Local Jottings From Bath Yard and Town Scenes
Local notes report about 100 men at the Texas yard and twelve yachts moored at the K Y C Bath. Bath Lodge Elks prep Flag Day. Parker Lewis opens a courthouse lawn outing. A menagerie of small town events follows from mill deliveries, yacht launches, bicycle crashes, and a new four cylinder engine for Morse fleet. Police detain a youth at Center and Front Streets. Y M C A Juniors win 28 to 10. A Bath man injured in a forest fire accident. local births, pasture moves, and a Finn named Oscar Lodki held by Lincoln County authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.Y.C. Bath
Morris Potter
Louis Baker
Boston
Potter Cottage
Townsend Gut
Southport
James Green
Nequasset
Stott
S. M. Brown
Morse
Morris Baker
Bath Iron Works
Woolwich
Baker
Harold Haggett
Haggett Place
Court St
Haggett
Woodford's
Bath
Front Sts
Rice
Y.M.C.A
St. John Institute
Brunswick
Duncan McInnes
Thistle
Holbrook
Perkins
Attaya
Curran
Belfast
Bangor News
George A. Gilchrest
George McQuesten Co
Gilchrest
Thomaston
Five Mile Swamp
Eugene Dodge
No. 1 Hose Co
Paul Wilson
Pater
Farrar
John Sonia
Jones Pasture
Durham
Sonia
Jones
Oliver
Marshal Wallace
Wiscasset
Augusta
Oscar Lodki
Hockomock
Lincoln County
Bath Markets Report Brightens With Butterfish Arrivals
Trade in Bath shows butterfish inflow while yard activity hops across Texas lines. Pine flooring from Arkansas reaches Harry Passmore as Clarence Morse ships 200000 ft of boxboards to the Westport barge. Maine Federation numbers reach 4000 to 5000 with strength in town clubs, not cities. Front Street track work advances despite storm, and outdoor labor halts citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Texas
Arkansas
Harry Passmore
Clarence Morse
West
Westport
Maine Federation
City of Rockland
Boston
Bath Marine Construction Co
Harvard College Boys
Shaw
United States
Department of Commerce
People’s Baptist Church
Elm Street Baptist Church
Kelley Field
P. B.C
Lincoln Hall
Supreme Court
M. C. Lilly
Emiline Lilly
Savage
Lilly Anchor Works
W. S. Glidden
A. J. Dunton
William T. Hall
Edward J. Conant
William H. Conant
Phippsburg
S. A
Maine Bankers’ Association
Augusta House
New England Bankers’ Association
Swampscott
Mass
S. C. Parcher
Saco
H. F. Libby
Pittsfield
Sewall Maddocks
Boothbay Harbor
Haskell S. Hall
Waterville
B. W. Adams
Bangor
E. S. Cunard
Rumford
George N. Safford
Hallowell
Charles
J. Walter Higgins
Pensacola
J. C. Higgins
E. In
Stiness
Charles R. Higgins
Bath area notes and harbor shipping items in May 1916
Local items report Walter Bowker buying horses in Woolwich and shipping and store changes at Farrar branch High Street. Shipyard crews, ferry traffic, and hearings related to Bath Box Co. per diem freight charges are noted along with bids, charters, and a minor fire near Chelsea ice house. The article includes transit, fishing, and steamboat movements around Bath, Sagadahoc and Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bowker
Phippsburg
Woolwich
The
Universalist Church
Jennie Morse
Sherman Taber
Farrar
High St
Edward H. Turner
Chestnut St
Ephraim Bridges
Bangor
Morse
Sagadahoc
Richard Leydon
C. A. Peaslee
Maine Utilities Commission
Bath Box Co
Augusta
Jack
Bowdoinham
Bowdeinham
Automobile Bureau
Secretary of State’s Department
State House
Harry O. Richardson
Bath Iron Works
Winchester
R. L. Reichert
W. E. Osborne
U.S. N
Allan
Davis
Happy Nook
Walter Sanborn
Islander
Boothbay Harbor
Ocean Point
Augusta, Gardiner & Boothbay Steamboat Co
A. J. Dunton
Moore
Bath Box Factory
Seattle
Svendborg
Chelsea
C. E. Clark
Kennebec
Birds Depart for Westport and Other Local Notes
Black ducks migrate to Westport in the northward flight. Naval constructors Walsh and Hemm, Bath Fortnightly Club visits, and a series of local lectures mark a busy period.
Hyde Guards Grow to Fifty Six Members in Maine Coast Artillery
The Hyde Guards of the Maine Coast Artillery now number 56 enlisted men, excluding officers. A gale blew tender foliage from maples and other trees, while alewives flood markets and streets, easing local living costs. The Morse High debating team received their "M" insignia, with members named. Capt. Daniel J. Humphrey, famed Atlantic mariner, died at 74 in New Bedford, born at Dennisport, Cape Cod. The Maine organization reports 6200 members and pride in its work, while state officials warn of automobile law violations amid license tag issues. Gardiner notes Bangor officers with long tenures and praises baggage master Si Owen. Mother's Day services at Beacon Street Sunday School drew good attendance, planning for Children's Day on June 11 and new committee assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Guards
Maine Coast Artillery
First Baptist Church
George McLellan
High St
Morse High
Roger Skillings
Rutherford White
Leo Burke
Monroe
Rowe
John Miller
Daniel J. Humphrey
Atlantic
New Bedford
Dennisport
Cape Cod
Boston
Maine
Portland
Lewiston
Gardiner
Kennebec Journal
Bangor
Hathorn
George H. Corbin
Genial ‘Si’ Owen
Raymond McCutcheon
Beacon Street
George Bell
J. E. C. Sawyer
M. H. Douglas
Marion Dain
Irene Oliver
Irena Gilman
Doris Shepard
William Crafts
Rosa Rogers
Lois Perry
Mary Shaw
Charlies Bachelder
Om Decorating
T. N. Kensley
William Thistle
Memoria l Day rehearsals and May 24 concert planned
Dead marches and martial music echo on Front Street as a band rehearses for Memorial Day. The Wesley Church social committee schedules an orchestral concert in the chapel on May 24, while local improvements and harbor expansion talks unfold with regional leaders and officials in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front St
Brotherhood of Wesley Church
Hinckley
H. L. Hopkins
K.Y.C
Oak St
Post Office Department
Washington
Washington St
Hyde Windlass Co
Middle St
Bailey
Joseph C. Footer
E. C. Plummer
Maine
Board of Engineers of the War Department
Portland
Oakley K. Curtis
Wilford G. Chapman
Charles E
South
Charlies M. Johnson
Daniel J. McGillicuddy
Asher C. Hinds
Frank B. Guernsey
John A. Peters
George L. Crosman F
Portland Chamber of Commercce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Texas Yard
J. H. Walsh
Portsmouth
Naval
Hemm
Kittery Navy Yard
Edward Avis
Morse High School
Hamilton
Riverside
Popham Beach
Reed
Ottawa
A. M. Lewis
Judge Lowell
George P. Larrabee
Fred Bowie
Charles Roberts
Maine State Athletic Council
State Superintendent of Schools
L. H Conant
Westbrook High School
Payson Smith
Louise Spinney
Franklin Spinney
Richardson St
S. A. Evans
George, Everett
Irvin Stilphen
George Spinney
Oak Grove Cemetery
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ladies of Genesta Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
E. C. Patten
John P. Welch
Cape Cottage Beach
John Alden
Togus Home
Department
Togas
Col. Plummer
G.A.R
Damariscotta
Board of Supervising
United States Steamboat Inspection Service
Empire Mechanical Milker
Empire
Empire Cream Separator Company
Eaton Hardware
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