South End P T A Holds Farewell Service and Meeting
The South End P T A met at 488 Washington Street for its annual meeting followed by a talk on India by Mrs. Andrew J. Danielson. Committees were named for the coming year and a luncheon for district teachers was planned for May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P.T.A
Heldon
Andrew J. Danielson
South End P. T. A
Association
Washington Street
F. Arthur Berry
Carroll A. Deering
A. George Moses
Edward V. Coombs
Harold J. Haggett
Mark A. Jackson
India
Arthur M. Bowker
Weekly Clinic At Memorial Hospital Draws 12 Donors
A Tuesday evening blood drive at Memorial Hospital gathered 12 volunteers from Bath Iron Works Corp offices. Donors included Janes Thurston Atlas Thorgton Davis Carey Mrs Carnie Smith George Hophone Beatrice Duprey Niles Perkins James Sharkey Melvin Henderson Doris Henderson Freeman Trott and John Gormat Matis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Janes Thurston
Atle Thorgton
Davis Carey
Carnie Smith
George Hop-hone
Beatrice Duprey
Niles Perkins
James Sharkey
Melvin Henderson
Doris Henderson
Freeman Trott
John Gormat
Shipyard clinic seeks more donors for next Tuesday
Five donors have signed up for the weekly clinic next Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m at the shipyard. More donors are hoped to attend the all day meeting and a short business session will be held.
Nurses Alumnae Association Holds Annual Meeting
Bath Memorial Hospital hosted the Nurses Alumnae Association annual meeting with 19 members present. Officers were reelected including secretary treasurer Jane W. Hillgrove, and Josephine Moore named president. A June banquet plan was discussed and four new members were admitted. A social hour and refreshments followed. Next meeting set for July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses
Jane W. Hillgrove
R. N
Association
Josephine Moore
Fred H. Thompson
Kathleen J. Hart
Lois S. Hodgdon
R.N
Leona L. Spicer
Estella B. Coss
Madelyn L. Hartnett
Grace A Blair
Jennie M. Tray
Ron
Blair
Blairr
Hart
Beatrice Crocker
Geneva Russell
Ruth Simonton
Beulah F. Light
Evelyn P. McMann
Bernice Hunt
Staples Hudson Wedding Saturday
Miss Isabelle Doris Hudson daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Hudson married Charles Marston Staples Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles M Staples in a Becon Street Methodist church parsonage ceremony officiated by Rev Charles L Kinney. The couple will reside at 1115 Wash Weston street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Doris Hudson
William H. Hudson
Dummer Street
Charles Marston Staples, Jr
Charles M. Staples
Middle Street
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Beacon Street
Charles L. Kinney
Wilfred L. Chaplin
Miss Hudson
Grooi
Willian
Tucson
Staples
Morse
Wash- Weston Street
New Volunteer Nurses Begin First Aid Course at Bath
The Bath Memorial hospital hosts a new volunteer nurses first aid course starting Wednesday April 29. Led by Mrs Esther Murphy with 60 hours of lectures and 10 hours practical work, the program seeks volunteers through Ada Crockett, Bath Red Cross executive secretary. Also reported is the birth of Janette Gainsley, a six pound infant, to Mr and Mrs James Thorpe of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etic
Arthor Sowall
Comanmittet
Nua
Bath Hospital
Angeoope
Vinis Chiss
Ada Crockett
Bath
The
Red Cross
City Hall
Esther Murphy
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mro
Mes
James Thorpe
Woolwich
Janette Gainsley
Young Lemont wedding held at bride's home
Frances Osmond Lemont daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank M Lemont 210 Washington street wed Arthur Young son of Mr and Mrs Lester H Young 84 Green street Saturday evening at 7 30 Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated in the presence of families A profusion of cut flowers decorated the Lemont home Mrs Jason A Merrill attended the couple The bride a Morse high school 1940 graduate secretary at Bath National Bank will reside with her parents after a several days wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Osmond Lemont
Frank M. Lemont
Washington Street
Arthur Young
Lester H. Young
Green Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Lemont
Frank P. Sylvester, Jr
Kittery
Jason A. Merrill
Morse High School
National Honor Society
Young
Bath National Bank
London
Pilgrim Fellowship Visits Brunswick Church Event
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship members attended the First Parish church in Brunswick Sunday evening as guests of the Young People’s Society. Bowdoin professor Herbert Ross Brown gave a distinguished address recounting Larry Foster’s life and the Lafayette College story. The Brunswick group will host the Bath group next Sunday at seven in Winter Street Church with Miss Pauly Metcalf as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship
Brunswick
Young People’s Society
Herbert Ross Brown
Bowdoin College
Professor Brown
Lafayette College
Larry Foster
Brown
Larry
Association Press
Y. M. C. A. Press
Bath
Winter Street
Pauly Metcalf
Gath
Betrothal announced at Bath engagement party
Miss Irene Turner Elliott and Martin E. Vigne’s engagement was announced at a Saturday evening party at the home of Mrs Hazel Elliott, 160 Meadow. Aliss Pligit Elliott is Morse High senior, from Dover-Foxcroft. Vigue, son of Edward I. Vigue, is Morse graduate and baths shop apprentice. Guests included Warren Higgins, Barbara Vigne, Wilfrid Guerin, Carolyn Walton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Turner Elliott
Martin EE
Vigne
Miss Elliott
Hazel Elliot
Meadow Wits
Aliss Pligit
Elliott
Ellott
Morse High School
Bath
Sears
Dover Foxcroft
Fouxcroft Academy
Vigue
Bath Country Club to Open Next Sunday for Season
Jimmy Jones announces Bath Country Club will open for the season next Sunday. The course is in fine condition for this early in the year with green fees at last year’s rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Jones
Bath Country Club
Lions Club Aids Soldiers With Recreation Center
Bath Lions Club acts quickly to aid the soldiers at Popham post by providing a demolished building site and arranging transport of lumber and equipment. Lieut Joseph Conroy initiated the project and local donors are asked to contribute outdoor game gear to furnish a homelike leisure space for the first line of defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion's Club
Bath Club
Popham Army Post
Joseph Conroy
Bath
Razir
King Lion Henry O. Trowbridge
Harvey Dobbins Recalled to Navy Service in World War II
West Bath resident Harvey C. Dobbins who served as a chief electrician in World War I is recalled to the Navy. He departed for Portland then Boston after passing physicals. His son Richard Henry Dobbins was killed in action in 1941, and another son Albert James Dobbins is currently in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey C. Dobbins
West Bath
U. S. Navy
United States Navy
Portland
Boston
Dobbins
Salem, Ind
Bath
Johanna Lorentsen
Richard Henry Dobbins
Pearl Harbor
Albert James Dobbins
Navy
Front Street
Salem
Ind
Maine
Mizpah Class Meeting At First Baptist Church
Mizpah class of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday evening at Mrs. Chester H. McKenzie home on Court Street. After a business session the group did Red Cross work, then adjourned to a dining room for refreshments and a surprise gift for Mrs. Leroy Freeman and son Larry Lee before their departure for Illinois. Mrs. Carl B. Swanton and his sons Joseph and Bartlett arrived as guests of Harri son W. Hubbard at Quonset Point, RT. Mrs. Harold Alexander and son Donald returned home after visiting with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Merchant of 40 Meadowway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Chester H. McKenzie
Court Street
Leroy Freeman
Larry Lee
Illinois
Carl B. Swanton and Sons
Joseph and
Bartlett
Harrison W. Hubbard
Quonset Point
Harold Alexander
Donald
Camden
Dessert Bridge and Supper by Pythian Sisters
Lowell temple No. 31 Pythian Sisters held a dessert bridge, supper, and meeting at the K of P hall 810 Washington St. Prizes went to Mrs. Howard E. Blake, Mrs. Archie Wishart, and Mrs. Walter Morse. A Neighborhood Night is planned for May 6 with Alva Young and Mizpah temples as guests. Rev. Joseph O Purdue spoke on Norway. The evening closed with the national anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Washington Street
Howard E. Blake
Archie Wishart
Walter Morse
Lois Knight
Sarah Garcelon
Mary Curtis
Alva Young
Brunswick
Mizpah
Boothbay Harbor
Alice Bowie
Lucy Stover
Arletta Yates
Jane Shea
Viola Melzard
Emily Williams
Annie Williams
Marion Darrah
Joseph O' Purdue
Norway
Purdue
Theta Chapter Hosts Tea For New Members
Theta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosted a Sunday afternoon tea at Mrs. Edwin R. Andrews home 981 High street to welcome new members Mrs. Richard H. Haskell Miss Roberta B. Hathorne Miss Kathaleen R. Scott of Brunswick Miss Madge Stacey and Miss Lois C. Swett though Swett could not attend. Decorations in red white and blue adorned the event with Mrs. Arthur Sewall and Mrs. W Linwood Haynes pouring. Tea committee members assisting were Miss Mary Elizabeth Carroll Miss Jean L Danforth and Mrs. John A Greene Jr. Miss Kathleen H Harkins performed accordion selections. Four Augusta Zeta chapter members Miss Betty Brown Miss Jean Caldwell Miss Zoe Pettingill and Miss Elise Pike were among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Edwin R. Andrews
High Street
Richard H. Haskell
Roberta B. Hathorne
Kathaleen R. Scott
Brunswick
Madge Stacey
Lois C. Swett
Swett
Arthur Sewall
W. Linwood Haynes
Mary Elizabeth Carroll
Jean L. Danforth
John A. Greene
Kathleen H. Harkins
Zeta Chapter
Augusta
Betty Brown
Jean Caldwell
Zoe Pettingill
Elise Pike
Personal Notes from the Community Line Up Weekend Moves
Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees returned Saturday to her Bedford Street home after two weeks in New York with her aunt Mrs Julia Trost. Hon Harold P L Small and daughter Marion of Vine Street have moved to their Summer home at Brisbane’s Cove for the Summer. Miss Mary Perry RE N school nurse in Wellesley Mass passed the weekend with her parents on Center Street Extension. Miss Jean Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Jaynard O Brown Western Avenue was a guest over the weekend of her aunt Mrs Percy Law Granite Street. Miss Mary Bates home demonstration agent for the Farm Bureaus in Washington County with headquarters in Machias passed the weekend with her parents on Snow Park. Mr and Mrs Norman MacKinnon who were in South Portland for work have moved to Chicago NL to make their home with Mr MacKinnon taking a position there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bedford Street
New York
Julia Trost
Harold PL Small
Marion
Vine Street
Chicago
MacKinnon
Dixie May
Frederic Cheney
Cumberland
Cheney
Harold Cheney
Linda Gowell
Boston
Inez Gowell
Rosetta Gowell
Marjorie Ingalls
Cambridge
Mass
Lena Cornish
Hazel
Duxbury
Cornish
R. D. Purington
Penelope Conley
James Brown
Greene
Edith Clifford
Topsham
Carrie Kendall
Mary Gill
William Gill
Joseph Cote
Portland
Lottie Purington
Mary Duncan
Ivan Lang
Harold Conley
Dorothy Myers
Greenfield
Mr. Little
George Hackett
Eileen Titcomb
Bath
Janice Conley
Conley
Marilyn Brawn
Margaret Curtis
Phyllis Brawn
Eleanor Dore
South Gardiner
Reginald Dore
Herbert Littlefield
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bowdoinham Air wardens honored at defense meeting
Bowdoinham held a Tuesday defense meeting at the Masonic hall awarding 32 air raid wardens certificates and armbands. Rev Archibald Craig presided as Ed ward Baker thanked teachers and pupils, while Mrs Ralph MacEwen spoke on placement bureau work and the emergency feeding service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Herbert Brown
Bowdoin College
Archibald Craig
Edward Baker
First Selectman
Ralph MacEwen
Wilford Jones
Stanley Libby
Adam Walsh
Brunswick
Lloyd Umberhind
Richmond
Clifford Gray
State Police
F.B.L
William Gould
Myron Heenie
Barbara
Wendall Heenie
Stratford, Conn
Aton Natgter
Dixie
Alice Webner
Frank Webber
Fisher Road
J. N. Palmer
Webber
Clinton Bailey
Wiscasset
South Bowdoin
Clifford Card
Mason
Leon
Horace Marshall
Elmer Wickham
Witscasset
Ezra Webber
Arlington
Mass
Charles Randall
Emily
Arthur Chapman
Cora Smith
Leon Marshall Holden
Scott Bailey
Curtis Pherson
Julia Hoyt
Augusta
Joseph Smith
Melvin Card
Alice ‘Taylor
Portland
Alton Farnham
Raymond Thomas Freeport
Fanny Adams
Harry Mosher
Raymond Beals
Delvina Beals
Lisbon
Nellie
Bowdoinham Post Road welcomes new residents and births
Milo Bowley and family from northern Maine moved to Bowdoinham and settled on Bowdoinham Post Road. Mr and Mrs E Small welcomed a baby girl last week. both mother and child are in Brunswick hospital. Charles Temple and wife also greeted a baby girl about two weeks ago. E Small moved to a farm on Getchel Hill recently. Mrs Frank Millay is ill. Dr W Lowell of Brunswick visited Allan Naugler and John Ackley who had German measles. Mrs Sumner Sewall to attend a tea at Westbrook Junior College Sunday for Governor’s wife. tea 4 to 7 in Hersey Hall. hosts Dr and Mrs Proctor assisted by Deans Melville and Kimball and Miss Deborah Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Bowley
Maine
E. Small
W. Lowell
Brunswick
Allan Naugler
John Ackley
Miss Geraldine Churchey Arrives For Vacation Visit
Miss Geraldine Churchey daughter of Mrs Bertha Churchey of Pittston and a Gardiner High School sophomore arrived Monday to spend the vacation with her aunt Mrs Charles A Corliss at 17 York Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Churchey
Bertha Churchey
Pittston
Gardiner High School
Charles A. Corliss
York Street
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Senter’s, Inc
Rose
Forsythia Spirer
Talsman
Japan
Hoover
Grenoble
Francis Scott Key
Golden Dawn
Luxemburg
Dorothy Page Roberts
Dorothy Perkins
Dr. War Fleet
Mary Wallace
Clumbing
Wise
Mobrl
Bers
Distret Po
Boothbas Harbor
Harold J .Hasytt
R. Raymond Palmper
Mer- LaForest G. Coombs
Arthur Berry
Alfred F. Carpenter
Orris J. Ames
Mrs. Lambie
Walter E. Lamie
Salvation Army
Waterstreet
Hester Newell
Lamie
Salvation Army Corps
Lainie
Andlirs Lane
Capi
Pelion Wael Drith
Baton
Nik
Bloor
Memorial
Nurses’ Alumnae Association
Beacon Street Parsonage
Memorial Hospital
Pilgrim Fellowship
First Parish
College Town
Irene T. Elliot
Martin E. Vigne
Bath of Bath
Lions Club
Harvey Dobbins
Pythian
Theta Chapter
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Thomas G. Booth
Bowdoinham
Alice Palmer
Roscoe Douglas
Charlotte
Yarmouth
Douglas
Milton Douglas
James H. Ames
Lumbermen's Mutual Life Insurance Co
Eastland Hotel
Stratford
Allen Naugler
Buhay Thue
Lucille Ball
James Craig
Dean Jagger
RKO
Olsen and Johnson
Martha Rayer
Paulette Ray Goddard - Milland HeLa
Lls
Rio Rita
Bowdoinham Post Road
Uptowns
Country Store
SnufFy Smith
Billy DE Beck
Bud Duncan
Edgar Kennedy
Sarah Padden
Amervyn Lem
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