Georgetown Names William Berry First Selectman
At a special town meeting in Union Hall Georgetown chose Will Berry of Five Islands as its first selectman in succession to the late William H. Dearborn. The vote closed a lengthy local process as residents heard reports of road work and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
Will Berry
Five Islands
William H. Dearborn
Georgetown
A. M. Jones
Etta
Owen K. Marr
Riggsville
George H. Sampson
Kennether Point
New York
Lawrence
Charles W. Bartlett
Working League
Bertha Avery
Charles Mains
William Farnsworth
Guy Low
Bath
Ralph Dunton
Henry Kingsbury
Scott Harley
Scott
Sebasco
Hall
Madlyn Berry
Salem
Mass
Fred Robinson
Cambridge
Five Islands Social Roundup Includes Local Figures
Capt Ira Lewis and wife visited by his son Edward at the Augusta post office. Included are town notices of services, business moves, dances, and social visits with names like Mrs M E Bailey Woolwich, L H Rowe, and Otis N E Card. Community events span churches, orchards, and a Baptist convention in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Lewis
Edward
Augusta
Ralph Davis
Barrows
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur Berry
W. L. Berry
Ek. C. Merry
Alfred
Jamaica Plain
M. E. Bailey
Woolwich
Lester Davis
Ladies’ Aid Society
Elisha Fields
Fred Rittal
Cove
James Stevens
Otis N. E. Card
Bath
Fremont Rowe
L. H. Rowe
Howard Harding
Brunswick
Corinne McMahon
W. E. Rowe
Card
Smith
Melville Smith & Co
William Hart
T. A. Huston
Auburn
JL. H. Rowe
James McMahan
Mattie McMahan
James Breson
Waldo Lewis
Ernest Harford
Richmond
Mell Spencer
South Gardiner
Albion Davis
Monhegan
Charles E. Boucher
State Baptist Convention
Lewiston
Harry Lishness
Ward's Island
Mabel Connors
Bessie Hallet
Percy Hodgdon
Joe Porte
Dennis Tarbox
Allen Gove
Trevett
A. E. Gove
Fiorace Lewis
Southport
Nemiah Colby
Archie Higgins
Kosten
Hillsness
Seigars
West Bath News Taste of Summer Local Notes
West Bath sketches of social visits from Bath and Lisbon Falls. Residents attend church events and school Mother’s Day exercises while local farms report large potato yields and a 55 foot houseboat on the New Meadows. An old fashioned husking bee plus upcoming Topsham Fair entries close the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Oswald Wilson
Community event honors Mrs Spinney with gifts and hymn
Miss Agnes Jones organized selections on the phonograph followed by home made ice cream and cake. A closing collection raised twenty one dollars for the honored guest, who called the day the greatest event of her life. Attendees from several districts joined in the hymn God Be With You Till We Meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy J. Spinney
Howard M. Trafton
Douglas
Mrs. Trafton
Mrs. Spinney
Polly
Spinney
John IL. Berry
Julia A. Hinds
Lydia F. Oliver
A. K. P. Oliver
Martha J.macfadden
Harriet A. Deering
Elwell P. Todd
James Field
Elijah Spin
Agnes §. Jones
Thomas N. Williams
Dayton Hunt
West Georgetown
Henry Todd
Kennebec Point
Will Oliver
Bay Point
Alonzo Hunt
Woolwich
Lisbon
Trafton
Local Notes From Bath and Vicinity Amid War Impact
Westport Mrs Flora Ordway from Milwaukee visits sister Mrs Inez Gove. Melvin Knight travels to Boston for School of Technology. Bath visitors include Mrs Edna Perry and Mrs G G Judkins. Town work on State road progresses as Bath merchants note seasonal downturn but growing business prospects despite war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Flora Ordway
Milwaukee, Wis
Inez Gove
Melvin C. Knight
Boston
School of Technology
Edna Perry
Bath
G. G. Judkins
Windlass Works
Torrey Bushing Works
Big Box
Baxter Box
Bath Iron Works
Also Mentioned on This Page
FIRST
William Berry
Nutter
Nancy Spinney
Overlook
Bartlett
D. H. Todd
William Oliver
Henry Totman
Levi Totman
Charles Cutting
Phippsburg
Edward C. Clarey
George Oliver
Popham
Elmira Trafton
Georgetown Center
Josephine H. Oliver
S. P. Oliver
Joseph Muse
Indian Point
Muse
Miss Oliver
William O. Todd
Mrs. Todd
Roy Newman
Westport
G. H. Grey
Parsonage
Annie O. Rowe
Virginia
Annie M. Jones
Agnes
Wentworth Cushing
Lida Cushing
Melvin Cunningham
E. C. Clarey
Wendall P. Baker
Wiscasset
Helen O. Thompson
Taunton
Ralph Thompson
Richard Waistcost
Ellsworth B. Loveitt
Lida Mains
Thomas Polly
Everett Trafton
Town
O. M. Kingsbury
Harry S. Clarke
Loui
Charles T. Clarke
Martha Hinckley
Washington Heald Lace
Roberts
Wendell P. Baker
Sarah E. Snowman
C. E. Batchelder
St. Albans
West Bath
New Meadows Valley
Elmer Craig
Maine
Lewis H. Curtis
Henry Shaw
South Free
John Cluff
Jafred W. Larrabee
Foster's Point
Alonzo Fisher
New Meadows
Gress
D. A. Murray
Portland
T. T. Bailey
William Bowker
J. Everett Mayo
Mr. Mayo
Margaret Cripps
Campbell’s Pond
Francis Faxon
Albany
N. Y
Clarence Johnson
Jenks Mitchell
Miles Purington
S. L. Varney
B. D. Stanley
Winthrop
Ernest Williams
James Perry
Eliza Morrison
William Hutchins
Laura Cutting
Epworth League
Wesley M. FE
Annie Wylie
Ues Gerrish
Robert I Hannigen
William F. Mitchell
J. W. Gillies
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
Eugene Brown
Adniray Pallais de
Heidison
Mark
Odie
Sebasto
Gallinz
Ann Richardson
Winnie Shepherd
Revere
J. J. Mitchell
Ridley
Harry Williams
Grange Hall
Delia Penn
Walter Larrabee
Athalia Strout
Mabel Holden
Rosedale
Lisbon Falls
Jack
Martha Rose
Fred Rose
St. Johnsbury
John Nickerson
Androscoggin
Three Brothers
Wood Island Harbor
Owen Rogers
Patten
the House OF Kuppenheimer
Koppenheimer
John J.desmondco
Water Streets
Gressing
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