Christmas Socials and Gifts Highlight Bath Society
A Bath newspaper column reports a year subscription donation to the Children's Reading Room at Patten Free Library by George E. Thompson. It details numerous Christmas gatherings, visits, and social events across Bath including host families on North Street, carol singing by Grace Church, a Colonial Club Christmas tree for 125 children, theatre plans, nurse training updates, and multiple hometown visits and engagements among local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
George E. Thompson
Bath News Highlights Personal Visits and Civic Notices
Mrs M L Holden and her son Robert of Brookline visited Bath guests Miss Jane Murphy for New Year. The Miser Club met with Mrs Ernest A Allan. Flora Randall, Pownall teacher, is home for holidays. Thursday Bridge Club held a Christmas party at Parish House Oak Street for about thirty children with gifts. Idaho Club annual meeting set for January 13 at nine. Mrs F R E Dean and family left for Dorchester after Howard Spear’s illness, returning mid January. Florence Cole of Portland visiting Mrs Sewall W Percy. Mrs William Staples returned from Waterville. Ladies Aid of Beacon Street Church hosted by Mrs Charles Bachelder. Eleanor Cahill surprised at sister Mrs William Temple’s home. Bath Naval and Military Orphan Asylum party hosted by Dr and Mrs Langdon with a graphophone concert and refreshments. Portland Telegram lauds Carl E Purington Windham High School principal and Morse High School graduate. Windham enrollment 44, attendance 42 and 18. Purington holiday at Bath. Elizabeth Shaw of Clinton arrived and stayed with Mrs W Stark Newell. Central Church League meetings resume next Monday night hosted by Mrs E Motley Fuller Jr. Marcia Richardson dined with Mr and Mrs Hartley C Baxter in Brunswick. Christmas tree and supper. Allen B Cameron leaving for Boston to work as stenographer with Bachelder and Snyder Co. Anne Louise Johnson engaged to Warren Eastman Robinson Bowdoin 1910. James P Webber attended Macbeth in Boston then Exeter. Harry A Langdon visiting Portland. Major Ray P Eaton Brunswick attended funeral of D Howard Spear. Revy Allen Brown to return from Providence RI after visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Holden
Robert
Brookline
Jane Murphy
Miser Club
Ernest A. Allan
Flora Randall
Pownall
Eleanor Cahill
William Temple
Bath Naval and Military Orphan Asylum
Langdon
Bath
Portland Telegram
Carl E. Purington
Windham High School
Morse High School
O. J. B. Henderson
North Gorham
Windham
Purington
Marcia Richardson
Hartley C. Baxter
Brunswick
Allen B. Cameron
A. H. Shaw
Boston
Bachelder and Snyder Company
Henry B. Johnson
Anne Louise
Warren Eastman Robinson
Bowdoin
James P. Webber
Engagement announced for Commander Gillmor and Miss Grandy
Announcement reveals the engagement of Commander Hora tio A. Gillmor U S N to Miss Mary Selden Grandy of Norfolk Virginia. Gillmor, long stationed at Bath Iron Works, now serves at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and has many Ship City friends. The Patten Free Library will close all day Monday for New Year's Day observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio A. Gillmor
Mary Selden Grandy
Norfolk
Gillmor
Bath Iron Works
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Patten Free Library
Christmas Yacht Race Brings Odd Motoring Event
A winter motor boat race near Georgetown drew owners to Rowe’s wharf on December 23 with seven dollars in prizes. Despite a NW wind and ebb tide, T E Cromwell won 7 dollars for first place, J J Gibson 4 dollars for second, C D Lewis 2 dollars for third. The event featured handicaps and a five mile course from Rowe’s to Hendrick’s Head Light and back. The day also included a parish Christmas concert with solos recitations and a large display of evergreen trees at the church, praised for its four rehearsals and festive atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. M. Horton
New York
Georgetown
E. M. Horton
KB. C. Merry
L. H. Rowe
Rowe
Hendrick’s Head Light
Mank Ledge Buoy
Elbridge Southard
Frank Southard
W. E. Rowe
J. G. Rowe
C. Boucher
C. Pinkham
C. D. Lewis
T. B. Reid
G. Tarbox
M. H. Pinkham
J. J. Gibson
T. E. Cromwell
Hendricks Head
Quiet Topsham Wedding Unites Stella Purinton and Enoch Huff
Stella Frances Purinton and Enoch Chase Huff wed at the Purinton home in Topsham at noon. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn music, a double ring service, and a reception of silver and china gifts. Huff, from Brooklyn, and Purinton, a Brunswick teacher, plan a brief Maine visit before returning to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Purinton
Topsham
Stella Frances
Enoch Chase Huff
Brooklyn
New York
Mendelssohn
E. B. Tetley
Frances Plumstead
Portland
Ethel Cushman
Bath
George Carlisle
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North Street
William Dean
George Dean
Elizabeth P Dean
Agnes
Mary Waters
Alice
Jennie Waters
James Dean
Annie Campbell
Frank B. Nichols
Dorothy
Master Barrett
Cherryfield
Ralph Stetson
Roland Hill
Bridgeport, Conn
Middle Street
Margaret Laughlin
Elizabeth P. Dean
Harry Tucker
Fred Baisdell
Leominster
Mass
Fred Whitmore
William E Whitmore
Stuart W. Webb
Arthur K. Purington
Boothbay Harbor
Edith Cochran
Jackson Hall
Medford
Bedford Street
William E. Whitmore
Miss Whitmore
Fred E. Whitmore
Longview
Hubert
Hatch
Davia Hatch
Ralph Winslow Bragg
Albert C. Brace
Corle Street
Millard Dunston
Stephen Pinkham
Marwell Powers
Brockton
Carl Dearborn
Marjorie
Biddeford
Dearborn
Herbert L. Hopkiss
Spring Street
Ellabeth Payson
Cuest
Ema Russell
Zeama Twitchell
Zune
Mies Gertrude King
Miss Payton
Owee Smith
Harry Rust Virgin
State Street
Mies Marius Elwell
Mies Ethel Jones
Mises Elizateth Wryer
Jennie Hopkins
New York City
Helen Crosby
Trust Hospital
High Street
Ethel Mason
Quincey
John Drew
The
Jefferson
Louise Drew
Benjamin Plummer
Palmer Cobb
Philadelphia
Fred E. Drake
Elizabeth Briggs
Arlington
Miss Briggs
Arlington High School
Walter Smith
Dorcas Guild
Edward Smith
Roxbury
Harriet N. Parker
Grace Church Choir
Mr. Drake
City
Flora
Alice Randall
Green Street
Edith Ledyard
Miss Ledyard
Colonial Club
Emmons
Perkins
Willam F. Wunsch
New Church
Able
William M. Adams
Fred Paller
J. Edward Hughes Herbert Williams
Eugene Thebeau
Orrin F. Frye
John Shaw
United Congregational Churches
Russell Hughes
Washington Street
William S. Briry
Louise
Josephine
Melrose
Milton S. Briry
Grove Street
Walter Johnson
Monson
George W. Johnson
A. J Dunton
Marshall Purington
Eugene Desmond
Grace Church
Oak Street
Culbert MccGay
Grace Church Singers
Dorothy Palmer
Dr. Cousens's Hospital
Harold M. Sewall
Lydia R. Folsom
Kenneth Hutchins
Nina Locke
Miss Folsom
Bradford Academy
Frank E. Seavey
Tufts College
Horatio A. Duncan
Charles W. Clifford
Harold Benjamin Eastman
Woodfords
Madelyn Clifford
Edith Howard
Gray
University of Maine
Assembly Hall
Madelyn Hunt
South Street
Miss Hunt
Elizabeth Cameron
Everett
Woolwich
Campbell's Pond
Annie Torrey
Mrs
Jelly
Philip and
Allan Cole
Jessie Bradlee
Waterville
Arthur Larrabee
Low
Thompson
Anna Palmer
Colonial
Bridge
J. Owen Ledyard
Thomas Gibbons
May E. Savage
H. E B. Marshal
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Marston's
New Meadows Inn
Percy
Thursday
Sagadahoek Club
F. R. E. Dean
Russell
Marion
Dorchester
Howard Spear
Florence Cole
Sewall W. Percy
Wiliam Staples
Charles Bachelder
Beacon Street
Elizabeth Shaw
Clinton
W. Stark Newell
Central Church League
E. Motley Fuller, Jr
Ray P. Eaton
D. Howard
Spear
Revy
Allen Brown
Providence
R. L
Aurelia Gray
Flora Bell Moore
Gladys Connors
W. H. Holland
Eleanor Rowe
Joseph Coleman
King
Beryl Reid
Alice Cromwell
Aurilia Gray
Joy Bells
Lulu Rowe
Wyganda Harley
Maxine Lewis
Eleanor Harley
Geraldine Harley
Ida Belle Rowe
Louise Adams
Lila McMahan
Caroline Harford
Star of the East
Santa Claus
Vivian Beal
Santa
Flora B. Moore
Purinton-Hufp
Huff
Maine
George E. Huff
Edgecomb
Marion Huff
Emmelyn Huff
Effie Clifford
R. D. Purinton
Lewiston
Alonzo Purinton
Clara Purington
West Bowdoin
Charles E. Lord
Northeast Harbor
Josephine Plumstead
Charles Plumstead
Annie Williams
Gilbert P. Reed
Mabel Richmond
Augusta
Maurice Newell
H. T. Simpson