Bath social notes and community events in concise diary style
The Bath column details a sequence of social gatherings and personal news. It describes a 630 supper with floral decor, an auction with prizes, and gifts among attendees including Mrs. Haley and Mrs. Hagan. The item covers visits, birthdays, engagements, travel, and various club meetings, listing numerous locals and their activities across Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. Haley
Waldo Marshall
Thatcher
Pinkham
Hagan
Marshall
Capt. Haley
Silhouette
Mr. Hagan
Thatcher Pinkham
Miss Arabelle Lord Returns to Woodland to Teach
Miss Arabelle M Lord resumed teaching in Woodland after a spring vacation with her parents Lieut and Mrs John A Lord at 50 Pearl Street. Harry Manson and Herbert Kelley of Boston visited Bath and stayed with Mr and Mrs John H Hyde at Elmhurst. Ladies aid of Universalist church met Friday in Charles A Blai High Street with a business session appointing Mrs John Parris and Mrs Nellie Peckham to the April committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Thornton
Bath
Malden
Thornton
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Massachusetts
Center Street
Copley Plaza Hotel
Dorothea Nash
City Hospital
Howard Nash
Edwards Street
Shorey
Clas
We Wise Wil Orkers Club
Crystal
Pearl Staples
Lucy Rogers
Rodney Ross
Archie Trainor
Herbert Wing
Otis Smith
Esther Wilson
Dorothy Renaud
Winifred Safford
Arthur Rideout
Margaret Pierce
Elsie Shaw
Pearl Savage
Frank Robshaw
Virginia Rines
Frank Thompson
Maurice Ska
Elizabeth Randall
Cosmopolitan Club
Beatrice Nichols
Charles Cummings
Carolyn Stackpole
Margaret Lord
Elizabeth Robbins
Adelaide Campbell
Christine Lockery
Helen Hayes
Helen Stevens
Elsie, Omah
Katherine Trott
John Newell
W. S. Newell
Washington Street
Mary McKinnon
Topsham
William Keesling
San Francisco
Lt. Council of
Howard Larrabee
Liberty Street
Herbert Henderson
Albert Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Charles Stuart
Penn Davis
Clifton Legard
H. C. Larrabee
Walter Ayer
Mabel Ayer
W. Percy Marks
Union
Miss Ayer
Publi
Marks
John A. Légro Co
Colonial Club
Oakhurst
Irma D. Gilman
Phippsburg
Boston
Morse High School
Harriman Senior High School
Philadelphia
Mr. Gilman
Department of
Mechanical Arts
Charles Moore
David
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard
Herbert Rogers
Moore
Bath Iron Works Corp
Shepard
Upper High Street
Dorice Campbell
Elmer F. Campbell
Waterville
Colby College
Phillips-Andover Academy
Andover
William S. Newell
Hotel Phoenix
Walter Rogers
New York
Eva M. Foster
Augusta
Pred -Peacock
Hallowell
T. G. Hinckley
Richmond
Leon Baker
Lisbon Falls
Christine Pattengill
Freeport
Olive Carrell
Wiscasset
Thelma Cornish
New England
C. H. Rowan
J. P. Chadbourne
Portland
Society of the Corliss Street Church
Ida Purington
Lower Middle Street
Frances MacFadden
Clarice Berry
Harriet Oliver
White Cross
Lois Ames
Weeks Street
Margaret Brennan
Alden G. Smith
High Street
L. N. Club
Corliss Street
Harriet Small
Lower High Street
Julia Paisley
Edith Wallace
Lillian Clark
Marion Palmer
Charlena Cornish
Arabelle M. Lord
Woodland
John A. Lord
Pearl Street
Harry Manson
Herbert Kelley
John H. Hyde
Elmhurst
Ladies’ Aid of the Universalist Church
Charles—A-Blai High Street
John Parris
Nellie Peckham
Sagadahoc Court of Probate Busy at April Session
Sagadahoc probate court, led by Judge Walter Glidden, disposed wills and administration matters at the April term. Executors appointed without bond included Margaret Herfel for Leander Dauphin, with numerous petitions, inventories, and accounts filed for estates across Bath Richmond Topsham Woolwich and Bowdoinham, detailing licenses, distributions, taxes, and guardianships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter 8. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Clinton C. Gardiner
Richmond
Margaret Herfel
Leander Dauphin
Bath
Annie B. Dauphin
Mattie A. Conley
John E. Conley
Albert Henderson
Henry R. Drew
John C. Hurley
Victor R. E. Carey
D.b.n
William H. Harlow
Ernest L. Goodspeed
D.v.n
Abbie F. Purington
Topsham
G. Allen Howe
Emma Hathorne
Frank A. Wood
Edwin A. Wood
Edith A. Wood
Hattie O. Andros
Emma F. Hawthorne
Frank L. Call
William H. Harrow
D.b.a
Ruth M
Henry M. Biggins
James C. Biggins
Wilbur H. Wyman
George H. Wyman
Phippsburg
Clyde L. Gray
Ida M. Baston
Ida B. Carr
Alfred C. Carr
Bowdeinham
Helen M. Potter
Henrietta L. Eaton
Carrie Hodgkins
Clara W. Smith
Asbury
Ada E. Deering
Harry G. Deering
Manfred E. Sidelinger
Herbert L. Sidelinger
Bessie Lancaster
Harry E. Whitney
Leander A. Ring
Amasa A. Ring
Leticia Couture
Cyrille Couture
George P. Keith
Elba C. Turner
Benja E. Keay
Merrill G. Keay
Bowdoin
Herold E. Dowling
John T. Dowling
Bath National Bank
Maria Houdlette
Reuben Colburn
Pittston
Ella C. Turner
Guardian
Benton F. Stinson
Arrewsic
Edward W Bridgham
Ellen Goodwin
Wallace E. Curtis
Ruth M. Totman
Mary E. Sonia
Robert Shea
Charles C. Low
Notes of Interest in Bath and Surroundings
Local notes recount Eugene M. Desmond's engaging talk to the Winter Street church Men's club, hotel Phoenix renovations for summer, church events, PTA card party plans, and diverse civic updates. Bath Fire Dept badges, census work, track meet ribbons, and court cases are also noted along with social and religious gatherings and yacht Corsair portlights news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
M. Desmond
Winter Street Church
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Morgan Yacht
William D Work Funeral in West Bath
The funeral of William D. Work formerly of West Bath who died in Providence Rhode Island was conducted Wednesday afternoon at two at the Curtis funeral home. Rev. David L. Wilson of Central church officiated. The bearers were John D. Rogers James E. Perry T C Hughes and Charles Coombs. Burial was in Lee cemetery West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Work
West Bath
Providence
R. I
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Central Church
John D. Rogers
James E. Perry
T. C. Hughes
Charles Coombs
Lee Cemetery
Clare Coombs Sails From Bombay To Marseilles
M lar Clare Coombs of Washington street sailed March 26 from Bombay on the S S Naldera for Marseilles after spending three and a half months in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Lar Clare Coombs
Washington Street
Bombay
Marseilles
India
Popham Beach Store Destroyed By Fire
The former Haley and Marr store at Popham Beach now owned by Herman Spinney was burned early Tuesday while he worked inside preparing to reopen. The blaze, believed to have started near the chimney, was found at 6 20 as Coast Guard crew and villagers fought it. The connected state reservation house was briefly endangered but saved. Loss estimated around 1500 with some insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haley & Marr
Popham Beach
Herman Spinney
Old Fort Popham
Will Sustained In Probate Court
In a probate court ruling the will was sustained with provisions totaling about 4300 dollars to Mrs. Herfel the housekeeper for a year and four months before the testator's death. The article outlines the strained relations with two women related to the deceased and notes a lengthy history of annual visits between Sadie and her father dating back to his first contact after her mother’s separation. Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Times
William J. Rouse
America
Napoleon
New Orleans
Rouse
Waterville
Dr. Rouse
City of
Bath
New City Hall
Herfel
Sadie
Bunker
Gardiner
Portland visit of Hill family and Mrs Langdon
Mrs Fred D Hill Mrs William B Hill Mrs W Dayton Hill and Miss Sue san Ballou spent a day in Portland Monday traveling with Mrs M Langdon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hill
William B. Hill
W. Dayton Hill
Suesan Ballou
Portland
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David N. Heald
H. P. Bridge, Inc
Howard Blake
Crescent Street
Winfield Hagan
Mabel Fullerton
Eva Fultoms
William Potter
Andrews Road
Edward Garcelon
Bernard Pratt
Eva Pulton
Bertie Johnson
J. Horace McClure
Edmund Staples
Front Street
Edward Hawthorne
Ruth Blaisdell
Albert Noyes
The
State Bank Examiners’ Department
Court Street
Edwin Spaulding
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin Musical Clubs
Newtonville
Mass
Danvers
Quincy
Lexington
Lucy M. Shanney
Jamaica Plain
Harry Madden
Joseph Torrey
Bos
Laura Cutting
Gardin
R D. Rogers
Brunswick Road
Chester Cram
Chester, Jr
Lincoln Street
Sanford
Arthur B. Steesims
Chestnut Street
Mansfield
Richard L. Sprague
Rodney FE. Ross
Roland F. Hill
Edriel Little
Turnercourt
U.S
Constitution
Harold
March
Mrs. March
John Loring
Panama
A. A. Kenney
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co
Beth
Bessie B. Blackwall
Grace Church
Oak Street
Alaska
Miss Blackwall
North Carolina
St. Mark’s School
Nenana
Charles Farrar
Brunswick
Frank P. Lord
Margaret
Eben J. Marston
Helen Shaughnessy
William V. Percy
Walter Bowker
Charles Low
William D. Rich
Lynn, Mass
Dorothy Conley
Wasson Institute
Springvale
Anna Conley
Academy Street
Leland Plummer
Lewiston
John Gowell
George Washington
J. Edward Pomeroy
P. J. Macken
Postal Telegraph Cable Co
Clinton D. Wilson
William Dennison
Caldwell Phillips
Milton Trott
Elwood Hodgkins
Howard S. McPhee
Allentown
N. J
McPhee
Daniel E. McPhee
Dummer Street
Patricia Whitehouse
Doris Jordan
Portsmouth
N. H
Jordan
Samuel Jordan
Roland Wiley
Virginia
Wiley
Clifford G. Smith
Mr. Smith
Wellington A. Moore
Shirley
Cherry Street
Charles E. Bliss
Maxwell Powers
Delwin Small
Hazen Hilton
George F. Flint
Dover
Arlene Boothby
Lillian Frost
Miss Sweetland
Central Maine Power Co
Colonial
Sue Carr
Lewis K. Austin
Henry W. Butler
Gwendolyn Vaughan
East Braintree, Mass
Mary Louise Lovette
Alfred Richards
Richardson
Floreda de Rosier
Eugene L. Metcalf
Annie Torrey
G. Clifford Madden
Charles I. Madden
Narice
Mechanic Street
Madden
Miriam W. Kimball
William Plummer Drake
Deerfield Academy
Deerfield
Frederick E. Drake
John C. Hart
Charles Street
Frank “Hanson
Moosehead Lake
Crawford Lake
Guilford
Great
Northern Territory
Richard Sprague
Richard Carleton Perry
William Perry
Turner Court
Grace Allen
Phyllis Gilnatrick
Boston City Hospital
Bath Hospital
John Sampson
Woodfords
Arthur
P. Sampson
Josephine Fraser
Young Ladies Bridge Club
John H. Grindell
William Daley
John J. Keegan
Ruth Johnson
Gertrude Blaisdell
James Lester Morse
Morse
New York State
George Cloutier
Charles E. Merrill Co
Frank Blake
Lower
Don L. Foote
Bangor
John Sanborn
Mrs. L. J. Sanborn
Frederick Drake
Phillips- Andover Academy
Clarence Pendleton
Glidden
Tobath
Ladies of People’s Baptist Church
Raymond Powers
Dike School
P.T.A
Sunset
Oliver Circle
Powers
John Conley
E Mason Wright
William A. Furber
Clifford Wilband
Lewis F. Gannon
Everett G. Lemont
Ralph P. Dunbar
Elmer _Sidelinger
Bailey Evening School
David Y. Alkazin
Alkagin
Prince Albert
Charles Parks
Fire Department
Front
Elm
Center
Washington Streets
Kennebec Bridge
Fitz Palin
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Falin
Harry E. Bumpus
Avyburn
Hap” Lewis
Stanley M. Brown
Committee On Fire Department
Elmer Rogers
North End
Keegan
War W. Bridgham
TS Recisbeceeet Dees
Oe Thescourt
R. Stanwood. Povey
D. D
Christian Civic League of Maine
First Baptist Church
Fred.w. Barron
Marshall Avenue
Barron
Central
Arthur Staples
Montgomery and St. Bernard
Royal Arch
Walter
Arthur B. Stilphen
Charles. M., Tubbs
Blue Lodge Masons
Ellis L. Aldrich
Men’s Club
Winter Street
Aldrich
Jerry
Jericho Road
Carrie E. Shaw
William Gove
Gove
Bath Camp
R. N
Red Men’s Hall
E. A. Garcelon
Middle Street
Recorder
Big Morgan
H. P. Small Co
Edward W. Bridgham