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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1917
Page
1
A Red Cross benefit at the Bath Opera House featuresEnnito de Gorgorza Weedlite whose magnetic voice draws vast crowds of Bath citizens. Floral tributes accompany the singer while Miss Winslow and Maidens in Red Cross costumes support the program amid wartime reflections on sacrifice and national duty.
A joint hearing by the State Highway Commission and local leaders approved a single span reinforced concrete bridge of 56 feet nine inches across to connect a main thoroughfare. The project, funded at 12 060, faces county and town involvement with plans to raise the roadbed and add ornamental rails for two-way traffic.
Bath shows rising freight with no new tracks as Maine Central transfers eight cars daily to trolley lines and nine cars to local firms. Daily car handling hits 170, up 100 from last year, aided by faster demurrage rules and cooperative local business. Coal rail delivery increases Bath’s annual freight to about a quarter million dollars. If demand continues, Maine Central eyes capacity and efficiency gains to meet shifts in shipping patterns.
The planned Old Folks' Home in Maine will offer home like living with two large baths on each floor and a large kitchen pass through. Each room includes sinks and built in features while an automatic elevator serves all floors. Fire safety includes a heat responsive sprinkler system and protected stairways. The riverside terrace and two steam heaters mark the project as a modern building in the state.
Mire Alve Churchill of Mechanic Falls and Jorge A. Churchill wed Sunday at Brunsa.ce Church with Rev. Otto S. Raspe officiating. The bride wore a Copenhagen blue silk dress. the couple will reside in Albion after a European trip, Mr Churchill continuing his business in Mechanic Falls.
Bath's freight business grows rapidly with a yearly rise near a quarter million dollars. The existing yard is full, leaving no room for extensions and forcing consideration of a supplementary freight yard northwest of the current facility toward Brunswick.
Mrs Maria Lucretia Mitchell widow of Capt Ira F Mitchell of Pembroke died at 4 30 Sunday at her daughter Mrs E Lincoln Hinckleys home 23 Dummer Street Bath She was 90 years six months nine days old Survivors include brother Leonard Lovejoy and sister Dr A E Emery Both Q children and four grandchildren and several great grandchildren Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday at 10 30 a m with burial in Maple Grove cemetery
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