Community Notes On Rural Mail Change And Local Deaths
South Dresden residents note Charles Hall resignation of rural mail carrier after long service. Eva Esterbrook visits home after stay with sister in town. Mrs N A Fitch of Lexington Mass. in town briefly. Willis R Perkins dies at 54 after moving family to Bath. Wife and two daughters Gladys and Doris survive. Funeral held in Bath with Bates family sorrow across extended kin. George Perkins serves in France. community grieves multiple recent losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Esterbrook
Herman P. Libby
N. A. Fitch
Lexington
Mass
Charles ‘Hall
Daily Mail
Fred Carlton
Willis R. Perkins
Bath
Gustavus Perkins
Elsie
Willis
Gladys
Doris
George Perkins
France
New Meadows Community Notes Mention Local Harvest and Changes
Everett Cooms enjoyed garden sweet corn last week though not as sweet as peak season. Mrs. Forest Jackson improves after two weeks of illness. John Snow bought a horse from George Rush. Ernest Snow's dog Jack was shot after a trap incident Sunday. Ladies' aid met with Mrs. Sidney Holbrook. next meeting at Mrs. Annie Jordan's in two weeks. Route 2 carrier Ora Mandel Hubbard resigns after 20 years. Thomas Esta brook substitutes. PaulTetter T and family welcomed a daughter. Threshers visited. grain threshing occurred locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Cooms
Forest Jackson
John Snow
George Rush
Ernest Snow
Jack
Sidney Holbrook
Annie Jordan
R.F.D. Carriersr
Ora Mandel Hubbard
Thomas Estabrook
R. Anks
PaulTetter
City Government Accepts Streets in Joint Conference
In a continued session city boards reviewed the street display and approved the monthly financial statement by city treasurer Andrew S Merrill. Alderman Peaslee opposed a separate hospital this winter noting influenza subsided and proposed using the Oak Street emergency hospital or expanding the City hospital if needed. Adjournment followed at 9 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew S. Merrill
Edward Drake
Peaslee
Oak Street
Second Probate Court session handles multiple wills and guardians
The Sagadahoc County probate court met in its second November session with Judge James S. Lowell presiding. Wills were allowed for Hatch Hathorne Merriman and related executors named. Bonds, inventories, and administrations were filed for Bath, Richmond, Topsham, and Malden estates, with several guardianship and allowance petitions approved. The Grace Church parish house emergency hospital, opened for the influenza epidemic, closed after serving four facilities. last patients moved to 109 Center with no pneumonia danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
James S. Lowell
Robert K. Hatch
Bowdeinham
Mary W. Hatch
James A. Hathorne
Richmond
Emma F. Hathorne
Jacob Merriman
Topsham
Henry Failing Merriman
Emma M. Eaton
Laura Barstow
Bath
Charles Ke.bliss
Harriet F. Bliss
Hattie E. Quinnan
C. Jackson Quinnan
James KF. Robinson
Pliny Lyon
Earle l L. Chaney
Ira Arthur Bradley
Malden
Leazer B. Boynton
Harriet J. Bliss
Charles E. Bliss
Michel R. Crocker
Topshaw
Emma .M. Eaton
Raymond Genthner
Guardian
Daniel Goulet
Sarah Goulet
Hattie Ef, Quinnan
George W. Alexander
Cora McMahon
Harrison M. Stone
Annie P. Stone
Louise H. Gahan
Obed B. Merrill
Hayward Wilson
Rupert H. Baxter
Galen C. Moses
Scott Morse
Frank Morse
J. Edwin Eaton
Caroline E. Griffin
Samuel P. Griffin
Grace Church Parish House
Woolwich Notes Include Departures and Travels
Woolwich and Bath residents are moving or visiting, with Pilcott family preparing to move to Bath for winter. Dozens appear in town: Helen Robertson and John from Bath, Kate Blair of Bowdoinham, Henrietta Howe of Day's Ferry, and others visiting or returning. Several locals travel Maine and New Hampshire by car to enjoy outings, funerals, and church events amid hunting and holiday preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pilcott
Bath
Carter Place
Helen Robertson
John
Wilbur Howe
Robertson
Kate Blair
Bowdoinham
Henrietta Howe
Day's Ferry
D.W. Blair’s
Fred Hayward
Gettysburg
Penn
Tank Service Department
Durham
Jersey
Empire Milker
Frank W. Hagan
John E. Fitzgerald
Jug of rum sparks Bowdoinham farm dispute
Deputy Aderton responded to a Bowdoinham call to arrest Otis Johnson of Richmond over a row at Daniel Cornish’s farm. Johnson pleaded guilty to intoxication. Cornish paid the fine. A gallon of liquor sparked the quarrel, with both men claiming the other was aggres sor. The jug of rum was confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aderton
Bowdoinham
Otis Johnson
Richmond
Daniel Cornish
Johnson
Justice Ames
Cornish
Jack
Big Caterpillar Tractor Leads Parade Display
The big parade Monday featured the caterpillar tractor near the head of the procession. Mayor Drake was to appear on the vehicle, noted as one of the most striking pieces of apparatus of its kind ever seen in the city and connected to the Emergency Fleet Corporation housing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Mock trial and fire of Kaiser figure celebrate armistice
Members of the Nequasset Red Cross at the Congregational church staged a mock trial of Kaiser William after the armistice. Rev. N J Palmer presided as judge with Merton Wright as foreman and a jury of Ethel Carter George Wright William Elliot Alonzo Cromwell and Henry Dodge. The convicted figure was burned in effigy as songs of joy echoed and a bonfire blazed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Red Cross
Congregational
Kaiser William
Alice Elliot
N. J. Palmer
Merton Wright
Ethel Carter
George Wright
William Elliot
Alonzo Cromwell
Henry Dodge
Palmer
Kaiser
William
Peabody to Head Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
Dr. Frederick B. Peabody of Richmond is elected Grand Master with officers including Leslie E. Jacobs Skowhegan as Grand Warden and Rev. Ashley Smith Bangor as deputy grand warden. James Townshend Portland named grand secretary and William Plummer Portland grand treasurer. Memorial service held. John F. E. Bunker Bar Harbor dies. Newly elected officers installed as Grand Encampment session begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick B. Peabody
Richmond
Leslie E. Jacobs
Skowhegan
Ashley \. Smith
Bangor
James E. Townshend
Portland
William E. Plummer
Harold J. Toward
Witerville
Leon S. Merrill
Orono
John Fe, Bunker
Bar Har- Lor
Bowdoinham Wedding Unites Ethel Graves with Gordon Brearey
A Monday afternoon ceremony at the Graves home in Bowdoinham united Ethel Elizabeth Graves to Gordon Brearey of New York in a single ring rite performed by Rev Mrs Staples. Edna Graves served as maid of honor and Ralph Brearey was best man. The couple left for New York to reside after a luncheon following the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Graves
Bowdoinham
Ethel Elizabeth
Gordon Brearey
New York
Bowdeinham High School
Farmington Normal School
Sanford
Brearey
Sea Bright
N. J. Bowdeinham
J. E. Cornish
W. S. Given Co
Town Hall
D. B. Cornish
Arthur Beal
Topsham
I. M. Fowle
Canada
Mary Libby
Myra Fowle
Bar Harbor
W. B. Darton
Portland
Hattie O. Perry
Methodist Aid
Lauris Wilson
BE. E. Wilson
Elinor King
Richmond
E. E. Wilson
R. KE. Ferguson
Brunswick
F. J. Nichols
Rangeley
Nichols
Waterville
Louis
Staples
Jesus
W.H. Varney
Fairfield
F.H. Hall
Bath
C. O. Perry
Hallowell
S. A. Evans
Thomas W. Owens
John Dunstan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maine
Chilton
C.L. Farnham CO. Inc
Elm St
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Mo
Dresden
New Meadows
Woolwich
Alice Preble
D. G. Trott
Ethlyn Marston
Lewiston
Milton Carlton
Tibbetts Ferry
Edwin Dodge Shardin
Winter Street Congregational Church
Vivian Baker
Mary Preble
Alfred Beals
Lemuel Preble
Jefferson
Jesse Mains
Wallace Reed
Lemont Street
John Sheldon
Harold Wheeler
Everson Stinson
George Tibbetts
Glenwood Siegars
Jesse Kelly
North School
Arrowsic
Henry Carlton
Soule
Kelley
Small Point
Weston Toothacker
Ira Toothacker
Harpswell
Wilson Bailey
Rodney
Albert
New Hampshire
Sebago Lake
Conway
Madison
Maple Grove ‘House
Diana’s Baths
White Horse Lodge
Rochester
Somersworth
North Berwick
E. O. Day
Flushing
Long Island
Asbury Bailey
Moatsweag
F. W. Carlton
Ross
G. Bailey
George Shaw
Herbert Wright
Edgar Blanche
Wiscasset
Miss Woodman
Montsweag School
Percy Woodman
Oscar
Hinzel Snow
Massachusetts
Jesse Bailey
G. W. Shaw
Albert Thomson
Joseph Thomson
F. B. Peabody
ODD Fellows
Cde
F. K. Jack
Main Street
Mary T. Purington
Bowdoin- Yiama Center
Nathaniel Millay Place
Fulton Road
Fulton’s Corner
Inkerton Offere Ae Ames
L. _W. Staples
Charles Perry
C. C. ‘Purinton
J. E
Purinton
State Road
Baseball Grounds
E. L. Merrill
Gorham
Ralph Cunningham
Alonzo Cutler
George
P. A. Cannon
Four Corners
George Pratt
Nathaniel Gray
L. P. Temple
E. P. Kendall
Clara Fogg
Hazel Cornish
F. L. Penley
J. E. McKenney
A. Wi. Lavigne
The
Ed Hoadlett
Ameri
Ca Purinton
Lena Cobb
Sunshine Society
Jake Bishop
Ridge Road
Paul Ames
Lambert Place
E. S. Edgecomb
Karl Hatch
C. L. Mosher
G. R. Cutler
Dr. Elliott
F. L.penley
C. W. Price
Wirs
E. Wilson
Red Cross Inspection Committee
Harvard’s
R. A. Dickinson
Palo Ue
D. T. Percy & Sons
High St
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