Mother Careys Chickens charms Bath audience
The Bath Opera House staged Mother Careys Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin with Rachel Crothers drama. Adelaide Keim led a strong cast supported by Antoinette Walker Trin Baker Evelyn Eaton and Charles Maton in portraying Beulah and her children. The show featured an augmented orchestra, praised conductor Gaudreau, and drew eager applause as a bright seasonal entertainment. Allen Murnane and Adelaide Keith also appeared, drawing on Keith Stock Co. fame in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Carey
New England
Kate Douglas
Wiggin
Rachel Crothers
Bath Opera House
Beulah
Mr. Carey
Yellow House
Adelaide Keim
Antoinette ‘Walker
Nancy
Gilbert
Kathleen
Peter
Trin Baker
Evelyn Eaton
Charles Maton
Wallace Owen
Ossian Popham
Ursula Ells
Bath
Adelaide Keith
Allen Murnane
Tom Hamilton
Keith Stock Co
Portland
Murnane
Longtime Percy’s clerk Arthur Stewart resigns to join Bath Iron Works
Arthur Stewart, a ten year veteran of David T. Percy & Son, leaves the Modern Job store to work in Bath Iron Works plate shop. Customers and staff praise his patience and popularity as he departs for a new position.
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Percy
Arthur Stewart
David T. Percy
Potter Leads Standings in Sasanoa Red Men Tourney
Woodbury Potter leads Julius Ansert by 16 points in the Sasanoa Tribe of Red Men pitch tourney standings through February 1. Beginning October 26 and ending March 29, matches occur weekly with prizes awarded. the overall winner earns a suit of clothes. Current standings list Potter 1871, Ansert 1855, Mellnnis 1842, Farrin 1816, Thompson 1789, Caughran 1714, Lemont 1678, Welch 1610, Gallant 1229, McDonough 1128, Buck 913, McDougall 782, Parker 616.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasanoa Tribe of
Red Men
Woodbury Potter
Julius Ansert
Winfred Mellnnis
Frank J. Farrin
Varney Pattee Wedding in Bath Ties Local Notables
Hiram R. Pattee and Miss Charlotte M. Varney, both of Bath, wed Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the parsonage of People's Baptist Church. The groom, a former alderman and city marshal, now foreman blacksmith at Percy and Small shipyard, and the bride, daughter of Mrs Abbie E Varney and former bookkeeper at Bath Steam Dye House, were married without attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram R. Pattee
Charlotte M. Varney
Bath
Samuel A. Evans
People's Baptist Church
North St
Rath
Percy & Small
Abbie E. Varney
Bath Steam Dye House
Dummer St
Mr. Pattee
Thrift stamp sales report from two city schools
Miss Margaret J. Adams reports 425 thrift stamps sold by her Junior high and Center grammar pupils with 100 more requested from Scott R. Frye. Nannie Trask sold 287 stamps to Center pupils, Adams to Junior high pupils. fuel shortages close schools below eighth grade prompting home deliveries and other arrangements to promote savings for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret J. Adams
Center Grammar
Scott R. Frye
War Savings
Nannie Trask
Miss Adams
Red Cross Work Expands From Phippsburg to Bath
Misses Abbie and Alice Minott of Phippsburg brought Red Cross work to Bath visiting weekly to learn needs and progress through the local unit. Capt. Cleveland B. Swett, once of Bath now in Belfast, was in town and greeted by friends as Tug Pe iepscot of Sagadahoc Towing Co. sails to Camden for repairs before heading to New York to tow pulp barges from the Provinces to Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie
Alice Minott
Phippsburg
Bath
Red Cross
Cleveland B. Swett
Belfast
City
Pe Iepscot
Sagadahoc Towing Co
Swett
Camden
New York
First German Alien Registers with City Marshal
Richard J. C. Beoke became the first German alien to register with City Marshal Abram C. Oliver on Monday. The process took about three hours to complete the triplicate registration form and fingerprints, then he was photographed. Photos had to be under three inches square and unmounted with a light background, and a photo would be placed on each registration blank and later on the registration card to be issued 10 to 15 days after the final registration date of February 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. C. Beoke
Abram C. Oliver
Mr. Becke
Family seeks lodging in Bath but ends up with police aid
A man, his wife, four year old child and their dog arrived in Bath from the east seeking lodging for an early westbound train. Unable to find a place, they slept in the police marshal's private office, grateful for the officers' kindness as they learned the westbound connection was unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Marshal Oliver
Brunswick
Police Department
Army Air Service exam aims to correct draft eligibility myths
The U S Army Aviation Examining Board at Congress Street Portland Maine clarifies eligibility for air service. It will examine and enlist flying candidates aged 19 to 30 even if draft registered. Non flying duty applicants within draft age may be inducted, or enlisted if over draft age.
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U.S. Army Aviation Examining Board
Congress St
Portland Maine
Air Service
Benton man Fred Blair to take long furlough home
Fred Blair of Benton New Brunswick famed in Bath for 60 plus engagements in the war duties. He served three years in the trenches and will return home for a long furlough with his family. Blair joined the Canadian militia as part of a regiment among the first called to service. Two other Bath youths also returned home wounded, each losing a leg in combat with the Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blair
Benton
N. B
Bath
Blair
Grace Church and Fortnightly Club News Highlights
Services at Grace Church were held in the auditorium to conserve coal. A church war commission collection reached 116 dollars by Sunday night. The Fortnightly Club, led by Miss Jane Whitmore, hosted two renowned lectures by Baroness Huard and Donald MacMillan, drawing near 200 members and a highly successful season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Church War Commission
Jane Whitmore
Bath
Baroness Huard
Donald MacMillan
Milk Producers Elect Officers at Sagadahoc Meeting
Sagadahoc County branch of the New England Milk Producers Association held a short meeting in the common council room on Monday afternoon. J L H Lamoreau of Richmond was elected president and J Sumner Bailey of Woolwich secretary and treasurer. Attendance was low due to curtailed train schedules delaying out of town members and causing a 2:30 p m start after a 10 a m- slated time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
New England Milk Producers Association
H. Lamoreau
Richmond
J. Sumner Bailey
Woolwich
Up County
Woodlot Purchase Spurs Snowbound Woodwork Trip
Harry Armstrong of the American Clothing Co purchases a large wood lot in Arrowsic and treks three and a half miles on heatless Mondays to supervise several men clearing the tract. He visits with clerks who cut and saw logs as temperatures reach 20 below zero and about two feet of snow blankets the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Armstrong
American Clothing Co
Arrowsic
Armstrong
W. E. Chase Co. Elects Officers At January Meeting
Walter E. Chase was named president and treasurer Arthur B. Stilphen vice president and W E Chase Jr secretary at the annual January gathering. Stilphen has long been with the firm and recently acquired much capital stock. The business, founded in 1862 by Hiram L. Chase, marks 56 years of operation with evolving methods and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Chase Co
Walter E. Chase
Arthur B. Stilphen
W.E. Chase, Jr
Stilphen
Hiram L. Chase
Salvation Army Drive Aims to Raise 1900 in Bath
The executive committee met to plan Bath’s Salvation Army drive for a 1 900 goal toward a 1 000 000 war service fund. Chair J Edward Brake led the session with all members present and optimism about meeting the target. A grand patriotic concert at the Opera House on February 17 is planned with notable soloists and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bath
J. Edward Brake
Opera House
James F Malloy and Emma May Roderick wed in Bath
James F Malloy, a former Spanish-American War cavalryman who served in 1898, married Emma May Roderick of Bath on Monday afternoon at 4 in the parsonage of People's Baptist Church. Rev. Samuel A. Evans officiated with George A Mood and Annie Mains as attendants. Malloy, son of John D Malloy of Chicago, works as a ship fitter at Bath Iron Works. Emma is daughter of Mrs Minnie Roderick of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Malloy
Emma May Roderick
Samuel A. Evans
People’s Baptist Church
North St
George A. Mood
Annie Mains
John D. Malloy
Chicago
Bath Iron Works
Minnie Roderick
Bath
Morse and Wright ordered to report for Navy duty
Horace G. Morse and Ralph E. Wright, both machinist mates second class, received summonses to report at the Boston Navy Yard for duty next Wednesday. Morse, en route to Milwaukee, was intercepted by his father in Boston. Wright will depart to join service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace G. Morse
Sevral
Naval
Boston Navy Yard
Mr. Morse
Milwaukee
John A. Morse
Morse
Boston
Ralph E. Wright
Winter St Church Ladies' Aid Elect Officers
The Ladies' Aid of Winter St Church held their annual meeting in the Men's Club rooms. Reports were read and officers elected for the coming year including President Miss Emma Small and first vice president Miss Abbie Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter St
Emma Small
Abbie Carter
Clarence Morse
W. E. Kershner
Allan Irish
Arthur K. ‘Purington
Charles Webber
Ralph Conforth
Julia Watson
E. B. Smith
Nathaniel Palmer
Doctor Urged an Operation in Baltimore Woman's Testimony
In Maryland a woman describes years of organic troubles and nervousness with monthly bed rest. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her and urges others to try it before consenting to surgery. Her sister suggested the remedy and she reports renewed health and enjoyment in work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinkham
B. Rittingham
Calverton Rd
Lydia E. Pinkher
Morse High School Announces Revised Afternoon Schedule
Morse High School posted a new schedule with an 2 50 pm start for the afternoon session. Doors open 2 40 pm and close 2 55 pm Room D reserved for M H S pupils allowed to go to home rooms 2 40 2 50 and after 4 50. The 8 o clock start prompts early rising for distant pupils. Funeral services for Mrs Mary A Barker held Saturday at 2 pm at 1281 Washington St Rev C Raymond Chappell officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
M.H. S
Mary A. Barker
Washington St
C. Raymond Chappell
First Baptist Church
Irving Nash
Charles J. Cain
James P. Ledyard
Charles H. Mason
Oak Grove Cemetery
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Crawford
The
Carmen's Union
George S. McCarty
Board of Arbitration
Pratt
Dominick Desjardin
Butterfield
Lewiston
Scott Wilson
Street Railway Company
McCarty
Wilson
Walter R. Many
Bailey Fvening School
Washington, D. C
Rupert G. Cowles
Tship
James P. King
Percy's
Potter
Varney
Patteer
Marshal
Standard Oil CO. OF
Buffalo
Soconys
Ikerc Oil
Standard Oil Corny
Albany
Marshal's
Army Air Service
W. BE
Chashe Company
Salvation Army Fund
Rupert H. Baxter
James C. Mulligan
Marshal A. Haraden
John J. Keegan
Edward W. Hyde
George E. Thompson
John E. Fitzgerald
Andrew S. Merrill
Peter Clinto
Eugene J. Hartnett
Frank TB. Nichols
Arthur K. Purington
Rodrerick-Malloy
Horace
Hood
Timothy B. Curtis
Sagadahoe
Eugene L. Curtis
Maine
Barbara W. Cotton
Massachusetts
William T. Hall
Percy E. Walbridge
Malden
Mass
Harriet P. Dunning
Springfield
A. J. Dunton
James G. Dunning
Benjamin M. ‘Plummer
Almenta Grace Plummer
Bath, Me
Edmund H. Gilpatrick
Nathaniel G. Gilpatrick
Litchfield
Kennebec
Androscoggin
S. P. C. Prince of
Webster
Bowdoin
S. P. C. Prince
Denis Fournier
Arion P. Prince
P. C. Prince
Arlon P. Prince
Massachusetts Fire and Marine Naas Company
Ascestes
Hue
Walter Adlard
Evprett C. Benton
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Montpallier
Vermont
Baltineas
Grose Assets
SONG
Faby
Eastern Casualty Insuranctr Company
MIALS
Achushus
Lloyiys Plate Glass Insurance Co
Heen
Gea Eee
Lumber Mutual Fire Insurancee CO
Bonestena Crs
Naaeeriees Astaats
Traders and Mechanics Insurance
Lowell, Mass
the Central Mprs
Matt. Ins. CO
van Wiprt
Ohio
Eee
Pennsylvania
Luumbermen's Mutual Fire Ins. CO
Lafayette Building
Phtiladelputa
Ambprican Surety .O
N. Y
Vaewee
Tenindice and
Suree Heed
Winter ST. Atd
St. Mary’s Guild of the Episcopal Church
Oak St
Helen Magoun
Nellie Turner
Arthur E. Corey
United States Guards
Fort Slocum
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