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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
11
A busy Bath scene wires in from a midweek set of updates. Finances, dredging and construction mix with local society events as the town handles freight, ore and rivets for the Texas Company while planning one act theater and a mock trial fundraiser.
Shad arrive in local markets from the South. Crowley’s Coast Guard post at Popham Beach is being supplied by Freeman Oliver. The Winter Street Men’s Club second match at Park Alleys ended with the Never-Coulds beating the Nevers Wills. Maine University lost to Brown 3 to 2 in Providence. Bowdoin Harvard game at Cambridge postponed due to wet grounds. Bath Chamber represented at a preparedness demonstration by Harriman Hyde Stetson and Thompson. Bath Iron Works yacht building for P V Rous of New York to launch April 29. Decor questions about a delivery horse answered by Driver Jewett. Hyde Guards inspected by James Moriarity. New five masted Jerome Jones and four-master Charles D Loveland readying for sea. Generous Sunday raised about $250 in pledges. Rogers block and Bagley building materials moved. Henry Howard storing lumber. Texas Co yard fence started along Front Street. Hearings grant wharf extension into Kennebec River. Kit the bay mare dies in harness at Bath. interment planned. Rogers & Webb reps in town reviewing three-masted schooner being built. launch planned in June with Capt. Haskell in command. Rogers & Webb have multiple vessels under construction in Maine.
A wide range of Bath district notices paint a busy week: A. G. Page returns from Boston trip. Wesley Church ladies meet. Ramona Council hosts a whist party at Mrs. Reed’s. Harvard beats Boston in season opener 1 0. Getchell’s arrest noted. sewing clubs form among upper Middle Street girls. Eliza Atkinson fined 100 dollars in municipal court. Gerald Atkinson heads to Bismark to work for uncle T. R. Atkinson. L. L. Wellman moves three buildings at the Texas yard. Capt. Crooker plans sand and coal shipments. four Sunday school institutes set for county. Capt. Gould injured by scorpion in Philadelphia. Holy week services to be held at First Baptist. Major George A. Baker named Peaks Island plant superintendent.
Notes from Portland area items include Miss Harvey's children's class planning a May ball on Friday evening May 5. Beacon Street Church minister Rev T N Kewley attended the Methodist Conference in Rumford. Vice President C P Wetherbee of Bath Iron Works travels to New York and Washington DC on business.
The Bath Gun Club met Monday evening in the Common Council room with 16 members present. Rodney Ross chaired. officers elected include Hy Hi McCarty as president and Charles R. Higgins as vice president. A five member inspection committee was named for Woolwich grounds and traps. first shoot set for Patriot's Day.
William J. Rouse, 70, marked a Saturday birthday while Frank W. Perkins returned from Boston for the weekend. Harold Ward came home from Shaw Business College in Portland. George H. Pratt and wife made a brief Boston business trip. Asa C. Morse of Bowdoin 1916, ill in Portland, is improving. Mrs. R. C. Covel visited Boothbay Harbor with friends at Hotel Weymouth. A. K. Parris of Parris & Marr departed on a county business trip. Fred Irish and daughter Amy returned from Westbrook. Alex Blagdon, wintering in town, went home to Wiscasset. Miss Bertha S. Blewett of Brookline stays with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Collins. Miss Ingraham of Popham Beach, wintering in Massachusetts, is back home. A. M. Spinney, winter Lewiston, returns to Bay Point for summer. Roscoe Stacy visited City Hospital Saturday. his father J. B. Stacy from Popham reports Roscoe recovering well from neck surgery.
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