Bowdoinham Loses Two Elder Statesmen In Deaths
Bowdoinham mourns the deaths of Captain Alvah M. Curtis and Mrs. Harriet S. Small. Curtis, nearly 77, a former sea captain and Mason, left a world traveler with deep local ties including a son in Oregon and siblings. Small, 68, wife of Town Clerk Lorenzo D. Small, served the church and community, leaving a son and daughter. Burial services and town tributes reflect strong local regard.
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Bowdoinham
Alvah M. Curtis
Lorenzo D. Small
Curtis
Hurd Curtis
New Orleans
Flora M. Hurlburt
Florida
James Drummond
Charles W. Minott
Phippsburg
Village Lodge
Richmond
Frances Millay
P. K. Millay
Sagadahoc
Capt. Curtis
Winchester
Mass
F. O. Fish
Brunswick High School
John Curtis
Oregon
Ellen Sparks
Rumford Falls
Susan Sanborn
Iowa
Elizabeth Cobb
Bangor
Electa Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Harriet S. Small
Upper Main St
C. C. Cone
Mary Purington Cone
Alton C. Small
E. B Duran
Ladies’ Aid Society
John A. Cone
Topsham
Airs
Louise Sparks
Houchton
Mich
Jeninie Small
Portland
Mildredstall
Irvine Powle
Kaw Smith
Charles Newton
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Ivah Curtis
Baptist Church
Miles N. Reed
E. A. Gray
Somerville
M. G. Powers
Bowdeinham
Bowdeinham Board of Trade
Irene House
New Meadows
Brunswick
Daniel Cornish
Earle Browne
Bowdoinham Camp
Woodmen of America
Frank S. Adams
Charles B. Randall
Bath
Republican County Committee
Woolwich Town Notes Include Grange Plans and Local Visits
Woolwich community updates cover visits by Addison Rice and family, Pinkhams from Richmond, and travelers from Augusta. Measles recoveries, school attendances, and road work amid heavy storms affect church services and Grange events. A Washington’s birthday meeting features the drama Our Aunt Roberta and music by local performers, with a harvest supper and dance finale.
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Addison Rice
Earl
Dana
A. M. Pinkham
Richmond
D. J. Hathorn
Maria Leonard
Mabel Blackman
A. M. G. Soule
Augusta
Pearl
Phyllis Hall
Thomas Main
Eben Dana
Frank Head
Union Brook
Mission Band
Center Church
Church Hall
Vera Howe
John Howe
Elizabeth Rice
Cushman Ward
John Savage
Frank Preble
Pittston
Woolwich Grange
Grange
Washington
William N. Beal
Sagadahoe Ferry
Alton B. Thwing
Bath
Bowdoinham
Hockomock
G. M. Stinson
Woollwich Grange Hall
Robertina
Wyman Holden
Miss Ryan
Mildred Leavitt
Wiscasset
Evelyn Hodgdon
New England
Open Mind in Education urged for Maine schools
A letter urged Maine mothers to visit their children's country teachers, question school leaders, and support progressive methods. It argues for better funding to hire capable women teachers, warns against clinging to old ways, and calls for community involvement to improve school quality.
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Mary
Billy
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Bowdoinham Letser
Pomona
Small
Frank A. Heath
Bertha Graves
Harry Purington
South Portland
Fred Spear
Charles Tregembo
Lewiston
J. S. Hobbs
George Lancaster
Gardiner
Will Stinson
Forest Blodgett
Whitefield
Elbridge Tregembo
A. Frankie Heath, Jr
Bowdoinham Free Library Association
Bowdeinham Public Library Association
Kennebec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Order
McDonald Temple of Pythian Sisers
Pythianism
Charles F. Staples
Charles H. McEwen
Thomas W. Skelton
Fred Mulligan
Lodge
Lewis M. Fulton
George Denham
Frank Small
Bath Y
Merrymeeting Grange
Pomona Grange
Merrymeeting
Sisters of Merrymeeting
Merrymeeting Bay
Board of Selectmen
Independent
Bowdoin
Samuel W. Nelson
Nathan Doughty
William Tarr
Ira Allen
Benjamin Adams
Henry Cornish
Mr. Small
George F. Denham
Denham
American Express Co
Lysse P. Temple
Temple
L. D. Small
Maine
Wiliam W. Browne
J. E. Clark
C. L. Mosher
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Carrie May Frost
Haines’s Landing
Edith Wood
Sanford
Ruby Wood
The
Sagadahoc Pomona Herxt
A. J F. Reeve
New York
Rela
John Wilson
Eurene Edgecomb
Wilson
Kelley, Spear Co
Frank K
Jack
Litchfield
Post Road
Universalist Ladies’ Aid Society
Joseph Sewall
Alvah Curtis
Woolwigh
Just
Essex Fertilizer
Maly
Maine Farmer
Davis Hatch