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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
5
Rev Charles Myron Tubbs of Grace church led a discussion on religious journalism and its ties to the church at the Bath Ministerial Association gathering. Tubbs, a former Gardiner News editor and Worcester Telegram correspondent, spoke with authority on the subject.
Rev Charles M Tubbs recalls the Bath branch's early era linking church life and journalism, noting clergymen and reporters clash yet share ties. A Bath freight run by Charlie Evans on the Waterville line highlights snowy rails, engine teamwork, and rail safety on the Maine coast.
Cleon Stevens of Five Islands Georgetown was fatally wounded by a misfired 12 gauge during a hunting trip with his brother Linwood and Ralph Davis. The shooting occurred as Linwood dropped a mattock near a stove at Hob Inhood Cove, an accident confirmed by Dr. Harry F. Morin. Stevens leaves four brothers and two sisters.
Twenty two members of the auxiliary to Rebind Hl. Smith post AJL., met Wednesday with Mrs. Harry F. Morin presiding Adjt. Eliot A. Fuller attended for post cooperation in a joint event next month to celebrate the new clubhouse opening at Washington and Oak streets A committee including Mrs Gardiner I Rogers Miss Ruth Mikelsky and Mrs Verry Thompson was named to represent the auxiliary A Salvation Army Christmas drive was supported and the group will work on Jayettes during winter for those in need Mrs Morin named Mrs D Wylie Lemont Mrs Seth S Mullin and Mrs Perry Thompson for the nominating committee with a report at the annual meeting Jan 10 Candy bags were prepared for distribution at Christmas exercises tied to school holiday closings.
Morse high school students under Miss Jin favor present a Christmas tableaux assembly Friday morning. Cast includes Beatrice Jenkins Grace Speulding Gladys Koughan Grace Robbins Mary Conley Christine Frye Kona Blair Ruth Green Pansy Ward Lena Gaudette Scott Feere Louis Mitchell Rose Weinblatt Harold Donnell Ruth Merry Wilfred Rice Philip Fisher Dorothy Appleton Helen Brown Charlotte Trott Vera Rines and four young children. Prologues by Louise Holbrook with scenes of Christmas Eve and dinner, dances, games, and storytelling. Morse enrollment 596. seniors on Student Council include Warren Oliver Mildred Howe John Clinte Addiellkt Waliner Anna Arck Allan Eggleston Thomas sates. Norman Tripp elected captain of Deering high football 1925. Sophomores and freshmen participate in Student Council and upcoming play selections.
Carroll A. Dering of the G. G. Deering Co. uses sharp listening to identify sea whistles and fox sirens from Seguin to Portland light ship during a Thursday night storm. He notes the Seguin, Twin Lights, and Portland light ships as charted signals, with other river bells and trapper news in Bowdoinham and Gowdoinham areas. Local fur trade notes describe rich fox and mink skins this winter.
Raditer The Independent argues against a Kennebec crossing near Bath. It recalls Bath’s costly Knox & Lincoln railroad venture, bond defaults, and costly lessons from past overbuilds. The piece warns a Bath bridge would hamper shipyards and port value, and predicts navigation and rail issues if Winslow’s Rocks or Bath bridges proceed. It notes a May 20 1918 hearing and cites KE W Tyde and Mrs Mary F Syow as signatories.
Charles W. Clifford Jr of Bath denies all or parts of his wife Katherine Edgecomb Clifford’s libel for divorce heard in Cumberland County Superior Court. He is represented by Edward W. Bridgham and Frank A. Morey. Trial postponed to later winter term. Clifford contends wife sought divorce, while he denies strikes and cites her associations.
Bath Iron Works staged a winter launching of its second vessel this year at 10 45. The lightship type craft, named De Pettit of Commerce, measures 132 feet four inches long with 30 feet beam and 14 feet four inches draft and displaces about 775 tons. Miss Martha Cobb, Rockland, daughter of former Governor William T. Cobb, christened the ship with cider and received a traveling clock. The vessel features steel construction, a curved stem, overhanging stern, wooden upper deck, and a full suite of auxiliary systems including steam plant, fog signals, electric lighting, and refrigerating gear with 24 hour ice capacity. It will be held by a 9,000 pound mushroom anchor, carry a power launch from Boothbay Harbor, and a 24 foot whale boat built at Hedgdons brothers yard.
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