Golden Wedding Honor for Sheriff Ballou and Wife
The Shipping City community marked the golden wedding anniversary of Sheriff John Warren Ballou and Mary Hamlin Smith on a quiet Wednesday at their High Street home. Ballou, born 1832 in Newton Massachusetts, has served Sagadahoc County as sheriff for decades and was the first Exalted Ruler of the Elks, receiving a gold gift and tokens from the order. The couple have three children and were praised for Mrs Ballou’s grace and endurance, with many gifts from Bath and New England friends.
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John Warren Ballou
Geniel
Ballou
High Street
Mr. Ballou
John
Sarah Ballou
Joseph Warren
Bunker Hill
Newton
Mass
West Newton
Sagadahoc
Maine
Knights of Pythias
Mystic Shrine
Sedgwick Post
G. A
Mary Hamlin Smith
Elizabeth Smith
John S
Susan Ballou
Harry W. R. Stafford
Long Island
N. Y
Hyde Guards Aim for New City Armory
Hyde Light Guards press for a new armory with city funding proposed. They seek a $5 000 city appropriation paired with a like private sum to build a permanent facility, arguing the current armory is too small for 61 men and city law requires a suitable armory. The plan would transfer ownership to the city if the unit disbands.
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Hyde Light Guards
U. S
Ansell
West Point
Baker
National Guard
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
John Purington thanks friends neighbors fellow workers and Kennebec lodge Knights of Pythias Bowdoinham for kindness and sympathy shown during recent bereavement.
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the Independent
Kennebec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Bowdoinham
Sixth Annual May Ball Brightens Colonial Club Night
The Colonial club hosted its sixth annual May ball at the Alameda attracting over sixty couples. The grand hall featured color banners and a rustic pierced arbour stage, while an orchestra provided music before a grand march led by President Henry W. Cobb and Miss Mabel H. Benner. Ex-presidents and officers danced in stylish gowns and evening attire. intermission offered ices and cakes, and the event concluded around 1 a.m. with trolley transportation ready for guests to north and south ends.
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Colonial Club
Alameda
Henry W. Cobb
Mabel H. Benner
William A. Furber
Walter A. Murtaugh
Hiram T. Stevens
Ruth Whitney
Edward D. True
Mrs Donald Stuart a Bath society favorite dies in Rochester
Miss Maud Worth Stuart learns of the death of her sister Mrs Donald Stuart of Bath New Jersey family ties noted. Mrs Stuart leaves a husband and two children. The community expresses sympathy as Miss Worth heads to Rochester to confirm the news.
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Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Gathering in Bowdoin
Sagadahoc Pomona grange met at Sagadahoc grange hall in Bowdoin after a rainy day. The event drew members from Pine Tree and Falmouth granges with visitors from several groups. A substantial meal followed and the afternoon featured music readings and debates on rural happiness versus city life.
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Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Gov. Bowdoin
John M. Curtis
J. F. Mulligan
Florence Charman
F. S. Adams
Canham
Pine Tree Grange
Ida M. Nelson
Maine
Ernest Winslow
Falmouth
Florence Keay
W. W. Canham
Pine Tree
L. W. Bateman
Auburn
D. E. Badger
Huntoon Hill
Home Grange
Lena Skelton
Winslow
Falmouth Grange
Melissa
Kealy
Badger
Lincoln County
E. C. Patten
Brother Adams
L. C. Bateman
Bateman
Fred Mulligan
Patten
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Dromere Grange Plans June Nineteenth Anniversary
The Dromere Grange of Phippsburg held its regular meeting Tuesday evening with nuts candy and bananas served. Members voted to celebrate the grange nineteenth anniversary in mid June with a planning committee of George Weston W A C Rogers Samuel H Bowker Martha Rogers and Christine Cutting to report next Tuesday evening.
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Dromere Grange
Phippsburg
The
Grange
George D. Weston
W. A. C. Rogers
Samuel H. Bowker
Martha Rogers
Christine Cutting
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People’s Column
Peter McManus
Bath Road
Eee
Montana
N & W C Covel
S. Bath
Lanneh
Jobber
Granite State
Bath, Maine
Calvin S .Jane
Vansaring
Congress St
Portland
Front Street
Swett’s
Scott’s
Tuttle
Swett’s Drug Stores
Ohio
United States
E. Cornish
Agt
John W. Ballou
Mrs. Ballou
New England
John Purington
Cynthia Worth Stuart
Whitefield
Perkins
Sagadahoc County
Bremen
Sewall
John A.morse
Finance Committee
Webber
Pomona Grange
Weeree
Ee the Daily News
Thompson Bros
David T, Percy
Davis Hatch
Walter C. Parker
Gordon
Center Street
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