John Howard Powers of Machias Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. 8 December 1920 No. 4 pages 207 John Howard Powers of Machias sails on Dec. 29 for England Where he will enter Oxford for a three years' course in medical studies. Mr. Powers has the great honor of having been appointed Rhodes scholar for Maine, thus assuring him the scholarship at Trinity College for the full course. He is the son of W. L. Powers, principal of Washington State Normal School, formerly a principal of the Fort Fairfield high school and also superintendent of schools in that town at one time. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.