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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1926
Page
8
Forty years ago in Bath reports the firemen muster with a large lineup, route, and parade and a grand Alameda ball. The episode notes Captain Snow returning from a wedding, school sessions, and the Indiana voyage from Antwerp to San Francisco.
The Coffee House reports brisk business with regular patrons dining on fish chowder and oyster stews. Owner Montgomery adds a kitchen above the restaurant, plans extra help tomorrow, and may hire another cook next winter to meet demand.
October 29 1886 Sedgwick Relief Corps planned an afternoon meeting to decide the date of their upcoming annual fair. Members to discuss scheduling and arrangements for the community event.
A crew of water worksmen began digging a water pipe trench near Court Street this morning. The prize won by the Hunneman tub Kennebec will likely be presented to M G Shaw & Son, owner of the tub.
Oct 30 1886 Bath items note the Star of the Mast missing a round trip due to a storm. The water pitcher on display in Webber's window draws attention. Bath Board of Trade sets a full attendance Monday at 8 o clock. Sedgwick Relief Corps fair is planned for Alameda Nov 10 and 11 with a special meeting that afternoon. Providence firemen Charles and John Witchell depart Bath for Providence after Muster. Olympian club reports progress. Kelley and Torrey elected members. Weber Quartette to be engaged for Nov 8. Stilts fascinate Bath youth as many boys own pairs though one fall injures a hand. A south end rider loses balance on balloon stilts. A southern Bath incident: a shackle breaks on a Bruns wick to Bath mixed train, the front portion reaches High Street Bridge and the missing section is found near the trotting park and brought to Bath station about twenty minutes late.
At a New England Shipbuilding Co meeting Amos B. Haggett was elected superintendent replacing Ek. FL Sawyer resigned. Court street partly closed for water main trenching with blasting planned. Hunters James W Parington and Charles Ti Greenleaf showed two deer at H L Chase store. largest buck about 250 pounds. Bath Light Infantry to meet at armory. banks declare dividends and note semi-annual payments.
A Holbrook boy near Rich school house was struck in the head by a rifle bullet passing through his hat. Residents fear careless rifle handling after reports of a bullet through a sheep and an injured animal. Meanwhile Stevedores say work is dull and coal heavers expect limited work for months as some shift to water works.
County Commissioners met in session with a city council meeting slated for tomorrow night. Bath residents received invites to Lois Dimnkings oil and pastel exhibition on High Street. Adjutant General’s report praises Bath Light Infantry. Bath Board of Trade held a well attended meeting approving time changes and printing envelopes. The Wesley M BE church celebrated its debt extinguishment with a large gathering. Olympian club expands reading room and temperance efforts praised as educational for youth.
Secretary of Y reports on the reading table with magazines and papers donated by Joseph M Trott and Frank B Nichols. It describes social functions including a New Year’s ball with 275 attendees, a church league banquet for 125 players, and a charity benefit raising about $200 for Bath City hospital.
Judge James 8 Lowell saw numerous actions including wills filed for Celia Lincoln and Amory M Houghton, estates of Henry Swan Horatio Locke Rosita Small and more, grants of administration, bonds waived, guardians named, inventories and accounts approved, licenses to sell real and personal estate issued, and name changes for Hortense Tillotson and Gertrude Wallace.
The Loyal Patriots class of Corliss Street Sunday school named a committee to organize a baked bean supper at the South End Parent- Teacher rooms on Tuesday night next week. Albert McMann chairs with Merritt Mitchell Philip Eaton and Francis Bruce as members. Mrs. John H. Hunt hosted the meeting to arrange food solicitation ticket sales and kitchen duties with Mrs Hunt overseeing the kitchen aided by assistants. The class orchestra led by Mrs Howard Nash will provide music.
Dr and Mrs Eben J Marston departed Tuesday for Dobbs Ferry New York to visit Mrs Marston's sister Mrs Sidney W Noyes. They will then travel to Peru Indiana to spend Thanksgiving with another sister Mrs Mae Hall.
A long list of donors and supporters appears in continuing coverage of the Legion Memorial Fund drive. Names include M. H. Page, N. Petlock, Gladys Wratt, Marcia Richardson, Mrs. J. W. Savage, and many others, with a strong showing by local residents and groups. The roll of contributors underscores community backing for the memorial effort.
The Bath Young Men's Christian Association Board met Tuesday night with officers and directors present. A thorough budget review approved a plan to raise $2000 in contributions through the annual campaign starting Thursday morning, with Sidney N. Eaton named campaign manager and reporting readiness for the drive.
The Church League Board will convene Thursday evening at the YMCA to launch activities for the 26 and 27 seasons. All past officials managers captains counselors and officers are urged to attend, with open invitation to interested others. Ministers’ attendance is especially desired.
The funeral for L. Bradford Oliver took place Tuesday afternoon at his home at 132 Washington Street with Rev. David L. Wilson of Central Church officiating. Bearers were Edwin E. Pinson, Charles Coombs, Henry McCabe, and Henry Nelson. burial followed at Oak Grove.
The Opera House announces a week of screenings led by Bottling Butler with Duster Keaton and Leatrice Joy in Made For Love. Art Acord westerns, Viola Dana in Wild Oats Lane, and Dorothy Gish in Nell Gwynn headline. Two Saturday shows, plus Pearl Oliver dance numbers Thursday to Saturday, and upcoming serial The Fighting Marine.
WEST BATH and Mrs. Walter Larrabee recently left for Miami Florida and reached Philadelphia after a very fine trip. They were guests en route at the home of their daughter Mrs. Lulu Clinger. Boston visitors Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey and family were Sunday guests in Bowdoin. A diver repaired a water main break in the Bath Water District on the bed of the New Meadows River last week.
Court of Probate at Bath orders executors Henry C Wright and Joseph M Trott to publish notice for three weeks. They must show cause why final account of Ernestine S Wright estate should not be allowed. Publication in Bath Independent on November second at nine in the forenoon.
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