Georgetown Social and Religious Notes from the Week
Mr and Mrs Fred Harford left town for Bath to seek winter work. Mrs Augusta Todd visited Bath. Fourteen attended the Working League at Mrs H A Jordans. next week at Mrs Henry Albers West Georgetown. Mrs Perley Baker of Arrowsic visited Mrs Wendell P Baker at Riggsville. Mrs Edgar B Hunt visited Bath. Hattie E Rowe joined Mr and Mrs Benjamin Woodside to Bath. First Baptist Church to hold services October 22 with possible visiting minister Rev William Boyd. Ladies' Aid met at Mrs E A Williams. Mrs Horace A Jordan visited her sister Mrs Howard G Heald. Mr and Mrs B H Woodside and others drove to Wis casset. Hortense Ward and Irving F Hunt returned with them to Georgetown Center. Alex S Cunningham visited from Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harford
Bath
Harford
Augusta Todd
Working League
H. A. Jordan
Henry Albers
West Georgetown
Perley Baker
Arrowsic
Wendell P. Baker
Riggsville
Edgar B. Hunt
Hattie E. Rowe
Benjamin H. Woodside
First Baptist Church
William Boyd
James Boyd
Ladies’ Aid Society
E. A
Georgetown Center
Miss Hortense Ward
Irving F. Hunt
Alex S. Cunningham
Congregational Church
Staples
Bowdeinham
Maria Leonard
Frank H. Snipe
Mildred
Arrowsie
Sarah P. E. Hathorne
George Walker
Brunswick
Stott
Saladahoc Ferry
Partridge Cemetery Association
Ermina Smith
Woolwich
Agricultural Department
State House
Augusta
Charles Butler
Washington, D. C
Marion Soule
Edgecomb
Lincoln Bailey
E. S. Getchell
Wiscasset
Herbert B. Wright
Hampton, N. H
Stickney
Harriet McKinney
John
Palmer Method of Writing Adopted in Bath Schools
The Palmer system, taught by Miss Clarice Kinsman, is explained to Bath students and parents. Teachers earn diplomas after completing 172 drills. pupils progress from buttons and stars to a diploma, with weekly supervision by Miss Kinsman and a course in the Evening School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Black
Clarice Kinsman
Lynn
Mass
Lynn High
Salem Normal School
Supt
Flood
Miss Kinsman
Times
Palmer
Palmer Company
Bath
Penmanship Lessons Make Good Progress in School
Teachers dedicate 15 to 20 minutes daily to penmanship instruction and report steady gains in this growing department.
Evangelist Greenwood Draws Large Outdoor Audiences in Haverhill
Clippings praise Evangelist Greenwood for direct, earnest preaching in Grace church and City Hall park. Report notes open air meetings drawing heavy crowds, with Greenwood leading singing and speaking at noon shop meetings, and evening services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Evangelist Greenwood
Greenwood
Grace Church
City Hall Park
Salvation Army
Congress
United States
Haverhill
Jesus Christ
Bath Aerie Whist Party And Local Happenings
Local Bath notes report Bath Aerie weekly whist party and social on Thursday evening. The Wallula gains a new winter rig to prevent elopement in rough seas. Charles E. Hyde of New York, former Bath Iron Works superintendent, remains ill. No brick burning at Court St brickyard this fall though demand stays brisk. next year a kiln will run. Lewis Hart building will house public baths and a barber shop with tenements above after front entrance upgrade. A silver service gift to newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thebeau from Maine Central R.A. employees. The 26 knot ocean yacht Isa bel for John North Willys sees its keel laid, 245 feet long, delivery due August 1 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie
Bath
Charles E. Hyde
New York
Bath Iron Works
Court St
Lewis Hart
Eugene Thebeau
Maine Central R.A
John North Willys
Willys Overland Co
Detroit
Isabel
Woolwich Notes Highlight Family Visits and Local Events
Woolwich and surrounding towns see a flurry of weekend visitors from Dresden Sagadahoc Ferry and Boothbay. Guests attend church services and a harvest supper at Day's Ferry while local families prepare for winter travels and a hospitality-filled week with fairs and community gatherings.
Community Notes From Bath and Bangor
Clyde Lake fired nine bluebills on the Bay Monday. The Ladies Aid of Central Church met Friday at 2 30 with Mrs. Fanny Moulton. The Ladies Aid of Universalist Church met with Mrs. Charles Harriman on Friday. Willis E. Parsons of Foxcroft was elected Grand Master of the Maine Odd Fellows at the Grand Lodge meeting in Bangor. Bath police received a Lisbon Falls telephone report that four Bath men were in lockup for intoxication. Miss Mary Pinkham of Boston is visiting her Bath parents after six weeks at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital and will rest in Bath before returning to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Hall
Frederick Chapman
Damariscotta
Montsweag School
Organ Fund
Montsweag
Kathleen Bailey
Llewellyn Bailey
John Savage
Albert Hathorne
Sammet Hathorne
D. J. Hathorne
Ralph Rice
Ernest Hathorne
Horace Hathorne
Charles Hathorne
Dresden Fair
Carlton Trott
Bath
Miss Adams
the Baptist Church
Charles Butler
Flagg
Washington, D. C
Freeman Trott
Lisbon Falls
Richmond
Kennebec
Frank J. Walker
Boston
John Reed Place
Portland
Woolwich
George P. Stinson
Oakley
Charlotte Stinson
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Stinson
Clyde Lake
Ladies' Aid of
Central Church
Fanny Moulton
Washington St
Ladies’ Aid of the
Universalist Church
Charles Harriman
North St
Willis E. Parsons
Foxcroft
Maine Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Bangor
Mary Pinkham
Lower
Miss Pinkham
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Maine has three real daughters of the Revolution
Local notes report on ships arriving and leaving Augusta and Philadelphia routes, two heavy Wildcats by Hyde Windlass, Morse High School chorus selections for the Portland Teachers Convention, a bridge of incidents including a boy struck by a wooden tool, de Gogorza concert plans with political leanings, a Ford tail light recovery, and the Augusta dam seal found later claimed for the State Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ariel
Pennypacker Light
Philadelphia
Augusta
Hyde Windlass
Genesta Chapter
O.E.S
D.D.G.M
Capt. Crocker
Westport
J. L. Coombs
Frontenac
New York
Perth Amboy
Morse High School
Portland
Merle Strong
Edna Pepper
Martha Barker
Margaret Hanson
Phylis Wyman
Madeline Flint
Henry LeGendre
Charles Attaya
Bradford Belanger
Norman Howard
Patsy Quinn
Quinn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgetown
Walter S. Russell
Center Street
Stead
Hartley Hathorne
Dresden
Andrew Getchell
Sagadahoc Ferry
William Downing
North Woolwich
Bert Bailey
Thomas I. Reed
L. E. Savage
D. G. Trott
D. H. Hathorne
Topsham Fair
H. E. Savage
Haverhil
J. Edward Stinson
Edward Stickney
Hampton
N.H
George Tracy
Doris
Natalie
Charles Henry Butler
Butler
Miss Flagg
Moatsweag Farm
Butlers
Thompson Bros. Bath
Conley’s Specialty Store
Emilio de Gogorza
Baltimore
Miss Winslow
Canada
de Gogorza
Hughes
Larrabee
the Times
Roscoe H. Shaw
Palace
Berkshire
Hudson Navigation Co
Albany
James L. McQuarrie
Western Electric Co
Ward Taylor
Augusta Dam
Walter Ellis
Augusta Lumber Co
James
Kennebec River
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