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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
3
A long list of Bath residents and visitors recounts relatives visiting homes on Middle Street Washington Street and North Street. Many travelers from Portland Boston and New York are noted with vacations and motor trips including Bath Iron Works staff and local merchants.
Mrs. Charles Moore substitutes at Bath Trust Co. for two weeks during clerk absence. Hon. Joseph Torrey visits Boston and New York on business. Mrs. J. J. Desmond and daughter Roscoe H. Shaw travel to Portland. Mrs. Fred Dunton of Boothbay Harbor visits sister Mrs. Belle Wiley. Frederick, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Andrews, hosts friends. Hoop er sisters Catherine and Mildred Hoop er visit West Newton, Mass. Mrs. Arthur J. Dunton hosts guests at summer home on Rich's mountain. Mrs. Catherine Cornish, clerk at W. G. Cahill's, out on week’s vacation. Herbert F. Erwin ships out for a week. Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor depart for Wareham after death in family. Jack Bing Conley, Morse high captain-elect, abroad to Nashua and Hampton Beach for a week. Col Albert Beliveau of Rumford, Democratic candidate for Congress, visits Bath and meets local party members.
Joseph Hayes of New York City returned Friday after two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edge at 1408 Washington street. Mrs. Lula Herbert and Mrs. Laura Payne came back from a two week motor trip through Ontario. Miss Rosina Bates, in Springfield, Mass., visited her parents on Andrews road. Miss Marion Whittier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Whittier, is a week in Rockport with her grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. William Cowing and family left Turnercourt for Waterville to visit Mrs. Cowing's mother Mrs. Jennie Shackford.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Furbish of Brunswick, well known in Bath, were among the Masonic party leaving Portland Friday morning for Tacoma Washington.
Dr. and Mrs. Moulton of East Orange visit sister in Bath on route to New Harbor. Charles P. Percy of Brooklyn vacationing with Mrs. Percy at a Phippsburg cottage calls Bath friends. Miss Ruth Perry and Miss Isabelle Griscom of Chattanooga visit Mrs. Marcus Beebe at Popham Beach cottage. Bath residents seen in Portland include Mrs. Lulu and others. Elmer Rich, Bath figure, is recovering from surgery at Brunswick hospital. John Ronald Larrabee visits grandparents in Woolwich while parents tour Enfield area. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram R. Annis in Camden. Mrs. Lillian Moss in Portland visiting friends.
Mrs J J O'Donnell and daughter Norma of New York visit brother and sister on Edwards street. Mr and Mrs William Flint of Dummer street return from West Roxbury where they visited daughter and son in law Clifford Clark. Mrs Clark and son William join them for the visit. Mrs Hazel McDonald of upper Washington street substitutes at Edna Mae Shopper Center during Sarah Reya's two week vacation. Reynolds and niece visit relatives in Boston and suburbs.
Benjamin PF Savage 83, of 841 High street, attended the Bath Three-Quarter Century club reunion in Waterville after learning Sheriff Henderson canceled the Bath delegation trip due to rain. He drove there and back with his wife, reporting a fine time and good treatment by locals. Other notes include David Black at A. and P. on Front street, Stanley Whitehouse’s trip to Portsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Moore visiting from Upper High street, dancers Doris Perkins and Cecil Rowland at Old Orchard Beach, and Mr. and Mrs. J Houghton McLellan Jr. hosting relatives in Washington.
A party for Katherine Chase, student nurse at Bath City hospital, was held Tuesday evening at New man Kennerson's Upper Washington Street home. Guests included three tables of bridge, refreshments, dancing, and fellow student nurses Muriel Ayer and Helen Furber from Central Maine General in Lewiston, along with Mr and Mrs Chester Warre and several Lewiston residents.
Miss Evelyn Petlock stenographer for John P. Carey Jr. resumed duties Monday after a two week vacation spent in Nova Scotia Boston area and Laconia NH. Miss Theo McNeil served as substitute during her absence.
Mrs Elizabeth Rice returned home to Sagadahoc Ferry from Bath City hospital after six weeks as a patient following surgery. Miss Muriel Ayer, student nurse at Central Maine General hospital Lewiston, vacationing with her parents. Mr and Mrs Robert Ayer of upper Washington street and Mr and Mrs William Furber with daughters Helen Marjorie Esther and Emily of Washington street left Thursday for a weekend in the White Mountains. Miss Helen Furber, student nurse at Central Maine General, annual vacation.
John Morse and his sons John and Edward left Sunday for Minneapolis Minnesota where they will stay two weeks.
Laura E Russell of 221 Middle Street is a patient at Bath City Hospital. Harry Tabor and Prescott Chamberlain of Everett Mass have arrived to spend two weeks with their families at a cottage on the New Meadows. Miss Mildred Chellis with Miss Lara Watts returns after six weeks in Lyria Mass as guest of Mrs William Sewall and in Marblehead Mass guest of Miss Lura Watts now visiting.
Mrs. Robert B. Hatch and Mrs. Earle Twitchell hosted a luncheon at Mrs. Hatch’s Washington street home with seven tables of contract and auction. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Alden G. Smith and Mrs. Rodney E. Ross. Out of town guests included several Haddonfield residents and visitors from Needham, Grand Rapids, and Boston area.
Cuthbert B. Wilson arriving from Kauai ends seven years with Hawaiian Sugar Co and visits family in Bath. The summer sees Mrs. Wilson and their son in Bath last year. Marion Dain and Elizabeth McGrath spent Sunday at the Dain cottage. Mrs. Harry Brockway visits her sister in Malden. Albert Klemm and family stayed with the Eades at the Butler cottage. George Buchanan returns from Albany for vacation with his mother. Families motor to Rangely Lakes for a Sunday outing. Frances Pager visits Miss Arabelle Lord at 50 Pearl Street.
Mr and Mrs Fraciela Cook of Washington DC depart for Boston to visit relatives before a wedding in Henderson. Cook formerly worked in Bath Iron Works drafting room. Several Bath families host guests from New England and carry on summer visits including Miss Catherine McMorrow and Miss Margaret Murphy joining Old Home Week events in Lewiston and Auburn.
Mrs. Ralph Dunton of Portland has returned to Robinhood after a visit to her Summer home there and a discharge from Bath hospital following a broken arm. Mr. and Mrs. George Humphrey also returned to Englewood New Jersey after two weeks in Bath with relatives including Miss Alice W. Sewall and Mrs. C. Wescott Gallup at Small Point beach.
Miss Arabelle M. Lord daughter of Lieut and Mrs John A Lord of 50 Pearl Street has returned home after a six week course at Boothbay Summer School of Art Boothbay Harbor She received her diploma Friday Her roommate Miss Marian Watson Candy's Harbor also returned home Friday.
Mrs. Rachel Gilmore and Capt. P. P. Smith both 87 years old were disappointed when the planned Waterville trip for the Three Quarters Century club was canceled. Mrs. Gilmore's son, John C. Gilmore, arranged alternative transportation so she and her husband could still attend.
Mr and Mrs R L Walker daughter Helen and granddaughter Janet L Freeman of Bay Town Texas visited Bath Saturday while staying at the Walker farm in Woolwich. Mr Walker now assists manager Parker House Boston and has 39 years in hotel work including 35 with Youngs Boston. Blair Wilson a state worker in the White Pine Blister rust campaign, finished duty in Rangeley Lake district and returned to his parents Rev and Mrs David L Wilson for the weekend before leaving for Liberty Maine to visit friends.
Charles Foster of Little Neck Long Island New York arrived in Bath Saturday night to join his wife who has stayed six weeks visiting her sister Mrs Leland S Plummer at 27 Dummer Street They plan to travel to Damari scotta for about ten days to visit Mr and Mrs William Foster and their son Harold They will return to Little Neck with Mrs Plummer accompanying.
Mr and Mrs Barrett F Nichols of Cambridge Massachusetts motor to Bath Friday evening and plan a short Bangor visit to see relatives before returning midweek for the rest of a two week vacation. Edmund A Rothwell of Boston bought a Elco 42 Cruiser named Lady Beth now in the river. Mr and Mrs William Grover visited Wiscasset with Mrs Fannie Grover. Mr and Mrs Lester Campbell and daughter Katherine returned from a week auto trip to Boston and Providence Rhode Island.
Mrs Isaac W Chase of 188 Water Street wife of Isaac Chase driver of Engine Four hook and ladder truck will undergo a major operation this week at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr and Mrs William S Newell and their children John and Mary of 1080 Washington Street spent Sunday in New Harbor at the Summer home of Dr and Mrs Charles A Moulton of East Orange New Jersey.
Wallace Rand has returned to his Newton Highlands home after two weeks away with his wife Mrs. Rand who spent a month with her mother Mrs. John O. Moulton of Middle Street in Middle Street area.
Susan of Dover-Foxcroft arrived in Bath Sunday for a two weeks visit with Mrs. Drysdale's sister Mrs. William Wakefield of Oak Street. Mr. Wakefield drove to Dover-Foxcroft Sunday and returned with them.
Rightfully entertained Friday evening guests from Brunswick were present at the residence on Middle Street. The event included Mrs D. and Mr D. with other attendees sharing in an informal gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Trowbridge of Andrews Road Russell Park left Sunday on a motor trip to Norfolk Virginia to visit Mrs. Trowbridge's parents Mr. and Mrs. A B Dobbs.
A party left Friday night for a two week motor trip to New York and Canada. In New York City they will meet Mr Nichols' mother Mrs Marion Nichols who will accompany them on the journey.
Real Can residents and families visit Mrs. Carrie’s parents as Cedric Martin resigns from A&P Front Street to join Hancock Life Insurance in Bath. T. H. Robin takes over management at Rumford store. Raymond Trott visits Small Point two weeks with family. Mr and Mrs George Wallace host guests and relatives from Prince Edward Island. James A. Cobb returns from Bartlett for his mother Ada Cobb’s death. A group from the Jewett family tours Bridgton for a Sunday outing.
Mr and Mrs G Fred Lilly of Yarmouth and Mrs Arthur Lilly and Miss Gertrude acc eae guests of Mr and Mrs Howe on upper Washington street in a local social note with names and place.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Faxon of Poughkeepsie are noted in a society item. Mrs. Faxon and Mrs. Harry are mentioned alongside former Miss Cuaete Parnham of this city in connection with a gift sale.
Sadie Grover Roberta Hathorn and others from Woolwich Chaney Ruth Watson Rosalind Hall Bath depart Ocean Park for a ten day program at the Baptist School of Methods in a local travel note.
Met area items report a sled linked to Peary being shown in Hub. A traffic collision near Saga dahoe square involved about 30 cars, caused by a truck on the left at a narrow Shaw’s book store Broad street segment. Mrs Eugene Sprague faced a yard well collapse mystery as old well cave in. Bath Garden Club notes no show this year. thefts target clothing on lines. a 2000-pound windlass arrives for Popham Beach Life Guard station.
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