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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1919

Page

7

West Bath camp for boys planned at Fos ters Point

Capt William F Hussey former 301st Engineers buys Amos Williams farm at Foster s Point to open a boys camp in June for 50 youths aged 14 to 22 25 with a military style program emphasizing health food water and daily disciplined activities under an experienced staff including a physician and tutors.

William F. Hussey 301St Engineers Amos Williams Fosters Point Hussey Capt. Hussey Capt.Hussey West Point Capt A. F. Flood E. M. Bryant Blanch Bryant New Meadows Brunswick Elmer Craig New Hampshire Margaret Nutter Newton Mass I. W. Larrabee Joseph Larrabee Joseph White Owen Harthorn Bri. R. Brown Lewiston Edith Clough John Clough Gorham Florence Neiley Topsham School

Plan reorganize L A and W St RY after sale

Lewiston Augusta and Waterville Street Railway Co property sold for 80000 to a bondholders committee with Turner line excluded. Sale at Auburn Courthouse under W H White. bids only from bondholders. Turner line likely discontinued. system to be reorganized under new operating company pending court approval.

Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Co Auburn Court House W. H. White Morrill Supreme Court M. J. Googin Lewiston White Turner Line H. M.verrill Portland Committee of Verrill Augusta Waterville Street Railway Googin Mr. Verrill Sorowling Henry W. Cushman Frank D. Silliman Frank Silliman, Jr

Maine’s Banner Hunting Season Expected This Year

Maine anticipates a record influx of gunners as camps cottages and guides brace for a busy season. Officials note no loosening of laws, with stricter rules and licenses already in high demand. Found excitement builds from Katahdin woods to northern camps as deer season nears.

Maine Mount Katahdin Katandin Holman Day

Freak Potato Exhibits At Topsham Fair In October

A monstrous seven inch long seven inch circumference potato is raised by Mrs Katherine Bergquist of North Bath. The early rose variety will be shown at the Topsham fair in October and is already on display at the Times office window alongside other oddities.

Independent Office Katherine Bergquist North Bath Bergquist Topsham Fair Times Office Sagadahoc Bath Sagancahoe Susan E. Ham Charles A. Ham Sagadahou Insalt

Pinkham completes five year lease of Hotel Lindsay

Farr W. Pinkham of Bath, in Rockland Wednesday and Thursday, has completed negotiations for a five year lease of the Hotel Lindsay. He also plans to enter the real estate business in Rockland and is forming a real estate association next week, with interest in locating the East Coast Fisheries Co. William Esmond visited Bay Point and Popham on Sunday.

Farr W. Pinkham Bath Rockland Lindsay

Butter prices rise as ice cream demand grows

A Bath market observer notes butter costs have jumped to 70 cents per pound amid tight supplies and high feed costs. Grocers cite storage hoarding, foreign shipments, and shifting milk toward ice cream production as key factors. They warn prices may climb further through winter as pasture feeding remains constrained.

Jim Millay Bowdoinham Baybridge

Obituary of Grace Olive Hulett 1860 1919

Mrs Grace Olive Hulett 59 wife of Ernest E Hulett superintendent of the powerhouse for the I A & W street railway died Tuesday at her North street home after a long illness She was born in Chester Vermont Oct 13 1860 and lived in Keene New Haven Bath and finally Norwich Conn She leaves husband daughter Clara Belle and grandson Frank W Hulett Jr One son Capt Frank W Hulett Jr was killed in action in France in June 1918

Grace Olive Hulett Ernest E. Hulett L., A. & W. Street Railway North Street Hulett Chester Silas M Olive Parker Smith Mr. Hulett Keene, N. H New Haven Bath Congregational Church Ethel Chapter Order of Eastern Star Supreme Council Order of Amarant Clara Belle Hulett Norwich Conn Frank W. Hulett, Jr Lewiston France

Suicide of Captain Cochran at sea voyage mishap

Dispatch reports Captain R B K Cochran age 24, who shot himself in despondency after the schooner William H Sumnereeh grounded on his first voyage as skipper. Home listed as Bath Maine, but no listing found in city directory. police and post office unaware. Mrs Made Abbott returns from Augusta visit.

Wilmington N. C R. BK. Cochran William H. Sumnereeh Bath Police Post Office

Clifton Page Weds Miss Dorcas Allen

Clifton Orville Page and Dorcas Irene Allen married September 4 at Holy Trinity church in Swanton Vermont. Rev. O S Stone officiated with single ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Watertown Connecticut after a short wedding trip.

O. EF. Page Swanton Clifton Orville Page Dorcas Irene Allen Holy Trinity Church O. S. Stone C. E. Allen Kendrick Ralph New Haven New Haven, Conn., As Matron of Honor and Miss Katherine Jennison Horace Allen Springfield Mass Francis D. Lapelle, Jr Lohengrin Ralph Stadford Academy Bradford City Library School Swanton Public Library O. E. Page Bath Morse High School Bowdoin College Columbia University Taft School Watertown Conn Mrs. Wage

Beacon Street Methodist Church Board Adopts New Year Plan

At a Monday night meeting in the parsonage the Beacon Street Methodist Church official board reported a record treasury of about $700 and unanimous approval of a year long program. Plans include improvements referred to trustees and an evangelistic revival to double membership and boost Sunday and weekday services.

Beacon Street

Evangelistic Campaign Planned for October At Centenary

The Centenary canvas aims to boost Sunday school attendance with each young person joining Epworth League and each woman in the Women’s Home Missionary, Foreign Missionary societies, or similar groups. Oct 5 to 26 are set for the evangelistic push, with Rev and Mrs C H Hopkins slated as evangelists laboring in Everett Washington. District plans and preparatory work precede the October meetings.

Epworth League Womans Home Missionary Society Womans Foreign Missionary Society Methodist Brotherhood C. H. Hopkins Everett Washington

Neglect of City Halts Bath Development Plans

The Bath area scrolls through delays as the city fails to act on W Park Street housing project despite developer built homes and sidewalks. The scheme, tied to wider Washington to High street expansion, is paused, harming expected tax gains and future dwellings.

Wpark Street Washington Park Bath Park Street Washington

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Thompson Brothers West Bath Lincoln Williams Doris Warington Bath City Llewellyn Rogers Holly Helen C. L. Third Maine Regiment Walter True Brown B. BR. Brown Henry White John White West Bath Grange Red Cross Foster's Point R. Wayne Gardiner Littlefield Berry’s Mills Campbell’s" Pond Fred and Lillian Watson Charles Evelyn Stackpole Eva Rena Clough Eleanor King Dorothy Stilkey Bertha McCullough Eleanor Bates Helen Brewer Canada Lowell School Beatrice Coffin Dad Kaynee John J. Desmond William Esmond Bay Point Popham Mrs. Made Abbott Clifton Page Dorcas Allen Conley’s Specialty Store Whalen Commercial Marion Street William H. Sewall Oak Grove Cemetery Park and Cemetery Board Notic William H. Holland Georgetown O Saquauchec Azuba E. Holland James Lowell William Ye Dunham Register Forth Henry G. Hodgdon Mary K. Mitchell O Path Imsak County James S. Lowell
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