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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1918
Page
6
Phippsburg and Winnegance residents recall Miss Vilera Sutton Meyer of San Francisco who graduated Bath High in 487. Local notes report moves, visits, and roles in the community, including tax bills, church visitors, and a forthcoming bridge abutment update on the Portland road. Sophie Mikelsky visits Portland on business.
Local notes report a mix of social visits and civic updates in Bath. Mentioned are Miss Hattie Massey of Brooklyn visiting Miss Anna Morse, neighbors at the Noyes cottage, and Bath’s slow growth with theatres and housing, plus a plan for a new Finn street store for Bath Mercantile Co. Fire crews, street repairs, and an aging Block tied to McLellan & Moses are recounted, along with a near fire incident at a Combination 4 house event and a burned car restaurant with chimney sparks.
A Bath team consisting of top Bath and Texas players will travel to Togus on Sunday by steamer Wiwurna to face Togus on the National Soldiers Home Reservation. The game starts late morning and must finish before the steamer returns. Bath players also plan a Wednesday trip to Rumford by auto, leaving at seven.
A Cleveland cat slept on a rubber mat under a dynamo in the power house. When the mat was moved the cat lay on an iron plate and its fur became heavily charged with electricity. The cat now attracts hairbrushes due to its static fur.
Straw hats, once common in ancient Greece, arrived in Europe about fifty years ago and gained modern popularity through straw flenchwear evolving into everyday wear.
Miss Sophie Chisholm visits Wisca's set. Edith Howard opens a McMahon cottage for summer. Mrs Charles Thompson and children of Everett Mass travel to Portland after 10 days with EB Noyes at Sabine. Robert S Pinkham leases the Center street brick house from Dr Wadsworth. moves to Needham MA when ready. Lieutenant Harold T Bibber, Bath native, heads to Fort Custer after visiting Boothbay Harbor. Rowland S Beal of Bath earns shipboard training with the merchant marine. John Gowell and wife welcome baby Katherine Elizabeth born July 27 in Bath. Major Frank R Lang returns from Bangor on special business. Benjamin L Rich visits Commodore Sampson at Red Gables. Carrol M Soule now in Vancouver Wash after leaving Bath for Groton. Moatsweag native and well known in Bath.
Since the Marne opening July 15 the Allies report about 35 000 German prisoners and growing pressure on both flanks near Soissons and Rheims. American troops receive praise while submarine threats fade as Secretary Daniels says submarine warfare is no longer war turning factor.
A 19th century admonition urges binding spare hours to a definite purpose. The author emphasizes gathering fragments of time so nothing is wasted and progress can be achieved through purposeful, structured use of available moments.
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