Names and numbers of county men who registered for draft
The list shows county residents registered Sept. 12 with classifications such as 1-A 2-D and 1-G. It includes Morres Willard Wallace of Sebasco and many others with addresses in Topsham Richmond Bowdoinham Georgetown and Phippsburg among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morres Willard Wallace
Sebasco
Phippsburg
George Earle Melvin
Elm St
Topsham
Henry Martin Fox
Fabien Joseph Belanger
Bowdeinham
Melvin Everett Tibby
R. F
Herbert Oscar Small
Treeree
Ahred Dredgett
David Walter Scribner
Milward Bellar Sprague
Bowdoinham
Alcide Couture
Lorins Elis Darling
West Point
Williatm Gooding Mitchell
Woolwich
Charles Kingsley Stoddard
Arthur Chester Winstow
Richmond
Michael Frye
Winnegance
Albert Cliff Sproul
Albertine Greenwood Baker
Sewall Freeman Moore
Georgetown
Frank Seavey
Mike Lucas
Pejepscot Mills
Jacob Joseph Maleke
Phipsburg
William L. Roy
Bridge St
Melvin Chester Curtis
Ames Merton Wright
Wilbert Riley Averill
Arrowsic
Cesare
Everett
Oscar Snipe
Arrowsie
Emery Ray Bowdoin
Main St
Leon Leroy Pennell
Morton Steadman Baker
Nathaniel Percy Sylvester
James Theodore Cornish
George Everett Rogers
Dominico Mastrotatero
Box
Arthur Otis Lancaster
Gardiner
Joseph Llewellyn Bragg
Henry Failen Merriman
George William Hunter
Hlenry Sweetser Densmore
Herman Lee Wright
Ed Wright
Oakfield
Marcus Larne Coffin
Bow
Horace Coutney Hinckley
Mike Harakal
Willie Ezekiel Blackman
Jordan Crocker Wright
Lorenzo Dow Small
Bowdoingham
Everett Alonzo Small
LeForest Melvin Small
Charles Mannus Chappell
Herbert James Leeman
Benjamin Franklin Jones
Councilman Worrey and Wife Observe Silver Wedding
The home of Councilman Herbert EK Worrey and Mrs Worrey at 1207 Washington Street hosted a large gathering for their 25th anniversary. Guests presented abundant silver and china tokens as the couple, long residents of Bath, received congratulations from more than 206 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert EK. Worrey
Washington Street
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Edna Martin
Ernestine Pero
Louise Irish
Helen Powers
Marion
Bernice Worrey
Worrey
Ward
Kelley Spear Co
Phippsburg
Major
Lucy Worrey
Parker
Corp
Eugene
Roger
Iron tonic promises vigor for troops and readers
An advertisement extols Iron-tic a soluble iron tonic said to boost blood iron to energize men and women serving behind lines and at home. It claims quick pep and vitality, urging readers to send 10 cents for a trial from the Surgical Institute in Buffalo, with a 60 cent retail price noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
France
Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pinson Boat Yard Prepares for Winter Storage
At the Pinson boat yard the South end stores a quantity of boats for winter. Each shop is filled and four railways are tasked to haul out the largest boats onto trucks for winter storage until spring. Mr. Pinson is optimistic about motor boating next spring and a busy 1919 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinson
Mr. Pinson
Cutting Down Car Barn on North Street
The L A W St Ry car barn on North street is shortened to 190 feet. The north end extension is being torn down leaving the long track for car storage when not in use. The reduced length is said to provide ample room for the local division’s cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ry
North Street
New Recruits Join Company L Drill Roster
Fourteen new recruits were added to Company L at Tuesday night drill bringing total membership to about 100. Maj. Philip F. Chapman of Portland missed the session due to influenza illness. The group practiced the manual of arms with noted improvement. Lieut. Paul Ragon, on eight day leave in Paris, writes to his aunt Mrs. John Jewett detailing four front duty tours this fall and plans to visit Detroit on return to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. L
Merton O. Webber
Philip F. Chapman
Portland
Manual of Arms
John Jewett
Paul Ragon
Paris
America
Detroit
France
Labor Bureau to Help the Soldiers
Charles T. Jackson notes state headquarters plan for postwar labor adjustment. Officers will replace in industry and stabilize workers who served. A program to assist disabled soldiers pairs U S Employment Service with the federal board for vocational education to train and place veterans in permanent roles unaffected by physical deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Jackson
United States Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Employment Service
Presents for Soldiers Christmas labeling plan by Red Cross
The Red Cross will supply labels so every man in the American expeditionary forces can receive a Christmas package. Near relatives may sign a statement confirming they are the nearest relative and that no label has been received. The plan starts November 21 with Bath chapter ready to issue labels and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Expeditionary Forces
Red Cross
Bath
Sagadahoc Grange installs officers after election
Sagadahoe Grange elected and installed officers Wednesday led by State Secretary Mrs. E. C. Patten of Topsham. Harold Hildreth is master, Herbert Adams overseer, Jonathan Hodgkins lecturer, Albert Henderson steward, Levi Staples chaplain, Edwin C. Patten treasurer, Herrietta Sawyer secretary, George W. Johnson gatekeeper, Emma Ferguson pomona, Annie Purington sisters Marjorie Henderson flora Winifred Rackley lady assistant steward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe Grange
E. C. Patten
Topsham
Harold ‘Hildreth
Herbert Adams
Joahua Hodgkins
Albert Henderson
Levi Staples
Edwin C.l’atten
Herrietta Sawyer
George W. Johnson
Gateekeeper
Emma Ferguson
Pomona
Annie Purington
Jeres
Marjorie Henderson
Flora
Winifred Rackley
White posts changes at Los Angeles and Western Railway
Supt Lewis redesignates stopping places as old spots are removed or altered amid a federal fuel administration order to reduce the number of stops. Maine music festival attendees list includes Margaret Adams Martha Bates Phyllis Bowie Madelyn Chase Annie Cox Charlotte Cook and many others with Rev D L Wilson and Arthur B Stearns among chaperones. Charles E Furbish of Goddard street heads to New Jersey for Thanksgiving visit, linking to Mrs Glenville Themain and Electric Boat Co. draftsman Tremain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt Lewis
Federal Fuel Administration
Mendelssohn Club
Portland
Margaret Adams
Martha Bates
Phyllis Bowie
Madelyn Chase
Annie Cox
Charlotte Cook
Lloyd Daley
Fred D. Hill
Bessie Hunt
Herbert S. Harris
Margaret Hanson
Frank Hodgdon
Agnes Humphreys
Miriam Kimball
Earle Lermond
John A. Legro
Gladys McGillicuddy
Frostina ‘Marston
H. Emma Magoun
Alice Magoun
Edith McTecer
Frejda Mikelsky
Ruth, Mikelsky
Mae Morse
Alice Nichols
Sarah Oliver Chester Plant
Louise Robinson
Harry Richardson
Arthur B. Stearns
Annabel Stearns
Hope Sturtevant
Jack Shaw
Alice Toothaker
D. L. Wilson
L. F. Whitmore
Charles E.furbish
Goddard Street
New Jersey
Glenville Themain
Five masted schooner for New York buyers under construction
The Percy and Small yard builds a about 3 000 ton five masted schooner for New York parties to be commanded by Capt. Fred L. Dunton, a Bath native and former skipper of the Robert P. Murphy. Launch likely early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy & Small
New York
Fred L. Dunton
Bath Boy
Robert P. Murphy
Pendleton Bros., Inc
Harold Murray Bags 250 Pound Buck While Rabbit Hunting
Harold Murray, 17, hunted rabbits on Arrowsie when a buck weighing 250 pounds appeared. He swapped loaded number 6 for number 2 shot in his double barreled gun and dropped the buck on the first barrel. The boy's success brought him great joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Murray
Arrowsie
Young Murray
Harold
New Maine Central Freight Office Dedicates Facilities
The Maine Central freight house new office was dedicated Monday with all furnishings moved from the old lower office to the new upstairs area. Charles McFadden paid the first freight bill upstairs, praising the improved reception and output access. Mrs. Anna Raydon, long serving at New Meadows Inn and emergency hospital cook, left for Boston to aid Bath during the influenza period, earning praise for her devoted service. Willard H. Stetson of Brunswick, about 68, died after a long illness, leaving a widow, two daughters Ida Miller and Bertha Stetson, and two sons Chief Irving W. Stetson and Leslie N. Stetson. Belle Hawes Smith of Brunswick, who played Miss Liberty in a Bath Red Cross parade last spring, has been named a canteen worker for Y M C A huts overseas, with instruction underway since November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J. Hawkes
Albert Hawkes
Bowdoin
Frank Curtis
Washinton Street
Mrs. Hawkes
Stephen
Margaret Potter
Old South Cemetery
James Huntington
S. A. Evans
Bath
Maine Central Railroad Freight House
Charles McFadden
Anna Raydon
New Meadows Inn
Boston
Willard H. Stetson
Brunswick
Harvey Stetson
Ida Miller
Bertha Stetson
Irving W. Stetson
Leslie N. Stetson
United States Army
Belle ‘Hawes Smith
Liberty
Red Cross
New England
Y.M.C.A
Stop Thief at Bath Cosmopolitan Club Cast
Several newcomers join Bath amateur theatricals in Stop Thief presented by the Cosmopolitan club on Thanksgiving night. Miriam Kimball stars as the maid with Harold Ryan as the thief, supported by a large local cast including Carr, Quinland, Mallard, Brigham, Jewett, and Coogan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cosmopolitan Club
Carlyle Moore
Miriam Kimball
Harold Ryan
William Carr
Edward Quinland
Elizabeth D. Mallard
Joan Carr
Carr
Caroline Carr
Madge Carr
Marguerite Hennessey
Hope Sturtevant
Dorothy Jewett
Nell
James Claney
Wade Bridgham
Jamieson
Fessenden Chase
Willoughby
Hans Friedreichs
Spelain
Storrs Brigham
Jack Coogan
Joe Thompson
Payson Smith to Speak at Red Triangle Open Forum
Massachusetts education commissioner Payson Smith will discuss Education and the Present Crisis at Columbia theatre Sunday at 3 30 pm. Former Maine state superintendent, he is a noted lecturer on school matters and broader education topics. A wartime songs segment led by Jack Shaw will open, with a question period after the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson Smith
Massachusetts
Red Triangle
Columbia Theatre
Smith
Maine
Jack Shaw
Morse High plans two games weekly this season
Morse high school basketball captain Edward J. McMann leads a schedule of two games each week from December through March. The team aims to face top state programs and may tour if terms satisfy manager Maurice Pickard. First game likely against Freeport high at Freeport on December 6 with tentative dates at Deering high Bath January 17 Sanford high February 7 Rumford high February 14 and Rumford high Bath February 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Morse High
Maurice Pickard
Freeport High
Freeport
Deering High
Bath
Sanford High
Sanford
Rumford High
Rumford
Carr Ryder nuptials linked to Bath and MacMahon Island
James Carr of Bath wed Miss Margaret Ryder of MacMahon Island in a Wesley Methodist ceremony conducted by Rev. Frank H. Hall on November 14 at nine. Carr is son of the late James and Eunice Carr of Calais and works in the Texas yard. Ryder is daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. Frank Ryder of MacMahon Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carr
Bath
Margaret Ryder
MacMahon Island
Frank H. Hall
Wesley Methodist Parsonage
James
Eunice Carr
Calais
Texas Yard
Frank Ryder
MacMahan Island
Maine Pomological Society Meeting Prompted Visit
Mr and Mrs Frank H Taylor of Winthrop and Mrs Martha J Knight visited Bath on Tuesday afternoon to see Mr Taylor s mother Mrs M F Taylor matron at the Old Couples home They are in Portland for the annual Maine Pomological society meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Taylor
Winthrop
Martha J. Knight
Bath
Mr. Taylor
M. F. Taylor
Old Couples Home
Taylor
Portland
Maine Pomological Society
Abolition Ordered for Boothbay Harbor Patrol Station
The Boothbay Harbor coast patrol station will be closed within weeks with all property due by December 16. The Naval Reserves quarters include a supply depot on the Eastern Steamship Lines wharf and barracks near the wharf head owned by Mrs Isabella Nickerson, both to be vacated within a month. The station now has 75 people total, 62 naval reserve members plus boat crew of 13, with Lieut Arthur H Stetson of Bath in command. No official orders on Reserve status have been issued, leaving abolition or retention uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Naval
Hastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Isabella Nickerson
Boston
Arthur H. Stetson
Bath
Women’s Bible Class Organized at Winter Street Church
A women’s Bible class formed at Winter Street Congregational Church with Laura Palmer as president and Mrs. Charles H. Mason as secretary treasurer. Initial membership reached 20 with plans for others to join. the group will study Lives Worth Living focusing on notable biblical women. Mrs. Ed win Dodge Hardin leads, bringing experience from Groton New York where a 100-member class grew from a small start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Laura Palmer
Charles H. Mason
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Bath-born Leonard Marks Transferred to Savannah Office
Leonard Marks a former Bath boy and draftsman for The Foundation Co. has moved from the New York office to Savannah Georgia where his father serves as an inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Marks
The
Foundation Co
New York
Savannah
Change in a Woman's Life by Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
A Fremont Ohio woman describes relief from heat flashes nervousness and fatigue during middle age after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges others with similar symptoms to write Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance and notes forty years of experience and confidentiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, C
Lydia E. Pinkham
Godden
Napoleon St
Fremont
Ohio
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Selective Service
Con
Gress
Wife
Labor Bureau
Pomona Grange
Merrell-Soule
Syracuse, NY
Dunton
Percy & Small’s
G. G. Deering Co
Kelley, Spear Co
Merle Crocker
Morse
Winneganee
Erie Basin
Seguin
Kennebec
Jerry Page
Daniel McDevitt
O'Malley
Karcher Jackson
Clancy
Haviland
Carr-Ryder
Women's Bible
Fletcher
Are A
Castoria
Sivas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!