Birthday party and society notes fill Bath pages
Ronald Larrabee hosted a ninth birthday with games and prizes while neighbors like Mary Elizabeth Donnell and Norman Kenney won peanut hunt prizes. The Discard club met with Mrs. Raymond Palmer, and many Bath residents visited Portland, South Portland, or Worcester for family events, travels, and hospital visits. The column records numerous social calls, birthdays, illnesses, and weekend excursions across Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Larrabee
Merton Wright
High Street
Mary Elizabeth Donnell
Norman Kenney
Wiliam Donnell, Jr
Donald Kenney
Marilyn Towne
William Donnell
Charles Kenny
Wright
John Larrabee
West Bath
Country Club Dance Proves Great Success in Bath
Bath social highlight of the season drew more than 500 dancers to the Armory for the Bath Country Club ball raising over 350 for the club. Grand prize of 100 went to H B Cranmer of Milton Mass, with 14 piece Fenton Brothers band providing music. Details note festive setting with patriotic decor, large crowd, and praise for efficient coat checks and club organizers despite modest overrun in expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Bath Country Club
Country Club
James G. Jenkins
H. B. Cranmer
Milton
Mass
Vere Copper & Brass Co
New Bedford
Cranmer
Edwin R. Andrews
Battery H
Arthur Paulin
William S. Newell
Sumner Sewall
Rodney E. Ross
Archibald M. Main
Cecil E. Paine
Edward W. Bridgham
Jenkins
Pres. Andrews
John M. Conley, Jr
Robert L. Brownell
Alden G. Smith
Mary Newell
W. Dayton Hill
Marcia Moulton
Elizabeth E. Fuller
Lucille Johnson
Dromore Farm Bureau Chooses Rep for Farm and Home Week
At April meeting Dromore Farm Bureau voted to send the chairwoman and project leader to Farm and Home Week at Orono in 1940 with expenses paid. Members set a goal to raise one dollar per member by May 18 for a sweater project. Mrs. Day oversees an in between meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Ase
Orono
Phippsburg
Carolyn Day
Esther McCourt
Evelyn Beals
Eva Rogers
Grace Baker
B'nai Brith Lodge Installs Its Officers Sunday Evening
Installation of Bath lodge and Auxiliary officers was held Sunday April 23 in Beth Israel Synagogue vestry. Harold J. Rubin and Dorothy Rubin led as new lodge and auxiliary presidents. Present were local legal, medical and civic members with dancing to Henry's Stringed Rhythm and a May 14 banquet invitation from Cumberland Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
David 8. Cogan
Harry Berman
Lewiston
B’nai Brith
Sylvia Burston
Sally Shible
Ida Scolnik
Zelda Diamond
Ida Levin
Esther Abramson
Lottie Lipinsky
Goldie Bloom
Auburn
Dorothy Rubin
Bath Auxiliary
Bessie Singer
Laura Sher
Evelyn Petlock
Jeanette Miller
Monitor
Mary Aick
Sentinel
Betty Cooper Cohen
Bangor Women's Grand Lodge
District 1
Caplan
David I. Brownstone
Portland
Cumberland Lodge
Brownstone
Jewish Community Center
Bangor
Westerly
R. I
Ottawa
Ontario
Harold J. Rubin
Bath Lodge
Benjamin Bernstein
Edward Jaffee
Samuel Lerman
Morris L. Fireman
Abraham Berenson
Rose Berenson
Jack Berenson
Thelma Goldstein
I. A. Miller
Harry Persky
Joseph Lilansky
Molly Baker
Max Singer
Goldie Singer
Joseph Singer
Samuel Sher
Brunswick
Morris Robinson
Lisbon Falls
Engagement of Martha Cahill to Walter Wilhelm
Hon and Mrs Charles H Cahill of High Street announce the engagement of their daughter Martha Cahill Woodbury to Walter Navarre Wilhelm son of Mrs Woodburn Potter of Philadelphia and the late Capt Walter M Wilhelm. Wilhelm was VP of Eddystone Munition Co. Martha Cahill is a graduate of Emma Willard School and Connecticut College for Women class of 1938. Wilhelm attended William Penn Charter School and Phillips Exeter Academy class of 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
High Street
Martha
Woodbury Cahill
Walter Navarre Wilhelm
Woodburn Potter
Philadelphia
Walter M. Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Eddystone Munition Co
Miss Cahill
Emma Willard School
Troy
N. Y
Connecticut College For Women
William Penn Charter School
Philips Exeter Academy
Snowy 1785 memory in a Newcastle school book
Mrs James E Lockery owns a 18th century school book once owned by Priscilla Glidden of Newcastle who married Bolomon Dunbar. The fly leaf notes April 18 1785 snow so deep three feet and crust too hard to travel then the next day crusted enough to ride home on horseback. Joseph Glidden is the daughter’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Lockery
Washington Street
Priscilla Glidden
Newcastle
Bolomon Dun—bar
Joseph Glidden
Bath residents to attend New York World's Fair opening
Bath people will attend the World’s Fair opening on Sunday April 30. Former Bath mayor Oliver Moses sits on the National Advisory committee for Maine and will travel Friday with Mrs Moses. Mrs William S Newell and daughter Miss Mary Newell led Bath’s group to the Maine era, with other Bath women planning attendance at a tea hosted by regional directors and Mrs Courtland Barnes at the National Advisory committee HQ to meet Mrs Vincent Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Oliver Moses
National Advisory Committee
Maine
Moses
William S. Newell
State Advisory Committee
Mary Newell
Reginald T. Thaxter
Portland
Milton S. Kimball
Augusta
Frederick H. Kimball
Courtland D. Barnes
Vincent Astor
Women’s City Club of New York
Lily gift to First Lady from Bermuda link
Virginia Lee of Bath Mississippi presented Easter lilies to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House in Washington. The Bermuda grown lilies were sent by Lady Hildyard of Bermuda, arranged through Miss Lee, daughter of Clifton Lee, with Betty Hopkins also present from the Commerce Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bath
Virginia Lee
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
Betty Hopkins
Bermuda
New York
Miss Lee
Clifton Lee
Washington
Jessie A. Ramsay
John H. Ramsay
Bath High School
Capital
George Washington University
District Governor Visits Bath Rotary
District Governor Percy L. Vernon of Lewiston visited the Bath Rotary Club at its Hotel Sedgwick luncheon with three Lewiston-Auburn members. The program highlighted fellowship, club service, and rotary aims, with Bates College professor Ray Gould outlining finances and upcoming district events in Quebec and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Percy L. Vernon
Lewiston
Hotel Sedgwick
Rotary
Fred D. Hill
Chester Plant
Dominique Tardif
Frank Vennett
Dr. Berry
Fred Cary
Rotary Ams
Lewiston-Auburn
Phil Pottle
Bath
Bowdoin
Gelan I. Veago
Twin City
Ray M. Gould
Civics
Bates College
193Rd
Quebec
Cleveland
Vernon
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans May Breakfast
Cosmopolitan Garden club members held a May breakfast planning session with Miss Jane Murphy presiding. The event, May 1 from 6 to 9 am at the club house, will feature a special seating for business guests and a menu of juice cereal bacon eggs muffins and coffee. Proceeds fund nature courses tree planting and roadside beautification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Jane 8. Murphy
Sumner Sewall
Roscoe P. McFadden
Herbert R. Lemont
Garden Club
Henry Biggins
Bath
Hogg Island
Brunswick Road
Elizabeth Deering
R H Houston plans wharf expansion after razing old mill
The R H Houston Construction Co with Portland ties razes the former Passmore Co mill on Commercial Street to gain a 110 foot wharf frontage and storage space expanding local operations. The project aims to accommodate large lighters and extend waterfront capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Houston Construction Co
Portland
H. T. Passmore Co
Commercial Street
The
Construction Corporation
Elks Charity Ball Floor Show Tonight at Columbian Hall
Miss Kathleen Harkins Morse high school accordionist and dancer will headline the Elks Charity Ball floor show on Monday May 1 at Columbian hall. The event raises funds for crippled children of Maine with eight to nine pm performances and dancing to the Fenton Brothers 14 piece band from Lewiston. Tickets via A Hallett Co or Elks members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Columbian Hall
New State Armory
Elks
Maine
Portland
Kathleen Harkins
Morse High School
Harkins
Mohiba
Fenton Brothers
Lewiston
Myrna M. Avery
Charlotte E. Cahill
Miss Harkins
Beverly Curran
Madelyn Oliver
Helen Gallagher
Marion Getchell
West Bath
A. Hallett & Co
Lombard Street
Edward Cooke Recovering After Recent Surgical Operation
Edward Cooke of Willow Street is satisfactorily recovering from a recent surgical operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cooke
Willow Street
Memorial Hospital
Thompson duo from New York visit Bath area relatives
Earl S Thompson of New York and his father George E. Thompson of Brunswick formerly Bath were in the city Saturday, calling on relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl S Thompson
New York
The
American Water Works Association
George E. Thompson
Brunswick
Bath
City
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Everett White
Truman King
Francis Norton
Rodney Upham
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Clifford Smith
Billy
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William Smith
Charles I. Madden
Charles I. Madden, Jr
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G. Clifford Madden
Barbara
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Maynard Brown
Marion Spinney
Miss Spinney
Florence Darling
Ruby Talbot
Misses Inn
Virginia Rogers
C. Vaughn Overman
Waldoboro
Charles R. Sims
North Street
Edward Gaudreau, Jr
Dover
N. H
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Edward Gaudreau
John T. Parris
Upper
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Louis Perry
Quincy
Arthur King
Isobel King
Edgett Street
Lucy White
Topsham
Bruce H. M. White
Brunswick Hospital
Oak Grove Seminary
Vassalboro
Mary Baxter
Earle R. Legard
Robert Earle
John Williams
Hyde Windlass Co
Dummer Street
Lawrence Weston
Donald Wishart
Franklin
Alvin Whittemore
Ellen Ashenden
Wakefield
Leonard Wetherbee
Arline Caddy
Henry P. Caddy
West Medford
Simmons College
Carl Troop
Middle Street
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Isabelle Carter
Edward Carter
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Garden Street
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Hartford, Conn
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Reading
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Southport
Esther Mikels
Brookline
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Agnes Lugdon
Hyde Park
Harry Y. Cressey
George Cressey
A. J. Orr
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Beacon Street
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Pine Street
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Malden
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Ernest Howe
Harvey Bates
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Robert Mc-Crea
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Gainesville
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Jane S. Murphy
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Richard Hastings
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Shaw
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Joseph M. Trott
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Wilbur Crocker
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Archie Wishart
Maurice Shea
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Academy Street
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Theodore Watson
Richard
Westbrook
Mary Perkins
Central Telephone Office
Barbara Grout
Springfield
Charles Avery
Olney C. Perry
Horace McClure
Perry Thompson
Ralph Gay
Mr. Perry
Shirley Mank
Ada Anderson
Leo Pratt
Biddeford
Pratt
Swift & Co
Cobb Road
John Huskins
Winship Street
Brockton
Goddard Hospital
Capt. Huskins
Craigsmere
Tracey Line
Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Huskins
Lincoln Monahan
Lowell, Mass
Roger Pierce
Raymond Hart
Park Street
Mrs. Pierce
Sherman Clark
Frank G. Reed
Saco
Howard P. Hill
Donald Hill
Lewis Young, Jr
Lewis Young
Barbara Preney
Katherine Pert
Dawn Avery
Barbara Madden
Janice Conley
Aileen James
Gloria Young
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Carolyn St. Martin
Janice Hogan
Edward van Buren
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Raymond Ayer
Bertram Smith
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Joseph Saint
John Hayward
Edithe G. Small
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
John M. Britt
James Jenkins
Albert F. Austin, Jr
Wiscasset
William D. Simpson
Charlotte O’brien
Charlotte Ellen
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Mrs. Simpson
Philip O'Hara
Columbia
Wichita
Annie King
Baypath Institute
Exgett Street
Herbert Jones
Roy
Squantum
Albert Reed
Fred Abbott
Wayne
Bristol
Carrie Whittier
Ladies Aid of
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Russell Street
Ernest Heywood
Calais
William FE. Fraser
Chestnut Street
Maine General Hospital
Barbara Fisher
M. F. Brown
Boston
Herbert T. Caverly
Lardine Ann
Herbert, Jr
Caverly
Edward W. Vaughan
Corliss Street
Dr. Caverly
Orrin Caverly
Estelle McCabe
Orphans Home
South Street
Alice Mulligan
Elmer MacFarland
Ethel Blodgett
Berlin
Harry L. Horne
Pearl Street
Georgetown
Ida K. Harjula
Thomaston
Eino Partanen
Monson
Harjula
William H. Daley
Donald S. Sewall
Boothbay Harbor
Frank Martin
U. of M
Cedric Martin
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Ralph O. Dale
Martha Cahill
William F. Plummer, Jr
Eastham Guild, Jr
Newton, Mass
Cora Mae Hanna
Thomas J. Hanna
Five Islands
Harris T. Rodick
Elsinore Avenue
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Popham Beach
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Eugene W. Osgood
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Gilbert Head
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Ethier
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Hergesheimer
New
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Marguerite Lewis
Ken Magazine
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Kennebec
Bartlett O. Smith
Ivan Murphy
Sebasco Estates
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Thomas E. Artis
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Shell Co
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B'nai Brith
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First Baptist Church
Helen Sims Overman
Nobleboro Baptist Church
Harold Chandler