Building Houses for Workers in Bath A wartime project
We tour Palmer field as men dig a cellar, lay foundations, raise walls, and set frames for army housing. Blocks replace concrete foundations for speed, crews work day and night, and new Andrews road will shape the east side to host 50 more dwellings this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Uncle Sam
Palmer Field
Andrews Road
Academy Street
Russell Mansion
J. R. Andrews
Clyde Windlass Co
Russell
Sergt. Sengt Butler Survives Heavy WWI Wounds
Sergt. Herbert L. Butler of Co. H 103d Infantry, formerly the Second Maine, returned to Waterville after hospital stays and a swift U S tour. He took four top-line assaults at Chateau Thierry on July 18, wounded thrice, left arm shattered, left hip hit, leg and eye injuries earlier in February. He plans further treatment in Colonia New Jersey then Maine. He is twenty two, wore three service emblems and lectured on war in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Butler
Co. H
Infanty
Second Maine
Waterville
Henry Butler
Washington Street
Chateau Thierry
Sergt. Butler
United States
Sergt
Butler
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Co. E
Tour Front
Chemin Des Dames
General Hospital 3
Colonia
N. J
Maine
United War
Young Butler
Bath City Reopens as Grip Ban Ends
Bath lifts month long grip epidemic ban and resumes church services, schools, theaters, library, and public gatherings. Two new grip cases reported and one pneumonia death noted. officials urge ill or convalescing individuals to avoid public events to prevent a renewed outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kingsley
Grip
Former Bath Boy Slightly Wounded in France
Wesley Beals, formerly of Bath, reportedly slightly wounded in a France battle. He joined service with Co. M, 2d Maine, and serves with the 103d Infantry, 26th Division, A.E.F. He is under 20, moved with his mother to Richmond a few years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Beals
Bath
France
Young Beals
Co. M
Maine
103D Infantry
A.E.F
Richmond
Army of Workmen Building Houses at Palmer Field
A photograph of Palmer field on Academy street shows Leighton Mitchell Co building 78 modern houses for Bath Iron Works employees. About 300 carpenters masons and laborers work swiftly to finish the homes ready for occupation early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army OF Workmen
Palmer Field
Shipbuilders OF
Bath
Academy Street
Leighton, Mitchell Co
Uncle Sant
Bath Iron Works
Brothers Reunite in Bath After 26 Years apart
Capt Charles M. Gilmore of Port Clyde met City Messenger John W. Gilmore in Bath on Tuesday afternoon after a 26 year separation. The ten minute reunion occurred as the captain rode the 4.05 train to Boston and stopped at City Hall. Charles Gilmore, former commander of the Edna torpedoed May 25, recounted his capture by a German submarine and eight days aboard before release. He later rescued the Alice Archer crew and now serves as an inspector for wooden vessels for the U S Shipping Board. John Gilmore recognized his brother at once, though Charles did not recognize him until the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Gilmore
Port Clyde
John W. Gilmore
Boston
John
Gilmore
Bath
City Hall
Edna
Philadelphia
Havana
Jersey
von Tirpitz
Alice Archer
Arthur Gibbs
Wilbur C. Oliver
United States Shipping Board
First District
Charles
Six foxes cost Bubier court fine for illegal possession
Fred Bubier of West Bath was convicted in municipal court on the illegal possession of six foxes. He was fined $28 and costs by Judge Keegan after Game Warden R. E. B. McAusland testified Bubier trapped the animals before the legal opening and killed them before consulting inland fish and game commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bubier
Fred Bubier
WesteBath
Keegan
RE. B. McAusland
Mr. Bubier
Commissioners of Inland Fish and Game
Women Workers Doing Their Bit in Bath Yards
Mrs. Charlotte Wyman and other women join Bath iron works learning engraving and milling trades previously held by men. Women now perform bench work and tube finishing, receiving the same wages as male predecessors, with expansion to jewelry and other industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Wyman
Percy
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Iron ‘Works
Wyman
Mary “Pear
Man Electrocuted in Bath Shipyard Tragedy
Wilfred Beaudoin, 39, of Chicopee Falls, employed by Cummings Construction Co., was instantly killed Sunday morning in the Bath shipyard after grasping a 440 volt wire. He crawled under the wires, stepped on iron, and reached up with both hands amid damp conditions. An inquest was not deemed necessary and the body was moved to Curtis undertaking rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Béaudoin
Chicopee Falls
Cummings Construction Co
Texas
Snipe
Curtis
One Recruit for Company Led Me
A brief notice states one recruit joined Company Led Me on Wednesday. The item records a single enlistment and names no additional participants, dates, or locations beyond Wednesday.
Hundreds Register For Bailey Evening School Classes
Nearly 300 students enrolled on opening night with more expected. Ship drafting covers calculations and hull weights, structural plans, body plan design, and details like bulk heads and stern expansions. Friday registrations open. totals by class include shorthand 46 and typewriting 56 among others. Average age 25, ages range 15 to 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Stuart
Trolley Car Hits Pair of Horses in Bath
A southbound trolley struck two black horses owned by Henry G. White near the Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co. crossing. The pair, driven by John Hart and hauling electric poles, were badly cut and bruised and may not recover. Conductor William E. Harriman and Motorman J. A. Whiting operated the car. The cart and harnesses were wrecked. Mrs. Benjamin M. Plummer has returned to Bath from Philadelphia to visit her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. White
John Hart
Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co
William E. Harriman
J. A. Whiting
White
Builders Race to House Workers in Bath during War
L. P. Soule & Son Co. rapidly erects brick homes near Bath for United States shipyard workers. From August to October 1918 the team walls in 50 houses, with more near completion, while laying streets, sewers, and wiring. A 600-meal-a-day mess hall serves workers, and dormitories, a school, and recreational facilities are planned as part of a broad war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Soule & Son Co
Soule Company
Uncle Sam
Texas
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
New England
John Glen
Glen
High
Washington
Oliver
High Street
War Work heads form a big Bath drive for funds
Bath's allotment in the United War Works Council drive opening November 11 for one week is $21,472. The executive committee met at Hon. Albert H. Shaw's home and outlined steps for a major city campaign to bring comforts to service members. County leaders and local industrial and civic figures were named to committees, with quotas set for Bath and surrounding towns and out of town corporate contributions to be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
United War Works Council
Albert H. Shaw
Harold M. Sewall
Frank B. Nichols
Ruperth. Baxter
Wiliam D. Sewall
James B. Drake
The
Salvation Army
Joseph Solovich
Jewish Welfare Board
Pinkham
American Library Association
War Camp Community Service
Charles 8. Brown
Charles C. Low
John L. P. Burke
Harry ©. Webber
L. B. Jackson
Texas Steamship Co
W. S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Rodney Ross
Hyde Windlass Co
Charles S. Brown
Daniel T. Dougherty
Rupert H. Baxter
William D. Sewall
Arrowsie
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Richmond
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Johnson Bros. Company Advertises Hardware and Supplies
Johnson Bros. Company lists dealers in cotton, wire rope, cordage, chains, anchors, oakum, caulking, plugs, broad axes, sheet copper, adzes, bar copper, yellow metal, and various oils for mill use. Also notes galvanized wire and cat.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. M. Gilmore
Benjamin M. Plummer
BATHS
Magic City
North End
Johnson Bros. Company
R Cotton
Cross
Bis
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