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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
2
The Bath Independent lists advertising rates with prepaid options: one year six months four months two months in advance. Rates start at $1.50 for small listings. The paper notes second class matter status and June 19 1909 entry at Jar pea post office under March account.
The Bath district ships record for the year 1921 highlights a rise in power craft built versus sailing ships, with twenty-five vessels launched compared to thirteen the previous year. Major yards including Bath Tron Works and Kelley Spear Co. foresee a robust year ahead while plans to resume Kennebec river steamboat service move forward.
Augusta sails into a new two year administration with Mayor Sanford L. Fogg and his Bath supporters offering best wishes for a smooth and successful tenure.
Local gunners praised a Christmas day target shoot in Rowe field Five Islands led by George E. Gray. Top performers included Eugene I Rowe and O F Rowe using Fox and Remington guns with Ajax shells. scores at 40 and 60 yards showcased 6 shot rounds amid strong attendance and village activity.
Ernest J Till of Portland, regarded by many as Maine’s finest tenor, is engaged by Director Joseph L Gaudreau to be the soloist for the second Gaudreau Concert Band program at the Bath opera house. The honorary members concert, with no admission tickets, will feature a high quality program and winter spring concerts follow. Young Rowe returns home with four rabbits after a Twings station visit.
William Belanger and Ernest Smith with beagles hunted at Woolwich rabbit grounds and shot eight. William Bailey of Bath shot two rabbits across the river the prior Saturday. The Morse brothers of Windga nce shot four rabbits, two apiece, on Saturday.
The Orphans' Home hosted a New Year's party with recitations and songs by older and younger children. Elizabeth Randall and Dorothy Hogue led readings while Mrs Elsie Alexander shared a Christmas tone nature story. President W L Kimball and trustees distributed gifts, followed by ice cream cake and a tour of the well lit home.
Texaco 172, a 175 by 183 foot steel bulk oil barge built by The Texas Steamship Co, was launched late Friday. It is the second such vessel to enter service within a fort night from the same yard, with a dead weight capacity of about 1175 tons harbor work and 1112 tons coastwise trade.
At a Sunday session Ernest Edgar Kateon camp United Spanish War Veterans elected and will install officers January 17. The Red Men’s hall gathering invited the T W Hyde camp to a February 13 service at central church with Rev. David J Wilson. Harry Burnett joined as a Navy veteran. Officers named: Frank Keeler commander James Hamilton senior vice commander Oliver Webber junior vice commander L E King officer of the day W H Hart officer of the guard William R Kimball chaplain W J Corran adjutant Bert Dyer quartermaster J S Sicey color sergeant Frank Catheran junior color sergeant J J Kennedy sergeant major A P Williams quartermaster sergeant O Lutz sergeant of guard Edward Plummer Newell Landrick and Harry Donnell trustees Edward Plummer historian.
Sumner Brown, confined at home after a Woolwich accident, was re elected commander of Sedgwick post G A R for a third year. Newly elected officers include Henry G Turner George I Williams James I Cressey Hartley K Dunton George R Dow M V White with 17 members remaining in the post.
Mrs. Arthur G. Oliver hosted the Wesley Sorority joke tree night at 704 Washington Street. Twenty two members were entertained with lobster Newburg and gifts included Woolworth diamonds, new cars, autos and toys. Some gifts carried verses while others sparked humorous notes about pumpkins and animals.
Plans for the Bath Veteran Firemen's association banquet are progressing with many prominent guests invited and expected larger attendance than last winter's event. A Bath Athletic Association meeting will also be held tonight to address routine long standing matters and finalize actions, aiming to clear the slate.
Secretary of State Frank W Ball says drivers must display 1921 registration plates. Mayor Charles H Cahill orders police to arrest anyone seen with 1920 plates after January 15, declaring unregistered cars have no street business. City officials stress the January cutoff aligns with state notice and enforcement.
Officers of a Pine Tree circle were elected at the annual meeting and will be installed tonight by Circle Deputy Mary E. McMann with Nellie M. Johnson as chief marshal. A supper and entertainment will follow. Named officers include Lillian M. King as chief companion and Mary F. Murphy as financial secretary among others.
Miss Annie A. Williams formerly of West Bath and Arthur W. Bryant of North Jay wed at New Year in Maple Street home with Rev. Ernest M. Holman presiding. The couple, joined by Lily Prey as bridesmaid and Judson Bryant as best man, plan a two week wedding trip to Massachusetts before settling in North Jay.
John L Merrill of Brunswick aged 4, formerly of Bath, died Sunday from sleeping sickness. A Maine central locomotive engineer, he operated trains between Rockland and Lewiston and served in Bath yard and Bath Brunswick worksmen’s train. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Masonic bodies including Dunlop Commandery K T of Bath. He also belonged to the Keasebes Yacht Club and leaves a wife and three children.
Frederick E. Drake is reelected senior warden and W Dayton Hill is reelected clerk. Robert Cochran wins junior warden, Joseph Carvill joins vestry, with other members reappointed. Diocesan delegates named for June in Portland. Treasurers report highlights strong year with donations to Old Ladies Home Near East Relief and European Children's Relief. Social hour follows.
A drunk was arrested by Patrolman Knight for intoxication from denatured alcohol. Twenty five empty Jamaica ginger bottles were found as evidence. Sergeant Christman moved his recruiting office to Columbia Chambers and received three volunteers for the U S A. City offices and boards were busy with Education, Highways and Revenue, new streets, and taxes meetings.
The Woolwich Men’s Supper held on New Year’s night at William Kelley’s Day’s Ferry home featured a fine lobster stew by chef Herbert Munsey and notable cakes by Cushman Ward. A good sum was netted for the sidewalk fund, with local residents and guests attending and contributing.
Westport reports Clair Freeman's portable mill shifted from the Dunn lot at Hubbard's Point after completing a sawing job. It is ready to start operations on a lot at Fowl's Point. In other notes Miss Mabel Heal resumes the Center School after a short vacation. Mrs Irene Sturdivant of Portland visited Miss Mabel Heald, and Miss Lucile Dunton, Medford Mass teacher, left town after a visit. Miss Ruth Blake of Nutley, New Jersey, visited her aunt, Mrs J B McLaughlin.
Washington club bowlers defeated the Baxters at Park Alleys by 46 pins. Hodge led with 484 followed by Farrar at 482 as Washington built early leads in all but the fourth string. Hodge and Farrar formerly clashed against Chanard and Caron of Westbrook in prior matches. they played on opposite sides tonight.
Director Joseph L Gaudreau of Gaudreau Concertia schedules the second Sunday evening concert for January 9 at the Bath Opera House. Admission is limited to honorary band members. nonmembers may join by notifying Mr Idn White. A top Maine soloist is planned, keeping the high standard of previous concerts. Bath’s honorary membership totals about 700 as the city docks receive a winter remodel at Howard wharf.
Nearly 800 spectators gathered at Winnegance to see Bath Driving Club races after late decision to race at Morse mill pond Winneganee. Horses faced waterlogged ice with two-horse starts. new entries included Mary FE Patch Texas Boy Lottie Roberts and Alsis unable to race due to a broken wheel.
Walter S. Glidden spoke at Bath Rotary about Honolulu and his law practice there thirteen years ago. He described the harbor, the diverse population, and the climate, praising the city as paradise with mosquitoes as a notable drawback. The meeting awarded Nelson L. Jackson honorary membership and announced plans for a Ladies Night on January 20 with new entertainment committee appointees.
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