Society Notes and Holiday Happenings in Bath
Mr and Mrs Edward O Cutler depart for their Pacific coast home as Fort nightly Club plans a Christmas travel talk on the fourteenth with Miss Emma Shorey. Santa visits Wesley church by air. Christmas parties, school changes, and New Year services fill Bath society pages with local names and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward O. Cutler
Pacific Coast
Emma Shorey
Langdon T. Snipe
Louise S. Fuller
Northampton
Mass
Smith Colege
Emma L. Shorey
Lisbon Falls
Tango Tea Tuesday at Cosmopolitan Club
Taukanita Club hosts a Tango Tea at the Cosmopolitan clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon from four to six. Miss Myrna Avery provided music for dancing. refreshments included tea cake and crackers. Mrs. Harold M. Sewall and the hostess oversaw serving. guests, including older friends, praised it as one of the best times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taukanita Club
Cosmopolitan
Myrna Avery
Harold M. Sewall
Norton named statistical clerk at Bureau of Labor Statistics
Augustus P Norton is appointed statistical clerk in the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington. He has served two years as a government office stenographer at Bath Iron Works and will move with his family to their new home next week. Mrs J Fred Tobey and Miss Pearl visit Boston. Mr and Mrs John Fisher and Miss Bessie return to Medford after Christmas in town with Mrs Rufus Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred D. Stetson
Boston
Arthur H. Stetson
Grace BE. Lightbody
Bedford Street
Grammar
North Grammar School
Susan Lt. Reed
Santa
Wesley Church
Fred Armes
Arthur E. Baum
Fred W. Armes
N. B. Cortell
Maude
Edna Bliss
Alfred Call
Mattie A. Allen
Weeks Street
Miss Allen
Ephie GC. Wright
Bath High School
Miss Wright
Charles L. Wright
Ernest T. Fulton
Lennox
Mass
M. Janet Cutler
Vassar College
Whittier School
Miss Cutler
Merrimac
Alexander M. Cutler
Leonice Morse
Marion Rossiter
Worcester
St. Margaret's School
Newbury
Augustus P. Norton
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Bath Iron Works
J. Fred Tobey
Miss Pearl
John Fisher
Miss Bessie
Medford
Rufus Richards
William R. Chapman
Maine
Worcester County Musical Association
Mechanics Hall
Music
Maine Physician Injured in Brunswick Sleigh Crash
Dr Gilbert M Elliott was thrown from his sleigh on Brunswick Maine street Sunday during a street race by six horsemen. Miss Pearl Sadler with him suffered a facial cut needing stitches while Ridley and his horse were unhurt. A complaint will seek to ban street horse racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Gilbert M. Elliott
Maine Street
Brunswick
Elliott
Dr. Elliott
Miss Sadler
Mr. Ridley
Bates College chapel dedicatory service announced
The public is invited to a dedicatory service for the Bates College chapel on Wednesday at three o'clock in the afternoon. Portland municipal organist Will C. MacFarlane will provide the music for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates College Chapel
Will C. MacFarlane
Portland
First Ladies Night at Grace Church Men’s Club
The Grace Church Men’s Club hosted the first Ladies Night on a Wednesday with a New Year party. Out of town entertainer George Bartlett Cutter entertained as a singing humorist while Mrs. Robert B. Hatch and a Grace Church choir quartet performed. Refreshments, dancing after 10 pm, and New Year greetings followed as 1914 began with a German figure dancing feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Morse
Summer Street
Owen Ledyard
Clarence Morse
Mr. Morse
Churchill
Eben J. Marston
Ernest A. Allan
Grace Church
George Bartlett Cutter
Boston
Robert B. Hatch
D A R Session Set to Hear Mrs Plummer on Pageantry in History
Mrs Edward C Plummer will speak at the D A R session Tuesday afternoon her subject titled What Pageantry Does for History. The address will examine how ceremonial display enhances historical understanding for audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Plummer
Mrs Patten Family Return From Massachusetts Visit
Mrs Frank Patten and her daughter returned to South Byfield Massachusetts on Wednesday after a two week stay at Mrs D C Snow's Front Street home. The Beacon Street Ladies Aid held a pleasant session yesterday at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Patten
South Byfield
Mass
D. C. Snow
Front Street
Beacon Street
Aid
Mrs Elizabeth Dean Hosts Auction Tables at Pearl Street
Mrs Elizabeth P. Dean entertained with two auction tables yesterday afternoon at her Pearl Street home. The event honored Mrs Leonard Nors of New York City, visiting her parents Rev. and Mrs. O. W. Folsom. Mrs Clifford S. Barbour hosted the Central Church Ladies Aid group, and Mrs Rupert Baxter spent Wednesday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth P. Dean
Pearl Street
Leonard Norsworthy
New York City
O. W. Folsom
Clifford S. Barbour
Central Church
Rupert Baxter
Portland
Webber Attends Public Speaking Conference in Boston
James P. Webber was in Boston for the first annual Public Speaking Conference meeting at the Speakers' Clubhouse in Cambridge. He plans to return home tonight and stay until Wednesday when he will go back to Phillips Exeter Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Webber
Boston
Cambridge
Phillips-Exeter
Central Congregational Church to Close for Interior Alterations
The Central Congregational church and its chapel will close for the month for extensive interior work. Improvements aim to finish by February first, when the new pastor is expected to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
New Year Tree Observances At Bath Asylum
The Bath Military and Naval Asylum held its annual New Year tree event drawing a large crowd. Miss Eliza Brown and Miss Nathalie welcomed visitors and guided them through decorated rooms as seventy children received six gifts each. The program featured songs, recitations, a story by Mrs. Alexander of Brunswick, and a distribution of toys and candy from Brunswick and Auburn groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Corey
Wesley Church
Alexander
Brunswick
Major Kimball
Mayor Larrabee
William Watson
Horatio Duncan
Arthur Baum
N. B. Cortell
Mr Daley
Thomas
Yarmouth
Brunswick Relief Corps of
Auburn Society
Conley
Harry Ring
Mr. Corey
Bethleham
Vera Burgess
Margaret Hazey
New Year Party Hosted by Miss Priscilla Kimball
Miss Priscilla Kimball entertained on New Year Eve with a merry party attended by Taukanita Club members and her young men friends in a festive social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taukanita Club
Leonice Morse
Summer St
Priscilla Kimball
Dartmouth-bound Trott brothers return from holidays
Raymond Trott left yesterday to resume his course at Dartmouth after a holiday stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph M Trott Bowen Torrey another Bath boy at Dartmouth returned Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Trott
Dartmouth
Joseph M. Trott
Bowen Torrey
Bath
Edna Douglass Engaged to Allen Niles of Hallowell
Gardiner couple announces the engagement of their daughter Edna L Douglass to Allen D Niles of Hallowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Douglass
Gardiner
Edna L
Allen D. Niles
Hallowell
New Meadows Boat Club to Elect Officers Next Tuesday
The New Meadows Boat Club will hold its next regular session on Tuesday evening to elect officers for the ensuing year. Supper will be served at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows Boat Club
Informal Fortnightly Club Reception and Meetings
The Fortnightly Club held an informal New Year reception with a chaired session by Mrs. John A. Morse. Minutes were read, bylaws discussed, and a committee formed to draft rules. Guest Night announced with Henry Warren Poor as speaker and a future Bruns wick visit planned for January tenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Morse
Frostena Marston
Brunswick
Miss Hawes
Memorial Hall
Harry Stinson
Teague
T. P. Gibbons
Ernest A. Allan
Clare Coombs
Jane Whitmore
Anna Palmer
E. M. Fuller
Jane Murphy
Charles Webber
Thomas S. Gibbons
Minnesota Woman Advocates Corsetless Fashion Change
A Minnesota reader in January Woman's Home Companion argues modern fashions are hygienic and comfortable. She cites low heels, corsetless figures, and a one piece dress with basic undergarments, urging continued freedom to benefit future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Companion
Minnesota
Captain Colby Dead Veteran steamship captain dies at 66
Captain George W. Colby longtime Eastern Steamship Corp pilot dies after long illness at age 66. Born in Westport 1847 he sailed from Gloucester and later commanded government craft before serving Kennebec River trade to Boston. Funeral services held with many navigators and officials in attendance. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Colby
Colby
Eastern Steamship Corporation
City of
Rockland
Capt. Colby
Westport
Jacob Colby
Gloucester
Grand Banks
James T. Morse
Atlantic
Bath
Bath Iorn Works
Kennebec
Boston
Bethel
Kennebec River
Augusta
Gardiner
Richmond
Calvin Austin
Casco Harbor
Masters’ Mates and Pilots’ Association
Acadia Lodge
People’s Baptist Church
Highland Street
Francis W. O’brien
Union Square Baptist Church
Somerville
People’s Church
Samuel A. Evans
O’brien
James S. Lowell
Oak Grove
Cemetery
Historical Salad event planned by D A R chapter in Portland
Preparations are underway for the Historical Salad to be served by the Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter D A R Portland on the second Monday afternoon in January at two thirty in Pythian Temple. The regular chapter meeting will feature surprises and attract many Daughters of the American Revolution as plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wadsworth
Portland
Pythian Temple
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John EB. Fitzgerald
New York
Mark Burlingame
Mark, Jr
Jamaica Plains
M. B. Hodgdon
Central Church League
Charles T. Jackson
Agnes Humphreys
Martha A. Foote
William A. Percy
Emma Dunton
Karl van Baman
St. Mary’s Church
Wesley M. E
Wesleyites
J. E. C. Sawyer
Esther Jones
Boston Conservatory
High Street
Charles H. Mason
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Henry W. Cobb
Murray Street
Florence Nichols
Round Pond
Frank B. Nichols
North Street
Horace Morse
Powder Point School
Duxbury
Elizabeth Houghton
McIlwain
Philadelphia
Universalist Sunday School
Allen Brown
Tango Tea
Pearl Miller
Margaret Hoffman Rea
James Jones
Tommy
Wilber Edgerley
Martha Williams
Emma Temple
Shepards
Lewis Taylor
Florence Hoffman
Florence Houston
Hazel Hazey
Erma Temple
Annie Torrey
Walter Chase
Cosmoplitan Club
Gould J. Brown
Cambridge, Mass
Church of the New Jerusalem
Knights of Columbus
John Shaw
Albert Fitch
Andover ‘Theological Seminary
First Baptist Church
Kenneth Weeks
Cora Martin
Eva McLellan
Arthur J. Dunton
J. L. Purington
W. H. White
Jennie Goodman
Grace Goodwin
H. W. Moulton
Prudential Committee
Lily Pray
M. A. McKusi
S. C. Hill
Lena Heal
Jennie Norton
A. J. Dunton
Arthur Norton
A. R. Pratt
Ernest Eaton
Arthur Luce
Arthur Stewart
Hettie Hodgdon
Pliny Lyons
Steamboat
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