West Bath News Briefs Include Fraternal Flag Ceremony
West Bath notes indicate O. M. Redlon bought Captain Trainer’s farm. Grange members dedicat ed a service flag with a patriotic program led by RE. W. Haggett and Dr. Stackpole. Obituary for Harry H. Murray, age 41, a Bath native who died after Brights disease. Local visits include Topsham, Bath, and Campbells Pond residents with multiple social posts and farm updates.
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West Bath Grange
The
Grange
RE. W. Haggett
Dr. Stackpole
C. R. Chappell
Kenneth Patterson
Milton Loring
Fred Ring, Jr
Oscar Wright
Arthur Pp. W.wright
Maurice J. Duncklee
Henry Rich
Doris Purington
Edward Pinson
Army
Navy
No Time for Ship Workers to Take Holidays
Bath Iron Works posts a nationwide call to duty urging all 1850 employees to work full time on destroyer construction. The notice lists absences by day with 191 on Friday, 320 on Saturday, 220 on Monday, and 248 on Tuesday, urging workers to consider slacking as harmful to national needs.
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Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Baby of Rice Home East Boothbay Shot by Rifle
Louise Rice five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Rice of East Boothbay found an older sister’s rifle left within reach and accidentally shot her infant sister under one year old. The bullet hit the brain and caused instant death. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon amid prior fire at the Rice Brothers boat shops last July.
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Louise
William Rice
East Boothbay
Mr. Rice
Rice Brothers
Life on the Lower Kennebec and Local Happenings
Phippsburg residents note ice breaking up and ducks dispersing as spring nears. Roosevelt convention reflections, local visits, new arrivals, and daily chores fill the town notes. Cattle rescued by the S P C A are returned to Bath after an auction, and the Chaffee Bros. crew take a day off.
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Portland
Col
Roosevelt
Europe
Belgium
King Albert
Berlin
Wilhelm
V. Minott, Jr
Alice Minott
Mionday
Minott
Susan Campbell
Abbie Minott
Timothy Perry
F.S
Bowker
Woolwich
Ira Carlton
Will
Fred
Henry Carlton
Mary Perry
Bath
Walter McCourt
John Hamilton
Scott ‘C. Campbell
Georgie Lord
Irving Daley
Annie Cutting
Trainor
Parker Head
Lillian May
Ruth Eaton
Sebasco
J. F. McThtyre
S. IP. C. A. Society
Elmer McIntyre
Wm. Bowie
Chaffee Bros
Nurses Home Fund Grows as Bath Community Gives
Bath citizens continue generous support for theBath Hospital nurses home with total gifts reaching 2900 dollars. The campaign lists many donors including Scott R. Frye 200, Rupert H. Baxter 100, C W Clifford 100, Edward Drake 100 and others, urging continued contributions to start construction soon.
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Scott R. Frye
Rupert H. Baxter
C. W. Clifford
Edward Drake
G. G. Deering
F. H. Kimball
B. M. Plummer
John A. Morse
A. Friend
Kelley-Spear Co
William D. Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
Samuel R. Percy
Charles P. Wetherbee
William E. Ach
Sidney L. Eaton
H. A. Walters
Annie M. Andrews
Fred P. Shaw
Ernest F. Kelley
F. J. Lakin
Arnold Coolen
John E. Burkhardt
E. W. Vaughan
L. Ss. Thompson
L. Washburn
Haraden Hopes for Bath Boothbay Steamship Service
Agent M A Haraden of the Eastern Steamship Co says the Bath to Boothbay steamboat service may start late this month or early next, with progress improving over last week and a definite update expected in a few days.
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Bath
Boothbay
M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Co
Times
Over the Top Club of Days Ferry meeting recap
The Over the Top Club of Days Ferry met at Mrs. Geo Howe’s home with 11 members present. They completed Red Cross work since February 20 totaling 250 body binders and 168 slings and enrolled one new member. Next meeting is April 10 at Mrs. H A Munsey’s home.
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Days Ferry
Bath Loan and Building Association holds 28th annual meeting
The Bath Loan and Building Association celebrated its 28th annual meeting after selling 500 of 1000 new shares with strong demand. Officers elected include George W. Dean as president Frank W. Thompson as vice president P A Clinto as secretary and Joseph M Trott as attorney. Corliss resigned as treasurer and P A Clinto was elected secretary in his place. Directors elected include Frank N. Thompson Joseph Torrey and others to three year terms.
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Bath Loan & Building
Association
George W. Dean
Frank W. Thompson
Joseph M. Trott
P. A. Clinto
Charles A. Corliss
E. S. Crosby
Charles P. Knight
Frank N. Thompson
Joseph Torrey
Herbert L. Hopkins
Edward P. Hyde
W. i S. Newell
Charles E. Palmer
Bath seeks 100 men for new Third Maine Regiment
Bath calls for 40 more recruits to form a reserve unit of the National Guard. A rally at the Armory Monday aims to enlist men eligible for the new company, which will serve at home in emergencies with uniforms and equipment provided by the federal government.
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Bath
Third Maine
National Guard
Armory
Halifax
Bath Boys
Sagadahock
Dummer Sewall Chapter Plans Charity Picture Show
The Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R voted to host a moving picture show for Bath city hospital at Miss Mary Barry’s Grove street home. Miss Janet Whitmore, Mrs. Harry C. Webber and Mrs. William E. Palmer will run the event, with further plans for a card party to raise wool funds for soldiers.
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Bath City Hospital
Dummer Sewall
D. A
Jane Murphy
Edward C. Plummer
Washington
Bath man recalls torpedoed ship Actaeon voyage
Osman P. Erskine boatswain second class U.S.N. now visiting Bath recounts serving as armed guard on the Actaeon when torpedoed by a German submarine last November. He describes the sinking, orderly abandon ship, twelve days at sea, and rescue to land at Cabo Valano before recuperating in Spain and return to the United States.
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Osman P.erskine
Bos'n
United States
Osman P. Erskine
U.S.N
Frank Erskine
Gerald St
France
Actaeon
Young Erskine
Mr. Erskine
Dee
Lye
Wiall
Cabo Valano
Spain
Erskine
New York
Bath
Budgets and movement mark Georgetown history notes
Historic Georgetown area reports a busy week with moves and local governance changes. Budgets and a new school union for Woolwich Georgetown Phippsburg Arrowsic Westport are discussed alongside social calls and local travel notes.
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West Bath
O. M. Redlon
Capt
West Bath Lady
Dale Farm
I.B. Neiley
Campbell’s Pond
Fred Kittridge
Everett Lemont
A. J. Owen
Lemont Cottage
Sabine
Robert Small
Georgina Small
Charles Bates
Lewis Williams
Topsham
Samuel S. Bates
Eleanor Bates
Cathance
Florence Foster
Susie Durfee
E. R. Brown
Alice Rogers
Whiskeay
Florence Neiley
Arthur Rand
H. Dorman Perkins
Metropolitan Insurance Company
W. D. Coombs
Harry H. Murray
Alvah Higgins
Bright
James
Helen Murray
Brockton
Mass
Charles
Savannah
Boston
Helen Brewer
Oakland
Higgins
Cobert McGay
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mirs
William Hennessey
Kings Point
Samuel Cobb
Auburn
George Clifford
Cobb Cottage
Rosedale
Stanley Thirkell
Marion Purington
Grip
Herbert Wood Vy
Elmer Williams
King’s
Llewellyn Rogers
Fred S.brown
New Meadows
Blanch Bryant
Edward K. Thompson
Bath Iron Works
Baby OF Rice
Sary
Phippsburg Pennings
Lower
Kennebec
Schoon
Nurses’ Home Fund
Bath Opera House
Haraden
Days Ferry's Club
Mr. Corliss Re
3D Maine
Amory Houghton
Washington Street
Elizabeth
Amory
John M. Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Front St. Tel
Johnson Bros. Company
France and Adventures
Ferdin
Ando Gorges
Georgetown
Reed
Trafton Oaks
Lonesome
B. A. Powers
Knub
Ble
Nat
Howe
Burnside A. Powers
Robinhood Village
West
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Levi S. Totman
Robinhood
Brunswick
Garrett Pose
Rennherd
Quincy
Mrs. Hinckley
Henry Totman
Trafton Place
Lester L. Powers
Powers
Georgetown Center
Charles Campbell
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