Elmhurst fete marks Miss Sally Hyde twelfth birthday
Miss Sally Hyde entertained 16 friends at Elmhurst for her 12th birthday with games gifts Easter colors supper and entertainment. Guests included Audrey Hill Betty Anderson Mary Morse Linna Purdue Barbara Stodder Jeanette Jenkins and many others. Local residents and visitors shared in activities and Easter weekend travels.
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Sally Hyde
Elmhurst
Jeanette Jenkins
Betty Anderson
Audrey Hill
Mary Morse
Linna Marie Purdue
Barbara
Local girl returns from Waltham Easter visit
Miss Ruth Shellenbarger of Floral street has come back from Wal tham Massachusetts where she spent Easter with friends. Miss Sally Apcolon of Brookline Massachusetts arrived Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Perley Alter and daughter Miss Elizabeth Ater at 1095 Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Shellenbarger
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Floral Street
Waltham, Mass
Sally Apcolon
Brookline
Mass
Perley Alter
Elizabeth Ater
Washington Street
Avery Family Plans Bay Point Vacation Week
Mr and Mrs Donald Avery and daughters Beatrice and Dawn of Meadow Way travel to Bay Point to spend a vacation week at their cottage.
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Donald Avery
Beatrice
Dawn
Meadow Way
Bay Point
Sewalls Visit Washington Street Relative on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Donald S Sewall and son Mark visited his mother Mrs Mark W Sewall on Washington street over the weekend.
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Donald S. Sewall
Mark
Mark W. Sewall
Washington Street
Rail schedules shift to daylight time next Monday
Spring time tables from the Boston & Maine and Maine Central show through trains between Portland Bangor and Boston will run one hour later to align with daylight saving time. Key trains include the Flying Yankee with Portland Boston runs, Pine Tree Limited and Kennebec Limited, plus eastbound and westbound connections across Maine and New Hampshire.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Bangor
Boston
Scarboro Beach
Old Orchard Beach
Lewiston
Winthrop
Waterville
Northern Maine Junction
Dover
N. H
Streamliner
North Station
Pine Tree Limited
Augusta
Hallowell
Gardiner
Richmond
Brunswick
Freeport
Kennebec Limited
Gulf
Salvation Army Easter Service Draws Large Audience
A large crowd attended a Salvation Army Hall Easter program on Sunday night. The order included opening song The Lives, prayer by Hartwell Fleming, Scripture John 20:1 18, readings by Mrs Tripp and others, a Boys Chorus performance, duets, a pageant The Heart of the Cross, and remarks by Major Tripp. Easter flowers were delivered to shutins on Monday.
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Salvation Army Hall
Hartwell Fleming
Personal notes from New England holiday visits
Miss Dorothy Thebeau returns to Good Council college in White Plains after Easter with her aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Strout of Melrose visit relatives in High street and with Mrs. Blagdon in Wiscasset. Mr. Corthell of Cliftondale visits Middle Street hosts. Leeman family weekend in Osborne Bath with Magoon and Norma Lura Elwood Henry. Rev. Tubbs attends Kennebec-Penobscot Clericus meeting at St Marks Waterville. Prof Kollh of Bowdoin speaks on Germany's religious situation.
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Dorothy Thebeau
Oak Street
Good Council College
White Plains
New York
Eleanor Thebeau
Sewall A. Strout
Melrose
Mass
Strout
Elmer W. Rogers
High Street
Chancellor Blagdon
Wiscasset
Napoleon B
Bath
Charles M. Tubbs
St. Marks’ Church
Waterville
Kollh
Bowdoin College
Germany
Ross Leads Bowdoin in Patriots Day Golf Tourney
Rodney E. Ross Jr of Bath finished one stroke from gross honors in Brunswick's Patriots Day Golf tournament with 77. Bowdoin's Psi U team won team honors as Ross paced the collegiate quintet alongside rivals Arnold Parker of Portland and Ernie Olsen of Riverside. Leading scores include Claude Clement 66, John Palmer 72, Leon Buck 73, and Ernie Olson 76 for Riverside with other local entries from Bath and surrounding clubs posting solid totals.
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Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Bath
Brunswick
Arnold Parker
Portland
Ernie Olsen
Riverside
Ross
Johnny Hichborn
Lownet
Claude Clement
Northport
Psi U
Bowdoin
Leon Buck
Wesley Marco
Portsmouth, N. H
Francis A. Winchenbach
John Palmer
Charles Nelson
Augusta
Royce Abbott
Martindale
Henry Piorkowski
Maine
Arthur Bakke
Harry Hood
Walter Banham
Frank Tirabassi
P. E. Foster
Wilfred Girard
John Boyd
Portsmouth
G. Warren Stiles
Homer Robinson
Rockland
Local visitors and club notes from Sagadahoc area
Miss Mary Brown and Miss Minnie Brown visit Barbizon Plaza as guests of Mr and Mrs Granville Colby at 10 Quimby street. They returned from Boston where they toured historical sites and observed the marathon ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes. Mrs Henry W Butler and Miss Mary Pelham Hill drove to Vassalboro for a Women’s Republican Clubs of Maine board meeting. Other organized counties besides Sagadahoc were well represented.
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Mary Brown
Minnie Brown
Barbizon Plaza
New York City
Granville Colby
Quimby Street
Boston
Paul Revere
William Dawes
Henry W. Butler
Mary Pelham Hill
Vassalboro
Women’s Republican Clubs of
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath memory of the White Squadron and the Baltimore siren
The article recalls Bath in the era of the White Squadron led by the Baltimore. It notes notable guests including Richard Matthews Hallet and Mrs Hallet, and describes the Baltimore sailing past Doubling Point, the ship’s towering masts, and the famous first siren heard in Bath. Citizens flocked to witness the event and cows supposedly fled. Rear Admiral Gherardi then visited Bath Iron Works district.
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Bath
Baltimore
Dolphin
Petrel
Kearsage
Doubling Point
Lecce CT
Gherardi
Naval Construction
Bath Iron Works Corp
Iron Boston
Birth of the Sampson keel ceremony marks unique Bath launch
The Bath Iron Works ceremony on March 26 1936 launched the destroyer Drayton with Miss Barbara Drayton as sponsor and 14 year old Marjorie Drayton given a central role laying keel plates. The event created the birth of Bath’s largest destroyer then built, celebrated amid dignitaries and cameras.
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Sampson
U. S. S. Drayton
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pennsylvania
Barbara Edith Drayton
Marjorie Elliot Drayton
Bath
Drayton
Barbara
Marjorie
William S. Newell
Miss Marjorie
Costly evolution of destroyers from Sampson to new ship
The article compares the 1916 USS Sampson built at Fore River with Bath Iron Works’ latest destroyer launched at Bath. It notes the new vessel costs about 4.0 million dollars versus 0.795 million for the Sampson, and cites larger size speed and capacity while noting public data limits. It cites the old Sampson’s retirement in 1928 and suggests the newer ship may serve into 1950.
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Uss. Sampson
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Bath Iron Works Corp
Sampson
Kennebec
Honored Naval Guest at Bath Launch Event
Rear Admiral Walter R. Gherardi led naval guests at the USS Sampson launching. The Bath reminiscence recalled 48 years since the White Squadron’s Bath visit under Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, father of the present honoree. Admiral Gherardi praised Gen. Thomas Worcester Hyde, founder of Bath Iron Works, who once served as a Bath Iron Works lieutenant and was an honorary pallbearer at Hyde's funeral on November 18, 1899.
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Sampson
Walter R. Gherardi
Boston Navy Yard
Bath
Navy
Bancroft Gherardt
Gherardt
Thomas Worcester Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Hyde
Easter services and local plans stir Bath community
Rev Frank M Lamb and his daughter Mrs Jason A Merrill led Easter services at City farm with solos and a sermon on Resurrection and New Life. Edwin Emmons urges Bath to form two bands of 20 to 25 musicians, noting local talent and urging initiative. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co plans a new store in Columbia theatre block opening April 27. The cabin cruiser Shirley was launched from Bishops landing en route to Boothbay Harbor. Frank Hendrickson adds crews to the Bath Brunswick road project facing weather and river fill delays, with hopes the highway opens by July 1.
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Frank M. Lamb
Jason A. Merrill
City Farm
Mr. Lamb
Bath
Edwin L. Emmons
Bath Iron Works Corp
Brunswick
Emmons
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Columbia Theatre Block
Front Street
Broad Street
Shirley
Frank DePrestas
Bishop's Landing
Boothbay Harbor
Frank Hendrickson
Bath-Brunswick Road
Valley Stream
N. Y
Cook's Corner
Court and
Richardson Streets
New Meadows
Staples honors ceremony draws state dignitaries
State leaders and prominent figures attend the Staples event with guests from across Maine. Governor, lawmakers, editors, publishers, and business leaders are among those listed, while a musical program and joint service-club planning add to the gala atmosphere.
Newport couple attends Sampson launch event
Commander and Mrs. Harry W. Hill of Newport Rhode Island arrived Friday to attend the launching of the U S S Sampson and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake of Washington Street. Commander Hill teaches at the Naval War College and previously commanded the U S S Dewey built at Bath Iron Works Corp.
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George Bo Wetherbee
Katharine
Paul
Braintree
Mass
Mr. Wetherbee
Charles P. Wetherbee
High Street
Sampson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Charles W. Teagle
West Medford
Harry W. Hill
Newport
R. I
Frederick E. Drake
Washington Street
Commander Hill
Naval War College
Dewey
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New London
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Attleboro, Mass
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Green Street
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Old Lyme
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Garden Street
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Camden
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Cambridge
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Garden City
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Phippsburg
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Westbrook Junior College
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Bradeen
Montreal
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Summer Street
Chicago
National Zeta Psi Fraternity
Fairbanks-Morse Co. Ltd
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Louis Winship
Ralph Steen
Ralph Jr
Allston, Mass
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Park Street
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Littlefield School
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Katherine Pratt
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Brunswick Road
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William M. Truss
Wilmington
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Belmont
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Matthews Cottage
Georgetown
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Max Kutz
Cobb Road
Sylvia Kutz
Ryder College
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N. J
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Harry L. Day
Grace Church
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Wood's Hole
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Court Street
Augusta Page
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Nellie Clifford
Della Hall
Damariscotta
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Archibald M. Main, Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Frank Elmer Thompson
Frederick H. Kimball
Eastland Hotel
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Howard Mosher
Cochesett
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Mechanic Street
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John A. Lord
Groton, Conn
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Leonard Wetherbee
Greenwood
The
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Beacon Street
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Annie White
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Harpswell
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Winter Street
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Senter’'s, Inc
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Moncton
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Medford
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Psi. A
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Howard Lunt
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D. H. Littlefield
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S. G. Bryant
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Edward R. Anderson
Leon Caiola
Richard Matthews Hallet
Hallet
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Bath Shipbuilding Firm
Newell
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Edmund C. Tarbell
Robert W. Ferrell
Mary Josephine Ferrell
New Castle
Arthur E. Folz
Polz
Navy Yard
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Charles E. Hyde
J. Kenneth Hall
Hemphill & Noyes
Bank of Manhattan
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Harry Warland
J. Howland Gardner
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George P. Stobie
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Central Maine Power Co
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Wingate F. Cram
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Bangor Daily News
Frank B. Nichols
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Fred K. Owen
Portland Sunday Telegram
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Portland, Me
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New England Council
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Copley Plaza Hotel
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