Parker Commands U. S. Transport Yokohara in World News
James G. Parker a former Kennebec-Boston mate now commands the transport Yokohara running between New York and Liverpool. His sea career began with Captain N. Ellis Percy aboard the ship Standard. Local notices also mention Seguin visitors, a sea plane sighting near Phippsburg, and Red Cross work at the Sebasco branch.
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Phippsburg
Boy
James G. Parker
U. 5
Yokohara
New York
Barbara
Seguin
Maurice
Portland
Seth Dougherty
Camp Devens
Maine
Miss Virginia Paine Arrives for Holidays at Home
Freshman at Wellesley College Miss Virginia Paine returns for the holidays to her parents Mr and Mrs Cecil Paine on High Street.
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Virginia Paine
Wellesley College
Mrs
Cecil Paine
High Street
West Bath Grange Notes and Local Obituaries
West Bath items report Mr and Mrs L H Curtis passing Sunday at their cottage and J B Lemont recovering from a bad cold. Red Cross pauses meetings for holiday rush. Grange Monday had light attendance. plan Christmas tree and box social for Dec 30. Sophia Wright ill at home. Mr and Mrs Baker of Woolwich visiting Clarence Baker. Mrs Charlie Williams of Winneconne hosted by Mrs Charles Bates. Littlefield school opens with Miss Staples from Rockland. Fred Durand of Richmond visits Sabine. Wilton Bates at Charles Bates’ home. Campbell’s Pond school closed for an entertain ment. Mrs E B Haggett attended Bath church service for Harvey K Erskine of Bath who died in France. New Meadows River opened to sea. river not frozen as last winter. Joseph W Larrapee busy with wood sawing in Bath. E W Haggett joined Bath post office window duty during holidays. Charles William Campbell, 67, dies at Campbell’s Pond West Bath. longtime Kimball Bros employee and former selectman. four sons Lester G Campbell, Walter R Campbell, Raymond F Campbell, J A Campbell, daughter Mrs Omar Perry, and brother Scott Campbell of Phippsburg. Funeral Saturday at 2 at West Bath Methodist Episcopal Church. Lombard Cemetery. Richard Sheridan of West Bath sells Christmas cedar wreaths in demand.
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Eer Ae Petnéalid
Frank Allegrin
Gox’s Head
Delia Morrison
Parker Head
William G. Small
Bath
Walter J. Small
East Boston
Elizabeth Ann
Blaisdell
Elizabeth Oliver
A. J. Coffin
William B. Perry
Doris
Capt. Perry
Edith
New York
Augustus A. Wallace
West Point
Texas Yard
Scott C. Campbell
Charles Pye
Small Point
Portland
Phippsburg
Rockland
Violet Lufkin
George Davis
Brunswick
William Roderick
Guy Nickerson
Charles Green
Watkins
Reed
Woolwich
Truesday
William R. Bowie
George G. Pease
Minnie Woodman
Dromore
F. S. Bowker & Sons
Golder Leach
Arthur Brown
West Bath
F. C. Worrey
L. H. Curtis
J. B.lemont
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Sophia Wright
Harry N. Wright
Baker
Flossie Baker
Clarence Baker
North Bath
Charlies Williams
Winnefanee
Staples
William Brown
Fred Durand
Richmond
Sabine
Wilton Bates
Charles Bates
Campbell's Pond
EB. W. Haggett
Beacon Street
Harvey K. Erskine
France
Mr. Erskine
Haggett
Old Bath High School
New Meadows
Joseph W. Larrapee
E. W. Haggett
Texas
Charles William Campbell
Campbells Pond
Campbell
William and
Malinda Rich Campbell
Kimball Bros. Co
Kimball Bros
Iine
Lester G. Campbell
United Staes Naval Reserves
Hingham
R. Campbell
Raymond F. Campbell
J. Aahecoln Campbell
United States
Rhode Island
Omar Perry
Cambell
Scott Cc. Campbell
Methodist Episcopal
Grange Officers to be Elected for Coming Year
Secretaries in this county will send The Independent the list of officers elected after the election. Lecturers will furnish their weekly programs after publication. Publishing grange activities in The Independent keeps readers informed and fosters interest in the order.
Morse High Senior Minstrels Prove A Successful Feature
Morse high school assembly hall overflowed for the senior class minstrel show. The program featured Interlocutor John Conway and a talented cast including Edward Hawley Ruth Ward Ruth Ledyard and Madelyn Davis. The event raised $20 for the graduating class treasury.
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Morse High
Morse High School
John Conway
Edward ‘Hawley
Haviland Torrey
Worrell Prescott
Arthur Colby
Edwin Lowell
Reginald Stacy
Morton
Marion Oliver
Dicer
Edward Hawley
Howard Call
Stacy
Conway
Ruth Ward
Doris Dyer
Ruth Ledyard
Hushaby Baby
Madelyn Davis
Assembly Hall
Edith Cochran
Perkins
Unique Christmas Gifts Sought in Sagadahoc County
The Times invites readers to share stories of the most unique Christmas gifts in Sagadahoc County. Describe items with peculiar significance, from battlefield memories to faraway treasures, home crafts, or unusual purchases. Send letters to Unique Gift Editor at The Times in Bath.
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Sagadahoc
the Times
France
Japan
Bath
Bath Boy Helps Save Ship From Attack of Subs
Frank E. Whalen known as Rieck and two Bowdoin classmates in the Signal Officers Corps aboard the Chester helped avert disaster during a submarine nest encounter. Whalen quickly released a stuck depth bomb and steered to avert a near-miss torpedo as two more subs were destroyed. The Chester pursued and neutralized the subs, which were targeting the German steamer Vaterland. Whalen, now convalescing in Gibraltar, sent news to Bath of the successful operation and recovery.
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Bath
Frank E. Whalen
Frank
Rieck
Navy
Chester
Bowdoin
Paul Dougherty
John McClare
Signal Officers Corps
Quartermaster Department
Whalen
Vaterland
Royal Naval Hospital
Gibraltar
War gardens by amateurs discouraged by state agency
Boston reports the state department of agriculture warns that continued amateur war gardens could drive farmers from business and harm the public buyers. The annual note by Commissioner Wilfred Wheeler emphasizes risks to local markets and farm income.
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Boston
State Department of Agriculture
Wilfred Wheeler
Wheeler
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