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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1915

Page

11

Local Happenings and Society Notes Skimmed

Texas Oil Co. gasoline raised a cent a gallon on Saturday while Stevens's orchestra plays at Music Hall. Beached clams ship down river, and bouquets from Woolwich Fair brighten City Hospital rooms. Dr. J. W. Loughlin travels via train to Dam ariscotta after a Los Angeles contact. Helen Mac Orr hosts a High Street party with games and music. Bible distributions and Sunday School events continue. Walter M. Potter logs 120000 miles in seven years of car travel. Ramon a Council plans a Hallwe'en party. Westbrook’s basketball crowd eyes a strong season with a professional lineup in the works. North Grammar beats Upper Grammar in football. a detailed lineup is listed. Mrs. Leavitt fractures an arm in a fall from a faulty clothes pulley. adjacent accident injures Mr. Richardson, who is hospitalized and recovering after car repairs and delays.

Texas Oil Co Stevens Music Hall Virginia Down River Woolwich Fair City Hospital California J. W. Loughlin Damariscotta Los Angeles J. G. Simpson Helen Mac Orr High St Beacon Street J. E. C. Sawyer Walter M. Potter Ramona Council D. of P Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Church John P. Hayes Francis O'Donnell Fr. Horan North Grammar School Upper Grammar School North Grammar J. Narsiff Sinei el Front St Frank Richardson Harold Freeman Richardson Freeman Reed & Bonney Queen Lewin Odd Fellows’ Hall Snow Homestead Snow Park Morse High Rockland Frank Dixon Edgar Wallace Willis Holbrook Don McCullum Missionary Society of Associated Press Portland Fuller Bath Topsham Frank Warren Frank P. Sylvester Lower High St Henry G. Hodgdon Governor Dingley Boston Dingley E. Erhardt Easton, Penn Joseph Wexler Goddard SL Mercury Wind N.W Emilio de Gogorza Bangor Murray Club Ella Cooper Middle St. Marse Harriman North St W. F. Dunton New Meadows Maine Nelson W. Aldrich Fifth Avenue Standard Oil Co James Jones James C. Mulligan Howard's E. M. Fuller Jones Commercial St Daniel Bishop Coombs Wharf Morin Bishop Mr. Bishop Merrymeeting Park William Elliot Bayside Farm Merrymeeting Bay Gardiner Rogers Dania I Av Hlumphreys G. Rogers A. McDonald Ss. M. Howard William Lemont James T. Bonness John Lemont C. H. Crosman Sfarry Lemont J. McQuarrie Rordanus Press Kennebec Sunda Woolwich Wisecasset Bruno Wick People’s Ferry Company Brunswick Road

Bath Notes and Local Acitvities Highlights

Community happenings include a river of bluebills in the Bay and a busy week of church, school, and civic events. Morse High football travels to Rockland with local escorts, while real estate moves bring the Snow estate and the Rogers house to new owners.

Bath enjoyed busy social week with clubs and visitors

Bath citizens and visitors filled social pages this week with talks from Kennebec Yacht Club meeting Monday and BathCo U A E P planning winter socials. Governor Curtis visited Thorne Head and small Point Gun Club arrived for camp.

Bids Open for New Schoolhouse as Community Groups Meet

The article notes bids opening for a new schoolhouse on September 20 and details numerous local group meetings at Beacon Street Church, First Baptist Church, and other venues. It covers church circles, Boy Scout planning, and social events, plus entertainment news from the Casco Theatre and Bath Opera House, including the Birth of a Nation engagement and a report on Small Point Association members visiting. It mentions a seized liquor shipment of twenty gallons bound for Boothbay Harbor and a memorial service for Bishop Codman at Grace Church.

Dorcas Guild Beacon Street Weston L. Bonney Washington St Hockomock Unity Guild of the First Baptist Church C. Raymond Chappell North St Sewing Circle of The Alonzo McNear FE. W. Society of the First Baptist Church M. A. Brooks Summer St Boothbay Harbor Oliver Hudson Maxim Bishop Codman Grace Church W. W. Hosmer Times Office Jerry Smith Brown Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church Cedric Martin Bath Theatre My Nation Webber Bath Opera House Bath Small Point Association Small Point Cape Pearl E. Dunbar Harry Sanborn Boston Henry Sanborn Thomas A. Addison Sec Treas F. Schnetzer Walter L. Martyn Fred H. Smith Edward H. Lowell Charles E. Huggins C. J. W. Addison William Kemp

Quiet Sunday in City and Local Events Highlight Maine News

A calm Sunday with no major incidents as the city reports kittens seeking homes and local social events. Emilio de Gogorza wins more honors at the Bangor Festival while the Murray Club hosts a gathering at Mrs. Ella Cooper’s home.

Weather, crime and community notes from Bath era

Freezing Monday morning. Three lodgers at the police station Saturday night. New moon and coons in cornfields. Fred Oliver sold his house in Jibby's Court and bought Cahill homestead in Robinson's Lane with Sheriff Oliver. Partridges and a woodcock shot on Witch Spring roads. Canary Ward shot a partridge in North Bath. Moose dance planned at Music Hall with per dance charge. Moosehead Take steamer timber shipped from Gardiner. Passengers transferred from Bay State Line steamer Tennessee after collision near Fisher's Island. Canvashacks noted as rare birds. Rally Day services at first Baptist Church with remarks on the Stuife Convention. Portland police boat searches for Capt. John Foren of the Pemaquid missing. he was later found at a friend's home.

Hunter's Fred Oliver Jibby’s Court Sheriff Oliver Cahill Robinson's Lane Witch Spring Roy Burleigh Edward Perry Burleigh Galen Ward North Bath Woods Music Hall Stevens Little Moosehead Bath Damariscottaway M. J. McCormick Deane Grove Oaks Gardiner McCormick Bay State Line Tennessee Concord Colonial Line Long Island Sound Fisher's Island Samuels Thorpe Perth Amboy N. J Fred Coffin The Ben Crittenden North Woolwich Dresden Crittenden First Baptist Sunde School WI A MacCormick Stuife Victors Georgia Portland John Foren Pierce H. Lewis Portland Stoneware Co Salem Portland Pier Lewis Foren

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