Installation of the New Bell at Georgetown Center
The Georgetown Center community celebrates the installation of a new bell for the First Baptist Church. Everett C. Higgins hauled the bell, and Horace A. Jordan led the installation with a committee including H A Jordan C W Oliver Stearns W Scott Howard G Heald William A Todd Z Trafton Knight H M Trafton Rev G H Grey and others. Rev Grey rang the bell first, and the inscription honors those who worshipped there. Capt Myers of Lubec and Roy Myers visit. Myers retired after 28 years as life saving chief at Quoddy Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Rowe
Five Islands
Bessie
Ethel Todd
First Baptist Church
Howard G. Heald
Traf Knight
Donnie
Bertha Russell
Portland
Benjamin H. Woodside
Ethel Spinney
Bay Point
Lizzie Spinney
A. K
Cyrus W. Oliver
Riggsville Landing
Williams
Georgetown Center
Ladies’ Aid Society
Everett C. Higgins
West Georgetown Landing
Horace A. Jordan
G. H. Grey
H. A. Jordan
C. W. Oliver
Stearns W. Scott
William A. Todd
Z. Trafton Knight
H. M. Trafton
Hae Oliver
J. D. Williams
E. C. Higgins
Tung
Myers
Lubec
Myer
Roy Myers
Popham Beach
Life Saving Service
Quoddy Head
Five Islands Social and Hunt Busy Thanksgiving Readers
Local page notes Thanksgiving activities and visits around Five Islands. Capt Rowe plans a head mount for a buck and joined the hunt after returning for Thanksgiving. Several residents travel between Somerville Bath and Colby College while the Ladies Aid Society meets with new members and discusses fudge treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Rowe
Carrie Hagan
Somerville
Mass
Josephine Lewis
Otis N. E. Card
Bath
Albion Davis
Monhegan
Fremont Rowe
Albert McFadden
Sawyer's Island
Leland Plummer
Carolyn Stevens
Colby College
Spencer and
Larrabee
South Gardiner
Cleveland Rowen
Leslie
Arthur Berry
City Hospital
Ladies’ Aid Society
George Hanna
J. M. Harford
Branwell Harford
Almon Marr
Woolwich Church Folks Hold Two Entertainments
Woolwich residents report a series of entertainments and visitations. Miss Marcia M. Stinson hosted her sister Mrs. Harry M. Stinson of Waterville in Bath. Lectures by Rev. E. W. Kenyon attract crowds at Montsweag Church as the evangelistic program continues nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Marcia M. Stinson
Harry M. Stinson
Waterville
Bath
Stinson
Lawrence Ryan
Jeona
Boston
Miss Ryan
Elizabeth Webber
North Woolwich
Cheney of
Gardiner
Ladies’ Aid
Louie Thwing
Worcester
Mass
Alton B
Center
Sarah Bagley
E. W. Kenyon
Montsweag Church
John G. Boyse
Kenyon
Allen
Mr. Kenyon
Merton Wright
Kenson
Edgar Bailey
A. B. Thwing
Wilson Wright
Doughty and Farley Wed in Tallman Street Home
Wednesday evening Sadie Doughty and Raymond Farley were married at the Groves home on Tallman Street with Elder Hersam officiating. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn’s wedding march and a reception followed by a luncheon. The couple left Thursday for their new Richmond home and were welcomed by friends with gifts and good wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Groves
Tallman St
Sadie Doughty
Raymond Farley
Richmond
Hersam
Florence Beals
Elver Stickney
Mendelssohn
John Small
Portland
Zoa Day
Fern Nickerson
Ralph Day
Resolutions Honor Daniel H Higgins Belmont Camp
The Bath Independent reports resolutions mourning Daniel H Higgins a valued neighbor. The camp expresses sympathy to his family, drapes the charter for thirty days, and orders copies of the resolutions placed on records sent to the family and published in the Bath Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Daniel H. Higgins
Durneth
Bath Independent
F. A. Bowie
R. P. Higgins
Winslow
Obituary of Dr William Palmer Melcher 60 Bath native leader in Mt Holly
Dr William Palmer Melcher 60 son of William H Melcher veteran Bath Iron Works foreman died in Mt Holly New Jersey last Monday after brief illness. Born in Brunswick April 19 1848 he studied at Bath schools Bowdoin College class of 1871 taught German in Lake City Minnesota and pursued a University of Pennsylvania program before practicing in Pemberton Camden and Mt Holly New Jersey for 36 years. He was a respected Mt Holly citizen and leader in his profession survived by widow two daughters Dora and Charlotte and son Stanwood along with his father and two Bath sisters. He was a regular summer visitor in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Palmer Melcher
William H. Melcher
Bath Iron Works
Mt. Holly
N. J
Brunswick
Bath
Bowdoin College
Lewiston
Bowdoin
Pike
N. Y
Lake City
Minn
University of Pennsylvania
Pemberton
Camden
Mt.Holly
Dora
Charlotte
Stanwood
William H. Melccher
PD. C. Shaw
Thomas Dillon
Melcher
Death of Alfred J. Dunning at Togus Hospital
Alfred J. Dunning died in Togus Hospital on a Wednesday. Born in Brunswick about 71 years ago, he lived there most of his life. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in a Vermont unit and was discharged July 10, 1863. He entered the Togus home from Brunswick on September 16, 1914. Surviving is a niece, Mrs. Hattie W. Black of Orrs Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gray
Bath
C. F. Harrington
Hockomock
Ida H. Rowe
Congregational
Nequasset
Davy’s Ferry
Arthur Hagan
Wood Merrill
Costello Hall
Phyllis
Maxine Walker
E. W. Swett
Miss Hall
Ninrade
Alfred J. Dunning
Togus Wednesda
Brunswick Sale
Brenswick
Hattie W. Black
Orr's Iland
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Georgetown
Elbridge M. Cunningham
Augusta Todd
Wentworth Cushing
Riggsville
Rudolf H. Trafton
Lydia F. Oliver
Popham
Llewellyn Oliver
Oliver
Julia A. Hinds
Edgar B. Hunt
D. H. Todd
Sherman Mills
Arthur
Mr. Todd
Willie
Fred
George Oliver
A. E. P. Oliver
A. E. Rowe
Melvin Cunningham
Arthur Reid
Stott
W. C. Todd
Vermont
A. M.jones
Etta
Jones
Roscoe P. Todd
Roxbury
Miss Jones
Edwina Mayers
Cambridge
Sewall P. Oliye
Erlon L. Newdick
Annie Sugden
Miss Sugden
Sanford
Mr. Newdick
University of Maine
William H. Dearborn
Dearborn
Lillian A. Berry
William Holland
Islands
Harry L. Horne
Dixfield
Henry Totman
Levi Totman
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Eugene Reynolds
Edward C. Clarey
Levi Powers
Perry Beals
Lynn
Charles Mains
Tom
Mains
Elsie West
Jessie Davies
Oxford
William Davies
Heal Place
Will Mains
Avery Williams
Will
Clarles Mains
Mr. Mains
Thomas M. Hagan
G. A. Low
Boothbay
Percy
O. H. Curtis
Murphy's Corner
Dexter Baker
Cora Bailey
Norman Gammon
Ellen Bailey
Linn
Benjamin Curtis
Munsey Wrothers
Moatsweag
Thaylin Bailes
G. Payson ‘Reed
Woodlawn View Farm
Bailey School of Industries
Morse High School
Simmons
the House OF Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
John J.desmondco
Corner Center
Water Streets
Bath, Maine
Doughty
Farley
Bath Girl
Modern Woodmen of America
William P. Melcher
Westport Upper
M.S. Outhouse
Westport
Womens Rubbers
Churchill's Shoe Store
Oat Co
Enterprise Farm
J. F. Upton
Winnegance
Maine
Drummond
Phippsburg
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