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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
4
Georgetown Death Notices Describe Leauteul’s Quiet Life
The report portrays Leauteul as gentle and devout, with a frail body yet a strong spirit. Friends and relatives recall a life of stainless purity, high ideals, and quiet kindness that deeply touched those around her. The funeral proceeded amid a fierce storm, delaying travel and arriving with widespread floral tributes from local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Mrs. Boyd
Malem
Miss Stuart
Mr. Iudson
Sanborn Ville
King's Daughters
King’s Circle
Ladies’ Aid
Winnisquam Grange
Ladies’ Circle
Lechmere
East Rochester
Boyd
Os. A. Evans
Local notes mix poetry praise and wartime notices
In American Ambition Fred R Teeling is highlighted as a promising literary figure. The piece covers weather hindering delivery teams with rain and a southeast gale, the Fuel Administration restricting fuel use on weekends, a Holy Name society gathering, a funeral mass for Patrick Flaherty, and local school enrollment in an electrical course at Bailey evening school. Dr A A Stott of Woolwich receives naval commission. Bath Medical Club members also joining the U S service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Teeling
Government Fuel Administration Box Board
Holy Name Society
St. Mary's Church
Knights of Columbus
Patrick H. Flaherty
Holy Name
Trenry Biggins
Bailey Evening School
A. A. Stott
Woolwich
Naval Reserve
Stott
Bath Medical Club
U.S
Patrick Tr
Flaherty
St. Mary’s Church
Friends of the
Defi 7
N. J. Horan
Angle Iron Shop
Bath Iron Works
Knights of Columbus and
John Clancy
Bartley O' Donnell
Patrick Carey
M. Flaherty
Local social notes from Georgetown Center and Woolwiel residents
A series of short notices reports Todd at Georgetown Center visiting Woolwiel for the weekend with her husband arriving from Portland. Other items note Marion Blunt infant, illness for Harold Hunt family, Mrs HaimaocB Harrison and others at the parsonage, Woerside at supper with Miss Ethel Bb, and postponed Ladies Aid meeting. Roland M. Stuart at Robin Hood cottage, J Everett Jowett in Bath, William P. Cromwell ill then out, Belle Heald traveling to Portland for three weeks with aunt Mrs Jordan, and Mrs Edgar Hunt ill this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Todd
Georgetown Center
Woolwiel
Portland
Woc
Todd
Tven
Ithe
Marion Blunt
Harold Hunt
Haimaocb. Harrison
Belle Wheald
Cecil Scripter
Parsonere
Pennypo
Belle Heald
Horace A. Jordan
Edgar BB. Hunt
Boyd Tributes Express Gratitude For Kindness
Reverend and Mrs William T Boyd express deep appreciation for the kindness sympathy and generosity shown by the town and others during their bereavement. Flowers gifts and offers of help reflected the communitys love and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Boyd
Red Cross entertainment and rural meeting note Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham reports an entertainment at Bowdoin Center with Miss Tama Mann as headliner and a planned straw ride. The River Road Farm Bureau organizes with 21 members, and rural carriers Face hard routes after a winter storm. post details include local visits and evolving community notices.
Evans Freed Not Guilty of Pool Misplay
John L. Evans is discharged and resumes work at Path Iron Works after a Winter Street grand jury indicted him for pool misplay. The jury found him not guilty despite the judge’s charge. The verdict brought tears of joy from supporters in a lively courtroom scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
John L. Evans
Path Iron Works
E. C. Plummer
D. Leroy Black
Irving Trufant
Langdon T. Snipe
William Shaubel
Plummer
First Baptist Sunday School elects officers for 1917 term
At the annual meeting officers were elected including Superintendent Harry W. Moulton and Assistant Superintendent J Edward Pomeroy. Reports show 52 sessions in 1917 with 39 new scholars and 355 total attendance, average 55 percent. Treasurer’s report notes receipts 91.42, expenditures 86.73, balance 17.22, with 74.19 on deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Sunday School
Harry W. Moulton
Central League Ladies to Meet at Red Cross Rooms
Central church League of Central will meet each Monday evening at the Red Cross rooms instead of at homes. Last night there was excellent attendance with guidance from Mrs. Seth Mullin Miss Annie Cox and Miss Martha A Foote. Rooms will stay open for any society preferring to work there rather than at home. Change of moon and southeast winds caused high tides Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Red Cross
Seth Mullin
Annie Cox
Martha A. Foote
Erskine Family Rejoices Over Naval Sons Homecoming
Letters from Osman P. Erskine, second class seaman, U S N, report him among saved from the torpedoed Adta2 steamer and recovering in Spain. His brother Edward A. Erskine arrives on a 24 hour furlough from Watertown Arsenal, welcomed home after transfers and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Frank Erskine
Osman P. Erskine
Young Erskine
Atlantic
Navy Department
Erskine
Spain
29Th Co
Fort Baldwin
Arsenal
Bath trust company plans spring remodeling in Brunswick
Arnold Burton of Brunswick inspected the Bath Trust Company building on Tuesday. Extensive alterations are planned this spring to remodel the interior for growing business. The directors room will move to the second floor and the former space will be opened to box holders. Burton is architect for the new First National Bank building in Brunswick, nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Burton
Brunswick
Bath
Bath Trust Company
Burton
First National Bank
Bath Girl at Washington Wedding and Local News
Miss Madelyn Plummer of Middle Street travels to Washington to attend Miss Mary Van Fossen and Edward Schwab wedding then will head to Montgomery Alabama to wed Otto R Folson Jones government auditor at Camp Leridan Jones a Skowhegan native and Bowdoin 1915 graduate. Fred Parks named janitor at Morse High School succeeding ill James A Ham. A large ice field from the Woolwich shore broke off Saturday and drifted down the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn Plummer
Fred Parks
Morse High School
James A. Ham
Dont Waste Eggs USE EGG
A product derived from milk and cereal compounds claims to substitute eggs in cooking. The advertisement asserts pure wholesome nutrition and guarantees lightness and color in dishes at lower cost with satisfaction guaranteed.
Maine Central Trains Hit by Delays and Demoralization
The Maine Central service faced major delays with Boston trains running late. The 2:20 arrival reached at 3:55, the 4:07 to Boston over an hour late, and the 4:55 departure never arriving. Over 100 workers missed connections, about 200 waited in the station, and the 7:05 finally left after seven. A Boston-bound 6:30 train did not arrive by nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Times
Boston
Wiscasset Odd Fellows and Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge Installations
Leonard Munsey and John F. Conant led the Odd Fellows installation with Mrs Lois McKiever and Mrs Annette Robinson guiding the Rebekah lodge. A joint social hour and banquet followed. The Murray Club of the Universalist church met with Miss Margaret Foster at the Cosmopolitan Club for sewing and Hoover refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Munsey
John F. Conant
Lois McKiever
Annette Robinson
Wiscasset
Odd Fellows and
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
Munsey
Conant
Rebekah Lodge
Robinson
McKiever
Murray Club
the Universalist Church
Margaret Foster
Cosimopolitan Club
Hoover
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Tama Mann
Red Crows
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J. KE. Cornish
H. PD. Cornish
H. J. Stone
Gardiner
Cora Cromwell
G. Brown
Hazel Cornish
I. M. Vowle
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C. F. Staples
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Robert Hwateh
Harold Shaw
Harry Powers
Ralph Currier
Haverhill
Benjamin Adams
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Will Renmn
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Lorenzo Minott
Will Roberts
Springvale
Alice Preble
Myrick Heath
Irving Heath
Bowdeinham
Alton
George Hackett
Sebago Lake
Bertha “Hackett
George A. Hackett
Melvin White
Post Road
William Trifant
Topshatin
Bertha Wildes
Clarence Mcfarland
Roxbury
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Edwin McFarland
KE. S
Flora Leavitt
Emma Feguson
A. G. Jialke
Hulse
Ned Turner
Mitchell School
Carrie Trott
Ethel Pearson
Sarah Coombs
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Freepost
Emma Brown
Upper Washington Grammar School
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Frence Chapman
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Mary Campbell
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First Baptist
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Arthur FE. Stewart
Archie Miller
Louis Irish
Ruth Reid
Louise Gowell
Ruth Goodwin
Daniel Miller
Cradle Roll
C. Raymond Chappell
Idella Morrison
Arthur J. Dunton
Lilly Pray
Myra Coombs
Esther White
Grace Baker
Grace Goodwin
Robert Coombs
Marie Nowe
New Sheffield Dishes
A. G. Page Company
D.t.percy & Sons
Actaeon
Maine Bay
Alabama
Swastika Exchange
Mikelsky’s Music Store
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