Moon Fatter and Water Notes From Bath News
Local jottings report milder weather with thinner ice at Thwinges Point and renewed rainfall improving wells and cisterns. Sailors recount a torpedo boat destroyer Jenkin s encounter with a 70 mile gale off Virginia Capes and a sheriff’s sale of whiskey. Community events include Miss Elvira Owens Sunday school party and T W Hyde Auxiliary programs in Lisbon Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurlow Pinkham
Lynn
Hockomock
Thwinge’s Point
Bath
Gardiner
Merrymeeting Bay
Elvira Owen
Corliss St
Silas Owen
Middle St
T. W. Hyde Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lisbon Falls
Grand Army Hall
Pullman
T. W. Hyde
Eva Lemont
Fred Stover
January days and local notes from Bath
In January days, Bath news covers court to convene next Tuesday with Chief Justice Savage, and a local Jacksonville of social events. Subscriptions for Maine Children's Home Society are secured in Bath by Miss S Louise Rounds. Naval Constructor Lawrence Adams is named industrial manager at Portsmouth Navy Yard, formerly at Bath Iron Works. The fishery faces thaw and ice break up, while Bath factory activity expands with fifty workers and weekly shipment of mill products. Community groups invite men to study the Bible at Winter Street Church. a local theft occurs as Councilman McGrath loses groceries, later recovered. A stranger, W L Stewart of Buffalo, pleads guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses and is jailed in Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savage
T. W. Hyde
Foresters‘ Hall
Bath
S. Louise Rounds
Gardiner
Maine Children's Home Society
Lawrence
Adams
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works
Maine
J. A. Gillies
New Haven
Bath Box Co
McGrath
Armstrong
North End
Mr. Armstrong
W. L. Stewart
Buffalo
N. Y
Frederick W. Knowlton
Old Town
Knowlton
Bangor
Davis
Marshal Davis
Various Local Notices in Bath and Bowdoin Area
Community events include Ladies' Aid meeting at 1 North St. with Mrs. Nichols, and a Pythian Sisters serial at 154 Center St. Bowdoin College faces Morse High Outlaws in basketball as President Wilson discusses war, wheat embargo limits, and social topics. Revival at Church of the Nazarene draws crowds. Bowdoin alumni banquet prompts remarks on socialism and student work. Indoor interscholastic meet planned with a hockey interclass game and minstrel show preceding a large rally. Brown Bible class holds service in Winnegance with local participation and appeals for weekly support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Bath
Ladies’ Aid
Central Church
F. B. Nichols
North St
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Fred Proctor
Center St
Delta Upsilon
Bowdoin College
Morse High Outlaws
Pres
Wilson
United States
Congress
Universalist Church
Bailey School
Guy A. Durgin
U. of M
A. K. Gardner
Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s Church
Henry M. Biggins
George Dalton
John Hayes
Frank McDonald
Munroe Royal
Knights of Columbus
Ladies’ Sodality
Cora Sheridan
Burnham
Footer
William DeWitt Hyde
Alumni Association of Boston
Bowdoin
Church of the Nazarene
Martha EF. Curry
Miss Curry
Bowdoin Gymnasium
Brown Bible Class
The
People’s Church
Winneganee
Frank Preble
F. Wilbur Brown
Fred Bragg
Roy Colby
Winnegance
Notable Talks, Fire, and Local Happenings Plentiful
Professors G A Durgin and A K Gardner spoke at Morse High and Bailey School on paper pulp and small fruits as weekly events roll on. Brunswick High School burned, with losses around 59000 to 60000 and 28000 insured, while other items include a barge contract, a Bath shipyard connection, and honors for W A Fairburn in safety innovations.
Hudsons Triumph in Close Basketball Duel
The report notes Hudsons won 3 to 16 with better shooting and a great game. Bath fans grow enthusiastic about basketball as crowds head to Thursday nights. The piece references local events including a Nova Scotia schooner voyage and local lumbering activity, plus cinema listings and a note on Joseph Alexander’s retirement as State Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudsons
Bath
Kelley Spear Yard
Nova Scotia
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Georgetown
Hagan
Newman
James Kennison
Lowell
Ice Up Four Feet After Wet Spell Hits Bath Area
A Bath lumberman notes ice pushed up four feet following a wet spell and thaw. The Windlassonians beat the Yannigans 23 to 10 in a weekly camp pitch at Modern Woodmen for Wednesday evening. The Yannigans lead by four games. Charles J. Sargent visits Atwood Brothers mill in Whitman Massachusetts and demonstrates sawing techniques earning his dinner. Atwood Brothers plan to ship 300 to 500 cords of sawed logs during May to July at 10 dollars a cord. Police and a marshal handle two cases at the Armory with one man jailed on bond while another family faces partial care due to a mental health case. The state hospital at Augusta will treat the latter after an alderman hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Windlassonians
Yannigans
Charles J. Sargent
Boston
Atwood
Atwood Brothers
Massachusetts
Jewett
Sargent
Atwood Concern
Whitman
Mass
Maine
Keegan
S. J. Court
Augusta
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Bath
Tall Stove Club
Sheriff Oliver
Donnell Yard
Percy & Small
Addie P. McFadden
John M. Johnson
B. W. Morse
John O. Anderson
Johnson
McFadden
Winter Street
Grange Hall
F. J. Lisman
G. A. Durgin
Morse High
Odd Fellows
Barbara Reed
Upper
Washington St
University of Maine
Morse High School
Nequuasset
Church
Nequasset
Wasecas
Auburn
Brunswick Club
Brunswick
Ariels
Lewiston
Colonials
Brunswick High School
Dorothy M. Tarbox
Westport
Massachusetts General Hospital
Wesson Maternity
Springfield
Carl C. Troop
Hyde
Sapt
Harry B. Sawyer
Sawyer
Dean
H. P. Sawyer
Staples Transportation Co
Fall River
Flora M
Boston Journal of Commerce
American Museum of Safety
W. A. Fairburn
Diamond Match Co
Dratehtine
Feree
Grace Church
Boston Shin Brokerage Co
Lansing
Clarence W. Morse
Bristol
Louise Jewett
3Ingle
Vitagraph
George Ade
Edison
Bath Opera House
Joseph Alexander
Richmond
Gret
Joe
Ulster
Thompson Bros. Bath’s
One Price Clothiers
Sagadatioc
Sagadihoe
Pann
Helen T. Masoun
Charles F. Magoun
Ath
James
Cyrus W. Longley
Register
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