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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1916

Page

5

Appropriation Bill Passed As Reported In Bath Maine

The Joint Standing Committee on Finance reports the annual appropriation bill adopted as read. Departments face higher demands with unpaid old bills and a suggested $20,000 bond for permanent walks. Estimated receipts include railroad tax and city licenses. total net appropriation about $184,941.30.

Bath Maine Sesuing Committee On Finance Ite Bailey School of Indus Mitchell Rogers Farm Center Street New Texas Co Edward B. Smith John A. Small Geo. E. Barker Harry T. Passmore Arlington Marr Sidney D. Swett Chas. H. Hooper Common Council Cheif Parks Board of Aldermen Hook and Ladder Co John J. Marks Frank A. Holmen Wm H. Roderick Edward Miller Axman Paul Libby Everett Green Roy Donnell Thomas Clavin Arthur L. Plant Charles W. Plant Ernest L. Stinson Edward M. Robbins Chesley Hutchins Clarence R. Dodge

Local notes from Bowdoinham and surrounding towns

Community roundup with visits from Portland and Brunswick residents. Obituary notes on Capt. George T. Getchell, Masonic and Grange bearers, and multiple local movements including Dr. Grant moving in, Bert Pierce changing houses, and Phil Wood visiting from Sanford. Town life, road work, strawberry market, and post office updates round out the week.

Leathers E. S. Blodgett Cathance Coleman Casey Walter Portland G. T. Getchell R. A. Dickinson Brunswick Arthur Small Bert Nichols Lewiston R. B. Andros Hattie O. Andross Albert Henderson Robert Millay Elsie Dickinson Harold Cheney Coombs Dresden Post Office Percy Blanchard Augusta Hospital George T. Getchell J. L. Pinkerton Capt. Getchell Methodist Church New York Mary Tyler Fanny Getchell Annie Nash New London John Gage Bath Stubbs New Bay Road Anson Given H. E. Cornish Masons C. F. Staples Josiah Fulton Grant Hulse

Card of Thanks for Charles Tregambo’s illness and death

Family members express gratitude to the Grange Sagadahoc Fertilizer Company Employees and Epworth League along with friends and neighbors for floral offerings and support during Charles Tregambo’s sickness and death. Mrs. William Tregambo and others sign the notice.

Grange Sagadahoc Fertilizer Company Epworth League Charles Tregambo

West Bath Social Roundup Updates From Foster's Point to Beechmont

West Bath residents report spring preparations as Alonzo Fisher stocks Foster's Point stores and Charmstone new summer cottages are readied. Families travel to Boston and Concord for visits while local residents plant early crops and prepare May baskets at a village sociable.

Charles Dolliver Lewiston Fred Larrabees Dorman Perkins Doris Boston Concord N. H. Joseph White J. M. Lemont Orrin Kittredge Bath Fred W. Brown New Meadows Alonzo Fisher Foster’s Point Annie Trufant Annie Wylie Cahill Miss Trufant J. M J. B. Lemont Frank Coombs Eugene R. Brown West Somerville Mass Suse Bates Charles Bates Beechmont Mitchell Place John Manders Merton Wright Evangelist Hatfield Joseph White Sylvanus Pennell Tarrabee’s Grove Brunswick West Bath Grange Hall Frank Adams W. B. Kendall Bowdeinham The Grange

California cherries attract seasonal fishing and trade activity

The piece notes Kennebec and Small Point lobstermen preparing traps for summer work while referencing historical prices paid by the late Joseph Huse of this city for a Woolwich horse. It also describes tug movements with barges Musconetcong and Henry Clay, and vessels Ariel, Gilbert Stancliffe, Oakes Ames, and a coal and copper ore trade linking Bath, Richmond, Portland, and South Gardiner Lumber Co.

Seguin Bath Parker’s Flats Henry Clay Wilson Richmond Coaldale Portland Ariel Gilbert Stancliff Augusta Oakes Ames South Gardiner Lumber Co

Town notices and local schedule round up

Roughly 850 workers are at the B. I. W. at present. May 20 marks resumption of night trips for the Hockomock on the summer schedule. Varney a Bunganue man faces $500 bonds for May term S. J. Court trial. Shaw building basement work requires blasting and earth removal. Telephones beat Elmhurst 1172 to 1071 in Park League. Annable 95 single, Farnham 267 high total. Winter Street Church Bible Class led by Sylvester Rowland while Dr. Snipe is away. Mother's Day service planned May 14 with a men’s rally and invitations to all parish men.

Ralph Denham Portland W.W. Denham F. J. Nichols R. H. Jack Viola Coombs Boston E. W. Warren Bay Road W. H. Gould H. Price Webber and Company Grange Hall Harry Lawey Woodfords C.L. Mosher John T. Baker People’s Ferry Co Hockomock Varney Keegan S. J. Court The Telephones Elmhurst Annable Farnham Winter Street L. T. Snipe Sylvester Rowland

Bath Iron Works Bowlers Clinch Park League Second

In Park League action Bath Iron Works bowlers won three straight from the Moose 1318 to 1242 to claim second place. Oliver hit a high single of 107 and a three string total of 280. The Jolly Dozen received new white serge uniforms with a blue stripe bearing old English initials. City sprinklers laid dust along downtown streets.

Jolly Dozen Bath Iron Works Moose Mr. Oliver

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G. A. R. Naval Veterans Sons of Veterans Sewall Kelley Field Long Beach Chester H. McCabe Weston L. Bonney Cleveland Ayer Melvin H. Savaged Axman Louis Young Irald S. Barter Daniel W. Burleigh George H. Freeman Alfred Barter James Blake David King Battman Fred W. Robinson Kennebec Hose Foreman W. H. Burnham R. E. Bertrand William A. Staples Steward George Burnham Frank Youland John Peters Edgar Reno Everett Hutchins Walter B. Burnham W. E. Harrison Frank DeWolf Howard E. King Ernest Russell Charles King James Carr Herbert King B. J. Clark Vern Chaney Gardiner Crocker Buttman Je K. Oliver Alex Burgess Herbert Anderson Bowdoinham Grand Lodge of Masons Ira Frost Gardiner H. D. Grant Fred Mulligan Bert Pierce Hinkley House Dr. Grant W. C. Carr Frances Newtonville S. W. Carr D.A.R I. M. Fowle Louise Clark Hattie O. Perry Monmouth Lorettus Metcalf Lola Lang E. E. Wilson William Tregambo Joseph Hawkins Florence Clark Elbridge Tregambo West Bath W. F. Mitchell Sagadahoc Frank Jaques Newburyport William Foster Topsham Suffray Dorothy Martha Foster Florence Bates John Clough Frank Williams J. Everett Mayo Campbell Pond Elmer Craig Long Island Craig I. B. Neiley North Bath E. W. Haggett Fred W. Larrabee Cinly Lux Swift Pride Woodbury Cuticura Syke Phoenix Garment Dept. Bungalow Heatherbloom Uncle Sam California Kennebec Small Point Joseph Huse Woolwich Sussex Germany U.S America Great Britain United States Shaw Front St
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