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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
4
Society gossip recalls Maam Jameson’s rheumatism remedy of warmth over cold and links it to broader cautions about coldness in social life. The column lists locals visiting, returning home, and upcoming marriages, theater cast changes, club happenings, Christmas planning, and school events in Bath and surrounding towns, with many named residents and institutions.
Mr and Mrs H D Maxwell of Boothbay Harbor travel to Augusta to secure quarters for the upcoming legislative session. They plan a brief stay in Boston before returning home to Boothbay Harbor.
Miss Eleanor Boyd of Newton Massachusetts will wed John Holmes Hyde of this city on Wednesday evening January 6 at eight o'clock in Arlington Street Church. A reception will follow at the Hotel Somerset.
Miss Jennie Melcher, Bath’s lone organist, has been invited to join the American Guild of Organists after studies with Dr. Latham P. True of Portland. Notable members include Will McFarlane of Portland and Arthur S. Hyde of New York. The honor marks a major milestone in her music career.
Miss Gwenn Davis of Redlands California left for Smith College to resume her studies after spending Thanksgiving with Miss Carol Percy and Miss Helen Hugenin. The group visited Frank H Percs and his wife before returning Sunday to the Guild-Evans School in Boston where they study music.
The Ladies Aid and Murray Club of Universalist Church held a Winter Garden party with a Wednesday sale of fancy articles and a Thursday chicken supper and musicale. The Murray Club presented the farce Home Guard in the evening. Committees led by Mrs Savaze and Mrs Wetherbee organized the events.
Harry and Irwin Morse arrived in New York last week Friday and spent Thanksgiving with their aunt and sister at the Morse homestead on Washington Street. The Morse brothers run Hudson Navigation Co with boats operating from New York to Albany and plan to continue service through winter. Large towboats will keep the river free of ice.
An error in last week's theatre column credited C. A. Merrill as Angelo in Pudd'nhead Wilson. Harold A. Reed, who actually portrayed the twin Angelo, should receive the credit for the performance noted as especially artistic.
The wedding of Miss Alice E. Howard daughter of Mr and Mrs J Capen Howard 289 Howard St Brockton Mass to Rev Gould J Brown pastor of the New Jerusalem Church in Bath took place in Brockton with Rev Paul Sperry and Rev William L Worcester officiating. The couple met at Urbana Ohio where Brown studied at Urbana University. Mrs Brown a Bates College graduate and former secretary to the president of the Y M C U in Boston. They will reside on Washington St Bath after a wedding trip.
A Ladies Night at Grace Church hall on Oak Street hosted by the Men's Club drew a good sized crowd for an enjoyable evening. Committee members were E W Sampson A I Pepper C R Hall Howard Hawley and Daniel Williams. The program featured dances by Charles D Hall and Miss Miriam Kimball with refreshments cards games and music by Stanton's orchestra.
The Cosmopolitan Club held its monthly gathering in bad weather with strong attendance. Miss Ruth Thompson outlined a district nurse effort involving twenty organizations and a permanent society, and the club voted $25 to fund nursing services. Plans for a Holiday Bazaar on the 16th, a weekly social program, a Gift Shop expansion, and a clubhouse fund drive were discussed along with donations and committee appointments.
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