Christmas Reflections and Small Point Tales Near Bath
Local notes recount a near-drowning when William Rollins broke thin pond ice, plus winter travel by oil team and visits among Parker Head, Bath, and Westport residents. Clerical illnesses, school events, and yard work fill a pre New Year update with community happenings and a reflective Christmas summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rollins
W. W. Percy
Thomas Oliver
Winneganee
F. S. Bowker
Parker Head
Percy
Grace Percy
Bath
Carrie Mason
George O. Curtis
Small Point
Boston
S. C. Campbell
Rebecca Bowker
Lisbon Falls
Addie Myers
A. F. Williams
Roscoe Stacy
Westport
Albert H. Willis
New York
Barren Island
Charleston
Mary A. Torrisbee
Grammy Frisbee
Town
Edward Chandler
Brockton
Louise Mareen
Ashdale
Miss Mareen
Maine Central Hospital
Lewiston
Annie Cushing
Mareen
Frank Frisbee
Clinton Beals
Linwood
Stonyybrook
We Peres
Dane Schowmne
Peres
Winnegance
Bowker
George C. Pease
Mr. Pease
Eliza Morrison
Carrie Perry
Dre Inner
Pnee Hia Ciea
King Tavern
Biggest Fishing Port Question Revisited in Maine History
The article recalls Maine's fishing industry heyday with Westport Townsend Harbor and Boothbay fleets, Lennix’s outfitting firm, and salt cargoes from Liverpool. Veteran dealer George P. Colby reflects on grand banks trips and Bay of Chaleure memories as 1915 looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Portland
Poland Express
Wiscasset
Maine
Liverpool
Lennix’s
Westport
Townsend Harbor
Boothbay
George P. Colby
Grand Banks
Bay of Chaleure
Sheepscot
Christmas News From Bowdoinham Town
Bowdoinham Christmas notes report newly elected officers of McDonald Temple Pythian Sisters and Sons of Veterans Auxiliary installation on January 6. Local residents travel to Bath Lisbon Falls and Lewiston for business and shoppers. Schoolteachers home on vacation. churches hosted Christmas trees. Remains of Edward Welch buried. Henry Cornish seen after 11 weeks. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Perry
Roscoe Stacy
John Williams
A. F. Williams
Susan Campbell
Harry Roderick
Minevilee Hospital
Mr. Witherbee
Port Henry
Adalbert Williams
Cosmopolitan Club
Henry Heald
Lewiston
William Butler
Bath
Jane E. Percy
Percy
Cox’s Head
McDonald Temple
Pythian Sisters
Ella Temple
Ig Cae
Lcra Wein Es
Melene
Plora Dseavitt
al Ey
Aliss Georgia Denham
Daisy Mealy
Ry & G
Prudence Hamilton
Abbie Pierce
Josiah Fulton
Gertrude Graves
Edith Fulton
Minta Wilson
3. Small
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Jack
Nathaniel Williams
Lisbon Falls
Benjamin Blanchard
Franklin Pierce
Brunswick
Mondey
Sarah C. Young
Cora
Old Orchard
Bertha Moulton
Orono
G. T. Getchell
Ide
FE. B. Duran
K. Jack
Edith Wood
Margaret Chapman
Roscoe Douglass
Edith Wiggin
Bertha
North Berwick
J. A. Wiggin
W. H. Blanchard
Staples
W. H. Gould
Post Road
Jones
Edward Welch
Monceay
Gould
Henry Cornish
Owen Small
Bates College
New Year's Suggestions For Her List of Household Items
Mrs Potts proposes useful items for the year including iron, bread mixer, broom, scissors, meat chopper, apple parer, pocket knife and mop. Johnson Bros. Co bath Me is noted as a supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Bros. Co
Bath, Me
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
N. W. Eaton
Frank Rogers
Walter Rogers
W. A. C. Rogers
Laura Matthews
Ina Pease
Reuben Fletcher
C. V. Minott
McKinley School League
Treasury
Bath Medical Club
H. W. Cutting
New Jersey
Mark St. Percy
Frank Schofield
Cox's Head
John
Jim
Polly
California
Santa Claus
Elijah Morse
Grace McIntyre
Harry McIntyre
Cecil Harris
Harrison McIntyre
Frank Allegrin
Leon Eaton
Albertina Ridley
Hebron Academy
Beulah Larrabee
Clara Perry
Candy’s Harbor
Miss Hodge
Miss Larrabee
Eugene Perry
Mr. Perry
Dromore
Miriam Adams
Wilkin
Mr. Ridley
Charles Morrison
8. B. Richardson
Ruth Morrison
Sebasco
Lucy Rogers
Fpf. M. Bowker
Drummond Kelley
Dr. Williams
J. D. Eastman
Alvena Oliver
Henry Butler
New Orleans
Denver
Col
Airs
Butler
West
Orrin Wallace
Frank M. Bowker
D. A. MacDonald
Maggie
Wallace MacDonald
Gardiner Rogers
Beatrice Bowker
W. R. Bowker
Mr. Cutting
George D. Weston
State Grante
Mr. Weston
Arthur Wilson
BATHS
Uncle Sam
John S. Hyde
Bath Tron Works
Washington
Navy Department
Bath Iron Works
Iron Works
Bathites
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C
Chadbourne
Front St
Bowdoinham
Baptist Society
Methodist Society
T. M. Millay
Methodist Church
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