THOUSANDS PAY VISIT TO LST REAR ADMIRAL GILLETTE
Rear Admiral Claude Gillette and Mrs Gillette were hosted aboard the USS LST 512 for a Sunday noon dinner with full honors and southern hospitality. Other guests included Mrs. Fred R E Dean and her daughter Mrs. Robert Shaw with grandson Robert P Shaw Jr Mrs Winifred Bailey Mrs Arthur Sewall and Mrs C R Tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude 8. Gillette
Arts
Fred R. E. Dean
Robert Shaw
Robert P. Shaw, Jr
Winifred Bailey
Arthur Sewall
C. R. Tip
Dominique Tardif
Nelson G. Eee
M.m. Howitzer
Tardif
Dean
Wondrous change at Kelley Field this season
Bath’s Kelley Field undergoes major upgrades to baseball readiness. The infield raised to reduce mud, outfield loam and seeding improve grass growth, bleachers repainted and covered, benches and ticket office refreshed in blue and white. A 335 foot center flagpole and removable foul poles added. Parking expanded. road oiled by city crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kelley Field
High Addol
Son Paradise
Inter
Bath Community Center Posts Record July Attendance
The Bath Community Center reports total attendance of 14 027 in July under Everett R. Johnson with 7 892 adults, 1 024 teen drop ins, and 5 021 servicemen. A special committee led by John Mulcahy will coordinate programs for destroyer crews, including ship schedules and small group activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett R. Johnson
Bath Community Center
City Recreation Commission
USC
John Mulcahy
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Lucille Mathews
Bath Housing Authority
William Johnson
Edward McMann
William McCartney
Brunswick Usc
Lambert Park
Popham
Potter and Butterfield Family Picnic Near Rockland
Mr and Mrs Waldo Potter and children of Marshall street and Mrs Verna Butterfield of Chestnut street spent Sunday in Rockland and vicinity visiting a nearby lake where they enjoyed a picnic lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Potter
Marshall Street
Verna Butterfield
Chestnut Street
Rockland
Bathman Visits Mt Iratzu Crater in Costa Rica
The author describes a dawn ascent to Costa Rica’s Mt Irazzu crater, starting from San Jose and Cartago. He details the trek up a fertile upland plain, the panorama across Atlantic and Pacific horizons, and a ponied ascent over steep lava trails with improvised reins, noting weather, altitude, and arduous yet scenic progress toward the crater rim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Central America
Mt. Trazzu
Costa Rica
San Jose
Republic
Cartago
Irazzu
Os Wits
Atlantic
Pacific
Former Bathman in Berlin During Two World Wars
Arthur G. Dunning, a Bath-born editor and organist now 70, serves in the U S Army in Berlin with the Finance Division. He and his wife Mrs. Dunning survived bombardment and fire in their home, recounting their wartime hardships to cousin Mrs. Elmer Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Dunning
Berlin
Germany
United States Army
O. M. G. U. S. Finance Division
Property Control Branch
U.S. A
Elmer Rogers
High Street
Dunning
Lombia
Mrs. Dunning
Times
Maude A. Magpenald
oFew Angeles
Calif
London
Asteride
Holland
Rhineland
Oniggratzer
Bath
Continental Herald
North Street
Samuel J. Morse
Old Bath High School
Atlantic
Rogers
Rev Sidney E Dee resigns pastorate at Central church
At the opening Fall service the calendar announced Rev Sidney E Dee has presented his resignation as pastor of Central church. The notice states the resignation takes effect September 8 1946. Dee prior to Central served as chaplain in the U S Army and was connected with Bath Iron Works social work for the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Sidney E. Dee
Dee
Bath Iron Works
U.S. Army
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Holds Busy August Meeting
Mrs. Wilmer Voorhees presided as chairmen reviewed past reports and asked for more volunteers due to nurse shortages. Committee notes cover library hours books in use fifty hour contributors, nurse recreation, night nourishment, office work, sewing, purchasing, and membership. upcoming events include a beach supper for student nurses and volunteers urged to join or renew dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur H. Colby
Library Committee
Donald McRae
Leonard Wetherebee
Cochairman
John Parker
Nurses’ Recreation Committee
Parker
Basco
Robert Milliken
Mary Cummings
Edward Butterfield
Eleanor Danforth
W. Dayton Hill
Wetherbee
Beta Sigma Phi
Arthur King
Arthur Colby
Harold Avery
Albert Whitney
Rachel Nichols
Voorhees
Cox Corner
Bathswell playgrounds season ends with kids enjoying programs
Bath's playgrounds under Edward J. Mc Mann and Miss Betty Small near season end with about 800 registered children. Arts and crafts are led by Miss Barbara Danforth and older boys by Howard McPhee, with weekly picnics, Friday programs, and prizes for perfect attendance. Budding talents emerge in projects, bird houses, shelves, and dress up events as four days a week baseball and Boy Scout activities continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward J. McMann
City Recreation
Betty Small
Barbara Danforth
Howard McPhee
Popham
Williamson
Clarence
Eormine
Vets Welcomed Home by Grange Monday Evening
West Bath Grange hosted a welcome home reception and dance for returned veterans after a business meeting. About 130 attended including gold star veterans Floyd Robinson and Clyde Rocker. The event featured a roll call, a receiving line, grand march, and various modern and square dances with music by Roger Robinson and Donald White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Ethel McDonald
Floyd Robinson
Clyde Rocker
Thela Sylvester
Alice Johnson
New Box Factory and Planing Mill Planned at Trufant's Crossing
Ground for a new plant at Trufant's Crossing West Bath to replace the box factory and lumber mill destroyed last June 10 in a $300000 fire will be broken within two weeks James A Gillies Jr says the Bath Box Company and Bath Lumber Company will be back in full operation by year’s end The 15 acre site along New Meadows Lake will include a 400 by 100 feet one story box factory and planing mill with rail siding later a stationary saw mill and a wood flour line from waste plastic making plastics The old Washington street plant had railroad connections and the new project preserves the Gillies family’s Bath residence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trufant’s Crossing
West Bath
James A. Gillies, Jr
Bath Box Company
Bath Lumber Company
Mr. Gillies
New Meadows Lake
Alonzo J. Harriman
New England
Washington Street
South End
Bath
Gillies
No Dull Periods Appear Likely At Country Club
Ray Lebel led Maine amateur golf with a 73 at the MSGA handicap match near Bath on a rain soaked course. A field of 106 starters followed with Ed Abbott and Royse Abbott of Martindale Auburn posting 74s, while Chaney, Girard of Bath, and Bob Gardiner of Megunticook tied for third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lebel
State of
Maine
Bath Country Club
Lebel
Royse Abbott
Martindale
Auburn
Ed Abbott
Will Chaney
Will Girard
Bath Club
Bob Gardiner
Megunticook
Also Mentioned on This Page
LST
Recreation Commission
Bunny
J. Horace McClure
Washington
Bathman
MT. Iratzu Crater
Sptember
Bathswell
Betty Cummings
Carol Walker
Jacqueline McMann
Jane Grant
Joyce Sprague
Ramona Haines
Millicent Smith
Dorothy Small
Selma Cummings
Sally Grant
Mae Nelson
Mary Pierce
Clarence Irish
Grange
West Bath Grange Hall
Bath Auto Co. C. F. Cummings
Front St
Tel
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