Bath Area Roundup of Local Residents Travels and Visits
Local notices report Fred H Brigham passing through Bath on his way home to Phippsburg after a Boston visit. Camp Devens residents Amory Houghton McLellan and Capt William Hussey from Co F 301st Engineers are at home over the weekend. Other Bath residents visit relatives in South Portland Albany and Lowell while church delegates attend events in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Brigham
Bath
Phippsburg
Boston
Amory Houghton McLellan
Camp Devens
Luse Hussey
Ruth
Ayer
Mass
William F. Hussey
Co. F
Archibald Miller
Granite Street
George T. Silsby
Jennie
South Portland
Lena Lewis
and Sthar Ke Purington
Portland
Bath social notes and arrivals at multiple homes
Mrs. Richard Quick of Weeks street is ill at home. Mrs. Seneca H. Conley travels to Portland for a few days. Frank DeWitick returns to work with Mrs. DeWick and their son after a Wisconsin trip. Funeral escort P. J. Doe accompanies Miss Mary Oliver’s body from Auburn. John Crosby reports from Camp Merritt and visits family. Mrs. Alfred Crosby visits from Boston. Crosby stationed in Jacksonville. Maj. George A. Baker visits Mort Williams and returns with Mrs. Baker and Louise. Morse High teachers arrive after Patriot's Day weekend. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Thompson plan to reopen Richardson House on Capitol Island. O. J. Coffin accompanies Mrs. Coffin, Cynthia West on extended visit. Harold Cutting welcomes newborn daughter Martha Nichols Cutting weighing eight pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Quick
Weeks Street
Seneca H. Conley
Portland
Frank DeWitick
D. T. Percy
Wiscasset
DeWick
P. J. Doe
Auburn
Plummer and Merritt, Auburn, Undertakers
Bath
Mary Oliver
John Crosby
Camp Merritt
N. J
Guy H. Crosby
High Street
Alfred Crosby
Boston
J. Coffin
Coffin
J. J. Tobey
Cynthia West
Harold Cutting
Russel Street
Martha Nichols Cutting
Grange
Alton Berry
Thomas Hanna
Hattie McMahan
Southport
Walcott Marr
Francis McKown
Norman Greenleaf
Brother Marr
Frank McMahian
Alton C. Berry
Lester Powers
Thomas J. Hanna
Cora Hanna
Sylvia Boucher
Grange Hall
C. A. McMahan
Basil
Cambridge
Mass
Leslie Ainley
Mr. McMahan
Carolyn Stevens
Lenora Knight
Morse High School
J. G. Stevens
Carrie H. Stevens
Grace ,Scott
Arthur Berry
Texas Co
MacMahan
O. Larrabee
South Gardiner
Willie Oliver
Richmond
T. W. Blaisdell
Patriotic Services Planned at Georgetown Center Church
Georgetown plans another patriotic service at Center Church on Sunday April 28 with possible speakers Theodore Stewart and Mr Stetson. Rev W T Boyd preaches on Elisha’s iron sinking tale and urges prayer and renewed faith as part of wartime sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Center Church
Grange Social Nets Pleasant Event And Treasury Boost
The Grange social Saturday evening drew a large crowd with ice cream and cake selling, adding 11.25 to the treasury. Regular meeting Tuesday attracted 39 members and three visitors from Southport.
Grange Boy Alec Marr Reaches France Safe
Alec Marr has arrived safely in France joining two others, with three now there awaiting the arrival of the Wiwarna. A report says she will go on the route Tuesday but no official notice has reached agent L. H. Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Marr
France
L. H. Rowe
Wallace Pierce
Baby
Southport
George Hanna
Chauncey
Clara Marr
Isabel Stevens
Richmond
Clarence Carey
Washington
Ralph
South
Portland
Madelyn Berry
Charles Oliver
Barrows
Local Notices From Arrowsic and Bath Area
Mrs. Edward Snipe is sick with Dr. Walker of Bath attending. Harold E. Snipe died Monday at his grandmother Mrs. Sarah P. KE Hawthorne in West Woolwich. Mrs. Marcia Kennerson visited friends on the foreside last week. Miss Marie Costello of Bath visits in town. Mrs. Pearl Sibley of Bath visited Mrs. Frank Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Morse of Bath spent Sunday in town. Harold Snipe of the U S N R F received a surprise party before departing for New York with games and music at his home Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Alvah Reynolds
Bath
Hattie E. Rowe
O. M. Kingsbury
Thomas M. Hagan
Harold F. Hunt
Boynton
Edward Snipe
Dr. Walker
Harold E. Snipe
Sarah P. KE. Hawthorne
West Woolwich
Marcia Kennerson
Marie Costello
Pearl Sibley
Frank Clark
Allen Morse
Harold Snipe
New York
Snipe
Bath Bond Drive Gathers Steam With Rallies and Parades
Bath pushes a large bond campaign with sales at major plants, a park rally, cross formation by Red Cross, and a parade featuring Boy Scouts Gaudreau’s band and local company reps. Major speakers include Harold M. Sewall and County Attorney Edward W. Bridgham. Navy enlistment pulls Lincoln Farrar from Texas Steamship Co. to Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Steamship Co
Bath Iron Works
Joseph A. Martin
Bath
Boy Scouts
Gaudreau
Boy Scout Council
Hyde Windlass Co
J. Edward Drake
Harold M. Sewall
Maine Committee On Public Safety
Edward W. Bridgham
Lincoln Farrar
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Local Social Notes Mention Visitors and Departures
Mrs. Charlotte Cahill Rauser and her son from Popham Beach visited friends. Bant Hanson of New London CT, U S N R F chief electrician, is visiting. Miss Mildred Nichols returned from Portland after a three day visit. Mrs. George Chamberlain received a post card from Corp Chamberlain in the 54th regiment overseas announcing a safe arrival. Rev George E Noble of the Pentecostal church has resigned due to illness, returning home with Mrs Noble. The Nobles left Bath after a warm stay and the church had a good year under their pastorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Cahill Rauser
Popham Beach
Bant Hanson
U.S.N.R.F
New London
George E. Noble
Pentecostal Church
North Sweituate
R. T
Mrs. Noble
Noble
Bath
Lowell
Mass
Bath residents host soldiers and ship command news
John C. Fitzgerald arrived in Bath from Ft. Oglethorpe to visit parents on Washington Street. Mrs. Chaney, who broke her ankle eight weeks ago, could go out with Fred Deering and Carroll Deering Sr. motor trips to Brunswick. Fred D. Hill received a letter that Captain Omar Humphrey of Seattle plans to command a new government steamer on the Pacific. Captain Humphrey, a Freeport boy, has sailed Bath ships for years and recently offered his services. Captain Sam Snow, formerly of Bath, was named government representative on a Russian steamer the government took over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Fitzgerald
Officers’ Training School
Ft. Oglethorpe
Bath
Washington Street
Carroll ‘Deering
Elizabeth
N. Gratz Jackson
Fred Chaney
Brunswick
Omar J. Humphrey
Seattle
Wash
Pacific
Humphrey
Sam Snow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thompson Bros
Anting Machinery
J. S. Merrill
City Hall
Qur
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods Store
Front Street
Georgetown Center
Theodore Stewart
Stetson
W. T. Boyd
Elisha
Christ
God
Boyd
Charles Campbell
Flora
Augusta Todd
Harold S. Hunt
A. K. P. Oliver
C. W. Billings
Howard G. Heald
William T. Boyd
Sanbornville
N. H
Alice Boyd
Mr. Boyd
Brookline
Ken
Grace A. Scott
A. E. Rowe
John Churchill
Churchill
George West
Ethel B. Todd
Henry C. Totman
Williains
Benjamin H. Woodside
Edwin H. Oliver
Roxbury
Waltham
Lewis Farm
Five Islands
Leona Pinkham
Mrs. Ellsworth Pinkham
William H. Miller
Howard Cigar Co
Barilla
Bates Gingham
Madras
James F. Will Co
Bath Dept Store
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