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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1916
Page
8
The Bath area society note column reports social events and movements of residents. Judge William Putnam donates a nine volume Julia Pardoe set to the Patten Free Library. Several residents travel, host gatherings, and attend dances, weddings, and summer visits, with updates on work, schooling, and voyages.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Payne and Miss Virginia of this city together with Miss Zadie Payne of Portland began an automobile tour Saturday, setting out on an exploratory trip through the area.
A long roster of residents and guests visiting Portland and nearby towns includes Arthur Thistle, Mae Sawyer, Evelyn Goff, A Morse, A K Chaney, Mrs. Arthur H. Price, Lieut Haines, Mrs. J T Parris, Ernest Kennerson, Mr. and Mrs. E W Frazier, George B. Wetherbee, Mrs. C P Small, Harold, Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Emma Dow, Mrs. Sam Stark, Supt. John McInnes, Mrs. Charles W. Dennis, W F Pond, H A Owen, Charles E Plaisted, Harry C Sullivan, Walter Wiggin, Mrs. Charles A Lockery, Francis I Amory, Horatio Baker, and Mrs. Baker, with several trips to Quincy Small Point and Blue a labor day travels noted.
Michael Biggins and his son Henry head to Boston for a week while Joe Chapman of Lynn visits, and residents like Susie Cutting stay with relatives in Belfast. Others travel to Dorchester, Boothbay Harbor, and Baltimore for visits or vacations, with locals attending family gatherings and enjoying weekend trips to the White Mountains and Bar Harbor.
See Wing returns to Portland after a city visit. Arthur P. Sampson leaves Saturday for Waterville and Freedom. Miss Julia Robinson and Miss Mary McCann of Portland enjoy a two weeks outing at Southport. Mrs. William Mann returns from a ten day visit with sister in Lowell Vermont. J. J. Spinney of the Maine State Highway surveys a 2000 foot State Aid Highway in Durham. The Misses Sadie and Margaret Mellen of Quincy return home after two weeks. Mrs. C. E. Emerson of Wiscasset and Mrs. Eugene Webber visiting here Friday week. Mrs. Frank Brown and daughter Marion return to Concord after six weeks with Miss Lydia Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. William Boardman and son Ernest return from a week in Waterville with Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Turcotte. Misses Agnes Mara Gertrude Mara Anna Kane and Mary Murphy return from Squirrel Island to Worcester. Mr. and Mrs. Lothair Lowell travel to Berlin Springs New York for a weekend with Mrs. Harry Bartlett formerly Elsie Lowell. Mrs. F. R. Underhill of New York City, after weeks at MacMahan, visits Friday night then departs Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Manion and children James F. and Frank A. Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marr spend weekend and holiday at Bay Point. Miss Edna M. Martin goes to New Boston New Hampshire to teach in public schools. Miss Martin notes Miss Martin taught in Falmouth last year.
Wilbur and John Howe and Albert Thompson climbed the new tower at the Chops. Sunday. Miss Marie Morse of Cambridge has returned home after a visit with Frank Parris. Miss Viette Gay came home from Squirrel Island where she spent the summer. William J. Jacobs, Maine Central freight house receiving clerk, on annual vacation. W. Daley substituting. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Collins retired home Monday night from a 100 mile car trip along the upper Kennebec. Miss Sara Wade, nurse at Corey Hill Hospital, returned after summer with her mother. Helen Grady returned to Worcester after a summer at Squirrel Island and enters Wellesley College this fall. Mr. and Mrs. John Howe and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thompson hosted George Ames in North Woolwich. Mrs. Ames was formerly Ida Knowdon. Mrs. Carl Dearborn of Biddeford visits her parents in Spring Street. Also at home are Miss Jennie of New York and George L. Hopkins in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Moses L. Stevens of Newton Center visited town, registered at King Tavern, and returned Friday by auto. Mrs. Stevens was formerly Miss Marcia Sylvester. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Whitney and H. S. Keene of New York, F. E. Cook of Springfield for a Bay Point weekend. E. H. Cooks of the city accompanied them. Mr. Keen’s family, summering at the Keen cottage, will not break camp until mid month. Mr. Cook is a former Bath boy in the Samuel Green Co. appraisal department of Springfield.
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