Nothing but flags and a Bath society event
The piece opens with a poem about flags and fallen soldiers, then shifts to a report on the E. W. Society program at First Baptist vestry in Bath. The event featured nationalities themed exercises, music by young women, slides on mission work, and praise for Miss Ellen Dunning and Mrs. A. J. Dunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
E. W. Society of the Church
Katherine Cullerton
Marion Larsen
Ellen Dunning
E. W. Society
A. J. Dunton
Ruth Reed
Court St
Poem Inspired by Civil War Flags Hailed at Bath
The story behind Moses Owen of Bath writing the Flags poem in the state capitol rotunda is recounted. A schoolgirl’s remark sparked the lines later published in the Kennebec Journal. copies were printed for distribution. Social notes mention Mrs. Leonard Norsworthy and daughter’s delayed Bath visit, Jennie Colby wedding plans, and health updates on Mrs. Hyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Tibet
Anensta
Moses Owen
Sedgwick
Thomas W. Hyde
Moses
Ttn
M.S. S
Kennebec Journal
Waterville
Gov. Haynes
McFadden
Local Social Notes and Travels From Portland Area
Mrs Howard B Johnson and Miss Shorey pass ed Thursday in Portland Mrs John H Hrede leaves for New ton for a visit with her parents Mrs William Foss of Portland visiting Mrs E H Hartwell of this city Miss Lillian Fray of the Post Office force enjoys a week's vacation in North Jays William D Mussenden was an accomplished musician in his youth I A Harris and daughter Doris of Greenville visiting his mother Mrs Gustavus Harris of Union St Mrs F H Percy leaves Bath for Long Beach California Fr Hogan conducting the mission at St Marys Church visited here seventeen years ago Rev M J Duneklee and wife plan a June trip to San Francisco Exposition Miss Laura Palmer to return home from City Hospital after survival operation Fred J Kimball and John L Wilson Jr report fine fishing at Camp Pyramid Lily Bay despite chilly weather
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Houghton
Boston
J. Edward Drake
New York
D. I. Wilson
Camp Ilyramid
Lily Bay
F. H. Wimhall
B. P. Browne
Wiscasset
William B. Burns
Mars Hill
David Wilson
Middle St
W. F. Pond
Frank Oliver
Portland
Nathaniel S. Palmer
Oregon
Bath
Palmer
Gannetts
Augusta
City of Roses
Maine
William Gannett
Spinneys
Howard B. Johnson
Shorey
John H. Hrede
Newton
William Foss
E. H. Hartwell
Lillian
Fray
Post
North Jays
William D. Mussenden
I. A. Harris
Daghter Doris
Green Ville
Gustavus Harris
Union St
F. H. Percy
Pacific Coast
J. O. Cutler
Long Beach
California
Fr. Hogan
St. Marys’s Church
M. J. Duneklee
Winter St
Ss. Oy Werks
San Francisco
Laura Palmer
City Hospital
Fred J. Kimball
John L. Wilson, Jr
Camp Pyramid
Walter S. Glidden
William D. Sewall
Charles H. Stevens
Brooklyn
Wilbur C. Oliver
Idella Altekamp
Elint’s
John McInnes
Duncan
Oliver Moses
Oliver 3d
Ocea Cahill
Charlotte Bold
Bay Point
Carol Watson
Andover
C. R. Donnell
Washington St
Carol Percy
Mt. Ida College
Percy
Frostena Marston
Hallowell
Garrett Galvin
North Grammar School
Are You A Mason Farce At Columbia Theatre Benefit
Thursday evening at the Columbia Theatre an appreciative audience attended a Morse High benefit performance of the farce Are You A Mason. The Morse High cast featured Frank Perry Hiram T Stevens Amos Bloodgood Walter A Murtaus George Fisher and others. prior to and between acts the Morse High Orchestra played to much acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Theatre
Morse High
Frank Perry
Hiram T. Stevens
Amos Bloodgood
Frances M. Cummings
Lulu Bloodgood
Louise Lliggett
Mrs. Hamilton
Lillian Mason
Nora O'Toole
Mildred R. Bowen
Mary
Lillian M. Lawrence Fanchon
Marion Philbrick
Morse High Orchestra
Bath Teachers Club Meeting Set for Next Wednesday
Mrs W G Webber left for Exeter New Hampshire to visit her son James P Webber a member of the Phillips Exeter faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers’ Club
Assembly Hall
W. G. Webber
Exeter
N. H
James P. Webber
Phillips-Exeter
Amputation of Mrs Delano's Left Foot Performed
Mrs John P Delano had her left foot amputated above the ankle last week. The operation was performed by Dr E G Abbott of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Delano
E. G. Abbott
Portland
Nichols Family Returns From Boston Trip
Mr and Mrs F B Nichols and son Barrett with Mrs Augusta Nichols returned last Friday from an automobile trip to Boston. They traveled eight hours for the return and report the roads in very good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Nichols
Barrett
Augusta Nichols
Boston
Remarkable Pollyanna Book Motives Local Poet’s Joys
Mrs. Briggs writes a poem on the Glad Book Pollyanna by Eleanor H Porter of Cambridge Mass and learns Porter thanks her and will mail Pollyanna Grows Up with Porter’s autograph on the flyleaf. Annie Palmer to visit the San Francisco Exposition with cousin Sadie Palmer returning late June.
Bath Visitors and Winter Residents Return to City
Corinne Jackson, wintering with her parents in Punta Gorda, has returned to Bath and now works at New Meadows Inn. Bertha L. Soule, Latin assistant professor at Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, visits Bath, a former Bath High School graduate. George W. Martin, head draughtsman for the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, was in Bath last week and previously worked at the B.I.W. for years before moving to Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne Jackson
John 3. Jackson
Punta Gorda
Bath
New Meadows Inn
Florida
New Meadows
Bertha L. Soule
Manual Training High School
Brooklyn
G. Sag Au Ian Satis Odovgs
Miss Soule
Bath High School
George W. Martin
Navy Yard
Mr. Martin
B.I.W
Newport News
Hyde couple to return home from California trip
Hon. and Mrs. John S. Hyde are expected to return home in the middle of next month after their pleasure trip through California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon
John S. Hyde
California
Mrs King Recovers After Fainting Spell at Winter Street Church
Mrs Julia King suffered a fainting spell during the morning service at Winter Street Church and was taken home ill. She has recovered now and friends are glad to hear. Miss Ida F Kimball of this city earns Commencement honors at Bates College on Thursday morning and will play Queen Phaedra in Euripides Hippolytus on Campus Tuesday evening of Commencement Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia King
Winter St
Ida F. Kimball
Bates College
Chase couple return from Boston in heavy rain
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chase traveled by automobile from Boston arriving Bath at 8 15 p m after leaving at 10 a m They spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends in New Jersey and New York before meeting Miss Madelyn who has been staying there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Chase
Boston
Bath
Madelyn
New Jersey
New York
Engagement of Miss Annie Knight and A Bernard Webber Announced
The engagement of Miss Annie Knight of this city to A Bernard Webber of Edgecomb Maine is announced. Webber is a student at Gordon Bible Institute Boston and is serving as pastor of Cumberland Street Baptist Church Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Knight
A. Bernard Webber
Edgecomb
Maine
Webber
Gordon Bible Institute of
Boston
Cumberland Street Baptist Church
Brunswick
May Hop dance caps Phi Rho senior year scene
Mrs. Harry E. Stetson and daughter Doris visited Boston recently. Charles Durand shows off a new eight cylinder Cadillac and plans a garage at the Rice homestead on South Street. The Kennebec Yacht Club hosted the Phi Rho Society May Hop as the seniors’ last active social event. Sans Souci Club and friends dined at New Meadows Inn after a late train car ride Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Durand
Rice Homestead
South St
Kennebec Yacht Club
Phi Rho Society
Phi Rho
Sans Souci Club
New Meadows Inn
Social notes from Bath and nearby towns
Numerous brief items list residents and visitors including Walter S. Glidden on a New York trip and Mrs. Sewall in Boston. Reunions, commencements, nursing training, and church events are noted with dates and places in Maine and Massachusetts. Highlights include Mrs. Oliver Moses in Boston, Miss Southard entering Wellesley, and upcoming Cosmopolitan Club meeting.
Sagadahoc Women Convene 26th WCTU Convention
The Sagadahoc County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union holds its 26th annual convention June 3 at Free Baptist Church West Bowdoin with morning and afternoon sessions. Readings, reports, addresses by Miss Nancy Garland Miss Clara Hawthorne Rev Mrs Allen and Miss Elizabeth Gordon mark a full program of committees elections pledges and memorial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
A. M. Robinson
Bath
Sadie Potter
Lisbon Falls
Ella Hinkley
West Bowdoin
Plinette Allen
Woolwich
Louise S. Packard
Susan P. Cary
Bowdoinham
A. M. Douglas
E. A. Purinton
Nancy Garland
Clara A. Hawthorne
Elizabeth Gordon
Boston
Mass
Allen
Addie Purinton
Sarah Aderton
Bath Purity
Hattie Colling
Addie Robbins
Clara Purinton
Clara Davis
F. E. H. McFadden
Mary G. Fullerton
Woolwich Institutes
Louisa Sparks
Bowdoinham Falls
Lillian B. Curtis
Loyal Temperance Legion
B. P. Browne
Temperances
J. R. Roberts
J. P. Robert Solo
Leo Lyons
Portlan
Alle
Master Lyon
Elizabeth Gordo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evelyn Oliver
Florence Dunning
Emma Wilson
Margaret, Miller
Ruth Goodwin
Dorothy Pratt
Dorothy Goodman
Hazel Thompson
Ethel McLellan
Cosmopolitan Club
Gaudreau
Charles P. Wetherbee
Susan Ballou
Nellie Turner
Ruth Farnham
Harriet Henderson
Edna Marr
Katharine Torrey
Louise Harriman
Ethel Hawley
Edith Hartwell
Ith
Rupert H. Baxter
Cole
Leonard Norsworthy
Elizabeth
Joseph Varney
Jennie H. Colby
Mrs. H. C. Bacon
Holyoke
Walter A. Murtaus
George Fisher
Lies “Peleg
Ernest Morrison
G. FE. Nevens
Hamilton Travers
H. A. Wuse
John Halton
Aye Noon
le Weert Malice Policeman
Prshine
Eva Poris
Edith L.jovkins
Caroline Bloodrosed
Brenda FF. Hill
Annie Bloodgood
Annie Palmer
Sadie Palmer
Walter Abbott
Merton O. Webber
Camp Nanatuck
Morsey's River
Popham Beach
Katherine Ridgway
Miss Ridgway
Senor de Gogorza
Mme Eames de Gogorza
William Hodgkins
Fred D. Gatcomb
Malden
Martha
Gatcomb
Hazel Edes
Charles H. Mason
Harry E. Stetson
Doris
M. Janet Cutler
Whittier School
Merrimac
Juno “Musical Observer
Frances Southard
Wellesley College
Southard
Charles R. Donnell
Ida Voorhees
Boston City Hospital
Isaac Voorhees
Universalist Church
Maurice J. Duncklee
Grace Church
Sidney J. Willis
Ralph Dunton
Lewiston
Arthur W. H. Rand
Duntons
Alexander M. Cutler
Robert Haskell
Lake Cobbesscentee
Margaret Foster
Margaret Stewart
Mae O’brien
W. C. T. U. Convention
Margaret Hanson
Woolwich Medical Temperance
Effie Small
Frances Gilmore
B. P. Aoa
J. P. Rober
Association
F. EB. H. MacFadd Bath
Josie Irish
Hattie O. Perry
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