Wiscasset Congregational sees Rally Day events and visits
Last Sunday at the Congregational church Rev. Elton K. Bassett preached a sermon and sang a solo. Rally Day is set for Oct. 2 with a larger church school and new teachers, plus a solo by Mrs. Luther Carney. The Lincoln Association meets Oct. 4, featuring sermons, discussions on mission work, and a drum of speakers.
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Congregational Church
Elton K. Bassett
Boothbay Harbor
E. G
Wiscasset
Bassett
Jesus
Pilate
John Currier
Luther Carney
Lincoln Associaton
Mary Hobson
Joseph L. Moulton
India
Erlon Richardson
Portland
Willard H. Palmer
George N. White
Chicago
Golden Chambers
Rodney W. Roundy
Maine
Gordon Tucker
Newcastle
Sheepscot
South Newcastle
Epworth League
Mary Colby
Boys Club
Methodist Church
Lions Club
Masonic Hall
Eastern Star
Lions
Lionesses
Richmond
Rotary Club
Damariscotta
Leo Sheshong
District of Lions Clubs
The
Flash
Luther F. Hall
Saturay
Quincy
Mass
Henry W. Webb
Cousnet Oa Clits
Eer
Lincoln Home
Local Notes Highlight Wiscasset Residents and Visits
Wiscasset residents and visitors are listed with travel plans and social events. Stirring entries include Frank Hutchins and Foye families motor trips to Bar Harbor, Bath luncheon guests, and various weekend visits to Boston, Cambridge, and Montreal. The October term jurors and town meetings are noted, alongside ship arrivals and local errands.
Wiscasset Notes From 1907 Echo Gossip
In the September 28 1907 issue Laura Chaney had her stable reshingled Mrs Sewall York returns from Waterville C H Metcalf in Boston Verna Smith visits Clinton and Waterville Victor Gorham sailed for Boston Kendall Dunbar of Damariscotta in town Miss Vesta Foster East Edgecomb in town Sadie Winning of Jay visits Miss Jones David Munsey of Woolwich visits Bath two scarlet fever cases reported in Edgecomb
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Laura Chaney
Sewall York
Waterville
C. H. Metcalf
Boston
Verna Smith
Clinton
Victor Gorham
Kendall Dunbar
Damariscotta
Vesta Foster
East Edgecomb
Port
Sadie Winning
Jay
Jones
David Munsey
Woolwich
Bath
Fagecomb
Bowdoin President Sills To Lecture On Italian Renaissance
Pres Sills of Bowdoin College will deliver six lectures on The Italian Renaissance starting November 14 for Brunswick Tops ham teachers and Bowdoin juniors seniors. Lectures, open to the public, will meet monthly at Wheeler hall, typically on the second Monday. Topics include Dante Divine Comedy Petrarch First Modern Man Boccaccio The Human Comedy Cellini A Great Autobiography Ariosto The Romantic Epic Tasso The Sunset of the Renaissance.
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Pres. Sills
Bowdoin College
Brunswick-Topsham
Bowdoin
Wheeler Hall
Dante
Petrach
Boccaccio
Cellini
Arcosto
Tasso
Longest Remaining Stage Mail Route Ely to Hazen Nev
The Ely to Hazen, Nevada stage mail route is believed to be the longest in the United States at 280 miles. Historic service connected remote settlements and relied on horse and wagon travel across harsh terrain and sparse settlements.
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United States
Ely
Hazen
Nev
West Bath Social Roundup at Birch Point and Vicinity
A crowded West Bath week features visits among Lewiston Auburn Salem and Bath residents. Notables include G Herbert Whitney chief repairman NYN&T Lewiston and magazine editor from Lewiston Journal, and numerous Bath Campbell's Pond and West Bath guests. An aviator named Harry Jones marks his fourteenth Old Orchard season carrying about sixty thousand flyers with the Larry Birds group.
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G. Herbert Whitney
Lewiston
Chester Stevens
Auburn
Stevens
Birch Point
Whitney
New Telephone and Telegraph Co
Salem
Hennessey
Ina M. Williams
Bath
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Winthrop
Worcester
Attleboro
Arthur Everbeck
Mass
William F. Hennessey
Ernest E. Williams
Florence Wyman
Dwinal E. Cornish
Washington Street
Stanley W. Williams
Morse High School
Joseph I. Smith
G. D. Riley
Providence
R. I
Riley
The
Nazarene Church
J. Everett Mayo
Rileys
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
Jackman
Frederick N. Sanborn
Atlantic
Etta
Abbie Purington
Lynn
West Bath
Miles
Purington
Trufant’s Crossing
Alfred B. Snow
New Gloucester
J. P. Lorentsen
Revere
Chester G. King
Fred J. Rose
Rosedale
H. B. Vater
Farmington
Charles C. Chesley
Larrabee’s Grove
American Red Cross
Annie H. Trufant
Old Orchard
Long Pier
Harry Jones
Larry Birds
Pirote
Jones
Rev E D Hardin Visits English Rotary Clubs
Rev Edwin Dodge Hardin spoke at the Bath Rotary Club luncheon about his Summer visits to Rotary clubs in Guernsey Jersey and London. He noted differences in ceremony and meetings but common Rotary fraternal spirit and welcome. J Fenno Elliot of Hyannis Mass attended as a Rotary visitor.
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James A. Gillies
Bath Box Co
Rotary
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Bath Rotary Club
Phoenix
Gillies
Langdon T. Snipe
Hardin
Snipe
Guernsey
Jersey
London
Channel Islands
Grace
Paul Harris
J. Fenno Elliot
Hyannis
Mass
Bath Represented at Schmeling Walker Bout
Rev. Fr. Timothy C. Maney pastor of St. Mary's church attended the Madison Square Garden Bowl in Long Island New York Monday night to see Max Schmeling defeat Mickey Walker by an eighth round technical knockout. Maney, a boxing fan, had previously witnessed Jack Sharkey lose to Schmeling and remains a booster for Schmeling.
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Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Church
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Long Island
N. Y
Max Schmeling
Mickey Walker
Kayo
Fr. Maney
Jack Sharkey
Boston
Schmeling
Sharkey
Code Act Saves Maine Thousands
The piece outlines centralized bookkeeping pre auditing and contract approval with monthly financial reporting across state agencies. Gov Gardiner extols the Finance Department as the keystone of economy. The Bureau of Taxation led by Frank H Helley and the Bureau of Purchase under Leigh I Harvey cut overhead notably: 50 percent in assessment division costs and 27 percent in gasoline tax collection, saving about 9500 and 8500 yearly. Tobey had built a strong Bureau of Purchases before his death, impacting most agencies including the University of Maine. The Transportation division cut state mileage from ten to seven cents for official travel.
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Gardiner
Department of Finance
Bureau of Taxation
Frank H. Helley
Bureau of Purchase
Leigh I. Harvey
Taxation Bureau
Bureau of Purchases
Eugene C. Tobey
Accounts and Control
University of Maine
Division of Transportation
Community Activities Highlight Woolwich Weekend
A Busy Woolwich schedule features a special Sacred concert led by Premier Male quartet at Montsweag, a Bible story in pictures, and a Day's Ferry Community club supper Saturday. Local visits include Bates College entrant Isaphene Dolloff and Mrs. Orr of Boston.
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Montsweag
Melvin Bailey
James Bailey
Sadie Grover
Lenora
Bates College
Union 48
Sagadahoc Ferry
Harold Webb
Rochester
N. Y
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Frank R. Bailey
Louis Orr
Boston
Thomas Long
John Brown
Roberta Hathorne
Bernette Bailey
Gorham Normal School
Waldo Dexter
Ruth Mank
Farmington Normal School
Elmer Mank
Ssaphene Dolloff
Addie
Augusta
C. H. Hathorne
Eben Dana
Mary
Moses Lord
Chester Dana
Harold Walker
Bath
Bar Harbor
Carl Sullenberger
Newton Theological Seminary
Montsweag Church
Pendleton
State Baptist
J. S. Pendleton
Waterville
United Baptist Convention of Maine
Center Baptist Church
Woolwich
Chopps School
North Woolwich
Stanley Jack
Thelma Baker
Kenneth Baker
Mable Jack
Clarence Baker
Louis Reynolds
Roland McIntosh
Herbert Munsey
Day's Ferry Community Club to Host Supper
Preparations are underway for a supper at the Day's Ferry Community house on Saturday evening October 1. The meal will be served from six to eight and a large turnout is anticipated. The event is organized by the Day's Ferry Community club.
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Day
New York
Charles Perkins
Woolwich Girl Enters Bates College Monday
Miss Dolloff daughter of Mr and Mrs Elster A Dolloff of Woolwich will enter Bates College this Fall as the sole Morse High School graduate from the vicinity. She graduated June 17 1931 with honors and will major in languages at Bates. Miss Dolloff leaves for Lewiston Monday with roommates Ruth White Old Orchard Beach and Ruth Drake North Berwick. Freshman Week at Bates runs through Wednesday with registration and a reception in Chase Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaphene Jackson Dolloff
Miss Dolloff
Morse High School
Bates College
Elster A. Dolloff
Woolwich
Morse
Bates
Dolloff
Lewiston
Chase House
Ruth White
Old Orchard Beach
Ruth Drake
North Berwick
Colle
Chase Hall
Harry W. Rowe
Clifton Gray
Lewiston Auburn Camera Club Members Visit Norway Artist
A dozen Lewiston and Auburn Camera club members spent an enjoyable evening as guests of Vivian Akers, Norway artist. Akers shared tips on soft focus lenses and related equipment. The round table discussion proved unusually profitable.
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Lewiston and Auburn
Vivian Akers
Norway
Akers
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Meer
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Sarah D
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Varney
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Beatrice
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Bailey’s Island
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Charles S. Sewall
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Bessie Mikels
Cambridge
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Arthur J. Mann
Dover
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Alexander M. Weatherbee
Casco Mercantile Bank
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Quebec
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Joseph H. Smith
Traverse Jury
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James E. Foye
Frederick W. Blagdon
Freeman D. Southard
Dorothy Shea
Josephine N. Tucker
Harry W. Smith
William E. Gorham
South Bristol
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N. J
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Florence M. Knight
World Friendship Institute
Bangor Theological Seminary
John Dos Passos
Alex Grover
Florence McLoud
Frank Creamer
Mabel Greeley
Belfast
J. P. Tucker
Bangor
I. R. Sanborn
George N. Sanborn
Woburn
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William Borland
Rose Borland
Snell House
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Sally Sortwell
Miss Hills’ School
Pittsfield
Kate Larned
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Marie E. Fawcett
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Capt
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William J. Hewlett
L. W. Gibbs
North Reading
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Rundlett
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F. E. Johnson
Joseph Tucker
Rangley Lakes
Martha Taylor
Emery
Randolph
Cutting
George Bailey
Water Street
Sarah Dana
M. A. Taylor
Waldoboro
Joseph Hilton
Music Hall
Annie Lewis
South Boston
Joseph Hubbard
Charleston
D. C
J. R. Baker
Pulsifer
Lacy
Lillian Nute
Somerville
Champney
Rockport
Macurda
Alice Taylor
Albion
Nickerson
Fred Jackson
Lexington
Fred Thompson
I. C. Libby
Amos F. Gerald
Fairfield
Alna
Strout
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A. Strout Realty Agency
Frank ‘Alch
Rowker
Draanwioe Me
Sabino
John Pooler
Pooler
Theo Nelson
Sabine
Beachmont
Ralph Daley
Watertown
Edward Moore
Constance Moore
Charlotte Owen
J. Henry Cotteau
Eleanor
Henry G. Hodgdon
Bernard Pratt
Carl Stinson
Carl Hatch
Samuel F. Bates
James Perry
M. Eleanor Bates
South Portland
Bert Priddle
Humphrey A. Owen
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Humphrey Rover
E. D. Hardin
English
Day's Ferry News
Isaphene J. Dolloff
Marco
Fifth Avenue
Davis
Bath and
Sagadahoc County
Joseph Grace
High St
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