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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1915

Page

9

Langdon Oliver of Georgetown Dies at Ninety Five

Langdon Oliver aged ninety five died peacefully due to old age. A lifelong resident and former Kennebec River pilot, he lived with daughter Carrie Oliver and is survived by two sisters Angeline Berry Nancy Spinney brother Sewall P. Oliver and two sons Byron and Anson M. Oliver. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church. The town remembers him as its oldest citizen and a respected figure.

Langdon Oliver Mr. Oliver Wordsworth Sophia Oliver Angeline Berry Germantown Nancy Spinney First Baptist Church Harold Ward Topsham West Georgetown Henry Todd Stanley Tobey Thomas Tobey J. Fred Tobey Tobey Riggsville Renwood Brewer L. Eugene Thebeau Leo New Brunswick Nova Scotia E. W. Dixon Maine Central Mr. Thebeau Seguinland John Wellings South Boston Thomas Hagan Mains Calvin Tarr Eugene Trafton Island Falls Winfield Todd Emily Todd Marrtown B. P. Todd Dyer Hannaford Bros Portland Bertha Avery Nathaniel Perkins Popham Beach Whisters W. A. Todd George Oliver Howard Trafton Florence Woodside Walter Cummings Lida Mains W. H. Davies Lothiar Lowell Bath Everett Higgins Mable Mosier Harry Butler Eugene Reynolds Perry Beals Lower Riggsville Silas Damon Daisy Mains

West Bath Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits

West Bath residents report guests from Bath, Freeport, Skowhegan, and Lisbon. The New Meadows boat club rehearses a minstrel show for Cumberland Theatre, while portable mills move to Berry's Mills and a shingling bee improves a barn.

New Meadows William White Erma Bonney Winthrop Ernest Williams Campbell’s Pond Hilton Baby Freeport C. P. Higgins W. F. Mitchell Brunswick Ellison Houdlette Bath H. C. Brown Place Katie McNary Boston Rachel Potter West Bath Berry’s Mills Fred Wright North Bath Leah Wiles Skowhegan Florence Neiley Washington New York Wiles Miss Neiley Stratton Flagstaff E. W. Haggett Arthur Lemont Robert Toothaker

School Committee Chooses Supervisor of Schools in Town

The school committee met at Frank Clark's home last Saturday evening and chose Mrs. Mabel Whisner as supervisor of schools. Roy Phinney left town for Lynn Massachusetts after wintering with his uncle. A baked bean supper was held at the event.

Guy Crosby Bath Capt Blanche Edgar Blanche West Woolwich Sarah Hawthorne Sagadahoc Ferry William Clark M. E. Church Town Hall W. F. Potter Boston Grace Potter George L. Tarr George Kennerson Lois Cromwell G. S. Drummond Charles Brown Nequasset Bion Shea Alice Woolwich Edward Damien Portland Frank Clark Mabel Whisner Roy Phinney Lynn Mass

Bodwell Grange Celebrates 28th Anniversary

Bodwell Grange held its 28th anniversary on March 18 with twenty two members and eleven visitors. The program featured an Anniversary Poem by L A Carr and a History of the Grange by F A Curtis presented by an able lecturer.

Bodwell Grange L. A. Carr F. A. Curtis

Growth of the Grange and Related Activities Report

The article catalogs Grange activities including A. A. Wallace Duet and Emma Sylvester Singing, notes on Meeting outcomes with the affirmative on a Women are more inquisitive question, and mentions Canton King S OOF members traveling to Waterville for a banquet and Patriarch Militant degree. It references ships Pochahontas and Arabia illustrated in the Independent.

Father Kelley M. J. Moore A. C. Johnson Julia Johnson Isabelle McIntyre Raymond McIntyre C. H. McIntyre Sadie Wallace America Bodwell Grange Canton King P.M S. O.0.f Waterville Canton Halifax Brunswick and Bath Rebekahs The Independent Houghton Arabia

Sagadahoc Grange Holds All Day Session With Debate

Sagadahoc Grange held an all day session with strong attendance. After opening exercises and music the lecturer asked which has done more for the world money or brains. Douglas and Hildreth favored money while Patten Cannon and Edwin Hildreth spoke for brains. A fine dinner followed, then a program including words of welcome and music.

Sagadahoc Grange William Douglass Harold Hildreth E. C. Patten P. A. Cannon Edwin Hildreth

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Georgetown Smith Farm Sagadahoc Bay Charles Oliver Bessie Thompson Brooklyn N. Y Clayton Rowe Five Islands A. E.rowe G. B. Sinclair Kennebec Point Victor Richardson Fred Ward Everett Trafton Nancy Oliver Maurice Spinney Bay Point E. M. Spinney the Cove Horatio Douglas Mattie Hinckley Harold Hunt B. F. Moore Lisbon Working League Todd Thomas Williams Charles Mains Jessie Davies William H. Davies Will Mavns Gladys Snow Edward Clarey Harry Day Arrowsic Charles Eaton’s Ellsworth Loveitt E. B. Loveitt Baby Althea Earl Whitten Bay Point Way Pearl Leah Mains Naomi Elbridge Powers Alex Marr Ralph Legard Undertaker Jackson George Gove Arrowsie Mr. Lowell Mable Mosher L. W. Powers Walter Bessie Powers Fred W. Larrabee Lewiston Charles T. Dunham Spring Street Joseph White H. E. Worres Upper Washington Street Seneca Conley Warren E. Rideout Burlington Sophia Higgins Ham'shil L. D. Sheldon Leburton Foster Joseph Larrabee Thomas Stein South Arrowsie Katherine Hagan Elsie Blair Sadie Black Mildred Snipe Dorothy Penney Edward Snipe W. A. Perry Eleanor Morse Winneganee Harold Snipe Arthur LaBelle Herbert Snipe C. J. Hood CO the House OF Kuppenheimer Kuppenheimer John J.desmondco Water Streets Maine Conley’s Specialty Store A. A. Wallace Eaton Grange Emma Sylvester Bessie L. Sprague Lizzie (Small Edith Hildreth Ruth Jones Story Nelson Marion Hildreth J. F. Baker Douglass Keay Marshall Hildreth Patten Maan Grange Choir Millward Patten Brother Mulligan Sister Martin Sagadahoc
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