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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
10
Fragmented OCR lists names and brief notices of travel visits, family happenings, and small personal items. Mentions include Miss Julia Simmonds, Mrs John McGrath, R. Rano city editor, more trips to Baltimore by steamer, and various residents and relatives with scattered locations and associations.
Bath area residents attended gatherings and visits as friends and relatives arrived from Lewiston Portland Somerville and New York. Notable events included a wedding trip return, a 75th birthday anniversary, and a farewell reception for local visitors hosted by the Merritt family with several relatives in attendance.
A collage of personal updates, visits, and society events. Mentions of Mrs Alice, Miss Winfield Jordan visiting Yarpeush, trips to Bay Point and New Meadows, and a colonial club clam bake at Long Island. Rev Freeman’s conference attendance and long travel from Ocean Park to Wisconsin and Nova Scotia are described. Includes church leave, councilor duties, and family visits across multiple towns.
August 1 1906 entries list several Bath horses for the races tomorrow with Kitty Wilkes and Walter Race noted in the 2.35 trot. Free-for-all pace includes Danarell owned by Arthur Laat tié Plask neat andony owned by William Plummer. Miss Ella C Whitney of Tops forqpercher in Bath schooles Mrs Charles Geos of Boston. Linen flower tendered to Miss Whitney at Li Wwle Bath home yesterday afternoon in a veagia yeaeed surprise.
Seth T Snipe has engaged a 708 feet Tamar to Sere Invitations issued by Michael Malia for one man Curran at nine oclock. He sees 5 at St Marys church.
Sagadahoc Pomona grange met with Woolwich grange on a Wednesday evening. A six o’clock baked bean and salad supper was served with the ladies officers forming the committee. Mrs Ila Day was absent. Mrs Cora Belanger of Topsham led in her chair. Local numbers and questions were presented. A Scotch auction to benefit the Educational Aid Fund featured Mr Randlett as auctioneer. The next meeting will be at Bowdoin Center on Sept 25 with dinner at noon. West Bath representatives were noted among attendees.
Rev. and Mrs. Albert Freeman and daughter Trudi Ann returned home Thursday from Sable River Nova Scotia where they visited Freeman's parents Mr. and Mrs. Havelock Freeman It was Rev Freeman's first trip to his home since taking the ministryhip.
A spirited drive for Lt. Gen. Hugh A Drum seeks the GOP nomination for U S Senator as party forces marshal strength for the upcoming state convention at Saratoga Springs.
Mrs Ralph Stolen hosted the monthly contract club at her Arrowsic home on Tuesday. Dessert at one posted three tables of play with Fall flowers. first prize went to Mrs Elbridge R Wright, second to Miss Esther Drummond, and consolation to Mrs Edward Coombs.
Miss Patricia Farwell and Miss Joan McDonough of Bangor visited Miss Farwell's aunt Mrs Harold Darling of Drayton road during a cordial family visit.
Charles Pratt of the Spanish American War Veterans spoke to Bath members about building a home for the Dyer Ferry Post. He urged providing recreation for WWI and WWII veterans and noted plans to seek cemetery lots for closed members and patches for encampment attendees.
Mrs. William J Craft hosted the Inner Wheel at her Sabine Street cottage for an all day outing and picnic. A noon lunch featured salad and coffee, served by the hostess as her daughter Miss Ur a Craft looked on. A brief business meeting followed with president Mrs. Don ald Emero presiding. Plans were discussed.
Members of the Girls in Blue plan for the next meeting at 2 PM on September 12 with Mrs Frederick D Hill on High Street. Many are on vacation but expect to attend to plan fall activities while sewing a decree for the Memorial hospital interior of the new temple is briefly noted.
Ruth Hanson 16 of Woolwich died Saturday morning after an automobile accident in town. Born April 15, 1930 in Bath she would have joined Morse High School's senior class next week. Survivors include her parents three brothers a sister grandmother two aunts and an uncle. Funeral services were Tuesday at 3 30 in the Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence.
Plans are underway for the Hounds club of Masonic Temple to host an opening supper at Rock Hill Inn in West Bath on the evening of September 19. A share and steak dinner will be served by the pro- plan organizers for members and guests.
The af fair committee heads Albert Henderson with Edward Morse Lewis Sanborn and David Henderson. Tickets are being ordered and will be at Free man’s and Russell Colby’s barbershops on Front Street. Meals served at six o’clock. The club has met annually for about 15 years, last year interrupted by food scarcity. fall meetings hoped to resume through the season. Members of the club and other Masonic bodies are urged to attend to help make the gathering a gala occasion.
The Blackwells hosted several visitors at their Ville residence during a period of cordial gatherings. They enjoyed social calls and relaxed at home, sharing hospitality with friends and family over the visit.
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