Hadley Named Superintendent of Acadia National Park
Benjamin L. Hadley of Bar Harbor is appointed Superintendent of Acadia National Park succeeding the late George B. Dorr. Hadley, former Dorr assistant, has broad park knowledge and strong Masonic ties with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson. Births, social notices, and local travel reports follow in Bath society notes.
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Benjamin L. Hadley
Bar Harbor
Acandia National Park
George B. Dorr
Hadley
Dorr
David L. Wilson
United States
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Grand Council
Georgetown Weekly Notes and Parachute Mystery
Spelling honors announced for Grammar School students from Georgetown. The Working League met, planning to discontinue until after holidays. New radiators installed at Peterson residence in Robinhood. A parachute found near a radio antenna traced to Portland and Washington. Robinhood road hazards persist with repairs promised. culverts arriving to replace the wooden bridge. War Loan drive pledges total $500 in this section. Numerous personal items note travel, hospital recoveries, and local visits. Various residents in Bath, Robinhood, and surrounding towns attend shop ping trips, visits, and social events. An expected marriage in Kannapolis ties to Vincent MacMahan’s return and future Robinhood residency.
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Grammar School
Mary Hanna
Arthur Tibbetts
Maureen Davis
Eugene Reynolds
Slayton Heald
Jeanette Pinkham
Richard Campbell
Christine Williams
Arthur Laskey
Faylene Rowe
Walter Cummings
Peterson
Robinhood
Howard Heald
Portland
Washington
Roland E. Peterson
John Olson
Dorothy Stuart
Walter Powers
Greek Child School Opens at Grace Church Parish House
The Bath Greek-American community opens a school for children at Grace church parish house. Fifteen children enroll with Rev. Boyukas, Portland Greek priest, as teacher. More students planned to join later.
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Bath
Grace Church
Boyoukas
Portland
Mrs Lermond and daughter visit Brunswick guests
Mrs. Herbert Lermond and her daughter Carol of Brunswick were Monday guests of Mrs. Lermond’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morse, of Winnegance.
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Jane Fossett
Carles MacDonald
South Portland
Mrs. Ili
1 M. Conney, Sr
Herbert Lermond
Carol
Brunswick
Community supper brightens Five Islands gathering
A well attended community supper at Library hall drew visitors from out of town. The event featured decor with red white and blue candles and Christmas trees and a clam chowder by Edith Marr and Edith McMahan.
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Library Hall
Edith Marr
Edith McMahan
Good Neighbor Club
Clifford Lewis
Tennessee
Lewis
Palestine
Africa
Japan
Alfred
Andrew Rowe
Dorothy Stuart
Georgetown
Charles Lewis
Vesta Rowe
Eliza B. Knight
Waterbury
Conn
Azuba Holland
Bath
Betty Carr
Ieader
Lermond Davis
Claire McGillivary
Mary Hanna
Jeanette Pinkham
Natalie McMahan
Beverley Rittall
George Gray
Beulah Miller
Probate Notices appoint Bath executors and administrators
Probate records list executors and administrators named December 5 1944 for estates in Bath Woolwich and Alexandria Virginia. Notables include Eliza D Wallace Eliza F Tanner Tia N Ramsey and Edward L Farrell among others with bond status indicated. Arthur J Dunton Judge of Probate signs the true copy.
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John L. Jack
Sagedahoc
Alonzo Thayer
Bath
William B. Haggett
Emma F. Ridley
Eliza D. Wallace
Howard Stanley Tobey
J. Fred Tobey, Jr
Edna T. Tobey
Richard G. Tanner
Woolwich
Eliza F. Tanner
Edith EB. Abbott
Tia N. Ramsey
Margaret M. Farrell
Edward L. Farrell
Alexandria
Virginia
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath residents attend Monthly Conference and supper
P B Savage of Bath spent over Sunday at home. Mrs Beulah Miller and Miss Alice Cromwell accompanied by Elm Street church members joined Rev Charles Simms at the Monthly Conference and supper in Bath Friday night. Rev Stetson Lincoln and several parishioners came from Boothbay for the event.
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P. B. Savage
Bath
Beulah Miller
Alice Cromwell
Elm Street
Charles Simms
Stetson Lincoln
Boothbay
Ruth Pierce
Paul
Bath People Attend Rebekah Reception in Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thompson and several Bath residents attended a reception at the Methodist parsonage in Richmond honoring Mrs. Ethel S. Pinkham district deputy president and sister Mrs. Alberta Haynes department marshal. Assembly officers and members from Evening Star lodge Brunswick joined a largely attended event with entertainment and refreshments. A following reception for Mrs. Mildred H. Wright will be held at her home lodge in Livermore Falls Saturday night as Bath and Brunswick Rebekahs plan to attend.
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Edith Laura Powers
Bath Memorial Hospital
Merrill Bowles
Bangor
Sayde Campbell
Ernestine Hilton
Bath
Robinhood
Campbell Cottages
Seward Emmons
West Georgetown
John R. Blackie
Brunswick
Ruth Pierce
Paul
James Oliver
Lauretta M. Jones
George E. Jordan
Carroll Powers
Leona Tibbetts
Roland Peterson
Arthur Burnham
Cooper's Mills
Robinhood Voltage
Walter Powers
George Laskey
Leroy Hall
Pownal
Earle Havan
C. L. Hinckley
Ruth Gordon
Vincent MacMahan
North Africa
Louisiana
Kannapolis
N. C
Ella Marone
McMahan
Bath Iron Works
Alfred Rowe
Dorothy Stuart
Henry Heald
Belle Heald
Shackford
Smith
Five Islands
Albert Thompson
Myrtie Billings
Alfred Condon
Agnes Perry
Methodist Parsonage
Richmond
Ethel S. Pinkham
Alberta Haynes
Assembly
Alva Greene
Skowhegan
Rebekah Assembly of
Maine
Thelma R. Taylor
Woodland
Mildred H. Wright
Livermore Falls
Evening Star Lodge
Wright
Bath and
War Bond Drive Displays Seven Submarine Paintings T: War Bond Drive Displays Seven Submarine Paintings
Seven of eight war bond prize pictures are shown in the Times Co window for the Sixth War Loan campaign. Reproduced from Electric Boat Co. originals in New London and donated by Nathan Press of the Bath Opera House. Pledges or proofs go to Sanford B. Nickerson at First National Bank.
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Times Co
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
Electric Boat Co
New London
Nathan Press
Bath Opera House
Sanford B. Nickerson
First National Bank
Bath man pleads guilty in pass on curve case
William Crockett of Bath pleaded guilty in Bath Municipal Court to passing another vehicle on a curve in Woolwich. Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined him $10 and $4.70 costs, paid. Four intoxication cases and other minor fines or continuances were recorded. Portland obituaries noted several Mrs. Sewall and Mrs. Tucker.
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William Crockett
Bath
Frank W. Powers
Woolwich
Gardiner R. Deering
Probate Notices for Estates in Bath Sagadahoc
A Bath court order in Sagadahoc County directs notices for decedents Henry W Campbell Philip A Roberts E Roux and Alice R Merrill Estate matters. It announces probate hearings on January first at ten o clock and names executors administratrix conservator others and the necessity of public notice in Bath Independent.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Alice R. Merrill
Bernice M Lee
Bernice M. Lee
Katherine Gignoux
Cape Elizabeth
National Bank of Commerce of Portland
Arthur J. Dunton
Newlyweds Honored With Family Dinner in Nashua
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Hamblett hosted a dinner for Pfe. Maurice Locke U. S. A. and Mrs. Locke newlyweds who wed in Nashua at St. Patrick’s. The couple, with Mrs. Locke’s uncle Mrs. Hamblett in attendance, will reside in Nashua after Locke’s Pacific War service and forthcoming reclassification in New York.
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Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Pfe
Maurice Locke
William Griffin
Manchester
N. H
Bath
James McKenna
Portland
H. Flynn
Nashua
Pfc
Locke
New York
Mrs. Locke
Beach Street
Christmas Silver Tea by Cosmpolitan Club
The Cosmopolitan Club hosts a Christmas Silver Tea Sunday afternoon from four to six at the club rooms. Chairwoman Mrs Edward B Hamblett and program head Mrs Richard Sherwood lead the event to raise funds for the club’s charity Christmas fund. Public attendance is invited with a staged pouring schedule by members.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Edward B. Hamblett
Richard Sherwood
J. R. Andrews
Roscoe P. McFadden
Fred Quimby
Christine Curtis
Alice Johnson
George A. Churchill
Granville Colby
Everett Pinkham
Probate Court Orders in Bath Maine December 1944
Court orders publish three weekly notices in Bath Independent listing estates in Sagadahoc County. Appointments include Allan Spear as administrator for Eva C. Dunton estate. Alfonso Whitney or heir for George E. Whitney. Carrie E. Smith and Daniel Williams as executors for Robert W. Perkins. Margaret F. Hall widow’s allowance. Edward W. Bridgham to sell Charles Henry Vinal real estate. final accounts by Charles T. Small and Hannah M. Curran. Stella M. Hedrick executrix for Thaddeus Hedrick. and confirmations of executors John P. Carey and M Janet Mead on specified dates in 1944.
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Bath
Bagadahoc
Alphonso Whitney
Mida B. Austin
Robert W. Perkins
Carrie E. Smith
Daniel Willams
Daniel Williams
Frank A. Hall
Margaret F. Hall
Charles Henry Vinal
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles M. Smith
Charles T. Small
Thomas J. Malin
Hannah M. Curran
Thaddeus Hedrick
Stella M. Hedrick
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
William Proctor Morrison
Phippsburg
John P. Carey
Alexander M. Cutler
M. Janet Mead
Oxford
Ohio
Arthur J. Dunton
Garden Club Tea Attracts Visitors
Cosmopolitan Garden club held an Open House from 3 to 5 PM featuring Yuletide displays arranged by members such as Mrs. Kinney, Mrs. Quimby, and Mrs. Adams. Exhibits included Christmas scenes, garlands, wreaths, and a Village scene. Tea service included Mrs. Pinkham and others. No meetings until January 8 for a members-only New Year tree.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Charles Kinney
Fred Quimby
George A. Churchill
Mabel Harris
Clinton McFadden
Minnie Eldridge
Nellie Thompson
Lena Donnell
Alice Johnson
William M. Adams
Frank Hodgdon
Lucius Lemont
Herbert Lemont
Charles W. Messenger
Melvin Howe
Everett Pinkham
Roscoe P. McFadden
Mother Club
Clinton P. McFadden
Carter Family Attends Bath Burial for Mrs Johnson
Mr and Mrs Edward Carter of Washington DC join Mrs Carter's sisters Miss Abigail Carter and Miss Isabel Carter of 45 Green Street as they accompany the body of Mrs Maria Johnson to Bath for burial. Funeral services are set for Tuesday morning at Curtis Funeral Home. Mrs Johnson had resided with her daughter for the last two years.
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Lloyd Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Kathleen Rittal
Lewiston
William Plummer
Bernard
Bath
Arthur Nelson
Kathleen Rittall
Portland
Lloyd George Pinkham
Victor Herbert Pinkham
Lermond Davis
Clifford Canning
Westbrook
Ellsworth Pinkham
J. A. Beyea
Russell Harford
Camp Blanding
Fla
Pvt
Russel, Jr
Lester Lewis
Richmond
John Huskins
Chester Pinkham
Donna
Clinton Hanna
Maurice Pinkham
Boothsay Harbor
Edward Carter
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Carter
Abigail
Isabel Carter
Green Street
Maria Johnson
Curtis Funeral Home
Bath man seeks divorce on grounds of desertion
Warren Danforth of Bath Maine files a libel for divorce from Josephine Danforth after desertion since July 1931. He claims residence in Maine, good faith living set for one year, and asserts no collusion. Libellant asks the Superior Court for a decree of dissolution, noting the Libellee’s unknown residence. Dated December 12 1944 Bath Maine.
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Sagedanoc
Bath
Sagadahoc
Warren Danforth
Maine
W. Danforth
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