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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1915
Page
4
Society notes from the Independent column recount September’s arrival and memories of youth as well as social visits and travels. Local residents including Hon. and Mrs. Hyde, Capt. and Mrs. Blasland, Walter Head, Charles Carter, Miss Charlotte Hallett, and many others are noted in engagements, visits, and outings around Bath and nearby towns.
Mrs Philip Little and her Salem sister spent Monday in town on a shopping excursion from their summer home at MacMahan.
Emma L Chapman sends to President John Shaw of the Mendelssohn Club a Bethel dated August 31 note. It regrets Labor Day picnic is called off due to poor arrangements with the G T A R and persistent rains making the woods unsuitable. invites all to attend the Maine Musical Festival instead.
Miss Winifred Carmer of Elizabeth New Jersey guests with Miss Jane Murphy and visits Bayville then Maine. The two met in Paris two years ago. Rev and Mrs A Frederic Duniels return to East Orange New Jersey from Popham Beach. Harold Sewall family tour Poland Springs and Mt Blue by auto. Herbert E Cole named Bridgton High principal. Mrs Cole from Bridgton.
Charles H. Mason will move into Frederic H. Low’s house on High Street next week after losing their home in the 1898 fire caused by poor water pressure. They have since resided in the Owen house on High Street.
Mrs. William A. Crocker of Bow doinham returned home Tuesday following a weekend visit with her sister Mrs. Edward H. Turner in this city.
A group of Bath girls including Ethel Mason Lillian Mason and Kendrick Johnson spend a week at the Johnson cottage near Indian Carrying Place under chaperonage of Mrs Johnson.
Lieut. C. W. Early U. S. N. inspector of machinery arrived Wednesday after a month’s leave spent in Northern Maine woods and Newport Rhode Island. The trip included time in the nearby woods and seaside resort areas.
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Adams came home Saturday after a two weeks outing at Popham Beach in the Hennessey cottage. Miss Madelyn Crosby, summering with her grandmother Mrs. Charles C. Crosby in Arrowsic, is now here. County Attorney Edward Bridgham and family left Wednesday for his former home in Bridgton for Labor Day vacation. William H. Shaw of Greenville, guest of his brother A. H. Shaw, left Tuesday for a Belfast business trip with M. H. Blackwell and Contractor Hacker.
Mrs. Daniel T. Dougheray spends the week in Spangor with Master Ballard visiting from Woodfords to the Humphreys residence on High Street. Mme Evelyn Sconey and Howard White will give a major concert in the Shipping City in November after a well received Northport program.
In Portland last week Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis celebrate the arrival of a 914 pound baby boy. Mrs. Davis is Blanche Matthews of the city.
Capt William Higgins of Bangor is visiting his sister Mrs James F Murphy on High Street. John Klippell head clerk at Leonard and Mitchell pharmacy is taking a two week annual vacation.
Sunday James T. Morse with Miss Gertrude Greenleaf and Mr. Mallard with Miss Bessie Dean enjoyed a car ride up the east side of the Kennebec in Augusta and thence to Winthrop and return, making the 100 mile ride before sunset.
Miss Idella Altekamp came back Saturday night from New Harbor where she attended a summer school. Her father Mr. Altekamp enjoyed the last two weeks of her stay and she will return to Kents Hill on Sept 14.
Right Rev. Bishop Codman of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine filed his intentions to wed Miss Margaretta Biddle-Porter of Washington and Pennsylvania. Codman is 55 and Miss Porter 32.
Invitations note the marriage of Harriet Susan Kelsey daughter of Mr and Mrs John Park Kelsey to Raymond Anderson Tuttle on Wednesday September 15 at eight oclock in Freeport Maine. They invite attendees with a post wedding Home address in Attleboro Massachusetts.
A Wednesday gathering at the King Tavern drew a group of women from multiple Maine towns including Portland Lewiston Augusta Bath and Bangor. Attendees named include Mrs Wilbur Rhodes Mrs Rufus Tibbetts Mrs W G Chapman Mrs Newland Bishop and Nora Grant Rice among others.
The Cosmopolitan Club held a Wednesday evening meeting with Miss Ballou presiding. Members approved a larger summer minstrel program at Music Hall and formed a committee to manage it. A board party, weekly social nights, sewing, cards, and a Christmas sale were proposed. New committees for house, program, and philanthropy were named. Several members were elected to active or associate membership and guests from out of town attended.
Alderman George F. Jackson and Counciman Sydney D. Swett begin a five week tour of California next week. They travel with Mr and Mrs Ernest Hathorne and Sumner Bailey of Woodwich delayed by Pullman booking issues west of Chicago. Jackson visits four lumbering brothers in Tacoma Modesto Woodside and San Francisco. Swett visits sister Mary R Swett in Long Beach and brother Jacob R Swett in Pismo, a resident since 1874. They have invitations to the San Diego Exposition.
Miss Flora Randall entered the sanatorium at Hebron. Miss Annie Cox spent the week in Topsham. Mrs. Charles W. Dennett and Mrs. Howard C. Barnes of Boston visited Mrs. Charles T. Jackson. Mrs. Henry W. Cobb of Augusta traveled home from the East. Rev. David L. Wilson and family returned from a month at Loon Island in Liberty.
Prof and Mrs Cushing of Sims return home after summer at Small Point. Capt Charles F Hughes and Mrs Hughes guests in Washington Sts for two weeks. Charles S S Brown heads to Essex Junction Vt to assist Baxter canning. Mrs Anna Palmer Sturtevant recovering after surgery at City Hospital. Capt and Mrs John Reed back from Capitol Island. Mrs Wood and Miss Ruth Wood leaving Kennebec log cabin for Pawtucket then Northampton for winter. Woolwich party departs for Pan Pacific Exposition with D Ernest Hathorne J Sumner Bailey George F Jackson Sid Swett. Ladines Aid to hold lawn party Labor Day Sept 6. Mrs George Erskine returns from visit in Bridgton. Francis Woodbridge and Natalie of Cambridge visit Miss Lillian Morton. Congregational Church Nequasset holds services Aug 5 with organ installation. Rev Folsom Ayer Smith Allen attend. Mrs A E Kelley of Small Point and daughter Nelle visit. Nelle to Scituate. Mrs William Mitchell attended Waterville Fair. Mrs James Colby and son Benjamin visit Mrs Colby’s parents in Richmond. Mrs Henry Carlton and daughter Elinor return from Small Point. Miss Vena Wooschester moved from City Hospital after appendix operation to Scott Tibbetts’ home.
A parade of guests and travelers arrives in Bath from Portland, Roxbury, Quincy, and Boston. Notables include Miss Virginia Shaw visiting Miss Ida Whitlam, Mrs. Scott Morse hosting in Portland, and Dr. J. L. Edes returning to Everett after summer at Southport.
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