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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1919

Page

6

Teachers Convene in Bath Highlighting Training and Pay

A representative group of Saga dahoe county teachers attended a convention at Merse High School in Bath on Friday. Sessions featured music by Morse High School, talks on story telling and material sources for children, and a focus on higher salaries with Portland planning a 30 percent pay increase for teachers.

Sagadahoe County Merse Hattie Richardson James P. King Eden R. Turner John A. Cone Brunswick- Topsham R. Bowdoin Richmond G. A Maine Library Commission Brunswick E. R. Bowdoin James A. Hamlin Dexter William B. Jack Portland Jack Morse High School Glee Club Martha Barker Doris Dyer Reginald Stacey John Lord John G. Thompson State Normal School Fitchburg Mass Augustus O. Thomas H. L. Horne Mises Florence Neiley Topsham Elien R. Turner Bata Clara Reed Woolwich Mary Hall Powdeinham Marion Strout F. J. Penley Bowdoinham L. Fern Webber Hazel M. Cornish Mary M. Hall Annie F. Coffin Alice Coffin Josephine Wartlett Catherine Pennell Julia C. Pennell Arline Coffin Florence A. Netley Cleora Maxwell Helen C. Denham Edith L. Fulton F. 4. Pentey Hattie O. Andros Powdoinham Gorham Evelyn A. Curtis Carmalene L. Rogers Bowdoin Pamelia B. Shaw Ethel F. Allen Clara M. Phinney Pejepscot Mary L. Dodge

Governor Cobb to be Returned to Owners Amid Funding Cut

Henry Howard of the United States Shipping Board announces the Governor Cobb will be among five training ships returned to owners due to Congress not funding the service. Also named are the Governor Dingley Chip Mandeville and Dorothy Bradford. Four new wooden vessels will be built to sustain training ship programs. Bath residents recall Prof. George T. Files’s serious illness in Boston.

Cobb Henry Howard Boston United States Shipping Board Bath Governor Cobb Bath Iron Works Cobb Howard Congress Governor Dingley Chip Puget Sound Mandeville New Orleans Dorothy Bradford Baltimore

Maine's Big Drive for Y.M.C.A. Coming

The Y M C A drive in Maine runs April 7 to 14, seeking 350000 to fund a two year program. County and town committees form, with a Lake Cobbesseecontee training center and 16 county secretaries to support welfare education, athletics, and community programs.

Maine Y.M.C.A Eure Lake Cobbesseecontee East Winthrop A. A. Heald Heard New England Raymond Robbins Chicago Harrington Emerson New York Freddy Smith Henry Lerael

Two Bath Soldiers Return From Front

Bath soldiers Lieut. John H. Williams and Sergt. Wilbur H. Crocker arrived home after service in World War I. Williams served with Battery D of the 54th Artillery, later with headquarters and the French army at Mousson, and returned to Bath after influenza and a long voyage from Brest. Crocker, a former private in the 4th company, advanced to gas instructor with Battery F in France and comes home in good health with a strong soldierly bearing.

Bath John H. Williams Wilbur H. Crocker Williams Fort Baldwin Fort Levett 54Th AC France Mousson Argonne Lieut. Williams Brest Boston

Bath Soldiers to Be Inspected by U.S. Captain

Maj. C. L. J. Frohwitter of Northeastern headquarters Boston will inspect Co. L, 3d Maine Infantry in Bath Wednesday night. Every member of Co. L is expected to attend or face penalties. The company drills Monday night to prepare. Eighteen members attended the noncommissioned school session at City Hall led by Lieut. Walter T. Brown with Lieut. Ray G. Gourley assisting.

Walter T. Brown Ray G. Gourley City Hall

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Opm George T. Files Bowdoin College Chen Stathe Ix- Nom Lexdiad Ee Ee Park Front Tripp Waterville Lewiston Broadway, N.Y Ipswich
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