Easter Reflections Amid War and Civic News
The piece mixes Easter meditations with social notices. It highlights Dr. Ethan Flagg Butler’s serbian typhus relief work and the sacrifice of medical professionals, notes Mrs. Frederick P. Abbott’s federation activities in Knox County, and mentions Miss Juanita Doane Wells as a Navy sponsor. It ends with social event plans at the K Y C and Easter attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Doane Wells
Cambridge
Mass
Navy
Pretty Auction Party Hosts and Local Social News
An elegant Wednesday afternoon auction hosted by Mrs William Adams and Miss Florence Andrews at the Cosmopolitan Club House drew forty players led by Mrs Ralph Whitehouse who won the top points and a cut glass vase. Local residents Mr and Mrs Frederic H Low relocate to Pasadena, Cal, and plan a bungalow and garden. James P Webber of Phillips Exeter returns to pass days in Bath and academy students enjoy spring vacation as Fortnightly Club members hear Mrs Stevens speak on anti suffrage. Miss Jennie Sawyer of Mt Holyoke visits, George W Dean orders a new car, Miss Miriam Kimball spends a month with her mother in Newtonville, Mrs Owen Ledyard hosts a card club, Miss I L Louise Fuller studies at Columbia and Miss M Janet Cutler visits from Merrimac for Easter recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willliam Adams
Florence Andrews
Cosmopolitan Club House
Ralph Whitehouse
James P. Webber
Phillips- Exeter
Academy
Stevens
Portland
Brunswick
Jennie Sawyer
Mt. Holyoke
Harry B. Sawyer
George W. Dean
Miriam Kimball
Albert H. Shaw
Newtonville
Mass
Edward Kimball
I.L Louise S. Fuller
New York
Fred A. Fuller
Mt. Holyoke College
Louise Fuller
Washington St
Local Visitors and Family Trips Highlight Alna Center Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Melon B. Hodgdon were visitors in Alna Center. Mrs. Mary Preble Melcher visited Westbrook to see her son. Miss Mildred Palmer arrived home from New York for Easter vacation. Mrs. Elmer Coss visited her parents in Jefferson. Messrs Moulton Ham Lemont Brown and Horace Morse with Lester Morse return from the University of Maine for a week’s vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melon B. Hodgdon
Alna Center
Mary Preble Melcher
Westbrook
Mildred Palmer
New York
Elmer Coss
Charles Hodgdon
Jefferson
Moulton
Ham
Lemont, Brown
Horace
Lester Morse
University of Maine
Card party at Cosmopolitan Club hosts large winter auction
Mrs. William Moulton Adams and Miss Florence Andrews hosted a Wednesday card party at the Cosmopolitan Clubhouse. The event was noted as one of the largest auction parties of the entire winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Moulton Adams
Florence Andrews
Cosmopolitan Clubhouse
Dr. George Burgess Magrath Returns Home From Southport
Boston physician and medical examiner for Suffolk County Dr. George Burgess Magrath comes back to his summer home in Southport after a week’s outing. His mother and sister Miss Ethek are visiting briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burgess Magrath
Boston
Southport
Magrath
Suffolk County
Massachusetts
Miss Ethek
Woman Suffrage Talk Planned by Brunswick Saturday Club
Mrs. Robert Treat Whitehouse of Portland will speak on Woman Suffrage Its Significance in the Woman Movement at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Unitarian Church. The Maine Woman Suffrage Association published Equal Suffrage by Mrs Whitehouse. In Phippsburg Center Dr A F Williams moves into the Drummond mansion purchased by him, while Mrs Drummond Kelley moves to the former Williams home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Club of
Brunswick
Robert Treat Whitehouse
Portland
Unitarian Church
Maine Woman Suffrage Association
Phippsburg Center
A. F. Williams
Drummond
Drummond Kelley
Williams
Kennebec Valley
Capt. Drummond
Miss Annie Palmer Hosts Sunday School Boys Party
Miss Annie Palmer entertained her Sunday school class of boys Tuesday evening at her North Street home with games and music. Ice cream cake and candies were served as the group enjoyed a pleasant evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Palmer
North St
Ballot Names Mrs Morse to Civics Committee in Biddeford
The Maine Federation of Women's Clubs ballot issued by the nominating committee lists Mrs John A Morse of this city as a member of the civics committee. The ballot will be voted on at the annual meeting in Biddeford next October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Biddeford
John A. Morse
Civics
De Gogorza Party Plans Extended Tour and Home Improvements
Mr and Mrs Emilio de Gogorza depart Bath after winter visit planning extensive renovations at No 7 North Street with Architect Calvin Stevens before traveling to New York and California to join Mme de Gogorza for concerts in New York and Virginia and a San Francisco exposition visit. The pair may tour abroad in summer to recover personal property left in Paris at the war’s start and expect to return to Bath in August. De Gogorza to solo at Maine Festival next fall with a Pacific coast tour early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio de Gogorza
Portland
Calvin Stevens
No.7
North St
New York
Mme. de Gogorza
Virginia
California
H. L. Tevis
San Francisco
Alma
Paris
Bath
DeGegorza
Maine
Pacific Coast
Librettist McLellan's Son Naturalized to Allow Service
Co M S McLellan, once of this city and known as librettist, has had his son naturalized under British law to permit military service. He was born in Boston and moved to England after The Belle of New York hit in the 1890s, remaining a key success. Royalties from his stage works exceed $1,500,000 since his early comic opera Puritania, with Leah Kleschna noted as his only major non musical hit. He also wrote as Hugh Morton and edited Town Topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. MclLellan
McLellan
Boston
England
New York
Leah Kleschna
Hugh Morton
Town Topics
Carter Family Begins Four Month Stay in Town
Edward E. Carter arrived at Harvard on Wednesday with Mrs. Carter and children. They will live for four months as guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Carter
Harvard
Bath native John Gregson visits family in Milwaukee
John Gregson former Bath boy and superintendent of the Sivyer Steel Casting Co. Milwaukee travels with daughter Margaret to see his mother Mrs. John Gregson and grandmother Mrs. E. S. J. Nealley on High Street. He recently spoke at the American Foundrymen’s Association annual meeting on Ganister linings in sideblow converters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gregson
Sivyer Steel Casting Co
Milwaukee
Margaret
E. S. J. Nealley
Nealley
High St
Silver Steel Casting Co
American Foundrymen’s Association
Gregson
Foundry and Iron and Trade Review
Jack Gregson
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Anniversary observance at Cosmopolitan clubhouse
Miss Margaret Foote hires the Cosmopolitan clubhouse from ten to three for an anniversary observance of the Abenaki Camp Fire Group of the city. Shipping City bands hold a luncheon at noon with piano Victrola and pool table available. Miss Foote is guardian of the group. Miss Viola G Hogan left Tuesday to visit her brother Dr Hogan in Springfield Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Foote
Miss Foote
Viola G. Hogan
Dr. Hogan
Springfield
Mass
Local Social Notes Include Travel and Funeral Attendance
Miss Edith McTeer dies in Lewiston while neighbors and relatives mark Easter travels. Robert Haskell visits from Augusta. Miss Florence Walton stays in South Portland. Dr Hill from Biddeford on business. Mrs F B Nichols and Miss Dorothy idle in Boston. George P Wetherbee returns from Phillips Andover for Easter. A A Percy and Miss Nichols back from Boston. Miss Louise Cahill visits Portland with Mrs Bant Hanson Jr. Harry A Magoun attends J R Andrews funeral in Camden. Helen Beebe returns from Wakefield for funeral. Davenport returns to Boston for funeral and plans summer return in a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith McTeer
Lewiston
Robert Haskell
Augusta
Florence Walton
South Portland
Dr. Hill
Biddeford
F. B. Nichols
Dorothy
Boston
George P. Wetherbee
Phillips-Andovyer
A. A. Percy
Miss Nichols
Louise Cahill
Portland
Bant Hanson, Jr
Harry A. Magoun
New York Shipbuilding Col
Camden N. J
J. R. Andrews
Helen Beebe
Wakefield
Mass
George P. Davenport
Mr. Davenport
Local Visitors and Vacation Trip Highlights
Walter Hill enjoys a Boston vacation. Miss Idella Altekamp of Kent's Hill visits with her father in Boston. Mr and Mrs John Holmes Hyde depart for Boston to spend the weekend with Mrs Hyde's parents. Miss Florence Cruzen of Paxton Ill visits Abbott Academy friend Miss Dorothy Higgins in Easter vacation. George Cristy and Harry P Bridges, Bowdoin students, depart for a ten day vacation on Spectacle Island New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hill
Boston
Idella Altekamp
Kent's Hill
John Holmes Hyde
Portland Visits Highlight Local Notables Across Town
Dr. Maxwell Powers a business visitor in Portland Tuesday. Mrs John J Desmond and Miss Madeline are visiting in Portland. Lothair I Lowell returned home Monday from a visit with his daughter Mrs Bartlett in Berlin NH. Mrs Hodgkins of this city has returned home from a visit with her son W Percy Hodgkins in South Gardiner. Rev B A Willmot of Quincy MA has recently received a call from the Congregational Church in Roxbury. Mrs Willmot was formerly Miss Alice Upton of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Powers
Portland
John J. Desmond
Madeline
Lothair i. Lowell
Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Hodgkins
City
W. Percy Hodgkins
South Gardiner
B. A. Willmot
Quincy
Mass
Congregational Church
Roxbury
Willmot
Alice Upton
Local visitors and travels featured in Portland
Mrs E A Farrar and Mrs Edward Ripley visited in Portland on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Harry W Cobb of Augusta spend the week in town. Lorettus S Met calf ill and confined to the house. Mrs J D Sampson returned to Augusta after visiting her daughter Mrs Frank E Southard. Miss Edith Cochran teaching in Chatham Mass returns east vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Cochran of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Farrar
Edward Ripley
Portland
Harry W. Cobb
Augusta
Metcalf
J. D. Sampson
Frank E. Southard
High St
Edith Cochran
Chatham
Mass
Robert Cochran
City
Marriage of Miss Dorothy Foss and Ralph Owen Brewster
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Foss of Portland and Ralph Owen Brewster is planned for April 2. Foss, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles S Foss, is a 1911 Wellesley graduate while Brewster, a Bowdoin 1909 alum, finished at Harvard Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Foss
Charles S. Foss
Portland
Ralph Owen Brewster
Miss Foss
Wellesley
Mr. Brewster
Bowdoin
iHarvard Law School
Palm Sunday Vesper Draws Large Grace Church Crowd
Grace Church held a four o clock Vesper service on Palm Sunday attracting many. The program featured Stainer's Crucifixion conducted by choirmaster Fred E Drake with soloist Allan H Ramsay. The choir of Bath's best musicians numbered thirty and also performed Dubois The Seven Last Words on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Palm Sunday
Stainer
Fred E. Drake
Allan H. Ramsay
Dubois
Bath
Parker Child Sings With Central Church Choir in Town
Parker Child, a leading Boston tenor and Worcester Philharmonic soloist, arrived Wednesday as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shaw. He will assist the Central Church choir in the Easter program, praised by the Velogram for his performance of Schubert’s My Sweet Repose with the Philharmonic Orchestra. The Morse High Senior Class held a Saturday dance at the Kennebec Yacht Club with Stanton’s trio. organizers were Herbert Cavanaugh Myron Sprague Gerald Atkinson, chaperons listed as Miss Jennie R. Morse Mrs. Harry E. Stetson Mrs. Oliver Moses and Miss Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Child
Boston
Town
Jack Shaw
Morse High School
Kennebec Yacht Club
Stanton
Herbert Cavanaugh
Myron Sprague
Erald Atkinson
Jennie R. Morse
Harry E. Stetson
Oliver Moses
Bowen
Luther Burbank Works Arrive at Patten Free Library
The full 12 volume set of Luther Burbank’s works arrives at Patten Free Library and is displayed on a new reference rack in the reading room. Gifted by Galen C. Moses, the library president and Luther Burbank Society honorary member, the volumes are richly illustrated with colored lithographs. The text highlights how Burbank transformed ordinary plants into remarkable varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Luther Burbank
Plant Life
Galen C. Moses
The
Luther Burbank Society
John Houghton Returns to Taft School After Home Week
John Houghton went back to Taft School on Wednesday following a week spent at home in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Houghton
Taft School
Illness Grieves Friends of Pearson Family
Friends of Mr and Mrs William C Pearson of Washington Street learn their daughter June Esther is seriously ill with pneumonia at home. The brief notice requests prayers and support from the community as the family faces the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Pearson
Washington St
June Esther
Miss Florence Cruzen Leaves Paxton for Newport Visit
Miss Florence Cruzen of Paxton Illinois, guest of Miss Dorothy Higgins, leaves Thursday for Newport Vermont for a visit before returning to Abbott Academy Andover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Cruzen
Paxton, Ill
Dorothy Higgins
Newport
Abbott Academy
Andover
Librettist Chosen for Kalman Operetta Miss Rabbit Foot
C M S McLellan, former Bath boy and librettist, selected to write the libretto of Kalman's Miss Rabbit Foot based on Sam. Klaw and Erlanger own American rights and production is planned for early next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. S. McLellan
Bath
Emmerich Kalman
Sam
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
Ladies Aid Sale At Miss Morse Home
The Ladies Aid of the New Jerusalem Church plans a cook food aprons and other articles sale this afternoon at Miss Jennie R Morse’s home. George M Andrews of the New York Shipbuilding Co has returned home after several days in town. The Cosmopolitan Club will hold its regular monthly meeting next Wednesday night under new officers and all members are urged to attend. County Commissioners Mason and Thwing traveled to Richmond Friday for a hearing on the Richmond Dresden ferry question involving the ferryman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of the
New Jerusalem
Jennie R. Morse
George M. Andrews
New York Shipbuilding Co
Cosmopolitan Club
Mason
Thwing
Richmond
Richmond- Dresden
Captain C F Smith Visits Home Between Repairs
Capt C F Smith of the steamer F J Lisman returns to Everett for a brief visit while repairs are carried out at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Smith
F. J. Lisman
Everett
Bath Iron Works
Baxter and Torrey Discuss Business Trips
R. H. Baxter traveled to St. Albans and Ashland on business, while Joseph Torrey departed Friday morning for a business trip to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Baxter
St. Albans
Ashland
Joseph Torrey
New York
Weekend guests and travel notices abound in town
Mrs Proctor Hagan and her son Louis are weekend guests of Mrs Joseph Blaisdell at Five Islands. Miss Mary Berry of Bridgham Keegan tours Boston on vacation. Hulett of Lewiston Augusta and Waterville Street Railway visited town Thursday. Lieutenant Commander A W Marshall departs April 1 1915 to command the Machias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor Hagan
Louis
Joseph Blaisdell
Five Islands
Mary Berry
Bridgham & Keegan
Boston
Hulett
Lewiston
Augusta
Waterville Street Railway
A. W. Marshall
Fore River Shipbuilding Co
Quincey
Mass
Machias
Brainard Burns
Shifter
Maine Central
Carl
Thomas Spence
Small Point
Quincy
Texas Oil Co
J. O. Wyman
Raymond
Paul
Richmond
Coastwise Transportation Co
Mrs. Wyman
Hampton
Phippsburg
Bath Rebekahs Mark 34th Anniversary Lodge Celebration
Bath Rebekahs Queen Esther Lodge No. 20 celebrated its 34th anniversary in Odd Fellows Hall with Bath Lodge No. 9 of Auburn Fidelity Lodge of Lewiston and local members, drawing over 150 guests. A banquet featured a lavish menu and entertainment by readings, dances, piano accompaniment, and a South End orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
C.F
Odd Fellows Hall
Bath Lodge No
Auburn
Fidelity Lodge
Lewiston
Queen Esther
Eleanor Y. Turner
Marie Pleau
West Bath
Dorothy Welch
Althyne Munsey
South End
Horace W. Ward
Frank Parris
Sarah Smith
Tedford
E. B. Parris
Knowlton
Emma Jacobs
Eva Atwood
Hattie Richardson
Lena Heal
Annette Robison
Edward Cornish
Congdon
Bro. Ward
N. G
V.G
Emma Knowlton
Treas
H. W. Ward
Tdford
William E. Hogan
Mr. Hogan
Anthony Humphreys
M. M. Lemont
Loring C. Gilman
Charles G. Preble
J. Goldstein
G. A. Fuller
I. F. Lemont
A. E. Dunham
Fanny Dunham
A. E. Preble
George A. Fields
V. J. Gilman
S. A. Shepard
Repairs Planned for Ocean Steamer Lisman at Bath Iron Works
The ocean carrying steamer F. J. Lisman of Shawmut Steamship Co arrives from Searsport for two weeks of improvements at Bath Iron Works. A new cargo system with six Hyde Windlass winches and drainage upgrades will be installed. Seaconnet, its sister ship, expected next week for similar work. Crew of twenty five and H M Wesson as supervisor. Also noted are Boston hotel man Frank Jack visiting, and Lester G. Campbell leaving for New York to join Hudson Navigation Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Lisman
Shawmut Steamship Co
C. F. Smith
Searsport
Bath Iron Works
H. M. Wesson
Lisman
Ira W. Fickett
W. F. Jewett
W.D. Chase
H. D. Mank
George E. Daley
R. W. Pierce
Fred 8. Flynn
Seaconnet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shine
Bloom
Charles D. Clarke
American Red Cross Magazine
Ethan Flagg Butler
Charles Henry Butler
Washington, D. C
Serbia
Butler
Moatsweag Farm
Woolwich
Servia
James F. Donnelly
Brooklyn
Frederick P. Abbott
Saco
Maine Federation of Woman's Clubs
Rockland
Knox County Federation
Abbott
Knox County
Thorndike
Sidney J. Meeker
James M. Hart
Florida
Havana
Hotel Plaza
Nassau
Richard (. Meeker
Royal Palm Hotel
K.Y.C
Tew
Frederic H. Low
Pasadena
Cal
Low
Owen [Ledyard
Oak Street
Edmund Briggs
Bath Rebekahs
Seaconnett
Frank Jack
William A. Jack
Jack
Copley Plaza
Lester G. Campbell
Hudson Navigation Co
Albany
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