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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1928
Page
8
Forty years ago Bath faced a heavy windstorm that toppled trees and disrupted streets. The town hosted social events at hotels, including a new gift pitcher for landlord Shannon. Local notices mention weddings, pensions, church services, and updates on trains, ships, and public buildings with names like John D. Bibber and Rev. J. M. Remick.
In 1913 A R Webster of Cincinnati sought a camp site in Kennebec waters when a guide offered dried herring at lunch. Webster drank from a spring on Thorne's Island and decided this was the ideal site. Since then 50 to 100 Midwest boys arrive each summer to attend a premier New England boys camp with ongoing improvements.
Stanley H. Willis a Bath native now in Boston tours Miss Universe Ella Van Huesen world beauty queen. She travels by Hazzard Shoe Plane piloted from Old Orchard Beach by Capt. Harry Jones. The pair visited Old Orchard on Monday August 27 after judging contestants in Galveston. Willis is a Bath figure long associated with Mrs. Fannie Thurlow at 20 Highland Street. He recently hosted Miss America Lois Delander during a Maine tour.
Margaret I. Howarth attorney from Pall River Massachusetts will visit Carthage with Frederik Kateon a Carthage High School language instructor and his sister. They plan to spend several weeks in Bath with their mother Mrs M E Kateon at 18 Wesley Street.
The Harpswell electrical system lights up central and South Harpswell during a demonstration. Plans call for West Harpswell to be connected soon and Bailey and Orr islands to receive power via submarine cables. crews of 60 have worked two and a half months under William Sherman with Ernest Pulton and Leighton Jackson supervising engineering and house wiring.
A statewide referendum will vote on the amended Excise Tax on Railroads. The bill sets tax rates by gross transportation receipts and net railway operating income with adjustments for short lines and narrow gauge lines. Public Utilities Commission oversight applies to return accuracy and corrections. The notice includes probate and local notices interspersed in the page.
The Walker Summer Camp field day on Squirrel Island featured prizewinners Phil lippa Kelley and Forbes Kelley in events including obstacle race running broad jump and multiple relay style contests. Prizes used blue red and white ribbons. descendants of ex Postmaster Ernest F. Kelley of Bath attended.
Everett O. Mitchell of Springvale, known as Bath chauffeur for Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Dean of Dorchester, died after a five gallon gas blowtorch exploded in his hand. He was taken to Sanford hospital but succumbed to severe burns. The incident occurred while his wife was in the garage office. Mitchell also once drove Bath police patrol and had boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Curtis for nearly a decade.
Brunswick native Michael J. Flannagan has rejoined the U S Navy and is assigned as a fireman first class aboard the minesweeper aircraft depot ship Teal. He has served nearly eight years, with previous assignments on the Ohio Jupiter Peacock Bittern Heron Pueblo Berceau Choctaw and Patoka and has homes in Haverhill.
The Maine village of Round Pond, ten miles southeast of Damariscotta, celebrated the first turning on of electric lights. A Central Maine Power Co crew from Rockland completed pole installation between Bristol Mills and Round Pond, with street lights first lit Friday after days of illumination in several homes.
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