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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
12
June twilight brings lobster arrivals and river traffic bustle as Bath Lodge initiates, Bowdoin reunions fill New Meadows Inn, and summer sales and fairs enliven the town. Maine trolley gains Studebaker service, and seaside schooners Seguin, Sunbeam, and Olys load lumber and coal along the river.
The Sagadahoc County Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened its 27th annual convention at People’s Baptist Church with officers listed led by President F. E. H. McFadden. The day featured prayers, committee appointments, reports, an address by Rev. S. A. Evans, and a full program of morning and afternoon sessions plus a picnic dinner.
Woolwich residents host visitors and note travel for summer, school, and church events. Families welcome guests from Portland and Brunswick. local students finish Ninth Grade exams and prepare for Morse High School. Dr. George H. Hamlen to speak at Center Baptist Church. Community members attend reunions, observe Children’s Day, and report health updates.
National W C T U superintendent selection noted with a singing offering. Rev B P Browne delivered the benediction "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" as Bath adjourned.
The Gonleys Specialty Store social at The Grange drew a good crowd despite rain with ice cream and cake sales raising nearly the amount to a substantial sum. A meeting on Tuesday saw first and second degrees worked as the State Lecturer missed the date but will attend Pomona next Wednesday the 28th. Reverend Herbert Tilden D D of Auburn preached at both churches last Sunday and will remain for the summer, with possible settlement by September 1. The Ladies Aid enjoyed a afternoon hosted by Mrs Charles E Boucher. Harry Dougherty visits Portland while John McCrum and family travel from Oakmont Pa to Wade cottage near Mrs McCrum's late mother. Rev Russell Boynton, son of N Boynton D D of Brooklyn, elected president of his Amherst class and noted for future success. L H Rowe visits from the hospital in South Portland after surgery, hoping to return soon. Mrs Sarah Snowman visits her sister Mrs Martha McFadden at the Cove and the cottage growth for a prospective bride continues near the Cove. A family from Augusta occupies Marion Cottage while Cambridge guests take the Howard Cottage. Fred Robinson and wife of Cambridge arrive to occupy their summer home.
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange arranges its first ever joint meeting with Five Islands Grange on Wednesday June 28. Sixty members are to take the fifth degree while a steamer for 150 passengers departs City Landing at 9 a.m. and returns by 4 p.m. State Master Thompson and spouses, the state lecturer and wife, and the state secretary are expected.
William McPhee relocates from the Blackman farm in North Woolwich to Wiscasset, marking a change of residence to a rural Maine area.
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