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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1914
Page
5
The Independent highlights Halloween revelry with apples and pumpkins, and lists local society news. It covers birthdays, anniversaries, club events at the Cosmopolitan Club, lectures, visitors, travel to Portland for a teachers convention, and community notices including charity and suffrage events.
Mrs Cahill hosted a Tuesday auction party with ten tables. First prize went to Mrs Myra Rice while Mrs A H Shaw received the booby. Miss Carrie Moses catered and Mrs Charles S Brown and Mrs B F Barker helped serve. Refreshments featured lobster salad rolls coffee ices and cake.
Frank A. Owen of Bangor and son David join William P. Sherburne of Dover and Foxcroft in managing Central Hall Dover. The hall with 600 seats will operate as vaudeville and picture theatre with occasional road shows after Owen's retirement from the Bangor Opera House fire last winter.
Mrs. F. W. S. Blanchard entertained lady friends Monday afternoon at her Dummer Street home with a whist party.
Monday afternoon featured a charming auction bridge party with eleven tables and floral décor. Prizes went to Mrs. J. O. Lincoln, with Mrs. F. H. Kimball as booby. Miss Carrie Moses catered and several hostesses assisted.
Brief items list visits and associations among residents. Mr and Mrs Mark W Sewall on brief Boston visit. Frank A Palmer and Grace visit New York. Mrs Emma McLellan Duncan with mother in Portland. Naval Constructor L S Adams of Kittery Navy Yard stopped in town on official business at B I W. Mrs A E Baum and Mrs Wright traveled to Bangor for the State Sunday School Convention. Eugene M Desmond returning from Lowell. Arthur E Bishop and B H Bridgham back from Harvard Princeton game. Fred Thompson and Daniel Williams from same game. Central Church League to hold Christmas sale Dec 9.
Miss Catherine Mace Currier of Hallowell and Edwin Clarence Burleigh of Augusta wed at the bride’s home with Rev. William F. Livingston and Rev. Langdon Quimby officiating. Attendants included Mona Warner, Mary Boyd, Havene Quimby, Lucile Quimby, Amy Tilden, Norma Bryant, and Burleigh Burleigh. Reception followed as guests from Massachusetts and New Hampshire attended. the couple plan to reside in Augusta.
Mme Emma Eames de Gogorza and her husband Emile de Gogorza have landed at the Plaza Hotel aboard the Duca degli Abruzzi. They carry little baggage and may soon return to Paris to attend to personal effects after a Salso Maggiore summer. Mme Eames planned a Portland concert on Oct 1, while De Gogorza will tour the United States. A Washington society wedding is planned this fall between Miss Marguerite Stockton Le Breton and Ralph Stuart Rainsford with many prominent relatives involved. The ceremony is set for Nov 9 at Lieutenant Le Breton's home in Washington. Rainsford, son of Rev Dr W S Rainsford, studied at Harvard and has spent time in California as a mining engineer.
The Misses Mary Baxter and Mary Mussenden travel Thursday to spend Sunday with Miss Eleanor Adams at Kittery Navy Yard. They will attend a reception aboard a battleship at the yard hosted by the daughter of a naval officer.
A roundup of local residents and guests visiting from Portland Damariscotta Boston Allston and Philadelphia includes A W Flynt in Portland Mrs W S Nason and son Kenneth in Damariscotta Mrs Thomas Wheeler in Waterville Charles L Pratt in Allston Mass and John P Hayes with Harold and Helen in Portland. Grace Kateen at South Bristol plans weekend at home.
Local notes report a chimney added to the tugboat bungalow River View on Mulligan’s wharf ahead of Thanksgiving. Oyster supper planned at South Woolwich parsonage next Thursday or Friday if stormy.
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