Doings Down Georgetown Way Happenings of the Week
The article chronicles winter travel disruption in Georgetown and nearby Phippsburg as the Boothbay steamer fails to run, forcing freight and passengers to shift to West Georgetown and Bath. It notes local purchases at Percy's sale, ferry delays and public frustration, hen thefts with a $50 reward, church and school news, deaths, and a range of community movements and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
E. C. Merry
Georgetown
West Georgetown
Popham Steamboat Company
E. S.S. Co
Percy
Independent
Virginia
Miss Pottle
Miss Ferguson
George Smith
Sagadahoc
Bath
Woolwich
People’s Ferry Co
Trafton Bridge
Ruben E. Fletcher
Dromore Grange
Joel Cushman
Spider Web
Cushman
Perry Bros. & Campbell
Evans
George D. Weston
Dromore
Lynn
Mass
Walter Morse
Scott C. Perry
Morse
American Express Company
F. S. Hummiston
Alliquippa Lodge
Small Point
Newburgh
N. Y
Fred H. Brigham
Parker Rogers
Lemonts
West Bath
Samuel H. Bowker
A. F. Williams
Phippsburg Landing
Bluff Head
Five Islands News Notes and Local Happenings
The Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. Mary Rowe's with few attendees due to bad weather. Local youth recall a memorable pig back ride. A robin fed near Charlie Snowman’s home. Miss Elizabeth Miller left for Bethlehem NH after teaching at Riggsville. No dance at Rowe's due to cold. Freight ships faced rough seas. Enterprise turned back to Portland. Business travel included E. C. Merry in Boston and Edward Hodgdon in town. Minstrel show rehearsals planned. George McKenney slaughtered fourteen hogs totaling 3107 lbs with an onshore mishap for McMahan Island’s hog, a memory not forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
J. E. Oliver
R. HY. Woodside
Bath
Harold Hunt
Samuel Mereen
Marrtown
W. F. Oliver
Valere Morang
Howard M. Trafton
D. H. Todd
J. Everett Jewett
Ethel B. Todd
Boston
Richard Emery
Richard White
West Georgetown
Augusta
Mary Rowe
Charlie Snowman
Elizabeth Miller
Riggsville
Bethlehem
New Hampshire
Rowe’s Hall
Nahanada
Enterprise
Portland
Wiscasset
Edward Hodgdon
E. C. Merry
Joseph Blaisdell
Middletown
New York
Dillie Oliver
George McKenney
George McMahan
McMahan Island
Morse High Represented at Bowdoin League Meeting
Morse High outlined a league schedule with manager Amos B. Haggett Jr and captain Harold Wing. The plan lists dates from April 24 to June 15 for games against Edward Little Cony Deering Lewiston Bath Auburn and others with one Morse Deering game to be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Interscholastic Baseball League
Brunswick
Morse High
Amos B. Haggett, Jr
Harold Wing
Edward Little
Deering
Auburn
Cony
Deering High
Bath
Augusta
Lewiston
Lewiston High
Morse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago
John J. Desmond
Water Sts
Times
Conley
B.&j. Brassiere
Georgetown Way
Phippsburg
W. C Todd
Lizzie Tarr
Gertie Leonard
W. H. Dearborn
Five Islands
Benjamin Stevens
A. K. P. Oliver
George Kneeland
William M. Oliver
D. L. Pettengill
Fillmore
California
First Baptist Sunday School
N. S. Todd
W. O. Oliver
Home Department
W. C. Todd
A. E. P. Oliver
Fannie Heald
Henry M. Heald
Helen Jewell
William Ek. Jewell
Hardie Keller
Blackshear
George C. DeMott
George C. Pease
Charles V. Minott, Jr
Daniel A. McDonald
Herbert 8. Bowker
Jce
Herbert S. Bowker
Sagadahoc County Medical Society
Colonial Cafe
Edward Conant
William Conant
Morse Brothers
E. C. Dunning
J. F. Upton
Jewell
Perry Brothers & Campbell
Bodwell Grange
Fred Curtis
Hillcrest Farm
George Oliver
Freeman H. Merritt
Malaga Island
Tine Colby
William R. Bowker
John Morse
William Oliver
Walter H. Bowker
William Roderick
Small Point Road
George Wilson
Sebasco
George Davis
Herbert W. Cutting
Sebasco Estates
Morse High Represented
Bowdoin
Harry B. Sawyer
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