Bowdoinham Town Meeting Elects Officials and Notes Deaths
Bowdoinham voters re-elected last year’s board plus a second selectman race won by Harry Powers. The town approved an electric light article with overwhelming support, and local notices include deaths of Alpheus Brown and Pearl Hatch, school board nominations, and community events across Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
I. C. Irish
W. J. Graves
B. B. Douglas
Harry Powers
M. J. Graves
Powers
Richmorth
Maany
Board of Trade and Citizens
Central Maine Power Co
Five Islands Republican Meeting Nominates Stevens for Legislature
Georgetown Republicans met March 7 at Union Hall with W. L. Berry as moderator and George West as secretary. Delegates to the State Convention included W. L. Berry and J. G. Stevens. J. G. Stevens was nominated for Representative. The Grange event drew 80 to 90 attendees, featuring ice cream and a custard pie auction raising funds for the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Union Hall
W. L. Berry
George West
J. G. Stevens
F. N. Williams
F. M. Reid
Henry Reynolds
W. P. Baker
J. Everett Jewett
W. L
Grange Party
L. H. Rowe
Manfred Newdick
Grange
J. T. McMahan
Alton Berry
New York and Chicago Produce Markets Report March 9 1916
Prices from New York and Chicago markets show unsettled grain with higher wheat and corn futures led by persistent selling. Beef, pork, and butter remain firm with steady butter receipts. sugar futures advance on drought fears and strong spot demand. an administrator announces estate of Ida E. Erskine with claims due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas
Duluth
Manitoba
Middle West
Hennery
Hennery Browns
Bermuda
Cuba
Boston
New York Twins
Bowdoinham Town Meeting Criticized for Jeers on Light Vote
Citizens condemn the rough behavior at Bowdoinham village Town Meeting where those opposing electric lighting were ridiculed. The note stresses democracy guarantees each voter the right to conscience and equal courtesy, regardless of majority or minority status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Bowdeinham
Local News Notes and Social Roundup
Mrs. Harry Oliver returns from Portland while Mrs. Albert Morse travels from Parker Head after her mother’s death. Several attend the "Bringing Up Father" show. Miss Frances Parks visits Boston area. Walter Perry returns from Boston business trip. Community events include a baked bean supper run by Evening Workers and a Classy Pew gathering in Bath hosted by Mrs. Martha Harrington. One hundred sixty bundles of shingles arrive for Texas Yard shop roofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Andros
Portland
Alpheus Brown
Bowdoin
Thomas Cutler
Topsham
John Brown
Litchfield
Lorenzo Minott
Morning Star Lodge of Masons
Kennebec Lodge
K. of P
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
FE. L. Colbath
J. E. Clark
Brunswick
O. E. Page
Bath
James E. Lilly
Augusta Hospital
Bowdoinham
C. ‘b--Mosher
George—Cutler
G. H. McKay
Charles Wilson
Haverhill
Grange Hall
Lyceum
Apollo
D. W. Perry
Monmouth
John F. Baker
Perry
Lenella Smith
E. J. Millay
Kathanis
Blanche Rounds
Hazel Pierce
Florence Small
Gretchen Chadwick
Mildred Millay
Elsie Dickinson
Jennie Reed
Tetley
Hatch
Mary Esther Small
F. S. Adams
S. W. Nelson
Alonzo Bickford
William Adams
Bangor
Clarence Gould
Giles Manwarning
Charles McCarty
Baptist Church
Methodist Aid
E. B. Duran
Mary Lilly
Gersham JL. Perry
Lena Cobb
Bowdeinham
F. K. Jack
Bonney
George Pratt
Woodfords
Emeline Pratt
Carleton Lancaster
East Bowdeinham
H. D. Cornish
Chapman
I. M. Fowle
Ida
Frank Hackett
Jessie Ames
Charles Berry
Hattie Jack
Emma Brown
Hazel Holden
Albert Henderson
E. P. Kendall
Harry Oliver
Ladies’ Aid
Zina Hunt
Albert Morse
Parker Head
Richard Mann
Harry C. Webber
Frances Parks
Boston
Walter Perry
Lester/Perry of
Randolph
Albert Lakin
Runnells
M. W. Adams
Myra Rogers
William Standish
Martha Harrington
Corliss Street
Harry C. Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Second Selectman
Peace Powers
Graves
Electrec
R. ST. Reds
Extension Bulletin
University of Maine
Orono
Milton McEwen
Rhode Island Reds
Topsham Fair
Young McEwen
C. H. McEwen
Rhode Island
J. R. Carter
C. B. Randall
Republican Town Committee
Town Hall
Parent-Teacher Association
Robert Patten
Lottie Cobb
Hattie G. Andros
Vinal | Tibbetts
Penkins
Sanford
Wilson
George T. Small
America Purington
Five Islands
Grangers
Dr. Cragin
Capt
Davis
H. H. Club
Frank Small
Dora Adams
Gardiner
Old South
Adams
Myra Long
A. C. Williams
C. W. Nocton
W. H. Holland
Arthur Berry
Ira Lewis
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ellen Cromwell
Bell Stevens
Stinson Davis
Bethlehem
N. H
J. M. Harford
New Jersey
Charles W. Nocton
Hartford
Chauncy Lewis
Chauncey Lewis
Lila McMahan
Mabel Rowe
T. M
Gott’s Cove
Kennebec
Boston Produce Market
Chicago
Dewes
Ida E. Erskine
Sagadahoc
Harvey K. Erskine
Park & Pollard
Woods Hutchinson
Jemima
Bath Grain CO
Winnegance News
Texas
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