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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1918
Page
7
Historic Georgetown reports a busy period with school closings and reopenings, local travel, and community notes. Teachers anticipate reelection, residents travel to Bath and Woolwich, and small-town events, illnesses, and errands fill the week.
Fuel committee and Board of Education agree to close grammar and primary buildings on Monday February 4 to conserve coal. Morse High will stay open for Morning sessions 8 to 12 40 for Morse pupils and 1 to 4 30 for junior high and eighth grade pupils.
Paris readers recount astonishments from soldiers returning home. Replies include sight of people eating meals, occupied cellars, non grocer women, desire to escape to the country, funerals, being asked to sit during haircuts, and civilians voicing hardship complaints.
Col Charles S. Hichborn, Maine director of the United States Public Service Reserve, announced Sagadahoc County enrollment agents for shipbuilding industry workers. Names listed include Tarr Arrowsic, Mason Bowdoin, McEwen Bowdoinham, Todd Georgetown, Stacey Phippsburg, Fairclough Richmond, Daggett Topsham, Rose West Bath, Gilmore Woolwich, Hyde Bath.
Miss Zephie Beals and Carleton White Lowell announced their engagement at a private gathering at the Beals home 19 Bedford Street. Beals is a Bath Water District bookkeeper and Lowell a timekeeper at the Texas Steamship Company shipyard.
Miss Sophia Mikelsky enjoys a quiet day in Portland on a leisurely outing. The scene captures a simple city excursion as she visits local streets and shops.
The Red Men beat the Fire Eaters 1405 to 1248. Farrar led the Red Men with 307 points in the Thursday alley game.
Washington January 29 report says the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce backs daylight saving with broad support. Advocates cite health morals and social welfare, extra outdoor recreation for families, reduced lighting needs and fewer accidents, plus efficiency gains and coal conservation as primary benefits.
Walt Lewis leaves fishing at the Kennebec mouth with Dan Hart and others, as Bath Iron Works absorbs crews and a harsh winter halts clam and lobster catches. The region reports its first winter with scarce shellfish and a shift in local labor.
The Bath Water District submitted Nequasset and Thompson’s brook water samples to IH D Evans for analysis. Both supplies tested safe for drinking with the Nequasset source preferred. no sewage contact evident and only minor odors when hot.
Mrs Thomas M Huntington age 79 died Sunday. Born Loretta Fisher in Bowdoinham she was married to a longtime Washington Street storekeeper and first secretary of the local YMCA. Survived by son Edward in Philadelphia and one grandchild. funeral held Thursday.
Mr and Mrs True J Andrews received word in Portsmouth New Hampshire on Thursday of the death of Nathan L Andrews aged 23 after a two year illness. He was the brother of Nathan L Andrews.
A Portsmouth clothing salesman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Andrews, leaves behind three brothers Clifton of Kittery Raymond of Portsmouth and True J. of this city and a sister Mrs. Orville Flanders of Kittery. Funeral services set for Saturday afternoon. In Bath, fish warden Daniel MacDonald seized five dollars worth of short lobsters from a Thornlike & Hix shipment. The lighthouse tender Hibiscus, after breaking up ice in the Kennebec, is in Portsmouth navy yard drydock for repairs to worn planking from recent ice duties.
Many local young men grow small moustaches as they mature while older men keep faces clean shaven for a youthful look. Cord wood is selling for 12 dollars per cord with wood choppers said to be hard to find.
The steamer Virginia will suspend service on the Bath and Popham route from Saturday night February 2 until fuel is obtained. The Popham Steamboat Company regrets the disruption after a severe winter. A cargo of coal is due to arrive in Bath soon, and service will resume upon its arrival.
The Bath Medical Advisory Board met in Dr Clarence A Peaslee's office with Dr Peaslee as chairman and Dr Wallace N Price of Richmond as secretary. Members include Dr D F S Day of Wise casset and Dr Wilbur F Browne of Brunswick. The group will meet weekly to examine registrants referred to them. On opening day three were examined two from Waldo county and one from York county. Nearly a dozen registrants are slated for examination next Wednesday.
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