First Cuboree Attended at Sewall's Woods Bath District
A large gathering of Cub Scouts, parents, and Boy Scouts enjoyed Bath district’s first Cuboree at Sewall’s Woods. From 2 to 9 p.m. activities included museum piece hunts, flower collecting, hiking the Juniper Trail, cave adventuring, plaster cast making, cooking, picnicking, softball, and contests leading to a grand camp fire. Winners in events such as egg race and ball throw were led by Pack 50 leaders with Mr Piascik and Mr Smith supervising. The event closed with thanks to Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall for the use of their woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sewall's Woods
Ronald Atwood
Robert MacRae
Walter Fullerton
Robert Carmichael
Leonard Cardosi
Richard Dow
Charles Sinclair
Edward Roy
Richard Southerd
Edward Foley
Robert Atwood
Charles Alley
Edmund Briggs
Leon ‘Piascik, Jr
Piascik
Reginald Atwood
Perry Brown
James Jardine
Denny Smith
Richard Alley
Mr. Smith
Lions and Guests Attend Playhouse
The Lions party at Boothbay Playhouse drew over 100 Lions and Lionsesses who traveled by car to attend Here Today. A clambake is planned in about two weeks with higher attendance. Edward True, Clinton Owen, Dick Hall, Arthur Pratt and John Black led the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Playhouse
the Ledges
Wiscasset
Edward True
Clinton Owen
Dick Hall
Arthur Pratt
John Black
Burns Mott Visit With Mrs Oliver At Sasanoa Bluffs
Mr and Mrs Burns Mott of Millinocket visited Mrs Fred W Oliver Tuesday at her home on Sasanoa Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Burns Mott
Millinocket
Fred W. Oliver
Sasanoa Bluffs
Arrowsic Boy Serves On Cruiser Astoria
Arrowsic radioman John Mazeiko, USNR third class, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Mazeiko of Star Route Arrowsic, serves aboard the USS Astoria in the Pacific. The light cruiser has fought at Iwo Jima Okinawa the North China Sea and off Tokyo, helping shoot down 13 Japanese planes and aiding in rescues. The Astoria helped strike Tokyo and sailed 80 days straight in continuous operations setting a record for a task group durations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Pacific
John Mazeiko
USNR
Michael Mazeiko
Arrowsic
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
North China Sea
Tokyo
William H. Halsey, Jr
Rotary Anns Meet at Summer Home
The Rotary Anns gathered Thursday at Mrs. Chester Plant’s Summer home in Birch Point for a lobster dinner. New member Mrs. Carl Albee welcomed. special guests included Mrs. Thomas P. Fowler of Washington DC and Miss Nancy Doyle. Mrs. Doyle appointed to Post War Planning committee. District 193 gathering planned for Three Rivers Quebec in September. next meeting set for Sept 6 at Mrs. William Craft’s Sabine home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary-Anns
Chester Plant
Birch Point
Carl Albee
Thomas P. Fowler
Washington, D. C
Nancy Doyle
Charles B. Doyle
Doyle
Three Rivers
Quebec
Rotary Anns
William Craft
Sabine
Fred D. Hill
Sgt Vincent Cook Rejoins Home Front At Atlantic City
Sgt Vincent Cook of Bath Maine reported to RAF Redistribution Station 1 in Atlantic City after 31 months overseas in Europe. He served as B 17 gunner on 10 combat missions and wears the Air Medal. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur C Cook of 17 Valley Rd Bath. He entered service February 1942 and went overseas October 1942. He will be examined by doctors and interviewed by personnel specialists before leaving the station and can enjoy golf fishing swimming and horseback riding locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Vincent Cook
Valley Rd
Bath
Maine
Cook
AAF
Sgt. Cook
Arthur C. Cook
Stork Shower Held For Mrs Stackpole In West Bath
Mrs Percy Holbrook and Mrs Virgil Libby hosted a stork shower luncheon in West Bath for Mrs Philip Stackpole who is moving from Campbell's Pond area after a summer visit. The menu included lobster sandwiches chips pickles coffee and cake. Gifts were described as pretty and useful with several guests in attendance including Mrs Robert Metcalf Mrs Blair C Wilson Mrs Stanley Williams Miss Eulalia Knight Mrs Philip Stackpole Masters David and Philip Wilson and Miss Frances Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Holbrook
Virgil Libby
West Bath
Philip S Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Stackpole
Robert Metcalf
Blair C Wilson
Stanley Williams
Eulalia Knight
Philip Stackpole
David and
Philip Wilson
Francena Williams
Small Geneau and Small wedding at St Marys Church
Miss Gladys Mary Geneau and Orville Eugene Small were married in a high mass at St Marys Roman Catholic church. The affair featured a white satin dress with orange blossoms, a double ring ceremony, and guests from Bath, Lisbon Falls, Popham Beach, and Port land with a White Mountains wedding trip planned after breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Mary Geneau
Stanley Geneau
Lemont Street
Orville Eugene Small
Charles H. Small
Popham Beach
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
John A. Cummings
Alice Kovaly
Lisbon Falls
Betty Harper
Phippsburg
Beverly Small
Everett Comeau
Frederick
Kenneth Bosse
Old Town
Barbara Hart
Kovaly
Edward Hamblett
Small
Annie Boudreau
Portland
Frank Moses
Miss Small
May Savage
White Mountains
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Edward Little High School
U. S. Army
BIW
Alice Brown
Thomas Bailey
Bidde
Thompson Ellicott Thompson wedding in Grace Episcopal church
Miss Mary Esther Ellicott daughter of Mrs Katherine Ellicott of New York City and Bath married Murray Gordon Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson of Richmond. Ceremony at Grace Episcopal church officiated by Rev Nelson B Gildersleeve. Reception followed then couple left for honeymoon to Rangeley Lakes. The bride, a trained medical assistant, and the groom, BIW employee, will reside on the old Brunswick road Blind Crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Esther Ellicott
Katherine Ellicott
New York City
Bath
Murray Gordon Thompson
Charles Thompson
Richmond
Grace Episcopal Church
Nelson B. Gildersleeve
South Harpswell
Charles M. Tubbs
Perley L. Day
Wiscasset
Edward Fossett
Henry Allen
Tenant's Harbor
Truman King
Eileen French
Nobleboro
Nellie Daley
Rangeley Lakes
Blind Crossing
Old Brunswick Road
Thompson
East Orange
N. J
Eastman School
Bath Tron Works
Newburyport
Mass
Concord, Mass
BIW Electric
Burnham Betts Engaged to Navy Man Caylor Jr
Mr and Mrs Irving Burnham of West Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Lorraine to William L Caylor Jr M M 1 c USN son of Mr and Mrs William L Caylor of Ravenna Tex The wedding is planned for the near future Betty Lorraine graduated Morse High School in 1943 and has worked in Hyde Windlass company receiving department Caylor is stationed at the Naval Receiving Station and has served four of five years with the Good Conduct Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Burnham
West Bath
Betty Lorraine
William L. Caylor, Jr
USN
William L. Caylor
Ravenna
Tex
Miss Burnham
Morse High School
Hyde Windlass Company
Caylor
Naval Receiving Station
Mrs. Cora Blackington and Batty Visit Union Host Couple
Mrs. Cora Blackington of Bluff Road and her daughter Batty are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ohn Williams at Union for a social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Blackington
Bluff Road
Batty
Ohn Williams
Union
Boat Donalene sails to Outer Islands from Boothbay Harbor
The vessel Boat Donalene departs Five Islands at 11 05 with a return planned from Boothbay Harbor at 5 10 2 p m for a sail around the Outer Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wed
Five Islands
Boothbay Harbor
Outer Islands
Bath natives attend Berlin wedding in New Hampshire
Miss Shirley Marcia Young wed Sgt. Warren A. Bartlett at the Congregational church in Berlin New Hampshire in a double ring ceremony led by Rev. Earl C. Osborne. The bride wore white satin with veil and orange blossom coronet, with attendants Dorothy MacNichol Jeanette Cote Pauline Webb and Nancy Gilbert as flower girl. Cpl. Gene Rice attended the groom and ushers included Herbert Elliot Calvin Farnham Kendall Lord and Arthur Gaudette. Bath guests included C W Lowell Archie Seekins Ralph Burden Barbara Burden Nelson Rice Kendall Lord and others from Bath and nearby towns. The groom recently returned from overseas with the 87th Mountain Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Berlin
N. H
Shirley Marcia Young
Warren A. Bartlett
Earl C. Osborne
Dorothy MacNichol
Jeanette Cote
Pauline Webb
Nancy Gilbert
Cpl
Gene Rice
Bath
Herbert Elliot
Wollaston
Mass
Calvin E. Farnham
Kendall P. Lord
Sie
Pfc
Arthur Gaudette
North Conway
Bath Iron Works
C. W. Lowell
Archie Seekins
Ralph Burden
Barbara Burden
Ralph Burden Jr
Henry Dubar
Nelson Rice
Kendall Lord
City Canning Center to Close Thursday
The city canning center in Morse high school domestic science rooms will close next Thursday after processing over 3500 cans through Friday. Last orders are taken Wednesday night. volunteers will clean the center Friday. Those who worked through Aug 23 may pick up cans next week. notices will announce pick-up times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Canning Center
Morse High School
Catherine Leonard
Stork Shower for Mrs. Walter Madden at Pine Street
A surprise stork shower was held at 22 Pine Street for Mrs. Walter Madden hosted by Mrs. Robert Sutter and others. Guests included Miss Betty McGuiggan, Miss Catherine Forkin of New York City, and several local residents who brought gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Madden
Pine Street
Robert Sutter
Robert Jewell
Edward McGuiggan
Daniel MacDonald
Madden
Betty McGuiggan
Catherine Forkin
New York City
Donald Peters
Auburn
Mary Campbell
Danforth
Norman MacDonald
Phippsburg
Gilbert Hughes
Brunswick
Mason Wright
Lizzie French
Earle Fox
Sarah Cameron
Joseph Robinson
Margaret Cameron
Edward Waters
Georgia Dinsmore
Alfred McCabe
Oscar Tanguay
Jean MacDonald
Nancy Mills
Charlotte
N. C
Carleton Perry
Bertha Dunbar
Arthur MacDonald
Stork Shower Held At Mrs Donald Annable Home
Mrs Pauline Staples hosted a stork shower at the Donald Annable home on South street. Guests included Mrs Dorothy Vail lancourt Mrs Corinne Hinds Mrs Mabel Talbot Mrs Alice Middleton Mrs Georgie Final Mrs Evelyn Gallagher Mrs Anna Hanson and Mrs Vera Talbot, who helped with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Annable
South Street
Pauline Staples
Georgia Brusin
Annable
Dorothy Vaillancourt
Corinne Hinds
Mabel Talbot
Alice Middleton
Georgie Final
Evelyn Gallagher
Anna Hanson
Vera Talbot
Mrs Stairs to return from visits in Island Falls and Dover-Foxcroft
Mrs Leslie Stairs of Trufant street will return at week’s end from a weeklong trip visiting Mr Stairs’ parents Mr and Mrs Havelock Stairs in Island Falls and Mr and Mrs Jasper Reed in Dover Foxcroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Stairs
Trufant Street
Island Falls
Dummer Street Gang Cleans Burdocks on North and Washington
The Dummer Street gang began a new effort to clean burdocks at the corner of North and Washington streets on Friday morning. Leader spoke to Clinton McFadden who donated ten dollars toward a summer street playground project. a passerby funded debris trucking. Participants Friday were Maynard Mailly, William Linnell, Robert Small, Robert Shaw, and Gene Elbert, with others listed as unable to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Street
North
Washington Streets
Clinton McFadden
Chamber of Commerce
Maynard Mailly
William Linnell
Robert Small
Robert Shaw
Gene Elbert
Brad Stover
Bruce London
Billy
Bobby Haggett
Bath Iron Works hand bills spark new union drive
Hand bills distributed at Bath Iron Works shipyard gates by the Ship Builders Union CIO Bath Me suggested a possible fall election for a bargaining agency for the yard workers. CIO representatives were unavailable for comment though the flier cites a lack of a strong national union at the yard as the cause of a recent work stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Shipbuilders Union
CIO
Bath
Front
National Union
Closs on Cloutier Tie the Knot at St Johns Brunswick
Adriene Elsie Cloutier daughter of Mr and Mrs Antonio Cloutier of Brunswick wed Herbert G Closson S S 2/e U S N R Seabees son of Mr and Mrs Olin Closson of 8 Winter street court Brunswick The ceremony at St John s Catholic church included a double ring service by Rev Fr William J Dauphin S N The bridal party wore light colored gowns and bouquets A reception followed at Hotel Eagle After a Bath Iron Works employee and Naval instructor groom and bride honeymooned en route to Providence R I where they will reside Cards arrive from Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Catholic Church
Brunswick
Adriene_ Elsie Cloutier
Antonio Cloutier
Herbert G. Closson
Seabees
Olin Closson
Winter Street Court
William J. Dauphin
S. N
Jeanette Turgeon
Augusta
Carmel
Pauline Cloutier
Grace Fournier
Hotel Eagle
Lionel Cloutier
Joseph Pelletier
Bath
Morsey High School
Bath Iron Works
Providence
R. I
Naval School
Odd Ladies Meet For First Session At G A R Hall
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies held its first Fall meeting at the G A R hall on Middle street after a six o clock public supper. Hazel Schottler presided at eight o clock as regular business began. A government session in Auburn on Sept 14 was announced to encourage Bath members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Louise Rogers
Hazel Schottler
Alice Lewis
Noble
Auburn
Bath
Myrtle Lodge
Wilfred W. Chaney
Gertrude Stewart
Mary Curtis
Nellie Hunt
Lucelia Blake
Jennie Oliver
Emma Daley
Amelia Mitchell
Margaret Nelson
Eva Atwood
Annie Lemont
Zeulika Kingsbury
Sadie Davis
Sadie Savage
Pearl Campbell
Edith Nash
Lakewood celebrity guest of Keegans for week
Atty and Mrs John J Keegan of Grove street entertained for a week Lakewood celebrity Owen Coll and his wife Mrs Coll of New York City and Mrs Colls mother Mrs Thomas M Burns of St Johns NB Mrs Coll has been musical and still plays piano Mr Coll recently finished his Lakewood contract and goes to New York to sign a winter play contract They reunion with Keegan sister in law Mrs William Esmond marked 26 years since last visit Coll praises Katherine Hepburn calling her grand to work with and notes their collaboration lasting over a year and a half
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
John J. Keegan
Grove Street
Lakewood
Owen Coll
Coll
New York City
Burns
St. John
New York
Keegan
William Esmond
Willow Street
H. McPher
Massachetts
Harold 1 Pherson
Per McPherson
Ralph Wheeler
Rimond
Shirley Humph
Mildred Temboth
Bowdoinham
William Small
Connecticut
Merryming Grange
Gra
Joyce Bailey
William Bailey
Brunswick
Evelyn Bailey
Will
Adelber Brunswick
Benjamin Pherson
Ashland
Bowdoin
Gladys Ro
Grange Hal Bowdoin Center
Harry Purington
Port
Hugo
Cross
Upper
Thayer Hospital
Waterville
Malcolm Hatch
Karl Hatch
Per Main Street
California
Avery Fides
Orr's
Islar
Church Council Camp Opening Cancelled
Announcement by Reverend Elwin L. Wilson of Portland states the interdenominational older youth camp planned for Labor Day weekend under the Maine Council of Churches Youth Committee is cancelled due to a polio case at the host camp. The 1946 Cobbesseecontee session at Winthrop will be considered by the Council committee chaired by Reverend Orville O. Lozier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwin L. Wilson
Portland
Maine Council of Churches’ Youth Committee
Cobbesseecontee
Winthrop
Orville O. Lozier
Marr Hart Announcement of Out-of-Town Marriage
The marriage of Miss Evelyn F Hart and Edward D Marr was performed out of town on August 11. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hart of 504 Middle Street and works at W T Grant Co. The groom is son of Mrs Luke Marr of Upper Washington Street and the late Arlington Mart, a leading man at Bath Iron Works pipe shop. They will reside with the bride's parents after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn F. Hart
Edward D. Marr
Marr
John Hart
Middle Street
W. T. Grant Co
Mr. Marr
Luke Marr
Upper Washington Street
Arlington Mart
Bath Iron Works
Mrs. Hart
Mrs Nye Returns Home After Visit To Hallowell And Augusta
Mrs Harry Nye of Mechanic street returned home Monday afternoon after visiting friends in Hallowell and Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nye
Mechanic Street
Hallowell
Augusta
Bowdoinham Social Buzz From Week of Visits and Deaths
Bowdoinham residents hosted and visited relatives across Maine and New England. The town mourned Robert Blanchard at a Friday service. Rodney Dunn served in Honolulu with the U S Navy as his wife and mother reside in Bowdoinham and Rywdoinham.
LANS Excursions During Septembi On Maine Coast
Charles T. Jackson organizes sea excursions for September aboard Balmy Days for 59 to 68 people. A Bath to Pemaquid beauty sail visits Gates Hockom Bay Westport Island Sheepscot Bay Sasa river Tsend Gut Boothbay Harb and Damariscotta River to Pemaquid Beach with shore dinners lobster or clams. Arrangements with Jackson. attendees include Evelyn Ackley Mary Bailey Margaret Prindall Bernice Dore Hazel Denham Irene Smalley. O Prom Me sung by Evelyn Ack and Prudence Lucy. Mrs Fri cis Haley pianist. Dr Stephen Cobb Mrs Co and grandson Stept Barlow guests at Miss Edith We and Hattie Andros home. Irene Dwelley of Hoston guest this week at Raymond home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Jackson
Bath
Pemaquid
Sheepscot Bay
Sasa River
Tsend Gut
Boothbay Harb
Spruce Point
Ocean Point
Beyo Mouse Island
Damascotta River
John’s B
Pemaquid Beach
Maine
Jackson
Evelyn Ackiey
Mary Bailey
Margaret Prindall
Bernice Dore
Hazel Denham
Irene Smalley
Evelyn Ack
Prudence Lucy
Fricis Haley
Dane
Stephen Cobb
Stept Barlow
Edith We
Hattie Andros
Irene Dwelley
Hoton
Raymond
Bowdoinham Social Notes and Local Visits
The Bowdoinham area sees visitors from Massachusetts and Connecticut. Families like the McPhersons, the Phersons, and Ralph Wheeler relatives gather for weekends and return home. Merryming Grange holds a successful supper and dances to raise funds for hall roof repairs while local residents plan upcoming chicken suppers and sales at the grange hall.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sewall’s Woods
Boothbay
Kelvinator
John Holt
Kennebec Point
Georgetown
B. Reed
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Tel
Arrowsic Boy
Sgt
Stork
Mrs. Stackpole
Gladys Geneau
Orville Small
Popham
Beach
Thompson—Ellicott
Grace Church
Ruth Mathias
P.O
Donalene
Iron Works
Dummer
Burdocks
North Street
Closson-Cloutier
Bath Bay
St. John’s Church
Keegans
Church Council
Marr-Hart
Coburn
Classical Institute
Hugh A. Smith
Milton McEwen
Arlington
Russell Dorr
Mabel Lancaster
Sylvia Stevens
Norma Holt
Warwick
R. L
Stevens
East Bowdoinham
Cairns Roggee
Patterson
Alexander Cairns
Emma B. Townsend
Mildred Curtis
Paul West
West
Roxbury
Baptist Church
William Gould
Wendell Heenie
Presque Isle
Roy Seckins
Lowell
Bay Road
East Livermore
Robert Percy Blanchard
Main Street
Mr. Blanchard
Benjamin
Ida M. (Trufant) Blanchard
Ruby Sedgley
Kennebec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ida Blanchard
Skowhegan
Edna Winslow
Raylene Peabody
Rev
Christian
Evelyn Eaton
Harold Butler
Blanche Nugent
Howard Sedgley
Perry Evans
Eva Bassett
John Pinkham
Florence Wallace
Clyde Adams
Wallace Trufant
Pearl Sedgley
Ernest Rand
Allison Adams
Bessie Woodbury
Steward McCallister
Herbert Pierce
Doris Gowan
Harry Starbird
Rodney A. Dunn
U.S.N
Naval Air Station
Honolulu
Miami
Fla
John Dunn
Rywdoinham
Alice Maxwell
Clara Fogg
Miss Maxwell
Ayers
Laurence Averill
Philbrick
Chicago
Grace Maxwell
Margaret Purington
Mary Lilly
Gardner, Jr
Milburn
Tennessee
Howard Leighton
Gardner
Naval Air Base
Bowdeinham
Carson Linda Si
Stirlina
Fia Howlin
T ™ T Woman
Green Rathbone
Bruce
Tom Conway Ann
Rutherford
Eer Bracken
Veronica Lake
Dione Whrom
Assorld
Jane Powell
Yeas ‘Bellam
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