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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1915

Page

9

Cragin Family Departures For Holiday Absence

Dr. Horace S. Cragin leaves for a week of study in Boston and New York with Mrs Cragin joining relatives in Rutland Vermont for Christmas. They plan to return mid next week.

Horace S. Cragin Boston New York Bath Cyrus W. Longley Lydia F. Oliver Dorchester Mass Roscoe P. Todd Howard G. Heald Elbridge M. Cunningham Louis Thompson Hazel Mr. Thompson Wendell P. Todd Dayton Hunt West Georgetown Bessie E. Todd A. E. Rowe Bertha Avery Five Islands William P. Cromwell Clarence Oliver John D. Williams Grace A. Scott Fred P. Oliver Harry Henry van Buren Salem Ernest Curtis Fred Files Dorothy of Cornish H. A. Jordan Fred Spinney Ray Point William A. Todd Chester Gerrish Marrtown Joseph Harford John E. Oliver Samuel Mereen Everett C. Trafton George Oliver Popham Beach William Marr Martha J. MacFadden Josephine Lewis W. C. Todd First Baptist Church Charles Green Lisbon Falls The Watkins Rem

Five Islands Grange Plays Proud Host at Christmas Session

Worthy Master J G Stevens and wife led a group to Portland for State Grange events returning Thursday. About four to five thousand Patrons attended the session the largest ever, with 48 Pomona and 315 State degree candidates. New officers were elected and installed, and a Christmas concert was planned for Saturday.

J. G. Stevens Portland State Grange Russell Harford Ida Rowe E. M. Horton State Ths

Stolen liquor leads to drunken disturbance and death at Five Islands

Deputy Marr awakens to a home disturbance after a break in at the E.S.S. Co. freight shed. Five bottles of whiskey were stolen and the owner, intoxicated, lay dead. three visiting men fled as women escaped with a carving knife incident. The E.S.S. Co. will reimburse the liquor and prosecute the burglars.

Marr Georgetown Five Islands E.S.S. Co

Attractive program at Wesley M E Church for Christmas

The Sunday service will feature an original White Gifts to the King program with a Great White Throne Queen Esther interlude. A March by the Sunday school and Epworth League leads to readings songs and verse ends with Jesus Shall Reign. Nearly three hundred envelopes issued for gifts and public invitation extended. Bath enjoys a joyful Christmas.

Wesley M. E Epworth League Sunday School Ada Perkins Messrs. Weeks Farrar Carol and Baum Harry Thompson Grace D. Baum Esther

Bath News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Plans

Local Bath notes report fox hunting parties planned for today and theatres sending groups to Portland for Experience. Shoppers fill streets amid rain while Bath nurses see few calls. Jordan Percy leaves Parker Head for Boston to run a yacht engine. Maine Central trims Bath freight. two trains operate daily. College and club events include a Colonial Club Christmas program for 150 children and a Dean Academy Maine trip starting December 28.

Bath California Towser Leonard & Mitchell Portland Gowell’s Grove Maine Jordan Percy Parker Head Boston Maine Central Rockland State Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses State House Augusta Colonial Club Maurice J. Duneklee Winter Street Church Dean Academy Dean Colonial

Bath Area Sports and Community Notices Roundup

The Bath YMCA Juniors crushed Lisbon Falls 60 to 1 in basketball. The Jan 7 Colonial vs Wassitts of Lewiston game features Jitney Five of Bath vs Webster Grammar School in the prelim. Albert K. Gardner resigns as state horticulturist to lead Franklin County Extension work. Bath Aerie social event held despite storm, with whist prizes to Belle Rines, Milton Neal, and E. J. Lee with Harry Newhall.

Colonials Wassitts Lewiston Jitney Bath Webster Grammar School Albert K. Gardner Department of Agriculture Augusta Farmington Franklin County College of Agriculture Gardner Obadiah Gardner Rockland University of Maine Bath Aerie Belle Rines Milton Neal E. J. Lee Harry Newhall Perkins

Mary E Boyd Dies in Wiscasset at 84

Miss Mary E. Boyd dies in Wiscasset this week at age 84. A native of the town she belonged to one of its oldest families and was daughter of Capt Samuel Boyd a famed local deep sea ship commander. Sister Elizabeth Boyd had died years before. Several nephews and nieces live in the West. Funeral was largely attended.

Mary E. Boyd Wiscasset Samuel Boyd Elizabeth Boyd

Farm Notes announce farmer institutes in several towns

Farm Notes list institutes at Enterprise Grange Richmond December 28 morning and afternoon, Bear Mountain So Waterford December 29, Abbot Grange Abbot December 29, and Princeton Grange Princeton December 29. Holstein cattle owner R R Homer Bucksport will have bull calves dropped at National Home Togus for three months from January 1 1916, offering valuable young stock at reasonable prices.

Tees Maine Junction Farmers’ Institutes Enterprise Grange Hall Richmond Bear Mountain Grange Hall Waterford Abbot Grange Hall Abbot Presday Princeton Grange Hall Princeton R. R. Homer Bucksport

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Edy Co Green Dyer Hannaford Bros Henrietta Marr Charley Virginia Everett Cromwell Little River Reid James Stevens Mr. Reid Stephen Trafton Georgetown Center Grange Augusta Rowe Joseph Blaisdell Ida M. Harford Orville Rowe Arthur Rowe Waltham Joseph G. Rowe Old Town E.s.s.co Wesley Church John J. Desmond Pat Rons Conley’s Specialty Store S. H. Coney Bath Y.M.C.A Mary Ef, Boyd
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