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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1913
Page
8
Carnival committees finish a strenuous week with plans for a field day at New Meadows Inn and a Carnival Queen contest. Notable events include a Boy Scouts trip, steamer Island Belle outing, bridge cost discussions for Merrymeeting Bay, and the Carnivals rooms offering visits to visiting clubs.
The Bath Maine school board met Monday with Mayor Larrabee in attendance and Supt Freeman serving as clerk for the last time after nine years. The board unanimously adopted a schedule declaring two terms of nineteen weeks each with detailed vacation periods and dates for the coming school year. They also passed resolutions praising retiring Morse High principal Herbert E. Cole after 29 years and recognizing Supt Frederick W. Freeman's nine-year tenure and positive reforms.
The text lists names with ages and dates, a widow noted as Julia A Brown, and a lost small red covered notebook between Montsweag Station and Westport Ferry with a reward. It names Mountfort aged 6 years 14 days, James A Deering 11 years 6 months 10 days, Wilbraham Leavitt 4 years 10 months, and Julia A widow of Charles S Brown 76 years 3 months. The finder is asked to contact the Times Office.
Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, the world’s champion aviator, is to perform an airplane stunt at four today. The carnival featured a morning auto review, flowered cars, queen Bernice Potter crowned with a diamond ring, lavish decorations, illuminated grounds, special transit, and strong crowd protection by Marshall Pattee and his team. The event drew wide local and visiting participation and generous civic support from Bath residents and businesses.
Public invited next Tuesday to County Grange Field Meeting at New Meadows Inn with National Master Wilson of Illinois as lead speaker. Maine State Grange leaders also speak. there will be music, free entertainment, and a picnic dinner in the grove or at the Inn. If weather fails, events move to West Bath Grange Hall.
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