North End Colony Nears Completion for Ship Workers
Work on the FE Emergency Fleet Corporation project at the North End advances with 76 brick houses. The varied, modern dwellings include running water and electric lights, with new roads and sidewalks to come. A Bowdoinham trio long-lived siblings Eleanor Sparks 100 Mary Green 98 and brother William Denham 86 are noted as the town’s oldest family, with Mrs Denham turning 85 on Nov 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE Emergency Fleet Corporation
Bowdeinham
Eleanor Sparks
Mary A. Green
William K. Denham
Mage
New England
Cole
Sunshine Society of New York
Maine
Comfort Branch
S. S
Bath man weds Dorchester woman on Thanksgiving Day
Lester M. Brackley of Bath and Katherine M. Goodwin of Dorchester Mass. were married at 2 pm Thanksgiving Day at People's church parsonage North Street Rev. Samuel A Evans officiating. They plan to reside with Brackley's parents after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester M. Brackley
Bath
Katherine M. Goodwin
Dorchester
Mass
People’s Church Parsonage
North Street
Samuel A. Evans
Mr. Brackley
Fred L. Brackley
Texas Steamship Co
John BR. Goodwin
Maurice Derring
Madelyn C. Brackley
Center Street
Baptist Brotherhood Holds Evening Meeting at First Baptist
Rev. Edwin Dodge Hardin spoke on his experiences with a student in Germany at the vestry gathering. Music followed the address, several new members were admitted, and Cedric Martin catered a clam stew supper. Committee in charge included Moulton White Pratt Jenkins Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Brotherhood
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Germany
First Baptist Church
Joy of Motherhood testimonial from Ellensburg
Mrs. O. 8S. Johnson of Ellensburg Washington credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling her to have a child after long illness. The ad urges women with such troubles to try the medicine and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellensburg
Wash
Johnson
R. No
Midyear class admitted at Gorham Normal to ease teacher famine
A winter entry class at Gorham Normal School begins January 20 to address a looming teacher shortage. War conditions have reduced training for teachers by over 60 percent in two years, risking untrained staff in elementary schools. A federal bill seeks a 10 million dollar elementary school appropriation, with Maine receiving about 1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham Normal School
Congress
Maine
Topsham Pulp Mill Damaged by Fire
A fire starting in the wheel house of the Topsham pulp mill, linked to Pejepscot Paper Co., caused heavy damage on Tuesday. The blaze spread after a kerosene barrel exploded, driving workers out and challenging firefighters from Topsham and Brunswick. Insurance will cover losses, with lockers and clothing storage noted at the origin point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Pulp Mill
Pejepscot Paper Co
Brunswick
Service in Memory Miss Harriet Bliss
A large Corliss street church service honors Miss Harriet Frances Bliss a Red Cross nurse who died in the influenza era The Sterling Bible class and about 50 Bible members plus 28 nurses from Bath City hospital attended The sermon on Self Realization Through Self Sacrifice referenced Bliss devotion to duty A Gold Star flag and a list of names including U S Navy corps and merchant marines were displayed with the two society presidents presenting the flag
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
Harriett Frances Bliss
Sterling Bible Class
Bath City Hospital
Miss Buss
Christian Endeavor
Sterling Bible
C. E. Freeman
John Hunt
Miss Bliss
Gay Emro
Chesley
Earl Coomes
U.S. N
Ferdinand Combs
Aviation Corps
Roy Wallace
Merchant Marine
John McLeod
Jamin H. Murray
Medical Dept
U. SA Sohne Pern
PARENT-TEACHERS FARCE DELIGHTS SOUTH END AUDIENCE
A large audience attended the South End Parent-Teacher association's event in the Washington Street School. Music by Reginald Stacey and colleagues accompanied readings by Alice Whalen. The one act farce, a mock business meeting, drew roaring laughter. A swelling match led to a one point victory for Mrs. James Lockery’s team. Spelling winner Mrs. Harry W. Crosman received a book from Joseph C. Lincoln. Net proceeds were $30 with a $15 cash pledge to the Red Cross linen shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Parent-Teacher Association
Washington Street
Reginald Stacey
Josephine Crosman
Leonard Southard
Blanche Sprague
Alice Whalen
N. Gratz Jackson
Leland R. Mitchell
William H. Small
James Lockery
Harry W. Crosman
Joseph C. Lincoln
Red Cross
Camouflage to Be Removed From U S Warships
The article notes orders to uncamouflage American ships and end camouflage across navies. The steamer Columbine built by Kelley Spear Co at Cumberland Portland is already being repainted gray and unfinished camouflaged vessels will receive solid color coats in due time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbine
Kelley, Spear Co
Cumberland
Portland
German Prisoners Work for Bath Boy
Corp. Eugene A. Worrey of Battery R 53rd artillery writes from the front to Councilman and Mrs. Worrey that troops have been at the front for a month, driving the Germans back. He reports German prisoners near his pup tent, and sends a piece of German money taken from a captive. He closes by saying he is well and asks his parents not to worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Herbert E. Worrey
Eugene A. Worrey
53Rd Artillery
Civil Service Rural Carrier Exam Set for Bath Area
The Civil Service Commission announces a January 11 examination for rural carriers in Bath and possible county vacancies. Open to male citizens domiciled in the county post office territory who meet Form No. 197 requirements. Forms and blanks available at Bath office or Washington. Apply to the Commission promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Bath
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Commission
Washington
Engineer Arthur Bradford Dies After Illness in Bath Panama Work
Clarence E. Johnson reports the death of Arthur W. Bradford in Plymouth Pa after a long TB illness. Bradford formerly oversaw major alterations at the Bath federal building for A. B. Stannard Co before moving to Panama for government projects. He leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Bradford and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Johnson
Plymouth
Arthur W. Bradford
Bath
Federal
A. B. Stannard Co
Bradford
Panama
George Bradford
New Brick School Planned for Moses Field Housing Project
A new brick schoolhouse for primary grades is planned at the Moses field North end housing project. Its size may range from four to eight rooms, potentially enabling a district readjustment to relieve crowded conditions. After the armistice Bath workers left, yet Bath's school census grows as new families arrive with children. The building will match the housing project architecture under the Emergency Fleet Corporation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Field
North End
Bath
Elect Teachers to Fill Vacancies at Board Meeting
At the monthly Board of Education meeting Catherine Cunningham and Blanche Strickland were elected to fill grade school vacancies and will start duties Dec 30. Cunningham teaches at Swan's Island and Strickland at Hartland. Giles A. Stuart reported on the Boston educational conference. Robert Green was named mathematics teacher at Bailey Evening School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Catherine Cunningham
Gorham Normal School
Blanche Strickland
Farmington Normal School
Miss Cunningham
Swan's Island
Miss Strickland
Hartland
Giles A. Stuart
Boston
Robert Green
Bailey
Gunning Notes and Wild Goose Incident Near North Bath
Sherbrook Howard returned from a Georgetown vacation with Nat Howe, missing a deer but enjoying rabbit hunting. In North Bath, two hunters found a wounded wild goose with both eyes shot out wandering near Merrymeeting Bay shore, and they relieved the bird from its misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherbrook Howard
Georgetown
Nat
Howe
Bath
North Bath Woods
Merrymeeting Bay Shore
Bath Water District Elects New Officers for Year
The Bath Water District re elected William S Newell as president Walter Ss Glidden as clerk and Elwell S Crosby as treasurer at a Monday night meeting. A tiny Bath residence near Mulligan wharf described as the smallest and a charming bungalow, moved from Bowdoinham for 350 dollars last summer, sits near local businesses with lace draperies and an air of thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
William S. Newell
Walter Ss. Glidden
Elwell S. Crosby
Bath
Mulligan Wharf
Davis Junk
Bathrain Co
Bowdoinham
Deputy seeks discarded liquor bottles from street life
Deputy Sheriff Aderton collects bottles discarded by intoxicated individuals on streets and lawns. One Elm Street find contained nitrous ether spirits, 92 percent alcohol. Reports note straight alcohol, or diluted mixtures, and fear of a dry drinker consuming poison labeled bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aderton
Elm Street
Mrs Erskine's Widow in France Passed Away
Mrs Harvey K. Erskine of Bangor learns of the death in France of her husband Captain Harvey K. Erskine of the 48th Company CAC. Mrs Roy E. Sylvester arrived Sunday to stay with her sister as news arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Sylvester
Bangor
Harvey K. Erskine
France
Capt
48Th Co
C.A.C
Sewall Receives German War Poster souvenir
Harold M. Sewall ex chair of the Maine Public Safety Committee owns a German war propaganda poster found in a German dugout and sent home by his son Lieutenant Loyal Sewall. The poster attacks President Wilson with a dragon like caricature and urges disloyalty and harsh resistance. It reflects late war German sentiment toward the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Sewall
Maine Public Safety Committee
Loyal Sewall
Wilson
Willarden
Topsham Fair Raises Its Fee in 1919 Meeting
The Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society voted to raise its membership from 5 to 10 shillings at the annual meeting held Monday. Elected officers include President L. T. Skelton of Bowdoin, vice presidents Captain Alfred S. Dunning of Brunswick and James H. Millay of Bowdoinham, secretary Edwin C. Patten of Topsham, and treasurer Isaiah R. Morrell of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahooce Agricultural & Horticultural Society
L. T. Skelton
Bowdoin
Alfred S. Dunning
Brunswick
James H. Millay
Bowdoinham
Hion
Frank S. Adams
John O. Randall
HB. Willis
Topsham
E. Y. Shaw
E. R. Hildreth Topsham
Edwin C. Patten
Isaiah R. Morrell
Bath Woman Hears of Husband's Death in France
Mrs. Julia Conley Clark learns in Boston of the death in France of her husband William H. T. Clark formerly of Nashua New Hampshire. Clark died of pneumonia in November while serving as a wagon driver after enlisting in December 1917. He leaves his wife, his mother Mrs. Lintott and two sisters Pearl and Berniece Clark of Nashua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Conley Clark
France
William H. T. Clark
Nashua
N. H
Clark
Deceer
Portland
Newport, News
Newport News
Boston
Miss Conley
Mrs. Lintott
Miss Pearl Clark
Berniece Clark
Soldier Couple Ties The Knot At Home Ceremony
A soldier romance ends in marriage as Arletta Carrie Gurney of Phippsburg and Sergt Elmer Linwood Allard of the hospital corps at Fort Baldwin wed at the Murphy home 216 Center Street Corliss street church officiant Rev Clarence M Fogg led the ceremony attended only by the couple. The groom son of Frank H Allard of Mechanic Falls and the bride daughter of Mrs Samuel McElroy of Phippsburg plan to reside at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arletta Carrie Gurney
Phippsburg
Percys
Sergt
Elmer Linwood Allard
Hospital Corps
Fort Baldwin
John Murphy
Center Street
Clarence M. Fogg
Corliss Street
Frank H. Allard
Mechanic Falls
Samuel McElroy
Sergi
Mrs. Allard
Popham Beach
Local RNA notes and social items from Maine and Boston
S H Conley visits Boston for a few days. Francis E Langley of Lewiston in city Wednesday. Henry M Biggins leaves Texas Steamship Co employment. Harry Passmore heads to Portland and Haverhill for Rotary state convention. Frank Talbot returns to Kent's Hill studies after influenza quarantine. Mrs Charles W Clifford and daughter with Bath relatives in Portland while in Boston Worcester and New York. George P Davenport serves Bowdoin and Boston University boards and attends December 19 banquet in Boston. Orrin Frye and son Stewart return to Bath from visit in Portland and await move to Bath residence. Mrs M E Kateon and daughter leave Fall River for her sister's illness. Kateon active in Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Conley
Boston
Francis E. Langley
Lewiston
Henry M. Biggins
Texas Steamship Co
Harry Passmore
Portland
Haverhill
Rotary Club
Frank Talbot
Kent’s Hill
Charles W. Clifford
Edward Sewall
Bath
Harold B. Eastman
Woodward Street
Worcester
Mass
New York
George P. Davenport
Bowdoin College
Boston University
Maine
Davenport
University
the Vendome
Orrin Frye
Stewart
Ted
Kateon
Red Cross
Pall River
Kateen
William T Cobb Predicts 20 Million Ocean Tonnage by 1920
William T Cobb president of Bath Iron Works and former Maine governor spoke at a Rotary luncheon in Portland. He projected the United States building 20,000,000 tons of merchant marine by 1920, mostly steel ships, urged national support for a robust program, and argued Americans could outbuild rival nations once tonnage costs adjusted. He praised British shipping aid and urged converting wooden yards to steel ship production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Cobb
Bath Iron Works
Weely
Rotary Club
Falmouth
Portland
Congress
Cobb
Two Steamers Reallocated for Wounded Soldier Transport
The steamers Westport and Southport, previously on the Bath and Boothbay Harbor route and owned by Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., have been seized by the government. They are in New York for repairs and alterations and will be sent to Norfolk to move wounded soldiers from transports to Hampton Roads hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Southport
Bath and Boothbay Harbor
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
New York
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Steel Tug Launches From the Texas Yard
A 101 ft steel tug named American was launched at The Texas Steamship Co. yard at 10 15 Saturday. She is a duplicate of hull 7 North American and hull 15 Latin American and will depart soon for New York to install her boilers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Steamship Co
New York
Nervous Indigestion Treated With Pink Pills
Nervous dyspepsia is linked to emotional stress and poor blood nourishment. Mrs. A M Rolfe of Portland Maine reports relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills, noting quieter nerves and less pain after meals. The ad touts Pink Pills as a blood and nerve tonic, with cold baths and diet book offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Rolfe
Adams Street
Portland
Dr. Williams
William
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Adv
Elks Memorial Services for Bath Lodge Departed Members
Bath lodge of Elks held memorial services for 32 departed members in the lodge room with Exalted Ruler L Eugene Thebeau presiding. The service lasted about 30 minutes for members only followed by a lunch. Several attendees later joined public services in Empire theatre in Lewiston where Judge Michael Murray of Boston delivered the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
L. Eugene Thebeau
Lewiston
Empire Theatre
Michael Murray
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowdoinham Folks
Brackley—Goodwin
Harriet Bliss
Bath Boy
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Sewall
Topsham Fair
Texas
Elks Memorial
Fletcher
Gom
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