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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
2
Town notes recount a tale of a Georgetown worker whose intended bride perished at sea aboard a German submarine. The community records a busy week with church sales, school staffing changes, and social events, including a Christmas sale by the Working League and a parish call for a resident pastor.
An old advertisement extols pure blood for digestive health. It links impure air and poor appetite to dry mouth, urging Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood, improve digestion, and strengthen the whole body.
Robinhood church holds service at 10:30 with pastor delivering the sermon and Sunday school at 11:30. Epworth League leads the evening service on The Mission of the Religious Newspaper. Miss Elsie B. West licensed as winter term teacher. classes start with full attendance. Agnes Jones now teaches at Georgetown Center. Ladies Aid met Mrs E A Williams. George West left for a Boston trip.
Workmen began tearing down the Bowery street stable of the Charles E Moody residence recently bought by The Texas Steamship Co. The house will also be torn down and rebuilt as a boarding house unless moved intact up over the hill to a yard-adjacent location.
A brief note highlights Percy offering festive gift ideas and ribbon selections for Christmas. It presents a compact mood of seasonal shopping, suggesting decorative ribbons and small presents as practical holiday options.
West Bath notes list Mrs Florence Neiley on the Cosmopolitan Club fancy work committee and the club sale held yesterday. Local residents visit Portland Lewiston Bath Boston and Woolwich while funeral details for Mrs Erna Bonney Sinclair are given with interment at Maple Cemetery. An upcoming Grange election is anticipated after a canceled meeting due to weather.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs. Sylvia Bucher's home with thirteen members in attendance. Capt J F McMahan and Capt Millan Leonard sailed on the Albenaki for Stonington to winter on the sound. Five Islands Grange elected officers with changes in Pomona Flora and lecturer positions. The Priscillas funded hall improvements and started a library, with gifts to the church bell. Various local moves include residents touring Bath and Bangor, a baby arrival, a Priscilla social, and routine community notices about schools, rentals, and pets around Blaisdell and Rowe stores.
At the Cobb family Thanksgiving in Brooklyn Miss Georgina M. Parker and Percy Low Cobb disclosed their engagement. Parker is sister to Mrs. Charles P. Percy of Phippsburg and Cobb is Frederick and Sarah Cobb's son. The wedding is expected early next year at Charles P. Percy’s Brooklyn home.
John Rogers George Sprague and Nat Morse help clear and plough new pasture land being converted into hay land by Martin Wyman. The Misses Minott shopped in Bath, Mrs. MacIntyre visits Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Eaton and daughter Phyllis back to Bath. Phyllis convalescent after illness.
Mohie Snow of New Meadows and Frank Morse of Harpswell were married on November 29 in Harpswell. Snow, born in New Meadows, moved to Middle Bay later while Morse has always lived in Harpswell. Both receive warm wishes from friends for their new life together.
The Holy Communion was celebrated at the church last Sunday by the pastor Rev J S E Churchill who also read the Thanksgiving Proclamation. Eugene Cromwell of Jefferson Mo was in town Wednesday. A pie sociable in the town hall last Saturday raised funds for a new flag for the South school. Elsie Blair of Bath has been visiting friends in town. Harold and Mildred Snipe spent Thanksgiving at their home. James McFarland bought two new milch cows. Mina Snipe shopped in Lewiston on Friday. Earl Pinkham spent a few days at his Dublin Point home. Elton Phinney shot a deer weighing 150 pounds.
Miss Mitchell Graves and Miss Bertha Graves hosted Thanksgiving guests at W. J. Graves. Bert Temple and family visited Mrs. Charles Meserve in Topsham. Walter Purington and daughter Ida spent Thanksgiving at Ida Purington’s home. Frank P. Curtis improves after illness. Roy and Carlton Lancaster traveled to Massachusetts to work for James Graves. James Millay and wife plan to stay in Bath for winter. Helen Randall shows improvement. Horace Millay and family move to Millay Farm on the Post Road. Mr. and Mrs. Longfellow and other Jack family members were guests on Nov 30 at H. B. Jack’s.
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