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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1916

Page

1

Working League Sale at Georgetown nets over $40

The Working League supper and sale in Georgetown was postponed to Wednesday due to a severe storm. Despite slick roads, receipts exceeded forty dollars, driven by aprons and fancy work. the chowder was praised as a strong finish with a younger group helping to prepare it.

Georgetown League Belle Heald H. A. Jordan John D. Williams West Georgetown Boston Alex F. Marr Lester L. Powers Montsweag Susie Moore Lewiston Frank Moore Bath Europe Martha Hinckley Lynn Samuel Hinckley Georgetown Center Hinckley Billy Alvah Reynolds Newcastle Reynolds Portsmouth Navy Yard Leroy Moore Ruthie Pauline Hebron Miss Moore Moore Dayton Hunt Thomas N. Williams David Oliver Oliver Mark Oliver Mina Tryan Somerville John E. Oliver Marjorie Hinghley The South School Harold Goddard Lisbon Center Charles Clark Riggsville Second Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Elizabeth Thompson Miss Thompson Hattie ‘Ef. Rowe Bessie E. Todd Virginia Junior Center School Frank Oliver Popham George J. E. Churchill Robinhood the Woods School George Oliver Charles W. Oliver Irving F. Hunt Hortense Ward Topsham Hunt

Phippsburg Notes Include Snow Storm and Local Happenings

The Phippsburg community reports a Monday snow storm that blotted the moonlit night while residents note hospital conditions at Bath City Hospital, local shipyard work at Bath Iron Works, and Christmas rehearsals in schools. Neighborhood mentions include ship launches, light keepers, a store dog fight, and social visits to Bath, Popham Beach, and Yarmouth.

Mr. Knight Squirrel Point Seguin Eugene Perry Bath City Slade Lewiston Winnegance Arthur Roderick John Kelley George O. Curtis Small Point Kelley Frank Allegrin Henry York Virginia Alice Minott Boston Caroline A. Hodgman W. R. Dickinson M. A. Drummond Woolwich Margaret Roberts C. W. Roberts William Rollins Bath Iron Works Mark L. Percy Freeport Lowell Zanie Wyman Bath William Butler F. C. Bowker F. S. Bowker & Son Parker Head Douglass Edith Oliver Anna Haley Perkins’s Island Elijah Morse Elbridge Morse George C. Peace C. V. Minott, Jr New York George C. Pease Ina Pease George Oliver Clara Perry William Perry Bath Hospital Willis Doughty Yarmouth Edward B. Winslow Newport News J. S. Winslow Capes Butler Phippsburg A. B. Topping Mary Dickinson Topping Rio de Janeiro Jack Malcolm Henry Wyman Malcolm Popham Portland Sunset Magazine Walter Willard Alameda Bay San Francisco Pacific Coast Herbert Doughty

Stateboard Recommends Abolishing Town Workhouses

The State Board of Charities and Corrections urges repeal of laws authorizing towns to maintain workhouses. It argues larger, specialized units are needed for misdemeanants and that poor relief contracts are misused. The report recommends fixed weekly rates and clearer care specifications, plus a new state law aiding mothers with dependent children to prevent family breakup.

State Board of Charties and Corrections Secretary of State Senate

Fisheries Department Seeks 65 000 for 1917 1918 Boats and Lobster Conservation

The Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries plans a 65 000 annual appropriation for 1917 and 1918 covering wardens patrol boats boat maintenance two new patrol boats printing and binding lobster egg protection lobster liberation and shellfish propagation. The statement cites rising lobster volumes and calls for conservation, warden support, and trials of two propagation methods.

Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries State Auditor William Brennan Port Clyde Department United States

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Center Church William Boyd Zina Spinney Allie Williams Long Island Alonzo Hunt the Bath Trust Company Bath, Maine Woodmen Pilgrims Martin Miller John M. Clark WM. C. Chadbourne Front St. Tel Broad St Edward Sewall Richard Quick Galveston Philadelphia State House OF Correction Board of Charities Fisheries Department Johnson Bros. Co
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