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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
5
Bowdoinham updates cover E. R. Bowdoin on schools in fine condition and busy teachers, plus community events. The issue notes auto trips by residents, a Masonic installation, Sunshine dinner changes, repairs to sidewalks, a funeral, and local commerce including fertilizer shipments by rail.
Mrs Jennie Frank visits relatives in Litchfield. Mrs Ernestine Spencer returns to Chicago after summer with her parents Mr and Mrs Llewellyn Adams. The Loyal Men's Bible Class leads the Wednesday church meeting at People's Baptist Church. Mrs Annie Oliver hosts the Evening Workers. Mrs Charles Perkins visits her Aunt Mrs Elbridge Morse at Parker Head. Miss Annie Purington returns from Bangor where she attended Rebekah sessions. Elbridge Morse back home at Parker Head after serving on a local jury.
George Stevens leaves his Bath blacksmith shop to join Hyde Windlass Company. Hayden Conant begins work at Bath Box Company. Ernest Knight family called home from Augusta for mother’s severe illness. Ellen Walker visits friends in Portland. R C Merry recovers from auto accident. W F Willis departs Bath for Isle au Haut. Howard Hunt and daughter Frances sail for Savannah with Otis Hunt accompanying to Boston. Effie Cook returns to Keene New Hampshire after a three week village visit.
West Bath residents report weekend visits from Miss Eva Pratt and Miss May Towle while Mrs J C Rideout hosts the Baptist Ladies Aid. Edible garden notes include peas and roses from L B Neiley and a trip by Mr and Mrs Thomas Perkins to Waldoboro. Road work on the State road shifts to resurfacing under Joseph Larrabee. residences change hands as the Conants move to New Meadows cottage.
People from Lisbon to Bath share a week of travel and home moves. Families close cabins, relocate to Bedford Street, and plan for the State Teachers’ Convention in Portland. A Winthrop wedding unites Oscar E Sinclair and Erna C Bonney with a double ring ceremony at the Methodist parsonage.
Gale delayed the Boston boat as October south easter winds lashed Maine shores. Morse High School prepares for the Teachers Convention in Portland with strong Bath delegation and chorus plans. A public Christmas tree entertainment is arranged by Colonial Club leaders at the Columbia Theatre featuring local talent led by Miriam Kimball and Walter Murtaugh. A Beacon Street Church wood sawing bee produced four cords of wood in two and a half hours with 25 church and Sunday school members assisting.
Bath friends hear Mae Morse McCabe celebrate at 2038 Elm Avenue with Much musical talent from Millard H. Greulich Hancock Virgil Hoover Ray Shannon. Gifts include silver servitor mahogany candlesticks and a tea wagon amid flowers and candy. Notables present include the Egolf Chambers Shannon and Kinkel groups.
Miss Wilena Adele De Zara and Oscar Harrison Norris of Lynn wed at the De Zara home in Revere with Rev. F W O’Brien officiating. The event followed by a social dance at Music Hall drew 150 couples including guests from Boothbay Brunswick Portland and Bowdoin College and featured Gaudreau’s orchestra.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Pray of Melrose Massachusetts are guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Wetherbee on Drummond Street The Willis residence at the corner of Garden and Oak Streets is being repainted.
Andrew 8S Merrill of this city finished a big contract for Central Maine Power Co wiring from Dresden Middle Bridge to Wiscasset. Seven camp crews set 1100 cedar poles 25 to 50 feet long since June. Wires will cross the Kennebec at Chopps Point next week. James Kelliher oversees the wire work.
Isaiah R Morrell treasurer of the Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural society said the Topsham fair neared a record with total receipts of 8954.16 dollars and the second day the largest in the association’s history. First day brought 1516.70 dollars and 34 day 2056.41 dollars.
Wednesday ceremony united Miss Erma Bonney and Oscar Sinclair both of Winthrop. Mrs. Bonney owns Direct Importing. Sinclair works at Wadsworth Woodman. They will winter with her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bonney. Her sister Mrs. Ernest Williams of Campbell's Pond is among relatives.
A quiet Thursday evening in town with few people on the streets and only Dr. Fuller’s car on Front Street near the dump. The week’s gales blew off the top of an elm and damaged a chimney at the Tar Box House. The Ossipee cutter left Portland to inspect a new Quoddy Head life savers boat and watch for German submarine bases. Officials instruct customs to board submarines at Maine ports and report to Washington. Administrator and executor notices titled for local estates outline demand proofs and immediate payments.
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