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Latest Island News.▼hat b Doing In Towns oft Ml. Desertand Other Islands,Southwest A very ple“aD* reception Hartwr. was heJd on Saturday August 15, at the home of O*W. Young in honor of the 88th anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Young’s mother, Mrs. M. A. Thomas, wbojpears the Weight of years very lightly and seems to have acquired the art of growing old gracefully. Born in the morning of the nineteenth century 1815, maiden name Mary Ann Richards, she is the last of a family » | of ten (a sister Mrs. Hannah King passed away more than a yearAago.) She was married in 1840 to Capt. Cornelius Thomas who followed the sea until his health failed in 1858. Mrs. Thomas has always lived on M t Desert island and most of the time in Eden. The floral decorations for i | the birthday party were very beautiful and the welcome, guests comprised her husband’s brother’s wife Mrs. 13. C. Thomas and her two daughters, Miss Alberta and Abby Thomas of Eden who carte to dinner, and at 4 o’clock Mrs. Fred Knowles, Mrs. George Whitmore, Mrs. Frank Black, Mrs. Elmer Stanley I Mrs. Wm, Whitmore, each bringing a it fofen of love and in addition there was a » letter a ic( gift from her daughter in Pitta-t fieb^K* H^who regrttted her inability tocon^,;also.flowers and other tokens sent by fits. Bert Robinson and Mrs. J. B. Mason. All enjoyed the tine collation xl s$Qfby Horace Grindle, Mrs. Emma Rich, r if Alberta and Abble Thomas, together ym the birthday cakes prepared by Mrs. f I Yppng. All missed ihe/sweet presence ofI I . the one, the mother of the great grandII children who was called away nearly a 11 year ago who had been wont to make andshare the home festivities. Our young-bearted friend Mrs. Thomas, greatly appreciated the pleasant reception party and we wish her many happy returns.lt;
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Bar Harbor Record
Bar Harbor, Maine, US
Wed, Aug 26, 1903
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