Bath society notes and military families amid spring events
Bath residents report a busy social season with visits to Florida Pinehurst and New York. Local couples attend church and club events while soldiers and maritime workers balance duties with gatherings at St Luke's Cathedral and area homes.
Surprise 80th birthday party for Mrs. Cora Robinson
A family gathering at 109 Middle Street honored Mrs. Cora Robinson on her 80th birthday Friday night. Attendees included relatives from Portland and Bath, with several siblings and cousins traveling from nearby towns. The event featured a mix of visits and well wishes as guests returned home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Robinson
Middle Street
Albert Chaput
Janice and
Hope
Portland
Vernal Chase
Ralph Robinson
Ralph, Jr
Charles
Hiram Robinson
Maurice Pushard
Lorin Pushard
Charles Pushard
Hadley Tremain
Frederick Pushard
Laura Burpee
Otis Pushard
Birthday party delights a Bath group with games and gifts
Lorraine Hamlin hosted a Saturday party at her grandparents home 1852 Washington Street Bath. Guests enjoyed outdoor games then a peanut-hunt in the living room with Magella Hamlin winning the prize. Multiple Bath residents attended later social events and lodge activities are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Hamlin
Harold Blair
Washington Street
Magella Hamlin
Judith Hibbs
Mary Lewis
Arline James
Phyllis Tragedy
Marguerite Sanders
Claire Tourquette
Shirley Hamlin
Sylvia Campbell
Margaret Lemphus
Mayella Hamlin
Betty Cummings
Isabelle Fifield
Norma Jean Nickerson
Frances Marks
Marilyn McE
Footier-Lemoine Nuptials Held At St Marys Church
Miss Cynthia Lemoine daughter of Mr and Mrs T Edward Lemoine of North Streetwed with Robert J Footer son of the late Mr and Mrs John Footer at St Marys church Saturday at five. The ceremony was performed by Rev Roland A Martineau. The couple reside at 23 Russell Street Bath. Many out of town guests attended including Mr and Mrs Stephen Nolan Brooklyn NY and Mrs Fred Wilburn Quincy MA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lemoine
T. Edward Lemoine
North Street
Robert J. Footer
John Footer
St. Mary's Church
Roland A. Martineau
Ruth Lemoine
Maurice Skaling
Brunswick
Bath
Frank Hinds
Lemoine
Constance Gilmore
Mary Grace
Fred Wilburn
Quincy
Mass
Footer
Morse High School
M. Club
Nassan College
Springvale
Bath Iron, Works Corp
Bath Iron Works Corp
New York
Russell Street
Stephen Nolan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Evelyn Stewart
Stoneham
Archie Lemoine
Waterville
Horace Thomas
Oakland
Bruce Lemoine
South Portland
Production of Food to Be Big Problem
County Agent Charles L. Eastman warns that producing food for victory will be a serious matter in the coming years. Despite record grain and dairy cattle, labor shortages and a growing demand for meat and canning crops strain storage and production as families are urged to assist through farm work and enlistment of youths and women in the Food for Victory program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Eastman
Mr. Eastman
Aroostook County
U.S
Frank Gumboldt
USES
Richmond
U. S. Employment Service
Augusta
Gumboldt
Food For Victory
Army
Creelman Held on Old Charge for June Court
In Bath Municipal Court Ralph E. Legard described a 1938 robbery ordeal as two unidentified men stole his car money and trousers after forcing him to drive to a remote spot. Prescott A. Creelman of Portsmouth New Hampshire was held on $2000 bond for the Sagadahoc Superior Court June term on armed robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Legard
Freeport
Bath
Prescott A. Creelman
Portsmouth
N. H
Charlestown
Mass
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc
Augusta
Creelman
Massachusetts
John P. Crosby
Paul R. Curtis
Clyde Schuman
Cleveland
Ohio
Schuman
Superior Court
Raymond Fellows
Bangor
Ralph O. Dale
Mr. Legard
Brunswick
Stanley E. Thorne
Georgetown
Deering
Thorne
Charles W. Messenger
Woolwich
Day's Ferry
Lester H. Gray
George H. Avery
Personal notes of residents visiting and returning home
Mrs. Chester Lorentsen of 35 Mechanic street is recovering at home from influenza. Louis Brown of Arlington Mass visited from the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Hynes in Grove street. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Merrill of Rockland were guests of Mrs. Merrill's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Daley. Miss Mira Norton of Cape Nedick returned home from a visit with her cousin Mrs. George Hodgkins of 1227 Washington street. Mrs. Grant Harris and son Robert of Holyoke Mass returned from a visit with Mrs Harris' mother Mrs. Hugh D. Grant on Front street. Mrs. Edward A. Footer returned to 1325 High street from a Maine General operation. Henry F. Leeman and Chester E. Noddin went to Calais for the weekend to resume carpentry at Hyde Windlass plant addition, partners at their Calais hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Lorentsen
Mechanic Street
Louis Brown
Arlington
Mass
William Hynes
Grove Street
Douglas Merrill
Rockland
Merrill
William H. Daley
Middle Street
Mira Norton
Cape Neddick
George
Hyde
Mr. Noddin
Mr. Leeman
Calais
Camille Deering
Frederick Henderson
Eliot
Harry G. Deering
Washington Street
Clifton Tedford
Charles J. Madden
Katie Clark
Waterville
Wallace Winslow
Freeport
Lulu Houdlette
Court Street
Howard Rice
Morris Young
Bath Iron Works
Trenton
Young
Kenneth Stotz
Hardings
Dorchester
Gladys Stotz
J. Russell Grant
Liberty Street
First Baptist Church
Eleanor Mills
Oak Street
Harold Laimette
Auburn
Carl Wing
Lewiston
Hugh D. Grant
Donald Avery
Gladys Brimigion
David S. Cogan
Edward
High Street
Copley Plaza
Boston
Richard Caplan
Athol
Frieda Barr
Haverhill
Walter E. Edge
Atlantic City
N. J
John W. Williams
Baltimore
Arthur Sewall 2d
Sewall
Harry W. Tucker
Watertown
Cambridge
Answers on Jewell ancestry clarify Stephen link to Topsham line
Edwin H Oliver writes to the Phippsburg news confirming Stephen Jewell is not in the documented Jewell line, though a Henry and Stephen Jewell owned Great Mills in Topsham in 1827. He shares family records listing six brothers including John Asa Jewell, born 1802, and notes descendants in Fox Island and West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Phippsburg
Stephen Jewell
Jewell
Stephen
Henry
Topsham
New Paper Mills
John Asa Jewell
James Jewell
Susannah Brackett
Georgetown
Fox Island
Eunice
Libby
Thomas Brown
Abraham
Alma Brown
Isreal C
Eliza Butler
John Asa
Lydia
West Bath
Moses Paul
Ebenezer Paul
Lavina Sylvester
James
Mary Sylvester
Elizabeth
Edwin H. Oliver
Cedar Street
Hingham
Mass
Local social notes detail visits and gatherings in Bath area
Mrs Fanny Gass visiting brother Albert Hender in South Portland. Mrs Gerry Mansfield returns from Arlington after visiting her father Oscar Thornton. Various residents of Bath Iron Works and surrounding streets take vacations, attend Methodist Conference, visit relatives in Waterville Trenton Dorchester and Boston. Church groups meet. weddings and guests from multiple cities are noted. clubs host sewings and birthday parties with planned reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Gass
South Portland
Albert Henderson
Old South Place
Gerry Mansfield
Arlington
Mass
Oscar Thornton
Middle Street
Charles Marr
Upper Washington Street
Bath Iron Works
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Ruth Robinson
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Arthur Stewart
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Green Street
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Dummer Street
Margaret E. Higgins
Skowhegan High School
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Lincoln Street
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Boothbay
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Sagadahoc Ferry
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Dummer Street Court
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Westbrook
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Stockton Springs
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Wiscasset
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Arah Richmond
Lila Mae
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Alvin Aaron
Biddeford
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Aaron
Devens
John H. Labbie
Engineers Replacement Training Center
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John J. Keean
William Esmond
George Moody
Joseph W. Allen
Earl H. Allen
Keesler Field
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James B. Drake
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Frank McCurdy
Lubec
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Howard Gilmore
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Patty
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Dum Iner Street
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June Rideout
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Ralph Blakeney
Lotta Eaton
Chestnut Street
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Grace
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Sanford B. Nickerson
Park Street
Sherman Clark
Helen Blake
Children's Hospital
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Mary Morse
Jaqueline Lang
Wellesley Hills
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John Shaw
Howard M. Steen
Ruth Shields Putnam
Margerie W. Coleman
Alice C. Watson
Carol E. Wood
Barbara Page
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Norma J. Cummings
R. Arlene
Mrs. Davis Hatch, Jr
Needham, Mass
Mrs. Davis Hatch of
Greenstreet
James P. Sutherland
Bertha
Leah E. Strout
Harry C. Webber
Winnerance
Chicago
Clarence Clark
Alice Burnham
North Bath
Clinton
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Kenneth Orr
Orr
Fairhaven
Roilynn Francis
Roy E. Francis
Edward Little High School
Clara Harnden
Roilynn
Edwin L. Pinson, Sr
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Herbert Huggard
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Brian M. Jewett
Westport
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Virginia Jewett
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Susan
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Robert P. Manson
Winnegance
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Francis
William Given
Duncan MelInnes
Elizabeth Butterfield
Biddeford High School
Andrew Butterfield
Granite Street
Warren Unger
Presque Isle
William A. Furber
Robert Fletcher
Marjorie
Central Maine Power Co
Edgar Leavitt
Justus Miller
Emery Freeman
James McLaughlin
Worster House
Hallowell
Myror Keeger
Lubee
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp
John J. Keegan
Charles Sheean
Keegans
Harry A. Moore
York Street
Harry Cooke
Milweaukee
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Edward Cooke
Norman Adams
Andrews Road
Milton C. Trott
Jane
Donald Page
Donald Merrill
Lilla Sproul
Granite City Lodge
Rebekah Assembly of
Frank Farrin
Wilbra Billings
Albert H. Thompson
Queen Esther Lodge
Geraldine Churchey
Bertha Churchey
Pittston
Gardiner High School
Charles A. Corliss
Carl Langbehn
Gerda
George Foerster
Mr. Smith
Burton
Norman Guynn
Montreal
Dr. Grant
Miss Matilda Grant
Annette Pinkham
Nellie Leeman
Pas Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Leland Plummer
James McCabe
William Gibbons
John W. Huskins
Antoinette Teeling
St. Mary’s
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