Society Gossip Opens 1908 Colonel Dummer Sewall D.A.R. Session
The Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter of the D.A.R. held its first 1908 meeting at Mrs Grace Warren’s Washington street home with a paper by Mrs Grace D Warren on Libraries and Clubs in the Early Days of the Republic and a reading by Miss Alice G Shorey titled The Swamp Fox. A social hour followed with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Grace Warren
Washington Street
Grace D. Warren
The
Republic
Alice G. Shorey
John McInnes
Central Church League
High Street
Harriet C. Pendexter
Boston
Brenda Emery
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
Professor Chapman
Mendelssohn Club
Music Hall
Patten Free Library Association
Colonial club Costume Party Lights Up Bath Alameda
The Colonial club held a grand costume party at the Alameda Bath, a standout social event with new designs and a rainbow of costumes. President Walter A. Murtaugh led the grand march with his wife as about fifty couples danced while an enhanced stage scene and festive decor impressed attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Alameda
Bath
Willis
Walter A. Murtaugh
Colonial Lab
Howard Black
Fred Lord
E. W. Hyde
Henry VIII
Queen Bess
Ralph Whitehouse
Carl Troop
Arimus
Porthus
Ww. A. Furber
Charles §. Brown
Romeo
Fred Thompson
Robinson Crusoe
R. H. Dunton
Pricey Drapery Sale Listings From Local Store Advertisement
A fragmented page advertises a large textiles sale listing Brussels carpet, tapestry Brussels, Smyrna rugs, Axminster rugs, oil cloths, window shades, Hassocks, draperies, couch covers, curtain stretchers, cretonnes and silkalines with unit prices and bulk deals. Readable items include per yard prices and pack discounts. The ad mimics a department store clearance from a local outlet.
Costume Pageant Featured Many Named Participants
The article lists numerous participants in a costume event including Miss Mae E. Ripley and Miss Elizabeth Cahill in colonial and exotic outfits, with roles ranging from Japanese and Egyptian figures to Red Cross Nurse and Gypsy Girl. The effort is credited to an executive committee led by Edward W. Hyde and including Dr. James QO. Lincoln and Augustus A. Percy for successful organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aileen Powers
Edna Pushard
C. B. Furber
Harry Wright
Susan Ballou
Hiram Stevens
Monte Cristo
Roland Hill
Ruth Whitney
Lady Babie
Elizabeth Gibson
Harold Roberts
Clara Pierce
Robert Hatch
J. R. Norton
J. W. Norton
F. M. Smith
Arthur Pepper
Dasie Hubbard
Florence Bowker
Marguerite
Eva Bowker
Howard Black
Fred Lord
Will C. Knight
Edward W. Hyde
James QO. Lincoln
Fred E. Drake
Charles P., Wetherbee
Augustus A. Percy
F. B. Torrey, Jr
Oliver Moses
H. A. Huse, Jr
Walter A. Murtaugh
Charles S. Brown
William A. Furber
Harry
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Ruth E. Thompson
Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Alice Rich
Westminster
Maryland
Clifton Street
Portland
Brunswick
Schuecker
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Maine
Switzerland
George T. Files
Bowdoin College
Files
Percy Hodgkins
Roy Percy
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Federation of Women’s Clubs In
Lewiston
Sanfi Fooy
Ned Saunders
Waltham
Chester Andrews
Enitmianiwel
Mleanor Hayden Hyde
Thomas War ‘ Tinde
City
John ¢ Ty
Berkel
C. Phillips
Harvard
John Tl. Saltonstall
Edward Brooks
Milton
Edwin A. Boardman
Prips
John H. Cunningham
Georges Wendell Phillips
Dr. Phillips
St. Botolph
Marta Phillips
Raynal Bolling
New York
William Phillips
Washington
Pekin
Commonwealth Avenue
Thomas W. Hyde
Samuel A. Morse
North Bath
Cambridge
Lydia A. Lord
Chas. T. Lord
Morse
Old Bath High School
Olive Mead String Quartet
New York City
People’s Church
Young Men’s Christian Association
Lacey Templeton
Newburyport
Maass
George F. Rouilard
First Baptist Church
Messrs
Hyde
Ballou
Corliss
Duncan
Harry Hyde
John Ball
Edward O. Cutler
Dedham
William H. Shaw
Greenville
Albert H. Shaw
Marion Troop
Crescent Street
Dorothy Jewett
Millicent Clifford
Katherine Edgecomb
Pauline Hatch
Isabelle Studley
Charlotte Hall
Ruth Jordan
June Rideout
Margaret Washburn
Vivian Lemont
Gladys Jordan
Ruth Carr
Margaret Mulligan
Notre Dame School
James C. Mulligan
Blanche
Vida McIntire
Orange
N. J
George P. Davenport
D. A. Merry
Sherman Mills
Mr. Merry
John Shaw
Court House
Shaw
Grace Episcopal Church
King Pepper
the Columbia
Kennebec
Mace
Prince Harold
F. Alfred Stetson
Prof. Mars
H. A. Huse Jr
A. Wiseman
Joseph Madden
Capt
Benedictine
Arthur Lemont
Guard of Wealth
B. Z. Wax
Harry E. Cook
Will B. Ketchum
William P. Haten
Cyrus Sprawford
Charles 8. Brown
Matilda Sprawford
Fred W. Humphreys
Jim and
Bill
Orrin F. Frye
Burns
Favor
Mr. Favor
Clarence E. Johnson
Col. Dummer Sewall
Irene Ingalls
James OD. Clarke
C. H. McKenzie
Rumford Falls
Madison
Ruth Thompson
Lina Andrews
Miss Thompson
Miss Andrews
Harold M. Sewall
Mr. Hyde
Hughes
Central Church Chapel
Ladies’ Aid Society
William E. Rice
Rory Dunning
Woodford
New City Hospital Fund
Brussels
Smyrna
Shackford Smyrna
Ity
Portieres
and R
David T. Percy & Sons
Skowhegan
Commerciel St
Woolwich
L. B. Swett
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