Yankee captain unites ice held hull for Lake Winnipesaukee steamer
Captain Leander Lavallee of Laconia NH on a bold plan to salvage the iron steamer Chateguay frozen in Lake Champlain. The hull will be cut into 21 pieces and hauled on flat cars to Lakeport NH for reassembly as Mount Washington II, aiming for July 1 service on Lake Winnipesaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Leander Lavallee
Laconia
N. H
Lake Champlain
Lavallee
Boston & Maine Railroad
Rutland Railroad
Green and White
Corps of Marine
Lakeport
Winnipesaukee
New Hampshire
Mount Washington
Lake Winnipesaukee
Lavalle
Lake
Champlain
Center Harbor
Rutland
Marine Motors
Capt. Lavallee
George A. Colley
John Alden Co
Boston
Admiral Byrd
Horace Corbin
Lake Champlain Transportation Co
Chateguay
John J. Flynn
Chittenden County Trust Co
James R. Irwin
Irwin Corporation of
Lavaslee
Mount Washington ST
Dromore Farm Bureau Members Hear Aids To Clothes Buying
Miss Mary L. Wright county demonstration agent led a session on Aids To Clothes Buying at Dromore Farm Bureau in the grange hall. She noted her Farm and Home Week trip to Orono and spoke of future penny sales and a dinner by Mrs. Aletha Campbell. Benjamin F. Larrabee returned from Maine General Hospital in Portland after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Wright
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Wright
Orono
Aletha Campbell
Campbell
Birds Arrive For Summer In Winnegannee Area
It was Bird Day as robins juncos and woodpeckers arrived from the south. In Charles Small’s field south of Winneganee hundreds of robins fluttered and fed. The notes mention Miss Lynette Caverly speaking on social work, politics at Portland, and local shippings. Several residents move or return to homes and farms, including Barbara Jacobs in Sebasco and the Minott family enjoying cherry blossoms in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Small
Winneganee
Robins
Lynette Caverly
Woodford's
Miss Caverly
Raymond MacIntire
Portland
Winfield Morse
Bess
Grace Dickinson
MacIntire
Falmouth
Bessie Dickinson
Bath and Phippsburg
Sagadahoc
Miss Dickinson
Jane Murphy
Sewall
Dickinson
West Point
Ashdate
Lena Oliver Larrabee
Bath
Campbell's Pond
Ephraim Young
Sebasco Estates
Philip Jacobs
Butler
Hardings
Ralph Wright
Washington, D. C
Lee
Jay K. Bowker
Howard Bowker
Miss Anne Guthrie to Work in India with YWCA
Miss Anne Guthrie, after five years with the National YWCA stationed in Manila, has been appointed to work in India under the British YWCA. On furlough in the United States, she previously spoke at Bath and later stayed with Mrs. Frank A. Small at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Anne Guthrie
United States
National
Y.W.C.A
Manila
Philippines
Guthrie
India
British Young Women’s Christian Association
Bath
Frank A. Small
Popham Beach
Elizabeth Webber
Miss Guthrie
Metropolitan Ywca of
Chicago
Popham
Miss Webber
Cambridge
YWCA
Atlantic City
Albert W. Smith
Patland Ywca
Jolly Luckies Meet at Athletic Clubhouse
The Jolly Luckies met Monday night in the Athletic Clubhouse with full attendance and one guest Miss Doro White of 4 Summer Street Court, visiting with her parents. Miss White attends Farmington Normal School and will return there Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lee left Tuesday for Manchester New Hampshire after a week with Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Blair of 1353 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Luckies
Athletic Club
Doro White Jee
Summer Street Court
Miss White
Farmington Normal School
Herbert Lee
Manchester
N. H
Harold R. Blair
Washington Street
Harold Wallace
West Point
Moses Chandler
Ollie Spinney
Bay Point
Ernestine Spinney
Bath
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
William Bowie
Popham
Charles Wyman
Guy Crowley
Atkins
Bay Shore
Harry Pushard
Boy resists drowning in pitch black near home
Parker Head Master William Cushing, 14, nearly drowned last Thursday evening after wandering home in darkness without a flashlight. Unable to swim, he walked overboard but managed to escape. The Cushing family also faced other ailments and social visits as the town notes daily life and small events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cushing
Walter Cushing
Cushing
William
Marion
Robert
Lewis Lowell
Herry Mank
Charles Rollins
Leston Harrington
Charles Perry
Francis Lander
Chars ‘$U'Sdell
Wi. Watte- Cushing
John Libby
George Morong
Burleigh Williams
Lon Lowell
Sebasco
Lewis
Will Lowel
Brunswick
John Young
New York
Rotarians Hear Dominigue Tardif Talk On Farley Visit
Representative Dominique J. Tardif spoke to Bath area Rotarians about his experiences at the recent biannual Democratic state convention in Bangor and his meeting with Postmaster General James A. Farley. He recounted Farley's influence on Franklin D. Roosevelt's rise to the presidency and thanked Farley for a copy of Behind the Ballots. The gathering included 28 members with Grace offered by Fred D. Hill. Norman Smith of Brunswick attended as a Visiting Rotarian, with guests Sawyer Portland Carberry Auburn and Cormier Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominique J. Tardif
Bangor
James A. Farley
Tardif
Bath
Justus H. Miller
Farley
Bangor House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
American
Grace
Fred D. Hill
Norman Smith
Brunswick
Messrs. Sawyer
Portland
Carberry
Auburn
Cormier
Central League social and card party at parish house
Central Church league held a social and card party Monday evening in the parish house. Mrs. Francis B. Hill received a hammered silver tray and birthdays for Mrs. James T. Bonney and Mrs. Leonard F. Wetherbee were noted. Prizes went to Mrs. Marius H. Page and Mrs. Leonard M. Lord. Mrs. Percy R. Low won in Chinese checkers. A supper was planned for April 18 with a dining-room committee led by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Francis B. Hill
Manchester
N. H
James T. Bonney
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Marius H. Page
Leonard M. Lord
Percy R. Low
Bonney
The
League
John H. Harkins
W. Linwood Haynes
George Moses
Harold S. Avery
Ethel M. Blake
Adolph H. Ehlers
Charles A. Soule
Belle Welch
Horace P. Morse
Mason Family Obituary Notices and Visits
Mr and Mrs Charles Mason of Springvale and Mrs Sewall Mason of Sanford passed Sunday with Mrs Elizabeth Thurlow at 389 High Street. Mr and Mrs George Sotheard of Portland called on Mr Sotheard's parents Mr and Mrs Edwy A Sotheard at 26 Froit Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mason
Springvale
Sewall Mason
Sanford
Elizabeth Thurlow
High Street
George Sotheard
Portland
Mr. Sotheard
Edwy A. Sotheard
Froit Street
Quiz Games Program At Club Meeting Recap
Cosmopolitan club hosts quiz games Wednesday evening with Mrs. Herbert R. Lemont and others leading. Members served crabmeat salad rolls tea and coffee while reports covered Maine Progressive Union and May activities including readings, fashion show, tea, and fundraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Lemont
Isadore Singer
Earl P. Cahoon
Cosmopolitan Club
House Committee
Bessie Mikels
Christine C. Curtis
Elizabeth A. Colby
Alice F. Johnson
Lemont
George A. Churchill
Paul G. Bagdikian
Maine Progressive Union
Freeport
Bagdikian
Winnegance
Muic Drama and Home Arts Department
Word
David Graham
Grace Church
Singer
Sedgwick
Home Arts Department
William L. Skirton
House
Minnie A. White
Margaret J. Adam
Cynthia Moses
Charles A. Soule
Herber T Caverly
Rita Snow
Priston Haskell
Leonard F. Wetterbee
Chester A. Roberts
Ali
Richard Quek
Walter S. Wiggin
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Charles H Frost
Herbert S. Harris
Lemons
Dike Serenaders Repeat Benefit Show Monday
The Dike Serenaders will repeat a benefit performance by the four upper grades of Dike school on Monday April 15 at 7 45 pm in the Dike school. Proceeds go to the Camporee Fund of Boy Scout Troop and the Dental Clinic. Tickets from troop or Community club members or Archie Wishart at 68 Oliver Street. on sale April 9. Eleanor P Danforth directs with Mrs W Percy Marks assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Archie Wishart
Oliver Street
Eleanor P. Danforth
W. Percy Marks
G.O.P. Platform Adopted Amid Convention Turmoil
The 1942 Republican platform is adopted as delegates discuss presidential contenders. Senator White dodges direct remarks on candidates while praising three aspirants Taft Van denberg and Brieves. Dewey’s backers highlight his qualities via supporters and convention organizers praise Bath leaders and Portland venues for a smooth session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
United State West
Pembroke 2
Bridges
Lincoln
Henry VW
Honoris
Ob Gardiner
Woolch
William 8. Linnell
Robinson Verrill
A. J
Tlow Bartlett
Port l
Portland
Pine Tree Circle Installs Officers in CFA
Pine Tree circle of the Catholic Federation of America installed its officers Monday night. Circle Deputy Fiel Parshley assisted. new officers include chief companion Alice Rideout, junior past chief Annie Wilson, sub chief Minnie Dall, captain Anna Conley, recording secretary Ella Dingley, financial secretary Mary Murphy, treasurer Nellie Johnson, right guide Florence Lyden, first guide Alice Tracey, inner guard Annie Malia, and trustees CFA AL Josephine Cavanauen and Jin Koupii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Circle
C. F. of
Fiel Parshley
Alice Rideout
Annie Wilson
Minnie Dall
Anna Conley
Ella Dingley
Mary Murphy
Nellie Johnson
Florence Lyden
Alice Tracey
Annie Malia
CFA
AL Josephine Cavanauen
Jin Koupii
Popham Beach Roads Challenge Town and Visitors
A Popham resident recounts driving through bad roads with a shovel and axe to cut through brush when needed. Residents report many cars stuck in sinkholes, milk deliveries canceled, and townspeople seeking state highway aid while engineers, Coast Guard crews, and pilots bolster efforts along the river mouth. Local activity includes school children sending Get Well cards, repairs to a Coast Guard Station, and increased boat traffic from Seaboard and Portland Socony as residents endure winter to spring travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Bath
L. W. Simmons
State Highway Commission
Massachusetts
Delaware
United States Engineers
Fort Popham
Telephone Department of the
Coast Guard
Leslie Greenlaw
Perkins’ Island
Powers
South Portland
Coast Guard Station
Walter Sprague
George” Oliver
Raymond Wyman
Elijah P Bartlett
Raymond M. MacIntire
Portland
River Beach
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert Head
Arlene Perkins
Miss Perkins
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Ernest Oliver
Morse High School
Ernest Spinney
Moses Chandler
Royal Cheney
Atkins Bay
Cheney
Richard Sprague
Leon
Merrill Oliver
Charles Leonard
Seaboard
Portland Socony
Frank Scott
Lynette Caverly
Clarence Sheffield
Seguin
Harpswell
Max DeShon
Alton Cheney
Alvah Light
John French
Probate Court Session Reports Various Administrations
Sagadahoc probate court handled numerous administrations and filings during April including estates of Richard E. Roberts Bath William Southworth Topsham and George Dugas Tops ham. Bonds inventories accounts and petitions were approved or filed for several estates with conservators executors trustees and guardians named. Laura Morse missed a session due to illness but expects to attend May 7 as Judge Dunton presided over the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Laura Morse
Dunton
Richard E. Roberts
Topsham
George A. Roberts
William Southworth
Bath
Stanley E. Wallace
Francis D. Walton
Richmond
Walter S Glidden
John P. Carey, Jr
Sadie Beaton
John D. Beaton
Elizabeth Anderson
Charles L. Anderson
Maude W. Glidden
Walter S. Glidden
Louise T. Burgess
James S. Lord
Margaret B. Lord
Abbie M. Morse
Margaret B. Lufkin
Frank T. Powers
Florence M. Guptill
Grace Church Auxiliary hears Sally Dean on mountain families aid
Members of both branches of Grace Church Woman's Auxiliary met at 963 Washington St. to hear Miss Sally Dean of Charlottesville Va. discuss auxiliary work aiding mountain white families along the Appalachian range and the role of the church in Virginia Kentucky and North Carolina. The talk highlighted improvements in physical mental moral material and spiritual welfare and noted a tuberculosis preventive for mountain children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Grace Church
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
Frederick E. Drake
Sally Dean
Charlottesville
Miss Dean
South
Appalachian Mountain Range
West
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Bath
Diocese of
Maine
Tuo
E. Everett Pierce
Educational trip for youngsters from AEath School details mill visit
Forty five seventh graders from Central Grammar under Mrs. Berenice Colby toured the Pejepscot paper mill and Cabot cotton mill in Brunswick. Guides explained oil atomizing furnaces, pulp processing, and paper production while students received samples and viewed Bowdoin College grounds, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, and art at the Bowdoin Art Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar
Berenice Colby
Pejepscot
Cabot
Brunswick
Cabot Mill
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Bowdoin College
Art Museum
Stuart, Copley
Trumbull
Rembrandt
Colby
Pejepscot Mill
Armes
Bath School
Phippsburg Pupils Prepare Tuneful Opera Hansel and Gretel
Phippsburg youths from West Point Sepasco Estates Small Point Center Parker Head and Popham Beach rehearse for an April 19 Town hall performance of Hansel and Gretel. Miss Lynette Caverly oversees rehearsals with teachers and leaders guiding a large cast including Charles Hart Gertrude Jaquelin Richards Kathleen Wyman Florence Hughes Colleen Wyman Jeanetta Wallace and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Sepasco Estates
Small Point
the Center
Parker Head
Popham Beach
Hansel and Gretel
Lynette Caverly
Peer
Charles Hart
Gertrude Jaquelin Richards
Haiser
Shirley Hart Gren
Ceres McCourt
Kathleen Wyman Sandman
Florence Hughes
Dawn Fairy
Colleen Wyman
Gingerbread
Mabel Hart
Robert Beal
Ardene Perkins
Arline Perkins
Dorothy Davis
Ralph Wright, Jr
Rhythm Band Benefit Recital DirectEd By Noted Local Leaders
A Rhythm Band event directed by Virginia Rogers-Marilyn Morse and others invites attendees with a nominal admission. Proceeds will be used for community programs led by local figures including Kathleen Haley Robert Hughes Winnifred Fish Lois Atwood Jeanelle King John Williams Edward Williams Ida McDore Dora MecDore Richard Morse Dorothy McDore and Teddy Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Rogers
Marilyn Morse
Kathleen Haley
Robert Hughes
Winnifred Fish
Lois Atwood
Jeanelle King
John Williams
Edward Williams
Ida McDore
Dora MecDore
Richard Morse
Dorothy McDore
Teddy Morse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Benjamin F. Larrabee
Maine General Hospital
Parker
Rotarians
Central League
Herbert T. Caverly
Corliss Street
Southern Pines
N. C
Washington, D.C
Dike Serenaders
G.O.P
T Sanford
Senate
Ung
Philadelphia
Wm. Tudor
Pine Tree
Elizabeth Oliver
Lyman Oliver
N. Gratz Jackson
Cora A. Small
Effie M. Reed
Ellsworth B. Reed
Woman’s Auxiliary OF
Charlottesville, Virginia
William Allison
Bar Harbor
Allison
L. V. Hon- Singer
Portsmouth
Bath Iron Works
Charles F. Cummings
Bovton
Aeath School
Phippsburg
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