Old Kennebec poem anchors Bath society notes
The column blends a poem about the Kennebec with a society roundup. Notes celebrate Miss M Janet Cutler’s return to Merrimac Mass. faculty, Mrs. Farnham’s Lewiston visit, a 13th birthday party for Eleanor Eaton, and several town visitors including lawyers Oakes Heselton Connellan. Also features Bath’s 95 year old John W Roberts’s birthday and charitable gifts.
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M. Janet Cutler
Whittier School
Merrimac
Mass
Alexander M. Cutler
Denham Passes Away in Boston on Business Trip
Alden P. Denham dies in Boston during a business trip. The day’s events note church services, a Mary Antin lecture praised for its patriotism, and plans for a Cosmopolitan Club supper after its annual meeting. Grace Church will host a large attendance with Rev. Culbert McGay preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden P. Denham
Boston
Harold M. Sewall
Camilla
Cosmopolitan Club
Linden Street
Grace Church
Culbert McGay
Fred E. Drake
Mrs Ida Vose Woodbury speaks on In the Heart of the Cumberlands
Mrs Ida Vose Woodbury gave a lecture before the Fortnightly Club on Wednesday afternoon about missionary work. The talk, titled In the Heart of the Cumberlands, drew a large audience and was described as one of the most instructive in the course. Mrs John A Morse presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Vose Woodbury
Maine
Cumberland Mountains
Mrs Briggs Hosts Four Tables at Bridge Whist
Mrs Edmund P Briggs entertained four tables at bridge whist last week Friday with Mrs Motley Fuller taking first prize. Dainty refreshments were served. Hon A A Percy and Mrs Percy left on Wednesday’s early train to Augusta to oppose a labor bill affecting a dry goods store open Saturday evenings and employ an entire new crew for that service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund P. Briggs
Bridge Whist
E. Motley Fuller
A. A. Percy
Augusta
Expositions, fair notes and Gogorza to Lewiston
Rupert H Baxter returns from a Pacific Coast trip praising the San Diego and San Francisco expositions. Lewiston plans a March 18 concert by Emilio de Gogorza under the Philharmonic Society, multiple sources noting his status as a premier concert baritone and his marriage to Mme Eames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Pacific Coast
San Diego
San Francisco
Frisco
Emilio de Gogorza
Lewiston
Philharmonic Society
Lewiston Journal
Tf Schumann-Heink
Emilio Gogorza
Caruso
Mme. Eames
Bath
Gogorza
Bath Friends Visit San Bernardino Banker Couple
Mr and Mrs O C Rogers of San Bernardino were visited by five Bath friends led by Mr and Mrs Fred H Low and including Mrs Mary W Ballou R P Baxter and T W Hall The Rogers once served as treasurer of the Peoples Safe Deposit and Savings Bank and as city treasurer He now works with a major San Bernardino bank.
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
Local clubs organize and rehearse in Chamber of Commerce
Mandolin players form a club with H. T. Stevens chosen as conductor and fifteen members enrolled. Members and town players invited to join. Summer Sewall Chapter D A R meets at Mrs Elizabeth Gibbons home on Washington St after reads. Financial report shows 32 22 net from Washingtons Birthday party with more cash expected. Blueprint of Paul Revere bell to be cast bronze tablet for City Hall wall. Kathryn Haven essay Foreign Aid in the Revolutionary War read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
H. T. Stevens
Sewall
D.A.R
Elizabeth Gibbons
Washington St
Mustic Hall
Paul Revere
City Hall
Cosmopolitan Club Plans Easter Sale and Membership Drive
The Cosmopolitan Club held its monthly meeting choosing officers for the new year and outlining an Easter sale for April 3 with a 10 percent district nurse fund share. A special sermon by Mr. McGay was arranged and Colonial Club hosts sent birthday flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Colonial Club
McGay
Grace Church
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
Western Maine Wellesley Club Luncheon Speaker Set
The Western Maine Wellesley Club will hold its annual luncheon at Congress Square Hotel in Portland on Saturday March 6 at 1 p m The speaker will be Edith S Tufts registrar of Wellsley College. Graduates from Bath Brunswick and nearby cities are expected to attend the meeting.
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Maine
Wellesley Club
Congress Square
Portland
Edith S. Tufts
Tufts
Wellesley
Bath
Brunswick
Fortnightly Club Concert at Unitarian Church
The next meeting of the Fortnightly Club will be held at the Unitarian Church on the eighteenth, featuring a concert by the Dunbar Quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Church
Dunbar
Parks Couple Depart for Valparaiso Indiana
Mr and Mrs Samuel J Parks left Monday for Valparaiso Indiana Eugene M Desmond also left Monday morning on a business trip to Boston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Parks
Valparaiso
Indiana
Eugene M. Desmond
Boston
Funeral for Mrs. Fannie Wood Held in Richmond
Rev. S. A. Evans officiated Monday at the funeral for Mrs. Fannie Wood in Richmond.
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Rev
S. A. Evans
Fannie Wood
Richmond
Cast Announced for Cosmopolitan Club Fundraising Play
A three act comedy by Eugene W. Presberg staged by H. A. Huse for the Cosmopolitan Club house fund at Columbia Theatre. Mrs. Edward Warden Hyde stars with a balanced company, including Walter Murtaugh and Ellen R. Turner. Proceeds support the club house fund, with a candy table and full house anticipated.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Club House
Eugene W. Presberg
H. A. Huse
Columbia Theatre
Clab House
Edward Warden Hyde
Magnificent Concert Attracts Large Bath Audience
The Mendelssohn Club under Prof. Chapman drew a full Winter Street Church. Nina Morgana impressed with her soprano voice while Miss Florence Hardeman played violin. Chapman’s remarks celebrated Maine Festival history as Bath pledged support for the next festival. Concerts followed by receptions at Mrs. Cahill and Mrs. Chase homes featured Stetson orchestra.
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Mendelssohn Club
Prof. Chapman
Chapman
Winter Street Church
Bath
Florence Hardeman
Crespi
Charles Floyd
Nina Morgana
Miss Hardeman
Mr. Floyd
Tipperary
Maine
Tocal Chorus
Jessie Owen
Arthur S. Hyde
Crawford
Drake
John Shaw
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 McLellin
Roscoe H. Shaw
E. W. Vaughan
de Gogorzas
Cosmopolitan Club
Wilbur ‘C. Cahill
Chestnut Sts
Frome
Cahill
Walter E. Chase
Charles W. Clifford
Harry Morse
Arthur J. Dunton
Harriet Ledyard
Jane D. Moulton
Owen J. Ledyard
Edmund P. Briggs
William M. Temple
Charles H. Cahill
First Baptist Brotherhood Meeting Honors Dr Metcalf
Tuesday evening the First Baptist Brotherhood held a successful vestry meeting led by chairman Arthur C Norton. Dr L S Metcalf gave an address on An Underground World with maps and specimens, earning a vote of thanks from the Brotherhood. Two members joined. a stereopticon lantern was purchased, refreshments and a social closed the event with ladies attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Brotherhood
Arthur C. Norton
L. S. Metcalf
Metcalf
Brotherhood
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