Busy Five Islands hosts sixth birthday party and village notices
Little Vesta Hinckley celebrated her sixth birthday on July 24 with ice cream cake and games, hosting four of six invited friends. The Five Island Baseball team held a free dance after three wins. community events included a Bath Old Folks Concert and local hospitality scenes at Rowe's Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Hinckley
Ellen E. Hagan
Vesta
Doris Moore
Lula Rowe
Marion Stevens
Lucille Beals
Ye Bigge Choir of
Bath
Rowe’s Hall
S. A. Evans
Miss Tracy
Bragg
Mrs. Bragg
You
Maggie
Ladies’ Aid Society
Frank Savage
Sky Pilot
Boothbay Harbor
Elmer Sawyer
West Harbor
Christine Carey
Boston
Russell Boynton
Brooklyn
Commodore Edward Boynton
Medford
Boston Yacht Club
Burnham
G. F. Erskine
Rowe
Bath hospital questioned by War Department on capacity
Local jottings note inquiries from the War Department about how many wounded soldiers Bath city hospital can accommodate in case of need. The article also mentions the renovated Moses residence at High and North Streets, the schooner Ada F Brown bound for Rio Janeiro with 2150 tons of coal from Norfolk, Captain Wallace’s final voyage, two dangerous lead holes near Front Street, and washout-related risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
War Department
William F. Moses
High and
North Sts
Ada F. Brown
Wallace
Rio Janeiro
Norfolk
Johnson Bros
Front St
Bath sees Levanter visits as forgery scam hints emerge
Mrs. Melvin Boyd of Lynn visits her mother in Bath and a forged check case worries merchants of Bath and Maine. The 131 foot steam yacht Levanter, owned by C. M. Everest of Vacuum Oil, with Mrs. Everest and others aboard, arrived from Portland and will sail eastward tonight. Captain Charles Holglan commands the vessel, noted as one of the season’s largest yachts visiting Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Boyd
Lynn
Mass
Philip Kingsbury
Meadow St
Bath
Maine
Levanter
C. M. Everest
Vacuum Oil Co
Concert benefit for Nurses' Home set at Central Church
Wednesday evening crowds enjoyed ice cream and a band concert as local events rolled through Bath. Rupert H Baxter visited Montreal’s McGill University to observe 390 Canadian cadets drilling for the war. A Shire poppy bed in Mrs Charles C Low's garden drew praise while a fishing smack sold tinker mackerel and butterfish at city landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Montreal
McGill University
Corliss Street
Gowell's Grove
Woolwich
Central Church
Myra E
City Landing
Bath
Charles C. Low
Northeastern social notes span visits, reunions, and camp guests
Miss Toma Whitlam hosts Miss Virginia Shaw. M A Haraden of Eastern Steamship Corp returns from Boston. Bowdoinham residents oppose Bessey pardon. Norton family reunion set Aug 24 at Farmington Odd Fellows hall with Arbo Norton and others organizing. Cedar Grove hosts summer youths while Bath shoppers mingle. Dan the three year old horse with a moustache draws curiosity from Swift Co driver Anthony Thomas. Mackerel movements displaced by bluefish schools off Maine coast. Contractor Bishop advances Merrymeeting Park casino demolition. A raspberry outing prompts a fatherly joke about eating berries. Beacon Street Methodist excur sons to Popham. 100+ enjoy beach sports. Morse High School appoints Miss Beulah Withee and Miss Marian E. Brown as teachers. Colby graduates fill Latin German French posts. Miss Lowell departs to Connecticut, Jackson to Burlington. Camp Winnewawa guests cruise Bath in the Juno yacht. rain disrupts sleep. breakfast at Colonial Cafe. list of camp staff and mascot Gin Rickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toma Whitlam
North Bath
Virginia Shaw
M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Boston
Bridgham
Augusta
Melvin Bessey
Bowdeinham
Besse S
Norton
New
Odd Fellows
Arbo C. Norton
Jaud Norton Gray
Anna Savage
Cedar Grove
Cedar
Dan
Maine
Kennebec
Bishop
Merrymeeting Park
Cedarbore
Brunswick
Beacon Street
Popham
Virginia
Beulah Withee
Waterville
Marian E. Brown
North Haven
Morse
Miss Withee
Miss Lowell
Miss Brown
Colby ’12
Mexico
Madison
Colby ‘12
Gardiner
Williamantice
Gray
New Meadows Inn
Bath Opera House
New Meadows
Colonial Cafe
G. W. Chipman
Seslie Pennell
Masland
R. Paul Masland
George Nassell
Walter Cook
Wilson Anderson
Frederick Mears
John F. Faut
Joseph M. Pugh
Wallace Patton
Edward W. Mears
Ralph Mull
Burton Marks
Gin Rickey
Friends Central School
Philadelphia
Obituary of Miss Lucy Callan 15 at Morse High
Miss Lucy Callan aged 15 years 7 months daughter of Mr and Mrs John Callan died Wednesday afternoon at home after a brief illness with diphtheria. She was a bright Morse High School student looking forward to her second year. She leaves her parents three brothers John James and Robert and two sisters Catherine and Frances. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Callan
John Callan
Middle St
Morse High School
John
James
Robert
Catherine
Frances
Calvary Cemetery
Franklin S. Sellers Dies at 76 After Illness
Franklin S. Sellers aged 76 died at his Western Avenue home after a two month illness from paralysis. He was a Sedgwick, Missouri native, longtime Franklin resident, Elms Street Baptist Church member, and survived by three sons George B. Dorchester Mass Franklin H. Wollaston Mass John E. Auburn and three daughters Jizzie Cooper West Brooksville Me JW Lakin Plainfield Conn and E H Glidden of this city. Funeral at 2 p m tomorrow from his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin S. Sellers
Western Avenue
Sedgwick
Eben
Hannah Sellers
Elms Street Baptist Church
George B
Dorchester
Mass
Franklin H
Wollaston
John E
Auburn
Jizzie Cooper
West Brooklyn
Jw.h. Lakin
Plainfield
Eels Escape in Bath Barrels Delayed Shipment
At the M C R R baggage room in Bath a barrel of live eels spilled before a 4 00 pm Boston train. Workers recovered half the eels, sent a partial load to Gotham, and arranged another shipment to Boston to avoid a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.C.R.R
Boston
New York City
Gotham
Bath
Thursday Evening Local Scribbles and Community Notes
Thursday evening was mild with easterly winds and 66 degrees noted. Bay Pointers enjoyed dancing at the hall while showers may curb brown tail moths. Front street sidewalks were repaired. Franklin S Sellers’s funeral set for Sunday at 1 45 PM on Western Avenue. More sand jeeps reported in the river. frog pond cleanup urged. sheriff’s raid yielded nine bottles of whiskey in the Bishop block. A Bath businessman observed a 12 year old boy hauling a trawl in a boat, doing solid work. summer guests were few and lobsters priced reasonably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Franklin 5S
Sellers
Western Avenue
Bishop Block
Candy’s Harbor
Harris
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Nina Allen
Shepherd
Alfred McMahan
Popham Beach
Southport
Thomas Blaisdell
Libby House
Richmond
Oscar Snowman
Henrietta Simmons
South Gardiner
New York
Charlotte Wyman
David T. Percy & Sons
E. F. Lewis
Alfred Douglas
Sedgemere
Stinson Davis
West Indies
Bethlehem
N. H
J. B. Horton
Martha Maine
Waltham
Elbridge Mains
Robert Morris
Second Baptist Church
John Hinckley
I. P. Quimby
Cora
Lucy Hennan
Cambridge
Idlewild
C. F. Webb
F. S. Bowker & Son
Phippsburg
Rogers & Webb
Thomas Connolly
Natick
Connolly
Maple Grove
Henry Lynch
Bath Iron Works
Lynch
General Hyde
Squirrel Island
Alexander Doyle
Henry Faxon
Frank A. Owen
Nelson Dingley Hope
George Westerfield
Willis White
Edward Hood Bonelli
Marion Howard
Ruth Hayes
Harriet Bull
Theda Kenion
Messrs
Frank
David Owen
Board of Inspection and Survey For
United States Navy Department
Henry B. Wilson
U.S.N
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Ben Foster
Charles Hawthorne
Hawthorne
New York Art Museum
Provincetown
Leonard and Mitchell Pharmacy
J. ©. Ballou
Hollywood
Ballous
Serge
Thompson Bros
Batr, Me
White Chester Pigs
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