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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
2
Officers were elected Monday night for the West Bath grange and will be installed December 2. Plans for winter activities include a special program next week. Various local residents were noted in social visits, school holiday plans, and community happenings.
Salvation Army kettles are placed Saturday morning with one in Sagadahoe square before Thompson Bros. and another at the AL & IK Ry Co waiting room. Capt. Sweet urges public donations to fund dinners for the poor and to determine basket sizes by family needs as he personally investigates each case.
The post reports two members died this year, Martin V. White at Togus and Alfred J. Stetson on Nov 3. Officers for the coming year remain unchanged and will be installed in January: Sumner Brown commander, Henry G. Turner senior vice commander, George Williams junior vice commander, James R. Cressey chaplain, George Daw officer of the guard, Thartley Kk Dunton adjutant and quartermaster. Stockholders eye 4 million sulfur property distribution. directors meet in New York next week to discuss it. Everett Lemont and wife attended the State Grange meeting in Portland.
Congressman Wallace H. White Jr of Maine urges subsidies and Seamen Act changes to build a privately owned American merchant fleet. He argues foreign ships enjoy cost advantages and says government payments may be needed to make U S shipping competitive, risking private operators and potential government monopoly.
W. G. Thompson of South China was re-elected master of the Maine State Grange Patrons of Husbandry at Portland. He has served three terms. Purinton of Bowdoin was advanced to overseer to succeed John E. Abbott of North Berwick, who has held the post eight years. George McManus, cartoonist, entertained the grangers at a Kiwanis club event with drawings of his creations.
District Deputy Alden P. L. Denham of Sasanoa tribe led 400 delegates from Lewis ton Auburn Bath and other towns to a district meeting of Tecumseh tribe in Auburn Tuesday. Supper followed deputy sessions and past sachem degrees were exemplified with Bath participants. Tecumseh showcased degree work amid grand officer addresses.
Bath Co 3. URI elected officers December 6 and arranged installation for December 46 with Gen Warren Li Riker of Lewiston as installing officer. Officers include Edward Mcbellan captain Thomas Ef Wood lieutenant Sidney Munroe second lieutenant Vernon W Miller treasurer Percival G Mann recorder. Trustees chosen Augustus A Seiders three years William Mann two years Charles Uh Volz one year.
A Fort Fairfield Review reader laments the expense of hiring a Boston press expert for a brief tuning job. They note travel, lodging, meals, and lengthy delays raise costs to the printer, making printing prices seem high.
Mrs Pattee wife of ex City Marshal Hiram R Pattee dies prompting Thursday funeral at 2 pm at her Bath home 110 Dummer Street. Details note local residents Gladys Klark, J B Salfour hosted a wild duck dinner with Mr and Mrs John A Legro at Snow Park and Legro formerly lived in Somersworth New Hampshire.
News announces the deaths of Mrs Louisa Wallace 81 and Mrs Cordelia Bates 78 in Gloucester. Wallace leaves daughter Delia Clark Auburn and son Aurin Wallace Bath. Bates was sister to Wallace. Local notes cover selectmen session logging work Mead owbrook Basin real estate talk and town tax sales.
The Central Church League held a large sale despite stormy weather, clearing $410. Decorated rooms featured fir trees, wreaths, and tables with aprons, greens, a mystery tree, silver polish, books, and more. Mrs. William HR. Small chaired the event with numerous committees and volunteers assisting across food, crafts, and tea service.
Carl KL Crosby president and Prank RK Godwin traffic manager of the Kennebec Navigation Co in the city setting up affairs for the season and declare the outlook satisfactory from all standpoints.
Silas W. Owen, longtime baggagemaster for the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., is pensioned by the company after more than three decades of service. He is spending the winter at his home in Portland, with Mrs. Harry W. Thebean, Mrs. Charles H. Smith, and Miss Doris Leonard visiting.
End of week seven in the Park League reveals rising averages in the second division. Seals maintain first place as Woolds?, Lions, and others shift positions behind. Leaders Olinto, Parrat, and Martin trade places with several players seeing improved averages while several drop.
Eugene M. Desmond narrowly won the Roland H. Smith post election after four ballots to become commander for the coming year. Ralph Gay was chosen vice commander after two ballots and other officers were elected as listed.
The Bath American Red Cross executive committee met in Sagadaheck block rooms with full attendance. A partial Roll Call report was read, noting encouragement. a complete report to follow. Public health service was discontinued December 1 due to funds scarcity. no full time nurse will be employed until unemployment improves.
The Fort Fair field Review highlights a snow vehicle by Joseph Long of Hopkins Brothers. It features a narrowed hind axle, dual wheels in one, skid chains, and front runners with easy steering, praised as near perfection for winter roads.
Woolwich hosts formal opening of Montsweag Free Library at Montsweag Farm as branch of Wiscasset Public Library. Henry F. Butler gifts and a design book plate highlight community effort with readings, tea, and periodicals for free access to readers of all ages.
Through the Transportation Directorate of the State Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural League led by A P Lane, traffic manager of Great Northern Paper, arrangements with Canadian Pacific Dispatch speed westbound shipments from all Maine points by one day. The change benefits Maine shippers and western markets, with the Transportation Directorate credited for the improvement.
Bath Maine December 15 1921 Bath National Bank announces its annual stockholders meeting at the office 40 Front Street Bath Sagadahoc County Maine on Tuesday January 10 1922 at two o clock in the afternoon. Directors will be elected for the ensuing year and other business may be transacted. Signed D Hill cashier Bath Maine December Wal 5-23-29-5
Harold Squeak Grindle returns to Maine from a Florida visit with his companion Thomas Cummings and the Edgecombs. Grindle recalls avoiding emotional travel, recounts mishaps in Newark Times Square and Grand Central, and notes seeing many cars leaving Florida and humorous road signs on the journey back.
Many residents join local Christmas clubs for another year as organizers report ongoing interest and steady signup activity. The communal savings schemes attract participants seeking early holiday budgeting and small regular contributions.
In Portland Captain Alfred W. Frost preserves a framed portrait of the schooner Cora F. Cressey, built by Percy & Small in Bath, the vessel he commanded for a decade on American coast voyages and cargo runs. Frost, born in Pembroke, rose from sailor lad to master of multiple ships over 30 years at sea. He led the Arlington, Cora, and other ships, including the New Windsor oil burner, and in 1918 carried the first full cargo of provisions from the United States to Germany after the armistice. Now retired from the sea, he heads A. G. Frost & Company in Portsmouth.
Modern Woodmen of America Bath camp No. 140T elected officers on December 7 with Rolvin H. Bowie as consul and Joseph Boyer as past consul. Roscoe I. Tiggens was clerk and William L. White banker. Bowie Higgins Chellis and White re-elected to three year terms. Officers-elect to be installed in January. The Bath camp reports over 200 members and a prosperous outlook.
At a Bath meeting held Thursday night at W. T. Smith and Son store members decided to start a shooting gallery in the city. The first shoot was held Wednesday night, and the club, composed of many Bath gunners, expects several exciting matches this winter.
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