A Wedding and the War Among Phippsburg Topics This Week
A look at life in Phippsburg with a quiet wedding, local obituaries, enlistments, and war anxiety shaping community mood. Notable items include the marriage of Margaret West Chandler to George Lang, a Navy enlistment by Ernest Wells, and the death of Timothy J. Small with a detailed family history of his public service and local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Wood
Miss Rankin
Congress
Grace Percy
Pownal State School
West Pownal
Cox’s Head
Dromore Bay
William Wyman
Harold Gray
Ernest Wells
Portland
U. S. Navy
Deacon
Frank S. Bowker
Margaret West- Chandler
George Lang
William Heald
Foster
Virginia
Town
Lang
McDonald House
F. S. Bowker
W. V. Percy
Edmund P. Briggs
Bath
S. C. Campbell
Mr. Campbell
Rebecca Bowker
Timothy J. Small
Walter Small
Mr. Small
William G.small
Phippsburg
Flora Oliver
Parker Head
Delight Berry
Small
Gray Eagle
Milo
Gulf
James Drummond
Center Village
Popham Beach
William G. Small
Stoneybrook
Center
Capt. Small
Gilmore H
Somerville
Mass
Kennebec Towboat Co
Walter J
Nellie Berry White
Groton
Conn
Clarence M. Fogg
Corliss St
Fred Curtis
Sagadahoc Safety Committee Backs War Efforts and Food Drive
A Sagadahoc County meeting of public safety committees elected a food conservation panel and pledged loyalty to President Wilson and Governor Milliken. Resolutions condemn German autocracy and endorse mobilizing resources to support the war effort and home defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Kendall
Bowdoinham
W. T. Guptill
Topsham
Thomas W. Skelton
Bowdoin
Henry Rose
West Bath
Collinwood C. Shea
Arrowsie
J. Everett Jewett
Georgetown
Robert P. Stewart
Richmond
J. F. Upton
Phippsburg
Alton B. Thwing
Woolwich
E. C. Plummer
A. K. Purington
Congress of the
United States
Germany
Sagadahoc
Committee of Public Safety
State of
Maine
Bath
Wilson
Congress
Milliken
Scout volunteers to aid Coast Guard and food effort
Scout Commissioner Gould J Brown announces a plan approved by the Navy and Agriculture Departments to use older Boy Scouts in two roles. They will help patrol the coast under naval ensigns and assist in boosting food production, freeing men for active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould J. Brown
E. C. Smith
Greater Boston Council
Brown
Navy Department
Department of Agriculture
United States
United States Coast Guard
Naval District of the Coast Patrol
Eastport
Chatham
Mass
Navy
Joseph F. MecCole
Bath
Richmond
Georgetown
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Boys of America
Boy Scouts of America
Congress
Boy Scouts
Navy prints request to curb ship movement notices
The Associated Press reports a Navy request circulated to avoid printing ship arrivals or departures. Josephus Daniels issues the formal appeal urging full compliance during the period. Also noted is a Bath diary entry about a Fast Day when the temperature hit zero ten years ago. The Odd Ladies Sewing Circle met with Mrs Amelia Mitchell at 40 Weeks Street Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Secretary of the Navy
America
Josephus Daniels
The
Odd Ladies’ Sewing Circle
Amelia Mitchell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Osa
Bath Frust Company
Center Street
Bath, ME
Sagadahoc Safety
Pythian Ball
Bath Company
U.A.E.P
Music Hall
Noyes
Banjo Orchestra
Warren E. Riker
Lewiston
Frances Mann
William Mann
Damon Company No. 1
Frank Young
Ralph Bertram
Otis Munroe
Bath Co
Campbell
Donnell
Col. Riker
Osborne
G. C. Richards
Acadia Lodge
Bath Co. No
Damon Company
Clarence A. Richards
Damariscotta
Con. Marr
Boothbay Harbor
Adjt
Edgar J. Brown
Waterville
Willam
Vernon W. Miller
Forrest Hoyt
Ralph and
Frank Dingley
Frank Beals
COAST
National Army
4Th Co
Maine Coast Artillery
Hyde Guards
Sig
Ohn M Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Opera House
Mme. Eames
Bath Committee On Public Safety
National League For Woman’s Service
Bath Opera House
Harold M. Sewall
Opera
England
France
Italy
Russia
Joseph Gaudreau
David L. Wilson
Manual of Arms
4Th Coast Artillery Company
Mme
Eames de Gogorza
Marseillaise
Eames de Gogorz
Columbia
Carl E. Milliken
Benedict F. Maher
Louis Burleigh
Augusta
Donald B. Flood
Planet, Jr
Ohnson Bros. CO
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