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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
5
A society column notes fashion shifts from bare necklines to scarves amid warming trends. It recalls a Bath painting gift by Mrs. Arthur Sewall, a Portland engagement party for Miss Hewey and Edward Titcomb, and social visits of Bainbridge and local families with multiple gatherings and travels in Maine towns.
The Universa list Church Men's Club welcomed Arthur Shorey who spoke Friday on his experiences in Hong Kong, Japan and Manila, sharing insights from his travels and observations.
Mrs William E Buck returns to Tewkesbury after visiting Capt and Mrs Chaney. Miss Louise Fuller resumes Columbia post graduate study after holidays at home. Philip Cole forester with Berlin Mills Co now in Canada visits Bridgton with Mr and Mrs Herbert E Cole. Robert and Donald Percy visit from Brookline and Small Point with families in town. Miss Charlotte Hall heads to Saratoga Springs to resume studies at Skidmore School of Arts after holidays with friends bidding farewell at the depot.
Leonard H. Gibson Jr returned to Cambridge Friday after holidays in the city. He is enrolled at Harvard for a course in English. Allen Cole, a former Bath boy, is taking a course in the business department.
Miss Anne M Hall of Brunswick appeared Thursday evening at Pythian Hall marking her first public recital. The young soprano soloist, at Central Congregational Church Bath, wowed with a wide range and fine quality. She was assisted by Portland musicians Mile Evangeline Gibbon and Llewellyn B Cain.
John H. Hyde of Bath and Miss Eleanor Boxd of Newton wed at Arlington Street Church on Wednesday. A farewell bachelor dinner at Copley Plaza in Boston Saturday included best man Charles I. Conway and ushers Edward La Croix James Whiting Jack Stevens Loyall Sewall Parker Boyd. Hyde, a Williams College 1912 alum, formerly lived in Boston. Miss Boyd is the bride’s sister. Also announced is the December 31 1914 marriage of Ethel Rolene Pip er to Lewis Lambert Boyden in Foxboro Massachusetts.
The seventh annual service at St Bartholomews Episcopal Church New York gathered 150 singers in a processional. The regular choir was joined by German Swedish Armenian Chinese and English choirs from chapels with Arthur B. Hyden directing.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Winter Street Church hosted a parsonage gathering with the Central Church ladies. Portland president Mrs. Charles Harmon spoke on Western Maine Branch. A lobster patties social followed. New Year’s entertaining afternoon included Hon. and Mrs. Sewall and several guests. Numerous residents returned home for holidays or study, with several engagements and moves announced.
Miss Louise Harriman entertained friends at her home Saturday evening with a festive mock Christmas tree party, showcasing decorations and cheerful conversation for guests.
Miss Eleanor Boyd daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Boyd Newton and John Holmes Hyde of Boston were married at Arlington Street Church with Rev Paul Revere Frothingham officiating. The reception followed at the Hotel Somerset. Hyde is president of the Colonial Club and heir to Bath Iron Works ties. attendees included Bath notables and family members.
Postmaster E W Hyde and Mrs Hyde travel to Boston Tuesday for the Boyd Hyde wedding and will stay with Mrs T W Hyde. Hon H M Sewall and family of Boothbay Harbor go to Augusta to lease the Bascome house for winter. Verbal notes of other locals visiting, recovering from surgery, or returning to schools and homes are included.
Mrs. Charles Perry and her daughter Miss Katherine visited Mrs. Charles D. Clarke. Returning to America from England last fall they brought a Skye terrier, a beloved pet. The dog was leash free for a moment and ran into an oncoming electric car, perishing.
Misses Ethel Lundrigan Helen Wheaton Carrie Dunton and Charlotte Wyman prepare for a club dance at the K Y C next Tuesday evening with old fashioned dances the rule.
Mrs Charles P Wetherbee arrived home Thursday night from a brief visit in Reading Mass Mrs Sidney Noyes of Portland was the Tuesday guest of her sister Mrs Eben Jr Marston Miss Grace Coombs returned Monday to Washington DC to resume duties at Miss Bristol s private boarding school The Col Dummer Sewall chapter DAR will meet the twelfth at Hon Harold M Sewall s home James Clark of Rumford Falls staying with his sister Mrs Eben J Marston Miss Margaret Torrey returned Tuesday to resume studies at Wellesley College Next Friday Beatrice Forbes Robertson appears in Brunswick with Bowdoin College The district nurse movement meeting planned next Wednesday will be endorsed by citizens and benefit the community
The Cosmopolitan Club held its regular monthly meeting with key reports on the Holiday Bazaar netting over 150 for the clubhouse fund. Plans include a Bowdoin English literature class starting Friday at 6 45 pm, new classical music purchases, and mid winter play rehearsals for fundraising. Committees were named for house program philanthropic and other duties with the annual meeting set for March and a nominating committee to be chosen February 3.
Music Hall hosted Bowdoin College Glee and Mandolin Clubs under Cosmopolitan Club auspices. Harold Thompson oversaw box office and Stevens's Orchestra provided music for a hop after the concert. Dancing continued until midnight as committee members Miss Katherine Torrey Miss Madelyn Kunt and Miss Gertrude Gilman coordinated the event.
Capt M L Jamieson returns to Portland Thursday morning George A Churchill visits Mechanic Falls Miss Rose Belanger goes home to Boston Walter Harrington Portland Eastport business visitor W H Farrin Pullman conductor with relatives in city P M Conley Portland former resident on Wed business Scott R Frye back from New York auto show Charles J Sargent returns to Boston from lumbering Bath Judge James Lowell and L B Swett in Augusta Henry M Hartley from Natick after mother’s illness Mrs William S DeCoste fractures leg on icy step J W Cummings to Trenton NJ then Palm Beach Carr and Wilson assist at Boothbay Harbor coal discharge Mae Campbell back from two week visit to Bay Point Be Norton Portland Dry Dock Co and Miss Olive Sturtevant out of town for launching Agnes Jones Georgetown to Roxbury Mass visit
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