Bath Society Notes and Local Happenings
A long society column from Bath reports social visits, engagements, travel, and events. It notes church news, club programs, weddings, and a family tragedy, with mentions of residents such as Rev. George Colby DeMott, Miss Frances Simpson, and Miss Maud Murphy, among others, plus updates from Bath, Portland, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Portland
Philip Q. Loring
State St
Loring
George Colby DeMott
Central Congregational Church
Sunday School Class Hosts Evening at Miss Cutler’s Home
Miss M Janet Cutler and Miss Mary E Campbell hosted a pleasant Tuesday evening for their Sunday school class at Miss Cutler's home. The gathering featured informal talks and fellowship among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Janet Cutler
Mary E. Campbell
Miss Cutler
Wreck of the Fannie E Bowen details reach Portland
Captain Carter of Yar mouth perished after being knocked overboard during a furious gale on October 19 while the four masted Fanny Bowen carried hard pine lumber from Pensacola to Genoa. Avlona rescued seven crew members on October 21 amid heavy seas, with the derelict vessel posing navigation hazards and likely dynamite remedies planned by coast guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanssen
Avona
Portland
Norfolk
Fanny C. Bowen
Charles J. Carter
Yarmouth
Woolwich
Bath
Pensacola
Genoa
Carter
Avena
Coast Guard
Daughters of Hygeia Hold Second Quarterly Meeting
The Sagadahoc County Daughters of Hygeia met at the Colonial Cafe on Wednesday evening for greetings and a banquet. Mrs Ethel Kershner presided as president and committees on by laws and membership were appointed with plans to print the revised by laws soon. The session adjourned at 10 40 with discussion of future work and a guest from Brunswick. A death notification follows noting the passing of a local resident and listing survivors and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Hannigan
Bath
Josie Irish
Bowdoinham
Christine Snipe
Dasie Fuller
Mullin
F. N. Whittier
Brunswick
Obituary of Susanna Philbrook Higgins Briry
Mrs. Susanna Philbrook Higgins Briry aged 86 8 died after a brief illness from cerebral hemorrhage at her Grove Street home. Born in this city to Elisha Higgins and Sarah Donnell Storey she lived at the High Street Higgins homestead before moving with her late husband Dr. Milton S. Briry. A devoted mother active in charity and long time Winter Street Congregational Church member she belonged to Col. Dummer Sewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Cole
Bridgton
Galen C. Moses
John F. Briry
Malden
William S. _ Briry
Melrose
Milton S. Brrry
Grove St
Aramede Tarbox
Ernest Allan
Thomas Gibbons
Portland
Congress Square
Mary Mussenden
Marion White Moody
Moody
Gorham Normal School
Wavenock Camp
Lucy Patten
D.A.R
E. E. Briry
City
John F
Susanna Philbrook Higgins Briry
Briry
Elisha Higgins
Sarah Donnell Storey
Higgins Homestead
High St
Murphy
James F. Murphy
Milton S. Briry
Night freight car surge causes Bath yard crowding
The night work on the freight cars is driven by an influx of more cars than usual into Bath, crowding the spurs and yard. On Thursday evening the gates were kept busy as workers managed the unusual flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bartholomew Matjia Dies After Pneumonia Illness
Bartholomew Maria aged 64 died Thursday after a brief pneumonia illness. A native of Danvers Massachusetts he was a ship fastener by trade and had lived in Bath since childhood. Survived by brothers Thomas and John Maria both of Bath. Funeral from St Mary’s Church at 8 o’clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew Maria
Danvers
Mass
Anthony Maia
Bath
Thomas
John Maria
St. Mary’s Church
Boothbay Captain Heads New Oil Steamers for Gulf Run
Captain Lawrence Hodgdon of Boothbay travels to New York to take command of the steamer George Hawley. The Hawley and sister ship L. V. Stoddard have been lengthened and refitted for oil service with vast tanks. They are chartered to the Mexico and Tampa Oil Co. for years and will operate between Tampico, Mexico and New Orleans, likely for a lengthy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hodgdon
Boothbay
New York
George Hawley
Gulf of Mexico
Hawley
L. V.stoddard
New England
Chesapeake Bay
Mexico & Tampa Oil Co
Tampico
Mexico
New Orleans
Darton Plans Bowdoinham Gunner Camp for Visiting Mer rymeeting Bay
Darton of Portland and others promote a gunner club plan to build another year a camp on the Bowdoinham shore for the accommodation of members visiting Merrymeeting Bay in the open season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darton
Portland
Bowdoinham Shore
Merrymeeting Bay
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Independent
Charles
D Clarke
Bessie Potter
Allston
Nashua
N. H
Dorothy Higgins
Washington St
Alice M. Douglas
Gorham
Jennie Douglas
W. C. Oliver
A. G. Oliver
A. A. Percy
Boston
A. D. Stetson
Merton Webber
Popham
Annie Ward
Alice Robbins
Waterville
Universalist Sunday School of
Houghton
Juno
Boothbay Harbor
Mme
Emma Eames de Gogorza
Fetridge
Cleveland
Benjamin W. Morse
New York City
Jennie Morse
Katherine Torrey
George Luce
Middle St
Edward Purington
Florine Elliott
Rowe
Richmond
Millicent Clifford
Charlotte Hyde
Horatio A. Duncan
R. H. Baxter
W. S. Newell
Miss Brown
John H. Hyde
Mollie Tournlotte
Colby
Alonzo Harriman
Wallace Ham
Lester Morse
University of Maine
Harry S. Coombs
Lewiston
I. S. Coombs
James A. Bimson
Oliver Moses
Arthur Spinney
James Spinney
Miss Perkins
Herbert D. Maxwell
A. H. Shaw
Forest Park
Moosehead Lake
Professor Files
Bowdoin College
Prof. Files
Holland
E. M. Fuller
J. E. C. Sawyer
Lucy Kennedy
Rockland
Town
Misses Foote
Grace Cobb
Plummer
Quinninnippiohke
Winter Street
Arthur Carleton Shorey
William Scott Shorey
Panama
Louise Gibbs
Shorey
Bowdoin
International Banking Corporation
Hong Kong
Manila
Frances Simpson
Fred P. Simpson
Hartford
Conn
M. W. Sewall
Edward
San Francisco
American-Hawaiian Steamship Co
Mr. Sewall
Miss Maud Murphy
Alameda
August J. Bogel
Marfa
Tex
Miss Murphy
San Jose Avenue
Lincoln School
Bogel
W. W. Bogel
Southwest
Ebed Murphy
Maud Murphy Russell
Cal
Biddeford
James E. Hewey
United States District Court
Supreme Court
York County
Alfred
Court House
Treas
Brock
Hewey
Cosmopolitan Club
Ralph Dunton
F. T. Simpson
Hartford, Conn
Squirrel Island
Everywoman” Company
R. P. Ham
Virginia Shaw
Harry Tarbox
William Barry
Lily Maud Hillman
Linwood Clark
Bangor
Robert Sturgeon
Grant St
William G. Parker
Joseph Battell Shepard
St Paul’s Episcopal Church
Taylor Street
Dorothy Laughlin
Park St
Dorothy Hammond
Paul Harmon
John Patch
Frank Patch
Wesmount
Montreal
Patch
Jessie Ramsay
Folsom
Chalmers
Carter’s Union
John J.desmondco
Water Streets
Maine
Fannie E. Bowen
Avlona
Water
Center
Washington Sts
Hygeia
Bartholomew Matjia
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