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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1919

Page

6

West Bath Grange Plans Reception For Returning Soldier Boys

West Bath Grange and the town prepare a Thursday night reception for all who served from West Bath. The program includes readings tableaux music and an address by Dr Everett Stackpole followed by a social hour. Refreshments will be served and women are asked to bring cake.

West Bath West Bath Grange Grange Stage Everett Stackpole George V. Jewett City Hospital Bath Mr. White Simpson's Corner Helene Campbell Campbell's Pond District

Hallowell Eleven Opens Season at Morse Saturday

Hallowell high faces Morse high in the season opener at Kelley field Saturday at 2 30 pm. The game serves as a tryout for both teams with strong local interest and a large crowd expected to support the financially crucial effort.

Hallowell High Morse High Kelley Field

Horses Mired in Swamp Die. Dances Bring Crowds This Week

A horse owned by Mrs. Harry Blaisdell became mired in a swamp and died before rescue. A second horse, owned by the same family, was saved by men called by Will Lemont. A Weekly dance by Jewett's Jolly Jaxx orchestra drew a large crowd, with free copies of a popular song distributed to attendees.

Harry Blaisdell Percy Jackson Dorchester Mass Milton Morse Maurice Almon Vickard Edna Pickard Medford Tufts College Earl Morse Percy Morse Anna Eaton Clarence Lakin Walter Rogers Fred Lakin West Point Phippsburg Earl Robert Oliver Texas Lightburne Mr. Oliver Gardiner Lester Perry Charles Preble Reuben Wparington Ada Perry Doris Perry Cora Campbell Olney Perry Frank Perry Almon Perry Marie Emery Footer James Perry Irving Perry Abbie Morse Reuben Oliver Earl Coombs Bay Teint Annie Purington

Dancing School Delayed Opening At Bath

A children s dancing course at Quaker Point was postponed due to incomplete parent arrangements. Miss Grace Starbnett of Portland will supervise the Sheafe dancing schools and the program aims to start next week with good attendance. Local notes list relatives visiting Portland and Boston, family travel to Dresden, and a ship engineer returning from a four month South American voyage.

Quaker Point Charles Preble Grace Starbnett Portland Thomas Oliver Orville Rogers George L. Rogers Bowdoin College Frances Parks Bath Department Store Jeanne Robertson North Cambridge Harry C. Webber Joshua H. Tibbetts Herbert Hodgkins Boston Charley KB. Hewitt Jr Charles Capitol Island Alice Bates Beachmont Mass Annie May Chapman Los Angeles Cal Ellen Hersey Winfield W. Morse Doris Orman Rogers Harold Dresden Sybil Houdlette George Chariton Wortland W. C. Perry Fred Dwyer The Peoples Church Olney Perry Nova Scotia Rev S. A. Evans Peoples Baptist Church Suny Philip Black

Local Jottings From Bath And Nearby Towns

Dan Hart catches many smelts in the lower Kennebec sending them to Bath. W T Burgess of West Bath shows 71 poultry entries for the Topsham fair. Smelts grow in the Kennebec and make good eating. The Maple and Academy streets box trial Monday evening went well. Bath folk plan late automobile tours through the White mountains as foliage shines. Striking fishermen met in Portland while some crack fishers idle at the wharves. Bath still relies on Portland for much fish. Merrymeeting pond in New Hampshire near Dover is called Merrymeeting and is praised for pure water. Kennebec men lumbered shores near the pond. Mrs Roscoe P McFadden and Miss Carrie Hall returned from Boston and Winthrop Mass after visiting relatives. Ducks in Merrymeeting bay are quiet. Topsham fair enjoys popular favor with contests among Senator Baxter and Sagadahock and other titles likely to draw crowds.

Wade B. Geyer Mrs. Brown Annie Trufant West Bath Red Cross Pomona Grange Batheérijoyea New Meadows Charles Foote New Meadows Inn Israel] Pierce Bath Mr. Reed Brunswick Ernest E. Williams H. Ke, Hobbs Turner Williams W. M. Bailey Greene Herbert Brawn Arthur W. Brawn Orono University of Maine Brown Bath Tron France Gertrude Coombs M. Watson Boston William A. Brown Emma Gerrish Fred. Gerrish Malden Mass Dan Hart Kennebec W. T. Burgess Maple Academy Streets White Mountains Portland New Hampshire Dover Roscoe P. McFadden Carrie Hall Winthrop Merrymeeting Bay

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Uncle Sam Joseph Higgins Edgar Murphy J. C. Larrabee Everett Lemont Kittridge Lemont Saco Carl Blaisdell Robert Small Joan Small Sabine Lloyd Bates Elizabeth Samuel Bates A. Foster Topsham Mabel Shepherd Fred W .Larrabee Elizabeth Craig Camp Devens Ayer Elmer Craig Osman Higgins Fred A. Higgins Higgins United States Shipping Board of Baltimore Gardiner Rogers Sam Jordan Horace Norton Cutting Shore Ernest Williams Campbell’s Pond Hallowell Maine Kuppenheimer Stetson Lamson & Hubbard John J. Desmond Delco-Light DELCO F. T. Wiley Wiscasset Home Elec Hight & Power Equipment Co Federal St Egineering Company Dayton Ohio Dayton, Ohio Conley’s Specialty Store Children’s Hospital Sherman L. Morse South America Mr. Morse Topsham Fair Baxter Rath
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