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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
4
A brush fire in Cary woodlot and surrounding properties near the New Meadows River threatened a dine set, a farm building, and multiple adjacent farms as winds shifted. Brunswick fire department responded quickly, halting spread as flames advanced northward toward Andrews and Freeman properties, with visibility limited by smoke.
The Cosmopolitan Club hosted a pleasant January Tuesday night dance with splendid music and refreshments. Guests were greeted by President Miss Alice Varney and club chairwoman Mrs. Pudwing Mayers. program committee members included Mrs. Walter Shaughnessey, Mrs. Seth So Miullin, and Mrs. FB Motney Fuller. A new tank steamer for the Texas Steamboat Co. named Aline will sail from Port Arthur, Texas.
Word arrives of Jerre Milk Millay former Bath resident and attorney who died last week at a public gathering in California. He was a brother of James H. Millay of Bowdoin, moved West to practice law, later built a large lumber business, and returned to Bath a year ago driving overland after Bowdoin commencement.
The relief fund committee announced a final meeting held Tuesday night. The net cash received totaled 834.11 dollars. Committee members included William O Brien as chairman John Vergib es as treasurer Thomas McCauley as secretary and Joseph McCormack and John Conway as members. They thanked Bath citizens for their splendid cooperation in exceeding the quota.
Bath residents Miss Henna M. Dana and Herbert Hodgkins wed in Augusta Friday morning. Dana, daughter of Eben and Mrs Dana of Woolwich, is Morse High School graduate who worked at the State House. Hodgkins, a dentist, practices in Augusta. The couple honeymooned at Bay Harbor and will reside in Augusta.
Farmers and volunteers in East Bowdoinham built 200 feet of gravel road and filled a low stretch totaling 1400 feet of improvement. Notable contributors include John Purington, Milton Given, William Miller, H. Be. Cheney, G. A. Hackett, Zina Maxwell, and others. A dinner was served by Mrs. G. T. Hackett's family. Community events followed, including Memorial oration at the grange hall by Rev. P. Rogers of Portland and social visits surrounding Memorial Day.
Sagadahoc council sent a 23 member delegation to Lewiston for the fourth degree exemplification as 473 candidates took the degree Judge John J Keegan and George Shaw joined the list of present notables Bitzgerald was elected state warden and McCormack an alternate to the supreme convention in San Francisco
Fire in woods between Witch Spring and Princes corner prompted Call to the district's department. Edward TH. Cook of Combination 4 rode to Mrs. Fred Daley's home on High Street where a rear lot blaze near the gravel pit spread as wind drove flames. Firemen fought with brooms and pails while a second unit filled in.
The Bay Point post office reopened on Wednesday with Fred Spinney as postmaster. Summer mail service between Bath and Small Point Beach began, featuring two daily deliveries from Bath. Edgar Pye leaves at 9 15 a.m. and W Ilan Oliver at 2 30 p.m.
The tank steamship Illinois will be launched this Saturday at about 5 30 pm at The Texas Steamship Co yard. The sponsor is not yet chosen. The vessel follows a prior Illinois sunk by a German submarine during the war. Four motorists returned home with money from a bag found in upstate streams over Memorial Day and have since distributed it among their friends.
Bliss Native Herbs offers relief for consumption indigestion stomach illness rheumatism and kidney troubles. The Bliss Medical Co in Washington invites agents to write for almanacs cook books and health books with free material and a note to mention this paper.
Decoration day remarks praise the band under Band Master Crocker. Bowdoinham builds two new houses including James Curtis. A steam powered kindling wood mill will employ about 30 men and start August 1. Sheriff Millay ill. Morse of Bath dies May 31. Reservoir work begins near churches. Gardiner visits Bowdoinham for a baseball game, Nat Purington stars pitching, Gardiner shut out in several innings, crowd exceeds 300 with a late train departure.
Wiscasset Academy triumphed 10 to 8 in 11 innings against Morse at Kelley field. C. Perkins starred with a home run and two RBIs, and Belanger and Stover delivered solid defense. The tallies stretched through the 10th before Wiscasset pulled ahead in the 11th as Morse failed to score.
The Sagadahoc To Mona Grange notes the death of their chaplain Rev Levi W Staples. The group resolves to extend sympathy to Mrs Staples and family and to publish the resolutions in the Bath paper. Signed by W Ot Boyd W H Gould and Emily Rideout.
The 85 foot motor boat Island Belle bound from Hallowell to Cundy's Harbor foundered in the surf near Small Point Beach. Owner J. J. Baudway and family were rescued by Coast Guard at Popham Beach after engine failure and anchor malfunctions left the boat driven ashore. Captain Harvey Berry and crew towed the craft clear with its rudder post damaged.
A talk by W. Babcock at Wesley church Tuesday night featured stereopticon projections of California and Yosemite Valley. Rev. F. H. Hall aided with the display. Proceeds benefited the young men's class baseball team and about $15 was cleared after Mr. Babcock donated his services.
The American Forestry Magazine argues that if senses of smell were more developed, each wood would possess a unique scent enabling clear distinction from all others.
A general tonic claim describes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a highly concentrated economical medicine. It purifies and revitalizes the blood improves digestion restores animation and builds up the system. Hood's Pills are recommended as a laxative and are suggested to be liked by users.
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