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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1917

Page

8

Wartime social notes and local visits in Bath society

Saturday evening readers recount small town gaieties and war era duties. Residents at Oak and High share initiations at Community House, bread and sugar pledges, and letters from soldiers while local families celebrate anniversaries and welcome relatives visiting Portland and Brunswick.

Oak and High Streets Oak Street

Woolwich Notes Count Liberty Bonds and Local Happenings

Woolwich briefs report residents buying Liberty Bonds and attending church events. Local moves include Arthur Young moving into the Hunnewell house and multiple travel plans to Massachusetts. A gravel pit accident injures William T. Wright, son of Charles Wright, prompting medical attention.

William T. Wright Wright's Stott Charles Wright Raymond Dexter Th Co C. A Popham D. W. Dexter Kitteridge Warren Jordan Wright Place Eleanor Carlson Alonzo Hunt Montsweast Charles Amagene Rockport Mass Frang Savage George Peassey Bath William Elliott W. S. Kelley Edward Carlton Day's Ferry W. Il. Mayberry Boston Silas Adams Waterville D. Ernest Hathorne Edward H. Hathorne Eugene Lefrance Hartford Janet Flagg Charles W. Wright

Georgetown Notes Show Town Life And Winter Moves

Local items report residents attending a Sunday School convention in Montsweag, moves to be nearer the Center, and a horse injury at Georgetown Center. Others plan winter stays, theatre shows bring costumes to Union Hall, a Halloween party with gypsies and witches delights at Union Hall, and visits to Bath and Boston by residents and visitors.

George West Montsweag West Sunday School Association Charles Buckley Albion Hall Arrowsic Burnside A. Powers Robinhood Bath Powers Perry Beals Campbell William T. Boyd Doughty Wepster Harley Seguinland Som Canada England William O Oliver Bay Point Center Sewall Oliver Georgetown Center Nellie Teo. W. T. Boxvd W. C. Todd Five Islands Grange Hall Albert O. ‘Marr Charge Golden Everett Mr. Marrs Crosby Bros W. A. Todd Charles Clark Crosby Mill Eugene Reynolds Union Hall Clarey’s Arthur 5. Rowe Boston Ross A. E. Rove

Registration of explosives shifts to Maine clerks of courts

In Maine a congressional act moves explosive registration from city and town clerks to clerks of courts for Sagadahoc County on November 15. Fred H. Thompson will assume control, coordinating with town officers until then. Also noted: a trolley line interruption near Blind Crossing due to a snow plow accident damaged wires and a pole. Bath visitors Hon. Arthur S. Littlefield and Rodney J. Thompson returned from Augusta to Rockland.

Fessenden Chase Bath Iron Works Saco Alfred J. Rowe Clayton Evelyn Maine Sagadahoc County Fred H. Thompson Thompson Rowell Blind Crossing Lewiston Arthur S. Littlefield Rodney J. Thompson Knox County Bath Augusta Rockland

Bath Boys Celebrate Liberty Loan Drive At Camp Devens

Bath heavy field artillery men McLellan Hall Starkey and Miller returned home from Camp Devens Ayer Massachusetts after a regimental parade and pledge drives for Liberty Loan subscriptions. The unit exceeded goals with about 175000 subscribed and each man largely participating in the drive and morale boosting celebrations.

Charles D. Hall Amory McLellan Fred A. Starkey Roy Miller Bath National Army Camp Devens Ayer Mass Soard Heavy Field Artillery Union Hall Starkey Miller Bath Boys 20Srd Kaiser Bill Maine

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