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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
7
Community groups meet in Bath and nearby towns as rail blasting begins for Texas Co yard. The six mast schooner Edward J Lawrence arrives Gloucester with 4536 tons of salt, the largest cargo ever landed there. Bath workers seek higher pay. a Bath mother and Sweden-born traveler on a Kennebec line train are aided by passengers. The steamer Wiwurna prepares for Bath service with Captain Brewer in charge.
Louis Hart keeps a 180 pound St. Bernard named Jerry. Epworth League social at Bea con St Church vestry. A red house moves for Texas yard rail extension. Various meetings at Corliss and Pratt streets. Meadowbrook Inn opening set for April 19. Don Cecilian sold to William Gray of Bridgton. Coast Guard captain walks 16 miles to Popham Beach in a blizzard. Bath shipyard updates torpedo boat trials and graduation plans for 1916. Coast Guard cutter Ossippee aids a distressed vessel near Bald Head after gale.
Community notes report the Hockomock back on its route Monday after a brief heavy snow melt. Local bands, circles, church events, and school activities color Bath and nearby towns with updates on sports leaders, staffing, and upcoming season plans.
Warmer nights bring crocuses as Winter Street Men’s Club hosts a Friday event. Reports cite finance and fire department committees meeting Tuesday evening. Hockomock ferry trips may resume mid May to early June. Local groups note Beacon Street Church Ladies’ Aid gathering and Ruth M. transporting a car plank. Shoewindow display at Hatch Store impresses with oak backing. State highway bids postponed to April 25 for multiple towns and bridges. Bagley Bros relocate tensorial outfit as part of downtown development. Memorial service planned for Galen C. Moses at the Y and Young Men’s Christian Association rooms with Rev. Folsom and Duncklee speaking.
Clarence Merrill named manager of Morse High baseball with Maurice Jewett as assistant. The Agoga class held a social in the church vestry. S. S. Mitchell, U.S.Ny, home from Newport Training Station, served six months in the Navy. Bath reports heavy snow at Bellows Falls and Lewiston with seven and nine inches in recent snows. Bath Opera House books Matt and Jeff in College for next Tuesday. cast includes a seven-foot giant and a 40-inch dwarf. Western Maine Wellesley Club to hold April 15 luncheon in Portland. Prof. Katherine Lee Bates to speak on New Poetry in England. A Bathman found maple syrup left from last year still good. T. W. Hyde Camp and Ladies Auxiliary celebrated Ap pomattox anniversary with music speeches and refreshments. Vernon Miller spoke. A tragedy aboard the six masted schooner Wyoming left Portland for Newport News. Herbert Wight arrested for assault, Augustus Moraes died later. Captain Angus McLeod resumes command after vacation. The day book from 1865 shows grocery prices with 2 lb beef at 84 cents and eggs at 11 cents a dozen. An old painting of Martha Rideout hangs at Larabee coal yard, ship built 1856, 788 tons, 158 by 32 by 16 feet, with Seguin tug passing Seguin Island in the background.
A year of activity with relighting at Abagadasset Point Range Lights for spring, freight movements by Frank Williams at Phippsburg, and religious services attended by Y M C A leaders. Bath shipyard topics include Pendleton’s Topaz VI under construction, a 64 foot cruiser with luxury fittings, and local church programs plus seed shipments from Holland for Pine Tree Seed Co. in Maine.
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