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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1921
Page
1
One year in advance six months in advance four months in advance two months in advance advertising rates on apps. Entered as second class matter June 19 1900 at the Bath Maine post office under the act of March 3 1879.
The article discusses daylight saving adoption across Maine cities including Bath and surrounding towns. It notes potential trains and schedules, farm harvest timing, Bath market impacts, gravel supply for streets, and calls for local purchasing to boost county prosperity. It also mentions policing improvements and a political note on a county senator candidate.
Bath will send a large delegation to the Maine Conference in Biddeford where Bishop Edwin Holt Wighes will preside. Dinners will be served to hundreds at Odd Fellows Hall and delegates will use parlors in the building. Layman’s conference set for Friday at First Baptist Church with sessions at 10 am and 2 pm.
Two men Philip Rogers of Calais and Walter H L Davis of Machias confess to the March break in at Morris S Povich clothing store on Front Street Auburn while awaiting the June term of Androscoggin County Superior Court for alleged break in and larceny. Police traced checks and a bank book linked to the suspects, with a third man named Conlombe involved in earlier arrest reports.
Mayor Cahill's inaugural address urged a dedicated insurance committee to unify city coverage. The council, at Hight's meeting, created a joint standing panel and appointed Aldermen Edward T. Whitehouse Fred Woodtinnes Parker N. Moulton Henry R. White George J. Goodwin, with Cahill and Hooper also serving.
Twenty two members of the Pine Tree Outing Club hiked to Spider Web at Bingham's Cove on Sunday and returned with a good haul of mayflowers. The first hike of the season saw hearty meals cooked at the cottage as all ate lobster and clams. President John Kimball looks for more hikes this summer with a possible trip next Sunday. A new underpinning is being installed under the Oxcar Holway building at City landing.
Christina Wright and Delbert Wateh of Bath were married in a simple ceremony at Rev Samuel Evans 120 North Street Ngeil ooutah attended by Mr and Mrs Marl Wateh of Bath. The bride wore navy traveling suit, groom is clerk at Darstow's store on Washington Street. They will reside in Bath.
The well known Mrs Rens Vo Tozier, 67, died Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral services were Thursday at the Drewer Methodist Episcopal church in Bath. She leaves a daughter Mrs Oscar Mo Smiles and two grandchildren Vanglio To and Marjorie Siiley, plus a sister Mrs echer Bickford who stays with Myre in Brewer. A faithful church member, she helped in Ladies aid and Susannah Wesley class. People wonder about the Cosmopolitan club dance next.
Morse High manager Howard McPhee announced an eleven game schedule with three open dates. At least six games at Kelley field. Moth Cony and Edward Little slated for two games each. Rockland and Lincoln Academy also on the slate. South Portland High appears June. The team aims for early tough tests, with a possible pre-Cony game to gain experience.
The account recalls a White House Easter festival with children of all ages and tones enjoying games and treats while noting that colored children were barred in President Wilsons era. The scene shifts to a crowded exit as a dark cloud and rain prompt a rapid departure, ending with a memory of winter National Geographic Society lectures.
Delegates from Bath St Marys and Richmond Modern Woodmen camps attended the Sagadahoe county camp convention. Joseph Boyce of Bath was elected a delegate to the May 4 state convention in Dover with M H Baker of Richmond as alternate. The camps invited each other to be guests at the county convention. A committee including Tedford and Liggins was formed to draft resolutions praising head counsel A R Talbot for his service.
The board of common council includes two Whites Henry and William H both Ward 5 representatives and two Halls Herbert L Ward 3 and Frank A Ward 2. The president must specify given names when addressing either White or Hall in formal calls.
Anna M. Farnsworth asks separation from her husband in the Superior court at Portland. They wed in Bath on October 21, 1905. She also petitions for alimony and custody of their nine year old child.
Janet Sargent Paine widow of Chief Engineer Cecil Paine of Hyde Windlass Co. dies at 51 after long illness. Daughter of Leander and Mrs Sargent of Searsport, she led Western Union Bath office to growth, married 22 years ago, survived by husband three children and her parents, with funeral at High Street home officiated by Rev Culbert McGay. Burial in Oak Grove.
New York clergyman Rev Julian K Smyth president of the General Convention of the New Church died in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia after weeks of pneumonia. He preached in Bath Maine and New York City and wrote several religious books. Survived by wife and two daughters Miriam Smyth and Mrs Charles S Buell.
Edwin C Knight 43 died at his home on Russell street after a year long illness. A Bath native, he was a machinist at Tryde Windlass Co and Iron Works Ltd, served on the Bath city council and fire department. Survived by wife Annie M Knight, mother Emma W Knight, and son Sidney A Knight. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at his home with Rev. Samuel A Evans officiating. burial in Oak Grove. Bearers included former coworkers and firemen officials.
Mrs Abbie FE Fales 67 widow of Eugene B B Fales of Thomaston died Monday at her daughter Mrs William Richards home on Bedford Street after years of illness and a recent shock. Born Thomaston to Hiram and Annie Grant, she lived in Bath nine months with Mrs Richards. Survived by brother Ernest Grant Rockland sister Mrs W S Morse Thomaston four sons Herbert Thomaston Hiram G Fales Portland Charles A Fales Eugene Fales Wenham Mass and two daughters Mrs W B Foster Rochester N Y and Mrs William Richards Bath.
George Wedge, 38, son-in-law of Charles Footer, died Friday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston from pneumonia. A former Bath Box Co. foreman and later a manager at Walton Lunch Co. in Massachusetts, he had recently visited Mr. Footer before his death. He is survived by his wife, formerly Mike Bath.
Frank M. Leavitt, 46, a staff member in Bath Iron Works bookkeeping, died Saturday night at City hospital after an operation. His friends and relatives were shocked by the sudden end to his improving condition.
Born in Wrentham Massachusetts to Noah and Rebecca Leavitt, he moved to Bath from Malden five years ago. A Colonial club member known for a gracious personality, he earned many friends. Survived by his wife Grace M. Leavitt.
Philip Little presents MacMahan Island subjects from the Sheepscot River in a one man show at 162 Newbury Street. Works include Flooded Brook in the Woods and Beech and Hemlock, notable for nature seen through a temperament. Sunlit Shores of Sheepscott Pay and Watching the Herring offer luminous Maine landscapes.
The Cosmopolitan club adjourned its regular meeting to May due to lack of a quorum amid counter attractions. A gas heater was installed by the dining room committee this week. A committee to arrange winter entertainments includes Miss Elizabeth R. Moses and others. A University of Maine concert is under consideration. Varney appointed committees for resolutions program house philanthropic duties.
The Christian Endeavor society at Corliss Street church held its monthly vestry meeting last Wednesday. After business, a program featured piano and vocal solos by Dorothy Sheldon Bernice Hunt Madelyn Rich, readings by Annie Plant Margaret Chaney Mrs Pearl Dunbar Mrs Chester Plant and a violin obligato by Thelma Rich. Games followed with gandy and nuts served.
The four assemblies allocated for the Red Cross and City hospital held their final meeting Thursday afternoon. Three assemblies were distributed before Lent and the fourth during Easter week. The committee turned over $12.52 to each organization.
Five of the 22 public indictments returned by the United States district court in Portland Thursday for violations of the Volstead act were against people of Bath and West Bath. They included William McCullough of West Bath, Victor J. Reed, J. Fred Cothran, George Brackley and Eliza Babine, all of Bath.
Morse high school's senior class presents The Colonial Maid in Columbia early May. Cast includes Una Gilmore Mabel Fullerton Madelyn Rich Lena Green Roland Perry Luther Hall Donald Spechts Willard Sprague Kenneth Atwood.
Morse high school seniors gave a satisfactory Thursday rehearsal of the two act comedy Mr. Bob with the entire first act approved. The company will rehearse the second act Monday night to prepare for upcoming performances.
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