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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
5
A quiet police week is noted as Morse High meets Cony High in Augusta today. Deering High beat Morse 8 to 5 last Saturday in the city. Locals report plenty of trout effort in area brooks and wage raises for street railway workers.
From West Bath community notes Mrs Henry P Healey and daughter arrive from Boston due to Miss Annie Wylies illness. Others visit or recover including Mona Wyse and F W Larrabee. Telephone line changes reduce the crowded 264 line and add six party lines. The New Meadows boat season begins with New Meadows Inn opening May 22 and dockside club house plans approved.
Twenty two University of Maine athletes arrived by the five o clock train to compete in the 18th annual Intercollegiate Track Meet at Whittier field today. They lodged at the Columbia Hotel and began training with light supper and early bed. The group includes Rev O W Folsom elected secretary of the Maine Ministerial Relief Association during a Brunswick meeting. Also noted is the Wednesday wedding of Phoebe A Demings and George A Chadsey performed at the First Baptist Church parsonage.
Miss Katherine W Spinney of Winnegance Bath dies from bronchial pneumonia shocking friends in Bath. Born Georgetown Maine 1841 daughter of Thomas and Susan Spinney educated in Bath and Kent's Hill taught for years then cared for aging parents on Long Island near the Kennebec later living in Bath. An earnest Christian and Wesley Methodist member she served as Bath W C secretary and was known for her kindness. Morse to sail from Germany soon and spend summer in Bath.
Several hundred residents are urged to apply for Accident and Sickness Insurance with General Accident Corporation Perth Scotland offering a present of the usual policy fee of five dollars for new May business. The plan costs one dollar per month with benefits from thirty to sixty dollars per month, larger for higher premiums. Dr Ed E Bairy is named as general agent and notes long service from Bath professionals.
Mrs. Sarah Stevens and family express heartfelt thanks for the kind acts of friends during their recent bereavement in Five Islands Maine on May 6 1912.
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