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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
4
A collage of society items highlights courtship satire and a busy village scene. Mentions of Grace Church events, Winter Street Men's Club, Bowdoin Musical Clubs, local dignitaries, and university ties showcase community life, charity efforts, and cultural programs with names like Morse, Tallman, Perry, and Stetson.
The Murray Club of the Universalist Church held a gentlemen night poverty party with about fifty attendees in poverty costumes. Prizes went to Miss Bessie Hunt for the ladies, H. B. Carlisle for the men, and Miss Roberta Barker for the children. A grand match was led by Rev. and Mrs. Willis as games and refreshments followed.
Rev S W Brown of Lebanon will start his pastorate at Richmond Free Baptist Church next Sunday. He was guest Wednesday of his nephew Rev B P Browne of Corliss Street Church.
Mrs 5S S Sewall departed Wednesday for Winchester Massachusetts and joined by Mr Sewall on Thursday they travel to Redlands California for the winter. Their daughter Mrs Webb and her Winchester family accompany them for a visit.
Miriam Adams of this city earns distinction as the state champion long distance walking schoolteacher. she walks ten miles daily to her dromore district school in phippsburg and completed a 14 week term without missing a day despite worsening road conditions. the 19 year old daughter of mr and mrs charles a adams weighed 130 pounds and plans to attend a state normal school after an initial year of teaching. she boards at home and commutes by trolley to winneganuee before the five mile hike to the school house each day.
The next Fortnightly Club program will be held at Universalist Church in the evening of the twenty seventh with Professor W. B. Mitchell of Bowdoin College lecturing on Holland. Miss Alice Rich, teaching music in New York City, has been visiting in the city for two weeks. Miss Miriam Kimball has returned from Newtonville, Mass., and will stay with Mrs. Albert Shaw for the winter. A new bungalow on the old Jordan property site on Danforth Street will be built by Mrs. Walter W. Fogg. Mrs. Emma McLellan wintering in Portland is ill at the Sherwood. Miss Muriel Brown returns to Kents Hill after visiting at the Orphans' Home with her sister Miss Nathalie Brown.
Mrs. Robert H. Gardiner returns to Boston after attending the marriage of her daughter Miss Anna Gardiner to Lieut. Roger Francis Draper at London House in London. The ceremony was conducted by the Lord Bishop of London and Rev. William Henry Draper.
Miss Carol Percy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Percy, enjoys a special privilege under Mme. Eames de Gogorza who offers singing lessons. Mme. Eames was drawn to her by a private party performance and expects a brilliant future. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Crawford of Brunswick visited for Thursday night’s Opera House show. Crawford, Cumberland Theatre manager, is a longtime popular New England figure in Brunswick. Mrs. Clarence Johnson spends the day in Portland. Miss Charlotte Meeker and Miss Emma Houghton visited Portland Thursday.
A chronology of residents and guests with trips to Augusta, Portland, Belfast, Bath, and nearby towns. Mentions include F W Carlton, Alfred Oliver, Ora Reed, Edith MecTeer, County Attorney Bridgham, Capt and Mrs Swett, Capt L B Clark, S F Bragdon, Charles A Coffin Jr, F H Thompson, F W Hartnett, Mrs John Perkins, Mrs S J Synnott, Mrs A H Blackington, Nellie Hunt, Capt Eugene Ingalls, Earl Oliver, Miss Grace Bimson, Fr McCarty, Fr McGill, Mrs Lundrigan, Mr and Mrs F M Wood, Mr Thompson, M Spinney, Dr and Mrs W B Bongartz. Details cover family, business, and social visits across Maine and New York linked tours.
West Bath features a portrait of Joseph White as a remarkable local figure who stays active despite age. The piece highlights his weekly church attendance, Evangelistic revivals, and fearlessness in town life, framing him as an enduring community inspiration.
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