Pomona Meeting in West Bath Draws Huge Turnout
The West Bath Pomona meeting attracted 275 dinners the largest in Sagadahoc Pomona history aside from last summer’s Five Islands gathering. New master Clifton M. Toothaker of Richmond received strong votes amid a full program featuring a flag salute, a National League for Woman’s Service talk by Mrs. Winona Tilton Stinson, and performances by local sisters and groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona
Five Islands
E. R. Stewart
Emma Ferguson
Merry Meeting
Clifton M. Toothaker
Richmond
Pomona
Annie Peterson
Pearl Lemont
Grace Freeman
Carrie Hodgkins
May Pratt
Mabel Ingalls
Annie Williams
Carrie French
Lucy Armstrong
Lizzie Haggett
Clara Troop
Lorraine Wright
Laura Lemont
Ethel Lemont
Rose Rich
Lillian Rogers
U. S
Joanna Hodgkins
Aids
Agnes Field
Louise Footer
Jane Field
Fred Cary
E. W. Haggett
West Bath Grange
Winona Tilton Stinson
National League For Woman's Service
America
Red Cross
Hope Ward
Grace Frteeman
Carrie Cary
Alfie Pinson
Addie Purington
Toothaker
F. S. Adams
Europe
J. K. Estabrook
Brunswick
Na Ho
Bath notes and maritime updates fill local jottings
Local items report Edward Brown driving a public auto and Dan Bishop demolishing a Center Street barn. Ezra R. Groves receives more granite and marble from Quincy and Vermont quarries. A new four masted schooner Maud M Morey is to be launched late May for Lewiston’s Frank A Morey. The Bath Garage sends five men to Detroit to ship new Buicks as rail traffic worsens. William Ingraham and Senator Hale press to assign two companies of the Second Maine Regiment near Portland. Burton Blais dell named Bath Naval District shipping agent for New Harbor and Pemaquid ports. A Woodmen of America state camp to be hosted in Waterville with plans for a May 2 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brown
Ezra R. Groves
Quincy
Vermont
Dan Bishop
Center St. Hill
Oliver
Portsmouth
N. H
G. G. Deering Co
Oregon
Maud M. Morey
Frank A. Morey
Lewiston
William Given
Chester Getchell
Ray Welch
Fred P. Rich
Lyle Shepard
Bath Garage
Flint
Mich
Boston
Buick
Detroit
Bath Garage Co
Clement S. Dunning
Harpswell
Lydia Sheffield Dunning
William M. Ingraham
Frederick Hale
Cumberland County Committee of Public Safety
Second Maine
Portland
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Washington
United States
Burton B. Blaisdell
New Harbor
Bath
Pemaquid
Navy Department
New England
Blaisdell
Mr. Blaisdell
J. F. Brown
Augusta
Wadsworth
Bath Iron Works
United States Navy
Waterville
Woodmen of America
Maine
Armory
Newcomers to Hyde Windlass Works and local events
Clinton Kaler and George Weston of Nobleboro are new to Hyde Windlass Works. Pythian Sisters held a social at Mrs. Fred Proctor’s home. Bates College students enlisted in the Naval Reserve and returned for medicals. May will launch three big ships in Bath and nearby yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Kaler
George Weston
Nobleboro
Hyde Windlass
Fred Proctor
High St
Bates College
Lewiston
Naval Reserve
Gilbert Perry
Noank
Conn
Perry
Pendleton
Board of Aldermen
North St
Sewall Pond
Wing Farm
Isabel
Bath Iron Works
Maine
Texas Steamship Co
Maud M. Morey
G. G. Deering Co
George Corbin
City of Rockland
Kennebec
Frederick J. Daley
Phillips-Andover Academy
France
American Ambulance
First Presbyterian Church
New York
Nehemiah Boynton
Clinton Avenue Congregational Church
Brooklyn
American Seamen's Society
MacCormick
New Hampshire State
Bath
Kelley Field
Mason Blacksmithy
Walter St
Mason
Mason Establishment
Harry E. Stetson
Clarence Johnson
Mason Smithy
Portland
West Harbor
Boothbay
Casco Bay
Toads, gifts, and local notices in Maine spring episode
Toads are abundant around town this spring. Morse High School received a valuable ten plate static electrical machine for its physics department from Dr. E. M. Fuller. A patriotic entertainment at Nequasset Congregational Church raised funds for flags for local churches. Candidates for Maine G A R department commander with Westward plans are announced. Bowdoin invites Hebron to an outdoor interscholastic meet. Medical officers call rises. nationwide defense orders urge Maine physicians to respond. Ship and fishing notes address the Abenaki vessel, cargo, and portside fish markets in Bath and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Nichols
Augusta
Governor’s Council
Morse High School
E. M. Fuller
Board of Education
Nequasset
John ©. Adams
Houston
Isaac T. Jordan
Bethel
Maine
G.A.R
Portland
Tobias L. Eastman
Fryeburg
Hebron
Bowdoin
Daniel F. Mahoney
Massachusetts
W. L. Cousens
Committee of American Physicians For Medical Preparedness
Physicians of
National Defense Committee
Army Reserve Corps
Medical Reserve Corps
Woodford St
M. G. Leonard
Manamet
Plymouth
Abenaki
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Leonard
Asparagus, Peas, and Local Happenings From Bath
California asparagus arrives in big bunches while sweet peas are planted in flower gardens. Walter Pendleton of Boston visits Bath. Bath Hospital reports 21 patients. Portsmouth Navy Yard runs two ten hour shifts. Sam Lung, longtime Bath resident, has lived in Bath 18 years. Sheriff Oliver leaves for Augusta on business. Local fishing notes: sand dabs return, flounders observed. Bath Cooperative stockholders receive dividends. Commandant McCole moves into new home on Court Street. Sewing Circle meets at Mrs. Hattie Bailey’s. New garage planned for Harry Huse beside Harry C. Webber’s. Yawl boat for the Sam C. Mengel transformed into a life boat with Kennebec engine and eight air tanks. The last War Relief surgical dressings shipment totals 46,484 items. Red Cross to distribute. Damariscotta Herald reports tragic death of Wilbur M. Wallace of Bay View near clam flats. coroner and doctor attest heart failure. funeral held. Wallace, about 75, described as massive and genial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fitzgerald
New York
Solar Lodge
A. M
Ellard A. Marr
Boston
Arrowsie
Texas Steamship Co
Ladies’ Aid of Universalist Church
Jennie Morse
Washington St
Frogpond
Rockland
Bath
Mitchell School
Maine
Orono
Committee On Home Gardens
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Elmhurst Farm
Y.M.C.A
New England
William H. Hand
New United States Shipping Board
Portland High School
Portland
Hand
Portland High
New Bedford
Mass
U. S. Shipping Board
California
Walter Pendleton
City Hospital
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Sam Lung
Center St
Sheriff Oliver
Augusta
Morses River
Bath Co-operative Store
Joseph F. McCole
Turner
Court St
Lord's Missionary Band
Hattie Bailey
Harry Huse
Commercial House
Harry C. Webber
Sam C. Mengel
War Relief Association
Wiscasset
Woolwich
France
Red Cross Association
Red Cross
Damariscotta Herald
Wilbur M. Wallace
Bay View
Back Cove
Calvin Hoffies
Deymour
Hahn
Fred L. Bagley
Ella Wallace
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County
Sagadahoc
East
England
Committees On Public Safety
Congress
L. L. Lowell
Brighton
Bath Ferry
Neponset
James F. Will Co
Mr. Thomas
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