Bowdoinham Letter Highlights War Family Ties
Capt. R. M. Varnum writes from abroad about family spread across the war front, noting sons in artillery and a grandson in the Sith Hussars, a daughter as a Red Cross nurse, and another in charge of women and children of the front brigade. Local notes cover residents returning from Boston, schoolroom openings, farm sales, church gatherings, and town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Varnum
Fulton
Artillery
Sith Hussars
Laura
Red Cross
Mabel
Artillery Bricade
Woolwich
Varnum
Bowdoinham
Japan
Cam. J
Given
Boston
West Bath Grange Hosts Monday Evening Program
West Bath Grange presents a program featuring singing by the Grange piano solo Annie Wylie reading Kate Perkins vocal solo Grace Hill E J Rich solo EB W Haggett original paper Belle Donnell five minutes entertainment Mrs Harding Lester Pratt reading and a contest. Members are urged to wear working clothes or a fine will be imposed and to bring refreshments in a paper bag. At closing, fourteen young ladies will be sold at auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
the Grange
Annie Wylie
Kate Perkins
Grace Hill
E. J. Rich
EB. W. Haggett
Belle Donnell
Mrs. Harding Lester Pratt
T. F. Perkins
Partridge Berries Scarce in West Bath This Season
Bath residents scavenge nearby woods for partridge berry vines amid a rain scarce fall. berries are small this year. Bath events include a poverty party at West Bath Grange Hall with auctioning of girls and old rigs led by Tom Perkins, and plans for winter social events at New Meadows Boat Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
New Meadows
Phippsburg Notes Show Local Life and Gatherings
Mrs Albion Rollins returned from Boston after two weeks visiting Bridgewater and Boston relatives. Miss Susie Cutting and Miss Rachel Cutting enjoyed Thanksgiving at Meadowbrook, while Dromore Grange elected officers for the year and held a late coffee social. The Bath area saw visits, funerals, and hunting trips with families gathering at The Guideboard and Parker Head for festivities and news of the recent snowstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion Rollins
Ellena Greene
Boston
Bridgewater
H. E. Gurney
Bath
Hannigen
Etta Bowker
Walter Bowker
James E. Perry
James Cutting
Carrying Place Cove
Edward Samp
George Rideout
Elijah Clifford
Ormand Rogers
Fred Rich
Monarco
Susie Cutting
Meadowbrook
Omar Perry
Portland
Georgetown
Rachel Cutting
Charles Rogers
George Ingalls
Ingalls
George Nichols
Frances Daley
Dedham
Dromore Grange
Reuben Purington
Scott C. Campbell
L. Abbie Minott
Ralph Trask
D. A. Merry
Susan
Frank Schofield
Ida McVickar
Henry Austin
Kingston
Mass
Otis Austin
Cleveland
Somerville
Nathaniel Percy
Fred Morrison
Walter—Bowker
F. S. Bowker
Rebecca Bowker
C. V. Minott, Jr
D. A. MacDonald
St. Mary’s Church
Walter McCourt
Ladies Aid meeting notes and parish housing vote
Westport notes show the Ladies Aid meeting at Center Church on December 1 with eight members and one visitor. They postponed business to the next meeting to decide the location of a parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Center Church
G. G. Judkins
R. T. Greenleaf
Mathew Greenleaf
A. Pr. Stillwell
Wood
A. E. Gove
Ella Greenleaf
Trevett
I. C. Hodgdon
Neva Colby
Isles of Springs
Wiscasset
Meynard Gove
Inez Shea
Small Point Residents In and Around Town Family Notices
Martin Wyman of Small Point arranges land clearing with Nathaniel Morse and William Wyman for a field. James Thompson family returns from Thanksgiving in Westport. Ruth Slyvester works in Bath at John Hyde home. Lester Hodgdon back from relatives at Small Point. Wilbur Wyman reports poor Bath travel by auto. James Thompson shoots wild bull after many attempts. Roland Eaton returns to Bowdoin College after Thanksgiving. H L Nevens visits on steamship business for City of Rockland and Ransom B Fuller. Schooner Ella M Storer pranks Kennebec River sailors. For sale good apples 75 cents a bushel and dressed young ducks by J F Upton Winnegance Maine. Tel 268-5, 6-2tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Chicago
Helen G. Cornell
Paul Cornell
Slvde Park
Cornell
John Evans
Denver
Evanston
Orington
North Shore
Bowdoinham
Cornells
Hyde Park
James H. Millay
Bath
North St
Upper Main St
Newell
Capt. Staples
George Minott
Miles N. Reed
The
Baptist Church
W. H. Gould
Charles W. Frost
A. H. Hillman
W.W. Denham
F. K. Jack
Methodist Society
Helis Clark
Derby
Line
H. D. Grant
B. B. Douglass
Lillian
George Ernest Davis
Old Orchard
Harry Purington
Portland
Harold Walker
Canton
Maine
Martha Colby
Wiscasset
Bion Shea
Maurice Shea
Will Cunningham
Damiuriscotta
Mabel Eisner
Jardiner
Florence Jones
North School
Jack “Camien
S. Bath
Ruth Peacock
Iris Lantz
E. B. Snipe
George Penney
Dana McFarland
Woolwich
Reed Mains
Mildred Snipe
Aubury Stein
Clifton Harrington
Bathites
Will Foster
Topsham
Samuel Bates
Sabine
Foster
Florence Bates
Gertrude Coombs
Campbell’s Pond
North Street
Melville Marco
Lewiston
Walter Marco
Marco
Alberta Plant
Llewellyn Rogers
John S. Hyde
Rogers
Edna Higgins
Waltham
Mass
Fred Higgins
Walter Brown
Orono
University of Maine
J. H. Mayo
Everett Mayo
Henry Elliott
Will Brown
Rose Rowell
Delia Higgins
Eva Pratt
Bath Auto and Gas Engine Company
Victor Chase
Fred Browns
John Mayhew
J. E. Mayo
S. R. Brown
Martin Wyman
Small Point
Nathaniel Morse
William Wyman
James Thompson
Albert
Roland Eaton
Bowdoin College
Ashdale
J. F. Upton
Winnegance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capt. McParland
Judge Millay
Brunswick
Whendrick
Iigh School
J. P. Cobb
Small
Deer Park
Bowdoin
EF. S. Gifford
Canaan
Long Branch
Eli J. Stevens
Thorndike
Will Grad
Grant
Maria Jack
Village Lodge of Masons
C. PL. Bates
Hy. E. Cheney
Randall
E. P. Kendall
Lorenzo Minott
Earle Brown
Express
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Eastern Star Aid
C. L. Mosher
Aldrich
Robert Patten
Sharon
Norris Purinton Road
Myra Fowles
Waterville
I. M. Fowles
O. E. Page
Town New Cemetery
Bay Road
Katherine Kendrick
Litchfield Academy
Sarah Patten
Charles McEwen
Kennebec
Anti- Tuberculosis League
R. I. Mckey
McEwen
Richmond
Ruby Wood
Emily Rideout
H. D. Cornish
Cornish
Danvine
C. P. Bates
Main St
Walter Reed
Ralph Dunton
A. C. Staples
B. Newall
J. H. Ames
Penobscot
Aroostook
Grange
Brown
Sceeo Lane
Town Hall
Frost
Robert Temple
Knox County
W. E. Rideout
Charles Philbrook
George Polley
Ezekil
Levi Stockman
Lueean B. Newell
C. F. Staples
Mr. Newell
Rhode Island
Mardie
Reuben Blake
Felix Stinson
Alice Mollineux
Collingwood Shea
David Stinson
Norman Drummond
S. G. Damien Lumber Company
Walter Hagan
Wilder Hagan
Will Clark
Elsie Blair
Melvina Morse
Gardiner
Amy Chase
Paris
Mrom
William Small
High Street
Tom Perkins
Trufant
Everett Mayhew
Berry Mills
Henry Rose
Trainer
Ellis Coombs
Alonzo Fisher
Bath Autos
Foster Point
Alvah Higgins
Trufant's Crossing School
J. M. Lemont
H. B. Healey
Dorothy Perkins
H. S. Hanson
Joseph Lemont
Miles Purington
Phippsburg
Albertine Ridley
Hebron Academy
Sebasco
Everett Harrington
Capt
Henry Butler
Sarah Trufant
Will Trufant
Candy’s Harbor
Frank Ridley
Parker Head
Frank Wyman
Thomas McCormick
Harpswell
Charles Morrison
Domestic Dept
Lockhart
Westport
H. L. Nevens
Eastern Steamship Corporation
City of
Rockland
Ransom B. Fuller
Ella M. Storer
Kennebec River
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