Georgetown social notes and summer visits in town
The Georgetown column lists residents and visitors including W. C. Todd, Charles W. Oliver, Mrs. Walter Cummings, Alfred J. Rowe and family, Henry Albers and family, Rudolf iH. Trafton, Mrs. Julia A. Hinds, Lydia F. Oliver, Mrs. Edgar J. Patterson, Wilard Parlin, Harold F. Hunt, and George Nagel. It mentions dances at Bay Point, house rentals, and local hospitality. A tongue in cheek verse about cows at the end adds rural humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Todd
Charles W. Oliver
Walter Cummings
Popham
Alfred J. Rowe
Bath
Mr. Rowe
Georgetown Center
Joseph Blaisdell
Five Islands
Henry Albers
West Georgetown
Stegelmann
Bay Point
Rudolf Ih. Trafton
C. M. Kingsbury
Julia A. Hinds
Lydia F. Oliver
Berries Vanish From Robinhood Damsels Field Trip
A playful verse recounts four Robinhood girls collecting blueberries in a sunny meadow. Mrs D and Miss Caree help, filling pails with top berries between ten and twenty quarts. Returning to camp they discover their haul vanished from the baskets in a sudden mischief.
Phippsburg Obituary Notes Local Pioneers Family Ties
Mrs. Butler wife of Captain Butler longtime steamer operator to Coos Bay dies at Phippsburg. Survived by husband and children including Mrs. Westwood in Washington and Jay N. Butler of Berkeley, with nieces and nephews named in Bath Phippsburg and surrounding towns. Capt Butler born Sebasco. They visited six years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos Bay
Toquille River
Los Angeles
Butler
Phippsburg
William Perry
Sebasco
Ida Lemont
Charles Coombs
Bath
A. R. Campbell
Thomas
Walter
James Perry
Lester Perry
Randolph
William A.perry
Arrowsic
Social notes reveal visits and family ties across towns
Mrs Wallace Seymour visits sister on Center Street and Miss Rose Erskine from Malden visits Miss Phyllis Wyman on Front Street. Alice Walker of Arrowsic guests Mrs Allen Morse on Washington Street. Ex Governor William T Cobb and wife depart for Boston for a few days. Charles Folansbee of Portland in Bath on business. Elizabeth Owen returns from Fort McKinley with Capt H W Owen Jr. Belle Wetherell returns from New Braintree. Margaret Murphy of Boston guests Mrs William Rouser at Cahill cottage Bay Point. H T Eaton of Waltham visits daughter at lower Washington Street. Annie Hughes returns to Green Street after a month with Gardiner relatives. Lewis S Sullivan of Berwick returns after visiting Hartnett family. he sits in Massachusetts House. Maurice Owen of Boston spends week with mother M E Owen. he has been away from Bath 16 years and with Irving Casson A H Davenport Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Seymour
Alaric Robinson
Center Street
Rose Erskine
Malden
Mass
Phyllis Wyman
Front Street
Alice Walker
Arrowsic
Allen Morse
Washington Street
William T. Cobb
Boston
Charles Folansbee
Portland
Elizabeth Owen
Fort McKinley
H. W. Owen, Jr
Belle Wetherell
Lower Washington Street
New Braintree
Mas
Margaret Murphy
William Rouser
Cahill
Bay Point
H. T. Eaton
Waltham
Helen Potter
Annie Hughes
Green Street
Gardiner
Lewis S. Sullivan
Berwick
Thomas Hartnett
Trufant Street
Sullivan
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Maurice Owen
M. E. Owen
Owen
Bath
Irving & Casson- A. H. Davenport Co
Village Notes From Bowdoinham Brightens Local Life
Bowdoinham residents gather for visits and notices as H D Cornish wires home for electric lights. Deaths trigger calls from Fall River and Tiverton while various townsfolk travel to Bath Togus Portland and Augusta. Business and social events include alumni reunion plans and a Garnett birthday party with a car parade.
Numerous New England Visitors and Local Arrivals
Frank Horne arrives in Bath to join the Texas office staff and stays with Andrew Ca hill on South Street. Mrs. Maud Loughlin returns to Mamariscotta after visiting Mrs. Guy Crosby in Bath. Dr. Loughlin serves at Camp Devens. E. P. Cary takes a month off from Percy's clothing to visit relatives in North Whitefield. Rev. and Mrs. Fogg depart for Winchendon and Methuen to visit relatives and former congregations. Mrs. Walter Parker visits family in Somerville and Bath friends welcome her. Miss Margaret Bakeman travels from Chelsea to Farmington normal school and Damariscotta Mills to visit Rev. Higginbotham. A. B. Thompson and Frank Mills travel to Bath. Thompson visits his daughter at the Columbia hotel and plans to return to Boston. Theodore Warren, wounded in Brighton, Mass., is recovering and hopes for a good outcome. Engagement announced between Evelyn Parker and Clifford Mott of Syracuse. Paul Fitzgerald also connected to the couple’s circle. Harry Starbird departs The Texas Steamship Co. after two years, leaving as band leader of the Texas group. Bath hosts a successful Parish House dance with Dartmouth musicians. Ernest Davis on piano. Out-of-town patrons include Miss Hughes, Miss Erskine, and Miss Johnson. Miss Dorothy Jewett returns from Portland after attending the engagement of Miss Elizabeth Hobbs to Paul Nelson Schutts of Penn Yan, N. Y. Miss Hobbs is connected to Vaughan Hall and has ties to Boston institutions. The wedding date for Schutts is pending while he serves in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alert Henderson
America
Margaret Purinton
Portland
H. D. Cornish
Hiram Frost
Doris
Fall River
Mass
Frost
C. W. Frost
E. F. Jackson
Selden Williams
Paul Hatch
Amesbury
Maine
Warren
Brunswick
Annie Dion
Charlotte Newton
Boston
Lucile Royal
Orono
Hazel Cornish
T. W. Fogg
Garnett
Mae King
John H. King
the Ridge
Donald J. Lynn
Frances Manson
Williamsport
R. C. Brown
James Elliott
Janet
Newtonville
Foster
Arthur Kelly
Freeport
Erland Rogers
Walter Malon
Camp Devens
Lena Cobb
C. B. Randall
W. B. Kendall
Viola Coombs
Bath
W. E. Lalie
Mary Brown
Marguerite
Wiscasset
York Brown
Postoffice Square
Postoffice
F. K. Jack
Charles Wilrost
Village Lodge
William
Gardiner
Ira M
Soldiers
Togus
Carrie M
Olace
Haines’ Landing
Frank Horne
New York
Texas
Andrew Cahill
South Street
Maud Loughlin
Mamariscotta
Guy Crosby
High Street
Dr. Loughlin
Ayer
E. P. Cary
Percy’s
Walter O. Parker
Somerville
John Black
Washington ‘Street
Thompson
Katharine O’brien
Columbia
Theodore Warren
Academy Hill
Brighton
Massachusetts
Woolwich
Signal Corp
Evelyn Parker
Clifford Mott
Syracuse
N. Y
Pelham Bay Park
N. J
Paul Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald
Harry Starbird
Texas Steamship Co
New
Texas Band
Dartmouth
Ernest Davis
Frank L. Staples
David L. Wilson
F. O. Johnson
Louisa Hughes
Washington, D. C
Rose Erskine
Malden
Marian Johnson
Dorothy Jewett
Elizabeth Hobbs
Paul Nelson Schutts
Penn Yan
Miss Hobbs
J. Marshall Hobbs
Vaughan Hall
Schutts
France
Camp
Devens
Harry A. Starbird
H. W. Burden
Front Street
Harry
Maine Central Railroad
Clara Coombs
National Army
Kaiser
Germany
Sagadahoc
Draftees Headed for Camp Devens From Bath Area
Nearly fifty men are sent to Camp Devens after a morning parade at the Armory. Harry Starbird leads drilling and the Texas Steamship Band, under H. W. Burden, plays patriotic airs. Rev. David L. Wilson addresses the group before departure.
Bath area notes and family life in a summer update
The report highlights blueberry picking after work as families enjoy extra daylight. It mentions Carl Carlson of Detroit now at Bath Iron Works, Rev. A. B. Hervey at Popham Beach, and several Bath visitors from Small Point. It notes Bowdoin College deaths of two Bath men, others vacationing at Old Orchard, and local dog and card consignments from Ayredale lineage plus military cousins in Britain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Carlson
Detroit
Mich
Camp Devens
Engineer Corps
Bath Iron Works
Rev
A. B. Hervey
Pennsylvaniaj
Popham Beach
Bath
William L. Putman
Thomas
F. Moses
D. T. Dougherty
Jack
North Street
Old Orchard
J. T. McCarthy
McCarthy
American Clothing Co
Laddie
Arthur J. Dunton
Judge Beane
Hallowell
Dunton
Marie Costello
Fred Bunkee
Deppe
France
England
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Mary T. Purinton
Albert Henderson
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B. B. Douglas
Lottie Cobb
Louise Sparks
Togas
C. P. Bates
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John J. Keegan
Adieus
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Arthur P. Sampson
John F. Mahoney
Harold E. Ward
Sam Lace
Owen G. Armstrong
Herbert A. Webber
Levi X. Willett
Raymond O. Pottle
Harold D. Young
Peter Luzion
Geo. A. Crockett
John L. Perry
Paul H. Locke,Jr
George E. Getchell
Geo. W. McLean
Joseph Kanargewski
Walter C. Ham
Ernest E. Humphrey
Ralph Gay
James Ladner
Cumberland Mills
John F. Doyle
New York City
Edgar EB. Fox
Baltimore
Lloyd, Osier
Easton
Penn
Leonard H. Gibson,Jr
Armory
Byron F. Barker
J. J. Keegan
Red Cross
E. W. Hyde
Priscilla Kimball
Elizabeth Houghton
Miss Kimball
Robert Stewart
Dr. Baker
King Tavern
Walter Maloon
Bath Opera House
Crawford
Atlas E
T. Percy & Sons
Bath, Maine
Shino
the Auto Supply Store
Center St
Hershberg
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