Phippsburg Roads Under Repair Amid Seasonal Work
Howard Bowker and local crews repair Parker Head road in Phippsburg state machine and Birch Point Village area. Washouts and gullies blamed on storms. gravel from Stoney Brook washed into Ey Brook basin. Community notices include outings of Rev Chester B Oliver and six boys, repairs after a tower collapse, and other town social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bowker
Parker Head
Sung
Birch Pointillage Corp
Stoneybrooks
Eybrook Basin
Former Bath Girl Becomes Manager in Augusta Office
Thelma E. Soucie of Augusta, formerly Thelma White of Bath, appointed manager of the Montgomery and Order Office in Augusta with the opening held Saturday. Mae Thompson named credit manager. Soucie, wife of Krem Soucie, has long local ties and prior experience in public dealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma E. Soucie
Auusta
Thelma White
Montgomery and Order
Augusta
Sanrday
Cmpany
Maehompson
Haseen
Soucie
Krem Soucie
Mantraightener
Guy Nichols
Lincoln Treet
Bath
E. W. Adams
Etty Gay
Richard
Pacific
U.S
Norman
Calumet Club
Auxiliary
A S NOYES NAMED AS STATE DEPUTY BANK COMMISSIONER
Albert S. Noyes of Bath Trust Co. is appointed deputy bank commissioner for Maine by Bank Commissioner Homer E. Robinson from a state list. He has taught in Bath and Bangor, served as Bath Trust Co. trust officer since 1943, and plans to move to Gardiner with his family in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert S. Noyes
Bath Trust Co
State of
Maine
Homer E. Robinson
Rockland
State Personnel Board
Noyes
Gardiner High School
University of Maine
Lubec High School
Solar Lodge
Board of Education
Gardiner
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day April Session
Dromore Farm Bureau met at the Grange Hall April 18 for an all day session led by Home Management Leader Mrs. Alice Lowell of Parker Head on Home Safety. A noon covered dish dinner followed and a $5 donation to the cancer drive was approved. May 16 will feature Home Landscape Gardening with Charles Eastman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Alice Lowell
Parker Head
Aletha Campbell
Charles Eastman
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Eastman
Minnie McCarty
Priscilla Thayer
Stephen
Bath
Doris Bates
Evelyn Beals
Emma Perry
Addie Seavey
Aretha Campbell
Lenora Harmon
Margaret Wyman
Margaret Gilman
John Morse Jr
Winnegance
Unique Dinner Party On Birthday Celebrated in New York
Mine Van Zandt Wheeler of West Point celebrated her birthday with a dinner in New York City attended by Bath resident guests. The fête began at Gripsholm for canapes and cocktails, then moved to Marchi’s Italian for a large reserved table. A giant candlelit cake and a singing of Happy Birthday followed, before guests dispersed to a guest’s home for champagne and sandwiches as curfew neared. Guests included Mr and Mrs Alexander Nazaroff, Mr and Mrs Ragnar Asplund, Mr and Mrs Merle E Selecman, Countess de Carriere, Princess A Obolensky, Dr Ross M Wilson, and Rev Timothy C Maney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt Wheeler
West Point
New York City
Bath
Gripsholm
Marchi
Alexander Nazaroff
Ragnar Asplund
Merle E. Selecman
Countess de Carriere
Princess A. Obolensky
Ross M. Wilson
Timothy C. Maney
Parker Head Community News Highlights Local Gatherings
About 30 attended a Sunday church service where Rev. Orville Lozier spoke. Activities include hymn sings, slides on Kentucky mountains, PTA events, a box supper raising over 13 dollars, and youth gatherings with Brownies and Girl Scouts. Notables: visits by local officials, troops, and students.
Fire destroys Moore home in Parker Head area
April 18 blaze at the Moore residence caused by chimney sparks. Coast Guard and Phippsburg fire warden prevented spread to nearby woods. The family now stays at the Haskell house at Parker Head. Also notes include local visits, shopping, garden work, Red Cross magazine drive requests, and updates on Alderman Alfred Reeks’s hospital recovery after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Moore
Coast Guard
Phippsburg
Haskell
Parker Head
Leona Harmon
Wyman
Julia Dozois
Stanton Dozois
Massachusetts
Nat Percy
Arthur Stinson
Frank Wyman
John Young
Popham Garden
Columbus Knights Exemplify Degree at Armory
The Richard J. Cummings class of the Knights of Columbus exemplified the major degree at the State Armory with about 300 Knights from Bath and other areas. District Deputy Lorenzo Masse of Brunswick presided, and a 200-person banquet followed, with speeches by leaders from Waterville Bath Portland and Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Cummings
Knights of Columbus
State Armory
Lorenzo Masse
Brunswick
Waterville
Bath
K. of C. Hall
Sagadahoc
Daniel Perry
Alex Burgess
Edmund Parady
Clifton Moody
Francis Vaillancourt
David Vigne
John J. Keegan
Martin Cavanaugh
Portland
George Donnelly
Eamel E. Nadeau
Lewiston
John Cummings
Louis Allain
Paul Kelley
John Keegan, Jr
Maron Genthner
Reginald Cyr
Arthur Bourque
Arthur Boulay
Arthur Paulin
Commander De Long and wife depart after visit to Maine coast
Commander Henry C. De Long U S Navy and Mrs De Long leave after staying with his parents Mr and Mrs Harold W De Long on Washington street. They spent part of the visit at the Hennessy cottage at Popham Beach before he returns to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. DeLong
U. S. Navy
Popham Beach Community Notices and Local Sports
Rev Orville Lozier spoke at Popham Library on Sunday. Next week will show Home Mission Society films. Patriots day saw Popham Beach boys beat Parker Head 14 0. Various local activities include girl scouts, boys club, grange supper, school attendance records, and community visits. PFC Robert Hodgkins wounded in Luzon February 11. Local residents and visitors from Weston, Mechanic Falls, Lewiston, Machias, Yarmouth, and Auburn noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Lozier
Portland
Popham Library
Home Mission Society
Kentucky Mountains
Nisbet
Society Hall
Leona Harmon
Parker Head
Popham Beach
Kenneth Leonard
Bertha Newdick
Walter Newdick
Mary Newdick
Ellen Newdick
Gloria Oliver
Merrill Oliver
Ernest Oliver
Jack Wallace
Charles Leonard
Elizabeth Leonard
Robert Morong
Gerald Morong
Edmund Wallace
Carey Wallace
Richard Smalls
Virginia Perkins
Richard Small
Popham
Phippsburg
Robert Hodgkins
Luzon
Philippines
School drives Aid Clothing to Overseas Aid
City students donate large amounts of usable garments to the United National Clothing drive. Bath Lions club collects and packs the clothing at Dummer Street schoolhouse for shipment overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United National Clothing
Bath Lions Club
Dummer Street
Lions
Red Cross Officers Confer on War Fund and Nurse Recruiting
A street general field representative of the American Red Cross visited Augusta to confer with local Red Cross officials about the war fund campaign and the nurse recruiting program. Misses Glenda and Betty Howard and Mrs. John Preney of Washington street spent Saturday in Lewiston as visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda
Betty Howard
John Preney
Washington Street
Lewiston
USO Bath Hall Time Allotment Plan and Staff Changes
The USO Bath operating committee met at the YMCA to finalize a weekday hall usage schedule and appoint new staff. Everett Johnson and Emily Reed drive efforts to serve community recreational needs. Resignations of Mrs. Lawrence Gude and Mrs. Robert Hackett were announced, with Gloria Dawson named secretary and Phyllis Webber as Arts and Crafts leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Us.o
Y.M.C.A
Everett Johnson
Emily Reed
U.S.O
Lawrence Gude
Robert Hackett
Gloria Dawson
Phyllis Webber
Bath U.S
G.S.O
Wives Club
Industrial Workers Club
Youth Recreation Council
John Parker
Council of
City Hall
USO
Former Bath Boy Now Bank Cashier
Gordon I. Miller, raised in Bath and a Morse High School graduate in 1920, has become cashier of the Fallmouth National Bank in Massachusetts after 16 years as a Federal bank examiner in New England. He is the son of Daniel and Mrs. Miller of Roslindale, with family ties to Bath and connections to Weir, Williams, and Edward W. Sampson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comptroller of Currency
Miller
National Shawmut Bank
Atlantic National Bank of Boston
Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville
Fla
Morse High School
Boston University
American Institute of Banking
Judith Ann
Susan Ruth
Elizabeth Louise
Percy Miller
Massachusetts
Boston
Banking Department
Gordon I. Miller
West Roxbury
Mass
Bath
Falmouth
New England
Daniel Miller
Roslindale
Harry C. Williams
Bridge Street
Edward W. Sampson
Dummerstreet
McTea Ast Weir Know
Kennebec
Eastern
Gordon Miller
Federal
First
Federal Reserve District
Bridgeport
Conn
Mrs Edge Visits Bath for Destrier Launch
Mrs Waiter E Edge of Trenton New Jersey left Tuesday for home after a weekend with Mr and Mrs Loy Sewall of Washington street. She attended the Bath Iron Works launch of the super-destroyer Cecil on Sunday with sponsor Mrs Charles O Cecil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiter E. Edge
Trenton
N. J
Loyall F. Sewall
Washington Street
Edge
Bath
Cecil
Bath Iron Works
Charles O. Cecil
St. Timothy's School
Maine Fishing Notes Signal Late Salmon Run Start
The notes indicate salmon fishing will improve in a week to ten days on newly opened waters while Sebago Lake, ice free two weeks, begins strong this weekend and should peak in a week. Smelt begin entering brooks and salmon inshore, with natural bait and streamers flies. Rangeley and Mooselucme camps open around May 1. Mrs F Gibbons and Mrs Morse depart Pasadena to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebago Lake
Rangeley
Mooselucmeguntie
Dana York Rebounds From Memorial Hospital Stay
Dana York has been released from Memorial hospital after a week as a patient and is convalescing at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana York
Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chester B. Oliver
Robert Iles
Arthur Berry
Edward Iry
Perry Thompson
Albert Oyes
Keye Kidder
E Basin
Robert Niles
Navy
Charles Shepherd
Fesser Church
Malcolm Sumer
Davis
Dunn
Eugene Bowker
William Grevers
Inchester
Mead‘brook
Emma A. Perry
Dudley Savitt
Rosey Cottage
Ayer
Maple Reet
Jace Percy Cullity
Bucksport
Sherman Morse
Suny
Everett Harrington
Ivan A. Trucarthy
Edgar Liver
Mark W. Hennesey
Eir Cottage
Perry's Cove
Ernest Rogers
John
Orand Rogers
Ray Campbell
Droore Bay Farm
Gardiner Rogers
Meadowrock
Miss Bess Dickinson
Republican State Committee
Hursday
Augusta House
Blaine House
Miss Dickinson
Thelma Soucie
A. S. Noyes
New York
Parker
Congregational Conference of
Sidney E. Dee
Miss Harmon
Kentucky
P.T.A. Sewing Circle
Turner McCarty
P.T.A
Eugene Harrington
Town Hall
Clifford Robinson
Ashdale
Stella Packard
Brownies
Lawrence Thayer
Topsham
Stanwood Gilman
Arthur Higgins
Colorado
Earl Lowell
Farm Bureau
Dromore
Bob Hodgkins
H. D. Mank
Germany
Eleanor Bertrand
John Kriedler
Clifton Morong
Harold Thayer
George Morong
Alphonse Galarneau
Leroy Perkins
Antwerp
Belgium
Allie Rollins
Samuel McElroy
Arthur Moore
Charles Blaisdell
Llyod Lowell
Richard Dozois
Lorraine Harrington
Barbara Mank
Dorothy Cushing
COX
American Red Cross
National Geographic
True Story
Warren Hawely
Fred D. Hill
Hospittals
Alfred Reeks
Parkstreet
Maine General Hospital
Reeks
Columbus Knights
Dromore Grange
West Bath
Dirigo
New Hampshire
West Bath Grange
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
Grange
Frances Small
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Florence Spinney
Annie Wilson
Ada Norris
Will Sanders
the Grange
Lucy G. Rogers
Dreamland
Persis Miller
Bertha Holbrook
Charles Small
Clarence Spinney
Charles T. Small
Lucy Rogers
Arbor Day
Technicotor
Helen Gagnon
Edgar Guest
Frances Williams
Robert Metcalf
H. W. Delong
Henry Clay DeLong
USN
Frank Scott
Lester Oliver
William Bowie
Barbara Sprague
Mechanic Falls
Richard Sprague
Hallowell
Walter Sprague
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Peter Isaacson
Stone House
Lesterliver
G. E. McNulty
Walter Oliver
Randolph and
Pittston
Moses Chandler
George Bowers
Machias
Clarence Wallace
Carolyn Wallace
Laurence Taylor
Hyde Windlass Co
Fred Waterhouse
South Shore
Auburn
L. E. Gayton
Alice Ross
Gayton Cottage
Hall OF Baths
U.S. C
Falmouth, Mass
Mar. F. Gibbons
John A. Morse
Pasadena
Calif
California
Weaver
Springfield
Tookintes
Breesiy
Imuzeie
Ditalog
Center Street
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