Bath Iron Works Corp Annual Meeting Elects Directors
The Bath Iron Works Corporation held its annual meeting of stockholders on Monday. Directors elected include William S. Newell Archibald M. Main G V Pach Wadleigh D Drummond Charles H Cahill Ross W Judson J K Hall George B Connard and John R Newell, who was named clerk. The board later organized with Newell as president Main as vice president Hill as vice president and secretary Pach as vice president and secretary Connard as general manager Newell as assistant general manager and Sidney L Eaton as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corporation
William S. Newell
Ercuele M. Main
G. V. Pach
Wadleigh D. Drummond
Charles H. Cahill
Ross W. Judson
J. K. Hall
George B. Connard
John R. Newell
Archibald M. Main
Roland F. Hill
Sidney L. Eaton
Small's Station Wagon Found in Portland
Deputy Marshal Moriarty said Portland police recovered the station wagon stolen from ex Mayor Donald N Small's home on March 5. The break in at North and Washington streets yielded $200 in cash and jewelry. cash and jewelry remain missing as investigators pursue leads. Mrs. Fred N Sarthorn returned to her Middle Street home after wintering in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Portland
Donald N. Small
North
Washington Streets
Moriarty
Fred N Satihorn
Brown Tail Moth Nuisance Reduced in Bath
A State Department of Agriculture field report from Bath notes a drop in browntail moth webs. Only occasional webs found in the North and South End, with old nests now of no concern. Officials say a low point in the moth cycle follows the 1942 43 winter, easing the need for spraying and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
State Department of Agriculture
Bath Red Cross to discuss new by laws meeting
Members of Bath chapter American Red Cross are invited to a meeting to approve and adopt new by laws. The by laws will be presented by a committee led by Mrs S S Mullin with Mr J S Smith and Mrs Cem E Paine. The meeting is set for Tuesday evening May 6 at Central Haren parish house at 730. Refreshments will be served by Can POO COM rs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
S.S Mullin
J. S Smith
Cem E Paine
Central @haren
Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers at Post Dinner
The Ro land Smith Post American Legion Auxiliary held its officer installation at Legion hall on Wednesday April 12 with Mrs Arline Gay as installing officer and Mrs Marion Stinson as sergeant at arms. New officers include President Mrs Katherine Risteen and Treasurer Mrs Helen Hill. A chicken dinner followed at the Sedgwick with Spring flower decorations and gifts presented to retiring officers. A social hour and piano music closed the evening. The next meeting is April 26 and the Post will sponsor a dance at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Arline Gay
Marion Stinson
Katherine Risteen
Helen Shaughnessy
Madelyn Rowe
Helen Hill
Beatrice Leavitt
Evelyn Snow
Lida Costain
Katherine Pratt
Sedgwick
Leavitt
Gay
Florence Huston
Grace Costain
Past Matrons Club Meets Friday Night
The Genesta chapter Past Matrons club met at Mrs. Harry G Deering’s home with Mrs. Wilbur C Oliver as joint hostess. Supper was served and a brief business meeting led by Mrs. Carl Pinson set plans for spring and summer. Auction and contract games followed with prizes won by Mrs. Henry G Shaw and Mrs. Paul G Bagdikian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Harry G
Deering
Washington Street
Wilbur C. Oliver
Carl Pinson
Henry G. Shaw
Oak Street
Paul G. Bagdikian
Jason E
Lynch Boudway Wedding United Gardiner Couple
Mrs Ida Myrtle Boudway and James Francis Lynch of Gardiner were married at Beacon Street Methodist Church in a double ring service. The bride wore a powder blue ensemble. the groom works at the Gardiner shoe factory. They will reside in Gardiner. The couple were guests of Mrs Lynch’s sister and brother in law at their home on Academy Street. Corporals June Ehrlich and Oma Blalock of the WAC Recruting Station Lewiston will visit Bath to meet local women. Miss Josephine Moore RN from Memorial Hospital is visiting home in New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Myrtle Boudway
James Francis Lynch
Gardiner
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Charlies L. Kinney
Lynch
Bath
Ida Rice
Gardiner Shoe Factory
June E. Ehrlich
Oma Blalock
WAC
Lewiston
Chy Hal Eouedttorroum
Bath and Vicinity
Women’s Army Corps
Corliss Street Pastor Resigns After 14 Years
Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt resigns as pastor of Corliss Street Baptist Church effective May 14 after serving since March 29, 1936. A Providence Bible Institute graduate and Gordon College alumnus, he will work as foreman with Marine Growths Inc. this summer and plans to attend a theological seminary in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Moffatt
Providence Bible Institute of Providence
R. I
Gordon College of Boston
Marine Growths, Inc
Small Point
Landscaping plan for Woolwich war memorial plot
Roger Clapp of the University of Maine aided Woolwich in landscaping the state property plot at the main highway junction. A seven foot tall white wooden tablet honors 79 Woolwich service members including Gardiner relatives and Col William Tudor Gardiner. The $450 project funded the grassed plot and marker with fall dedication planned. Bronze plaque replacement after the war is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Clapp
University of Maine
Woolwich
Sons and Daughters
Maine
Gardiner
Phipps Point
William Tudor Gardiner
Margaret
Sylvester
Thomas
Tudor
Ralph Bowers
Mabel Jack
Fred Braun
Harold Stanton
Nelson Rice
Jack
Clapp
Charles W. Eastman
Auburn
Twin
Weeks Street Pupils Show Good Attendance at School
Weeks Street School reports perfect attendance for 14 weeks despite stormy days. The list includes Grade VII students under Miss Alice Austin and Miss Marjorie Niles, and Grade VI students under Miss Evelyn Stairs and Miss Ruby Butler. Also noted is the Maine effort to boost food production with nine thousand victory gardens and Victory Garden Institutes led by CSC Director Mrs. Donald M Payson, opened in Portland. Judy Dulac of Lewiston visited Mrs. Rose Jean in Presque Isle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks Street
Alice Austin
Harold Cornish
Jean Caton
Clarence
Cresse
Jeanette King
Melvenia King
Dana Mclntire
Margaret Safford
Marilyn Towne
Helen Witham
Edward Manton
Marjorie Niles
Lara Haines
Ronald Leathers
Evelyn Stairs
Patricia Ames
Donald Ames
Donald Combs
Carl Cornish
Barbara King
Ruby Butler
Josephine McIntire
Francis Kerwin
Walter MacNeil
Maine Citizens Service Corps
University Extension Service
Federation of Garden Clubs of Maine
Donald M Payson
CSC
Portland
Presque Isle
Official Visitation to Myrtle Lodge
Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies met at G A R hall Friday evening for a baked bean supper with Nellie Hunt Savage Davis Miller Lewis Rose Jean Harriet Wright and the committee. The Government Instructor Addie Murray of Waterville and companions Blanche Simpson Bertha Cullinan Grace Sylvester were welcomed by Noble Lady Louise Rogers and the judge. The next meeting is Friday evening April 28 with another supper. News was received of the accident to Mary McIntire of West Warwick R I who fell stairs, hospitalized, now home but bedridden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
G. A. R. Hall
Nellie Hunt
Sadie Savage
Sadie Davis
Edith Miller
Alice Lewis
S. Rose Jean
Harriet Wright
Addie Murray
Waterville
Blanche Simpson
Bertha Cullinan
Grace Sylvester
Brunswick
Louise Rogers
Murray
Mary Gillespie
Margaret Nelson
Mary McIntire
West Warwick
R. I
McIntire
Bath
Stork Shower for Mrs. Robert Reed in Day's Ferry
Mrs. Albert Richards hosted a stork shower at her Day's Ferry home honoring Mrs. Robert Reed who arrived surprised to find neighbors and friends. A bathette with a clothed doll and pink blue clothespin gifts framed the party with refreshments as Alberta and Virginia Richards helped serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Richards
Day's Ferry
Robert Reed
Richards
Alberta
Virginia
Master Martin Turpie Birthday Party Details
Martin Turpie celebrated his sixth birthday at home on High Street with an Easter themed party. Anne Day won the Easter egg hunt and Gerry Parker found the black egg. Billy Luke won the donkey tail prize. Guests included Ellen Low, Carol Haynes, Elizabeth Jones, Anne Day, Susan Bates, Peter Crooker, Gerry Parker, Dexter Cox and Billy Luke. Mrs Linwood Haynes, Mrs Percy Low, Mrs Ralph Crooker, Mrs Roger Luke and Mrs Howard Bates attended. Flowers for Mothers Day bouquet are provided by the Ladies Aid of Winter Street Church. Grace Dickinson previously tended to this duty but cannot this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Turpie
William Turpie
High Street
Anne Day
Gerry Parker
Billy Luke
Ellen Low
Carol Haynes
Elizabeth Jones
Susan Bates
Peter Crooker
Dexter Cox
Linwood Haynes
Percy Low
Ralph Crooker
Roger Luke
Howard Bates
John Sylvester
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Church
Grace Dickinson
Madden Family Tribute in South Portland
G Clifford Madden of South Portland died Sunday. His mother Mrs Charles I Madden Sr of Mechanic street remains a patient at Memorial hospital convalescing from an emergency appendectomy in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Clifford Madden
South Portland
Charles I. Madden
Mechanic Street
Memorial Hospital
Huse School PTA hears talk on Cub activities
Large turnout at Huse School PTA meeting as William C. Wessel National Director of Cubbing Boy Scouts of America discusses Cub activities. A color movie and a skit by local Cub officers entertained. A planning committee formed to expand Cub packs for ages nine to eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse School
PTA
William C. Wessel
Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Wessel
James McGuynn
Pine Tree Council
Karcher Jackeson
Ralph Wright
Paul Bagdikian
Cecil Fullerton
Advah Reynolds
Harmon W. Smith
Huse
Wessel
Wessell
Robert Dolan
Donald Preble
Reginald Barter
William Barter
Elmer Hagan
Cecil Fullerton, Jr
Arnold Cogan
Louis Michalos
Richard Torrey
Mr. Smith
Rotary Anns Guests of Mrs W J Craft
Rotary Anns met Thursday at one o clock with Mrs William J Craft Washington street for luncheon with co hosts Mrs Harold Troop and Mrs James Clappison. Plans were made for a public baked bean supper at Central church parish house on Saturday April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Anns
William J. Craft
Washington Street
Craft
Harold Troop
James Clappison
Charles B. Doyle
Central Church
Ralph Warren
Fred D. Hill
Chester Plant
Hyde Windlass
Dominique Tardif
Horace Herrick
Carl Anderson
John Parker
Rupert Irvine
Edward Bridgham
Hastings Family Reunion Ties To April Church Wedding
Mr and Mrs Richard Hastings and their children plan a Bangor visit with Mrs Hastings parents Mr and Mrs Kittridge of High Street. They will be joined by Mrs Hastings sister and husband Mr and Mrs Vaughn Smiley and son Bruce of Philadelphia. The party will attend the wedding of Miss Marjorie Smiley and Herbert Douglas on April 26 at Grace Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hastings
Jeanette
Sylvia Anne
Donald
Bangor
Bowdoinham Community Notes Include Meetings and Obituary
Bowdoinham reports its PTA met at Coombs high school with Vera Heath presiding and Gladys and Pearl Raymond directing the program. Funeral services were held for Abigail Miller with burial in Cumberland. survivors include her husband and two sons. Various local activities include the Merry Meeting Grange program and Red Cross sewing sessions, plus school vacation notices and community visits to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Coombs High School
Vera Heath
Gladys
Pearl Raymond
Carl Rogers
Charles McEwen
Leon Spinney
Miles Hilton
James Pratt
Abigal Miller
Gould
Samuel Dorrance
Department of Agriculure
Augusta
Maine
William H. Gould
Bowdoinham
Martha Briggs
Waterville
Brunswick
The
Red Cross
Conditions at Lambert Park Rent Equity Discussed
A report on Lambert Park compares rents with other city housing and notes tenants alleging similar rents to Hyde Park Terrace dwellings. Residents push for fire safety upgrades including hose access, more ladders, and better alarm coverage, with officials promising attention on return to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Boston
Farnsworth
Lambert Park
Hale
Washington
Dessert Bridge at Cosmopolitan Club This Thursday
A dessert bridge will be held at the Cosmopolitan club rooms Thursday at 1 30 pm with prizes for both contract and auction. Tables may be reserved by contacting Mrs. Daniel Matter or Mrs. Cecil Rowland. Bring cards table covers tallies and pencils. Assistants include Miss Barbara Younger Mrs Hollis B Carlisle Miss Addie Palmer and others. Mr and Mrs Leonard Oliver host visitors from Malden Massachusetts at Sagadahoc Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Daniel Matter
Cecil Rowland
Barbara Younger
Hollis B. Carlisle
Addie Palmer
Joseph J. Smith
George C. Hartsgrove
Richard A. Sherwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’ S, Inc. Buildings — Growin
Priscilla Top
Marquette Priscilla Dot
Bath Iron Works Corp
Small
Robert Small
Jackson Electrical Service
Ted Front Street
Bieh Street
Maine General Hospital
Treasury
Bud Cornish
Love A Mystery
Voice of Friendly Service
Legion Auxiliary
Harry G. Deering
Beacon Street
Josephine Moore
R. N
New Brunswick
Corliss Street
Judy Dulac
Rose Jean
Court Street
P.T.A
W. J. Craft
Wed
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Teleres
Criterion Studios
School Street
Charles Hackett
Cleveland Curtis
Neil S. Bishop
Frederick Pauling
Hartford
Joseph Conley
Conley
Alberta Page
Myrtie Cutler
Wesley Baxter
Ashland
Wallace Hunter
J. Frederick Cheney
Frederick, Jr
Northboro
Mass
Cheney
Harold Cheney
Archibald Craig
Ellsworth
Milton Douglas
Walter Rogers
Meumonia
Brunswick Star
Hazel Turner
Warren Morgan
Gallups Island
Ms. Morgan
Brown's Point
Ransom Kelley
Linwood Rideout
Fairfield
Kelley
Ruth McEwen
Charles Mce-Ewen
BYU
Ray Mill
Ruth Hussey
Gail Russell
Nyworth
Jennie Newhall
Joan Atkinson
Malden
Leonard Oliver
Edward Foster
Sagadahoc Ferry
William YD
Sunds
Frank Lloyd
Rex Beach
Une Oman Heetater
Dietrich Sco
Lane
Peeake
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