Seven Days West Bath News Notes And Town Happenings
West Bath reports snow storms and below zero weather delaying Grange meetings and local events. Residents like George Jewett and Charles Foot travel for coal and Boston visits while fences and cottages near New Meadows attract summer demand. Red Cross plans and school absences figure in weekly notes with community faces such as Mrs. J. Everett Mayo and Miss Durfee cited among attendees and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brown
Thomas White
Thomas
Frank Higgins
Fort Williams
West Bath
Grange
Red Cross Society of
Annie Trufant
John Gage
Bath
Llewellyn Rogers
Annié Stackpole
J. M. Lemont
E. W. Haggett
Edna White
Ethel Lemont
Joseph W. Larrabee
Bath boys bound for skilled work in Texas
Bath boys who volunteered for duty in the U S aviation corps as chauffeurs and automobile mechanics will leave Bath for San Antonio Texas next Tuesday unless other orders are received Those who will go are Millard S Barter Ernest F Couture F W Coombs Ralph Berry Harold E Rice Randall Coombs Harold Reed who volunteered is waiting an answer from the exemption board in Akron Ohio to be inducted here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
U. S. Aviation Corps
San Antonio
Texas
Millard S. Barter
Center St
Ernest F. Couture
High St
F. W. Coombs
Corliss St
Ralph Berry
Union St. Ct
Harold E. Rice
Vine St
Randall Coombs
Winneganee
Harold
Bath fuel committee asks affidavits on coal received
Local coal dealers are directed to file sworn affidavits detailing coal amounts received from April 1 1915 to April 1 1918. Returns go to federal fuel administrator James C Hamlen in Portland and then to Washington to help determine next winter's allotments and prevent shortages for homes and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fuel Committee
James C. Hamlen
Portland
Washington
Demand for Domestic Coal Stays Strong Amid Stockpiling
Henry W Howard of the Howard Coal Co reports the barge Mingo discharging this week is rapidly emptied as 57 teams, outside company haulage, work to move coal from the vessel. The Mingo eases a tense period earlier this month, though another barge load would help restore normal activity for the season. Ernest Heald, engineer with the Boston Sand and Gravel Co., died Friday at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry, W. Howard
Howard Coal Co
Ernest Heald
The
Boston Sand & Gravel Co
Methodists of Georgetown and Arrowsic report quarterly conference
On March 4 1918 at Georgetown M E Church and at the Spinney home two fourth quarterly conferences were held under District Superintendent Rev Albert E Luce. Officers were elected across Georgetown and Spinney led churches with many committees named. The note praises loyal labor, cordial cooperation, and sustained social and religious work despite storms and fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown M. E
Spinney
Albert E. Luce
Georgetown
W. P. Baker
George West
Henry Reynolds
Wilton Ss. Campbell
F. B. Br
Bowdoin Glee Club Inspires Popham Beach Visit
In Phippsburg readers recount Bowdoin College students aboard the Virginia bound for Popham Beach to entertain Fort Baldwin’s 13th Company with songs and banjos. The trip features 28 glee club members, spirited performances, and seating shortages on trains and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Bowdoin College
Popham Beach
Sammy
13Th Company
Fort Baldwin
Bath
Bowdoin Glee Club
Messrs
R.S. Stetson
Goodhue
Reader
Howe
Abbot
Popham
Bowdoin
Fred@Harrington
C. S. Marks
Boston
Parker Head
Willard Daley
Bess Dickinson
Daniel Driscolls
Deering St
Portland
Fred O. Percy
Phippsburg
Quincy
Mass
Cape Elizabeth
Bath records February 1918 births set city high
February 1918 in Bath marks a record month with 30 births, surpassing all prior totals. City Clerk Grassy Tuesday announced the figures after compiling vital statistics alongside 14 marriages and 12 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Grassy
Georgetown Working League Supper Promises Community Bonding
Young Ladies of the Working League plan a church vestry supper on Friday night March 22 with a menu of baked beans brown bread hot biscuits doughnuts cookies pickles pie tea and coffee. The event strengthens community ties as members sew a shared quilt and sing hymns and patriotic songs after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila McMahan
Five Islands
Thomas Williams
West Georegtown
Unn Cushing
Bath
Robinhood
League
Dorothy Stuart
Marion Stevens
Isl
The
Working League
William Todd
Pastor Folsoms Housing Note on War City Rent
Pastor Folsom compares Washington housing strain to Bath as Congress debates rent limits. He cites profiteering by landlords, cites a 75 to 125 dollar rent jump, and notes a Senate bill capping increases at ten percent for existing properties, with page continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor Folsom
Washington, D. C
Bath
Bath Times
Washington
Congress
Senate
Thomas
Colorado
Johnson
Second Session of Probate Court for March
The Sagadahoc County probate court met for its March term Tuesday in a brief session. Judge James E. Lowell presided as petitions were heard for probate and administration. Executrixes were named for Lakin and Wilson estates, administrators appointed for Henderson and Ifill, accounts and inventories filed, a guardian appointed for a minor, and bonds recorded for Rogers Flaherty and Cochran estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
James
Lowell
George W. Lakin
Bath
Julia B. Lakin
Rachel W. Wilson
Richmond
Mary E. Page
J. Edward Hughes
Rodney Henderson
William
Dow
James H. Ifill
Joseph M. Trott
John
Hyde
Bradford D. Farnham
Woolwich
Laura E. Farnham
Winona Tilston Stinson
John Francis Eaton
Ellis P. Rogers
Harriet P. Rogers
Phippsburg
Margaret A. Flaherty
John J. Flaherty
Robert Cochran
John F.germaine
Read Nichols Reaches 96th Birthday in Bath
Nichols, a Bath resident known as the grand old man, turned 96 on Monday but observed no special celebration. Despite a slight cold, he remains in good health and is often seen working outdoors at his home on Washington Street and looking forward to spring gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Bath
Washington Street
Morse High School Boys Lose to Bangor 34 19 in Queen City
Morse High School basketball team, previously unbeaten against top state teams, was defeated by Bangor High 34 to 19 in Bangor Saturday night. The squad returned Sunday night, arriving two hours late due to a storm and appeared tired this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Waterloo
Bangor High
Queen City
Manhole Gas Blast Burns New England Worker
Edward Nash of the New England Telephone Company was badly burned when a gas buildup in a Front and Cedar Street manhole exploded during thawing Monday forenoon. Dr. E. M. Fuller treated him, and he will be out of work for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Nash
New England Telephone Company
Cedar Sts
Nash
E. M. Fuller
Johnson and Cressey Tie, Fort Williams Area Wedding
Charles Johnson and Miss Annie M. Cressey married by Rev. C Wilson Harrison on Saturday night. The ceremony used a single ring and took place at 10 Water Street Court. Attendants were Harold Cressey of the 23d H F A Co at Fort Williams and Miss Katherine Cressey. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Benj Cressey. the groom, a Norway native, works as an iron worker locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Johnson
Annie M. Cressey
C. Wilson Harrison
Water Street Court
Harold Cressey
H.F.A. Co
Fort Williams
Katherine Cressey
Benj. Cressey
Norway
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Miles Hagan
Miss Hagan
New York
W. F. Hagan
Mildred Snipe
Knights of Golden Eagles
Frank Cromwell
Nequasset
Francis Cromwell
Edward Pierce
Range Light
Pemaquid
Ruth
Lewis
Rhode Island
Marie Costello
Catherine Hagan
Frank H. Smipe
Naval Reserve Hospital
Pelham Bay Park
Snipe
Red Cross
Young Men’s Christian Association
Harold Boyd
Methodists OF
Georgetown and
Arrowsic
Orra Williams
Brilmayer
Miss Massey
Ore Williams
A. Reynolds
E. Noble
E. Boyd Billings
George ‘West
G. P. Spinney
George L. Tarr
David C. Stinson
Thomas O. Steen
Perley Baker
Geo. L. Tarr
L. Spinney
L. Tarr
P. Baker
A. Snipe
A. Drummond
A. Steen
R. Steward
Dist
Angie Snipe
Ipworth League
Ladies’ Aid
Trier of Appeals
Layman's Association
A. E. Luce
C. N.garland
France
Edwin H. Hughes
Phippsburg Pennings
Lower
Kennebec
Bowdoin Boys
Kelley
John H. Pease
Violet Lufkin
Ina Pease
Dallas Lore Sharp
Rye Hall
Pacific Coast
Daniel Driscoll
Annie F. Nichols
Driscoll
Portland Literary Union
Deborah Morton
Westbrook Seminary
Richard Oliver Marks
Falcon Street
Parker Head Village
Arrowslie
Warren Heald
Gun Hill
N. C. Reed
Litchfield Academy
Sam
Augusta Daley
Esther Bowker
Frank
School of Honor
Litchfield Corner
Young Ladies of ‘Working
Ands
Fred Reid
B. H. Woodside
H. D. Harley
Seguinland
Eleanor Harley
Dana Harley
Edgar B. Hunt
Howard M. Trafton
Belle Heald
William A. Todd
Fred P. Oliver
Mr. Todd
Mrs. Todd
John M. Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Front St
Broad St
Capital
Bangor Bangs
Morse High Boys
Cedar Street
Johnson Bros. Company
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