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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1914

Page

9

Harvest supper to aid First Baptist bell fund

The Ladies Aid Society will host a harvest supper at the vestry of the First Baptist Church next Tuesday evening November 3. The menu includes beans brown bread white bread rolls pickles doughnuts and coffee. A program of songs readings and piano solos is planned to accompany the supper with hopes of a large turnout from nearby villages.

First Baptist Church Ladies Aid Society Bell Fund A. M. Jones Etta Agnes Harry S. Clarke Bertha Avery Roland Harford Bath Bradbury Todd Ethel B. Todd Augusta A. Todd Georgetown Center Agnes S. Jones

Pie sociable aids district improvements at Arrowsic school

Arrowsic residents held a Saturday pie sociable with music and games and eight dollars raised for interior improvements to district No. 2 schoolhouse. Several locals and visitors from Bath Woolwich and Portland areas are noted among attendees.

Frank Clark Humber Ruth Peacock Bath Frank Head Chester Robbins Woolwich Mattie Stinson Portland Ralph Stevens Susan Willis Alice Willis White Dorchester Mass Edward Snipe Eugene Cromwell Baker James McFarland Harold Snipe Little River Beach

Homeward Move Sparks Paper Address Change

Dear Editor the writer announces plans to leave Maine for Massachusetts and requests the newspaper address changed to 100 Houghton St Dorchester Mass while praising the Best Weekly.

Five Islands Maine Massachusetts Houghton St Dorchester Mass

Forest notes on telegraph use and forestry policy

The article notes wireless telegraphy aids forest fire reporting in Canada and discusses timber yields by species. It cites royal support for Cambridge forestry studies and cites William Penn's land policy requiring one fifth of cleared forest to remain, with foresters urging farm woodlands divided to that standard.

Canada England School of Forestry Cambridge University William Penn

Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Meets in Woolwich

The Granters of Sagadahoe County held a monthly session at Woolwich Grange hall in Montsweas with 74 attendees including members from Snow, Bodwell, Enterprise, Progressve, Sagadahouetle Topsham West Bath and Woolwich. Officers led by Chaplain Chester Marshall and Libby State Secretary discussed state laws, roads, school funding, and a log drag. A large dinner followed, and afternoon entertainment featured music, poems and readings. The next annual meeting will be in Bowdoinham on November 18.

Sagadahoe County Woolwich Montsweas Maine Bodwell Grange Prodmore T Enterprise Progressive Satgadahouetle Topsham West Bath Visitors Chester Marshall J. R. Hodgdon Horace Whitney Whitney Pomona Ada Larrabee Ceres Lucy Armstrong Flora Alice Ramsay Frank Gould Annie Soule Thalia Bailey Edna Hathorne J. E. Fullerton E. R. Hildreth Libby Bowdoinham

Proclamation honors Thanksgiving amid world war turmoil

The proclamation by President Woodrow Wilson declares Thanksgiving Day a nationwide day of prayer and praise while noting peace at home during wartime. It sets Thursday November 26 as a day of thanks and calls on Americans to pause from work and worship.

United States United States of America Panama Canal America Woodrow Wilson

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Georgetown Cove Second Baptist Church Everett Trafton O. M. Kingsbury Rudolf Trafton Union Hall Belle Heald Eula Grey Ladies, Aid Society of the Methodist Church Owen K. Marr Riggsville John Morse Boston Elizabeth Nagel Laddie Arthur Reid Stott Everett Higgins Reid Home Frank Flint Mr. Reid Hattie E. Rowe Reid Marjorie Hinckley Allie Hinckley Children’s Hospital Sewall P. Oliver W. F. Delano the Cove Alfred J. Rowe A. E. Rowe Howard M. Trafton John E. Oli Charles Oliver George Oliver Popham Ralph Spinney Bay Point Charles Mains Will Mabel Mosier Nutter Place G. H. Grey Levi Powers Maurice Hodgdon Winfield MaccMahan MacMahan’'s Island Burnside A. Powers Levi Totman Bessie Powers Ina Nolte Roberts Lowell Ward West Georgetown Hannah Oliver Dillie Richmond Sunset View Joseph Higgins W. R. MacMahan G. A. Powers Todd Arrowsic H. J. Clarke Rockaway Lida Mains Bath City William H. Dearborn Mrs. Mains Thomas M. Hagan Thomas Blaisdell Frank Ryder Frank Moore Trafton Knight George Smith Pond Point Sagadahoe Bay Spinney Brothers Indian Point Able M.C.R.R Winneganee Way Tibbetts Farm Turner Lewiston Mabel Eisner David Stinson Annie Potter Alfred Perry Annie Rowe Auburn Ernest Colby Wis ‘Asset Thomas Wheeler Water- Ville George E. Gove William A. Perrs Mr. Perry Spinney’s Mill Daniel Dean Dean S Dee Shear Bliss Lora Jessie Robbins Muriel Shea Marvin Kennerson Mildred James Lawrence Dana McFarland Vermont Olive Robbins Flora Mullin Smith M. E. Drummond Arthur Kateon J. H. Snipe the House OF Kuppenheimer John J. Desmond Water Streets Sagadahoc Herman Wright Maryland Grange Home Grange Carrie Hodgdon John E. McKennes Ella Shaw Leona Ryan G. W. Wood Angie Shinnewell Mary Plumstead Lizzie Hathorne Asa Hathorne H. B. McKenney Cynthia Adams Will Grover Marcia Bailey Minnie Locke Mars Fullerton Lincoln Bailey Angie Hunnewell G. PD. Fullerton Washington Supt Bowie Railroad Company Woodcock
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