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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1916

Page

7

Bath Society Notes Include Dances Arts and Local Visits

Bath society pages recount a Jolly Leap Year Hop at the Parish House with Morse High senior girls organizing and the Bath Dance Orchestra debuting. Cosmopolitan Club programs, library additions, and a busy calendar feature lectures, readings, and community concerts with local residents attending from Bath and surrounding towns.

Bath Morse High School L. M. le Mont M. A. Haraden Bath Dance Orchestra Edward Lemoine Rutherford White Harry Starbird Norman Howard High School Athletic Fund Cosmopolitan Club Theodore Gullicksen August W. Viden Mgregaret Hanson Ehrich Blon Sweet Adair Gilbert Hanson Gladysmae B. Waterhouse Weaver of Dreams Myrtle Reed W. D. Wattles Miss Waterhouse Margaret Bakeman Charlotte Cook Wlorence Andrews Madelyn Hunt House

Vassar Alumni Chapter Meeting Heard Address in Cambridge

The Cambridge gathering of the Vassar College Alumni of Boston featured President McNacken delivering a talk. Photographs from the latest College Founders Day were distributed and Janet Cutler assisted with serving tea.

Vassar College Boston Cambridge McNacken Janet Cutler

Bath notices and local society activities

West Bath visitors Joseph White and Joseph Larrabee attended the Baptist Brotherhood session at Clarence Flood’s home in Bath. Miss Addie Stevens of Auburn visits her uncle Alonzo Donnell. Dirigo Grange guests attended the Pomona meeting at Dirigo Grange in Brunswick with an entertaining program and dinner. Mrs. Ernest Purington is sick.

Joseph White Joseph Larrabee Bath Baptist Brotherhood Clarence Flood Addie Stevens Auburn Alonzo H. Donnell Dirigo Grange Pomona Dirigo Brunswick Ernest Purington Music Hall Florence Neiley Kittie Pratt Everett Mayo Lowell I. B. Neiley

West Bath notes include health, fishing, and fire chief recovery

Local items report Harrison Butler of Malden recovering from a smoke incident, Percy Richardson's return, Mrs. Hiram Cornish's serious hip fracture, and George Ward's rib injury. Smelt fishing at North Bath remains strong while West Bath Grangers enjoyed a well attended meeting with planned refreshments. Weather cooled ice cutting, Ernest Williams stored around 50 tons for his use at Campbell's Pond.

Terior Ernest Williams Campbell’s Pond Elmer Rich West Bath I. B. Neiley Knights of Pythias Brunswick Harrison Butler Malden Mass H. R. Rich Percy Richardson City Hiram Cornish Boston Frank Somerville George R. Ward North Bath Harry Peterson O. E. Rogers Lloyd Bates New York Samuel Bates Sabine Delma Bates Bath Foster Topsham Trufant Crossing Williams Jenks J.” Mitchell Augusta Clinton Pratt New Meadows River

City Finance and School Board clash over overdrawn salary list

The city financial committee and the school committee debated a $2100 overdrawn salary list with a request for $2700 more. Officials adjourned without action, expecting a possible temporary loan to cover deficiencies. The committee urged department adherence to appropriations while noting Cemetery and Fire Departments stayed within limits.

Old Town Cemetery Board Fire Department

Income brackets of federal tax returns from last year

Last year 357,515 incomes were subject to federal tax, distributed across brackets from under 5 000 to over 1 000 000. Counts range from 66 525 in the 4 000 to 5 000 band to 34 141 in the 10 000 to 15 000 bracket and 127 448 in the 5 000 to 10 000 band.

Percy and Small Sell Four Masted Schooner Under Construction

Percy and Small have sold the four masted schooner they are building. The craft is about 850 tons and will be ready for commission the last of March. They will probably start on another craft when this is finished.

Percy & Small

Our Own People and Visitors in Town Journal

W A Fall of Brunswick visited Thursday. Ayemant Regimar, visiting friends, returned to Nashua Thursday morning. Engineer Hennessey of the Bath Lewiston division of Maine Central is off duty due to grip. Mr and Mrs Reynolds McCutcher escorted to Anguete Thursday for their daughter's ti nes. Mrs Thomas Pilot and her son, guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Kingsbury, returned to Boston.

W. A. Fall of Brunswick Ayemant Regimar Nashua Hennessey Bath- Lewiston Maine Central Reynolds McCutch-er Thomas Pilot Charles Kingsbury Boston

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Boreas Charles D. Clarke John H. Hyde Poland Springs C. M. Boyd Newton Edward C. Plummer Charlotte Meeker Jane Donnell George Addition Mangon Merrill Hamlin Curtis Memorial Library Cosmo Club Kenneth Weeks Miss Bakeman Miss Cook Miss Dunton Frances Hodgson -Burnett Cosmopolitan Y.M.C.A Davis l William Warden Mme Emma Eames de Gogorza Warden Rangeley Lakes Mildred Bowen King Floyd L. Stanton Tinker’s Concert Orchestra Frank A. Small Percy & Small Shipyard John Roberts Prof. Tubbs Dee Eae B. F. Harris Portland Louise Harriman George E. Hughes Rupert H. Baxter Tampa Fla Weston Bonney Ethel Hawley Florence Andrews Bessie Hunt Charlotte ‘Cook Ellen Turner Lil‘Han Mason Margaret Foster Hiram Stevens John Shaw Rachel Hodg Harry Thompson Agnes Tarbox S. L. Fogg Charles R. Higgins Charles N. Delano North St Lieber Fred B. Percy Brookline Walter W. Duffett, Jr Grand Trunk Ry Minnie White Miss Webber Priscilla Kimball Henry W. Owen, Jr Harold M. Sewall Charles P. Wetherbee Allan M. Irish Frank A. Hodgdon John F. Brrry Sophia M. Higgins Winnifred Kennerson Barry Paul E. Campman Marjorie Jane Baltimore Jane Tinker Arthur C. Shea William H. Shea Lisbon Falls Farr Spokane State of Maine Shea Pacific Coast Washington Sagadahock County Oliver Oliver Moses Worumbo Mfg. Co Beacon Street Los Angeles Emilio de Gogorza Gogorza Bispham Granados Alvarez Metropolitan John Alden Carpenter Cindy Debussy Cyril Scott Catherine Brown High St Oak St Maurice J. Duncklee Col. Dummer Sewall Charles Delano North and Middle Sts Phippsburg Robert Larrabee Congregational Church Read Nichols George E. Litchfield Litchfield Nichols Charles L. Nichols Emma Pierce D.T. Percy & Sons Percy
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