Ferry hearing on increased fares faces local opposition
At a Bath area hearing residents from Woolwich Arrowsic and surrounding towns protested planned fare hikes by the Peoples Ferry Co and urged alternative funding. Farmers and drivers cited cost burdens and proposed a coal shed and better storage to cut expenses, with officials considering supply and service issues before adjourning after lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville Street Railway
People’s Ferry Co
Woolwich
Bath
W. C. Todd
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Arrowsic Bridge
Carlton
William D. Patterson
Wiscasset
J. W. Bailey
Woolwich, Farmer and Selectman
Asa C. Hathorn
Selectmen
J. G. Bailey
Fuel Committee
Drake
Bath City
Cleaves
Ferry Commission
Patriotic meeting in Bowdoinham features Rev Wilson and songs
A Grange hall gathering in Bowdoinham heard Rev Davis L. Wilson of Bath give a fine address on patriotism and conservation. Mrs. Bonne presided, with Mr. Lamb and wife from Brunswick performing duets to an enthusiastic audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
W.L. Bonne
Davis L. Wilsor
Bath
Lamb
Brunswick
R. Jack
W.C. Oliver
Ethel Graves
Sanford
W. J. Graves
Dorcas Society
Harvard Student George Whittemore Joins Texas Steamship Crew
George Whittemore, a Harvard student and son of Boston residents Mr and Mrs George Whittemore, is among the college boys employed by The Texas Steamship Co for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Whittemore
Harvard
Boston
The
Texas, Steamship Co
Georgetown Observes Children’s Day With Sermons and Notices
Rev W T Boyd led services at Georgetown Center and Five Islands focusing on I Corinthians 13 and Psalm 147 as children’s day. Local society reports detail visitors, graduations, hospital visits, school closings, moonlit fundraisers, and ferry fare discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Boyd
Georgetown Center
Boyd
Mr. Boyd
Wartime menus and meatball recipe from home front cook sheet
A home front cooking snippet provides wheatless breads and rye muffins, plus meatballs made from hamburger, egg, crackers, and onion fried in pork fat. It advises steaming meatballs in tomato sauce for two hours, serving with rice, and offers a tomato onion supper idea with paprika and eggs.
Commission Will Watch Change In Trolley Service
Commission will monitor a proposed change in the trolley service as a test of service quality and company response. The article notes fishermen reporting the river’s last shad and a 56 pound sturgeon, plus two ships delayed by lack of sailors despite high wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Wilbur Howe
Bath
Woolwich Graduation Featured Readings and Praise
A Woolwich school graduation celebrated with readings from The American Flag and Our Critic, plus songs and a valedictory. The event honored the largest graduating class yet, with praise for Superintendent Mrs. Reed and flowers given by scholars. Visitors and locals added to the town’s festive mood.
Envelope chemise lace trim sale notes
Listings show chemises in Crepe de Chine envelopes with lace trimming in flesh and white. Prices range from $1.98 to $2.98 with discounts noted. Items described as crepe de chine, lace trim, and various color options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Town notices shift meeting venue and civic updates
Helen MacWhinnie graduates as town elects officers postpone the town fair meeting to the parish hall Center Tuesday due to primary election. Reported heavy crop damage Wednesday night with low land most affected and higher ground partly spared. State President Wi C. T. U. Singin delivers The Star Spangled Banner Address Mrs. E. M. Lawrence presides. Nffarine adie singing God Be With You Till We Meet Again. Adjournment and benediction conclude the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen MacWhinnie
E. M
Lawrence Nffarine
Annual Convention of W C T U in Woolwich
The 29th annual convention of the W C T U convenes at the Congregational church in Woolwich on Thursday June 27. The program lists morning sessions with devotions, reports, committees, elections, and a memorial service followed by afternoon sessions, addresses by Miss Clara Purinton and Mrs. E M Lawrence, a silver offering, and an evening program including a music address by Mrs. Althea G Quimby.
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Congregational Church
Woolwich
John Palmer
M. Fullerton
Clara Purinton
Althea G. Quimby
North Turner
E. M. Lawrence
Rockland
America
Dromore Grange Meeting Discusses Grain and Dairy Policy
Dromore Grange in Phippsburg held a Tuesday evening session with a lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee. The program focused on grain production in the east and included debate on raising crops with supporters urging increased grain output.
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Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Sperare
Reuben Purington Scot
Pesderewr
Yoo
D. A
Merry HenGin Sr
G. D. Weston
Tee Grange
J. E. Perry
Summer Visitors and a Boston Social Work Course
Mrs L Houghton Kimball of Brookline and Miss Caroline E Winfield of Cambridge stay with Bath friends. Mrs Harry Magoun and Ruth of Haddonfield are guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Day. Simmons College School of Social Work offers six weeks starting July 1 directed by Jeffrey R Brackett with an advanced charity course for second year students. Miss Mary P Hill joins the class and will depart Bath soon for training.
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George Oliver
Auburn
Bubier
Charles
J.everett Jewett
Madelyn Berry
Five Islands
Charles W. Oliver
Georgetown Center
Miss Berry
Malden Island
Benjamin H. Woodside
Bertha Russell
Ethel B. Todd
Boothbay
Harry L. Horne
Chester
Horne
Lillian A. Berry
Belfast
Pauline Moore
Hebron
Bay Point
Raymond Dexter
Woolwich
Augusta A. Todd
Nancy Jane Spinney
Bath
Lydia F. Oliver
Spinney
Howard M. Trafton
Lincoln Street
Trafton
Rudolph
Red Cross
First Baptist
Working League
Unn Cushing
Agnes S. Jones
Newell Campbell
Hagan
Robinhood
F. P. Brilmayer
Ellen
Levi
Reed
Emma Barnes
Sarah Bagley
Kent's Hill
Frank J. Walker
Maxine
Boston
Horace Hathorne
Charles MacWhinnie
Rockland
L. Houghton Kimball
Brookline
Mass
Caroline E. Winfield
Cambridge
Bath Friends
Harry Magoun
Ruth
Haddonfield
N. J
Harry Day
Bedford Street
School of Social Work
Simmons College
Jeffrey R. Brackett
Mary P. Hill
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George L. Tarr
E. Fred Albee
Utilities Commission
Bowdoinham
Max Kendrick
Coombs High School
Litchfield
Camp Devens
F. K. Jack
Jack
Dodge
O.K
Shareh
John B. Oliver
George W. Oliver
Somerville
Ter
Oliver
George Wiest
Charles Buckley
Ellsworth Loveitt
Charles Mains
Dora
Annie Williams
West Georgetown
Lou Clark
Robinhood School
Miss Jones
Thomas M
Song Earle
Dorothy Pinkham
Walter Cummings
Mill House
Althea
Harold J. Hunt
Clarence Oliver
Edward Cummings
Clifton Lewis
Joseph Pechnik
Leroy Moore
Hunt
Marion Busto
Stearns Scott
I. Rowe
Will Turvy
Cot
Thomas Blaisdell
Minneapolis
Robert Neal Day
Guy Hatch Cromwell
Daisy Vivian Hunnewell
Barbara Frietchie
William Ingham Elliot
Miss Day
Mr. Whittam
Hazel Mae Wright
Charles Douglass Hunnewell
Merton Wright
Helen Madeline MacWhinnie
Felix Powell
Love
Palmer
Ruth Fullerton
Mr. Fletcher
Milady
Rts
James FE. Will Co
Sagadahoc County
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