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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1915
Page
3
The Bath W C T U met Tuesday July 13 with president Mrs. Sarah Aderton voting in seven new members. A picnic was approved for the next meeting. Discussion covered law enforcement on liquor, liquor sale proofs, and a planned Richmond union.
Mrs E P Briges of Bath visits Parker Head friends. Elbridge Mereen repairs roads with team including Har rington and Cushing. A washout between Manson and Blaisdell homes noted. Memorial service held for Mrs Will Hutchins at Popham Chapel attended by Bath and Waltham residents. Various locals attend church services, visits and work crews spotted around Small Point, Parker Head, and Meadowbrook districts.
Miss Ida Hunt arrives home from Augusia after visiting friends. John Morse visits family in Richmond. Mrs Anne M. Oliver returns from Boothbay where she stayed with her sister. Miss Hattie Watts back from Farmington. Henry Potter ill and confined at home. Mr and Mrs John Lambert visit sister Ellen Walker. Trolleys take large theatre parties to Columbia for Hal Caine's Eternal City. Mrs William F Willis visits Portland, hosted by son Herbert Willis. Abram Oliver leaves Bath Steam and Dye House to become a Zame Warden. Mrs Harry C Webber returns from Kapham after guesting with Mrs W G Webber. Mr Webber visits on Sunday. Harold Small returns from Boston auto trip. Somerville visitors at Fred L Parks. Miss Goldie Grenieaf returns to Southport after visiting Miss Eleanor Morse. Morse accompanies her home. Miss Charlotte Bartlett of Jackman visits aunt Mrs Winshop Reed. Charles Talbot renovates and paints his house.
Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Passmore 75 died suddenly at home on Court Street after calling her husband of 47 years and feeling unwell. A Boston native, she lived in the city nearly fifty years and was a Universalist Church member. Survived by husband William, sons Harry T and Arthur, siblings William, Walter, Julia and Mandelia Covel, and grandson Clarence Passmore. Funeral held Friday at 2 39 p.m. from 47 Court Street.
Maine vacation season begins with crowded seaside inns and farms welcoming guests. Develop Maine Movement seeks to broker stays on farms with no service fees, while local notices report sheriff visits and probate actions in Sagadahoc and Woolwich.
Popham Beach scenes list visits from Bath Watertown and Cambridge residents. Social events include a sixteenth birthday party for Miss Caroline Fischer and boating trips to Togus and Augu sta with local families. Probate notices outline guardianship, estate sales, and final accounts in Sagadahoc with Bath as the court site.
Miss Susie Hodgkins enjoys a vacation in Damariscotta while Miss Doris Dyer visits relatives in Searsport. Mark Hagan stays the summer in Five Islands. Mrs. Edward McLellan plans a Boothbay Harbor outing. Mrs. George Gray returns to Rockland after visiting Mrs. John Thurlow.
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