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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1917

Page

4

Female help wanted for subscription clerks in Augusta Maine

Applications invited from girls with fair to good education for positions in a publishing house subscription department. Starting pay seven dollars weekly, rapid advancement, optional training in typing, stenography, and writing. Write for free booklet and apply to W. TH. Gannett Public Dept Ind Augusta Maine. Also wants a cook for Old Couples Home, apply to Mrs M F Taylor mornings and evenings.

Combor W. TH. Gannett Ind Augusta Maine M. F. Taylor

Registrants Risk Desertion Over Address Failures

Several selective draft registrants who did not notify the local exemption board of address changes face possible court action as deserters. Four questionnaires sent to Sagadahoc Board are unclaimed listing Maxy Tarezvich Arthur W. Brown and Hegory Kochovetz. The board will report to the Department of Justice per Washington instructions.

Department of Justice Sagadahoc Board Maxy Tarezvich Washington St Guss Town Chestnut St Arthur W. Brown Phippsburg Hegory Kochovetz Water St Washington

Christmas Socials and Local News Across Towns

Christmas visits unfold as Mr and Mrs BE B Wilson host Alfie Halse from ston at their home. Mrs Georgie Chapman ill with pneumonia at Fisher road. Families from Portland and Brunswick join relatives for the holiday. School on Post Road closes Dec 21 with a festive program. Christmas Day activities include a Seventeenth Tribe Red Men installation and local travel notes.

Ander Frank A. Small Ralph Small Massachusetts Elsworth Leavitt Naval Service U. S Fred Leavitt Margaret Willson New York Mary Portland J. H. Wilson Mary Hardie Hackinsack N. Y William T. Hardie Lena Patten Brunswick Elsie Dorothy Dickinson Bath L. Blackman Topsham Annie Dion Lewiston Walter Reid Myrtle Ond Bertha Gardiner Marietta Lizzie Temple Willard Cromwell R. D Purinton America Purinton Jy. P. Kendall Mary Lilly Harry Comins Hazel Tibbetts G. F. Denham York Brown Richmond Favor Georgie Chapman William P. Chase Frances Newtonville Mass 3. W. Carr Town Hall K. P Kendall Lottie Cobb Santa Claus Fred Libby Yarmouth J. E. Libby Bay Road Long Drench E. J. Millay T. J. Holton E. F. Jackson Willie VT. Williams E. EF. Jackson Lola Lang Augusta Spenc BE .B. Wilson Alfie Halse Ston AG. Hulse Fisher Road Ralph Dersham W. W. Denham James Minott Lorenzo Minott Charles Newton W. W. Brown Leslie Craney Boston W. K. Denham

Local Jottings Brighten Bath Year with Clubs and Visitors

Community notes reveal Red Cross booths moved for cold, a dozen men join a Bailey School drafting class, and a Bath camp projects a record class adoption. Families host Christmas gatherings at Hartwell and Conley households while Irish exempt status sparks attention at the Sagadahoc Board.

Red Cross Gifts Bring Joy to Sailors in Christmas Spirit

A letter from Chester E. Stephens at the U S Naval Training Station Newport urges correspondence with lonely sailors. He thanks the Red Cross of Bath Maine for Christmas gifts and asks readers to write.

Red Cross of Bath Maine Chester E. Stephens Pp. S U. S. Naval Training Station Newport

Governor Denies Referenda On Petitions

The governor states that the measure is denied as petitions lack sufficient signatures. Officials determined fewer than 10 000 electors signed the petitions, so the question of signature validity was not considered.

Local Jottings Roundup of Holiday Events and Notices

Raymond Trott of Harvard Law at home for the holidays. Funeral services for Angus McPhee held Friday at St. Marys Church. Miss Lucy Hartwell returns to Boston after Christmas with the Hartwells. Radio station staff return from Boston. Ladies Aid meets at the Baptist Church tower room. Odd Ladies Society moves to Odd Fellows Hall due to heat issues. Engagement announced for Dorothy Sewall to Lt. George A. Percy U S M C. Christmas travel slowdown noted. expect travel to rise with post Holiday college returns. Thrift stamps promoted at the high school and stores. New Years preparations underway as businesses recover from the rush. Doris Dyer hosts a parish house dancing party with 25 couples and Perkins orchestra.

Red Cross Central Church Peaskee Middle St C. A. Martin Front Street Times Office Stephen Conley Boston Julia Martin Conley Fremont S Texas Steamship Co Bailey Evening School William McKenzie Colonial Edward Hartwell High St William Ioss Portland Lucy Hartwell Annie Hartwell Bath Camp Modern Woodmen of America Sagadahoc Michael Peter Flaherty Franklin Sr Ireland J. W. Gillies Pentecostal Nazarene Church City Bath Morse High School Edward Little Edward Little High Morse High Annie Carolyn Plant Chester A. Plant Cherry St Clarabell Quick Mildred Hunt Raymond Trott Harvard Law School Angus McPhee St. Mary’s Church R. H. Hersey Naval Reserve J. E. Brady Ladies’ Aid First Baptist Church Tower Room William H. Shea Odd Ladies’ Society Odd Fellows Hall William D. Sewall Dorothy

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