Engagement announced for Constance Hitchcock and Stancliffe Hurst
Miss Constance Hitchcock, daughter of Capt Russell Snow Hitchcock, announced engagement to Stancliffe Hurst, son of Mr and Mrs Nev ile Stancliffe of Ripon. Stancliffe served in the Royal Navy aboard Warspite as lieutenant and gunnery officer. Constance, a Beaumont Gloucester graduate, met Stancliffe in 1941 in Bremerton, where HMS Warspite was docked. The couple plan a wedding date in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Snow Hitchcock
Constance Snow
Toer
Stancliffe Hurst
Nevile Stancliffe
Ripon
Washa
Miss Hitchcock
the Pines
Noland
Ranean Sea
Indian Ocean
Beaumont College Preparatory
Gloucestershire
Royal Navy
Marjorie Sweeney
Bayard Sweeney
Denver
Colo
Vassar College
Hitchcock
Bremerton
Wash
Road work reroutes traffic from Court House to Route 1
Old Court Street to Route 1 detour in Bath shifts all traffic via Court Street toward Quimby Street as Route 1 undergoes 10 inch crushed rock resurfacing from Carlton bridge to New Meadows. The project faces delays from cement walls and union strikes over pay scales delaying abutments and formwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anch Way
E Court
Bath
Cook's Corner
Carlton Bridge
Newmentee
Highway Commission
Court Street
Route 1
Quimby Street
Elainore
Estern Avenue
New Apple
High Street
St Offiers
Portland
Phinney Family Visit Noted in Local Announcements
Mr and Mrs Robert Phinney and relatives from Aftowsic Fore attend a family gathering. mentions include Mr Egat P and parents Mr and Mrs Janey with a visit noted as part of local social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Phinney
Phinney
Reifie Paste
Jett
Egat P
Janey
Aftowsic
Contests and Prizes at Maine Three-Quarter Century Club Event
The 1047 meeting of the Maine Three-Quarter Century Club will be held August 20 at Deering's Oaks Portland with Maine Publicity Bureau sponsorship. Contests include fiddling knitting checkers horseshoe pitching whitling whistling and jig dancing. Prizes honor oldest person present oldest couples married longest married oldest twins greatest number of descendants and furthest traveler plus Maine product awards. Free coffee, box lunches, band music, and a 2 pm program with invited speakers Senator Owen Brewster Representatives Fellows and Hale. Governor Hildreth may attend as honorary chairman despite a conflicting Executive Council meeting. Membership in the Maine Saring and Century Club is for residents 75 plus with no dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Deering’s Oaks
Portland
Maine Publicity Bureau
U. S
Owen Brewster
Frank Fellows
Robert Hale
Horace A. Hildreth
Executive Council
Maine Saring and
Century Club
New Auto Law Expands Driver Equipment Requirements
A new Maine law goes into effect this week requiring motorists to use or possess certain equipment for night driving. Officials say enforcement by state police should be limited and the rule aims to reduce accidents and benefit night drivers if citizens cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Ee Effareth
Priole
Maine
School calendar details new year dates and sessions
The superintendent announced Bath schools open on September 8 with a teacher meeting at 8 30 and open house sessions in the afternoon and evening. Pupils report September 9 at 8 30. Registration for new students must occur at City Hall within three weeks. Terms run to April 9 and June 9 with 180 days for elementary and 182 for high school. Threshold weather days may require makeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beteel
Bath
City Hall
Schoo
Rotary club hears war experiences and district news
Rotary club at Central church parish house heard Claude Faulkner recount Pacific war experiences as a member of the armed forces. President Doyle and Secretary Murphy summarized the 103rd District Assembly at Orono and District Governor Ray Collett’s pending visit. The group sent a telegram of encouragement to the Smith-Tobey Post baseball team in Holyoke, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
Charles B. Doyle
Claude H. Faulkner
Portland Press-Herald
Ram
South Pacific
Doyle
Tom Murphy
Rotary International
Orono
Old Town
Ray Collett
Old Town Club
Ae Ae
Boa
al Baldwin
Brockton
Mass
E. J. Harriman
Hudson, Mass
A. J. Dohner
Penns
Bath
New England
Bath Rotary Club
City Hall Debates Bid and Vehicle Purchases at Late Session
City officials held a lengthy late session to discuss a $5,000 bid for the Huse school from the federal government and the purchase of a new patrol wagon and ambulance. Debates over authorization of returns, overdrafts, and street projects also dominated the meeting, with multiple votes and tabled items proceeding to the Board of Aldermen for concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Donald N. Sions
Bath
Memorial
Small
Snag Cation Hasan
Common
James
Chaney
Waltersen
Washington Ing
Committee On Finance
Washington Street
Bath Iron Works
Ftates
International Fire Chief
New York
Roland Breton
Washam Street
Standing Committee
New Streets
Pleasant Avenue
Horace W. Ward
U. S. Committee On Recreation
Arthur Nichols
Rae
Heat wave baffles city as Bath sees 109 at noon
Local thermometers report 96 to 110 degrees across Bath and environs with 109 at the Times office noon reading and 100 at Sagadahoc Ferry. The heat forces Bath Iron Works to furlough workers as air lines fail and drills stall while boats in the water continue work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Office
Woolwich
North End
Times City
Freeman’s
Hallet’s
Center
Washington Streets
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Considers Council-Manager Charter Adoption
About sixteen Bath residents attended a city hall meeting to discuss forming a group to promote the new charter. The plan is to place the council-manager charter before voters on September 8 via a special referendum, with steps including printing 3000 to 4000 copies and public forums in the Bath Daily Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Bath
William Turpie
Turpis
Akters
Turpie
Sidney L. Eaton
Fred E. Dean
Fred W. Quimby
Thomas Murphy
George E. Sargent
Donald N. Small
Bath Daily Times
Haddows Return From Visit With Reinoehl Family
John F Haddow and daughters Jean and Phyllis of Wood Ridge New Jersey returned home Saturday after visiting Mr and Mrs Frank H Reinoehl of Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Haddow
Jean
Phyllis
Woodridge
N. J
Frank H. Reinoehl
Washington Street
Benefit Concert at Morse High School for Crippled Children
Plans for a Pine Tree Crippled Children's fund benefit concert are set for Morse High auditorium on August 28. Performers Victoria Crandall Moreland Kortkamp and Alice Erickson will appear with a reception to follow at Hyde Memorial Home. Tickets available from committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Crippled Children’s Fund
Bowen Torrey
West Bath
Morse High Auditorium
Victoria Crandall
Moreland Kortkamp
United States
Canada
Alice Erickson
Worcester
Mass
Hyde Memorial Home
Beta Sigma Phi
G. Baer Connard
Burton L
Popham Beach
Women Republicans Enjoy Bay Point Outing In Sagadahoc County
Twenty Saga dahoc County Women’s Republican club members spent Sunday at Bay Point for a Summer home gathering hosted by county chairman Mrs Annie M Deering. Box lunches clam chowder and hot coffee were served. Bath group members plan to attend the Maine Federation meeting in Belfast. There are 52000 auto repair garages in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bay Point
Annie M. Deering
Bath
Maine Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Belfast
Maine champions head to Holyoke for more honors
A ten member Maine junior Legion baseball team Funke eves leaves for Holyoke to join the New England Junior Legion Baseball Tourney through Saturday. A large crowd at the station bid luck to coach Bill Johnson and the players as officials and legion leaders witnessed the send off. Governor Horace A. Hildreth and State Legion Commander Ale LaFleur greeted the party in Portland before their train arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten Legionunior Basican Funke
Holyoke
New England Junior Legion
Bill Johnson
Smith-Tobey
Donald N. Small
George E. Sargent
Chamber of Commerce
Loring .D
Odd Items From St Helena And Nearby Wildlife
A few stockings woven from spider webs are noted. A tortoise in St Hel ena may have seen Napoleon. A vulture is documented to have lived for 95 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Helena
Napoleon
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Constance Hitchcock
Court House
Old Road
Weet
Claude N. Faulkner
Carleges
Gladys Deehan
Tim Exene
Newell
France
Poland
Spring House
Pol
Jean Lemaire
le Havre
A. Augustin-Normand
Jacques Augustin-Normand
Leanne France
Aa Normands
Lemaire
Morse High School
Crippled Children's
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Pressane
Bath, Maine
Bath Auto CO
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