Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-17

she should well be proud of her boys
I.,zpt Harold L. Savage Of Brewer,
bag given his life to the supreme
cause. He has been reported killed
in an airplane accident in England
on September II as the following
telegram, received by his brother,
Lewis A. Savage on Friday afternoon
will tell:
London, Sept. 10, 1918.
To Savage, 96I Exchange St. Ban
gor. Me.
Deeply regret to inform you that
Lieut.. H. L. Savage. Royal Air Force,
is reported to have been killed on
September II. the result of an air.
plane accident in this country. The
Air Council express their sympathy
(Signed)
Secretary Air Ministry.
Lieutenant Savage. the son Of Mrs.
Mae r. Savage of Brewer and Of
David L. Savage, was in his twentieth
year when killed. He always lived in
Brewer and attended the schools
there and was an attendant of Ban
gor high school when he enlisted in
the Royal Flying Corps at Montreal,
F. O.. in September, 1916. He entered
the air training station in Toronto
and later in Texas he studied aerial
gunnery. He was commissioned
after this training and spent fur
Tough with his people in Brewer in
January. This was the last time he
was home and soon after his leaving
Brewer he was sent overseas as an
instructor in the service where he
met his death.
Bangor, Me. Sept. 14.-Sergt. Clyde
Thomas Graham who was an instructor
in civil engineering at the University
of Maine in l9l6-l917, has just taken part
in a daring military exploit on the Lor-
raine battlefront that is described by
Lincoln Eyre in a cabiegram Saturday
as a feat unprecedented in tankism.
Sergt. Graham with Lieut.. Knowles of
San Francisco captured the villages of
Pannes and Essey with a small assault
chariot, seized a battery of krupp guns,
% machine guns and 10 prisoners. The
incident is described as one of great
brilliancy in which these two young SOL
ders covered themselves with glory.
Clyde Thomas Graham OF Avoca. Neo..
taught at the University of Maine from
1916 TO 1917 He came with the highest
recommendation and was liked and
highly esteemed by pupils. faculty asso-
ciates and friends in Orono.
Lewiston, Me, Sept 11.-Donat NJ.
Morrisette, wounded. is the son OF
Amede Morrisette, SO Cedar street. He
is % yesrs old. He enlisted about a
year and a half ago and has been in
France about year with the eth Ma
chine Gun Battalion.
A memorial service. under the aus
p!ces OF the senior class of the Liver
more Falls high school. was held at the
high school for George Bunten, a former
student who met death in France as TIE
result Of wounds July l. The service
was held in the assembly hall and was
very impre ssive conducted by Rev. C. ]
Spear. Supt Carter and Principal Soule
with musical selections. Star Spangled
4 Banner. "Tenting Tonight" Just Be
, fore the Battle. Mother" and Keep the
/ Home Fires Burning by the school cho.
rus. The star in the school service flag
dedicated to young Bunten was changed
to gold.
! Ellsworth. Me, Sept. Is Searching
parties were out all day today without
! finding trace of sydney ?. Stock
bridge, who has been missing fnce
| Wednesday. Search was made in the di.
rection Of Bucksport and Castine and
nothing in the way Of tangible clue
| was discovered Mr. stockbridge was
las. seen Wednesday when he strole
into the woods on the Bucksport road
about FIVE miles from his home in Els
| worth