12 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1916
Page
1
Phippsburg residents discuss detours and roadwork that disrupt travel for summer visitors. The article covers local officials delaying state road work to spare travelers, community items, and social notes from West Point to Small Point, including gatherings and upcoming services.
West Bath hosts lively house parties and cottage visitors at King’s Point and Sabino with residents from Lisbon Falls Boston and Augusta. Notables include Misses Locke Powers and Plumstead, Miss Larrabee hosts eleven boarders, while farmers like Henry Rose harvest 40 tons. Presidents, attendees and guests share social outings, travels and dinners amid community activity.
John J. Preney of Gardiner a former Bath boy was honored at a birthday party hosted by Gardiner friends last week at Camp Oakum Tacoma Lake. A lavish repast followed with a large birthday cake lit to his age.
A small terrier belonging to a Bath family vanished on Saturday causing anxiety as the neighborhood and local businesses searched. The dog was later found shut in an attic during follow up inquiries at the residence.
Commodore James P. Ledyard of the Kennebec Yacht Club, during a family outing at Popham Beach, caught a five pound sea bass off Fox Island earning the title of high-line fisherman for 191. The fish was served at the Ledyard cottage, as Fox Island becomes a favored summer fishing ground.
Potatoes rose by 40 cents a bushel this week amid higher wholesale costs. Local dealers could only say they must buy from wholesalers and will pass any rise to customers when their supply runs low. Farmers expect the crop to arrive and hopes rise for lower prices.
Mrs William Palmer and her daughter Addie left by the Boston boat tonight to visit relatives at Cape Cod for an outing.
A visiting woman calls for a city Clean-up Day to improve sanitary conditions. She notes unhealthy alleys and back yards reported to the health department, urging action to make Bath a cleaner, healthier place.
Miss Emma F. Walton, a stenography and typewriting teacher in Bath for two years, resigns to take a Gloucester High School position with a $150 raise. Friends in Bath regret her departure. Harry Small visited from Boston for an outing at the Channel's camps on New Meadows River.
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