Bath Armory in Bath Declared Deplorable by Col Bigelow
Col Harry M Bigelow of the Third Maine reports Bath’s Armory for Company L 3d Inf M N G is deplorably inadequate. He urges Armory Commission action and notes the facility in Sagadahock Block lacks proper storage and meeting space and calls for immediate upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Harry Bigelow
Third Maine
Baths Armory
Bath
Harry M. Bigelow
Armory Commission
Bigelow
Third Infantry
Nd Infantry
Sagadahock Block
Sagadahock Real Estate Association
Hiram T. Stevens
National Guard
Texaco 145 Launches by Texas Steamship Co in Hull
The Texaco 145, a 153 foot overall steel power tank vessel, was launched at the Texas Steamship Co. with a 400 BHP Craig Diesel engine. It displaces 660 tons dead weight, carries 250,000 gallons cargo, and is designed for harbor and coastwise deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull
Texaco
Texas Steamship Co
Texaco 145
Maine
Bath's Liberty loan quota rises over prior drive
The Sagadahoc county Liberty loan committee reports Bath's quota at 527000 dollars, up from 493000 last fall, while county total shares amount to 681900 dollars spread among Arrows, Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Whiting West Bath and neighboring towns with several smaller allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Olivér Moses
Liberty Loan Committee
Sagadahoc
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Phippaburg
Seas
Topeka Oes Gas Yee
West Bath
Poorwachm Satashes Nets
Enswiek
Brunswick Church Exceeds Its Quota in Universalist Drive
The Universalist church of Brunswick surpassed its $1680 quota, raising 1702.50 during a weeklong drive led by Pastor Otto S. Raspe with support from Rev. John Smith Lowe. Brunswick becomes the third Maine church and tenth nationwide to exceed its allotment, joining Portland churches Church of the Messiah and Congress Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Service
Universalists of America
Universalist Church of Brunswick
Otto S. Raspe
John Smith Lowe
Universalist Churches of America
Brunswick
Maine
United States
Church of the Messiah
Congress Square
Portland
Portland to Host Maine Brigade Annual Field Day
Portland is selected as the site for the Maine Brigade WU R K PB annual field day on Thursday July 24. A large delegation from Co will join the event with a daylong program including a harbor sail and clambake at Weaks Island, field sports supervised by Lieut Col William Mann, and a theatre gathering for members and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine Brigade
WU. R. K. PB
Sath Co
Weaks Island
William Mann
Armory Ques Discussed In Bath With Maine Official
Maj Charles B Davis adjutant general of Maine states in a letter to Mayor Drake that Albert J Stearns of the Armory Commission will visit Bath soon to confer with municipal authorities on suitable armory conditions. He hopes action will provide quarters necessary for military purposes with details to be explained by Stearns.
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Bath
National Guard
Armory Commission
M. N
Charles BE. Davis
Maine
Wresson
Albert J. Stearns
Drake
Davis
Stearns
Tufts Student Visits Mother in Boston Family
Ralph Warren of Tufts dental college in 1919 visits his mother Mrs. Arthur E K Baum and Earle Warren U S N R in Boston, expected to arrive home Saturday night for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Warren
Tufts Dental College
Arthur EK. Baum
Earle Warren
Boston
Dr. Warren E. Kershner Reappointed President of New Bath Chamber
Dr. Warren E. Kershner was reelected president of the new Bath Chamber of Commerce at a directors meeting. George B. Drake was named first vice president, W. S. Newell second vice president, John A. Legro secretary, and Walter Glidden treasurer. Committees were formed for secretary hiring, permanent quarters, work program, auditing, and Memorial Day planning. A members forum was authorized to link board and members, led by M. Schubert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Kershner
Bath Chamber of Commerce
George B. Drake
W. S. Newell
John A. Legro
Walter $. Glidden
Chamber of Commerce
M. Schubert
Bath Feldspar Firm Plans Major Expansion
The J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co of Bath seeks to raise 40000 in common stock to fund a new pulverizing plant and expanded operations. The company owns a Georgetown quarry, seven year lease rights, riverfront loading facilities, and a mature Burgess plant. John W. Cummings will lead management as Bath businessmen join the board to oversee growth and capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cummings
Georgetown
New Jersey
Cumings
Maine
Chimie
Reed
Maine Central
Todd and Oliver
Beth
J. W. Cummings
F. E. B. Bath
John W. Cummings
Dinner party for Aaron Ward crew at Y M C A
A Saturday night dinner honored the destroyer Aaron Ward crew at the Loreal YMCA rooms organized by the war work department. Twenty eight sailors from many states and Portugal attended, with speeches by Robert S. Pinkham and Chief Electrician Green, plus a menu tribute to the navy and a Perkins orchestra dance afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Ward
Loreal Y. M
Edrwin Dodge Hardin
Frederick FE. Drake
John McInnes
Jane Murphy
Mary Gibbons
Culbert McGay
Harold DeLong
Thomas Gibbons
Cosmopolitan Greek restaurant opens in Bath Arcade
Sunday visitors in Bath discovered a new Greek restaurant on Arch Street’s Arcade second floor. About 70 patrons dined, chatted, smoked, and played cards amid a foreign atmosphere that surprised local officials and police observers. The scene highlighted Bath’s cosmopolitan shift on a Sabbath weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Street
New York
Europe
J. J. Keegan
James S. Lowell
Sherif W. C. Oliver
Police
Bath
Brunswick woman leaves estate to Curtis Memorial Library
Rebecca L. Farrin of Brunswick wills the major portion of her property to Curtis Memorial Library in Portland probate filings. A small bequest to Pine Grove Cemetery and personal belongings to Grace Dunning Smith accompany a provision that the library fund be used for buying books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca L. Farrin
Brunswick
Portland
Curtis Memorial Library
Pine Grove
Testatrix
Grace Dunning Smith
Stewart and others attend Nazarene assembly in Everett
Mr and Mrs Janes Stewart along with Mrs E A Southard and Mrs J Everett Mayo traveled to Everett Massachusetts on Tuesday to attend a New England assembly of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Stewart
E. A. Southard
J. Everett Mayo
Everett
Mass
New England Assembly of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
Divorces Granted in Penobscot County Supreme Court
Justice Whitbrook granted more than 20 divorces last week including William McDade of Bath for cruel and abusive treatment. Miss Mary Campbell is confined to her home with grip.
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Justice Whitbrook
Penobscot County Supreme Court
William McDade
Bath
Mary Campbell
Telephone Girls and Men Strike Halt Bath Exchange
Local telephone operators began a strike at 7 a.m. Tuesday under union orders from Boston. Night and day crews walked off, but chief operator Miss Adeline Costain and senior Miss Louise Child stabilized service with help from Boothbay Harbor staff. Twenty Bath exchange girls joined the walkout. men from the plant department joined later. Boothbay Harbor aid and guards kept exchange entrances under watch while Bath and Boothbay workers coordinated at the Sagadahock block exchange. Health and efficiency of service were preserved despite disruption.
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Boston
Adeline Costain
Louise Child
Boothbay Harbor
Carrie Reed
Boothbay
Addie Pierce
Arthur Auld
Sagadahock Block
Phe
Miss Costain
Miss Child
Bath
Woolwich Ferry
Arthur EK. Bishop
King Tavern
Bath Fire Department Modernizes With Motorized Units
Bath adds a motorized combination 4 truck from Lawrence and plans four new trucks including White pump, and auto hose Dodge. The fleet expands to twelve machines with one auto hose wagon two combination hose chemical trucks two horse drawn ladders two steamers two hose wagons and two hand reels, boosting efficiency against large fires.
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Bath
Lawrence
Water Street
Marshall Street
No. 2A
Bath May Get Field Day Meeting of the U R K P
Bath plans for a United Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias field day in June with a meeting for colonels majors and lieutenant colonels at the De Witt Trouse Lewiston to set the date and place. Companies from Madison Biddeford Rockland Camden and others will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Knights Ofythias
de- Witt Trouse
Lewiston
Willian Mann
Maine
Madison
Biddeford
Rockland
Camden
Carroll A. Deering Launches Largest Five Mast Schooner
The five masted Carroll A. Deering, built by G. G. Deering Co., sails soon for Norfolk to load coal for a foreign port. Capt. William Merritt, formerly of the Barrett, commands with Mrs. Merritt aboard for prep. The Barrett sank off the Delaware capes after submarine fire, with no lives lost.
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Carroll A. Deering
G. G. Deering Co
Norfolk
Dorothy Barrett
Deering
William Merritt
Portland
Barrett
Mrs. Merritt
Merritt
Santos
Brazil
Delaware Capes
Warnitz
Cold Spring Inlet
Cape May
N. J
United States Naval Base
Arm
Gardiner G. Deering
Bath
New York
West Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Bath Veteran Firemen Buy Tub from Portsmouth Club
The Bath Veteran Fireman's Association voted to purchase a ten inch Button tub from the Veteran Fireman's association of Portsmouth NHS after a site inspection in Portsmouth. The tub has a record of 210 feet 11 inches under adverse conditions and is expected to perform better in favorable conditions. Eight applicants were admitted and total local membership nears zero.
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Bath Veteran Fireman's Association
T. W. Priest
Veteran Fireman’s Association of Portsmouth
NHS
Portsmouth
New England Veteran Fireman's Association
Employment Sunday in Maine Churches
National campaign to aid the United States Employment Service and allied agencies seeks to place soldiers, sailors, and war workers. May 4 is designated Employment Sunday with clergy urging employers to keep openings listed with local Federal Employment Service offices. Silas Adams of Waterville attended Bath military and naval orphans home trustees meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Washington
United States
Federal Employment Service
Silas Adams
Waterville
Laih
The
Bath Military and Naval Orphans Home
No Trace Found for Woolwich Boys in Kennebec
Two Woolwich youths Robert Miller and Roy Varney drowned last Thursday in the Kennebec near Day's Ferry. Searchers have scoured the river with eleven boats, but no bodies have been found. The tragedy location lies between a red spareney and an oak tree on the Woolwich shore. currents run deep and strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Robert Miller
Roy Varney
Kennebec
Trott
Woolwiel
Bath Soldiers Await Arrival of 805d Heavy Field Artillery
News from Bath reports members Amory McLellian Otis Hunt Charles Hall John Murphy and Angelos Kakos serve in the 805d Heavy Field Artillery. The 308d unit is stationed at Pauillac near Bordeaux with transports docked. A letter notes prospects brightening for a return by April and Angelos Kakos’s nephew says he hopes to be in the U.S. by April 20.
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Bath
Amory McLellian
Otis Hunt
Charles Hall John Murphy
Angelos Kakos
Pauillac
Bordeaux
Kakos
Angelos
U.S
Maine infantry unit to hold first annual military ball
The Maine infantry National Guard company will host its first annual military ball on Wednesday evening April 10. The event, organized by noncommissioned officers, lists chairman Sergeant Henry J. White and committee members Sergeant Isaiah W. Hunt, Jere Page, Robert Small, Iana Coombs Corps, Bernard Stevens, Herbert Rice, William McMann, Malcolm Johnson, William Andrews, and Lance Corporal Maurice Greenlaw.
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Texas Company
Brunswick Church
Milton S. Kimball
St. Louis
Mildred Nichols
Wortsmouth
N. H
Naval Constructor
Harold F. McCarty
DR. Kershner
NEW Chamber Commerce
Board of Directors
Cummings Company
Cf Ita
J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
Curtis Library
Fire Department
Master
Johnson Bros Co
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