Thanksgiving Hunt and Festivities in Georgetown Center
The big Thanksgiving hunt between Popham and Bay Point ended with a supper at the Bay Point Casino where the losing side paid the bills. A masquerade ball followed, joined by Georgetown Center youths. Numerous local residents attended or were noted for cooking, attending, or hosting events, with reports on farms, schools, and nearby quarries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Bay Point
New England
Georgetown Center
William A. Todd
Fred P. Oliver
Stearns W. Scott
Joseph F. Higgins
Walter Cummings
Salesman Dyer
Hannaford Bros
W. G. Todd
Mr. Todd
Ethel B. Todd
Everett C. Higgins
Horace S$. Craigin
Bay Point Casino
Snowman Place
W. C. Todd
Bessie Todd
Elwell P. Todd
Harriet A. Deering
E. C. Higgins
Lowell
Bath
Riggsville
Agnes Jones
Kelely
Small Point
Sprize
the Woods
Laura G. Oliver
John Cummings
Clayton Rowe
Five Islands
A. E. Rowe
Vernon Grey
William P. Cromwell
Milliard Oliver
A. K. MacDougal
Portland
Working League
J. Everett Jewett
Edward J. McKenney
Capt
Trafton Knight
Georgia Knight
Ada Knapp
Thanksgiving hunting trips and lodge anniversary in Five Islands
Will Rowe returned from a ten day hunting trip at Black Brook Camps with two bucks, an eight pointer and a four pointer. Nine Knights attended Boothbay Harbor lodge's thirty third anniversary. Several members traveled by boat and car, with remarks on attendees and arrivals for the holiday season. The Grange met with two candidates advanced and five balloted for next time. Local residents planned winter visits and family gatherings around Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rowe
Black Brook
Boothbay Harbor
W. L. Berry
Almon Marr
Manfred Newdick
Everett Cromwell
Charlie Pinkham
John Thibodeau
L. H. Rowe
Lester Davis
Ida Rowe
Grange
Fremont B. Rowe
Ethelyn Harley
Hannah Oliver
Ida
Richmond
Thomas W. Blaisdell
Thomas M. Trafton
West Bath Holiday Notices Across the Region
Local column records Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings in West Bath and nearby towns. Notes Miss Alice Rich and Miss Leila Gerry guests in Bath and Dover, and Alonzo Fisher’s gunning trip from Aroostook County. Reports storm damage near Lover’s Lane, Grange plans for Thanksgiving programs, and travel to Portland Manchester and Freeport for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Rich
Bath
Samuel Bates
Sabine
Leila Gerry
Campbell's Pond
Dover
Frank Leavitt
J. W. Winter
Will Brown
Henry Brown
Fred White
William Mitchell
Eugene Brown
Alonzo Fisher
Aroostook County
Nannie Brown
Lewiston Journal
S. R. Brown
Berry's Mills
Fred Witham
Fred Larrabee
West Bath Grange Fair Brings Harvest Supper and Drama
The West Bath Grange Fair will be held in early December with an afternoon baby show, an entertainment, a harvest supper, and a two act drama Among the Breakers. The first evening features the famous harvest supper followed by a dance. The second night offers an Old Folks' Concert with Bath talent, then a dance and multiple booths run by local organizers. Tickets are handled by O. E. Rogers and go on sale soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Bath
Grange
Elmer Rich
Althea Strout
E. W. Haggett
Fred Wright
Emma Cox
Isaac Coombs
O. E. Rogers
Wiscasset Community Notes Cover Relatives Visits and Local Events
Mr and Mrs Frank Hodgdon and daughter Helen visit relatives in Dover New Hampshire. Charles Tibbetts and family move to Bath for work at Bath Iron Works. Mrs George Troop visits Arlington Massachusetts with daughter Mrs R I Ionn. Mrs A W Keinstead and daughter Helen stay with relatives in Hartlot New Brunswick. Roland Abbott and wife visit from Orrs Island. Mrs Harold Troop ill and staying with her parents in Getchel. Garrison Hill Chapter OES hosts inspection with District Deputy Grand Matron Elizabeth Libby present. about 75 attend and praise the banquet. Ralph Blagdon works at Bath Iron Works. Evelyn Hodgdon closes Westport school for Thanksgiving break. Mrs Bion Mahar visits Waldoboro. Edna Mahar teaching there. daughter joins for a week’s vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Ralph Blagdon
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Evelyn Hodgdon
Westport
Bion Mahar
Waldoboro
Edna Mahar
Thanksgiving pig shooting marks Woolwich Wiscasset line
A 65 yard shoot on the Woolwich Wiscasset divide at Montsweag featured six pigs as targets replacing geese. Three pigs were taken by Wiscasset shooters and the rest by locals. Bernard Bailey won two pigs paying sixteen and eighteen cents each. Other winners named include Theodore Getchell George Fullerton Carlton Lewis and Mr Carlin. Thanksgiving guests and a Sunlight Dance crowd at Sebonon Hall with Stevens Orchestra are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Montsweag
Theodore Getchell
George Fullerton
Carlton Lewis
Carlin
George Shaw
Harry Richardson
Bath
G. P. Reed
Alec Reed
Sebenon Hall
Stevens
Wild cat terror ends as Maine lynx shot by resident
In Sagadahoc, John McDonald shot and killed a four foot wild cat that had terrified locals for about two weeks after a disturbance at a new house. John Savage worked with Charles Hanniwell and Clarence Carlton cutting wood nearby while residents express relief. Nearby social notes record Thanksgiving visits and diners in Bath and Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Wiscasset
John Savage
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Hanniwell
Clarence Carlton
John McDonald
Costello Hall
Phyllis
Rachel Gilmore
Alec Reed
Payson Reed
Albert Wing
Fred Thompson
Frank Whittum
Milton Carlton
Edgar Bailey
J. R. Bailey
Augustus W Lavinge
Plinette Allen to Deliver Lecture in Portland
Mrs. Plinette Allen of Woolwich founder of the Pathfinder Girls will speak in Portland on the organization's work. She has led the Woolwich Baptist Church youth and previously addressed the Girls Conference in Portland and the Maine State Sunday School convention. She will also visit Lewiston and Tremont Temple Boston to discuss Pathfinder group organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plinette Allen
Woolwich
Pathfinder Girls
Portland
Maine
Pathfinders
Camp Fire Girls
Allen
Lewiston
Tremont Temple
Boston
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Georgetown News
Eleanor B
David Gibbons
Ferris Leonard
Riggsvile
Eliza Dearborn
William H. Dearborn
Islands
Sarah Stevens
Charles Campbell
David Tribbon
Rudolf H. Trafton
Virginia
Howard M. Trafton
Lillian
Berry
Indian
Hinds
Elizabeth Nagel
New York
Miss Nagel
W. H. Dearborn
Laddie
Hattie E. Rowe
Baroness Rosentwist
West Georgetown
Miss Rowe
Cyrus W. Longley
Newdick Cottage
Winton Oliver
Gardiner
Sewall P. Oliver
Mr. Oliver
Clifton Matthews
Beach Road
Nettie Snowman
Walter Moore
W. Snowman
Ruth Oliver
Rumford
G. A. Johnson
Turner Street
West Bath
Rosedale
Henry Rose
North Bath
Evelyn Waush
Winthrop
Mah Ae
Giaipiy Mies
Niele Dunchter
Mateuret
Daniel Brown
Lewis H. Curtis
Congress Square
Annie Wylie
Manchester
N. H
Henry P. Healey
J. B. Lemont
Harold Freeman
East Brunswick
Fred Rich
Harry Hanson
John Larrabee
Hardings
Freeport
E. A. Allen
Frank Hodgdon
Helen
N.hh
Charles Tibbetts
Mr. Tibbetts
Onn
A. W. Keinstead
Hart Lot, N. i
Uppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
Water Streets
Conley’s Specialty Store
Nesday
Biddeford
Colonial Cafe
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