Masts for Constitution Built in Charlestown Yard History Lesson
Historic North Atlantic masts are being rebuilt at Charlestown Navy Yard under Naval Constructor John A. Lord. The effort traces the use of single trees cut in New England for royal navy spars, detailing machine-made eight- and sixteenth-siding processes, trunnels, and the assembly of four-tree masts for the frigate Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's
New England
Tidewater
England
Harvard
Lemont
United States
Constitution
Unity
Sheepscot
Boston
Ira Harris
Hartt’s
Constitution Wharf
Navy Yard
John A. Lord
Us.n
Bath
Lord
Samuel Stover
Edriel Little
Samuel Barnes
Leonard Oliver
Harry Warner
Thomas Jeddrey
James Mcliver
John Sonia
William Averil
Stephen Fay
Samuel Haskett
John McPherson
William Atwood
James Avery
Henry Wilson
Joseph Terrill
Moses Swett
Henry Burnham
Edward Wade
Quincy
Massachusetts
Charlestown Navy Yard
John J. Gillis
Thanksgiving Turkey Ships to San Francisco by Paragon
Steeve's Market sent a 15 pound turkey from Sabine on its long voyage to San Francisco on Monday afternoon. The bird was shipped by the Paragon yacht to the purchaser for Thanksgiving. Stored in a cold car, it will likely arrive a day or two late. the buyer called it one of the finest birds he had seen.
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Steeve
Sabine On
San Francisco
Cal
Paragon
Thanksgiving visits and notices from the area
Local notices list retiree Marion Lloyd confined to her room at a friend’s home. Augusta official Bertram Packard and wife plan Thanksgiving at Mrs Elmer Campbell’s home. Haverhill’s Thackerays arrive to spend Thanksgiving with Bruce family in Highland street. Bates College students Elizabeth McGrath and Mildred Varney will stay with the McGrath parents on Upper Washington street. Funeral of Mrs Mabel Stone Harvey covered by East Winthrop, Kent’s Hill alumna secretary. Sewalls sailed from Naples on Vulcania with Sumner Sewalls joining in Italy after five weeks in France and Italy. Winifred Aderton to visit from Boston University Practical Arts and Letters department for the holiday with her mother Frances Aderton on Edward Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lloyd
Percy
H. P. Bridge, Inc
Margaret Melcher
High Street
Bertram Packard
Augusta
Elmer F. Campbell
Washington Street
Packard
Louis Thackeray
Elaine
Haverhill
Mass
Thackeray
W. A. Bruce
Highland Street
Elizabeth McGrath
Mildred Varney
Bates College
Miss McGrath
Eugene McGrath
Upper Washington Street
William Wood
East Winthrop
James M
Mabel Stone) Harvey
Kent’s Hill
William D. Sewall
Naples
S. 8
Vulcania
Sewall
France
Italy
Sumner Sewall
Winifred Aderton
Practical Arts and Letters
Boston University
Frances Aderton
Edward Street
Winnegance Women Host Card Party and Club Notes
Winnegance Squaw club held a Friday meeting with hostess Mrs. Walter Morse. prizes went to Mrs. Robert P. Manson and Mrs. Harry Webber. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. I A Trueworthy. The women’s auxiliary voted to pay 70 dollars on its kitchen note and planned future activities. A public card party at the community house drew many residents and Bath friends, with auction, bid whist, cribbage and a clubhouse fund raise about 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Club
Walter Morse
Robert P. Manson
Harry ©. Webber
I. A. Trueworthy
Winnegance Community Club
Bath
John G. Morse
Emery Footer
Frank Allegrin
Charles E. Preble
Harry C. Webber
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Robert
Bath Tron
Parker O. Rogers
Pitch Pine Hill
Gas fumes threaten garage manager on Second Floor
Joseph Sterner mechanic and manager of H P Small Co garage at City landing narrowly escaped death Tuesday afternoon when gas from his Buick sedan he was repairing filled the second floor. He collapsed twice and lay unconscious for four hours, later reaching home on High street. He had just finished overhauling his own car on a large elevator and believes open windows and an open first floor door saved him. Sterner, a Bath resident and overseas veteran, was found to have suffocated by gas and survived after a perilous ordeal. The Wheat price note follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sterner
City Landing
H. P. Small Co
Buick
High Street
Sterner
Park
York Street
Portland
U. S. 8. Constitution
Constitution
Congress
Hull
Adams
Desperate
Dwarf
Bloodhound
Daedalus
Atlantic
States
Upper
Maine
H. M. S. Rifleman
Penobscot
Morris
Lieut
Wadsworth
Washington
Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla
Boston Navy Yard
Cmdr
J. K. Taussig
Eighth Destroyer Division
Wainwright
McDougal
Porter
Conyngham
Davis
Boston
Phippsburg Town Notes Holiday Movements and Visits
Phippsburg residents report Thanksgiving closures and visits. Alice Galvin returns to Bath for Thanksgiving. Bessie Sprague and Katherine Galvin among local teachers visiting family. Families from Parker Head to Sebasco, Bath, North Haven, and Boston areas enjoy holidays, shopping trips, and short travels. Community members visit relatives, move residences for winter, and employers note eye surgery recovery and duties resuming.
Thanksgiving guests and homecomings across the region
A list of residents and students from Gorham Normal School Bates College Waterville High School and other institutions plan Thanksgiving visits with family. Names include Richard Johnson Marion Whitten Eva Pratt Dorothy Thompson Helen Freeman Ursula Matthews and Oliver Moses among others visiting relatives in Springvale Bowdoinham Lisbon Falls and York Street households.
Bath Bull flagship of first destroyer division
The U S S Wadsworth, flagship of the first American destroyer division to sail overseas in World War I, built at Bath and named for Commodore William Wadsworth, served from May 1917 Queenstown to Brest. Commander Taussig led Dreadnoughts, escorting transports and patrolling U boat zones, with notable actions and a famed acceptance line. The ship returned home in 1919 and was decommissioned in 1922, remaining idle at Philadelphia with Destroyer Division Five.
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Wadsworth
Bath Tron Works
Portland
Peritn Scammell
U. 8
Mary Rose
Queenstown
Taussig
Brest
France
Philadelphia
Destroyer Division Five
Gwin, Manley
Stockton
Connor and Craven
Fred Cox Sails From Boston for Africa Trip
Fred C. Cox of A. Hallet & Co. sails from Boston with friend Walter Pendleton for a lengthy Africa voyage. They depart Sunday on the Scythia, spend four days in London, sail from Southampton on Dec. 13 aboard the Saxon for Cape Town, visiting Madeira, Knysna, Oudtshoorn, and Port Elizabeth before continuing to Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Marseilles, Basutoland, and Johannesburg, returning to New York March 17.
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Fred C. Cox
A. Hallet & Co
Africa
Walter Pendleton
Boston
Mr. Cox
Mr. Pendleton
Scythia
London
Southampton
Saxon
Union Castle Line
South Africa
New York
Madeira
Cape Town
Cape of Good Hope
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Groote Schwur
Stellenbosch
Paarl
Knysna
Keurbooms River
Knyska
Outeniqua
Oudtshoorn
Zwartberg
Congo Caves
Port Elizabeth
Snake Park
Kimberley
Karoo
de Beers
Barkly West
Bloemfontein
Marseilles
Meseru
Basutoland
Durban
Karridene
Valley of A Thousand Hills
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Grand African Voyage From Bechuanaland to Genoa
On January 23 the party will transit Bechuanaland native lands and reach Victoria Falls the next day for a Zambesi river sightseeing trip. They proceed to Bulawayo via Matabeleland to the Matopo Hills and Tomb of Cecil John Rhodes, then through Rhodesia to Beira and sail January 30 on the Tanganyika for Mozambique. A month of voyaging follows, with calls at Porto Amelia, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tonga, Mombasa, Aden, Suez, Port Said, and Genoa on March 1, before boarding Saturnia in Naples to New York on the following Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bechuanaland
Victoria Falls
Zambesi
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
Matopo Hills
Cetil John Rhodes
Rhodesia
Beira
Tanganyika
German African Service
Mozambique
Porto Amelia
Dar-es-Salaam
Zanzibar
Thanksgiving Plans Spread Across Families Across Maine and Abroad
Freshman Amy Irish of Bates College will celebrate Thanksgiving with her parents at 57 Chestnut Street. New York guests Mr and Mrs Robert E New York will be in Boston with Mrs Shaw's parents Mr and Mrs Fred R E Dean. Ruth Johnson returns from a month with Mrs Maxwell Powers to join daughter Ruth on Thanksgiving with Dr Powers' brother Alvah Powers in Gardiner. Aubrey Steen and son Aubrey Jr of Arrowsic travel to Steep Falls to stay with Mrs Christie, mother of the former. Colby College student Miss adage ee S will visit at Charles H Smith's home 826 Washington Street. Ambassador Walter E Edge and Mrs Edge sail December 6 from New York to Paris on the Ile de France, joined in Paris by Mrs Edge's mother Mrs Harold M Sewall for the winter. Dr and Mrs Lanedon T Phaxter and three children of Portland and Mr and Mrs Milton S Kimball and two children of Augusta will be Thanksgiving guests of Mrs Frederick H Kimball on High Street. Mr and Mrs William D Sewall of Washington Street, who sailed on the S S Valecania Friday, travel with Mr and Mrs Sumner Sewall and other passengers including Mr and Mrs Gene Tunney returning from Italy. Miss Ruth Skillings of High Street leaves Wednesday for Thanksgiving and weekend in Stamford Conn. She joins Mr and Mrs Sylvester Gushman in Portland to visit Prof and Mrs Walters at Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Irish
Bates College
Fred E. Irish
Chestnut Street
Robert Eee
New York
Boston
Shaw
Fred R. E. Dean
Ruth Johnson
Maxwell Powers
Ruth
Middle Street
Dr. Powers
Alvah Powers
Gardiner
Aubrey Steen
Aubrey Jr
Arrowsic
Christie
Steep Falls
Adage Ee
Colby College
Eaten Charles H. Smith
Washington Street
France
Walter E. Edge
Ile de France
Paris
Edge
Harold M Sewall
Lanedon T. ‘Phaxter
Marjorie
Julie
Kimball
Portland
Milton S. Kimball
Mary
John
Augusta
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
William D. Sewall
S. S. Valecania
Sumner Sewall
Gene Tunney
Italy
Ruth Skillings
Stamford
Conn
Miss Skillings
Sylvester Gushman
Mrs. Walters
Sebasco
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Arthur Wardwell
Pacific Coast
The
Farm Board
Phippsburg
Alice. Galvin
Bessie Galvin
Parker Head School
Kathryn Gal
Phippsburg Center
F. C. Bowker
J. E. Perry
J. Bradford Sprague
Frederick Sawyer
Flora Risturn
Raymond Campbell
Bessie Sprague
J. B. Sprague
Omar Perry
Ernest Rogers
Rs. H. W.cutting
Annie Cutting
James C. Perry
Lynn
Atkins Bay
Katherine Galvin
Garrett Galvin
Frederick W. Cobb
Brooklyn
N. Y
Moses Chandler
Popham Beach
Worcester
Page Wyman
James E. Percy
S. S
Birmingham
Bay View
Cox’s Head
Richard Johnson
Gorham Normal School
John Johnson
Marion Whitten
Nassan Institute
Springvale
L. Arthur Whitten
Dorothy Thompson
Fred Thompson
Eva Pratt
Malden
Lewiston
Oliver Moses
Oliver 4Th
Richard
Lisbon Falls
Emma
Lydia Moses
Carrie Moses
Lucy Greene
Helen M. Shaughnessy
Frances
Helen Freeman
Waterville High School
Marion Freeman
Scituate
Frederick W. Freeman
Ursula C. Matthews
Berwick
Blue Hill Academy
Bath Bull ‘Flagship “of “First ‘Destroyer “Division
Speedy Wadsworth
Commodore Wadsworth
Bath Savings Institution
Fred Cox
Dor Igs
van Loons
Father
By F. Leipziger
Ann
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