05 Feb 1916
Page 6
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1916
Page
6
Morse High School girls edged Lisbon Falls 9 to 3 in a close game showcasing team play over individual stars. The win added to Morse’s string of victories, with emphasis on collective effort and shooting.
The record highlights Knox and Lincoln Division collector Risteen’s coin find including an 1846 five dollar piece. A Maine Central line hearing at Albany on railway operation of steamship links, plus church membership totals by Dr. Henry Kroll, are noted. Boothbay and Monhegan water, Weeks Street School entertainment, K Y C events, and Augusta Trust Co plans to acquire First National Bank of Richmond are briefly mentioned along with local sporting and transport tales.
A flood of civic activity marks spring politics with firms like the Texas Company leasing Bath shipyard and plans for early operations. Community groups including Beacon Street Dorcas Guild and Ladies Aid meet, while coastal Maine figures such as Captain Mitchell D. Reed and Lieut. R. C. Grady appear in local items.
The Driftwood Club held its first meeting on T wharf Bath as spring weather arrives. News covers local projects, school events, a Bath Iron Works apprentice, and regional updates from Brunswick to Islesboro including real estate sale to Otto Kahn and a large milk production estimate for 1915.
Rev T N Kewley spoke at Winneganee Church Wednesday evening. Morse High School 1916 baseball captain George Pomeroy crowned. Committee on Accounts met in city clerk's office. Odd Ladies Sewing Circle gathered at Mrs Carrie Albee Corliss Street. Candlemas hints early spring as northeast storm hits 26 above. Purser J Edward Stinson returns to the Hockomock after layoff. Ladies Aid at New Church meets Mrs Wilbur Cahill. Passamaquoddy scallop beds exhausted amid winter scarcity. Universalist Ladies Aid hosted by Mrs Charles Harriman. Petlock shipped 100 empty barrels to Popham for clam trade. Morse High girls seniors win 4–0 in basketball. United Shoe Machinery Co men remove leased Bath factory machines. South End sidewalk criticism from Maine Central track to Robingons Lane. William Rich to pattern for Watson Frye foundry in Jackson block. Providence man eyes Bath store for potential branch of large chain. Colonials demand rematch after three Bathmen wins. play a clean game. Walter M Williams chosen to manage 1916 Brunswick team. Maine Central R R drafts Vacation Board booklet for summer boarders. Childe Harold schooner sold to Andrew Mills & Sons for coastwise trade. Paul Revere bell tongue fell. Blaisdell Leeman installed. town curious. Harold W Pinkham returns from engagements at Concord and Boston venues with E B Orn hit When the Silvery Moon is Shining Oer the Hills of Dear Old Maine. The song a Boston hit.
A sheriff rebuked a young man for loitering near a grocery to buy essence for drinking. The youth, already intoxicated and abusive, threatened to harm the sheriff. Deputy Reynolds took him to the police station after the sheriff obtained a warrant. Later, a citizen on Center St. Hill reported a cigarette butt igniting nearby brush near a home, stopped before it reached the building.
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