Pythian officers installed at joint lodge ceremony
District Deputy Grand Chief Lila Haskell led a Pythian Sisters and Knights of Pythias ceremony at Acadia lodge in South Portland with Harmony temple members assisting. Officers for Lowell Temple and Acadia lodge were installed, with a 150 attendance and entertainment including music and a turkey supper. Mrs. Gertrude Stewart celebrated 50 years as finance officer and gifts were exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Haskell
Lowell Temple
P.S
Lester Blake
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Daisy Foss
Hattie Lord
Harmony Temple
Auburn
Mr Blake
Harry Porter
Charles Bennett
Herry Melins
Larry Roberts
Marion Darrah
Lois Knights
Jane Shea
Sarah Potter
Zetellah
House
Gertrude Stewart
Sadie Garcelon
Edith Miller
Nellie Hynes
Delmar House
Frank Danforth
Don Wilson
Earl Freeman
William Shea
Arthur Gebhard
Harry Watson
Russell Kenney
Charles Dunning
Seth Stewart
Knights
Stewart
Shea
Fred A. Bowie
Marion Bowie
Caroline Thompson
Chancellor
Commander House
Acadiz Lodge
Bon Voyage Party for Father Maney in New York
Rev. T C Maney of Bath and his sister Alice Maney of Bangor attend a bon voyage dinner in their honor at Gripsholm restaurant hosted by the Van Zandt Wheelers before sailing on the Puerto Rico Steamship Co cruise ship Coamo. Guests include Dr Paul H Breuning, Mrs Breuning, Jack Lawrence, Mrs Lawrence, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt Wheelers
West Point
Father Maney
Frederik Ornstrup Madsen
Paul H. Breuning
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
Breuning
Jack Lawrence
Broadway
Diamond Jim' Brady
Lawrence
Rye
N. H
Mr. Wheeler
Fr. Maney
Sewall
Augusta
Nick
Bath
Gripholm
Maney
St. Mary’s School
Mme. Wheeler
Maneys
Maine
James K Magee
New York
Postmen's Auxiliary Held Meet At Willow Street Home
Mrs John F Gillespie received a past presidents pin during a Wednesday gathering of the Auxiliary to the National Association of Letter Carriers at 55 Willow Street. Members folded a quilt and began Red Cross sewing after a brief business session. Next meeting set for March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Gillespie
James E. McLaughlin
National Association of Letter Carriers
Willow Street
Red Cross
A J. Tanguay
Wesley Street
Harold E. Hodgkins
C. Lloyd Hooker
Tang
Fire at Passmore home prompts swift response
Fire broke out around three o clock Monday afternoon in the home of Mr and Mrs Harry T Passmore at 36 Summer Street. Several pieces of apparatus responded to box 75 and streams of water brought the blaze under control. Mrs Leo Gallant of Wiscasset was moved Sunday from Memorial Hospital to her mother’s home at 48 Willow Street after a three week stay for a blood poisoning infection in her foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Passmore
Summer Street
Leo Gallant
Wiscasset
Daw
Felix Gallant
Willow Street
Memorial Hospital
Frances Wallace Crowned Bates Winter Carnival Queen
Frances Wallace was crowned queen at Bates Winter Carnival after a banquet that opened a three day program. Pres. Clifton D. Gray placed the crown and proclaimed the next three days for winter sports. Her court includes Marilyn Miller Mildred Brown Joanne Lowther Ruth Beal Tressa Braun Charlotte Dolloff, all Bates seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton D. Gray
Miss Wallace
Marilyn Miller
Mildred Brown
Joanne Lowther
Ruth Beal
Tressa Braun
Charlotte Dolloff
Bates Outing Club
East
Wallace
Morse High School
Bates
Bath Iron Works expands vessel berths at Portland yard
Ellis C Snodgrass, Portland contractor, will build two new vessel berths for Bath Iron Works in the Maine Central freight yard recently acquired by the plant. Snodgrass bid 74 645 75 dollars, about 18 thousand under the next lowest bid by H P Cummings Construction Co of Winthrop. Alonzo J Harriman is architect for the expansion. Work to increase berths from six to eight to start immediately. Other bids ranged up to 145 892 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Company
South Portland
Gibbs & Cox
Naval Architects and Designers of
New York
Pres
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Winter Street Church Men's Club
Grace Church Men's Club
Pres. Newell
Great Britain
Newell
Bath Iron Works
Portland
Cape
Maine
Iron Works
Gibbs
Bath
New South Portland
Mr. Gibbs
Portland Harbor
Washington
State
Navy
Japan
Pres Newell
Ellis C Snodgrass
Maine Central
Snodgrass
H. P. Cummings Construction Co
Winthrop
Alonzo J. Harriman
Woolworth
Carl Bianchi & Co
Framingham
Mass
Reed & Reed
Woolwich
R. H. H. Houston Const. Corp
Stewart & Williams
Augusta
Schools Contribute To Infantile Fund In Drive
Schools pooled coin cards giving totals from Dike 67.05 and Mitchell 47.23 to South Street 41.86 and North Grammar 35.25. Morse High pupils added 12.90 from coin boxes and President's Ball ticket sales. Sagadahoc county chairman Mrs James I Noftall thanks the Board of Education for cooperation. Robert T Cole of Kennebunk earns a six year safety driving award for road steadiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
South Street
Weeks Street
North Grammar
St. Mary's Parochial
North Primary
Central Grammar
Center Street
Morse High School
James I. Noftall
Sagadahoe
Edu
Bath Lions Club hears two talks on public safety
Bath Lions Club members and about 40 guests heard safety talks by L E Thebeau and Horace P Herrick at the Wednesday meeting last week. New members Howard O Nasa John M Leonard and Edward A Cummings were welcomed bringing total new members to 15 in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard O. NASA
John M. Leonard
Edward A. Cummings
Lions Club
Donald N. Small
L. Eugene Thebeau
Bath Iron Works Corp
Horace P. Herrick
Morse High School
Mr. Thebeau
Arthur M. Bowker
Thebeau
Edwin R. Andrews
Cummings Motors, Inc
Lion Harry L. Thompson
Herrick
Archibald M. Main
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Duncan McInnes
Westbrook
Sea Scout
Sea Scouts
Bath
Libdns Club
Henry O. Trowbridge
Lions
Sedgwick
Leonard
McInnes
Trowbridge
Lion Brian M. Jewett
Boston
del Ohrel
Versaille
Valentine
Nora
Jimmy Bell
Jewett
R.K.O
Negotiations Progress on Center Street Real Estate Deal
Real estate talks advance on three Center street parcels starting at Music Hall block owned by Rosa Povich and two buildings owned by Judge Arthur J. Dunton. A top chain store representative shows interest with deposits paid and papers possibly signed within 48 hours. Plans include two new business buildings facing Center street and rear lots cleared for parking, with a 180 foot Washington street depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Music Hall
Washington
Rosa Povich
Arthur J. Dunton
Charles E. Stinson
Rowe —~ Dalrymple
Nathan Petlock
Washington Street
Maine products shine in New York show windows
The State of Maine Information Bureau opens in Radio City with Maine grown products on display. Bureau Manager Guy Butler says the Maine Publicity Bureau and Maine Development Commission expand efforts to tell more people about Maine. The display space, free to Maine industrial and agricultural interests, is coordinated from Portland with Brooks Smith French Dorrance of New York handling the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine Information Bureau
Radio City
Maine
Maine Publicity Bureau
Guy Butler
Maine Development Commission
Pine Tree
Bureau
Portland
Brooks, Smith, French & Dorrance
New York
State of Maine
Golden Wedding Anniversary of Bath Couple
Mr and Mrs Melville B Clark celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at 271 High street Bath with a family dinner. He is a former foreman painter at Deering shipyard and later Bath Iron Works retiree. She was Maud Chaney and they were married at St Andrews Episcopal Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville B. Clark
High Street
Clark
John Clark
Lillian
Ruth
John Jr
Raymond Clark
Winona
Kathleen
David
Everett White
Nancy
Donald
Ethel Morse
Deering
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Maud Chaney
Albion
Ida Martin Chaney
Highland Street
Melville Clark
Corliss Street Church
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Government of Maine
U. O
I. O
Four Young Men Leave for Service from Sagadahoc
Four young men from Sagadahoc county depart for induction in Portland after a patriotic talk by Dr. David L. Wilson. Elwyn Haskell and Melville Clark of Bath join Curtis Morris of Bath and Henry Hanson of Topsham in the Bath group, with nine in the quota set to leave in February. Lewis B. Swett of Fort Williams spent the weekend in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
No 1
Sagadahoc County
Portland
Maine Central
Witnes
David L. Wilson
Federal
Elwyn Haskell
Bath
Melville Clark
Curtis Morris
Henry Hanson
Topsham
Boy Scouts Mobilize in District Emergency Drill
Bath and Phippsburg units join 106 Bath Scouts and 17 from Richmond at City Hall for a mobilization drill. The event, part of intense emergency training, drew over 3,000 Scouts district wide in 1 hour 15 minutes with many troops posting 50 to 95 percent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Phippsburg
City Hall
Richmond
Maine
A. D. Stetson & Son
Dominique J. Tardif
Washington, D. C
Douglas Photo Shop
Winter Street
Herbert L. Patrick
Portland
Pine Tree Council
Robert Knowlton
Fort Lermond
Andrew M. Butterfield
Bath Iron Works to Face Third Organizing Drive
John W. Brown announces a third union organizing effort by CIO Local No. 4 at Bath Iron Works. The plan, to be run by the employer with Brown only advising, follows a morning meeting between President William S. Newell and Brown. Brown helped found the Industrial union in shipbuilding and has long aligned with the parent body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cio-Local No. 4
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Bath Iron Works Corp
John W. Brown
Woolwich
John Green
Tren Works
Pres
William S. Newell
Mr. Brown
Industrial Union For Shipbuilding
Brown
Iron Works
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pythian
St. Mary’s
Postmen’s Auxiliary
Lucian R. Ames
Frances Wallace
Frances A. Wallace
Bates College
Ellis C. Snodgrass
Robert T. Cole
Kennebunk
Bath Lions Club
Army
Lewis B. Swett
Fort Williams
City
BOY Scouts
Newell Cenfer
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