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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1940

Page

5

Bath society notes recount holiday visits and travels

The Bath area social page lists Christmas and New Year visits by residents and guests to homes on Washington Street, High Street, Bowery Street, and surrounding towns. Included are Mrs. Merritt Lothrop's arrival from Randolph Mass, weddings, dinners, club events, and a newborn Carol Susan Thayer at 39 Western Avenue.

Carrell E. Davis Nightingale Club Bowery Street Mary Perry R. N Wellesley Mass Edward Perry Center Street Extension J. Walter Thayer Western Avenue Carol Susan Thayer Carol Susan Walter Thayer

Social notes fill Bath and Portland gatherings

A long list of social events spans Friday to Tuesday. Miss Margaret Sampson hosted tea for Peggy and Betty Moores at 1059 High Street, Bath visitors from Norfolk left for home by bus due to a storm, Edna Besaw and Elizabeth Williams assisted, eighteen attended. Various Portland and Bath residents hosted teas, visits, and dinners for families, students, and professionals, including Prof. William Owen of Boston, Capt. Fred L. Dunton, and Dr. Julius Gottlieb, with travel to Wellesley Hills, Cambridge, and Boston noted throughout.

Margaret Sampson John Sampson High Street Peggy Betty Moores George W. Moores Norfolk Daniel Williams Williams Washington Street Bath Edna Besaw Elizabeth Williams Fred L. Dunton South Portland Dunton Kennebec River U.S. Army Engineers Duntort Daisy Farlin Robert PP. Murphy

Van Hook Family Homeward After Holidays

Mr. and Mrs. Philip 8. Van Hook and son Stokes returned Tuesday morning to Wilbraham Massachusetts after visiting Mrs. Van Hook’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Briggs Jr. at 44 Pear Street during the holidays.

Guysbert B. Vroom, Jr Princeton University Guysbert B. Vroom Phippsburg Philip van Hook and Son Stokes Wilbraham Mass van Hook Harry B. Briggs, Jr Pear Street William F. Mussenden Babson Institute Wellesley William B. Mussenden Gerden Street Virginia C. Jewett University of Maine Orono Brian M. Jewett Westport Jewett Staples’ Drugstore Frank Martin Cedric Martin Willow Street Carroll Morse Samuel Morse Sylvia Kutz Rider College Trenton N. J Max Kutz Cobb Road Robert Carey Fordham University New York Victor R. Carey Front Street

Engagements Highlight Bath Area Social Gatherings

Mrs. Wellington A Moore announced the engagement of her daughter Shirley to Bart O Donnell with a tea at 32 Weeks Street attended by about 20 guests. Both graduates of Morse High School, the couple plans a wedding in Bath, NH. Miss Roberta Erwin and Miss Dorothy Thebeau hosted, and other notices list travels, visits, and engagements among Bath residents and surrounding towns.

Dorothy Burns New York City Walter McDonald Chestnut Street McDonald Harriet Landry Dorothy Kenderdine Jesse Kenderdine Beacon Street Parsonage Washington, D. C Department of Labor Wellington A. Moore Weeks Street Shirley Louise Bart O'Donnell Mary O Donnell High Street Roberta L. Erwin Dorothy R. Thebeau Mr. O'Donnell Miss Moore Morse High School Miss George Chilles Mount Desert Bath Shirley M. Mank Ralph P. Mank Spring Street Jeanne A. Rock Portland Shirley Bart O’donnell

Engagement announced in Bright New Jersey

Mr and Mrs mnamesa Bright announce the engagement of their daughter Mia Dahn Olsen of Bath to a son of Mr and Mrs Jph W Bragg of 220 North Street. No wedding date set. Olsen a Long Branch High and Central Park School of Art graduate and fashion illustrator. Bragg is Pratt Institute trained and assistant art director at The Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. Jersey City. Street and residence details follow with multiple social notes from the Bright area.

Charles Bartlett Royal House Miss Preble Mr. Caddy Medford High School Wentworth Institute Boston Mnamesa Bright N. J Mia Dahn Olsen Bath Miss Olsen Long Branch High School Central Park School of Art New York Mr. B Jph W. Bragg North Street Morse High School Hebron Academy School of Fine and Applied Arts Pratt Institute Joseph Dixon Crucible Co Jersey City

Noted sleight of hand artist entertains Colonial Club

Justin Wayne of Congress Shirt Co and former German maker dazzles Colonial Club members on Monday night over a night of feats. The gathering, after a few routine matters, deferred the monthly business meeting to the next Monday. Ken Murray will host Mutual Broadcasting Thursday afternoon with remarks by James Roosevelt Joseph M. Schenck Gov Culbert Olsen and others for the President's Birthday Celebration. Central church holds annual meeting Thursday at 7:15 with officer elections.

Justin Wayne Congress Shirt Co Germany Park Street Colonial Club Loth Clayton Churchill Ken Murray Mutual Broadcasting System James Roosevelt Joseph M. Schenck Gov Culbert Olsen Committee For Central Church

Two Heifers Drown in Moose River Accident

An unusual accident drowned two heifers owned by Ardin Barricault at Moose River. Enamels slipped into the stream and perished before their absence was detected.

Ardin Barricault Moose River

Bath Iron Works stock hits new high and local notices

City traders push Bath Iron Works to a new high of 12 with 113 8 low and close. Polar Star lodge hosts Alton W. Bowie visit. Red Cross figures to speak at St. Paul’s Conclave dinner in New York. Fire and welfare items, water concerns at Witch Spring, holiday illuminations, and a clothing barrel for Finland relief. Local school enrollment rises prompt instructor additions. Car crash near Carlton bridge investigated after a Saturday collision due to slippery roads.

New York Bath Iron Works Corp David L. Wilson Central Church Imperial Council of the Red Cross Constantine Maine Red Cross of Hotel Biltmore New York City Finland William Campbell Arrowsic Campbell

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Charles W. Avery Cavite P. I Avery Bath Iron Works Cavite Navy Yard Cora Chapman Randolph Mass Merritt Lothrop Winship Street Harry G. Deering Ethel Trask Worcester St. Petersburg Fla Helen Rogers Longmeadow, Mass Llewellyn D. Rogers West Bath Evelyn Young Norman Howard Pred Hayward R. J. M. Steussy David N. Heald Alice Young Houghton Trott Providence R. IL William D. Sewall Stonehouse Eunice Perkins William C. Perkins Lafayette Hotel Raymond Small Pleasant Street William R. Freeman Westfield Ethel Barter Capt William Barter Boothbay Harbor the Thimble Club Chester MacKenzie Court Street Fenton I. Moore Santa Claus C. Merritt Trott Washington,d. C Wilfred C. Trott Marshall Avenue Helen Frame Medford Philip Whittlesey Barbara Ross Rodney E. Ross, Jr Ross Rupert H. Baxter Join A. Legro Huguenot Park Staten Island Allen M. Irish W. S. Newell Bernard Poviin Morris S. Povich Middle Street Mr. Povich Federal Bureau of Agriculture Washington Helen Tobin Gardiner Sundey Elmhurst Youn Helena Allen Barbara Jewett Horace Thoras Waldo Strand Arthur Benett Stanley Fisher Richard Chase John L Baxter. Jr Brunswick Dorothy Hector Fargo N. D Elena Bianchi Framingham Eastham Guild. Jr Clifton Walter E. Edge, Jr Philippsburg Roland F. Hull Carroll Deering Elizabeth Harry Stone Lewiston Ruth Lemoine Westbrook Junior College Bay Point Deering Hiram Annis Milan Street Laconia N. H Egil Watson Charles J. Donnell William Jr Priscilla Fred D. Hill Freeman Montgomery City Persian Gulf Calcutta Mediterranean Sea Cape Town South Africa Preeman F. D. Hill Walter M. Hill Walter, Jr Elizabeth Louise Kenneth Langdon Walter T. Paine Robert Barbara Mark Langdon Hill Falmouth Mary E. Green Gloucester C. Leroy Hutchins Mr. Hutchins Frank Reynolds Brookline Mr. Reynold Thomas F. Reynolds Kerwin Butcher John Atwood Maine General Hospital Howard C. Bates Susan Elizabeth Bates Florence Troop Miriam Adams Woonsocket Julia Coombs Robert R. Coombs Edward D. True A. Hallet & Co Ardenne A. Stott Geraldine Trot Carl S. Dearborn F. M. Rice Thomaston Carlton Rice Turner Court Lovall F. Sewalli Lovall, Jr Arthur Sewall 2d Sewall Pearl B. Wilson Clair Davis Jimmie Butterick Lynn, Mass Carroll E. Davis Joseph Pecci Spent Road St.’s Hospital, Lewiston Bath Memorial Hospital Eastham Guild, Jr Mrs. Guild William S. Newell Alice G. Lippincott Woodbury E. Everett Pierce Anne Mary Ellen Quinlan Jennie Larrabee Walter Larrabee Merton Wright Lower High Street William F. Wunsch Cambridge Catherine Wunsch Charles L Tuttle Chester C. Tuttle Kennebunk Wunsch Lowell General Hospital Tuttle Bowdoin College Boston University Medical School Wunseh Ir. Bath Cauren New Jerusalem Frederick E. Drake Kenneth Stewart Arthur Foltz Portsmouth N.H Emily and Dorothy Hyde Sarah Augusta Hyde Stewart Ruth E Thompson John Huskins Helen Plummer Plummer Five Islands Memorial Hospital L. William Fogg Meadow Way Ralph Herbert Fogg Albert Hawthorne Woolwich Frank Chesman Janice Mary South Weymouth William Crowley Dominique J. Tardif Pine Street Mrs Wilbur Hagan Mrs. Ellery Doyle Augusta Melford L. Perham South Woodstock Perham Harry Cornish Eva Pratt Arthur I. Pepper Donald F. Preble Selwyn H. Towne, Jr Eleanor P. Danforth Edward A. Cummings Anne Thompson Raymond H. Brown Leuriston Trott Fred Kittridge Richard Hastings Bangor Lucille K. Johnson John R. Powers Clarence E. Johnson Newcastle Mary Sewall The Charles B. Doyle Charles 2d Brunswick Road Waterville Skowhegan Mrs. Hagan Garret J. Galvin Mr. Hagan Melvin Comeau Edith Barter Howard Barter Dummer Street Namn Brooklyn N. Y Barter Wilfred Academy of Beauty Mrs Archibald M Main Garden Street Kathleen Scott Nancy Hyde Sidney St. F. Thaxter Edward Gignon Phyllis Thaxter Sidney W. Thaxter John H. Hyde Nancy Sally Wellesley Hills Jean Alice Richard Dennison William W. Dennison Green Street Marie Bennett Kathleen Harkins Doris Stickney Helen Higgins Sumner Hawley John Coombs Daniel Hatch Bruce Wright Norman Mackinnon, Jr Leonard B.buck Harvard Dental School Street Eva . Rice Geneva Russell New Hampshire State Hospital Concord Everett G. Lemont Sumner Sewall North Conway Edward Curtis Rochester Small Henry Thornton Montreal Francis W. O’brien Earl H. Morang Henry Minott Alice Minott Posse Nissen Fort Lauderdale Miami Coral Gables Baltimore Florida Hotel Amphritrite Fred B. Kittridge Malcolm Blanchard William Owen Roger ‘Luke Oliver Street Converse G. Fenn Diana Glenn Orrs Jolly Thimble Club Pleasant Avenue John Moore Eaucates McCrater Raymond Bartet Madeline Haggett Elaine Munsey Sherman Mitchell Mr. Orrs Eleanor P. Thurston Ore J. Russell Grant Grant Carmen Huse H. Augustus Huse Patricia Vennett Virginia Andre Carolyn Carpenter Janie Trott Elaine Noyes Mary Clappison Mary Stone Julius Gottlieb John W. Staples Maurice Owen Oak Street Bentley School of Accounting William R. Preeman William, Jr M. Adele Hutchins John K. Jayne Kennon Pamela New Canaan, Conn Herbert Griffin East Brunswick Helen Frances Griffin Earl R. Rice Rupert M. Irvine Geraldine Stott Northampton Smith College Arthur Sewall Stonehorse Shirley Higgins West Upton Bertha Dunbar North End Gaien M. Low Brookline, Mass Mrs. Low Edward H. Hartwell Mr. Low Charles C. Low F. Waldo Marshall Jeanne Ann Warren Witham, Jr Polly Osborn University of Syracuse J. W. Osborn Grove Street Archibald M. Main, Jr Archibald M. Main Bernice Hosmer Attleboro William W. Hosmer Abbie Minott Ada Catherine Minott Frank Bowker Mildred Footer Children’s Hospital C. F. Hathaway Popham Beach Lake Park Edwin Arthur Small Laurence Small Winthrop William P. Adams W. Scott Davis Roger M. Luke Donald N. Small Raymond Simall William Turpee Arnold Willis Horace P. Herrick Frederick A. Coram David Gavigan Coburn Classical Institute Evelyn Nickerson Nassau College Methodist Hospital Louis M. Silverman Lawrence David Black Mr. Black Beatrice Black Mrs. Black Winfield L. Ham E. Francis Mather C. A. Berry John E. Berry Moncton, N. B Edward V. Coombs Wesley Sorority James. Knight George B. Wetherbee Braintree, Mass Charles P. Wetherbee Caleb Burns Ralph Hutchins Lakeland Chesley Hutchins Goddard Street Roger Luke Luke Fred Coombs Sarah Libby Silverman Joseph Silverman F. Brooks Britt Bailey Evening School Sedgwick Welfare Committee Edward Farnham Gardiner R. Deering Kennebec Farnham Edward Brown Lemont Street Sagadahoc Court House Roscoe G. Bailey Grace Church Men’s Club William T. Donnell Peaceens Rod, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc Polar Star Lodge Masons Alton W. Bowie Durham Bewall’s Maine Central Daughters of Isabella James M. Greenleaf Orra N. Greenleaf Edward Sewalls Lodge of Elks and Friends Africa Jesse Allen Albert E. Desmond Joseph Madden Maurice Perry John Mullaney First National Bank Center South Street Marjorie Blake Gorham Normal School Bernard Plummer Eugene O. Dauphin Tarbox Street Carlton Bridge Dauphin Vine
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