Georgetown Working League Buys Furnace and Renovates Vestry
The Georgetown Working League held its first post vacation meeting at Overlook and voted to buy a new furnace for the church and renovate the vestry. The committee, led by Mrs. Bowen and Mrs. William Todd, organized the details for upcoming activities as the town echoes with social visits and church plans.
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Seguinland
Rebuilding State Road Starts In Bath Area
A Bath area road crew began work Tuesday on the rough stretch from the blinker at North and Lincoln to beyond Mill Pond Hill. Foreman Hartley’s team will widen and surface the road to match other Maine highways, with a banked west hill curve to ease treacherous conditions. The project follows advocacy by Senator J Edward Drake and support from state highway officials, with work to continue toward the Blind crossing. Also reporting a Vermont trip by Mr and Mrs John K Bailey and son Junior visiting Chester and President Coolidge’s homestead area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iabor
Lincoln
Mill Pond Hill
Bath
Portland
Hartley
Brunswick
Gardiner
J. Edward Drake
State Highway Commission
Clyde HI. Smith
Skowhegan
Charles Th, Innes
Saco
Sagadahioe
John K. Bailey
Chester
Vermont
President Coolidge
Inaymouth
Col
John Coolidge
Richmond Worsted Triumph Over Picked Team
Local item reports the Richmond Worsted bowling team defeating a selected opponent. Obituary notes the death of Mrs. Julia A Hewitt at 74, longtime Richmond resident, with funeral arrangements and survivors listed. Community notes cover regular meetings, social events, visits, and a large list of town residents’ activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia A. Hewitt
Aaron B. Reed
James L. Taylor
Davis Swett Wedding in Bath on Saturday Afternoon
John W. Davis of Bath and Ruth M. Swett of Southport wed at two in the afternoon at the pastor’s Middle Street home. The double ring ceremony had the couple unattended, they left for a wedding trip to the White mountains and Canada, planned home at 589 Russell Street next Saturday. Mr. Davis, son of George S. Davis, Morse High alum and former Wiseman Farms aide, now a clerk at Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co Bath office. The bride, daughter of Leon V. Swett, has resided in Bath for several months.
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Allen
Harry L. Horne
E. L. Newdick
Augusta
Charles Clarke
Bay Point
Arthur
Rowe
Portland
John Grindell
Bath
Harry Rathbone
Lexington
Mass
Sagadahoc House
Robert West
Middleboro
Fred Proudman
West Roxbury
Robinhood
West
R. P. Todd
Warren
Melrose Highlands
H. Brooks Crosby
Ida Hooker
Josephine
Rebecca
Delmont
Charles Oliver
Lillian Berry
George Carlson
Fitchburg
Bowen
Kennebec Point
E. Willis Bean
Waltham
Alice Scott
Ralph
West Georgetown
Great East Lake
N.hs
Melrose T Highlands
Joseph F. Higgins
Irvington
N. Y
W. C. Todd
J. Oc. Burnham
Richmond
Constance Mumford
Concord
Helen Noyes
Sagadahoe Bay
Ralph Reynolds
Ruth
Carrol Powers
Day's Ferry
Thomas Blaisdell
Mac- Mahan Island
Eldon Clark
Hilda
Wollaston
Camp Ground
Emma E. Shithorne
Leah Littlefield
Winnie Dresser
Miller's Inn
Harpswell
Leon Gadd
Leon, Jr
William RK. Fairclough
South Pleasant St
Charles McEwen
Bowdoinhiam
Milton
Columbus
William McGinn
Katherine James
Frederick Paulin
Waterville
Willian McGinn
Georgian Wakefield
George Leavitt
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Leavitt
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Maine
Hotel Arlington
Washington
Chatanooga
Tenn
H. M. Tarr
Providence
Mr. Tarr
M. Tarr
Rose Ts. Allen
Garfield Hamilton
Captain George
Ithel
RR. J. Lambert
Mobile
Alabama
Mary Spaulding
Boynton Street
Leck
Amassa King
Brunswick Road
Mortis Budge
Frank Preble
Frances Preble
Julia Richards
S&s. M. Preble
Frank Connor
Portaand
George McMaster
Margaret Grover
H. L. Stilphen
Dresden
Edpa McCanbry
Lynn
Maass
Ernest Herbert
Wallace N. Price
Gardiner
Pinkham
Gorham
Jane Harward
Annie Allard
Eleanor
Anchorage
Wiscasset
Frank Andersons
Percy Baker
James Haynes
J. W. White
Arthur Turner
Vemaquid
Aaron Vic
Reed
Leebore
Eben
Mary Houdlette Reed
L. W. Grundy
Methodist Church
Vine Grove
Dresden Mills
Benjamin Spaulding
Melrose
Maxs
Bar Harbor
Canada
George Yeaton
Frank Yeaton
Chester Yeaton
Elfred Niles
Irving Hodgdon
Rena Burill
Oberlin
Ohio
Fred Waters
Somerville
Elwood Edgecomb
Charles Swift
Swan Island
Edgecomb
Eugene Edgecomb
Myrtle Kennedy
J. D. Kennedy
Beedle
Fred Lewis
Capitol Island
George Howard
Church Street
W. W. Gardiner
Amy Bradley
U. V
Legion Hall
Kennebec
Ang
Marion Oslair
Gorham Normal School
Richmond High School
Charles, Tallman
Marion Hersey
Boston
Chestnut Street
Deulah Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
John Grant
Wilfred McDonald
Russell Malloy
Russell, Jr
Ernest Marford
Orn Reed
John Curtis
Nettie Umberhind
Lee King
Connecticut
Green Mountains
W. Rep. Carey
Oakland
Arthur Lancaster
Cleveland
Frank Lancaster
John W. Davis
Ruth M. Swett
Southport
David I.,. Wilson
Middle Street
White Mountains
Russell Street
Mr. Davis
George S. Davis
SSS
Washington Street
Morse High School
Wiseman Farms Co
Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co
Leon V. Swett
Verey Savage
Kittery
D. L. Howard
I. H. Rowe
Irving Boucher
Cortland
Boucher
W. EF. Boucher
Alfred Rowe
Pach
A. Rowe
Arthur Rowe
Georgetown Center
Grindell
T. J. Hine
Cora May
Edward Lewis
Auburn
J. G. Stevens
Arrowsie
Malden Island
Russell Boynton
Chicago
N. FE
Doynton
Newton
Mixx
Marion Stevens
Horace Dickford
Lisbon
Elisha Field
George Yeo
Winchester
Ladies’ Aid
Grange Hall
T. W. Blaisdell
MacMahan Island
Harry Tarr
School Union No 48 Holds Annual Meeting
The Fall meeting of School Union No 48 is set for September 30 at the Sagadahoe Ferry school house in Woolwich. The program includes prayers, readings, songs, recitations, and talks on subjects for Seventh and Ninth grades, with demonstrations on geography and lower-grade reading, plus a question box.
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School Union No. 48
Sagadahoe Ferry
Woolwich
Weniwiekweee
John H. Carter
Gieorgie Walker
Carter
Charles Preble
Farmington Normal School
Mary Hastings
Gorham Normal School
Five Islands Grange library gifts noted from Summer residents
Misses Emma and Catherine Preston presented three books and magazines to the Grange library. Additional magazines came from Bob and Ted Yeo and Mrs. R. V. Edwards, all Summer residents, with the Grange expressing gratitude for the gifts.
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Grange Library
Malden Island
Ladies’ Aid
Grange
Emma
Catherine Preston
Bob
Ted Yeo
R. V. Edwards
The
Clarence White
Seguinland
New York
Walter Moore
Hillowell
F. M. Reid
Bath
George Yeo
Lob
Mra
J. G. Stevens
Lermond Davis
Mr. Yeo
Alfalfa Trial Yields Strong Returns in Twin County
Sagadahoc farmers report alfalfa demonstration plots yielding about 3.5 tons per acre. Despite failures, experts say rich soil lime and proper conditions prove alfalfa can be grown. Individual yields include August Arnold five tons 1172 pounds and Millay Bros three tons 144 pounds among others. county agent at St Main Street Auburn offers guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin County
August Anold
Leed S
Millay Bros
Bowdoinham
S. Blodgett
J. W. Larrabee
West Bath
Rose Bros
Arthur Boothby
Livermore
St Main Street
Auburn
Injured Boy in Bicycle Collision at Oak and Middle Streets
Edwin Bates, in North Weymouth area, suffered painful leg injury after his bicycle collided with a state car driven by Verey K. Meash on Middle Street near Oak. Bates was not believed to be seriously hurt and was helped home by passerby Vernon Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Bates
Delmar E. Shutex
Snow Park
North Grammar School
Oak and
Middle Streets
Verey KE. Meash
North Weymouth
Mass
Vernon Miller
Middle Street
Massachusetts
Meash
Excellent USDA Radio Farm Programs Planned for 1927-28
The United States Department of Agriculture announces an extended 127-28 radio service line up starting October 3 with Aunt Sammy chats Noon-time Farm Flashes and United States Radio Farm School. Special features include poultry talks farm pest programs town farmers primer and weekly farm news digest. Weather updates expand to ten minutes. Two monthly features Agricultural Situation Review and Farm Playlets dramatize timely farm issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Sammy
United States Radio Farm School
Farn School
Weather Man
Department of Agriculture
America
Hog cholera toll and preventive serum touted
Hog cholera destroys about half the hogs dying from disease in the United States. No cure exists. The Anti Hog Cholera serum from the federal bureau of animal husbandry is the only reliable preventive. Serum is made by state institutions and private firms. Peak incidence is in September October and November.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Green manures may harm tobacco seed crops after plowing under
Findings show that green-manure crops turned under before tobacco transplanting can be injurious rather than beneficial. Early decay stages may affect seeds of various crops if seeding occurs too soon after plowing. A period of two or more weeks should pass before sowing, depending on the green material and following crop.
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Georgetown
Working League
Overlook
William Todd
Todd
Anne L. Read
Read's Point
Medford
Walter Stiill
Pottsville
V.a
George F. Oliver
Gordon Benner
Bristol
Belle Heald
Ida Lewis
Nellie Mains
Lizzie Oliver
Horatio N. Douglas
Oak Cemetery
Holman
Winfield Rowe
LB. H. Woodside
Charles Lockery
Frank Churchill
J. Amos Steadman
South
George Laskey
Julia A. Horne
Harry J. Horne
Albert Diamant
Ruth Hinckley
Verna Harrison
Boothbay
Mark Rand
Bates College
Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Andrew
FE. C. Higgins
Fred Oliver
Jull
W. A. Todd
Braga
Springfield
Vernon Chase
Henry
Levi Totman
Arlena
Trafton
Howard M. Trafton
Lincoln Street
Hatch's
Annie M. Jones
J. A. Dennis
Trenton
N. J
Charles Campbell
Chester King
Grover Hill Farm
H. J. Brown
Carrie Baker
Segaiahoee Bay
Harry Heald
W. ©. Todd
Vina Kingsbury
Walter K. Reid
National Health Crusade
Marshall Stevens
John R. Blackie
Thomas Sedgeberg
Marrtown
Maud Trafton
Doris
Springvale
H. G. Heald
SoRs
Sred S. Curtis
Ortician, RE
ST. NE
Orville & Page
North ST
Julia A. Tewitt
North Front Street
Samuel and
Margaret (Colby) Lilly
J. I. Clifford
Cotton Cemetery
Charles EK. Hewitt
Lilly Sherburne
Attleboro, Maors
Ernest Higgins
Charles, Jr
Progressive Grange
Sagadahoe Grange
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Reading
Miss Miller
Babb
Skelton
Bakers
Mr. Thayer
Statute of Liberty
Mes
Larrabee
Donald Jasper
Harold Curtis
Elizabeth Cornish
Norman Curtis
Weston Allen
Peters
Mr. Dasper
Mrs. Melvill Brown
Tos
Dearborn
Dickerson
Hoyle
Young
Libby
Sylvane le UK
Chapman Eeee
Pero
Durand
Sagadahoc
Opera House
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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