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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1938

Page

6

Socials and engagements fill Bath week before Christmas

Commander Guy W. Clark and officers entertained about 50 at Sedgwick. News notes include engagements, visits, travel plans, club gatherings, and holiday preparations among Bath society members and out of town guests.

J. Leslie Coombs Carleton W. Lowell Organ Club Wiscasset

Engagement Announced for Thompson Family Branch

Miss Ruth Thompson of Brunswick announces engagement of her niece Miss Helen Elizabeth Thompson to William Thompson Matthews of Brooklyn New York. Helen is a Brunswick High School graduate and a Wellesley senior. Matthews is a Columbia University and Columbia Law School alum and works in Tide Water Oil Co. legal department.

Ruth Thompson Brunswick Bath Helen Elizabeth Thompson William Thompson Matthews Brooklyn N. Y Thompson Harold L. Thompson Waban Mass Brunswick High School Wellesley College Matthews Schuyler C. Matthews Columbia University Columbia Law School The Tide Water Oil Co., of New York

Christmas Programs At North Grammar And Weeks Street

Read like a detailed diary of school Christmas programs. North Grammar presented a large cast with Aunt Hepsy and many student roles, interspersed with carols and solos. Weeks Street schools showcased a district school play and a 6A performance titled Christmas Speaking in an Old Time District School.

North Grammar School J. Gertrude Silsby Ramona Haines Marion Corliss Joseph Swanton Kenneth Wilson Andrew Flaherty William Osborn Dick Andrews Horace Linna Marie Purdue Anna Betty Anderson Phil James Spaulding Lois Mary Morse Newton Kenneth Hill Jane Glenda Howard Grim Frederick Andrews Smiles Lawrence Kilbreth Barlow Ruth Richter Nancy Sewall Marion Fairhurst Alice Lorraine Purdue Holly Betty and Ruth Small Toy Trumpet Dorothy Gilchrist Weeks Street Carl Severin Emmeline Elkins Betty Hopkins Josiah Judd Hilton Libby Skaggs Hill Norma Cummings Grace Whittemore Billy Skaggs Forrest Drake Ole Swanson Harry McNeil Florindy Matilda Virginia Bowker Betty Mullin Rastus Kenneth Drake Sam Shaw George Burgon Virgil Vane Charles Lermond Tiny Tilly Prances Sprague Corabell Pearl Hathorne Sarah Jane Madge Armstrong Paul V. Mason Goodness of Mercy Jim Brown Peece reinEears Willard McCabe Sarah Brown Millicent Hecht Susan Johnson Maxine Tinney Stella Ally Helen Blake Martha Williams Patricia Kerwin Agnes McDonald Irene Denham Betty Harper

Personal notes on holiday plans and visitors

Mrs. Ethel Osgood returns home from a visit with her son Fred Osgood. Willard Sprague and family plan Christmas and New Year with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sprague in Middle Street. John Lavery, a former New Yorker, travels toward the West Coast for winter then returns to Sebasco in spring. Mrs. Archibald Miller and daughter Margaret Miller will winter in Boston and visit Bath after Christmas. George Moses family will holiday with Harry Crosman and Frank Moses families. Jane S. Murphy hosts Christmas tea with Mrs. Arthur Sewall and Mrs. Sumner Sewall serving. Out of town guests include Rear Admiral W P Robert and Mrs. Robert, Lieut. W N Landers and Mrs. Landers, Mrs. Donald B Sewall and son Mark.

Ethel Osgood Popham Beach Fred Osgood Willard Sprague Joyce Lydia Sprague Somerville Mass Mr. Sprague Guy Sprague Middle Street John Lavery New Yorker Sebasco West Coast Archibald Miller Granite Street Boston Margaret Miller Brighton High School Bath George Moses Cynthia Ann Harry West Medford Harry W. Crosman High Street Frank Moses Corliss Street Jane S Murphy Arthur Sewall Sumner Sewall W. P. Robert Robert Wiscasset W. N. Landers U.S. N Landers Brunswick Donald 8. Sewall and Son Mark Boothbay Harbor

Bath Iron Works Notes and Gossip

Four 1,500 ton destroyers are under construction at the Bath yard with contracts for two more. The ships named Sims Hughes Niblack and Greaves are expected to have bids for further destroyers next summer. The plant keeps keel-laying timing under scrutiny due to contract stipulations and excess capacity in the No 3 ways.

Sims Hughes, Niblack Greaves

Cheerio Club Plans Christmas Tree and Pageant

In Woolwich Montsweag Cheerio club will meet Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Fred Soule to finalize plans for the Christmas tree and pageant set for Sunday at the church. Carols rehearsals also arranged with the Soules.

Cheerio Club Montsweag Fred Soule Carol Singers

Christmas Guests and Arrivals in Bowdoin Area Lives

Miss Henrietta Brown of Hardings visits Beta house for Christmas at Bowdoin. Chester Colby chief engineer aboard the Chisholm yacht Aras in Brooklyn passes the holidays with family on Weeks Street. Mr and Mrs Henry D Small and children travel to South Paris to stay with Mrs Small's parents J H Judd for Christmas and New Year. Miss Louises, Mt Holyoke senior, visits parents at High Street for Christmas break. Miss Elizabeth Butterfield, Wheaton senior, visits Granite Street for holidays. Edward H Owen of Oak Street begins duties Dec 9 with Price Waterhouse in New York and is Bowdoin and Phi Beta Kappa graduate studying economics at Harvard and Columbia.

Henrietta Brown Louises Mt. Holyoke Lege South Hadley Mass Edmund P. Briggs High Street Elizabeth Butterfield Andrew Butterfield Granite Street Butterfield Wheaton College Norton Mass Edward H. Owen Oak Street Price, Waterhouse & Co New York City Owen Bowdoin College Phi Beta Kappa Psi Upsilon Fraternity Harvard Graduate School Columbia University

City welcomes holidays with lights and plans for a Model Railroad club

Bath town glows with electric displays in Front and Center streets and City hall. A Model Railroad club seeks 20 charter members and two train sets, with no age limit, as Bath reads for a future layout. Also noted are court actions on non support, Christmas charity events, fire department chimney calls, and a busy post office with extended hours and heavy mail volume.

City Hall Soldiers’ Monument Center Street Retail Merchants Association Bath New Haven

Holiday visitors from local families arrive for Christmas

Miss Marguerite Brown of Westbrook Junior College visits her mother Mrs. Vivian Brown on Weeks Street for the holidays. Miss Dorothy R. W. Thebeau, daughter of Bath Iron Works Corp. treasurer L Eugene Thebeau, will arrive Thursday to spend Christmas at her home here. she attends Good Council College in New York as a junior.

Margaret Madden Framingham Teachers College Framingham Mass Joan E. Madden Oak Street Pittsfield Johnson Westbrook Junior College Mary McClure J. Horace Mcclure Bath Nightingale Club Bath Memorial Hospital Ralph O. Dale Danford McDonald Winneganee Beverly A. Shorey Sargent School of Physical Education Boston York Street Lester B. Steele Brunswick Bath Iron Works Corp Randolph Steele Massachusetts Marguerite Brown Vivian Brown Weeks Street Dorothy R. W. Thebeau L. Eugene Thebeau Miss Thebeau

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Military Academy West Point Othees Howard Ulfelder Howard Jr Watertown Max Good Sandra Monticello Huse Military Academy Mark W. Sewall Washington Street New England Baptist Hospital Converse G. Fenn West Newton Fenn Jane Hyde John H. Hyde Elmhurst Frances W. Osborn John W. Osborn Summer Street Syracuse University Olive B. Guild Newton Mary Leo Donald S. Sewall Joseph T. Sewall Ruth-Acton Brockton,Mass-is Ruth Watson Robert B. Hatch Everett Carter South Alice J. Shaw Albion K. Parris Marlborough Clifton E. Dodge Frank W. Hayes Alice L. Corliss Jacqueline Bisson Betty Ryan Mary Bates Laura Craft Dorothy Wing Beth Trett Esther Drummond Robert Feere Carroll Morse Frank Martin Warren McNeil William Mussenden Thomas Hall Harold Stanton Ralph Dale Raymond Ramsey University of Maine Jane S. Murphy Marilyn Cummings Grace Crowley Frances Varney Quincy Sonja Henie Boston Garden Barbara Ross Rodney E. R S Donald Page Hotel Eastland Dorothy White Farmington Normal School Harry B. White James A. Gillies, Jr Conn Hazel Oliver San Francisco Miss Oliver Lyman Oliver Harvey Oliver U. S. Marine Corps Richard Quick Baltimore Connecticut Texas Co Port Arthur Texas Providence New London Sparrow's Point Wilbur L. Cross Donald S Everett King Court Street James B. Drake Frederick E. Drake Mr. Drake St. James School Hagerstown Joyce Arlene Memorial Hospital Charles E. Koski Lewis Spicer Bedford Street Janie Lowell Lowell Mary Downey R.N Brookline North End Raphael McAvoy Kittery John William Brooks, Jr John W. Brooks Huse Street Donald J. Lennox Bath Iron Works Charlestown Navy Yard Mrs. Lennox John J. Quirk Deerfield John M. Conley Beacon Street William Goldsmith Hilo Honolulu Margaret Flaherty Front Street Goldsmith Mary Flaherty Charles H. Cahill Martha Cahill Luke Marr Old Telephone Club Upper Roscoe Higgins New Year's Florence Sidelinger Adeline McPhee Lillian Higgins Edna W. Dana Jean Marig Delbert Lewis Summer Street Court Junior Hospital League Columbia Hall Hallet Priscilla Magoun Green Street J. Edward Drake, Jr Donald M. Marshall Mrs Stephen S. Marshall Bath Friends James Nostall Betty Sagadahoc Ferry Doris Perkins Sewing Club H. Dorman Perkins John Hart Walter F. Pollard Malon Genthner Russell Huse Lawrence Crocker Pollard Quincy Hospital Herbert Jones Squantum Jones Jennie Avery Charles W. Avery 1111 Roger F. McCall Mrs. McCall Marcia Moulton Olive Guild Mrs. Smail Washington and North Streets Frank Allegrin Florence Free Marie Merrill Colby College Jason A. Merrill Ellen Stevens Hiram T. Stevens Mary Alexander Burgess, Jr Choate School Wallingford Sewall Stonehouse Miss Ma Sewall Smith College Northampton Gardiner D. Rogers Sally Fred Perry Meadowbrook William Anderson Brockton Oscar Anderson Martin Doyle Uptown Theatre Richard Webber Donald Spear Alvin Gediman Dean Leavitt Teddy Sturtevant Harold MacDonald Harley True Norway Gorham Normal School Mrs Harry White Harry McGlinchy Winship Street Marguerite McGlinchy Jean McCall Duke University Commander Roger McCall Constance Morin Oak Grove Seminary Vassalboro Harry F. Morin Samuel M. Jordan Florence Pye Dorothy Waterman Margery Haskell Ruth Pratt Senter’s Inc Harold P. Small Brigham’s Cove William D. Levine Tufts College Samuel Levine North Street Patricia Sewall Bradford Junior College Bradford Edward Sewall Merton E. Sprague Ada M. Sprague Edward Street Court Ruth Hynes William Hynes Grove Street Arlington Heights Louis Brown Paul Davis Warren F. Hawley, Jr Carl Dearborn Robert Bragg Pratt Institute Alderman Ralph W. Bragg Charles E. Doten Robert Doten Doten Whitman Mitchell Milan Street Beatrice Doble St. Joseph’s Academy Malcolm Doble Edward Gediman Wilfred Gaudette Florida Peter Figgenbaum Aubrey Steen James,Richard and Aubrey, Jr Park Street Biddeford Geraldine Churchey Bertha Churchey Pittston Charles A. Corliss Lloyd Davies University of Vermont George W. Davies Maxwell Street Leonard Wetherbee Upper Washington Street Mrs. Wetherbee Ellen and Winnie Ashenden Wakefield, Mass Roscoe Perley Melrose Charles Fitzgerald Edward Fitzgerald Us.n Mary Lowell Carlton W. Lowell Pinestreet Eastland Hotel M. ‘40 Orono Cedric Martin Willow Street Evelyn Sutherland Robert Sutherland Ellery Kidder William Childs Rumford Peter Harta Plant ‘Street Auburn Joseph W. Cyr, Jr Herbert Calderwood Cyr Arthur Pierce Tom Dale Harper Dick Harry King Harry Long Old Folks Jean Stanton Pine Tree Club Central Grammar School Elizabeth Whittemore Martha Day England Leona Henderson Germany David Skelton Holland Belgium James Farnham Alden Thomas Goldie Harford Barbara Kilbreth John W. Osborne Hubert Arsenault Frank Dunton Time Office Department People’s Church Kennebec River U. S. S. Sampson Davis William S. Newell Dennis D. Boudreau Floral Street Navy Yard Charlestown Winifred V. Quinn Morse High School Archibald M. Main Groton, Conn Archibald M. Main, Jr Massachusetts Institute of Technology Federal Shipbuilding Co Kearney N. J Blues Reds Harry B. Briggs, Jr Rockland Camden Frank Fortier Col. Dummer Sewall Opportunity Farm New Gloucester Greece Rome Norman Smith Joseph Pinkham Smith Gardiner R. Deering Pinkham Deering Pine Tree Circle Red Men’s Hall George D. Parshley Jane Murphy Alice M. Tracey Uptown Salvation Army Penrod Mauch Twins State Motor Vehicle Registration Department Secretary of State Joseph A. Butler W. T. Grant Co Toyland Cross Road Small Point Popham Roads Phippsburg Cahill
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