November brings holiday cheer to local society
The Independent notes November’s mood with verse and reports on social visits. Miss Louisa Perkins travels from Kansas City to Boston. Mrs. Cooper hosts in Norfolk. couples and individuals gather for whist and travel, while church groups plan Christmas sales and note saints day observances. Col. Sewall Chapter opens its season with needlework exhibits, and a scheduled slate of meetings and entertainments unfurls, including poetry on November and preparations for concerts and gym work at Bowdoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Sewall
Col. Dummer Sewall
George B. Moody
Alice T. Randall
Edward C. Plummer
Maurice J. Duncklee
Charles H. Mason
Rupert
Fred D. Ifill
Elwell S. Crosby
B. W. Hathorne
Harry O. Stinson
Milton S. Briry
Mary E. Briry
Alice G. Shorey
Jane M. Whitmore
Social Notes From Boston And Bath Society Scene
Mrs A Shaw and Mrs Omen J Ledyard enjoyed a few days in Boston. Miss Milli cent Clifford visits Miss Blanche Olds in Cheboygan Michigan. Clifford plans to return before Thanksgiving. Mrs DeCoste left for Portland. Mrs Thoms O Gibbons and Mrs James V Ledsward were guests in Portland. Adelbert Bailey of New York City visits Bath. Grace Church Men’s Club hosts turkey dinner with plan to resume Saturday socials and a November 10 dinner and program. Miss Margaret Rogers marries Dr Stanley Haviland Martin in Houston. wedding party includes Lincoln A Rogers of Topsham. Dr Martin, a Queens University medical graduate, sails to Yong Jung Korea as a medical missionary. previously with Grenfell Mission work in Labrador and St Anthony Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tesday
Portland
Thoms O. Gibbons
James V. Ledsward
Bath
Adelbert Bailey
New York
Silsty
Green St
Grace Church
Ed. W. Jivde
Margaret Rogers
Stanley Haviland Martin
Houston
Lincoln A. Rogers
Topsham
Martin
Queens University
Kingston
Ontario
Canadian Board of Foreign Missions
Yong Jung
Korea
Victoria
British Columbia
Grenfell
Labrador
Anthony
Newfoundland
Boston
Grace Church Auxiliary Runs Food Sale for Nurse Fund
The Women’s Auxiliary of Grace Church held a Saturday food sale to benefit the District Nurse fund. In charge of cooked foods were Mrs. Joseph Trott Mrs. Gordon Holbrook Miss Blanche Metcalfe Mrs. Edith Ledyard Mrs. Frank Hodgdon and Miss Susan Ballou with Mrs. Fred E. Drake overseeing tea cups. The event raised about thirty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary
Grace Church
District Nurse Fund
Joseph Trott
Gordon Holbrook
Blanche Metcalfe
Edith Ledyard
Frank Hodgdon
Susan Ballou
Fred E. Drake
Weekend Visitor Stays With Hogan Family in Town
A week end visitor stayed in town as a guest of his brother William E. Hogan. Mrs. Hogan and daughter Viola, visiting at the Hogan homestead, will return to Springfield later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
William E. Hogan
Hogan
Viola
Hogan Homestead
Springfield
Wesley Church Delegates Attend Home Missionary Meeting
Mrs. E. A. Farrar represented Wesley Church at the Home Missionary meeting of the M. E. Church held at Woodford's this week. Delegates were pleasantly entertained on Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Farrar
Wesley Church
M. E. Church
Woodford
Cosmopolitan Club Plans and Events Items
The Cosmopolitan Club held its regular meeting led by Miss Ballou. Gift Shop receipts topped $30 for the month, with plans for the Scotney Concert on the 17th and ticket exchanges on the 15th. Open house at Colonial Club on Thanksgiving was proposed, and a Christmas tree observance assistance was voted. A three-light addition to the house was approved, and committees for house, program, and philanthropic work were named. The Christmas sale exhibition was set for December 38, and members urged to attend weekly. Rev. T N Kewley resumed pulpit duty after a severe cold, and several members planned trips and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Colonial Club
Ballou
Daniel Dougherty
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Ray Welch
Sarah Lermond
Margaret Foote
Fred Fuller
Elizabeth
House
Lillian Lawrence
Marguerite Hennessy
Florence Andrews
Elizabeth Coombs
Lula Emery
Marvy Parris
Will Adams
Paul Wenseter
Agnes Anderson
Alice Corliss
E. M. Fuller
Arthur K. Purington
Harry Walters
Harry Morse
Literary Club
Hallowe'en Parties and Social News from Bath
Sunday evening seven Bath girls tested a Halloween charm to reveal future husbands in midnight rooms but found none present. Marion Louise Black hosted a party with fifteen guests featuring games, prizes, and Jack Horner favors. Chief Engineer H D Haverfield returned home from Farmville with his family remaining in Virginia for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hallowe’en
Hallowe'en
Marion Louise Black
Thomas P. Black
Mater William Donnell
Susan Quick
Jack Horner
Dorothy Donnell
Evelyn Redlon
Arabel
Harriet Lord
Susane
Clarabel Quick
Margaret Chaney
Stanley Hatch
Stanley Whitehouse
David Black
Howard Bates
Franklin Rice
David Sprague
William Donnell
H. D. Haverfield
Farmville
Miss Fanny Simpson Heads to The Sherwood In Portland
Miss Fanny Simpson, guest of her cousin Mrs Henry R White after leaving her cottage at Squirrel Island, departed Tuesday for Portland where she will reside as guest at The Sherwood for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Simpson
Henry R. White
Squirrel Island
Portland
Sherwood
Musicales by Adelphian and Coliopean Societies
Miss Idella Altekamp and Miss Lou ise Robinson of this city, students at Kents Hill Seminary, assisted in the joint musicale Friday evening. Altekamp gave a recitation and Robinson a piano solo. Altekamp also assisted in the farce The District School at Blueberry Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idella Altekamp
Louise Robinson
Kents Hill Seminary
International Peace Session and Brunswick Brotherhood Gathering
Alice May Douglas spoke for the Woman's Peace Party and allied groups on International Peace at Winterport on November 3. Earlier, 21 First Baptist Brotherhood members visited Brunswick for a November meeting at John L. Purington’s home with Rev. W O Ayer and Rev. C Raymond Chappell in attendance. Grampaniola music and refreshments followed, drawing praise from attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice May Douglas
Woman’s Peace Party
Jane Addams
School Peace League
Lake Mohonk
First Baptist Brotherhood
Brunswick
John L. Purington
W. O. Ayer
Berean Baptist Church
C. Raymond Chappell
Brotherhood
Purington
Wetherbee Guests Powell at Nevada Trial Visit
Charles P. Wetherbee, superintending engineer at Bath Iron Works, is a guest of President Powell of Fore River Shipbuilding Corp during the trial of the battleship Nevada. The event marks a notable collaboration between shipyards and the Navy during a key milestone in Nevada’s launching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works
Powell
Fore River Shipbuilding Corp
Nevada
Birthday Dinner for ex Sheriff Ballou at King Tavern
Landlord N L Jackson hosted a dinner party in Bath to observe ex Sheriff John W Ballou’s eighty third birthday. Guests included William Mussenden Captain J Ross Kenniston Hon H D Maxwell E J Porter Charles A Coombs J C Jackson and Sheriff Merserve. The event featured a turkey dinner, flowers, cigars and a theater outing to see The Birth of a Nation. Ballou received gifts and later attended the Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Jackson
King Tavern
John W. Ballou
William B. Mussenden
Capt
J. Ross Kenniston
Boothbay Harbor
H. D. Maxwell
E. J. Porter
Charles A. Coombs
J. C. Jackson
Jackson
Merserve
Lincoln County
Mr. Ballou
Bath
Ballou
Capt J L Coombs Returns to New York From Home Visit
Captain J L Coombs came back to New York Monday after a short home visit. His vessel Frontenac is loading a general cargo in New York for the west coast of Africa and should sail about the 10th. He does not expect another home visit for six months. Mrs Roscoe P McFadden hosted a small auto party to Portland, seeing The Garden of Allah at the Jefferson. Thomas W Hickey, assistant port steward of Eastern Steamship Co., was in town Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Cooper
Capt. Cooper
U.S.N
Norfolk
William H. Page
Dummer St
Ethel Cochran
Edith
Quincy
Mass
George Dean
Ina Lougee
Portland
D. M. Humphreys
John McInnes
B. I. W. Hall
New York
Harry Morse
Jennie R. Morse
Washington St
Donald S. Sewall
Woodward
Alabama
Woodward Iron Co
Herbert Carlisle
Murray Club
Universalist Church
Eben J. Marston
Emilio de Gogorza
Washington, D. C
Mr. de Gogorza
Ritz-Carlton
J. L. Coombs
Frontenac
Africa
Coombs
Roscoe P. McFadden
Thomas W. Hickey
The
Eastern Steamship Co
City Council Acts on Important Matters in Bath
The Woolwich citizen gains Bath school fee abatement for Carlton. City boards approve undergrounding poles on Center Street and shifting L A & W track to road center. Officials pass accounts totaling 842.60 and elect inspectors and a pension eye examiner. A burned Front Street property is ordered repaired or removed with a hearing set for November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Aldermanic Chamber
N. E. Tel. and
Tel. Co
Front
Lincoln Streets
L. A
W. R.y
North St
Dain and
Smith
Committee On Accounts
Welch
Keegan
Municipal Court
Board of Aldermen
F. W. Carlton
Woolwich
Bath
Dain
Carlton
City of Bath
Pierce
Harry E. Ring
James E. Mitchell
Kershner
Peaslee
Mullin
Cahill
Front St
Klippell Block
Boston
Cit
Grassy
McKeon
McGillicuddy
Center St
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Herbert Mallard
Lucy Patten
Central Church League
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James Ledyard
Jane Moulton
Jula Emery
Annie Cox
de Gogorza
Ethel Leginska
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William R. Chapman
W. Emery Chase, Jr
Walter E. Chase
Whittier
Bowdoin College Gymnasium
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Herbert Calderwood
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EK. &. Smith
Charles H. Cahill
Charles, Jr
H. F. Morin
Edward
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Toronto
T. N. Kewley
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Ina S. Stuart
Brookline
A. C. Morse
Stone House
Fred A. Fuller
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M. H. Blackwell
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Greenville
Charles Hacker
New London Telegraph
Eugene F. MacMoran
Brewer Street
Bessie Mason
Clarence H. Lindsey
Mr. Lindsey
Electric Boat Company
Stephen S. Bunker
George A. Sanford
Cvw
Allan Brown
Rumford
William Sharpe
Alliquippa House
Small Point
Alvin Pye
Pye
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Sharpe
Augusta House
Purser McNulty
Virginia
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S. J. Cou
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