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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
8
Tops ham High School held graduation exercises in Town Hall with diplomas, class officers, and a program including salutatory essays, a valedictory, and class prophecy. Notables like Walter Graham and Walter Rogers connected to local colleges and offices were mentioned alongside local society events and an upcoming alumni banquet.
Local Bath notes cover a busy week with religious, fraternal and civic events. A Moose delegation attended the New England convention in Portland. a ten foot addition is planned for Kennebec No. 3’s hose tower. a schooner seeks repairs in Bath. a Miss Merriman visits captains in Bath after Presque Isle studies. and a naval machinery board assesses Wadsworth changes.
The report notes sea shad arriving for market and 800 plus workers at Bath Iron Works. A new iron electric light post is placed at the Elks grounds entrance. Rev John Garfield will lead services at Winter Street Church. A moving picture firm reportedly offered for the sunken Wallula. Schools finished for Friday with field trips. Police officer Sonia officiated at graduation traffic control.
The Times notes include the Libby family in a Campbell cottage at Popham, Bath Gun Club delaying a shoot due to rain, and Wadsworth destroyer speed trials set for Rockland next week. A Bath daughter is named Portland’s prettiest, Children’s Day at Universalist Church, a morning concert, and the new McKay lumber mill in North Woolwich nearing completion. Also mentioned are beach anglers at Popham, a planned detention room for the police, State raid furniture arrivals on North Street, Want Ads daily activity, steeple vane repairs at Beacon Street Church, and a birthday surprise party for James B. Lemont with a "baby" Ford car.
The Bath Iron Works hosts two new destroyers in frame. In Jordan, a registered Jersey calf at Fred Morton’s livery weighs about 125 pounds after a $20 bid failed. Capt. Crocker's plan to lighter pumps on the steamer Wallula shifts after a telephone message. A South End pupil lauds Miss Stinson of South Grammar Grade Eight for her kindness to students.
The State superintendent of public schools announces a regular semiannual examination for superintendent certificates granting authority to lead unions of multiple towns. The test, slated for Friday in Augusta Machias and Presque Isle, covers reading arithmetic grammar history nature studies civil government school laws geography physiology and spelling with a set timetable for morning and afternoon sessions.
A 1915 letter from Brockton Blues manager Joe Ford of Quincy requests help filling early July dates around Portland Bath or Lewiston. He notes last season’s record 26-15 on tour and lists pitchers Bates Ford St John and first baseman Hoyt, describing the club as best of team average semi professionally.
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