Georgetown Weekly Letter notes travel and social rounds at Riggsville
William M. Farnsworth led a launch party from Riggsville to Indian Point last Saturday with a host of guests including Mrs. Charles W. Billings and family. The piece lists visits, gatherings at Overlook, charity drives by the Maine Bible Association and W C T U, a large mid-summer party, local mishaps, and numerous summer residents and guests at Riggsville and Georgetown Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Farnsworth
Riggsville
Indian Point
Charles W. Billings
Dorothy W. Stuart
James Boyd Stuart
Charles Wilbur
Gerry
Toole
Katherine
Dorothy Boyd
Alex
Raymond Marr
Cyrus W. Oliver
Bath
Cathy Oliver
West Georgetown
Lydia Reid
Fred Reid
Georgetown Center
Robin Hood's
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Overlook
Benjamin L. Rich
Bay Point
Palms
Martyn Sutton
Roy Mortimer Newman
Carrie Massey
Ohio
Ferdinand Brilmayer
Adeline Massey
Jo Harrison
Francis and
Sallie
Seward Emmons
Lucile Abbott
Elizabeth Thompson
Young Boston guests serenade at West Bath cottages
West Bath hosts a Boston outing at H. L. Channel cottages on New Meadows with a special musical program directed by Dad Channel. Prof J W Channell performed Old Guard, violinist William A Lilly, Miss Bertha Lasserson, Miss Purington, and Ambrose Small delighted the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
H. L. Channell
New Meadows
Alvah H. Donnell
West Bath
Dad
Channel
J. W. Channell
Rodman
Sweet Marie
William A. Lilley
Harvard
Bertha Lasserson
Miss Purington
Ambrose Small
Local Notes from Woolwich and Nearby Towns
Miss Cora Bailey visits Mrs. Edgar Blanch while Miss Sarah Bailey and Miss Catherine spend Friday with Miss Hattie Hathorne. Mrs. Louise Ramsey visits daughter in Portland, and Mrs. Lillian Kennerson of Bath spends Sabbath in town. A local hen keeper reports drooping Orpingtons after fermented strawberry feed. Samuel Hathorne brings firstgreens to market with cucumbers and other produce. Frank Murmany and Ward Milton stay at Hathorne's. Rev. Mr. Calder visits Boston. Fred Hathorne haying at Barnes place. Mrs. Ann Leonard marks 90th birthday with dinner. Miss Novella Trott of Augusta visits relatives. Lydia Gilmore returns from Springfield for two weeks. Ladies' Aid hosts a sociable at the Methodist parsonage with ices and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. P. Oliver
Howard M. Trafton
George Oliver
Annie Snell
Medford
Mary
Rose Snell
Clarey Farm
Riggsville
Howard Cushing
Wentworth Cushing
Annie Flannagan
Waverley
Reynold
Moses Williams
Newburyport
E. A. Williams
Ferdinand Brilmayer
Henry Tarbox
Boston
Charles Wilbur
New York
Gerry
Springfield
Dorothy Stuart
Katherine
Dorothy Boyd
Toole
Lawrence Mass
Waterville
Charles Graham
Malden
Happy
Nook
J. C. Bearse
Alfred Steadman
Framingham
Belle Rock
Irving Lord
Bernice
Gertrude
Owen K. Marr
Levi Totman
Frank H. Morrell
Mr.Osborne
Francis Harrison
Willard Francis
Lester L. Powers
Cragin
Bath
Cora Bailey
Edgar Blanch
Sarah Bailey
Catherine
Hattie Hathorne
Louise Ramsey
McDonald
Portland
Lillian Kennerson
Samuel Hathorne
Frank Murmany
Ward Milton
Mr. Calder
Fred Hathorne
Barnes Place
Ann Leonard
Leonard
Novella J.trott
Augusta
Lydia Gilmore
Mass
Ladies’ Aid
Methodist
Will Leeman
Costello Hall
Californian Visitor tour through West Bath and coworkers
Charles H. Winter of Sefton Cal., age 81, arrived via Panama Canal from the Exposition and is hosted by Joseph Winter and Mrs. S. R. Brown in West Bath. He is in good health and traveling alone, with Amherst residents Mrs. J. B. True and Mrs. S. J. Fowler also in his extended family. Leonard Marks of New York visits Daniel Williams at Birch Point for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Winter
Sefton
Cal
Winter
West Bath
Panama Canal
Joseph Winter
S. R. Brown
J. B. True
S. J. Fowler
Amherst
N. H
Maine
Leonard Marks
New York
Daniel Williams
Birch Point
Local Social News Touches Holidays and Weddings
John Gilmore and Mrs. Alice Jones host relatives Theodore Nutting and Clarence Bailey on vacation in Bar Harbor. Miss Jane Swett visits Bath and Nequasset residents then heads to the Pacific coast to see her brother Harry Swett. Invitations issued for the wedding of Milton Trott and Miss Lona Cunningham. Trott works as a shipping clerk for Kimball Brothers. the bridge elect is noted as a former teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilmore
Alice Jones
Theodore Nutting
Clarence Bailey
Bar Harbor
Jane Swett
Miss Swett
Edward Fullerton
Nequasset
Bath
Pacific Coast
Harry Swett
Milton Trott
A. E. Trott
Woolwich
Lona Cunningham
Edgecomb
Mr. Trott
Kimball Brothers
Bridge Elect
W C T U Picnic At Russell's Grove
The W C T U held a combined meeting and picnic at Russell's Grove on Wednesday July 28. Mrs Louise Packard recalled the Owen homestead, now the Charles Hyde estate, and a tale of Rev Ellingwood visiting the locality seeking gin, the housewife sending a girl to the pump to fetch water instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Russell's Grove
Louise Packard
Owen
Washington
Charles Hyde
Temperance groups promote care for animals at village outing
A ship house near by stored supplies for carpenters as temperance organizations influence community events. Band of Mercy boys and girls attended with Alice May Douel teaching girls to craft dolls from esquuimean children. A Los speaker discussed Indians and kindness to animals. After a picnic, Mrs. Arthur Quimbs of North Turner, the state president, delivered an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band of Mercy
Alice May Douel
Mercy
Los
Arthur Quimbs
North Turner
Destroyer Erickson Nearly Sunk at Camden Yard Pier
The United States torpedo boat destroyer Erickson was nearly sunk at her Camden N J pier by opening a sea cock. Two compartments flooded after a fire aboard the battleship Oklahoma, moored on the opposite slip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erickson
New York Ship Building Company
Camden
N. J
Oklahoma
Hyde Windlass team lineup for Damariscotta game
The Hyde Windlass lineup to face Damariscotta at Kelley Field tomorrow includes Steveree Billings Kennison Oliver Coss Miller Cutting Knight Bragdon Burns. Game starts at three o clock and local fans hope the newly formed Windlass team will win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass
Damariscotta Boys
Kelley Field
Steveree
Billings P
Kennison
Oliver
Coss
Miller
Cutting
Knight
Bragdon Cf
Burns
Windlass
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Georgetown
Harlan Trafton
Dorchester
Helen Leviseur
Lucile Pierce
Seguinland
Pierce
Miss Leviseur
George Nagel
Marion Clark
Five Islands
Clark
Elbridge Mains
Cove
J. L. Berry
Mains
Katie Nelson
Maine Bible Association
Arrowsie
S. A. Hathaway
Gardiner
W.c.t.u.’S of
Gardiner and
Hallowell
Lou Clarke
Jack
Fred Files
Miss Ruth Curtis
Constancy
William Horne
Jean Ingelow
Annie
James Whitcomb Riley
E. D. Hooker
George West
Miss Lou Clarke
Miss Sutton
Mr. Newman
Judson L. Cross
Fitchburg
League
G. H. Grey
Horne
Mrs. Hooker
Orpheut
Judson Cross
Rich
Shore Acres
Roy M. Newman
Elizabeth Howarth
Steadman Howarth
Hattie EB. Rowe
Edward Nagle
Fannie Merritt Farmer
Wiliam A. Toda
Bertha K. Avery
Hattie E. Rowe
Harold F. Hunt
Layman
the House OF Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
Price
John J.desmondco
Water Streets
Will Brown
Walter Brown
J. W. Biggins
Brunswick
Hamburg
Conley’s Specialty Store
W. C. T. U. Picnic
Russell Grove
Destroyer Erickson
Camden, N. J
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