Bath News From 1917 Afloat and Aground
Fortified Bath notes from August 1917 cover local residents traveling to Bangor Portland and New York plus Bath built ships and war efforts. Instances include Frank C Dingley returning from Tampico as an engineer on the Emma R and remarks on the Manley destroyer project. Local visits, concerts and public safety details accompany wartime concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Dingley
Tampico
Mexico
Texas Co
Emma R
Texas Steamship Co
Dingley
Charles W. Dingley
Albert F. Dingly
Philadelphia
New York
South American
Excursion to Pemaquid by Westport steamer from Boston
Aug 22 1917 notice of a Sunday excursion leaves Boston at 9 15 AM with shore dinners and chowders promised. Local items include veterans’ pay ruling for First Company Fort Baldwin, personnel updates on draft examinations, Red Cross nurse deployment, and various Bath Maine social and business notes.
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Steimer Westport
Pemaquid
Boston
Red Cross
Hilda Wells
Pemaquid Beach
Maine
Westport
Boston Boat Wharf
Fort Baldwin
Comptroller of the Treasury
Lightning damages Central church and electrical system
The Central church suffered greater injuries from a recent lightning strike than first thought. An electrical meter was damaged, many fuses burned out, and the entire electric system put out of commission. Miss Dorothy Jewett will open a kindergarten in rooms at the Winter Street chapel on Sept. 10 for a limited term.
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Central Church
Dorothy Jewett
Winter Street Chapel
Bath Faces Severe Housing Shortage With Shipyard Demand
Bath grapples with a housing crisis as shipbuilding work draws workers. Many residents face sudden moves, rising rents, and wholesale leasing of homes. The town braces for more displacements as industry expands and new tenants arrive.
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Bath
Shipbuilding
Freeman Family Hosts Reunion for 88-Year-Old Wellington Hurds Kin
A West Bath gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Freeman celebrated Wellington N. Hurd of South Orrington turning 88. Attendees included Hurd descendants across multiple generations from Bucksport, South Orrington, Somerville, and Bath, with Ernest L. Freeman eight months old as the fifth generation. Dinner was served on the lawn as relatives mingled and shared news.
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Donald W. Freeman
Wellington’ N. Hurd
South Orrington
Joseph H. Hurd
Leon A. Hurd
Sheldon
Gene
Sandra
Rodney
Lawrence
Linda
Bruce
Kimerly
Bucksport
Walter Hurd
Jan
Bernard Winchester
Mary
Debbie
Manford Peace
Manford
Herbert A. Freeman
West Bath
Donald A. Freeman
Ernest
George H. Lane
Somerville
Mass
Blanche Harvey
J. R. Larrabee
Beverly
Nancy
John
East Hampton
Fla
Florida
Bath
Brunswick
Moore
Joseph C. Larrabee
Lewiston
Ruth Anne
Bath Memorial Hospital
Thompson Potter
Harland Boynton
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Ozzie Price
Monmouth
Percy Holbrook
Sumner Andrews
Owen Thompson
Waterville
Robert Burnham
Irving Burnham
Lee Keteham
Biddeford
William Ketchum
Edna McDougal
Harold McNelly
Leslie
Dwyer Brook
Verl McNelly
Alfred L. Goodwin
Germany
Robert D. Goodwin
2Nd Armored Division
Fort Hood
Texas
Alfred G. Horley
Arlington
Sabine Cottage
Rexford Clark
Everett
Noyes Cottage
Leonard Ingraham
Jackie
Beachmont
Ingham
George Cameron
Sabino
Julius Bernhard
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Delray Beach
Harold M. Bates
New York
New Jersey
Joe Liebes
Margo Harris
George Bailey
Cape Elizabeth
Chester Freeman
Portland
Bailey Cottage
Freemans
Winged teal sighting prompts Bay area alert
Dates announced show winged teal spotted near Merrymeeting Bay a month earlier. Maine game officials fight electronic duck and goose calling devices noting they inflate harvests and back a ban, amid proposed changes to migratory bird seasons and bag limits.
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Merrymeeting Bay
Apg
Maine
Atlantic Flyway
Sea
Brant
Busseys Return From New York Weekend Tour Mayflower II
Mr and Mrs Lynn M Bussey of 46 Green Street flew home Sunday night from New York City where they spent the weekend The pair toured the Mayflower II while docked at the New York pier
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Lynn M. Bussey
Green Street
New York City
New York
Busseys
New York Pier
Progressive Birch Point dinner ends with treasure hunt
The second annual progressive dinner by Birch Point Summer colony youths featured swimming, boating, and surf riding. Hosts Jon and James Preble opened events, with meals served by multiple families at different cottages. A treasure hunt concluded the evening, won by Sharon Haynes, followed by an 8 o'clock swim and a list of attendees including the Preble and Greene families.
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Birch Point
Jon
James Preble
Donald F. Preble
Preble
William Greene
Carel Haynes
Winnifred Frazee
Harry Fef. Ring
Ring
Norman Seck
W. Linwood Haynes
Stanley Hunter
Carol Haynes
Barbara Frazee
Sharon Haynes
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Sharon
Barbara Haynes
Frank Sparks 3d
Michael Sparks
Willitan Guild
Alden
Betsy Greene
Carolyon
Wayne Shaw
Dennis Hallowell
Dickson
Radward
Carey Drake
Frances Rush
David Burden
Laureen Ryan
Paul
Joyce King
Susan
Robert
Norma Seckins
Robert Winter
Carol, Sharon
Narrow Escape as Blaze Threatens Small Point Cottage
A summer cottage at Small Point owned by the widow of Ex-Gov. Walter E. Edge narrowly escaped destruction by a brush fire around 11 a.m. The flames advanced to about 10 feet from the 15 story wooden structure before 30 local volunteers and the Bath Fire Department halted the blaze. Fire officials said sparks from an incinerator likely started the fire, with about half an acre burned.
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Small Point
Walter E. Edge
Princeton
N. J
Bath Fire Department
Daisy Kerr
John MacFadyen
Edge
Europe
Bath Fire
Richard J. Frates
Miss Bath Scholarship Pageant Set For Oct 26
The second annual Miss Bath scholarship pageant, sponsored by Lincoln Lodge No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will be held October 26. Cedric Sukeforth announced that Carl P. Meister is again directing the event. Miss Carol Ann Bartels, last year’s winner who later became Miss Maine 1957, will compete in Miss America at Atlantic City next month. Candidates should contact Mr Meister at 1273 Washington Street after 6 p.m.
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Lincoln Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Cedric Sukeforth
Noble Grand
Carl P. Meister
The
Odd Fellows
Carol Ann Bartels
Bath
Maine
Miss Bartels
Atlantic City
N. J
Mr Meister
Washington Street
Firemen Called Out Three Times Saturday
Three fires kept Bath fire crews busy Saturday afternoon and evening. A woods blaze at Whiskeay Lane prompted response by a service truck and a boat pump. The city dump fire triggered Box 71 at 5.52 pm with engines Two and the service truck. A North Bath woods fire behind Ed Hawkes house drew Engine Four and additional units before both blazes were finally controlled by 8.15 pm.
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Lee P
Central Station
Ed Hawkes Place
North Bath
Local Notices Highlight Woolwich and Bath Social Activity
Woolwich Day's Ferry residents visit family in Friendship and Meredith New owners and relatives host guests from Nequasset Bath and Fresno California ship daily rounds and weddings The Ladies Auxiliary plans fall meetings and a Nequasset Canasta Club hosts a gathering in Bath Woolwich Grange schedules a baked bean supper for September 21.
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Woolwich Grange
Probates Hearings and Appointments in Sagadahoc County
Court notices in Bath Maine announce hearings for Will and probate of Dean Farnham and others. Executors and conservators are named for Delmore Gilman and John Evans estates, with accounts and final actions set for August 1957 dates.
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Barbara L. Brewer
Sagadahoc
John Evans
Bedford
New York
John Evans, Jr
Lford Hooker
Maine
Delmore H. Gilman
Bath
Cleo M Gilman
Barbara J. Brewer
Savadahoc
Alice Ro Small
Freeentrix Auenst
ORAT
Harold J Rubin
Rosenwalds enjoy Maritime Provinces trip on vacation
Mr and Mrs Karl Rosenwald of Indian Rest motor through Canada’s Maritime Provinces during his annual vacation. Bete Ater hosted a Birthday club outing at her cottage Jones Eddy with picnic lunches and dessert. Mrs Helen Crocker celebrated a birthday with gifts and ecards. Contract bridge yielded prizes to Mrs Natalie Steen and Mrs Emma Drummond. Next club meeting set for Sept 6 at 1 PM at Bath home of Mrs Phyllis Craig.
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Karl Rosenwald
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Natalie Steen
Emma Drummond
Phyllis Craig
Bath
Parker Head hosts O'Brien and Good win guests
Mr and Mrs Malcolm O'Brien and guests of Parker Head called on Mr and Mrs Martin F Good win Saturday. Mr and Mrs Douglas Young returned to Swampscott Massachusetts Thursday after visiting Carl Lewis cottage. Mr and Mrs Stanton C Dozois and son Richard and Miss Elin Bibber of South Harpswell motored to Round Pond and New Harbor Sunday. Mr and Mrs Norman Seekins and children of Bath and Mr and Mrs Archie Seekins and Judy of Portland passed Sunday with Ralph Seekins of Bath.
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Parker Head
Martin F. Goodwin
Douglas Young
Swampscott
Mass
Carl Lewis Cottage
Stanton C. Dozois
Richard
Elin Bibber
South Harpswell
Round Pond
New Harbor
Norman Seekins
Bath
Archie Seekins
Judy
Portland
Ralph Seekins
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