Vickers Me serve wed in Gardiner during December ceremony
Charles E. Vickers and Mary E. Meserve, both of Richmond, were married in Gardiner on December 10 by Justice of the Peace Walter A. Wood. The couple’s families are listed. Vickers is from Southboro, Massachusetts, and works at the William Berry Ranch on Toothaker Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Vickers
Mary E. Meserve
Gardiner
Walter A. Wood
Richmond
Vickers
William Meserve
George H. Vickers
Southboro
Mass
William Berry
Toothaker Road
Alfred Ives
Baptist Church
Lester R. Norton
B. B. Douglass
C. Gion
Ralph Crocker
Clarence Lang
Shirley
David
Clarence Blood
Barton
Virginia Stilphen
Boston
Laura Stilphen
Olive
U. of M
Frank Adams
Farmington Normal School
Lucille Bailey
Lynn
Edmond Bailey
Arlene Cheat
Mills
L. Proctor
Lions Club
The
Fra Gonier
Romero Bellevance
Barbara Bond
Jane Harvard
Archer Terrell
Cleveland Marriner
M. E. Hutchinson, Jr
John Hurley
Clarence Morrill
Richardson and
Libby
Henry Vetead
Water Street
Alfred H. Ives
Christopher and
Clifton
Charlotte's Dancing Pupils Entertained at School Party
The first term close of Charlotte's School of Dancing featured a Christmas party at the K of P hall. Pupils performed in a varied program including songs, dances, solos, and a sensational acrobatic duet by Erma Bennett and Isabel Kingsbury. Mrs. Calvin Kimball and Miss Evelyn Dodge served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte’s
School of Dancing
K. of P. Hall
Calvin Kimball
Evelyn Dodge
Ellen Wilson
Jean Osborne
Helen Gallagher
Helen Tabor
Barbara Jenkins
Beverly Niles
Arline Arsenault
Marilyn Booker
Erma Bennett
Isabel Kingsbury
Carleton Andrews
Charlotte
Christmas Reflections at Alaska Event and Charity Sale
Mrs Herrief S Christiansen described Christmas in Alaska and the Norway visit during a Winter Street Ladies Auxiliary meeting. A Christmas tree and gifts brightened the gathering. hostesses listed include Miss Jane A Goodman and several others. Plans include a food sale silver tea and a white elephant sale at Jan 10. Proceeds from the Nativity pageant benefited charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrief S. Christiansen
Alaska
Betty Rice
Obderlin
Joseph O. Purdue
Norway
Winter Street
Cecil V. Rowland
Jane A. Goodman
Harry L. Horne
Carl E. Albee
Carlton L. Rice
William Potter
Ralph D. Warren
J. Edward Drake
Richard T. Hersom
Henry Small
Bath Boy Commended and Navy Promotion Report
Prof Thomas Sumner Hayes of Bath was voted third most capable instructor by University of Puerto Rico students. The notice also reports Dr A A Stott of Bath promoted from lieutenant commander to commander in the naval reserve, list approved by Secretary Swanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sumner Hayes
John P. Hayes
Washburn Street
University of Puerto Rico
Hayes
Bath
A. A. Stott
Medical Corps
Naval Reserve
Dr. Stott
Secretary of the Navy
Swanson
Central Church Children Host Annual Christmas Party
The Junior and Kindergarten groups of Central Church held a Christmas party Saturday afternoon in the parish house. Major William R. Kimball supervised with Mrs. Carl J. Severin and a list of child narrators and performers presented songs, plays, and recitations, followed by gifts from two trees and candy for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
William R. Kimball
Carl J. Severin
Irma D. Groves
Charlotte FP. Page
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Martha Page
Donald McKellar
Mary Ellen Cyr
David L. Wilson
Nellie Page
Virginia Hartleb
Dorothy Dunn
Beverly Richards
Elizabeth Trott
Ruth Small
Elaine Noyes
Ethel Rogers
Bertha Sutherland
Irene Farris
Barbara Lou Deering
Frank Sutherland
Annenwell
Marion King
Alfred Noyes
Betty Hil
Donald Russell
Aenex
Amelia Mitchell
Billy McKellar
Eleanor McRae
Richard Armes
Batt
Patty Smith
Otis Richards
Lane
Green
Evergreen
Marilyn King
Marilyn Longley
Paul Bagdikian
Virginia Emery
Donald McRae
Joan Longley
iGlosing 5 Goon
Betty McGuire
Rotarians hear on Norwegian proverbs and customs
At the Rotary luncheon Rev. Joseph O. Purdue spoke about Norwegian proverbs and customs from his childhood in Norway. He quoted sayings, explained meanings, and illustrated thrift and life insights. Bath Rotarians are to meet Thursday at Sedgwick to plan next year’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Norway
Fred D. Hill
Sedgwick
Bath Experiences Mild Still Alarm Fire Epidemic
Bath reports a series of mild still alarms after a water main break under the Kennebec river. Firefighters respond to three incidents on Thursday and Friday at 64 Mechanic Street 557 Washington Street and 283 Center Street. No injuries or major damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec
Seth Doughty
Mechanic Street
Hattie M. Simpson
Washington Street
Center Street
Myrtle Lodge Admits Four New Candidates
Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies in K. of Phall admitted four new members Friday night. Maria Townsend praised the lodge's efficiency, with guest Edna Wing from Auburn. A covered dish supper preceded the meeting. plans included helping sick members at Christmas and sending New Year cards to out of town members. A $5 Salvation Army donation was approved for Christmas work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
K. of Phall
Helen Townsend
Auburn
Edna Wing
Salvation Army
Sadie Savage
Hotewick
Christmas program warms Georgetown church scene
A First Baptist Church Christmas program in Georgetown delighted parishioners with a live Santa Claus, readings, songs, and a well filled tree. Local families and visitors from New York to Waltham joined in holiday cheer as residents report snow, parties, and ongoing illness, with town officers distributing 1939 identification cards at local post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Santa Claus
Mc. Koehlwetter
Joan Hagan
Leroy Pinkham
Charles Hinckley
Clayton Stevens
Helen Koehlwetter
George Laskey, Jr
Walter Cunningham, Jr
Little Town of Bethlehem
Eugene Reynolds
Harold Loveitt
Clayton Heald
Alice Hinckley
Adeline Heffron
Rose Campbell
Kathrine Burns
Lois Burns
Barbara Hanna
Audrey Pinkham
Anne Powers
M. Levine
Danny
New York City
West George
Hirsch
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
Waltham Watch Factory
Howard Noble
Howard M. Trafton
Charles Blaisdell
Portland
Rudolph Trafton
Doris Trafton
Georgetown
Trafton
Boston
Carleton Bridge
Five Islands Postoffice
Georgetown Postoffice
Nativity Presented in Full at Winter Street Church
Nativity presented in its entirety at Winter Street Church under the Ladies' Auxiliary. The pageant featured soloists, a church quartet, and a large cast with scenes from The Temple to The Nativity. Directing committees and Boy Scout ushers are listed along with gratitude to helpers and donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Jesus Bambino
Barbara Jean
Dorothy Stanton
Martha and
Mary Morse
Linna Marie Purdue
Alma Swanton
Leroy F. Colby
Rupert M. Irvine
Richard T. Hersom
Waldo Marshall
Clifford B. Smith
Carl E. Albee
Temple
Zacharias
Almena A. Jaques
Angel Gabriel
Frederick H. Cullen
Mary
Clarence W. Dalton
Elizabeth
Henry O. McCabe
Ruth F. Skillings
Amy A. Irish
Angel
Catherine E. Leonard
Joseph
Alice F. Johnson
Bessie M. Hunt
Horace G. Morse
Wilbra Billings
Joseph O. Purdue
Maxwell Powers
Clinton D. Wilson
Edgar D. Leagitt
Ladies Auxiliary
Ernest R. Freeman
Archie E. Doyle
Edgar D. Leavitt
Gordon A. Lake
Clare Fulton
Charles Camack
Jack Honsinger
Arah Richmond
Charles W. Walsh, Jr
George F. Nasi
Harold Small
Philip Wenz
Harry H. Watson
Edward Brown
Henry Trowbridge
Walter Maass
Harry Fullerton
George Conway
Maurice Brown
Lawrence Matter
LaForrest Cunningham
Unusual Fish Caught While Smelt Fishing at Bean Rock
Ralph F Small in Whiskeay Creek on Christmas morning hauled an 18 inch fish weighing about three pounds. The specimen resembles a trout or female salmon with speckled back and sides. Experts Morin and Price viewed it and deemed it unlike any local species known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bean Rock
Ralph F Small
Dummer Street
Small
Mr. Small
Harry F. Morin
Arthur H. Price
Frank Plummer
Maine State Grange appoints new Legislative Committee
The Maine State Grange formed a new Legislative Committee led by Allison P Howes chair with Haven Sawyer Merle J Harriman Elwin E Adison Kate B Ellis. A conference of State Deputies will meet at the Wooster House in Hallowell on Tuesday Jan 3 at 10 am. Officials aim to begin Grange work promptly and have the Maine program under way by Jan 15 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Grange
F. A. Richardson
Allison P. Howes
Palmyra
Haven Sawyer
Bangor
Merle J Harriman
Readfield
Elwin E Adison
Auburn
Kate B. Ellis
Fairfield
Wooster House
Hallowell
Maine
Five Islands Christmas Concert and Village News
A church Christmas concert on Saturday featured carols, tableaux and a starry program led by Beverly Rittall and Leon Williams among others. The event included offerings, announcements, and holiday readings, with gifts distributed from the tree and local residents sharing in the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petere
Ieee
Beverly Rittall
Cleon Pinkham
Doris Campbell
David Stevens
Evelyn Bold
James McMahan
Natalie McMahan
Daniel MacGillivary
Reginald Pinkham
Russell Harford
The
Shepherds and Angels
Leon Williams
Irving Hanna
Thomas Hanna
John MacGillivary
Cora Hanna
Wise Men
Leon Wilhiams
Ieving Hanna
Chester McMahan
Dors Campbell
Charlotte Gray
Mary Louise Pinkham
Olive Williams
Ida MacGillivary
Mary Hanna
Jeanette Stevens
Elizabeth Rittall
Elizabeth Carr
Claire MacGillivary
Barbara Pinkham
James MacMahan
Helen Koehlweiter
Jeanette Pinkham
William Mar
Lester Davis
Orville Rowe
Will Tell Story Of The Locomotive Lecture at Winter Street Club
Ralph F Derby of Bowdoin College a railway historian will present an illustrated lecture on The Story of the Locomotive A Century of Railroading using about 200 colored lantern slides. The talk covers stagecoaches steam locomotion Civil War era first transcontinental road electric cars early automobiles and streamlined trains. Supper at 6:30 served by the Ladies Auxiliary and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F Derby
Bowdoin College
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society of Boston
Winter Street Men's Club
Derby
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Moses Family Arrives From Lisbon Falls for Christmas Visit
Mr and Mrs Oliver Moses third and sons Richard and Oliver fourth came Saturday from Lisbon Falls to spend Christmas with Mrs Moses’s parents Mr and Mrs Daniel Doyle on Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Moses
Richard
Oliver
Lisbon Falls
Moses
Daniel Doyle
Union Street
Harvey D. Gibson Named Director of International Mercantile Marine
Harvey D. Gibson president of the Manufacturers Trust Co. in New York and Bowdoin College alumnus has been elected a director of the International Mercantile Marine Co. He succeeds Kermit Roosevelt and joins P. A. S. Franklin as board member. IMMs fleet includes United States Lines and Panama Pacific Line with the American Pioneer Line serving Asia and India, and plans for newer ships under federal subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey D. Gibson
Manufacturers Trust Co
New York
North Conway
N. H
Bowdoin College
International Mercantile Marine Co
North Atlantic
Kermit Roosevelt
I. M.M
Kerr Line
Gibson
Broadway
Manhattan
Washington
Atlantic
Europe
St Paul Island Not As Bad As Has Been Pictured
Editor notes that St Paul and Amsterdam Islands in the southern latitudes are not as harsh as some reports claim. The piece recalls historical sailing uses, water and bird rookeries, and the relative mildness in spring, with high lands and snowy peaks contrasted with shipboard life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul Island
the Independent
St. Paul
Amsterdam
Asbury Park
N. J
S. E
Cape Race
Hatteras
Cape Flattery
Amsterdam Islands
Newell to Meet C I O Officials in Camden Talk
Juan Green national president of the Industrial Union of Machinists and Shipbuilding Workers of Annrea meets with Newell Bath Iron Works president Mr. Newell to discuss a proposed agreement for its members. The session follows the New Year with local union officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Green
Camden
N. J
Macme
Annrea
C. TO
Wim S Newell
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Newell
Fueture
Dike School Pupils Record Perfect Fall Attendance
Dike school pupils across grades report perfect attendance for the Fall term. Lists show Grade One students Claire Wing through Dexter Vigne, Grade Two led by Roberta Barter and Gerald Clough, Grade Three including Philip Haskell and Raymond Jones, Grade Five with Warren Beardsley and Frances Cushing, Grade Six B and Six A with multiple names, and Grade Seven students such as Lloyd Doyle and Ethel Faucher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
Claire Wing
Helen Cook
Shirley Hamlin
Nancy Hudson
Ruby Jones
Joan Hutchins
Edwin Pert
Gordon Pinkham
Alice Staples
Dexter Vigne
Roberta Barter
Gerald Clough
Eliza Estabrooks
Pauline Holmson
Carl Langbehn
Philip Mailly
Harold Staples
Willard Thurston
Rodney Wright
Philip Haskell
Raymond Jones
Barbara Liakopoulos
Emery Mitchell
Perlesion Pert
Beverly Piper
William Plummer
William Tait
Donald Staples
Warren Beardsley
Frances Cushing
Walter Elliot
Mary Flaherty
Bernard Fraser
Bernard Holmes
Janice Hogan
Herbert Hudson
Isabelle Hudson
Leroy James
Samuel Jordan
Colin Mitchell
Roger Pinkham
Geraldine Pratt
Elwood Robbins
Velma Rogers
Roberta Vines
John Wishart
Leslie Ashline
Russell Bradford
Kathleen Clark
James Gardenier
Edmund Hagan
Helen Plummer
Paul Bradford
Elizabeth Cushing
Marjorie Cushing
Gertrude Harnish
Walter James, Jr
Helen Kakos
Beverly Linnell
Claire Martin
Catharine Powers
Elaine Rogers
Annie Staples
Aubrey Steen
Robert Tabor
Gladys Worrey
Lloyd Doyle
Ethel Faucher
Franklin Howe
Martha McShane
Eunice Perry
Alma Tait
Burton Wing
Margaret Elliot
Russell Hatch
Gerda Langbehn
Sewall Pearson
Nick Poulos
Herman Whittam
Chestina Worrey
Civil Service Plan Considered for Bath Police and Fire
A Bath special committee recommended a referendum to place the city police and fire departments on civil service. The panel revised Sec 10 to require a public hearing with counsel before removal, with immediate reinstatement if charges fail, and will propose the act at January council. Members include Mayor Small and councilors Small Jr., Robson, Mitchell, Burden, Hart, and Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Board of Commissioners
Small
Charles T. Small, Jr
The
Common Council
Robson
Mitchell
Burden, Hart and
Carter
Busiest Christmas on Record in Bath
Milton H. Douglas, Bath post office veteran, says the Christmas rush was the busiest he has seen in 32 years. He retires April 1 and notes crowds filled the corridor while patrons remained good natured despite long lines. Clerks worked at their utmost to serve the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Indiana
Spencer County
Ohio River
American Express
Oscar Phillips
Post Office Department
Louisville
New Albany
Milton H. Douglas
Bath
Miniature church decor brightens High Street lawn scene
A seven by five by six foot miniature church on the lawn of Arthur F. Mayo at 819 High Street featured a cupola bell steeple and cross and was lit electrically. Paul J. Hart built it and organ music was piped from Mayo’s residence by Francis S. McPherson. In court two defendants faced sentences for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Paul J. Hart
Uptown Theatre
Francis S. McPherson
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Bath Boy
Galen M. Low
Jean
Chestnut Hill
Frances Wallace
Bates College
Lewiston
South Street
Legislative Committee OF the State Grange
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Ellsworth Pinkham
James Stevens
Derby Line
Harold Rowe
Kittery
Mr Rowe
Carl
Harold
Maldred, Pinkham
Westbrook
Chester
Clyde Pinkham
Bay Point
Pinkham
M.s. George Hanna
Ruth Pierce
Marion
Southport
Alice Wilkins
Jay
William Marr
Oscar Snowman
F. H. Koehlwetter
Ralph Pinkham
Maurice Pinkham
Hartley Harley
Seguinland
Milford
Mary Norton
Stoughton
J. J. Gibson
Madeline Berry
Charles M. Bigelow
Freeport
Cora Mae Hanna
Morse High School
T. J. Hanna
Ralph F. Derby
Winter Street Men’s Club
1.M.M. Lines
C.I.0
West
Albert A. Nickerson
Russell EF. Nutting
Police and Fire Department
Postoffice
Deering
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas RE. Huston