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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1915
Page
7
Deer sighting near Ashdale post office, Thanksgiving roses from a Bath area garden, visits between Brunswick and Bath residents, travel by shipyard workers, illnesses and recoveries, and hometown scenes from Ashdale through Bath with road repairs and reflections on country life.
December city council session authorizes borrowing $9,000 to cover remaining year needs. The Frye land sewer issue, Fassett claim, and L A W trolley maintenance are reviewed. A $5,000 cost to move North Street rails is noted with nest cleanup by Highways and Sewers and Park boards.
A large Bath audience enjoyed a lively charity performance titled The Dress Rehearsal held in the vestry of Winter Street Church. Grove House Academy pupils and local actors portrayed academy life with songs, Shakespearean sketches, and a musical finale, praising Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. McFadden for their leadership.
The Bath boy, son of Isaiah King, left Bath last summer and sailed from Boston as an oiler. He joined the English Army Service Corps as a motor boat driver and was in London during a Zeppelin raid. Likely now at the Dardanelles.
The annual Thanksgiving hunt matched captains J. G. Stevens and Lermond H. Rowe with 44 hunters. after counting game points, Stevens led 4000 to 2700. Supper followed at Rowe's hall hosted by the Ladies Aid Society with clam stew by Mrs. Mattie McMahan and Priscillas serving the tables.
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