Cosmopolitan Club Meeting and Society Notes in Bath
Regular monthly Cosmopolitan Club meeting set for Wednesday at 7 30. Society notices include visits by Mrs Lewis Wilson to Chester Pa and various Bangor Portland and New York events. War relief rooms plan opening Jan 4 with bandages and surgical dressings work. Holman Day sells film rights to Treasure Island and King Spruce adaptations. Maine Club Christmas party highlights papers, readings, and community tree in Chelsea. Navy Lt Campman arrives. Lt Early to Newport News. Bath aging citizen ill. weddings and club events fill the local society page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Wilson
Chester
Clarence Johnson
Portland
William Ballou
Bangor
Miss Ballou
High Street
William P. Hills
Gardiner
Holman Day
Maine
Squire Phin
Red Lane
Mr. Day
Will T. Hodge
Maine Club
New York
Jeremiah
Ferguson
Bessie White
Miss White
Minnie White
Archibald T. Shorey
England
Chelsea Village
N. Y
Clement C. Moore
Ella Merrill
Swamps End
Violet Dalziel
Ethel Miamon Usher
Cornelius
Anderson
Warren
Miss Usher
Charity ball raises funds for district nurse proposition
The Charity ball on Monday netted 150 dollars for the district nurse proposition, with total receipts of 193 dollars after costs. A lecture at 5:15 tomorrow evening at the Universalist Church will discuss The Boyhood Journeys of Jesus and promises to be as engaging as prior talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur ‘Stetson
Boston
Alfred D. Stetson
Grace Sage
Daddy Long Legs
Universalist Church
Brunswick
Universalist
Jesus
New Year Party at Cosmopolitan Club With Hidden Members
A Cosmopolitan Club New Year party last evening featured a hidden attendance by members. Miss Bessie Moores Miss Lillian Mason and Miss Dorothy Jewett organized an indoor picnic and entertainment with a white elephant gift exchange for the New Year tree. Santa Claus attended and guests offered performances after supper. Several local residents were noted as visitors or guests in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Percy
Carol
Falmouth
Portland
Clinton Lewis Baxter
Ellen Fessenden Baxter
Miss Percy
Guild Evans School
Boston
Sprague
State of Maine
Mrs. Baxter
Miss Baxter
Miss Townsley
Col. Townsley
Fort Williams
Percival P. Baxter
Alexander Gordon
Alan Dana
John Small
Fenton Tomlinson
Louis P. Hammett
John Baxter
Brunswick
Cosmopolitan Club
Bessie Moores
Lillian Mason
Dorothy Jewett
Santa Claus
Browntail Moth Crusade Gains Momentum on Street
Residents report ongoing efforts against browntail moths, with quiet evenings on the streets since Christmas. Veterans and friends danced the old year out as a buoyed Winslow Rocks light and an arc lamp were visible in front of the Colombia Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow Rocks
Colombia
Farewell to the Old Year Poem From Independent 1916
A reflective verse bids farewell to the Old Year noting wartime trials at home while praising peace. It envisions a future where brotherhood grows, gold gives way to freedom, and Right rules, urging wiser souls and broader aims for the New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rule
Pelf
West Bath Christmas Party Celebrates Four Generations
In West Bath a large family gathering at Mr. and Mrs. O A Kittredge featured a four generation turnout and a big Christmas tree. Oldest guest Joseph White aged 82 entertained others as relatives and friends from Bath Brunswick Topsham and nearby towns shared meals and social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Kittredge
Joseph White
West Bath
Will Kittredge
Quincy
Mass
Fred Kittredge
Everett G. Lemont
Joseph M. Lemont
Edwin W. Haggett
Harry W. Lemont
James B. Lemont
Arthur C. Lemont
Franklin Sprague
Small Point
J. Bradford Sprague
Mabel Shepard
Villa Hodgdon
Andrew Frederickson
Humphrey Owen
Harold Freeman
Myron Sprague
Pearl Kittredge
Thelma Kittredge
Arthur
Harold
Charles Haggett
Mildred Staples
Charles Wildes
Annie Wylie
Arthur Berry
Phippsburg Field Notes Mix Warmth With Snow
In Phippsburg, driver William Oliver relates a fish tale after a long drive through a northeast snowstorm from Popham to Bath. He recalls a box of cods from A Parker, a misadventure with a top fish that survived 24 hours out of water, and a humorous exchange with Henry and Tim about how long a tom cod lives out of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Oliver
Popham
Bath
Mr. Oliver
Henry
Tim
A. Parker
E. Marr
Marguerite ‘Irving
Merle M
Miss
John
Woolwich Christmas Program Recitations and Choir
A Woolwich page lists a Christmas program with numerous recitations and songs performed by children and directed by Rev. Milan Smith. The event featured remarks by Mr. Smith and a choir, with pieces including Joy to the World and Merrily On We Bound, noting participants from Rumney, New Hampshire and surrounding families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Albert Wing
Harold Holbrook
Arthur Hayward
Maxine Walker
Ruth Hayward
Santa Claus
Laforest Savage
Charles Holbrook
Florence Baker
Delma Trott
Augustus ‘Lavingne
Elizabeth
Wallace and
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James P. Webber
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Mr.Webber
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Church
Fred E. Drake
Culbert McGay
Pail E. Campman
U. S.N
C. W. Early
Bath Iron Works
Lieut
Early
Newport News
Pennsylvania
Lieut. Campman
John W. Roberts
Ella, Johnson
Arthur Kindred
Kindred
Dorchester
Paul HB. Campman
Maine Central
Agnes T. Hall
Stratford
Anne Warner Baker
Miss Baker
EB. M. Fuller
Philips
K.Y.C
Col. Dummer Sewall
Daughters of American Revolution
John A. Morse
Summer St
Charles Staples
Edward Kendall
William Given
Bowdeinham
Phi Rho Society
Kennebec Yacht Club
E. M. Fuller
Harry E. Stetson
Fred D. Hill
Leon Mason
Houghton McLellan
Freeman Trott
Perkins
Ladies’ Aid of
Central Church
Annie Palmer
North St
Florence M. Andrews
Scott S. Andrews
Western Ave
Warren F. Hawley
James W. Hawley
Hyde Windlass Co
Lina Andrews Ross
Clara Pierce Hatch
Madelyn Clifford Dunton
Eunice Ledyard
Abbie Scott Starkey
Mildred Clark
Marguerite Hennessey
Katherine Magoun
Day
Helen Crosby
Ethel Hawley
Alice Bullman Chadbourne
Brockton
Miss Andrews
Tuesday Club
Cosmopolitan
Mter St
Mr. Hawley
Colonial Club
Morse, High School
Ralph Lindsay
Framingham
M. C. Dunklee
Don Percy
Brookline
Sumner Sewall
Simsbury
S. H. Conley
Westbrook
William C. Bridgham
Bridgton
Bridgham
12Th Maine
Freemont L. Hogan
Springfield
William EE. Hogan
Carrie M. Ring
Henry R. White
Miss Ring
Newton
The
Independent
the Flower of
Brotherhood
Snow
George Graham
Topsham
Sylvanus Pennell
Eugene Brown
Freeport
Dorothy Stilkey
Larrabee
E. J. Allen
Fred White
Cook
Charlotte Cook
Will Brown
A.C. Brown
Allen Brown
Revere
Grace Evelyn
William Mitchell
William
W. H
E.R. Brown
Ella Gerrish
Fred Gerrish
Merton Wright
Larrabeé
Grove
New Meadows
Fred Groves
Augusta
Sylvanus. Pennell
Herbert Hall
E. W. Haggett
Walter H. Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Robert Toothaker
Paul Wing
Harvard Law School
Henry Hanson
New’ York
Joseph Lemont
Fred Larrabee
Mona Wyse
L. D. Sheldon
Lee Sheldon
Leila
Gerry
Campbell’s Pond
Denver
Charles Lees
Morrison
Myra Coombs
Gorham Normal School
Lettie
May Clough
Cambridge
J. W. Clough
West Bath Grange
Paul Randall
South Framingham
Fred Brown
Marie
O. E. Rogers
Rosa Johnson
Ralph White
Julia Coombs
Raymond
Grippe
Blackshire
Boston Herald
White House
William Butler
M. D. Sprague
G. C. Beals
Arthur Roderick
James Heald
James M
Thomas McCormick
Atte
Dept. S
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Milan Smith
Melvin Howe
Raymond Gregory
Gertrude Durrell
Carrie Savage
Kris Krinkle
Irving Tuttle
Milton Baker
Christ Child
Elizabeth Main
Elwood Howe
William. Allen
Rumney
N. H
Hava
Almna
Pushard
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