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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
4
A collage of social items from Bath society includes a Halloween poem, a long list of guests at the Parris home in Upper Washington St., and club notes. Reports cover a neighborhood sewing club, YMCA women’s gym class, gift shop sales, and upcoming meetings at the Cosmopolitan and Fortnightly clubs.
Hon John S Hyde attended a Maine Central directors meeting in Portland on Wednesday and traveled to Boston with Mrs Hyde for a short visit. Mr and Mrs BE Plimmer, fresh from the National Council of Congregationalists in New Haven, reached Boston Tuesday and Colonel Plimmer began campaigning for the Republican ticket with a Brockton shoe workers address before moving to Pittsfield for further talks and an outdoor rally in Greenfield. Mrs Plummer stays at Youngs' for a few days.
Miss Clara Melllwain returned to Philadelphia on Wednesday following a visit with relatives in this city.
Miss Louise Haggett visits Boston for the week while Mr and Mrs Charles P Wetherbee take a weekend auto trip to Jackman and encounter the season's first snow and heavy ice. Mrs Charles F Magoun heads to Baltimore for the winter and will stop in Worcester to visit her son Frederick at the Institute of Technology.
The Cosmopolitan Club hosted a second open house with a large crowd. Members guided guests through the space while tea served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mrs. Baxter and Mrs. Drake poured. An Old Ladies' Home automobile party attended, and Miss Anne Kimball played piano. Stevens's orchestra provided dancing music as guests enjoyed coffee, sandwiches, and a full evening program.
Miss Jane Murphy hosted a Thursday afternoon tea for Mrs Fred Hector of Fargo North Dakota aguest of her parents Mr and Mrs William D Sewall of York Hall Mrs Hector poured at the event Miss Perkins another out of town guest also attended Drs Thayer and Hill of Waterville visited ex Sheriff John W Ballou on High Street to confer a high Masonic honor presenting him with a past grand commander s jewel Ballou a well known Mason in New England expressed surprise and appreciation
The Fisher flat at the corner of Oak and Washington Streets will soon be occupied by Mr. Altekamp and family. Mrs. Henry Cobb visited from Augusta this week, staying with Mrs. Herbert Mallard, while Mr. Cobb attended the annual teachers convention in Bargor.
George K Nichols, a draughtsman at Fore River Ship Building Co, will wed Miss Stella Cannon of Quincy. Nichols, a former Bath boy, is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles L Nichols of Washington Street.
Mrs. Gertrude Chapman from Augusta is packing up her Grove Street residence. The Scotney concert is planned at Winter Street Church on November 17.
Senor de Gogorta has fully recovered from his illness. Miss Louise Haggett visits Boston to study new dante steps. Mr and Mrs J L Evans and son Phillip enjoy a week’s vacation at North Conway.
The Saturday Club of Brunswick invites Fortnightly Club members to Town Hall on Thursday evening November 18 at eight to hear Halliday Witherspoon, noted newspaper correspondent and traveler, discuss Turbulent Mexico. Bath members should send names to Mrs Herman L Stover to reserve seats.
Mr and Mrs William D Sewall and daughter Dorothy came home last week from a Pacific trip joined by daughter Margaret now Mrs Fred M Hector of Fargo ND They attended the Convention of American Bankers in Seattle and visited San Francisco Los Angeles and Southern California along the way.
Miss Frances Moses returns to Abbott Academy after a Thursday morning visit. Supt. John McInness of the BIW tours New York on business. Miss Louise Perkins of Kansas City visits Mrs. John H. Hyde and then Mrs. William D. Sewall. Miss Alice Ram say returns home after two weeks in Boston area. Emilio de Gor gorza leaves for Washington to begin a recital tour. Colonial Club dances end with a pink fritted Music Hall party and a late collation by Caterer Charles H Cahill, followed by a musicale in club rooms.
The B. M. Plummers pack furniture in Philadelphia and begin breaking up their city home to relocate to the Rogers mansion in Bath. They expect to be settled in about three weeks.
The many Bath friends of Mert O Connell steward with the Eastern Steamship Co. will be pleased to hear that he has recovered from a severe illness and has resumed his position on the steamer Old Colony which is in winter quarters in East Boston.
Mr and Mrs Samuel J Chapman of Everett Mass formerly of this city are receiving congratulations upon the arrival of a little daughter The little lady has been named Ruth Elaine and is one month old today
Mrs. S. E. Pierce and her daughter Miss Alice traveled back to Dover after visiting her sister Miss Nellie F. Ounton of Green Street in Green Street, New Hampshire, on Wednesday.
Several residents report illnesses and recovery including Alex Shannon and Bert Groves. Ralph Kincaid and others take advantage of fair weather for partridge hunting. Mrs Sleeper to depart for Massachusetts. M Sleeper won prizes at Topsham Fair. Charles Roy to perform church work. memorial window planned for the Baptist Church. Whitman Holbrook suffers a toe injury. wood being loaded for transport to Rocklan.
An advertisement in N Herald offers sale of 375 acres of timber on Kennebec containing 3,500,000 feet and another tract at Small Point with 3,000,000 feet of standing timber. Both tracts appear owned by the same party and are accessible for winter shipment.
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