Bath Schools Open New Year For Busy Holiday Week
Bath schools will remain in session on New Year’s Day to help merchants during the Christmas rush by adding a day to the weeklong vacation. The Board of Education plans to keep the year on track for a June 11 closing, despite illness among staff and several substitutions at Morse High Mitchell and Lowell schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schools of
Bath
Board of Education
Hazel Lovell
Morse High School
Ruth B. Wilson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Joan Parker
Morse
Virginia Hill
Mitchell School
Anne Thompson
Hazel Hopkins
Miss Thompson
Virginia
Virginia Zusk
Navy
Arizona
Lowell
West Bath
Myrtle Staples
Zysk
Bernice Sturtevant
Kennebunkport Kin Visit At Beacon Street Home
Frank P. Duley and family of Kennebunkport with aunt Mrs Henry A Heckman visited his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Duley at 52 Beacon Street. Miss Louise Duley of Kennebunkport was a Christmas guest with her parents at the same city home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Duley
Kennebunkport
Henry A. Heckman
Frank Duley
Beacon Street
Louise Duley
Commander Grady Praises Pacific War Resolve at Bath Lions Meeting
Commander V. W. Grady U.S. Navy spoke at the Bath Lions Club about the Pacific war, praising American bluejackets, detailing enemy aircraft and tactics, and urging home front unity while noting marching progress from Pearl Harbor to Midway through the Solomons campaign. He cited a bomber encounter near Rabaul and praised Bath Iron Works while urging tolerance for mistakes in a vast war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Bath Lions Club
V. W. Grady
U.S. N
Maine
Bath Iron Works Corp
Navy
Grady
Pacific Front
Rabaul
United States
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Japan
Solomons
Pacific
Bath
Newlyweds Mayo Return From Brief Honeymoon
Lieutenant and Mrs. Howard Warren Mayo, married Sunday in Bath, returned Tuesday from a short honeymoon and plan to leave Saturday for Camp Livingston Louisiana. Mayo, commissioned as second lieutenant after Quartermasters' School at Camp Lee Virginia, served as a funeral director before joining the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Warren Mayo
Camp Livingston
Mayo
Quartermasters’ School
Camp Lee
Henrietta Elizabeth French
Frank A. French
Berry’s Mill Road
West Bath
Fort Williams
Sarkis
Frances B. Ginty
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Lieut. Mayo
New England Institute of Anatomy and Embalming
Boston
Bath
Colonial Club
Grace Church School Christmas Service
Grace Church School held its Christmas service Tuesday afternoon at 4 30 in the church with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating. The Girls choir led singing, Margaret J Melcher played the organ. Red carnat ions and poinsettias decorated the altar. After the service the parish house program featured recitations and songs. Presents were distributed and refreshments served by senior girls and teachers led by Mrs W Percy Marks assisted by Mrs Alexander Robertson and Miss Lorraine Holmes. Mrs Rena Cushing assisted on Christmas day Harold Illenbeck and Robert Sparrow U S N were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church School
Charles M. Tubbs
Margaret J. Melcher
Church School
W. Percy Marks
Alexander Robertson
Lorraine Holmes
A. M. Craig
God
Marilyn Brawn
Janice Conley
Patty Brawn
Eleanor Dore
Ruby McEwen
Bethlehem Boys
Henry Libby
Roland Robinson
Shepherds
Malcolm Lamoreaux
Kenneth Hunter
Charles Lamoreaux
Grace McIntyre
Thelma Maroon
Wise
Bertha Heath
Mary Bertha Heath
Joseph Margaret Curtis
Charles M. White
Bowdeinham
Maine Agricultural Department
Augusta
State Grange
Farline Richardson
Elwin Addison
Rodney Dunn
Cherrine Myra
Miami
Fla
Dunn
Naval Air Base
John Dunn
Guy Wildes
Allan Naugler
Dixie
Old Orchard
Myron Heanie
Barbara
Richmond
Wendell Heenie
Stratford
Philadelphia
Women’s Missionary Society
Baptist Vestry
Charles Blodgett
Milky Road
Rideout House
Mary Dodge
Rumford
Horace Dodge
Carolyn Baker
Everett Baker
Woolwich
Ernest Frye
Violinist Heads Program at West Bath Grange Meeting
John Simpson from Bath presented a recital at the weekly West Bath Grange meeting joined by Mrs. Francis Deehan in place of ill lecturer Mrs. William Armstrong. The program included Souvenir and La Cinquantaine with Mrs. Morse as pianist, readings by Mrs. Stover, and a Jerusalem rendition. Ten visitors attended, and business notes announced Sagadahoc Pomona meeting and upcoming installation of West Bath officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simpson
West Bath Grange
Francis Deehan
William A. Armstrong
Simpson
Bangor
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Grangers
Drolla
Cleveland Marriner
Richmond
Joseph N. Day
David S. Henderson
Alice F. Johnson
John H. Sylvester
Bertha Ward
Girls' Service Club Hosts Soldiers Visit at Army Post
Twenty Bath girls from the Girls Service Organization visited a nearby army post Tuesday evening. They danced, played games, and enjoyed entertainment sketches by soldiers in the new recreation hall built with Lions club help. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Danielson accompanied the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Service Organization of
Bath
Lions Club
Andrew J. Danielson
Barbara Allard
Helen Joy
Caroline Oliver
Dorothy Connant
Stella Babine
Marion Small
Virginia Trott
Barbara Page
Elizabeth Gorham
Betty Lou Hill
Alma Swanton
Stella Berce
Priscilla Coombs
Mary Tourtlotte
Barbara Curran
Betty E. Downing
Pauline Nickerson
Frances Grainger
Frances Mehann
Clair Grainger
Mrs Sprague Moves to Ricker Park with Daughter
Mrs Richard L Sprague of Portland formerly Bath relocates Thursday from Ashmont street to Ricker Park. She will be joined by daughter Margaret while husband is ill in a New York hospital. Their son Aviation Cadet Richard Sprague Jr recently transferred to the aviation base at Olathe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Popham Lion
Henry O. Trowbridge
Arthur L. Pratt
Richard L. Sprague
Portland
Ashmont Street
Ricker Park
Margaret
Sprague
New York
Richard Sprague, Jr
Olathe, An
Christmas services held after cold delay in Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham held Sunday services originally planned for December 22 after cold weather. The program included a Praise Service, a Christmas pageant, Bethlehem readings, and a gift distribution. Local residents and visitors were noted in accompanying society items and community updates.
Wanted Girls for Telephone Operator Work in Bath
Advertises for girls aged 17 to 35 to work as telephone operators in Bath. Promises good working conditions and steady wages with benefits. Applications at Jephone Office 72 Front St second floor or call Bath 9908 for more information.
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Bath
Jephone
Front St
Christmas of gatherings on Bowdoinham Post Road
Mr and Mrs son Frederick and Herbert Heath and relatives hosted a Christmas supper and tree with many guests including Lynde Heath Mary Heath De Akeley and Messer infants. Several families from Brunswick Freeport and Old Orchard shared meals and holiday visits across the Bowdoinham Post Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Herbert Heath
Marguerite
de Akeley
John
Robert
Lynde Heath
Mary Heath
Frank Heath
Charles Messer
Brunswick Hospital
James Cornish
Alden Small
Herbert R. Heath
William Small
Priscilla Small
Ernest Frye
Fred D. Heath
Charles Pratt
James Pratt
Hazel Turner
Bean
Freeport
E. Ladd
Washington, D. C
W. H. Gould
Allen Naugler
Old Orchard
Delbert Temple, Jr
A. S
Temple
Margaret Hatch
Paul
Michigan
Morang
Brunswick
Perkins announces engagement of Eunice Perkins to Robert Walker
Mr and Mrs William C Perkins of Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Eunice M Perkins to Robert H Walker son of Mr and Mrs Howard H Walker of Brunswick. Eunice is a Morse high school 1941 graduate and a Duke University student. Robert is a Brunswick high school 1939 graduate and will graduate Bowdoin College in January. He belongs to Kappa Sigma and is enlisted in the United States Army Enlisted Reserve Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Perkins
Bath
Eunice M. Perkins
Robert H. Walker
Howard H. Walker
Brunswick
Miss Perkins
Morse High School
Duke University
Walker
Brunswick High School
Bowdoin College
Kappa Sigma
United States Army
Local men cut wood and relatives update on enlistment
Mr. Bowles and Mr. Campbell gathered a supply of cord wood in the nearby woods. Elmer Campbell has enlisted in the Marine Corps and is training in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Pierce and their daughter visited the Olivers in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowles
Mr. Campbell
Elmer Campbell
Marine Corps
Florida
Wallace Pierce
Boothbay Harbor
James Oliver
Local residents return from medical care and holidays
Mrs. George Carleton of Wis casset returned home from Bath Memorial Hospital. Mrs. George A. Moody and her infant son also returned from the Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Gordon of Pine Street came home from a visit in North Sullivan and Gordon resumed duties at Bath Iron Works. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Cooper and children Donna and Richard of Montpelier Vt formerly of Woolwich were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cooper of Whitefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Moody
Memorial Hospital
Maynard Gordon
Pine Street
North Sullivan
Gordon
Bath Iron Works
Lindsay Cooper
Donna
Richard
Montpelier
Woolwich
Leonard Cooper
Whitefield
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