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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1918

Page

4

Red Cross Parade Elevates Bath Civic Spirit

The Bath community paraded through Front Street to Linden and Washington, then gathered on the park green for a carnival of music. Harriet Henderson portrayed The Greatest Mother in the World on a Bath Iron Works truck, while Isabelle Smith starred as Goddess of Liberty. The event highlighted generous donations from local businesses and featured a Boy Scouts beacon troop and a miniature emergency wagon pulled by ponies.

Page One House Square 15Th Co Red Cross Front Street Linden Washington Oak Te High Linden Street Bath Harriet Henderson Bath Iron Works Iron Works Isabelle Smith Liberty United States Lyman E. Smith Brunswick Japan Beacon Boy Scouts Wesley Frank and Gardner Deering D. T. Percy & Sons Samuel Levine A. E. Ellers New England

Red Cross Flag Parade Draws Large Bath Contributions

In Bath the Red Cross flag parade raised nearly 654.35 dollars, the biggest response in Maine. St Martin of Tours council Millinockett loaned the flag for parades in several towns. Uncle Sam figure led with Edward Murphy and A Haraden coordinating.

Sagadahoe Council K. of C Red Cross St. Martin of Tours Council Millinockett Maine Bath Edward J. Murphy Marshal A. Haraden Uncle Sam Margaret Conley Mary Costain Elmer Eugene Hayes Edward McKenna Joseph Steward John E. Fitzgerald John J. Keegan Mr. Haraden Filene Boston Waterville

Bath Teachers Club Holds Season Finale Lecture on Macbeth

The Bath Teachers' Club wrapped up its season with Rev. David L. Wilson speaking on Macbeth at Morse High School. About 50 members attended, and officers for next year were elected: President Giles A. Stewart, Vice President Martha Hooper, Secretary and Treasurer Laura Mitchell, Executive Board Alice Magoun and Nellie Turner.

Bath Teachers’ Club Morse High School David L. Wilson Martha Hooper Laura Mitchell Alice Magoun Nellie Turner

Knight family burial visit for young Carolyn Elizabeth

Mr and Mrs Harry C Knight and their son Gordon arrived from New Haven Conn with the body of their three year old daughter Carolyn Elizabeth for burial in Oak Grove Thursday morning. The Knights are known locally with Mr Knight a Bowdoin graduate and ex vice president of Southern New England Telephone Co. Mrs Knight, formerly Miss Mabel Bacon, worked at E A Sewall. The Knights stayed with Mr and Mrs Charles T Jackson whom they had married in Bath.

Harry C. Knight Gordon New Haven Conn Carolyn Elizabeth Oak Grove Knight Bath Pittston Bowdoin College Southern New Enland Telephone Co Mabel Bacon E. & A. Sewall Charles T. Jackson

Phippsburg Men Busy Gardening And Wartime Efforts

H T Stevens and Thomas Moore both near eighty lead local home gardens amid wartime food drives. The town notes widespread Red Cross activity, guest visits from Bath and Brunswick, road work by N W Eaton and others, and seasonal preparations for summer cottages as residents adapt to Food Will Win the War conditions.

H. T. Stevens Thomas Moore Popham N. W. Eaton Bath Red Cross A. F. Williams Minott C. V. Minott, Jr John Walker Dickinson Henry Heald Frank Allegrin Melvin Wallace Small Point Virginia Fort Baldwin Edward Thomas Elbridge Morse Cox's Head William Hamilton Brunswick Riverside Ottawa Campbel Fletcher Stanley France George Oliver Hyde F. S.bowker West Poland W. V. Percy W. H. Bowker Leach J. H. Stacey A. J. Beckhard Plattsburg Amherst F. William Ferris New York John Holland Harry Watson Nathan Jessie Davis Ashdale Oxford Dorothy Blaisdell Frank Cushing Mereen Frank Daley Bozton Parker Head F. M. Merritt Sebasco Estates J. A. Archibald Charles Anderson Leland Wallace Ernest Faust Leon Eaton Phippsburg

Expression of thanks from Daley family after sorrow

W H Daley and family of Parker Head express heartfelt thanks through the Independent for the sympathy and help offered during Mrs Duley’s tragic death. The community’s support and neighborly kindness are deeply appreciated.

W. H. Daley Parker Head Independent

Bath urged to launch clean-up week for public health

Dr. L D Bristol Maine’s new health commissioner visited Bath to urge an immediate clean-up crusade as hot weather nears He warns crowded housing open sewers and garbage pose epidemic risks and calls for ordinances and daily garbage removal He notes state health dept relocation to Augusta and mentions George Washington Hall’s death in Wisconsin.

L. D. Bristol Maine Bath Local Health Board Bristol Health Board State Department of Health Federal Arsenal Kennebec Augusta George Washington Hall Evansville Wis South America

Steamer Bath Returns Home After Boiler Relocation

The 9900 ton cargo steamer Bath, built by The Texas Steamship Co., completed a novel voyage to New York to install three boilers. A temporary donkey boiler powered essential systems during the tow and sea voyage, with 32 aboard including crew and mechanics. The operation impressed shipyard officials and workers on its return to Kennebec.

Bath Texas Steamship Co New York Texas Co Florida New York Harbor Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Co Kennebec

Mrs A T Shaw Ills Lead To City Hospital Treatment

Mrs A T Shaw of Washington Street has been ill for some time and has been admitted to City Hospital for treatment.

A. T. Shaw Washington Street City Hospital

Map of Europe and its battlefronts in wartime rhetoric

A dramatic passage questions readers about key World War I locations and strategic aims, urging understanding of Verdun, Vimy Ridge, Kemmel Hill, the Marne, and routes to Berlin as the map of Europe shifts and the war’s gaze rests on the front.

Channel Verdun Vimy Ridge Kemmel Hill Berlin Paris Marne Europe

Atlas Offer Promises World War Maps and Profiles

An advertisement touts a 68 page World War Atlas with 32 large maps and portraits of military leaders. It promotes a seven month Modern Priscilla subscription plus the atlas and notes Morse High School’s 1914 graduating class of 27, many pursuing college, with several entering service.

Priscilla Morse High School Lester Morse Carleton Lowell Wallace Ham George Carleton University of Maine Maurice Avery Frank Whalen Isaiah Hunt Bowdoin Avery Whalen George Wetherbee Andover Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miriam Adams Colby John Totman Cornell Frances Southard Wellesley Dorothy Higgins Abbot Academy Normal School

Cummings Crocket Tie the Knot in Lime City

Donald G. Cummings, a Bath Iron Works timekeeper, married Miss Marjorie Crockett of Rockland in Lime City Saturday. They live with Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Wakefield in Bath. The groom has been receiving congratulations and cigars, and the bride, formerly a Woolworth cashier, is popular in her hometown.

Lee’s Island Donald G. Cummings Bath Marjorie Crockett Rockland Lime City Franks. Wakefield South Street Woolworth

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B. F. Warner Saxony Germantown C. L. Farnham CO Elm St D. M. Humphreys & Co Room Sagadahock Block Bath, Me Union St. Brunswick Teachers Club Saderrand Carrie Moses Portland James Oliver Charles Morton Walter Coffin Sebasco Harriman Port Clyde Robert McIntyre Charles F. Hathaway Mr. Hathaway Hathaway Joel Cushman J. H. Stacy Popham Beach Mrs. Walker Henry Butler Anchorage Bangor Sandy Point Butler E.M.F King Tavern Charles Mason W. R. Dickinson Nelson Doughty Williams Place Frank William Farr Poland Springs H. W. Cutting Charles Cutting J. O. Wyman Lakeview Walter Williams Willard the Auto Supply Store Center St T. Percy & Sons Bath, Maine Swastika Exchange MORSE Cummings—Crockett Hershberg Palm Beach Deermont Clothing Coo
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