Missing Girl Located And May Become Bride In Her Father's House
A Portsmouth New Hampshire couple planned a clandestine marriage disrupted by the girl's family. The girl rode a trolley toward Portsmouth but was captured, taken to the mayor's home, then returned to Bath with her father. The couple intends a Maine family ceremony at the bride's relatives. The young man is a draftsman from a ship yard. continued on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Bailiwick
Maine
Randall Coombs Dines With Theda Bara In Hollywood
Randall D. Coombs, recently reassigned from an aviation field in Texas to a balloon school in Arcadia California, writes of meeting Theda Bara at Fox studios and dining with her and other stars. He praises Hollywood as the city of pictures and notes plans to visit Universal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Teeling
Bath
Randall D. Coombs
Texas
Arcadia
Cal
Theda Bara
Bath Lad
Fox Studios
Miss Bara
Moving Picture Studios
Fox
Pasadena
Camp Arcadia
Mt. Wilson
Los Angeles
Bath Real Estate Sees Rapidly Fill 100 New Homes
A Bath dealer forecasts that building 100 houses will meet demand, with every unit instantly occupied once finished. He believes warship production will persist postwar, keeping Bath’s boom alive for years, though smaller wooden yards elsewhere may close after peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Blind for Two Years Her Sight Is Restored Through an Operation
Mrs. Almira D. Trafton, 88, of Georgetown and Bath, regains sight after cataract surgery at Maine General Hospital in Portland. After two years of total blindness, bandages came off and she could see again, joyfully greeting her daughters in law and recognizing faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almira D. Trafton
Trafton
Georgetown
Bath
Everett Trafton
Lincoln Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Howard Trafton
Body recovered of drowned woman Florence Blood in Lake Nequasset
The body of Mrs. Florence Blood, drowned after her canoe overturned in Lake Nequasset, was recovered about 11 Thursday. Bathwaiter district officials, including Supt. Abbott and Diver W. Scott Tilbetts, used grapples and dynamite to locate the body, with night work and a new grappling method yielding success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Blood
Lake Nequasset
Bathwaiter District
Abbott
W. Scott Tilbetts
Hgever
Tibbetts
Housing for Bath iron workers to rise near Lincoln Street
The Department of labor housing committee plans a new 30-acre development for Bath iron works personnel. Linseed-styled homes 23 by 25 feet with five to seven rooms will line broad streets with lawns and trees. Utilities including water and gas will be extended. heating varies by home. Groundbreaking hoped for August after federal approvals. Steamer Wimuma limited 100 passengers on a Boothbay Harbor to Christmas Cove tour.
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Committee On Housing and Transportation
Department of Labor
Bath Iron Works
Robert Weston
Weston & Samson
Boston
Palmer
Lincoln and
Academy Streets
Plotte
Academy Street
King
George Williams
Bath and Brunswick Light and Power
Arthur Bishop
New England Tel. and Tel. Co
Washington
Wiwurna
Boothbay Harbor
Christmas Cove
Supt
Haraden
Damariscotta River
Brunswick
Bath
Lewiston
Street Railway Plans Major Improvements Across Routes
The Lewiston Augusta and Water ville Street Railway seeks Public Utilities Commission approval for a major service rehab from Lewiston to Bath. It partners with the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation for up to 1650000 dollars in new cars, transformers, and upgraded lines to boost speed and reliability, including voltage upgrades and expanded car capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
Public Utilities Commission
Lewiston
Bath
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Brunswick
Androscoggin Electric Company
Lisbon Falls
Freeport
Fleet Corporation
Phippsburg Man Buys Dodge From Bowker
Ernest Rogers of Phippsburg recently purchased a Dodge from Frank S. Bowker and has been driving it. Bowker has bought a new Dodge, latest model, for himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Rogers
Phippsburg
Frank S. Bowker
Mr. Bowker
What the Mail Man Brings The Independent
Alexander F. Marr of Battery B 54th C A C in France writes a hearty letter to his father Owen K. Marr of Georgetown. He describes health comfort and home longing while noting he enjoys meals sleep and cigarets at the American Y M C A and hopes to return home next summer. He mentions plans to help fix boats and take a sail and jokes about daily complaining in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander F. Marr
Battery B
France
Owen K. Marr
Georgetown
William Hynes Known as Bill in Bath Community
William Hynes a former Times office worker and Higgin's art studio staffer now serves in Arlington Massachusetts with the 73d aerial squadron at Call aviation field Wichita Falls Texas. He sent a letter home detailing seven flight missions including a 12 000 foot photo of a railroad and telegraph line near the Oklahoma Colorado border and his plan to pursue a commission.
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Bath
William Hynes
Bill
Times Office
Higgins Art Studio
Arlington
Mass
73D Aerial
Call Aviation Field
Wichita Falls
Texas
Oklahoma and
Colorado Boundary Line
Private Eugene Hart Enlists at Camp Jackson
Private Eugene G Hart of the 7th Training Battalion F A R D writes from Camp Jackson South Carolina to his parents Mr and Mrs John E B Hart of Bath City describing a great life at camp noting he is the only Bath boy there and has just taken sergeant examinations He mentions the heat at 110 in the shade and asks about Bath.
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Eugene G. Hart
F.A.R.D
Camp Jackson
South Carolina
John EB. Hart
Bath
Bathman Lieut Foose on Covington torpedo loss
Lieut Charles Foose of 61 Mechanic Street Bath was aboard the Covington torpedoed in a war zone July 1 while returning from foreign waters with many American troops. uninjured, he sent word to his wife. A Bath native, he served at Bath Iron Works, enlisted March 20 1917, promoted March 20 1918, had six Atlantic crossings, Friday marked his 34th birthday, married Alida Skaling, daughter Mary.
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Charles Foose
Mechanic Street
Covington
Foose
Navy Department
Newark
Cabin Bay
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Percy & Small
Naval Reserve
Cincinnati
Atlantic
Alida Skaling
Mary
Harold Battison Sends War Time Letters From Abroad
Corp Harold G Battison Battery D 321 F A American Expeditionary Force writes from France and England to Mrs Harold G Battison 8 Morrison Place West Somerville Mass formerly of Bath recounting a lengthy voyage across the sea and impressions of the Allied front lines
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Harold G. Battison
F. A
American Expeditionary Force
France
England
Morrison Place
West Somerville
Mass
Bath
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps of
Queen Mary
King George
Laura le Gozdawa Turczynowicz
Polish Reconstruction Committee
Polish Samaritans
John M. Clark
Front St
Randall Coombs
United States
Great Britain
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Uncle Sam’s Boys
Beter
Signal Corps
Alexander Marr
Lieut
Charles Foofm
Worcester Buckeye Mowing Machines
Worcester Horse Rakes
Johnson Bros. Company
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