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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1918

Page

5

Washington drawing lists new registrants ordered by number

Drawings held in Washington to assign draft registration numbers for men who turned 21 between June 5 1917 and June 5 1918. The Sagadahoc County list names Howard K Hagar Bath as No 154 first called and Henry W Hanson Jr Bath as No 97. Albert Martin Card Jr Bowdoinham is No 1. Names and addresses of registrants follow with order numbers and locations.

Washington Independent Sagadahoc Howard K. Hagar Bath Henry W. Hanson, Jr Albert Martin Card, Jr Bowdeinham

Phippsburg Wedding Ends Village in Blooms and Flags

In Bath Rev C Raymond Chappell’s home, Miss Gladys Harrington wed Private Roy Alfred Henderson of Fort Baldwin. A porch altar of flowers and flags welcomed them back from the ceremony. Attendants were Mrs Harrington and Mrs Cordelia Morrison. A reception followed with music and sweets. Other town notes include Bertha Schofield’s June 17 wedding plans, a Chelsea family visit, and Sergt George Stewart’s promotion. Saturday rain boosted gardens after frost.

C. Raymond Chappell Bath Gladys Ellen Harrington James Harrington Parker Head Roy Alfred Henderson Oliver P. Henderson St. Louis 12Th Company Fort Baldwin Cordelia Morrison Mr. Harrington Harrington Frances Quincy Allston Mass Lucy Gahan Percy Thompson Portland Portland High School George Stewart United States

John M. Clark Residence and Rooming Addresses

John M. Clark listed with a residence at 352 Front Street and telephone 116 R. Rooms at 32 Broad Street with telephone 116 W are noted.

Front St Broad St

Pershing Reviews Battery of Sagadahoc Boys

In a France letter Sergt Eliot Fuller with Battery D 54th Regiment A C C says Pershing reviewed the unit and called it the finest equipped and best drilled to come to France Half the battery were Bath boys Maine Sergt Arnault a Bath boy arrived for special training at Fort Levett The Bath boys gathered around him to hear news from home Memorial Day brought a partial holiday and a ball game in the afternoon the men cherish their home memories while gaining valuable experience

Sergt Eliot Fuller 54Th Regiment C.A.C France Pershing Bath Maine Arsnault Fort Levett Sergt. Fuller Memorial

Maine Agricultural League Drives to Increase Sheep 产

The Maine Agricultural and Industrial league moves to boost meat by increasing sheep production. A two month drive was announced with committee members H B Peters Charles Dunn Jr Willian H Hun ton and William B Kendall. Director Hun ton notes Maine is about 800000 sheep short of normal and proposes breeding centers across the state.

Maine State of Maine Agricultural and Industrial League League H. B. Peters Charles Dunn, Jr Willian H. Hunton Portland William B. Kendall Bowdeinham H. Crawford State Board of Agriculture Portland Farmers’ Club Waterville Hunton White

Famous dog Teddy dies after 18 years of tricks

Teddy the somersaulting dog, once part of E. Brown’s touring shows, died at age 18 in Corey Pennsylvania. He traveled nationwide performing tricks and appeared in Premo camera catalogs and the Art Journal. His companion Pansy helped care for him in illness.

Teddy E. Brown Mr. Brown Corey Pansy Premo Cameras Art Journal

Topsham Grange Visits Pomona Grange at Five Islands

Thirty four members of Topsham grange visited Pomona grange at Five Islands on Wednesday by automobile. A bountiful dinner of clam stew coffee cake and pies was served. About 25 were present. Harold Hildreth sold green peas in the Brunswick market on Wednesday June 26. Alfred Crowe of New York brother of the late John Crowe has been staying with Mrs. Emma Crowe. Alma White, teaching in Vermont, visits her parents before heading to Poland Springs for summer. Lester Willis, rival mail carrier, delivered mail Wednesday then motor to Five Islands with his family arriving in time for dinner.

Topsham Grange Pomona Grange Five Islands Home Grange Harold Hildreth Brunswick Alfred Crowe New York John Crowe Emma Crowe Alma White Vermont Poland Springs Lester Willis

Sumner Sewall Describes Air Battle In Letter Home

Lieut Sumner Sewall of Yorkhall recounts a three week old air duel near the Toul sector. He describes outmaneuvering a top German plane and bringing down his foe as his own craft burned in flames after a half hour of strenuous combat. He notes the fight recalls heroic American air battles of old.

Sumner Sewall Mother William D. Sewall Yorkhall Toul Bowies

Twenty One Men Leave for Devens from Sagadahoc

Twenty three Sagadahoc county draftees depart at 10.23 for Camp Devens Ayer Mass to begin training. Of the group 21 depart today and two, James Edward Marr of Bath and Giovanni Fornari of Bowdoinham, leave under call 369 replacing two rejected from the last increment.

Sagadahoc Ayer Mass Camp Devens James Edward Marr Giovanni Fornari Bowdoinham Marr Austin Theodore Philbrook Knox County Board Thomas R. Merryfield Richmond Martin T. White Bath Archibald L. Pennell Forrest C. Legard Leroy Barrett Walter Rocrig Topsham Alfred J. Vautour Charles J. Sheridan John E. Hatch Roland LL. Halle

Hyde Camp Hosts Ladies Auxiliary Night at G A R Hall

T W Hyde camp Sons of Veterans hosted the Ladies of the G A R and the Ladies Auxiliary with a program at G A R hall. Performances included solos from Mrs Freda Leighton and Commander John Shaw violin by Otis Card readings by Alice Whalen and an address by Rev E Hilton Post pastor of Beacon Street Methodist church. Ice cream and cake followed the entertainment led by Commander Shaw Arthur E Stewart and Marshall W Trafton.

T. W. Hyde Camp Sons of Veterans G. A. R. Hall Freda Leighton John Shaw Otis Card Alice Whalen E. Hilton Post Beacon Street Methodist Church Post Beacon Street Church Hooker F. H. Beals William Nutter Arthur ‘E. Stewart Marshall W. Trafton

Bath housing project leaders named for war worker quarters

The Department of Labor announced the architects Parker Thomas and Rice of Boston planners Loring Underwood of Boston and engineer Weston Sampson of Boston for the government housing program under the recently enacted $60,000,000 act. They will oversee construction or leasing of quarters for war workers nationwide.

Congress Department of Labor Parker, Thomas & Rice Boston Loring Underwood Weston Sampson

Ex City Marshal Sets Bath Early Pea Record This Year

Ex city marshal John C. Minott reportedly picked his first mess of gradus this Sunday night in Bath, claiming a record for early peas. He tends one of the finest North End gardens with plentiful potatoes. Mrs Herbert D Maxwell and children visited in Portland on Wednesday.

John C. Minott Bath Minott North End

Mail Man Brings Bath News From Uncle Sam's Boys

Lieut. John H. Williams in France writes Mrs. L A Haley about meeting a Bath girl, Mrs Osman, formerly Miss Mary Searles, at a YMCA hut. He is well known locally and asks friends to keep sending the Bath Times to lift spirits until he can return.

John H. Williams France L. A. Haley Summer Street Bath Osman Mary Searles Williams Peat Old 4Th Co North Grammar School Lillian Woodside Mayo West Bath Kent Hill Maine States Ray Haley Sam Lakin Jance

Bath Men in France and Ship Fitter's Service Tales

The article recalls Bath residents and Mrs Osman remembered as a former North Grammar School teacher. Lincoln Farrar, a Bath boy now at Hampton Roads, details his naval duties from St. Helena to the Hampton Roads base, daily drills, guard duty, and life near Virginia Beach.

Lincoln B. Farrar Bath Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads Times Pine Tree Norfolk St. Helena Pocahontas John Smith Virginia Beach

Fragment of wartime transfer notice from shipyard depot

A fragment describes a day of packing and reporting to the glass house for transfer. The narrator notes their company was broken and lists radio men yeomen electricians and shipfitters sent to their departments. The text ends with a reference to the plumbing shop.

Glass House

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U. S Howard Kenneth Hagar Oliver Street Howard Murray Crocker Farrin Street Otto Geigar Beacon Street Thornton Bates Winnegance George Manson Wyman Small Point Beach Kenneth Ernest Hall Walker Street Nathan Elery Brownell Center Street Charles Irving Lewis Guy Elwin Annis High Street Albert Hart Temple Russell Harford William Henry Butler Clarence Henry Bickle North Street Samuel Colby Condon Nelson Raymond Rice Woolwich Chester Robinson Talbot Claud Stanford Wallace Sebasco Phippsburg William Trott Wright Maurice Baker Reynolds Gardiner John W. Warner Granite Street Edward Thomas Lenfoine Irving Albert Bragg Washington Street Seth Doughty Ralph Sanford Fielding Arthur Jennings Roderick Albion Sherman Boyd Nichols Street Harold Oliver Crocker Middle Street Forrest Nelson Drake South Street Rolin Herbert Bowie Drummond Street John Fuller Pinkham, Jr Sidney Monro Emery Oliver Whitney Bowdoin James Wage Albert Therrien Julius Herbert Louis Krafsur Percival Forbes Butler Charles Byron Millett William John Kilbride James Franklin Sweeney Court Street Roy Nathan Patch Gardner Street Bernard Benjamin Bailey Wiscasset Arthur Torne Front Street Fred Otis Hayward Trufant Street Sidney Ellstone Grant Mechanic Street Mellen Howard Pierce Frank Paul Pecci Phillipe Pruneau Liberty Street Ernest Everett Pye Small Point Harold Bibber Wade Joseph Warren Bowen Edmond Rosseau Raymond Clark Harold Skelton Bowdoin - Carl John F. Spellman Maple Street Frank Sanford Rideout Bertram Malcolm Goddard Chestnut Street James Wilfred Shea Walter Fred.Baraechdorf Winship Street Donald Andrew McCullum Daniel. McKinley Grant Somerset Place Mary B. Blenn Bertha Agnes J. Frank Schofield Simpson Avenue Somerville Alfred Terrace Medford Turner McCarty Chelsea Fanny Percy John M. Clark Gen. Pershing Devens Hyde Camp Ladies’ Auxiliary Bath Housing Herbert D. Maxwell Uncle Sam’s Boys John Williams Lincoln Farrar LIBUT House Foundation Johnson Bros. Company
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