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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
10
Local jottings detail bonfires, church groups raising funds, and maritime moves on the Kennebec. Sailors haul haddock and cod, ferries shuttle passengers, and tugs tow schooners and barges while civic groups meet, travel, and plan future events.
Popham is convalescing from a severe epidemic. Emma F. ferries salt to Dresden and straw from Eastern River. A local woman enjoys delion greens from her yard. Trout fishing reports include Frank Powers catching three fish at Getchell's Mills. Beacon Scouts hike the New Meadows banks. Beacon Street Ladies Aid held its annual meeting and elected officers. A Bath Opera House violinist visits town selling goods. Samin sky becomes a commercial traveler. Bath may not get the State road extension to Brunswick this summer due to government road funding decisions. Lodgers fill the police station, plans to work on the L A and W improvements. Patriot’s Day concerts and dances fill Front and Center streets. Bath Iron Works prepares the steamer Emblane with Capt. Young to command. Longtime captain Ezra W. Curtis retires after 58 years at sea. Peacock coal colors and fossils noted by Miss Alice May Douglas. Governor Oakley Curtis celebrates a new grandson born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Merrill. Marine Draughtsmen society reports and national conventions and local carrier officers elected in Bangor with a Penobscot Exchange banquet.
Coastal items report Steamer Virginia at Gibbons yard and the Lehigh barge Eastern II arriving at the Flats with ice bound for New York. Several local meetings and closures mark Memorial Day and Patriots' Day observances.
A compact column reports fines for two drunks and a suspended sentence for a vagrant in a Wednesday court. Notices include postal worker E W Hyde’s Boston trip for his mother’s death, and tributes as Miss Mattiesen’s half mast schools remembrance.
A Bath report brims with town events and sea life. A $50 reward is posted for deserter Frank Stimpson. Capt. Crocker unloads lumber from the Eastern River bound for the Bath box shop. The Kennebec Line plans and ship arrivals show a busy harbor season.
About 275 friends gathered Monday evening at the Corliss Street vestry to congratulate Rev. B. P. Browne and his bride. A Young People’s Orchestra performance preceded a reception as Browne announced his decision to reconsider and remain as pastor. The crowd offered a hearty ovation and extended good wishes for future ministry.
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