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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1917

Page

8

Phi Rho 50th anniversary honors Bath society founders

The Phi Rho Society celebrated its 50th with music by the orchestra, remarks from founder Hon. William E. Hogan and members, and readings by Dr. L. T. Snipe and others. Attendees included two generations of Bath alumni, comments on the society’s ideals, and a march titled The Phi Rhonian March. A list of attendees and absent members followed, with telegrams from afar.

Page One Morse Phi Rho Society William EF. Hogan Norman Howard Pho Rho Joseph M. Trott Stanley Pierce L. T. Snipe W. Smiley C. M. Sprague S. B. Ward Howard Deering Walter T. Chase Raymond Trott Henry W. Howard Charles D. Clarke William E. Hogan Knox and Lincoln R. A Bath Young Hogan City Hall William and John Cushing Houghton Kimball William P. Hill Fred Fields Phi Rho Phi Rhos Snipe Hogan Society Howard Kipling Henry Torrey Trott Galen Allen Ivry Dr. Snipe Ian Walter E. Chase Smiley Phi Rlios V. Smiley Maine Mr. Smiley Rutherford White America Ancient and Honorable Debating Society Joseph Torrey Langdon T. Snipe Vaughn T. Smiley Robert Wagner Donald D. Young J. Houghton McLellan Arthur R. Avery W. Thornton Bates Alonzo Harriman Roger D. Skillings Ned R. Andrews Arthur H. Brown Walter M. Hill Freeman A. Trott John O. Moulton Milton C. Trott John M. Kane Earl C. Warren Galen O. Low Gardiner D. Rogers Peter A. Clinto Edward J. Fitzgerald Raymond H Trott E. Sewall Hopkins H. A. Deering R. D. Fulton J. G. Morse John Clancy Malon Clark Otis Hunt Thatcher Pinkham H. R. Lemont Joe Coss H. W. Howard W. W. Robinson Charles C. Low William R Marshall McDonald Edward Lowell John Conway Treas Sam Ward Walter Brown Clarence Miller

Women’s League Plans Central Quarters and Lectures

The N L W S meeting outlined securing central quarters and promised more info soon. Miss Dorothy Sewall said Mr McCole gave his first lecture with sessions at the YMCA lecture room each forenoon at 10 o’clock, weekly Saturdays. Mrs Stinson to contact the State Federation in Bangor for endorsement. Augusta League mass meeting drew about 200 enlistment blanks. A card party chain was proposed with proceeds to League expenses and Mrs Fred H Kimball to chair. A ten cent late fee for pupils was approved to promote punctuality, and merchants were asked to display the flag both. Newspapers and magazines will be collected to bolster treasury. Meeting adjourned at six with enthusiasm for a lasting peace organization.

Dorothy Sewall Priscilla Kimball McCole Stinson State Federation Bangor Augusta League Augusta Milliken Mme. Eames Fred H. Kimball Chamber of Commerce League

Wild geese over the city and local notes

Local jottings recount a Monday sunset sighting of wild geese over the city. News covers a visiting Richmond priest, social club activity, a jail escort, and calls for a city landing stage. Also noted are shipping movements, public-safety committee work, and a Bowdoin frat anniversary banquet planned for late April with about 100 attendees.

Fr. H. Monehan Richmond John Place Augusta Henry Ryan Washington, D. C Samuel C. Mengel Woolwich Biddeford Cass Leeman Clara E. Randall Alicia B. Crosby Savannah Savannah River Sales Co Portland Crosby Barbadoes Harold M. Sewall E. W. Hyde A. K. Purington Fred H. Thompson Committee On Public Safety Milliken Sewall Massachusetts Committee Boston McCall Massachusetts Maine Mary W. Bowen Maine Central No Arlington Bowen Norfolk Capt Jameson Chester H. McCabe Fire Department Long Beach S.F.E. Co Irald Barter McCabe No. 2 North End Company Nova Scotia Murray House of Assembly Alpha Delta Phi Association of Bowdoin Riverton John F. Thompson Maine Association

Snow and surf mark unsettled sea and storm activity

A cold Wednesday saw a light snow shower while a southeaster roared in with heavy surf at the Kennebec river mouth. Tuesday’s storm produced one of the season’s biggest rain pours as railroad men reported. Citations note coast and harbor activity, with ships from Ossipee to Boothbay Harbor weathering high seas and winds.

Kennebec Odd Sewing Circle Mary McIntire Washington St Charlie Ingham Ralph Hart Sagadahock Thurlow Pinkham Osman D. Erskine Albert Ladas Portland U. S. Navy Ossipee Boothbay A. R. Kenyon Canadian Pacific R.R Jonathan Story Wabash Road Mr. Kenyon Maine M. A. Haraden Boston Bath Boothbay Harbor Eastern Steamship Corporation L. B. Greenwood North Berwick Bath Office Hywinco Texas MacMillan Texas Steamship Office McMillan Pepper Board of Aldermen William E. Harriman James A. Ham Fred A. Fuller William V. Percy John Pinkham Samuel Mulcahy William H. Higgins John W. Small George Whitehead John Biggins Fred P. Rich Victor N. Chambers Daniel W. Meritt Bath Iron Works B. F. Kelley Alonzo A. Morse Ralph Durgan The Texas Co

Walter Cressey Enlists in U S Navy and Local Notes

Walter Cressey joins the U S Navy. Narrows shore ice clears to Maine Central Bridge head of navigation. Capt. Swett to Portland for tug Pejepscot overhaul and commission next week. Mrs. A P Williams dies after cancer operation in city hospital. Mrs. H S Keene renovates Bay Point cottage with old fashioned fireplace. Ice on T wharf mostly melted with no break upriver. Jennie Maud delivers 1500 pounds of fish to Bath. First straw hat spotted in Bath. Telegram misread triggers Augusta Navy scare. Fortnightly Club program features Mabelle Tarr readings and Bath talents Carol C Percy and Frances Weeks. Joel Label appointed temporary second trick operator at Maine Central ticket office in Bath.

New Meadows Maine Central Railroad Swett Pejepscot Portland Lewis Bath Boothbay Harbor Randall, Jelliceur and Brennan Texas Steamship Co Washington St Winter St. Church Mabelle Tarr Boston Carol C. Percy Frances Weeks Percy Haskell Joel Label Brunswick Maine Central Ticket Office E. J. Wesson Cumberland Light & Power Co Label Wytopitlock

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