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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
7
Severe storm activity disrupted a calm spring evening as lightning flashed blindingly and heavy rain pounded roofs. Local residents and travelers mixed with resupply trips as fishing boats and inland farms resumed after the weather cleared.
Frank Rogers was a Sunday caller at the home of W. A. C. Rogers. Mrs. Susan Beals spent Sunday as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Clin ton Beals. J. H. Stacey spent Saturday with his daughter, Mrs. A. F. Williams. Roy Lord spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. D. A. MacDonald. Friends were glad to see him out after his recent severe sickness.
Woolwich residents report health notes and visits as Gilbert Reed shuns the grip. Mrs. Josephine Walker returns home after visiting friends at North Woolwich. Several families note illnesses and care, while local workers start a fish route and others undertake home improvement projects. Summer plans loom as small-town life continues with church appointments and neighborly visits.
Mrs Etta Casey of Boston visits her mother Mrs Annie Richardson this week. Miss Ruth Morrison, Cliff Island teacher, stops with her mother Mrs Mattie Morrison. Mrs Ty H Bartlett and Mrs oD Eastman attend Candy's Harbor auction. Rev J House attends district assembly this week.
The Dro more Grange lists its session with opening chorus readings by Bessie Dickinson and others. Topics include women’s suffrage in daily life, farm operation problems and solutions, and possible price reductions by alito manufacturers while preserving quality.
The barge Nesquehoning with 1500 tons of coal for the Gibbons Coal Co arrived below Wednesday and was towed up on the next tide to the city by the Seguin.
April showers arrive as Winneganee hosts Salvation Army Captain Snowdon. Bath, Boothbay, and Brunswick news cover ship arrivals and cargo loading, a dandelion greens scam, and a sheriff seizure of liquor shipments. Community groups plan church, fraternal, and school events with repairs, entertainments, and a resumed Maine Central Railroad passenger schedule.
A Bath society column lists many local residents visiting relatives and traveling to cities such as Portland Boston and London. It notes arrivals departures and assignments including Otto F. Bullman's Portland business death of Miss Edith Chapman’s travels and J W Gorman Company cast in Rockland with Barton Crawford joining the Bath Opera House link. It also mentions Maurice Snow returning to Bath to oversee machine shop work at I L Snow & Co. yard and J J Spinney attending a highway inspectors meeting in Augusta.
The Board of Highways and Sewers ordered 5050 gallons of Trinidad liquid asphalt and 2050 gallons of Bermuda road asphalt for use on improved highways this season. They also approved an oiling machine to attach to city carts for applying oil under pressure as Bath maintains its 8730 feet of State road each season.
The destination of the Wallula s anchor and chain is a box car shipment to the Lansing, her sister ship, now in New London.
William C. McCorrison died April 15 at age 63 years 8 months. He was born in Bath and long resident of Haverhill a carpenter and member of Mt. Washington Baptist Church and several fraternal orders including Knight of Pythias and Golden Cross. He served as head usher superintendent of Sunday school and held church roles ensuring repairs and seating. Funeral April 18 was attended by relatives and friends with Arlington quartet hymns. Rev. Hamilton E. Chapman and Rev. Silas L. Morse spoke, noting his faithful church service.
Captain James Jewett, unmarried master mariner, died Saturday night in Gloucester at his sister Mrs. Warren Fowle’s home from pneumonia. Born in Westport, Maine about 68 years ago, he moved to Gloucester in 1872 and fished halibut and later mackerel netting. He was about to depart on a southern trip in the Diana when he became ill and passed away. He belonged to the Master Mariners' Association.
The Kennebec Valley Federation of Ladies Aid Societies met at Wesle Methodist Episcopal Church with a full program of devotional, talks, and music. Separately, Henry M. Shaw of Greenville, longtime head of the Shaw Manufacturing Co, was buried after a large funeral service attended by many state residents.
C E Sherman inspector of the First Lighthouse District notifies mariners that Ames Ledge Light on the Kennebec River has been relit for the summer season.
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