Social Happenings of Baths War era Week
Local notes show Sergt L B Norton takes math and military duties at Junior High after Miss Oliver’s death. Other items report recoveries, service endings, visits, and notices from Bath and nearby towns, detailing veterans, families, and civic affairs.
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L. B. Norton
Tonesport
Lillian Oliver
Oliver
Seret
Norton
Camp Devens
Jonesport High
Washington Normal
Madawaska
Fort Kent
Bath’s Storied Tin Worker Sees a City’s Changeful Craft
James D. Tabor, longtime Bath tin worker and shopman for Gerry & Winslow, stands as a city landmark. Born to a shipbuilding family, he joined the trade in 1882 and witnessed the shift from Russian iron stoves to pressed tin and aluminum ware. Married to Sarah Dunbar in 1900, he remains a trusted industrial figure and Knights of Pythias member, reflecting Bath’s craftsmanship through decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Winslow & Son
Hyde Windlass Co
James D. Tabor
Bath
David Tabor
Goss & Sawyer
The
New England Co
New England
S. L. Farrar
Center Street
Gerry & Winslow
Broad Street
John H. Gage
Tabor
Sarah Dunbar
Dayside
Knights of Pythias Land of the Steel and Metal Workers ‘Union
Mr. Tabor
William Lynch Named Longtime Bath Iron Works Employee
William Lynch 74 of 731 Middle street, a watchman at Bath Iron Works, is celebrated for nearly six decades of continuous service with one company. From the Lam bert foundry days to the Hyde and Bath Iron Works, Lynch recalls feats at the Hyde foundry and a nickname Cast Iron Bill, earned for handling molten iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
William Lynch
Middle Street
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Hale
Water Street
Lambert Foundry
Edward Warden
Charles Towne
Thomas W. Hyde
Gen. Hyde
Lynch
John S. Hyde
Edward W. Hyde
Mr. Lynch
Bath News Brims With Local Arrivals and Life
Bath columns detail many residents visiting relatives across towns, military families, engagements, and community events. Notables include Paul MecCole ill in Boston, Miss Helen Purinton in Washington, and George Adelbert Andrews Jr. born in Bath, with social teas, business moves, and a Canadian veteran visiting relatives shaping a lively town portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen ‘Corey
Damariscotta
Nathan E. Coffin
Park
Howard Trafton
Lincoln
Therr
Portland
Ron
G. Adelbert Andrews
Union Street
George Adelbert Andrews, Jr
Alice Lemieux
Texas
Webber Pharmacy
Whany
Carly Carlson
Bath Tron Works
Clarence W. Morse
Ther
Linden
Washington Streets
John A. Morse
Edward Sewall
Anna Morse
Margaret Conley
Bath
Faye Bartlett
Gorham Normal School
Bartlett
Helen
Normal School
New Hampshire College
N. H
Gorham
Eleanor P. Ginn
Gardiner
Willian Ginn
Boston
Eleanor Putnam
Kennebec
Charles A. Knight
Joseph A. Ginn
Frank M. Putnam
Gilbert Gallant
Frank Gallant
Spring Street
Michael Gallant
Joseph Gallant
Joseph Brown
George Babian
Gallant
Regiment
Halifax
Montreal
Henry R. White
Broad Street
W. W. Mason
White Tranner Co
Mr. White
George Meyers
John Brown
Scott Richardson
George Snow
Michael Biggins
Frank A. Lemont
Waltham, Mags
Mr. Mason
Bath Officer Transfers Between Naval Vessels
Lieut Warren Mayers U S N R F moves from submarine chaser 263 to 276 and sails westward to Mare Island with his mother Mrs Fret Mayers a Bath resident. Ensign Charles Fitzgerald a Bath peer expresses regret that he cannot accompany him and says he will succeed him in command of the 243.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mayers
U.S.N.R.F
West Coast
Mayers
Fret Mayers
Mare Island
Charles Fitzgerald
Ellsworth Child Improves After Severe Illness
Evelyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ellsworth, is improving after a serious illness. Mr. Ellsworth has returned from Savannah Georgia, where he was employed by the Savannah Shipbuilding and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
John Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Savannah
Savannah Shipbuilding &Co
Veteran Bath Iron Works boiler man long serving
Charles W. Jones profiles long time Bath Iron Works boiler shop veteran William H. Jones of 158 Charles Street who has worked 28 years in Bath plants and may continue for decades. Born 1868 in Woolwich, he began at Torrey Roller Bushing Works then Morse shipyard as a ship carpenter before returning to the Bath boiler shop. He and neighbor John Hart have both remained with the same company for many years, avoiding serious accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ?. Shaw
Germany
B.C
Charley
William R. Shaw
North Street
Morse High School
Frank Dooley
U.s.nr
Boston
Frank Edgecomb
Capt
Dooley
North Ene
Jie
James Dooley
Medford
Mass
Kennebec
Mr. Edgecomb
U.S.S
Ray Parker
Mr. Lynch
Mitchell’s Lane
Sagadahoc Square
Peter Lynch
Lambert Foundry
Bath
James Purington
Winnegance
Nevada
Hyde
William
Henry
Hyde Windlass Co
Lynch
Henry Hanscom
Hyde Foundry
Augustus Mample
South Portland
John G. Longley
Bath Iron T Works
Sidney B. Knights
Jack and Martin Nugent
Henry W. Hanscom
Arthur Sewall
Thomas J. Southard
Richmond
Thomas J. Lynch
Bath Iron Works
John
Mollie Lynch
Charles Hewitt
Portsmouth
High’ Street
Samuel A
Carleton
Lowell
J. A. Beals
Brunswick
Florence Neily Nias
West Bath
Charles EH
Portland
William B. Haggett
Batt Iron Works
Philadelphia
Maurice Jewett
Southport
Jewett
Mr. Jewett
Lewis Baker
Mas
George E. Baker
Fort McKinley
Fidelity Trust Co
F. W. Snell
Isle Au Haut
Warren E. Kershner
Snell
Samuel Beckley
New York
Fred D. Hill
Texas Steamship Co
Islesford
Popham Beach
Roscoe P. McFadden
Eagle
John D. Beals, Jr
Beals
George x
Rouillard
Topsham
Watertown
Nathan G. Gooch
First Baptist Church
Helen Purinton
J. Frank Purinton
Washington
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Purinton
White House
Fred Legro
Somersworth
N. H
John A. Legro
Legro
Margaret J
David Winkworth
Syracuse
N. Y
Cameron
Everett High
Semet- Solvay Co
Maine
Grover
New England
Ocean
Breezes
Ters
Woodbury
William H. Jones
Charles Street
John iHart
iMr. Jones
Woolwich
Torrey Roller
Old Morse Shipyard
Old Morse
Iron Works
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Pascal Flint
York Street
Cuthbert Wilson
David L. Wilson
Down Street
Edward Kelley
Henry Wetherill
Roscoe I. Ham
New York City
Mr. Ham
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Lawrence Dyer
June
Perley Dyer
Upper Water Street
James A. Fuller
Merrymeeting Park
R. P. Ham
Chet Fuller
U. S
Mr. Soule
TL. P. Soule & Son Co
Edward Hayes
Lewiston
Texas Steamship To
R. C. Hannigen
Hannigen
U. S. Naval Reserves
Boothbay Harbor
Charlestown Navy Yard
Rockland
Edith Mitchell
William W. Mason
Maine Central
A Bon
City Hospital
Ole Haneens
Philip Wood
Hanson
Freeman M. Wood
Legion of Honor
Sumner Sewall
William D. Sewall
New York Herald
Lieut. Sewall
Horatio N. Douglass
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Douglass
Fall River
Winfield Rowe
Waltham
James P. King
King
Harry B. Sawyer
South
Florida
Oliver Moses
Henry W. Hanson Jr
Bowdoin College
Bath Savings Institution
Ernest Page
John E. Wilson
Winnepez
Yellowstone National Park
Ward
Benson
Wilson
Northern
Harry Day
Joseph S. Smith
Third Maine Infantry
Hampton
National Cemetery
Arlington
Smith
National Soldiers Home
Togus
Nortensen L. Smith
Joseph L. Smith
Bangor
E. E. Chase
Portsland
Roger Piérce
Aurora
Shawmut Line
France
Liberty Motors
Greece
Pierce
Allen Clark
Beacon Street
John Young
Sam Lakin
Frerett Pratt
Elmer Robbins
Harold Haley
Percy Robbins
William Patten
Newport News
Rhineham
Stephen Richards
John Crane
Old
Dth Co
Fort Baldwin
Alexander McDonald
Augusta
Pauline Clinto
Katherine Reynolds
Frieda Mikelsky
Roberta Barker
Verna Philbrook
Evelyn Goff
Carl Simmons
Charles Mehlman
Harry Hanson
Ralph Hanson
George Costain
Donald Specht
John Wiliams
Harold T. Bibber
Boothbay Register
Skowhegan
Canaan
Camp Custer
Cattle Creek
Mich
Steut. Bibber
Fir. C. Hersey
Dover
Electrical Department
D. L. Howard
Vicinity
Edward T. Lemoine
Camp Upton
Canbridge
Emilio de Gogorza
Rath
Wallace Purinton
Albert H. Shaw
Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game Association
J. Edward Drake
Corp
Arthur Brookings
74Th Infantry
Washington Street
Joseph F. Carvill
Arthur H. Durgin
Mr. Durgin
Vassalboro
William L. Lane
Newport
R. I
Minnie Shaw
Lane
Naval Torpedo Station
Charles Farnham
Edward Bonney
Margaret Stewart
Cosmopolitan Club
Times
John Burke
Percy H. Whiting
Central Maine Power Co
Big Corporation
D. H. Spaulding
Inside Construction
H. D. Cundlingham
W. J. Burns
T. M. Savage
Wetmore
Savage Co
W. W. Woolidge
W. J. Erwin
G. A. Thompson
Apex Electrical Distributing Co
James B. Thrasher
Thrasher
William Henry Drummond
Worrel Carter
U.S.N
Charles J. Carter
New York Harbor
Carter
Marion
Isabel
East Orange
Turkey
Cumberland Center
Lisbon
N. Hy
City
John Hyde
David R. Wylie
Jacob R. Andrews
Ed Jewett
George W. Dean
Anthony Humphreys
Charles F. Holbrook
Fred Rollins
John Biggins
Windlass
Charles W. Jones
A. B. Watson
Lini Asatte Co
Orts
Maine Central Railroad