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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
5
A society page column urges a dietary shift from heavy meats to vegetables and fruits to soothe stomachs as spring energy shifts. It notes local social news including visits, travels, engagements, and a bedside wedding in Biddeford, with multiple residents and clubs mentioned.
The article notes Miss Laura Palmer's rapid recovery from a recent surgical operation at the city hospital and mentions friends' pleasure at her progress. It also describes green figs sent from Los Angeles by Mrs. John Ballou to Miss L M Leonard via the Leonard and Mitchell pharmacy as California fruit specimens.
Cashier William H. Shorey and his wife welcome a baby girl named Eleanor. Both mother and child are reported to be doing nicely.
Dr and Mrs W. Bongartz of Small Point summer residents were in Bath on Saturday. They traveled last winter with 300 passengers aboard the Dutch steamship Kroonland from New York to the Panama Canal, then along the South American coast passing Magellan Straits in calm seas. Mrs Bongartz plans to write a sketch of the trip for the newspaper.
Ernest J. Hill of Portland lauded Ruth Burke for piano accompaniment at the Morse High School Glee Club cantata The Rose Maiden. He praised the orchestra and the chorus, saying the Bath musicians deserve pride for their performances and dependability.
In Philadelphia on Saturday Eleanor Pillsbury daughter of Mrs Curus H Curtis married Henry Baumont Pennell Jr of Portland. The bride was given in marriage by Mr Curtis. Maid of honor Elizabeth Harte St Louis. Best man James Porter Fort Wayne Ind. Ushers John C Martin Wyencote Pearson Wells Detroit Theodore Thurston Alexander Gordon Portland. A reception followed and the couple will reside in Portland.
Rev. A. B. Hervey PhD arrived Monday evening to spend the summer in the city. He reports a delightful Bermuda winter and a winter coat unused in three weeks. After world travels he praises Bath as the best place to pass the summer.
Mrs. Charles Henry Butler of Washington heads the Serbian Supply Committee raising funds via potato sales from Mr. Butler’s Montsweag farm Woolwich. The group has gathered about 16,000 dollars to equip the Belgrade Red Cross Hospital in Serbia. Dr Clapham B King spoke of experiences with the Serbian hospital staff in Gevgalija during typhus. Dr Butler currently serves in Serbia.
Commodore Richard G. Davenport U.S.N. retired and Mrs Davenport arrived Tuesday from Rangeley Lakes region and are guests at King Tavern. They depart Thursday for MacMahan Island to spend the summer in their new home, one of the coast’s finest. Davenport praises the Maine coast and MacMahan Island.
Samuel Dike Hooper chosen by Eugene Oregon Commercial Club promotion board to manage efforts in attracting industry. A five year resident and former Boston paper wholesale executive, he serves as president of Hooper Mayo Timber Co. and plans to run booster activities from a businesslike stance.
William Clement Plunkett, son of Captain Charles P. Plunkett of the U S B S North Dakota, is a blind Harvard freshman excelling in Latin and English. Using a Braille typewriter he takes notes as classmates read for him, escorted by roommate Carl A. Mendum of Roxbury. He plans a future lifework and was a Roxbury Latin graduate summa cum laude.
Miss Frances Bates hosted a group of girls at the Bates cottage in Sabine over the weekend. Miss Florence Walton served as chaperon. Attendees included Misses Frances Bates Louise Craven Leah Green Vera Howe Sarah Flaherty Helen Johnson Bessie Brown Sarah Orr and Marguerite Footer.
Weekend guests were Mr and Mrs C P Wetherbee at Mansion House. A baby girl arrived Tuesday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Sewall Percy. J Edward Drake left Wednesday on a business trip to New York.
HH Stevens, a business visitor, was in Portland on Monday. Rev Culbert McGay of Grace Church attended the Maine State Episcopalian convention in Portland. Dr W E Rowe was called to Richmond Tuesday due to his father James E Rowe's critical illness. Mr and Mrs John H Morse and family arrived Tuesday from Minneapolis to visit Mr and Mrs Alonzo A Morse.
Mrs Ann McLellan celebrated her 79th birthday with a tea hosted by Mrs E S J Nealley. Mrs Nealley, aged 88, prepared the tea and proved a great success, with guests enjoying the afternoon in a refined gathering.
The estate of the late opera singer Madame Nordica includes more than 250000 dollars in jewels. The administrator, who examined the gems on Friday, noted a 75000 dollar item and many pieces valued at 15000 and 20000 dollars. The collection contains numerous medals and insignia from European royalty.
The semi annual Western Maine Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions met at Winter Street Congregational Church with delegates from Portland and several towns. Sessions featured addresses on home and foreign work, a report from Miss Elizabeth Perkins in China, and demonstrations on methods of work and motherhood.
Mrs. Joseph Torrey and daughter Miss Katherine died Thursday in Portland. The marriage intention of Robert H. Haskell of Augusta and Miss Margery Gertrude Chapman of this city has been recorded at City Clerk's office.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Adams and grandson Harold Adams travel to Boston to join a Raymond Whitcomb party for a thirty day trip to California visiting the San Francisco exposition and the San Diego exposition. Ernest A. Allan and Mrs. Henry S. Tarbox of Bath plan summer at Mere Point and will arrive mid June after wintering in Washington.
Dr and Mrs E Randall Leonard of Bath mark their 16th wedding anniversary on Monday. They received best wishes and congratulations from many friends on reaching “sweet sixteen.”
Fred E. Whitmore, a Bath native now in Hallowell, asserts strong business in the drug trade and praises the city’s growing reputation as a shoe manufacturing center. He enjoyed a weekend home and expresses positive views on his new position and the local market.
Frank Rairden grandson of Bath resigns from the Diplomatic service after four years with the American Embassy in Constantinople and Cairo to join United States Steel Products Co as their representative in the Dutch East Indies. He will stay a year to learn his new duties and his six language mastery underpins his foreign service qualifications.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Torrey and their son Haviland arrived home Monday morning from a weekend at their summer home at Popham. They report a warm beach day. Mr and Mrs Charles Farnham were Sunday visitors at Sebasco. Miss Clara Albee is visiting in Quincy Massachusetts.
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