West Bath elects town officers and scarcities water
At the annual town meeting of West Bath officers were elected including Moderator A. H. Donnell and Town Clerk Ernest E. Rose. The town faced water shortages due to leaking mains at New Meadows, with repairs consuming much time. A petition asked the Governor to relieve West Bath from the proposed union of towns for school superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Donnell
Ernest EB. Rose
Fred J. Rose
Fred Winter
Eugene R. Brown
Walter F. Larrabee
Ernest E. Williams
Foster's Point
West Bath
Jeeege
Tates
Sales Sa Etedei
New Meadows Merry Club Party and Local News
The Merry club gathered at Mrs. Sidney Holbrook’s home for an all day meeting to make comfort kits and share a noon meal. Earl Jordan, visiting after 20 years away, is in the U. S. transport service and heads to New York for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Club
Sidney Holbrook
Earl Jordan
Jordan
U. S
New York
Marjorie Holbrok
Andrew Thomas
John Randall
Forest Jackson
Augustus
Ernest Snow
Samuel Holbrook
Red Cross talk stresses need for more war supplies
Miss Lavinia Newell of the Boston Metropolitan Red Cross speaks at the Red Cross rooms in Bath. She urges more enlistment of workers and increased output of dressings and other supplies, stressing the vast needs in France under Major Murphy. She answered questions and stayed with Mrs. Harold M. Sewall during her Bath visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lavinia Newell
The
Boston
Miss Newell
Harold M. Sewall
Bath
St Marys Guild meeting aids sending care box to France
Grace Church group met at Mrs William Hills Middle Street. Members sewed and packed a box for Miss Elizabeth Ashe in France. A layette was donated by Mrs Wilson Wright of Woolwich. Hotive members contributed gifts and money, refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church
William Hill
Middle St
Dayton Hill
Elizabeth Ashe
France
Wilson Wright
Woolwich
Bowdoin Red Cross Chapter Aids Service Members
Bowdoin Red Cross chapter ladies report 106 members since December 14, 1917. They have supplied 33 service socks 9 sweaters 4 wristlets and sent 15 hospital shirts 4 bandages 2 blankets and a knitted hospital quilt to the Brunswick chapter. They are now making property bags for soldiers and have raised 32.25 January 19 and 34.00 March 2 at entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Red Cross
Brunswick
Bowdoin Branch Red Cross Receives Warm Gifts
George W Brown thanks the Bowdoin Branch Red Cross for two pairs of socks sent to him. He says they keep him warm while standing watches on the water and appreciates hometown support as he prepares for duty in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Branch
Red Cross
George W. Brown
Ellis M Purinton Thanks Red Cross From Camp Logan Texas
Ellis M Purinton of Field Hospital No 30 Camp Logan Texas 5th Division expresses gratitude to the Red Cross for socks and support. He notes cold weather rains and mud at the camp near Houston, the use of mule drawn transport, and describes life in a large military camp with 45 to 50 thousand men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bowdoin ‘Red Cross
Fort Ethan Allen
Fort Ontario
Oswego
M. Y
Houston
Texas
Illinois National Guards
U. S
Maine
PRIV
Bulism
Purinton
Field. Hospital
No. 30
Camp Logan
Phippsburg Pennings Portray Life on Lower Kennebec
Local notes describe residents visiting hospitals and homes, new boats built for summer fishing, and town meeting actions. Key names include Mrs. Scott Campbell, Dr. J O Lincoln, W V Percy, Ruth Morrison, Hezekiah Harrington, Irving Harrington, S Richardson, Mrs Richardson, Eugene Perry, William Wilson, H R Morrison, Dr. F W Ferris, Charles Morrison, Etta Morrison, F H Merritt, Emma Ridley, William Gordon, Cynthia West, and Asbury Campbell. The town meeting covers road and sidewalk funding, school openings, and a new road machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Campbell
Bath Hospital
J. O. Lincoln
Campbell
W. V. Percy
Ruth Morrison
Portland
North Deering
Hezekiah
Irving Harrington
S. Richardson
Thomas Bartlett
Ridley’s
Richardson
William Wilson
Eugene Perry
Mr. Wilson
H. R. Morrison
Perry
F. W. Ferris
Chicago
Charles Morrison
Bath
No Ice Shortage Anticipated in Bath This Summer
The town expects a normal ice crop next season with 10 000 to 15 000 tons to be cut before winter ends. Diamond Spring Ice Co has harvested 4 000 to 5 000 tons. Mill Pond Ice Co will finish this week with a similar yield. John T. Palmer begins harvesting on the Goddard pond after ice flooded to the pond bottom and now stands 36 inches thick. he aims for at least 2 000 tons and more if space allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Spring Ice Co
Mill Pond Ice Co
John T. Palmer
Goddard
Piano Star Leaves Dreamland for Naval Transport Post
Rutherford White, longtime Dreamland pianist, resigns to become quartermaster on the Ulysses, a Norfolk to Panama coal transport captained by John F. Skillings. The ship will run to Boston this week. White left Bath to join in Boston. Skillings’ son Roger, a UVA sophomore, previously served as quartermaster. White is M H S class of 1916, part of a large, successful 16 cohort now dispersed among college, training, and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford White
Dreamland
White
Ulysses
Norfolk
Pannama
John F. Skillings
Boston
Bath
Skillings
Roger
University of Virginia
Panama
Panama Canal
Morse
Central Maine Power Flivver Logs 5500 Miles in Five Months
Henry Butler, line foreman for Central Maine Power Co, drives the famed flivver. The compact truck has covered 5500 miles in five months and operates daily through winter including Sundays. Butler knows every bolt and road, steering through rough paths to Wisccaset in under 40 minutes without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Henry Butler
Butler
Wiscasset
Bowdoin Medical School Graduates In City Hall Exercises
George L. Cristy and William E. Freeman received diplomas from Bowdoin Medical School in Portland at city hall exercises led by Dean Kenneth C. Sills. Cristy will enter the army medical corps. Freeman awaits his next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Cristy
William E. Freeman
Bowdoin Medical School
Portland
City Hall
Kenneth C. Sills
Bowdoin
Dr. Cristy
Dr. Freeman
G A R Social Held After Postponement
The G. A. R. social planned for February 19, postponed, was held in Grand Army Hall on Tuesday evening, March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army Hall
Fuel Hard to Obtain Near Coal Mines In 1917
A narrative from The Independent details a coal famine in 1917 with winters harsher than any since 1826. It describes fuel shortages in anthracite regions, rationing by coal administrators, and efforts of miners and communities to endure severe weather and transport disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
the Independent
Monroes
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Educational Union
I. B. Neiley
Ernest E. ‘Williams
Myra Coombs
Alfred Coombs
William Work
Campbell Pond
Samuel Bates
Rufus W. Lombard
John Clough
Fred White
William A. Brown
George E. Noble
Pentecostal Church of Bath
Fred W. Larrabee
John C. Larrabee
Josie Winter
Topsham
Florence Neiley
Miss Neiley
Herbert E. Williams
Ford
Detroit
Mich
Gertrude Williams
Reis
Annie Trufant
E.W. Haggett
J. B. Lemont
Fred W. ‘Larrabee
Thomas White
New Meadows
Mrs. Newell
ST. Mary’s Guild
Hill
Cross
U.S.A
Geo. W. Brown
Man
Phippsburg Pennings
Lower
Kennebec
Calities
Augusta
Cape
Pomona Grange
Town Meeting
Frank S. Bowker
Board of Selectmen
Asbury Campbell
F. B. Williams
Wiliam Bowie
Walter McCourt
Walter Small
H. W. Hosmer
G. D. Weston
Alvin Sylvester
Wm. Bowie
Popham
A. W. Blaisdell Place
Winnegance
Pitch Pine Hill
Dromore
Martin Wyman
Mill Pond
Central
Flivver
John M Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Front St
Broad St
New England
Cigly
Independent
Georgetown Center
George Washington
Washington
West Shenandoah Couliery
Johnson
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