Christmas Party by Congress Shirt Co. Employees
The Congress Shirt Co. employees in Bath held their annual Christmas party at Grand Army hall on Middle street. President Julius Grossman of Boston presented 30 two dollar bills, praised employee relations, and gifted Arthur Price a fisherman’s tackle box. Justin Wayne entertained with sleight of hand and accordion performances as 100 guests enjoyed a turkey dinner despite a street transformer outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Shirt Co
Julius Grossman
Boston
Grand Army Hall
Middle Street
Pres. Grossman
Arthur J. Dunton
Charles W. Clifford
Harrison E. Bowie
Justin Wayne
Amberg
Germany
Pres
Grossman
George Perry
Perry
Mr. Price
Mr. Grossman
Arthur
Ethel Rogers
Wayne
Price
Raymond English
Sarah I. Dinsmore
Warren Davis
John Mercer
Judge Dunton
Clifford
Mr. Bowie
Harry W. Moulton
Annie Conley
Otis Monroe
Hettie Hodgdon
Florence Trish
Arthur Nelson
Bangor
Roy Pierce
Mr. Wayne
Bath
Younging
Holiday Spirit Shines Across Bath During Christmas
Bath residents enjoyed a festive Christmas with illuminated shops and homes, trees and electric lights brightening the streets. At the State's Military and Naval Children's Home 38 children received gifts from Santa, while Memorial Hospital staged holiday meals and decor. Carolers visited the Nurses Home and Old Folks Home, with patients and staff sharing turkey dinners and gifts. Dunlap commandery held a Christmas service at Masonic Temple marking the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Santa Claus
Maj
William R. Kimball
Memorial Hospital
St. Barnabas Guild
A. A. Stott
Carl C. Anderson
Harry W. Crosman
Helen V. Downing
Wilmer Tr. Voorhees
Okalyoka
J. W. Gillespie
Dorothy Milliken
Pinnacle Rock Discovered In Kennebec River Near Hospital Point
A new pinnacle rock has been found in the Kennebec River off Hospital Point near Doubling Point. The rock, about 19 feet below low water, was grazed last month by the coal steamer Berwindglen while entering from Newport News. Plans call for drilling the rock using an air line from Bath, with a marked red buoy nearby. The Berwindglen recently discharged 6,600 tons of bituminous coal and is set to continue to Rumford and local wharves. Government engineers are reportedly planning a river sweep from Popham Beach to above Augusta with possible channel widening in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Hospital Point
Doubling Point
Arrowsic
Berwindglen
Newport News
Bath Water District
Oxford Paper Co
Rumford
Popham Beach
Merry Christmas for 120 Bath Kiddies
Needy Bath children ages two to 12 received clothing shoes rubbers toys and candy from the Colonial club Davenport Fund Trustees Needlework Guild and Morse High School trainees. Santa visited 40 younger children in their homes with gifts while 80 older children enjoyed a party at the Colonial club. Ada R. Crockett led Red Cross Santa operations with Club Garret assistance as funds supported families facing unemployment or low wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Colonial Club
Davenport Fund
Morse High School
Red Cross Davenport Fund
Santa Claus
Ada R. Crockett
The
Red Cross
Club Garret
City Hall
Needlework Guild
Arthur Sewall
Sewall Office Hosts Sumner Sewall Campaign Social
Senator and Mrs Sumner Sewall hosted a Saturday afternoon gathering in the former E A Sewall office now led by Mr Sewall as he campaigns for the Republican nomination for governor. The event drew a large guest list including William S Newell Rodney E Ross Edwin R Andrews Allan Spear John A Lord Richard Quick and many others with the historic shipping office displaying a Shenandoah flag and fleet memorabilia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
E. & A. Sewall
Sewall
Shenandoah
William 8. Newell
Rodney E. Ross
Barbara
Edwin R. Andrews
Allan Spear
John A. Lord
Richard Quick
George Baer Connard
L. Eugene Thebeau
Archibald M. Main
John McInness
Duncan McInnes
Henry C. Wright
Ance
Roger D. Skillings
Horace G. Morse
Morris Potter
Bowen Torrey
Mary F. Gibbons
William D. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Frederick E. Drake
James B. Drake
William P. Drake
Philadelphia
Mary Leo
Brunswick
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Bowdoin College
Eastham Guild, Jr
Clifton
Mass
Olive B. Guild
Babson Park
John K. Jayne
New Canaan
Spire of St. Joseph’s Church Razed in Ellsworth
The western sky line shows the St. Joseph’s Church spire is missing as the structure loses its spire and is reduced to the bell tower. The bell will be relocated to a rear tower on High street and operated electrically in the new church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Exploding Tank Blamed for Woolwich House Fire
A gasoline tank explosion is believed to have caused the Woolwich fire that destroyed the Lawrence S Ryan home. James E Ryan 51 and his nephew Robert 10 suffered severe burns. Mrs Ryan and others escaped. The blaze injured a Bath Iron Works shipfitter and a glass technician, with the home a landmark over 130 years old. The Bath Fire Department aided, and rescue efforts included police and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Woolwich
James E. Ryan
Bath Iron Works Corp
Robert Ryan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ryan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Broad Street
Carlton
Sally
Morse High School
Robert
Earl
Ryan’s Corner
Bobby
Nioe
Karl
Nequasset Lake
Ralph QC
Dale
Ralph, Jr
Bath
Ralph
University of Maine
Memorial Hospital
Nequasset School
Charles Carter Place
Bath Department
Stanford University
California
Lawrence S. Ryan
Philadelphia
St Thomas Church Dedicates Bell Chimes in Camden
The Rt. Rev. Benj Brewster of Maine ordained a new bells memorial at St Thomas Church Camden with an 11 bell chime gifted by the late Mary Sophia Smart. Melvin C Cortell of St James Episcopal Darien Conn presented the concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Thomas” Church
Camden
Benj. Brewster
Maine
Mary Sophia Smart
Melvin C. Cortell
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Darien
State Grange Master Plans for Busy Year
The Maine State Grange year 1940 opens with confidence as State Master F A Richardson outlines goals in national and state programs with emphasis on extension and membership. He has appointed deputies for the year, noting nine changes from 1939 and a strengthened executive group to match 1938 and 1939 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
F. A. Richardson
Hallowell
Wooster House
Richardson
North Franklin
Phillips
Aurora Grange
Strong
Franklin County
Lieut Huse Assigned to Randolph Field for Basic Training
Second Lieut. John E. L. Huse, Inf., a December graduate of the Air Corps Primary Flying Course at the Alabama Institute of Aeronautics Tuscaloosa, will report December 28 to Randolph Field Texas for the basic course. The program moves primary training to nine civilian schools due to expansion. Huse’s parents are Mr and Mrs Harry M Huse of 19 Snow Park. He sent them a Christmas telegram from New Orleans en route to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. L. Huse
Air Corps
Alabama Institute of Aeronautics
Randolph Field
Texas
West Point of the Air
Bath
Harry M. Huse
Snow Park
Kelly Field
Huse
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Lieut
New Orleans
Squalus tops New England year in 1939 news survey
The Squalus submarine disaster and rescue lead Associated Press review of 1939 New England stories. Other major items include Donn Fendler's survival on Katahdin, wartime naval activity off the coast, political corruption convictions, broad strikes, and a severe drought across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New England
U. S. Navy
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Donn Fendler
Mount Katahdin
Boston Harbor
Waterbury
Rotary Christmas Joke Tree Delights Sedgwick Club
Rotary club luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick featured a joke Christmas tree with Edward W Bridgham as Santa Claus. Pres. Charles T Small Jr handed out Rotary calendars and pocket memo books. George Wolstenholme spoke on Christmas meaning and Portland Rotary invites to its 25th anniversary January 5 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel
Sedgwick
Charles T. Small, Jr
Rotary
N. Gratz Jackson
Edward W. Bridgham
Santa Claus
Shakespeare
Santa
Salvation Army
George Wolstenholme
Portland Rotary Club
Hotel Eastland
Golden Wedding of Bath Couple Observed Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Addison Rice celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on Tuesday the 26th at the home of their son Earl A Rice 1110 High Street Bath. They have two sons six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mr Rice born Sept 1 1866 in Woolwich worked for Dennison Manufacturing Co in Maine and Massachusetts. Mrs Rice born March 29 1866 in Raymond joined Dennison in Brunswick and the couple later lived in Harpswell and Sebascodegan Island before moving to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Rice
Earl A. Rice
High Street
Mr. Rice
Woolwich
John Rice
Dennison Manufacturing Co
Brunswick
Roxbury
Mass
South Framingham
Rice
Maine
Sebascodegan Island
Harpswell
Bath
Raymond
Hannah Welch
William Welch
C. M. Herring
Berean Baptist Church
Solar Lodge
Masons
Fort George
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress Shirt Company
Charlotte “Mallett
Hersham B. Oliver
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Masonic Temple
Mark Norris
Chester H. McCabe
Carl E. Albee
Colonial Club and
Review OF Maine
U. S. Infantry
Portland Harbor
Canal Zone
National Guard
Anthenia
England
Baldwin
Hiram
Sebago
Fort Kent
Gardiner
William H. Rowe
Gearboro
State Grange
Randolph Flying Field
Figures In Peace
Roosevelt
Pius XII
Spellman
New York
Cyrus Adler
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Central Praca
United States
Portland
Brunswick Club
Albert Pinkham
Court Street
Lawrence Young
Percy W. Plant
A. Hazel
Percy E. King
Frank A. King
Walker Street
Miss Plant
W. T. Grant Co
King
Morse
Sandra Ann
Reginald E. Davis
Washington Street
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