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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
5
Charles P. Wetherbee resigns as Vice-President and Superintending Engineer of Bath Iron Works Ltd due to shifts in naval and merchant ship demand. He becomes Engineering Director effective September 30, 1922, with President William T. Cobb announcing the changes from Bath, Maine on September 21, 1922.
Joseph C Varnum, 76, and Arthur Steen rode in the Mineo seaplane off City landing piloted by Harry Jones. The pair flew up the river, returned to the Boston boat Wharf, then sped along the water. Freeman Trott and Rev DD Pettingill soon joined for additional flights as crowds watched from shore.
Aubury N Trask of Bath and his wife were returning from Farmington Fair when their car skidded on a damp road on Wednesday night. Seven year old Robert Grant of Strong was killed instantly when thrown from the vehicle and struck a boulder. His mother and a younger brother were not seriously hurt. Robert had lived with his grandparents, Mr and Mrs Aubury Trask.
David Bright, once of this city and famed walker, visits on Thursday calling on friends. A lifelong opponent of steam cars, he plans to ride only when convenient as he tours toward Biddeford Boston and beyond, with Bath as a stop. He once refused automist hospitality and electric car travel.
Wesley Shaw of Bath Tallow Co. drove a fast horse that bolted near the railroad crossing on Water street last week. He tried to steer into the Tron Works wall to avoid a worse crash, was knocked under the horse, but escaped with a swollen nose and scratches. The wagon shafts were broken and bystanders aided. The horse stood and ate breakfast this morning.
Firemen urge creating a central fire station after city building at Middle and Center streets closes as a school. A compact site could house Combination 4 and the Hook and Ladder from Water street plus Kennebeck on Shepherd street, saving upkeep of three houses and expanding space for crews. The Middle and Center structure offers room on the first floor for three companies and could be converted upstairs to sleeping rooms and halls.
A Sunday baptism at Wis casset Island drew hundreds as autos lined the shore and bridge. East Pall and three baptisms total sixty, with Rev L W West of the People’s Baptist Church Bath officiating and Lawrence Greenwood of the Open Door Mission leading a brief shore service. An enthusiastic gathering then gathered in Franklin Hall for a afterward.
Birch Point Village Corporation announces a bird sanctuary within Elbow Hill New Meadows River and Winneganee Bay boundaries. All hunting and gunning is prohibited to protect game birds and aid future sport, with cooperation urged and violators to be reported.
Austin H. MacCormick Bowdoin alumni secretary spoke to Bath Rotary about his summer trip with Thomas Mott Osborne. He described sights from Verdun to the Argonne and Swiss Alps, urging support for German reparations and praising the League of Nations while noting America’s absence.
Dr J C Geiger of the University of Chicago hygiene department and Dr K E Meyer of the George Hooper Foundation lectured on cooperative botulism research before the National Academy of Sciences in Washington under the National Research Council and medical societies. The work includes isolation of the organism from soil and control measures. Geiger is well known in Bath, having married Anna Morse.
At a recent Morse High School meeting senior class committees were elected to organize the freshmen reception to be held in the assembly hall Friday. The Class of 26 will furnish most of the entertainment. Tickets are available from senior members. The reception committee includes Frederick Trish chair. Edith Courser. Thomas Bates. Helen Powers. Beatrice Harrington. The refreshment committee lists Albert Redlon chair. Mark Gediman. Dorothy Welch. Thomas Bates. Harriet Dunton. Thursday afternoon the senior class picture was taken. about 50 of 87 turned out.
The State House family appointed committees to arrange an outing at Popham Beach on Saturday. The steamer City of Rockland will be chartered, departing Gardiner at ten and arriving at Popham about one with a return trip around three. The party will reach Augusta around seven. Charles T. Brown promotes the trip as superintendent of buildings. committee members include Gen. John A. Bradley, ALM. GG. Soule and Miss Mary F. Kanaley to handle transportation.
The Bath and Wiscasset area court action centers on a Boston mother Mrs. Locke and two companions charged with abducting nine year old Anna Locke from Maine. The child had been living with her grandparents after a Massachusetts divorce and a 1920 July adoption decree. The trio was held for Lincoln county supreme court with bonds set and authorities seeking transfer for further proceedings.
Dr Henry V Reynolds 61 a Brookline physician with a Bayville summer home near Boothbay Harbor was killed Thursday afternoon by a drink crazed janitor. The janitor Morgan wounded three others before police captured him. Reynolds had gone to aid Connolly after Morgan fired on them. Reynolds and his wife were popular in Bayville and had recently left for the season.
Joshua T. Chamberlain camp of Sons of Veterans was reorganized Wednesday evening and two new members were received. The degree team from T. W. Blyde Camp No. 46 of Bath conducted the initiation in a commendable manner. Members came from Augusta Gardiner Tyath Brunswick Lewiston Auburn Portland and other places.
Max Webrant of Brunswick visited Bath Priday afternoon. He toured the town's streets and spoke with locals about upcoming events and landmarks.
Papers signed Friday by Roland HL Smith post 21 American Legion and William F Cornish of Bowdoinham transfer ownership of the Dillon property at Washington and Oak streets to the legion. The post plans a bungalow style clubhouse with work to start in spring after preserving the present building. Building committee members are S Sewall Webster Eliot Fuller Roscoe Shaw R K E Perkins J Lester Morse Ralph Gay and Dr Harry F Morin.
The sketch recalls a Bath house at Oak and Washington once owned by William Rouse and traces its passing through Mary Le Mont, Dr. Packard, Mrs. Morse, Captain Whitmore, Thomas Dillon, William Cornish, and finally the present owners. It highlights old fireplaces, hand carved wainscoting, chipboard walls, and a near fire escape in the 1920s.
Alfred W. Beal, a Bath native aboard the USS Huron, writes from Nagasaki on July 12 describing seven months left in his four year enlistment. He notes studying machinery and engineering after leaving Nyde Windlass Co, recalls ship movements from China to Nagasaki to escort Henderson to Shanghai and Guam, and lingers on Orient scenery. He plans to return home with his California bride in Maine this winter or spring. He previously lived with Mr. and Mrs. Melville Stinson in Woolwich during boyhood.
Fred Tobey purchased the Winter farm in West Bath from Fred W. Winter who plans to move west with relatives. The 100 acre property includes farm stock and house and Tobey will continue farming, reside with his family soon, and maintain Bath business and another outside venture.
A huge barn at the City Home on Oak Grove avenue burned with its contents including 80 tons of hay two horses four cows a heifer two calves and farming gear. The blaze illuminated the sky for about half an hour as hundreds gathered. officials suspect spontaneous combustion from hay dust. The loss is about six thousand dollars and the barn collapse followed an hour into the fire. The origin remains uncertain though wiring is ruled out. The board of overseers weighs a future barn plan as the season ends.
The Board of Highways and Sewers may pave Center Street from its current end at Washington Street to west of the Maine Central Railroad crossing using granite blocks. The board is seeking prices for paving blocks and an estimate of the project cost. Improvements to the sewer system in the area were added this summer with new manholes. The area is muddy and in need of heavy improvements.
The McNaylor travelling crane of 16 tons capacity at the Texas Steamship plant, a wartime icon between berths A and B, was sold today. It will be dismantled and shipped to the buyers immediately. The crane operates on electricity, with hoisting speeds around five tons at fifty feet per minute.
Jurns Savage reports a tame deer near his Woolwich residence. The animal visited his field three times, grazing nearby at gunshot distance yet appeared aware of danger and avoided risk.
Abraham Goodside president of Empire Amusement Co and Harlan J. Boucher treasurer of the Empire theater Portland were indicted by the United States grand jury for failure to file admission tax returns for February March and April. Boucher arrested and released on own recognizance. Goodside to appear in September term. Separate indictment accuses Goodside of conversion of $8000 in government funds.
In Lewiston a 10 o'clock train from Lower Maine Central pulled out of the station without a passenger, an unprecedented event in local railroading. Peter J. Manley, longtime ticket seller, says he cannot recall a prior empty departure. The train runs to Brunswick Bath and nearby stops with Brunswick junction connections. a Bath railroader recalls a Bath to Rockland trip with a single passenger long ago.
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