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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1922
Page
4
Bowdoinham village lodge F A M held a largely attended public installation Saturday evening with Judge officers installed by R W John E Merrill of Denham district deputy grand master. The event featured recitations, music, a banquet, and several named officers for the coming year.
George H Proctor incident near new bank building last Thursday. Curis J Carr hosted a pleasant party with music and dancing. Masonic installation held at soviets rooms last Tuesday evening with good attendance and supper. William Spear of Be Sunday visited town. Bolles of Dowdein sold a volt for 50, the animal was one year old. Methodist society baked bean supper at vestry on Wednesday. Growell visited Anson Me reporting several inches of snow and sleighing. A shooting at Chirk Chieplin’s tea house last Friday. Phomizs Norman of Hivilfax aged 27 was shot by Phowas Cadlalain of Richmond. Cadlalain says accidental. Norman alive but not expected to recover. Austin Randall of Brunswick met them to Lobel. Capt Pred Jackson of the Gospel army conducted Sabbath meetings in town. Mrs David O Foye of Bath visiting Mrs Thomas Tyler, Mrs Tyler's health improving.
A Maine principals meeting in Bangor on October 27 approved a two section state basketball plan. Eight teams from each district will play at Maine and Bates colleges, with winners then possibly meeting for the state title and earning a trip to the Tufts New England tournament. A post graduate ban after September 1, 1923 and a uniform letter rule were adopted.
Bath Rotary members debated reopening the Bath Y M C A to aid Morse High and Junior High students. Director F B Nichols stressed funding needs while Beany Stover urged Rotary help in finding a new secretary and rallying student support.
Legion post in Bath plans Armistice week festivities November 9 to 11 at the armory with a grand service on Armistice Day. Events include merchant displays, vaudeville, dances, a minstrel show, and a diamond ring contest to crown Sagadahoe county’s most popular girl. Contest entrants and voting rules announced. votes earned by purchases at Bath merchants.
Miss Martha D Peirce 21 of Malden says she is engaged to George Noah a Bowdoin College senior from Melrose. A marriage intention is rumored in Portheid while Miss Peirce displays a Delta Iota Epsilon pin said to belong to Neal. Neighbors tease Prank and a telegram adds to curiosity as Noahs respond with disbelief and Miss Perron works at Malden Audi terminal as a ticket seller.
A free furnace was pledged for the Roland T. Smith American Legion post home at Washington and Oak streets. Donor wished to remain anonymous. Harry M. Huse will install at material cost. Auxiliary members and others attended a meeting with sewing machines loaned and a quilt finished. Rogers chaired in Morin’s absence.
Cedric Martin topped the Park alleys weekly rolloff with a 305 score marking the first event of the season. Morris Reynolds was second with 280 and Richard Lowell trailed by one point. A new season is set to begin with the Bath Bowling League starting Monday night and city council meetings continuing with routine items.
Woolwich reports a Halloween gathering at the Sagadahoe Ferry schoolhouse with witches ghosts and other creatures entertaining with tunes stories and games. The item lists community visitors and local movements including donations for Bath City hospital and several residents traveling or ill.
Tickets are on sale for Bath American Legion Fair opening Thursday night November 9 at Armory hall and running through November 11. The general committee includes Roscoe Perkins Louis Jack Galen Ward Gardner Rogers Randall Coombs Thomas Fowler Archie Pennell and guests such as Charlotte Cahill Rauser. A grand ball, Legion Auxiliary exhibits, a Legion Songfesters, and a midway of funny freaks are planned with many merchant exhibitors and coupon stores listed.
A historical advert extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior family medicine with blood purifying effects and longstanding tested use by three generations. It claims the remedy has been trusted by American households for half a century and urges readers to choose Hood's today.
The article outlines major overhauls to reduce foul throwing and mixups between flagrant and accidental fouls. It notes a stiffer penalty for serious fouls and lighter penalties for accidental ones, with running with the ball illegal dribbling and drive ball infractions reclassified as violations and possession awarded to the opposing team.
In a Saturday grid tale from the Biddeford Journal Thornton exploited Morse line weakness with unbalanced formations. Brownlee and Lombard gained steadily as Thornton converted two touchdowns by Brownlee and Lombard one. Morse threatened early with clever plays but Thornton's defense stifled drives and kept Morse scoreless. Police reported minor Halloween mischief amid near-nil damage as accidents and questionable notices fill the rest of the page.
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