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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1919

Page

5

Local Notes From Bath and Vicinity

Wage increase set to take effect June 2. Veterans auxiliary to meet tonight for Memorial day planning. Senator Fernald joins Senate committee on order of business. Dr Gilbert operated on a 57-year-old Harpswell woman for acute sinusitis. A Bath boy plans an auto trip to the coastal area with a friend to settle there. Local cabbage shipment weighed 55 pounds per head. A Franklin County resident knits hundreds of Red Cross hose at Knowlton's Corner. Two Farmington motorists logged 350 miles to Carroll, Aroostook, in 25 hours. Dailey of Gardiner preserves quill-pen era memory with 1859 carriage shipment record. Washington Park residents improve lawns and shade trees. Eastern Steamship Lines plans two boat launches on the Boston and Kennebec route this June. A Congress Square hotel call boy helps thwart coat theft by a shopper, prompting new checking system.

Pepperell Knowlton’s Franklin County Red Cross Farmington Carroll Aroostook Bangor Lincoln Dailey Gardiner Wilkinson Bros Australia Washington Park Bath Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc Boothbay

Bowdoinham Town Hall Hosts Junior Exhibit and Local News

The town hall hosted Coombs High School junior prize speaking with Florence Small and Rena Kimball winning girls prizes and George Brown and Zina Maxwell taking boys top spots. Town events included road work, Cross chapter meetings, and Memorial Day plans as residents report weather delays, new sidewalks, and local visits from Brunswick and Augusta.

Coombs High School Town Hall Chandler Florence May Small Carroll Percy Williams Chester Arthur Jack Rena Mildred Kimball Irving Maxwell Frost Helen Campbell Hackett George Albert Brown Howard Fenwick Adams Helen Miller Gould Zina William Maxwell Rena David C. Bridge Connecticut Allen Bridge Ernesty—Merrill Tuthe Robert Stanton Bert Pierce Merrill George Hackett Jack Brown Mattie Seigars Maria Gray Hazel Grace RK. E. Ferguson America R. J0. Purinton Brunswick George A. Hackett MLC R. R Carver Bros Jack Richmond The Red Cross Herbert Given Lewiston W. S. Given Chester McCullum Bath M. Fowle Jessie Jenkins Hackett's Tim Tilton I. M. Fowle Bernard Donald Henderson Jim Davis New Meadows Will Sampson Lynn Mass Mary Allen Sampson Bowdeinham Steven Cobb Sanford Pearl Hatch Millard Amesbury Mr. Hatch Lena W Patten

Card of Thanks From Bowdoinham Trio

The undersigned express sincere thanks to the Masons Knights of Pythias neighbors and friends for help and sympathy in their bereavement and for floral tributes. Mrs Bertpha Wilds and Mrs Nettie C Brown.

K. of I’s Bertpha Wilds Nettie C. Brown

Bath Company Giv es Up Arcade For Memorial Day Plans

Bath Co members gave up the Arcade on Wednesday night to let Mayor Drake and the Memorial day committee prepare the observance. They will not parade with a band, instead traveling to Lewiston by trolley to join Damon Co in the Lewiston parade and returning for Pythian Memorial services on June 15. The Lewiston Brigade band will accompany Bath Co and Acadia lodge, Knights of Pythias, with invitation extended to Lowell assembly Sisters to ride to cemeteries. Services at Oak Grove will honor deceased members followed by a Pythian Memorial sermon at Peoples Church by Rev Samuel A Evans.

Bath Co. 5 AU. R. E.P Drake Lewiston Damon Company Damon Co Bath Bath Co Acadia Lodge Knights of Tpythias Lewiston Brigade Lowell Assembly Pythian Sisters Oak Grove Pythian Lot People’s Church Samuel A., Evans

Mrs. Gladys B. Howe Dies in Portland Hospital

Mrs Gladys Annker Howe wife of Ernest Howe of L Richmond died Monday night at St Barnabas hospital Portland after weeks of surgical treatment. Pneumonia was the immediate cause. She was about 25. Survived by husband one son Gordon mother Mrs Mary Bunker and sister Miss Rath Bunker.

Gladys Annker Howe Ernest Howe Richmond St. Barnabas Hospital Portland Howe Gordon Mary Bunker Rath Bunker

Taft and Lowell to keynote Portland Chamber Dinner

Former President William H. Taft and Harvard University President A Lawrence Lowell will be guests at a joint Portland Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club dinner Friday noon May 23 at the Fairmouth hotel. About 500 are expected to attend and other clubs will be invited.

William H. Taft A. Lawrence Lowell Harvard University Portland Chamber of Commerce Portland Rotary Club Fairmouth

Woolwich Memorial Day Plans and Local Industry News

Woolwich prepares for its annual Memorial day service to be held Friday evening at eight at the old Congregational church in Nequasset. B C Redennett of Wiscasset will deliver the oration, with music by J F Whittum, while schoolchildren visit cemeteries and naval veterans are honored on the Kennebec aboard the Hockomock. The committee includes James E Fullerton C H Gilmore and Mrs Alice Jones. Also, N Blaisdell & Sons acquire land in Woolwich with 100 feet water frontage to build a new boat plant, moving from Bath to the Woolwich site near the Maine Central railroad, expected to take two months. The firm, led by Nichols Blaisdell, has a half-century boatmaking record, recently launching a 28 foot motor vessel for Boothbay Harbor. Other notes cover local arrivals, visits, and community concerns.

Maria Gray Bertha Moulton Southold Isiah Welch Amasa Williams Charles Holbrook Nellie G Boothbay Harbor Capt. Williams Boothbay Squirrel Island C. H. Fisher Brunswick Henderson John Temple Litchfield F. K. Jack Gretchen Hulse Miss Young John T. Pratt Harvard’s Road Nellie C. Brown Judith Sherman Pratt Bath Alice Preble Ina Douglass Portland Ss. W. Wilds L. W. Staples W. H. Gould Frances KE. Taker Fast Bondsinham Albion Baker Funers G. G.lowers Williams Cemetery W. T H. Gould Edith Wood Roscoe Wood Richmond Mr. Wood K. of Ps John Pratt Bowdeinham Auxiliary Sons of Veterans Pinkerton M. BF Staples Grange Hall Woolwich Old Congregational Church Nequasset B. C. Redennett Wiscasset Lincoln County J. F. Whittum Redennett White Bath and Vicinity F. W. Carlton Front Street Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co Blaisdells Maine Central Railroad Blaisdell Nichols Blaisdell Charles Harrington John Perkins Philip Charles N. Blaisdell & Sons D. W. Baker Bowdoinham John R. Savage Marion Fred Hathorne Elizabeth Curtis Massachusetts Isaac Howard California Bradford Redennett Mackintosh Carlton Trott William Blair Harold Bruce Kate Trott Rockland Bruce Alfred Beals Hyde Windlass Co Pary Iluntoon Samuel Ward Chalmers Roy Morse Frank Carter Livermore Falls Horace Christine Hathorne Harvey I. Hathorne W. R. Lily Mr. Rich Winnegance H. P. Hathorne Walkes J. N. Walmer Mr. Carlin Arrowsie Ralph Dyer

Wesley Church Canvass Nears Centenary Quota

Reports from Wesley church canvassers show progress toward the $1700 centenary goal with about $1300 pledged. The chart compares New England churches with several exceeding targets, including Gardiner Mass over by $5000 and People’s church South Portland Clarke Memorial Woodfords each about $300 over.

Wesley Church New England People’s Church South Portland Clarke Memorial Woodfords Gardiner Mass Richard K. Marr Arthur E. Baum

Two Lobster Cases In Municipal Court

In Small Point Lestie Wallace was found not guilty of larceny from lobster cars belonging to Ernest Pye as he entered a general denial. Irving Wallace also pleaded not guilty to destroying lobster traps tied to Walter Melntire but was discharged for lack of surname marking on the gear.

Lestie Wallace Small Point Keegan Ernest E. Pye Irving Wallace Walter RE. Melntire Melntire Wallace Edward W. Wridgham Arthur J. Dunton

Hearing Held In Accident Case Against Steamship Co

A hearing was conducted in the common council room before Frank L. Taitton of Augusta, head of the Industrial Accident Commission, regarding Nicholas Abraham injured July 2 against The Texas Steamship Co and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. The case was continued for further hearing with additional compensation sought. A parallel action by Lewis Herbert injured January 3 for loss of sight was also continued, with Willis B. Hall of Portland as petitioner’s counsel.

Common Council Frank L. Taitton Augusta Industrial Accident Commission Nicholas Abraham Texas Steamship Co United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co Arthur J. Dunton George W. Gower Skowhegan Lewis Herbert Willis B. Hall Portland

Phi Rho Initiation at Morse High School

The first initiation into Phi Rho the Morse High School fraternity under the new Board of Education form was held Thursday night. The event stayed within the building and impressed members, who say it is a improvement over past tactics. Neophytes were John Gillispie, Stanley Green, Raymond Whalen, Edward Besaw, Vernon Mitchell, and Blakie Reed.

Phi Rho Morse High School Board of— Education John Gillispie Stanley Green Raymond Whalen Edward Besaw Vernon Mitchell Blakie Reed

Probate Court Hearing Over Widow’s Allowance in Woolwich

In Sagadahoc, Judge Lowell heard opposition to an estate allowance for Annie M. Cunningham widow of Henry M. Cunningham of Woolwich. Attorneys Clason Burleigh Martin Titcomb argued against the claim. Judge Dunton represented the widow and will decide later.

Sagadahoc Lowell Henry M. Cunningham Woolwich Annie M. Cunningham

Portland Woman Returns From Overseas Service

Miss Lois Stewart daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Stewart of Portland has returned from overseas service. She arrived in France a week before the armistice and was assigned by the Red Cross to a stenographic position for the chief of the American surgical department. She did volunteer hospital work and was not in peril visiting Rheims Nice Chateau Thierry and sailed home from Marseille.

Lois Stewart J. L. Stewart Portland France Red Cross American Surgical Department Rheims Nice Chateau Thierry Marsailles

Cosmopolitan club to stage Katch Koo soon

Community interest rises for the play Katch Koo presented by the Cosmopolitan club. Rehearsals are satisfactory and all involved are optimistic. Tickets are on sale at Shaw's Bookstore Mikelsky's Music Store and at the club house.

Cosmopolitan Club Shaw’s Mikelsky’s

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