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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1919

Page

3

Social Happenings of the Week in Bath

Bath residents and visiting dignitaries fill the week with military, business, and social notices. Local sailors, veterans, and families return from service or travel as Hon. Noble Maxwell and Captain Torrey visit Bath. Weddings, arrivals from Five Islands, and theater and church connections are mixed with civic business and travel updates across Bath and nearby towns.

Noble Maxwell of Richmond Bath

Mrs Merryman Pursues Advanced Study in Science of Scalp Skin Nails

Mrs Herbert S Merryman is in Boston pursuing an advanced course on scalp skin and nails. Upon her return she will be better equipped to carry on her parfors Sagadahock block.

Herbert S. Merryman Boston

Leroy McLean Operates Moving Picture Machine in Caribou

Leroy McLean has journeyed to Caribou where he is running a moving picture machine at the Powers theatre, providing entertainment for local patrons.

Leroy McLean Caribou Powers Theatre

Local Bath Notes On Homes Visits And Gardens

Mrs Hasty aims to brighten life for her children with games and activities while promoting work, play, and mental growth. Notable visitors include Hon William R Pattangall and Hon Raymond Fellows in Bath regarding the Cassidy will case. Rufus Emrose plans a bungalow on High Street overlooking the river, and Jane Murphy hosts a spring garden scene with daffodils and hyacinths despite flower thefts.

Wiliam R&r Pattangall Augusta Raymond Fellows Bangor Bath Cassidy Warren C. Philbrook Jane Murphy High Street Miss Murphy

Soldiers use oiled paper windows in France billeting

Serge Henry West recalls soldiers covering frames with strings and oiled paper to substitute for glass, letting light in while keeping out wind. Charles Ervine, who fractured a rib last week from a fall on Granite Hill sidewalk, resumed work at Bath Iron Works Thursday.

France Serge Henry West Charles Ervine Granite Hill Bath Iron Works

True Medical executive buys cottage at Southport Swiss Chateau

J Rawson True of Auburn, connected with True Medical, purchased from Winfield Thompson of Boston, U.S. Shipping Board field agent, a cottage at Southport known as the Swiss Chateau. The cottage sits with views of Townsend Gut and Boothbay Harbor. John Stevens moved his household goods from Bath to Five Islands, aided by Joseph Greenleaf. Mrs. B M Stearns left for Philadelphia for the summer.

J. Rawson True Auburn J. K True Medical Winfield Mr. Thompson Boston U. S. Shipping Board Southport Mr. True Mr. Thompson Switzerland Townsend Gut Boothbay Harbor John Stevens Bath Five Islands Joseph Greenleaf

Bath woman narrowly avoids streetcar in Center Street incident

Tuesday afternoon a Bath woman crossing Center street stepped back to avoid an oncoming car and walked into the path of a streetcar stopped by the motorman just feet away. The report urges obeying Stop Look Listen at crossings and notes local residents Mary H Bruce plans to live with her daughter in Bath, plus other town updates.

Center Street

Rehearsal Monday for Young People in Katcha Koo

A Cosmopolitan club event plans a late May presentation featuring many groups and child performers. Sammiies and Laddie Boys listed with chaperons, plus Priests and Priestesses, Scarf Dancers, Polo Group, and multiple named principals and nurses, including Miss Bessie Brown.

Katcha-Koo Cosmopolitan Club Alice Whalen Catherine Galvin Evelyn Hope Catherine Thompson Wdith Thompson Elizabeth Coombs Isabel Wishart Peter A. Olinto Charles A. Harriman Italy Lydia Daxter Carrie Shaw Ellen Newell Margaret Baker Louise White Arabella Lord Fred P. Shaw L. J. Underhill Clarence Johnson Allen M. Irish Belgium Janette Smith Alexandrine Martin Addie Palmer Miriam Reed Robert B. Hatch A. A. Percy Ruth Ledyard Doris Dyer Helen Artis Lucille Page Evelyn Heald Margaret Wishart John Burkhardt Walter S. Glidden Ruth Mikelsky Madelyn Davis Josephine Fraser Alice Deering W. B. Palmer Arthur J. Dunton Margaret Hanson Ethel Cochrane Hattie Rechardson Charlotte Cooke Lillian Mason Marion Titcomb Redwina Mayers Otis Trafton Arthur J Lester McCloy Mr. McCloy

Bath Nets and Local Happenings Highlight Spring

Bath is abuzz with community items from flag lore to Shaws tulip beds. Notables include Gen J P Cilley’s retirement plans, lawyer Walter Butler returning to practice, and the Daniel Baker schooner wreck off Nabou with crew saved.

Daniel ©. Baker Eastport Nabou Cape, Breton Strait of Canso Dalen Islands Aprarg Saat

Maine toResume Steam Lines After War Use

Reports say Maine steamship lines will restart after months of vessels diverted to government service. Even small coastal boats such as South Port and Westport were chartered for military transport, carrying sick and wounded from transatlantic ships to hospital ports. An abandoned dock north of the electric power station on Washington Street is filling with debris and will become reclaimed land.

Gladys R. Perkins Calais France United States Army Miss Perkins Lawrence General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Base Hospital No. 6 Bordeaux U. S. Army Effie E. Perkins Cleveland Street Maine United Sates Southport Westport Dath Boothbay Harbor United States Washington Spring Street

Sedgwick circle G A R plans supper and grave decorations

At a Tuesday meeting Sedgwick circle Ladies of the G A R voted to serve supper on Memorial Day for Sedgwick Post G A R members and Sons of Veterans, and to decorate member graves. Guests Mrs Richardson and Mrs Gregory, formerly of Camden and now in Bath, attended. The sewing circle donated 235 to Sedgwick circle. Col Eugene T Savage and wife returned to Bangor from Washington after his army discharge and will rejoin T R Savage Co. Arthur Kief of Ellsworth, among Hancock county’s first draftees, home from service with a wound stripe. recounts Chateau Thierry exploits.

Sedgwick Circle Sedgwick Post Sons of Veterans Richardson Gregory Camden Bath Eugene T. Savage Bangor Col. Savage Ordnance Department of the Army Germany American Army of Occupation France Arthur Kief Ellsworth Hancock County Co. B. 1084 Chateau Thierry Heington Stinson Sawyer South Seville

Texas yard hospital expands services and staff

The Texas yard hospital now handles most accident cases in house reducing transfers to City hospital. Regular attendance includes nurses and surgeons Miss Lulu Manderson, Amy Titcomb, and Sarah Wade. A trench several hundred feet long is dug from J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co. new mill toward the Washington street line to connect with the city water main.

Texas Yard Hospital Lulu Manderson Amy Titcomb Sarah Wade J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co Washington Street City

Civil War era kerosene price notes and yacht club launches

The Gardiner Home Journal of 1862 hints at profiteering during the Civil War with kerosene prices rising yet suggested to drop. It cites a city resale at 80 cents a gallon versus wholesale 45 cents and notes more New Meadows yacht club motor boats have been launched.

Gardiner Home Journal New Meadows Yacht Club

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