Bath Red Cross Chapter Expands and Elects New Officers
The Bath chapter held a four o clock meeting in Sagadahoc block with Hon Edward W Hyde presiding. Elizabeth Houghton elected secretary replacing Annie Cox as others formed a canteen committee and knitting department officers. Four branch offices authorized in Woolwich Sebasco Ashdale Five Islands and Phippsburg. A Red Cross shop planned and Field Agent W E Longfellow to visit August 22 for a drowning rescue demonstration. The chapter shows growing membership and expanding facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Red Cross
Sagadahoc
Edward W. Hyde
Elizabeth Houghton
Annie Cox
Clare Coombs
National League For Women’s Service
William D. Sewall
Fred D. Hill
Sagodahoc
Woolwich
Sebasco
Ashdale
Five Islands
Phippsburg
A. B. Thwing
J. H B. Fullerton
Albert Hawthorne
Laura Farnham
Sebasco Ashdale
M. G. Clark
Los ‘Angeles
Cal
W. E. Longfellow
American Red Cross
Longfellow
New Faces on Bath Police Force Aboard
Bath police introduce several new officers with Lawrence Colgan appointed captain. Charles Witham Fred Kendall and Harry Crawford join from Augusta Bangor Auburn. Elwood Egan and Harry Thompson shift from night to day duty after Egan’s leg injury from a disturbance near Walker Street before the Fourth. Men’s club rooms at Winter Street church stay open Sundays 7 to 9 20 for reading. Miss Abbie Minott of Phippsburg visited town Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Police
Lawrence Colgan
Augusta
Charles Witham
Fred Kendall
Auburn
Harry Crawford
Bangor
Elwood Egan
Harry Thompson
Egan
Walker Street
Winter Street Congregational Church
City government inspects Bath water front coal shed plan
A city delegation met ferry commissioners and residents to review proposed coal shed and slip sites at Bath and Woolwich, weighing location, rail access, and waterfront space. Plans include a widened ferryboat with three deck tracks and a 700 to 800 ton coal shed design, with a second plan to be reviewed next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Ferry Commissioners
Bath
Public Utilities Commission
Ferry Street
F. W. Carlton
Hockomock
Wolwich
Woolwich
Ferry Company
C. H. Oliver
Maine Central
Carlton
H. W. Howard
Orphans Home Board Holds First Annual Meeting
The Bath Naval and Military Orphans Asylum Association held its first annual meeting in city hall. Maj. William R. Kimball was reelected president, with Horatio A. Duncan as secretary and treasurer. Trustees include Edward W. Hyde and James C. Mulligan, with Louise R. Staples named matron and Dr. E. Moiley Fuller house physician. Lady visitors attended, and plans were approved to install a new heater and add tables to improve the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Naval and Military Orphans Asylum Association
City Hall
Maj
William R. Kimball
Maj. Kimball
Horatio A. Duncan
Charles H. Cahill
H. A. Duncan
Edward W. Hyde
James C. Mulligan
Louise R. Staples
E. Moiley Fuller
Ruth N. Robinson
Winslow
Mme
Emma Eames de Gogorza
Bath
Harriet E. Keyes
Farmington
W.W. Thomas
Yarmouth
Carl E. Milliken
Augusta
Elsie M. Alexander
Capt and Mrs Mark Gilbert Visit Bath Tuesday
Capt. and Mrs. Mark Gilbert of Richmond Corner motored to Bath on Tuesday for a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Gilbert
Richmond Corner
Bath
Uncle Sam soldiers rest as theatre plans advance in Bath
Allied troops in France are shown resting after action as a new Bath theatre project moves forward. A syndicate led by James P. Butler James P. Rundle and John W. Duffee has acquired the Frye property on Broad Commercial and Arch streets for a modern brick or concrete fireproof theatre with a Front street lobby and potential multiple stores or a dance hall. Plans include a large Front street lobby and a front entrance through the Canforth store, with the project expected to begin in the fall and aimed to host top motion pictures and road attractions. Butler Rundle and Duffee bring real estate and theatre management experience to the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Butler
Portland
James P. Rundle
Biddeford
John W. Duffee
Lawrence
Mass
Scott R. Frye
Bath Savings Institution
Ralph W. Cornforth
Banking Institution
Frye
Watson, Frye Co
Front Street
Canforth
New England
Rundle
Duffee
Old Orchard Pier
Butler
Former Bathman submarine victim Benjamin L Coolen
Benjamin L Coolen formerly of Bath now of Boothbay Harbor passed through on his way home from Yarmouth Nova Scotia after being left at sea Saturday night with 18 others from the two masted fishing schooner Rob Roy bombed 45 miles off Cape Sable by a German submarine. He saved only his clothing and reported good treatment by the Germans who said they sank six vessels that day. The Rob Roy Muriel and Annie Perry sailed from Gloucester for Liverpool to take on ice and bait for Grand Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin L. Coolen
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Yarmouth
N. S
Rob Roy
Cape Sable
Mr. Coolen
Muriel
Annie Perry
Gloucester
Mass
Liverpool
Grand Banks
Coolen
Gorton-Pew Fisheries Co
Daye Describes Paris Camp Life and Aviator Feats
Private Philip W. Daye of Battery D, 56th Artillery, writes from France about life near the aviation camp and Y M C A. He recalls aviators performing daring stunts, including high climbs, spectacular drops, and midair maneuvers. Daye also notes cinema visits, a five reel production, and patriotic music by the 54th artillery band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip W. Daye
Sith Artillery
Josie M. Daye
Lord Street
France
54Th Artillery Band
McMein
Caroline Bulley
Work Begins on Bath Gas House and Speed Plan
General Superintendent George Williams of Central Maine Power Co. visited Bath to accelerate the new gas plant project aiming for completion around Oct 1, not Oct 29. Most machinery is en route, dining facilities expanded, and the old gas house torn down for a complete rebuild to provide top-grade gas service in under three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
George Williams
Central Maine Power Co
Bathman Proves Hens Can Profit for 21 Plymouth Rocks
James D. Tabor of 1259 Washington street reports his 21 barred Plymouth Rocks laid 1958 eggs from January to August. They sold for 92.72 dollars with costs of 47.65, yielding a 45.07 dollar profit, over seven months about two dollars per hen. He emphasizes breed knowledge and feeding as key factors and says flock results satisfy him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Tabor
Washington Street
Pig Club Information Highlights Farmer Welfare Effort
Miss Margaret Foote librarian at the Paten library has received U S Department of Agriculture pamphlets on pig care. The war pig project grows with 45 000 members teaching pig raising and money saving. Eligible youths 10 to 18 may join and win prizes at local county and state levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Foote
Paten
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pig Club
United States
Foote
Bath couple wed in Keene N H Phinney Owen
Miss Madelyn Isa bel Owen wed Clarence Arthur Phinney of Springfield Mass in Keene New Hampshire on July 13. The couple traveled to Bath earlier and visit Phinney’s parents Mr and Mrs S W Owen Middle Street. Mrs Phinney longtime Bath resident and Morsey High School alumna. Also, Harry and Herbert Ward of Oak Street, vacationing with parents in Buffalo, N Y, plan city return early in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Madelyn
Isabel Owen
Keene
N. H
Clarence Arthur Phinney
Springfield
Mass
Harry Ward
Herbert Ward
Oak Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Sewall Claims Down Bowie Plane Deep in Germany
Lieutenant Sumner Sewall describes a dangerous chase over German lines in which he chased and destroyed a Bowie aircraft. He notes the action occurred far inside enemy territory and credits personal satisfaction over official confirmation, given observers could not view the drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Bowie
William D. Sewall
Lieut. Sewall
Germany
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Abbie Minott
John M Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Brosd
Tel
Orphans’ 'Home Board
Uncle Sam
iHe
Conforth Co
Bathman
Benjamin Coolen
Bath Boy
Birdmer
James W. Tabor
THE
Phinney
Owen
Sewall
Johnson Bros. Company
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