Bath society notes include Stetsons as guests and local club gatherings
Mrs. Charles A. Corliss hosted a contract club for Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Stetson who return to Boston after nine months in Bath. Many local residents attended, with gifts given for the Stetsons new home. The column lists numerous social visits, clubs, births, and engagements across Bath, including a hospital birth, weddings planned, and members attending meetings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Corliss
York Street
Morgan Stetson
Boston
Bath
Stetson
Bath Fuel Co
Wentworth Institute
Franklin Union
Stone & Webster Co
Club
Garret
Edward Sampson
Roy Shackford
Nathan E. Coffin
H. Dorman Perkins
Doris Perkins
Jeanette Shackford
John Green
Lester Clough
Camden
Stone & Webster
Bath Iron Works Notes And Gossip From The Yard
Bath Iron Works finished casting the 1850 ton destroyer Jouett for the Boston Navy Yard with Capt. Blair ordering lines cast at six this morning. The estimate on a 125 foot harbor craft for the Army lurks in Washington as bids from Holabird Depot near Baltimore move to the capital. The plant’s output and shipbuilding contracts define its daily, weekly, and yearly cadence and help avert layoffs, as President Newell told workers in a New Year greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boston Navy
William S. Blair
Washington, D. C
Quartermaster
U. S. Army
Holabird Quartermaster Depot
Baltimore
National Capital
Kennebec River
William 8. Newell
Company drills plans for outside naval bids
The firm aims to win work beyond naval construction to restore temporarily laid off workers. A bid strategy hinges on securing projects, helped by delays in plans and material that affected current workload.
Yard aims for no lay offs under Newell plan
A ship yard seeks a utopia of intermittent lay offs avoided, a goal pursued by Pres. Newell and his associates. The effort centers on stabilizing employment and reducing downtime, signaling a strategic shift in labor practices and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utopa
Pres. Newell
Tallest Plant Employee Reaches Fathom Heights
An Asheville born apprentice machinist named Rodney Lee, 19, claims the tallest height at the plant, standing 6 ft 7 in with a size 13 shoe. He notes he values his work and future, aims for the University of Pennsylvania, and jokes about passing doorways. Separately, the Post reports 1,800 union letters sent to employees by the A F of L to encourage affiliation, with organizers at Hotel Sedgwick handling responses and oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Lee
George A. Dickinson
Mr. Lee
Camden
Washington, D. C
William J. Lee
Communications Bureau
Asheville
N. C
University of Pennsylvania
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Reginald T. Anderson
Charles A. Yunckert
Sedgwick
Anderson
Yunckert
Bath Iron Works workers wary of organized labor
Workers at Bath Iron Works express support for organized labor only if rival factions can prove the movement is legitimate and not a racket. In a separate note, automobile salesmen reportedly moved a 1928 Detroit special into a 1937 Chevy for Albert F. Jimmy Austin and delivered a new 1939 Plymouth to Jimmy Duncan of the plate shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Albert F
Jimmy” Austin
Austins
Jimmy” Duncan
Miss Gordon Leads Office Ladies Bowling Night
Miss Margaret Gordon of the purchasing department topped the session for ladies of the office force last month, rolling 87 at Arcade Alleys. The late Thursday government bowling night results for last week are available, though red tape remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gordon
Stewart J. Anderson Enlists at Portsmouth Yard
Stewart J. Anderson, shipfitter and former resident of 48 Meadow Way, has accepted a Navy yard call at Portsmouth New Hampshire. He served as vice president of Local No. 4 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO affiliate, and was a tireless worker for Local No. 4 basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart J. Anderson
Meadow Way
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N.H
Anderson
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CIO
Headache care and safety at the plant in 1938
Doc Harold L. Adams a combined employment agent and first aid supervisor dispensed 21000 aspirin tablets to plant employees in 1938. The firm buys five grain tablets by the 5000 per gallon jug and the average dose is two. The hospital sees about 1800 employees daily with strict safety rules. Metaphen antiseptic is used for minor injuries. Since January 1 the accident rate is the lowest in eight years of the safety campaign. Unclaimed letters to Luther Taylor Guy Lewis W. H. MacGilleney George C. Young Harold Williams John V. Beatty and George Main are posted on the bulletin board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Adams
Adams’ Sanctum Sanctorum
Luther Taylor
Guy Lewis
W. H. MacGlineney
George C. Young
Harold Willams
John V. Beatty
George Main
Yard foreman Stan Brown takes short vacation break
Stanley M. Brown, yard foreman, went out Monday on a brief vacation after delaying his time off to supervise preparations for trial runs and deliverance of the U. S. 8 Sampson and Jouett, ensuring operations continued without interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley M. Brown
Stan
U. S
Sampson
Jouett
Mike Vuchnich and Cape Town Promotion Tale at Shipyard
A profile of Mike Vuchnich the Ohio State football star who joined Lincoln Electric Co. to learn welding, then promoted to Cape Town as promoter in Africa. He is married to an English woman, with two assistants sent from Columbus. The piece ties in other plant news and local color including an upcoming Safety Contest celebration and notes on navigation hazards near Pond Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Vuchnich
Ohio State
Mike
Lincoln Electric Co
Columbus
Ohio
Lance Cooper
Cape Town
Africa
Pennsylvania
Ohio State University
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Briggs
PWA
Portland
State of Maine
Miller Would Favor Seaside Public Parks
Representative Justus H. Miller of Bath urged a Legislature inquiry into creating a committee to study the state acquisition of shore property for park use. He warned yearly land loss to private hands narrows public access and suggested state purchase or donations could secure parks, with a committee report to follow in the next Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Bath
Justus H. Miller
Commerce signals aid to shipbuilders with navigational aids
The Department of Commerce has aided a shipbuilding firm by deploying navigational markers along the Kennebec River from Popham to Bath. A lighted buoy off the Sou' Southwestin ledges, another on White ledges, a green light on Ram Island, and a red reflector on Pettis Rock guide night arrivals and eastern river runs. The river is listed safe for ships up to 27 feet draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. I. W. Mad
Department of Commerce
Pond Island
Iad
Ram Island
Pettis Rock
Kennebec
Popham
Bath
Portsmouth yard welders and shop life at the Navy yard
A list of welders and shop staff who trained at the B I W Corp now work at the Portsmouth Navy yard. Notables include Harold Robbins, son of local residents, and George Tobey, shipfitter with 20 years in the yard. The column notes winter welding limits, shift schedules, bowling league leaders, and a small hull number fact about Dr Seth Milliken’s yacht tender Hull 179 designed by W Starling Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. I. W. Corp
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Donald McDonald
Eddie Whitten
Kenneth Hunt
Verne Chaney
John Chaney
Bart O'Donnell
Albion Bartlett
Milton Footer
James Babine
Ernest Babine
Wesley Marco
Ray McAvoy
Kenneth Soule
Stanley Kingsbury
John Quinn
Clarence Jenkins
Percy Miller
Harold Robbins
Frank W. Robbins
Pine Street
George Tobey
Iron Works
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
J. Fred Tobey
Louis King, Jr
New Hampshire
Leo Migneault
No B. I. W
Seth M. Milliken
Thistle
W. Starling Burgess
Smallest Iron Works craft Romany hull numbered yacht
The Romany was the smallest craft built by the old Iron Works, a 6 meter wood yacht for Frank Paine. It measured 23 feet four inches and was completed in July 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Iron Works
Frank Paine
Parking in Streets May Prove Expensive
Bath street snow clearance led to tagging 35 cars left in snowplow paths. One vehicle blocked Lincoln street housing project, a plow backed into it causing damage. A car remained on Drummond street and many others were numbered for tow to garages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Highway Department
Lincoln Street
Drummond Street
Maine Diocesan Catholic Women meet at Lewiston Hotel
A Maine Diocesan Catholic Women meeting in Lewiston included Mrs Anne Perry and Mrs Kath Madden among the Tecentins of Gaared Heart. Bishop McCarthy and Rev Driscoll attended as spiritual director. The Old Ladies Home set Feb 14 for a Valentine tea at 800 High Street with growing attendance expected. Weather and local notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Cressey
Shepard Street
People’s Baptist Church
George B. Wostenholme
Frank Higgins
Myrtle Lodge
Middle Street
Walter P. Kingsbury
Flinch
Wilfred W. Chaney
Robert C. Mitchell
John H. Hunt
Howard E. Blake
Mary S. Curtis
Charles Nelson
Emma Daley
Pearl Campbell
Reszoe P. McFadden
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Carl F. Pierce
Cosmopolitan Club
Joseph I. Smith
Herbert R. Lemont
Carl Y. Kennedy
Augusta
Fred R. F. Dean
Sumne Sewall
Jane S. Murphy
James A. Bimson
Anne Perry
Kathon Madden
Muriel Jardis
Gaared Heart
Chstie
D. of I
Aoe
Maine
Hotel de Witt
Lewiston
Eecoteria
McCarthy
Portland
Ph Driscoll
Biddeford
Old Ladies Home
High Street
Personal notes of visitors and movements in Bath area
In a series of social notes, residents and visitors are listed by town and relation. Mr and Mrs Harry Byram of Freeport return after visiting Mrs Edgar Murphy. Nellie and Katherine Tracey stay with their niece Mrs Philip Gormley in South Portland. Mrs Charles W Merrill, formerly of Bath, visits Bath and Woolwich with sister Mrs Carl Longfellow Day's Ferry. Crystal F Shorey, Knox County Hospital nurse, visits her mother Mrs Alice F Shorey in Rockland. Mrs Carrie Pye of Small Point visits sister Mrs William W Hosmer in Bath. Mr Hosmer ill. Muriel Lane becomes secretary to contractor Lucien Bisson after illness. Mrs Matthew Reid and sister Eva Webber of Lisbon Falls stay at 22 Park Street while Reid closes his house after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Byram
Freeport
Edgar Murphy
Washington Street
Nellie
Katherine Tracey
Dike Road
Philip Gormley
South Portland
Charles W. Merrill
Brooklyn
Bath
Woolwich
Aten
Carl Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Crystal F. Shorey
Lincoln Street
Gseater's
Lucien Bisson
Matthew Reid
Eva Webber
Lisbon Falls
Mrs. Reid
Park Street
Reid
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Wheaton Coleze
Norton
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Granite Street
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Rous Chase
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Greenwich
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1111
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Sagadahoc Ferry
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Newport
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Deering Street
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Shaw Street
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Vine Street
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Westbrook Junior College
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Center Street
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University of Maine
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Marshall Avenue
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Joseph A. Proctor
Russell Street
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Gilmore
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West Bath Grange
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Skowhegan
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