Seeing Things In Phippsburg Periscope Bound Out
Ice floes fill Dromore Bay as a gundalo becomes a false ice cake near Harringtons hedge. A sunken submarine specter is joked about as a periscope glides out to sea amid local notices of house moves, school starts, and spring gardening. Community notes cover arrivals, visits, and road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Dromore Bay
Everett Harrington
Harrington
Webster
New England States
Gundale
Boston Herald
U.S
Stoneybrook
Capt
C. W. Locke
Fred Frisbee
Hooper Place
Woods
Colonial Club Will Carry Soldiers As Nonresident Members
At the April meeting the Colonial Club voted to carry any member serving in the war as a nonresident without charge. Rod ney Ross presided for the first time. The report lists membership changes, events, finances, and a $250 renovation plan financed by the club. Charles H Cahill signs off as retiring president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Bath
A. G. Oliver
Rodney Ross
Treasury
Peter A. Olinto
Mark L. Hagan
Roscoe H. Shaw
William B. Palmer
Harold Child
Raymond H. Trott
Charles H. Cahill
Active
Bates College
Sec. MacCormick
Y.M.C.A
Culbert McGay
H. W. Owen, Jr
Coast Artillery Corps
New Meadows Inn
Christmas Tree Committee
Loyal F. Sewall
American Ambulance Corps
France
Bath Building & Loan Association
Building and Loan Association
Whist and dancing at the Texas Club social
Whist and dancing were the program at the Texas Club social Tuesday night. Mrs. Travis and H. E. Tobey won first honors at cards with Grace Brown and T. Roberts as booby prize recipients. Perkins Orchestra provided music for dancing. No church service at Beacon Street Church Thursday evening as services were suspended.
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Texas Club
Beacon Street Church
Prominent Men of Sagadahoc by Rev Henry C Thayer
The article chronicles Capt. Harnden and early figures in Georgetown and Woolwich, Maine. It details Harnden’s 1740s settlement, town offices from 1743 to 1766, militia service, and roles in tax collection, sheriff work, and local governance. It notes his family tragedy in 1758 and his 1761 Canada expedition to recover captives, ending with his death in 1768 at age 69.
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Harnden
Georgetown
Merrymeeting
Fort Richmond
Wiscasset
New York
Portland
Nequasset
Boston
General Court
Woolwich
Capt. Harnden
Plymouth Co
Kennebec
Ebenezer Preble
Mus
France
Canada
Quebec
Nesquasset Plantation
Bath Committee of Public Safety opens session
E C Plummer, Esq., presided over Bath local executive committee meeting Monday night. Arthur K Purington was elected secretary. The group outlined committee work and affirmed plans. A telegram to Senator Lodge in Washington congratulated him on stalwart Americanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Plummer
Bath
Brewer Thompson nuptials at Grace Church rectory
Miss Frances Brewer of Boothbay Harbor and Howard Thompson of Southport were married by Rev. Culbert McGay at Grace Church rectory on Tuesday. They plan a New York honeymoon and will live in Boothbay Harbor. Capt. Thomas Brewer attended. The groom works in the engine room on the steamer Metra of Crowell and Thurlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Lewis
Virginia
Parker Head
Eleanor Fullerton
Murphy
Cox's Head
Ada McDonald
South Portland
Ashdale
Bertha Babcock
Smart Point
Robins
Herbert Hamilton
Leah
Chebeague
Walter McCourt
Christine
Frances
Frank M. Bowker
Bath
Harry Washburn
West Point
Washburn
Frank Harris
Edward McNulty
Popham School
Capt
Henry Butler
Basin
Small Point Parsonage
Abbie Hosmer
Bertha
Eva Wilson
Harry Hosmer
Alice Sewall
Frank Sewall
Grace Church
Frances Brewer
Boothbay Harbor
Howard Thompson
Southport
Culbert McGay
New York
Thomas Brewer
Frank Brewer
John Thompson
Metra
Crowell & Thurlow
Newport News
Providence
Boston
Pentecostal Church Seeks $50,000 Publishing House
The Pentecostal Church in the United States outlines a plan to raise 50 000 tomorrow to fund a publishing house. Dist Supt Washburn of Beverly Massachusetts attended a recent North Street Church meeting where the effort was presented. Missionaries Mr and Mrs Thatcher who depart for Japan on May 18 spoke and shared talks. March 31 sweet peas were planted at the Stover homestead on Upper Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Church
United States
North St
Dist
Supt
Washburn
Beverly
Mass
Thatcher
Japan
Stover Homestead
Upper Front St
City Council Votes $1000 for Public Safety Fund
The Bath Committee of Safety receives immediate access to $1000 as the city council votes to support its work. Twenty-eight new constables are appointed, night watch officers are confirmed, and city officials including City Engineer Stephen Litchfield are elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Safety Committee
Treas. Merrill
Pres. Dunton
Common Council
Bath Committee of Safety
Night Watch
John Conley
Sonia
Foley
Hall
Place
Edgar W. Gilman
Marshal Wallace
Peopies Ferry
E. Randall Leonard
R. K. Hall
Small
McGrath
F. Ray Dunton
Bickle
Starkey
Tourtelette
Cutting
Temple
Burgess
Legard
Hart
Kelley
Swett
Mason
Leeman
McDonald
Starbird
R. P. Ham
Arthur G. Oliver
Stephen Litchfield
Daniel Bishop
W. Earl Webster
Charles C. Carr
Sagadahoc
W. D. Sewall
A. J. Dunton
E. W. Hyde
A. K. Purington
M. A. Haraden
State Committee
John E. Clark
Bowery Street
Board of Highways and Sewers
Bath Fire Department
J. S. Committee On Fire Department
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John M Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Broad St
Bath Trust Company
Center Street
Henry C. Thayer
Samuel Harnden
Lodge
Bath Body
Brewer-Thompson
Planet, Jr
Johnson Bros. CO
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