Bath Residents Share News of Social Events and Travel
Bath letters describe trips from Bath to Florida cut short by a snowstorm between Portland and Boston. Local social events include tea and bridge at the Varneys in Wiscasset for a Women’s Club fundraiser, a 13th birthday supper in Bath, and several bridge evenings with prizes. Community notes report ship trials for the Naushon, family visits in Portland and Brunswick, and a birthday surprise for Richard Berry of Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Berry
Concord
N. H
Perkins
H. Derman Perkins
West Bath
Mr. Berry
Concord High School
Glee Club
Bath and Area Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Waterville resident Thomas Attaya returns after a Bath weekend with friends. Mrs. McInnes departs Boston for European travel after Harvard Business College studies. Numerous residents visit relatives in Brunswick, Portland, Bath and Turner Court, with several returning to summer homes and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Attaya
Waterville
Merly
Bath
Locals Visit as Illness and Death Reach Families
Georgetown and Bowdoinham visitors stay with Mrs. J. J. Coleman in Middle Street Bath hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hagan and Mrs. Earl Hagan Clement Coleman of Bowdoinham and Hunter of 151 North Street. Alpheus Grant and wife return to Somerville Mass after visiting Mrs. Grant's mother Mrs. J. J. Coleman amid her father's illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Leonard
Thomas Hagan
Earl Hagan
Georgetown
Clement Coleman
Bowdoinham
J. J. Coleman
Middle Street
Charles Corey
Auburn
Bath
Hunter
North Street
Alpheus Grant
Somerville
Mass
Mrs. Grant
Young Ladies Bridge Club Winners Named
The Young ladies bridge club met Thursday evening with Mrs. William Daley receiving first prize, Mrs. John Grindell second, Mrs. Walter Ey third, Mrs. Albert Bonney fourth, Mrs. Andrew Flaherty fifth and Mrs. John J. Keegan sixth. Mrs. Keegan chaired the committee. Mrs. Ernest Ward and son Robert of Augusta were weekend guests of Mrs. Ward's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Strout of Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil J. Cutts
Court Street
E. A. Stover
Bryant Patten
Portland
Harry Hunt
Brewer
Albert Noyes
Carl Martin
Young Ladies Bridge Club
William Daley
John Grindell
Walter Ey
Albert Bonney
Andrew Flaherty
John J. Keegan
Keegan
Ernest Ward
Robert
Augusta
Senator Carlton Vacationing at Moosehead Lodge
Senator F. W. Carlton and Mrs Carlton and Lawrence Putnam of Sagadahoc Ferry spend two weeks fishing at the Senator's Moosehead Lake lodge. They report good catches but wind kept one day from lake use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Carlton
Lawrence Putnam
Sagadahoc Ferry
Moosehead Lake
Telegraph Operator Arthur Wallace Visits City
Arthur Wallace, a Western Union telegraph operator, residing in Bath twenty years ago at Robbins and High streets, is spending a brief vacation in the city. He has served as operator at the Rochester, New Hampshire station during the past winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wallace
Western Union
Bath
Robbins and
High Streets
Mr. Wallace
Rochester
N. H
Wisconsin women host tea bridge for club home project
Mrs T W Pease Mrs Leroy Colby Mrs Roscoe P McFadden and Mrs Charles R Farnham traveled to Wisconsin Friday in the Farnham car to attend the tea bridge at the Varney home for the benefit of a new home for the Wisconsin Woman's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Sarah Varney
Wiscasset
T. W. Pease
Leroy Colby
Roscoe P. McFadden
Charles R. Farnham
Farnham
Misses Varney
Wade move from Winship to Herlihy bungalow rear of Milan
Mr and Mrs John Wade relocate from Winship street to the Herlihy bungalow in the rear of Milan, as noted in the local notice. The move places them at a new residence within the Milan area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wade
Winship Street
Herlihy
Milan Street
West Bath milk man confined by illness
Joseph M. Lemont, longtime milk man of West Bath, is confined to bed after a two week flu illness and now faces possible pneumonia. Mrs. Edwin Bonney, R. N., is serving as night nurse at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Lemont
West Bath
Edwin Bonney
R. N
Mrs Susie B Cadding Sighted With Sister in Woolwich
Mrs Susie B Cadding of Attleboro Massachusetts is visiting several weeks with her sister Mrs E A Dolloff in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie B. Cadding
Attleboro, Mass
E. A. Dolloff
Woolwich
Woolwich County Commissioner Stinson Visits Bath on Business
County Commissioner George M. Stinson and his wife Mrs Stinson stayed in Bath Thursday for business then returned to Portland and moved back to their Woolwich home on Saturday with daughter Miss Marcia Stinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Stinson
Woolwich
Stinson
Portland
Marcia Stinson
Bath
Mrs. Stinson
Mrs Richards Returns From Brunswick Visit
Mrs. Margaret Richards of Washington Street has returned home after a two weeks visit with her son Alfred Richards in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Richards
Washington ‘Street
Province
Canada
Sadie Dowling
Hyde Park, Mass
Bertram Willis
Margaret Richards
Washington Street
Alfred Richards
Brunswick
Miss Emma Ouillette Finishes Course in Portland
Miss Emma Ouillette of the Maine School of Commerce in Portland spent the weekend in Bath with her mother Mrs. James McLaughlin of 55 Willow street. She will complete her course at the Portland school in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Ouillette
Maine School of Commerce
Portland
Bath
James McLaughlin
Willow Street
Wardwells move to Sasanoa Bluffs for summer
Mr and Mrs A E Wardwell closed their Washington street home and opened a bungalow at Sasanoa Bluffs for the season. Mrs Ruth Annis of Columbus Ohio presented her with a fine set of dishes, a gesture she greatly appreciates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Wardwell
Washington Street
Sasanoa Bluffs
Ruth Annis
Columbus, O
Ruth Emerson
Bath
Mrs Katherine Reynolds Butcher Applies for Summer Service
Mrs Katherine Reynolds Butcher of Park street visits the New England Tel and Tel office for summer service. She was a longtime operator before her marriage. David Y Alkazin, Morse high school manual training teacher, and Mrs Alkazin with sons David and Norman spent the weekend at Mrs Alkazin's Oxford home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Reynolds Butcher
Park Street
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
David Y. Alkazin
Morse High School
Mrs. Alkazin
David
Norman
Oxford
Mrs Yule Family Returns From Washington Trip
Mrs William Yule and sister Miss Elizabeth Dunbar and brother Walter Dunbar have returned from a two weeks trip to Washington D C stopping at Brooklyn on their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Yule
Elizabeth Dunbar
Walter Dunbar
Washington, D. C
Brooklyn
Folsoms Return From Washington D C for Winter Custom
Rev Omar W Folsom and his daughter Miss Elsie Folsom arrived Friday morning from Washington D C where they observed their annual Winter accord with Mr Folsom's daughter Mrs Leonard D Norsworthy. They reopened their home at 1198 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwell S. Crosby
Helen Crosby
Alicia
Peter and
Crosby
Mr. Crosby
Maria Crosby
West Pale Beach
Fla
High Street
Omar W. Folsom
Elsie Folsom
Washington, D. C
Clergy Couple Returns From Lake George Trip
Rev and Mrs E D Hardin and Mr and Mrs Edward B Smith completed a five day automobile excursion to Lake George and the Adirondacks returning Saturday noon. Mr Hardin preached at Winter Street Church on Sunday. Elwood Toothaker a University of Maine student spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles C Toothaker North
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Eaton
Hebron
Sidney L. Eaton
E. D. Hardin
Edward B. Smith
Lake George
Adirondacks
Hardin
Winter Street
Elwood Toothaker
University of Maine
Charles C. Tosthaker
North Street
Armstrong Family Trip Takes Them Through Northern Towns
Mr and Mrs William Armstrong and daughter Doris of Washington street and Mr Armstrongs father Arlington Armstrong of Trufant street motored to towns in the northern section of the state Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Armstrong
Doris
Washington Street
Mr. Armstrong
Arlington Armstrong
Trufant Street
Mrs Lucy Pike Heads Home After Summer Trips
Mrs Lucy Pike of Turnercourt has spent several weeks in Boston with son Sumner Bragdon and in Mystic Conn with relatives and is expected to return this week. Dr Wilbur Brown and sister Miss Geraldine Brown of Brunswick were Sunday guests of cousins Miss Marie Jack and Fred Jack in Washington Street. Mrs Jennie J Jewett and son Myron Jewett and Cant William Pattengill of South Portland were Sunday guests of Mrs Abbie E Morris and family on Lower Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Pike
Turnercourt
Boston
Sumner Bragdon
Mystic
Conn
Wilbur Brown
Geraldine Brown
Brunswick
Marie Jack
Fred Jack
Washington Street
Jennie J. Jewett
Myron Jewett
William Pattengill
South Portland
Abbie E. Morris
Lower Middle Street
Unitarian church minister attends Boston convention
Rev. Howard D. Spoerl of the Universalist church left Monday for Boston to attend the annual Unitarian convention and seek a Unitarian fellowship. Donald Henderson returned to the University of Maine after visiting his parents, Sheriff and Mrs Albert Henderson, Middle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D. Spoerl
The
Universalist Church
Boston
Spoerl
Mrs Lyman Hall Arrives for Brief Bath Visit
Mrs. Lyman Hall of Peru Indiana formerly Miss Mary Clark of Bath arrives Saturday morning for a short visit with her sister Mrs Eben J Marston at 912 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Hall
Peru
Ind
Mary Clark
Bath
Eben J. Marston
Washington Street
Gediman and Povich Leave Boston Bound for Three Day Business
Julius Gediman and Maurice Povich depart Sunday morning for Boston for a three day stay on business and pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Gediman
Maurice Povich
Boston
Marriage intentions of George A Mé Fadden and Alyce S Kent
Marriage intentions filed in city clerk's office show George A Mé Fadden of Boston and Alyce S Kent of Norfolk Va as engaged. Fadden is a Boston scenic artist and Morse High School graduate. Kent is daughter of David B Kent of Norfolk and Mrs Kent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion M. Baker
Edward Pinkham
George A. MéFadden
Roscoe P. McFadden
Middle Street
Boston
Alyce S. Kent
David
Local Notices from Bath and Cambridge Social Roundup
George W Ramsdell of Cambridge sought trout fishing but weather kept him indoors this week. Mrs Marion Moody returns from South Orange and reopens her home on Washington street. A son, William S Anderson, born May 14 to Mr and Mrs William A Anderson at 17 Huse street. Mrs Anderson formerly Miss Gladys Small. Mrs Bertha Shea, patient at City hospital, recovering enough to receive visitors. Margaret Foster of Portland NE Tel Co visited Bath office. Carl E Nelson aboard destroyer McFarland and Mrs Nelson visiting parents at 54 Washington street. Harry Gordius and son Harry Junior return to McKinley after visiting Henry Leeman in Somerset Place. Annie MacMahan returns to MacMahan island after weekend with Isabelle and Margaret MacInnis on Front street. Robert White and four Harpswell Center children visit Bath relatives. Charles Brooks and Frank Brown of Winthrop visit Harold Walker on Highland street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Anderson
Huse Street
William A. Anderson
Anderson
Gladys Small
Harry Gordius
Harry Junior
McKinley
Bath
Henry Leeman
Somerset Place
Ivy Day events at Bowdoin Zeta Psi house noted
Mrs Clarence Johnson chaperones the Ivy Day gathering at Bowdoin's Zeta Psi house. Miss Mary Paine from Bath attends the party at the new Zeta Psi house starting this evening. Mrs Winthrop Farmer is spending a few days in Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Johnson
Summer Street
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Bowdoin
Mary Paine
High Street
Bath
Zeta Psi House
Winthrop Farmer
Boothbay Harbor
Freeman Family Returns to Lynn After Visit
Mr and Mrs Charles Freeman returned to Lynn on Wednesday after spending Tuesday as overnight guests of his brother Frank Freeman Beacon been Secc Lement Tarbox left Wednesday for esicn where he will pass a day or two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Bemis
Valley Road
Mr. Bemis
P. B. Bemis
Sarah Simpson
Washington
Bretton Woods
Bemis
Bretton Arms Hotel
Charles Freeman
Lynn
Frank Freeman
Beacon Beeen Secc
Lement Tarbox
Esicn
Mt Holyoke student returns from Bath visit weekend
Miss M Evelyn Oliver goes back to Mt Holyoke College Saturday after a few days in Bath with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur G Oliver of Washington street. Mr and Mrs Eugene L Coleman of Boone Island station return from a visit with Mrs Colemans parents Mr and Mrs I M McIntire of Middle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Evelyn Oliver
Mt. Holyoke College
Bath
Arthur G. Oliver
Washington Street
Eugene L. Coleman
Boone Island: Station
Portland and Rockland Residents Pass Away on Wednesday
Mrs. T W Pease Mrs John G Haskell Mrs Leroy F Colby and Mrs Charles R Farnham died Wednesday in Portland. Mr and Mrs Carroll Deering died Wednesday in Rockland while traveling with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Pease
John G. Haskell
Leroy F. Colby
Charles R. Farnham
Portland
Mrs. Carroll Deering
Rockland
Portland Police Officer John Place Succumbs
Patrolman John Place of the police department died on Wednesday in Portland. William Mann substituted for him in the interim, carrying on duties as officers mourn the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Place
Police Department
Portland
William Mann
Boston Couple Take Weekend Visit to Bath Paine Family
Miss Marion Dean and Philip Paine drove from Boston to Bath on Friday to spend the weekend with Philip Paine's father Cecil Paine at High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Dean
Philip Paine
Boston
Bath
Mr. Paine
Cecil Paine
High Street
Lewiston and Portland Business Visitors Reported
W Stanley Hunter and Earl Dow of the Lewiston Buick Co were business visitors in Lewiston on Wednesday. Carroll Watson of the United Motor Fuel Co was a Portland business visitor on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Stanley Hunter
Earl Dow
The
Lewiston Buick Co
Lewiston
Carroll Watson
United Motor Fuel Co
Portland
Bath News Highlights Socials Politics and Local Happenings
Notable Bath items include Rt. Rev. Michael C. Kagenon elected president of the Holy Cross Association of Maine in Portland, birdwatchers reporting orioles with cherry blossoms, and the Cosmopolitan club auction tourney ending with a supper at Begin's in Woolwich. Details cover class reunions, police shoe shines, whist games, Girl Scout outings, a Colonial ball revival, a runaway Ford incident, and remarks on Bath’s oldest blacksmith Charles F. Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael C. Kagenon
Lewiston
St. Oreth
Holy Cross Association of Maine
Portland
Holy Cross
Cosmopolitan Club
Lillian Lewin
Doris Dyer
Begin’s
Woolwich
Wiscasset In Early Days Expanded View Of Local Politics
In a continued reminiscence of Wiscasset's early days, the text recalls local political tensions and figures. It critiques the move to replace Col. Thatcher with Orchard Cook, notes distrust of Cook's fitness, and mentions the district's Democratic leanings. It adds anecdotes about Cashier Roby of the Lincoln and Kennebeck Bank and the Wiscasset Bank, his rise, accounts, and later death, and ties to local families and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Congress
Orchard Cook
Samuel Thatcher
Lincoln County
New England
Argus
Cook
Kingsley
Col. Thatcher
Virginia
Judge Cook
Cashier Roby
Linfield College to graduate Dwight Neale Wright
Mrs. John C. Wright of 13 Avenue has received notice that Dwight Neale Wright nephew of the Wrights and son of Mr and Mrs James A Wright of Segro Woolley formerly of Bath will graduate Sunday evening June 9 at seven o'clock from Linfield College in McMinnville Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pond
John C. Wright
13 Avenue
Linfield College
McMinnville
Oregon
Dwight Neale Wright
James A. Wright
Segro
Woolley
Bath
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Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
New England Steamship Co
Jackydiet, Vowtne
Frank Heal
Helen Shaughnessy
Frances Shaughnessy
Carol Stevens
Barbara Ross
Ruth Dale
Jeanette Shackford
Eleanor Shorey
Ruth Powers
Bertha Lord
James A. Broom
George Breton
Conrad Olsen
Olsen
Stratford
Sarah Pratt
Carl F. Pierce
Statler
Richard Quick
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Texas Steamship Co., Line
Herbert Douglas
Carroll Deering
Harry Walters
Emma Ehlers
N. Gratz Jackson
William Mussenden
William
Fred P. Shaw
Robert A. Toothaker
Elien I
Harmon
Vaughn Smiley
Portsmouth N. H
Louise Smiley
Dike Road
Fred F. Ingraham
Wollaston, Mass
Clarabel Quick
Eastman School of Music
N. Y
Miss Quick
City Hospital
Harvey Crosby
Harvey Thomas Crosby
H. D. Maxwell
Gertrude
Charles
George W. Johnson
San Diego
Calif
Edward Carter
Farr McKenzie
James
Orono
McKenzie
Alex E. Burden
Burden
Highland Street
Mechanic Lodge of Masons of
Thomas J. Cummings
Cummings Feldspar Co
New York City
Ohio
George Wilson Scudder
Freeport
Lisbon
Mrs. Scudder
Red Lantern Inn
Brunswick Road
George Upson Scudder
Elizabeth Coombs
Richard Staples
Richard
John McInnes
Lincolnshire Hotel
Charles Street
John
Harvard Business College
Mr. McInnes
Norman E. Rand
Portsmouth
Louise Staples
South Street
Philip Fisher
Massachusetts School of Pharmacy
Newton
Alonzo G. Fisher
Forbe
Wood's Hole
Wellington A. Moore
Shirley
Moore
Margaret Adams
Gardiner Deering
Mr. Deering
Lulu Atkins
Deering
George Levya
Althea Levya
Roberta Irving
Chamberlain
John Howe
Muriel
Franklin
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Herbert Mallard
Ethel Fickett
Effie Cadman
Frieda Adams
Viola Melzard
Bertha Rogers
Pocahontas
George H. Farrin
Fords, N. J
Henry Swain
Franklin Street
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Dental Corps
Utah
Boston Navy Yard
John E. Fitzgerald
Flora Leonard
John Magee
Cherryfield
Colin S. Wakefield
Bedford Street
Wakefield
Joan
William Esmond
Gardiner
Esmond
Ethel Lundrigan
Thomas F. Lundrigan
Emma Cox
Lexington
Trufant’s Crossing
Watertown
Roger Derby Foss, Jr
Roger Derby Foss
Dixfield
Leonard Munsey
Lulu Herbert
Leonard Lord
Alfred Bunker
Canton
Livermore
Buckfield
Rumford
Jennie Shackford
Margaret Shackford
Mrs. Shackford
Roy Shackford
Turner Court
W. Moody Lewis
John Dowling
Shaw Street
William Cullinan
Hyde Park
Thomas P. Neagle
Cullinan
Bath Iron Works
Texas Yard
Charles Moore
Cape Newagon
Wilson Moore
Pine Street
Francis B. Hill
Jackson Dudley Hill
Margaret Perry
Phippsburg Basin
James L. Perry
Maurice Roderick
Maurice
Donald
New York
Roderick
Carl E. Meister
Donald Henderson
Sheriff
Albert Henderson
Edith Lemont
Mabel O'Hara
Bangor
Fred B. Reed
Howard Mildram
Walter B. Potter
Henrietta
Edna
Homer
Fred Stevens
Potter Home
Lower High Street
Belle Wiley
Boothbay
James B. Heath
Carl Anderson
Andrews Road
Milton Trott
William Freeman
Roscoe Shaw
Mr. Anderson
Ida Antworth
Rupert H. Baxter
Charles W. Clifford
Daniel T. Dougherty
J. Edward Hughes
First National Bank
O. E. Page
R. J. M. Steussy
George W. Ramsdell
Cambridge
Marion Moody
South Orange
N. J
Bertha Shea
Margaret Foster
Carl E. Nelson
McFarland
Nelson
Charles O. Nelson
Annie MacMahan
MacMahan Island
Isabelle
Margaret MacInnis
Front Street
Robert White
Harpswell Center
Charles Brooks
Frank Brown
Winthrop
Harold Walker
Marse High School
Ruth Taylor
High School’ Alumni Association
T. W. Hyde
S. of A. V
Rowe
Grace Reynolds
John Hart
John Clancy
Frank Danforth
Girl Scouts
Pauline MacDonald
Lake Nequasset
Colonial Club
Central Church Parish House
Edwin F. Ramsay
Grindell
Center Street
Kennebec Fruit Co
Acadia Lodge, K. of P
Grand Lodge
Charles F. Andrews
Water Street
Andrews
Ar-Gu-Not Klub
Freaport
Polar Star Lodge
Genesta
Bath High School
John N. Taylor
George Hopkins
Frank Cook
West Bath Grange Hall
Grange
Oliver Optic
Horatio Alger Jr
Henty
Louisa Ascot
Elijah Kellogg
J. T. Trowbridge
Foster Crufts, Jr
Roby
Crufts
Robert Hodge, Jr
Newcastle
Main
Middle Streets
Rundlett Block
Hodges
Woods
Nickelses
Henry Roby
Thomaston
Lincoln and Kennebeck Bank
Wiscasset Bank
Lincoln and Kennebeck Marine Insurance Company
Joseph C. Roby
Baltimore
Maryland
Henry Ingalls
Hodge Street