Club
Yacht Club
Priscilla Colby
Barbara Lester
Texas
Priscilla
Sophia Woodman
South Bristol
Wistasset
Greenfield
Vivienne Dunn
Bath Road
California
Walcott Andrews
Andrews
Kenneth Hutchins
West Medford
Helen MacFarlane
Greenport
Long Island
John MacFarlane
Dresden
West Bath Grange
Thelma Manter
Deborah
Manchester
Emily Cowan
Sydney
Cecil Beane
Glenis Beane
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marjorie Barnes
Winthrop
Vataneea
Laura
E. B. Banks
Billings, Mont
Larrabee's Grove
Massachusetts
H. Colburn
Hartford
G. S. Smith
Carl Graves
David
Carl, Jr
Linda
Michael
South Windham
Clayton Graves
Robert Fuller
Washington, D. C
Ruth Fuller
Victor
Morgan
Margaret Gardiner
Phipps Point
Herbert Babkirk
Portsmouth
Ethel Burns
Rosedale
Ada Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York Village
Jean Holbrook
Walter Larrrabee
New Meadows Lake
Philp Burns
Houston
Ralph King
Philip Williams
William’s Point
New Meadows River
William Ketchum
Mary
Crystal Lake
Albion Wallace
Edward Robichaud
Joseph Robichaud
Presley
Irving Burnham
Billy
Laurence Burnham
Stanley Burnham
Robert Burnham
A. N
Robert Marshall
Frank Avery
Dorothy Avery
Francis Deehan
Sandra Bowman
Richard Bowman
Harold Dunton
Kermit Bennett
Glenice
Craig
Albert Temple
Mank
Woolwic
George Stevens
Astoria
N.Y
West
Ter
Brenda
Scott Maxson
Leah
Donna
Vernon Mank
W. E. Pierce
Grace
Shewsbury
Reginald Farnham
Russell Merchant
Nancy
Vacaton
Meadowbrook
Harvesters
Littlefield School
Lela Moore
Pauline Belanger
Bonnie
Mabel Ashe
Ed Haggett
Arthur
Charles Haggett
Leon Belanger
Ied
Pomona Grange
Dickie Bowman
Ransom Sawyer
Five Islands
Muster
Mr. and
Mrs
Twin County Group
Day’s Ferry
Alice Lilly
John Howe
Upper
Washington Street
Morse High Auditorium
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!