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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
4
Friday ceremony extended the salute to the flag with the Star Spangled Banner. Mayor Drake awarded diplomas as students celebrated to the Unfurling of the Flag. The crowd felt the graduates are set for future success and Morse High will welcome them next year to continue the school’s traditions.
The Bath community plans a pig sale with barrows wagons Fords and limousines depending on buyers. Applications start next Monday at Bath Trust Co. Notes signed Friday next week and pigs delivered at Postoffice square at 1 pm Saturday June 22. About 100 pigs expected for Bath residents and nearby towns.
Mrs. Avis Stickney and her daughter Louise of Somerville Mass visit cousin Ezra Groves and wife on Tallman street.
Herbert Morrison and Billy Wilson spotted wreckage near Mark Island during a morning fishing trip. The object appeared to be the house of a schooner, too large for a small craft, with a coat found atop it. They could not tow it in due to heavy waves.
Mrs Sarah Benner widowed wife of Orchard Benner died Sunday morning at her daughter Mrs Ellery Whittemore’s Bath street home. She was daughter of the late Samuel and Sarah Lombard of West Bath and is survived by her daughter, grandson Earl Whittemore, stepson William Benner of Cheyenne, four brothers, and a large circle of friends. She resided in Winnegance for many years and was a member of Wesley church. Her long illness ended in her passing, leaving a peaceful memory among mourners.
A Hyde Camp No. 46 delegation and Appomattox Camp No. 53 members gathered in Brunswick to honor Eugene E. Annable at Pine Grove cemetery. The service was led by Commander John Shaw with junior officers and chaplains, noting Annable’s past membership and faithful work in the camp.
The church hall was decorated by Mrs Susie Tarf and assistants for a patriotic service. Relatives of local boys in the navy and those awaiting deployment attended as songs and poems honored service members. Miss Evelyn Stein raised the service flag and the Star Spangled Banner was sung. The six stars list Harold E Snipe Clarence P Wyman William S Potter Arthur O Lebel Perley W Averill Miles B Hagan, with more to be added. Arrowsic earned a top liberty loan honor flag for reaching the goal.
Nearly every drug store in the city employs a young lady clerk at the soda fountain and candy counter. Proprietors claim the girls serve more customers faster than the boys, making the practice advantageous.
A tribute note expresses that many friends miss the departed deeply and recall him fondly by name and deeds, highlighting the broad regard within the community.
Miss Anna May Chapman of Bath and Cambridge died in Damariscotta on June 7. She was born October 2, 1865, in Bath, daughter of Job and Elizabeth Chapman. She leaves two sisters Mrs Blackburn of Philadelphia and Mrs Jewett of Toledo and brothers Frederick E Chapman of Damariscotta and William L Chapman of Lynn.
Mr and Mrs Flavel Pierce and Ison welcomed back to their Balboa Canal Zone home in Panama after a year abroad. They arrived Saturday and expect to stay. Locals note the saying that Panama keeps sand in shoes for a year. This marks the Pierces second trip. Mrs Pierce is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William D Coombs of Corliss Street.
Mrs James B Drake slipped in her Washington and North streets home Sunday and is confined to bed under a nurse's care. Her numerous friends are pleased by her speedy recovery and authorities expect no serious effects.
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