Kennebec River Nostalgia and Bath Social News Recap
A reflective poem on the Kennebec contrasts northern waters with the Maine river. The column then covers a busy slate of Bath social events including birthday parties, visits by notable residents, club meetings, civic donations, a council of volunteers, and plans for a big Cosmopolitan Club production at Columbia Theatre with Miss Edward Warden Hyde starring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Club House
Eugene W. Presberg
H. A. Huse
Columbia Theatre
Cub House
Edward Warden Hyde
Denham Dies on Boston Business Trip
Alden P. Denham passed away early this week in Boston during a business trip. Hon. and Mrs. Sewall and Miss Camilla left for the Pan-American Exposition, planning a two month absence. Grace Church will host Rt. Rev. Robert Codman of Maine as preacher. Lent services occur Monday, Wednesday, Friday evenings and Tuesday, Thursday afternoons. The Mary Antin lecture drew strong praise for its defense of American citizenship. The Cosmopolitan Club plans a post meeting supper at the clubhouse on Wednesday. The Sunday sermon at Grace Church will be delivered by Rev. Culbert McGay with a special choir program led by Fred E. Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Augusta
Harold M. Sewall
Boston
New York
M. W. Sewall
George E. Thompson
Legislature
Augusta House
Sans Souci Club
Walter S. Russell
Miss Kimball
R. H. Baxter
Pacific Coast
Frisco
Irving Matson
Bath
Colonial Club
McGay
Grace Church
Mctay
John Shaw
Jennie Goodman
Ralph Dunton
Ruth Taylor
Ethel Cochran
Nathalie Brown
Harry Webber
Alice Parris
Alice Humphreys
Alice Shorey
Elsie Folsom
Jane Whitmore
Katharine Torrey
Mme. Eames
McLaren
Harold M
Alden P. Denham
Camilla
Robert Codman
Portland
Maine
Mary Antin
America
Land of the Free
Cosmopolitan Club
Linden Street
Culbert MccGay
Fred E. Drake
Mrs Ida Vose Woodbury Speaks at Fortnightly Club
Mrs Ida Vose Woodbury delivered "In the Heart of the Cumberlands" to a large Fortnightly Club audience. Her account of missionary work was praised as one of the most interesting and instructive lectures of the course. Mrs John A Morse presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Vose Woodbury
Maine
Cumberland Mountains
Gogorza to Sing in Lewiston March 18
Rupert H Baxter reports San Diego and San Francisco expositions were entertaining and hotels in Frisco offer lower rates. Emilio de Gogorza, hailed as the world’s leading concert baritone and husband of Mme Eames, is scheduled to perform in Lewiston on March 18 under the Philharmonic Society’s auspices. The Lewiston Journal notes Gogorza’s fame rivals Caruso and cites his scarce engagements and rising popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Pacific Coast
San Diego
San Francisco
Frisco
Emilio de Gogorza
Lewiston
Philharmonic Society
Lewiston Journal
Schumann-Heink
Emilio Gogorza
Caruso
Mme. Eames
Bath
Gogorza
San Bernardino Banker O C Rogers Hosts Bath Friends
Mr and Mrs O C Rogers of San Bernardino California received a visit from five Bath friends Mr and Mrs Fred H Low Mrs Mary W Ballou R P Baxter and T W Hall last month The guest Mr Rogers previously served as treasurer of the Peoples Safe Deposit and Savings Bank and city treasurer He now works with a major bank in San Bernardino
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Rogers
San Bernardino
Cal
Bath
Fred H. Low
Mary W. Ballou
R. P. Baxter
T. W. Hall
Rogers
People’s Safe Deposit & Savings Bank
Western Maine Wellesley Club Luncheon at Congress Square
The Western Maine Wellesley Club sets its annual luncheon for Saturday March 6 at 1 p.m. at Congress Square Hotel in Portland. Guest speaker is Edith S. Tufts registrar of Wellesley College. Graduates from Bath Brunswick and nearby towns are expected to attend.
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Maine
Wellesley Club
Congress Square
Portland
Edith S. Tufts
Tufts
Wellesley
Bath
Brunswick
Fortnightly Club Concert at Unitarian Church
The Fortnightly Club will meet at the Universalist Church on the eighteenth with a concert by the Dunbar Quartet. Mr and Mrs Samuel J Parks departed Monday for Valparaiso Indiana. Eugene M Desmond left Monday morning for a business trip to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Church
Dunbar
Samuel J. Parks
Valparaiso
Indiana
Eugene M. Desmond
Boston
Funeral for Mrs. Fannie Woods S. A. Evans Officiates
Rev. S. A. Evans officiated Monday at the funeral of Mrs. Fannie Woods in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Evans
Fannie Woods
Richmond
First Baptist Brotherhood Meeting Highlights Underground World Talk
The First Baptist Brotherhood met in the vestry with chair Arthur C. Norton leading. Dr. L S Metcalf gave the feature address An Underground World using maps and specimens to reveal caverns facts. A vote of thanks was given to Dr. Metcalf and two members were welcomed. a lantern for a stere-opticon was purchased. Refreshments and social time followed with ladies’ presence noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Brotherhood
Arthur C. Norton
L. S. Metcalf
Metcalf
Magnificent Bath concert thrills large audience
The Mendelssohn Club under Prof. Chapman received enthusiastic praise at the Winter Street Church in Bath. Miss Florence Hardeman substituted for the ill Crespi while Charles Floyd battled a cold. Nina Morgana impressed with a flawless soprano voice and the evening featured engaging remarks by Chapman and a reception afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn Club
Prof
Chapman
Winter Street Church
Bath
Prof. Chapman
Florence Hardeman
Crespi
Charles Floyd
Nina Morgana
Miss Hardeman
Mr. Floyd
Tipperary
Maine
Jessie Owen
Arthur S. Hyde
Crawford
Drake
John Shaw
Mme
James de Gogorza
Portland
Shaw
Fred S. Curtis
A. B. Stearns
Earl Lermond
Leo Burke
Walter Hill
A. E. Baum
George Christy
R. B. Welch
D. L.black
A. M. Irish
Daniel Williams
Houghton
McLellan
Roscoe H. Shaw
E. W. Vaughan
de Gogorzas
Cosmopolitan Club
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Ernest Alexander
Green
Kennec River
Rhine
Pee
Dee
Texas
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence
Delaware
Yukon
Mississippi
Gulf
M. Janet Cutler
Whittier School
Merrimac
Mass
Alexander M. Cutler
Miss Cutler
Charles Farnham
Haskell
Eleanor Eaton
Middle St
Evelyn Norton
Bernice Hunt
Bernice McPherson
Hilda Murray
Gwendolyn Vaughan
Marion Small
Frances Lord
Cynthia Crosman
Margaret Daley
Marjorie Mitchell
Eleanor Bruce
Elvira Owen
Louise Robbins
Susie Mae Robbins
John Lord
Harold Brown
Ralph Small
Karcher Jackson
Charles Neal
Silas Owen
Oscar Hunt
Williard Sprague
Raymond Norton
Vernon Mitchell
Annie Bickle
Martha Bates
Henry W. Oakes
Auburn
George W. Heselton
Gardiner
James A. Connellan
Connellan
George W. Hunt
Marion Haraden
Haraden
High St
A. G. Page
C. N. Flood
Paris
Frank W. Perkins
Fannie Wood
John Hi. Hyde
Pinehurst
N. S
Hyde
Newton
David L. Wilson
Edmund P. Briggs
Bridge Whist
E. Motley Fuller
A. A. Percy
John W. Roberts
Tucker
Mr. Roberts
Bunganne
Daniel M. Melcher
Bungarue
Bath Park
Roberts
E. Randall Leonard
Bailey
Bailey Oil Cloth Shops
Winthrop
Ason
Chamber of Commerce
H. T. Stevens
Sewall
D.A.R
Elizabeth Gibbons
Washington St
Mustic Hall
Paul Revere
City Hall
Portland High School
Morse High
Percy E. Barbour
4Th Co
C.A.C
Engineering and Mining Journal
District Nurse Association
John S. Hyde
Kerschner
Eugene J. Hartnett
Frank F. Claps of
Malden
Cosmopolitan
Charles Cahill
Colonial Boys
Agnes Anderson
Bertha Bellerose
Pauline Hatch
Mildred Nichols
Ethel Hawley
Lillian Mason
W. S. Glidden
Florence Dunton
Laura Mitchell
Alice Corliss
Betty Fairfax
Ellen R. Turner
Amos Kendall
Laura
Fenwick
Miriam W. Kimball
Sam
Fairfax
H. P. Morse Juniper
the Oaks
Ralph K. Warren
Miriam Kimball
Arthur Stilphen
Fred Shaw
Miss Emery
Harry Stetson
Edith McTeer
Lillian Welch
D.P. Gilley
Rockland
E. J. Fitzgerald
University of Maryland
New York City
Alice M. Shaw
Arthur E. Gay
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Mr. Gay
Maine Central
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wilbur C. Cahill
Chestnut
Cahill
Walter E. Chase
Charles W. Clifford
Harry Morse
Arthur J. Dunton
Harriot Ledyard
Jane D. Moulton
Owen J. Ledyard
William M. Temple
Charles H. Cahill
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