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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1911
Page
2
The Bath City faces a 24 mill tax rise after years of debt reduction and rising costs. Loss of steamship assessment, higher county and state taxes, and growing city expenses push rates up. debates center on water supply contracting and potential municipal water system.
Bay Point residents attended a Monday evening dance at the Casino run by Miss Clara Williams. Several visitors arrived including Mrs No s and Priscilla Webster of Massachusetts and Mr and Mrs E L Spinney from Auburn. Preparations for a June 20 Casino dance are announced and Edward McNulty of Popham is named to manage the Casino for the summer.
The X B B club planned a picnic in Bibber's woods on Thursday but rain caused a shift to a stable party at Miss Mollie Purington's home. The unused stable was cleaned and finished in hard pine, becoming a fine venue for the young ladies to enjoy the afternoon.
Two elite Maine trotters Baron Sidnut and Todnut arrive at E N Hutchins stable on Canal street Lewiston. Both stallions stand about 15 hands 2 inches weighing around 1000 pounds and are sired by noted race horses Baron Wilkes and Todd. They are owned by F W Carlton of Woolwich and will be trained and raced this fall under A E Russell.
George Minott of Bowdoinham caught the season’s opening salmon in the Cathance. The fish weighed 10% pounds. In Massachusetts Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show hit by an accident near Lowell on Wednesday morning, derailing several cars, injuring multiple people, and killing four burros.
On May 13 several hundred current and former Hood employees celebrated the 50th anniversary of C I Hood’s Lowell business. The affair honored founder Charlie Hood with a silver loving cup and a collective address praising his leadership and kindness.
Walter Rittal and brother John of Day's Ferry spent Sunday with their parents in Dresden. James L. Ham was summoned to Haverhill Massachusetts last week by the death of his brother Joseph Ham. The play Her Aunt's Heiress organized by South Dresden and Woolwich talent was performed at the Grange hall with a supper raising about nine dollars. Mrs Beulah McFadden of Cooper's Mills, formerly of this vicinity, is ill with pneumonia. Mrs Fred Carlton of South Dresden visits Massachusetts. William Choate and party toured the islands in Choate's new power boat. Mr and Mrs Herbert Hamilton plan to travel to Yarmouth this week to visit relatives.
Mrs Nancy Oliver widow of Alan Oliver and daughter of J Alexander Campbell of Georgetown died yesterday from pneumonia at 84. She leaves three sons Mil lard of Georgetown Wilbur in Bath and Walter of Boston and three daughters Mrs Thomas Hunt of Bath Mrs Annie L Hutchins of Boston and Victoria of Montana along with three sisters Mrs Louise Lenna Mrs Cordelia Cook and Mrs Victoria Oliver. A longtime Georgetown resident she was valued in town by former tax collectors in the family. Funeral services are set for Sunday.
West Bath Grange outlines Monday evening events including singing sano solo vocal solo violin solo reading solo character song banjo club music and monologue with Annie Wylie Minnie Barnes Dorman Perkins Mrs Flint Harold Freeman Ada Perkins Lillian Rogers Ella Douglas plus ice cream and cake. State Master Stetson will attend and members are urged to bring cake. Hy de Camp and Auxiliary work on memorial day soldiers’ monument trimmings.
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