Veterans Parade Revered Memorial and Civic News
In Bath and surrounding towns many society notices and civic items appear. Veterans from the Civil War era are saluted in a reflective piece by Charles D. Clarke. Social events include organ remodeling funded by Mrs. Jennie Abbott Shaw and a long list of visits, weddings, and dances. Community reports mention aliases of Bath residents, shipyard executives, clergy, and entertainers visiting, with hotel, church, and school events filling the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Abbott Shaw
Huntsville
Ont
Emmia Pierce
First Universalist
Dexter
West Georgetown Wharf Peril Highlighted By A. K. P. Oliver
A. K. P. Oliver urges street and harbor authorities to fix rotting planks between the West Georgetown wharf and roadway after his horse fell through last week. He argues freight handlers and steamship patrons deserve a safe drive to the pier as Great risks threaten cattle shipments and delivery. The item notes local residents, fishermen at Riggsville, and frequent visits to Bath and Five Islands, with mention of a duck laying eggs and Memorial Day preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. P. Oliver
West Georgetown
Boston
Bessie E. Todd
Bath
Nancy Oliver
Marrtown
Portland
Chester Gerrish
Cummings
Charles Mains
Everett C. Higgins
George Delano
Five Islands
The
Cove
Ina L. Noble
Riggsville
Ellsworth B. Lovett
Martha J. MacFadden
John Wilson
Kelley and Spear
Clarence Bancroft
Frederick J. Hinckley
Charles Buckley
Lida Mains
Harold F. Hunt
W. F. Parlin
Ralph Dunton
Ralph Reynolds
Galen ‘Watson
David Oliver
Perley Rattleff
Nelson Rattleff
Duxbury
John Wilson, Jr
Kimball
Moosehead
Kelley
Spear
Harriet A. Deering
Lester
Carroll Powers
Goose Rock
Levi Totman
Mr. Totman
Sheepscot
MacMahan’s
Moses Rowe
Robin Hood’s Cove
Will Mavns
Earl Pottle
Leon Williams
Oak Cemetery
William H. Holland
W. H. Dearborn
Georgetown Center
May Ball Extravaganza Highlights Young Dancers Encore
The 1916 annual party dazzled with a children’s program featuring Flower Waltz, Narcissus gavotte, Polish Peasant Dance, and Mother Goose dances. Young performers including Lydia Baxter as Mary Contrary and Dor is Jordan wowed crowds, while adults joined later for a long dancing session and a new York inspired Waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
Dorothy Welch
Anna LeClair
Wilhelmina Gackenbach
Katheryn Mayers
Alexandrine Martin
Masters Lemont Tarbox
John Eaton
William Donnell
Elery Doyle
Edward True
John McInness
David Brown
Little Bo Peep
Valda Fletcher
Mary Lord
Hark
Roberta Barker
Evelyn Oliver
Florence Webster
Waltz
Irene Kingsbury
Ralph Small
Rodger McInnes
Phyllis Wyman
Mary Mussenden
Barrett Nichols
Marion Hill
Tom Cummings
Gavotte
Misses Gackenback
Baxter
Nichols
Welch
Doyle
Leonard
Mussenden
Barker
Webster
Oliver
E. Hall
Deering
W. Hall
Wyman
Hill
Mikelsky
Lydia Baxter
Mary
New York
Harvey
Shingle Work Planned at Hooker Cottage
Sewall P. Oliver hauls shingles from West Georgetown landing for the Hooker cottage. Howard M. Trafton, expected soon from Bath, is to perform the cottage work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall P. Oliver
Georgetown
Hooker
Howard M. Trafton
Bath
Campbell duo leave houseboat for new Riggsville home
Everett and Newell Campbell who lived aboard a Five Islands houseboat while employed by T. M. Hagan have returned to Riggsville. They have hired the boat Columbia for upcoming fishing trips and plan to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett and
Newell Campbell
Five Islands
T. M. Hagan
Riggsville
Columbia
Illness and travel notes from Washington and New York
Miss Frederica Swanton is ill at her Washington Street home. Capt Edward Sewall returned to New York City. Capt and Mrs F J Hinckley passed in Portland. Mr and Mrs J Edward Drake left for New York on a trip. Fred L Andrews of Hyde Windlass Co on a business trip to New York. Walter S Glidden returned from a four day New York trip. Miss Lucy and Anna Hartwell visited Belmont Massachusetts returning Thursday. their aunt Mrs E H Hartwell joined them briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Frederick Duniels
Popham
Frank Cushing
Northampton
Mass
Bath
Small Point
Edith
Lucy Hartwell
Belmont
Edward Hartwell
Owen J. Ledyard
Harriet Ledyard
Portland
John Soule
Auburn
York St
H. F. McCarty
U.S. N
Sharlestown
U.S.S
Virginia
H. A. Nealley
E. S. J. Nealley
H. A. Magoun
New York Shipbuilding Co
Moosehead Lake
C. P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works
F. J. Hinckley
West Georgetown
J. N. Dialogue
Luckenbach Steamship Co
New York
Baltimore
Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Harry A. Nealley
Edward
Newton
T. F E. Artis
Louise Baker
Lewiston
Charles Doten
Charles O. Shaw
Hunsville
Ontario
Walter Abbott
Dexter
Daniel Pierce
Washington St
Walter Shaughnessey
Shaughnessey
Helen Moses
A. H. Shaw
Forest Park
A. W. Priest
Portsmouth
N. H
Eliza Dearborn
Five Islands
Cyrus W. Longley
Walter Newdick
Newdick
Riggsville
Charles Mains
Natt Howe
Leah Mains
Charles Clarke
George B. Sinclair
United States
California
Philema Preble
Oak Cemetery
Capt
Trafton Knight
Frederica Swanton
Edward Sewall
New York City
J. Edward Drake
Fred L. Andrews
Walter S. Glidden
Lucy
Anna Hartwell
E. H. Hartwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Independent
Charles D. Clarke
Nason
South End
Parent-Teacher Association
Richard Quick
Carroll Watson
Andover
C. R Donnell
Charles Wetherbee
George
Frederick Bosworth Percy
Ada Lieber
Walter White Duffett, Jr
St. Paul’s
Hurch
Brookline
Aspinwall Ave
Miss Percy
David T. Percy
Percy
Theiss
Montana
Allan
W. D. Taylor
Office of Naval Intelligence
District of Columbia
Navy
Lieut
Carpenter
New Jersey
Phillip Guptill
Maine
Mexico
Benjamin Newman
Fryeburg
Frank B. Torrey
Richmond
Mr. Torrey
Charles W. Clifford
E. M. Stearns
A. A. Stearns
Hy ‘Annis
E. S. Crosby
John B. Crosby
Augusta
Kents Hill
Carl K. Crosby
C. K. Crosby
Aborn
English Opera Co
Cosmopolitan Club
Central Choir
the Central
Bowdoin College
Meriden
Conn
John Shaw
Dichmont
Cadman
Tate
Metcalf
Bond
Bohm
Sunday Herald
Mary Wolston
Katharine Minahan
Belasco
Massachusetts Woman’s Suffrage Association
Barthold Schlesinger
Southwood
Ornis
Sanctuary Players
Boston Society
Niles L. Perkins
Tog
Marion G. Sterling
Frank H. Sterling
Capt. Perkins
Work
Cony High
Bowdoin
Carl Crosby
Kent's Hill
Hugo Axmann
Frances Marion
Edwin du Puy Sinsabaugh
Edwin Louis Sinsabaugh
Boulevard
Whitestone Landing
Sinasbaugh
Marion Lloyd
George E. Percy
Salem
Arlington
Mr. Edwards
David T. Percy, Jr
Minott Percy
Percy Cottages
John H Kimball
Edward H. Kimball
Miriam
Dyke Homestead
Lincoln St
Carrie Shaw
Brunswick
Eleanor Randall
Hattie Hutchinson
Reading
Charles L. Oliver
Shepard St
Ladies’ Aid
League of Central Church
Peaslee
F. H. Kimball
Priscilla
D. L. Wilson
J. L. Wilson Jr
Samuel Kimball
Georgetown Wharf
Bates
Harold Clifford
First Baptist Church
Mr. Clifford
Clifford
William A. Todd
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