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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1917
Page
5
Ellis Sedgley from the Kendall grain mill suffers a fall during a windy Saturday while moving grain on a high platform. The column lists town visitors, business happenings, farming activity, and community events including grange officers, lectures, and social gatherings in Bowdoinham.
Gossip of Church and Business in Woolwich includes a fox sighting in Carlton stable, local deaths, school notes, church services, Grange activities, and community updates. Names like Stephen French and Augustus Lavigne appear alongside school events, ice cutting at Wolf Pond, and a planned Jack and Jill wedding at Montsweag school.
Helen Gould visits cousin in Topsham while Karl Hatch returns from Massachusetts. The Post Road school opened January 1 with the prior term’s teacher Miss Baker boarding with Mrs. H. E. Jack. George Jack visits Bath, Mrs. Walter Purington hosts two sisters from Waterville, and Mrs. H. E. Jack travels to Bath for her father Mr Aderton’s illness. Rev. Mr. Staples returns from Massachusetts along with plans for his wife. George Lancaster moves to Massachusetts. Ethel Graves returns to Sanford to teach.
New Year's party at Lime Kiln Whist Club featured a tree and party treats with prizes won by Mrs. John Randall and Forest Jackson. Miss Calista Holbrook returned to Portland after a short visit home. Sidney Holbrook hauled hay to John Davis's farm as the McManus hay press pressed for Bert Groves and others. Installation at Dirigo Grange named Whitman Holbrook worthy master. Charles Rich and Miss Clara Rich visited nephew Sidney Holbrook. Lottie Howard resumed village duties after vacation. Stover's pond cutting begins with limited hauling so far.
In Cundy's Harbor the community mourns Harvey Alexander 23 after a dory capsized during a gale while he assisted a friend. Captain Ernest Darling returned with half mast flags as crews recount the disaster. John Johnson survived a wreck near Rogue Island passage and salvaged his boat, buying a new one afterward. Local residents recount the stormy Friday night harbor visit by vessels Etta B and Qypolio. Rev. Paul Anderson led Sunday morning services in Cindy's Harbor.
In West Bath the Campbell Pond school held a brief session due to a teacher's illness and a heavy snowstorm. The town plans attend the Tops ham Grange installation with E. C. Patten installing. the Grange session next week will confer the first and second degrees with E. W. Haggett as master.
The four masted schooner Sam C Mengel for C C Mengel Bros Co of Louisville Ky is to go overboard from Percy Small s yard this afternoon Jan 18 between three and four o clock Engine installation will delay departure for several weeks A Christian Science lecture by Charles I Ohrenstein C S B is set for Monday evening at Columbia Theatre Full board of lectureship from The Mother Church Boston Mass is noted.
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