Society Gossip Weaves News From Bath and Boston Circles
The column chronicles social happenings in Bath including athletic ties with the Boston Athletic Association and Worchester Polytechnic Institute figures. It notes dances at Music Hall, church gatherings, fundraisers, theater and music events, travels of families, engagements, and club meetings with multiple named locals and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy E. Barbour
Hyde Guards
Boston Athletic Association
B.A.A
New York
Chicago
Exeter St
Back Bay
Boston
Barbour
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Various Visiting Guests and Bath Teachers Club Meeting
Miss Mary Watson and Miss Martha Valentine returned to their cities after weekend visits with Bath residents. Mr and Mrs Maynard Bird and Mr and Mrs William Sewall hosted gatherings with the Sewalls and other guests. A Bath Teachers Club meeting at Morse High School featured Miss Gertrude L. MacDonald speaking on delinquency causes including broken homes poverty occupation and heredity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Watson
Andover
Town
Maynard S. Bird
Rockland
A. H. Shaw
Martha P. Valentine
Boston
William D. Sewall
Bath Teachers’ Club
Morse High School
Blair
Hopkins
Seymour
Douglas
Metcalfe
Bakeman
Waugh
Corthell
Gertrude L. MacDonald
Industrial School For Girls
Hallowell
Miss MacDonald
Girls’ Industrial School
Bath hosts elegant supper parties mingle with gunner friends
Miss Erma Farrar hosted a group of Bath’s prettiest ladies for a supper party on Wednesday. Afterward several young men joined for music and cards. George E. Thompson entertained his gunner friends Wednesday with a game supper featuring rabbits partridge and black duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Farrar
Bath
George E. Thompson
Notable Local Figures and Visitors Mentioned in Augusta Ledger
J A Spinney of Cudahy Beef Co visits town and returns from Omaha while joining Portland branch duties. Madame Eames and Mr de Go corza volunteer music at Elmhurst Saturday. Dr Julian Wilder of Augusta, formerly here, is home recovering from a back injury after a fall on an icy curb. Two Maine women abroad support wartime efforts in London. Mrs Harry Higgins, formerly Miss Willa Haskell of Yarmouth and Wellesley graduate, works in the war office as interpreter. daughter Louise Higgins serves as army nurse. Mr and Mrs Stephen S Bunker spend time with Mrs Bunker’s father George A Sanford in Augusta after Bar Harbor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Spinney
Cudahy Beef Co
Ile
Omaha
Neh
Portland
Julian Wilder
Augusta
Ife
Augusta Trust Co
Maine
London
Harry Higgins
Willa Haskell
Yarmouth
Wellesley College
War Office
Louise Higgins
Higgins
Bath
W. L. Haskell
Civaran Grand Army
Stephens. Bunker
George A. Sanford
Beverly pair on five weeks outing in Cuba citrus grove
Mr and Mrs B A Leavitt and Mr and Mrs A F Forbes of Beverly Massachusetts enjoy a five weeks outing at Mr Forbes citrus grove in La Gloria Cuba. Leavitt formerly an engineer on the Maine Central and now a machinist with United Shoe Machinery Co Mrs Forbes is their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Leavitt
A. F. Forbes
Beverly
Mass
Brin Family Celebrates Eighty Fifth Birthday in Bangor Circle
Mrs Susan Rh Brin widow of Dr Milton S Briry marks her eighty fifth birthday with neighbors and friends sending congratulations and flowers from her sons John F Malden and William S Melrose and brother William S Higgins Bangor. War game exercise with Coast Artillery Reserve officers at Portland Armory ends with dinner at Falmouth and adjournment to the Armory for instruction and war game phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Rh. Brin
Milton S. Brrry
John F
Malden
William S
Melrose
William S. Higgins
Bangor
Briry
E. E. Briry
Mary E. Briry
James F. Murphy
Sophia Higgins
G. A. Baker
H. W. Owen, Jr
S. H. Wakefield
H. K. Erskine
P. E. Barbour
Portland Armory
Coast Artillery Reserve
Falmouth
H. M. Merriam
U S.A
Drake Cottage residents J Edward Drake and Fred W Humphreys pass away
J Edward Drake and Fred W Humphreys died last weekend at the Drake Cottage Birch Point. The notices report their deaths on consecutive days and reference the Birch Point residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
Fred W. Humphreys
Drake
Birch Point
Social notes from Montclair and surrounding towns
Mrs Emma Twitchell visits Montclair guest of Mrs Frank Hawthorne. Her daughter Mrs Frank Jennings travels to North Carolina for a two year stay. Miss Lydia Tracey recovers from appendicitis at City Hospital. Mrs George McLellan guests of Mrs O C Courson in Brunswick. Theta Chapter DK E invites To Bowdoin reception Feb 22. committee Roger Eastman Joseph MacDonald Richard Fuller. Postmaster E W Hyde dies in Augusta. Mayor and Mrs Arthur Dunton visit Portland. Mrs Gordon S Preble visits Portland. E S Crosby ill at home a week. Mr and Mrs Harry S Coombs host Lewiston guests I S Coombs Oak St. Miss Eleanor Hooper returns to Boston after Hyde reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mason
Harry Mason
Portland
Mollie Gibbons
Eleanor Hooper
Newtonville
Mass
Hyde
Langdon T. Snipe
Miss Hooper
Bath
Emma Twitchell
Montclair
N. J
Frank Hawthorne
Frank Jennings
North Carolina
Jennings
Lydia Tracey
City Hospital
George McLellan
O. C. Courson
Brunswick
E. W. Hyde
Augusta
Arthur J. Dunton
Gordon
Preble
W. M. Boothby
E. S. Crosby
Harry S. Coombs
Lewiston
I. S. Coombs
Oak St
Boston
Residents and officials travel for meetings in Augusta
Mrs. John Bradlee of Montclair N J returns home after a visit at S J Meeker’s. Washington St Clerks F H Thompson County Attorney E Bridgham and George E Hughes attended business in Augusta. Charles H Butler of Washington visiting his Woolwich farm called on friends in town. Hon J S Hyde went to Augusta to attend taxation committee hearings on Maine Central R R tax reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bradlee
Montclair
N. J
S. J. Meeker
Washington
F. H. Thompson
E. Bridgham
George E. Hughes
Augusta
Charles H. Butler
Woolwich
J. S. Hyde
Committee On Taxation
Maine Central
R. R
Bath Enjoys Mme Eames Concert At Elmhurst
Senti ments ran high as Bath society gathered at Elmhurst last Saturday evening to hear Mme Eames sing again. The Bath queen of the Grand Opera, now retired from public life, delivered a voice both youthful and thrilling with the same magic that dazzled in Europe. Guests praised the host and hostess but credited Mme Eames for a most notable New England cultural event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Elmhurst
Mme. Eames
Bath Society
Europe
Eames
New England
Fortnightly Club amateur minstrel show entertains local audience
The Fortnightly Club held an evening amateur minstrel show enjoyed by a large non public audience. Miss Ella Douglas and others led the committee while the performers, including the colored members, earned praise for a varied program of songs, dances, and a stumping speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Brotherhood
Lester Pratt
Arthur M. Luce
Ella Douglas
Martha Foote
A. K. Purington
Emma Magoun
E. M. Fuller
Rip van Winkle
Burgundy
Palace of Dreams
Fall River Line
Tennessee
Carolina
Miss Hunt
Michigan
Mrs. Welch
Miss Crosby
Miss Perkins
West
Mr. Wilson
Farrar
Lilly White
Welch
The
Clu
Lewiston Theater Review Notes Key Cast at Empire
Manager Crawford and Mrs Crawford attended the Seven Keys to Baldpate at the Empire Theatre Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Ham and Mrs Dougherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
The
Bat Opera House
R. P. Ham
D. ’” Dougherty
Tl Empire Theatre
Lewiston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cupid
Charles D. Clarke
John J. Desmond
Eugene M. Desmond
Thompson-Woodstock Company
Lowell
Loyall F. Sewall
H. M. Sewall
Washington St
Ladies’ Aid of
Winter Street Church
George A. McFadden
Roscoe P. McFadden
Lina Sewall
Laura B. Palmer
Brent
Glen Banks
US SeNate
Bath Iron Works
Music Hall
Mary Kelley
Bertha Bellrose
Myron Sprague
Herbert Cavanaugh
Stevens
Maine D.A.R
Thomaston
Henry Knox
George Washington
Montpelier
Knox
Congress
Emilio
Mme
James de Gogorza
St. Vincent de Paul Cathedral
Pol Plancon
Paris
Gogorzas
Gogorza
Dorothy Mason
Argus
Mildred Clark
Stanton, Stevens
Plummer
Bailey
Middle St
Fred Hector
Fargo
Dakota
Trector
Margaret
Cora Hilton Tarbox
Alna
Charles MD. Clarke
St. Mary’s
Grace Episcopal Church
Harold M. Sewall
California
Mabel Thwing
State House
Joseph M. Trott
John S. Hyde
James P. Webber
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Troy
N.Y
Academy
L. F. Holmes
Punta Gorda
Fla
John S. Jackson
John H. Hyde
Pinehurst
N. C
Susan J. Bailey
Joseph Torrey
George C. de Mott
Charles A. Corliss
Charles C. Low
William S. Shorey
Ethel M. Coombs
Cherry St
E. A. Smith
Mansfield Farm
Miss Coombs
Joseph Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
Sterling Bible
Corliss St. Church
Mr. Browne
Mary Antin
Universalist Church
Promised Land
America
Claire Morrison
Bath City Hospital
Mollie Palmer
Lower High St
Thomas Gibbons
Miss Palmer
Germany
Frank B. Nichols
North St
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice Rich
Central Congregational Church
Carrie F. Luce
A. S. Bosworth
J. C. Noyes
W. D. Sewall
C. M. Boyd
Newton
Washington, D. C
Teachers’ Club
Madame Eames
Mr. de Gocorza
Walter E. Chase
Ali A. Page
Salem
W. G. Cahill
High St
M. Haraden
Board of Trade
Evenin
Th Board
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