Bath Iron Works announces Burgess Bath Yacht Fittings
Bath Iron Works announces a new industry with Burgess Bath Yacht Fittings to be built at the Bath plant. Designs by W Starling Burgess include blocks turnbuckles winches shackles deck leads mast fittings and cleats made from chrome molybdenum steel alloys and non corrosive aluminum. The line will cover racing and cruising yachts and will be stamped with load ratings after testing.
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Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Burgess-Bath
W. Starling Burgess
Harold
Vanderbilt
Burgess
Delightful Bath Country Club Card Party Delights Guests
The Bath Country Club hosted a Friday afternoon card party in its first social event of the season. Eighteen tables played contract. tea followed as guests arrived. Over 80 dollars was raised for the club. Prizes went to Mrs. Eugene M. Desmond and 12 others, with out of town guests including Mrs. Reginald Lombard and Mrs. Loring Lombard of South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Eugene M. Desmond
Edmund P. Briggs
Ruth Skillings
Daniel T. Dougherty
Maurice Miller
Providence
R. I
Miriam W. Kimball
Samuel D. Hooper
John H. Hyde
Carolyn M. Moses
Anna Trott
Edwin H. Given
Carl C. Anderson
Byron F. Barker
Reginald T. Lombard
Phelan
Loring Lombard
South Portland
Milton C. Trott
Augusta Country Club Hosts Thursday Dances and Bridge Parties
Another in the series of Thursday evening dances and bridge parties was held at the Augusta Country Club. The Bostonians provided music for dancing and many club members and guests attended. Before the dance attendees enjoyed dinner at the club and at the homes and colleges of club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Country Club
Joe
St Marys lawn party draws huge throng for four evenings
The annual St Marys lawn party ran Wednesday through Saturday with ground crowds, sell-out booths, festive lights, and lively turnover. Chairs and volunteers led popular booths including hot chicken, beano, coffee and tea, country store, and candy, with prize displays and a fish pond from local theaters.
St Marys 40th Annual Lawn Party Draws Big Crowds
Large crowds attended the second night and Thursday at St Marys annual lawn party with games food and prizes. A 30 pound Waterman farm turkey donated for bidding drew anticipation before the event closed Saturday night marking the 1937 affair as outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
Waterman
West Bath
Campur
Admiral Robert Joins Bath Iron Works Staff
Admiral W P Robert U S N who retired Saturday arrived Monday as technical assistant to President William S Newell at Bath Iron Works Corp. Richard H Mohler became assistant to Treasurer Lee Thebeau with the title of auditor. Both appointments effective August 1. Miss Frances F E Sortman of Hamilton Ohio is visiting Rev George H Thorburn Jr for 1083 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Robert
U.S.N
Pres. Wiliam S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Richard H Mohler
Treas
Lee Thebeau
Audhor
Robert
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Mr. Mohler
Bath
Com
Iron Works
Frances FE. Sortman
South
D Street
Hamilton, O
George H. Thorburn, Jr
Washington Street
Bishop McCarthy Attends Diocesan Council Meeting
Hotel Sedgwick hosted the Maine Council of Catholic Women and allied groups for a quarterly meeting. Rt Rev Joseph E McCarthy and Mgr George P Johnson attended with about 75 guests, as officers and volunteers led sessions and a morning registration.
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Sedgwick
Maine Council of Catholic Women
Sacred Heart Council
Daughters of Isabella
Ladies’ Sodality
Joseph E. McCarthy
Mgr
George P. Johnson
Portland
William H. P. Coyne
Stephen Gaffney
Margaret M. McCluskey
Bangor
Isabella
John Thomas
Waterville
Andrew C. Flaherty
Dominique J. Tardif
Daniel J. Perry
Eva €. Tatro
Frances M. Sigelow
Joseph
McCarthy
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Hotel Sedgwick
Four Hurt When Circus Truck Tails Blows Across Rail Crossing
A late Saturday accident at Blind Crossing Brunswick road left four people injured including Miss Hazel Cooke and Norman Adams. A westbound circus truck tipped over as it crossed the rail crossing, with driver Samuel Schreckeneggar missing and Circus workers Williams and Craig among the injured. Police said the driver may be charged with leaving the scene if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Cooke
Harry E. Cooke
Willow Street
Norman Adams
Carlton Gi. Adams
Oak Street
Memorial Hospital
Ernest Williams
Albert Craig
Lawrence, Mass
Blind Crossing
Brunswick Road
Miss Cooke
Mr. Adams
Bath
Samuel Schreckeneggar
John P. Crosby
State
Alfred Morin
Williams
Craig
Crosby
A. A. Stott
Park Street
Auck
D.m
Bath Iron Works Low Bidder For Two Destroyers
Bath Iron Works is identified as the lowest bidder for two destroyers in the 1620 ton treaty displacement class. Bid figures show Bath at 6.2 million dollars for one ship and 5.33 million for two under fixed price, with Bethlehem also among low bidders. Adjusted bids favor Bath with two ships at 5.07 million per vessel versus Bethlehem at 5.233 million.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
William S. Newell
Washington
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Bethlehem
Bath and Quincy
New Hanover Puts John Parker as School Superintendent
John Parker of Hanover New Hampshire elected superintendent of Bath and West Bath School Union at an adjourned meeting. Salary 3310 with state and town contributions. Parker to move to Bath with wife and three children. Parker formerly taught in Hanover High School and studied at Dartmouth Harvard. Clinton D. Wilson to complete duties July 31 after serving since 1923.
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John Parker
Hanover
N. H
Bath and
Bath
Rogers
West Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Earl C. Donnell
Wilson
Charles Lester Smith
Plymouth, N. H
Bates College
Lawrence Academy
Groton
Mass
Danielson
Conn
Morse High
Morse High School
Colonial Club
Postpone Labor Meeting At Bath Iron Works
A second mass meeting for Bath Iron Works employees sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Boil er Makers was postponed after organizer Charles A. Yunckert left town. No new date is set for the postponed meeting.
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Bath Iron Works
International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers
Roland Smith Post Open Air Fete Sets Next Week
The Roland Smith American Legion post plans an open air fete on the Legion memorial lawn next Monday and Tuesday evenings. If weather delays occur the event will move to the first pleasant night. A beano game and five booths selling hot dogs soda sugar, plus a Dodger booth and Auxiliary booth, will be run by post members in uniform. One week later Pine Tree Shows will visit the city under Legion sponsorship. A beano party was held at the Legion hall tonight. A new silver lettered sign with Legion emblem adorns the Legion building, a gift from three post members. Also noted are visits by Mayor and Mrs. Arthur Sewall of Stonehouse and Miss Alice Barler of Chicago who recently returned from Rangeley Lakes.
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St. Mary's
David P. Surrette
St. Mary's Grounds
John M. Conrey
Henry Biggins
Richard Madden
Joseph Desmond
Daniel J. Perry
Jack Mulcahy
Oscar J. Tanguay
James Mulligan
Charles Burgess
Dorothy Mulcahy
George Perry
Frank Curran
Victor Allen
Herbert Allen
Paul Gurney
Paul Arsenault
Maurice Skaling
Margaret Mulcahy
Dorothy Wood
Cohasset
Mass
Edward B. Hamblett
Isabella Booth
John W. Costain
Catherine T. O'Hara
Stephen E. McPhee
Knights of Columbus
Booth
James E. McLaughlin
Bertha V. Bellerose
A. Bernard Henderson
Dorothy Jenkins
Opera House
Columbia Theatres
Miller's Bakery
Charles Card
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Legion Memorial
Auxiliary
Legion
Legion Hall
Legion Building
The
Clerks of Courts Association Holds Annual Maine Meeting
Maine clerks and families attended the Clerks of Courts Association gathering in Wiscasset July 28 29. Officers named include Clarence A Richards president Herman H Coombs vice president Rupert F Aldrich second vice president Albert L Foster secretary treasurer and executive committee members James E Philoon Frank D Fenderson George P Gould. The group toured Boothbay Harbor and joined Lincoln County officials for a lunch at Newagen Inn.
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Clerks of Courts Association of
Maine
Clarence A. Richards
Damariscotta
Lincoln County Superior Court
Wiscasset
Richards
Herman H. Coombs
Belfast
Rupert F. Aldrich
Norway
Albert L. Foster
East Machias
James E. Philpon
Auburn
Frank D. Fenderson
Parsonsfield
George P. Gould
Bangor
Coombs
Wiscasset Inn
Boothbay Harbor
Lincoln County
Newagen Inn
Cape Newagen
Southport
E. Ashley Walter, Jr
Waldoboro
James E. Philoon
Androscoggin County
Clark
Byron M. Small
Franklin County
Small
Petterson
Nellie P. Rackliff
Kennebec County
Milton M. Griffin
Knox County
Griffin
Dinner party honors prospective bride at Sedgewick Hotel
Mrs Merritt A Mitchell hosted a dinner for Miss Susan F Quick ahead of her marriage to Earl P Ciahooon on Thursday at eight. Guests included Mrs William S Blair Mrs Donald B Hopkins Mrs Thatcher B Pinkham and others. Afterward the group moved to Mrs Hopkins’s home for a surprise bridal shower.
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Merritt A. Mitchell
Mrs Warren S Uneer Returns to Presque Isle
Mrs Warren S Uneer returned Tuesday to Presque Isle after a week's visit with her parents Mr and Mrs William A Furber at their cottage at Brighams Cove. Miss Marjorie Furber resumed duties Monday in the Augusta office of the Central Man Power Co.
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Warren S Uneer
Presque Isle
William A. Furber
Brigham’s Cove
Marjorie Furber
Augusta
Central Man Power Co
Grace Church Garden Party Draws Bath Visitors
Bath residents and visitors enjoyed Grace church lawn festivities on the rectory grounds. A 5 30 chicken supper fed a full house while booths thrived. prizes included quilts and a cake. Ernest Haskell of Augusta entertained with magic. clergy guests and former parish members attended.
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Bath
Grace Church
Ernest Haskell
Augusta
W. Louise Norton
Anna Hartwell
Cambridge
Mass
W. Dayton Hill
Donald Wilson
Edward W. Bridgham, Jr
John Mulcahy
Ralph Stetson
Tom G. Akeley
Gardiner
Paul M. Olm
Robert Toothaker
Brunswick
Hite Ernest Haskell
New York
West Point
Sara Hitchcock
C. A. Tinker
Providence
R. I
Tom G. Ak
City Seeks 2000 From Sale of Streetcar Rails
The Board of Highways and Sewers hopes to net about $2000 from selling scattered streetcar rails slated for export. Funds may repair Washington Street and remove dirt from tie and sleeper sites. Rails fetch $10 per ton where surfaced, $4 per ton at the North end where laid.
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Robson
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ST. Mary's Party
B.I.W
Plant
M’carthy
Newell
Hanover, N. H
Clinton D. Wilson
Legion Lawn
Arthur Sewall
Stonehouse
Sewall
Alice Barler
Chicago, Ill
Rangeley Lakes
Mooselookmegantic House
Ranger
Endeavour
T. O. M. Sopwith
Central Press
Clerks OF Courts Association
Elford A. Stover
Newport
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Jeff Davis
Bill Taylor
New York Herald-Tribune
Tom Horvan
Associated Press
Jim Robbins
New York Times
Bath Tron Works Corp
Coast Guard
Tam
William S Newell
Hugh J. Chisholm
Sucht Aras
Vara
Chasholm
New York City
Hugh Auchineloss
Archibald M. Main
Judive CT
Amery
New London
Providence Rotary Club
Samuel Wakeman
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