Christmas Visitors and Guests Fill Bath Homes
Enumeration of residents and visitors sharing Christmas in Bath lists families and guests from Bangor Washington street Augusta New Canaan and many other towns with dozens of households hosting relatives and friends during the holiday period. The piece notes engagements trips and social gatherings across multiple local households.
Christmas visits extend across families in New York and Maine
Joseph Small returns to New York after Christmas with his brother Mayor Donald N. Small and Mrs. Small. Various local families hosted holiday guests including Alderman Ralph W. Bragg and Mrs. Bragg with son Robert, the Bartletts of Woodfords, and the Hills of Warren and Westfield. A poem by Nellie Browne of Brunswick appeared in The New York Times editorial page drawing favorable comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle S. Thompson
New York
Harold L. Thompson
Waban
Mass
Donald Thompson
Winchester
George E. Thompson
Brunswick
Bath
Ernest Wade
Washington Street
Mr. Wade
Samuel Wade
Willis Holbrook
Cumberland Mills
Joseph Small
Donald N. Small
Mrs. Small
Ralph W. Bragg
Robert
North Street
Duncan Bragg
High Street
Thurlow Bartlett
Woodfords
Sentinel of Times
Nellie Browne
New York Times
William H. Shea
Curtis Hughes
This City
Donald Newman
New York City
Frank Higgins
Portland
Morin Visits Father for Christmas Weekend
Edward G. Morin arrived Friday from Elizabeth New Jersey to spend Christmas weekend with his father Dr. Harry F. Morin on Washington Street. He will fly from New York to Boston afterwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Houghton McLellan, Jr
Boston
J. Houghton McLellan
Washington Street
Stanley Peterson
Audrey
Portsmouth
N. H
Harry E. Peterson
Brunswick Road
Carl Meister
Everett Quinlan
Anne
Mary Ellen
Augusta
Edward G. Morin
Elizabeth
N. J
Harry F. Morin
Mr. Morin
New York
Expatriate Plans and Holiday Trips Across Seas
Edward Gediman and Wilfred Gau det head to Mobile Alabama for private shipyard work. Mary Cunningham and relatives return from Boston after attending a Boston Dancing Teachers club banquet and the Ice Carnival featuring Sonja Henie. Jack Verheus sails from New York on New Year to Holland to visit his father and sister, planning to ride to Rotterdam then rail to the north. Charles Purkis and family depart by motor for Merchantville New Jersey to spend holidays with Purkis' in laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gediman
Wilfred Gaudet
Mobile
Ala
Mary Cunningham
Grace Cunningham
Eugene Whiten
Boston
Jack Verheus
New York
Holland
Red Star Line
Gerolsten
Jan Verheus
Eef Verheus
Helder
Rotterdam
Bath
North End Sewing Club Hosts Holiday Gathering
Mrs. Carl M Langbehn hosted the North End Sewing club at 1238 High Street. Guests included Mrs. Raymond A Smith Mrs. Wilbur H Crocker and others as they sewed and enjoyed refreshments during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl M. Langbehn
North End Sewing Club
High Street
Raymond A. Smith
Wilbur H. Crocker
Donald Green
Archie M. Wishart
Perleston L. Per
Merton L. Dearing
Maurice B. Shea
Local Social Notes Visitations Over Holidays From Harlems to Bath
Miss Geraldine Stott and other residents travel for holidays visiting relatives in Reading Wingdale Boston Gloucester Somerville Bath and Reading. Capt Claude S Gillette and Mrs Gillette visit Washington and Bath while Miss Aline Colton and Miss Fthel Trask South Boston Boston visits. A newborn Mildred Jessie Adams named for Mr. and Mrs Jack Adams adds to society list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Stott
Harlem Valley State Hospital
Boston
Albert Somes
Reading
Wingdale
N. Y
Ardenne A. Stott
Jack Adams
Christine Frye
Mildred Jessie Adams
Portland Holiday Guests Fill Homes Across City
A long list of friends and relatives visit Portland households for Christmas. Mary W Potter travels with nephew William Donnell. Carroll Niles and Bertha Lavoie file marriage intentions. Stephen Marshall Jr returns from Quantico for ten days with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore
Carroll E. Niles
Floral Street
Bertha Lavoie
Brunswick
Stephen S. Marshall, Jr
Marine Air Base
Quantico, Va
Stephen S Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Morse High School
University of Maine
Bath Iron Works notes and gossip from the canal zone
In Panama’s Canal Zone two former Bath Iron Works machinists and their wives share a Christmas dinner. William B. Shaughnessy, stationed since 1928, and Madison A. Moore, recently relocated, join other B I W veterans working on canal locks. Bill “Wild Bill” Shaughnessy, famed Maine roller polo figure, is highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamboa
Panama Canal Zone
Tron Works
William 8. Shaughnessy
Madison A. Moore
Shaughnessy
Canal Zone
Moore
Lucy W. Coombs
Madison Moore Named Airplane Mechanic and Machinist at Canal
Madison Moore, an outside machinists crew member at the shipbuilding plant, recently received a call to the Canal. He is also a first class airplane mechanic who was stationed a few years ago at a flying field in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Moore
Alaska
Private Yard Fire Brigade Ready To Meet Kennebec Break
The plant operates a private 24 member fire unit led by chief George E. Clough known as Eddie, ready to answer all second alarms during the Kennebec river water main break. The shipyard houses 25 men with 2200 feet of hose, a steam pump capable of six simultaneous streams at 1500 gpm, a 40 gallon foamite tank, about 135 portable extinguishers, a fire gun, hose gig, and other firefighting gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Clough
Eddie
Kennebec River
Bath Fire Chief Explains Steam Pump as Emergency Aid
Scott Morse chief of Bath Fire Department and head of the pipe shop at the ship yard says the steam pump is stationary but could be pressed into service during a serious city fire near the shipyard. It could aid if city mains lack adequate pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Morse
Bath
Mayor resumes duties and bowling score noted in city report
The text reports Mayor Donald N. Small returning to work after a two week break spent moving into a new home on Washington and North streets. It adds a light note on his arcade bowling string and mentions Avon M. Temple's illness and speculation about bids on a baby cruiser connected to the Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald N. Small
Washington
North Streets
Iron Works
U S S Sampson undergoes alterations at Boston Navy Yard
The destroyer U S S Sampson, 1850 tons, launched last April, is being altered at the Boston Navy Yard and is expected to join the fleet after drydock. Howard O Nash leads the mould loft on vacation. Navy officials and plant foremen attended the Christmas party in the Conference room after the 430 whistle. Eddie Sonia of the tinshop spent the holiday in Somerville and Boston with relatives. Local No 4 faces another step toward collective bargaining certification, needing 51 percent proof of support among workers. Charles Purkis notes 202 nonvoters largely left the area. 113 were Local No 4 members among 819 voting, leaving the union short of majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department
Naval
Local No. 4
Charles Purkis
Purkis
City adds afternoon bus for Bath Iron Works workers
The Bath transit will add a schoolday like extra bus leaving the Phoenix at 4 35, routing ahead of the regular bus to the South end and City hall at 5 15. The change eases bank trips to cash pay and relieves crowding on standard service. Volunteers and groups in Bath distribute meals and gifts to elderly and children, including Red Cross and Girl Scouts, with parties and charity baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Phoenix
Hallet’s
South End
City Hall
North End
Washington Street
Vime Street
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice F. Johnson
Jennie P. Perkins
Edmund A. Rothwell
Roscoe P. McFadden
Impartial columnist notes union drive after Local No. 4 vote
The writer asserts independence from Bath Iron Works and Local No. 4 while describing partisan impressions of union activity. He cites misrepresentation by Local No. 4 officials, predicts a stronger post New Year organizing drive, and recalls 25 years of Iron Works coverage plus brief notes on staff movements and holiday travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Local No. 4
Fourth Estate
Ballyhoo
Gediman and Gaudet Sail South for Gulf Sport Fishing
Edward S Gediman and Wilfred G Gaudet from the shipfitting dept head south from 41 Pratt Street and 119 Lincoln Street toward MobHe Alabama with a trunk full of fishing gear. Gediman plans Gulf of Mexico sails for sailfish, tuna and tarpon while former B I W colleagues stay home at Bean Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards. Gediman
Pratt Street
Wilfred G. Gaudet
Lincoln Street
MobHe
Ala
Eddie
Bean Rock
Brother Gediman
Gulf of Mexico
Bath angler Eddie Gediman nets 550-pound tuna comeback
Eddie Gediman, famed local piscatorial enthusiast, hooked a 550-pound tuna off a Sunday West Point outing using a 32-thread line. The fight lasted three hours before landing the big catch. Gediman and Gaudet plan to work in a private Mobile shipyard building cargo vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Bath
Kennebec
West Point Colony
Gediman
Gaudet
Mobile
Morse High Sees Team Shuffle and Family Visitors
George P Perry from Morse High 1938 centers the basketball team from last season while clerks Harry Farrell shift to Charles W Lee and Harry W Thebeau’s office. Miss Shirley Moore of Portland visits her mother Mrs Wellington A Moore on Weeks Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Morse
Washington Street
Greenwich
N. Y
Graham Blandy
Edith Fulton
Portland
Donald Hopkins
Leland Mitchell
Corliss Street
Harry W. Tucker
Middle Street
William P. Hill
Roger F. McCall
Bedford Street
Clarence W. Morse
Clare Coombs
South America
South Africa
Mark W. Sewall
Edward Sewall
Louise Duley
Kennebunkport
Frank L. Duley
Beacon Street
Miriam Adams
Woonsocket
R. I
Wellington A. Moore
Weeks Street
Irvin W. Greenleaf
Calais
M. Evelyn
Stanley A. Rogers
George A. Rogers
Bath
Bentley School of Accounting and Finance
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Martha Cahill
Boston
Hon
Charles H. Cahill
High Street
Herbert Moore
Lourin Hadley
Mass
Moore
Mt. Hoiyah* College
Ruth Skillings
Helen C. Jacobson
Memorial Hospital
George Sotheard
Edwy A. Sotheard
Willow Street
Evelyn Sotheard
Martha Hall
Esther
George B. Wetherbee
Katharine
Paul
Braintree
Charles P. Wetherbee
Barbara Coombs
Herbert Morse
Deer Isle
George Coombs
George P. Perry
Morse High
Harry 8. Farrell
Charles W Lee
Harry W. Thebeau
Shirley Moore
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Duncan McInnes
Bangor
John McInnes
Frederick H. Kimball
Anne Kimball
Miriam W. Kimball
Milton S. Kimball
John K. Jayne
John, Jr
Pamela
New Canaan
Conn
William D. Sewall
Arthur Sewall 2d
Mrs. Sewall
Martha Foote
Margaret Foote
Carolyn M. Moses
Minnie A. White
Charles E. Cushing
F. Newell Hodge
Blair E. Hodge
Washington, D. C
Clayton T. Fortier
Ina Savage
Marcia Hodge
Fortier
Francis MacDonald
Phippsburg
Marguerite Holbrook
Hazel Atwood
Florence Ford
Marguerite Cornish
Bertha Holbrook
Louise Burgess
Marilyn Hatch
Woolwich
Herbert T. Caverly
Rochester
Betty Rice
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Carleton Rice
Turner Court
Morliss Street
Dr. Caverly
Orrin Caverly
Lewiston
Mrs. Caverly
Walter Rowe
City
Glen Buzzell
Eunice and
Eva
Howard Knight
Billy
Pine Street
Mrs. Knight
Mr. Knight
Fred B. Kittridge
William Kittridge
Mrs. Kittridge
Richard Hastings
Wilfrid E. Guerin
Jack Quirk
Deerfield, Mass
Clark
John Conley
John E. Madden
Margaret Madden
Bridgeater State Teachers’ College
Bridgewater
Bittsfield
John W. Madden
Percival S. Black
Beatrice Black
Grove Street
Marjorie White
Harold Conley
Park Street
Barre
H. H. White
Dorothea Nash
Howard O. Nash
Edward Street
Augusta General Hospital
Philip Miller
West Point
Mr. Miller
P. H. Miller
Charles Schmidt
Semper Fidelis
Nazarene Church
Earl T. French
Harvey Groves
Madelyn Haley
Cedar Street
Verna Bailey
Gwendolyn Lewis
Raymond Holman
William Toothaker
E. T. French
Alton Pinkham
Muriel Lewis
William Fraser
Bertha Tremane
Stanley Fraser
Howard McNeill
Arthur E. Loeser
Us.n
Sampson
Wilbur Hagan
Skowhegan
Elmer Greenleaf
Auburn
Winnifred Quinn
Walter Barstow
Rodney Lee
George H Beley
Waltham, Mass
Beley
William TI. Tait
Hans H. Sievers
Joseph A. Butler
Russell Street
Joseph A. Buffer, Jr
Mary Hodgkins
Gorham Normal School
Bowdoin College
Estella Bowden
Natick, Mass
Merle Niles
Burlington
Merrill Day, Trevett
Samuel Stover
Front Street
W. Hamm
Lowell, Mass
Visoe
Mirtha Grant
Joan Holt
John Tinker
Maton i Briunswick
Raymond E McDonough
Arthur Sewall
Mary
Wiliam D. Sewall
Sumner
Sewall
Alexandra
David
Nicholas Sewall
Jane S. Murphy
Jayne
Nonn
Olive B. Guild
Eastham Guild, Jr
John H. Hyde
Wellesley Hills
Harry Pinson
Wyandotte, Mich
Aphia Pinson
Carl H. Pinson
Pinson
Milan Street
Mr. Pinson
Sharpless Solvent Corp
Raymond Bechard
Richardson Street
Paul Simonds
Somerville, Mass
Mrs. Simonds
Lois Swett
Worcester
Linden Street
Leslie A. Fowles
Ida A. Thurlow
Charles R. Brown
Wollaston
Helen Cameron
James E. Cameron
Tarpon Springs
Fila
Arthur Taylor
Robert A. Wagner
140
Water Street
Mrs. Giwinner
Springfield
Hilda Ives
Madras
India
Ross Merriam
Spencer's Island
N.S
Wilena Merriam
Orvis Bonney
Dean Bonney
Ralph Steen
Ralph, Jr
Mr. Steen
Thomas Steen
Perley. Ater
J. Ivan Kirkpatrick
Samuel H. Kirkpatrick
Cecil Wallace
South Portland
William W. Hosmer
Nancy Hyde
Red House
Agnes Humphreys
Robert Toothaker
Arline Prency Davis
Donald McSheehy
Wayne and Dale
Tewksbury
George Wallace
Somerset Place
Frances Shaughnessy
Helen M. Shaughnessy
Marcia M. Stinson
Olen Champon
Mrs. M. C. Trott
Horatio-Jolicoeur
Carol of
Waterville
Minnie Dall
South Street
Louise M. Stewart
Pearl Street
L. J. Knight
Sedgwick
Virginia Preney
Brooklyn
L. J. Preney
Dummer Street
Alden G. Smith
Lydia
Thomas
Oak Park
Prof
Warren Smith
Mary E. Nickerson
Nassan College
Springvale
Mary J. Scales
Elm Street
Alfred J. Keene
Stephen Lawrence
Warren
Merrill Keene
Fred Hoyt
William R. Freeman
William, Jr
Priscilla
Westfield
Fred D. Hill
Mrs. M. Langdon Hill
Falmouth
National C.I.O
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Donnell, Jr
Donnell Carr
Dover
Charles Carr
Billy Smith
John Bowie
Betty Genthner
Martha Clark
J. Edward Drake
Charles W. Walsh, Jr
R. J. M. Steussy
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Donalds. Sewall
Mark
Joseph T. Sewall
Joseph Thomson, Jr
Boothbay Harbor
Patricia
Charles Shaw
Center Street
Wintenport
John Parker
Andover
Stanley Gilman
Small Point
Edward Dale True
Garden City
Long Island
Sally Joan
Mr. True
Edward D. True
Charles Soule
Wyman Dam
Edwin E. Pinson, Jr
Charles Green
Gloucester
C. Leroy Hutchins
Forrest Staples
Richard
Constance
Aline B. Colton
Wilber G. Cahill
Claude S. Gillette
Fthel Trask
Harry G. Deering
Mary W. Potter
William T. Donnell
and Myers
Gladys Smith
Charles Taylor
Wilkesbarre
Katherine Sypher
Catherine Case
Bristol
James A. Bimson
Fred Hooper
Misses Emma and
Martha Hooper
Green Street
Reuten Purington
Annie Malcolm
Quaker Point
Humphrey A. Owen
Mary E. Goodwin
George J. Goodwin
Bath Street
Carl Robinson
Lubec
Mary Doyle
D. Joseph Doyle
Glenn and
Geary
Rockland
Chester M. Shubert
Oliver Moses
Barrett C. Nichols
Barre, Vt
F. B. Nichols
Wilbur Higgins
Higgins
Arthur Higgins
Harvard Street
Bedfore Street
Levi Knight
Hugh D. Grant
Norman
Montreal
Dr. Grant
Mises Nell
Till Grant
G. Clifford Madden
Narice
Madden
Charles I. Madden
Mechanic Street
Lena Besaw
William Besaw
Highland Street
Dominique Tardif
Fern
Tardif
Mary Minihane
Hazel Casey
R.N
Ruth Henderson
Harvey Henderson
Melvin Haggett
Fred Haggett
Roy J. Campbell
Winston- Salem College
North Carolina
Wilton S. Campbell
Lathrop Loring
Flavel Pierce
Ernest Cripps
Charles F. Koughan
Bill Shaughnessy
Maine
Wild Bill
Old Iron Works
B. I. W. Corp
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co
Quincy
Bill
Hyde Windlass Co
Avon M. Temple
Pipefitter
Winslow Court
Eddie Sonia
the Tinshop
Somerville
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Ernest McLeod
South Brewer
Bangor Auditorium
Mary Durant
Catherine Burgess
Emma King
Betty Anderson
Alice Darrah
Edith Berg
Marion Fairhurst
Betty Burgess
Phyllis Curran
Caroline Brown
Marion Small
Virginia Trott
Marion Anderson
Ruth Lemoine
Pine Cone
No. 4
Girl Scouts
Colonial Club
Red Cross
Ernie George
Club Garret
Hotel Sedgwick
George Owen
George M. Pinchon
Philadelphia
Wiliam H. Bell
Hull Draughting Department
Readfield
Robert W. Bruce
Hull
Shewan Drydoth Co
E. Burke
Hartford