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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1917

Page

6

Woolwich Notes Highlight Local Visits And Fair Preparations

Woolwich residents and visitors populate the column with social calls arrivals from Bath Rockland and Wiscasset. The Woolwich Fair is set for October with a school exhibit and a boat for memorial ceremonies. Church services at Montsweag and Center move to timed slots. Red Cross activities and entertaining events are planned.

Herbert I. Reed Dover N. H Thomas Reed George Donnell Bath Tred Crocker Fred Crocker Mullin Woolwich Fair Sagadahoe Ferry John Sheldon Morton Baker Maria Leonard Maine Baptist Association Topsham Augustus Lavigne Mil A. B W. W. Baker Rufus Savage Gardiner Will Plumstead Wiscasset D. W. Blair Carrie Wing Poland Spring Woolwich Red Cross Society Ladies' Aid Congregational Church Day's Ferry R. Warren Ferry S. W.brown Richmond Montsweag Center Baptist Church S. W. Brown Bowdoinham Seward Renfew Medford Mass L. A. Bailey Miss Nason Bath City Hospital Leslie Soule Damariscotta J. T. Soule M. E. Bailey

Pythian Sisters Meet at Mrs. Foster’s Home

Pythian Sisters plan a Wednesday afternoon gathering at Mrs. Fred Foster’s residence 1630 High Street. An advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a cleansing blood tonic, claiming it improves skin eruptions and scrofula, priced at $1.25 in stores.

Fred Foster High St

Phippsburg Notes Include Trailing Summer Socials and Local News

Mrs. Fred Percy returns to Brookline after summer at Small Point while Hon. and Mrs. Harold Sewall host at Sea Walls Beach. frost damages Brookline crops. many residents attend town dances and visits. Local people travel to Portland for illness, enjoy family gatherings, and report on shipyard work, schooling, and weather affected life in Phippsburg during the period. Capt John Trainor’s death is announced. town reports flights, air raids in London, and military connections.

Fred Percy Small Point Brookline Mass Harold Sewall Sea Wall 'S Robert Percy Rufus Lombard Charles Williams Bald Head Town Hall Stacy Stevens Bath Leon Davis Percy Cobb Charles Percy Capt. Ellis Percy Portland Cobb Hye Herbert Willis Ralph Willis Margaret Percy Hezekiah Harrington Cranberry Point Lee's Island Martins Wyman Asa Wilbur Wyman Belgrade Charles P. Percy Grace Dickinson Ham’s Hill Cone Miss Dickinson James Thompson Albert Woodbury Elbridge Morse Hattie Morse Edward Thomas Popham Gertrude Parker London Miss Parker Alexandra Walter Parker Fred Perry Andrew Perry Ebba Berg Berg Massachusetts Charles Eaton Hardy Auburn Charles Miller Tisbon Roland Eaton France Augusta Black Jamaica Plain Frank Frisbee John F. Leeach James O. Wyman Boston Lake View Cottage Phippsburg Bath City Hospital Williams Fuller Henry Minott John Eastman Hermitage Bridgewater N. S Priscilla Ray Havana Cuba Henry Butler Lewiston Howes Corner Keen's Mills Capt. Butler Rufus Butler Butler Willet Casey Dorchester S. B. Richardson W. B. Wormell Lawn Avenue Woodfords Wormell Dorothy Palmer Doris Bartlett South Portland High School Walter Storey Grace Allyn Woodford Allyn Sebasco John Berry Horace Holton Gordon Camp Wynburg Worcester Holton St. Louis A. J. Beckhard Amherst New York Beckhard R. van Dyck George C. Beals Stoneybrook Landing Chaffee Brothers Arthur Brown F. S. Bowker and Son Mr. Brown Walter H. ‘Bowker Horace Turner & Co Mobile Ala Guy Crocker Dromore Bowker Yard Clarence Worrey Chaffee Bros Gardner Rogers Pomona Bodwell Grange Kenneth Wyman Dora Frisbee K. S. Bowker Rachel Cutting Rebecca Brown R. G. Brown Brown Alice Minott J. O Wyman Grace MclIntyre Victoria Butler John Trainor Capt. Trainor Horace M. Bickford Thomas McCormick St. Pierre's Orchestra Brunswick Arthur S$. Brawn I. B. Nelley Emma Lawson Los Angeles Cal Lawson Llewellyn Rogers John 8. Hyde Alonzo Donnell Rogers Donnell E. B. Purington Florence Netley Topsham Miss Netley IT. B. Neiley New Meadows Inn

West Bath Notes Reflect Social Round and Local Changes

Ada of Woolwich visits friends while Bath and West Bath residents host visitors, relocate relatives, and attend the Bowdoinham Baptist Association. Local events include Grange meetings, a large social dance, school openings, and preparations for an upcoming fair. Regulars and guests from nearby towns populate a busy autumn scene.

Ada Woolwich Lou Haley William F. Mitchell West Bath Samuel Rogers Elmhurst Nan JB. Brown Portland Ella Higgins Ripley Maine A.G. Pisher Joseph Lemont Oakledge Miss Littlefield Esther White Kamp Kumfort E. J. Allen Freeport FP. W. Larrabee Walter Brown Bath Garage Co Elmer Craig Lisbon Sylvester Pennell William White Evenine Bowdoinham

Berwick Visitors Join Dorchester Family Gathering

Mrs. Harry Clark of Berwick Maine visits sister Mrs. William Thurston of Whiskeag. Charleys Bachelor family travels to Dorchester Mass to see Edward Bachelor. At Rosedale Farm a surprise gathering brings Earle Donnell and others with children to visit the Roses, creating a lively afternoon for the younger guests.

Harry Clark Berwick, Me William Thurston Whiskeag Charleys Bachelor Dorchester Mass Stachelor Edward Bachelor Rosedale Farm Earle Donnell John Wharff Curtis Bert White The Roses

Death of Captain John Trainer Resident of West Gath

Capt John Trainer longtime coastwise schooner master dies at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston. Funeral from sister Katherine’s Chelsea home and burial in Chelsea. About 60 years old, ill seven weeks. Survived by daughter Mary.

John Trainer West Gath Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston Katherine Broadway Chelsea Mass Atlantic Seaboard Mary

Twenty-Fifth Annual Sagadahoe Sunday School Convention

The Sagadahoe Sunday School Association holds its twenty-fifth annual convention at Whirst Baptist Church on Thursday September 27 with at least three delegates from each county school. Wesley J. Weir and Hamilton S. Connant address the sessions as state secretaries. Rev J M Arters and Rev J J Wull lead reports and round table discussions.

Sagadahoe Sunday School Association Whirst ‘Baptist Ehurch Tittinsday Weeal Wesley J. Weir M. Fogg J. M. Arters Sec'y

Fruit-a-tives praised for headache and constipation relief

A reader from Placun East Sure Harnour credits Fruit-a-tives with curing years of headaches and constipation after one box. The ad notes price 50c per box six for 2.50 and provides postpaid order details from Initatives Limited Ogdensburg N Y.

Harnour Martha Dewolfe Iniitatives Limited Ogdensburg N.Y

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Avery Cera Sheridan Alvah Stickney North Woolwich A. W. Hall Rockland Sarah Bailey Nelson Cape Newagem Fred Potter Frank Carter Peter A. McDonald Center St Lincoln St Walter E. Erskine Erskine Central Maine Power Company Mr. McDonald H. G. Hodgdon Charles W. Triggs City Hospital E. M. Fuller Bradford Oliver James Ic. Perry Nellie Perry George C. Pease Waterville George C.pease Pease Chebeagte Clara Islam Russell Salem Roscoe J. Ham Russell Nelson Ham Harriett Lowell Eliphalet Lowell Roscoe Jaques Lowell Joseph Dunning Yarmouth Island Everett Mayo H. J. Rich George W. Rich Bath Grange Harry Peterson E. J. Rich Harole Freeman Everett Lemont Owen Rogers Lizzie Haggett Alice Ramsey Convention of Sagadahoe Thursay Placun C. R. Chappell J. J. Hull Harry L. Haynes S. W. Haynes John H. Freeman Haynes Auto Washington, D. C Baltimore New York State Canada White Mountains Modern Woodmen Colonial Cafe C. W. Tedford Charles €. Toothaker W. H. White U.S Carl C. Day Mrs. O. A. Kittridge Mrs. Lemont Sabino Socony Standard Oil Co. of Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co People’s Garage Reed & Bonney A. B. Thwing West Woolwich Stacy & Stevens Popham Beach F. A. Bubier Foster’s Point M. M. Daley, Parker Head New Meadows Garage Co New Meadows Landing F. A. Harrington, Parker Head M. L. Marr W. Georgetown
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