Bath Society Notes and School Scene Reminiscence
Poem by Anna B Patten honoring Bath High School reunion memories and a society column recounting summer cottages, visits, and social events in Bath Maine. The piece notes many residents, guests from Bowdoin Worcester Denver and Boston, and club activities at Cosmopolitan House with teas, dances, and a day nursery planned for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna B. Patten
Washington
Bath
Ann M. Robinson
B. H.S. Alumni Association
Engagement rings and long odds of romance in Bangor
Two engagements ended with rings returned or discarded as girls chose independence or love. One fiancée returned a solitaire diamond. the former best man smashed it in rage. The other kept her ring while pursuing a career, later reuniting with her fiancé. Mrs Weston L Bonnet and son Orvis left for Boston for summer camps.
Skelton Returns From Bath Visit After Card Party
William A. Skelton, who spent a week with friends in Bath, returned to Lynn on Saturday. On Friday Alice Ramsa hosted a card party in his honor. The evening featured music, an auction, and pleasant refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Skelton
Bath
Lynn
Alice Ramsa
Mrs and Miss Carlisle Summoned to Woburn for Ill-Relative
Mrs Herbert Carlisle and Miss Ruth Carlisle were summoned to Woburn by a dispatch due to the illness of Mr George G Hart, president of Math Hardware Co. The elder Mr Hart planned a Bath visit next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Carlisle
Woburn
George G. Hiart
Ait Hart
The
Math Hardware Co
Bath
Ruth Carlisle
Wovurn
Thirty Years a Priest in Lewiston Celebrated Quietly
On June 29, 1884, Monsignor McDonough of Lewiston marked his thirtieth anniversary of priesthood with no public celebration. Parishioners and Maine Catholic Historical Society members planning an informal banquet, while friends recall his modest, influential role in the church. Also notes visits by Mrs. Williams of New York to Clark's Point and local social updates including William Melcher’s return home after illness and social gatherings around Brunswick and Dummer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsignor McDonough
Lewiston
Maine Catholic Historical Society
St. Mary’s Church
Reverend Daniels to Speak at Unitarian Church
Rev H M Daniels of Guilford will occupy the pulpit at the Unitarian Church tomorrow at 10 50 a m. Mr and Mrs C C Parrish of Brockton Mass and son Dr Roland A Parris have been guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Parris of Upper Washington Street. They left Brockton at 4 am Saturday for Bath arriving at 3 pm. They returned to Boston Monday morning. Dr Parris left Boston Monday night with a party of boys bound for Camp Idlewise Me where Mr Parris will be camp physician for the summer. Dr Parris recently graduated from Boston University ranking second in his class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. O'Hara
North End
Arline Colton
Joe, Mass
Wilbur CG. Oliver
Frank P. Mason
Bay Point
James R. O Hara, Jr
Nina M. Ausley
Jacksonville
Fla
C. Sitness
Providence
Brage House
Park
Mildred Nichols
Arthur Stilphen
Virginia Percy
Harriet Shaw
Gertrude Greenleaf
Lillian Mason
Philanthropic
Orrin Frye
Mary Palmer
James Ledyard
Mary Parris
Bessie Hunt
Ruth Taylor
Margaret Mulligan
Ic. Ca Parris
Brockton
Mass
Roland A. Parris
Frank Parris
Upper Washington Street
Bath
Boston
Parris
Camp Itdlewise
Dr. Parris
Boston University
Bath Girl Leads Summer Stock Troupe at Keith's Portland
Leah Winslow of Bath heads a Bath backed summer stock company at B. F. Keith's Theatre. The Argus notes strong audience sympathy for familiar stars Blanche Frederici Mark Kent Louis Albion Tom Barry William Pinkham and welcomes Winslow a Maine native making her debut before a home state crowd. Scott W Tibbetts and his son Wilmot depart for Madison for several days on the water pipe project after beginning Kennebec River work at Abagadasset Point for Carlton Contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keith
Portland
Leah Winslow
Bath
the Argus
Keith
Blanche Frederici
Mark Kent
Louis Albion
Tom Barry
William Pinkham
Miss Winslow
Maine
Leah Minslow
Scott W. Tibbetts
Ddiver
Wilmot
Madison
Kennebec River
Abagadasset Point
Carlton
Miss Penn Returns to Brunswick After Bradford Visit
Miss Penn, who had been visiting her schoolmate Miss Millicent Clifford at Bradford Academy, returned to Brunswick to join her parents at the home of the Misses Smith. Miss Helen Totman left Wednesday for the summer at Old Orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millicent Clifford
Misses Smith
Brunswick
Molly Dawson
Bradford Academy
Bowdoin
Penn
Helen Totman
Old Orchard
Rev. Evans to Officiate at Richmond Wedding
Rev. 5S. A. Evans of People's Church was called to Richmond to officiate at a wedding. He had accepted an invitation to deliver the memorial sermon in Bowdoinham on Sunday before the Eastern Star lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Evans
People’s Church
Richmond
Evans
Bowdoinham
Eastern Star Lodge
Pastor J P Roberts Resigns from Lisbon Falls Church
Rev J P Roberts the Free Baptist Church pastor at Lisbon Falls resigns after two years of service. He will not assume another pastorate now but will supply during the summer in other churches and reside in Lisbon Falls for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Roberts
Free Baptist Church
Lisbon Falls
Corliss Street
Dance at Kennebec Yacht Club Honored Cousin Visit
Miss Dorothy Nichols hosted a Tuesday night dance at the Kennebec Yacht Club for her cousin Irwin Nichels of Minneapolis. Ices and cakes were served at intermission and Stevens's orchestra provided music all evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Yacht Club
Dorothy Nichols
Irwin Nichels
Minneapolis
Bowdoin College Sets Curfew on Dances to Two A.M.
Faculty announce a new rule limiting all college dances to end by two in the morning. Future dances including Commencement and Ivy will start at eight and run until two, replacing the old ten to five schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Woolwich boys sail and dine with ladies at parsonage
The We Will Do Right boys' league of Woolwich gathered at the parsonage Friday. They spent two hours aboard Mr. Corliss's yacht then enjoyed a liberal lunch and music in the hall hosted by their lady friends.
Bath Woman Visits City As Relatives Host Vacation
Miss Katherine Leydon of Worcester vacations with relatives in this city. The Bath girl works at Rockwood Sprinkler Co. A. R. Webster of Cincinnati arrives with 85 camp youths from Ohio Indiana New York and Massachusetts for Boothbay Camp on Thorn Island. Mrs. B C Lawton of Dorchester visits her Bath bred aunt Mrs. Charles D Clarke. Lawton, formerly Miss Clara Harnden, is connected to Bath High School. Her husband’s mother lives in Salem Mass where three houses burned in a recent fire, with insurance agents on site assessing losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Hathaway
Popham
Bath
Eleanor Leydon
Worcester
Worcester Gazette
Edward H. Turner
Foster's Point
Charles Turner
Charles W. Clifford
Frank B. Nichols
Clara Goodwin
Augusta
Moses
Washington St
Albert H. Shaw
Wentworth
Newcastle
N. H
John D. Best
Denver
Mousesland
Emma
Martha Hooper
Fred E. Hooper
New York
Hon
Edward W. Hide
Williams Island
M. J. Williams
New York City
Kathryn Scott
Fred Thompson
High St
Williams
Clark
Clark’s Point
Harry Oliver
Winneganee
Katherine Leydon
Miss Leydon
The
Rockwood Sprinkler Co
A. R. Webster
Cincinnati
Boothbay
Thorn Island
Ohio
Indiana
Massachusetts
B. C. Lawton
Dorchester
Mass
Boston
Charles D. Clarke
Lawton
Clara Harnden
Bath High School
Salem
Morse High seniors head to Bowdoin and Maine colleges
Frank Edwards Whalen and Isaiah W Hunt plan to attend Bowdoin next fall while George B Wetherbee heads to Phillips Andover and others to the University of Maine. Morse High’s four yearly studies provide entrance credits to most colleges. Eugene M Desmond learns a telegram caused a mix up with Hampton Beach summer stock, will stay local this summer, and return to Hathaway Theatre in fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Frank Edwards Whalen
Isaiah W. Hunt
Bowdoin
George B. Wetherbee
Phillips Andover
Wallace Reed Ham
James L. Morse
George M. Carlton
Charles Fitzgerald
H. Lemont
Joseph Brierley
University of Maine
Morse High
Eugene M. Desmond
Hampton Beach
N. H
Desmond
Bath
Hathaway Theatre
Brockton
Hathaway Stock Co
Mrs Merrills Arrival and Bath Concert News
Mrs E S Merrill of Quincy Massachusetts visited Bath to see Dr and Mrs E Randall Leonard and took home Miss Catherine Leonard for a Quincy visit. Portland afternoon organ concerts resume July 13 at City Hall with Music Commission Organist Macfarlane and Curtis organ praised. Mr and Mrs Fred C Nickels and son Horace of Minneapolis visited Bath and will summer at Cherryfield. they attended the National Baptist Convention in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Nickels
Minneapolis, Minn
Horace
Cherryfield
F. B. Nichols
E. S. Merrill
Quincy
Mass
Bath
E. Randall Leonard
High Street
Catherine Leonard
Quincey
Portland
City Hall
Music Commission
Macfarlane
Curtis Organ
Fred C. Nickels
Minneapolis
Minn
Northland Yacht Adds To Kennebec Fleet At Augusta Hope
The yacht Northland, chartered for the season by Commodore Guy P. Gannett of the Augusta Yacht Club, sailed past Kennebec on Saturday afternoon heading for Augusta. Stanley Whitehouse celebrated his third birthday with friends on lower High Street. John L. Purington and Rev. C R Chappell returned from Boston after attending the Northern Baptist Convention, the largest in the denomination’s history with over 3000 registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northland
Kennebec
Augusta
Guy P. Gannett
Augusta Yacht Club
Stanley Whitehouse
Ralph C. Whitehouse
Lower High St
Stanley
John Ll. Purington
Rev
C. R. Chappell
Boston
Northern Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Bankers Attend Wentworth Outing and Clergy Moves
William D Sewall and guests return from Newcastle New Hampshire where they joined the New England Bankers Association three day outing at Hotel Wentworth. Rev A Frederick Duniels resigns from Highland Church Lowell to join East Orange Presbyterian Church New Jersey. Dunnels and family summer at Popham Beach guests include his mother and two sisters. James E Dunning resigns as United States consul general at large to become Europe general agent for City National Bank of New York. Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts bankers elect officers with Sewell D Maddock as president and Sumner C Parcher as vice president. A Children's Day service at Winter Street Church features a floral procession and basket of flowers sent to City Hospital for sick children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Sewall
PD Hill and
Mire
Bb. Bz Nichols
Newcastle
N. H
Bankers’ Association of the
New England States
Hotel Wentworth
A. Frederick Duniels
Highland Congregational Church
Lowell
Presbyterian Church of
East Orange
N. J
Dunnels
Central Congregational Church
Popham Beach
Richards
Newtonville
Lacey Dunnels
James E. Dunning
Bangor
United States
Philander C. Knox
Dunning
Europe
City National Bank of New York
Frank C. Vanderiip
New England Bankers Association
Wentworth
Maine New Hampshire
Massachusett
Maine
Sewell D. Maddock
Boothbay Harbor
Sumner C. Parcher
Saco
Hascall H. Hall
George Eddy
Portland
H. F. Libbey
Pittsfield
H. M Lawton
Gardiner
J. E. Harris
Oakland
E. F. Berry
Rockland
Winter Street
Sunda
Eac
City Hospital
Chure
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Ardent
Chums
Frank A. Palmer
Margaret Bakeman
Damariscotta Mills
Maurice Owen
Elizabeth Owen
Fred B. Percy
Brookline
Small Point
Hartley
Baxter
Kanawha
Charles F Ychives
Eleanor Cushing
Smith Col- Dew
Cushing
Hitene Wee Earls
Ospee
Wortester
Wass
Alien
Gussiice Thea Eh Gismer
Matsinet Rowe
Waltham
Charles H. Oliver
Persis Pattison
Brighton
George Gould
Bath Bo B. H. S
E. M. Filler
Minnie White
York Hall
George A. Percy
D. T. Percy
Arlington
Orrison Adams
Col
Mr. Percy
Cape Small
Fred P. Shaw
Alrs
Joscoé i. Haine
A. H. Blackington
Rtochland
Mary Mussenden
Mars Baxter
Sargent Camp
Peterboro
A. F. Duniels
Frank M. Powers
Marjory Troop
George Troop
Wiscasset
Galen C. Moses
Miss Solovich
Lasalle Seminary
Emma Ma
Hubert H. McCarty
Edward W. Hyde
Milton Kimball
J. M. Sewall
Androscoggin County
Congress
Clarence N. Flood
Waterville
Castine
Prin. Henrys W. Cobb
Cony High School
Rodjind
Conlak “Sabrins
William Boyd
New London
Ida F. Kimball
Grace Lightbody
Ocean Park
Dorothy Sewall
Yortall
Ima Palmer
Harriet Foster
Wellesley
New Hampshire
Quinsy
E. =. Merrill
Carol Watson
Haverhill
George
Dent Millington
N. I
Paris
W. Fisher
Frei
Veraham
Predric
Jines
Satitie
Ts. Sewall
Heriere FE Cole
Wzaods
Bridzton
Cole
West Orgok
Westbrook
Mrs. Cole
Weston L. Bonnet
Orvis
Brantwood
Harvard College
Bonner
Bonney
Charles H. Potter
Bangor & Aroostook
Mr. Potter
Maine Central
Louise 3S. Fuller
Smith College
Fred A. Fuller
William H. Melcher
F. R. E. Dean
Marion
Spear Homestead
Dummer St
Dean
Russell
H. M. Daniels
Guilford
Universalist Church
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