Fine records made by Y M C A and Morse High School
Ramsey led the Y M C A basketball squad through 17 games posting 44 wins and 3 losses while scoring 700 to 380 against foes. Key players include Cartmill Farnham Foss Hagan Lydon Sullivan Marks and others with Morse High School contributing notable performances and a season summary listing scores and opponents.
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Ramsey
Portland All Stars
White Bears
Boston
Cambridge A. C
Fellows
Capt
Cartmill
Farnham
Colonial
Foss
Hagan
Lydon
Sullivan
Bath
Martin
The Health Habit and Open Air Living
Dr L C Bowers advises breathing fresh air and open windows, plus six to eight glasses of water daily. He promotes a general tonic from Golden Seal and related roots, sold as Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and recommends Anuric for kidney and uric acid issues.
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Elbert Hubbard
Dr. Pierce
Morse High five leads the Maine season buzz with strong showings
Morse High School five has the best schedule since its eight year championship run. The team sits behind Portland High in the state race with Old Town and Bangor also strong. Morse boasts a 15 game slate, 539 points for and 310 against, led by captain Joe Coss 241 points and Mort Holbrook 170, with guards Talbot Jewett and Brim shaping a fast defense.
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Young
Marks
Colonial Five
Weinblatt
Morse High
Talbot
Morse High School
Ramsey
Portland All Stars
White Bears
Valmont Club
Wassitts
Westbrook
Auburn
Portland High
Edward Little
Bangor
Morse
Bucksport
Portland
Old Town High
Old Town
Bath
Joe’’ Coss
Mort” Holbrook
Y.M.C.A
Joe
Coss
Bangor News
Holbrook
Perkins
Bill
Jewett
Brim
Lyden
McMann
Bernard
Local Jottings and City News From Calais Maine
The column notes safety work at Percy and Small yard and exterior Court House lights. City hall flag 9 by 12 feet hangs over the entrance. Winter Street Church Ladies’ Aid raised 50 dollars. Ena Bucknam presided as Miss. Ena Bucknam. State House buildings office shows a Baxter photograph. Wesley Sorority met at Mrs Cortell’s. 25 dollars donated to church. Ferryboat construction to begin. economy plan favors buying coal by cargo. Times bulletins report sinking of the Aztec and wartime alert. Mrs Mitchell and family received souvenirs from Jacksonville via James Mitchell of Jackson Steel Construction Co. Dr W N Miner elected mayor of Calais by 111 over Lindsay Sadler. Republicans win six of seven wards. Alderperson Robert Murphy defeated in Ward One. Maine House considers paying national guard one dollar daily. veterans to be paid on term end or monthly if dependents exist. Tall Stove Club ends. old heater replaced by a modern but less picturesque unit. The scene recalls Dickens era taverns and Sam Weller memories as the club dissolves.
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Wesley Sorority
N. B. Cortell
Washington St
Ena Bucknam
People’s Ferry Co
State of
Maine
National Guard
United States
Tall Stove Club
Dickens
Sam Weller
East
Navy civil service exam passes for Bath weight clerk
Arnold C. Preney passes the Navy Department civil service exam for a weight clerk at Bath Iron Works. The article notes schools resume Monday, the summer term ends June 15, and upcoming holidays. It also mentions local events, maritime business deals, church services, student awards, and Navy reserve discussions.
Peaked crowds fill Bath Opera House for Patriotic Night
Friday evening saw a full house for the Patri otic Night at the Bath Opera House with the 10:57 lunch club in attendance. Choirs across town rehearse for Easter services as local events report active community involvement and civic celebrations.
City Council Proceeds On Roads Taxes and Public Safety
The council approves $1000 for the Public Safety Committee in Bath and budgets $1400 for a state aid road location. Poll taxes due May 1 1917 with 2 percent discount if paid by June 1 and 7 percent interest after July 1. Other actions include street improvements, light at North and Fitts, burial grounds appointments, and a hearing for NE T and T pole placements April 23.
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Harvey A. Bates
High Street
Lemont Street
Board of Highways and Sewers
Committee On Public Safety of
Bath
A. L. Plant
Rose Street
Middle
Cherry Streets
J. S. Committee On Finance
Boad of Highways and Sewers
Fitts Street
J. S. Committee
Leonard M. Lord
North
J. S
Horace W. Ward
John W. Gilmore
Murdock R. McDonald
Andrew J. Merrill
James E. Fish
North Street
Lincoln Street
Bath men stay on Savannah shipyard jobs
Seven Bath men traveled to Savannah Georgia to work in wooden shipyards for the Savannah Shipbuilding Co. Four remain on the job under master builder James Brewster with A. T. Shaw and John Green. John Ellsworth and John Christine work at another Yard nearby. The group plans to stay for the work and like the country. Bath members of the Brunswick Golf Club received notices of a meeting at Ss. L. Forsaith’s home in Brunswick on Maine Street Thursday night. Pythian Sisters held a card party in their hall Friday evening.
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Bath
Savannah
Savannah Shipbuilding Co
A. T. Shaw
John Green
James Brewster
John Ellsworth
John Christine
Brunswick
Golf Club
Ss. L. Forsaith
Maine S&t
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Red
Edward Little High
Lisbon Falls
Freeport
Oak Grove
Seminary
Lewiston Independents
North Yarmouth
Alumni
Dr. L. C. Bowers
Arnold C. Preney
Navy Department
Bath Iron Works
Sagadahoc
Lincoln County Teachers’ Association
H. A. Spinney
Bay Point
Popham Beach
Kennebec
Coast Artillery Corps
Master Wheelock
Hyde Guard
Armory
B. H. Wheelock
William R. Kimball
W. S. Cutting
Naval Reserve
Navy
Wana
Charlestown Navy Yard
U.S.S. Virginia
Cutting
Charles Higgins
E. W. Bridgham
Center St
Cephas J. Benway
Rumford Falls
Texas Yard
N. J. Horan
Calvary Cemetery
Ernest F. Couture
Harold L. Dowling
Samuel Clancy
Eugene J. Hartnett
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
James R. Mann
House
Rep. White
Mann
Guernsey
South
Christie Shipbuilding Co
Chester
Drake
Daniel Williams
Washington St. Grammar School
Maude Seymour
Palmer
Palmer Company
Evelyn Wright
Evelyn Greenleaf
Catherine Golder
Virginia Bishop
Ruby Fullerton
Charlotte Trott
Marie Craig
Maxine Lewis
Lucile Beals
Dorothy Wright
Carolyn Feltis
Wilbur Hagan
William Aser
Bessie Crosman
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
F. M. Campbell
San Francisco
Los Angles
Campbell
RED Cross
Roxbury Axminster
the Times
James F. Will Co
Bath Opera House
Oscar
Arch St
F. H. Thompson
Court House
Bowdoinham
Modern Woodmen of America
Bata
Charles C. Toothaker
Harry M. Huse
F. A. Bowie
Millard Watson
EB. R. Wright
St. Mary's
Matthew Arsenault
Harold M. Sewall
Charles F. Johnson
Waterville
Roland F. Boyden
Milliken
Aley
University of Maine
Augusta
Webster and
Green
Sabattus
Maranacook
Cobossee
Cobosee
Androscoggin Breeders’ Association
National Shoe & Leather Bank
B. M. Fernald
J. A. Ness
Harold Shaw
E. A. McCollister
J. H. Strout
Topsham
J. H. Blanchard
National Association
Henry Gediman
Aroostook County
Western Union Telegraph Co
Houston
Presque Isle
City Council
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