Christmas Soiree and Society Notes In Bath Maine
Society page from the Independent traces Christmas observances, church music and community events in Bath. It highlights the Central Church cantata The Manger Throne, local performances, visits by notable residents, familial travels, club meetings and charity sales, with multiple Bath figures and institutions named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
David Sprague
Trinity Church
Boston
Central Church
Chas. Fonteyn Manney
Christ
Portland Visit Notes and National Defense Interest
Mrs. Joseph Sewall and her sister Miss Lincoln visited Portland on Thursday. Hon. H. W. Ricker of Poland Spring was a guest of Hon. Harold M. Sewall on Wednesday night and plans to return home Thursday morning. Ricker serves as vice-president of the Committee on National Defense and shows strong interest in the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Higgins
Milton Barry
Grove St
John W. Ballou
Carl Milliken
Maine Senate
Harold M. Sewall
S. S. Sewall
New York
Alice Randall
Portland
Neds Horan
St. Marsty S
Joseph Sewall
Miss Lincoln
H. W. Ricker
Poland Spring
Ricker
Committee On National Defense
Charity Ball Invitations At Music Hall For District Nurse
Invitations for the Charity Ball will be held Monday evening December 27 at Music Hall from eight to one o’clock. Beneficiaries include the District Nurse. Patronesses are Mrs Harold M Sewall Mrs John S Hyde Mrs William D Sewall Mrs Frederick H Kimball and Mme Emma Eames de Gogorza. Committee in charge are Mrs Henry D Bacon Mrs John H Hyde Miss Dorothy Sewall Miss Leonice Morse and Miss Priscilla Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Harold M. Sewall
John S. Hyde
Williamd. Sewall
Frederick H. Kimball
Mme
Emma Eames de Gogorza
Henry D. Bacon
John H. Hyde
Dorothy Sewall
Leonice Morse
Priscilla Kimball
Notable Local Moves and Travel Highlights
Local residents report business trips and visits to Boston Portland and Bath. Cc W Rogers tours Boston while Frank Daley recovers from pneumonia and Miss Maude Greenleaf visits Portland. Several Bath Iron Works staff join holiday duties and many residents travel for family events and hospital stays. A charity ball set for December 27 at Music Hall invites prompt responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. W. Rogers
Boston
Frank Daley
William Jacobs
Portland
Frank Dennett
Washington, DC
Maude Greenleaf
Albert Ayer
Anna
M. B. Hodgdon
E. W. Candage
Mystic
Miss Fullerton
L. H. Curtis
D. T. Percy & Sons
Community League Holds Meeting Toward Charity Drive
A Tuesday evening gathering at the Parish House drew local clubs and societies to plan annual subscriptions and raise funds. The finance committee outlined steps to secure remaining money while an advisory panel was added. The league may incorporate under the new charities act and received a generous Christmas gift for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community League
Air St
League
Albert H. Shaw
John S. Hyde
Rupert H. Baxter
Oliver Moses
Harold M. Sewall
Charities
School Entertainment at North Grammar and North Primary Schools
The program lists performances from Ninth Grade Orchestra piano solos Moonlight Serenade Kathleen McCabe and Wayside Chapel Eva Lemoine. Mor ris Miller Mary O'Brien Gwendolen McLellan Leslie White. Florence Webster solos and dances including Aesthetic Waltz Cupid's Dance and Scotch Reel. violin Humoreske John Lord. Sleeping Beauty illustrated song. choir songs To a Linnet Wake Wake Wake Men of War at Anchor and more. an evening of gifts from students with recitations and flag exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen McCabe
Morris Miller
Mary O’brien
Gwendolen Mclellan
Leslie White
Florence Webster
Doris Leavitt
Mary O'Brien
North Grammar
North
Dorothy Donnell
Frances Lord
Virginia Cowles
Hertha Weeks
Bonnie Doone
Ina Wishart
America
South Bristol Celebrates Independence Victory in 5 Year Struggle
On Friday December 3 South Bristol marked the end of a five year fight for a separate municipality. Supreme Court judges denied a referendum on the Bristol split. Citizens celebrated with lights on Capt. Gamage’s home the Miles estate lantern and bonfire. A procession and a first town meeting were planned for December 15 at Centennial Hall Clark's Cove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bristol
Supreme Court
Bristol
E. P. Gamage
Miles Estate
Centennial Hall
Clark’s Cove
Dr C A Pettslee Drives a Buick Six
Dr C A Pettslee is pictured with a new Buick Six car in a local feature. The image highlights the popular sedan and the physician’s latest purchase as a sign of modern automotive style in the community.
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Dr. C. A. Pettslee
Phippsburg Grange Meeting and Local Highlights
A busy day at Dromore Grange Hall with County Deputy Daniel Brown approving the books and program. The next meeting will elect officers and feature performances by the Grange Choir and speakers on life fifty years ago versus today. Other items note arrivals from Bath, a pig weighing 270 pounds, a portable mill at Dresden, and a Tufts Alumni banquet with 200 attendees.
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Dromore
Daniel Brown
Grange
D. A. Merry
Grange Choir
Bessie Dickinson
S. C. Campbell
W. A. C. Rogers
J. E. Perry
Frank Alelgrin
Bath
Opera
James E. Perry
Willis W. Vail
New Jersey
William Butler
Irving Perry
Harry Huse Plumbing
Gus Perkins
Ladies' Aid Session in Winnegance House
The Ladies' Aid met Thursday afternoon at Mrs Walter G Perry's home. Charles Perkins visited his village home after returning from Portland where his steamer George Warren was docked. Mrs Arthur Jackson returned to Dexter after weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Alphonso Adams. Mrs E D Wyman and Mrs William Wyman of Dorchester Mass were mentioned in the snippet.
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Ladies’ Aid
Walter G.perry
Charles Perkins
Portland
George Warren
Arthur Jackson
Dexter
Alphonso Adams
E. D. Wyman
William Wyman
Dorchester
Mass
Local Social and School News from Bath Area
Obediah Trask family updates include illness and Miss Nannie Trask absent from school. Eben Farrington dies at 85. funeral at Curtis's undertakers. Eve ning Workers guests. Brown Bible Class service. Christmas program at Morse High School precedes Elson Art Exhibit. Bath shoppers flood trolleys for holiday trade. two weeks vacation begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obediah Trask
Walter Morse
Brown Bible
People’s Church
Eben Farrington
Curtis
Charles Williams
Treasury
Nannie Trask
Arthur Baum
Bath
Obituary of Bridget Mullaney Widow of Thomas Mulalney
Bridget Mullaney widow of Thomas Mulalney died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs James Farrells home on Bailey Street after a sudden shock. A native of Ireland born Bridget Higgins she lived in this city for twenty five years since moving from Portland. She had resided with her daughter since her husbands death ten years ago and is survived by two daughters Mrs Farrell of this city and Mrs Matthew McCormick of Manchester New Hampshire one son John who works in northern Maine and seven grandchildren. Mrs McCormick arrived Thursday afternoon from Manchester.
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John C. Phillips
Windy Knob
Wenham
Dr. Phillips
William Phillips
Caroline Astor Drayton
New York
William Astor
Washington
John C. Phillips of “Moraine Farm,” Wenham Lake
President Hyde
The
Bath Iron Works
Daniel F. Ham
Daniel, Jr
Islesford
W. K. Ham
Burton Whitney
J. Fred Tobey
Riggsville
Tobey
George Corbin
Ransom B. Fuller
Gardiner
Rufus Small
Cambridge
Eastern Coal Co
John I. Hayes
Bath Iron Works Machine Shop
Charles McCausland
Pittsfield
R. H. Farnum
Boston
Frank Oliver
Popham Beach
John Wright
Florence Seymour
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Sarah S. Allen
West Upton
Mass
Gilmore
Paul
IL. B. Martin
Beverly
United Shoe Machinery Co
Roscoe Martin
John L. Hayes
South Boston
Ella
Carney Hospital
Robbie Farrin
Morse High
City Hospital
Arthur Crenshaw
U.S.N
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Naval
Honolulu
Crenshaw
George W. Temple, Jr
George W. Temple
Herbert S. Harris
St. Paul
Bridget Mullaney
Thomas Mulalney
James Farrell
Bailey St
Ireland
Bridget Higgins
Farrell
Matthew McCormick
Manchester
N. H
John
Northern
Maine
McCormick
Mrs Mina Trafton dies at 46 in Waterville
Mrs Mina Trafton wife of A I Trafton passed away at her Waterville home late Wednesday afternoon. She was 46 and survived by her husband two daughters Annie Storr and Sherman Ellis two step daughters Ernest Dutille Verna Trafton an aged father Henry Greene of Fairfield three sisters Howard Varney Henry Rice Albert Warren Sidney George Greene and one grandson Donald Storr. She was deeply beloved and mourned by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Trafton
A. I. Trafton
Waterville
Donald Storr
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Independent
Mother
Claus
Charles D. Clarke
Samuel Stewall
Idella Altekamp
Louise Robinson
Kent's Hill
Millicent Clifford
Bradford Academy
Miss Clifford
Illinois
Michigan
John A. Lord
U. S.N
Norfolk
Mr. Lord
U.S.S. Baltimore
Stuart Webb
Winchester, Mass
Rupert Baxter
Washington St
E. M. Fuller
John A. Morse
Cecil Payne
Viola Hogan
Jane Whitmore
Katherine Torrey
Arthur Purington
Clare Coombs
Elizabeth Webber
Cosmopolitan Club
Edith Howard
Mary Curran
Ethel Cochran
Louise Johnson
Dunbar
Wilbur G. Cahill
Paris Stetson
Harry E. Stetson
Miss Stetson
John Shaw
Shaw
Hill
Bowdoin College
Anne Hall
Brunswick
Appleton
Augusta
Howard L. Keyser
State Pomological Society
Charles W. Clifford
William Whittum
Ward Maxim Whittum
Lewiston
Brigham
Martina Gillis
Indian River
P.E.I
Daniel Nickerson
Providence
Henry E. Preble
High St
Percy’s
Phippsburg
Eva Nickerson
William Roderick
Leila Garry
Pond School
Miss Garry
Dover
Perry Bros. and
Campbell
Dresden
W. S. Price
New Hampshire
W. R. Dickinson
Roland Eaton
Tufts
Parker House
Mr. Eaton
Drummond Cutting
Elijah Bartlett
N. W. Eaton
Winnegance News
Thomas Mullaney
Mrs
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