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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1916
Page
6
Phippsburg items report Fred Oliver laid up with a severe cold. residents greet spring with visits, illnesses, and fines of daily life. Bath trips, family sickness, caucus results, and shipyard work fill the town’s chatter as residents move between homes, estates, and the Bowker yard.
The Bath Co No 5 U R E P held its annual drill and ball in Music Hall on Friday with 40 couples in the grand march led by Mr and Mrs Ralph Bertram. The program featured 17 dances including six square dances in honor of named officers and final waltz for Acadia Lodge. A notable fancy drill followed under Captain F L Stover with a crew including Lieut Frank Young and Sergt Forest Hoyt. The event honored attendees with green pinks and boutonnieres and officers were listed with Stover as Captain and Frank Young as 1st Lieutenant.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces exams in fields such as asst in game conservation and petroleum engineering with salaries from 1,320 to 2,000 dollars per year. Applications and blanks are available via B. H. Coughlin at the Custom House Bath Maine. April 12 offers a copyist marine engine and boiler draftsman role with 2 to 3.28 dollar daily pay.
The four masted Bath schooner May V Neville sails from Boston with a record rum cargo of 218 995 gallons. Upon reaching Africa ports such as Accra and Cape Coast the rum becomes exchange currency for ivory mahogany and other goods, with hogsheads rolling inland for tribal trade.
John B. Jones born December 27 1829 in Alna Maine died Friday at his daughter Sarah E Ladd’s home 46 Whittier Street Andover Massachusetts where he had lived since 1909. He earlier worked in East Boston car shops and later repaired lighthouses for the Government in New England. He w as survived by his son Sterling Jones of West Newton and his wife Martha A Richards died 1909. Funeral service was held Sunday afternoon with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Everett Massachusetts.
Amanda Jane Swett died at her sister Elizabeth B. Lawrence’s Bridgton road Westbrook home Sunday afternoon after nearly three months of illness. She was 63, born in Arrow, Maine, daughter of Martin Z. and Nancy (Oliver) Swett. Survived by sister Mrs. Lawrence and brothers George B. Swett of Westbrook and Elvin C. Swett of Round Pond, Me. Funeral was Tuesday at 1 PM at Mrs. Lawrence’s home and burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery Stroudwater Street.
At the Y M C A Brunswick unit the Young People’s Christian Endeavorers were defeated by the Bath Juniors by a surprising score of 96 to 3. A lively crowd of boys and girls attended the electrifying game.
Bath City items report James A. Lockery improving at Bath City Hospital and due home this week. Michael H. Ryan and daughter Ruth visit Portland relatives. Mrs. Currier heads to Boston, and Mrs. Donnell’s funeral draws Portland attendance. Mrs. King to Maine General Hospital with husband accompanying. May and Margaret Fraser return from Dorchester visit. City figures attend hospitalizations and transfers including Mrs. Ayers and others to Portland for treatment. Station agent Carl M. Brown moves from Freeport to Falmouth. Principal Charles Smith leaves Bath for Saugus High School. Family trips, homecomings, and new hires populate town life, with Jellison presenting Major Harvard oil painting to Home for aged. Miss Bakeman lauded at Saga dahoc County Teachers’ Convention for music program leadership.
Miss Alice Hartnett visits relatives in Portland. Martin V White returns from Gus on furlough. Harry Brown leaves Tuesday for a Boston business trip. Fred P Higgins of Boothbay Harbor visits Bath Tuesday. Sk M M Conkey of the D True Co visits on business Tuesday. J F Smith, Bath State YMCA secretary, visits Mon. Charles E Gordon among sick list. M Morotto on business trip to Boston. Milton Reed arrives from Exeter to review Woolwich lumber business Monday. Ralph Dunton reports seeing an airplane Sunday. Charles H Mason and Harry E Mason go to Portland for convention Thursday. Cedric Martin of Willow Street becomes father to a ten pound daughter born last Wednesday. Young Gardiner recovers from appendix tumor operation and goes home.
About 40 attendees gathered at Mrs. E H Morse's home for an Algonquin Camp Fire Girls event. The program featured a reception, piano solos by Frances Lord and Margaret Miller, a play Any Girl with a large cast, recitations by Marion Ferguson, and contributions from Abenaki members. Refreshments followed as the event closed a memorable local Camp Fire evening.
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