Historic Sheepscot River ferries linked Edgecomb and Wiscasset
The article traces early transportation across the Sheepscot River including Moses Davis and David Sylvester ferries from Edgecomb to Wiscasset. It notes a 1832 horse ferry by the Sheepscot Ferry Co and 1846 legislation creating toll bridges from Wiscasset to Davis Island and from Edgecomb to Davis Island. It details toll rates, later bridge upgrades, and repairs through 1932, plus local school enrollments and several community notices from Boothbay Harbor area.
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Sheepscot
Moses Davis
Edgecomb
David Sylvester
Wiscasset
Sheepscot Ferry Co
Folly Is
Davis Is
Sheepscot River
Union Wharf
Davis Island
Davis
West Bath PTA Opens Fall Meeting October First
West Bath PTA announces its first Fall meeting set for October 1 at 8 p.m. at EAseteleper. Local social notes detail visits and travels of residents from Bath to Portland, Winter Haven and Largo, with many relatives and neighbors mentioned as frequent guests and hosts.
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West Bath
PTA
Wendall Williams
Re Fria Newton’ Falls
Mass
Ther
Ernest Williams
Stanley Williams
Kittery
Ralph King
Robert Killiam
Laura Whitmore
Eva Dunn
F. W. Deehan
Robert Brewer
Bar Harbor
Canada
Lawrence Moore
Winter Haven
Fla
Ray Moore
Sylvia Campbell
W. B. Campbell
Gibbs Secretarial School
Boston
Percy Holbrook
Samuel Guptil
Day’s Ferry
Oor Stanley Williams
Uptil
Nathan Offin, Jr
Soen
Manion Place
Aoe
Stanley Williams Sunny
Seth Snipe
Charles Treat
Charles, Jr
Carolyn
Augusta
Llewellyn Rogers
Clement Robichaud
Portland
Robichaud
Howard Carlton
Arrowsic
John Perkins
Durward Bowie
Largo
Dorothy Osborn
Bath
Francis Bertrand
Betsy
Dean
Margaret Cutting
Harry Gagnon
Michel
Holbrook Cottage
Leonard Smith
G. C. Smith
Joseph Stetson
Brunswick
Robert Coombs, Jr
Larrabee’s Grove
Woolwich
Fred Larrabee
H. E. Worrey
Wilfred Morgan
Lisbon Falls
Melford Perham
Plane crash and fire on Androscoggin river sand bar
C Parker Fowles escaped serious injury when the plane he rode in crashed and caught fire on a sand bar in the Androscoggin near Brunswick. Pilot Joseph C Stetson suffered first degree burns and a possible elbow fracture after the engine died after takeoff.
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Wiscasset Academy
University of Maine At
Brunswick
C. Parker Fowles
Androscoggin River
Joseph C. Stetson
Ada B. Cunningham
Santa Fe
N. M
Helen Petrie
Depositors Trust Co
Ihtaneh
Aroostook
Washington Counties
Barbara Stanier
High Street
Anna Brown
Birch Point
Solon
Roy R. Marston
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Marshall House
York
Ethel Bailey
Portsmouth
N. H
Sargentville
Frank B. Adams
Bath Iron Works
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Alfred W. Mahoney Funeral Held in Sheepscot
Alfred Wilson Mahoney, 60, longtime resident of Sheepscot, had funeral services at the local Methodist church Wednesday. The obituary notes his residence and service to the community before the text continues on page seven.
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Alfred W. Mahoney
Alfred Wilson Mahoney
Methodist Church
Sheepscot
Mr. Mahoney
West Bath Grange Fair a Record Breaking Success
West Bath Grange fair drew record attendance Thursday and Friday of last week and posted strong financial results. Gay Nineties Revue sold out both nights with Mrs R E Watson winning a Frigidaire. Prize drawings and booth prizes were funded by Bath and Brunswick merchants as the fair showcased local talent and volunteers.
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West Bath Grange
R. E. Watson
Washington Street
Bath
Brunswick
Charles T. Jackson
C. Harding Ayer
Daniel McCall
Carl P. Meister
Meister
Roy Stewart
Sandra Sprankle
Clare Martin
Bernice McGlinchy
Dave Henderson
John Howe
Otis
Ralph Patten
Deehan
McCall
William Small
Clarence Brown
Perry Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
Esther Andrews
Blanche Atwood
Carver
Wallace McDonald
William Coombs
Carl Meister
Alfred Neal
Mercie McFadden
Bessie Snow
Fanny Clark
Lucy Armstrong
Hazel Wright
Margaret Meister
Rbert Simpson
James Lemont
Stanley Peterson
Joseph Oliver
Susie Andrews
Nurses Alumnae of Memorial Hospital Meet in Staff Room
Nurses Alumnae of the Memorial Hospital met Thursday evening in the staff room with Mrs. Crocker presiding. A social hour followed with refreshments served by Mrs. Hutchins, Mrs. Legard, and Mrs. Bowie. Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stairs and family at the Lloyd Jones cottage in West Gardiner.
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Memorial Hospital
Crocker
Hutchins
Legard
Bowie
Raymond Hart
Fred Thompson
John Leonard
Stanley Brown
Albert McMann
Elwood Legard
Daniel Lord
William Blair
Leslie Stairs
Robert
Trufant Street
Harvey Flewelling
Donna
Huse Street
Mr. Stairs
Lloyd Jones
West Gardiner
Woolwich Community Notes Include Relocations and Meetings
Woolwich residents report purchases and moves including Bartlett Smiths house on Ferry Street and the Josiah Walker house on River road. Local visits include Miss Merleen Jameson's weekend in Lewiston and luncheon guests Lucille Joy and Alice Spencer. The Laurel Grove Cemetery Association meets Friday at 7 30 PM to elect officers and discuss reports.
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F. Carroll Perkins
New York
Bartlett, Smith
S Ferry
William .Thornton
Charlotte Francis
Lewiston
Theryl Robbins
Bath
Josiah Walker
River Road
Merleen Jameson
Bliss Business College
Merle Jameson
Lucille Joy
Alice Spencer
Lewis
Annie Bodge
West Bath
Memorial Hospital
Charles Howard
Woolwich
Ralph Rice
High Street
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Baptist Hall
Woolwich Center
Victor Paquet
University of Maine
Brunswick
Russell Street
Alma Lawrence
Belmont
Mass
C. P. Hall
Community meeting chaired by Mrs Bailes with Mrs Cromwell helping
A village assembly is announced for 5.30 Sart at 7 p.m. in the veer with Mrs Ethel Bailes presiding and Mrs Amy Cromwell assisting.
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Nance
Ethel Bailes
Amy Cromwell
Woolwich Firemen Benefit Movies Fundraiser
In Woolwich the fire department hosts a charity film event at The Pines on Day's Ferry Road, showing Abbott and Costello in a two night stand to raise proceeds for the Woolwich Fire Department. The department recently upgraded its truck with a 500 gallon booster tank and 150 feet of booster line, enhancing woods fire response and other blazes.
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Bobby Westfall
Ron Ae
Pines
Woolwich
Abbott
Ferry Road
York Beach
Twin Bees Meet at Arrowsic Home
The Twin Bees held an all day session Thursday at Mrs. Sarah Potter’s home in Arrowsic. Members and guests attended from Brunswick and Bath, dined together, crocheted, and photographed on the lawn. The group planned a next meeting for October 14 in Auburn.
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Twin Bees
Sarah Potter
Arrowsic
Edith Miller
Agnes Perry
Nellie Dunning
Sadie Garcelon
Gertrude Stewart
Viola Melzard
Louise Monroe
Sophia Mikels
Brunswick
Emma Haley
Bessie Hunt
Bertha Kendrick
Ola Lombard
Bath
Hattie Lord
Cook Street
Auburn
Woolwich group to exhibit at Lincoln counties farm bureau
The Mon Lewane group will hold an exhibition at a Lincoln counties farm bureau meeting at Ones High School on Oct 28. An Oct 7 Good Will clubhouse meeting will focus on Planning Your Wardrobe led by Mrs Be ther Mayo of Rockland. Dinner committee was Mrs Perley Ater and Mrs Anna Eaton. The group designed Christmas cards under Mrs Lemuel Preble with 14 present.
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St. Philip’s
Hodge Street
Garrison Hill
CBS
Marcel Gibson
Crescent Chapter
East Boothbay
Frank B. Adams
Lions Club
Red Brick
Mothers Club
John MacFarlane
Roi
Academy
Lady Minstrels From
Dixie
Dresden
Anne Beatie
Virginia
Anne Nelder
William Bradford
Bradford
Mollie Seamon
Ottawa
Canada
Leonard
Leonard Gahan
George M. Sproul
Jesse Metcalf
Cathy Louise
St.Andrew’s Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
Charles S. Sewall
Graydon J. Fowles
LeRoy Farmer
Orono
University of Maine
Harry L. Bradford
St. John
N. B
William Victor Gorham
Brooklyn
N. Y
Federal Street
Charles J. DiPerri
Raymond Calnan
Neferber
Eam
Woolwich
Ren
England
Maine
Lincoln Counties
Good Will
Bether Mayo
Rockland
Perley
Ater
Anna Eaton
Lemuel Preble
Local Musicians Jam for Hours at Center
Several local musicians gathered at the Center last week for an impromptu three hour jam on stage. Vachon played piano, Duane Satter bass, Eddie Gediman tar, Clarence Arsenault rums, William Hill tenor and Jimmy alto sax, Libby trumpet, Bob Rice trombone. Fans gathered to listen, dance and chat.
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Vachon
Duane Satter
Eddie Gediman
Clarence Arsenault
William Hill
Jimmy
Libby
Ee Bob Rice
Meeting notes hint at future event and lunch issue
Incomplete report describes a meeting closing with a note about a light lunch. Names including Mrs St Pierre Elbridge Rice Mrs John Moffitt and Mrs Arathe etteyill were mentioned as attendees. A next gathering is planned for October 7 at an unspecified location.
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St. Pierre
Elbridge Rice
John’ Moffitt
Arathe Etteyill
Esting
Day's Ferry Mothers Club Met at Schoolhouse
The Mothers' club of Day's Ferry gathered at the schoolhouse on Thursday for a meeting. The article notes the United States has about 461,000,000 acres of commercial forest land as a separate fact.
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Day's Ferry
Mother’s Club
The
Mothers’ Club
Day’s Ferry
Thursda
United States
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North School
Elinor Mahan
Carroll B. Sproul
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Poplins
W.T. Grant CO
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Chevrolet
Fae
Chevro
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