Capture of Batterson Phippsburg Sensation
Reports describe a break in at Small Point Club House with vandals damaging an automatic telephone box and setting a room on fire. Sheriff Oliver and aides captured Llewelyn Batterson, a local resident, after he allegedly entered cottages including Fultz and Harding and Miss Alice Sewall's, amid a crowd alert and investigations continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Sylvester
Small Point Club House
Wilbur Wyman
Martin Wyman
Wyman
Holway
Augusta
Bath
Oliver
Llewelyn Batterson
Fultz
Harding
Alice Sewall
William Cushing
Ann Maria Perry
Henrietta Bowker
Scott C. Campbell
Nelson Hannigan
William Heald
Moore
Emma Sylvester
Walter Chase
W. V. Percy
Walter Bowker
Melvin Savage
Thomas Oliver
George Oliver
Francis Wade
Grace Dickinson
Brunswick
Abbie Minott
Auburn
Arthur MacDonald
Boys Conference Proposed for Sagadahoc County Youths
A meeting of boys leaders at the Bath YMCA discussed a three day conference for Sagadahoc County youths and nearby towns. January dates depend on State YMC A workers. over 100 boys could attend, with delegation built through churches and Sunday schools. Bowdoinham and Richmond offered cooperation from their leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Young Men’s Christian Association
Y.M.C.A
Bath
Bowdeinham
Richmond
Local Phi Rho Society marks fiftieth anniversary planning
William E Hogan Joseph Torrey Dr L T Snipe F D Hill and Forest Rogers named a committee to organize the fiftieth anniversary of the Bath High School Phi Rho Society. Hogan was its first president and Rogers its current president. other members are past presidents. Snowstorm forces no school signal Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hogan
Joseph Torrey
Stranger Tracks End at River Edge in Bath Mystery
A Bath mystery centers on a tall stranger seen in Bath during a 3:45 a.m. snowstorm. Officer Sonia traced the man to a wharf edge near the Kimball Bros. and found no return tracks, leaving the fate unclear whether he fell or returned unseen. Later notes mention a lantern accident and Shakespeare Club tea at Mrs. Frederic Briggs as 1916 17 season events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sonia
Night Watch
Center St
Thompson
Broad
Page Diamond
Central Maine Power Company
Front St
City Landing
Kimball Bros
Read Nichols
Commercial St
Edward Harrington
L. A. & W. Railway
Harrington
Kimball Store
Shakespeare Club
Frederic Briggs
Bath schooner makes two record Atlantic passages
The four masted Edward E Briry of the G G Deering Co fleet completed two record trips across the Atlantic. It sailed from Norfolk to Lisbon in 25 days and returned to Philadelphia in 28 days under Capt Elliott maintaining the line of speed set by Capt Ross and Capt Dudley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Briry
G. G. Deering Co
Atlantic
Norfolk
Lisbon
Portugal
Philadelphia
Elliott
Ross
Dudley
Briry
Unusual Birthday Party for Alfred King at 59
Alfred King of Bath Maine was feted with a surprise birthday gathering Tuesday night. Twenty family members attended the reunion including ten children and eight of his fourteen grandchildren. The event featured a dinner served by his wife and a program of music and readings led by Lillian King. Mr. King, a long time worker at local shops, expressed gratitude and pride in his family’s devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Sylvester
Small Point
Bradford Sprague
Morse Bros
Winneganee
Dearborn
Small Point Beach
Everett Wallace
Earl Bartlett
Moving Pictures
Bath
Clinton Beals
Samuel Beals
William Wyman
Chaffee Bros
Bowker
Seguin
Squirrel Point
Ivan Dodge
Portland
Abbie Wallace
Walter Ridley
Maine General Hos
Alfred King
South St
Ernest P. King
Mr. King
Annie M. Knight
Frank A. King
Lewis E. King
John F. King
Charlotte B. Barker
Shea King
Howard E. King
Lil- Han L. King
Ruth V. King
Mrs. King
Alfred L. King
Francis King
Mouton Works
Comemrecial St
Hyde Windlass Co
Maine
United States
Kateon
King
Lincoln Lodge
I.C.C.F
Modern Smithy In A Hustling Industrial Plant
A Hyde Windlass displays a modern blacksmith shop with Nazel power hammer in operation. Two workers run the machine, one managing the throttle and the other supervising the forge. The scene shows tongs billets and heavy forging tools on the floor as daily forging continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Hyde
Sheriff Oliver Catches Shore Line Burglar
Sheriff Oliver and Deputy Sheriffs Reynolds and Aderton captured Llewellyn Batterson of Seal Cove after a chase at Cape Small Point. Batterson admitted breaking into cottages and stealing marine glasses and a watch found on him. He faced charges as Small Point residents hailed the end of a burglary wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Small Point
Reynolds
Aderton
Llewellyn Batterson
Seal Cove
Cape
Batterson
Llewellyn
Merton Webber
Boston
Cape Small
Sagadahoc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Batterson Phippsburg
Dr. Walker
Paramaribo
Melvin Wallace
Sara Collins
Emma Ridley
Billy Wilson, Jr
Fwitcher
Thomaston
John Walker
Eleanor Fullerton
Clara Perry
John Holland
William Oliver
Alfred Beals
Centre Church
Billy
Slade
PHI Rho
Stranger
Washington St
Conley
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C. Chadbourne
Hyde Windlass Company
Independent Camera
Smoke
Hersey Plow CO
Yale
Johnson ‘Bros. CO
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