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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1918

Page

4

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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