Bowdoin Names Kenneth Sills New College President
Kenneth C. M. Sills, Bowdoin College dean since 1910 and acting president after William Hyde's death, was elected president by the trustees. A Bowdoin and Harvard graduate, Sills has held multiple academic posts and war service roles, and was born in Halifax Nova Scotia in 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
William DeWitt Hyde
Hyde
Sills
Bowdoin
Harvard
Columbia
Winkley
United States
Bert M. Fernald
Maine Public Safety Committee
Brunswick
American Red Cross
United States Naval Academy
Halifax
N. S
Portland High School
Fire Started by Children on Robert Coombs Lot
A small fire began on the Robert Coombs lot at 103 Middle Street when youths set it alight Wednesday. It spread toward Capt. Harvey Bates's home before neighbors, aided by women with buckets hoses and brooms, halted the flames before firemen arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Coombs
Middle Street
Harvey Bates
Mrs Louise F Chase Dies at Kent's Hill Seminary
Mrs Louise F Chase widow of Dr A Fitzroy Chase professor and later president of the seminary at Kent's Hill died there after twelve years of service. She was daughter of Rev Brethen Allen and Rachel S Allen and a Kent's Hill graduate class of '65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Kent’s Hill
Louise F. Chase
A. Fitzroy Chase
Nat
Ase
Brethen Allen
Rachel S. Allen
Woman’s College
Increased Ferry Fares Set By People's Ferry Co.
A new toll schedule for the People's Ferry Co. steamer Hocko mock takes effect June 15. Single fares rise to six cents, horse teams to 30 cents, autos with driver to 60 cents. five round trip tickets cost 2.40, workmen’s tickets rise to 50 cents. School children fares unchanged. Coal costs drove the increase as operating expenses climbed, with coal alone up 5,000 dollars year over year. Directors hope for night service and state reinstatement of a 2,000 dollar appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Ferry Co
Hockomock
Funeral for Mrs. Willard Daley Held at Parker Head
The funeral of Mrs. Willard H. Daley of Parker Head was conducted by Rev. S. A. Evans of Bath at her home Sunday afternoon. Many came from Bath and distant towns to pay respects as pallbearers and attendees, with interment in Hillside Cemetery Thursday.
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Willard H. Duley
S. A. Evans
Bath
A. C. Johnson
Alice Johnson
Henry Lermond
Samuel R. Percy
Allan Irish
Everett Harrington
Charles Perry
Galen Duley
Floyd Duley
Annie Thompson
Bangor
G. Irwin Duley
South Portland Shipbuilding Co
Elisha Totman
Rockland
Alvin Pye
Portland
Kind
Page Wyman
Traverse Jury
L. Easeley
Small Point
Huse
Fred Perry
Frank Wyman
Parker Head
Roland Eaton
Bath Iron Works
Leon
Henry Butler
Anchorage
Butler
Scott Golder
Josephine Golder
Bert Manson
Walte Perry
Winnegance
Willard Daley
Allan Ramsay
Hillside Cemetery
James Harrington
Alonzo Terrill
M. L. Oliver
William Cushing
Charles True
Alpheus Purington
Frank Daley
Lectina Wyman
Martin Wyman
the Kingdom
Oliver
Earl Morse
Chester Talbot
Charles A. Hunt Place
John D. Rogers
Phippsburg
Zina Eaton
Clarence Lakin
Fred S. Coombs
Thomas L. Perry
Bernice Clifford
Dr. Grant
George Trask
Charles Trask
Leon Pennell
Pennell
Beacon Street
Annie Williams
Walter C. Perry
Albert Holbrook
George Cotten
George Murphy
Doris Morse
Vena Dobbin
Joel Dobbin
Clinton
Marie
Lewistown
Dorothy Morse
Ralph Tibbetts
Winneganee
Harry Williams
Lewiston
Lodge of Pythian Sisters
Elm Hotel
Auburn
Meadowbrook Inn
W. A. Downing
Wiscasset
Wilfred Fay
Clinton Littlefield
Charles Merry
William Merry
Frances Bates
Wilton Bates
A. G. Page
Merle Huff
Board of Highways and Sewers
Maine Children Drive Thrift and War Savings Campaign
Maine school children contribute to the Thrift and War Savings drive with pennies nickels dimes and quarters. Nearly 300 schools are enrolled with some 100 percent participation and an estimated 300000 invested in War Stamps. Three Sagadahoc county schools Mallett Topsham West Bath Ashdale Phippsburg are on the 100 percent honor roll.
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Maine
Glenn W. Starkey
Sagadahoc County
Mallett School
Topsham
West Bath School
Ashdale School
Phippsburg
Mr. Starkey
Morse High Players Eye Neutral Field Clash with Lisbon Falls
Morse high baseball players express confidence they can defeat Lisbon Falls in a planned neutral site game, likely at Brunswick.
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Morse High
Lisbon Falls
Brunswick
Four from Sagadahoc county join Maine call to service
Adjutant General George Presson announces Sagadahoc county will furnish four men under the latest call for 500. The draft class 1 list as of May 15 determines the four, to report at Fort Slocum New York for a five day period starting May 29. Brunswick appoints Thomas H. Riley Jr local war historian and plans to log every Brunswick soldier’s enlistment branch and service.
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George McL. Presson
Maine
Sagadahoc
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Brunswick
Thomas H. Riley, Jr
Braided Rug Showcases Expert Craftsmanship in Window Display
A window display features a braided rug praised for its design and color. Observers note careful workmanship from start to finish and highlight its exceptional value.
Bath Plans Massive Red Cross Parade To Launch War Fund
The Swastika Exchange outlines a Bath campaign with a parade Tuesday evening for the Red Cross war fund. Bath’s quota is 15 000 dollars, with bands from Fort Williams Bath and St Jean Brunswick and many local groups invited to join. The plan urges each employee to donate one day’s pay to reach the goal in a single day.
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Red Cross War Fund
Bath
Edward W. Hyde
Coast Artillery Band
Fort Williams
Bath Band
St. Jean
Brunswick
13Th Co
C.A.C
Fort Baldwin
Naval Reserves
Boothbay Harbor
Dunlap Commandery
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
Red Cross Section
Knights of Columbus
Sons of Veterans
Knights of Pythias
Cosmopolitan Club
Colonial Club
The
Texas Steamship Co
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
Metal Trades Union
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Red Cross
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W. F. Senter
B. F. Warner
Hallowell
Ecru
Onyx
C. L. Farnham CO. Inc
Elm St
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Celetees
Grammar School
Woh. Daley
N. W. Eaton
Harrison MclIntyre
Charles Brown
Malden
Mass
Brown
George McIntyre
Harry
Ashdale
Zanie Wyman
Vivian Hallett
Wyman
Charles
Clarence Perkins
Elbridge Morse
Cox’s Head
Cox's Head
Bessie Sprague
Ernest Haskell
New York
West Point
Haskells
Harold Weston
G. D. Weston
Dromore
Town Hall
Mereen Blaisdell
U.S.N.R.F
Sebasco
Burkin Island
Boston Harbor
New England Telephone and Telegraph Force
James Thompson
G. J. H. Ingalls
Edgewood Farm
McCabe Co
Lucy Rogers
Ellis Rogers
C. P.O. Gardiner Rogers
Rogers
Laura Cutting
Meadowbrook
Martha Rogers
Charles Cutting
George JD. Weston
H. W. Cutting
McCrater
George Cutting
John Williams
Hebron
Frank Frisbée
Clinton Beals
Chaffee Bros
Beals
Oxford
Henry Minott
Margaret
Lakeview
Henrietta Bowker Thas
Harold M. Sewall
Sewall's Beach
Harry Bowie
Phyllis
Wyman’s Beach
Madelyn Chase
Will Hosmer
France
Henry West
Mexico
Walter Parshley
Ben
George Lewis
Massachusetts
James Cromwell
Bath City Hospital
Mr. Cromwell
Elijah Morse
Eric Carlson
Morse Shore
Frank Allegrin
Allegrin
Texas Co
Fred Wyman
Walter Williamson
W. C. Perry
Robert Manson
Eugene Spinney
Edgar Williams
Samuel Burk
Tylston C. Oliver
Kelley, Spear Co
Teddy
T. C. Oliver
T. Percy & Sons
Bath, Maine
Swastika Exchange
Hershberg’’ Master Craft Clothes
Deermont Clothing CO
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