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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1917

Page

6

Bowdoinham Boys Enlist in Maine Coast Artillery

Bowdoinham youths Dewey Brown Carl Brown Ellsworth Leavitt and Harvey Ames enlist to join the Maine Coast Artillery National Guard. The Bowdoinham Committee of Safety reports strong county interest, plans county organization, and urges farm production as a wartime effort while local residents welcome returning leaders and discuss town improvements.

Bowdoinham Dewey Brown Carl Brown Ellsworth Leavitt Harvey Ames Portland Maine Coast Artillery National Guard Ames J. E. Cornish Young Brown Brown Long Branch Young Leavitt Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co Committee of Safety of W. B. Kendall C. H. McEwen C. M. White C. F. Staples C. W. Sedgley Bath Speaker Bonney Augusta Capital Maine House of Representatives Old Bowdeinham Benjamin Ames Brunswick Station Sagadahoc Jessie Dickinson B. A. Dickinson Blackman Eastern Star BE. P. Kendall Frank Allen Tom Wilds Connecticut Mr. Kendall C. B. Randall Caleb W. Sedgley U. S. Court New Hampshire Richmond Creamery Jennie Given Bert Wood Kate Blair

Local Notes From Bowdoinham Post Road

Frank Seigers reports over 200 chickens two weeks old. Rev and Mrs Staples travel to Springfield Mass for a convention. Mrs Merton Umberhind of Augusta visits Easter with her parents. Frank Jenkins returns from Massachusetts with his father’s remains. Will Purington Spear farm manager visits Portland. Rev Mr Staples preaches at Ridge Church Sundays at 11. Mrs Charles Crocker guests Easter with daughter in Brunswick.

Jetchen Hulse Lewiston Alice Fulton Bert Fulton Georgie Chapman Dr. Hodgkins Methodist Aid J. L. Pinkerton Westbrook Genie Edgcomb Gardiner Evelyn W. P. Hutchins Augusta Gage St Penny Memorial Church Hutchins Bowdeinham W. B. Kendall C. H. McEwen C. M. White C. F. Staples Caleb W. Sed Ethel Graves Sanford W. J. Graves Bertha Graves Portland Emily Rideout North Vassalboro Helen Gould Cora Smith Topsham Pauline Gordon W. H. Gould Hazel Cornish Simmons College Berlin N. H Clarence Gould Harvey Ames Brunswick J. E. Cornish Charles Wescott Maria Sampson Fred White Rock Wescott Tony Fogg Pleasant St C. L. Mosher Ida Cornish H. E. Cornish W. W. Denham C. O. Purinton A. H. Beals Brookline Mass Arthur E. Bishop New England Telephone Co Bath Cragin Anson Given Lisbon Falls Llewellyn Smalley St. George Elsie Dickinson Richmond Hazel Tibbetts Joe Temple Harvard’s Road George Denham Town Hall C.H.S P. ©. Nealey W. L. Blackman Percy & Small Navy S. A. Baker Wallace Price John Mealey South Gardiner Thomas Wiles Frank Allen E. P. Kendall Winthrop Committee of Public Safety State Committee Grange State Committee of Public Safety Frank Seigers Staples Springfield Merton Umberhind F. P. Curtis Frank Jenkins Massachusetts Will Purington Spear Farm Mr. Staples the Ridge Church Charles Crocker

West Bath Family News Briefs

Mrs. Jake Conant is ill with bronchitis with Dr. B F Barker attending. Capt. Charles Foote traveled from South Boston to visit Charles W. Lee. Joseph Lemont spent the weekend in Lexington Massachusetts visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Fred F Brown welcomed a son on Saturday.

Jake Conant B.F. Barker Charles Foote Boston Charles W. Lee Joseph Lemont Lexington Mass Fred F. Brown

West Bath notes mention health, meetings, and plans

Fred S Brown is named as a local figure. Bath residents share sympathy with Miss Annie Wylie. Public safety committee includes Henry Rose Henry Galt Fred W Larrabee Joseph W Larrabee Edward K Thompson. Evangelistic meetings move to West Bowdoin due to weather. Pomona preparations and a rehearsal occur. Several local readings, visits, and health updates are reported alongside school and farm activity. A big ship launch is hoped for May 29 at the Texas yard.

Henry P. Healey Bath Annie Wylie Miss Wylie Sewall Jewett Hardings I. B. Neiley Committee On Public Safety Henry Rose Henry Galt Fred W. Larrabee Joseph W. Larrabee Edward K. Thompson Clarence Pease West Bath Chapel Fred A. Bubier Fred Higgins Pearl Hall Josie Winter J. Everett Mayo Berry’s Mills J. C. Larrabee Kellogg Trowbridge New York Charles Wiles al Donnell Doris Purington Grange Hall Will Dunton Ellis Coombs May Tole Campbell Pond Morrison Winnegance Herbert White Hyde John White Winter Street Mme Eames de Gogorza National League For Woman’s Service West Bath

Sagadahoc and Lincoln Counties Teachers Conventon Opens

The Morse High School Assembly Hall hosted the Sagadahoc and Lincoln Counties teachers convention with Francis T. Garland presiding. Notable sessions featured music from Lincoln County musicians under Prof. Frederick E. Chapman and an address by J. Asbury Pitman on recent educational movements.

Morse High School Sagadahoc Lincoln Francis T. Garland Topsham High School Clarence M. Fogg Corliss Street Baptist Church Flood Bath W. V. Thompson Waldoboro Leah Farnham North North Grammar Lincoln County Frederick E. Chapman Damariscotta Laurence Southard Dresden Mills Joseph Gay Newcastle Bertha Milligan Shirley Race Lincoln Academy Dwight van Horn Carroll Nelson Thompson Stephen Margson Boothbay Harbor Carrol Brow J. Asbury Pitman State Normal School Salem Mass Ralph F. Reed E. R. Bowdoin Richmond J. W. Taylor H. A. Allan Florence M. Hale Jessie L. Keene John A. Cone Brunswick Topsham Assembly Hall Lincoln County Orchestra B. E. Packard Camden Thomaston Frank E. Briggs A. Hoyt Bremen Helen Piper W. C. Mason Boothbay Haroer W. E. Kendall Mr. Teague Bristol J. O. Tarbox Anne O. West H. L. Bradford Wiscasset

Also Mentioned on This Page

Public Safety Committee Kendall Lincoln Preble Harriet Derry Mary Sward East Bowdeinham Alice Preble C. W. Price Fred Leavitt E. W. Hodgkins Arthur Stilphen Central Maine Power Co Arthur Small Durgin Fred Mulligan H. D. Grant Emeline Pratt P. A. Cannon G. R. Cutler Bowdoinham Post Road Aviation Corps Eureka A. Shuman & CO Rochester America Thompson Bros Fred S. Brown Texas Yard Adahoc and Lincoln County Teachers' Convention Pitman Sagadahoc County James F. King Arthur A. St. Onge Ellen R. Turner Annie M. Jenkins Susan Daley Jennie M. Reed Conley’s Specialty Store
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