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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
11
Corliss Y M C A battled in a seven inning affair halted at dusk with the YMCA leading 18 to 4 after scoring twice in the seventh. Snowden fueled the losers with two two base hits. Stevens went 4 for 4. The Woolwich team forfeited to People's Church, so the second league game was not played.
Bath wins 3 to 0 at Boothbay as McNeil allows only one hit. Dague goes 5-for-5 with three stolen bases and strong fielding. Bath plans more home games starting today with Freeport to draw crowds and support visiting teams.
Two base hits by Dague McNeil Kenniston and others spark Bath 7 Boothbay 1. Bragdon, McNeil Hill and Hill each tally strikeouts with McNeil fanning 17 and Hill 4. Bases on balls read 3 for McNeil and 2 for Hill. Bragdon 2 Dague 3 Kenniston 1 M Oliver 0.
State committeeman R. H. Baxter lists a long slate of Republican speakers for Sagadahoc County. August 21 Rollin S. Sanford Congressman New York. August 22 Ralph D. Cole Ex Congress from Ohio. August 23 24 Philip Pitt Campbell Congressman Kansas. Wallace H. White Jr candidate for Congress 2nd District. August 25 26 White Jr and Edward W. Wheeler of Brunswick. August 28 Carl E. Milliken Governor candidate Edward Wheeler. August 29 31 Col Frederick Hale Senate candidate Hon William T. Cobb Ex Governor. September 1 2 Hon Patrick H. Kelley Michigan Congressman. September 3 4 Hon William S. Bennett New York City. September 5 6 Hon Bert M. Fernald Ex Governor Senate candidate. September 7 Charles E. Hughes at Portland. September 8 Warren G. Harding Ohio Senator. campaign opened September 9 at Sagadahoc Republican Club headquarters with reception for Milliken Hale Fernald White and others. Frank J. Ham chairman attended. Wednesday they visited Georgetown Phipps Arrowsic Woolwich.
A special committee report filed in the Durham road dispute affirms Cumberland and Androscoggin county actions laying out the road partly in Durham. The next step is Supreme Court justice review for approval or disapproval.
Arrangements are underway for a Soule family reunion of descendants of George Nelson Soule and Sarah Brewer Soule on August 4 and 5 in Cumberland and Yarmouth Maine. The gathering marks the first in 14 years with at least 60 relatives expected to attend, tracing back to the couple who lived in Freeport before settling in Yarmouth and starting a large family.
An 1880s advertisement touts L. F. Atwood's Medicine Co. remedy for sickly children. It claims to restore appetite, brighten eyes, and improve digestion by acting on the stomach bowels liver and possibly worms. A 35c bottle is offered with free sample requests from Portland Maine.
The 11th annual report highlights Rev. Alexander M. MacDonald and Rev. A. P. MacDonald of Bath as president and secretary. It details a harsh year with storms, aid to ships, and efforts to keep harbors open. The report notes scarce fish, high food prices, and families in need, plus miles traveled, services held, baptisms, memberships, and special missions at Cranberry Isles and other locations.
Charles Whitney Coombs, renowned New York organist and composer, visits Bucksport en route to Monhegan. A former Holy Communion organist and current St. Luke's Church choir master, he expresses strong affection for New England and says Monhegan attracts visitors seeking solitude away from modern gadgets.
The 86 foot cabin cruiser Dorris with Capt Walter MacFarland and party arrives in New Meadows from Beverly Massachusetts. The 56 foot Enarc and speed boat Zip with Capt James Griffin join the group for a two week Maine trip. Members include John Daly James Griffin Harry MacFarland Timothy Hennessey Walter McFarland Joseph Forest Fred Plummer Robert Picett Misses Margaret and Dorothy MacFarland Phyllis Barnes Bertha and Pauline Buckley Margaret Burnham. They plan to tour Bath and Kennebec River area and stay near the river mouth for a week.
At 1 30 this Monday Bath Iron Works launched a 265 foot steel car float for the New York Shipbuilding Co. The 12 car capacity craft features 13 water tight compartments two tracks on deck a wood roof and Ellis bumpers. It weighs 580 tons empty and will be delivered to Weehawken New Jersey where it will be towed by tugs. A duplicate craft is in yard ready for construction.
The No Name Club members rode the 3 o clock ferry to Woolwich for a Gowell's Grove picnic. A manufactured table held a sumptuous lunch brought by the ladies, followed by two hours of cards. Members listed include Mrs. Carrie E. Turner Mrs. Orin Lindsay Mrs. J. Hughes Mrs. Susan FE. Malloy Mrs. Charles Geenleaf Mrs. Sturtevant Mrs. George McFadden and Mrs. Brown.
A new rooftop rifle range at the Detroit Y.M.C.A. provides a 20-yard gallery with eight targets and 10 and 20-yard ranges with four targets. Users may employ small calibre rifles and pistols up to U S Army 45 calibre automatics. Steel back-tops guard bullets into sand pits, ensuring safety. The facility supports erect and prone shooting and can accommodate 500 to 600 members.
Miss Winnie Harding of Lynn Massachusetts returns on the 6 45 train Sunday after a week with her cousin H M Jewett on Washington Street Miss Harding is a bookkeeper and stenographer for Green and Silsby agents for the Dodge Hudson cars Miss Annie Dodge of Woolwich is visiting friends in Medford Massachusetts
Chester A Munro son of Andy J Munro and Eva Orrs daughter of Seward W Orrs, both of this city, were married Sunday afternoon by Rev Co W Harrison at the Wesley M E parsonage on Union Street. Otis Munro acted as best man and Sarah Coombs as bridesmaid. The couple will reside at 161 Commercial Street and held a reception in the evening attended by relatives and friends.
Dr. S. T. Rosenbrook formerly of this city sailed to Kansas City to attend the National Osteopathic Convention. She will later visit the A. T. Still Research Institute in Chicago.
Mr and Mrs C C Marsh and children Ralph Edward and Elizabeth of Rahway New Jersey arrived at Popham Beach for a summer outing by automobile. They faced long delays due to a street guard on routes through New York and Connecticut over infantile paralysis related checks. A Connecticut officer tried to halt them but a local town judge was summoned to permit their passage after several hours.
Captain Henry W. Owen Jr arrives in Bangor with a recruiting party and urges single men without dependents to enlist in the Second Maine regiment to raise its war strength. A Bangor recruiting office will open soon as three parties recruit across the state. Married men will not be accepted into the national guard except in case of invasion.
J H P Brown criticizes short dips followed by long sunbathing on warm sand as enervating and a source of heart and circulation diseases. He urges sun baths only before or after swimming to avoid health risks.
Mrs. E. J. Lee and her sons Edward and Charles depart Monday to visit sister Mrs. Mabel Macdonald in Lincoln New Hampshire.
State Election Clerk Harold B. Donnell plans September referendum ballots with two questions on the 64 hour law for women and children and on state and county aid for highway bridges. Preliminary forms for envelopes lists receipts and labels have been sent to print. Ballot work cannot start before August 10 due to candidate naming deadlines and a possible Prohibition party nomination.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Chickering and Miss E. E. Blackington of Medford Massachusetts visited Sunday. They plan Rockport summer plans and traveled from Portland by electrics for a brief stay in the city.
Chief Justice A R Savage of Auburn visited town Saturday while en route to his summer home at the Isle of Springs for a seasonal retreat and rest amid travel notes.
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