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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
5
The Morse High School class of 1917 held its graduation at People’s Church with a large crowd. The event, dated the thirteenth, featured 13 graduates 13 speaking parts 15 motto letters and 15 musicians in the orchestra. The evening showcased smooth ceremonies despite weeks of rain and cold.
The Morse High School class of 1917 attended Divine worship at Central Church where Rev. D. L. Wilson delivered the graduation sermon. Despite stormy weather a large crowd enjoyed high quality music led by Miss Brown of Brunswick with organ solos and a choired anthem.
The narrative crowns Brussels as lively with laughter at Luna Park and notes its split language towns, historic Grand Place and Guild Houses, and the Church of Saints Gudule. It praises Mannekin Fountain art and the mixed religious mood before moving on to Paris, described as cosmopolitan with abundant culture and pleasures.
Deputy Collector Charles J Marr seeks 50 experienced seamen for Boothbay Harbor navigation school opening June 25. The program aims to train candidates to pass government officer exams and secure junior officer berths on coastwise vessels with $75 monthly pay during training and higher wages after placement.
A Maine War Department memo from Adjutant General George Mol Presson demands sheriffs and police step up the June 5 draft registrations. The missive cites rural shortfalls and urges posting lists, screening suspected slackers, and a vigorous clean up campaign to meet federally set quotas.
The Bath Chapter gears up for Red Cross Week June 18 to 25 1917 with a national push for voluntary subscriptions from ten cents to millions. President Wilson proclaims the week to mobilize business leaders churches and citizens to fund war relief matching population scale and pledging personal responsibility.
Sheriff Oliver acted after a Saturday report of a man who did not register on Wednesday claiming he worked 13 hours Tuesday. He registered promptly, and others are said to have avoided registration, risking serious consequences for delaying patriotic duty.
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