Eleven year old John Wills Jr birthday party
John Wills Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Wills of 24 Cobb road celebrated his eleventh birthday with games stunts and a guessing quiz. A large cake center lece was served with cream toasted crackers chocolate milk and cookies. Several friends presented gifts.
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Ohn Wills, Jr
John Wills
Cobb Road
Dinin
John
Hughie Madden
Ackie Small
David Brownell
Jackie Hartleb
Wendall Freeman
Larry Pecci
Harvey Hartley
Robert Milles
Charles Foster
Diane Thayer
Sally Freeman
Bath woman regains health with first outdoor walk
Raymond Clark assistant foreman at Bath Iron Works pipe shop has spent months confined to home and Osteopathic hospital in Portland but this week can walk outdoors for a short time. The notice lists various local residents visiting family, travel plans, and hospital updates in Bath and surrounding communities.
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Raymond Clark
Bath Iron Works
Portland
Mrs Wade and Florence Armstrong Visit Ill Sister
Mrs John E Wade and foster daughter Florence Armstrong of upper Washington street spent Sunday in Gardiner visiting Mrs Muriel Sisk who has been bedbound for three months due to illness but is now improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jaquith
Dike
Academy Street
Gardiner
Wellington A. Moore
Weeks Street
Bartholomew O'Donnell
Cape Elizabeth
Moore
Margaret Adams
Brunswick
Ernest Stanwood
Herbert Sparrell
San Diego
Cal
U. S. Navy
Sparrell
Bath
Harold Tobey
Willow Street
Peter Strack
Upper
Washington Street
John E. Wade
Florence Armstrong
Upper Washington Street
Successful Sale and Supper of South End P T A
The South End P T A held its most successful Christmas sale and supper in years despite bad weather. About 75 meals were served featuring baked beans cabbage salad pie and coffee. The event ran in Washington streets rooms with committees led by Mrs A George Moses and Mrs F Arthur Berry supervising. Auctioning of remaining items closed the evening with Mrs John H Hunt and George Moses as auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P. T. A
Washington Streets
A. George Moses
Orris I. Ames
R. Raymond Palmer
Edward V. Coombs
F. Arthur Berry
John H. Hunt
George Moses
Junior Daughters of Isabella Install Officers in Bath
Officers of the Junior Daughters of Isabella were installed Sunday in Bath at the hall on Front Street with Mrs. Vivian Kronstrand presiding. The exercise included remarks by Rev. Roland A Martineau and Miss Helen M Moses, with attendance from senior Daughters and parents. Refreshments followed. a Christmas party and a three-vehicle accident in Brunswick were also noted.
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Isabella
Isabella Hall
Front Street
Vivian Kronstrand
Sacred Heart Circle
Kronstrand
Alice Avery
Louise Avery
Roland A. Martineau
St. Mary's Church
Helen M. Moses
Secred Heart Circle
Josephine Murphy
Lewiston
Bath
Phyllis Bisson
Elsie Skaling
Muriel Pouliot
Catherine Burgess
Shirley Bourget
Zeta Marie Sullivan
Elizabeth Burgess
Frances Flaherty
Sally Sarkis
Mary Sarkis
Rita Mulcahy
Mary Bloxom
Geraldine Despres
Jeannette Jenkins
Helen Cormier
D. of I. Hall
Harvest Supper Follows Sale at West Bath Grange
West Bath grange hall hosted a Christmas sale and harvest supper with standing room only, drawing many Topsham visitors. Mrs. William A. Armstrong led the event, with broad support from the committee and volunteers. Entertainment included a play The Huskin Bee, musical numbers, a skit by Robert W. Oliver, and dancing by Carver’s orchestra after the show. Prizes were awarded and tables offered varied articles, candy, quilts, plants, and a cherry tree gift display for children.
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West Bath Grange Hall
Grange
Topsham
Grange Hall
William A. Armstrong
Harry E. Peterson
Edwin W. Haggett
David S. Henderson
Everett G. Lemont
Warren K. Davis
West Bath
John M
Lawrence Palmer
Lewis Palmer
John M. Howe
Samuel A. Morse
Carver
Grover C. Smith
Edward Jenks
Alice F. Johnson
Joseph N. Day
Grace Waterman
Leon M. Genthner
David Field
Helen E. Hartwell
Armstrong
John A. Greene
Melvin Comeau
William A. Coombs
Joseph R. Oliver
Fletcher A. Waterman
Edward Burns
Linwood A. Piper
Fred J. Rose
Lester Crocker
Ernest Snow
Raymond M. Clark
Marie MacDonald
Eva Kingsbury
Bertha Ward
Arthur C. Lemont
Charles Genthner
Exiria to Launch as Ocean Trade Ship December 20
Ann Gould, 12, from Jersey City, to christen American Export Lines’ 6597-gross-ton fast freighter S S Exiria at Bath Iron Works. Exiria, last of four sister ships, joins NY India Burma run via Cape of Good Hope. other ships in the series already launched and delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Gould
Clifford P. Gould
Jersey City
N. J
American Export Lines
Bath Iron Works Corporation
John F. Gehan
Miss Gould
William H. Gould
Kennebunkport
Vigilance
Challenger
Sachem
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Gould
Iquique
Chile
Shanghai
China
Ann
Hope
Bath
Exiria
United States Maritime Commission
Spain
North Africa
Black Sea
New York
India- Burma
Exceller
India
Extavia
U. S. Maritime Commission
National Defense Service
Exanthia
U S O Center to Open at Columbian Hall in Bath
A J Danielson says final approval has been received to convert Columbian Hall into a U S O Center in Bath. An opening will be held soon with the hall and office being prepared and programs planned. The center will operate as a U S C YMCA unit under state YMCA supervision and local cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Danielson
National
Columbian Hall
U.S. O
Bath
U.S.O
U.S. C
U.S.C.Y.M.C.A
Y.M.C.A
Civilian Defense Office Opens in City Hall
Information Office coordinator John R. Newell announced the opening Monday of a central Civilian Defense office in the Mayor's office City Hall. The center will be open daily except Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mrs John H Harkins is office manager assisted by Mrs Allan Spear Miss Irene H Ingalls and volunteer workers. Information will be gladly given during office hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Newell
John H. Harkins
Allan Spear
Irene H. Ingalls
Births Recorded in City Clerk to Cedar Grove and Phippsburg
The City Clerk records births: a son Charles Vaughan born December 8 to Mr and Mrs George Batchelor Vaughan of Cedar Grove and a daughter Ellen Jeanette born December 9 to Mr and Mrs Edwin F Oliver of Phippsburg. Both births occurred at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vaughan
George Batchelor Vaughan
Cedar Grove
Ellen Jeanette
Edwin F. Oliver
Phippsburg
Bath Memorial Hospital
British War Relief Society annual meeting in Bath
The British War Relief Society of Bath held its first annual meeting at Grace parish house Friday evening. Capt. C R Polkinghorne and W Thompson spoke on the society’s Civilian Defense and wartime aid. Officers were reelected and reports showed $3,003.89 raised, 1381 new garments sent, 4500 total items, and three tons of clothing shipped abroad by the group’s knitters.
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Britain
British War Relief Society of Bath
Grace Parish House
C. R. Polkinghorne
Royal Naval Reserve
W. Rompson
Ministry of War Transport
South Portland
Todd- Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp
John Parker
Arthur Sewall II
Duncan McInnes
Henry C. Wright
Alexander MacDonald
Marcia Moulton
Duncan McIinnes
Sewall
Polkinghorne
W. R. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
England
Defense Bonds Drive Urged in Statewide Campaign
County Defense Savings chair Dominique J. Tardiff reports a telegram from Secretary Morgenthau urging intensified sales of defense bonds and stamps. The message calls for payroll allotments, bank drafts, stamp banks and school programs to secure broader purchasing and asks local committees to mobilize all ages in a sustained bond program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominique J. Tardiff
Defense Savings Committee
Clinton A. Clausen
Secretary of the Treasury
America
Nequasset Farm Bureau Holds Annual Meeting in Woolwich
Nequasset Farm Bureau met Wednesday at Goodwill club house Woolwich to hear annual reports elect officers for 1942 and unveil the year’s program. Mrs Adelbert W Hall demonstrated Christmas greens, the Bureau joined the Red Cross and Breast cancer drives, and 134 garments were sent to Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Goodwill Club House
Woolwich
Adelbert W. Hall
Bath
Edwold Carter
Carter
Dromore Farm Bureau
Edward Johnson
Home Extension Department
University of Maine
Hall
Walter Libby
Benevolent Committee
Red Cross
Bath Memorial Hospital
Percy Bailey
Carolyn D. Wing
Herbert Leeman
Jordan Wright
Ossian A. Dodge
Frank Walker
Clifford Guptill
Bureau
Wing
Hobart F. Ames
Jordan C. Wright
Maine
Dromore
Theresa Anderson
R. N
Augusta
Norman H. Drummond
Central Church Aid Meets On Thursday
The Ladies aid of Central church gathered in the parish house to fill candy bags for Sunday school and sew quilts. Mrs. Frederick Edney hosted. Miss Margaret R. Foote oversaw the service table. President Mrs. Alfred J. Rowe led a business meeting with a favorable report from treasurer Mrs. Lewis Sanborn on the recent public supper. The December 18 gathering will be the last until after holidays with hostesses Mrs. O. E. Page and Mrs. Levi W. Steward and service table lead Mrs. Warren M. Steward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Central Church
Frederick Edney
Margaret R. Foote
Alfred J. Rowe
Lewis Sanborn
O. E. Page
Levi W. Steward
Warren M
Mrs Larrabee to Return Home After Gardiner Visit
Mrs John Larrabee of Liberty street will return home this week following a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Richard Seavey of Gardiner. Mr Larrabee works for Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp in South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Leeman
Rumford
Mr. Leeman
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Plac
Portland Harbor
Warren Bartlett
Harry Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Olympia
Wash
Bartlett
Bath Iron Works
Henry Dubar
Nequasset
Howard Pinkham
Nobleboro
Arthur Ferris
Summer Street
Betty Ferris
Bates
Hazel Emery
Woolwich
Raymond Barter
Clarence Cotton
Leon Belanger
George Baker
Sherman Mitchell
Chester McCrater
Forrest Barter
Carleton Johnson
Dummer Street
Clarence E. Wagner
W. O. Wagner
Brunswick Hospital
Gardiner Road
Wagner
Iron Works Corp
John Larrabee
Liberty Street
Richard Seavey
Gardiner
Larrabee
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp
South Portland
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New York City
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Fred Osgood
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Saco
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Government Office For
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Bailey Street
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Boston
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Honolulu
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Roxbury
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New England Tel. & Tel
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Percy Smith
Miss Starbird
Mildred Boyze
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Frederick E. Drake
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Frank W. Danforth Jr
Higgins Classical Institute
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High Street
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Philip Miller
West Point
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Pine Tree Circle
Foresters of America
Red Men's Hall
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Bowdouinham
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Hawaii
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Camp Blanding
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Somerville
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Coleman Fraser
Arthur Berry
Park Street
Osteopathic Hospital
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John McInnes, Jr
McInnes
Stroudwater
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Archie Doyle
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Saw_yer
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Harry Moores
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