Public Installation Highlights Genesta Chapter Officers at Masonic Temple
The Genesta chapter of the Eastern Star held a public installation at the Masonic Temple before an audience over 200. Evelyn Morse became worthy matron with Herbert Morse as worthy patron. Viola Osgood and others were installed in partner roles as guests enjoyed a reception with chicken rolls, cake and coffee, music by a five piece orchestra, and dancing afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Genesta
Order of the Eastern Star
Kennebec
Kathryn A. Smith
Harold E. Cutting
Elsie L. Pinson
Verna Bowie
Mabel B. Merrill
Doris I. Aikenhead
Catherine Leonard
Ruth Field
Rena Roberts
Roberts
Robert
Kathryn Smith
Evelyn C. Morse
Herbert R. Morse
Viola M. Osgood
Fred A. Osgood
Caroline Thompson
Mabel S. Nelson
Elsie Hodgkins
Martha C. Bertrand
Esther Andrews
Eva Kenney
Adah
Doris Pride
Ruth
Virginia
French
Esther
Martha
Eleanor Merchant
Electa
Margaret Lonn
Sven B. Lonn
Sentinel
Viola Osgood
Morse
Sarah and Henry Shaw
Elsie Pinson
Cliff Leeman
Rose Rogers
Ann Deering
Marie Berry
Alice Soul
Elizabeth Deering
Jennie Small
Arthur Deering
Cecil Fullerton
Frank Sparks
Bath Lions Hear Talks on Ships in War
Bath Lions heard Archibald M. Egan and Harry P. Briggs discuss merchant marine efforts during war. Topics included submarine and airplane threats, protective gear like torpedo nets and paravanes, and the demagnetizing degauser method. A captain’s convoy tale from Northern Russia illustrated the merchant marines’ toil, followed by charity film excerpts and plans for infantile paralysis drive fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald M. Egan
Harry P. Briggs
Bath Lions Club
Sedgwick
Lion Main
Main
Main Called Upon Mr. Briggs
Briggs
Mr. Main
Russia
Bath Memorial Hospital Serves Patients From Many States
Bath Memorial hospital reported 982 Bath residents among its patients with many others from Woolwich Brunswick Wiscasset Phippsburg Five Islands West Bath and nearby towns. Patients also came from Maryland New York New Jersey Arkansas North Carolina Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Hampshire and Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Arkansas
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
Gladys A. Wolstenholme
R. N
Arrowsie
Parker Head
West Point
Dresden
Robinhood
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Small Point
Lisbon Falls
North Bath Road
Richmond
South Harpswell
Waldoboro
Waterville
Cedar Grove
East Harpswell
Popham Beach
Rockland
South Gardiner
Whitefield
Auburn
Bristol
Brewer
Bangor
Damariscotta
Dover-Foxcroft
Hallowell
Harpswell
Loudville
Lisbon
Newcastle
Portland
Randolph
Star Route
South Windham
Sheepscott
Winnegance
Appleton
Athens
Alna
Auburndale
Mass
Arlinton
Bernardville
N. J
Belgrade
Boston
Berlin
N. H
Pleasant surprise by telephone in Coronado
A phone call from daughter Mrs Vincent C Morck in Coronado California surprised Mrs James A Goodwin at 48 Chestnut Street Friday about one PM It was the first time in over a year she heard her daughter Ernestine Eaton Morck now married to a marine in the Air Corps Morck has recently become First Lieutenant Weather in California was delightful while Bath area faced a blizzard Morck plans to return to Bath next summer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado
Calif
James A. Goodwin
Chestnut Street
Vincent C. Morck
Ernestine Eaton
Bath
Solomons
California
Armed Forces Need of Knives Announced
United States armed forces in the Pacific require knives with blades four to eight inches. Citizens are urged to donate hunting, fishing, or jackknives by calling 1454. donors may attach a name and address tag. Donated knives will be sent directly to the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Pacific
Sleek Destroyer Walker Launches From Bath Iron Works
The USS Walker, a new destroyer, slid into Kennebec waters amid a snowstorm as Bath Iron Works continued its pace setting production for the Navy. Sponsor Miss Sarah Cochran Walker, Boston, broke a champagne bottle on the bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uss Walker
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works Corp
Uncle Sam
Navy
Sarah Cochran Walker
Boston
John Grimes Walker
Admiral Walker
Hillsborough
N. H
Army Corps
Vicksburg
Ogunquit
R. S. Hitchcock
USN
Maine
BSW
J. J. Thomas
Thomas
Rebecca Thomas
J. G. W. Thomas
Lowell
Richard Lee Fitzgerald
Walter Pederson
Cohasset
Alfred Thomas
Weston
Mass
Charles
Eleanor
Marinette veteran Bartik finally receives Cuban Expeditionary Medal
Staff Sergeant Anton A. Bartik of Boothbay tied to the U S Marine Corps recruiting office in Augusta received a long delayed Cuban Expeditionary Medal from Washington after a 26 year lapse. Bartik also earned the Mexican Expeditionary Medal the Marine Good Conduct Medal the Victory Medal the Croix de Guerre and the Purple Heart. He re enlisted in December 1942. Mrs Laura Mackey of New Bedford Mass arrived Friday to reside with her sister Mrs Joseph Williams at 29 Valley Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton A. Bartik
Boothbay
U.S. Marine Corps
Augusta
Marine Corps
Washington
Bartik
Cuba
Marine Corps i
Laura Mackey
New Bedford
Mass
Joseph Williams
Williams
Valley Road
Captain Gillette Rubin Named Recorder of Municipal Court
President Roosevelt nominated Claude S. Gillette to be a Rear Admiral Captain. Gillette, a Cherokee Iowa native and Naval Academy graduate, led the repair base in France during World War I and later held posts at Bath Iron Works and the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Attorney Harold J. Rubin resumed duties as Recorder after being sworn in, with a bill pushed to raise the salary from six hundred to one thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette Rubin
Roosevelt
Claude S. Gillette
Gillette
Cherokee
Iowa
Naval Academy
Anapolis
France
Bath Iron Works Corp
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Municipal Court
President's Ball in Bath Raises Funds for Infantile Paralysis
More than 200 people attended Bath's seventh annual President's Birthday Ball at Morse High School on Saturday night. Proceeds support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the local chapter. The event featured decorations honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt, a large gym, informal dress, refreshments, and new activities such as cards for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
National Foundation
Lloyd
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John R. Newell
Henry D. Small
Enoch Cook
Horace P. Herrick
U.S
Andrew J. Danielson
Ernest Thorin
County Pomona Grange Plans This Year's Projects
Sagadahoc Pomona grange and West Bath grange met for an all day session with about 100 attendees. Activities included a fifth degree conferral, skits on Census Taker and The Acid Test, vocal solos, a tableau honoring women’s war effort, and a program led by the Pomona host with officers from West Bath. The next meeting is Feb 24 in Dromore grange hall with alternate afternoon and evening sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
West Bath Grange
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
D. Wylie Lemont
Pomona
Evelyn Hinckley
D. Wallace MacDonald
Host Grange
Rose Jean
Courtney E. Stover
Roland Tibbetts
William Davis
Davis
William A. Armstrong
William A. Coombs
Everett G. Lemont
James B. Lemont
Walter G. Marco
Harry E. Peterson
E. Mason Wright
Grange
Topsham Grange
Orrin Crosby
William M. McGlinchy
John M. Howe
Kathleen
Edwin W. Haggett
Sidney Holbrook
Uncle Sam
Lester Crocker
Leon Felker
WAAC
Mary Deehan
The
America
Jerry L. Haile
Dromore
MISS D. GREENLAW LEAVES BATH FOR QUODDY TRAINING
Miss Diana Greenlaw 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Greenlaw, leaves Bath for wartime Quoddy Village training as part of the first quota of 100 girls. Enrolled at Kendall Hall, she will study aircraft division topics and related skills, joining 400 girls slated for training in aviation radio and parachute making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Quoddy Village
Diana Greenlaw
Maurice Greenlaw
Oliver
Bath Iron Works Corp
Quoddy
Bath birth announcement for Mary Elizabeth Colburn
A daughter Mary Elizabeth was born on Saturday January 30 to Mr and Mrs Frank F Colburn Jr of Haverhill Massachusetts. Mr Colburn formerly managed the Bath Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Mary Elizabeth
Frank F. Colburn, Jr
Haverhill, Mass
Colburn
Bath Opera House
Selectees Leave Friday Morning for Fort Devens
Sixty four of sixty five Sagadahoc young men headed to Camp Devens board the 10 03 train at Bath with an estimated 300 friends and relatives at the station. Rev Raymond G Putnam spoke of duty and religion and the group received cigarettes from the local USO. List of leaving men includes Bath Bowdoinham Phippsburg Richmond Topsham Woolwich West Bath and others with several from outside the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Camp Devens
Bath
William E. Fletcher
Clarence Leonard
Bath Street
Selective Service Board
Raymond G. Putnam
Andrew J. Danielson
USO
Mr. Putnam
God
Mr. Putman
Roland E. Wilson
Maurice D. Puffer
Dwight W. Perce, Jr
Philip
Jean S. Pomerleau
Allan H. Atwood
Frederick R. Farley
William E. Fletcher, Jr
Warren S. Marks
Clifford M. Pye
Eugene O. Dauphin, Jr
Francis L. Nadeau
John F. Sweringen
Ernest M. Shea
Harold D. Clark
James L. Babine
Arthur E. Brown
Robert L. Goodridge
Arthur L. Philbrick
Henry J. Grimard
Topsham
Paul Flaig
Roland F. Lavoie
Raymond F Michaud
David E. Thompson
Wilfred J. Roy
Woolwich
Blanchard E. Crowley
Clarence G. Young, Jr
George F. Rattleff
West Bath
Robert F. Waterman
John E. Babine
Frederick S. Sears
South Portland
Harrison J. Wakeley
Lisbon Falls
John E. Lapointe
Rumford
York Beach Student Receives Carnegie Hero Medal
Ed ward M. Ellis a 21 year old York Beach student earned a Carnegie hero bronze medal after swimming 160 feet through four foot waves and six to nine foot breakers to save Rene A. Boucher 36 from drowning last July. Ellis towed the man 130 feet toward shore as another helper with an inflated tire tube assisted them. Ellis is the son of Mr and Mrs Harley C Ellis of York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene A. Boucher
Edward M. Ellis
York Beach
Associated Press
Ellis
Commission
Harley C. Ellis
York
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J. Ruth Field
A. Smith
Carolie Thompson
Back Row
Virginia French
Lions Club
National Association of Manufacturers
Scotland
Dawson
H. L. Switzer
New York City
Captain Switzer
Switzer
Bulman
Arthur L. Pratt
John P. Carey
Baths Hospital
Daughter i
Walker
Iron Works
Gillies
Roscoe Shaw
North Street
County
Pomona Grange
Fort Devens
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