New Hampshire Neighbors — Center Conway

New Hampshire/Maine, 1916

Fredrick Philbrook has been at Bar Harbor with his brother Ira for three weeks and returned home Saturday.

School began this week and a school has been started in South Conway for the first time in several years.

Miss Josephine Pratt was in town over Sunday, a guest of A. M. Littlefield, the teacher at Intervale this season.

George D. Petrie has been visiting in Portland for a few days.

H. A. Peare was not in his usual health the past week.

Alta M. Mason is visiting in Sebago this week.

Henry Snow and wife and Arthur Snow have gone to Bryantville, Mass., where they expect to stop for a couple of months.

Miss Helen Baird has gone to Akron, Ohio, for a short visit.

The vaudeville show given by the summer people in the church at South Conway last week attracted quite a number from here and was a great success and netted the church people over $40.

The return of the summer colony began last week. J. E. Nesmith's family, Luke Davis, Mrs. Fowler and a portion of J. A. Nesmith's family returned to the city last Saturday.

William Allen returned from Rockland Friday where he has been enjoying a two weeks' vacation.

Ivory Mason is laid up with a bad hand which has been in the care of a doctor.

Private theatricals were held at the W. H. Chapman camps Saturday night which were very much enjoyed by those who were invited to attend the affair which was managed by Mary and Helen Chapman and Ruth Allard.

Peter Masterton's family, accompanied by Elsie Wickens, took an auto trip round the mountains Sunday and enjoyed an ideal day.

Mrs. Nettie Potter died the night of the 6th after an illness of five years. She was about 55 years of age and leaves two daughters and two sons to mourn her loss. The funeral was held at the house Saturday afternoon. Interment was at Conway.

Ruth Allard has gone to the Intervale to assist in a hotel this week.

The janitor of the schoolhouse, Dana Bemis, is manufacturing a sidewalk in front of the school grounds which is a much needed improvement.

John McLoy and Ralph Twombly were in Portland Saturday.

An auto load of voters from here attended the Democratic rally in Fryeburg Wednesday evening.

C. E. Allard's family autoed through Bridgton and Lovell and spent the afternoon on Upper Kezar recently.

About twelve from this village propose to attend Fryeburg Academy this fall which begins next week.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 3.