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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1915
Page
10
Bath happenings cover Elks session and assessor work preparing tax bills. Kennebec water recedes while road oil and asphalt shipments arrive for state roads. A new motorboat Kestrel arrives to cheers at Augusta Yacht Club as town dump grows into an Old Curiosity Shop.
The article lists seasonal events and local happenings in Bath and nearby areas. Mentions fish runs at Nequasset, a trap shoot paused, the Zip speed boat, weather oddities, business changes from fruit stand to tailoring shop, street work, hotel front repainting, a pie social, shipping cargo for Pejepscot mill, church and school activities, and various civic updates. It notes the Episcopalian Diocese convention in Portland May 17 19, garden bloom, transit improvements, poster campaigns, and a yacht club meeting with new members. It also reports a dog roaming crackdown, a Hartleb peach tree story, and a suspected check raise crime gang case advancing toward Maine.
Lawyer Haselton of Gardiner visited the town on Tuesday. The funeral of Henry Lynch was held Wednesday morning at 8:30 from St Mary’s Church. Miss Mary Rose Gallant returned from a six month visit with her parents in Summerside. Tug Ariel brought the barge Shamo kin to Parker’s Flats and then to North Boothbay. Bath sent a large delegation to the Bowdoin Colby game in Brunswick. The newest post cards are light green bearing Jefferson’s imprint. Calvin Cromwell finished a new bulkhead on the Abagadas set Creek bridge for Bowdoinham. structure fifteen feet wide.
A Bath meeting at the Corliss Street Church discussed community matters. Local incidents include a man injured at Bath Iron Works, thefts and forgeries uncovered, birthday celebrations, and gypsy encounters with the Bath postmaster.
J Arthur Stevens replaces Purser McNulty on the Virginia while McNulty serves on a jury. George Wace of Popham sells his cruiser Lonise to Bar Point buyers. C B Mallett moves a Bridgton craft to Portland and will deliver in Bath. Wallace Preble sells Brunswick land to Isaac Ridcott. A 14 inch brook trout catch at Thompson's Brook marks a youngster's continued fishing. Foresters of America from Court Sagadahoc attend Grand Court Maine in Portland hosted by Court Italy. Feldspar and pulpwood shipments backlogged at M C R R harbor. Morse High Grounds outdoor basketball poles and lines set. Tug Ariel towed the C T Clark to South Gardiner for lumber. Tug Seguin ferries Shamokin and Nequahoning for ice. Connecticut visitors seek a beans pot for Maine style baked beans via parcel post. A St Mary's Church service accompanies a large funeral procession. interment at Oak Grove. Schooner Brina P Pendleton docks with 606,000 feet of hard pine. Mary E Baxter moved for berth space. Capt Coombs notes long voyage from Gulfport amid head winds. John C Chisholm of Shawmut Seaconnett returns from hospital stay aboard City of Bangor in Bath.
On Wednesday evening the riverfront buzzed with activity as 16 mercury readings and clustered crowds map a busy downtown. Fishermen report good shad catches while most fish head to Boston. real estate inquiries surge for shore properties as Portland shipping plans unfold and the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club repurposes a defiant mast as a flagpole. Alewives near Nequasset show resting pools on ledge as town records note steady commercial demand and rising revenues from local fish sales. Local workers in Portland’s cold storage plant describe large spring fish storage and several Bathmen employed at Capt Jewett’s facility. Tulip beds bloom with Boston-like climate cues while Tulip Sunday looms in public gardens.
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