West Bath Notes Seven Days Of Local News
West Bath residents report dry wells in the north due to cold and little rain. The selectmen plan continuous sessions toward February 20 and town meeting preparations in March. Freight delays affect trolley patrons with shipments looping via Trufants Crossing Hardings and Blind Crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Frisbee
Stony Brook Road
Phippsburg
Annie Trufant
Harry Merry
Boston
Alvah Higgins
Morin
Fred Bubier
Lewiston
Mr. Bubier
Alice Rogers
Whiskeay
Owen Rogers
Clyde Lake
Horace Morse
West Bath
Trufants’ Crossing
Hardings
Blind Crossing
Ifred Bubier
Ernest ‘Rose
Poultry Institute
Topsham Grange Hall
Miss Flaherty Receives Heroic Death Letter From Sailor
Miss Sarah Flaherty of Bath Maine receives a letter from machinist Harry N Stutzke who served on the destroyer Jacob Jones when sunk by a German submarine on December 6 1917 The letter dated January 7 1918 from Base 6 Naval Training Barracks describes John J Flahertys brave act gathering men from the water before his boat sank expiring from exposure to save others The family bears pride in this eye witness account of a hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah J. Flaherty
Bath St
Harry N. Stutzke
Jacob Jones
Miss Flaherty
Naval Training Barracks
Base 6
Sarah Flaherty
Bath
Maine
John J. Flaherty
Haryn
Stutzke
Bath Boy Recovers Returns to Trench Duty After Illness
Don Wishart son of Mr and Mrs John Wishart Granite Street has rejoined Canadian troops in France after a 14 day furlough in Scotland and three weeks in a rest camp in Flanders. He survived shell shock typhoid and trench fever from the Vimy Ridge battle and now reports good health while back in frontline combat. D I Howard was in Boston on a business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wishart
John Wishart
Granite St
France
Scotland
Flanders
Don
Vimy Ridge
Local Exemption Board Examines Long List of Men
The local exemption board paused after orders from headquarters to halt classification. Of 80 men eyed for physicals on Monday, 49 qualified for military duty, 11 certified for special duty, 10 rejected, eight sent to medical advisory for possible future service, and seven failed to appear. One arriving from Canada and five already in service. Police hunt those absent. Summary lists many individuals by name and town, with several accepted for special service or rejected. A yard locomotive aided freight car moves at North End shipyard, then Miss Sarah Flaherty begins duties at Bath Iron Works as first class yeoman, sister to John Flaherty who died on Jacob Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exemption Board
Medical Advisory Board
Canada
Henry A. Tarbox
Georgetown
Raymond O. Pottle
Bath
Harry A. Miller
Harold E. Rice
Lester H. Grooker
West Bath
George R. Boutin
Charles IX. Gordon
James L. Morse
George E. Kingsbury
Sam Linco
Elwell S. Barry
Richmond
Ellsworth Robbins
Arrowsic
Michael Lydon
Arthur B. Butler
Harold B. Pye
Phippsburg
George A. Saindon
Topsham
Maurice V. Chandler
William Maloon
Bowdoinham
Clarence J. Young
Raymond W. Foote
John J. Moore
Marshall FE
Haley
Miles Hagan
Arrowsie
Samuel Cheetham
Norman B. Stewart
Elmer H. Williams
John F. Riley
Thomas E. Michaud
Alton C. Berry
W. Stanwood Cutting
Arthur C. Hagan
Harry P. Trask
Ernest W. Oliver
Jack M. Anderson
Adam J. Nichols
Edward J. Blake
Lester L. Powers
Clifford McNally
C. Reynolds
Charles L. Harris
Ralph L. Brown
Clarence Winn
North
John H. Hyde
Charles Lundy
Antonio di Palma
Cesare Papi
Ralph M. Atwood
William Southern
Dunlap A. Hatch
Perley Percy
John H. Coffil
Harold H. Emerson
Henry O. Moore
Harold C. Brasier
George N. Freeman
Walter B. Pinkham
Albert R. Palmer
Richmond Cor
Everett I. Richards
Thomas M. McCormick
Marshall A. Gray
Percy L. Wright
Charles H
Sarah Flaherty
Bath Iron Works
Miss Flaherty
John James Flaherty
Jacob Jones
Lilie
Garfield
J. H. Stacey
A. F. Williams
F. B. Williams
Eugene Perry
Anne M. Bowker
Edward Thomas
Henry Butler
Portland
John D. Rogers
Geo. Curtis
Small Point Beach
Wim. Heald
G. Clinton Beal
Cox's Head
Mark
Percy
Maurice Richards
Jane Webber
John & Hyde
R. D. Bibber
H. A. Duncan
Phippsburg Pennings Portray Life On Lower Kennebec
Local notes from Phippsburg detail cottage prayer meetings, winter hardships, and community life on the lower Kennebec. Ice travel, foggy river conditions, and recent illnesses weave through reports of residents, clergy, and visitors with a tone of small town resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Pennings
Lower
Kennebec
Trustees Elected At Home For Aged Couples Meeting
The annual meeting of the Home for Aged Couples and Old Men elected three new trustees Charles J Cain Mrs Alice M Sawyer and Abigal Carter. Officers were re elected and a year report noted a treasury balance of 97 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Charles J. Cain
Alice M. Sawyer
Abigal Carter
George P. Davenport
C. Wilson Harrison
E. Randall Leonard
IH. A. Duncan
EK. Randall Leonard
Horatio A. Duncan
George F. Jackson
BE. Randall Leonard
Charles C. Low
Edward W. Hyde
Harry B. Sawyer
Harold M. Sewall
Arthur J. Dunton
H. C. Rowe
O. W. Folsom
Cecelia Hatch
William EK. Palmer
Henry R. White
Gertrude Greenleaf
C. W. Harrison
C. Raymond Chappell
KE. R. Leonard
William E. Palmer
Arthur G. Oliver
Albert J. Grassy
John W. Gilmore
Washington Park Housing Boom by Clough Maxim Roche
The Portland firm plans four or more houses in Washington Park this year and has ongoing builds on Park Street Washington Street High Street Henderson and Prospect Streets. Their large scale operation lowers prices, supported by efficient skilled workmen and bulk buying, meeting Bath's housing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park St
Clough, Maxim & Roche
Portland
Washington Park
Washington St
High St
Henderson
Prospect Sts
Bath
Local Board Classifications and Industrial Claims Explained
The article explains that industrial and agricultural claims lie with the District Board, not the Local Board. It notes misperceptions about married men classifications, clarifies how dependents affect class 4 versus class 2, and states War Department guidance aims for uniform statewide classifications. It adds that the Boston automobile show will be held March 2 to 9 at Mechanics Building and Forthicultural Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mechanics Building
Forticultural
Dunham Nominated Register of Probate for Sagadahoc
William F. Dunham of Richmond, long editor of The Richmond Bee, is nominated by Governor Kenne to succeed Cyrus W. Longley as Sagadahoc County register of probate. Born 1867 in Boston, he moved to Richmond in 1890 and built the Bee into a local institution. He is active in Republican politics, civic groups, and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Dunham
Richmond
Milliken
Sagadahoc
Cyrus W. Longley
Bath
Richmond Bee
Longley
Maine
Mr. Dunham
Boston
Thomas F
Ellen Dunham
Ray Thompson
The
Bee
Anna Wallace
William and
Hannah Wallace
Lillian E. Dunham
Dunham
Republican Party
Board of Health
Richmond Lodge
Kennebec Valley
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
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Edward Harrington
Brunswick Machine Sawing
Cordwood
Flaherty
Bath Boy
D. I. Howard
Chaveli
Grange
Independent
the Weekly Independent
Local Exemption Board
Little Yard
Texas Steamship Co
Maine Central
Candy’s
Ridley’s
Virginia
Robert Watson
Ed Small
Cundy's Harbor
Ridley’s Landing
Fred Morrison
Belle Blaisdell
Auburndale
Mass
Chas. Morrison
G. A. Peaslee
Pearl Lowell
Parkers Head
Etta Morrison
Frank Scholfield
Popham
Herbert Morrison
Melven Wallace
Chas. Washburn
Fred Yorks
Geo. E. Black
Abbie Wallace
Elbridge Chiarris
F. William Ferris
Walter McCourt
Jas. S. Lord
Margaret MacDonald
Friends OF
Duncan
George F. Jack
John M. Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Front St. Tel
Broad St
OUR County Board
War Department
Unity Guild of the First Baptist Church
Raymond Chappell
North St
MIONE
Fins
Yohnson Bros. Co
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