BATH

Members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Bath recently elected Michele Ober its president.

Ober, a volunteer coordinator with Habitat for Humanity / 7 Rivers Maine of Bath, has been a member of the Cosmopolitan Club since November 2010 and volunteers with several other community organizations. 

Former president Kendra Chubbuck, who has been an active club member for 40 years and served as president from 2005-12, relocated to Isle au Haut in early 2012.

Elizabeth E. Webber formed the club in April 1913 with 16 other Bath women as a place for working women to get together and share a fellowship. They adopted bylaws and house rules that included goals in philanthropic, social, educational and civic endeavors.

Membership was limited to 200 women older than 16, divided into four classes: active, associate, life and honorary. Lina Andrews was elected the first president.

Through January and February, Ober has scheduled meetings with the club’s Executive Committee, Membership Committee and 100th Anniversary Events Committee.

The club expects to re-open its doors in late March to accept applications for new club members and to start celebratory activities in recognition of its 100th anniversary.  

The Bath community can expect the Cosmopolitan Club’s traditional annual events (the Morse High Senior Tea, the Strawberry Shortcake Festival during Heritage Days, and the Gingerbread Social the weekend after Thanksgiving) as well as some exciting new events.

For more information, visit www.cosmopolitanclubofbath.org or contact Ober at 443-3231.