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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
9
A Tuesday baked bean supper at the vestry of the First Baptist Church to fund church expenses is noted amid a crowded column of local life. The report lists visitors residents and ongoing projects around Riggsville Bay Point and West Bath with many small town anecdotes and updates.
West Bath residents report health updates and travel notes during Patriots Day events. Names include Mrs T S White, H H Donnell, William Simpson, L H Curtis, Walter Greenough, Mrs Samuel Thompson, Harry Lemont, W A Kittredge, Joseph O’Brien, and others. Several cottages, a Studebaker purchase, and Bath Iron Works connections are mentioned alongside social gatherings at the New Ivon House and family visits.
Wiscasset society items list Miss Clara Reed and T Brooks Reed visiting Mrs. C M Leavitt, with updates on Elias Grover recovering from a fire injuries and risk to his eye. Other notes report Everett Leavitt’s Boston trip and Helen White teaching in Wareham, plus Plumstead family visits and Woolwich Grange rehearsals for a summer drama.
Mr Jameson plans to stay another year after attending the Methodist Conference. Parsonage work advances and should be ready for occupancy July 16. F S Eaton visits his estate and praises sea wall improvements at Richmore Farm on the Sheepscot side. Aunt Tilly, 70 plus, helps an invalid family at North Edgecomb. Fire at Birch Point prompts nearby residents to assist. Dennis Tarbox secures mate position on Eaton’s yacht Zenda led by Amos J Knight. Laurence Colby digs clams to sell to mill crews. Mrs Maria Heal rallies then worsens briefly but improves. Mel Brooks weak but recovering. Mrs A A Whitten returns home slowly improving. Center School opens with Ernest Yeaton of Augusta, Brown graduate, boarding with Warren Hodgdon. North School children plan sociable and entertainment soon. F S Eaton of Rockmore Farm offers lower barn for new parsonage.
A short note records that land was a guest of Mrs. Nancy Plumstead for a couple of days in the recent past.
Albert Linscott, eighty five, longtime New Meadows resident and former ship carpenter, died Sunday. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Robert Jordan and Mrs. Lettie Clifford, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday. burial in New Meadows cemetery.
The West Bath Grange outlines a Monday night program led by Annie Peterson featuring music readings and a dialogue. Discussion topics include whether automobiles adequately fund road upkeep and a question on spare time between business women and housekeepers.
Topsham Grange held a well attended meeting Saturday night. The Worthy Lecturer opened with a program including a vocal duet by Florence Dunklee and Ruth Alexander, an audience encore, and questions on home sewing profitability. Mrs. Bickford led the event with readings by Millward Patten and Fred Cary, followed by further questions and performances by George Wright, E. C Patten, E. Y. Shaw, and Rev. E. B. Tetley with Ruth Alexander at the piano.
Harry A. Sarbird of Lynn arrived Monday evening from Worcester where he has been studying the past winter and expects to pass the summer in this city with his uncle, Am asa S. Ellers.
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