Georgetown social notes and Labor Day events
Mrs E A Carlisle plans to leave Kennebec Point for Wakefield this Saturday while Rev Eugene Smith stays with Mrs Martha MacMadden at Georgetown Center. A vestry meeting planned fall and winter work, and visitors from Roxbury, Boston, Topsham, and Bath shared travel and town news. A large Labor Day picnic at Sea Beach drew many, despite light rain, with whist party prizes and a masquerade march featuring historic costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Carlisle
Kennebec Point
Wakefield
Eugene Smith
Martha J. MacMadden
Georgetown Center
Working League
Edwin H. Oliver
Dorothy
Roxbury
W. C.todd
Roy Dyer
Irvington
Charles Clarke
Western Bridge
Irving F. Hunt
Boston
Hortense Ward
Topsham
Harry L. Horne Tas
Bryant
Bath
Bessie
Ethel Todd
Smilex
Agnes S. Jones
Benjamin H.woodside
Joseph F. Higgins
Rudolph H. Trafton
Everett Higgins
Circulars warn of Democratic ticket losses threaten local officials
Circular letters signed by the Democratic Good Government Association allege that defeat of Democratic tickets in state and national elections would cost the state county and city the services of officials including J Edward Sullivan for state auditor D J McGillicuddy for Congress John Fitzgerald for sheriff John J Keegan for municipal court judge Bartholomew Coughlin head of the customs office and Postmaster Fred W Hartnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Good Government
J. Edward Sullivan
D. J. McGillicuddy
Congress
John iFtzgerald
John J. Keegan
Bartholomew Coughlin
Fred W Hartnett
Woolwich Notes Describe Summer Visitors and Community Life
A dense summary of Woolwich and North Woolwich social activity lists longtime residents and visitors such as Mrs Leslie Bailey and daughter June, Mrs Josephine Walker, Elvin Main and wife, and Miss Christine Carleton. The piece notes church services, Sunday school events, ladies aid gatherings, harvest suppers, picnics, and a sequence of arrivals, departures, and reunions reflecting a bustling seasonal coastal town. It records motor trips to Day's Ferry, a fatal automobile crash near Auburn Washington connected to Capt. David Gilmore, and ongoing school reopening with teachers largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Bailey
June
E. Reed
Mabel Day
Warren
Clarence Berger
Providence
R. I
Arthur Carleton
Alma Trott
Boston
Christine Carleton
Flossie Baker
North Woolwich
Mr. Calder
Milton Carlton
North Woolwich Methodist
Milton Trott
Woolwich
A. E. Trott
Neva Allen
Lynn
Mass
Gertrude Coombs
Gardiner
Alfred Ames
J. Sumner Bailey
Percy Bailey
Camden
Judson Hawthorne
Augusta
Benjamin Miller
Boothbay
Thomas Reed
Ladies’ Aid
North Methodist Sunday School
Dexter W. Baker
Lincoln Bailey
Bath
Pearl Hall
Rockland
Samuel Buck
Woodfords
Charles D. McDonald
McDonalds
Methodist Church
Glenwood Seigers
Wallace H White Jr backs 54 hour law in interview
Lewiston candidate Wallace H White Jr for congress in the second district voiced strong support for the 54 hour law. He cited bipartisan legislative backing, including a 1915 Republican Senate vote and 1914 party platforms, and said he will reaffirm the law as endorsed by both parties in 1946 and the 1916 Portland platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace H. White Jr
Lewiston
Mr. White
Senate
Portland
Hughes to Speak in Bath Opera House Visit
A detailed itinerary documents Hon Charles Evans Hughes arriving by special train to Bath Maine for a noon visit with a 12:00 address at the Bath Opera House and a 12:40 departure to Rockland. The Hughes party includes 42 aboard a special train with 15 receiving committee members led by Fred H. Kimball, plus 25 newspapermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Opera
Gaudreau
Wallace H. White, Jr
Congress
Charles F. Hughes
Bath Opera House
Hughes
Rockland
Charles Evans Hughes
Bath
Fred H. Kimball
Opera House
Washington Street
Bath Band
Ernest Davis
Bagley
Spontaneous welcome for presidential candidate at Opera House
A lively crowd gathered at the Opera House to greet a presidential candidate. Organizers urge attendees to arrive early to secure seats and ensure good views of the event.
Local Gossip From Gorham and Nearby Towns
OUR OWN PEOPLE of Gorham New Hampshire spent Sunday and Labor Day at the Stinson Homestead as guests of Mr and Mrs J P Stinson. Grace E Eggleston leaves for Kirksville Missouri to enter a four years osteopath college. Gerald Watson and Ruth return to Portland after a week with Mrs Watsons parents. A Harris auction of 311 articles showcases complete sale and delivery with only one loss. Henry P Cady and son William visit from Somerville Massachusetts guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Powers Middle Street. Cady to join family Friday for Rockland home visit. W E Andrews of Bingham and Alfred R Pratt family return after a week together. Pratt and son Percy accompany them home, trip in Andrews Buick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham
N. H
Stinson
J. P. Stinson
Grace E. Eggleston
Kirksville
Missouri Osteopath College
Gerald Watson
Ruth
Portland
Frank Totman
Charles T. Jackson
Harris
Henry P. Cady
William
Somerville
Mass
Cady
Frank Powers
Middle Street
Mr. Cady
Chef Edeaur Chandler Returns to Colonial Café Crew
Edeaur Chandler, recently chef at Cozy Harlor House in Southport, reports an unusually busy season with nearly 190 guests during July. An overflow occurred at times. Chandler joins Colonial Café today to rejoin the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edeaur Chandler
Southport
Notice of Bath election summons and referendum questions
Pursuant to warrants issued by the Mayor and Aldermen of Bath the inhabitants are summoned to meet in ward rooms on Monday September 11 at ten to vote for two U S Senators a Governor a State Auditor a District Senator two Representatives two County Officers a Sheriff a Register of Probate a County Attorney and a Representative to Congress Also vote on referendum questions one limiting weekly hours for women and children to fifty four and two on highway bridges Yes or No polls open until five o'clock in the afternoon Bath Sept 2 1916 Albert J Grassy City Clerk 29ine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City of
United States
Sagadahoc
Congress
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Georgetown
Woolwich News
Starrett
Horton
Arrowsic
Mabel Eisner
Charles Alexander
Richmond
A. L. Vannah
Gladys
C. P. Hall
Roy Springer
Alice Jones
H. E. Carlton
Eleanor
Kelley
South Methodist Church
W. 5. Hanson
W. S. Tibbetts
Holly Inn
Cove
Reynolds Swan
Stevens
J. Frank Savage
Deacon Soule
H. C. Small
Forrest Stevens
Harriet
Ray
Pearl Higgins
Harland and
Pauline
Newcastle
James Soule
David Gilmore
Auburn
Wash
Congregational Church
Nequasset
Nequasset Burying Ground
Leland Savage
Maine Wesleyan Seminary
Kents Hill
Fred Thompson
Will Downing
Edward Powers
Sudbury
Maine
Clarence Burzer
A. H Carleton
Christia Carleton
North Woowlich
Charles E. Hughe
Mrs
Charlies
E. Hughes
Charles W. Farnham
Toun
W. R. van de Bogart
Norman Edward Ditman
Laurence H. Green
Carl 1D. Shepard
Frank H. Tyree
Sylvester Brierton
Secret Service
James J. Gibson
New York Evening Post
Frederick M. Davenport
Frederick M.davenport
Thompson Bros
Conley’s Specialty Store
Counares
Mr. Hughes
Opera Bouse
Albert J. Grassy
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