Bowdoinham News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
Epworth League supper in the Methodist Church vestry with 20c tax, community notes on street lights, marriages, and weddings. Bowdoinham baseball team wins at Togus. many residents visiting relatives, traveling to Bath and Augusta. Captain Grazier dies in Denver, ashes to Bowdoinham for burial. local social events include card evenings, corn roasts, and school staffing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Togus
Boston Post
Mr. Foss
H. S. Head
Cathance
Methodist Church
Amxiliary
G.A.R
Spear W. Sedgley
Lillian MacLintock
Edna M. Martin
Philadelphia
Annie Larrabee
Auburn
G. A. Ferguson
Ellis F. Sedgley
Monmouth
Frank Ryan
Boston
Flora Bishop
Hazel Kelley
Richmond
East Bowdeinham
F. K. Jack
Bath
Central Maine Power Co
E. E. Gifford
Smithfield
Massachusetts
Brockton Fair
Baptist Parsonage
T. L. Long
Edward Adams
Bowdoin
Mabel Wilson
Orr’s Island
Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham Boys
W. L. Dinsmore
Phillips
John T. Pratt
Augusta
Local notes and social rounds in town and beyond
The item notes corrections to a school head’s name, visits by Mr and Mrs Mosher of Wiscasset, a Republican rally at town hall with Senator Wordsworth and Harold Goss as speakers, Richmond Band music, social calls and hosting at Viola Coombs place, travel outings by E E Wilson, Mrs Martha Harris and Mrs Arthur Waldron, new cars for Albert Henderson and Fred Heath, and various local visits including to Skowhegan Orr's Island and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs High School
Foss
Faro
Harry Mosher
Wiscasset
C. L. Mosher
Robert Temple
Mosher
M.C.R.R
Town Hall
U. S
James W. Wordsworth
New York State
Harold I. Goss
Augusta
Richmond
Viola Coombs
Universalist Ladies’ Aid
Main Street
E. E. Wilson
Wayne
Ralph Cutler
Cutler
Wayne Pond
Albert Henderson
Chalmers
R. D. Purington
Henderson
Poland Springs
Portland
Martha Harris
Arthur Waldron
F. K. Jack
Orr’s Island
R. W. Carr
C. A. Houghton
Charles Morse
Bath
G. H. McKay
E. W. Warren
Social Roundup of Visits and Picnics in Brunswick
Mr and Mrs Arthur Goodwin of Lynn Mass and Mrs W E Rideout with Miss Emily Rideout and Miss Lottie Warren motorboated to Winneganee Sunday. Various visits occur with Clinton Clark and Canton Mass friends, a Cat hance river picnic, a Kleeman wedding reception at Grange Hall Richmond Corners, and trips to Brunswick Boston and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Goodwin
Lynn
Mass
W. E. Rideout
Emily Rideout
Lottie Warren
Winneganee
Adams
Fletcher White
H. L. Clark
P. A. Cannon
Heenle
Presque Isle
Jake Bishop
Augusta
Lisbon Falls
Bertha Gray
James R. Montgomery
Canton
Cathance
Bertha Hackett
Mary Wilson
Eva Rideout
Edith Fulton
Mary Hardie
Charlie Berry
Kleeman
Brunswick
Fred Heath
Boston
Bert Adams
John Smalley
Togus
Llewellyn Smalley
Josiah Fulton
Edith
A. M. Cornish
Clarence
York Beach
Chester Winslow
South Gardiner
Thomas Wildes
Portland
Myra Rogers
Phippsburg
William Standish
George Dennison
Freeport
George Merritt
Walter C. Perry
Lucy Smail
Edgar Williams
Clark's
Point
David Merry
Everett
Charles T. Small
Edwin
Dresden
Sibyl] Houdlette
Ailton Perry
Randolph
Charles Preble
Wilton Bates
Sabine
Post Road social notices from Bowdoinham and Brunswick
Edna Graves returns home from Boston visit. Amy Purinton and Ernest and George Smith visit Crockers. Nelson from Gardiner also visiting. Harry Purington and daughter Myrtle in from South Portland. Sarah Elliott hosts a Durham family. Tregambo and Purington families attend a ride in Fred Heath’s auto. Harold Clay from New Hampshire visits Frank Jenkins. School on the Post Road may move to the lower building. Graves family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Small
Pleasant Street
Ellis Beane
Portland
W. B. Lewis
Sag Harbor
Long Island
N. Y
Gilbert Manwaring
White Road
H. L. Clark
Florence Sparks
Poland
Vivian Starbird
Mattawamkeag
Arthur Nettleton
Edwin
Gardiner
H. L. Clark’s
Naomi Rideout
Ruel
South Berwick
Bertha Graves
Kingman
Hattie O. Andross
Augusta
W. D. Hutchins
Cecil Denham
Brewer
Eva Rideout
William Grazier
Denver
Colorado
Bowdoinham
Ridge Cemetery
The
Baptist Church
T. L. Long
Josephine Given
Joshua
Maria Gray
Boston Post
Leroy Seekins
Seekins
Skowhegan
Hazel
Grace
Haynes Landing
Owen Small
Woodfords
Harold Cheney
Amy Purinton
Ernest
Brunswick
Post Road
James Graves
Mary Graves
Floyd Purington
South Portland
Elbridge Tregambo
Vote in 2nd District 1916 Hints Republican Congressman
The 2nd District race in 1916 shows a strong probability of a Republican congressman. George Maguire of the hull drafting room at B I W is spending the week in Quincy, indicating campaign activity and local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Maguire
Hull Drafting Room
B.I.W
Quincy
Lost in fog shapes quiet Winslow County notes
The Winsnegance column lists Mr and Mrs Andrew Green and several guests from Lisbon Falls Providence Charlestown and Bath visiting Sabino and Old Orchard. Many neighbors return from trips to Boothbay Five Islands Kennebec Portland and Lewiston with Labor Day outings and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Green
Bertha Jack
Lisbon Falls
Gladys
Bertha Randall
Providence
R. I
Lucy Hayden
Charlestown
Elmer Hodgkins
Bath
E. W. Noyes
al Sabino
Wilton Bates
Frances, Ardell
Marion
Sabino
Emma Furlong
Boston
George Eaton
Hayden Conant
Rockland
Billa Merryfield
Farmington Alls
Mrs. Buttenfield
Zina Eaton
Brockton
Fred Eaton
Edward Bolton
Portsmouth
N.H
James E. Perry
Portland
Mirs
A.H. Rogers
E. L. Walker
Merle Huff
Trask
Ethel
Auburn
Herbert French
Ralph Emery
Oakwood Farm
Milton
Mass
John Scott
John and
Joseph Fitch
Elbridge Morse
Parker Head
Walter Small
Harry Morse
Lester
William Hoag
Barbara
Harry C. Williams
Edgar Williams
Harry Butler
Sherman iMorse
Ethel Williams
Herman DeWolf
Elmer Willliams
Marie Perry
Russell Wood
Arrowsic social notices and local travels listed
Arrowsic families and visitors noted from Tako ma to Bath with multiple travels and visits. Mentions include Mrs Arabella Greenleaf, E B Snipe, Miss Clara Baker, Miss Mina Snipe, Ralph Emery, Mrs A H Goodwin, Augustus Emery, William Clark, and many others visiting relatives in Boothbay Hallowell Bath and Wiscasset. Community events include Ladies Aid meeting, Sunday services, and school openings with teachers Pearl Hall and Maud Hayward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabella Greenleaf
Takoma
Neb
E. B. Snipe
E. L. Whittier
Georgetown
Clara Baker
Boothbay
Ed. Pierce
Mina ‘Snipe
Ralph Emery
A. H. Goodwin
Augustus Emery
William ‘Clark
Hallowell
Alice Crowell
Boston
G. P. Spinney
F. H. Snipe
Hebron
Aid
H. S. Walker
Carl
Stanley Rowe
Auburn
William Perry
Mina Snipe
Bay Point
Mildred Snipe
Muriel McCollet
Fred Pinkham
Morse High School
Maurice Shea
C. Shea
Lora
Jessie Snow
Brunswick
Grace Potter
Edward Ham Dead Veteran Captain Dies in Brunswick
Edward J. Ham aged 52, former captain of the 10th Company C.A.C. and past grand of Pejepscot Lodge I.O.C.F., died in Brunswick Saturday. Born in Brunswick to Levi and Olivia Thompson Ham, he was a Spanish War veteran. Survived by his wife. Funeral services Monday afternoon under lodge auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Ham
C.A.C
Co. K. 1St Infantry
Brunswick
Levi and
Olivia Thompson Ham
Pejepscot Lodge I.0.c.f
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Hamilton
Madbury
N. H
Robert Browne
Mary Sward
Harvard's Road
Elsie Dickinson
C. L. Blackman
Helen
George Morse
Waterville
Irving Cornish
Damariscotta Lake
George Pierce
Kennebunk
W. E. Gifford
Frances
S. W. Carr
Edwin McFarland
Blanche Woodworth
Maria Woodworth
P. C. Nealey
Merrymeeting Bay
Gordon Breary
Sanford
Ethel Graves
Pythian Sisters’ Aid
J. L. Temple
Marie Brooks
Chelsea
Annie Sutherland
Bert Bodwell
Georgia Berry
Blanche Rounds
Bangor
Paul Hatch
Amesbury
Sprite
Augusta Robinson
Camp Lazy
Charles
Ann Fisher
Horace Raymond
Margaret Chapman
Frances Carr
Orvill Smith
West Medford
C. F. Staples
A. D. Stetson and Son
Bertha Moulton
William Small
Charles Fisher
Independent
D. T. Percy & Sons
Mrs
Lewis J. Sawyer
Will
Phoenix
Bowdoinham Post Road
Edna Graves
McGillis Sewall
Cuddy Wheeler
Winnegance News
William Oliver
Fred Coombs
Lewiston
Farmington
Ann M. Oliver
Ernest Knight
Eugene Knight
Joshua Tibbetts
Rockport
Hettie Morse
Annie Purington
Small Point
Ton
Eugene Spinney
Frank Farnsworth
Seymour Hayden
Mary Rogers
Ellen Walker
Bernice
Ralph
Edwin Small
Dexter
Edward Ham
Old Co. K
1St
Maine Infantry
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