Society and clubs of Springfield area Easter visits
Miss Annie King MHS 36 attends Baypath Institute in Springfield for secretarial studies and returns from Easter vacation with her parents. Numerous guests visit from Waldoboro Portland and Brunswick. gatherings include luncheons, church services, launches of the U.S. Sims, and extended family and out of town visits across Bath, Brunswick, and Cambridge.
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Annie King
M.hs
Baypath Institute
Springfield
Mass
Arthur King
Edgett Street
Illness Keeps Fields Family in Bed at Home
Mr and Mrs William Fields of Hardings are confined to their beds with illness. Their daughters Mrs Donald Specht of Portland and Mrs Jack Pinel of Quincy Mass care for them. Tyleston C Oliver of 34 High street is recovering from pneumonia.
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Sumner Sewall
Senate
Whitehall
Washington and
Edward Streets
Lewis O. Barrows
Donald W. Philbrick
Cape Elizabeth
Percy Savage
Five Islands
Bath
William Fields
Hardings
Donald Specht
Portland
Jack Pinel
Quincy
Mass
Tyleston C. Oliver
High Street
Mrs Katherine Heller and Dorothy Light Visit Dorchester Family
Mrs Katherine Heller and Miss Dorothy Light of Dorchester Massachusetts arrived Friday to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Charles W Avery at 1111 Washington Street.
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Katherine Heller
Dorothy Light
Dorchester
Mass
Charles W. Avery
Washington Street
Social notes from Bath and surrounding towns
Mrs John H Hyde of Elmhurst travels to Wellesley Hills after a Bath layover. She just returned from an eight day New York Havana Nassau Bermuda cruise. Local hosts Mr and Mrs H McCallum entertained Ralph Holt of Nashua during a launching weekend.
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John H. Hyde
Elmhurst
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Bath
Hyde
New York
Havana
Nassau
Bermuda
H. McCallum
Washington Street
Ralph D. Holt
Nashua
N. H
McCallum
Camden
N. J
Weekend Visit From Cambridge Socialites in Water Town
Mrs Frederick MacFarland of Water town Mass and Miss May M Strong of Cambridge Mass arrived Friday to pass the weekend with their sister Mrs Charles E Kelley at 23 Russell street Cambridge residents visit Water town host family for a short stay
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Frederick MacFarland
Watertown
Mass
May M. Strong
Cambridge
Charles E. Kelley
Russell Street
Social Eight Meeting at Thayer Home and Club Lunch
Members of the Social Eight gathered at Mrs. John Thayer’s home for a short meeting on Monday evening, then attended theater and luncheon at the Riverside. Those present included Mrs. Walter Stover, Mrs. Erving Burnham, Mrs. John Thayer, Mrs. Albert Pinkham, Mrs. Albert Darrah, Mrs. George Melzard, Mrs. George Darrah, and guest Mrs. Agnes Maguire. A Philathea class meeting followed at 32 Highland street, Corliss Street church, with a social hour and refreshments. Attendees were Mrs. Kenneth Hunt, Mrs. Chester Plant, Miss Velma Cornish, Mrs. Stephen Bracey, Mrs. F. Arthur Berry, Mrs. Frederick P. Moffatt, Mrs. Bernice Achorn, and Mrs Dwinal Cornish.
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John Thayer
Riverside
Albert Pinkham
Walter Stover
Erving Burnham
Albert Darrah
George Melzard
George Darrah
Agnes Maguire
Philathea
Corliss Street
Harold S. Walker
Highland Street
Kenneth Hunt
Chester A. Plant
Velma Cornish
Stephen Bracey
F. Arthur Berry
Frederick P. Moffatt
Bernice Achorn
Dwinal Cornish
Portland guests attend launch of destroyer Sims
Mr and Mrs Lincoln Farrar and Mr and Mrs Page L West with son Page Lamb West Jr of Portland attended the launch of the destroyer Sims. They visited Mrs Ardelle Farrar in Sagadahoc Ferry. Mrs Rupert H Baxter hosted a Monday luncheon on Washington street for 16 Brunswick duplicate contract club members who then played the weekly tournament.
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Angus Burden
Alex Burden
Ralph Burden
Abbott Redlon
Orono
Earl MacKenzie
Warren Bartlett
Harry Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Ralph Blake
Lincoln Farrar
Page L. West
Page Lamb West, Jr
Portland
Sims
Farrar
Ardelle Farrar
Sagadahoc Ferry
Rupert H. Baxter
Washington Street
Brunswick Duplicate Contract Club
Local residents receive licenses and notable society moves
John A. Gaudet at 7 Maxwell Street passed State House tree surgery exams and earned a state license to operate anywhere. Prof George Owen MIT designed yachts and attended the destroyer Sims launch. his son starred in hockey for the Boston Bruins. Bath social rounds note christening, weekend guests, and community updates including Bates College activities and a Bath Iron Works launch attendance.
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John A. Gaudet
Maxwell Street
State House
Augusta
George Owen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sims
Defiance
The
Iron Works
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Owen
East Boothbay Yards
Harvard
Boston Bruins
Oberlin student on tour with A Capella choir
Miss Elizabeth Rice, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carleton Rice of 9 Turnercourt, a senior at Oberlin college, is on a choir tour with the A Capella group traveling through Michigan Indiana Illinois Missouri Kansas and Ohio before returning to Oberlin on April 10. Mrs Charles Fuller, wintering with her daughter and son-in-law at 23 Corliss street, remains bedbound after a recent diphtheria illness with rheumatic fever. she had been improving after two and a half years of heart ailment.
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Edith Bowley
Westbrook Junior College
Mary W. Lowell
Carlton W. Lowell
Pine Street
Nellie Miller
Lewiston
J. Leslie Coombs
South Street
Virginia Pease
Wiscasset
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Maine
Maine
Miss Pease
Harvey R. Pease
Maine House of Representatives
Janet Bridgham
Bates College
Edward W. Bridgham
Washington Street
Miss Bridgham
Ivy
Bates
Bates Christian Association
Christian Service Club
House Council
Elizabeth Rice
Carleton Rice
Turnercourt
Oberlin College
Michigan
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Ohio
Oberlin, O
Charles Fuller
Roy Lutz
Corliss Street
Fuller
Bath Iron Works Notes and Gossip
The U S 8 Sims launched Saturday afternoon with the ship taking four tenths of a second to move from standstill. The chronograph in Hull’s drawing room marked 4 10 p m as the moment of motion with 409 painted on the bow. Odds against this coincidence are about 1 666 667 to 1, says BIW’s time office statistician noting the tiny crowd.
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U. S
Sims
Hull
Possible coincidence hinted in destroyer incident remark
The writer notes a hint that the event may not be chance after Frank T. Fortier flagged it. The destroyer went over after four, with timing tied to tides and wind. President William S. Newell perhaps recalled the destroyer’s number when announcing the exact hour.
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Frank T. Fortier
William S. Newell
The Sims Floated on Kennebec Amid Praise from Workers
After the USS Sims was launched on the Kennebec the shipyard, officials, and public praised the destroyer as the prettiest the Iron Works ever launched. The writer notes the spontaneous tribute and doubts officials’ usual restraint in such comparisons.
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Iron Works
Sims Destroyer Seen As Handsomest Yet At Sea
Naval observers note the Sims features a radical forecastle deck and a smooth stream-lined hull, billed as the handsomest destroyer in its class and expected to speed performance. A parallel Federal Shipbuilding Co. destroyer built at Kearney, New Jersey, has impressed the Navy Trial Board during trials off Rockland.
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Sims
Federal Shipbuilding Co
Kearney
N. J
Rockland
Navy Trial Board
Spectator’s Camera Blocked as Sims Destroyer Launched
A ship yard crew polices entry to prevent cameras during the Sims destroyer launch. Arthur Preney of the time office challenges a stranger who tries to bring a camera inside. The man leaves, and cheers erupt as the Sims slides free, with launching marks showing 7 16ths inch forward and 1 1/2 inches aft as bolts settle under weight.
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Arthur Preney
Time Office
Mr. Preney
Sims
Destruction of the Sims midship blocks freeing the ship
Crew freed all but three keel blocks under the center as the vessel was hoisted. A battering ram removed one block while two were split out. Cold weather froze grease, delaying movement as the Sims clung. On the destroyer Bill Daley twelve of seventeen plate perforations burned through. on the port side Don Avery’s torch cut through nine. The men used new cutting torches with brass handles.
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Bill Daley
Don Avery
Destroyer Launch Precautions During Damaged Shaft Test
Stationed at hydraulic jacks Ray Smith Dave Tabor Gerald Cramm and Dan Craney of the maintenance department sprang to action as the destroyer neared while plates burned. Propeller shafts were locked at one launch, and a rudder lock was added to guard against water tampering. A second destroyer keel, 1630 tons, will be laid Wednesday in the Spot vacated by the Sims as payroll hits 2,135 at the plant.
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Ray Smith
Dave Tabor
Gerald Cramm
Dan Craney
Sims
Shipyard Staff Changes Highlight Brisk Production
mark of the Texas yard near 2200 crew regionals within a week. John M. Leonard becomes assistant to Thatcher B. Pinkham, head of Production, after Samuel Wakeman left for Bethlehem Steel Fore River shipbuilding. Ernie George from Bath Marine Band moves to clerical work in Arthur King’s office. Johnny Watson shifts to Stanley M. Brown’s outfitting office. Elwood Legard, ex Morse high athlete, enters the electrical shop after leaving Parry’s Filling Station.
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John M. Leonard
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Samuel Wakeman
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Ernie George
Bath Marine Band
Roland F. Hill
Arthur King
Johnny Watson
Mr. King
Stanley M. Brown
Elwood
Tarzan” Legard
Morse High
Parry's
Parachute jumper Chick Taylor joins welding department
Local figure Chick Taylor, famed for parachute jumps at Powers field in East Brunswick, has entered the welding department this Monday, extending his public work in Bath.
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Chick Taylor
Bath
Powers’ Field
East Brunswick
Corsair I yacht in Italy tied to Morgan circle
James Little reports J Pierpont Morgan's Corsair I, launched by Iron Works in 1930, is now in Italy. Christian F Danielson of Bath Iron Works seeks federal recovery after last year’s espionage investigation witness status. Edward Bridgham represents him. Senator Hale has been contacted.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
The
Iron Works
Italy
James Little
Morgan
Congress
Christian F. Danielson
Hull
Bath Iron Works Corp
Globe Shipbuilding Co
Baltimore
Danielson
Edward W. Bridgham
Frederick Hale
Danish-born Danielson demands redress over detention at federal house
A 62-year-old Danish born American citizen, living at 3 Linden Street, says his future was marred by an incident that led to two weeks at the Federal Detention House in New York City after he could not post heavy bonds. He notes Bath Iron Works officials and coworkers stayed loyal during the ordeal.
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L. Eugene Thebeau
Bath Iron Works Corp
New York City
South
Mr. Thebeau
Maine
Newcomen Society
Alabama
Federal House of Detention
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Danielson
Ignatz T. Griebl
Germany
Dr. Grieb
Wernner G. Gudenberg
Draughtsman Reflects on 40 Years as American Citizen
A draughtsman describes thirty years of exile and his four decades as an American by choice, noting his sons’ responsible roles in the country and the personal suffering he endured.
Bath man recalls espionage scare and career path
Danielson, questioned about links to German espionage cases, says he refused work in Germany and was later released with no charges. He recalls early life drawings earning a Berlin scholarship, years at New York Shipbuilding and Globe Shipbuilding, and return to Bath to join Bath Iron Works in 1937.
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Danielson
University of Berlin
Germany
America
New York Shipbuilding Co
Camden
N. J
Globe Shipbuilding Co
Baltimore
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mrs Danielson’s Ties to Espionage Probe Spark Family War
Mrs Danielson, in the United States 12 years as the draughtsman’s second wife, was educated abroad at Munich and other colleges. Fluent in five languages, she shares affection for the country with her husband yet believes he was deeply wronged in the espionage inquiry.
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Danielson
University of Munich
Launching of U S S Sims Stirs Nervous Costain
Carpenter John W Costain in charge recalls nerves before the launch as cool weather and skim ice challenged the launch. He explains crews scraped ice from the launching ways while greased below the high tide mark. A memory of Old Home Week in Bath sparks with a large crowd at a South End launch years ago.
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Bath
City P T A appoints chair for May Round-up plan
Su Adams Crockett named chairwoman of the Summer Round-up, to be staged the week of May 8. Merritt, Chapman, Scott ships gear up for Bath water main project on the Kennebec river. scows towed in, pipe received, crews and reps in Bath area. work to begin by the 15th. The U S Navy destroyer Jouett on shakedown in Chatham England, then Copenhagen Oslo and Newport News en route to arrive May 19. earlier calls Cork and Le Havre.
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P. T. A. Groupe
Adams. Crockett
U. S
Merritt, Chapman, Scott Corp
Bath Water District
Kennebec
New London
Bath
Maine Central Railroad
Bath's Armory Dedication Describes Two-Story Headhouse
The Bath armory project features a semi fireproof design with a 60 by 60 headhouse and a 60 by 100 drill shed. The layout includes a day room, storerooms, captain and orderly offices, basement range, kitchen, toilets, and a two flag pole roof. Floors use birch in the main areas and concrete in the basement.
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Maine
Shipyard Jamming Sparks Saturday Standstill
A damaged report notes an attempted shipyard disruption with a vessel refusing to move, and authorities stress Sunday planning for a smoother Saturday. The terse remark implies ongoing tension and a call to prevent future blockages at the dockyard.
Vessel William C Tanner built at Deering ship yard
Mr Costain spoke of the William C Tanner a four mast 1034 ton vessel built at the Deering yard. The Pat stayed with her after launch day. about twenty years ago she sailed from Rockport Mass to Key West with stone and has not been heard from since. In bowling news Shipfitters beat Tin shop boys by 66 pins with Pop Golder posting an even 400. Black led the losers with 363.
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Mr. Costain
William C. Tanner
Deering Ship Yard
Pat
Rockport
Mass
Key West
Shipfitters
Tin Shop Boys
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