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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1916

Page

8

Summer leisure fills Bath and Popham crowds

Long holiday energy fills Bath and Bowdoinham with visitors and residents. Families travel to Boothbay Harbor and Popham Beach, attending open houses, picnics, and coastal excursions while local clubs and colleges host gatherings and tours. Notables include Mrs. Kendall hosting visitors at her Bowdoinham home and Miss Kimball returning from a Pacific coast trip.

Anne Kimball Bath Pacific Coast California Vancouver Sam Hooper Frisco Los Angeles Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul C.P.R

Cony High School Principal and Mrs Cobb Visit Bermuda

Principal Harry W. Cobb of Cony High School Augusta and his wife are spending a month in Bermuda. They sailed from New York Saturday and plan to return by Bath.

Harry W. Cobb Cony High School Augusta Mrs. Cobb Bermuda New York Bath Maine Earl & Wilson Cooper’s Carter American Hosiery Co High Meade Union

Weekend Guests Visit Bay Point and Popham

Mr and Mrs Merton Webber spent the weekend at Popham as guests of Miss Lottie Stevens. The Andrew Percys visited Bay Point over Sunday.

W. S. Newell Popham Rollins Cottage Riverside Elsie M. Folsom Portland Harriet Harmon Deering St Susan Ballon Jennie Goodman Webber Cottage Marcia M. Stinson Elizabeth Webber Miss Mar Gilman Patten Merton Webbers Lottie Stevens Atkins Bay Andrew Percys Bay Point

Sagadahoc Pomona Grange entertained Five Islands guests

Sagadahoc Pomona Grange on Wednesday hosted its first ever formal entertainment by Five Islands Grange of New Bath. About two hundred attended aboard the Virginia chartered boat and Mr Brown’s Bath launch. The evening featured a dinner, music, and Grange speeches by J. G. Stevens and W. L. Berry, with remarks by State Master Thompson and others praising the new Pomona Grange and plans to meet Enterprise Grange in August.

Sazadaho Pomona Poraa Virginia Brown Bath J. G. Stevens Rseer T. W. Blaisdell Madelyn Berrys L. H. Rown Elfreid ‘“t-Mahan W. H. Holand G. W Ida Rowe Po‘mona Genevieve Rowe Flora Julia Davis Idella Lewis Uren William Berry Five Islands Grange Home Grange Orchestra James Estabrook E. H. Libler William Kimball William Holland F. B. Rowe Bodwell Dromore Dirigo Stetson Five Islands Ito Grange George Plummer State Grange Newport Purington Sagadahoc Pomona E. Y. Shaw Sweet Clover Enterprise Grange

Bath local notes of progress and arrivals

Peonies in full bloom and Bath Market fed by fresh mackerel from Small Point. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles Smith of Perkins. Bowdoin alumni reunion planned for July 8 at Tacoma Inn. Road repairs on Lovers Retreat and canal bridge work. Salmon catches reported from New Meadows river and Small Point. First Texas steamship construction began with plates placed on Number One ways and crane in use. Bath growing as a regional hub as former residents return. Real estate sale on High Street to Captain L S Wiley of the Drake fleet.

Dummer Sewall Camp D.A.R Bowdoin Ham Edward P. Kendall Bath Bowdoinham Bowdoin College Small Point Charles Smith Perkins Bowdoin Androscoggin Kennebec Tacoma Inn Lovers’ Retreat Road Canal Bridge Texas Maine Fred B. Reed Kimball High St North St M. A. Haraden L. S. Wiley Drake Fleet

George Yeaton Escorts Graves Family on Woolwich Ride

Mail carrier George Yeaton took Ezekiel Graves and family for an enjoyable auto ride to Woolwich hosted by Albert Hathorne and his wife. Graves, though frail, handled the trip well and all guests reported a fine afternoon. The Hathornes are known for hosting friends with good cheer.

George Yeaton Ezekiel Graves Woolwich Albert Hathorne Graves Hathorne Peaslee Whitefield Utter Willimsmore William Gray Richmond Denskin Cambridge Mass

Freight cars route to Bath from Brunswick eyed for billing point

On Tuesday twelve freight cars bound for Bath from Brunswick split seven cars to Texas Co. and five to Bath Iron Works. Shipping men estimate the war era enrichment at about 1 million dollars for property owners and ship owners, signaling Bath potential billing status as freight volume grows.

Brunswick Bath The Texas Co Bath Iron Works

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