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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1908

Page

4

Society Gossip: Grace Dean weds Reverend Frederick Lee

The Newcastle ceremony at St Andrew's united Grace Emma Dean daughter of the late Maj Chauncey C Dean of Boston with Rev Frederick Crosby Lee son of Rev Charles Follen Lee. The wedding featured family members and clergy with a large Bath area social afterglow and several city residents noted in attendance.

St. Andrew's Church Newcastle Grace Emma Dean Frederick Crosby Lee Chauncey C. Dean Boston Bar Harbor St. Mary's Church Knoxville Tenn Rumford Falls Charles Follen Lee Samuel Bridge Dean Elizabeth Lee Rev F. Dutfield St. Paul's School Garden City Alfred E. Ells Middlesex School Concord Mass James P Webber Phillips Exeter Academy Lee Bowdoin

Telephone toll shifts spark Brunswick isolation move

Town notes list residents visiting, hosting at cottages, and attending events as Brunswick considers separating from the local exchange. Stories mention a surge in social chatter on the line and potential toll-only conversations between Bath and Brunswick, with business use cited as a factor.

Brunswick Bath

Bath Notes on Summer Plans and Local Visitors

Bath residents discuss August practice squadron plans and seashore trips. Visitors include Mrs. Harry C. Webber and Mrs. John G. Morse in Portland, and many Bath figures at farms, cottages, and local events. Rev. Frank D. Sewall preached at Church of the New Jerusalem.

Frank D. Sewall Washington, D. C Church of the New Jerusalem

Bath People at Popham Beach

Bath residents flock to Popham Beach enjoying cool breezes and bathing as city heat lingers. Miss Bess Webber hosts a house party at Webber cottage while John McInnis stays at Whitehouse cottage and Charles P Wetherbee plans Hawley cottage for July. President Frank A Small of the board of common council will spend a month there as usual.

Popham Popham Beach Bess Webber Webber Cottage John McInnis Whitehouse Charles P. Wetherbee Hawley Frank A. Small Board of Common Council

Local workers and visitors plan summer rests in Maine

Elbridge Wright and Charles Gordon, linotype operators at the Times, will spend the Fourth in Boston. Freeman H. Merritt and a New York party arrive mid month to stay weeks at his Sebasco property. George E. Thompson and family will spend August at Popham Beach.

Elbridge Wright Charles Gordon Times Office Boston

Bath Seaside Residents and Visitors Highlight Summer Travel

A roundup of Bath residents and guests includes Miss Florence Bowker leaving for Portland to train as a nurse, Miss Mary Durgin en route to Biddeford for Trull hospital, families staying at Marblehead Neck and Popham Beach, and local meetings and examinations for substitutes awaiting fall appointments. Others plan road trips to Plymouth and Bridgton, with carpenters and clerks taking summer breaks in Boston, Morse's Mountain, and nearby towns.

Tea Rooms opening marked by charming card party

Miss Jennie S Harvey hosted a Monday afternoon card party at Ye Olde Sagadahoc Tea Rooms to inaugurate the new quarters. Guests included members of the Young Ladies Bridge club. Mrs Ernest A Allan won the top score and a china piece. Many Bath locals and visitors from Quincy and Lynn joined summer outings and social visits around Bath.

Jennie S. Harvey Ye Olde Sagadahoc Bridge Club Ernest A. Allan Emma H. Twitchell Harold M. Sewall Fred H. Kimball White Moses Sagadahoc Miss Harvey

Young Artist N Kendall Saunders to Publish Nancy Hart

Waltham native N Kendall Saunders has finished his first illustrated book Nancy Hart by Robert Louis Freear set in Georgia during the Revolutionary era. The work includes ten full page illustrations and a colored frontispiece and is dedicated to the Nancy Hart Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. Saunders, class of 1906 at Waltham High School, studied at the Eric Pape School of Art in Boston and plans to join the New York Art Students League in the fall with possible study abroad next year.

N. Kendall Saunders Waltham Mass Popham Nancy Hart Robert Louis Freear Daughters of the Revolution Georgia Saunders Waltham High School Watch City Bulletin Morris Eric Pape Boston New York Art Students’ League

Social Notes From The Fourth At Birch Point And Nearby

Mrs Charles F Staples and daughter Amy of Bowdeanham host a Fourth of July house party at the Staples cottage Birch Point. Mrs James W Leydon and daughters Eleanor and Margaret will pass today and tomorrow at the Rossmore on Casco Bay shores. Edward Wellington and family of Malden Mass are at Birch Point for an outing. Samuel Lightbody formerly of Bath now a druggist at Rochester N H is in the city en route to Five Islands for a vacation. Miss Lizzie Dean of Amesbury Mass returned after a week’s visit with friends. Charles E Gordon and Elbridge R Wright of the Times force will spend the Fourth in Massachusetts. Arrivals at Riverside at Popham this week include H B Farmer and wife Chicago C W Evans and wife Brunswick Geo G Witham Boston Joseph M Hayes Bath Mrs Co W Pitman Marion L Pitman Ralph R Pitman Wakefield Mary D Stillwell Indianapolis Ruth S Clements New York E R Spear Bath Leora Tibball Middletown.

Charles Cushing Bath Paris Samuel Cushing Greenstreet Catharine Margaret Torrey Boston Allston Mass Helen Wales Alfred Dunning Charlestown Louise Marion Dunning Samuel Strout Edward Street Orcea Cahill Bay Point Levi Wade Lynn William Rogers Wade Sagamore Marguerite Hutchins Gertrude Lundrigan Brunswick Alameda Joseph Madden Pearl Daiey Trull Hospital Biddeford Morse High School Charles F. Staples Amy Bowdeinham Staples Cottage Birch Point James W. Leydon Eleanor Margaret Rossmore Casco Bay Edward Wellington Malden Samuel Lightbody Rochester N. H Five Islands Lizzie Dean Amesbury Charles E. Gordon Elbridge R. Wright The Times Force Massachusetts Riverside Popham H. B. Farmer Chicago C. W. Evans Geo. G. Witham Joseph M. Hayes Mrs Co. W. Pitman Marion L. Pitman Ralph R. Pitman Wakefield Mary D. Stillwell Indianapolis Ind Helen St. Thomas Dallas Texas Ruth

Reverend Folsom Preaches in Wiscasset Exchange

Rev Omar W Folsom of Winter Street Congregational church preached at the Wiscasset Congregational church on Sunday in exchange with regular pastor Rev Edward W Moore. Moore stayed at the Winter Street parsonage during the visit.

Omar W. Folsom Winter Street Wiscasset Congregational Church Edward W. Moore Moore

Hyde Light Guards Transition to First Regiment Name

The Bath unit formerly Co. C of the Second becomes Co. D and joins the First Regiment. Capt. George A. Baker, long in service since 184, leads an ordered company praised by inspectors. The Hyde High Guards trace to 1896 with a line of captains and a strong Bath drill hall legacy aboard Alameda facilities.

Co. C of Bath The Portland Sunday Times Co. C George A. Baker Dexter Charles F. Nealley William E. Besau James B. Hill, Jr Thomas W Hyde Bath Hyde High Guards Baker Nealy Wm. R. Kinball Unt Hyde Light Alameda

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