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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
4
A vivid Bath society page mixes flirtatious summer lore with a long local notices section. It catalogs weddings, visits, dances, and reunions at Yacht Club and Morse High School, mentioning residents and guests from Bath, Boston, Augusta, Wiscasset, and Northport, plus school alumni events and summer homes.
The City Clerk records marriage intentions for Ira Brown Robinson of Brockton and Pearl Argelman of Jamaica Plain. Robinson, son of Ira Robinson, is an advertising manager in Brockton. Argelman is a stenographer. Also noted, Rev Duncklee and family moved to Popham Beach for the summer.
Rev Raymond Chappell attends comjouracement exercises at Brown University and the Northern Baptist Convention in Boston with Mrs Chappell and son Raymond. Pratt Institute graduation for Esther White. Miss Janet Cutler teaches music at Whittier School Merrimac Mass. Elizabeth Winslow joins Keith's Theatre summer stock in Portland as leading lady.
Members will picnic in the grove near Bull Rock bridge on the New Meadows next Monday evening. They will leave Bath by the 6:50 trolley and return after supper to attend an theatre party. All members invited and each to bring her own lunch.
The first Jackson College girls to graduate received diplomas Wednesday at a joint commencement with Tufts. Edith Cochrane is class marshal and shot put record holder. Margaret Buck of Lexington is president. Local families attended baccalaureate in Richmond and notices announce Florence Susan O’Brien and Gustav Lagergren’s upcoming wedding in New London. Lagergren formerly worked in Bath Iron Works drafting.
Miss Pauline Hatch hosted a dancing party at the Yacht Club for visiting Miss Margaret Ferguson of Dubuque with twenty five couples attending and Stevens’s Orchestra providing music. The Odd Ladies celebrated their twenty third anniversary with Mr and Mrs John Thurstow. President Rupert H Baxter entertained Bath Trust Company trustees at the Inn with a six o clock car ride and private dining room. Carrie Shaw decorated for her father Fred P Shaw’s birthday using a candle substitute and a star count matching his age. Mark L Hagan, Bowdoin 13, passed a Civil Service exam for a Philippines teaching post and expects a fall appointment. noted as a popular Colonial Club member and a bright Bath notable.
A still alarm sounded Tuesday for a chimney fire at the residence of Miss Alice Sewall on Washington Street. Firefighters arrived to prevent further damage and contained the blaze to the chimney area.
Mrs G W Murphy along with Dorothy and Robert arrived from Boston Tuesday to visit Capt Murphy of the schooner Lydia M Deering discharging pine at Maine Central wharf. Capt Murphy explained the colors flag question and noted his long Bath connections and the Fluorine built in 1881 for Greenland trade. Meanwhile Meelaimmer family and Kay and Miss Thompson arrived in Bath from Philadelphia for a summer visit with Mrs Drake before traveling to Trenton for the season.
Mr and Mrs Turner marked 50 years of marriage with a Monday reception after a Sunday anniversary. Born in Bath, Mr Turner served in the Third Maine Regiment and fought in the first Bull Run, later running a Bath furniture business and serving on the Common Council. The Turners moved to Somerville in 1884 and he is a past master of Polar Star Lodge and a member of Willard C Kinsley Post G A R. Guests included Mrs Edward H Turner Emily Turner and Laura Palmer.
Mr and Mrs M R Chase with daughters Ethel and Ruth and Miss Florence Stevens depart Saturday for a short stay at Mr Chase’s cottage on the New Meadows where Mrs Lillian Webster and friends have been visiting for the past week.
Mr and Mrs Percy E Barbour arrived from Candor North Carolina and will spend the summer in Bath. Barbour is an engineer for a Candor gold mining company employing 150 men. A new 60 ton mill has been recently constructed.
Mrs John H. Raymond arrived from Rockland Saturday for a visit with Mrs J H Hanscom on Washington Street. She is staying in Rockland and was accompanied by her niece Mrs Kittredge who left on the afternoon boat for East Gardiner to visit Mrs Harry Mitchell.
Wallace Mayhew, Esq., of Brain tree, stayed in town Monday at his cousin Mrs. H A Duncan's home. He formerly ran a grocery with his uncle Nathan Mayhew at the Washington and South Streets corner, moved to Brain tree fifty years ago, and built a reputation as a leading clothing manufacturer. He is eighty and regarded as a smart business figure in Braintree.
William C Plunkett son of Capt Charles P Plunkett commander of the U S battleship North Dakota graduates as valedictorian from Roxbury Latin School His essay Mexico and his raised letter paper review of Mexican history and events leading to current conditions earned top honors Captain Plunkett now serves at Vera Cruz.
Essay describes chimneys and boilers feeding steam to power electric signs across a city. It notes how lights blaze on corners and tall buildings as night falls and wires lead to dynamos fueled by steam. The piece reflects on steam's enduring role in powering modern urban illumination.
The Valedictory recalls a joyful yet sorrowful graduation at Morse High Bath. The Class thanks Citizens, the School Board, Principal, Undergraduates, and Classmates for four years of shared memories, Washington trip aid, and support, pledging to face the future bravely.
The Bath High School class of eight held a Wednesday evening meeting at 7:39 at Morse Hill School to finalize reunion and dinner arrangements.
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