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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1919
Page
3
Bath residents hear Rev S J Waldron preach at Ben ton Street Methodist as part of a wide week of social and military notes. The column records troop movements, naval assignments, marriages engagements, and local civic events across Bath, Boston, Portland, and nearby towns, highlighting returning veterans and community personalities.
Dr F Y Gilbert of Portland who visited Bath weekly a year ago and has served at Camp Devens expects discharge from the surgical staff in April and plans to resume practice in Portland. Mr and Mrs Walter Ham relocate to Bath to live with Mrs Ham's mother Mrs Chas Ham. Mrs Ham formerly organist at the Presbyterian church in Buffalo NY and a noted teacher and accompanist, graduate of Frederick Hodges conservatory.
Bookkeeper Miss Arleen Smith of Shaw Auto Co. travels to her Richmond home for a two week absence.
Lewis B Swett departs on a business trip to Boston on Tuesday accompanied by his daughter Miss Roberta Barker. They plan to attend the local auto show during the visit.
The rural road between Woolwich and Wiscasset is soft and deteriorating due to warm weather. A heavy Rockland bound truck recently caused significant damage. Lieut John H Williams, back from France, plans to rejoin the army in infantry and has applied. Mrs John Lord hosted the Tuesday evening club at Winter Street Church. John E Fitzgerald reports a strong furniture sale at the Slavin home auction formerly on Middle Street. Slavin, a Texas yard foreman, sold his home at private sale and plans to return to Bath if health improves.
Mrs E C Tobey wife of Capt B C Tobey US material and supplies Dept and assistant attache in London spoke at a Friday chapel gathering. She described Red Cross work in Britain before and after America's entry and air raid experiences. She toured Paris and the Chateau Thierry battlefield before returning home.
Bath plans active Liberty loan drive for the fifth issue with both men’s and women’s committees mobilizing. Readers are urged to report speculative or doubtful stock offers to the Federal Trade Commission in Washington for investigation, with penalties for false reporting. The FTC may disclose information in the public interest and curb unfair trade practices.
Merton O Webber resigns as captain of Company L 3d Maine regiment. Adjutant General Presson accepts the resignation received by Webber who organized the company and led it from its inception. He turned over all property to Lieut Walter T Brown and a meeting to elect a successor has not been set.
Dr. A. B. Hervey arrived in Bath on Tuesday after wintering at Bermuda’s Flats with seaweed collecting. He dined with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tucker and plans a summer visit to Bath. He traveled aboard the Charleur via St John and Brunswick, noting brisk Bath business despite Bermuda’s wartime slowdown.
Extensive alterations and additions to the Spaulding boarding house on Somerset Place will create a three story southern wing and raise the main roof. The project will add numerous rooms for boarders and enlarge dining facilities, aiming to become one of the citys largest and most up to date.
John Houghton recently back from aviation service in France is spending a few days in Bangor as a guest of Joseph Sewall.
A letter from Charles H. LaFrance of Company 20 to Sergt. Charles T. Edgecomb honors his flawless record under heavy enemy bombardment in France. The commander praises unbroken morale and dedication, noting Edgecomb’s value to the unit and Army. Edgecomb awaits return to the United States, aiming to be home next month.
A national used clothes drive for European relief opens Monday March 24 and runs through the following Monday. The Red Cross handles collection in America and distribution in Europe, with Hoover staff assisting in non allied areas. Durable underwear, skirts, dresses, suits, outerwear, shoes, and linens are requested. Collectors may deliver to the Winter Street Church Men’s Room, with Red Cross coordinating pickups if needed.
Mr and Mrs Albert Tibbetts, among Bath s oldest married couples, quietly marked their 57th wedding anniversary at 1564 Washington Street. Snowstorms delayed their ceremony, later performed March 17 by Rev Wetherbee of Beacon Street Methodist Church. He born 1835 in Woolwich. she née Kennerson. they have one daughter, Mrs Henry Adams. lifelong Beacon Street church members.
William C Covel publishes The Greeley Citizen a sprightly four page weekly paper from Greeley Nebraska. George Berry of Burnham travels to Bath after his brother Charles Berry suffers an arm amputation from a winch injury at Pendleton Bros shipyard in Bath.
A. L. Tripp the contractor builds a gala on Front Street just above Pepper's bowling alleys to store his delivery truck.
Maj Henry A Shorey editor of the Bridgton News marks 52 years in Maine journalism. He helped found papers in Bath and Bridgton, served in the Civil War, earned a brevet major, and continued publishing the Bridgton News since 1870 despite two fires.
Eastern Steamship Lines faces slow progress re starting Bath to Boothbay Harbor service. The Wiwurna remains the only vessel from the old fleet, with no clear plan to ready her. Rumors of independent small steamer operations and a possible Virginia on the Bath to Popham Beach route have not been confirmed.
Principal James P. King has forbidden use of the Phi Rho room by Morse High School fraternity members following a controversial initiation. Parents complaints prompt a review, with future meetings hinging on changes to initiation methods and a return to the group’s original debate-based purpose.
Four thrift marketing talks begin March 2 with Mrs. Florence A. Warner of Portland as speaker and instructor. Sessions will be at Morse high assembly hall at 245 pm on alternate Tuesdays and are open to the public free of charge. Evening sessions may be arranged if interest exists.
Harry J. Eliot, appointed to replace John W. Gilmore, keeps busy inspecting weights and measures. He has checked many scales in weeks on the job, finding discrepancies mostly in sales but reports little hostility from merchants who welcome testing for accurate weights protecting both business and public.
Deputy Chester Aderton pursued a suspicious man along the Kennebec river wharf but fell into a dark gap. He glimpsed a water-filled void where planks had been removed, narrowly avoiding a drowning accident as the man escaped in the night.
Eyewitness Oh Fa Poole Fe Aene recounts the gruesome scene after the blast as Bahienivered bodies of victims were recovered from trees and nearby structures, detailing the diabolical acts attributed to a malevolent element.
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