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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1915
Page
7
Congressman McGillicuddy proposes a bill to dredge the Androscoggin from Lewiston to six miles below Brunswick, with locks and canals to make the river navigable to the sea. The plan, deemed feasible by engineers, requires broad cooperation of valley merchants and a mass meeting to push study and funding.
Morse High and Gardiner played a scoreless tie on Kelley Field amid a muddy, slippery surface. Gardiner’s heavier team failed to convert, while Morse’s lone third quarter drive stalled at the 15 yard line after a fumble.
Evening classes begin with 160 students enrolled and 351 pupils after new registrations. Cooking sewing typewriting and mechanical drawing rooms will be taxed to the limit as the program starts Monday night.
A swift, short city meeting saw both boards achieve a quorum and adjourn after routine business. Highlights include a sewer continuation petition from Ward Seven, monthly accounts reported, and approvals for venue use by the Spanish War Veterans and others. Residents note Hay prices: $1 in Rockland and $18 in Bath.
Lewiston Journal lauds Edna Porter in the Portland presented Everywoman. Three companions Hazel OBrien Helen Moilineau Frances Stimpeon enhance the production with striking beauty Youth and Modesty. Miss Simpson praised for a sincere clear performance and strong diction in a challenging role.
Cramp bids cited with low prices for two boats and varying months, names Fore River Ship and Engine Co. Newport News Ship and Dry Dock Co. Bath Iron Works and others with knot speeds and delivery terms to Mare Island. A schooner Henrietta Simmons with lumber to New York was towed toward sea.
Schwab's Bath visit ends with a quick chat as he plans to return to Boston. He asks Eugene Thebeau for travel time and is told about four hours.
The Probate Court on Tuesday granted administrations for the estates of Merriman Bath Magoun Snow and others. Wills were filed or proved for Savage Potter Welsh Murphy and others. Accounts and inventories were filed or allowed for multiple estates including Barnes White Hodges and Douglass. Local notes mention ducks and kites near Bath on a calm day. 9-16-23
Sylvia G. Barnes widow of Charles E. Barnes of Georgetown applies for allowance out of his personal estate. The court orders three weeks’ notice in the Bath Independent describing a Probate Court session on the first Tuesday of November to show cause why the petition should not be granted.
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