Cosmo Club Elects New Officers and Plans Improvements
The Cosmopolitan club held its first regular meeting with 1941 officers presiding. A fashion show by the Dramatic club followed, with reports from committees and a new budget and charity fund planned. April committees were appointed as plans for a hallway upgrade and a rear recreation hall progressed. A Maine Military Defense Commission transfer and Brunswick airport talks were discussed along with youth training projects and a proposed dormitory for 200. A May mother and daughter banquet was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Dramatic Club
William W. Dennison
House
John C. Dowling
Preston Haskell
Nellie Goodrich
Ivan Trueworthy
Richard Quick
Malcolm L. Doble
George A. Churchill
Maine Progressive Union
Roscoe P. McFadden
Edna Mae _ shop
Markson's
Wayne Studio
Miss
Eleanor Danforth
Betty Colby
Amy Irish
Richard Sherwood
Wanda McPhee
Granville M. Colby
Colby
Elsie Trott
Chauncey Robinson
Maine Military Defense Commission
Boston & Maine
Maine Central
Bath
Robinson
Raymond T. Adams
Bangor
Adams
Charles Folsom
George Carter
Caribou
Garnet Road
Brunswick
No. 1
Rogers
National Youth Administration
Pres. Newell
Kelley Spear Co
Iron Works
Drummond Street
Fort Ethan Allen
North End
Crash on Brunswick Road Investigated by Bath Police
Chief Ouellette of Brunswick police investigates a Friday crash on Bath road near Hardings involving a Bath car. Passengers Mr and Mrs Milton Cornish L I Briggs and Margaret Holbrook of Bath. The car left the road traveled 155 feet along the shoulder mowed six posts and a safety wire then crossed the highway 133 feet and overturned stopping at a ditch 9 05 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Ouellette
Brunswick Police
Bath Road
Hardings
Milton Cornish
L. L. Briggs
Margaret Holbrook
Bath
Brunswick
Sunday mechanic needed in Bath town
A visitor laments Bath lacks on call car repair. an out of town breakdown leaves a teacher stranded. A Sumner mechanic travels roughly 75 miles to rescue the stranded party, illustrating Bath’s shortage of Sunday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sumner
City council approves pay raise and tax collection moves
The April city council session amended the overseers of the poor superintendent salary to 2000 annually. It authorized tax suits, tax club discounts, and expense limits, expanded unpaid tax settlements up to 500, and funded state road aid up to 4000. Other actions include sidewalk referrals, band funding, and office hours standardization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Bath Water District
Granite
Franklin Streets
Ftates Offire
Morse High to award class of ’41 honors and prizes
John Warren Coombs, class president, will deliver no valedictory this year and Morse High’s 41 graduating exercises will proceed with Marie Teresa Bennett giving the salutatory. Three honor essayists are Camilla Louise Pratt Edith Florence Berg and Sumner Adams Hawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Warren Coombs
Morse High School
Horace P. Herrick
Coombs
Marie Teresa Bennett
Herrick
Camilla Louise Pratt
Edith Florence Berg
Sumner Adams Hawley
Edward V. Coombs
High Street
Miss Te
William L. Bennett
Bedford Street
Miss Pratt
Clinton F. Pratt
Trufant Street
Miss Berg
Harriet
Julius F. Berg
Floral Street
Hawley
Warren F. Hawley
Western Avenue
Mohiba
Duke University
Commercial Club
Student Council
Mayor of Brockton Shows Appreciation to Firemen
A letter from Brockton Massachusetts mayor thanking firemen who funded aid for 12 widowed families after a theatre fire was read at the Firemen's Memorial association meeting led by President Elmer W. Rogers. A next-meeting committee was named: Burgess, Dwyer, Thayer, Thomas Jr., and Chief Frates. Cake and coffee were served after. Dr. and Mrs. Rush plan a Boston trip for a dental convention and will attend a Charlemont wedding on April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Rose
Lemont Streets
Board of Highways and Sewers
Bath Marine Band
City Park
Fire Department
Washington Street
First Baptist Society
United Baptist Convention
Rubin
Horace W. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Kingsbury
Rogers
Fred H. Lord
Registration of Voters
Republican City Committee
Lucius M. LeMont
Brockton
Mass
Firemen’s Memorial Association
Elmer W. Rogers
Charles Burgess
William Dwyer
Kenneth Thayer
Edward Thomas, Jr
Richard Frates
Charles F. Rush
Boston
Massachusetts Dental Convention
Hotel Statler
Dr. Rush
Elizabeth Lane
Charlemont
John Allen
Providence
R. I
Notable visitors greet Central Maine General hospital nurse
Mr and Mrs Edward J McMann Mrs Albert J Gallant Mrs Albertha M Williams and ex Representative and Mrs Joseph W Larrabee of West Bath visited Miss Barbara E McMann a student nurse at Central Maine General hospital in Lewiston Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Albert J. Gallant
Albertha M. Williams
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Lewiston
Barbara E. McMann
Central Maine General Hospital
Watson Shorey Church Wedding at Winter Street
The wedding of Miss Elinor Shorey and John Merritt Watson took place at noon Saturday in Winter Street Congregational Church with a double ring ceremony. Attendants wore aquamarine gowns, bouquets of spring flowers, and the couple planned to live at 888 Middle Street after a week in Washington, D.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Shorey
William Sanford Shorey
Washington Street
John Merritt Watson
Walter Watson
Quincy
Mass
Winter Street Congregational Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Carleton W. Andrews
Mendelssohn
E. Louise Bush
Milton
Richard H. Haskell
Barbara Ross
Bath
Bush
Child Education Foundation
New York
Eugene Eberhardt
Wollaston
Earl Pulsifer
Edward Vaughan
Whitman, Mass
Richard French
Bloomfield, Conn
John Hayward
Laconia
N. H
Watson
Middle Street
Morse High School
Bradford Junior College
Children’s Home
Thayer Academy
Bowdoin College
Edward G. Morin
Elizabeth, N. J
Frances Shaughnessy
Boston
William P. Drake
Devon
Jane Goldsmith
Paris
Six Selectees Leave Bath for Induction Center Thursday
The Savadahoe county Selective Service Board announced six Bath men will depart Thursday at 354 p m for the induction center in Portland before heading to Fort Devens for a year of military service. Lead pick is James C Steen of Bath, with John W Staples Bath Herbert L Loveitt Georgetown Lewis N Whitcomb Belfast Harold T Dunn Walpole NH. Mrs H T Flynn of Nashua and Mr and Mrs James L McKenna of Portland were weekend guests of their sister Mrs Edward B Hamblett and Mr Hamblett at 23 Pratt Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Savadahoe County
Bath
Portland
Fort Devens
James C. Steen
John W. Staples
Herbert L Loveitt
Georgetown
A . . Lewis N. Whitcomb
Belfast
Harold T. Dunn
Walpole
N. H
H. T. Flynn
Nashua
James L. McKenna
Edward B. Hamblett
Hamblett
Pratt Street
Joss Held Without Bail For Sagadahoc Grand Jury
Dr. Merrill E. Joss of Richmond is held without bail for the Sagadahoc grand jury sitting in June. Judge Gardiner R. Deering ordered the confinement after a probable cause finding. State not yet presented witnesses. defense argues lack of proof of opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill E. Joss
Richmond
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc
Raymond Fellows
Bangor
Goodspeed
Dr. Joss
Cowan
Richmond restaurateur Elizabeth Chapman Mayo named mystery
Mrs Elizabeth Chapman Mayo of Richmond was announced Friday as the mystery figure in a local social event. The Mayo businesswoman operates a well known restaurant and family noted for community charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Wright
Elizabeth Chapman Mayo
Richmond
Richmond doctor affair echoes in courthouse testimony
A Richmond case unfolds with Mrs Maye admitting plans to divorce her husband and detailing visits to Dr Joss for throat treatment. She describes parties, drinking, and routine cafe visits as prosecutors seek questions about notes burned after receiving five. The testimony hints at a broader sensational scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merril & Joss
Richmnd
Richmond
Maye
City Hall Auditoruia
Phoysician
Cotty
Ralph
Dale
Maso
Joss
Afrs
Thetisais Murretti
van Bowdoinham
Abiects CW
Man commits suicide in police lockup in Brunswick
Gordon Strout a 26 year old Freeport shoe worker and father of nine step children, was found dead by hanging in his Brunswick jail cell Monday after being brought there from Freeport. Dr. Earl Richardson ruled death a suicide two hours after nightfall Sunday, with prior threats and trouble cited by the Freeport police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Strout
Freeport
Brunswick
Earl Richardson
Cumberland County
Strout
Chuck
Lawwood G. Silver
Police Department
How Street
Chef Silver
Hin
Briuuiswick
Earl Boudreau
Joseph Coudreau
Chief Ouellette
Dr. Richardson
Silver Strout
Freeport Police
Mrs. Frank W. Chase Weekend Visit in Boston
Mrs. Frank W. Chase of 38 Court Street spent the weekend in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Chase
Court Street
Baston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Iron Works
Cosmo Club
John R. Newell
Common Council
Hunt
Treas. Young
John P. Carey
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Treas
Allan Spear
Bath Savings Institution
Clarence Dalton
Dalton
Powers
Maxwell Powers
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Joan Alice Dalton
Alice R. Powers
Brockton, Mass
Brunswick Road
Josie Lebel
Russell Street
Morse High
Merrill FE. Joss
Henry P. Weaver
Charles W. Messenger
Elizabeth C. Mayo
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