Georgetown news notes and local social season
The column lists visitors and residents in Georgetown Center Bath and Five Islands. It notes Red Cross activity led by Mrs. B H Woodside, local licenses issued for fishing, a Boys Conference in Portland with Rev William T Boyd, and town officers meeting at Five Islands to settle past year affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. Moore
Susie
Bath
Georgetown Center
Charles Oliver
John Williams
s@i
Howard Heald
George West
Harriet Deering
Working ‘League
William C. Oliver
W.T. Boyd
Rev
Boyd
Portland
Samuel Evans
Everett Higgins
Harry Heald
H. A. Jordan
Stearns J Scott
A. E. Rowe
Hartley Harley
Virginia
Unn Cushing
Hudson
Mass
Spinney Bros
Bones
Bath Boys in Army Letters Bask in Red Cross Flags
Vernon R. Russell of the 11st Trench Mortar Battery, A.E.F., writes home from France praising Red Cross and YMCA aid to soldiers. He notes repairs to the YMCA hut, fond memories of Hyde Windlass Co. work, and his unit's rough but livable conditions as mud and cold persist and mail delays linger from two weeks to a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Vernon R. ‘Russell
Russell
Hyde [Windlass Co
Virginia Russell
Bath
Waverly
Mass
Milliken
Lewiston
Roger Greene
O.K
Maine
Bowdoin unit censured for unexcused ROTC cuts
Bowdoin College military committee and faculty sanction four unexcused ROTC absences. The four cadets face 100 somersets loss of military status and risking their college degrees. Timothy Wagner reports from Bath as his ship New York captain C. Fred Hughes sends Christmas mail from abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Edgeworth Tobacco
Timothy
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
R.O.T.C
West Bath News Notes and Obituary Details
Miss Mary T. Purington, 9, died after long illness of tuberculosis. Funeral held with Charles W. Purington and schoolmates paying tribute. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Local notices cover weather, Red Cross work, visits, and recipes from a West Bath resident, plus Mendelsohn Club rehearsals at Morse High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durfee
Parc
France
Charles W. Purington
Bath
Mary T. Purington
George T. Noble
Martha Southard
George Noble
Grace
Lowell School
West Bath
Pentecostal Sunday School
Oak Grove Cemetery
Annie Trufant
Jake Conant
J. J. Conant
Harry Lemont
Everett Lemont
Er. W. Haggett
Fred W. Larrabee
Red Cross Society
Malden
Mass
Lizzie Montgomery
Miss Varney
E.W. Haggett
Thompson
Haggett
Joseph Tremblay
Brunswick
Samuel Bates
Augusta Freeman
Delmar Bates
Snow Park
Bates
Topsham
William Foster
Joseph W. Larrabee
Auburn
Auburn Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Helen Percé
Ernest Purington
Mary Purington
Miss Purington
Mendelsohn Club
Morse High School
Louise Robinson
J. F.chaney
Automatic coin counter installed at Bath Trust Co
A coin counter machine was installed at Bath Trust Co to sort pennies nickels and dimes. Users dump coins into a hopper set the registering device and the machine runs until the desired amount passes through. The device saves time for bank employees and operates automatically. A baby named Otho Elmer Jr was born to Mr and Mrs Hooper of York Street on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Trust Co
Hooper
York St
Otho Elmer, Jr
Bath
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgetown
Red Cross Work
Lundies
Iletters
Vernon R. Russell
Timothy Wagner
Fred Brown
Pulsifer
Independent
Times
Fiere
Waterville
Chambray Railroad
England
P. Bench
Armstrong
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