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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1930
Page
3
Bath residents share wedding news with friends, visits, and honeymoons in Woolwich and Bath. Johnston Beals, involved in a Portland motorcycle crash, suffers serious leg injuries after a slip driving, while local families welcome guests from Lisbon Falls, Rockport, and New York.
Louis Burns of New Haven returns to Bath on his annual call on old acquaintances after serving in wartime Bath area memory. George Wilson resumes police duties after a two week vacation. Mrs. Fred Hector and daughters Margaret and Caroline visit from Fargo North Dakota staying with Mrs. Sewall before heading to Small Point for summer. John Fitch of Ardmore spends summer at Popham while Mrs Frederick H Kimball plans a Langdon Thaxter summer at Casco Bay. Edna Hallowell visits with Elizabeth Deering at Bay Point. George McElman leaves for Canada with brother Wilfred for two week vacation, visiting Moncton New Brunswick and other Canada locales. Mrs. Harlan Raymond of Albany New York summers with her mother Mrs Ernest Heal. A Vogue portrait features Mrs Walter E Edge wife of the American ambassador to France. Sumner Sewall and daughters Olive Alexandra conclude weeks at York Hall then head to Small Point cottage once owned by Miss Alice Sewall.
Mr and Mrs Byron Spinney and son Harland of Auburn visit Bath staying with George A Spinney family at 12 Liberty Street. Mrs Gardner and Mrs Richardson of Lewiston sail July 3 from New York aboard Saturnia for Naples and plan a continental tour including Oberammergau’s Passion play.
Mrs Charles M Oliver of Shepard Street left Saturday for Winthrop where she will spend the week. Mrs William Ham of Worcester Massachusetts will spend the Summer in Bath.
Miss Ethel Huse daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry M Huse of 19 Snow Park recently graduated from Boston University with a secretarial course and has been hired as private secretary to Dr Ferry head of the Bio-Chemical Science Department at Harvard University. Her duties begin September 3.
Mr and Mrs Louis Flagg and son Louis Jr of Washington DC visit Mrs Flaggs parents on Green street. Mr and Mrs William Esmond of Lynn MA plan two weeks with relatives in Bath and Gardiner. Mrs Esmond was Miss Ethel Lundrigan of Willow street. Miss Martha Day of South street is convalescent after adenoids and tonsils operation at City hospital.
Mrs. Andrew Cascadden and her Lewiston family were guests Thursday at Mrs. L. W. Oliver's home on 3 Trufant Street.
Miss Carolyn Stackpole longtime resident of the Cosmopolitan club house departed Thursday to spend summer with her parents Mr and Mrs Benjamin Stackpole at Campbell s Pond. She teaches the Opportunity class at Weeks street school.
Rev. Alonzo Webber and his Milton Mass family have arrived at Parker Head to begin the season and open their summer residence for occupancy.
Roy Hutchins and family members from Gloucester New Jersey visit parents on Goddard street with plans to stay through the summer. Ardelle and Raymond Hutchins will spend the season here while Roy remains a week. Miss Priscilla Magoun in New York Philadelphia for a few weeks. Gilson Grant Blake Jr United States consul in Geneva and Mrs Blake visit Bath and Portland then travel to Wiscasset to see a friend from duty in South America. Mrs William Daley returns from Rockland after visiting relatives.
Mrs. George Greenleaf of Melrose Highlands Massachusetts returns after a week in Westport Junction with her mother in law Mrs Ida Greenleaf and sister Mrs Albert McFadden of Park Street. Mr Greenleaf spent a week in Jacksonville on a fishing trip with friends. Miss Alice Miller of Brunswick, a Bath visitor, leaves Thursday for Southport to work over the summer.
Miss Margaret Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie Miller of Granite street sails this week for France marking her second voyage since Morse high school graduation Mrs John H Hyde and Miss Anne Kimball visited Portland for the day Farley Mayo son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Mayo of Center street left Saturday for a weekend in Old Town with friends
Mrs Roy Shackford and her daughter Jeanette of Turnercourt with Olive and Hope Rowe of Dummer Street were guests of Mrs Shackford’s brother Percy Savage and Mrs Savage at their home at Pive Is.
Harold McElman son of Mr and Mrs George H McElman 60 Bedford Street left Saturday for Augusta to spend the weekend as a guest of Duncan Bragg who recently motored to Augusta from Bath.
Mrs Richard Quick arrived Friday after a two day Portland trip with daughter Clarabel a Maine General hospital patient who underwent a Thursday morning tonsilotomy operation by Dr Johnson.
Marion Freeman of York Street motored to Waterville Friday in a short local outing.
Charles T. Small Jr. of Portland spent the weekend as a guest of Mr and Mrs Ralph H Dunton at Whine gance Shores.
Miss Jennie Perkins resumes duties as housekeeper at the Cosmopolitan club house after several weeks absence due to her mother Mrs. Alden Perkins illness on Center Street. Mrs. Karcher S. Jackson and Mrs. Eugene Desmond hosted their card club and two extra tables at Mrs. Jackson’s home for Mrs. Walter E. Chase Jr of Sharon Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Milton S Kimball of Augusta, treasurer of Augusta Trust Co, is a son of Mrs Frederick H Kimball of High Street. Frank Harvie entered the shipping department of Hyde Windlass Co for the summer. Prof M W Avery of Williams College faculty with Mrs Avery and son Maurice arrived to pass the summer in Bath and will reside at 21 Court Street in the H A Huse home.
Mrs. Harry Bennett of Trufant street is spending summer in Portsmouth with her husband at the Navy Yard. Mrs. Raymond H. Trott and her three children open a new cottage at Small Point for the season. Miss Iva Hagan goes to the Peterson home near Brunswick road as assistant hostess. Miss Mirriam W. Kimball returns to Lincoln street after a week in New York City with Miss Margaret Cargill. Mr. Edward D. True and Mr. Carl C. Anderson, with spouses, drove to Rangeley for a day and attended the State Pharmaceutical convention.
Mrs Walter T Paine and her children Robert and Barbara arrive from Brooklyn to visit Mr and Mrs F D Hill in High Street. They plan to leave Tuesday with Mrs William Freeman and son William Jr for Popham to spend the Fourth of July at the Wyman cottage.
Mrs. Pierce Clinger of Islington Massachusetts a former Bath resident passed through the city Thursday en route to Newagen where she will spend a week with friends at their cottage.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Rice of Pittsfield Massachusetts will move their household goods to Bath next week and reside at 36 Rose Street Mrs Rice was formerly Miss Zephie Abbott.
Mr and Mrs Sanford B Nickerson and daughters Geraldine Valerie and Norma Jean of Burlington Vermont arrive late this week for a two week stay at the Lemont cottage at Sabine They will also visit Benjamin Oliver father of Nickersons son on Upper High Street
Mrs Arthur Sewall and her daughter Mary of the Stone house left Friday for Boston. Mary Sewall will depart Boston Saturday for South Orleans Massachusetts to spend two months at Camp Quanset.
Clifton O. Page headmaster of Park school Indianapolis arrived Friday night to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Orville E Page of Middle street. He attends the Country Day school association annual conference at Bowdoin college over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Richard Sprague and family spent Sunday at Popham Beach. Pauline Burden daughter of Angus E Burden of Highland street left Wednesday for Squirrel Island to work this summer at Squirrel Inn.
Mr and Mrs Royal Wentworth and their party arrived in Skowhegan for a visit via Winslow Day with Mrs Day and her son Philip Stuart Jr joining them Delmar Bates and family spent the weekend at their Sabino cottage.
Mr and Mrs Warren F Hawley and two sons Warren Jr and Sumner of Western avenue travel to the Hatch cottage at Popham Beach for a several day visit. Nathan Pellock and Thaddeus Heddrick of Franklin street drive to Waterville on business. Mrs Henry Morin and family from Dorchester stay in Bath where Mr Morin works as a plumber at Bath Iron Works Corp Merrill Oxner accompanies them. Miss Severina Wilson of New York City visits Miss Louise Bucknam on upper Washington street. Mrs Celia Brown of 2 Pearl street leaves for Swampscott and Lynn to visit relatives. Miss Eona Blair spends weekend at her home on upper Washington Street involved with wartime campaigns and Fort McKinley duties with the U S War department.
Solomon K Greenblatt returned Thursday after a Roxbury visit with family. Mrs Alden G Smith of High street visits Springfield Mass as guest of Miss Louise Bates. Mr and Mrs Leland Wentworth with daughters Katherine and Shirley stay with Mr and Mrs Edward Brown at 28 Lemont street. Mrs Clarence Gallupp of Englewood New Jersey and four children are Bath visitors, staying at Small Point cottage bought by Horace Ropes and previously owned by the late Frank Sewall.
Mr and Mrs H Augustus Huse and daughter Carmen of Court Street are spending the summer at their Woolwich cottage Brushwood.
Friends of George E Daley formerly of Parker Head note his promotion from chief engineer at the Tewksbury infirmary to a similar post in the Massachusetts state house in Boston.
Chandler Corbett arrived from Rangeley Lakes Friday afternoon to pass a few days as guest of Miss Mari at 748 Middle Street Wakefield.
Prof and Mrs Warren R Smith of Chicago visiting Alden G Smiths in Bath and Prof Smiths Lis home in Litchfield motored to Sugar Hill New Hampshire on Saturday morning. Alden Smith accompanied them. Mrs Alden Smith visiting Springfield Mass will join Mr Smith at Sugar Hill and return to Bath with him on Monday.
Miss Constance Moore of Watertown Massachusetts visits her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Alston E Oliver at Parker Head for a stay with family.
County Attorney and Mrs. Ralph O. Dale with daughter Ruth Mrs. Annie Dale and Bertha Lord drove to Augusta on Saturday in a family excursion.
Mrs. Wesley Ashe and her son David of Sorrento are spending a week in Bath with her sister Mrs. Harold Armes. Mrs. Ashe was formerly Miss Doris Ward of this city. Her husband arrived Saturday to join them for the weekend. Ralph Daley of General Electric in Lynn Massachusetts also spent the weekend in Parker Head with Mr and Mrs A E Oliver.
Mrs Norman Rand and her three children Winifred Prances and Dorothy from Portsmouth N H arrived Saturday to see Mrs Rand's aunt Mrs Edward Stiners on North Street. They will leave Tuesday for Popham to spend the summer with Mrs Carl Anderson and her children Mary and Elizabeth.
Gowell Mrs Larrabee and Madelynnae Dee visited the Y M C A leadership camp for boys at Lake Cobbesseecontee. Camp attendees Charles Stuart Frederick Cowell and Howard Larrabee had been at the camp for a week and took their exams on Saturday before returning home in the evening.
Hastings sister and Mrs. Vaughn Smiley of Portsmouth arrive this week to spend the Fourth with Mrs Smiley’s parents.
Mr and Mrs William Rich of High street returned by motor to their Lynn Massachusetts home on Saturday after a brief stay in Bath. They were accompanied by Lyn who will return Sunday to New York to resume duties at the Chase National Bank after a week in Bath. Mr and Mrs Allan Spear with sons Joseph and Donkird of Pearl street left Saturday for Popham to spend the summer at the McKay cottage.
Miss Margaret E. Huse leaves for Lynn Massachusetts to visit Irvin and Mrs Clark for a week and will drive with her family to Wells. The Hind family and relatives from Portsmouth and Fort Wayne return after visiting Washington street hosts. The Chaney sisters spend the weekend at Sebasco employed as club house waitresses. Dr and Mrs Snipe return from the New Brunswick Medical Society meeting in St Andrews with stops at Grindstone Inn and Bangor House. Mr and Mrs E J Marsh open their Parker Head cottage hosting Dr Robert Bonney of East Boston.
Pather T. C. Maney of St. Marys church attended the Friday events in Boston honoring Admiral Byrd. He described the ovation for the polar explorer as unforgettable, though the day was hot and sultry.
East Boston residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Rollins spend a weekend at Sunset cottage in Parker Head. Mrs. George Wright and daughter Elizabeth return to Woolwich after visiting Mrs. Wright's sister and Mr. and Mrs. William Rich on Lower High Street. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Atwood from Miami Florida conclude June with relatives on Lower Washington Street before returning home. Mr. Atwood is employed by The Quick Co.
Mr and Mrs V J Tardiff of Lewiston visit Mrs Tardiff s parents Mr and Mrs John Costain of Middle Street. Also visiting are their daughter Mrs Katherine C Vellieux and her infant son from Boston.
Mrs Helen M Shaughnessy daughter Frances and Misses Bertha Lord and Edith Mackinnon were among Bath people who attended the Priday evening performance of The Womanless Wedding at Boothbay Harbor.
Miss Ellen Newell of MacMillan interior decorators New York arrived Saturday to spend July with her parents Mr and Mrs William 8 Newell at their home 1080.
Mrs Andrew Holmes of Watertown Massachusetts arrives to spend the Summer with her daughter Mrs Alston Oliver of Parker Head. Mrs Holmes is four years old and has spent many Summers at Parker Head, always looking forward to the Maine visit.
Miss Annabel A. Stearns returned home on Chestnut Street after ten days with her cousin Mrs. Harry R. Fisher in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts. She attended the annual National Convention of the Church of the New Jerusalem held last week in Boston.
Miss Jane Murphy of High Street returned Monday after a weekend at Belgrade lakes. Bertram Pietcher of Brooklyn and his wife Mrs Pietcher with three children Justine and Van Wie were guests Friday night. They head to New Hampshire for the summer. Mrs Pietcher, remembered by Bath people as Miss Isabel Van Wie.
Miss Rachel Potter of Washington street returns from Somerville Massachusetts where she visited her parents Mr and Mrs Pred Potter and Mr and Mrs Rufus Small and has resumed duties at the local telephone exchanger after yearly vacation.
Mrs Harold Freeman of East Brunswick recovering from surgery at Brunswick arenas. A sunshine basket is presented by Mrs Everett G Lemont to ROCCO WEN in a small ceremony.
Fragmentary notes show G Stetson and family at 964 W. referenced site with repairs at Webber's Tavern. Mentions Harry E Stetson and business ties of Wm Worden and others, unclear sequence of events or outcomes.
Miss Blanche White teams with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Pravik Durant along with Melvin Conjeau for a weekend trip to Medford Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs Cleorge Oliver and others from Lincoln Street spent the weekend at the Oliver parents home. Several residents visited family in Montreal and Boston while others returned there for vacations. Numerous social calls and guests marked a busy period with trips to Quincy and Winneganee Shores and a few illnesses noted among local residents.
Miss Madelyn Rich returns to Chase National Bank in New York City after a vacation at her Bath home. Mr and Mrs George Tobey visit from Western Avenue after a week in Malden Mass with their son and daughter in law Hiram A Tobey. Mrs Elwood Hawthorne goes home on Washington Street after two weeks in East Boston and Somerville. Ernest F Kelley comes back from Squirrel Island where he spent Sunday with his son Frank Kelley of Winchester Mass. William H Keesling of San Francisco visits Frederick E Drake Jr on Washington Street. Keesling is a recent Phillips Academy graduate.
Miss Anne Kimball of Lincoln street leaves Monday to spend several days at Prout's Neck as a guest of Mrs. Samuel 8 Sewall and Mr and Mrs William Temple. James and Linwood Temple and Mrs Ruth Blaisdell remained at the Temple cottage Parker Head Sunday.
Robert Dunton of New York motored to Bath Sunday with his sister in law Mrs James Dunton of Toledo Ohio. They pass Harrison at her Georgetown summer home and stay with her mother in law Mrs James Dunton of Court Street. The latter hosts Mrs William Swan of Brooklyn as house guest after several seasons there.
Bath residents read of a model city craft shown at H. P. Small’s Radio shop, auction results for Dr. Eva Adams goods, Sewall Co plans to tear down and build a garage, Pedestrian safety notices, Pine Tree State Fair preparations, and July 4 holiday barber hours plus summer socials and school PTAs.
Donald Wilson is assigned to drive the Bath Laundry extra truck this week, taking on duties beyond his usual route. The move highlights staff sharing and shift coverage at the laundry facility.
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