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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1930
Page
4
Portland visitors mingle with Bath residents as many plan vacations and attend church services. The item lists Miss Natalie Kidder, Miss Elizabeth McKay, Miss Josie Blagdon, and others visiting or returning from trips. a ring ceremony is noted. several Bath families host guests and hostesses hold gatherings at homes and churches.
Mr and Mrs Charles R Higgins left Saturday morning by auto for Crescent Lake near Rangeley to spend the week with Mr and Mrs Oliver Moses at their camp. On Monday they were joined by Mr and Mrs Briggs Mrs Lowrie R Staples and Mr and Mrs F B Nichols.
Mrs George Moore and her daughters Plorence and Jean have been staying eight days with Mr and Mrs Herbert Worrey at 1207 Washington Street while visiting Mrs Moore’s daughter Miss Josephine Moore a student nurse at the City Hospital. Mr and Mrs Roy L Lutz are the parents of a son born at the Bath City.
Professor and Mrs Carl M Schmaly and son Richard of Amesbury Mass visited Ridin Light Lodge 732 High Street and Professor Schmaly is with Harvard University bureau of business research. Mrs William Dennison and four children return home on Middle Street after a summer at Vinalhaven.
Mr and Mrs James M Lemont and their sons J Bazin Jr and Paul return to West Bath after a three week motor trip to Prince Edward Island visiting Mrs Lemonts girlhood home and relatives. Larcabee and a neighbor nearby were burned out during their absence and the scenery around the property was altered by the fire.
Mrs. Jacob Arenstam and two daughters from Lewiston visited town on Priory afternoon to see friends and tour the new high school building. Miss Anna is a student at Jordan High.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Judson and Mr and Mrs Charles Judson of Haverhill were recent guests of Mrs Minnie Roderick at 123 Center Street. They toured Canada together and enjoyed a delightful visit. After returning to Haverhill Mrs Judson and friend Mrs Hubbard visited Mrs Roderick in Bath for the weekend.
Miss Elsie Crocker of High street leaves Thursday for Portland to spend a few days as the guest of Miss Drucilla Bonhemmer of Neal street.
Mr and Mrs Hollis Leeman of Woolwich entertained the employer of Plant's Garage on Friday evening with two duck dishes. Attendees included Chester A. Plant Miss Mildred Albee Charles Arunddre Frank Given Howard Moody Bert Wilson Leland Bryant Fred Higgins and Lester Harringten.
Mrs Edwin R fournrews and 290 sons along with Frederick and Richard of High Street visit their parents Mr and Mrs Perley B Palmer in Orons. Also visiting are Mr Alengo Harriman of Lewiston and Mrs Gorden Hammond of Portland.
Edith Rich and Susan Gillan were named delegate and alternate to the Maine State Nurses Association convention in Lewiston January 2 and 3. The selections came at the Central District meeting held Saturday at the Wilson Nurses' Home in Lewiston.
Mrs Palmer Cobb has been staying in Ellsworth and nearby streets for several days and will travel through Boston Stamford Conn and New York on her way to Haverford. Miss Mildred G Nichols a Registry of Deeds clerk takes a two week annual vacation leaving Saturday by car to visit friends in New Jersey and Boston.
Miss Jennie Evans traveled with the group and had been visiting Mrs. Hooker in town. Wilbur Crooker travels to Rangeley Lakes to work at the Moses camp for the rest of the month. Mrs Frid Toothaker and son Raymond of Malden Mass with others visited I M Fowle of Bowdoinham. The Toothaker party had been two weeks at a Lar-Tabee camp on the New Meadows before heading home.
Baer Connard, draftsman at Bath Iron Works, returned Friday after a flying trip to Newport R. I. to watch the final race between the Enterprise and Shamrock.
Mr and Mrs Harold L Safford Jr after their Sept 15 marriage are at 24 Meadow Way. He resumes machinist work at Bath Iron Works next Monday and she becomes bookkeeper at Liberty Buttle Co. Ruth Oliver and Shirley Minott of North Street visited Portland relatives. Bartlett Smith and wife moved to Andrews Road home owned by Blanche White of Quincy. Charles Dunning and family from Winter Street also mentioned.
Mirg Doughby Thompson a student at Hasson Inviate visited her parents Mr and Mrs Frd H Thompson over the weekend, staying at their residence.
Semper Small is passing a few days at Small Pont with Mrs Sewall.
Cha and Mrs Nelson plan to motor there with him joining his boat while she finds rooms nearby. Charles Nison and son George visited Jamaica Plain with the Beaton family. Elder Nelson resumes duties at Bath Iron Works and George Nelson returns to A E Railway Co. Two bridge tables awarded prizes to Mrs Paul Davis and Homer J Davis.
Special Officer William Mann completed 14 weeks of vacation duties on Saturday and John Place returned after his annual two weeks vacation as the last of the regular force to take a break.
Mrs W L Harris of Portland is spending a week with her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs W Stanley Hunter of North Street. Harris is recovering from an illness that kept her home part of the summer, and her daughter Mrs Hunter has been with her for August.
Miss Elizabeth Hawkes returns to Auburn after a year in Bath where she resided with Mr and Mrs Arthur Crockett at 691 Washington Street.
Miss Dorothy Brown arrives in New London from Waterford to spend the winter with her aunt Mrs. E A Farrar at 46 Bath street. She had spent a week in Waterford with Mr and Mrs Leo Cowlie. Mrs Frank H Percy visits two weeks with Miss Lina Sewall on Pearl street. Alfred Roberts enters Boothbay Harbor high for a post graduate course. Mrs Roberts remains at a nearby summer home. Roberts, once a Elm Street church basketball star, will be missed this winter. George W Abernethy of Baltimore is visiting his father in law and Mrs Gotte at 614 Washington street.
Bath people include Mr and Mrs Reginald Stacy of 14 Cobb Road for the Oct 14 ceremony uniting Miss Meusa Taylor and Earl E MacDougall of South Paris. Miss Taylor, a noted state singer, has appeared on radio. E R Andrews and Milton Trott spent the weekend in Alton.
Miss Mary Bryant has joined Dr. A L Stuart as assistant for a period. Mrs Merritt Ferguson, formerly of this city, visits Mr and Mrs Andrew M Butterfield at 69 Granite Street, while Merritt Ferguson, a paymaster for Central Maine Power at Wyman Dam in Bingham, will join her this weekend. Mrs E H McDonald returns to Portland after a week with her sister Mae Hathorne on Maple Street.
Bath city items include street work on High and North streets, new sidewalk and standpipes, a past priests night plan, and a whist card party. Community updates cover a liquor law case, building demolitions, school glee tryouts, and police seizing pistols from youths.
Mrs Reginald Stacy and Mrs Paul Davis with son Avery visited Lewiston on Wednesday. John J Desmond serves on the Portland US District Court trial jury. Mrs William S Shorey and daughter Elinor spent Wednesday in Portland. Mr Lillian Upham visited with Mrs Lillian Brown at Poster's Point. Victor Paquet, son of Mrs Mabel Paquet, returns to Colby College for sophomore year. Ralph Brewer of Wakefield visited Bath. former Bath shortstop from 1928. Mrs Albert H Shaw and Miss Abigail Hinckley returned from Squaw Mountain Inn Moosehead Lake. Marie Clough underwent tonsil and adenoid surgery at Brunswick Hospital. Mrs William D Sewall returned from Boston after visiting her brother Edward Sumner in Worcester. Mrs Lizzie B Chaney plans to attend the W C T U conference and may return Friday. Mrs George Allen began duties in Davenport City Hall. Miss Margaret Chaney assists with household duties.
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