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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
6
West Bath notes include numerous visits and weekend gatherings at cottages from Birch Point to Sabino, engagements and weddings, a Grange meeting update, several local family movements, and Memorial Day observations with a May basket for Miss Eleanor King.
Morse placed 10th at Bowdoin College amid a large field with standout efforts by Benny Stover who earned a silver medal in the mile and strong showings by Herbert Morse and George Cahill. Multiple Morse athletes faced missteps and disqualifications but the squad gains momentum as they prep for the Bates meet in Lewiston.
A diner told a waitress he could not afford tips but asked her to marry him instead. She accepted the proposal, according to a remark noted in the Boston Transcript.
Word arrives of the marriage in Augusta on Friday of Helna Dana daughter of Eben and Mrs Dana of Woolwich to Herbert Hodgkins a dentist now in Augusta. The couple will spend their honeymoon in Bar Harbor after visiting relatives in Augusta and Portsmouth New Hampshire.
Edwin LaPere, chief machinist's mate and Bath native, recalls John J. Flaherty who died saving another during the sinking of the destroyer Jacob Jones by a German submarine. LaPere describes Flaherty as brave and kind, notes his own wartime captivity and injuries, and recounts broader wartime horrors witnessed in Ostend and Hamburg.
About eighty-two grangers attended Sagada hoe pomona on May 25 to meet Dromore grange at Phippsburg and conduct a memorial service for twenty-five departed members. Lizzie Haggett delivered the memorial address and laid a pink on the altar for the deceased. A discussion on political matters in grange meetings was approved in a preparatory paper by Joshua Upto.
Alexander Al Martin, operator of a one man safety car for Cumberland County Power and Light Co, fell ill with indigestion and lost control causing the car to stop automatically. The car was like AL & M Ry Co units and passengers exited safely before Martin died a few hours later.
Mrs. George Leavitt appeared before Judge Keegan in municipal court after a search found home brew at 275 Front Street. She pleaded guilty, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and sentenced to 60 days in Portland jail with six months more if the fine is unpaid. She paid the fine and will serve the 60 days. She declined to name a partner.
City teachers at Center Street School meeting last Wednesday discussed four school matters including annual reports. They were advised not to enter the salary and condition controversy. A vote of thanks was given to Supt. Smith and the board of education for the new salary schedule and their interest in city schools.
The famous cedars of Lebanon are debated in age from 2280 to 2500 years by studies of heartwood rings. Today the grove holds 389 trees with 15 large specimens. A Maronite chapel sits among them in a basin at 6000 feet, mass and festivals marking the feast of the Transfiguration.
A reflective note uses a famous Wagner quotation to urge readers to consider others’ interests in guiding careful behavior. It frames personal prudence as tied to social responsibility and ethical conduct.
The fierce congress in Federal Wall Street New York authorized and issued bonds for 50 million dollars to discharge continental debts. Orders to buy and sell bonds moved to New York, first to merchants and attorneys, then to brokers who emerged as early American professionals in this business.
Coal cargoes heat and can ignite. Deep stacks burn risk rises with size. fires occur in small cargoes at 1 percent, while cargoes over 2,000 tons see nine times more fires. Barge holds store iron pipes to detect temperature rise on long voyages.
The text notes a favorite poison used by Australian bushmen in warfare comes from portions of a putrefying corpse. It claims a man wounded with a war shaft carrying this venom dies of lockjaw almost immediately.
Colin Dann using a Perdsen trae torc on his farm this spring. George C. Ruight hosted a party after visiting Stetson and Brett cottages at Dlewett's Cove for the weekend. A baby daughter arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stacy. Mrs. AL D Pierce at her summer home in the South Inc. Ralph B. Brooks at home again. Budwin K. Parsons and Mrs. Parsons at the old Parsons home for the summer. Robert Cousins and Miss Ena Hodgdon of Madden arrived at the East Side Saturday evening, leaving ages for home Monday. Lester Trodgdon working on a launch for Braneis S. Matten with a new engine installed.
Six year old Bessie reports a new terror in the choir upon returning from church, eliciting wary whispers as the pews react to the unexpected comment.
In Santiago, Chile, a single high school accommodates more than 1,500 girls, underscoring a large female student body and school-scale enrollment.
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