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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1915
Page
7
A clipping highlights the Bowker & Son shipyard of Phippsburg Maine in building wooden coasting schooners for Atlantic trade since 1890. It praises Bowker vessels like the Albert H Willis and lists Bowker-built schooners, their tonnage, and past fates including ships lost or wrecked off Cape Hatteras and near Jacksonville.
The report lists hospital officers and committees, and presents the treasurer’s figures for 1914. It covers real estate values, securities, cash receipts, and investments, plus detailed patient counts, treatments, and outcomes for the year. It notes donations to the nurses library and private ward revenues and charity care totals.
In spring the vessel was raised and repaired and is now in active service. An offer of 12000 dollars for her was lately refused. The three masters White, Sawyer Brothers, Tarratine, and Snow are the only vessels of this type added to the American merchant marine in four years, underscoring the service of Bowker & Son.
The report notes rate hikes and rising costs while nursing staff remain on regular duties. Training school expanded to 14, with expenditures totaling 280.71 dollars. Farm receipts detail eggs potatoes beans and fruit, plus pork sales and pigs. A detached Nurses’ Home is urged to give nurses rest away from the hospital, enabling top floors to serve broader hospital needs. The hospital, incorporated in 1907 with no endowment, appeals for charitable gifts including a 5000 dollar endowment to fund a free bed in perpetuity.
Dr. Charles A. Hayden age 73 longtime Maine minister died Monday at son Lewis Hayden’s Livermore home. Born January 1842 in Oxford County he pastored in Farming ton Gardiner Portland Oakland Augusta and All Souls in Morrill's Corner later serving as spiritual adviser at Westbrook Seminary. Survived by two sons Hayden of Livermore and Philip at Columbia University. wife and daughter predeceased him. Tuesday revival services opened at the Church of the Nazarene led by Rev Martha E. Curry. Beac on Street Ladies Aid met Friday with Mrs Orren Waters.
A correspondent shares observations from the Oregon coast trip to the fair. He describes the world’s tallest flagpole from Astoria, coastal mills, and lava beds near Coos Bay, plus climbs near Mt Hood and agate finds at Port Orford. He details land prices, farming hurdles, and the agate trade, offering to mail samples.
Capt Asa M Simpson known as the Pacific Lumber King died at his San Francisco home from pneumonia at age ninety. A Maine native, he built a vast lumber and shipping empire, owned real estate and banks, ran packet lines to Asia and Europe, and controlled extensive estates with 5000 employees. Survived by sons Lewis Edgar and Harry and daughter Edith with relatives in Portland Brunswick and Durham.
The Bath Chamber of Commerce held its January session with Scott R. Frye presiding. Officers elected for 1915 include President Charles A. Harriman. vice presidents Walter E. Chase Robert B. Hatch J. W. Moulton. secretary Harry C. Webber. treasurer George F. Jackson. directors Harry E. Stetson Edward B. Smith F. M. Wood George A. San Jackson Harry W. Crosman H S Carlisle Howard B. Johnson and Scott R. Frye. Frye was thanked for his year of service and Harriman was welcomed as the new president.
Maine lodge and NEO P sent a large delegation to Brunswick for a lodge banquet at Bowdoin Lodge. Grand Warden Wentworth of Westbrook installed during the ceremony.
Charles F. Sherman of Mount Vernon, commander-in-chief of the Sons of Veterans, will visit Maine at the end of the month with stops in Portland on the 25th Auburn on the 26th Bath on the 27th and Bangor on the 28th.
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