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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1916

Page

9

Old Phi Rho paper found in Bath attic volume

Arthur H. Stetson found a bound Phi Rhonian volume from 1884 1885 at his father's Bath home. The May November 1884 issue opens with an In Memoriam for Thomas Sinnott class of 1885, and lists editors managers notes and class officers. Cadet notes and ads list local Bath businesses and student moves, including Miss May Wolston and Fred Swanton. The volume documents Phi Rho Society officers 1885 1886 87, and school activities such as baseball polo orchestra and cadet corps with numerous student names and postures.

Arthur H. Stetson A. D. Stetson Bath High School Phi Rho Society Stetson Thomas Sinnott Baseball Association L. T. Snipe L. B. Swett Bosworth J. S. Hyde W. P. Leydon Pred Swanton Coombs’ Orchestra Lincoln Bath Independent McQuarrie McLellan Mastodon Minstrels South W. P. Murphy Texas Plummer Hallet May Dunton Andover Walter Turner H. E. Palmer & Co W. P. Led O. Moses D. T. Percy F. S. Getchell P.M N. H. Campbell BE. W. Hyde A. T. Lowell T. Sinnott R. S. Harris E. W. Hyde R. D. Murray A. M. McDonald Langdon T. Snipe Mary F. Fields Emma G.small Jennie D. Cushing Oliver Moses Aline B. Colton Lillian E. Rider H. E. Cole L. Barton Mary E. Cobb Maud Murphy Nellie Eames B.H.S John 8. Hyde Andrew T. Lowell Lewis B. Swett Fred 8. Getchell Fred W. Swanton Robert D. Murray Angus McDonald J. P. Welch Be, Upton & Son J. C. Higgins W. H. Given James E. Haley Frank Brown F. R. Shaw M.H. Loach A. G. Page Jr Howland E. Cornish Gertie Greenleaf Eva Wolston Clark Dunton Westport Annie Norton Hallowell Aline Colton Fred W. Kimball Alameda William P. Leydon T. W. Anderson Astoria C. W. Briggs Gorham N. H M. F. Biggins D. T. Percy & Son E. H. Cobb Thomas Campbell Bath John Connelly Massachuss T. Deshon Portland C. H. Hooper Goss Marine Iron Works T. M. Lightbody A. K. Gilmore R. Harris Frank Light. S Body T. Percy, Jr L. B. ‘Swett May F. Fields Georgie L. Drake Alice M. Cobb Abbie F. Carter Carrie M. Moses Mary J. Klippel Jennie M. Purington Grace M. Akers Emma G. Small Mary L. Klippel Harriet L. Whitmore Charlotte B. Stinson Nellie P. Spinney Ruth P. Tarbox Lillian E. Ryder L. C. Coombs F. E. Dennett W. W. Dennett F. W. Delosche D. T. Dougherty S. H. Duncan J. E. Hughes F. D. Hill B. W.hyde M. W. Sewall W. C. Soule F. W. Swanton W. D. Willis J.S. Hyde A. S. Bosworth E. F. Kelley B. A. Bailey C. M. Lincoln J. H. McLellan S. L. Farnham A.T. Lowell Tar‘box E. Lowell Vaughan Humphreys D. T. Percy, Jr Whitmore McCarty Anderson and Leydon The Equine Perambulating Association Euchre Club Messrs F. W. Getchell G. H. Weeks Annie Gatchell Chellie Morrison Gertrude Weeks A. 8. Bosworth M. Sewall

Obituary for Amelia A. McGrath of Neponset and Bath

Mrs Amelia A McGrath widow of James A McGrath died Friday night at her son Charles McGrath Neponset after three months illness She would have been 72 on Jan 3 She was born Georgetown P E I and moved to Bath in 1860 She married James McGrath in 1868 and had six children three living Charles A McGrath Neponset Mrs Harry Larrabee Boothbay Harbor and Alderman McGrath of Bath She resided in Bath much of her life and attended Beacon Street Church The obituary notes a large circle of friends and her Christian life. The article also mentions Bath theater listings and a Bangor station coffee price.

Amelia A. McGrath James A. McGrath Charles McGrath Neponset Mass Georgetown P.E.I Thomas Marr Mary E. Batram Marr Bath Mary Pattee Marshal Pattee James McGrath Charles A. McGrath Harry Larrabee Boothbay Harbor Alderman McGrath Hiram T. Pattee McGrath Charles Beacon Street Church

Rockland Local Jottings and Community Notes

Local items report a quiet Christmas season in Rockland with town events including Arrowsic Mining Co incorporation fifty years ago, Morse High School basketball vs Lisbon Falls Jan. 5 in Lisbon, and routines of residents. A shipper trip by the steamer Nahanada brings shoppers, while Bath area firms busy on Texas Co. projects. Community happenings cover a ban on open bars, osteopath Dr. Wadsworth visiting Bath, past and current civic concerns, a large mail day, a naval hospital patient, a Redmen win, and local incidents from vandalism to a four year old housekeeper, with multiple social and business notes through the week.

Rockland Arrowsic Mining Co Morse Lisbon Falls Lisbon Francis McNeal Texas Steamship Co Quincy Texas Co Nahanada Boothbay E. J. Murphy Bangor James S. Wadsworth Portland Bath King Tavern Harry Madden Maine Central Frank M. Smith Carpenter U. S. Navy Naval Hospital Charlestown Mass Redmen Hurékas L Redmen Billings Washington St Water St F. C. Hill Bath National Bank Biddeford Charles A. Moody First National Bank Maine Bankers’ Association J. Harry Blaisdell Boston Ontario New York Hyde Windlass Co

Christmas week city notes mix of events and arrests

Drug stores closed from noon to six. Hood Rubber official Herbert Swett visits town for Christmas. New Meadows Boat Club holds annual meeting on Wednesday evening January 3. Winter Street Sunday School show with film slides. Harry M. Huse becomes Recorder of Municipal Court after Charles A. Corliss resigns. Extra streetcar service runs for Christmas shoppers. Venues issued for 30 jurors for January term of the Supreme Judicial Court. Court starts January 23 with Associate Justice George M. Hanson. Parcel post set Christmas record with 5 teams and 9 workers handling volume. Rachel W Stevens aboard ship bound from Lisbon to Philadelphia, vessel J E Hayes captain of Belfast built in 1898 for L J Stevens. Rev Francis W OBrien installed as Greenwood Baptist pastor in Brooklyn. Cortland Myers preached. Local drunk found in Summer Street rain after Panama Canal stunt. taken to station. Bath Galvanizing Works shows massive metal block to be remelted in new tank.

Herbert Swett The Hood Rubber Co New Meadows Boat Club Winter Street Harry M. Huse F. H. Thompson Supreme Judicial Court George M. Hanson Clarence Lightbody Scott Morse Tne Rachel W. Stevens Lisbon Philadelphia J. E. Hayes Belfast Stevens New England Co L. J. Stevens Francis W. O’brien Greenwood Baptist Church Brooklyn Cortland Myers D.D Tremont Temple Boston St. Court Sears Bath

Christmas Week Notes From Brunswick and Nearby Towns

Christmas shopping filled streets while offices closed for the holiday. Towns report storms delaying late shopping, fresh news of a comet summer prediction, and local charity gifts. A major transfer of the Sebago Lake steamboat line occurred as Woodard and Sawyer acquired control from Goodridge.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fannie R. Thompson Hyde May Wolston City Hall Barry Cox Luce Hughes U. S. Naval Academy Hunt Beacon St Bos Fletcher Castoria Lways Per Bonal Asmaceinm Ory Mis Bath Theatre Golers Thomas H. Ince Herbert Brennan Nazimova Columbia Marshall Champ Clark James R. Mann Chicago Bangor Station Tall Stove Club Jack Fitzgerald Pine Tree A. A Brunswick Bath Iron Works Everett Pratt Standard Oil Company Congress Street Sewall Mill A. W. Viden Hall Ib. I. W E. J. Jolicoeur Quincy Water Department Lewiston Brunswick Road New Meadows Gardiner Leonice Morse Water’ St Spinney Maine Sebago Lake Songo River Bay of Naples Charles L. Goodridge C. W. Woodard Capt. Sawyer Greenville Coburn Steamboat Co Moosehead Texas Yard Wellman Moody Mansion Uncle Diffin Augusta Fidelity Trust Company Eee See Nee Daterdays
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