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Bath’s Soldier Boys of Almost Thirty Years Ago
A Bath Independent feature recalls a 28 year old photograph taken by the late John C Higgins in Bath. It shows Bath soldiers and Portland high school cadets at a grand ball for mutual guests, with officers Captain Arthur J. Percy and Lieutenants Morse and Howard prominent. The event cost over 700 dollars, tickets at five dollars, and included a competitive drill won by Bath. The caption lists numerous local figures and visitors from Bath, Portland, and beyond, including community leaders, merchants, and officials long since deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
John C Higgins
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Burt
Portland High School
Mass
Isse
Walter K. Chase
Gray
Portland Boys
Bath
Arthur
Percy
John A. Morse
Henry W. Howard
Bath Boys
Boint
Arthur S. Percy
Boston
John A. Moree
Henry W. Toward
Ttn
Coal
Dealey
Jesse Bailey
Woolwich
Walter E. Chase
Grover
Portland
George Weeks
California
Lanndon T. Snipe
Brunswick
Fred C. Cox
Charles Hooper
Frank Luce
Fred Tont
Maiden
Lewis B. Swett
Khan
Stephen Conley
Poston
Terbruggist
Fred Getehell
James L. McQuarrie
New York
Sherman Harris
Massachusetts
William W. Robinson