Missing Royal Flying Corps Lieutenant Stirring Local Worries
Lieut Henry J Leavitt of the Royal Flying Corps is reported missing since May 17 his brother Harold E Leavitt of The Texas Steamship Co fears for his fate. He trained in Canada and Texas and sailed overseas earlier this year. Born in Sanford and a 1911 graduate of Sanford High School he studied at the YMCA School of Technology in Boston and taught in Maine and New Hampshire. he was active in athletics and well regarded by friends. His family includes parents Mr and Mrs Henry N Leavitt a sister Florence R Leavitt and a brother. Local YMCA entertainment and housing efforts are described as the boys adapt to camps and wind and rain in their tents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Leavitt
Royal Flying Corps
Harold E
Leavitt
Texas Steamship Co
Lieut
Henry N. Leavitt
Bath
High Street
Auburn
Canada
Texas
Vernion Castle
Lieut.Leavitt
Sanford
Sanford High School
Tennessee Military Institute
Y.M.C.A. School of Technology
Boston
Brooklin
Hancock, N. H
Florence R. Leavitt
Raleigh
N. C
Private Willis Reports Rainy France and War Outlook
Bertram E. Willis of Battery D 54th regiment CAC writes from France to his Bath aunt. He laments constant rain, notes better food and steel helmets, and expresses skepticism about German collapse before August 1919 while predicting continued resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram E. Willis
54Th Regiment
C.A.C
France
George _Worrey
Highland Street
Bath
Germany
Randall Coombs Finds Life In Southwest Training
Randall D. Coombs of the 52nd Balloon Co at Kelley Field San Antonio Texas reports in a letter to Fred B Teeling about life in training. He describes sore feet a long march and a plaster cast for both feet yet notes improved health weight gain and the promise of a tough yet rewarding experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall D. Coombs
52Nd Balloon Co
Kelley Field
San Antonio
Texas
Southwest
Fred B. Teeling
War veteran Gallant recalls front life in Europe
John J. Gallant, former Hyde light guard, describes serving in the regular army in the Philippines and on the Western Front. He details dugouts, gas, shelling, and daily routines, urging civilians to save, plant, and support war efforts while noting German and French perspectives.
Ninety-Year-Old Mrs Bartlett Learns to Write with Left Hand
Mrs Jeremiah Bartlett of Phippsburg celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by family. She faced spinal arthritis and past blood poisoning, but remains active, reading papers and hoping to write with her left hand to contact absent children. Her lineage traces to early New England settlers including Richard Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Bartlett
Phippsburg
Harpswell
H. W. Butler
Bartlett
Elijah
Pinkham
New England
Richard Pinkham
England
James
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Salem
Mass
Gravesend
Wiggins
Piscataquack
Virginia
America
Dover Neck
N. H
Nathaniel Pinkham
Anly Woodworth
Samuel Woodworth
Navy recruiting call seeks Maine young men for ships
The Navy Department urges young men aged 18 to 35 from Maine to join naval and merchant service crews. Recruiting and enrolling stations are listed in Waterville, Dover, Portland, and other Maine cities, with Lieut. Commander W. R. A. Rooney as the local recruiting officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Navy
Army
Navy Department
Waterville
Dover
Houston
Augusta
Lewiston
Bangor
Portland
Maine
W. R. A. Rooney
U.S.N
Robson Receives Wrist Watch at New England Telephone
William Robson was presented with a wrist watch by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co after work on Tuesday. Manager Bishop gave a brief speech and Robson expressed thanks. He departed with 64 other travelers for the Devons carnival on Kimball field, noting rain in last year’s carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
William Robson
Bishop
Robson
Kimball Field
Bath Y M C A opens housing aid for war shipyard workers
Bath’s Y M C A has reopened and adopted a new war emergency policy to help housing shipyard workers. About 60 men can lodge, with 26 MIT students expected next week, as the gymnasium hosts sleeping cots and private lockers, showers, and a reading room. New general secretary Robert S Pinkham heads the effort, joining with officers, a houseman, and a matron to provide lodging, recreation, and meals at a weekly rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Y.M.C.A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert S. Pinkham
William A. MacCormick
Montclair
N. J
Association
William S. Newell
Charles C. Low
Edward B. Smith
Rupert H. Baxter
John A. Morse
Ilion
Edward W. Hyde
Harry E. Stetson
William Ashe
Miriam Kimball
Carleton L. Rice
New Haven
Conn
A. G. Longley
Quincy
Mass
Charles A. Pinkham
Adams Academy
Quincy High School
Brown University
Newton Theological Seminary
First Baptist Church
Gardiner
Workingmen’s Fraternity
Aroostook County
Augusta
Sixty Five Leave for Camp Devens to Join New Army
A Bath Sagadahoc County unit of 65 left Bath at 7 10 for Camp Devens Massachusetts. Led by Carl Timberlake the group wore red Maine Sagadahoc badges and received a big sendoff from several hundred townspeople. Alternate list selected three absentees to be treated as deserters if not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
National Army
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Depot Square
Carl B. Timberlake
Morse High School
Plattsburg
Maine
Sagadahoc
John J. Keegan
David L. Wilson
Byron F. Barker
J. Edward Drake
Nelson L. Jackson
Henry R. White
Board of Common Council
John Shaw
Allan M. Irish
Drake
Bath
Lloyd Freemont Osier
2Nd
Mifflins Street
Philadelphia
Giovani Fornari
Middle Street
Portland
Philip Leonard Wilson
North Street
Leon Otis Marshall
R. F. Dol. Topsham
Wallace Nichols
Glendon
Arthur Oliver le Bel
Washington Street
Biddeford
New Telephone Cable Laid Between Squirrel Island and Spruce Point
A 5600 foot 28 ton cable project connected Spruce Point to Squirrel Island. Crew led by Capt Irving Barber and John S. Snow spliced six pair double insulated armor, unrolled from a nine by ten foot reel, and paid out amid calm seas to replace the 1911 line. The operation, from Hawthorne Illinois to Bath Maine, included heavy gear, a derrick lighter Sophia, and a stop at Boothbay Harbor for meals before finishing at Spruce Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squirrel Island
Spruce Point
NEW England Company
Hawthorne
Bath
Maine Central Freight
Sophia
Rockland
Maine Central
Boothbay Harbor
R. F. Thurston
Neil S. Patterson
Lewiston
Henry C. Norris
Augusta
George W. Dail
Thomas F
Squirrel
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Uncle Sam’s Boys
Millard Barter
Ferdinand Coombs
Randall Coombs
John J. Gallant
Hyde Light Guards
Philippines
Constabulary
United States
Gallant
Arthur
Front Street
Naval Officers Reserve
New York
Bayeux
Fritz
Elijah Pinkham
Mrs. Bartlett
South Harpswell
the Navy and the Merchant Marine
Y.M.C. A
Tech
Thomas J. McDonough
Allan Spear
Mr. Timberlake
Local Board
Keegan
Wilson
Arthur LeBel
Philip Wilson
LeBel
Ernest Kinkham
Tony Morotto
Thomas Russell Huston
Miles Hagan
Arrowsie
Harry Alden Miller
George Farr Chase
West Bath
William Maloon
Bowdoinham
Lloyd
Free
Irving Barber
John S. Snow
Husky
Western Electric Co
Sopitla
THE
Johnson Bros. Company
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