Bowdoinham News Budget Highlights Local Life
Obituary notes Walter E. Purington dies in Lewiston after diabetes complications. services held in Bowdoinham with Epworth League choir. Local updates cover farm work, Memorial Day events, church activities, visitors, poker at Grange Hall, and town improvements amid spring frost and crop concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Purington
Bowdoin
Lewiston
Cyrus Purington
Brunswick
Epworth League Choir
Purington
Wayside Inn
Brunswick, Co
Bates
Park & Pollard
Boston
Sybil Barry
Savadahor Fertilizer Co
Egypt
Wonder
Totman
Georgetown
Bert Adams
Independent
Thomas T. Rideout Post
Grange Hall
Edward Wilson
Pythian Sisters
Aid
F. K. Jack
Litchfield
Benedict Meyer
Carl Weick
Hutch Powers
River Road
Richmond
Amanda Small
Bowdoinham
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Bath
E. W. Warren
Kingston
Mass
Coons Higc
Academy
Bownlinham
Z. J
Pinkerton
Lavwist Sparks
Miss Hattie
Joseph Adams
Thomas T. Rideout
Sons of Veterans
Ladies’ Auxiliary
J. H. Little
Bristol
Local residents share visits and health update notices
Phippsburg residents report Guy Crocker resting after a work injury and expect to resume duties soon. Various social visits include Rev G H Bowie visiting Bath and Spruceville folk, and Miss Grace Percy traveling between West Pownal and Cox's Head. Church event at Parker Head draws a large, pleased audience with solo performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Crocker
Horace Jordan
John D. Rogers
Charles Wilson
John Wilson
Bath
G. H. Bowie
Hartland
William Bowie
Spruceville
Elijah Morse
Fred Wyman
Elbridge Morse
Elbridge Mereen
Mereen
Bowie
Grace Percy
Maine
West Pownal Maine
Cox's Head
Portland
Pownal
Frank Thompson
John Pierce
Thompson
Pierce
Edward Harrison
George Lewis
Charlstown
Mass
Benjamin Lewis
Cox’s Head
Roland Eaton
Fuller
Bowdoin College
N. W. Eaton
West Point
Mable Mcreen
Ashdale
Sadie Wallace
Bald Head
B. P. Browne
Corliss St. Church
Dunbar
Parker Head
Community notes from Phippsburg and Bath area
Local residents engage in farming repairs visits and travel. Ellis Rogers resumes farm work after two weeks with road crew. Memorial services held for Mrs. Lyman Oliver with Elder Bowie from Hartland officiating. Family funerals and numerous social visits noted among Oliver, Minott, Wyman, Bowker, Perry and Morse households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Manson
Bath
Carrie Cushing
Frank M. Bowker
Hattie Rogers
Esther Mains
H. W. Cutting
Sherman ‘Morse
Ellis Rogers
Charles Stevens
Henry Minott
Margaret Minott
Misses Minott
Chester Wallace
John D. Eastman
S Sebasco
Joseph Crocker
George Ingalls
Roscoe
Clyde Mains
Arthur Wilson
G. H. Bowie
Popham
Lyman Oliver
Bowie
Hartland
Myer
Parker Head
Lyman
Oliver
Butler
Charles Higgins
Mary Hinckley
M. I. Oliver
C. Galen Hinckley
Donnell
Bay Point Cottage
Henry Wyman
W. R. Bennett
Chelsea
Lena Law
Waltham
Frank Dudley
Dorchester
George Benney
Brookline
Winnegance Community Notes Include Meetings and Visits
Rev T N Kewley led Wednesday evening services at Beacon Street church. Ladies Aid met at Mrs Alfred Oliver's home. Ernest Knight and wife visited from Augusta for Memorial Day. Evening Workers met at Mrs Jennie Franks and Josephine Ushard had a surprise birthday party. Robert P Manson returned to Boston after visiting the Perrys. Sidewalk repairs needed on the Phippsburg side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Hyde Windlass
Bath
Waterville
Sons of Veterans
Town Hall
George F. Denham
Lewiston
Green McKay
G. T. Getchell
Auction Bridge
Margaret Chapman
Brunswick
Lillian Rolfe
Hallowell
Ferguson
Jennie Merie
Wynter Bartlett
oLhis
Albert Gowell
George Ferguson
P. C. Nealey
W. P. Carr
Massachusetts
Mr. Carr
S. W. Carr
James Sampson
Robert Patten
Garland
Portland
Bible Society
Tibbetts
Coombs High School
Squirrel Island
J. L. Pinkertown
Solon
Bowdeinham
Maison Kendall
H. D. Grant
Charles Fisher
Boston
Lottie Cobl
Louise Sparks
William
Norwood
Mass
E. T. Jackson
FE. W. Warren
Annatéssa
R. A. Dickinson
Ernest Lancaster
Frank Given
Charles McEwen
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
E. B. Duran
T. N. Kewley
Beacon Street
Alfred Oliver
Ernest Knight
Augusta
Knight
Eugene Knight
Jennie Franks
Josephine Ushard
Robert P. Manson
Thomas L. Perry
Phippsburg
Card of Thanks from Hutchins and Oliver
William W. Hutchins and George A. Oliver thank friends and neighbors for aid during sickness and bereavement. Popham Beach Maine. June 5, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Hutchins
George A. Oliver
Popham Beach, Me
Obituary: Mrs Elnora Cook Dies in Portland
The remains of Mrs. Elnora A. Cook widow of Herbert Cook of East Deering died in Portland June 1. She was 55 born at Small Point daughter of the late Samuel Wallace. She leaves two daughters Mrs A C Oliver of this city and Mrs Herbert Wallace of Small Point and a son Herbert Cook of South Framingham Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnora
A. ‘Cook
Herbert Cook
East Deering
Portland
Fairview Cemetery
Small Point
Samuel Wallace
A. C. Oliver
Herbert Wallace
South Framingham
Mass
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Bowdoinham News
W. E. Purington
G. A. R. Post
Coombs High
Cora Cronwell
H. Td. Grant
William Damon
Liston Falls
Ralph Cutler
Frances
R M. Fulton
Capt
Douglas
H. D. Cornish
New Meadows
J. E. Cornish
Newtonville
C. H. McEwen
Mr. McEwen
Lisbon Falls
Mildred Small
Owen
E. G. Duran
George Ef.warren
Frank Schofield
Norfolk
Mexico
Symouth
New York
Palm Beach
Norfolk Palm Beach
David T.percy&sons
Mabel Crocker
Ralph Kenney
Warren Ryan
Ina Pease
Hiram
James Malcolm
Alaska
Government
John Eastman
Henry Butler
Edward B. Winslow
Harry Hall
Hyde Park
E. G. Morrison
New Hampshire
Katherine Berry
Wynburg Camp
Martha Williams
Stephen Small
M. J. Frye
Meadowbrook Inn
Maud Holbrook
Jennie Roderick
Olive Bowker
George Haggett
Bar Harbor
Mr. Cushing
Mr Cushing
Lee’s Island
W. Frank Jewell
Pawnee
Philadelphia
Walter
James Percy
Walter Percy
Savannah
Harry Roderick
Port Henry
Pruxans
Roderick
George Davis
Thomas McCormick
Richard Quick
Reuben Fletcher
William Roderick
C. F. Webb
Rogers & Webb
F. S. Bowker
Frank Bowker
Etta Bow
Bess Dickinson
Mere Point
Grace Dickinson
Ernest Eaton
Jean Eaton
Charles Perkins
Sherman Morse
Nottingham
Mark Morse
George Dennison
Madelyn
Southport
Goldie Greenleaf
William Merry
Boothbay
Kennebec River
Lelia Oliver
Bay Point
Oliver Cottage
Susan Kenney
Edgecomb
Charles Hewett, Jr
Somerville
Beulah McIintire
Charles Tobey
Charles T. Small
Beulah McIntire
Vida
Capitol Island
Herbert Willis
Alice Bennero
Phippsburg Basin
Mark S. Morse
Corliss Street Church
Fred L. Parks
Alphonso Adams
Almon R. Perry
Olney C. Perry
Frank Perry
Lillian Russell
Perry Cottage
Clyde Morse
Winnegance News
Mrs. Herbert Cook
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