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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
6
Social calendar highlights include a New Year’s Eve supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Alden G. Smith after the Junior Hospital League dance at the Arcade. Guests from area families and several visiting relatives attended, with 33 at the Ladies Auxiliary New Year meeting and multiple birthday and party events noted among residents.
Mrs Margaret Flaherty of 344 Front Street travels with her nieces to Woburn Massachusetts after being summoned by the death of her brother Patrick Poley a week ago.
About 45 members and guests attended the North End Community club meeting on Friday. Edward W. Bridgham spoke on highway safety, lunch by Carroll Watson followed, and a game of pitch was played.
Mrs. G. Crafts returns to her home on Bailey's Island after spending the holidays with her sister Mrs. Frank Pepper of 11 Maple Street.
Mrs Grace Cunningham and her daughter Miss Mary Curningham return from Boston where Mary attended the Paparone school of dancing and both joined New Year dances at the Hotel Manger Fenway club and Cambridge K of C hall. Mrs C D Wilson hosted her contract club on High street Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. William H Small entertained the South End Contract club at 21 Pleasant street with a luncheon and four table card play. First prize went to Mrs. Leland R Mitchell, second to Mrs. Carroll A Deering, and consolation to Mrs. William F Hatch. Guests included many named local hosts and visitors from Portland and Freeport. New Year events followed with teas and visits at multiple homes including Drake and Higgs households.
Mr and Mrs Charles R Andrews hosted a supper party Tuesday night following the Junior League New Year s ball at the Arcade. Guests included Dr and Mrs Ralph Warren Mr and Mrs Dean Bonney Mr and Mrs Carl C Anderson Miss Helen Hartwell David Fields and Mr and Mrs Horace Morse of Phippsburg.
Mrs Hugh McDonough has returned to Brookline Massachusetts after spending several days with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas F Reynolds on upper Washington Street.
A social evening concluded the V. F. W. Auxiliary meeting in G A R hall with a Christmas tree, buffet lunch, and dancing. Committee for the event was Ruth Gallagher, chairwoman, Myrtle Wilson, and Doris Kingsbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitcomb and sons Robert and Francis join Mrs. Whitcomb amid a holiday visit with their father Angus Burden and Mrs. Burden of Highland Street. Earl McKenzie of Orono is noted as the sister in law.
Miss Betty Palmer of Providence Rhode Island is visiting Mrs Manton Copeland of Brunswick and attended the New Year’s Eve dance at the Arcade. A son was born to Dr and Mrs William Rogers of Wellesley Massachusetts Monday morning. Mrs Rogers formerly Miss Mary Watson daughter of Carroll Watson of Washington Street and a frequent Bath visitor.
Mrs Ada Deering and grandson Harry Deering returned to Boston the latter part of the week after spending the holidays in the city. Deering attends the Chauncy Hall School. Miss Mary A Harvey, teacher in the Dike school, vacationed in Portland with her parents.
After a Central church rehearsal the choir held a jake Christmas tree with many gifts and treats, thanks to committees led by Mrs. Fred J. Hoffman. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. David L. Wilson and others. Miss Evelyn S. Thurston married James B. Stevens at her parents’ North Rumford home New Year’s Day, Rev. John E. Hunt officiated, reception for 75, and the couple will live in East Boothbay where he joins his father in boat building.
Rodney E. Ross Jr. departed Monday for Deerfield Academy after spending Christmas vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Rodney E Ross of High.
Lieut and Mrs Justin H Dickens and Lieut and Mrs Thomas J Casey hosted New Year's Day events from 11 to 2 at the Washington street home. Guests included Major and Mrs Lloyd Zupann and Lieut Mrs H Warren Halterman of Fort Williams, Mr and Mrs Donald Philbrick of Portland, and Mrs Enid Johnson of Texas. Mrs Blanche Joy and daughter Eunice Joy have moved into the Craig residence at Trufant's Crossing.
The Sewing circle of Genesta chapter No. 73 OES held its annual meeting at Mason Temple on New Year’s afternoon. Nomination committee reported officers: Mrs. Eva Atwood, Mrs. Florence Lake, and Mrs. Alice Soule. About 50 members and families attended the supper and joke tree. Catherine Leonard chaired the tree with Doris Leavitt and Consuelo Alkazin. supper committee included Atwood, Lake, Sanborn, and Mary Leonard. Lida Howard led the dining room.
Benjamin Haggett Jr a Bowdoin College junior spent the holidays with his parents in East Orange New Jersey who formerly lived in Bath.
Mr and Mrs Harry Haynes recently left by car for Florida to stay a few months. Their son Linwood Haynes from Colby College and Omar King from Bates College accompanied them to New York for a few days. Mr and Mrs Paul Mason and daughter Gay of Front Street have returned from a brief visit in Winthrop with Mrs Mason's mother Mrs Edward A Mason.
Rolvin Bowie son of Mr and Mrs Fred Bowie of Drummond street works in the Hyde Windlass Co wheel department. He is spending vacation in Hartford Conn with sisters Miss Bessie Bowie and Mrs Stanley Jensen and in Pittsfield Mass with sister Mrs Samuel Frink. Lester A Lewis is confined to his home by illness.
George P. Larrabee and his son Edward attended the funeral of George's uncle Eugene Huff of the Back Narrows district in Boothbay Thursday afternoon. Rev. F L Littlefield of Boothbay Harbor officiated. he had formerly served Wesley church in Bath.
Miss Marion Bowie, assistant in Dr. Williams Whitney’s office, returns from visiting her brother Everett in Reading Massachusetts and sisters Miss Bessie Bowie and Mrs. Stanley Jensen in Hartford Connecticut.
Mr and Mrs Robert Smythe and their young son departed for Chicago Illinois after visiting Mrs Smythes father Cecil E Paine and Mrs Paine of High street. Bath guests included Mr and Mrs James E Blake of Woolwich Mr and Mrs George McLellan Mrs George Melzard and Mrs Thomas Hagan Jr At noon on New Years Henry C Wright hosted a casual gathering on Washington street Out of town visitors included Mr and Mrs Donald S Sewall and Mrs Joseph T Sewall of Boothbay Harbor.
Miss Hope Whitman of Turner was an overnight guest of Mrs. David L. Wilson and attended the New Year’s dance Tuesday night. Whitman graduated from the University of Maine in 1935.
Miss Olive Sewall returns Tuesday to Poughkeepsie New York to resume studies as a senior at Vassar College after Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Sumner Sewall of Washington street.
The Central church league held its annual Christmas tree and supper at the parish house Monday evening. Thirty eight members sat to a chicken pie supper with sprigs of fir and crystal trim. The tree exchange followed with committees led by Mrs. William H. Small and Mrs. Gardiner R. Deering. Games and social hour concluded.
Mayor Arthur Sewall departed Tuesday morning for a brief visit to Boston. He is expected to meet local officials and return by the end of the week.
Mrs Anna Mors Geiger wife of Dr J C Geiger director of public health for the city and county of San Francisco Calif is convalescing at her home after a severe illness. She was recently elected president of the Women's Auxiliary of the San Francisco County Medical Society and is its first president.
Miss Ellen B. Hodgkins, a sophomore at the University of Maine, returned Monday to resume studies after the holidays which she passed at her home, 937 Middle street.
Miss Evelyn E. Nickerson of Nassau College spent her vacation with Miss Mabel A. Thwing at 33 Lincoln Street and entertained fellow students Friday night. Guests included Miss Mary Nickerson Miss Ruth Dale Miss Helen Hosmer Miss Betty Rice Miss Lydia Atwood Miss Kathaleen Scott and Miss Elizabeth Colby. Miss Nickerson returned Monday afternoon to Springvale.
Mr and Mrs Ernest A Ward of Augusta visited New Year with her parents Mr and Mrs Albert L Strout. The Corliss Street Church Research class held its annual New Year tree at the vestry last Wednesday. Committee on arrangements included Mrs Angus Burden and Mrs Effie Parrish. Mrs Edward McFarland will host an all day session January 14 at her Washington Street home. Others attending included Mrs George Worrey Mrs Ephraim French Mrs Join Tyler Mrs George Allen Mrs John Nocton Mrs Annie Chesley Mrs Gertrude Hutchins Mrs Carrie Sanford Mrs Adams and Mrs Frank Curtis.
Mr and Mrs Howard Whittam of New York attend visits hosted by Mr and Mrs Winship Reed and Mrs Frank Whittam of Woolwich. The social gathering centers on family ties and regional hosting.
Robert P. Shaw left Wednesday night for his home in Pelham Manor New York after spending the holidays in Bath. Mrs Shaw and their son Robert Jr will stay ten days with her mother Mrs Fred R E Dean of Dummer Street.
Mr and Mrs Courtney Stover welcomed a daughter at their Everett Mayo residence at Trufant's Crossing on December 27.
Carlton Gale Trott is the son born December 30 in Portland to Mr. and Mrs. Millard E. Trott. The father is the late Carlton E. Trott’s son and the mother is staying in Portland with her son and daughter in law after closing her home for the winter.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Mensh and her son Nathan of Washington D C and her sister Miss Goldie Povich of Boston are visiting their mother Mrs. Nathan Povich on Front Street.
Miss Mary E. Nickerson Miss Evelyn E. Nickerson Miss Helen L. Hosmer Miss Ruth Dale and Miss Emma K. Colby are among Nassau College students who returned to Springvale Monday afternoon after spending holidays at their homes.
Miss Feralyn Roberts, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Roberts, has returned from Auburn where she spent vacation with her grandparents Mr and Mrs A C Wilson.
Miss Sarah Bailey, a Gardiner schoolteacher, arrived back Wednesday after spending the Christmas holiday with her mother Mrs. Dora Bailey and her brother Frank Bailey in Woolwich.
Miss Barbara Ross leaves with her parents on High street for Babson Park Florida to begin Winter studies at Webber college with terms in Boston and Florida. Miss Jane Murphy sails from New York aboard the Santa Rosa via the Panama Canal headed to California for about a year and a half.
Miss Elinor Shorey travels to New York City to resume training at the Child Education Foundation Training school after spending holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs William S Shorey of Wash.
Edward G Morin departed Thursday to resume post graduate studies after spending holidays with his father Dr Harry F Morin of Washington Street.
Mrs. Walter Mallett has returned to Topsham after a holiday visit with Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Staples. The brief social note records a local family gathering and travel.
Mies Mery Sewaelt entertained Tuesday of last week with a supper at the Stone house prior to the New Year's Eve ball at the Arcade. Guests included Misses Barbara Ross Jane Hyde Olive Sewaell Elizabeth Butterfield Louise Briggs Martha Cahill Carol Stevens Ellen Stevens Lucille Johnson Mary Newell Elinor Shorey Betty Puller Lois Swett Newell Wilsom William P Drake Harry Ring Paul Mayes Leonardo Buck Rodney Earle of Bath Miss Margaret Prentiss of New York Miss Betty Palmer of Providence R I James Geiger Millen Griffeth of San Francisco John Ricker of Echo Lake Cal Clyde Holmes Jr and others.
Mrs Arthur Sewall entertained her contract club at the Stone house Tuesday noon for luncheon.
Staff Sergeant James T Kennedy of the 9th Detachment assigned to the Sandy Hook harbor defenses is named warrant officer and assistant engineer in the Army Mine Planter Service effective January 1. His wife Mrs Paisley Kennedy and he now reside in Brooklyn New York.
Oscar E Blethen of 489 Middle Street is recovering at New England Deaconess Hospital Boston after a serious operation. Friends report his condition is favorable and improving.
Dr and Mrs Hugh D Grant hosted a New Year Eve gathering at their Berry's Mills cottage. Guests included Carl Wing Frank Marden Mrs Howard Lord Evelyn Lord Donald Avery and Walter Perry. Yuletide decorations and a Christmas tree gift exchange framed the evening with a midnight intermission and refreshments.
Dr Clyde Berry returns to his Front Street home after spending the holiday with his mother in Moncton New Brunswick.
Miss Priscilla Hodge of Portland spent two weeks of vacation with her mother Mrs. Marcia A. Hodge of 732 Middle Street and returned to Portland on Monday. Blair Hodge, a Bentley School of Accounting and Finance student in Boston, also left Monday after visiting home.
Miss Doris Crocker of 18 Park Street returns from a Woolwich visit with Miss Geraldine Rice at the home of the Rice family, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Rice.
Miss Charlotte E. King left Monday to resume studies at the University of Maine after Christmas with parents Mr and Mrs Ernest P King of 50 Shepard Street. During fall she was elected freshman house president at Balentine Hall.
Bobby Stetson hosted a small birthday gathering on Washington street Tuesday afternoon to mark his ninth birthday with a few friends invited by his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph G Stetson.
A group of young ladies enjoyed a progressive dinner on New Year’s Eve before attending the Junior League ball. The party included Misses Bertha Lord Frances Shaughnessy Mary Kenny Geraldine Stott Ruth Dale Jeannette Shackford and Mrs Elwood Legard.
Mr and Mrs Carl Longfellow formerly of Bath have moved from Fort Fairfield to Caribou as he has been transferred by the New England Tel and Tel Company.
Mrs. John H. Hyde and her three daughters Jane Nancy and Sally Hyde left Sunday for Brookline Massachusetts after visiting Mr Hyde at Elmhurst Miss Jane Hyde departed Wednesday for the Ogontz School in Philadelphia
Mr and Mrs Everett Christian of Portland attended the Junior Hospital League annual ball on New Year's Eve with Mrs Legard formerly Marjorie E Legard among the guests.
Barbara Jean weighing ten pounds was born on December 23 to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cornish at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cornish, 31 Getchell Street.
For 15 weeks no absence or tardiness has been recorded among Grade 2 pupils at Mitchell School. Albert Berry Arthur Berry Ted Cyr Shirley Hart Dorothy McCorr Colin Mitchell Fen ton Moore Pearl Taylor Bertha Wake field meet the mark under teacher Miss Sarah E. Coombs.
Mr and Mrs Walter W Swank of Sunbury Pa returned Wednesday of last week after spending Christmas and New Year with their son and daughter in law Rev and Mrs Walter Swank of Day s Ferry
Miss Louise Briggs departs Monday for Mt Holyoke College in North Hadley Mass after spending Christmas vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Edmund P Briggs of High Street.
Miss Frances Shaughnessy departed Sunday for New York City to continue studies at the Traphagan School of Design after spending the holidays with her mother Mrs. Helen Shaughnessy of Washington Street.
Mrs Elizabeth Merrill of 1005 High Street was confined to her room Tuesday last week after breaking a hip. Her friends regret the accident. Miss Miriam Doble returned to Jackson College Medford Massachusetts on Friday after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Malcolm Doble of Green.
Miss Virginia Jewett returned from Westport after Christmas with the Brian M. Jewett family. Miss Gertrude Diggery of Sanford spent vacation in New York. Alice Magoun of 1009 Middle Street can be about after weeks at home. Percival Black came home from holidays with his Rochester aunt. Roberta Manson joined Herbert T. Caverly’s dental practice in Winnegance. Margaret Prentiss returned to New York after visiting Miss Olive Sewall in Washington. Henry Leonard and family returned to Popham Beach after holidays with Everett Leonard’s family.
Mr and Mrs Edward D True returned Friday from New York where they celebrated Christmas and New Year with their son Edward Dale True and Mrs True and daughter Sally Joan at their Garden City Long Island home. Among those attending funeral services for Rev Father J M Chatagnon pastor of St Louis parish Auburn at the church on Thursday forenoon was Rev Timothy C Maney of this city who served as an honorary bearer.
Charles A. Andre improves at home after three weeks bedridden at 726 High street. Lewis Swett leaves for Colby College. Miss Lois Swett heads to Wheaton College. Miss Shirley Moore returns to Katherine Gibbs School. Miss Martha Cahill departs for Connecticut College. Other locals visit family and travel between Somerville, Norton, Medford, and New Canaan while awaiting midweek sit-up recovery ambitions.
Miss Mary Sewall departed Tuesday for Troy New York to attend Emma Willard School after calling on Mayor and Mrs Arthur Sewall of the Stone house in the city.
Pupils not absent or tardy in the initial 15 weeks are named by grade. Grade V includes Beatrice Avery Walter Carleton Louise Coffill John Dunlap James Farnham Virginia Gallagher Edward Jones Ernest King Rachael Matthews Priscilla Parshley Ronald Stone Elmer Wallace. Grade IV lists Billy Anderson Leo Couture Phyllis Ervine Eleanor Fullerton Roy Peaslee Sally Munsey Dorothy Robshaw Jean Stanton Thelma Sutherland. Grade II shows Joanne Heal Robert Hines Bernard Holmes Reese Cameron Emma King Terrence Phillip Arsenault. Grade Ia COM mill Berard Ferris Mildred Oliver John Warner.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Craft and daughter Laura, and Mrs. Wilmot Tibbetts spent the weekend with Mr. Craft's sister Mrs. E. F. Wilson in Medford.
Archie Gregoire of Brunswick went to the police claiming theft of liquor at a local rooming house and was jailed for intoxication. He pleaded guilty before Judge John J. Keegan and received a suspended sentence.
Probate court proceedings list administrators and executors for multiple estates. Names include Harry J. Bath Rich, Daniel B. Cornish, Erle L. Browne, J Arthur Stevens, and John H Stacey with Bowdeinham Phippsburg Richmond guardians and guardianships. Petitions cover licenses to sell real estate and appointment of commissioners for disputed claims and guardians for minors.
Mr and Mrs Edwin E Pinson returned Sunday from Detroit where they spent two weeks with their son Harry and Mr Pinsons brother James Pinson.
Mrs Byron Higgins of Beacon street is accompanied home by Mrs B L Curley after a several day stay. Another sister Mrs John Coburn and Mr Coburn have also returned to Gardiner following time with Mrs Higgins and her mother Mrs F A Shepard.
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