Bowdoinham Happenings and Community Notes Update
Bowdoinham reports include O E S Grand Chapter attendance, rural carrier Eugene Edgecomb on route 2, and Sunshine Society. Alumni offer a $5 prize for a 1000 word essay describing Bowdoinham. Memorials, cemetery improvements, local visits, and town events fill front-page items with many named residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Pomona
Su. Mosher
Portland
O.E.S. P
C. Cannon
Eugene Edgecomb
Anto
Comfort Branch
Sunshine Society
George Hamilton
Bowdoinham Alumni Association
Bowdeinham
North Woolwich Notes On Local Residents And Events
Woolwich column lists visits and activities including Rev C W Sinnett writing Hathorne history, George Ames tuning a Maxwell, Elsie Blair callers, James Carter testing a motor boat, and several Bath and Bath area residents in town. Graduation rehearsals planned for June fourth and Memorial Exercises at Nequasset Methodist Church on May 31 with programs and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ames
N. R. Ames
Maxwell
Elsie Blair
S. P. E. Hathorne
James O. Carter
Bath
Richmond
William Cunningham
Newcastle
Congregational Church
O. B. Clayson
Gardiner
North Woolwich
John Reed
Vera Hlowe
Wss
Jillian Blair
Walter Densiore
Dresden
Arrowsie
Lillian Blair
Elizabeth Webber
Marcia M. Stinson
Methodist Church
Nequasset
Cumberland Center Birthday Surprise for Mrs H B Allen
Friends of Mrs H B Allen gathered at her Cumberland Center home last Saturday for a birthday surprise. Mr Allen planned to retire as friends arrived to find her hair measuring five feet in length. Guests included Ernest Burnell and family Lyman Lawrence Anna Lof from Worcester Nellie Davis of Portland Gorham Farwell Kate Tingen and others. Cake and ice cream were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Allen
Cumberland Center
Mr. Allen
Farwell
Miss Lof
Ernest Burnell
Lyman Lawrence
Anna Lof
Worcester
Fred Winslow
Halph
Arthur
Nellie Davi
Portland
Sprague
Gorham Farwell
Kate =tingen
Allen
Sebasco Notes on Local Visits and Repairs
SEBASCO residents report Sydney Green of Portland visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs G E Black. Edward Wallace builds a boat for Lemuel Jones of Round Pond. D P Harley adds a five horsepower Bridgeport engine to his boat. Capt and Mrs Henry Butler spent Sunday at their Sebasco home. Mrs Lyman Alexander visits her mother Mrs W S Harley. Mrs Annie Richerson is out after winter confinement. T L Perry repaints and shingle plans for his Sebaseco cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Green
Portland
G. E. Black
Edward Wallace
Lemuel Jones
Round Pond
D. P. Harley
Henry Butler
Sebasco
Lyman Alexander
Harley
Annie Richerson
T. L. Perry
Sebaseco
New Meadows Area Hosts Memorial Day Weekend Activities
West Bath residents report a lively spring boil of visitors and cottage life at New Meadows with Grange meetings, boating, and social events. Guests include Misses Thwing, Bakeman, Lane, Hopkins, and others from Bath, Woolwich, and Lewiston Journal. Memorial Day signals openings for summer homes. frost damage noted on Campbell Pond hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Jas Cocmis
United States
Ruth Fuller
Margaret Peterson
Althea Strout
Addie Purington
New Meadows
Esther White
Margaret Bakeman
Alzie Lane
Hopkins
Mildred Bowen
Lawrence
Walton
Louie Thwing
Woolwich
Campbell's Pond
Thwing
Worcester Domestic Science School
Alton B. Thwing
Phippsburg News Briefs From Town Socials And Incidents
William A. and Arthur Roderick plant a garden while Mrs. Hubbard Stacy remains ill. A scare over a roaming “crazy man” ends with Old Joe the clam man in custody. A Eureka Mining drill ships to Cranberry Creek and a Women’s League pie social aids the local school fund. Town visits include Augusta officials and Bath residents at Cox's Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Crocker
Fanny Percy
Georgia Leeach
Parker Head
Joe
Augusta
M. J. Frye
Meadowbrook Inn
Meadowbrook Inn Until Sheriff Oliver
Marshal Pattee
Eureka Mining and Operating Company
Clinton, N. Y
Bath
Nat and
Elbridge Morse
Cranberry Creek
A. H. Goodwin
Oakwood Farm
Womens League of
Lower Arrowsic
Winnerance
Arrowsic
Winneyance
Stein
Revere
League
H. A. Plummer
H. W. Cutting
Harry Passmore
T. L. Perkins
West Bath
Cox’s Head
Jennie Roderick
Rebecca Bowker
M. J. Percy
J. F. Leeach
Frank Bowker
Stefano Allegrin
Portland
Frank
E. E. Pinson
Town notes and social happenings around Bowdoin and Bath
Wednesday night winds brought ice fragments to the area with residents noting 3 to 16 inch thickness. N W Eaton and son Ernest visited Bowdoin and towns including Richmond Gardiner and Lisbon Falls before Brunswick. Miss West and George Chandler wed at People's Church in Bath. Social visits, grange gatherings, and preparations for summer boarders fill local life with family and town news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Eaton
Ernest
Bowdoin
Richmond
Gardiner
Lisbon Falls
Irvin Prebie
Brunswick
Roland
Walter Keys
Sebasco
Portland
Ruth Eaton
Sidney Eaton
Bath
Margaret West
George F. Chandler
People’s Church
S. A. Evans
Miss West
Lon West- Brown
Popham
Edith Eaton
Dromore Grange
D. A. Merry
Rose Carpenter
Rebecca Bowker
Bodwell Grange
Nassauer
New York
Rocky Dell
William Plummer
H. W. Cutting
S. C. Campbell
Percy
Walker
Thomaston
Will McIntyre
Elizabeth Sma
al. Pye
Lewis
Odway
Alvi Sylvester
Sidney McIntyre
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moody
Fred Patten
Harpswell
Herbert Norton
Maria Woodworth
Anson Crocker
Silas Trufant
Topsham
Gretchen Hilse
Lewiston
William Robinson
J. A. Colby
Jamie
Cornish
J. J. Temple
W. B. Kendall
Robert H. Jack
Wilbur Douglas
Pomona Grange
Merry Meeting
Ance
John Curtis
Booker Road
Curtis
Hamestead
Benjamin Curtis
Ios
Meab
State Homie Ney
L. Pinkerton
W. H. Gould
Merry Meeting Grane
I. A.R
C. H. McEwen
C. F. Staples
John and
Ralph Denam
Maria Gray
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Grace
G. T. Small
E. D. Cornish
Everett
Herbert Given
Mr. Given
W. S.S. Given
Capt
Amasa Williams
Boothbay Harbor
Nellie G
A. F. Reeve
Selden Williams
FE. W. Warren
Pp. C. Nealey
Bay Shore
John Temple
Charce
WM. OH
Jack
Lishfield
F. J
Mr. Riley
Portland Evening Express
John Purington
Richmond Road
Bheine
Kendall
Jitheo Allen
J. H. Wilson
Main St
D. B. Holt
Naomi Rideout
George T. Getchell
W. H. Tibbetts
Coombs High School
Squirrel Island
Clark
J. E. Clark
Mrev
Fi Kar
Litchfield
J. HW. Littl
Grange Hall
G. G. Powers
Horace Raymond
Mrs. (. A. Mosher
Welaffalot Whist Club
Norris Purington
Sons of Veterans
Hazel Holden
Edith Wiggin
Guy Webber
Charles Berry
Clarence Blackman
E. T. Jackson
Village Cemetery
Mr. Davis
Mr. Jackson
Cc. P.bates
Kkdzar Blanch
Rev
C. W. Sinnett
Wachita
Iowa
Hathorne
Tories
Roll of Honor
Music
America
Hathorne Band
J. F. Whittam
Asa Hathorne
W. G. Brookings
Fred Gowen
Clara M. Reed
Donnell Thwing
Mrs. Allen
West Bath News
New Meadows Inn
Charles T. Dunham
Foster's Point
Alonzo Fisher
Foster’s Point
Fred Larrabee
Mona Wyse
Westboro
Mass
Clarence Bryant
Blanche
Bryant
Jean Strout
Brant Cottage
New Meadows Landing
Allen M. Irish
Percy Cottage
Sabine
Clinton Pratt
Berry’s Mills
Eugene Brown
Charlotte Cook
Will Brown
Oscar Williams
Siren Point
BB. B. Stanley
8. L. Bonney
Winthrop
Ernest Williams
H. A. Corer
Mary Mitchell
Alvah Holbrook
S. E. Jaques
Dennis Clark
Birch Point
Herbert Williams
Gertrude Williams
Salem, Mass
Nannie Brown
Lewiston Journal
Samuel Brown
Campbell Pond
Edith Hennessy
King’s Point
Iron Island
Delia E
Leola Goding
Louis
Madeline Barker
Rosedale
Waratah
Harry Hanson
Fred W. Jarrabee
New Mead
John Wharf
Mayo Barn
New Meadows Boat Club
Phippsburg
William A. and
Arthur Roderick
Mrs. Hubbard Stacy
Sam Day Hill
Elbow Hill
Friends
Lower High St
Miss Harriet Morse
Sagadahoc House
E. Smith
Georgetown
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