Community League Forms At Grace Church Meeting
Representatives from local societies organize a Community League at Grace Church Parish Hall. Officers elected include President Mrs John S Hyde and Secretary Mrs Arthur E Bishop. Initiation fee $5 for organizations and $1 for individuals. 25 charter members start the league to support a community nurse and charitable projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church Parish Hall
John S. Hyde
Galen C. Moses
Arthur E. Bishop
Charles P. Wetherbee
Edward W. ‘Hyde
Arthur ‘Baum
E. J. Fitzgerald
J. A. Red
Society Notes and Obituary Fragments from Bath
Bath society items include visits, dances, and birthday notices with references to Mrs Cahill of Robinsons Lane, Mr and Mrs Read Nichols 69th wedding anniversary, and a Maine Women’s Club event in New York. Also noted are church socials, a Kennebec Yacht Club series, and musical announcements from Cosmopolitan Club and Symphony Society of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Read Nichols
Maine
Bath
Engagement Announced Miss Sprague to Rev Browne
Miss Rachel Eunice Sprague daughter of Mr and Mrs Franklin Sumner Sprague of 44 Worcester St Boston to Rev Benjamin Patterson Browne pastor of the Corliss Street Baptist Church Boston The bride to be is class president of the Boston Girls High School 551 members and active as escort at Dr Gifford s church Brookline MA She is prominent in Boston musical circles and has assisted in revival services at Corliss Street Church making many friends during her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Eunice Sprague
Franklin Sumner Sprague
Worcester St
Boston
Benjamin Patterson Browne
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Corliss Street
Dancing class finale delights guests at Miss Haccett party
Miss Louise Haccett hosted the last night of her dancing class with a charming party. An exhibition of fancy dances drew many friends and the event proved very entertaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Haccett
Bowdoin Professor Teaches English Literature Course
Professor William Hawley Davis of Bowdoin College has been engaged by the Cosmopolitan Club to conduct an English literature course. The program began January 22 with a study of Twelfth Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hawley Davis
Bowdoin College
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath News Roundup of Local Visits Obituaries and Talks
Harrys Swett returns from the West to attend his mother Mrs Swett illness in Bath. Oak St Mrs John W Roberts Bath benefactor and esteemed citizen will celebrate his Y6th birthday March 4. Miss Mary Watson of Andover Arrive to visit Mr and Mrs Charles R Donnell. Laura C Dearborn of Biddeford dies leaving three sons. Mrs Langdon T Snipe and Mrs W E Kershner discuss Prtypures and islands life. Capt C P Plunkett now bound for Naval War College Newport R I previously served at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Noyes
Frank and
Sidney
Portland
E. J. Marston
George E. Thompson
Donald
Hartford
William R. Kimball
High St
Maine
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works
Harrys Swett
Bath
Mary Watson
Andover
Mass
Charles R. Donnell
Laura C. Dearborn
Biddeford
Lissa Hopkins
W. EE
Kershner
Music Hall
Langdon T. Snipe
C. P. Plunkett
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
John A. Lord
U. S.N
John A., Jr
Frances J
Arabelle
Harriet
S. C. Lord
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lord House
Weeks St
Capt. Quick
Lord
Baltimore
Portsmouth
N. H
Arizona
Brooklyn Yard
Georgia
G. W. Bachman
Gates Lane
Lady Minstrels Coming to Fortnightly Club Show
Fortnightly Club plans a minstrelsy program on the tenth next month with Miss Jennie Morse as accompanist. Mrs. Edward Farrar is the sole white lady in the cast as interlocutor, with a colored group including tambos Martha Foote and Mrs. Tom Gibbons and bones Mrs. Edwin M. Fuller and Miss Helen Crosby. Soloists include Mrs. Dorman Perkins and Misses Helen Crosby and Bessie Hunt. The Abenaki Camp Fire girls appear in a specialty. committee chaired by Miss Martha Foote and others. Also notes John A. Lord and family visiting amid naval assignments and a reference to the Big Dreadnaughts New York and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Morse
Music Hall
Edward Farrar
Martha Foote
Tom Gibbons
Bones
Edwin M. Fuller
Helen Crosby
Dorman Perkins
Bessie Hunt
Rip van Winkle
Arthur Purington
Emma Magoun
Edwin Fuller
Ella Douglas
Mary Antin
Our Own People Among Town Visitors and Visitors
Frank F. Clapp of Malden and W. F. Farrin of Boston visited the town briefly. Marshall A. Haraden returned to Augusta for legislative duties. C. R. Whittredge of Bath shot factory attended business in Portland. Silas Oliver of American Express returned from Portland. Mrs. E A Farrar Mrs. William Thayer and Miss Izzie Cunningham took a Lewiston trip. Mrs. Fred Wetherbee left for Melrose Highlands. Warden Fred A. Willis traveled to Augusta for the Maine Fish and Game Association meeting. Guy C. Glidden examined timberlands near Thwing’s Point then looked over other mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Clapp
Malden
H. Farrin
Boston
Marshall A. Haraden
Augusta
C. R. Whittredge
Bath Shot Factory
Portland
Silas Oliver
American Express
E. A. Farrar
William Thayer
Izzie Cunningham
Lewiston
Fred Wetherbee
Melrose Highland
Elmer O. Pray
Fred A. Willis
Maine Fish and Game Association
Guy C. Glidden
Thwing's Point
Ice Company Orders Boost Maine Houses and Harvest Work
L C Ballard of the American Ice Co in Maine orders filling all company houses as ice thickens, promising employment for many men and horses in harvesting. In Bath, the Colonial Club basketball team lost 30 to 16 to a Hudson, Massachusetts five, with a rematch next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Ballard
Maine
American Ice Co
Colonial Club
Hudson
Mass
Bath
Obituary of Captain Carter Last Deep Water Shipmaster
Capt Christopher Otis Carter aged 78 died at his Green Street home after a long illness. Born in Worcestershire he began at sea at 21 aboard the Thallatta under Capt Edward Stinson and rose to command the Whampoa for eleven years and later the Monte Rosa. He retired in 1900 after a famed career with no ship loss, leaving four children including Harvard professor Edward E. Carter. Funeral set for today at 7:30 PM from 45 Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Otis Carter
Green St
Capt. Carter
Woolwich
Charles William
Caroline Trott Carter
Edward Stinson
Stinson
Jane Parker
Monte Rosa
Whampoa
Trufant
Liverpool
Monte
Champan & Flint
Carter
B. Sutton
I. F. Chapman
Chapman & Flint
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Solar Lodge
Winter Street Congregational Church
Margaret Edgecomb
Edward E. Carter
Harvard University
Abigail F. Carter
Langdon T. Snipe
Isabelle E. Carter
Mrs Leonard H Gibson Obituary in Local City
Mrs Alice R Gibson aged 59 years 10 months died after a brief illness following a Wednesday outing to the New Columbia theater She is survived by her husband Leonard H Gibson two children Leonard H Jr and Mrs Charles S Brown and two grandchildren Katherine and Charles S Brown Funeral 2 30 from the home of her daughter Mrs Charles S Brown 985 High St
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice R. Gibson
Leonard H. Gibson
New Columbia
Leonard & Mitchell Drug Store
Maria Wiggin
Gibson
Johnson Rideout
Leonard H., Jr
Harvard University
Charles S. Brown
Katherine
Mrs Catherine McKenzie Craig Dies in Bath Resident
Mrs Catherine McKenzie Craig age eight years ten months died Friday at the home of her niece Mrs Fred Butler where she had lived most of the past twelve years. Born in Belfast P E I she was long a resident of Bath and a member of Elm Street Baptist Church. Survived by four brothers and one sister with three nieces in the city. Funeral Sunday at three from the Butler residence 86 Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Perkins
Firehours
Mass
William Harris
Tan T. Royce
Bolles Chapel
Jay
N. Y
Morris
B. Franklin Davy
Fitchburz
Cahill
Bowdoinham
Robert
Jane Staples
Andrew R. Cahill
Bowdoin
Orthe Ees
Topsham
Caill
Kenneter & Portland
Bath
Tj Sints
Psst
Robinsons Lane
Times
Wesley M. E. Church
William A
Charles H
Charles H. Wolston
New York
John S. Jackson
Punta Gorda
Fla
Catherine McKenzie Craig
Fred Butler
Craig
Belfast
P.E.J
Allen
Mary Frazier
Elm Street Baptist Church
Duncan Frazier
Joseph Frazier
Hood River
Oregon
Simon and Daniel Frazier
Portland
Mary McQuarrie
Picton
N. S
Mary Ferguson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Community League
Wo Ee Boneartz
Ashdale
Kroonland
South America
Panama Canal
West Indies
Panama
International Mercantile Marine
United States
Arthur Holden
Montreal
Omar W. Folsom
Lucy Patten
Boston Symphony
Allan H. Ramsay
Adeline Costain
Shelbourne
New Hampshire
N. E. T. and
T. Companys
Mae O'Brien
Rubinstein Club
Waldorf-Astoria
Arthur S. Hyde
Barytone
Lucy Gates
Thuel Burnham
Edward P. Kimball
George Roy Elliott
Unitarian Church
Brunswick
University of Jena
Fred FE. Drake
Culbert MecGay
Frances Southard
Miss Southard
Adams
Robert Haskell
Isaac Voorhees
Kittery Navy Yard
Harvey
Miriam Kimball
Odd Fellows Hall
Professor Mitchell
Holland
Universalist Church
The
Independent
Charles TD. Clarke
Thomas
Gibbons
Fred C Scribner
Sidney J. Willis
Rivetter Casino
Latien
Edward Shaw
Town
Jane H. Shaw
F. E. Southard
Frances
E. H. Morse
Mme Imma Eames de Gogorza
Opera House
Madeline Crosby
C. C. Crosby
Arrowsie
Charles A. Coombs
Clara Coombs
Winter St
Arthur C. Shorey
International Banking Corporation
William P. Nealley
Bangor
E. S. J. Nealley
Harry A. Nealley
Newton
Mr. Nealley
Kennebec Yacht Club
Kenneth Weeks
Mrs. Perkins
Hartley
Plummer
Harold Reed
E. E. Dinsmore
Morrell Foss
Webber
St. Clothier
Frank H. Percy
Charles C. Low
Charles Taylor
Mars Eaton Cahill
Robinson's Lane
Lowe Hall
Cushing Academy
H. O. Stinson
Maine Women’s Club of
John Sargent
Waldorf Astoria
Mortimer Randorf
Mary Hodsdon
Turner
Flavel R. Jordan
Boston Lyrics
E. M. Fuller
Bliss
Katherine Torrey
Grace Lightbody
Ethel Lundrigan
Gertrude Gilman
Florence Andrews
Blanch Houston
Harold
Will Sewall
Daniel Dougherty
Molly Palmer
Will Adams
Williams Whitney
Charles Cahill
Reed
Davis
Oak St
Miss Harvey
Miss Kimball
Symphony Society of
Walter Damrosch
Emilio de Gogorza
Aeolian Hall
M. de Gogorza
Massenet
Mozart
Mephistopheles
Berlioz
M de Gogorza
Carnegie Hall
Schumann- Heink
Elizabeth Litchfield
Philharmonic Society
Wolfsohn Musical Bureau
Lady Minstrels
South Paris
Kennebec Journal
Christopher O. Carter
William Craig
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