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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1913
Page
6
Legislature fixes February 5 1913 as the deadline for private and special legislation bills petitions and resolutions. After that date all submissions go to the next Legislature. Officials W R Rotx clerk and W E Lawry secretary of the Senate certify the order.
Grace Episcopal Church in Maine reports its parish house and hall transformation finished at a cost of 2500 dollars. Led by Edward W. Hyde, improvements include a redesigned coat room stage, basement access, electric lighting, steam heat, ventilated halls, a Henry S. Miller upright piano and new furnishings. The basement houses a club, kitchen, toilets, store room, and seating, with a growing membership of fifty.
The Lincoln County Lumber Companys new plant at the former Shaw mill site nears completion and will start up soon with about 60 workers, rising to 100. It features a 160 by 80 foot mill, three stories, concrete basements, glass sides, two large boilers, a 500 horsepower engine, and extensive pulp and wood product operations.
At the Bath Merchants Association annual meeting President Burns absent, Wares Stetson presiding. Members endorsed the Portland Advertising Club bill to curb false advertising and supported Baybridge rebuilding with a $40,000 state appropriation. A Sagadahoc delegation meeting was proposed. Plans for a new theatre were described by Mr. Davis of Abrams Amusement Co. Officers elected include President Scott R. Frye and secretary Harry C. Webber. A clam supper at the Colonial Cafe was proposed for the next regular meeting.
Ralph Lessard, a Bath buyer, states he secured a rare black rabbit skin shot by a Bath man named Southard, noting such skins are seldom seen while white rabbits fetch little value. He mentions a skunk skin selling for up to $4.50 this season. The narrative shifts to ship news about the schooner Hardwick, its grounding off Small Point, and efforts by Woodbury to refloat it amid challenging tides.
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