Social happenings of the week in Bath city life
Mrs. Lewis Spicer hosted Bath Nurses club at her New Meadows cottage with a shore meal and radio music. Out of town guests included Mrs Francis McDonald from Quincy Mass and Mrs William Burke of Newark NJ. Numerous Bath residents and visitors attended social events, luncheons, auctions, birthdays, and garden gatherings across the week with travel and local civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Spicer
Bath Nurses Club
New Meadows
Walter Rogers
Mr. Spicer
Francis McDonald
Quincy
Mass
William Burke
Marjorie
William
Newark
N. J
M. E. Farbish
Bath City Hospital
McDougall
Ralph Small
Eric Haggett
Leonard Munsey
Stella Bowden
Local residents travel and family news update
Mrs M J Diffin departs from lower Middle street for Alton Bay Illinois to attend Sunday camp meeting services. Lieut Edward Fitzgerald and Charles M Fitzgerald return home after several days in Boston. John C Fitzgerald of Fitchburg Massachusetts joins them in Bath for the weekend with his parents. Mr and Mrs John E K Fitzgerald of Washington and Mrs Della Morey of Phippsburg return Thursday after a week with Mrs Anthony F Thomas of 9 Fremont street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Bancroft
Beulah
Earl
Bernard Hoyt
Stoneham
Mass
Charles Oliver
Brunswick
Bancroft
Olivers
Mechanic Street
M. J. Diffin
Lower Middle Street
Alton Bay N. IL
Edward Fitzgerald
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Boston
John C. Fitzgerald
Fitchburg
Bath
John EK. Fitzgerald
Washington Street
Della Morey
Phippsburg
Anthony F. Thomas
Inont Street
James McDougal
Ruth
Quincey
John McDougal
Plum Lane
Bath and Portland Summer Visitors Return Home
Fred Fiteh returns to Philadelphia after weeks at Popham Beach. Mrs Fiteh and her children plan to return next Friday. Numerous friends and relatives travel between Bath Portland and surrounding towns, visiting family, hosting guests, and attending social events during the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fiteh
Philadelphia
Popham Beach
Bath Scene Mixed Summer Visitors and Homecomings
Mr and Mrs W F Burke and sons Junior and Edward who occupied a cottage in the Larrabee Grove on the New Meadows for the summer have returned after a few days business trip in Boston. Mrs Ethel Bruce and son Francis are visiting friends in Boston. Miss Elizabeth Hamlin of Rockland is visiting Miss Merline Brackett in Bath. Gilbert Maxwell of North Adams Mass Archie Jones a garage keeper and Thomas Beatty a bank employe are passing a few days in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Stockham
New York
Bath
Paul K. Niven
George Wilson Scudder
George
Winfield S. Upson
Westfield
Mass
Clark Cottage
New Meadows
Augusta
Boston
Andrew Kingsbury
Vauline W Kingsbury
Byron Steele
Watertown
Ethel Bruce
Francis
Elizabeth Hamlin
Rockland
Merline Brackett
Gilbert Maxwell
North Adams
Archie Jones
Thomas Beatty
Everett Sinclair
Bangor
Sinclair
The
Upjohn Co
Webbers Drug Store
Mrs Edmund Staples Hosts Thursday Bridge Luncheon
Mrs Edmund Staples entertained Thursday noon with a luncheon followed by bridge at her Front street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Staples
Front Street
Wildes Purington
Topsham
Daniel T. Dougherty
Walter Miellett
Red DL. Hill
Bridge
New Brunswick Nova Scotia Trip Recalled by Moore Family
Mr and Mrs Wellington A Moore and daughter Shirley returned from a ten day auto trip covering 1100 miles through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. They visited St Stephens Amherst St John and Moneton and traveled 267 miles home. They stayed with Mr and Mrs Harry Moore in St Stephens and enjoyed the vacation. Mr Morris Povich and son came home by motor from Bar Harbor after visiting Mrs Povichs old home and touring Lafayette National Park and the million dollar highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington A. Moore
Shirley
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
St. Stephens
N. B
Mr. Moore
Harry
Moore
St. John
Moneton
N. R
Amherst
Morris Povich and
Bar Harbor
Somerville and Methuen Guests Stay With Brookings Pair
Mr and Mrs Arthur FE Keating of Somerville Massachusetts and Mrs E P Blinn of Methuen Massachusetts are guests of Mr and Mrs Reed KE Brookings of Arrow sic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur FE. Keating
Somerville
Mass
E. P. Blinn
Methuen
Reed KE
Brookings
Arrowsic
Miss Anna MacMillan Accepts Newark Hospital Post
Miss Anna MacMillan of Glasgow Nova Scotia has accepted an executive position at Christ hospital in Newark New Jersey and is en route, pausing in Brunswick for a few days. She recently visited Bath and lunched with Miss M E Furbish and Mr William Thistle and son Harold of Dorchester Massachusetts arrived to open their home at 19 Mechanic Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Osborne
Randolph, Mass
Mrs. Lincol -Hondlette
Woolwich
Anna MacMillan
Glasgow
N. S
Bath City Hospital
Christ Hospital
Newark
N. J
Brunswick
Bath
M. E. Furbish
The
City Hospital
William Thistle
Harold
Dorchester
Mass
Brim Jewett Delights Augusta Patrons At Pleasant Pond
The Augusta audience at Pleasant Pond enjoyed Brim Jewett, a Bath native recently back from Memphis, who plans vaudeville this winter. He performed a specialty dance and sang, still showing his old charm and adding new feats. Bristol, Conn., residents Miss Frances Lord and others drove to Belgrade for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec Journal
Augusta
Pleasant Pond
Jewett
Memphis
Tenn
Wetherbee Injured As Tree Limb Falls On Bath Street
W. Fred Wetherbee of 648 High street suffered painful injuries to his nose mouth and back when a heavy wind snapped a tree limb he was pruning from the rear, throwing him into ashes and dirt. Doctors Marston and Morin examined him with X rays. he remains bedridden but resting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Fred Wetherbee
High Street
Shim
Mr. Wetherbee
E. J. Marston
Harry Morin
Wetherbee
Elmer Pray
Leonard Wetherbee
Melrose
Maxs
Miss Frances Lord Resumes Post After Summer Visit
Miss Frances Lord departed Monday for Morgantown North Carolina to resume duties as instructress in a school for the deaf after a summer vacation spent with her mother Mrs John A Lord Pearl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lord
Morgantown
N. C
John A. Lord
Pearl Street
Senator Powers Visits Representative Drake Overnight
Senator Paul H. Powers of Aroostook county was an overnight guest Friday of Representative J. Edward Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Powers
Aroostook County
J. Edward Drake
Local Visitors and Socials Highlight Boston Guests
Mr and Mrs Harold L Thompson return to Boston after two weeks at Hardings with Thompson family. Mrs R P McFadden and Mrs Addie P McFadden host Miss Carrie Hall of Boston. Miss Frances Lord hosts an auction party on Pearl Street for Miss Barbara Scudder of Tristol Conn. Prizes go to Lydia Buxter Gladys Olm and Martha Barker. Lord heads to North Carolina Monday. Frances Oliver returns home from Bradford Inn Pemaquid Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Scudder
Bristol
William Yule
Elizabeth Dunbar
Charles Robinson
Walter Dunbar
Ralph Dunbar
James Tabor
Philip Robinson
John Beals
Paris Hill
Norway
Poland Spring
Mere Point
Harold L. Thompson
Boston
Hardings
Mr. Thompson
George E. Thompson
R. P. McFadden
Addie P. McFadden
Carrie Hall
Portland
Frances Lord
Pearl Street
Tristol
Conn
Lydia Buxter
Gladys Olm
Martha Barker
Miss Lord
North Carolina
Frances Oliver
Bradford Inn
Pemaquid Point
Washington Street
Shaw family returns from visit to New England towns
Robert Shaw came back Sunday to Lynn Massachusetts where he works for General Electric after a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Fren P Shaw of Greenstreet. Mr and Mrs William Dunning of Staten Island and Mr and Mrs William Barnes of Jersey City returned after a brief visit with Mr and Mrs FE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shaw
Lynn
Mass
The
General Electric Company
Fren P. Shaw
Greenstreet
William Dunning
Staten Island
William Barnes
Jersey City
James A Lawrence Visitor in Bath Friday
James A Lawrence of Lynn visited Bath on Friday. He formerly spent summers there in the 1870s and 1880s, usually staying at the home of S P Hitchcock associated with the Adams and Hitchcock shipbuilding firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Lawrence
Lynn
Bath
Mr. Lawrence
S. P. Hitchcock
Adams and Hitchcock
Dyer's Visit Spans Family Households in New England
Mrs. Claude B. Dyer, visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. George H. Coombs on Cherry Street, left Saturday for Lewiston to spend a few days with her sister Mrs. Clarence Lakin before returning to Malden, Massachusetts. Mrs. L A Chapman and daughter Eleanor of Hamilton, Massachusetts, who have been visiting Dyer's parents, will return with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. Dyer
George H. Coombs
Cherry Street
Lewiston
Clarence Lakin
Malden
Mass
L. A. Chapman
Eleanor
Hamilton
Portland families visit Bath and Boston connections
A long list of Bath area social arrivals and visits describes Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Warren and children traveling from Portland to Boston with plans to reside near Boston after transfer. Also noted are guests and locals in Bath including Miss Fay Lamphier bound for Atlantic City, along with several leisure visits to Popham Beach, Lewiston, Denver, and Sebasco, and appearances at dances and circuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Warren
Burgess
Eleanor
Frederick
Boston
Portland
Ore
Warren
Panama Canal
Havana
Fay Lamphier
California
State of California
Atlantic City
Engagement announced at Boothbay Harbor dinner
Joseph Sewall son of Mr Mrs Mark W Sewall of Washington street and Gara Dunton daughter of Mr Mrs Lewis A Dunton of Toothbay Harbor were announced engaged at a dinner hosted by Miss Duncan in Boothbay Harbor Friday night. Auction followed with Mrs John Redman winning first prize and Mrs George Nevin second. Dunton attended Miss Iaskell's in Cambridge and Chandler secretarial school in Boston. Sewall served in the US Navy on the USS Evans and works at C M Rice Paper Co Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sewall
Mark W. Sewall
Washington Street
Gara Dunnton
Lewis A. Dunton
Toothbay Harbor
Miss Duncan
Boothbay Harbor
John Redman
George Nevin
Mass
Chandler Secretarial School
Boston
Mr. Sewall
Morse High School
United States Navy
U.S. S. Evans
C. M. Rice Paper Co
Portland
Mr and Mrs Frank Vike Head to Nobleboro for Two Weeks
Mr and Mrs Frank Vike departed Sunday to Nobleboro for a two week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Vike
Nobleboro
Bath Notes Highlight Local Moves and Events
William Mann moves his doughnut shop to 55 Center Street with a new oven and expanded menu. Local infrastructure spending, windlass installation for government ships, home repairs, fall farming notes, hunting plans, circus kindness, and community notices fill Bath’s scene as autumn nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mann
Center Street
Kennedy Bakery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thelma Barbour
Ida Moore
Sam H. Shank
St. Petersburg
Flu
William T. Starr
Mr. Starr
Standard Register Co
Directin
Maine
New Mhnmpshire
Vermont
Forrest Rogers
Waterbury, Conn
Mrs
George W. Rogers
Trufant Street
Dexter P. Cooper
Cooper Electric
Bay of Fundy
New Meadows Inn
Masonic Temple
Harry S
M Rrill Inc
George H. Dole
Wilmington
Del
Wayne
Edward H. Kimball
Albert E. Looper
Lincoln Street
Donald Sewall
Small Son
Marcia Wetlock
Nathan Petlock
Franklin Street
Miss Vetlock
Roxbury
Morris Petlock
Mary McMann
Herbert McMann
Jennie Middleton
Herbert
Tierman Hatch
Jona Grace
Eleanor Libby
Margaret
Amy McMann
Frances Miller
Mary Coffill
Evelyn Middleton
Catherine Vanscoten
McMann
John Burgess
Southbay Harbor
Mary Twitchell
Helen Twitchell
Waddonfield
Davis Hatch
Greenville
Joanwise Sanders
Lucy Elciertwell
Cambridge
Edward Hartwell
Lewis Berry
Willard
Lewis
Bosterm
Edward Thomas
Mar. Thomas
Bk. L. Carlson
Whippsburg
Helen Elaine Low
May
Arthur Low
Cresent Street
Helen Mulligan
Alice
Willis Whatner
Bernard
Billy Juive
Winship Street
Five Islands
Miss Olive Call
Dresden Mills
Toward Rice
Mechanie Street
Charles N. Pratt
Maine National Guard
Mr. Pratt
Union Gear & Machine Co
Purchase Street
New England
Mrs. Emery
Wing of
Toysham
Wyman’s Beach
Small’ Point
Rufus Lombard
L. L. Waite
Livermore Falls
Charles Seeley
Williamstown
L. PF. Pike
Newton
Beulah Bancroft
Philip Fisher
Roland Rolfe
Moosehead Lake
Albert Crosman
College Street
Henry McCabe
North Street
Crosman
Lewiston National Bank
William Evans
Ella Snipe
Arrowsie
Spring Street
A.C. Packard
Rockport
Kennebec
Town
William Landrigan
Thomas ‘Landrigan
Highway Education Board
Highway ‘Education Board
Stephen James
Alice Bowie
Drummond Street
Edward Billings
Mr. Billings
Fred Billings
Albion. Staples
Birch Point
Olive Dunham
Eveyln
Hormell
N. Y
Lula M. Emery
Auburn
Joel Pearl Card
Ernest Houdlette Card
Bowdoinham Ridge
Milan, Niles
Syracuse
Niles
George H. Perry
George R. Perry
Milan Street
Cherry Valley Turnpike
Mohawk Trail
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
H. B. Snell
John Lemont
Edward
Salem
Stella Duprey
Anna Conley
Ann E. Conley
Julia Clark
Hampton Beach
JL. F. Pike
Chase
Small Point
E. S. Stackpole
Sanfords
Fred W. Larrabee
Elmer Craig
Merton Wright
Charles Kenney
Stackpoles
Grace Tyler
Lillian Cutler
George F. Preston
Virginian
Newark, N. J
James (. Nedtwick
Paterson, N. J
W. H. Jones
Charles Street
William A. McNeal
Exalderman
Ralph. Covel
Lucy Mason
Rangeley
WH. Fenn
Wilmington, del
Lincoln Touclette
Harriet Rice
Patrohuan
Melville Rice
Porthind
Maine General Hospital
Tessie Bruce
Albert
Highland Street
William V Plummer
M. EB. Furbish
Junior Hospital League
Winifred Johmson
Solon Presley
Wiscasset
Albert Dingley
Dover, N. T
William Holland
Thomas Neagle
Willow Street
Bessie McLellin
East Toston
Joseph FE. Hart
Itt Tentercerreety
Mildred Palmer
Priscilla Magoun
Belgrade
Lillian Leeman
Somerset Place
Alice Hartnett
Oscar A. Page
Orville FE. Page
Middle Street
T. F. Goldmark
H. M. Orr
William S. Shorey
Searsport
Shorey
Sargent
Albert H. Shaw
Mabel Coombs
Farmington
Frederick N. Sewall
Kansas City
Frank Sewall
Pront’s Neck
Samuel 8S. Sewall
Ruth Leader
Fred Hartnett
Doris Davis
Waltham, Mass
J. W. Loughlin
Newcastle
FE. EF. Byrd
Soldiers’ National
Jogus
Maj
Byrd
Leavenworth
Kan
Loughlin
New York City
France
George Barter
Southport
Guy Nichols
Jason A. Merrill
Marie
Leah
Swan Island
Marion
Dorothy Colter
Essex
Winifred Johnson
Fairfield
Orin Leonard
Miss Johnson
Nate Richardson
Gloucester
Winfield
Upson
Annie Riggs
Adelbert Bailey
Delle
Mt.Vernon
Mrs. Bailey
Emma
Martha Hooper
Green Street
Elizabeth E. Webber
Denver
Colo
Harriette GG. Ohler
Miss Webber
A. N. Toleman
Yarmouth
Robert Ramsay
Oak and
Lincoln Streets
David Rogerson
Deletra of
Gorham
Pophiam Beach
Mrs. Gilman Seabury
Daniel Miller, Jr
Penobscot
Miler
Edward H. Sampson
Lucy Coombs
Henry W. Butler
William Hl. Swan
J. F. Dunton
Sebasco
William S. Kenyon
R. D. Eby
Capt. Eastman
Basin Inn
Anchorage
Casco Bay
Robert Livingstone
Winchester
Calais
William Thickens
W. R. Gay
Board of Registration
Gardiner
City
F. E. Oliver
Pearl
Oakland Park
Fred Haining
Dorothea I. Brown
Roxbury, Mass
Harry Skinner
Andrews Road
Sergi
Samuel McElroy
Fort Leavitt
Page Wyman
Poplin Beach
Lottie Willams
Charlotte
Sadie Boies
Janes Blair
Sam Levin
Bath Department Store
George P. Addison
Kimmit Moses
Lydia C. Moses
Walter Potter
Mr. Potter
Maelyn Oliver
Mount Holyoke College
Wells Beach
Lois Woodbury
Nashua
Woodbury
Agnes Tweedie
Belont
Dain Cottage
Sabine
Mount Holyoke
Lewiston Journal
Brunswick-Mere Point
Hyde Windlass Co
la Forest Springer
Mason M. Lemont
Belfast
Chamber of Commerce
Kendall Long Branch
Bowdoinham
Land of Dreams
F. W. O'Brien
Brooklyn
Lawrence TR. Greenwood
Boston Post
Greenwood
Margaret Orr
Amy Lowell
Whiting
Boston Herald
King House
Anna Moore
Governor King
Presque Isle
Eddie McNulty
Sabino
Popham
Georgetown
Walter L. Main
Oak
State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Asylum
Times
Walter H. Bowker
Charles D. Clarke
Center and
High Streets
Battery H
Waterville
Head Beach
Front
Smith
Grindell
Colonial Club Orchestra
WEE
Kennebec Bridge
Tath
Webster House
Bay Point
Toston
Parker Head
Legion
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