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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1916
Page
12
Republican candidate for sheriff in Sagadahoc County appeals to voters to reelect him based on a record of enforcing the prohibitory law and prosecuting all criminal violations. He notes six convicts from the county in state prison and asserts no graft, urging citizens to vote on September 11 to continue law and order and dry conditions.
A call to elect Wilbur C Oliver on Monday to ensure a clean and honest Sagadahoc County Sheriff administration. The appeal stresses integrity and lawful governance for the office.
A 26 year old, well dressed man, driving a Ford auto from Rockland to Bath, fled a Bath officer with a gun aboard the Hockomock. He leaped into the river, vanished near the distillery wharf, and police suspect he drowned while wanted for burglary and auto theft tied to Rockland.
Andrew Griffin aged seven, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew J Griffin of Winthrop Massachusetts, has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The boy was last seen leaving the house barefoot and bare headed near Pine Cliff Cottage and is presumed to have fallen or wandered toward the nearby floating stage. His family, eight children, await news as search efforts continue with little hope.
W Roy suffered a painful accident when a wrench slipped injuring his left thumb at Bath Iron Works. Walter Whitney is recovering from a finger injury he sustained last week after his left index finger was jammed under a pinch bar at the same plant.
The gallery on the north side of the machine shop will be extended the full length of the building and a new south side gallery will be added. The addition will house the latest machine tools. Current employment stands at 300 with 100 more to be hired. Contractor Charles E. Hacker holds the building contract and work will proceed rapidly.
The Ladies of the Soldiers' Relief Work met Tuesday to pack and forward materials to New York for shipment to France. Items include 25 oakum pads, 630 bandages, 115 slings, 40 compresses, 95 cotton absorbent pads, 112 knitted sponges, 240 single gauze compressors, floor cloths, 4 pocket handkerchiefs, 1 fracture pillow, 190 144-mitre gauze packings, and 17 cup covers.
Clergy and evangelists preached to large Sunday crowds at People's Church Winter Street and Beacon Street. Rev J E C Sawyer spoke in Richmond. Mrs Sawyer accompanied him. Rev M Morton of Zion's Herald spoke at Beacon Street Church. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets Thursday with Mrs T N Kewley. Nov 19 evangelist Felix Powell, Maine Conference, begins meetings at Beacon Street Church. Powell, former Brunswick pastor, now retired, will focus on evangelistic work.
Ira Durgan and Gordon Norris returned Saturday from a 1200 mile motorcycle journey to Dixville Canada. They rode from Dixville to Bath in nine hours on Durgan's Yale cycle and called the trip delightful noting fast roads and notches en route. A Pensacola dispatch reports Captain Richardson of the schooner Marcus L Urann said a German citizen crewman H Herckesen was seized by a British cruiser in the South Atlantic on July 21. The Urann was built in Phippsburg by C V Minott.
Bath residents plan to attend an illustrated talk on the Cathedrals of Europe at 8 p m Friday in Montsweag Church. Mme Grouitch, guest of Mr and Mrs Charles Butler, offers the talk to aid the church improvement fund and to support the Servia Relief Fund. Refreshments follow.
The 4th Company CAC NGS awaits departure to Portland on September 14. Lieutenant Wakefield commands as Captain Owen is in Bangor on duty. The company will field 62 men, just three short of full strength.
L A W Supt Fuller receives praise for a special morning car run between Hardings and Bath. The Brunswick ahead service serves local workers, reducing crowding on the first regular car. A worker stated, we appreciate this attention.
Two Bath auto parties enjoyed dinner at the foot of Mt. Washington on a sunny day and looked up to see snow falling on the peaks. The unusual summer sight combined sunlit scenery with alpine snowfall, stunning the diners.
G. M. Ballou of Littlewood Island left Camp Littlewood for New York on a Saturday in September, leaving his family at the retreat. Beacon Street Ladies' Aid held a Friday meeting with Miss Ella J. Douglas present at York Street.
At the August meeting of the American Bureau of American and Foreign Shipping in New York two Bath names were registered as new members H A Magoun vice president of the New York Shipbuilding Co Camden N J a former Bath boy and George B Drake assistant superintendent of the Marine Department Texas Steam ship Co W A Thompson Jr vice president of the Texas Co was elected a member of the board of managers
The funeral of Mrs. Marie L Pettibone died in Southampton Massachusetts was held at St Marys church in the morning with Rev N J Horan officiating. Interment followed at Maple Grove Cemetery. The funeral of Mrs Louise Adams widow of F A F Adams formerly of Wiscasset was held Sunday afternoon from F S Curtis undertaking rooms with Rev D L Wilson officiating. Interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery. A death in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts of Mrs George Morris formerly of this city was reported.
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