County Men Registered for Draft Sept 12 With Classifications
List shows names of county residents who registered for the September 12 draft with classification codes 1 A 1 G 2 A 2 D and others. Entries include Morton, McKinney, Harford, Soule, Millay, Graves, Leathers, St. Laurett, Pinkham, and many more with home towns such as Topsham Bowdoinham Woolwich Richmond Bath and Kennebec area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Cooper Mosher
North Front St
Richa
Charles Franklin McKinney
Sebasco
Phippsburg
Loston
Tabor Harrington
Parkers Head
Phippsbur
John Giles Soule
Woolwich
Morris Herman Pinkham
Five Islands
Georgeton
Henry Leslie Dickinson
Box
Pejepscot Mills
Frank Dexter Mariner
Richmond
Albert Augustus Davis
Westport
Henry Warren Cornish
Topsham
Roland Dewey Harford
Georgetown
Ralph Percy Merriman
Elm St
Percy Charles Green
Lisbon Falls
William Cushman Mains
Robinhood
Leander G. Hurd
Henry Everett Harford
Eugene Wilbur Bradshaw
James Frank Millay
Bowdoinham
Edward Millay Graves
Wallace Franklin Griffin
Levi Bernard Leathers
Walter Herbert Bean
North Bath
Charles Arris Pinkham
Frank Chebees Montgomery
Arrowside
Wilson Lewis Bailey
Cranmore Rae R. F. D
West Bath
Dennis Francis McKenna
Joseph Saindon
Bridge St
William Harrison-Ctrew
Melvin Octavus Wallace
Star Route
Bath
Cleveland Liewelyn
Bowdoinhar Vergik
Jesse Field
Edward Miller Horton
Ernest Perry
Frank Abraham Crossman
Topeham
Edwin Randall Stewart
Hollis Hains Essler
Richard Edward Roberta
Thomas Joseph St. Laurett
Prospect
Frederick Berthel Peabody
Wilbur Elton Howe
Harry Garfield Spinney
Edwin Curtis Potter
Harrison Morton Stone
Walter Holman Foster
Charles Merry Cook
Harley Sterry Leighton
Samuel Bloom Ward
Women urged to aid war effort through home service
War message calls on women as mothers and sisters to take up hard duties at home to help the front. It extols health and strength, promoting Dr. Pierce’s herbal tonics and the Favorite Prescription, claiming decades of use and offering trial packages and medical advice from the Buffalo institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Fortnightly Club Announces Season Program
Fortnightly club president Miss Jane Whitmore reveals the coming season opens November 20 at 4 p.m. in Morse high assembly hall with The American Girls in story and song. The program lists speakers Joe Mitchell Chapple Mary Boyle O Reilly James B Thrasher and others with a diversified schedule through June including concerts lectures and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Whitmore
Morse High Assembly Hall
Jennie Rideout
Flora Stetson
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
James B. Thrasher
Morse High School
Paulina Corella
Riccardo Bonelli
Ruth Collinghourne
Marion Hyde
Martha Small
Verne Bimson
Mary Joyle O'Reilley
Viola Hogan
Elizabeth Moses
Cosmopolitan Club of
Bath
Saturday Club of
Brunswick
Eleanor Irish
Agnes Humphreys
Josef Yarrick
Julia Webber
Carrie Johnson
Adelaide Clifford
Katherine Wetherbee
Emma Magoun
Frances Peaslee
Church Men Split Tasks Haul Eight Tons at Gibbons Yard
At Wesley Church more than two men formed two crews to work alternating at Gibbons coal yard and the church. In two hours they hauled eight tons of coal. Sunday services were well attended and the Sunday school is being reorganized. The Sorority meets at Mrs. Armes on Cherry street tonight. Scout troop meets Wednesday night. Ladies aid holds an all day meeting Thursday with picnic dinner. Prayer social Thursday night uses the theme Jesus Among Men. Woman's foreign missionary society meets Friday at 2 30 p m. Choir rehearsal Friday at Mrs Baum's home. Rev E Hil ton Post will preach in exchange with Beacon Street church next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Gibbons Coal Yard
Ladies’ Aid
Jesus
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
McCutcheon
Winter Street
Arthur E. Baum
Union Street
E. Hilton Post
Beacon Street Church
No Thanksgiving Play Called by Colonial Club
The Colonial club will not stage a Thanksgiving night performance to avoid clashing with the Cosmopolitan club production of Stop Thief at the Columbia on November 28. At the monthly meeting Monday night five new members were admitted Earl A. Randler D E Lawton Clifford M Millay W Marshall MacDonald and Loraine M Price. Three members resigned James C Purinton William M Adams and A B Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Columbia
Earl A. Randler
D. E. Lawton
Clifford M. Millay
W. Marshall MacDonald
Loraine M. Price
James C
Soldier describes top action and prisoners in WWI letters
Sergt Edwin A. Lane of Co H 103d Infantry recounts over the top actions from the past eight months. He states his unit captured prisoners and a machine gun while observers note two comrades Walter Stratton and Perley Butler fell in battle. Lane recalls guard duty at New Meadows and compares wartime experiences to prior patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Lane
Co. H
103D Infantry
Lane
3Ath
Waterville
New Meadows
Fritz
New Meadows Bridge
Walter Stratton
Perley O. Buttler
Fritze
Daughters of Revolution Organizes Col. Dummer Sewall Chapter
The Col. Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R held its first meeting at the Cosmopolitan club house with Regent Mrs Edward C Plummer presiding. The group outlined year committees and plans to support wartime French relief including funds for Tiloloy rebuilding and poultry farms, plus care for a French orphan. Four guest members from other chapters attended and a French orphan letter was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
Cosmopolitan Club House
Edward C. Plummer
National Treasury
Tiloloy
France
D. A. R. Little
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Cayuga
Ithaca
N. Y
Louise Walker
Franklin Folger
Nantucket
Richard Cook
Matthew Thornton
Nashua
N. H
Fred W. Courser
Henry R. White
Alice K. Robbins
Harry C. Wiebber
Flora M. Randall
Ways and Means
John A. ‘Morse
Charles H. Mason
Rupert H. Baxter
William E. Palmer
Charles C. Low
Henry Tt. White
Howard B. Johnson
Eliot A. Fuller
Ernest A. Allan
Mary P. Hill
Harry O. Stinson
Jane S. Murphy
Thomas S. Gibbons
Laura B.palmer
James F. Murphy
John A. Morse
Harry C. Webber
Laura B. Palmer
Flower
Jane M. Whitmore
Death of Frank E. Bartlett 61 in Bath area
Frank E. Bartlett, 61, died of heart trouble Sunday at his Commercial Street home. Born in Newburg, son of Eben Bartlett, he moved to Bath from Waterville three years ago and left a wife and two sons. Funeral held in Winterport after his body was taken there. Mrs. Harry D. Robinson of Portland, president of the auxiliary of T W Hyde Camp 8 of W, attended the first regular meeting since the epidemic as officers prepared for the December annual inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Bartlett
Commercial Street
Winterport
Mr. Bartlett
Newburg
Eben Bartlett
Bath
Waterville
Harry D. Robinson
Portland
T. W. Hyde Camp
Men Turned Away by Lack of Room at Bath Y M C A
The Bath Y M C A rooming plan for shipyard workers remains popular with demand exceeding capacity. About 75 men lodged Monday, four pool tables used as beds, and 15 applicants turned away. 39 sleep in the gym as 13 rooms from Acadia lodge banquet hall and social hall are added to house more men. Plans aim to use the gym steadily this winter while Sec. Pinkham seeks a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec
Pinkham
Acadia Lodge
Sec. Pinkham
Boys From War Zone Visit Old Folks Home
Stanley J. LeFave of Melrose Massachusetts and Marvin Niblack of Kansas City Missouri, radio operators, visited matron Marie L. Hasty at the Old Folks Home over the weekend. They recently returned from France and served on coastwise duty afterwards. They shipmates spoke of St Nazaire Bordeaux Paris and Plymouth and shared stories of devastated France and wartime sea service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley J. LeFave
Melrose
Mass
Marvin ©. Niblack
Kansas City
Marie L. ‘Hasty
Mr. LeFave
LeFave
Niblack
St. Nazaire
Bordeaux
Paris
Plymouth
Eng
France
Miss Torrey Attends Western Maine Wellesley Club Meeting
Miss Margaret Torrey attended the Western Maine Wellesley club gathering at Congress Square hotel in Portland. She heard reports from the Wellesley unit in France and learned dormitory help shortages affect Tower Court and other dormitories as students assist in care duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Torrey
Western Maine
Wellesley Club
Congress Square
Portland
Wellesley
France
Tower Court
Miss Torrey
Bath Wellesley
Hoover
State W C T U Meeting Set in Waterville
Bath W C T U president Mrs James Knight reports the state convention and executive sessions will be at Getchell Street Baptist Church Waterville on December 4 and 5. Sessions start 9 30 each day with noon adjournment the next day. Delegates should contact Mrs H Hay Lawrence for rooms and meals. convention will not host meals. State officers headquarters at Elmwood Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Knight
Bath
Althea H. Quimby
Getchell Street Baptist Church
Waterville
H. Hay Lawrence
College Place
Elmwood Hotel
Gunning Notes From Merrymeeting Bay Duck Hunt
George Conway captured two black ducks at Merrymeeting Bay Saturday. Monday additional birds were reported in the bay as hunters rode out the storm. Bath area hunter Howard Call noted. One Bath hunter once brewed hot tea on a float stove on cold days. Fog hampered bearings as several hunters lost direction last week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Fisher returned to Boston Monday afternoon to spend the winter there and in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Conway
Merrymeeting Bay
Bath
Howard Call
Merrymeeting ‘Bay
Charles W. Fisher
Boston
New York
Classifications Of Sagada County Registrants By District Board
District Exemption Board No 1 has classified Sagada county registrants by residence and category. Names include Black Couture Ward Rideout Stinson Harlow Stinson Sidelinger Stewart Stinson Hill Purington Vangeli White Bath Weert Auban Luce Pennell Tedford Haley Melver Rogers Blodgett Chappell Woolwich II-C II-C IV-C III-J III-J III-J III-J I-F II-C I-E II-C II-C III-J III-J II-C III-J II-C MI-J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Andred F. Black
Bath
Cyrill Couture
Bowdoinham
Hiram P. Ward
Topsham
Lester F. Rideout
David C. Stinson
Arrowsic
Charles E. Sidelinger
Edwin R. Stewart
Richmond
Daniel L. Stinson
Edmond C. Harlow
Charles ©. Hill
Reuben H. Purington
Egisti Vangeli
Thomas J. White
Weert Bath
John C. Auban
Maurice A. Luce, Jr
Leon L. Pennell
Ernest R. Tedford
Clarence M. Haley
Edward D. Melver
William O. Rogers
George A. Blodgett
Charles M. Chappell
Woolwich
Miss Fletcher Surprised by Hallowe'en Party at Weeks Street
A Halloween gathering for Miss Susan E. Metcher at her Weeks Street home featured games pranks and an old fashioned supper. Attendees included Caroline Stackpole Madelyn Rich Susan Quick Homer Potter and others with John Gillespie winning the cleverest prize and Caroline Stackpole taking the booby prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe’en
Susan E. Metcher
Weeks Street
Richard Quick
Caroline Stackpole
Madelyn
Joseph
Thelma Rich
Dorothy Co
Pinkham and Robinson Wed in Bath By Reverend Evans
Victor Pinkham and Annette B. Robinson, both of Bath, were married Saturday night at eight by Rev. Samuel A. Evans at the People's Baptist church parsonage on North Street. The couple, unattended, used a single ring service and plan a brief wedding trip before settling in Bath. In other news, a son named Harry Milton Ward Jr. was born to Sergi and Mrs. Harry M. Ward in Ithaca, NY, with the family formerly residing in Bath. Ward is finishing training at Cornell and will attend a camp in South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pinkham
Annette B. Robinson
Bath
Samuel A. Evans
People’s Baptist Church
North Street
Amos
Mattie Pinkham
William
Emma Jacobs
Ward
Ithaca, N. Y
Sergi
Harry M. Ward
Harry Milton Ward, Jr
Cornell University
South Carolina
Dr Hervey Reports Bermuda Seaweed Study
Dr Alpheus B Hervey and Frank B Collins prepared a Bermuda seaweed catalog describing about 400 species with 30 new to science. The work titled Algae of Bermuda is praised as the best in warm seas and published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpheus B. Hervey
Bermuda
Savannah
Hervey
Bath
Frank 8. Collins
American Academy of Arts and Sciences of
Boston
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Patten Free Library of
Hillcrest
Hamilton
St. George
Genesta chapter honors top new member donor
Mrs Merrill wins a centerpiece presented by Genesta chapter O S for procuring the most new members during the year. It was made by Mrs William P MacMillan of Rockland a Genesta member who formerly lived in Bath. Initiation of new members is planned for Nov 15. Harold A Reed of the field signal battalion visited home from Camp Devens to spend Sunday with his father Fred B Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Merrill
Genesta Chapter
William P. MacMillan
Rockland
Bath
Harold A. Reed
Field Signal Battalion
Camp Devens
Fred B. Reed
Winona Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy for Nerve Relief
Mrs. Albert Sultze of Winona Minnesota says she suffered nervousness for a year and could not rest at night. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved sleep and energy. The ad cites the remedy for decades as a standard treatment for women’s nervous conditions, pains and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona, Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
Winona
Minn
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Breales
Whitmore
Annie Low
Emma Dunton
Margaret Mussenden
Annie Cox
Emily White
Midelyn Dunton
Winifred Wardwell
Jennie Silsby
Eunice Walters
Alice Sawyer
Christabel Whitney Kidder
Alicia Crosby
Laura Palmer
BOCHE
Sergt
Daughters OF Revolution
W. C. T. U. Meeting
Miss Fletcher
DR. Hervey
Mrs. Merrill
Fletcher
Castoria
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