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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
5
Front line camp life mixes joys and sorrows as photos show a German aircraft shot down by a marine anti-aircraft gun. A farm bell warns of gas attacks, while Red Cross aid eases a wounded Marine before hospital transport.
At a July Bath city council meeting four ordinances were read twice and referred. Walter Glidden was authorized to negotiate with Woolwich over selling Woolwich’s share or Bath’s three-quarter interest in the People’s Ferry Co. Protests over Sunday night band concerts were noted. Proposals also covered milk bottles, drainage, fire limits, plumbing, and a coal shed order tied to Public Utilities Commission rulings.
Chief Yeoman Carl W W Tower U S N R and Miss Winifred Stewart of Melrose Mass were married Saturday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage Forest Hills by Rev G E Folk There were no attendants The groom and bride are Boston University alumni and will reside in Bath at 648 High street with Mrs Seth Mullin. they are the son and daughter of local families.
A Presque Isle man who traveled from Bangor to Brunswick and then New Meadows faced overnight detention by armed guards after being mistaken for a threat while seeking lodging en route to a Lewiston review. He was released at dawn after authorities decided no danger existed.
Rev S A Evans of Bath spoke at the grange hall on War Savings Stamps. A good audience listened as many, including children, bought stamps to support the effort. A newborn in Pawtucket, RI, named Charles Malvern Smallwood, is welcomed by Mr and Mrs Charles Smallwood. former vacationing resident Carolyn G Haskell attends aid events. Grange plans include August 11 and 15 fairs and weekly socials through July and August to fund a drinking fountain.
The MacMahan Island Summer season begins with the Seal and Porpoise club house opened July 1 under Mrs. L. P. Chapin. Cottages hosting Rev A Taft, J Harry McLellan, Miss Roberts, and Miss Rogers have welcomed guests in June. Club improvements include a larger dining room, dormer windows, and new baths. Patriotic work continues with Miss Rogers directing surgical dressings for French and Belgian refugees and Mrs. William Stroud leading refugee relief. Ralph D. Paine, a guest last year, is hoped to return. Navy correspondence notes his extensive service aboard Allied ships. Continued coverage on Page Seven.
Albert C. Fogg, 28, died at City hospital after a heavy steel plate hoisted at the Texas Steamship Co. plant struck him. He leaves a daughter, Mabel, and parents Mr. and Mrs. George O. Fogg of Norway. Brothers Lewis, Percy at Camp Devens and Linwood at Camp Green, with furloughs. Funeral plans set in Norway with burial in that town.
Mr and Mrs John Wishart of 69 Granite Street received a cable from Scotland this week announcing that their son Donald has passed his examination for a commission in the Royal Flying Corps and has been ordered back to Great Britain after three years with the Canadian forces mostly in France. Paul Wing has returned from the front trenches in France and will be stationed in this country as an instructor of recruits. Mrs Gertrude Savage has returned from a visit with friends in Portland. Mr and Mrs William Nealley of Bangor were weekend guests of Mrs E J Nealley en route to their summer home at MacMahan.
A wartime letter from Corp. Bertram Crocker of Co. A 8033rd U S Infantry in France to his mother and sister describes front line experiences. He criticizes German manpower, mocks some American troops, and praises the fighting spirit and training that prepare soldiers to defend homes.
A Georgetown boy Henry A. Tarbox of Co L 2nd Engineers sends a message from Camp Humphreys Virginia. He describes life at the cantonment and remarks on discipline and duties of soldiers including details about assignments at a pumping station and the behavior of men at Camp Devens.
Carl E Chapman, formerly of Bath, now in France, describes visiting peaks Caesar linked sites and vast mountain scenery. He notes warmer reception from rural French people than city dwellers, recalls roles at Kel ley-Spear shipyard and New England Confectionery Co., and hopes to return home permanently to Bath after the war.
Curtis Hinckley, bugler of Company M, 103rd U S infantry, writes home about multiple trench tours and a Memorial Day observance on French soil for fallen American soldiers. He notes rest periods away from front lines and mentions his brother Fred Jr in Canadian service, last heard from Nov 10, 1917. Continued on Page Six.
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