Bath society notes amid summer travels and engagements
Bath social news highlights visits and assignments among Dunn, Dresser, Wilson, Lincoln and Sewall families. Numerous guests arrive from Bangor, Portland, Detroit and New York. summer homes at MacMahan Dyer cottage and Popham Beach host parties. Naval, Red Cross, and Morse High ties appear. a new Morse High flag staff and a new vehicle lighting law are noted.
Fourth in Bath Quiet Despite Youthful Fireworks
Bath observers report a calmer Fourth of July with fewer arrests and subdued fireworks activity. Juveniles fired crackers under nervous horses but police made no arrests. Fire, rope bell pranks, a blown light, shingle theft, and a missing hencoop were noted as minor damages, with authorities suspecting ring leaders traveled by auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
South End
Corliss Street
Brown
Ford
Lincoln and
Green Sts
Lincoln St
Waterville Boys Depart 2d Maine Regiment for Augusta
Co. H 2d Maine Regiment soldiers left Waterville on the 7:15 train to Augusta after a two month stay. A large crowd gathered to bid farewell to Captain Murray and his men who served admirably, leaving Waterville with many well wishers. The company is praised as a credit to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. H 2d
Maine Regiment
Augusta
Murray
Waterville
Richmond Quiet Wedding Unites Ora Perry and Scott Dickinson
A private ceremony Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Holman residence united Ora Perry daughter of Mr and Mrs Holman with Scott Dickinson of Bath. Rev S W Browne officiated in the presence of immediate relatives. The bride wore a blue silk traveling suit and the couple planned a short trip before settling in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Frank Holman
Private Sabine Weds Miss Thurston in Bath Military Ceremony
John Sabine private in Co H Waterville and Florence M Thurston wed Saturday night at the bride s home Union St Rev S A Evans officiated with single ring. Attendants were Ruby Wilson and Arthur Gamache as soldiers thronged the Bath wedding first in years. Sabine from Smithfield and Mrs Thurston daughter of Capt and Mrs Frank J Thurston. New Meadows bridge foot service increases saving five cents per crossing for west bank riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cushing
Bar Harbor
George C. Minard
Arlington
Bath
Ruth Hamiston
Jaffrey, N. H
Gould J. Brown
Matilda Freylinghuysen
New York City
Madame Eames
George Selfridge
Boston
Jane Cushing
Irving Trufant
Delight
Harpswell
and Watson
Mary Watson
Norman Watson
Donnell
Popham Beach
Frances Weeks
Kearsage
Jussell Cottages
Miss Weeks
Margaret Wilder
Woodstock
Ruth Marsters
John [. Sabine
Co. H
Waterville
Florence M. Thurston
Union St
S. A. Evans
Ruby Wilson
Arthur Gamache
Sabine
Smithfield
Frank J. Thurston
New Meadows Bridge
New Meadows Inn
Annie Gardner
Ella Rice
Falmouth
J. S. Sudds
Portland
Amos Pinkham
H. G. Bruce
Auburn
Humphrey Owen
Post Office Force
Charlotte Smith
Chicago
A. M. Ansert
Center St
Coombs
J. R. Andrews
Rodney Ross
Little Barbara
Bay Point
George H. Stewart
New York
Henry F. Peabody Co
Knights of Columbus Close Carnival With Good Program
The Knights of Columbus wrapped up a two day charity carnival for the Red Cross and French and American children. J J Keegan chaired the committee with J L P Burke as treasurer and proceeds were substantial. Bath band played on St Mary's parish lawn and booths did brisk business. A Fourth matinee for children featured several races won by Theodore Burns Elizabeth Sullivan John Arsenault Edward Gediman Winnie Mc Mann George Smith and Johnitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross
France
J. J. Keegan
J. L. P. Burke
Bath Band
St. Mary's Parish
Theodore Burns
Elizabe A Sullivan
John Arsenault
Edward Gediman
Winnie McMann
George Smith
K. C
Johnitzgerald
Bath hosts launching of new five mast schooner Dunham Wheeler
A New York party led by R D Sutton arrived after a long rail trip for the Dunham Wheeler launch from Percy and Small vard. The guests included Miriam Phipps and other relatives from Oyster Bay Plymouth Meeting Hartford and Bath toured the ship and awaited the delayed ceremony. They dined at King Tavern before returning to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Express
New York
Bath
Dunham Wheeler
Percy & Small Vard
R D. Sutton
R. Lawrence Smith
George Hagg
Miriam
Plymouth
Meeting
A. J. Phipps
Miriam H. Phipps
E. M. Morgan Griffin
Muriel Bayer
E. N. Hutchinson
E. W. Hutchinson
Carlotta Hutchinson
Oyster Bay
E. Sidney Kitson
Hartford
Conn
N.Y
H. R.R
Sutton
King Tavern
Blair Crosby Wedding At Freeman Crosby Home
Tuesday evening a home wedding joined Elsie J Blair to Freeman C Crosby at 43 Lincoln St with Rev C Raymond Chappell officiating. Attendants were bridesmaids Misses Trussell and Milton and best man Percy Crosby. reception followed and guests included Mrs Laura Lewis and Mrs Fannie Higgins. Crosby will reside at 45 Lincoln and works as a carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman C. Crosby
Lincoln St
C. Raymond Chappell
First Baptist Church
Elsie J. Blair
Adelbert O. Blair
Margaret Miller
Annie Trussell
Theo Milton
Percy Crosby
Fairfield
Co. H
Laura Lewis
Richmond
Fannie Higgins
Portland
W. D. Blair
Lillian
Woolwich
Crosby
First Baptist Sunday School
Clas
Lincoln
S. S. Sewall Home Return From California Winter
Mr. and Mrs. S. Sewall returned home Wednesday from their winter home in Stedlands California. They report cool weather most of spring there but just before leaving the thermometer hit 110. The extreme heat did damage to orange crops and some California areas may see only a ten percent crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Houghton
New York
Houghton
Red Cross
Mark Burlingame
Mark, Jr
Brooks
Winthrop
Mass
M. D. Hodgdon
Burlingame
National Sportsmen’s Magazine
Charles
Frederick Bradee
Essex
F. H. Kimball
Readville
Camp Sebénnek
Frederick
Camp Innecock
China
Maine
Mrs. S. Sewall
Stedlands
California
Morse High appoints Lawrence Cobb to teaching staff
P. H. Smiley, state director of industrial arts, commends Lawrence Cobb chosen as a Morse High School teacher. Cobb is praised for character and ability and is qualified to teach drafting or shop. Smiley expects Cobb to contribute to a successful department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Smiley
Lawrence Cobb
Morse High School
Local Residents Abroad on Summer Travel List
A compilation of local residents on summer trips and visits. Names include Parks heading to Portland, Dwyer to Saco, Fogg from Augusta on weekend, and Spence family visiting Ashdale, with others from Arlington, Chicago, Boothbay Harbor, and Bath noted among travelers and vacationers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Parks
Portland
William Dwyer
Saco
Charles
L. A. MacDonald
Arlington
Thomas Spence
Ashdale
Bath Residents and Visitors Make Summer City Notes
Bath paper lists locals at summer homes and visits in Maine and Massachusetts. Furloughs from the navy yard, trips to Portland and Old Orchard, Plymouth vacations, and family visits from Nashua, Boston, and New Jersey are recorded. An Emma Farrar and Bath hospital news note highlight probation completion and cap award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Moore
Madison
Marion
Miriam Adams
Flossie Beals
Understood Springs
Erma Farrar
Massachusetts General Hospital
Farrar
A. M. Bushnell
Ohio
Robert Murray
Boston
Bushnell
Mr. Murray
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Harold A. Dunn
Merita
Lillian H. Dresser
Bangor
Dunn
W. Rogers
Mises Dresser
Sargentville
Edgar K. Wilson
Loveitts Heights
Bald Mountain Camps
Mr. Wilson
Popham
Charles M. Lincoln
Montclair
New Jersey
Frances
Donald Swanton Sewall
Mark W. Sewall
Sewall
Portland Red Cross Ambulance Unit 23
Allentown
Albert Ross
Great Lake Naval Training Station
Illinois
Culver Indiana
Florida
Margaret R. Foote
MacMahan
Edith Howard
Anna L. Dingley
Westport
Lewiston
Squirrel Island
Leah Spencer
Detroit
Dingley Island
William Vought
Edith Cochrane
Quincy, Mass
Cochrane
George. Moody
Landenberger
Commodore Moody
Kennebec
Southport
Dyer Cottage
Harry L. Day
Charlotte Hall
Elvira
Silas Owen
Bowdoinham
Madelyn Owen
Springfield
Charles R. Higgins
Oliver Moses
E. P. Briggs
Rangeley Lakes
Mr. Higgins
Mich
Dena Kusterer
M. Caroline Kusterer
Frank Harold Lemont
Frank P. Lemont
Waltham
St. George
Lemont
Charles T. Jackson
Harry Bartlett
Dayton Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Lillian Mason
Blaisdell
Germany
J. Harry McLellan
MacMa‘han
Gladys Olm
Mary Baxter
Ellen Newell
Lydia Baxter
Mere Point
Sidney
Bo Lermond
Lermond
Henry Russell
Warren
Mildred Nichols
Annie McGovern
Fred L. Andrews
Rodney E. Ross
Hyde Windlass Company
Washington, D. C
H. H. McCarty
White Mountains
Mrs. Doyen
Farmville
H. D. Haverfield
Dummer St
John J. Lee
Percy
Lee
Montreal
Mr. Lee
Joseph T. Swan
May
Everett
Birch Point
W. W. Wood
Shirley
Mr. Swan
Edward Sewall
M. W.sewall
Naval Reserve
Ida Cotton
Grace Cotton
Revere
James Lockery
Carl Percy
Brookline
Small Point
Anna Morse
New London
Marie
Dorchester
Spear
Jane Murphy
Lila Cutler
Alice Sewell
Graham Blandy
Canadda
Iw. M. Shaw
Newport
R. I
William*l.lane
Anne Kimball
Jefferson, M. H
Carol Percy
Morse-Blandy
John Hines
Wright Farm
L.H. Kimball
Katherine Payne
William D. Sewall
Dorothy Sewall
Fred Hector
Milton S. Kimball
Belgrade Lake
Pite Island
Thomas Lynch
Ben
Rigger Wade
Thurston
Sd. Dunham Wheeler
Blair-Crosby
S. S. Sewall Home
Kappesh
Kappenheimer
John J. DesmondCo
Water Streets
Sanford L. Fogg
Walter Dingley
Charlotte Cook
Eastport
East Brunswick
Boothbay Harbor
Helene Shortell
Miss Shortell
Pleasant Point
George O. Stetson
George
William E. Hadley
Leo Emmons
Wayne
Frederick McNeil
Jacksonville
Fla
Robert Hogan
George Klippel
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Billie Burke
Conley’s Specialty Store
Winfield Miller
Kitttery Navy Yard
Charles Staples
E. H. Mulligan
John Dilts
Georgia Preble
Sebasco
W. H. Samith
Lynn
Seth S. Mullin
Old Orchard
Roger Moulton
W. W. Miller
Moosehead Lake
Cen
Ter St
L. L. Hooker
Lloyd
Fred Shaw, Jr
Harold Dowling
John N. Frates
Plymouth, Mass
Priscilla Ellis
Nashaa i
Fred B. Scott
Wallington St
Frank E. Smith
Ruel J. Noyes
Balis
Fred Kateon
Irace Kateon
Fall River
E. H. Kinz
Fred E. Rowe
Bliw
Engine de Portland
Ola Hall
Elmwood
Harrison E. Bowie
John Gaze
William Davis
Bridgton
H. S. Cavanaugh
Auditor's Office
Maine Central
Charles H. Foster
Hyde Windlass Co
Damiariscotta
H. P. Oliver
Phyllis
Herbert
St. Johnsbury
Harry Schottler
Oliver
Arrison E. Bowie
Gamers
Binsham
Harry Washburn
Washburn
Bingham
Farr
South Primary
Capitol Island
William F. Moor
Emma
Mldred Harrison
South Orance N. J
Sunda
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