Locals Note Rail Fare Hikes and War Prep
Higher rail fares take effect after June 10 as government orders 350 wooden barges and a large fleet of tugs to move coal to New England. Trade and local daily life feature extensive notes on streets, mills, Red Cross drives, and community events, with personalities from Bath to Brunswick and Portland.
Pleasant Family Party in Woolwich Honors Harry Hall
In Woolwich, a family gathering at Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Leeman celebrated Harry D Hall of Bath preparing to enter service at Fort Slocum New York as an instrument repairer. Guests included L W Hall and family, Carl Stinson and Paul, Edith Tapley and Christine Carlton and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Fort Slocum
Red Cross
W. L. Leeman
Harry D. Hall
Bath
N. Y
C. A. Harriman
Leslie Hall
Harry Hall
L. W. Hall
Robert and
Marie
Carl Stinson
Paul
H. W. Peatt
F. Q. Carr
Harold and Hollis Leeman
Katheryn Hall
Mark Sewall
West Woolwich
Thompson
Wiscasset
Carl Greenough
Camp Devens
Earl Dow
Sagadahoc Ferry
Me and
Otis
Sebenon Hall
Montsweag Grange Hall
Christine Hathorne
Augusta
George Carlton
University of Maine
Fred Carlton
Lyda Hathorne
State House
Kelly
Henry Carlton
Sagadahoe Ferry
Ralph Rice
Paul Gahan
Dresden
Georgetown Residents Headed to Fort Slo cum Train
Georgetow n residents prepared to depart Bath for Fort Slo cum New York by train. A group left at 5 30 a m in W E Rowe s car to catch the 7 20 voyage but bad roads halted the ferry and the train. Mrs Merlin Harford and daughter Ida returned from Richmond. Gordon Lewis of Woodfords visited relatives here. Andros Coleman and friend and Wilson Moore and friend spent the holiday with Mr and Mrs Charles Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Registration
Bath
Fort Slocum
N. Y
W. E. Rowe
Sagadahoc
Merlin Harford
Ida
Richmond
Gordon Lewis
Woodfords
Andros Coleman
Wilson Moore
Charles Moore
Local Notes Highlight Community Tidbits And Road Updates
Mrs. C L O Smith visits from Akron staying with sons Frank and Harold connected to Firestone. Government labor plan aims to speed yards and housing work, with months needed for site selection and completion. Portland buyer paid 275 dollars for White House wool, resold to Red Cross for 550 total. Maine Red Cross totals rise as auction yields larger sums. Kennebec highways praised for good conditions. Bowdoinham to Gardiner road project half complete with safer river-crossing route outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. O. Smith
Akron
Ohio
Frank
Nebraska
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Harold
Fred H. Marr
Portland
White House
Milliken
Red Cross
Maine Red Cross
Wilson
Gardiner
Kennebec
Bowdeinham
Richmond Corner
Brunswick
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Howards Crossing
Richmond Village
Muslin Petticoats Offerings At Bargain Prices
Muslin Petticoats range from 1.39 to 1.69 dollars featuring Hamburg flounces lace edges inserts and ribbon rose bud detailing. Extra size petticoats with deep Hamburg flounce and underlay advertised as splendid for fuller figures.
Bath official visits. Maine regiments move to federal service
Joseph O Neil of the government office at Bath Iron Works visits his family in Dorchester Massachusetts. Minot Percy and Percival Prince visit the Percy cottage at Popham Beach. Patriotic exercises close public schools over Memorial Day with Morse high at noon. Co A and Co C of Portland in the Third Maine regiment have been federalized since May 11 and draw pay. The Biddeford company is also federalized and others will follow. Emilio de Gogorza the Bath baritone will give a recital at the Empire Theatre Lewiston on Sunday evening June 9. he supports the Allied cause and has aided Red Cross through concerts and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Street Railway Company
Cummingsfeldspar
Reed Shipyard
Bath
Massachusetts
Washington Street
Center Street
Lincoln Street
Harold V. Fish
Glasgow
Scotland
France
Progressive Orange
Richmond
Samuel A. Evans
People’s Church
Red Cross
Herbert R. Sparks
Jordan Avenue
Brunswick
Dorothy Arleen
William M. Sparks
Shere
Col. E. C. Plummer
Yarmouth
Snow Park
Edward Morse
Whitehouse
Harry Adams
Snow
Maine
Oliver
Portland
Strand Theatre
Strand
Edward Gaudreau
Billy” Reeves
Cohasset
Mass
Chief Bates
Depot Square
Morse High School
Mary Baxter
Elizabeth Hayes
Florence Stevens
Bessie Brown
Roland Beals
George Hathorne
Woolwich
Fred’b. Teeling
Hadley Teeling
Capt
Langdon S. Simonds
Frank H. Percy
Carol Percy
T. A. Henry
M. A. Haggett
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Emilio de Gogorza
Empire Theatre
Lewiston
Helen Winslow
Albert Styles
Mechanic Street
Augusta
Lani Sewall
Miss Winton
Boston
Edward B. Smith
Middle Street
Newfield
Joseph Solovich
High Street
Ralph Warren
Tufts Dental School
Union Street
Margaret Sylvester
Robert Shea
Maine General Hospital
Ralph Hatch
Bristol
Louis Sprague
Edward Street
Joseph Torrey
Popham Beach
Minot Percy
Arlington
William Fields
Texas Steamship Co
Walter E. Rowe
Francis B. Torrey Jr
Damariscotta
Fiske House
Lucy Card
John Card
Lisbon Falls
Walter Elliott
Mary E. Olys
Ow York
William P. Hill
Percy
Mr. Hill
Texas Yard
Col
Edward C. Plummer
Col. Plummer
Ethel Hawley
James W. Hawley
Washington
W. R. Averill
Arrowsic
George Shaw
Wilson Bailey
Albert
Cathleen Bailey
Wiscasset
Josephine Mclaughlin
Maine Gentral Hospital
Llewellyn Bailey
Bailey
Albert Billings
North
Montsweag Grange Hall
Wilband
George W. Shaw
Alfred Beals
Bernard Bailey
Sagadahoc Ferry
Garret Galvin
William Hunt
D. W. Blair
Henna Dana
Eben Dana
D. G. Trott
Albert Trott
William Carlton
Elmer Pughard
Varney Propertty
Raymonds Court
Alice Preble
Bowdoinham
Glenwood Siegars
Albert Tibbetts
Dresden
Fred Reed
Day’s Ferry
Alfred Ames
Thomas Wheeler
Waterville
Everson Stinson
Nequasset
Methodist Church
William Hanson
A. E. Luce
Rockland
North Woolwich
Sophia Getchell
West Bath
N. J. Palmer
Johnson
Judson Brookings
Edward Dunton
Murphy's Corner
Joseph O'Neil
Bath Iron Works
Dorchester
Percival Prince
Morse High
Co. A and
Co. C
Biddeford
Prencehouse
Totas Tornatedy
Debra Stickney’s Brother Joins Aerial Service In War
Mrs H I Lawrence of Boston visits Mrs George Levyn in Turner’s court. Debra Stickney, son of Fred Stickney, has joined the aerial service after arriving overseas. Debra, a plucky lad, may be separated from his brother for the duration of the war. Anthracite coal shipments to New England will rise by a quarter million tons for the summer, per the Federal fuel administration. A New York visitor admired a wooden battleship recruiting display in Union Square, noting its convincing crew, band, and apparent draft age loafers among spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Boston
George Levyn
Turner’s Court
Debra Stickney
Fred Stickney
Fitts Street
Deb
New England
James J. Storrow
Federal Fuel Administration
Philadelphia
New York City
Union Square
United States Navy
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Roxy Campbell
Ruby Bryant
Edith Campbell
Newcastle
Amphotographer Whiter
S. Glidden
Bryant
American Clothing Co
North Methodist Church
Fred Hathorne
James Ross
Bedford Street
Evelyn Woodman
Pine Point
Moatsweag School
Charles F. Trask
Herbert Wright
Alice
William Elliot
Silas Wdams
Mattie J. Trott
State School For Boys
Ernest Coffin
O. P. Coffin
Yarmouth High School
the House of Kuppenheimes
John J.desmondco
Georgetown
Coniey’s Specialty Store