Notable Weekend Visitors and Local Incidents in Wiscasset
Wiscasset locals hosted visitors from Springfield and North Conway while weekend activities included house calls, theater plans at Keiths in Portland and a firewood of social calls. A Jamaica ginger raid at Water street restaurant led to bail for Albee and Stubbs and a separate liquor raid in a garage resulted in bonds. A Maine Central train timetable change affected west and east bound services for two weeks with a future winter schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. Serle
Roscoe Andesson
Kittery Point
Artur Savage
Eleanor
Springfield
Mass
B. K. Hobbs
Savage
L. K. Nutter
A. H. Duigin
North Conway
N. H
M. Pickard
Pickard
Maine Central Rayroad
Gus Lewis
Keiths Theatre
Portland
Wiscasset
C. E. Titus
George Jones
Fort Hill Street
Mr. Jones
Arthur
Verdil Jones
Merit
Turner White
Andover
Marblehead
Perry
Jamaica Plain
J. EB. White
MacMillan
Charles Clark
Old Home
Will Clark
Frank Hoadlett
H. FE. Rines
Gardiner
L. LD. Porter
Boothbay Harbor
Edna Bailey
Orono
University of Maine
Conrad Petrie
Marilyn
Bar Harbor
Mr. Petrie
Petrie
Jamaica
William E. Albee
Richard E. Stubbs
Water Street
Albee
Daniel D. Page
Earl Lewis
George V. Jewett
Stubbs
George Flint
Lincoln Municipal Court
Harold Smith
Maine Central
Bath
Rebecca Nash
Jones
Boston
Eugene Drake
Antoinette Plumstead
F. H. Hutchings
James Foye
Evelyn Hutchings
Harpswell
N. G. Bubbard
Charles Douglass
Alfred Douglass
Elizabeth Sewall
S. J. Sewall
Rita Gillett
H. Louise Lincoln
Penn
Lincoln
J. P. Tucker
Pretty Wiscasset Village Homeward Ballad
A homesick son longs for return to Pretty Wiscasset Village in Maine. The refrain celebrates the bay moonlit nights on the village bridge where couples talk, while many wanderers are drawn back by a guiding star to the cherished Maine town.
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Pretty Wiscasset Village
Maine
Sagadahoc Grangers Hold Lively Meeting at Bowdoin Center
Sagadahoc Grange met at Bowdoin Center with strong attendance. The program featured readings by Elmer Wheeler and Alice Larabee, a discussion on engagement, vocal and monologue performances, closing thoughts and song. A dance and games followed. Thorn’s Corner Grange plans to visit on Sept. 29 with supper by the host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Grange
Elmer Wheeler
Alice Larabee
Freeman
Hattie Babb
Ella Adams
Thorn'’s Corner Grange
Lemont Marriner Wedding in Richmond Church
Gordon K. Lemont and Miss Beatrice N. Marriner were married Saturday at Beacon Street Methodist Church by Rev. Weston P. Holman using a double ring service. Both work in Richmond textile mills and will reside there after their ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon K. Lemont
John G. Lemont
Bath
Beatrice N. Marriner
Walter H. Marriner
Richmond
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Personal notes from Wilson and area residents
Miss Novella Shepherd of Wilson's drug store is away on her annual vacation. Mr and Mrs Rodney E Ross and children Barbara and Rodney Jr have returned to High street after several months at their summer home in North Bath. Mrs Donald S Sewall and son Mark who spent months in Boothbay Harbor visited Mrs Harry F Morin on Washington street for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Lennox
Parlin Pond
Tucker
Lennox
Antoinette Plumstead
Lewiston
Dora Clark Tash
Joseph Plumstead
Eugene
Wilmington
Del
Knight
Sarah
Carolyn Varney
Josephine Tucker
Pemaquid Point
George Bemis
Carrie Knight
Portland
William P. Fowe
Boothbay Harbor
Woodsum
Wiscasset Academy
Bradford Pushard
High Street
Louise Stinson
S. J. Sewall
John Hi. Currier
Massachusetts
Novella Shepherd
Wilson's Drug Store
Rodney E. Ross
Barbara
Rodney, Jr
North Bath
Donald S. Sewall
Mark
Harry F. Morin
Washington Street
Nan Brown
E. R. Brown
Llewellyn Rogers
W. J. Burke
William, Jr
Edward
Fred W. Larrabee
Erwin Wharff
John Williams
Lowell School
Bath
Robert Coombs
Natick
Mass
Amy Coombs
Campbell's Pond
Leonard Smith
Littlefield School
Susan Pratt
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. Everett Mayo
West Bath
Red Cross
West Point
Abner Johnson
Wendall Williams
Boston
Prince Edward Island
Ernest FE. Williams
G. D. Seibert
Gertrude
Bath City
Gordon Preble
Clarence White
Herbert White
G. D. Riley
Hayden Rogers
Springfield
Boys
Girls’ Agricultural Club
Ernest E. Williams
Thelma P. Rich
Clifford Russell
Walter T. Brown
Kennebec Point
Georgetown
H. P. Jett
the Nazarene Church of
Frank Sprague
Washington State
Mr. Sprague
Bradford Sprague
Small Point
Howard Varney Place
Leslie Goodwin
Harry Fitch
New York
Goodwin
Foster's Point
Ruth Burns
Willow Street
E. W. Haggett
William Small
Raymond
William Jr
Pleasant Street
Delmar Bates
Sabino
James Thorpe
Charles
Franklin
Margaret
Ruth Sprague
Henry Cotreau
Eleanor
Mary
Cotreau
Henry G. Hodgdon
Amy
Sabine
John McNary
Chelsea
Lee Farm
Samuel F. Bates
Doris Perkins
H. Dorman Perkins
Beverley
W. E. Willis
Thomas Perkins
Miss Perkins
Winthrop
Salem
Bath's City Hall Nears Completion
Bath's new city hall shows rapid progress with over half the roof prepared for concrete and rear walls rising. The auditorium area, balcony seating plan, and boiler piping are visible, while the elevator shaft is installed awaiting potential future use. Superintendent Moore oversees about 50 workers as finish work nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City Hall
Ami
Moore
Bath
Bathman Family Sees Property Damaged in Florida Storm
Hon Elwell Crosby of 709 High Street reports his West Palm Beach home and a second nearby house damaged by a hurricane. Crosby carries hurricane insurance and may travel to Florida for details. Other local properties in the storm zone include Wilbur C Oliver at 39 Union Street and Thomas S Gibbons, coal dealer, with nearby bungalow. Sumner Hayes in Humacao Puerto Rico stresses storm impact as death toll rises while his parents await word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwell S. Crosby
High Street
West Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Crosby
Helen Clinto
Buckingham Road
Wilbur C. Oliver
Union Street
Oliver
Hayes John P. Hayes
Washburn Street
Humacao
Porto Rico
Sumner
Mrs. Hayes
Portland visitors and health updates in Maine towns
Mr and Mrs Paul M Olms visited Portland on Tuesday. Jotham Reed a longtime North end schools caretaker who was bedridden at home and at Maine General hospital in Portland has returned home much improved after weeks in hospital. Dike school children hope he joins them soon. Mr and Mrs Charles H Oliver and Mr and Mrs Seneca Conley traveled to Bangor Har Harbor and into Aroostook county but illness of Mr Conley required Bangor hospital treatment. He is improving but remains at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Olms
Portland
Jotham Reed
North End
Maine General Hospital
Dike
Reed
Charles H. Oliver
Seneca Conley
Bangor
Har Harbor
Aroostook County
Conley
Social gossip and village notes from West Bath
Mrs John Pooler of Waterville hosted a sum mer dinner at Sabine with miniature poll parrot favors and a varied menu. The column lists attendees and notable visits including Nan Brown returning to Portland, 4-H club delegates in Springfield, weddings in Bath, school openings, and a Farm Bureau millinery course at the grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pooler
Waterville
Sabine
Samuel F. Bates
Herbert Hodgkins
Fred Kittridge
Thelma Kittridge
Humphrey Owen
Everett G. Lemont
Farm Bureau
Statewide Tour of Maine Agriculture Book Released
The Maine Development Commission publishes an agricultural tour of the state by Vico C. Isola. The 100 page volume covers truck gardening potato growing sheep poultry dairying blueberry packing and apple growing with 50 photos maps and color plates. It follows a 1375 mile Grand Tour from Kittery to Portland with anecdotal notes and practical farming insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vico C. Isola
Maine Development Commission
Maine
Commission On the Agriculture of
Isola
Kittery
York County
Aroostook County
Portland
Little Nadeau Lake
Fort Fairfield
Aroostook
New
England
State Grange
Agricultural College
University of Maine
Department of Agriculture
Springfield
Mass
Topsham Grangers Present Fine Public Program
Topsham Grange held a regular meeting with strong attendance. The program featured Myrtie Cutler on piano Marguerite Clifford on violin Edward Belanger on cornet Alfred Rackley on banjo Harry Edgecomb reading a vocal duet by Blanche and Frank Atwood a four person chorus with Elizabeth White at the piano a county fair improvement discussion and a surprise feature Seven and Eleven led by Ralph Mallett with Frank Todd and Alfred Rackley. Next week the lecturer will be Ed Belanger with a program by married men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Grange
Myrtie Cutler
Marguerite Clifford
Edward Belanger
Alfred Rackley
Harry Edgecomb
Blanche
Frank Atwood
Elizabeth White
Ralph Mallett
Frank Todd
Ed Belanger
Veteran painter 90th birthday celebrated at old folks home
William D. Standish, a retired painter aged 90, marked his birthday at the Old Folks Home where he has lived for several years. He walked to the business district Monday morning and showed no fatigue, remaining active daily despite his years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Standish
Mr. Standish
Preble Family Spends Weekend with Shea Family
Mr and Mrs Clarence Preble and daughters Betty and Grace of West Peabody Massachusetts returned after visiting Mrs Preble’s parents Mr and Mrs Bion Shea of Arrowsic They called on Bath friends while in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Preble
Betty
Grace
West Peabody
Mass
Bath Union elects officers and briefs on summer temperance work
In Bath the W C T U branch held its autumn meeting at Salvation Army hall and elected permanent officers led by Miss Alice May Douglas as president and Mrs. Beatrice Rand as vice president. Delegates were named for Augusta convention and reports highlighted Loyal Temperance Legion activities and children's projects including dolls and scrapbooks for missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althea Quinby
Bath Union
Salvation Army Hall
Quimby
Augusta
Addie Robbins
Alice May Douglas
Beatrice Rand
Lucy Southworth
Jennie Jack
Douglas
Jack
Rand
Bernice MacDonald
Ruth Emerson
Agnes Perry
Loyal Temperance Legion
Dummer Street
Woolwich
Oak Street
Miss Douglas
Corliss Street
Union
Pratt
Local Social Notes From Boston to Bath
Mrs Ralph Whitehouse and son Stanley return from a Boston visit. Earl Lombard postmaster Stoneham and assistant postmaster were guests of Mr and Mrs Charles H Oliver en route to Bar Harbor. Mrs Harry Bennett returns from Portsmouth where she stayed with Mr Bennett who injured his thumb. Hon and Mrs Rupert H Baxter leave for Bath from Essex Junction after corn packing season and plan to spend the night in St Johnsbury before reaching Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Whitehouse
Stanley
Boston
Earl Lombard
Stoneham
Mass
Charles H. Oliver
Mechanic Street
Bar Harbor
Aroostook County
Harry Bennett
Trufant Street
Portsmouth
N. H
Bennett
Navy Yard
Rupert H. Baxter
Bath
Essex Junction
St. Johnsbury
Red Cross appeals for help for West Indies hurricane relief
The Red Cross urges nationwide support as Army transports rush food and supplies to Porto Rico and other islands. Telegrams from John Barton Payne note urgent need for funds and that initial $50,000 donation has been made. Florida and Southeastern states expected to boost contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
American Red Cross
United States
Ada Crockett
Bath
John Marion Payne
The
Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Ann
Front Street
West Indies
Coolidge
Baker
Island
John Barton Payne
Crockett
Secy
Virgin Islands
Florida
Red Cross West
Bowdoin Center Farm Bureau Meets On Basketry
An East Bowdoin Farm Bureau gathering at the grange hall featured Miss Welch in charge with basketry demonstrations and other articles started. Next meeting set for Oct 24 on Unusual Desserts. Local notices include East Bowdoin Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs James Millay home and community updates on residents and farming issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Center Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Maine General Hospital
James Abrams
Bridgton
Abram
L. C. Starbird
J. A. Pauquett
East Bowdoin
Pauquett
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Pretty
Wiscasset Village
Sagadahoc
Lemont
Marriner
Augusta Trust Company
Wiscasset, Maine
Bathman
Hon. E. S. Crosby
Morgan
Secretary
Topsham Grangers
Bath Independent
Charles C. Low
Bath Savings Institution
Bowdoin
CAAA
Quaker Oat CompAny
Bath Grain Company
Bath, Maine