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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1925
Page
5
The village hosts a string of meetings at the community house with women’s auxiliary events, teas, and a Valentine social planned for next week. Reports note quilting progress for the village school, prize nights, and ongoing whist games amid snowbound streets and heavy creeks.
Gloucester Chamber of Commerce launches a two month mobile exhibit the Boosters Car of Gloucester through the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Florida. The painted car showcases Old Cape Ann attractions including Thacher Island lights and Glou cester beaches while visiting chambers, Rotary clubs and hotels. Governor Fuller and Mayor Hylan will receive greetings. a Washington stop with Congressman Andrew and President Coolidge is planned.
Samuel Jordan works in Bruns wick for a few weeks. Mr. Thompson, working in the woods for Parker O Rogers, felled a tree that struck him when a limb broke free. He feared losing sight, but a physician says sight will be saved. The Community Club meets Thursday evening for a pivotal winter session.
In Phippsburg word spread that Capt. J Frank Skofield and his four masted schooner Herbert L Randing were safe after a sinking report 100 miles southeast of Cape Henry. The vessel carrying 1800 tons of salt bound for Boston anchored 16 miles southeast of Winter Quarter lightship with the Gresham cutter nearby. The town also notes local residents and workers, river activity, and a town debt reduction shown in this year’s report.
A gas leak in the basement of Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Strout at 1161 Washington street caused an explosion when Sewall Strout tried to locate it with a match. The blast tore a wall, shook the foundation, and forced the Strouts to sleep in the dining room while gas workers traced the leak toward a fire department house on Combination 2.
Bath Board of Education approved a postal referendum for Morse High parents to choose between one and two session plans. The plan includes placing a United States flag in every school room with outdoor display flags, not to exceed 50 dollars, and a committee to supervise. Board also approved payment of accounts totaling 3354.04 from Roll No 12.
Bath Iron Works, Ltd. has begun retinning ice cream containers for major Maine manufacturers. The work provides Winter employment for eight to ten men and is growing, with contracts to retin about seven hundred cans across three carloads. Firms like Wise mans Farms Simmons Hammond and Turner Center Creamery supply cans, and the Bath plant eyes further contracts in other lines.
The Bath Veteran Firemen Association known as the Baxters defeated Winnegance Community Club 5 5 after captains cut to decide the match. Cribbage bid whist and pitch were played as snow blocked the street and 40 members attended the evening.
Dr Paul G Bagdikian spoke to Grace Church Men’s Club about Turkish massacres of Armenians, arguing perceptions of Turkish customs and opposition to modernization. He described Turkish home life, veiled wives, schooling limits, and religious penalties, noting emigration risks and his own naturalization.
Sammy Mandell of Chicago faces Sid Terris of New York in a Friday bout at Madison Square Garden. The match is not part of the Benny Leonard successor tournament but will help crown a leading lightweight title candidate, with New York backing Terris for speed and accuracy and the Midwest backing Mandell for power and resilience.
Police officials say replacing manual phones with automatic models risks slower emergency responses. Chief August Vollmer and a detective lieutenant argue that in urgent moments a human operator or a simple cry for help from a receiver off the hook can save lives and aid in capturing criminals. They cite incidents where an automatic phone would fail to detect inarticulate pleas or disturbed signals, urging retention of manual phones for immediate human contact.
Ruth leaves for Hot Springs Arkansas to begin a training camp aimed at trimming to the heavyweight limit for the coming season. His first workout is expected to be a light swing away from the crowd at a distant golf course.
Harvard astronomers recorded the first U S eclipse in 1789 at Islebore and marked the spot with a tablet inscription. In Portland Harbor a launch carried five hundred eighty two gallons of bootleg whiskey found aboard.
Bath area pupils Miss Doorthy O'Hara of Frye Grammar school Lewiston and Newell D. Littlefield of Newport are Central Maine Power territory winners in a national home lighting contest. Prizes include 25 for each winner and 1 for 25 other finalists, with a $15,000 national prize awarded to Miss Julia Groo of Portland, Oregon.
Michael Conley topped the Bath V F A pitch tournament for January with 499 points. Edward Blake scored 467, E M Pye 463, L T Thompson 447, and W P Lemont 444 in a detailed list of top finishers.
Funeral of Mrs Arletta Torrey wife of Joseph Torrey was held Monday afternoon at three with Rev David L Wilson officiating. The body was later taken to Boston for cremation accompanied by Joseph Torrey Bowen and Joseph H. Torrey.
The Times notes robins seen in several flocks despite deep snow. B. H. Presley observed robins on January 29 and again Tuesday. Mr Snipe, Arrowsie, reports bluebirds arriving in the area.
Mrs Arletta Torrey 56 wife of ex mayor Joseph Torrey died Saturday afternoon at 912 Middle Street Bath after a brief heart illness. Born in Bath she was daughter of George A Spinney and active in Central parish and Central League. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Charles McKay Port Arthur Tex and Mrs Allan Spears Bath two sons Bowen New York and J Haviland Torrey Bath mother Harriet Spinney two sisters Mixx Spinney and Helen Spinney Boston and brother Edward Spinney. Funeral was Monday at Central church with Rev David L Wilson. cremation followed Tuesday in Boston.
Susan A Ball 48 widow of Daniel Ball died Jan 27 at her sister Mrs Helen Harkins home in Cambridge Mass Funeral held Saturday at 2 p m at the home of her sister Mrs Asa D Oliver 316 Washington St Born at Cape Britain and lived in Bath a short time Survived by four sisters Mrs Asa D Oliver Mrs Esther Roderick Bath Katherine Melver Boston and Mrs Helen Harkins Cambridge and brothers James Melver East Boston Malcolm Melver Essex Mass
Margaret P Main aged 72 wife of E A Main of Woolwich died Friday forenoon. Born May 6 1854 in Woolwich. Funeral was held Sunday at 1 pm with burial in Riverside cemetery.
Funeral of Susan A Ball who died in Cambridge Massachusetts Tuesday was Saturday afternoon at two at the residence of her sister Mrs Asa D Oliver 316 Washington street Rev David L Wilson officiating Bearers were EC Clouse Mr Harkins Ada D Oliver Fred Lakin The body was entombed
Funeral services for Anginette W Dunning wife of Joseph Dunning of West Bath were conducted at 11 Saturday forenoon at Fred Curtis funeral home 16 Center Street Reverend Cony I Riley of the Church of the Nazarene officiating. The body was entombed.
The funeral for Samuel Willis Prest, 55, of Bath, who died after slipping into a boiling vat at Carrabasset used for log stripping, will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Episcopal church in Brunswick with Rev. Arthur Thomas Stray officiating.
The Art Alliance of Philadelphia plans an exhibition of Samuel F. B. Morse portraits marking his early fame as a painter alongside his later fame as an inventor. A catalogue will be prepared to list Morse works and locate any unrecorded paintings across the United States.
Arrangements completed for an all year air service between Great Britain and Ulster. A company based in England operates with America as a factor. Mrs. Raymond Velyea is listed as meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Williams Whitney.
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