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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1916
Page
2
The Ladies' Aid Society held a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. W J Holland's home with eight members sewing and sharing fruit. The group plans a final gathering at Mrs. Hattie McMahan's store as winter closes the little venue.
Mrs Annie Oliver returns home from Boothbay with sister Elsie Stover visiting. Mrs Charles Oliver comes back from Portsmouth, Rev T N Kewley leads church meeting, and many locals host or visit family across Moose Point, Higgins Beach, and nearby towns. Various residents recover from illness, attend schools or fairs, and travelers engage with friends at Parker Head and Bailey Evening School.
The October Probate Court session led by Judge James S. Lowell approved administrations for multiple estates including Delmar D. Miller of Bath and Hiram F. Purington of Bath. Wills were filed and proved for Bradford Farnham and Laura Farnham, with executrix Emma Purinton. Guardians appointed for Bath and Topsham minors, and numerous final accounts and inventories filed for Bath and nearby towns.
Mrs Martha Harrington hosts a gathering on Corliss street Bath as John Worthen returns to Rockland from a visit with Mrs Albert Atwood. About sixty Bat ties and friends attend a clambake at Goodwins with Mr Martin as chef. Fifteen autos pass through the village toward the site.
Minister D B Holt of the Augusta District preached at Kents Hill Sunday and announced Rev Frank C Potter’s illness. Potter has entered treatment in a Portland hospital. Friends at Kents Hill regret his ailment and wish him a speedy recovery. He is highly regarded by students and church members in the city.
A round of visits and arrivals decorates West Bath and surrounding areas. Mrs. C. S. Lemont and Miss Jen nie Lemont return from Waldoboro, while Mrs. S. R. Brown attends a Wesley Church sociable in West Bath. Families travel between Bath Beechmont and Gardiner as guests and hosts. The community notes road work on Birch Point road and road gravelling near Purington and Simpson farms, with school postponements due to infantile paralysis.
The Maine Methodist conference will convene in April 1917 at Westbrook with Rev. E L Farnsworth as pastor and his congregation preparing for the event It may be presided over by Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes the new Southern resident bishop in New England A pending Episcopal plan delays final scheduling Mrs J H Mayo visits her son Everett Mayo in West Bath.
G D Weston and others work on the Dromore crossing to replace most of the wooden bridge. Dromore Grange had a pleasant session at the hall. Aurora borealis lights the autumn nights with bright streams mistaken for searchlights. Numerous local visits, school duties, and summer-to-winter relocations fill the town diary, including residents at Basin and Ridley households and transport movements of shingles and fish.
Mr Morse struggles to secure pickers while Frank Allegrin presents fine garden potatoes. Henry Heald attended a boxing bout in Bath Tuesday night. Mrs George C Pease shows yellow Ponderosa tomatoes at the Post Office. Mrs Scott C Campbell and Mrs Henry Wyman shopped in Bath on Wednesday. Mr Buzzell of Golding Co New Jersey visited Capt Mark L Percy place inspecting feld spar deposits with plans to operate near Coxs Head. Henry Berry of Saco visits Minott home and enjoys fall shooting.
Mr and Mrs Susie Bartlett of Westbrook Me visit William Holbrook the first of the week Miss Christine Crosby has gone to Portland to Business College Capt H Scholfield has had his yacht Beatrice at E W Holbrook s wharf for winter quarters Mrs W S Harley returns from Sebasco where she cared for Mrs Will Alexander A new baby born Sept 27 is Harmon Farnsworth Mr and Mrs Bertie Alexander and Mrs W S Harley visit Mrs Harley s daughter Mrs Lyman Alexander at Prince s Point
M. C. Fitzgerald attended a Tuesday meeting of Maine apple inspectors linked to the department of agriculture. Five of six inspectors were present and set the form for tagging barrels with a notice of inspection and date. Tags will be blue for No. 1 red for No. 2 and white for fancy fruit, under the law and limited by appropriation.
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