Many dignitaries attend launching of the Dewey at Bath Iron Works
A large guest list attended the Dewey launch at Bath Iron Works with sponsor Miss Anna Metcalf Dewey of Quebec leading alongside family and governors, senators, and naval officials. The event featured prominent guests from military, government, and industry, plus a supper and card tables at Mrs. Henry Bickle’s home afterward.
Wis casset Social News and Obituaries Blend Across Town
Wiscasset residents host visitors from Gorham and Portsmouth while families travel and attend church events. Mrs Emma Hilton Atkinson 59 dies in Bismarck after a long illness. her funeral closes city offices. Founders Day plans and a Founders Day luncheon, baby show, and band are discussed. many locals visit Bath and North Edgecomb and attend concerts and club gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jackson
New Hampshire
Edith Jackson Ridgway
Gorham
William Jackson
Methodist Church
Wiscasset
Wilbur Lowell
Hodge Street
Ralph H. Seigers
Portsmouth
N. H
Harvey T. Bailey
Elwell Stimpson
Skowhegan
North Dakota
Bismark
Anne Cox
N. D
Harry Henson, Jr
Roanoke
Charles Tibbetts
Woodfods
Bradford C. Redennett
Squirrel Island
Ira Redonnett
Portland
Charles E. Titus
Mt. Washington
Gerald Sherman
Kenneth Lincoln
David Chisam
Edward Evans
Raymond Quinnam
Franklin Fairservice
Billy McPhee
Victor Vernie
Paul Bailey
L. R. Gibbs
Robert
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Winthrop
Lawrence Marston
Malden
Roy R. Marston
Main Street
J. F. Price
W. K. Houghton
North Edgecomb
Madawaska
Charles E. Pugh
Ithan
Bath
Elmer Wade
Springfield
Mass
Lilly
Lincoln Home
George Sawtelle
Providence
R. I
Lucinda S. Allen
Pleasant Street
Alvine Duerr
New York
Jane Murphy
Frank A. Small
George Minard
New York City
James Bimson
Middle Street
Algie M. Dodge
Brunswick
Waterville
Maine Central
Bangor
Europe McKenney
Janet H. Flagg
Yonkers
N. Y
Woolwich
Mary Hobson
Federal Street
Charles A. Day
A. W. Irvine
Charles H. Collins
Hubert Ryan
George Huff
Lynfield
Walter Mills
Camden
Woman's Club Rooms
Library
Mills
Harriet Ware
Mr. Mills
Miss Ware
Henry W. Webb
High Street
Marshal takes custody of wandering suitcase
A visiting woman asked City Marshal Walter L. Whitney about storage for a week and he agreed to mind the suitcase. Later Bath and Brunswick officials checked and suspected the woman had left owed lodging in Brunswick. No action was taken against her, and Miss Lena E. Oliver of Phippsburg is noted as employed at W. Clifford's jewelry store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Whitney
Brunswick
Bath City
Edwards
Marshal Whitney
Lena E. Oliver of
Phippsburg
W. Clifford
Dro more Farm Bureau Picnic and Local Activities
The Dro more Farm Bureau holds its annual outdoor picnic on August 8 at Mrs Annie Lemonts Summer camp New Meadows committee serves salads and drinks under Mrs Sarah Wilbur Georgie Leach and Mrs Bertha Wyman. A card party at Dromore Grange featured 8 30 start with Pitch Cribbage and Auction and prizes. The lake buzzes with swimmers while Ormond Coggeshall shows a new Ford truck from Boston. Blueberry picking nears end due to drought. Community club to plan fall and winter activities after vacation season ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Annie Lemont
New Meadows
Sarah Wilbur
Georgie Leach
Bertha Wyman
Dromore Grange
Annie Malcolm
Marion Rafne
Alfreda Perkins
Ormond Coggeshall
Boston
Winnegance
Causeway
Winnegance Community Club
Songs Prove Feature At Grange Meeting
The West Bath Grange program closed Monday with new member Trafton M. Swain performing on guitar and leading songs. Mrs. Herbert S. Cavanaugh oversaw final entertainment. prizes await the best programs next Monday. attendance reached about 110 with 21 visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafton M. Swain
West Bath Grange
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Swain
Dorothy A. Welch
Grange
Everett G. Lemont
Edward Jenks
Edwin W. Haggett
Lillian E. Lewin
Lewin
Charles B. Doyle
Edna Antworth
Eunice Hanscom
Christine Hanscom
Bernard Henderson
Trafton Swain
Harry E. Peterson
Clifton Legard
Cavanaugh
Mr. Swain
Eleanor Gotte Celebrates Third Birthday Party
Eleanor Edith Gotte daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert M Gotte celebrated her third birthday with a party at 18 Deering Street on Monday afternoon. The children played games and enjoyed refreshments provided by Mary Fogg Grace Bartlett Edward Bartlett Reginald Fogg and Barbara Travis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Edith Gotte
Herbert M. Gotte
Deering Street
Mary Fogg
Grace Bartlett
Edward Bartlett
Reginald Fogg
Barbara Travis
Miss Lynette Walker Guest of Mrs. Young in City
Miss Lynette Walker of Orono is visiting this city for a week as a guest of Mrs. Donald D. Young of 345 Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynette Walker
Orono
Donald D. Young
Front Street
West Bath 4-H Weenie Roast Aids Trip Fund
West Bath Boys and Girls 4 H clubs held a Wednesday night weenie roast at Rosedale Farm raising 6.03 dollars for their August 10 Bear Pond trip. A joint club meeting is planned August 2 at Rosedale Farms hosted by leaders Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Rosedale Farm
Bear Pond
Rosedale Farms
Fred J. Rose
Owen J. Thompson
Eleanor
Robert
College Avenue
Waterville
Perley Rancourt
Thompson
Percy E. Holbrook
Holbrook
Meadowbrook Road
Dwinal Allard
Freeport
Sabino
Henry Henderson
Marjorie
Donald
Winthrop
Mass
Bates Cottage
Henderson
Charles H. Bates
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Bath
Sabine
John G. Morse
Winnegance
Frank Purington
Tacoma
Wash
Shore Acres
Sebasco
Stanley Burns
Arlington
Donald Horley
Horley
J. Henry Cotteau
M. Eleanor
Marie
Albert J. Horley
Bernard Pratt and Son
Bert Priddell
Humphrey A Owen
Leon F
Beachmont
Hawes
Pennsylvania
W. A. Mason
Wollaston
Catreau
Camp Cozy
Mr. Mason
Panama
U. S. Army
Courtney E. Stover
Tulant’s Crossing Road
Cape Elizabeth
New Meadows
Harold Conley
Janice
Larrabee’s Grove
Conley
Charles F. MacDonald
Boothbay Harbor
Virginia
Everett S. Stackpole
Belle Donnell
William H
Norwood
Edwin Ahlin
Everett
Ahlin
Florence Chadwick
Birch Point
Chester Stevens
Lewiston
Auburn
Burkhardt Family Guests Arrive in Quincy
Miss Betty Burkhardt of Quincy is at the Hotel Phoenix after arriving on Saturday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John E. Burkhardt. They were joined by their son Donald who has spent the summer at the Rich farm in North Bath and will return there in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Bath Iron Works Corp
Anna Metcalf Dewey
Quebec
George Dewey
James F. Dewey
William T. Dewey
United States
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Adjt
Herbert Herbert T. Johnson
Stanley F Wilson
Johnson
Robert Dewey
Sprucewold
I. J. Davis
White River
George P. Dewey
Cape Elizabeth
Alice Dewey
Montpelier
G. H. Miller
Virginia
Susan
William
White River Junction
Alice D. Kingman
Marblehead
Mass
Ralph W. Smith
Leominster
Frederick W. McCuen
William S. Newell
Newell
Archibald M. Main
Main
L. Eugene Thebeau
The
Bulner
Guysbert B. Vroom
Bureau of Engineering and Ordnance
Vroom
Robert White Ferrell
Construction Corps
Navy Department
Ferrell
Harry W. Hill
Hill
E. R. Norton
Boston Navy Yard
Norton
W. E. Craft
Craft
John A. Lord
Lord
A. A. Hoffman
Fort Williams
Hoffman
Henry McLean
Fort McKinley
McLean
Henry Maguire
Maguire
Frederick Hale
Wallace H. White, Jr
Louis J. Brann
Carroll L. Beedy
William Tudor Gardiner
Gardiner
S. T. Warren
Boston
William S. Wakeman
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Quincy
Wakeman
Walter W. Watson
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works Ltd
Wetherbee
John E. Burkhardt
James B. Hunter
William Binley
Phyllis Moulton
Lexington
Henry Bickle
North Street
Margaret Beittet
Paisley
Scotland
John L. Bates
Andrews Road
Beittet
Farmer
Bath
M. A. Plumstead
Charles Plumstead
Blanche
John South
Exeter
N. H
Grace L. Knight
Wilbur F. Merrill
Pittston
David Leroy
Ervine Lewis
Birch Point
Stanley W. Dodge
Raymond Sherman
Old Orchard
Benjamin Brown
Minnie Patterson
Malden
Davis
Fred Greenleaf
Massachusetts
Flora Lowell
Federal Street
Amy Libby
White Elephant Club
Ethel Y. Barbour
Vera Quinnam
Biscay Pond
Alberta Larrabee
Mabel Lewis
Louise Blagdon
Sue Bailey
Hattie Mosher
Viola Adams
Fannie Adams
Edith Day
Wiscasset Female Charitable Association
Huntoon Hill
Perry F. Fowle
Son Parker
Providence
R. I
Robert E. Maass
Annabell
Woolwich
Robert E. Maass, Jr
Phyllis Quinnam
Fort Eost
Diamond Island
Fred Geysler
Donald Milton
Norma
Will Anderson
South Portland
Donald Shea
Portland
Saint Philip's Church
Woman's Auxiliary
Betty Burkhardt
Hotel Phoenix
Donald
Rich Farm
North Bath
Donald Burkhardt
Luncheon Held For Mrs Mildram And Mrs Twitchell At Green Street
Mrs Harry L Day hosted a Friday luncheon at her Green Street home for guests Mrs Howard Mildram of Boston and Mrs Hazel Twitchell of Haddonfield New Jersey. Afternoon cards followed with Mrs Milton Trott winning high score and Mrs Eugene Desmond placing second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Day
Green Street
Howard Mildram
Boston
Hazel Twitchell
Haddonfield
N. J
Milton ©. Trott
Eugene Desmond
Launching of Destroyer Dewey At Bath Iron Works
Crowds jammed the Carlton bridge from Bath to Woolwich to witness the launch of destroyer Dewey No 349 from Bath Iron Works. The ship left the ways at 3 27 after a light shower began. cables snubbed her to the Kennebec bank, and tugs Seguin and Cumberland ferried her to the north dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Bath
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works Corp
Times
Ture
Kennebec
Iron Works
Seguin
Cumberland
City Hall Square
Kennebec Bridge
Dewey
Bath Iron Works
Sabino Association Plans August Activities
The Sabino Improvement Association announces a card party Thursday at the hall with lobster prizes for winners. A junior group may form this season as many children under 16 visit the resort. After a membership drive, action may be taken to urge West Bath authorities to repair the road or seek Sabino Village Corporation status. Taxpayers demand a safe road to their property, noting years of neglect and overgrown roadsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino Improvement Association
West Bath
Harold Ham Buys Center Street Store
Harold L. Ham, manager of the Howard Cigar Co. Center street store since 1914, becomes owner and manager after purchasing the branch from Dora L. Howard. The Center street store began 20 years ago as a duplicate of the Front street shop opened 1899. Warren H. McIntire stays on sales staff after 17 years with the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Ham
Howard Cigar Co
Center Street
Dora L. Howard
Bath
Front Street
Howard
Mr. Ham
Warren H. McIntire
Ham
Jordan Marsh
Boston
Thompson Bros
Miss Priscilla Colby Goes On Two Weeks Vacation
Miss Priscilla E Colby of 34 Pleasant Street employed in the Davenport Schools office left Saturday for a two week vacation. She travels with sister Ruth L Colby from Maine General Hospital training school for nurses to visit brother George R Colby in Lewiston and Mrs Colby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla E. Colby
Pleasant Street
Supt
Clinton D. Wilson
Davenport
Ruth L. Colby
Maine General Hospital Training School
Lewiston
George R. Colby
Colby
West Bath church hosts indoor weenie roast and new windows
West Bath M. E. church held its annual weenie roast indoors due to a shower with about 50 attendees. New 95 year old church windows arrived and were installed with wire netting planned to prevent further depredations. Services run June to September with four generations in the Williams and Small families. A program by Wesley church youths, led by Miss Charlotte E. King, concluded the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
M. E
Ernest E. Williams
Loring D. Small
Wesley Church
Charlotte E. King
Montsweag Boys' Club Hosts Lawn Party Event
Montsweag Boys' 4 H club held a well attended lawn party at Hillcrest. President Fernald Bailey presided, Daniel Ames led the meeting, and County agent Charles L. Eastman spoke on cattle judging with a live cow demo. Games and refreshments followed as attendees enjoyed a festive outdoor evening. Miss Jeannett F. Shackford hosted a party at Birch Point cottage with a list of guests and ambassadors from the Marblehead light cruiser visiting attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Hillcrest
Fernald Bailey
Daniel Ames
Charles L. Eastman
Auburn
Jeannett F. Shackford
Shackford
Birch Point
Betty Hill
Betty Stapleton
New York
Ruth Powers
Elinor Shorey
Catharine Hooper
Frances Shaughnessy
Kathleen Leonard
Ruth Dale
Bertha Lord
Netta Briggs
Virginia Deemer
Pitman
N. J
Clarence Dalton
William Greene
Elwood Legard
Alfred McCabe
Percival Black
David Black
Newell Wilson
John Greene
David Vachon
Marblehead
S. Brown
C. E. Robertson
R. N. Sargent
E. Blakeley
C. E. Mott
Melcrum Family Heads West for Two Week Vacation
Mr and Mrs. Melcrum and their son Rodger departed Hotel Phoenix on Sunday for a two weeks vacation. Mr Melcrum is an engineer with Bethlehem Steel Co of Quincy Massachusetts and is employed at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Melcrum
Rodger
Hotel Phoenix
Mr. Melcrum
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy, Mass
Bath Iron Works, Corp
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Ford
Ford Truck
Dodge
Buick
Haggett Garage Co
Ford Sales and Service
George Carlisle
John Greenleaf
Mr. Greenleaf
Edith Greenleaf
Adams
Donald F. Preble
Center
Marshal
Brunswick Police
Sabino Association
Harold Ham
Brunswick Chamber of Commerce