Busy social season ahead in Shipping City before Lent
The Shipping City greets a flurry of auctions teas and dances as Ash Wednesday nears on the twenty fifth of next month. The Bangor Theological Seminary convocation week features Rev C Raymond Chappel Rev Maurice J Duncklee and lectures from Washington Gladden Charles R Brown Edward A Steiner and others. Read Nichols marks 68 years of marriage. Bath hosts bring together local clubs and church groups as plans for dancing classes and a Morse High School fundraiser progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Raymond Chappel
Maurice J. Duncklee
Baptist and
Winter Street
Bangor
Bangor Theological Seminary
Elizabeth Webber
Washington St
Charles W. Clifford
Ladies’ Aid
C. Raymond Chappell
Washington Gladden
Charles R. Brown
Edward A. Steiner
Brotherhood
Edward D. Eaton
Harvey
Hagget
Sargent
Ai ‘‘Dansant
John MelInnes
Oliver Moses
H. D. Haverfield
John S. Hyde
W. DD. Sewall
J. R. Andrews
Harold M. Sewall
Harry Stetson
Fred H. Kimball
Mark Sewall
Charles R. Higgins
Charles A. Harriman
W. S. Newell
Rupert H. Baxter
Harry Tucker
Fred E. Drake
Alfred Tarbox
James O. Lincoln
Karl von Baman
Langdon T. Snipe
Mollie Gibbons
Jane S. Murphy
Martha A. Foote
Sarah Klippel
Music Hall
Melrose groom weds Eastport woman in Portland
Boothbay Harbor correspondent reports Mr. Peterson of Melrose Mass a brother of Mrs Davenport and summer resident of Squirrel Island married in Portland on Jan 15 to Miss Mary O Leighton of Eastport. Leighton served as bookkeeper to His Majesty the King of the Squirrels during 1913 and was noted for her competence in post office and billing duties at Squirrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Peterson
Melrose
Mass
Davenport
Squirrel Island
Portland
Mary O. Leighton
Eastport
Leighton
King of the
Squirrels
Squirrel
Lady Batcheller Receives English Honor From King George
Mrs Typhosa Bates Batcheller wife of Francis Batcheller and daughter of Mrs Theodore C Bates is honored by King George of England with the Order of Mercy for hospital service concert work and relief efforts for the League of Mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Typhosa Bates Batcheller
Theodore C. Bates
Daughters of the American Revolution
Europe
George of England
Order of Mercy
League of Mercy
Batcheller
Francis Batcheller
Worcester
North Brookfield
Mass
Fortnightly club meeting set for February eleventh
The Fort nightly club schedules a February eleventh lecture by Professor Arthur N Leonard, illustrated by music. The event occurs at Miss Jennie R Morse home with music directed by Jennie R Morse and Margaret J Adams starting at eight o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur N. Leonard
Jennie R. Morse
Margaret J. Adams
Herbert Cole Takes Post as West Brook High Principal
Herbert Cole begins Monday as principal of West Brook High School substituting for the remainder of the school year. Mrs Cole will stay in town while he commutes home on weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert . Cole
Westbrook High School
Mrs. Cole
Mr. Cole
Miss Crosby to Sing Solo With Winter Street Choir
Miss Helen Crosby will be the soloist with the Winter Street choir on Sunday, substituting for Mrs. Robert B. Hatch who is away in Boston. Crosby has a soprano voice rich in quality and will perform at the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Belfast
Central Church
Winter Street
Bath
Viola de Grys
Portland
Helen Crosby
Robert B. Hatch
Boston
Edwin M. Fuller
High Street
Dward Montgomery
Montgomery
Morse High School
Winter St
Grace Church Vesper Service Sees Growing Attendance
Attendance at Grace Church vesper services on Sunday afternoons rises rapidly. Special music is arranged and the service remains impressively conducted. Leaflets explain the order of worship and pews are free to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Tango Excluded From Yale Junior Prom Amid Ban
The Yale Junior Prom plans to ban the tango after Dean Frederick S. Jones objected that too many well mannered men would attend. Reportedly some students expect the event to still include a tango despite the ban and doubt it will be tango free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Frederick S. Jones
Central Ladies' Aid Session Hosts Misses Manson
The Misses Manson served as hostesses at the Central Ladies' Aid session held yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Fred H. Kimball has been in Boston this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misses Manson
Central Ladies’ Aid
Fred H. Kimball
Boston
Fortnightly Club hears Furlong speak on South America
Charles Wellington Furlong’s address titled South America of Today delighted the Fortnightly Club at the Universalist Church Wednesday. Mrs. John A. Morse introduced him as the hall filled with guests from the Saturday Club Brunswick and the Cosmopolitan Club as lantern slides showcased the region. Rev. H. A. Corey of the Wesley Church operated the lantern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Charles Wellington Furlong
Universalist Church
John A. Morse
Saturday Club
Brunswick
Cosmopolitan Club
Furlong
H. A. Corey
Wesley Church
Local Figures Highlight Seasonal Program Costs
Mrs. Herbert E. Cole chairs a costly season program while Capt. George F. Cooper U S N and Mrs. Cooper return from a London stay aboard the Olympic. Mrs. George E. Hughes was taken ill and moved to Dr Cousens Hospital in Portland for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Cole
George F. Cooper
Miss Virginia Shaw Operated On For Appendicitis
Miss Virginia Shaw daughter of former Alderman Wallace E. Shaw underwent an appendicitis operation by Dr. Hannigan at Bath City Hospital yesterday morning. She became ill Thursday morning and by yesterday noon was reported as comfortable as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Shaw
Wallace E. Shaw
Hannigan
Bath City Hospital
Grace Church Choir Supper in Parish House
Grace Church choir members invited a guest to a Thursday evening supper at the Parish House on Oak Street with a delicious meal and a warm community atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak St
Grace Church
Along Came Ruth prepares for Hartford opening
Holman Day travels to New York to supervise rehearsals for his new play Along Came Ruth. The show is set to open February 7 in Hartford Connecticut after a rewrite since the Portland production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Holman Day
New York
Hartford, Ct
Portland
Moody Bride to Be Weds Judge Bean in Hallowell
Bath friends plan to attend the marriage of Miss Sarah Moody and Judge Bean in Hallowell on Wednesday. Moody formerly resided in the City of Ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hallowell
Miss Sarah Moody
Judge Bean
Miss Moody
City of
Ships
Marriage Blessing At St John The Baptist Brunswick
The New Ivon House hosted a social evening honoring Mr and Mrs Henry Richards who were married earlier that day by Rev Fr Alfred St Martin at the Church of St John the Baptist Brunswick.
Teachers' Club hears Frand H. Damon speak on teaching
Frand H. Damon of Waltham gave an address on Teaching News at a profit able session of the Teachers' Club with the school board as guests. He then spoke to Morse High School pupils on Why Some Boys and Girls Succeed and Others Do Not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Club
Frand H. Damon
Waltham
Morse High School
Holmes Brothers sail for Mediterranean voyage from Brunswick
A. H. Holmes of Brunswick and his brother Rev G D Holmes of Lewiston depart today for New York to sail February 2 on a Mediterranean and Orient cruise aboard the Rotterdam. They plan six days in Palestine and Egypt and stops at Madeira Cadiz Gibraltar Algeria Charleroi Bay Athens Constantinople Jerusalem Alexandria Naples Rome Boulogne and London with return from Boulogne on April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Holmes
Brunswick
Rev
G. D. Holmes
Lewiston
New York
Mediterranean
Orient
Rotterdam
Palestine
Egypt
Madeira
Cadiz
Spain
Gibraltar
Algeria
Charleroi Bay
Athens
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Alexandria
Naples
Rome
Boulogne
London
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits Across Regions
Llewellyn Rogers was the Sunday guest of John Barker of East Corinth. Miss Alice E Varney has been spending the week at Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewellyn Rogers
John Barker
East Corinth
Alice E. Varney
Boothbay Harbor
Elizabeth P. Dean
Eastport
Pomona Grange Meeting Discusses Fruit Growing Revenue
Pomona Grange met at Dirigo Hall Brunswick on a mild Wednesday with E R Stewart presiding. The group discussed fruit growing as a chief revenue source, heard reports from Bangor State Grange, enjoyed music, and planned next meeting with Merrymeeting Grange in Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Dirigo
Brunswick
E. R. Stewart
Richmond
E. B. Tetley
C. O. Purinton
Bowdoinham
Grange
Joanna Hodgkins
Bath
Lewiston
Pomona
Charles E. Sadler
Dirizo Grange
E. C. Patten
Topsham
Bangor
Miss Shorey hosts Shakespeare Club reading in Brunswick
The Misses Caroline and Emma Shorey entertained the Shakespeare Club of Lisbon Falls in Brunswick on Wednesday evening. Guests enjoyed a reading from The Lady of the Lake and received Loch Katrine bookmark souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Emma Shorey
Brunswick
Shakespeare Club
Lisbon Falls
Miss Shorey
Loch Katrine
Mrs Chase hosts Sans Souci Club auction evening
Thursday afternoon Mrs Walter E Chase entertained with an auction for the Sans Souci Club. The prize bonbon spoon was won by Mrs Frank B Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Chase
Sans Souci Club
Frank B. Nichols
Miss Edith Woodruff Joins Vassar Music Dept
Miss Edith S Woodruff daughter of Professor Woodruff of Bowdoin College accepts a position as assistant in the music department at Vassar College. She will begin Monday with the second semester opening. A 1900 Vassar graduate she has taught piano in Shipping City and served as Bowdoin campus guide during summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith S. Woodruff
Woodruff
Bowdoin College
Vassar College
Miss Woodruff
Vassar
Bowdoin
Father Maney Visited Bath During Parish Tour
Father Maney of Dexter who served as curate at St. Mary's Parish in 1900 11 02 under Rt Rev Father M C McDonough visited Bath this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Maney of
Dexter
St. Mary’s
M. C. McDonough
Bath
J Logan Jones Returns From Illinois Visit After 27 Years
J Logan Jones of this city traveled to Iuka Illinois last October for his father William Jones's death and returned with his mother to Dres den to live with sister Mrs E J Costello. The trip marked his first Illinois visit in 27 years and refreshed old ties with former Iuka friends. Jones has long worked with W F Carlton and spent a decade towboating on the Kennebec River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Logan Jones
Iuka
Ill
William Jones
E. J. Costello
Dresden
Mr. Jones
Illinois
Jones
Maine
W. F. Carlton
Kennebec
Local Candidates Visit as Illness Keeps Mrs Matthews Home
E M Brown of Topsham, candidate for Register of Deeds, was in town Wednesday. O M Redlon spent Thursday in Portland on business. Mrs Fred J Matthews of Deering Avenue, Portland, confined to the house for the past week by illness, is a friend of both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Brown
Topsham
Register of Deeds
O. M. Redlon
Portland
Fred J. Matthews
Deering Avenue
Bowker Shipyard Starts Frame for New Three Mast Schooner
F. S. Bowker and Son of Phippsburg have begun work on the stem and stern posts for a three masted schooner to be built this spring. Most of the frame material is in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Bowker & Son of
Phippsburg
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Read Nichols
Washington Street
Rachel A. Little
Charles Nichols
Emma Pierce
Cosmopolitan
Charles Delano
North Street
Percy
Arthur Brown
Assembly Hall
Edward Little High School
Carl G. Adams
Livermore Falls
Bert Adams
Washington
Compton
Meriden
Emma L. Shorey
Harry O. Osgood
Helen Compton
Grace Eggleston
Leonard Barring
Isaiah Hunt
Ethel Durand
John Totman
Frederick Lowell
Hoboken
Carlton Lowell
Margaret Roswell
Miriam Adams Jackson
Lester Morie
Marie Demarque
Dorothy Higgins
Mrs. MecGillion
Pearl Hall
Williams
Amy Titcomb Watkins
John Clancy
Jane Swett
Geneva Casey
Sophie Mikelsky
Charlotte Cook
Ralph Dunton
Margaret Keegan
Portland Express
Brinkler
Longfellow
Sicily
Webber
Phillips- Exeter Academy
Rossetta G. Cole
Wellington
Pomona Grange
Dirigo Hall
Ics
Belle Rackley
Topsham Grange
Chester Marshall
Fred Ring
Lincoln Williams
Owen E. Rogers
J. F. Upton
Dirigo Grange
C. E. Sadler
P. L. Cushing
Cushing
George Prince
Lena Coffin
George Leonard
George Crockett
Walter Colby
Amy Hunt
Bessie Randall
Leo Biette
Winfield Smith
Arthur
Lawrence Brown
Bodwell Grange
Dromore
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Progressive
Sagadahoc
West Bath
Woolwich
Edith Hildreth
Jordan Sisters of
Garget
Jim Bludsoe
Maurice Dunbar
Daniel Brown
Frank Daggett
O. E. Rogers
Lillian Roger
Annie Peterson
Milward Patten
Tetley
Sadler
Frank Dunning
Lester Willis
Brother Pegler
Frank Gould
J. K. Estabrook
Lizzie Demming
Leon Marshall
William Dunning
C. M. White
H. J. Whitney
Edwin R. Stewart
G. D. Bailey
F. S. Adams
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Merry Meeting Grange
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