Bath 1918 News Snapshot Highlights Local Venues
Lincoln Farrar starts work at Bath Iron Works after visiting Newport News and Portland. Local club Over The Top meets at Mrs Howe’s with 11 members. Red Crags project adds 250 binders and 168 slings since Feb 20. Various Bath residents listed with travel, illnesses, work changes, and community events.
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Lincoln Farrar
Newport News
Portland
E. A. Farrar
The
Bath Iron Works
Day's Ferry
George Howe
Red Crags
Fire destroys Watson-Frye Co. on Broad and Arch streets
A $30,000 blaze at the Watson-Frye Co. on Broad Commercial and Arch streets early this morning required three alarms and raged until about six o clock, as crowds cheered and emergency crews fought to contain the fire. Community reaction mixed distress with relief as residents watched the event unfold.
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Watson-Frye Co
Fishermen Prepare Weirs as Ice Recedes on Kennebec River
On April 5 1918 Capt Joseph E Sewall spends the day at Bowdoinham farm while Kennebec fishermen gather materials for building their weirs and hedges awaiting the ice melt. First alewives and shad soon to be reported as fishermen proceed.
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Joseph E. Sewall
Bowdoinham
Kennebec
Quincy man visits Bath amid Phi Rho dance scenes
James W. Murray of Quincy Mass visits Bath with Mrs M F Sheffield and her son Henry from Cox's Head calling on friends and shopping. A happy crowd of young people enjoyed Perkins orchestra at M H S Phi Rho dance Friday evening. Dancing began at 7 45 and continued un-
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James W. Murray
Quincy, Mass
Bath
M. F. Sheffield
Henry of
Cox’s Head
Perkins
Phi Rho
Ward Family Visits Bath for Easter Weekend
Mr and Mrs Walter Ward and daughter Gay Ann of Collinsville Connecticut arrived in Bath last Friday to spend Easter weekend with Mrs Ward’s family Mr and Mrs Lester H Young of 84 Green Street They traveled to Connecticut on Sunday.
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Walter Ward
Gay Ann
Collinsville, Conn
Bath
Young Republicans to hold Bangor convention
The Maine Council of Young Republicans Clubs announced a Bangor convention for May with registration at 2 p.m. on May 2. Each club may send five voting delegates plus one per five extra members. The credential committee is the council. The first day features a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6 30, with the session to begin at 8 30. P Edward DeBerg noted delegates from Sagadahoc will be chosen at the April 12 hotel Sedgwick meeting.
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Bangor
Maine Council of
Young Republicans
Bangor Young Republican Club
P. Edward DeBerg
Sagadahoc Young Republican Club
Maine Council
Sedgwick
Bath City Jobs Examinations Open for Two Vacancies
Applications due by April 22 for two Bath city positions including driver and Patrolmen. Salary 60.72 to 72.04 monthly with two weeks paid vacation after two years. Vacancies arise with retirement of Chief Gaudreau on May 2. Residents for one year required. age 21 to 47. uniforms after six months probation. Selection based on tests education experience background and veteran status.
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Edward L. Gaudreau
Bath
Weekend visits span Phippsburg and surrounding towns
PHIPPSBURG ton and family from Rockville Conn spent the weekend with Irving Harringtons. Nearby, Hale Tucker returned to Bowdoin College after Easter at Small Point parsonage. Several residents hosted guests from Gorham, Paxton and Massachusetts while others attended a wedding in Portland and a flight delivery to Greenville.
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Ton
Rockville
Conn
Irving Harrington
Mark Harrington
Elwood Cook
Old Orchard
Jay Darling
South Portland
Hale Tucker
Small Point Parsonage
Prowdoin College
Irma Gilman
Gorham State Teachers College
James Gray
Paxton
Greenville
Leslie Hopece
Beach Road
New York State
Obituary for Doggett Family of Wiscasset and Wakefield
WISCASSET Charitable Society Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association and St Philip's Episcopal church. Surviving are three sons Julian Bullard Doggett Brewster Dayton Doggett both of Wiscasset and Samuel Dayton Doggett Cape Nedick a daughter Mrs Alfred P Taylor Wakefield R L five grandchildren and two great grandchildren The funeral will be at 230 PM Thursday at Forest Hill Cemetery Arlington Mass where burial will take place A memorial service will be held here later in the Spring.
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Lincoln County
Republican candidates to be introduced at Maine dinner
Jane Fenn and P Edward DeBery report that 75 to 100 people will attend the dinner to introduce Republican candidates. About 40 delegates are expected for the business meeting. Wallace R Ham of Day's Ferry Woolwich is a patient at Memorial hospital.
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Jane Fenn
P. Edward DeBery
DeBery
Wallace R. Ham
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Memorial Hospital
Republicans Elect For District Convention Delegates
Republicans elect delegates and alternates to the district and state conventions with uninstructed voting. Caucus officers were empowered to fill vacancies. Stanley R K Hunter and Mrs Emily McMann named to county committee. City committee officers chosen for two year terms include Oulton as chair and Mrs Hunter as secretary treasurer.
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Stanley RK. Hunter
Emily McMann
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Augusta
Bangor
Portland
Bath
Elizabeth Moffatt
City Committee
Rubin
Republican Party
Heo
Louis O. Couture
Bath board resists downtown liquor store move plans
The Bath chamber and merchants debate relocating the town liquor store from the downtown area. Proponents say downtown draws outside visitors who buy more, while opponents warn a move would hurt foot shoppers and raise transit costs for nonowners. The chamber forms a committee to study sites and will report findings as discussions continue.
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Bath
Nichols
Hi-Doneae
Goon Aus
Chamber
Commission
Foreclosure Notice in West Bath Maine on Mortgage Deed
Public records reveal Emily Pearl Field of West Bath defaulted on a mortgage to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath. The document, dated April 3 1958 and signed by Frank Hunt, details property bounded by Route 1 and private road in Sagadahoc County and notes the foreclosure action for breach of the mortgage conditions.
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Emily Pearl Field
West Bath
Sagadahoe
State of Maine
Siavadahoe
Eda
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Bath
United States of America
Savadahoe
Towit
BE Webfere
Such Webster
FE Webster
Raymond Hinkley
Edward A Cummings
Sawadahac County
Edward C. Cummings
William E. Webster
William E Webster
Fred Stilphen
Sagadahoc County
William FE. Webster
Sagadahoc
Emily Pearl Fields
Emily Field
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Maine
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
State OF
Frank Hunt
Federal Savings and Loan
Gardiner
West Bath Republicans caucus names delegates to state con
In West Bath Tuesday evening about 13 Republicans met to name delegates for the state convention. Joseph W. Larrabee and Mrs. Owen Williams will represent the town, with Courtney Stover and Maynard Carleton serving at the district convention. Maynard Carleton and the Carleton couple act as alternates. Maynard Carleton named to the county committee. a 35 member town committee was appointed chaired by Loring D. Small with Maynard Carleton as vice chair and Alice R. Small as secretary and treasurer.
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West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Owen Williams
Courtney Stover
Maynard Carleton
Loring D. Small
Alice R. Small
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Henry DeWick
D. T. Percy Store
Walter S. Glidden
Newcastle
Arletta Guerney
D. T. Percy
Boston
Florence Neilly
Trufant's Crossing
W. H. Rand
Turner Court
Augusta Work
Alfred R. Tarbox
Newell J. Trask
American Clothing Company
Zina Orne
Maine Central
George B. Dra
C. ‘A. D'Arcy
Lenox
Mr. Drake
Henry R. White
Nahaneda
Eastern Steamship Lines Inc
Boothbay Harbor
Packard Dredging Co
Portland Harbor
Thomas L. Jones
Kittery
Nellie Thompson
H. N. Douglas
Washington
New York
Esrle Morse
Zina Eaton
Winnegamze
A. H. Goodwin
Oakdale
Phippsburg
Mr. Goodwin
Stephen Conley
New England
National Grape Juice Company, Inc
Martin Conley
Fremont Street
Dover
N. H
Marion McCabe
Miss McCabe
Virginia H. Paine
High Street
Alice Norris
Bath Box Co
Marjorie Ring
Gould J. Brown
M.C.A
Fort Williams
Hattie Richardson
Littleton, N. H
Frances Southard
Wellesley
F. E. Southard
J. B. Kenney
Jennie Perkins
Center Street
Percy
Walter M. Hill
Freeport
B. A. Fuller
Lewis Pepper
Clarence A. Reed
Marjorie Shaw
Richmond
Roxy Campbell
Walter Glidden
Liberty
Frank Biggins
Crawford Gatcomb
Ella Rice
Carrie Fuller
Vera Bradford
Shirley
Mass
Mary Tourtillotte
Russell Street
Colby
William J. Copeland
U.S.N. R.F
Dorothy Nichols
Vassar
Frank B. Nichols
North Street
Alton J. Small
Joseph Warner, Esq
Jean G. Morse & Sons
W. E. Kerchner
M. R
Joseph Small
Duncan McInne
Andover
Washington Street
Bath City Hospital
Dummer Sewall
Mary Barry
Grove Street
Cuipt
Henry L. Thompson
United States
Hutts
Merchant Marine Service
Morse Assembly Hall
Yacht Club
Music Hall
John F. Skillings
Au Bath
Somerville
Chops
Boothbay
M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Co
Rockland
Gus Maynard
Walter Murtaugh
Wil French
Currier Gazette
George Fields
Texas Steamship Company
Groton Tron Works
Groton, Conn
Forest Legard
Gardiner Schools
Senate
Grace Dickinson
Miss Hattie Richardson
Joseph Tucker, Esq
Wiscasget
Lena Heald
John G. Morse, Jr
Winnegance
Virginia Paine
Joseph M. Roche
Washington Park
John A. Legro
Lewiston
Guy Hathaway
Fred L. Hanks
New York City
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Texas Steamship Co
William Cronin
Bunt Hanson, Jr
Bant Hanson
Drummond Street
U.S.N.R
Groton
Thomas Walker
Kimball Bros Truck
Street Railway
Front Street
J. K. Richards
Dorotheanna
Lieut. Richards
U.S.N
Henry C. Rowe
Florida
Thorne's Head
Ruth Skillings
Kelley & Spear Co
Shipping Board
J. P. King
Edith Cochrane
Athletic Association
Caroline Stevens
Morse High
Georgetown
J. G. Stevens
Thomas N. Kewley
Beacon Street Foreign Missionary Society
Carl B. Timberlake
Morse High School
Freeport High School
Mr. Timberlake
Bowdoin
Morse
Board of Education
Thomase
Barrett Nichols
James Phinney Baxter
Percival
Mr. Baxter
Rupert H. Baxter
Stars and Stripes
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Kelley Spear Co
Samuel A. Evans
People’s Baptist Church
Charles A. Adams
Emily
Wellington Moore
George W. Laskey
U.S. N
Charles Laskey
C. F. Emery
Auburn
Lula M. Emery
Bert R. Cilley
American Type Founders Co
W. H. Hewitt
Lord
Beverly, Mass
Texas Co
Hardings
Thompson's Brook
Sen
R. H. Baxter
Republican State Committee
Augusta House
Fera
Wallace E. Shaw
Roscoe Shaw
Mrs
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Rupert Wing
Alfred Rowe
Harry Adams
John Lee
Lucy Card
John Card
Lisbon Falls
Ruth Jordan
York Street
West Roxbury
Paul Palmer
Lawrence McDuffey
William McDuffey
Ruby Campbell Bryant
H. A. Beals
Carroll W. Soule
Groton Iron Works
Ann Lynch
Madeline
Madison
Ruth Collar
Willow Street
Miss Collar
LeRoy Hitchell
Agnes Fields
Bath Garage Co
William Hinton
Texas’ Steamship Co
Robert MacMillan
William H. Ite
F . Esther
Bedford Street
New Meadows
Young Gop's
Wiscasset
Willard
A. Hallet & CO
McFadden’s Pharmacy
Republicans
Oulton
Sturtevant
Hunter
Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company
Delmar
Superintendent of Insurance of
State of New York
HST So
NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company
Insurance
Associated Merchants McTual Insurance CO
Hoston
Insurance Commissioner
Great American Indemnity Company
John St
QOGTV
Benz
Lev Norton
Pnoenix Assurance Company OF
Moreh
Sohafal Paotate
Morecijte Loto
Ithier Awwete
Aveta
Tees
Fleseree
Panda Capital
Sourplus Ag Peyarda Hilieyholders
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Broadway
Commissioner of Insurance
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