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MAY 2-8, 2019
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Bath Area Fish Committee holds annual Children’s fishing contest
State Rep. Marcia Hahn with former Bath Mayor Betty Fields kicks off fishing contest.
Looking by Back Ed Pany Dillinger Part 2
In my last column I recalled the day when notorious bank robber John Dillinger and his gang robbed the First National Bank in Mason City in 1934. The Lehigh Portland Cement Company operated a plant there, so some of their employees were depositors at the bank. From 1933 to 1934, bold newspaper headlines told the story of the Dillinger gang. In my years of
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research in the cement industry, I interviewed a number of people who were employed at the Atlas Portland Cement Co. who told me the company pay car was a possible Dillinger target. The Atlas was the largest cement company in the world, employing thousands. The company’s payroll was quite substantial. In the early days, the company paid in gold and silver coin until converting to paper currency. A number of years ago I interviewed Mrs. Bertha Keiser in Cementon, whose father, brothers and husband were Atlas employees. She worked on the Atlas pay car and she described its operations. Every two weeks the main office, located at 30 Broad Street in New York City, processed the payroll. They sent the payroll on a Central of New Jersey train. The Atlas Railroad, which became the Northampton Continued on page 3
By KERI LINDENMUTH On Saturday, April 27, the Bath Area Fish Committee kicked off its annual children’s fishing contest. Children 15 and younger lined the Monocacy Creek to see whether they could catch one of twenty prize fish. Over 500 fish total were stocked and released by
the fish committee for the event. Prizes included fishing poles, sleeping bags, and tackle kits. There was also a raffle for a new bike. State Representative Marcia Hahn helped kick off the event, alongside former Mayor of Bath Betty Fields. Children had until 3 p.m. on
Sunday, April 28 to see whether they could catch one of the prizewinning fish. The Bath Area Fish Committee was established in 1954. For well over 50 years, the annual fishing event has become a tradition Bath residents young and old look forward to.
‘Stop the Stigma’ Panel held at Northampton Area High School
by KERI LINDENMUTH On Wednesday, April 24, the Greater Bath Area Chamber of Commerce presented “Stop the Stigma” at Northampton Area High School. The event featured local nonprofits and expert panelists who educated the public on the area’s opioid epidemic. “Each of us knows somebody that has been touched, somewhere, somehow…by substance abuse,” said Ann Flood, Chair of the Greater Bath Area Chamber of Commerce. The evening featured resources on substance abuse recovery and support, as well as a mock teen bedroom set up by the Center for Humanistic Change. Over 100 items of drug paraphernalia were disguised in the bedroom as a way to educate parents and guardians on how to identify whether their child may be engaging with illegal substances. Change on Main, Change on Continued on page 9
Mackenzie Rausch, age 7.