Woolwich Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Howe of Woolwich observed their golden wedding on Friday evening May 15 with about fifty friends and relatives attending. The event featured a gold decorated room, a cake with Blair 1864 and Howe 1914, piano music, a poem reading, and songs including Silver Threads Among the Gold. The couple, who have five children and six grandchildren, were surrounded by kin from Yarmouth Bath and local friends, with cake, coffee, and candies served before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Howe
Woolwich
Alfred Ames
Blair
Howe
George Ames
Mr. McAuliffe
Westport
Garrett Galvin
Fred Lilly
Yarmouth
Stanley Henderson
Vincent Henderson
Bath
Mrs. Howe
Golden Wedding Day Joy and Grange News
The notice blends a poem celebrating a golden wedding on May 16 with local Woolwich Grange items. It notes grandson and granddaughter families, a lively celebration, and reflections on aging. Grange meeting summaries, programs, and community notes follow, including weather easing farming, fishing progress, and member obituaries and resolutions for Sister Lizzie Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Turner
Woolwich Grange
Bath
Georgetown Roundup Sees Families, Trades, and Local Events
Thomas N Williams visited Bath on Wednesday as residents report a busy week. The Working League met with Mrs Howard G Heald. families from New Vineyard and Bath visited, while several residents attended Memorial Day preparations and farm work continued at Indian Point and Five Islands. A smoky day, local launches, church bell tones, and a surge of salesmen marked a busy stretch in Riggsville and Sagadahoc Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahece
Pomona Grange
Bodwell Grange
Phippsboro
J. MacAuliffe
D. W. Baker
MacAuliffe
North Church
Mr.Walker
E. W. DeWick
Somerville
Mass
Chestnut Cottage
Loring Soule
Kenneth
Samuel
Thomas Moore
Alva Bailey
Maurice Hathorne
Raymond
Asa Hathorne
Hattie Brown
Lowell
Bath
Adrian Wilson
Malden
Miss Fichett
South Portland
Fred Gowen
Alfreda
Five Islands
Phillip McCormick
W. H. Taylor
Florida
Thomas N. Williams
Howard G. Heald
Harold F. Hunt
New Vineyard
Nannie Rowe
Edward McKenney
George Oliver
Walter Oliver
Popham
Cove
Everett C. Higgins
Ferris Leonard
G. H. Grey
Everett Higgins
Indian Point
Bertha Rogers
Boston
Martha J. MacFadden
MacFadden
Rogers
Joseph M. Harford
Nancyv J. Spinney
Howard M. Trafton
Charles Buckley
Will Mains
Joseph Higgins
Sewall P. Oliver
Five Island
Riggsville
Allie Hinckley
Hollis Webster
Sagadahoc Bay
Lermond H. Rowe
J. B
Ats Melt
Apa LeNelty
Sneadahes
Supreme Judieial Court
Kelkoat Bath
Isid
AJ Dsid
Wihrers
Edith M. Millett
Thaith
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Prank We Millett
M. Andersen
Millett
Maines
Dati
Syd Witter Rhese
Gylley
Obituary Notes From Committee on Resolutions
Poem like tribute listing Harriet B McKenney Lizzie B Hathorne and James E Fullerton as signatories. Reflects formal memorial language with a closing prayer phrase and mention of a vacant chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet B. McKenney
Lizzie B. Hathorne
James E. Fullerton
Committee On
Bells Ring In Five Islands For New Church Bell
The McShane Bell Co. bell arrived and was hoisted to the Five Islands church belfry amid a large crowd. The bell tested with strong tone, praised by residents from Griffiths Head to Georgetown Center and MacMahan Island. L. H. Rowe funded freight, with others aiding. the bell will serve midweek prayers and Sabbath services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith's Head
Georgetown Center
Rigesville
MacMahan Island
McShane Bell Co
Baltimore
Nidone Martin
L. H. Rowe
George C. Rowe
Manfred Newdick
Bell
Freemont Rowe
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Grandpa
Grandma
Blanche
Father Time
Cain
Sereny Green
Ella Shaw
McKenney
Turner
Oliver
Nequasset Stream
Boothbay
Georgetown
George West
Massachusetts
Fr. G. Moore
Frank Moore
West
J. Clare
Powers Brothers of
Hyde
Panama
Milan
John J. Desmond
Water Streets
Maine
Sedgemore
Joseph Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Will Fields
Alfred Rowe
A. Py Heavis
Alimes Stevens al
EH. Rowe
W. E. Rowe
George McKennes
Robert A. Hodgdon
Enpetbte
Val Sale
Saeavieliren
Mdward W
iSecls Neary Panhili Sc
Ss Sysperenm’ Judicial Coure
Supreme Court
Saasedahoe
Sagadahoe
Leslie C. Cornish
Fred H. Thompson
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