Bainbridge in Review, News Items from 1917

Bainbridge in Review

News Items from Bainbridge Republican of

October 4, 1917

 

Leigh Evans, of this village, was one of the 117 young men who left Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] last Saturday morning for Camp Dix at Wrightstown, N.J.;  this number represented the second division of Chenango County's quota.  On Friday evening, the citizens of Norwich gave a great demonstration in honor of the young men, and Hon. H .C. Stratton made a splendid address.  On Saturday morning, there was an immense outpouring of people at the O.&W. station to witness the departure of the men.  The friends who saw Leigh off found him enthusiastic over his opportunity to serve and he left with great expectations.

 

Irving M. Ives, of this village, was last week notified by the War Department, Washington, D.C., that he had passed with good standing the examinations for provisional appointment as Second Lieutenant in the regular army of the United States.  Mr. Ives will be among those to fill the vacancies which from time to time occur in the army.  At present he is underweight and is continuing his studies at Hamilton College where he hopes to improve physically so that he will be able to enter the service when he is called.

 

An old fashioned Harvest Home service will be held in the M.E. Church on Sunday morning, October 7, at 10:30.  The church will be pleasingly decorated with garden and farm vegetables of the various productions.  We hope that all our people will endeavor to bring or send to the church such articles that they would like to exhibit by Saturday afternoon, so the same can be arranged.  There will be special music by the orchestra and the choir for the occasion.

 

L.R. Booth who has successfully conducted the Park Hotel in this village for the past year, has rented the Central Hotel and taken possession.  Mr. Booth will conduct the hotel in a manner which the traveling public and home people will have no complaint to make.  As an accommodating landlord, Mr. Booth is hard to beat.  He is there to serve the public with the best cuisine and expects to keep this popular hotel up to the standard of its former proprietors.

 

Frank Barnes, one of Amos Tuckey's employees suffered a broken right leg this morning.  He was riding on a load of milk cans near the creamery and his feet slipped off the dashboard and he fell between the horses and wagon, the wagon running over his leg.

 

Mr. Anderson, proprietor of the Lyric Moving Picture Theatre has very kindly granted the Bainbridge  High School Athletic Association a percentage of the gross receipts on Friday evening for the benefit of the Association.  Money must be raised in order to pay for football, basketball and baseball suits.  Everybody is asked to come to the theatre Friday evening not only to enjoy a good show but to help out the athletic association as well.  All come.  Admission as usual.

 

Tuesday at the Lyric Theatre--A Bluebird Photoplay starring Violet Mersereau in the role in which she wears masculine garb.  It is entitled "The Boy Girl" and laughs and suspended breaths follow each other in quick succession.

 

The Junior Baraca Class of the M.E. Church held their regular meeting at the home of Walter Barnes, Monday evening.  The following officers were elected:  President, Walter Barnes; Vice-president, Guy Stimson; Treasurer, Ernest Hoyt; Secretary, Lewis Shofkom; Head of Floral and Social Department, Arland Pettys. All members of the class attended the meeting.

 

Activities of Bainbridge Citizens About Town in October 1917

 

Mrs. Otis Ives and daughter, Mildred, went to Sidney, Thursday

 

Walter E. Barnes attended the Fair at Binghamton, Thursday

 

Atty. Homer D. Owens was a business caller in Syracuse, Thursday.

 

G.E. Prince was a recent guest of his cousin, Lawrence Bennett, at South New Berlin.

 

Mr. and Mrs. James Purvis and daughter, spent Saturday and Sunday visiting relatives in Johnson City.

 

Foster L. Darlin, a student to the Syracuse Business School spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Darlin.

 

County Clerk I.J. Tillman, of Norwich spent last evening with William Teachout, one of our celebrated decorators and painters.

 

Mrs. Helen Mears, of Poultney, Vt. is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Loudon at "River View" Farm.