Forty Years Ago in Bath Sept 1917 Local roll call and shipyard revival
Sagadahoc County’s National Army list includes Bath and Topsham enlistees as Bath shipyards near Kennebec prepare for renewed industry. Local residents share travel, illness and military news while Bath’s Vocational School and I labor issues highlight postwar shipbuilding momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Kenneth L. Patterson
Bath
Horace S. Hatch
Amory P. McLellan
Charles T. Edgcomb
Joseph C. Brannigan
Topsham
Harry A. Christopher
John G. Peters
Melvin C. Furbish
George L. Tarbox
Georgetown
Joseph T. Sewall
Sanford J. Gary
Roy M. Brown
Richmond
Otis L. Hunt
Angelos Kakos
Samuel H. Tarr
Bath to Organize Junior Red Cross Branch
Sept 19 1917 Bath plans a local Junior Red Cross branch for school children with national reach and President Wilson's approval in a letter to Dr H N MacCracken head of the Junior Membership Bureau Morse High football practice in Y M C A gym under Allan Spear shows strong pool of players but uniforms are scarce and funds low Bath municipal potato commission begins delivering to ordered customers Bowdoin freshman class hear names T W Leydon and Forest Hallie Rogers entering class about to open
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Bath
Junior Red Cross
Wilson
H. N. MacCracken
Vassar College
Morse High
Allan Spear
Bowdoin College
T. W. Leydon
Forest Hallie Rogers
Bath to Host Bowdoin in October Football Clash
Sept 20 1917 Bath soldiers coach Jack Fitz gerald lead a crack Fort Baldwin team to play Bowdoin in Brunswick on Oct 13 Bowdoin’s sole football date outside the state championship season. Also notes library changes Morse High school enrollments 400 and local civic updates on workers and shipments.
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Bath
Fort Baldwin
Jack Fitzgerald
Bowdoin
Brunswick
Ft. Baldwin
Fort
Bowdoin College
East
Sgts
Lakin
Conroy
Marr
Pratt
Cpls
Crocker
Galloupe
Crosby
Stickneys
Willis
Ferris
Metcalf
Choin
Fields
Demars
Fitzgerald
Portland Social Notes Include Travels and Appointments
Mrs. Harry E. Stetson and daughter Doris spent the day in Portland. Jason Merrill, manager of Markson Bros. store, was in Portland on business. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols and Mrs. Frank Staples drove to Boston on Wednesday. Bant Hanson left today for anger. He has been located there two years in the service de-
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Harry Smith
Blanche Houston
Seattle
Washington
Smith
Bath Iron Works
Harry C. Webber
Worcester
Leominster
Cambridge
Ernest A. Allan
Aram de Tarbox
James F. Murphy
Jane Murphy
Boston
Vicinity
Burroughs’ Adding Machine Co
Portland
Bangor
E. R. Wright
Times Room
Harry E. Stetson
Doris
Jason Merrill
Markson Bros
Frank Nichols
Frank Staples
Bant Hanson
Anger
Henry P. Caddy
Newton
Highlands
Frank S. Wakefield
Worcester Telegram
George Levyn
City
Providence
Coast Guard Banquet Lights Bath Shoreside Circles
Capt G C Stacy heads to the steamer Motoa in Boston after three months recovering from a serious dock accident. Bath residents and visitors, including A K Parris and Nathaniel T Palmer, are noted among routine local travels and events. Shore dinners at New Meadows Inn edge toward season end as Popham Beach coast guard activity and a Bath Odd Fellows appointment mark the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis H. Curtis
Sylvanus Pennell
Bath
New Meadows
New Meadows Inn
G. C. Stacy
Phippsburg
Boston
Newport News
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
F. A. Fuller
Fullers
Bath boys at Fort Baldwin may be sent to Philippines
Sept 23 1917 the Bath boys at Fort Baldwin may receive orders soon to prepare for departure to the Philippine Islands. Lt Edward Fitzgerald dental surgeon in Charlestown Navy Yard visits. George Levyn family leaves for Boston and Providence. Mrs Charles Magoun now in Baltimore visits with son Frederick in Air Corps. Mrs Harry Farrell and son Dunrican in Portland. Hon Harold M Sewall reports cable from son Lt Loyall F Sewall in France confirming safe arrival.
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Fort Baldwin
Philippine Islands
Edward Fitzgerald
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charles Magoun
Baltimore
Frederick
Air Corps
Sydney J. Willis
Garden Street
Harold M. Sewall
Loyall F. Sewall
France
Bath Men Volunteer Help Harvest Potatoes and Local News
The article lists Bath area boys volunteering to harvest potatoes with several named youths. It notes Mrs. N Gratz Jackson averting harm by stopping a runaway horse on Washington street. It mentions Bath’s Fort Baldwin football prospects at Bowdoin and coach Jack Fitzgerald and players under consideration. Also cites Mrs Herbert Calderwood and Louise visiting Portland and G W Bowie meeting Texas Steamship Co officials about yard expansion.
Col. Dummer Sewall Chapter To Meet Tuesday
The Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R will hold its executive board meeting at 1 30 p m followed by the chapter gathering at 2 p m at Wesley church Bath Junior high students will present a program on Stummer and Fall conferences led by Mrs Marion Jaques Smith Tea will be served by a group of hostesses including Mrs William H McGlinchy Mrs Harold S Avry Mrs Allen M Trish Mrs Ibra K Lawrence Mrs Jerry F E Litchfield and Mrs Edward Reed
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Stummer
Maine Society of Th Daughters of the American Revolution
Bath Regional History Club
Dummer Swall
Wesly Church
History Club
Bath Junior High School
Marion Jaques Smith
William II. McGlinchy
Harold S. Avry
Allen M. Trish
Ibra K. Lawrence
Jerry FE. Litchfield
Edward Reed
Merchants Group Meeting Postponed To New Date
The Brunswick Retail Merchants Committee reports its planned Tuesday meeting is postponed. Chairman John Crowley says a mutually convenient date will be set for both groups to discuss mutual problems. The note references a banquet on October 2 at Hotel Sedgwick and Bath Retail Trade.
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Bath
Sagraves Co
Columbus
Ralph C. Covel
Committee On Fire Department
Sedgwick
Brunswick Retail Merchants Committee
John Crowley
Salonecos
Bs Wenizations
Wiscasset Funeral Held for Rev Harris
Rev Wallace H Harris of South Portland led the private funeral service. Mr and Mrs Elmer Robbins of Portsmouth New Hampshire were business visitors in Bath Tuesday.
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Wallace H. Harris
First Congregational Church
South Portland
Ervices
Elmer Robbins
Portsmouth
N. H
Bath
Ward Captains Named for Bath United Fund Drive 1957
Bareness and David C. Dickson, Bath Area United Fund leaders, announced ward captains and three committee chairmen. Ward captains include Mrs. Charles Footer in Ward 1 and others across seven wards. DeGroot to oversee North Bath area. meetings planned with Merchants and Professional committees next week.
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Bareness
David C. Dickson
Bath Area
Arthur Wfitehins
Leonare Bitchfield
Daniel Matter
Donald C. Freeman
William Greens
Edward Newell
Eugene Himter
Wilbur Crist
John C. DeGroot
North Bath
Bernard——. Varnum
Hyde Park Terrace
Lambert Park
Barsness and
Dickson
Henry Richard
Merchants Committee
Howard W. Mayo
Electricians' Examining Board Re-elects Bartlett Here
Reed S. Bartlett of Madison was re elected chairman of the Milne Electricians Examining Board at a city hall meeting. The board, established in 1953, runs bi monthly exams and licenses electricians in several categories with members including Joseph A P Flynn Michael J Baker James O Connor Wilbur F Lunt Mark A Jackson and Norman McAuley. Exams today at city hall covered master journeyman and limited licenses and the next Portland exam date was set for November 18.
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Reed S. Bartlett
Madison
Milne Electricians
City Hall
Bartlett
Teems
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Augusta
Michael J. Baker
James O'Connor
Banner
Wilbur F. Lunt
Bath student earns Union Carbide scholarship at Maine
Champeon and Kampoon, University of Maine students, were selected by the university scholarship committee for Union Carbide Engineering scholarships. The awards cover full tuition for four years plus fees and an annual university grant, funded by Union Carbide Corporation of New York. Kampoon is a Morse High School graduate and married to Barbara Morse. Cosman is a Maine senior.
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Wealthy Baker
Morse High
Gorham Normal School
Columbia University
New York City
New York
Gorham
South Portland
Westbrook
Baker
Bath
Kampoon
Uniairacvy of Maine
Morse High School
Barbara Morse
Herbert Morse
Thigh Street
Gerald A. Cosman
Maine
Probate Court Wills Allowed and Executors Appointed
Probate Court grants wills for Howard E King of Bath and Henry N Reynolds of Georgetown. Albert Nelson King Ernest P King Nellie E Demjanovich named executors without bond. Agnes M Reynolds named executrix. Petition for Administration filed for David Ponziani of Topsham. Augustine Ponziani named administrator. Doris B Caoutts of Topsham with Joseph Adelard Caoutte appointed administrator.
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Howard E. King
Bath
Albert Nelson King
Ernest P. King
Nellie E Demjanovich
Henry N. Reynolds
Georgetown
Agnes M Reynolds
David Ponziani
Topsham
Augustine Ponziani
Doris B. Caoutts
Joseph Adelard Caoutte
John P. Callan
Frances Callan
Euda Bertha Smiley
Marjorie L. Douglas
Vaughn T. Smiley
Chester Plant
Vivian Plant
Harry W. Totman
Ethel T. Adler
Clara B. Brown
Harold J. Brown
James H. Preble
Richmond
Bertha A. Gray
John Townsend
Elsie M. Townsend
Leon F. Bates
West Bath
Alice R. Small
David C. Ames
Abbie Clare Ames
Jeanette Elizabeth Rideout
Ella FE. Rideout
Guardian
Frank Payson Macfarlane
Lelie C. Shumway
T. Barbara L. Brewer
Sagadahoc
Howard KF King
Nellie E. Demijanovich
Harold J. Rubin
Barbara L. Brewer
Henry N Reynolds
Joann P. Callan
Fxecutrix
Dean H. Farnham
Lillian F. Farnham
Fexecutrix
Estate Filings and Accounts in Bath Area Probate Court
Probate listings show numerous estates in Bath and surrounding towns with filings for executors administrators guardians and conservators. Accounts and bonds are presented for approval including final accounts for estates of McDonough Parker Preble and others with licenses to sell real estate and distribution petitions filed.
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Delmore H. Gilman
Bath
Cleo M. G.1imin
John Evans
Bedford
N. Y
John Evans, Jr
Lloyd Hooker
Georgia
Pox Varney
George H. Fox
Ora L Nye
Fred Dana Pickhem
Fdna M. Dana
Woolwich
Eben Dena
Margery J
Pitcher
Richmond
Richard McFarland
May EF. Porter
Mab M Soule
Richard M. Webber
Leslie C. Shumway
H. Rodney Brooke
Eleanor WH. Brooke
Lida A. Howard
Bath Trust Co
Helen C. Lothridge
Robert Lothridge
Clifford Lothridge
John Parker
Virginia M. Parker
Pembroke Edgecomb
Topsham
Stanley R. Edgecomb
Wendell P. Stevens
Leon L. Spinney
John P. Carry
Tharold C. Baker
Guardian's
Et Als
Arthur M. Berry
Phippburg
Albert B. Tedford
Clifton W. Tedford
Georgia E. For
Varney
George HH. Foss
Sipodahoe
Phippsburg
Albert B.tedford
Sid
Georgia EK
Fox Varney
Hwarold J) Rubin
Local Republicans Hold Thursday Night Meeting
Attendees included State Committeeman Charles Cummings and County Finance Chairman Forrest Legard. Refreshments of pie and coffee were served by Mrs. Hunter at the close of the meeting.
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Charles Cummings
Forrest Legard
Hunter
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Yermouth
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Miriam Adams
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Grand Beach
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Maurice Jewtt
Kents Hill
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Harry W. DeLong
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Etia Cochran
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Frank Talbot
Morton Holbrook
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Arthur Bowker
Chubby” Footer
Howard Call
William Perkins
Marshall Haraden
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Alonzo Harriman
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Essex Junction
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Andover
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Arthur E. Baum
Union Street
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High Street
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John H. Walsh
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South Street Grammar School
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