West Bath Grange marks fifteenth hall anniversary debt free
West Bath Grange celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the dedication of its hall on January 22 by burning the mortgage note and hosting a supper. The event included a history of the dedication, speeches, and a program with music, readings, and remarks from officers and members. The hall, built in 1901-02, cost over 4000 dollars and now stands debt free after years of fundraising and community effort.
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West Bath
Ethel Lemont
The
Grange
Long Grange
Herbert Hodgkins
Margaret Peterson
A. H. Donnell
F. S. Adams
Hope Ward
Bro. Adams
Joanna Hodgkins
Miles Purington
Joseph Huse
Alvah J. Higgins
George Wright
Lincoln Williams
E. S. Crosby
G. F. Wright
H. A. Duncan
E. J. Rich
T. F. Perkins
Fred Wright
Z. H. Trufant
Reed Nichols & Co
Bath
J. R. Hunnewell
Woolwich
Armory Hall
Eva Wright
David R. Wylie
Bro. Wylie
West Bath Grange
John Rideout
O. E. Rogers
Belle Johnson
Annie Warne
Fred A. Willis
Kate Perkins
Ceres
Lillian Rogers
Pomona
Rose Rich
Folra
Ada Williams
T. ¥. Perkins
B. J. Rich
Seven ice workers active as Bath scene details multiple events
West Bath residents report a hand injury from an ice house accident. Charles Foote required three stitches after an ice pick slip. Other items note illnesses, farm and ice house duties, a horse purchase for the ice track, grange degrees, measles care, and community church activities.
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Charles Wildes
Wylie Farm
Charles Foote
New Meadows
John Larrabee
W. H. Larrabee
E. W. Haggett
First Baptist Church
Bath Y. M. C
Ernest Purington
John White
Grange
Eunice Smith
Bath
Samuel Bates
Eleanor
Wendell Williams
H. A. Hannigan
Frank Jaques
D. A. Merry
Horatio A. Duncan
Houghton
Ernest Williams
Bath Grain Company
Walter Marco
J. W. Winter
Fred A. Higgins
W. H. Brown
Kaul
Harriman
Rich’s Mountain
Josie Winter
J. E. Mayo
Berry’s Mill
Henry Rose
Saga
Corn Factory Idea Discussed by Dirigo Grange
Members of Dirigo Grange Brunswick discuss a potential corn factory with H Forham of Portland a veteran lobster and fruit packer. Weather limited attendance but interest grows in growing corn and delivering to Yarmouth for canning with Brunswick as the possible site.
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Dirigo Grange
Brunswick
H. Forham
Portland
Topsham Notes on Poultry and Local News
A Tops ham reader notes hens won’t lay until ready. A reader shed all her chickens at Thanksgiving. Topsham held a poultry school at the town hall drawing farmer interest. Margaret Hanson wintering geese on Middlesex road. E. B. Sprague and Charles Cary attended the three day poultry school. Spra gue's mother bedridden with rheumatism. Mrs. George M. Patten braiding tugs, earning wider fame.
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Topsham
Margaret Hanson
Middlesex Road
E. B. Sprague
Charles Cary
Pomona Grange Meet with Dirigo Grange in Brunswick
The Grangers Pomona Grange of Sagadahoc County plans a January 31 gathering with Dirigo Grange in Brunswick. The program features greetings, music, papers on markets and hog care, several solos and a piano duet, plus a closing thought. Clifton Toothaker of Richmond, Makster of Pomona Grange, is away in Mystic Connecticut for carpentry work and hopes to return for the meeting.
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Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Dirigo Grange
Brunswick
Charles Sadler
Elizabeth Whitney
Thomas
Bessie Randall
Charles White
Belle Rackley
E. A. Rogers
Grace Randall
Clifton Toothaker
Richmond
Makster
Mystic
Conn
Connecticut
Southport Grange installs officers in Lincoln County
Southport Grange in Lincoln County held an installation for officers led by E. H. Libby. New master Walker Marr, overseer E. M. Clifford absent, teacher C. E. Pinkham, and others were installed. The group has 69 members with aims for 100 by year end and continues weekly meetings aside from storm cancellations. Marr, Hendrick's Head light keeper for 22 years, presided. A short program followed by a Southport clam stew closed the event.
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Southport Grange
E. H. Libby
Walker H. Marr
E. M. Clifford
C. E. Pinkham
Charles W. Gray
Thomas P. Marr
Emily H. Nelson
A. N. Gray
Lyman Fisher
Wendell Rand
Ceres
Hattie F. Marr
Pomona
Minnie Rand
Flora
Izetta Pinkham
Sadie Lateman
Southport
Lincoln County
Mr. Marr
Hendrick’s Head
Farmers Attend Lecture in Waterville on Getting Rich
A large audience of farmers gathered in Waterville last week to hear Ralph J. Patterson president of the Waterville Chamber of Commerce. The lecture titled Giving the Farmers a Chance to Get Rich featured illustrated pictures and focused on harmony between country and city people.
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Waterville
Ralph J. Patterson
Warning on Adulterated Cotton Seed Meal Shipments
The Inspection Bureau warns feed dealers and dairymen that shipments of adulterated cotton seed meal are entering the region. Federal inspectors are leading a campaign against the adulteration and seek cooperation from dealers and users.
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Department of Agriculture
Milk producers to organize local union in West Bath
Milkmen F. S. Adams announces a meeting at West Bath Grange hall next Tuesday at 2 o'clock to organize a local unit of the New England Milk Producers Association. Preliminary steps were taken by cow owners at the December 30 gathering.
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Adams
New England Milk Producers Association
West Bath Grange Hall
Waterville Banquet Shows Business Grange Ties
Waterville merchants hosted a Bowdoin affiliated Grange and Waterville Chamber of Commerce banquet last Tuesday evening with speeches by local business leaders and Grange members. Frank S. Adams of Bowdoin urged strong cooperation in his talk How You Can Get Together.
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Buxton Grange
Waterville Chamber of Commerce
Waterville
The
Grange
Frank S. Adams
Bowdoin
Progressive Grange of Richmond Dedicates New Hall
Progressive Grange of Richmond reports 179 members and a new two story hall at Richmond Corner. The 32 by 64 foot wooden building cost about 3000 dollars on a 75 dollar lot purchased from B R Temple. Lumber came from Litchfield with Timbers donated by William M Dingley and local Grange members cut and hauled logs in 1915. A 25 cent cook book financed the project. Mrs Julius Otto gave the kitchen hardwood floor. Dedication by State Master W J Thompson highlighted the ceremony. Leonard Lamoreau serves as master. The County Pomona Grange will not meet there again until January 1918.
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Progressive Grange of
Richmond
Richmond Corner
B. R. Temple
William M. Dingley
Litchfield
Charles Powers
Grange
Young
Old
Julius Otto
Progressive Grange
W. J. Thompson
Leonard Lamoreau
Pomona
Maine Grange Lecturers Meet in Waterville February 7 8
State Lecturer C O Purinton of Bowdoinham issued notice of the next annual conference of Grange Lecturers of Maine to be held in Waterville on February 7 and 8. Miss Rebecca Brown visited Thursday from Phippsburg accompanying Miss Minott.
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C. O. Purinton
Bowdoinham
Grange Lecturers
Maine
Waterville
Rebecca Brown
Phippsburg
Miss Minott
Dromore Grange Meets In Cold Evening Cheer
Fourteen members gathered Tuesday night at the Phippsburg Grange hall for the regular meeting. The lodge welcomed two new membership applications and the Lecturer Mrs. D. A. Merry announced the next meeting agenda, including an opening song by the Grange Choir and a quiz question on where the average farmer loses most—ignorance or carelessness.
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Phippsburg Grange
D. A. Merry
Grange Choir
Bro. Upton
Reading Mrs Marco and Perry in Grange choir closing
A reading event features Mrs Marco Mrs Perry and Story C A Merry with solo Bessie Dickinson Colundrums and George Weston performing the closing song by the Grange choir.
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Bessie Dickinson
Mrs. Marco
Mrs. Perry Story
C. A. Merry
George Weston
Grange Choir
Progressive Grange of Richmond Installs New Officers
State Master Thompson dedicates hall as Progressive Grange Richmond installs Master A O Lancaster Overseer Arthur Hayes Steward Ernest Dow Lecturer L H Lamoreau Chaplain Sister Nellie Dingley Assistant Steward Guy Seigars L A 5 Sister Mabel Dingley Gatekeeper George Johnson Ceres Lela Crowell Pomona Edith Hayes Flora Eva Knight Secretary Lou M Tarr Treasurer William M Dingley The installing officer's assistants were Brother and Sister White and Brother and Sister Henderson of Merrymeeting Grange.
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Progressive Grange
Richmond
Thompson
A. O. Lancaster
Arthur Hayes
Ernest Dow
L. H. Lamoreau
Nellie Dingley
Guy Seigars
L. A
Mabel Dingley
George Johnson
Ceres
Lela Crowell
Pomona
Edith Hayes
Flora
Eva Knight
Lou M. Tarr
William M. Dingley
White
Henderson
Merrymeeting Grange
Dirigo Grange Hosts Talks on Corn Raising and Canning
Two speakers visited Dirigo Grange Saturday evening January 20. Mr Merrill of Gray spoke on raising sweet corn and Mr Forham of Portland spoke on canning corn. He urged farmer interest in planting sweet corn and noted a Yarmouth canning factory. Sagadahoc Pomona meets Dirigo Grange next Wednesday January 31.
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Merrill
Gray
Mr. Forham
Portland
Dirigo Grange
Yarmouth
Sagadahoc Pomona
A GOOD BUSINESS E B Sprague Poultry Leader Near Bath
A. B. Sprague of Topsham near the Bowdoinham line runs Sagadahoc County’s largest poultry operation with about 1000 hens. The Sprague and Hildreth farms rival the county in flock size while Sprague shifts from greenhouse work to poultry. A visit to Hildreth and Sprague farms is suggested for poultry enthusiasts.
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E. B. Sprague
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc County
E.B. Hildreth
Sprague
Hildreth
Thay Bridge
Bath
Bath Market Prices for Farmers Sellings Across Commodities
Ora Pulsifer of West Minot raises 4 to 5 tons of cabbage selling to Lewiston and Auburn dealers at 5 per pound. Bath prices show beef 14c, lamb 21c, veal 13 16c, pork 14c. beans 7 a bushel, onions 7.50 per 100 lb, potatoes 2.10 to 2.25 a bushel, cabbage 7 a hundred pounds after freight, corn and hay prices noted by Kimball Bros. and local dealers anticipate further rises next week.
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West Minot
Lewiston
Auburn
Bath
Portland
Kimball Bros
PIG BREEDER WENT HALF WAY BACK AFTER TRAGEDY
L Winfield Smith of Mere Point Brunswick, once keen on QU I C hogs, missed a Sagadahoc Pomona talk on hog care due to a severe accident after his wife’s December death. He lost pigs, travels on crutches, and plans a slow return to hog raising with help on the farm. His Grange peers express sympathy.
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L. Winfield Smith
Mere Point
Brunswick
Sagadahoc Pomona
Brother Smith
Grange
Milkmen to Meet in Maine for New England Association
Meetings across Maine start the week of January 29 to organize the New England Milk Producers Association. Sagadahoc County locals gather in the morning and afternoon at listed town venues with county-wide sessions February 2 and 3 at West Bath and Wiscasset Grange Halls.
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Maine
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Sagadahoc
Richmond
Bowdoinham Grange Hall
Bowdoinham
Albert Henderson
Topsham Grange Hall
Topsham
H. W. Totman
P. M
West Bath Grange Hall
West Bath
O. E. Rogers
Woolwich Grange Hall
Woolwich
Sumner Bailey
Wiscasset Grange Hall
Wiscasset
J. E
Five Islands Grange Celebrates Long-Standing Record
Five Islands Grange has never missed a meeting since its Sept 17 1915 start with 34 charter members now listing 103 members. Secretary William L Berry and Mrs Mattie B McMahan attended every session, Isabel Stevens donated a lot for a hall, and a growing building fund supports spring construction plans and future entertainment for Pomona and county grange events.
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Five Islands
RE. H. Libby
Auburn
Maine
Mattie B. McMahan
William L. Berry
Grange
Isabel Stevens
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