Grange Hall fund tops six hundred at Five Islands
Five Islands Grange reports weekly takings plus ice cream sales raise the hall fund to 606.56 dollars. Donations from J J Gilson, N H Hussey, Bath Grain Co, and others add momentum while foundation work awaits warmer weather. Fire scares and parish life fill the rest of the report as members plan events and note community aid.
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Grange
James Stevens
Bath
William Boyd
Elbridge Mains
Malden Grange
Malden
Mass
Boothbay Harbor
W. L. Berry
Ashland
Westport
Minots Corner
J. G. Stevens
Bath Grain Company
S. E. Austin
Henry Tarbox
B. G. Purdy
Purdy
Ladies’ Aid Society
Sarah Stevens
Isabel
Stevens
Dell Lewis
Lewis
Woolwich Congregationalists hold annual meeting
The Woolwich Congregational Church annual meeting was held March 16 with Rev. Calder presiding. Treasurer reports show solvency and a balance. Mrs. E R Warren received an illuminated address. a social and a rag-day observance were planned, with reports on Sunday school Endeavor and church life.
Local Jottings From Bath and Nearby towns
Smelt fishing ends soon as spring moves in. Banks closed early Thursday. Hyde Windlass Co paused work from 11 to 6. Cosmopolitan Club and Bath Teachers Club events postponed. Tug Pejepscot undergoing overhaul in Portland. Bath aviators seen Monday night. arctic explorers noted. Bath Boy Scouts hiked to the city. Navy bid date for torpedo destroyers moved to today. Potential card cataloguing course and Simmons College instructor planned. Texas Steamship Co fleet progresses. Tampico harbor steamers near launch. Maine 9000-ton Maine to be launched in May. Baron Rosen twist returns to Sweden. summer resident at Georgetown hosted German officers. Texaco Club whist night draws large crowd. prizes awarded. Bowdoin’s Files cites Maine Automobile Association counts 1600 vehicles among 38000 members. Texas work fills Marine Railway bed with dirt. old gear left in place. Centuries hence artifacts may be seen but iron may rust away.
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Hyde Windlass Co
Cosmopolitan Club
Capt. Swett
Pejepscot
Portland
Bath
Bath Teachers’ Club
Miss Barnes
Brunswick Boy Scouts
Roger Strout
Standpipe
Secretary of the Navy
Bath Iron Works
Tampico
Mexico
Maine
Baron Rosentwist
Sweden
Boston
Rostentwist
Georgetown
Texaco Club
Dunbar
Harry Adams
Eleanor Bertrand
R. EB. Stevens
Perkins Orchestra
George T. Files
Bowdoin College
Massachusetts Automobile Association
Maine Automobile Association
Texas
Marine Railway
Phippsburg Notes From Bowker Shipyard and Town
Local itemizes shipbuilding at Bowker shipyard led by Masterbuilder Walter H Bowker with helpers Ora Hallet Allie Rollins George Land and Arthur Roderick. Town social and health updates include visits, illnesses, church attendance, and a range of small town activities.
Bronze Tablets Honor Galen Clapp Moses At YMCA
The YMCA directors placed two bronze memorial tablets to commemorate the noble donor. One tablet on the Summer 8th side bears A MEMORIAL TO ITS DONOR GALEN CLAPP MOSES. The second tablet above the reception room fireplace reads IN MEMORIAM.
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Y.M.C.A
Galen OC
Moses
Young Men’s Christian Association
Galen Clapp Moses
Dinsmore-Peterson Wedding at Sabattus Home
Harry H. Peterson of Lewiston and Frances Everett Dinsmore of Sabattus wed at eight o'clock Wednesday evening at the bride's mother's Sabattus home. Rev A B Hyde officiated with close relatives present. The couple plan to reside at 177 Pine Street Lewiston after a luncheon.
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Harry H. Peterson
Lewiston
Frances Everett Dinsmore
Sabattus
Lydia Dinsmore
Elm S&t
A. B. Hyde
Sabattus Free Baptist Church
Charles C. Toothaker
Bath
Toothaker
Peterson
Pine St
Turgeon Brothers
Auburn
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Eastern Star
Pythian Sisters
Bath area notes and civic items from the week
Mrs. Sadie Parks Robbins and Ruth of Kittery are visiting relatives in this city. Bath received three carloads of oats from Kimball Bros by the M C R R. The naval scout boat Iwarna coaled at Howard wharf and sailed for Rockland. Wesley netted over ten dollars after paying $35 to Bowdoin boys for services at a college musical concert. The Maine State flag has arrived and is placed in the Grace Church chancel. both flags were gifts from parishioners. Governor Milliken signed a private and special law amending Casco Bay islands to Sagadahoc County and Phippsburg town. Bath Iron Works closed from Wednesday midnight to Thursday midnight for the funeral of President John S Hyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Parks Robbins
Ruth
Kittery
Bath
Kimball Bros
M. C. R. R. Naval
Iwarna
Kent
Howard Wharf
Rockland
Wesley
Bowdoin Boys
State of Maine
Grace Church
Milliken
Casco Bay
Sagadhoe
Phippsburg
Bath Iron Works
John S. Hyde
Administrator notice for Sarah J. McIntire estate
The administrator of the estate of Sarah J. McIntire late of Bath Sagadahoc announces appointment and bond compliance. All claims must be presented for settlement and all debts paid promptly. Arthur J. Dunton administrator dated March 13 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
A Taletee Ee
Notice to creditors for estate of James Jones
The administrator James B. James of Bath Sagadahoc requests all persons with claims against the estate of James Jones to present them for settlement and all indebted parties to pay immediately. March 6, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jones
Bath
Sagadahoc
James
Maynard H. T
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Marcia M. Stinson
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G. M. Stinson
Eda
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Kathleen Bailey
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Bowdeinham
New England Milk Producers’ Association
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Augusta
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Dresden
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J. E. McKenney
C.M.G
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Miss Lincoln
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Wm. Heald
S. CC. Campbell
Fred Sparks
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Edward Sampson
Doris Davis
Geo. Davis
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M. F. Slade
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S. C. Campbell
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George
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John Pease
Earle Pike
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Rosa Cary
S. H. V. Chaffee
Oxford
Auren Wallace
Walter Bowker
Samuel Beals
Fielding
W. R. Dickinson
James C. Perry
Elizabeth Johnson
Chapel
F. S. Bowker & Son
Chaffee Bros
Elbridge Harris
Ann M. Perry
Eugene Perry
Bath City Hospital
Jack Haskell
M. H. G. Hall
Sagua la Grande
Cuba
Norfolk
Margaret L. Roberts
Vineyard Haven
Adalbert Williams
Rebecca Bowker
J. F. Leeach
Abbie
Alice Minott
Bessie
Georgie Lord
Bess Dickinson
John Williams
Hebron
Sarah J. McIntire
Topsham, Me
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