Phippsburg News Highlights From Bath Area
Victoria Butler fears for granddaughter Julia Malcolm as family relocates to Duluth for shipbuilding work on Ocean and Rupple. News covers influenza, local travel, marriages, deliveries, farm harvests, and military letters from Camp Upton to Fort Totten, with Bath and Norway connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Butler
John Malcolm
Malcolm
Boston
Mass
Duluth
Minn
Ocean
Butler
Julia
Leon Berry
Jamaica Plain
Weekender guests at Lillian Browns cottage Foster Point
Margaret Fraser and others spent Sunday at Lil lian Browns cottage at Foster's Point with Clarence Miller and friends. They hiked in, enjoyed canoeing and supper, and plan to rent for winter snowshoe parties. Road work at town upper end progresses with widening gravelling. Local residents visited, hosted and traveled for family events and summer gunning trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Fraser
Katherine Landers
Margaret Ferguson
Margaret Wishart
Mary Flaherty
Vivian Miller
Marion Redlon
Clarence Miller
Parker Reed
Shirley Allen
Arnold Preney
George Blackwood
William Besaw
Robert Wishart
Lillian Brown
Foster's Point
Barry Ellis
Brunswick
Trufant’s Crossing
Larrabee
Edna White
Boston
Fred Alexander
T. S. White
Foster’s Point
Frank White
Joseph White
J. M. Lemont
Local Notes From New Meadows and Nearby
NEW MEADOWS notes report Calista Holbrook visiting from Portland, Grace Parlition and Mrs. Harry Storer on an auto trip to New Hampshire, and influenza recovery news for George Rush family. Augustis Snow finishes Franklin Union course as one of ten top ranks and may be sent to Columbia University for further training. Several local visits, Red Cross work, and club meetings are noted along with home projects and travel to Bath and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Susie Bates
Leon Bates
Beachmont
Mass
Jack Pinnell
Quincy
William Fields
Gilbert McFadden
Whiskeay Creek
Fred
Philip Williams
Harry Williams
Portland
Lincoln Williams
Foster Point
Harriet Johnson
Bath
J. Everett Mayo
Bath Iron Works
I New Iron House
William Dean
Elmer J.rich
Calista Holbrook
Grace Parliton
Harry Storer
New Hampshire
George Rush
Augustis Snow
Franklin Union
Columbia University
Harvey Jordan
A. P. Jordan
Merton Stackpole
Durham
William Davis
Red Cross
Sidney Holbrook
Prentiss Holbrook
Freeman
Doughty
Massachusetts
Merry Club
Forest Jackson
War Work Heads Drive Aims for City Campaign Start
The Bath community debates a large war work drive with a county committee of women led by Mrs. Harold M. Sewfall guiding the effort. Local leaders expect strong town participation to launch the drive, reflecting Bath’s duty in wartime and its status as Maine’s fastest growing city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Sewfall
Bath
Maine
Corporal Battison's Letter Details Long War Hikes Overseas
Mrs. Harold Battison of West Somerville, formerly Persis Preble of Bath, shares a French front letter from her husband in Battery D 321st F. A. E. F. He recalls night marches, wet bivouacs, and tough travel since the 19th, with horses lost and iron rations giving way to better meals. He notes a big battle nearby, dreary nights, and uncertainty about mail and departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompey
Hoover
Mrs Lillian Wright Visits Relatives in Lowell Mass
Mrs Lillian Wright of Woolwich is visiting relatives in Lowell Massachusetts. The note records a domestic travel or social visit with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Wright
Woolwich
Lowell, Mass
Popham and Bath Line Docks Change For Ice Protection
Steamers Isleford and Virginia will begin and end trips at the Eastern Steamship Co. wharf to avoid ice damage in severe weather. Isleford to operate early winter, Virginia to join when ice thickens. Virginia now at Popham Beach with hull sheathing. Mrs. Chester Wallace has leased Kay Rogers house. Capt. Wallace plans Africa voyage. A Hallowe en party for Miss Adelaide White featured costumes, music, games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille
Bowker Yard
Nova Scotia
Bert York
Port Clyde
William F. York
Chester Wallace
Small Point
Bath
Ina [Pease
Clinton Beals
Comet
Chaffee Bros
Dromore
Oxford
Mass
William R. Bowker
Jonathan Young
Jesse Savage
Sebasco
Charles Cutting
C. W. Locke
A. B. Stone
James C. Perry
Carrilla Coombs
Elbridge Morse
Parker Head
Ernest W. Oliver
Popham Beach
Camp Upton
N. Y
Fort Totten
Fort H G
New London
Conn
S. C. Campbell
Wight
Isleford
Virginia
Eastern Steamship Co
City Landing
Adelaide White
Richardson ‘Street
Daily Thought: Thoreau Quote on Investment of Goodness
A Thoreau quotation notes that goodness is the sole investment that never fails, emphasizing ethical living as a reliable return. The line reflects a timeless value proposition about moral conduct over material wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Thought
Goodness
Henry David Thoreau
Bath Physician Answers S Co S Call
Dr F C Walker returned from Nantucket where he was summoned by a grip epidemic. He assisted as the outbreak surged, with two Chatham doctors flying 28 miles in 20 minutes to aid, then easing as more physicians and nurses arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Walker
Nantucket
Walker
Chatham
Bath
Deer Hunt Ends in Harsh Fight and Large Buck Kill
Fiarold E Boyd returned from Readfield forest with two deer after a fierce encounter with a 165 pound buck wounded in the fore leg and hip. He wrestled the buck by an antler as bullets finished the animal, while a large 145 pound doe and several partridge were also taken. Venison was served roasted this noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiarold
E. ‘Boyd
Forest
Readfield
Harold
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Bowker Shipyard
August Rausch
J. C. Wyman
Auto
John Mains
Elijah Morse
Mr. Morse
Bernice May Nash
Arthur Wilbur Hill
Gray
J. Wialdo ‘Nash
Norway
M. O. Baltzer
Georgia Young
Lohengrin
Marian Gibson
Hill
Mr. Hill
Charles F. Hill
McElroy
Dora Purington
Frank ‘Ridley
Richmond
Charles Morrison
Mr. Washburn
Capt
James E. Percy
North Bergen
N. J
M. L. Percy
James C.perry
Earl Coombs
Winneyance
W. B. Bongartz
West Point
West Bath
G. A. Stuart
Littlefield School
Emma _ Gerrish
B. F. Flood
Alvin Flood
Larrabee's Grove
Elmer Craig
Joseph Groves
Dead River
George Preble
Oakland
Josephine Winter
Nathan Coffin
Park Street
Mr. Coffin
Harry Wright
Steven Wright
Berry’s Mills
Reuben Rich
William Brown
Mabel Rogers
Leonard Lord
Lawrence
Harry Plummer
Hardware and General Stores
Standard Oil Company OF
New York
New Meadows
Val
Ues
the Man
John J.desmondco
Water Streets
The
House of Ku
Coniey’s Specialty Store
Popham
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