Birthday Party for January Birthdays at Central Grammar School
Grade seven pupils at Central Grammar School held a Friday birthday party for January birthdays. Students and teachers listed include Sally Grant Lawrence Pomerleau Gloria Johansen Lorraine Dumais and Mrs Granville Colby. The program featured various poems songs piano solos and dances with refreshments provided by the pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Gramschool
Sally Grant
Lawrence Pomerleau
Gloria Johansen
Lorraine Dumais
Granville Colby
Joy Olson
Patricia Mulcahy
Claire Babine
Richard Armes
Jeannine Bisson
Paper Doll
Patsy Burns
Andrew Rines
Sue
Christine Robshaw Long
Bath Boys Meet Army Postal Letter From New Guinea
Ex mayor and Mrs Small in Bath received a letter from Corporal William Curran in the army postal service in New Guinea. Curran reported meeting their son Private Lawrence Small, marking the first known hometown contact for either boy and bringing joy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Navy Seamen Training Sparks Maine Youth Enlistment Surge
Navy recruiter William Howell reports more than four thousand Maine youths aged 17 have joined or are preparing to join the Navy in the past two years. Bath city hall hosts weekly enlistment info sessions from 9 am to 5 pm. The Navy offers 10 months radar training, petty officer ratings on completion, and entrance exams on request. Additional vocational training is available through 947 Navy-sponsored schools nationwide. Over 300,000 Navy personnel attend school daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Navy
William Howell
Howell
Bath
L.c
Lionsesses Enjoy Fine Thursday Program In Sedgwick
Rev George B Wolstenholme spoke at the Lionsesses gathering in Sedgwick Thursday evening delivering Wendell Phillips Toussaint Ouverture and a Emerson poem about Phillips Both pieces were praised by attendees Mrs Harold Avery and other organizers led the program Members planned to help at the Cozy Corner hospital Feb 15 event led by Mrs E Rob inson and Mrs Hathorne with Mrs Tarbox Also Mrs Clinton V Owen was elected assistant secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Wolstenholme
The
Lionesses
Sedgwick
Wendell Phillips
Emerson
Wolstenholme
Harold Avery
L. Eugene Thebeau
Eric Anderson
E. H. Robinson
Elwood Hathorne
Fred A. Tarbox
Clinton V. Owen
Camp and Auxiliary Plan Lincoln Washington Birthday Observance
T W Hyde Camp and the Auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War will observe Lincoln and Washington birthdays on Feb 12 at Grand Army hall. Program starts at eight. Guest speaker is Loring Addison city schools superintendent. Allies and the public invited. Washington pie and coffee served after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Veterans of the Civil War
Lincoln
Washington
Grand Army Hall
Loring Addison
Hyde Camp
Walter Smith
Harry Warner
Maurice J. Warner
Edith Miller
Frances Warner
Myrtle Wilson
Miss Dorothy Talbot Patient at Memorial Hospital
Miss Dorothy Talbot a Morse High senior of 73 High Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital where she submitted to an emergency appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Talbot
High Street
Morse High
Memorial Hospital
Congress Shirt Co Announces Employee Insurance Plan
The Congress Shirt Co offers a group life and health insurance plan for employees with more than six months service. The company will cover about four fifths of the cost and has already paid the full premium from Feb 1 to Mar 1. 75 percent participation is required to activate the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Shirt Co
Girl Scout Leaders Meet With Mrs Parker
A joint meeting of the Girl Scout Leaders and Leaders Association was held at Mrs John Parker's Summer Street home with 35 members present. A chicken a la King supper followed at 6 30. The event featured flower decorations, a brief business session, and talks by incoming commissioner Mrs Louis A Dole and guest trainer Mrs Agnes Coombs of Brunswick. Movie films by George Musk showcased local Girl Scout activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Leaders and Leaders Association
John Parker
Summer Street
Louis A. Dole
Arthur Bowker
R. Clinton McFadden
Arthur Sewall
Alfred Carpenter
George Musk
Parker
Pythian Sisters Install Officers at Lowell Temple
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held an installation with Grand Chief Bernice Elli of Sabattus presiding assisted by Mary Curtis and Gertrude Stewart. New officers include Rose Jean as M E Chief Marian Darrah Exec Sen Alice Rideout Exec Jun Annie McCabe Manager Agnes Perry Records Gertrude Stewart Finance Protetor Frances Knight Guard. A gift was given to Grand Chief Elli and prizes were awarded to Amy Hastings and Edith Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Pythian
Bernice Elli
Sabattus
Mary Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Rose Jean
M. E
Marian Darrah
Alice Rideout
Annie McCabe
Agnes Perry
Dorothy Stone
Frances Knight
Elli
The
Temple
Amy Hastings
Edith Miller
Bath Police Adopts Two Way Radio System
The Bath police department completed a long awaited two way radio installation. Sending and receiving sets are in the two prowl cars and a third at City Hall headquarters. Tests Monday showed the equipment working perfectly and expected to aid protection of the city. Charles Card, a painter and paper hanger, is a patient at Memorial Hospital receiving treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Charles Card
Memorial Hospital
Manchester Doctor Opens Bath Osteopathy Practice
Dr. William H. Watson formerly of Manchester New Hampshire opened an osteopathy and minor surgery office at 926 Washington Street Bath. He trained at Bowdoin College Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery and completed internships and fellowships in Denver Raton Tyler and Clarendon Texas before passing Maine State Board exams in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Watson
Manchester
N. H
Washington Street
Public
Watson
Bowdoin College
Kappa Sigma
Kansas City College of Osteopathy
Conley Clinical Hospital
Kansas City
Psi Sigma Gamma National
Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital
Denver
Donovan Osteopathic Hospital
Raton
N. M
Coats- Gafney Clinic
Tyler
Texas
Clarendon Clinical-Adair Hospital
Clarendon
Augusta
Bath
January Proves Cold and Stormy in 1945
January was cold and stormy with several snowfalls and a rainy day. The month recorded fewer fair days than a year earlier, with notable contrasts in snowfall totals, temperatures, and the last days of winter. The piece reflects on climate patterns and hints at February starting with tougher or milder conditions depending on December.
Not Cashable Overseas Postal Notes Warned
Instructions warn that Postal Notes simplified money orders should not be sent to service members abroad. Navy post offices overseas cannot cash them. these notes are redeemable only in the United States and within two calendar months from issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Navy
United States
Bath Laundry to Get Fire Repair and Modern Rebuild
Weathermasters Co of Free been awarded a contract to rebuild and renovate the Bath Laundry building at 41 Vine Street after a January 19 fire. Plans include a new front and sides to give a modern up-to-date appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weathermasters Co
Freebeen
Bath Laundry, Inc
Vine Street
Pupils Excel in Scrap Paper Drive Across Schools
Elementary students excelled in a cold weather scrap paper drive raising amounts by school. North Grammar led with 20,781 pounds from 54 pupils, Central Grammar saw 83 eighth graders collect four tons, and Weeks Street Grammar gathered 6,184 pounds with about 70 students helping. Kenneth Largay and Gene Gardner led collectors. proceeds fund new visual teaching equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar
Torrey Brothers
Dick and
Frank
Ralph Burden
Bill Smith
James DeWitt
Charles Burden
Roy Richter
Weeks Street Grammar
Kenneth Largay
Géne Gardner
Death of Irving G Harrington Jr in English Channel torpedo
Navy confirms Irving G Harrington Jr USMM was killed in action when his ship was torpedoed three miles from the English shore. He died in a English hospital after engine room boiler blast and aid on board. Born in Bath, educated in Phippsburg and Bath, he worked at Bath Iron Works and trained at Sheepshead Bay. Survived by wife Lila Allen, daughter Roberta, parents, and three brothers. Memorial service set for Nazarene church Sunday at three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Irving G. Harrington, Jr
USMM
English Channel
Irving
England
Bath
Phippsburg
Bath Iron Works
Sheepshead Bay
New York
Lila Allen
Roberta
Irving G. Harrington
Arthur
Wesley
Mark W
Cape Elizabeth
Nazarene Church
Engagement announced for Beverly Ruth Small and Sgt Cleon J Nelson
Mr and Mrs Charles H Small of Popham Beach announce the engagement of their daughter Beverly Ruth to Sgt Cleon J Nelson of Yarmouth Both have links to North Yarmouth academy The bride to be worked at Bath Iron Works and Sgt Nelson who enlisted in 1943 has just returned from overseas service in England and is stationed in Lincoln Nebraska
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Small
Popham Beach
Beverly Ruth
Cleon J. Nelson
Yarmouth
Miss Small
North Yarmouth Academy
Bath Iron Works
Sgt
Nelson
W. Nelson
England
Lincoln
Nebraska
Bluebird Brownies Valentine Party At Mitchell School
Bluebird Troop of Brownies held a Valentine party Thursday at Mitchell school led by Mrs. Randall Daley with help from Mrs. James P. Ledyard. Seventeen members attended. After the business meeting, refreshments were served, valentine boxes exchanged, and Mrs. Daley showed several reels of movies. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ulmer celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their 2 Park Street home, a cake in silver at the center, and well wishes from N. H. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluebird
Mitchell School
Randall Daley
James P. Ledyard
Daley
Charles Ulmer
Park Street
William Ulmer
N. H
Steven Lucas
Reginald Dore
Hazardville
Conn
Gilbert Wildes
U.S. Army
Texas
East Bowdeinham
Maryland
Thomas Wildes
Milton Baker
West Wareham
Mass
Peter Grassi
Byron Durgin
Norway
Delma Curtis
Boy Scouts Guests Of Winter Street Men’s Club
Winter Street Men’s Club met Thursday with a fine supper by the Ladies Auxiliary. President Clinton D. Wilson announced the Scout and Program committees. The meeting featured a new troop flag for the Winter Street Scouts and a talk by Edwin R. Andrews on local troops and expansion. Harmon Smith narrated Scout movement benefits, and George Hastings spoke on Scout work. Vice President Henry D. Small presented cinema reels of Maine landscapes and canoe trips, ending with praise for the evening. Next meeting set for Feb 15 at 6:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Clinton D. Wilson
Fred Higgins
Carl Albee
J. E. Pomeroy
Elbridge Wright
Edgar Leavitt
Orah E. Richmond
M. Bowers
David McKellar
Winter Street Boy Scouts
Theodore Sturtevant
Edwin R. Andrews
Bath
Wilson
Harmon Smith
George Hastings
Small
Latin Club Baked Bean Supper at Morse High
The Morse High School Latin Club will host a baked bean supper in the cafeteria on Saturday evening. Barbara Danforth leads the event with Everett Parker Richard Andrews and Mary Lemond assisting. Faculty advisor is Mrs Enoch Cook with Miss Catherine Leonard assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin Club
Morse High School
Barbara Danforth
Everett Parker
Richard Andrews
Mary Lemond
Enoch Cook
Catherine Leonard
Buzzy Bonney
George Boynton
Gerald Cogan
Leon Shaw
Edward Carleton
Hilton Libby
Philip Ames
Mary Clappison
Anita Bagdikian
Genesta Chapter Holds Friday Meeting and Plans Feb 16
Genesta chapter O. E. S. met Friday evening. Following business, the next meeting will be Feb 16 when degrees will be conferred. The group adjourned to the banquet hall where oyster stew coffee and cake were served under Mrs Horace Ward, committee chair. A rehearsal of officers is set for Sunday at 7 30 p.m. at the Masonic temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
Horace Ward
Masonic Temple
Bowdoinham Drives Funds as March of Dimes Report
Bowdoinham community reports March of Dimes collections totaling 65.55 dollars with numerous individual gifts from Miss Gladys Raymond to Mrs. Eola MacEwen chair. Donations extended to February 15. Also covered are local deaths, marriages, civic notices, and Red Cross branch elections and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Raymond
Pearl Raymond
Helen’ Robinson
Bowdoinham Ridge
Jellison School
Irene Babb
Grange
Bowdoin
Eola MacEwen
Bowdoinham
Nathaniel Atterton
Brunswick Hospital
Clarence Bartlett
Brunswick
Brunswick- Topsham Bridge
Bartlett
Atherton
Monticello
George
Gertrude Henderson
Houston
Burton Curtis
Ernest Curtis
Bowde
Jane Curtis
Cumberland
Selectmen
Alice L. Palmer
Merrymeeting Grange
Ralph W. Chesley
Bernice Dore
Richard Denham
George Hamilton
Mary B. Curtis
Richmond
Gertrude Curtis
Marshall M. White
Bowdeinham
Miss Curtis
Richmond High School
Ames Worsted Co
Glen W. Curtis
White
Edward White
Brunswick Chapter
American Red Cross
Coombs High School
Gretchen Hatch
Garment
Eva MacDougal
Jessie Ames
Homes Service
Lona Hackett
Mary Gould
Hatch
Miss Ames
Chester Hobart
Edward Baker
Byron Durgin
May Gould
President's Ball a Great Success at Morse High
The President's ball at Morse High School drew perhaps the largest crowd in the city’s memory. Lloyd Ratell's 14 piece orchestra with a standout soloist played as flags of Allied nations and President portraits decorated the gym. Capt Hitchcock and Mrs Hitchcock led the receiving line, with many dignitaries and service personnel in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Lloyde Ratell
Bath Iron Works Corp
St. Claire Kirsch
Navy
Winter Street Ladies Aid Meets on Friday
The Ladies' Aid of Winter Street church met Friday afternoon with hostesses Mrs. Harry E. Peterson Mrs. Elmer Williams Mrs. Charles Baker Mrs. Charles Bonney and Mrs. Langdon T. Snipe. President Mrs. Arthur C. Lemot led a short business meeting and Mrs. Lewis F. Gannon read prayer. A book review on American Folklore by Mrs. Arthur Bowker entertained, detailing tales legends and songs from American folklore edited by B A Botkin. Next week’s meeting will be Friday at two with hostesses Mrs. Elmer Rogers Mrs. Lucy Rogers Mrs. Charles C. Low Mrs. David Black and Mrs. Charles W. Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Harry E. Peterson
Elmer Williams
Charles Baker
Charles Bonney
Langdon T. Snipe
Arthur C. Lemont
Lewis F. Gannon
Arthur Bowker
B. A. Botkin
Ladies’ Aid
Elmer Rogers
Lucy Rogers
Charles C. Low
David Black
Charles W. Messenger
Wartime Red Cross Notes and Local Social Updates
The 1944 report lists surgical dressings hours and garments produced for war relief, Christmas gifts for wounded service men at Togus, and Red Cross initiatives. Personal notes mention Gladys Raymond’s election as Junior Red Cross chair, family moves, Army visits, and a surprise birthday party for Mrs Delma Curtis with gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togus
Red Cross
Gladys Raymond
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Centtal Grammar School
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Louis Bates
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Mary
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Mary French
Beverly French
Shirley McKenna
Jean Leonard
Ruth Crokett
Harry Berry
Albert Cullen
Daisy
Philip Marston
Claire Hartsgrove
Merritt Island
Marsh Tor
Dyal's Groves
Florida
Girl Scout
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BOY Scouts
Troop
Morse, High
Genesta
Elwell
Ryan's Corner
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Tel
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Cape Small
North Georgetown
Georgetown Center
Daggett
Lewiston
Orbox Street
Aine
B. Reed
Rndy Wallace
Front Street
Oogens
Mike
David Cruce Frank Jenks
Richard Fraser
Jane Withers
Winter Street Ladies Aid
Opera House
Dennis Morgan Oy
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Clark
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Cela
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Jon Wopuak
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