Local News Yarns and Holiday Hints From Bath
Shortest days arrive and duck shooting ends in September next. Bath recalls a December snow storm forty years ago as Ramona Council grants four Pocahontas degrees. Morse High girls beat Cosmo Club 17 to 0 in a prep game. Committee chosen for Dec 29 Phi Rho Society dance at Kennebec Yacht Club with Perkins orchestra. Red Men fall to Woodmen 1 to 4 in Park League as Adams top scorer with 279 and Tedford high game 103.
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Bath
Ramon Gour
J. O. Hall
Washburn and
Middle Sts
Ramona Council
D. of P
Pochahontas
Morse High Girls
Cosmo
Club Girls
Messrs
Trott
Mason and
McLellan
Phi Rho Society
Kennebec Yacht Club
Perkins
Red Men
Woodmen
Adams
Tedford
Local notes and events from Bath and Lewiston
Local jottings report Lewiston passings Bangor business leaders drilling Bath fireworks and sledding scenes. Center Street lanterns and a capsize rescue mark a winter night. Corliss Street Church gallery work begins to seat growing attendance. A Bath young woman loses a gem bracelet with imprint on arm. The Adelia T. Carleton sold for about 10 000 dollars. Arch ie Bushnell arrives for T E D 66 duties. Boston fire candle controversy noted. Eagles Lodge officers elected and to be installed. People’s Baptist Church Ladies raise 150 dollars from supper and calendars.
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H. Kimball
Lewiston
Bangor
Ladies’ Auxiliary
T. W. Hyde
Center St. Hill
Corliss Street
North End
L. P. Kenney
New England Telephone Co
Hasty
Auburn
Adelia T. Carleton
Carleton, Norwood & Co
New York
Carleton
Rockport
People’s Baptist Church
Music Hall
Clayton Mulcahy
Thomas Pierce
Carrie Trott
Fred Cook
Lester Pratt
H. P. Mason
McCutcheon
Hayes
Onberg
E. F. Foster
Martha Preble
F. Bragg
Thompson
Washburn
Roy Colby
M. Matthews
Darrah
Miss Hayes
Mulcahy
Pierce
Berry
Carrie Thompson
Local Notes Span Clubs Sports and Theater Events
This page records several Maine community items, including a Ramnetball event at Morse High, a Sons of Veterans roll call and banquet, Chestra’s storefront work on Centre Street, a Central Church choir rehearsal, and rumor mill notes. It notes a coal cargo voyage of the schooner Alice May Davenport, theater plans for Jefferson Theatre in Portland, and a proposed Maine athletic oversight council. Also reported are yacht club nominations, a kid wounded by buckshot recovering in Bangor, a Bath high diver show, and Archie Miller’s club membership.
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Sons of Veterans
Chestra
Centre St
J. E. Drake
Alice May Davenport
Wiley
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Norfolk
Buenos Aires
Quebracho Wood
New York
M. J. Garrity
Jefferson Theatre
Portland
Jere McAuliffe
Bath Opera House
Bath
Maine
Payson Smith
Augusta
James P. Ledyard
Kennebec Yacht Club
Leslie Mello
King Tavern
Bangor
Katherine
Bangor City Hospital
Blue Hill
Busy spring events and political shifts in city life
The town prepares for spring with a Dewey banquet for new members and a movie night. Westbrook elects a Republican mayor and nine of thirteen aldermen. The North End PTA meets with Mrs. Bertha Powers. Camp Fire Girls start city drives for old linen and cotton. The Morse High School art exhibit opens with student performances. Royal Arch Chapter marks 96th anniversary with an indoor clambake and varied entertainment.
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Westbrook
Portland
North End
Bertha Powers
Upper Grammar School
Waterville
Maine Central Railroad
Morse High School
Center Grammar
Center
Florence Webster
Alexander P. MacDonald
Bar Harbor
The
Sea Missionary
T. Bowker
Brooklyn
N. Y
MiSsion Yacht Association
Booklyn
MacDonald
Mission Sunday School
Adolph F. Schauffler
New York
Montgomery and
St. Bernard Royal Arch
L. M. Lemont
Wexler
Bath Lodge
Moose
Bert Weston
Billie Marion
Marians Clog
C. H. Beecher
Mr. Quinn
John A. Small
P. H. P. Walter
Glidden
William J. Perry
W. 8.Glidden
N. Gratz Jackson
Charles W. Dingley
St Marys Guild Guests Maud Seymour Gwen Turner
St Marys Guild of Grace Church hosted an evening entertainment by Miss Maud Seymour and Miss Gwen Turner. The community notes also report renovations to the West Find Hotel in Portland aiming to reopen close to New Year.
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St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church
Maud Seymour
Gwendoyn Turner
F. J. Harrigan
Brunswick Hasegun
Westfind
Portland
F. W. &. Blanchard
Richmond
Bath
France
House of Representatives
Hinds
Merchant Marine
McGillivuddy
Ways and Means
Peters
Guernsey
B.I.W
Hyde Windlass
Daley
M. Oliver
Niles
U. S. Army
Maine Coast Artillery Corps
Augusta
W. C. Bunker
North Woods
Samuel B. Martin
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Neponset
Mass
Lincoln St
Patience
Larimer
New York
Brown's Wharf
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Dewey Cafe
Bruce Gibson
Maine
Gibson
Gackenbach
Augustus Leonard
C. H. Stinson
Robert Shea
Shea
Richard C. Gackenbach
P.P. Robert Shea
P. R. C. Gackenbach
W.P. E. C. Lewis
Treas
F. H. Gowell
Alfred Jewett
Scott Ward
M. Stinson
Bath Trust Co Holds Annual Meeting in Bath Maine
The Bath Trust Co will hold its regular annual meeting for the election of Trustees and any other business on Tuesday January 11 1916 at 2 PM in the banking rooms. W B Mussenden treasurer Bath Me December 7 1915.
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Bath Trust Company
The
Bath Trust Co
W. B. Mussenden
Bath National Bank Annual Meeting Notice
The Bath National Bank stockholders will meet at 40 Front St Bath Maine Sagadahoc County on Tuesday January 11 1916 at 2 PM to elect directors for the coming year and to transact other business. F D Hill cashier.
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The
Bath National Bank
Front St
Bath
County of Sagadahoc
State of
Maine
Prominent Men Continued from Page One
A shipbuilder in colonial times spent years in Boston for training and contracts to build vessels. He likely built near Neel or Arrowsie shipyard and sailed to safety with family during war. He owned Neck property at death, and later turned to treasure hunting after hearing tales of shipwrecks.
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Boston
Woeper Sheepscat
Neel
Phipps
Arrowsie
Wiships
James H Harford former Cape Elizabeth Sentinel editor dies
James H Harford aged 67 years and 7 months died at his South Portland home after a long illness. He edited the Cape Elizabeth Sentinel for 31 years with his brother Frederick H Harford and was a prominent Republican involved in public affairs. Survived by two children Mrs J D Rogers of Bath and Misery H H Harford of Saco. Funeral held Wednesday at People's M E Church in South Portland.
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James H. Harford
Cape Elizabeth
Death of Eben Farrington Former druggist and trader
Eben Farrington formerly a druggist commission merchant and traveling salesman died at his Winneganee home where he had lived since his wife Margaret Sprague died. Born in New Church New Jersey he moved to New York City at 13 to learn the drug business and later ran down stores rebuilt fixtures and sold with profit. He served with the New York Fire Department rising to assistant foreman of Hook and Ladder Co No 1 and witnessed the Hague Street factory fire grave with over 120 bodies recovered. He leaves two sons Edward and Harden J of New York City.
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Kben Farrington
Winneganee
Margaret
Bradford Sprague
Farrington
Newchurch
Daniel
Eva Farrington
New York City
New York Fire Department
Hook and Ladder Co
Chambers and
Center Sts
Hague St
Edward
Harden J
Lewis Greenleaf union at People’s Church parsonage
On Monday evening at 9 30 the Rev S A Evans joined Chauncey D Lewis Jr of Georgetown and Addie S Greenleaf of Westport in marriage at the People's Church parsonage 1037 High St The bridesmaid was Miss Mary E Greenleaf and best man Andros E Coleman of Bath The couple left on a ten o clock electric for Brunswick for a short honeymoon trip.
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The
People’s Church
High St
S. A. Evans
Chauncey D. Lewis, Jr
Georgetown
Addie S. Greenleaf
Westport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trufant’s Crossing
Eagle
Brunswick House
M.C.R.R. Square
Keegan
O. Busch
Wassitts
Colonial Club 12
Burke
W. A. MacCormick
Gardiner-Reporter-Journal
Kennebec Valley
Lower Middle St
Fisher’s Court
Martyn Flaherty
John Arsenault
William Dewire
Archie Bushnell
U. S. Navy
Bath Tron Works
Bushnell
United States Naval Machinist School
Charleston
S. C
Bath Aerie
Order of Eagles
P.W.P
William L. Cullinan
W.P
John J. Lee
W. V.P
Edward M. Robbins
W.C
Thomas C. McCabe
W.S
Charles B. Farrar
W.T
William C. Perkins
Harry A. Miller
Frank A. Hall
Morse
Edward ‘Little
Jack Murphy
Moose Fair & Bazaar Co
City Landing
Bath Grain Co
Kennebec
Murphy
Mr.urphy
Dewey
Bath, Me
First National Bank OF Bath
Shorey
F. D. Hill
Cashier
Eben Farrington
Greenleaf
Lewis
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