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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1917
Page
2
The Five Islands Grange hosted forty guests at the Cove with music from Flora Moore and Mrs. Avery. A moonlit ride followed after 11:20 PM as neighbors shared chowder, cake, and coffee. Preceding this, social news covered parish happenings, illness, and local comings and goings with community figures.
The Grange meeting was well attended with two visitors from Southport. A wedding of Jennie Dearborn and Fred Reid occurred at Georgetown Center with Rev. William Boyd officiating. Blizzards and zero weather did not stop events as social gatherings continued and preparations for a pie spell and dance were announced.
A lively week summary notes crowds at Dreamland and other entertainments in town. Center Street posts for new lights are being dug as elements report heavy snowfall, roof work demand, and extensive snow in suburban woods hindering lumbering.
Local notes report Grace Dickinson delayed by heavy roads and cold. Ray Harris and Etta Bartlett among scholars at Miss Alice Campbell's school not absent for 17 weeks. Wedding details unfold as Laura Matthews and Harold Pyle wed in Waltham with Roberts family ties. Snow and ice strain travel, diets include birds and chicadees, and community visits continue amid freezing temperatures.
Private sale announced for 100 rejected war horses weighing 1000 to 1400 pounds. Acclimated, broke and ready for immediate use. Horses and prices to suit all buyers. Apply to Patrick Ward, Manager, Stock Yards, Yarmouth Junction, Me. Also notes on local hospital progress, a corrected autopes and family arrivals in Bath and Glendale with minor social items.
Charles Perkins of the Ransom B. Fuller family died Sunday at his town home. Olney Perry remains ill with Dr. Byron F. Barker attending. Rev. T. N. Kewley led a Wednesday village meeting at Beacon Street Church. Mrs. Eugene Spinney hosted Thursday evening workers. Ethel Trask of Auburn visited her mother Mrs. Alfred Trask. Madelyn Dennison returned home from Freeport to visit aunt Miss Myra Merritt. Mrs. Walter Perry came back from Gardiner. Mrs. Lester Perry returns to Randolph due to aunt Mrs. Thomas Perry’s illness. Addie Burgess returned to Phippsburg after three weeks with sister Mrs. Tyleston Oliver who was ill. Winneganee school students rehearse for February 22 entertainment to buy Victrola records. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Perry returned to Randolph from Charles Preble’s. City Clerk Grassy prepared ward voting lists for election.
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