Greatest Bath voters registered surpass prior records
The Bath voting lists show 4 846 registered voters, the largest in city history, with a net gain of eight from last year after deaths and removals. Ward 1 leads with 915 voters, Ward 2 has 896, Ward 4 the smallest, Republicans outnumber Democrats nearly four to one, and enrollment patterns favor Ward 1 over Ward 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 4
Ward
Cobb Eeetereres
Bere Evans
Senator Sewall Speaks at Sagadahoc Pomona Session
Senate President Sumner Sewall of Bath spoke at the Sagadahoc Pomona grange meeting in Pomona. He noted his caution on politics and recounted a noisy Panama Bangor call with his wife at the Republican State Convention. The program featured readings, musical numbers, and discussions on local product consumption and berry patches. Thirteen granges and 35 visitors participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona
Bangor
Andes
Pike's Peak
Eleanor Ripley
Alfred Rackley
Fast Grange
Pomona
Charles Thompson, Jr
E. C. Patten
Harry Rackley
William Gould
E. L. White
David Henderson
Reading
Winifred Rackley
Joseph Larrabee
Chester Hobart
Gay Williams
Harvey Jordan
Elaine Rackley
Bertha Furbush
Myrtie Cutler
Florence Dunklee
Belle Rackley
The
Marilyn
Marcia Ward
Bertha Wright
E. E. Addison
Auburn
Henrietta Sawyer
Androscoggin
Annual Silver Tea at Old Ladies Home
A Valentine party and silver tea will be held at the Old Ladies Home 800 High Street on Wednesday afternoon February 14 from three to five. The public is invited to visit and any donations of food or money will be gratefully received. The home houses 16 residents and is led by President Owen J. Ledyard with Arthur Sewall as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Ladies Home
High Street
Owen J. Ledyard
Arthur Sewall
Agnes Humphreys
Anna Trott
William D. Sewall
Frederick H. Kimball
Wilber G. Cahill
Charles C. Low
Henry C. Wright
Allen M. Irish
Mary Watson
Lydia C. Moses
Langdon T. Snipe
Central Church Men’s Club to Host Magician Justin Wayne
Central Church Men’s Club visiting Winter Street Thursday evening for a magic show by Justin Wayne. Exhibition drawn from Wayne’s extensive repertoire. Supper at 6 30 served by Ladies’ Auxiliary committee. Large attendance hoped. Mr and Mrs Edwin R Andrews attended Boston Sportsmen’s Show Saturday.
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Central Church Men's Club
Winter Street
Justin Wayne
Wayne
Hce
Edwin R. Andrews
High Street
Boston
Worumbo Postpones Special Meeting and Stockholders
Worumbo Manufacturing Co delays its special meeting on a proposed RFC loan in Lisbon Falls. The meeting and the annual stockholders gathering move to February 14 to allow more time for RFC requested plan details. Up to 850000 may be available, with 300000 likely for new machinery to modernize the plant and boost competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Worumbo Manufacturing Co
Navy approves 252 promotions including Dyer to Lieutenant Commander
President Roosevelt approves 252 naval promotions on Thursday. Among future Lieutenants is Walter F. Dyer inspector of machinery at Bath Iron Works for two years. Dyer a native of Rumford and Naval Academy graduate class of 1926 resides with Mrs. Dyer at 84 Lincoln Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Walter F. Dyer
Bath Iron Works
Lieut
Dyer
Rumford
Naval Academy
Lincoln Street
Rotary Anns Study Finland After Luncheon at Sedgwick
After a Thursday luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick Rotary Anns began a Finland study with each member sharing facts. The next meeting is February 15 with luncheon at Sedgwick, followed by a social hour at Mrs. G Thomas Murphy 9 Linden Street. Lincoln S Monahan of Braintree Mass died Friday among Bath friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Sedgwick
Rotary Anns
Finland
Sedgwick
G. Thomas Murphy
Linden Street
Shipbuilding shows big gain over a year ago
The 78th annual meeting of the American Bureau of Shipping in New York elected J. Lewis Luckenbach again as president and named Homer L. Ferguson to the board for a three year term. Luckenbach noted 222 vessels totaling 1,157,365 tons were under ABS classification on Jan 31 1940 versus 177 vessels totaling 677,980 tons in 1939. He cited continued wartime demand for tanker and special tonnage, rising welding use, and plans for about 52 seagoing ships in 1940 with significant weight savings from welding and improved engines. Projections include fully welded large tankers, higher pressure boilers, and expanded oil burning and economizer tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
American Bureau of Shipping
New York
J. Lewis Luckenbach
Homer L. Ferguson
Bath Iron Works
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Cor
Archibald M. Main
Luckenbach
American Bureau of Shipping Classification
Bureau
United States Maritime Commission
American Export Lines
Mississippi Shipping
Seas Shipping Co
United States Lines
Letrain Lines
Maritime Commission
Navy
U. S
E. J. Henry
Great Lakes
Tse
Redman outlines Democratic platform planks in Maine group
Port land candidate for Governor Redman urged Maine Democrats to invite Young Republicans to suggest platform planks. He cited alleged GOP financial misrepresentations and called for bipartisan action to fix state finances. The meeting set Feb 14 for caucus with nominating process for mayor and ward offices.
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Maine
Fulton J. Redman
Portland
Alex Burgess, Jr
Carlton Day Reed
Woolwich
Sagadahoc County
Democratic State Committee
Redman
Democratic Club
Carl J. Severin
Lee
Jesse W. Allen
George Moses
Edward Johnson
Chester Varney
Alexander MacDonald
Joseph Marchetti
James Nostall
Alice Burgess
George Costain
Helen Moses
Maine Council of
Auburn
State of
Resolutions Committee
Democratic Party
Common Council
City Hall
North End Community Club Founded In 1935 Growth And Charity
A June 1935 meeting at 1252 Washington Street formed what became the North End Community Club. It moved to Dike School rooms, later to North End grammar, with officers Furber Lemont Powers Wilband. The club built social spaces and a planned lounge while supporting the North End Rifle club, NRA member teams, and charitable drives with the Salvation Army.
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North End
William A. Furber
Washington Street
North End Community Club, Inc
Parker
Elivir
Dike School
Board of Education
North End Grammar School
Everett G. Lemont
H. Martin Powers
Clifford Wilband
North Street
West
Bath
Maine Central
John P. Carey, Jr
Lancelot Cooper
Frederick B. Kittridge
Raymond A. Smith
Roger W. Pierce
North End Community Rifle Club
Rifle Club
National Rifle Association
N.R.A
Alden M. Gayton Post
American Legion
Auburn
Lewiston and Auburn Rifle Club
Circle Canadian Club
Lewiston
Labiatius Rifle Club
103Rd Int. Club
Alden M. Grayton Post
A. L
Berry Paper Co
Armand Petite
Lloyd C Hooker
Almon L. Goss
Perley EB. Pert
Edgar C. Oliver
Salvation Army
Pownalborough a Center of Early Kennebec History
The article recalls Pownalborough Dresden as the Kennebec Valley’s leading village in early days, noting its 1760 naming for Governor Thomas Pownall, a famed ally of the colonies. It covers the 1801 Congregational church dedication by Rev. Freeman Parker, the “blind preacher of Dresden,” and later moves to pārish and hall developments through 1866.
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Kennebec
Dresden
Saveces
Canada
Georgetown
Woolwich
Pownal
Thomas Pownall
Massachusetts
Pownall
John Adams
United States
Cedar Grove
Pownalborough Hall
Freeman Parker
Wiscasset
Pownalborough
Bath Iron Works Expands Yard With Five New Parcels
Bath Iron Works Corp announces purchases of five parcels totaling just over 18 000 square feet to expand the shipyard westward. The acquisitions, handled by Fred H Thompson and advised by John P Carey Jr, extend the plant south and north along Lord and South streets, increasing storage space and frontage for future growth.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Lord and South Streets
Treas
L. Eugene Thebeau
Fred H. Thompson
John P. Carey, Jr
Irom
Union Street
Shu
South Street
John P. Hayes
Georgie B. Footer
Washington Street
Lord Street
Walter E. Norton
Harry W. Thebeau
Grms
Tron Works
JD Clanesx
Maine Central Railroad Co
Josephine M. Thebeau
Norton Eas
Norton Place
Bishop McCarthy Guest of Honor at Sacred Heart Banquet
Bishop Joseph E. McCarthy of Portland was the principal speaker at the Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella banquet at Hotel Sedgwick. He spoke on peace and cooperation with other speakers addressing Catholic literature, world conditions, and prayers for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. McCarthy
Portland
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Sedgwick
McCarthy
Mary A. Barron
Archie D. Gillis
Bath
Augusta
Madelyn McFarland
James E. Burke
David P. Surette
Boy Scout Movement
Timothy C. Maney
Vivian Kronstrand
Anne Perry
Grace Cunningham
Gertrude Nugent
Margaret Flaherty
Corinne Hayes
Theresa Dutton
Granada
Grad Cunningham
America
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Sewall
Topsham Grange
OLD Ladies’ Home
Worumbo
R.F.C
Lincoln S. Monahan
Braintree
Mass
Association
Carl F. Garland
Bar Harbor
Department
Garland
Tan Town
Nere
Bishop M’carthy
Catherine O'Hara
Lena Fortier
Louise Rogers
Marguerite Lemons
Beatrice Footer
Margaret Plaherty
Corinne Hives
Helen Perry
Beatrice Arsenault
Katherine Madden
Beatrice Thibeault
Esther Moses
Nora McLaughlin
Katherine Reardon
Kronstrand
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