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