Quiet Town Meeting and Community Notes in George Town
Sunday services focus on Christian experience with a sermon on the new birth at Center Church. Town meeting and parish discussions address cemetery land expansion amid heavy snow. Local social life includes Grange supper reports, visits from Bay Point and Bath residents, and ongoing road and fishing plans for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Church
Working League
William Todd
Edgar ‘Hunt
Bath
Fred Oliver
Groton
Conn
Oliver
Ethelyn Harley
Seguinland
Caroline Harford
Charles Clarke
Stella
Everett Higgins
John Thibodeau
Harold Hunt
Roland Harford
Indian Point
Walter
Lester Oliver
Popham Beach
George F. Oliver
Mr. Williams
Rigersville
Boston
Stearns Scott
Fred Spinney
Bay Point
Grange
Five Islands
William Cromwell
Boyd
B.H. Woodside
Bertha Avery
B. M. Rowe
Frances Nota
Cummings
Italy
Roy Moore
W.L. Berry
Fred Reid
Everett Trafton
Rev. Boyd
F. M. Reid
Emily Todd
Riggsville
Earl Pottle
Georgetown
George Gray
Clarence McMahan
Capt
Millan Leonard
William Stevens
Chester McMahan
Marion Stevens
J. G. Stevens
Isabel Stevens
Hagan
Vernon Gray
Will Field
Elisha Field
C. A. McMahan
Basil
Cambridge
Somerville
Mass
Lewis Varney
Day’s Ferry
Community Notes From Sebasco Phippsburg Area
Capt and Mrs Henry Butler returned to Sebasco and Phippsburg. Local log haulers moved goods from Campbells Pond to Bath. Many residents reported illnesses and recoveries including chicken pox and lumbago with doctors attending. Social visits, home projects, and local transportation roles featured among town life updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Butler
Sebasco
Phippsburg
Henry White
Campbell’s Pond
Bath
C. L. Benson
Talbot Brooks Company
Portland
Fred Coombs
Earl
Bertha Morse
Dr. Fuller
George Rogers
South Orrington
George Merry
James O. Lincoln
Doris Perry
A. R. Campbell
Eben J. Marston
W. B. Perry
Eva Bowie
Page Wyman
Harold Noyes
Everett
Mass
Edith Perkins
Charles Perkins
D. A. Merry
Marion Rafael
Annie Purington
Dromore Grange
Auren Wallace
George Ingalls
Almon Perry
Boston
Charles Hewitt
Hose Company No. 5
Chester Talbot
Atlantic Express
Alton Oliver
W. C. Perry
Elmer Williams
Thomas Perry
Augustus Gould
Auburn
Seymour ‘Hayden
Somerville
Beulah ‘McIntire
Asbury Campbell
George Merritt
J. O. Lincoln
Long Epistle Reaches Two Yards In Bath Letter
A Bath woman received a two yard twenty eight inch long letter typed on eight inch wide ribbon paper. She has not yet replied to the epistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Stormbound Cundy's Harbor Feels Winter’s Worst
The editorial area reports Cundy's Harbor blanketed by a heavy storm causing only a half hour mail delay at night. Residents James Eastman and E W Holbrook are noted, with visits from Brunswick travelers and local illness and attendance at town meetings affected by the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cundy’s Harbor
James Eastman
E. W. Holbrook
Robert Haskett
Robert, Jr
Brunswick
BE. W. Holbrook
Walter Story
Victory
Story
Thomas Bartlett
Sebasco
L. F. Alexander
Harmony Thompson
Burk Norris
Will Eastman
Portland
Houston Times Faces Growth Amid Affluent County Boom
The Houston Times, serving the shire town of the county, notes its evolution with eight page automobile editions as the region prospers and expands its newspaper reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Times
Aroostook
Five Islands Fund for Grange Hall tops $500
The Five Islands Grange supper at Nocton Hall in Bath boosted hall funds to $507.86 after added gifts from Thomas G. Plant in Florida and Richmond Enterprise. A steady Grange meeting followed with a varied program and a planned social for Saturday the 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nocton Hall
Grange
C. W. Nocton
J. G. Stevens
J. T. McMahan
W. H. Holland
L. H. Rowe
Wadsworth
Isabel Stevens
Isabel Rowe
Thelma Stevens
W.S
Worthy
A. E. Holland
Hall
Ida Rowe
Sewall Maddocks
Boothbay Harbor
Westport
Thomas G. Plant
Florida
Board of Supervising Inspectors tightens steam vessel safety rule
In annual session at Washington the Board modifies deck cargo rules for passenger steamers. It ends wood sheathing allowances and requires sprinkler systems on all passenger vessels carrying deck cargoes, with kitchens and galleys below decks also equipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervising
Washington
Iced sidewalk causes fall on Elm Street hillside
An icy granolithic sidewalk above Elm Street caused a man to slip and jolt his back and head with a crack heard along the street. Moments later another resident lost footing at Summer and Front Streets while climbing the hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Ave
Elm &J
Front Sts
Potatoes From City Farm Fail Dry Rot Harvest Inmates Lose Crop
Last year the City Farm yielded a large potato crop but a dry rot outbreak ruined the harvest, making potatoes unavailable this spring for inmate use.
Dense river fog shrouds city overnight
Wednesday morning around 4 30 a dense vapor rolled over the city from the river so thick that a street light could not be seen fifty feet away.
Phippsburg Notes Highlight Local Doings and Machines
Mrs. William G. Small of Bath visits Parker Head, J. Arthur Stevens weak with grip at 77, and various residents, crews, and ships appear in a bustling Phippsburg update. The new schooner Margaret L. Roberts sails, and Captain Roberts plans a Norfolk load. many townsfolk attend illnesses, farm work, road crews, and social visits amid winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Small
Bath
Cordelia Morrison
Parker Head
J. Arthur Stevens
East Boothbay
Merton Webber
Hiram C. Stevens
Popham
George Tobey
Stevens
Ralph Whittum
James Christensen
John Cumming
Cummings
John Ed. Oliver
West Georgtown
Chandler
Bath Hospital
Roscoe Stacey
Margaret L. Roberts
William S. Roberts
Norfolk
Jesterville
Ind
Capt. Roberts
Margaret Roberts
F. S. Bowker & Son
Minnie Wallace
Sebasco
Loton Wallace
Langdon Snipe
A. F
Keith
Walter
Chaffee Bros
Auren Wallace
Adah Bowker
Mrs. Johnson
Dr. Williams
Miss Bowker
James E. Perry
John Hamilton
Hulda Hamilton
Chebeague Island
Walter McC
Fred Beals
Beals
Everett Harrington
Walter Small
Clinton Beals
Walter Storey
Victory
Walter Bowker
Sprague House
Henry Minott
Margaret Frances
Minott
Mr. Minott
William Oliver
Albridge Morse
Harry Watson
Nathan
N. W. Eaton
Eleanor Bowie
Tufts College
Phippsburg
Bath Shoe Blacks Claim Higher Costs Require More Sport Shoe Colors
Blacking and shoeshining furnishings prices have risen. Bath shoe workers warn that summer demand will force a larger more varied stock as sport shoes will come in many colors.
Letter Arrives After Dewey Departure Aids Locate Boy
Since the two employees left hastily at Dewey a letter reached one worker. The postmark may help authorities locate the boy and close the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Dewey
Executor's Notice for Martha L Tarr of Topsham
Mayn. H. Tarr, executor, invites all creditors to present demands and all debtors to pay promptly for the estate of Martha L. Tarr late of Topsham Sahoc County. Notice dated March 6, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha L. Tarr
Topsham
Sahoc
Mayn. H. Tar
Topsham, Me
Mar
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Working League. — Church
Brunswicks Club
Winnegance News
E. M. Small
Five Islands Fund
T. G. Plant
Aid
Sylvia Boucher
Villa Stevens
Omni
D.S
Idg
Department Store
Center Street
Bath Department Store
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