Bill Cunningham to Be Honored by Maine Citizens
Maine citizens invite 19 sponsors led by Col. Frank E. Lowe of Portland to host a Friendship Dinner for Bill Cunningham at Copley Plaza Boston on February 11. Tickets cost 5 dollars with reservations by February 10. Event features include distinguished speakers and entertainment with leaders from Augusta to Bangor and major press organizations.
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Maine
Frank E. Lowe
Portland
Bill Cunningham
Boston
Copley Plaza
Cunningham
New England
Lowe
Lewis O. Barrows
Augusta
Louis J. Brann
Lewiston
Earle Doucette
L. Kenneth Green
Auburn
Frederick G. Payne
Benjamin F. Kent
Bangor
Arthur Sewall
Bath
E. Copeland Lang
Saco
Ralph W. Leighton
South Portland
Paul A. Dundas
Waterville
Roscoe F.libby
Westbrook
A.C. T. Wilson
Presque Isle
State Controller Speaks to Rotary on State Finances
Rotary members heard Controller William A. Runnell discuss Maine finances at the Hotel Sedgwick luncheon. The talk highlighted rising state expenditures driven by Social Security and noted total government costs around 11.5 million dollars covering schools, the University of Maine, highways, hospitals, courts, and other departments. Guests included Henry Littlefield, W. P. Black, and Harold P. Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
William A. Runnell
Hotel Sedgwick
Episcopal Church
Charles T. Small, Jr
Bath Club
Brunswick Club
Eddie Bridgham
George Wolstenholme
Runnell
University of Maine
Henry Littlefield
W. P. Black
Portland
Harold P. Small
Valentine Program Set For West Bath Grange Meeting
West Bath Grange will host a Valentine program next Monday evening led by lecturer Mrs. Dorothy Kenney. Fifty six people attended the regular meeting, including three visitors. The program features songs, readings about Maine, a pine tree display, and a Maine tableau.
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Dorothy Kenney
West Bath Grange
America
Grange
John Sutter
Woolwich Grange
Maine
Lucy Armstrong Stein
State of Maine
Fred K. Sturtevant
Joanna Hodgkins
Lucy Armstrong
Annie Peterson
Old
Surprise birthday gatherings mark week in Winnegance area
Mrs. Robert P. Manson and Mrs. Ernest Rogers hosted a surprise party at Mrs. Manson’s home for James E. Perry and Charles Coombs who recently retired from business. Guests included numerous Perrys and Coombs family members and friends. A separate Community auxiliary meeting featured first prize in contract for Mrs. Oman Coggeshall and second for Mrs. Charles Small. A birthday for Milton MacDonald at Capt. Totman’s home drew local families, with ice cream and cake shared among attendees.
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Robert P. Manson
Ernest Rogers
Olney C. Perry
Sarah Rogers
Cora Campbell
Frank Hughes
Omar Perry
Delia Bolton
Charles Coombs
Charles Coombs, Jr
Walter C. Perry
Manson
Duncan Farrell
Parker O. Rogers
Oman Coggeshall
Charles T. Small
Samuel Lancaster
Harold Miller
Brigham's Cove
Edwin Small
Winfield W. Morse
Squaw Club
John G. Morse
Orman Coggeshall
Robert Manson
Milton MacDonald
Arthur L. Totman
David Dye
Breese Skillings
Stephen Crosby
Arthur E. Totman
Marion Holbroc
Nancy Ann Brown
Thornton Wil
Thornton Wil.™rs, Harold Mott
Robert Harford
Francis MacDonald
Ruth Totman
Leslie Dyer
Ellen Brown
Thelma Skillings
Adelaide Mott
Helen Harford
Ruth Crosby
Municipal Court Actions In Bath Case Docket
Stanley Johnson pleaded not guilty to keeping a vicious dog at municipal court. Judge Gardiner R. Deering continued the case for two weeks. Edward Chaplin and wife Clare were found guilty of assault and battery on William E. Rowe and ordered to pay $11.70 costs. Chaplin and Rowe were found not guilty of street fighting.
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Stanley Johnson
Middle Street
Union
Gardiner R. Deering
Edward Chaplin
Clare
William E. Rowe
Bath
Chaplin
Rowe
Card of Thanks for George J. Ingalls
The family of George J. Ingalls gratefully acknowledges expressions of sympathy and the floral offerings received. February 3 1940 Bath Maine.
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George J. Ingalls
Bath
Maine
Wyman Visits Newport News and Richmond Relatives
Mrs J O Wyman returned to Allston Mass after weeks with relatives in Richmond Va She recalls cold weather snow to six eight inches zero readings at the airport and visits to St Johns Episcopal Church 200th anniversary Newport News shipyard America being built and the Marine Museum She also mentions the Berwind glen steamer loading coal and other local travel along the coast plus friends in Freeport Small Point and Portland lodging details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.O. Wyman
Allston
Mass
Richmond
St. John's Episcopal Church
Newport News
Marine Museum
Berwind Glen
Kennebec
Bath
Phippsburg
Social Security Representative to Visit Bath Post Office
A Portland Field Office representative of the Social Security Board will be at Bath post office at 2 p m on the first and third Tuesday each month. Next visit is Feb 20. Beginning January 1940 benefits may extend to those over 65 who worked in covered employment and to spouses and minor children under 18. Survivors and lump sum death benefits described. covered employment list provided. certain jobs excluded. The field rep will assist applicants in filing claims.
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Portland
Social Security Board
Bath
W.P.A
Sagadahoc Ferry PTA Votes to Disband
Sagadahoc Ferry PTA held a special meeting at Mrs. Roland D. McIntosh's home. Mrs. Charles Haley resigned as president and safety chair, and members voted to disband and split treasury funds between the grammar and primary rooms for needed equipment.
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Sagadahoc Ferry P. T. A
Roland D. McIntosh
Charles Haley
Sagadahoc Ferry School
Percy D Marston
George B. Farnham
Vinal Hunnewell
Beltran Crocker
John A. Presley
Thomas Leask
Alex T. St. Pierre
Haley
McIntosh
Senator Sewall To Address Bath Teachers Club
Bath Teachers' club meets at Morse high school Thursday at 7 30 for a second annual gathering. Sumner Sewall president Maine Senate will speak with musical selections by Mrs. Nathan Watson and Mrs. Richard Hersom. A business meeting precedes the program and members from West Bath and substitute retired teachers join in. Tea and cake will be served with the south entrance used for the event. Mrs. Raymond Smith remains under observation at Memorial hospital.
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Bath
E. Motley Puller
Fewer Lightships Spurred by Coast Guard Navigation Push
The bulletin notes lightships along the coast have dwindled to thirty, while other navigation aids increased. Lights of all kinds total about 9,000 with 40,000 miles of coast guarded by the Coast Guard. It details early lighthouses, powerful modern lamps, and the role of radio beacons in modern navigation.
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United States Coast Guard
Great Lakes
United States
Great Brewster Island
Boston Harbor
National Geographic Society
Boston
Navesink
N. J
New York Harbor
Kilauea Point
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Sandy Hook
Colonial Assembly
New London
Connecticut
Buffalo
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
St. George Reef
Crescent City
Calif
North Carolina
Colonel Williams Elevated to Major General in War Department
Washington announced Col John F. Williams of Phippsburg has been promoted to Major General and named chief of the National Guard Bureau in the War Department. The appointment lasts four years from January 31, with Williams moving from Columbia Missouri to Washington to assume duties. He is a West Point graduate and has served in the National Guard and Field Artillery. Williams is the son of Dr Adelbert F. Williams and Mrs Pearl Stacey Williams, longtime Phippsburg residents.
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Bath
Phippsburg
Washington
John F. Williams
National Guard Bureau
War Department
Williams
Columbia
Field Artillery
National Guard of
Missouri
United States
General Williams
Adelbert F. Williams
Veterans' Hospital
Togus
Pearl Stacey Williams
Hom Beach
Gen. Williams
West Point
Private card party and community notices in Parker Head
Neighborhood Patrol No 92 hosts a private card party with prizes for William Hallett and Earl Hamel and consolation prizes for John Libby Jr. and Mrs. Hemmer. Numerous local families and Scouts attend events. school breaks, operetta plans, and various birthdays, visits, and group activities are noted along with travel plans and civic meetings.
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Boy Scouts of
Parker Head
H.D. Mank
William Hemmer
Earl Lowell
John Libby, Jr
Alvin Rollins
Fred Libby
Jean Hamel
Earl Hamel
Ramon Hamel
Lloyd Lowell
Arthur Kreidler
William Hallett
Fudge
John Libby
Lewis Lowell
Charles Blaisdell
Leston Harrington
John Rollins
Fred Shepherd
Byron Hammond
Shaw
Lewiston
Rollins
Hansel
Phippsburg
Bath
Herbert Doughty
Barbara Mank
Dorothy Cushing
Camp and Auxiliary Attend the Banquet in Portland
About 30 members of T W Hyde camp S of A V and Auxiliary attended a banquet and reception in Portland honoring National Commander Dr Ralph R Barrett of Wilmington Del and National President of the Auxiliary Mrs Eva Blackman of Chicago The event at Eastland included city official James E Barlow presenting the keys to the city and remarks by Dr Barrett and Mrs Blackman Also present were Mrs Barrett Mildred Webster Albert DeHaven Harry Wing Mrs Genevieve Whitmore Miss M Blanche Jameson and others The piece also notes the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Benjamin Welch of Bronx NY with Mrs Welch formerly Mary Badalak Dana of the city
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T. W. Hyde Camp
A. V
Portland
Ralph R. Barrett
Wilmington
Del
Eva Blackman
Chicago
Eastland
Shepley Camp
Bosworth Hall
James E. Barlow
Barrett
Sons of Union Veterans
Blackman
Department of Maine
Whitmore
Webster
Whit
Alice Brown
Grace Berry
Popham Beach School Closes For February Vacation
Popham Beach village school closes Friday for February vacation due to funding shortages. Supt John Carter said no reopening date is set. The article notes a spelling bee, a library social, a Valentine party, and various local visits and Coast Guard activity around Seguin, Campbells Island, and Popham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carter
Neatville
Cleanville
Washington
Lincoln
Harry Spencer
Miss Pinkham
Elizabeth Pinkham
Bath
Hospital membership drive ends February 11
Enrollment in the Associated Hospital Service, affiliated with Bath Memorial hospital, will cease February 11. After that date, no further application cards will be received though rates are attractive for those not expecting hospitalization.
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Associated Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath residents spend weekend with friends and travel notices
Mrs Earl Morse of Bath hosted a day with Mr and Mrs Leonard then they went to a movie. The group visited Bath and Popham, with stops in Gilbert Fread Phippsburg Center and Boston. Several visitors from Lewiston Madison Newburyport and Seguin joined local households during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Morse
Bath
Leonard
Yarmouth Academy
Probate Court Hears Wills and Admin Duties in Sagadahoc
Judge Arthur J. Dunton presided over the February probate session listing wills proved and administrations granted in Sagadahoc. Estates from Bath Richmond Phippsburg Topsham and beyond are named with executors and administratrices appointed, some without bond, as inventories and bonds were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
Sagadahoc
Cora A. Small
Bath
N. Gratz Jackson
Frank D. Reed
Richmond
Annie A. Reed
Rebecca M. Rogers
Nellie P. Patten
Sarah Augusta Hyde
Sarah A. Adams
Ernest E. Howe
Ruth B. Howe
James E. Percy
Phippsburg
Anna P. Percy
Grace P. Cobb
Boston
Mass
William T. Plummer
Ardmore
Frederick E. Drake
Ada
Mary F. Reed
John P Carey, Jr
Robert H. Dyer
Paul R. Dyer
Charlotte M. Dyer
C. Hill
Lynnette H. Hill
Frederick Grant
Andrews
Woolwich
Ruth B. Dubar
James Nixon
Arrowsie
Marie S. Lawton
Saint Joan
N. B
Rixiec
Rebecca M Rogers
Nellie EF. Patten
Albert 3. Gallant
Mary J
Alice M. Young
Sarah
Madelyn © Jackson
Dbn
Cta
Margaret B Lufkin
Abbie M Morse
Margaret B Lord
James S Lord
Lily Sawyer Pray
Robert D Seward
William B. Kendall
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Kennebec Journal
Richard G. Kendall
Associated Press
Lorin Arnold
United Press
Doyle Voutour
Bangor Daily Commercial
B. Morton Havey
John H. McKerngn
Bangor Daily News
Pred D. Jordan
John M. O'Connell
Jack Moran
Bath Daily Times
Frank B. Nichols
Harry C. Webber
Elford Stover
Biddeford
Biddeford Journal
Timothy Mahoney
Leo Joncas
Lewiston Evening Journal
Daniel Dexter
Norman Thomas
Lewiston Daily Sun
Clifton Gove
Frank Murphy
Portland Press Herald
Evening Express
Guy P. Gannett
Press Herald
Bud Cornish
Austin Goodwin
Radio Augusta
WRDO
Jack Atwood
WABI
Ralph M. Wallace
WLBZ
Edward Guernsey
WCOU
Faust Couture
WCSH
L. T. Pitman
WGAN
Creighton E Gatchell
WGAM
L. E. Hughes
Yndustry
Chester M. Alden
Oxford Paper Co
Rumford
Lucius D. Barrows
Nathaniel H. Barrows
John Baxter
Brunswick
Henry A. Benoit
A. M. Bosworth
James L. Boyle
Fred Brice
Orono
Guy Butler
W. N. Campbell
Sanford
Horace Chapman
John D. Clifford
Ellsworth
Everett FP. Greaton
Roy F. Good
Harry Goodier
Edward Graham
George Harrison
John W. Healy
Saul Herman
Everett Johnson
Belgrade Lakes
Francis J. MacNamara
Archibald M. Main
William Mansfield
Harry Martin
Ralph Masterman
Bar Harbor
Alfred McCoy
Cy Me‘Curdy
Calais
Francis J. McDonnell
Ernest Miller
R. B. Miller
John J. Magee
William S. Newell
William Nutley
Willam S. Nutter
Alger Pike
Lubec
Edward J. Quinn
John Quinn
Raymond Rendall
Charles Ricker
Peland Spring
Edward L. Robinson
William Runnells
Harold F. Schnurle
Carroll Portland
Joseph Stickney
George J. Stobie
Cemiiee Shumway
L. Eugene Thebeau
Philip P. Thompson
William P. Wiles
Gerry Wade
Skowhegan
Adam Walsh
Rotary
Bates ‘Stover
Mr. Stover
Popham
W. E. McIntire
Freeport
Grace Hamlin
Small Point
Seagentz
Walter A. Keyes
Helen Kingsbury
Sagadahoc Ferry
P.T.A
Sewall
Raymond Smith
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Parker
Son Bill
H. D. Mank
David Parsons
Hemmer
Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Harrington
Legion
Lloyd Perry
Galen Daley
Charles Perry
William, Jr
Ora Hallett
Cleveland
Burleigh Williams
Buddy
Walter Cushings
Harold Rogers
John D. Carter
John D. Libby
Twin County Council of the American Legion
Waldoboro
Charles True
Herbert Basset
Benjamin Welch, Jr
Benjamin Welch
Bronx
N. Y
Welch
Mary Badalak Dana
Harold Walker
Highland Street
Popham Beach
Wesley Harrington Charles Barker
Morris Pushard
Harold Marston
Seguin
Clarence Skeffield
Max DeShon
Alton Cheney
Cape Elizabeth
Cheney
Anderson
Thomas
Coast Guard
Perkins Islands
Fort Popham
N. B. Pickett
Pond Island
Lighthouse Service
Campbell’s Island
Guy Crowley
Wyman
Silver Lake
Charles Huff
Elkanah Wyman
Herbert Sprague
Harry Pushard
Fred Spinney
Frank Sweeney
Stanley Perkins
Treasury Coast Guard
Custom House
Kennebec River
Marion Bridges
Margaret Wyman
Betty
Charles Leonard
Gloria
Merrill
Ernest Oliver
Bertha
Mary
Walter Newdick
Robert
Gerald Morong
Mary Newdick
Morong
Gloria Oliver
Mose Chandler
Bath Iron Works
Annie Stacy
Irving Dobbin
Carl Newcomb
Walter Sprague
G. E. McNulty
Sprague
Marine Hospital
Bay Point
Carol Drake
Morse High School
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