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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
5
Photo caption details a Bath High School 25 years ago graduation class of 92 reunion banquet. Names include Herbert BE Cole longtime principal and William Sanford Shorey then cashier of First National Bank, with note of continuation on Page Two.
Bath High School alumni gathered at Morse High School for the annual reunion and banquet with 175 members attending. After social group reunions, guests sat at five prettily laid tables in the Assembly Hall for the meal and program.
The narrative traces Captain Harnden and the garrison at Burial Point, linking a cellar to historic graves of Harnden and wife, Hammond, and a trading-house. It traces evolving views on the garrison’s location, noting Harnden’s service under Captain Heath and the strategic river position.
The three masted barge Manor was launched at 12 55 today from the Kelley Spear Co yard for Penn Gas Coal Co of Philadelphia. Captain Olav Nielsen will command with Mrs Nielsen and son aboard for the maiden voyage to Philadelphia. The craft, 1245 43 feet long and 41 2 feet broad, carries about 2000 tons and is built for coastwise coal trade with modern gear and 36 pairs of iron straps.
Report from Phippsburg describes continuous rain and muddy roads from Winneganee Bridge to Popem. Citizens cope with flooded ditches, tires sinking into mud while three young men struggle home from Frye's after a stalled jitney and a $2.00 bet on a stove pipe hat.
Friday night council session approved bonds for pool room owner Tony Punin and unrelated frontier matters. James P Ledyard resigned from highways and sewers. successor to be chosen at next meeting. Police enforce overtime curb rules on Front and Center Streets after a false fire alarm from a smoking oil stove. no damage.
Joseph Couture darted from behind an ice cart into the path of a moving car driven by H C Webber on Lincoln Street. The boy sustained a compound fracture of the right thigh and multiple bruises but is reported comfortable after treatment by Dr. Mullin and a community nurse. The father cleared Webber of blame as bystanders said Webber stopped instantly.
On Tuesday afternoon hundreds of pulp logs drifted on the river with rescuers in small boats reclaiming them. Capt Perkins reports thousands of logs passed Popham and headed to sea before daylight. In Merrymeeting crowds and a Bath man earned money hauling logs as high surf hit the Popham and Small Point beaches.
A home wedding in Robinhood united Rev. John F. Churchill of North Waldoboro and Miss Elsie B. West on her birthday. The ceremony was conducted by District Superintendent Rev. Carl N. Garland with Rev. Milan J. Smith and Rev. R. E. Harrison assisting. The couple will live at the renovated parsonage in North Waldoboro.
An emergency fire alarm drill Tuesday at 6 50 caused city stir as the Bath Guardsmen of the 4th Company rushed from all directions to the Armory. The drill proved the unit’s preparedness with 74 men assembled by 7 30 and ready to move.
Mercury marks 75 in shade and tops in sun on Tuesday afternoon. A jab at Washington Congressmen suggests cutting salaries to spur patriotism. Lobster fishermen report 23 cents a pound, higher than a year ago, while costs for gardens and bait rise. Romford pulpwood logs, 14,6600 sticks, traveled from Pejepscot to Merrymeeting Bay as owners scrambled to control the runaway timber.
A cold wet weekend causes widespread flood damage from the Kennebec to Bucksport. The river overran wharves and freight sheds in Augusta while the Rockland to Warren road bridge washed away. Cars detour, fields flood, and a Bucksport farmer loses seeds. Lewiston reports a washout as lime farms and gardens remain flooded.
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