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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1919

Page

3

Social Happenings: Bath weekly crowd and travels

Bath diary of visitors and residents includes Mrs. Eleanor Saurman and Ruth of Dorchester visiting brother James C Mulligan, Skippers James Fitzgerald and others in Bath, Wiscasset, Portland and Boston. Notes on engagements, travels to Moosehead Lake, St Petersburg, Falmouth, and Columbus marriage plans for Lieut Harold Strong Kelley and Emmett Curtis.

Harold S. Kelley Charles Kelley Fort Benning Columbus

Vacationing men search for buried skeleton at Nason farm

Tart Copareily Martin Connelly H Nason and Frank Hinds visited Nason's farm on the Back River shore to search for the skeleton recently found by Clyde Stilphen and Berhest Kingsbury but found no trace. They used Mason's power boat Baby and Connolly's yacht Shamrock for the trip along with lunch from the palm roots they dug up.

Martin Connelly Nason Prank Hinds Mr. Nason Georgetown Back River Clyde Stilphen Berhest Kingsbury Mason Mr. Hinds

Bath area social notes highlight visitors and events

Numerous friends predict further success for him in this department. Harry A. Nealley of Newton and Fred J. Fawcett came Monday from MacMahan island with Nealley’s brother William V Nealley and his son Bowdoin Nealley of Bangor. They visited Nealley cottage then returned toward Bangor via Rockland dining at the Canoe club. Mr. and Mrs. EF. H. Jewett of Toledo arrived en route to Damariscotta for an extended visit with Mrs. Chapman. Mrs. Lewis B. Swett and Willis A. Frost of Berwick were local visitors. Various officials and residents, including J. P. Grenier and Neil I. Violet, were noted in Bath. Gov. Milliken plans Memorial Day events in Boothbay Harbor, and James de Gogorza donated Brand Whitlock’s Belgium to Patten Free Library along with remarks on its significance.

Harry A. Nealley Frederick J. Fawcett Newton Mass Bath Jeff McHahan George TB. Moody Bowdoin Bangor Fred J. Fawcett MacMahan Island Mr. Nealley William V.’. Nealley Bowdoin Nealley Nealley Cottage Rockland Canoe Club Harry Nealley Mr. Fawcett Toston EF. H. Jewett Toledo Ohio Carl FE. Milliken Boothbay Harbor Mme James de Gogorza Patten Free Library Brand Whitlock Belgium Whitlock Edith Cavell Louvain van der Lanckens

Local notices and social updates from Bath area

Rev Edwin Dodge Hardin preached at Bowdoin College chapel after invitation from President Sills. Burton Vieree received a $100 prize show Spitz Pomeranian. Capt O M Gray of Pendleton Yard visits Islesboro before Maine coast trip. Mrs Mary F Curtis travels from Christian Science church in Bath to Richmond. Bishop Brewster officiated Grace Church services after return to Portland. Mr and Mrs Benjamin P Frank of Beverly are guests in Bath. Walter S Glidden attends funeral in Camden for aunt Miss S P Seward in New York. Mrs Mary A Gowen returns to Woolwich after winter with son Fred in Bath. Helen Little resigns from W T H Smith & Son, to go to Portland. Justice Warren Philbrook returns to Waterville after Sagadahoe court adjournment. Fr Brandall Leonard and wife plan North Conway visit. Jerry Smith returns from winter fishing in Pensacola. Mrs TP Joyce returns to Lewiston after Bath visit with daughter. Joseph White, Mrs Lemont, Mrs Larrabee attend funeral of Mrs E J Trask in Nobleboro. Mrs Roscoe P Ham returns from visit near Camden. Marriage intentions of Gilman Day and Grace Plourde recorded in Bath city clerk office. Mrs William Sewall and Miss Dorothy Sewall spend weeks in Fargo with daughter Mrs Fred Hector.

Fox mischief and pond eels hook Bath items

A Bath area column mixes anecdotes from countryside fox encounters to local fishing catches and civic notes. A fox chased poultry at Joseph Paslok’s farm. anglers report eels in Campbell’s pond and a brook trout in the Androscoggin near The Jepson mill. Other items cover ships, camps, a dog and cat trained to sit for ice cream, and a tree replacement for Hon. A. H. Shaw.

Notable Maine Figures Travel and Local Happenings

Miss Florente I Dodge Mrs Boyd Bullock and Zina M Eaton guests at the Old Fools Home pass away in Portland on an early morning trolley. Congressman Wallace H White Jr arrives in New York aboard Noordam after Europe trip with a congressional delegation. Mrs L F Morse visits Portland as Mr Morse buys a new Oldsmobile and returns to Woolwich. William Mann attends the 47th annual Grand Lodge of the Dythians of Maine in Lewiston with Acadia lodge members. Edward Plummer Harry T Passmore Henry G Hodgdon Earnest W Miller Frank H Beals Lewis B Swett attend. Mr and Mrs Edward J Hawkes return to Fall River after Bath visit with daughter Mrs Henry Southard. Mayor J Edward Drake presents Mrs Drake with a new quick sedan. Dr and Mrs Harry F Morin return to Bath after 18 months in the U S army medical corps. D J Lindsay of Newcastle representing Liberty Bronze Works in New York on bronze tablets memorials for young men in service. Mrs James B Perkins and daughter Elizabeth return to Boothbay Harbor from Bath visit with parents Mrs and Mrs Zina Orne. Hen son Blenn helps grandparents until schools close.

Florente I. Dodge William Mann Lewiston Grand Lodge of the Dythians of Maine Acadia Lodge Edward (. Plummer Harry T. Passmore Henry G. Hodgdon Earnon W. Miller Frank H. Beals Lewis B. Swett D. J. Lindsay Newcastle Liberty Bronge Works New York James B. Perkins Elizabeth Bath

Early season drive reports smooth roads and upcoming yacht cruise

Driver W. F. Delano of Georgetown Stage notes good road conditions with only a few bad spots. Hon. Harold M. Sewall departed Monday for Boston to join a party aboard the Dearborn yacht Colonia for a cruise to New York.

W. F. Delano Georgetown Harold M. Sewall Boston Dearborn Colonia New York

Mrs Teasdale Joins Sailor Husband In New York

Mrs Stanley Teasdale left Thursday for New York to join her husband Chief Electrician Teasdale of the U S S Evans who expects discharge soon. Teasdale was stationed in Bath and met his bride here. she is formerly Miss Gertrude S Dutton daughter of Mrs Harry A Barker.

Stanley Teasdale New York Teasdale U.S.S. Evans Mr. Teasdale Bath Gertrude S. Dutton Harry A. Barker

Gannett Yacht Purchases and Washington Campaign Meet

Guy T. Gannett of Augusta, known to Bath residents as a yachtsman, bought two Topaz yachts from ex-Commodore Charles W. Clifford Jr. of the Kennebec yacht club and travels to Washington to help organize for the next presidential campaign, with Mrs. Gannett representing Maine women. Capt. A. P. Greenfest of Southport operates the Norman II between Boothbay Harbor and Bath on Tuesdays and Saturdays, drawing solid patronage for passengers and freight.

Guy T. Gannett Augusta Bath Charles W. Clifford, Jr Kennebec A. P. Greenfest Southport Boothbay Harbor

Howard Coal Co Purchases Grays at Bailey Barn Auction

The Howard Coal Co purchased at the Bailey barn auction sale in Wisconsin set Saturday a pair of handsome dapple grays standing 17 hands high and weighing 3400 pounds. The pair is now quartered in the coal yard stables and excites great admiration from horse fanciers.

Howard Coal Co Bailey Barn Wiscasset Coal Yard

Fishermen report poor river season and slim catches

In Kennebec the river yields few fish this season with cold spring blamed for the sparse schools. A fisherman notes oil scum may deter fish yet recalls harder work in calmer days. Meanwhile Oscar Busch reports 350 bushels of potatoes sold to stores and homes last week as Early Rose seed sells at three dollars a bushel. Bath Brunswick Light and Power installs ornamental street poles and wires at Housing Project 59 Russell Field, with gas planned for all homes. Construction at Watson Frye Co. progresses with bricklaying, iron girders, and timber piles visible along Front Street.

Kennebec Oscar Busch Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co Russell Field Watson, Frye Co., Ltd

Bath notes on relics and local happenings in Maine

Bath residents reflect on war relics gathered by veterans Porto, family ties, and local social life. The piece covers a sailor’s daughter, streetcar trials, confirmation service, Red Cross workrooms, Bath harbor events, roadway and municipal updates, and memories of local figures intertwined with naval and military history.

Many moth millers flying across town bustle

Baltimore birds call mates at sunrise and sunset while prices rise for hot dogs to a dime. William Roderick buys and dismantles the David 8S Harris barn on High street for lumber. Ketcha Koo show at Columbia theatre May 27 28. Club girls rehearse. Diamond Spring Ice coats Woolwich route three deliveries weekly. Woolwich residents pleased. Colonial cafe fills with dancers at 11 15 pm for midnight lunch. A barge reaches Augusta. seven feet of coal float upriver to Gardiner and points beyond. Epidemic leaves many in bad shape with pleurisy heart trouble and other ailments. Joseph Charles Footer moves houses on Academy and Center streets. Shea house shifts to new colony. elm on Water Street cut for kindling. West Woolwich man drives a new Ford. Fly suppression campaigns begin statewide. Spring showers promise large hay crop at 28 per ton. Winter Street Hill walk removed to expose mud. Augusta sign lights dominate Bath car. half of Augusta now in Bath. Wilbur Howe finds square tail brook trout in his weir. Authorities curb merchants sidewalk displays. About 745 Sagadahoc council Knights of Columbus attend Mass at St Marys. mission ends. members dine at hall on Front Street.

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Eleanor Saurman Ruth Dorchester James C. Mulligan Saurman New England Conservatory of Music John Fitzgerald M. A. Haraden Henry W. Howard Mr. Fitzgerald Marjorie York A. F. Goodrich Hallowell Hiarry T. Passmore Portland Bernard FE. Goon The Times Linotype Battery A. Hi. Shaw Forest Park Moosehead Lake Fred TP. Nichols Randall Portsmouth Nichols Robert J. Gilker Sherbrooke Troward Fred C. Potter Fimdell Pond Mr. Potter J. McRoyal George A. Tickinson Massachusetts Charles Powers Merritt CC. Gackenback Ernest Ward Herbert I. Grindle John and Arthur Pooter Embden Edwin E. Pinson East Boothbay Goldie Povich Bath Savings Institution Charles Day Richmond John A. Morse Congress Square Thomas Jack Donald John Wplack Shaw Greenville Fred H. Kimball St.eetersburg, Fla Harold Kelley West Point 1918 Charles E. Kelley Lieut. Kelley Helen Decker Mrs Roscoe Decker High Street Warren E. Kershner Landgon T. Snipe Winter Street Charles P. Wetherbee Bath Tron Works, Ltd Washington Charles W. Clossom Mae Miraldes Ibass Harbor Ray, Leavitt Topsham Evelyn P. King Joseph Sanford Richard Chew Bath Iron Works I. H. Rowe Five Islands Chorge Cross Haverhill, Mass Henry Blodgett Lawrence P. Dyer Ralph Pitman Saunday Dover N. H W. H. Holland Herman McFadden A. F. Williams Phippsburg Jane Walsh Kittery Thomas Watson Lindsay Ernest L. Marr Commercial Street Franklin MacCormick Bowdoin College William BR. Pattangall Emergency Fleet Corporation Philadelphia Arthur Snow William J. Doherty United States Housing Corporation Lincoln and Academy Streets Wilbur T. Emerson Augusta House Washington, D.C Mr. Emerson Aviation Corps BE. Hilton Post Falmouth Methodist Episcopal Church Beacon Street W. P. Merrill Thomas McDonough South Framingham Annie Sullivan Woolworth Seollay Square Sullivan McDonough Harold Strong Kelley Emmett Curtis Walter Wells Curtis Trinity Episcopal Church of Columbus Lieut Kelley Morse High School Columbus Ledger South Atlanta George E. Thompson Elwell S. Crosby Rebecca Nash Elbridge Giles Stuart Tath Doris Fields South Paris W. H. Smith & Son's Annie Tripp St Washington Street Harry Adams J. 11. Hawkins Thomas EF. Mettormick McCormick France 803D Heavy Artillery Hawkins Argonne Metz Mt. Desert Manchester N. IL Bert GL. Borpheimer Waldoboro Path Fred B. Silsby Byverett Supt. Ellingwood the Public Schools of Newport, Vt John Howe Freeport Galen C. Moses Miami, Fla William J. Skelton Public Utilities Commission Allen Gove Barters Island B. H. Woodside Bertha Russell Oscar J. Farech Worcester Anna Field Florence K. Mitchell Dummer Street Henry C. Tarbox Ernest A. Allen Washington, D. C Mere Point Lois Steward Nahum S. Steward Miss Steward American Red Cross Willis A. Frost Berwick J. P. Grenier Neil I. Violet Deputh Benjamin Desjardin New Ivon House Harold Sewall Frank Sewall California James B. Young Episcopal Church Blanche Metcalf John W. Brown American Clothing Co Mr. Brown Hubert H. McCarty McCarty Capt John Conway Morse High Edwin Dodge Hardin Bowdoine College Chapel Kenneth C. M. Sills Burton Vieree O. M. Gray Pendleton Yard Islesboro Maine Mary F. Curtis Christian Science Church Brewster Grace Church Benjamin P. Frank Beverly, Mass Thomas Lord Walter S. Glidden Camden 8. P. Seward Mary A. Gowen Woolwich Fred N. Gowen Helen Little W. TH. Smith & Son's Pemaquid Warren (. Philbrook Sagadahoe County Brandall Leonard North Conway Jerry Smith Pensacola Fla TP. H. Joyce Holland Street Walter Smith, Jr Joseph White Joseph Lemont Fred Larrabee West Bath Nobleboro E. J. Trask Mr. White Roscoe P. Ham Willis Witcher Gilman I. Day Grace I. Plourde William D. Sewall Dorothy Sewall Fred Hector Fargo, North Dakota Joseph Paslok Taylor Pianza Sir Reynard Campbell’s Pond H. L. Griffin Androscoggin Thejepscot Mill Brunswick Carton Trott Wilbur Howe West Woolwich Howard Block Center Street York Street North End North Arthur Morrell Mitchell Texas Steamship Co C. A. D’arcy and N. FE. Cadman F. W. Carlton Hotel Wentworth Mr. Carlton Court House Columbine A. R. Webster Merrymeeting Boothbay Thorne’s Island A. H. Shaw Wallace H. White Jr Noordam L. F. Morse B. G. Potter Morse Mrs. Morse Edward J. Hawkes Fall River, Mass Henry Southard J. Edward Drake Harry F. Morin Morin Medical Corps United States Army CITY New England Henry West Southend Annie Abbie Martin Charles T. Burnett Bishop Brewster Red Cross Islander Secpd Bath Directory Jake Conant Mean Laws Inn Joseph Charles Footer Lincoln Street Wilbur G. Cahill Arcola Rice Billy Boland Batherr Boland John Barleycorn Keegan Maryston Water Street Percy D. Marston U. S. Army of Occupation Per Percy Jennie Harvey Town Hall Popham Beach Garnet House Frances New Meadows Land Camp Kateen United Spanish War Veterans Red Men's Hall Central Church Veterans and Friends of the Order Parent-Teache Is Association Watson Welch Leo Doucette Baltimore Érislep William Roderick Columbia Theatre Diamond Spring Ice Co Colonial Cafe Gardiner Academy Street Shea Lincoln Streets Vine Center Streets Winter Street Hill Sagadahoc Nights of Columbus St. Mary’s Front Street
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