Tank Display by Boy Scouts Aids Liberty Loan Drive
Central Troop of Boy Scouts built a 25 by 10 foot replica tank to boost bond sales. Under Rev David L Wilson the craft, painted battleship gray, stood over Priscilla Kimball’s car and helped sell subscriptions. The week’s total reached 40000 dollars from 304 subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop OF
BOY Scouts
Liberty Loan
Central Troop
David L. Wilson
Europe
Robert Wishart
Priscilla Kimball
Kimball
Phippsburg Responds to Government Call for Intensive Farming
Farmers in Phippsburg renew energy this spring, tilling gardens across Cranberry Point and surrounding fields. Local residents including Irving Harrington, Charles Cutting, George Pearse, and Elisha Totman are reported cultivating and preparing acreages, while Captain Chester Wallace expands gardening at Small Point and others monitor land and boat activity along the Kennebec coast. The issue notes community activity, health updates, and upcoming Congregational notices as shown in the April issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Harrington
Cranberry Point
Drummond Cutting
W. R. Dickinson
Charles Cutting
George Q. Pearse
Llison Houdlette
Wyman
Mother
Earth
W. W. Percy
Bath
Charles Totman
The
Bay State Nursery Co
North Abbington
Mass
Harry Bowie
Wyman’s Beach
Etta Webber
Miles Webber
Mereen Blaisdell
Bumpkin’s Island
Ashdale
Chester Wallace
Elisha Totman
Ray Harris
South Portland
Frank Harris
Elbridge Harris
George Harris
Charles Morrison
Melvin Wallace
Morrison
Ella Perry
New Meadows
Alvin Pye
G. Clinton Beals
Chaffee Bros
Stonybrook
Frank Léavitt
Conant Field
Upton Farm
Kennebec
Leavitt
Winnegance
Phippsburg Center
Small Point
Kelley Spear Co Fire Reaches $100000 Loss
Fire at the Kelley Spear Co shipyard in Bath destroyed the yard and mill buildings with a loss estimated at $100,000. The blaze began in the motor room at 1 o clock, drew firefighters from the entire city, and threatened nearby homes while workers fled through flames to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley, Spear Co
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hart Brown
Bowery
Washington Streets
Tyleston Oliver
John Marsh
Joseph Reed
Albert Kenniston
John McKenney
Joseph McAuliffe
Herbert I. Edgecomb
Mr. Marsh
McKenney
Drummond Streets
John Clark
Bowery Street
Bath
William Rogers Shipyard
Husky
Parks
Fire Department
Washington Nd Bowery Streets
West Bath proud of record in Liberty Bond drive
Final results show West Bath raised 7000 dollars or 184 percent of quota. Ada F. Purington chaired the drive noting a local recruit who joined the Third Maine and invested 250 dollars. A dedicatory program for a Liberty Loan Honor flag is planned at West Bath Grange with Rev. S. A. Evans speaking and attendance from Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Ada F. Purington
Wieman’s
Third Maine
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Liberty Loan
Rev
S. A. Evans
Oliver Moses
George F. Stetson
Rupert Baxter
Bath
Harry Starbird
Ernest Wood
Marion Purington
Margaret Peterson
Fred Cary
Edwin Ping
Frank Jacques
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell Pond
Birch Point
Samuel Bates
Eleanor
Everett Lemont
Fred Kittredge
Humphrey Owen
Lemont Cottage
New Meadows
Samuel R. Percy
Sabine
Herbert L. Grinnell
Sabine Cottage
Winnegance
Adams Brothers
Isaac Varney & Co
Flanders Lot
Owen Hartshorn
Mr. Hartshorn
Charles H. Bates, Jr
John Rogers
Grace
Dorchester
Mass
George Rogers
Clarence Baker
Alice Rogers
Etta Bloom
South Harpswell
J. W. Higgins
Brunswick
Edgar Murphy
Joseph Dunning
Andrew Dunning
Bailey Island
Herbert Pottle
Ferdinand Hutchins
Emerson Glidden
Glidden
Marilla Chase
George and
Harry Chase
Perkins
Fred Wright
North Bath
Arthur P. Wright
Europe
Two Bath Boys Survive Destroyer Collision Off France
Leroy Hutchins and Chas Gibbs aboard an American destroyer patrolling the English Channel report in a letter that a heavy fog hid dangers as a transport rammed their bow. The crew abandoned ship. doors held, no sinking. Hutchins awaits exams for chief pharmacist's mate rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
English Channel
France
Leroy Hutchins
Chas. Gibbs
Hutchins
Chesley Hutchins
Goddard Street
Pearl Barter Seeks Overseas Duty With Naval Battery
In a letter to friends Pearl Barter a third class gunner's mate U S N praises training at Indian Head Md and looks forward to overseas service against the Huns. He hopes for rapid promotion from long study hours while stationed at the naval testing grounds as a member of the First Naval Battery. Barter attended the gunner's school in Washington and notes Indian Head’s quiet entertainment scene and recent hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Barter
U.S.N
Indian Head
Barter
Naval Testing Grounds
First Naval Battery
Washington
Private Arthur McMann Seeks Family News From Front
Private Arthur H. McMann of Company L, 101st Infantry AEF writes from the front to his mother in this city. He discusses expected continuance in trench warfare, hope of returning home soon, gas alerts, and a recent capture of a prisoner with a wooden leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Arthur H. McMann
Co. L
101St Infantry
John McMann
Sergeant Carey in France Hopes to Tell More Later
Sergt. A. I. Carey of the American Expeditionary Forces writes to his mother Mrs. Margaret Carey of 487 Washington street describing exciting experiences in France but says censorship prevents details. He notes being well fed, and himself as happy and in good health far from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cutting
M. J. Percy
Henrietta Bowker
H. S. Bowker
Henry Wyman
Bowker
Miss Bowker
Augusta Black
Jamaica Plain
Frank M. Bowker
Bath Iron Works
Phippsburg
Mr. Bowker
Bath
James
Perry
Charles Morrison
F. S. Bowker
Rachel Cutting
France
Margaret Deland
May Woman’s Home Companion
Edith
Sherry-eyes
Edith Stedman
Boston
B. E. Reed
Boothbay
Sted
Miss Stedman
Herbert
South Harpswell
West Bath Grange Hall
Red Cross
Owen Rogers
Elmer Rich
North Bath
J. M. Lemont
Fred Larrabee
Joseph White
Baptist Church
Brotherhood
Fred Wright
Arthur P. Wright
Europe
A. I. Carey
Margaret Carey
Washington — Street
Rice Praises Red Cross Y M C A and Knights of Columbus
Harold E. Rice son of Mr and Mrs Willard E Rice of 42 Vine lauds the Red Cross YMCA and Knights of Columbus for their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Work of Red Cross, Y. M. C. A
Knights of Columbus
Harold E. Rice
Willard E. Rice
Vine
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Thor’s
Adeline Mareen
Mabel Mereen
Frank Cushing
Mereen
A. F. Williams
301St Labor Battalion
Camp Hill
Newport News
Malcolm MacKay
Kelley-Spear CO
Aneee
Sanders’ Construction Co
State Highway Commission
Littlefield
Wellie Starrett
Fred Rose
Fred Winter
E. R. Brown
L. H. Curtis
Portland
Henry Shaw
Jerold Holden
Dr. Peaslee
Merton Wright
Walter Larrabee
Everett Mayo
Mitty Melanson
Charles Mann
Rosedale
Dr. Norton
Hannah Dobbins
Richard
Revere
Hazel Wharff
Peaslee
John Rideout
Scott Frye
Marion
Lester Crooker
Carl Crooker
Merchant Marine
Doris Perkins
Liberty
Alton Chick
Lewiston
Raymond Brooks
Providence
R. I
Samuel Morse
Independent
Uncle Sam’s Boys
Charles Gibbs and
Uncle Sam
Naval Service
Arthur McMann
Sergt. A
Carey
Johnson Bros. Company