Lowell Church Plan Sparks Lowell Congregational Rethink
The Boston Transcript notes possible reorganizing of Lowell Congregational churches as Rev B F Willmott moves to Quincy and Rev James E Gregg to Pittsfield. Four downtown churches may consolidate to fund a Centralville church, though church boards resist, citing parent status and overseas outreach.
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Boston Transcript
Bath
Willmott
Transcript
B. F. Willmott
First Congregational Church
Lowell
Quincy
James E. Gregg
Kirk Street
Pittsfield
Centralville
George F. Kenngett
Harvard University
New England
Ramsey Leaves Unionville for Indefinite Stay in Malden Mass
Allen H. Ramsey, in Unionville since late December, is visiting relatives in Malden Massachusetts for an indefinite stay. Mrs. Charles H. Mason hosted the Winter Street Missionary Society Monday afternoon at Granite Street. The Central Missionary Society gathered that afternoon at Miss Ann Mary Robinson’s home to discuss Mohammedanism.
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Allen H. Ramsey
Unionville
Cont
Malden
Mass
Charles H. Mason
Winter Street Missionary Society
Granite Street
Central Missionary Society
Ann Mary Robinson
Ladies Aid entertains Central Church group
Mrs. Jesse Donnell hosted a pleasant afternoon for the Ladies Aid of the Central Church. Rev. George C. DeMott will lecture tomorrow evening on The Ministry of Healing, presenting a pictorial description of medical missions in the foreign field.
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Jesse Donnell
Central Church
George C. DeMott
Ministry of Healing
Visitor Harold Smith Attends Bath Funeral
Harold Watson Smith of New York visited Bath this week to attend the funeral of his uncle, William Baldwin Smith, held Tuesday from the home of his brother Edward B. Smith. Also noted is Mrs. William V. Percy hosting her bridge club Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. F. R. E. Dean of Dorchester, Mass. guests of Mrs. John A. Morse. John F. Berry of Boston attended the funeral of William B. Smith on Wednesday.
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Harold Watson Smith
New York
Bath
Smith
William Baldwin Smith
Edward B. Smith
William V. Percy
Bridge Club
F. R. E. Dean
Dorchester
Mass
John A. Morse
John F. Brrry
Boston
William B. Smith
Domestic Science Course Offered by Fortnightly Club
Individuals interested in the domestic science course to be run under the Fortnightly Club should notify Miss Murphy for terms and schedule. Miss Piper will lead the class and discuss the program with prospective members. Enrollment is capped at twenty. The Morse High School basement will host the sessions with use granted by the school board.
Mrs Houghton McLellan and son return from Boston trip
Mrs J Houghton McLellan and her son Houghton arrived home Sunday after a visit in Boston. Mrs C W Trufant spent Monday at West Bath as guest of Misses Ann and Rachel Trufant. Miss Ellen Manson hosted a delightful bridge gathering Monday at her Middle Street residence.
Bath Hospital Remembered by Bath Native Support
A former Bath resident, Mrs. J. F. Jelly of Wakefield Massachusetts, sent a fifty dollar gift to the City Hospital, recalling her Bath roots and ties to Annie Parker and Captain Lorenzo Parker. Fortnightly Club members attended a Brunswick lecture by Professor Mitchell on Wordsworth Country, and tickets for the Boston Symphony Orchestra concert were being sold at Webber's Drug Store with a plea to buy in advance due to limited seating.
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Bath Hospital
Bath
City Hospital
J. F. Jelly
Wakefield
Mass
Jelly
Annie Parker
Lorenzo Parker
Annie Torrey
Brunswick
Willmott B. Mitchell
Wordsworth
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Webber’s Drug Store
Are You a Mason to Draw Big Houses in City
Rev Reuben J. Davis led a talk Tuesday evening before the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church at Harry V Moultons home. Miss Agnes Humpseys left for Lowell Mass to visit her sister. Public schools close on the twenty first giving a vacation of a week and a half. Are You a Mason will draw large crowds Tuesday and Wednesday night with a strong amateur performance noted for its quality after a well received show in Damariscotta.
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Bowdoin
Dallas Love Sharp
Boston University
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
Professor Sharp
Haleyville
N. Y
Brown
Boston
John Burroughs
Sharp
Brunswick
Agassiz
Mary L. Fish
Sarah Baxter
Nathalie Withington
Reuben J. Davis
First Baptist Church
Harry V. Moulton
Agnes Hump
Seys
Lowell
Mass
A. Frederick Duniels
Damariscotta
Old Time Songs and Costumes Highlight Bath Concerts
The First Baptist Church hosted an Old Folks' Concert with notable gowns and performances led by Thomas Perkins of West Bath. Miss Marjorie Chapman and Miss Margaret Miller drew acclaim, and the event featured readings, solos, choirs, and a robust program.
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First Baptist Church
Thomas Perkins
West Bath
Marjorie Chapman
Bath
Margaret Miller
Julian A. Jackson
Eleanor Bradlee
Emma _ Lowell
Miss Chapman
Cora Martin
Herbert Worrey
Robert Haskell
Sleighing Party Hosts For Tuesday Evening Club
Messrs. Fred Lord and Harry Day hosted the Tuesday Evening Club sleighing party with 31 members. Chaperoned by Mrs. J. R. Andrews, they sleighed through West Bath and Lovers' Retreat, ending at the Colonial for lobster stew before returning home. The next night Miss Abbie Scott hosted the club.
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Fred Lord
Harry Day
West Bath
Lovers’ Retreat
J. R. Andrews
Colonial
Abbie Scott
Brunswick man to conduct Lewiston chorus
Ernest L. Crawford of Brunswick, director of the Mendelssohn Club, has been engaged to conduct the Lewiston chorus. The marriage of Miss Gertrude Eleanor Lundrigan and Herman Lemuel Stover was solemnized Tuesday at St. Mary's Church. The bride, formerly of Willow street, has been a stenographer at H. C. Baxter and Brothers in Brunswick and earlier a postal telegraph operator. The groom is treasurer of the Topsham and Brunswick Twenty-Five Cents Savings Bank.
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Ernest L. Crawford
Brunswick
Mendelssohn Club
Lewiston
Gertrude Eleanor Lundrigan
Herman Lemuel Stover
St. Mary’s Church
Willow Street
H. C. Baxter and Brothers
Topsham and Brunswick Twenty-Five Cents Savings Bank
Aesthetic Dancing Class Opens for Society Ladies
Miss Jennie Harvey started an aesthetic dancing class this week at Mrs. William Mussenden’s home. About a dozen society ladies joined the program. Mr and Mrs William D Sewall and Miss Sewall were visitors in Boston this week. Raymond Trott returned home from Dartmouth College for Sunday.
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Jennie Harvey
William Mussenden
William D. Sewall
Miss Sewall
Boston
Raymond Trott
Dartmouth College
Bliss Perry Opens Annie Talbot Cole Lectures at Bowdoin
Professor Bliss Perry begins the Annie Talbot Cole lectures at Memorial Hall Bowdoin College with The American Mind as his opening topic. A second talk follows on the twentieth, Romance and Reaction. The series concludes on the twenty seventh with Humor and Satire. Bath residents plan to attend this annual course.
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Annie Talbot Cole
Bliss Perry
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
College Student Visited by Family Over Weekend
Miss Margaret Torrey a Wellesley College student spends the weekend at her home on Middle street Miss Mildred Claffin of Boston arrives Tuesday to visit Miss Lina C Andrews
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Margaret Torrey
Wellesley College
Middle Street
Mildred Claffin
Boston
Lina C. Andrews
Thursday Bridge Club Enjoys Pleasant Session at Morse Home
The Thursday Bridge Club met this week at Mrs. John A. Morse's home and Miss Grace L. Coombs won a raffia work bag prize. Mrs. Nathaniel C. Rice, wintering at the Durrand Plantation in Hutchinson Kansas, is visiting Pasadena California with Mr. Durand's parents.
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John A. Morse
Grace L. Coombs
Nathaniel C. Rice
Durand
Hutchinson
Kan
Charles Durand
Pasadena
Cal
Bath Public Worship Set With Bishop Codman Preacher
Bath residents will hear Bishop Codman preach at Grace Church next Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs George B Moody visit Bath from Boston. Mrs Ernest A Allan hosts the Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter of the D A R with a tea on Washingtons Birthday.
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Bishop Codman
Bath
Grace Church
George B. Moody
Boston
Ernest A. Allan
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Washington
Holding Concert Set at Pine Street Church
The Lewiston Musical Union requests attention to a Holding Concert at Pine Street Congregational Church on February 16. Mr Hotting, a renowned violinist, will headline assisted by Miss Myrtle Thornburgh of New York, a soprano studying in English Grand Opera who has performed title roles when principal artists were absent.
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Lewiston
Auburn
Maine
Franklin Holding
Pine St. Congregational Church
Holding
Anton Witch
Boston
Smphony Orchestra
Myrtle Thornburgh
New York
Lewiston Musical Union
Shaw
Miss Murphy
Pine Street
Hotting
Bath
Squirrel Island
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George F. Duncan
Portland
Duncan
Alice McDonald
Woodfords
Grace Church Parish House
Nellie Marr
Center Street
Belfast
Miss Marr
Florence Dunton
Court Street
Jennie Silsby
Emma. Shorey
Charles Magoun
St. Mary's Guild
Octagon Club
Mary S. Barry
Adelbert Bailey
Nellie Silsby
Maine Club
Bertha L. Soule
Mollie Palmer
Palmer
Oak Street
Robinson
Charles Fitzgerald
Kenneth Weeks
Assembly Hall
Margaret J. Adams
Dicken
Jessie Willcox Smith
Copley
Longfellow
Tiny Tim
Bob Cratchit
David Copperfield
Peggotty
Parlour Fire
Paul Dombey
Florence
Brighton
Juvenille
M. Janet Cutler
Lina Andrews
Ethel Hawley
Marguerite Hennessey
Eunice J.edyard
Jucy
Hartwell
Allston
Geore C. DeMott
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Waldorf-Astoria
Ye Bigge Choir
Reading
Narcissa Rosemary Bradlee
Persis
Patricia Lowell
Miles Tandish Dean
Bigge Choir
Sherburne
Rosalind Miller
David
Condoys
New Jerusalem
Thankful Hunt
Jedediah Miles Standish Dean
Job
Sons of Zion
Ye Bigge
Maria Bakeman and
Mehitable
Maria Bakeman
Colonel Tur Nipp
Haskell
Jerusalem
My Glorious Home
Paul Jones Curtis
America
Congregation
Emma L. Shorey
Walter Hill
Fred
Master Hill
Marley
Thomas Leydon
Andrew Cahill
Elsie Oliver
Roland Smith
John Miller
Henry White
Scrooge
William White
Leo Thebeau
Margaret Bakeman
Myrle Strong
Louise Hogan
Emma Southard
Eva McLellan
Elsie Wood
Madelyn Chase
Ruby Farrin
Hazel McPherson
Ralph Warren
Leo Burke
Henry Hanson
Austin Holbrook
Roland Avery
Harvey Hill
Ernest Ward
Earl Lounsberry
Lydia Tracy
Louise Gowell
Mabel Rogers
Mildred Plant
Georgia Lord
Louise Craven
Margaret Conley
Sarah Flaherty
Chester Freeman
Miss Shorey
Kuntz
Universalist Church
Boston Symphony
New
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