Week's Doings in Bowdoinham Highlights Local News
Bowdoinham residents see changes in town life as Bonney returns home after winter in Portland. The community notes a dog’s fatal shooting, school staffing shifts, church group meetings, wiring by Central Maine Light & Power, and various visits and relocations among families and neighbors.
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W. H. Blanchard
Brooklyn
Coolie
Viola Coombs
Boston
Louie Sparks
Philadelphia
Charlie Berry
Maine Central Signal Painting
Village Lodge
Earle Brown
Amelia
Coombs High
Morse High
Bath
Frank Brown
Somerset Junction
A. M. Cornish
C. B. Randall
Charles Mosher
W. W. Brown
R. A.dickinson
Saint Pawe R.A.C
Brunswick
G. H. McKay
Augusta
Mr. McKay
Bowdginham
Herbert Harris
Arthur Libbby
Freport
Steven C. Snell
Horace Snell
Vinal H. Tibbetts
Coombs High School
Mattawarakeag
Chester
Winn
Kingman
Crawford A. Treat
Sagadahoc Democratic Committee Chooses Officers
Sagadahoc County Democratic Committee met in Bath and elected Wallace N. Price as chairman George C Pease as secretary and F H Thompson as treasurer The body adopted a resolution mourning Hon George E Hughes of Bath and praised his service Plans for the coming campaign were discussed Also listed were present state committeeman L B Swett and Agriculture Commissioner W T Guptill Morse High School orchestra gave a concert for the music fund with Lydia Tracy and Rand A Dunham assisting.
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Sagadahoc County
Democratic Committee
City Hall
Wallace N. Price
Richmond
George C. Pease
Phippsburg
F. H. Thompson
Bath
E. F. Kelley
Sagadahoe County
George E. Hughes
W.N. Price
Sec
Frank W. Snipe
Arrowsie
Eugene J. Hartnett
John W Small
Bowdoin
C. H. McEwen
Bowdoinham
G. C. Pease
William T. Tate
Topsham
W. N. Price
Horace A. Hathorn
Woolwich
D. B. Darrah
Perkins
Charles A. McMahan
Georgetown
Charles W. Lee
West Bath
L. B. Swett
William T. Guptill
Morse High School
Morse Assembly Hall
Lydia Tracy
Rand A. Dunham
New Manager at the Feldspar Quarries in Georgetown
The Georgetown era page reports Mr. Buzzell from Wisconsin as the new manager of the Golding Sons Company feldspar quarry at Patakey, succeeding John W. Cummings. Local news notes repairs to Union Hall fundraising nears two hundred dollars, with numerous single donations and two verse messages from supporters.
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Union Hall
Norman Treat
Philadelphia
Carl Scott
A.B. S
Alice Oliver
J. F. Thompson
Norman Trafton
B. L. Rich
Albert Ross
Herbert Jones
Birger
G. A. Rosentwist
C. H. Marr
Harlan Trafton
MacDougall
Irving Hunt
William Terry
Frank E. Moore
Nellie Thompson
Anson M. Oliver
Seward E. Emmons
W. P. Cromwell
W. T. Berry
Laura Pottle
Harriet A. Deering
Howard G. Heald
R. Marie Southard
Elwell P. Todd
E. L. Trafton
Wendell P. Baker
Stephen T. Clarke
Cyrus Longley
Walter Newdick
Harry Adams
J. Everett Jewett
Stephen Trafton
Everett C. Higgins
Fred Reid
Fred Ward
Leon E. Oliver
Rachel Trafton
George West
Thomas Williams
Bertha Shoales
Buzzell
Golding Sons Company
Felspar Patakey
John W. Cummings
Wisconsin
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J Cheney
B. OF Commerce
Db Frail Drueriente
Town Meeting Debates Farm Purchase and Telephone for Hall
A special town meeting at Union Hall on Wednesday discussed two articles the purchase of a town farm and installing a telephone in the selectmen s office. The gathering drew many attendees from Five Islands and after extensive discussion both proposals were dismissed.
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Union Hall
Selectmen’s Office
Hughes Will Allocates Cash and Property to Relatives and Church
The late George E. Hughes probate assigns 6000 to brother J P Hughes of Eutaw Alabama 500 to maid Dela G Lavoie 100 to Marian Norton stenographer and the Washington Street home in trust to H A Nealley executor. Nealley gains large shares in Sheepscot Island Co The codicil funds Grace Church Bath choir stalls desks per R Geissler plan under the rector. in memory of Susan Margaret Hughes. Estate pays church wardens to cover the work.
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George E. Hughes
J. P. Hughes
Eutaw
Ala
Dela G. Lavoir
Marian 8. Norton
Washington St
H. A. Nealley
Sheepscot Island
The Burglar Alarm at Elm St Vestry
The farce The Burglar Alarm was performed Tuesday evening at the Elm St vestry under the aus rehearsing for some time. It was a scream. The cast included Aunt Martha played by Mrs H E Worrey Aunt Mary by Mrs L Lowell Bridget by Mrs Wright Penelope by Mrs E Eaton. Candy and ice cream were on sale.
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Elm St. Vestry
Martha
H. E. Worrey
Mary
L. Lowell
Bridget
Wright
Penelope
E. Eaton
Regular Bible School Session At Bea con Street Church
No church services this week due to conference. Pastor away at Rumford. The sole activity tomorrow is the standard Bible School session at 12 o’clock.
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Beacon Street Church
Rumford
Bible School
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Pythians
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W. L. Bonney
James D. Elliott
Watertown
Mass
Janette Ruth
J. E. Clark
John Holden
Jackman
Annie White
the Ridge
Lynn
Helen Leavitt
Portland
Robert Patten
Florence Small
Leander Small
America Purinton
D. Thorn
Mary Hall
Candy’s Harbor
Richmond Favor
Favor
Georgie Chapman
Denver
Colorado
Mrs. Favor
F. K. Jack
Carrie Purinton
Frank Ryan
Hillman
Sagadahoc
Selden Williams
Mabel Burns
Kate Blair
Margaret Chapman
Methodist Aid
Lena Cobb
Eastern Star Aid
OG. L. Mosher
J. L. Pinkerton
Rumford Falls
C. T. Staples
Bert Fulton
S. W. Carr
Georgetown News
Mattie E. Rich and Family
Rachel J. Traften
Frank Moore
First Baptist Church
Marion Jones
Ford
Henry Harford
Louis A. Thompson
Hilda Carlberg
Hyde Park
B G. A. Rosentwist
West Georgetown
Rosentwist
Benjamin H. Woodside
Sewall P. Oliver
Mr. Clarke
Lisbon
Clarke
Georgetown Center
Louise Perkins
Center
Boothbay Harbor
Sewall Dow
Damjariscotta
Howard Camp
A. E. Bradford
Rockport
Five Islands
Horace MacMahan
MacMahan’s
Charles
William Mains
Nat Howe
Ralph Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds
Mike Marotto
J. W. Moore
Hunt Home
Edward Clary
Lawyer Hall of
E. C. Clarey
Willliam M. Farnsworth
Hagan
Riggsville
William A. Todd
Grace A. Scott
Leon Williams
Maurice Hodgdon
Perley
MacMahan’s Island
David T. Percy &Sons
Garment Department
Heatherbloom
McCullum
Art Department
Hughes
Grace Church
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