Local clubs plan meetings and public events this week
The Budget Committee schedules its first meeting at the selectmen's office to review town departments for the coming year. Numerous society events follow with officers from the Maine State Grange, Masons, Eastern Star and Lions Club hosting gatherings, card parties, banquets, and a charity bridge. Also noted are school programs and personal notes on residents visiting Boston, Japan, or nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cording
Maine State Grange
Carroll Beane
Grace Beane
Flora
Nellie Haskell
Lottie Yorke
Harriman
State Welfare
Jerusalem Royal Arch
John L. Blagdon
March of Dimes
Charles W
Edith White
McGrath
Grace A
Florence MacQues
Ada Coffin
Eliza Dyer
Marion S. Warmembers
St. Phillips’ Woman’s Auxiliary
Bath
Organ Society
Helen Fisher
Alberta’ Larrabee
Grace Sewall
Elmer Wickham
Jennie Lewis
Laura Seavey
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Masonic Hall
Boy Scout
Eastern Star Club
William H. Burton
Allan Hunnewell
Stanley Dodge
Viola Adams
Phyllis Lewis
Louise Blagdon
Gladys White
Lions Club
the Ledges Inn
Max Pinaski
Portland
Priscilla Campbell
Ways and Means
Woman’s Club
Harry E. Rines
Robert H. Heigham
Campbell
Woman's Club
Harold Clifford
Boothbay
Clifford
Charles L. Macurda
Alice D
Academy Teams Suffer Varied Basketball Scores This Week
Tuesday the academy boys lost to Thomaston High 40 to 19 with Bill Townsend scoring seven. Thomaston girls beat academy girls 35 to 16 led by Sally Hersom. Friday academy beat Sabattus High 57 to 26 at Red Men's hall. Wiscasset girls beat Sabattus 41 to 19. Grammar school boys beat Boothbay Harbor 35 to 20. girls lost 19 to 10. Weekend rematches: grammar boys won 30 to 17. girls lost 21 to 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Thomaston High
Bill Townsend
Thomaston
Sally Hersom
Red Men’s Hall
Sabattus High
Wiscasset Girls
Sabattus
Boothbay Harbor
Paul Sherman
Robert MacQueston
Prtford
Hunnewell
J. E. Stanier
Damariscotta
Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham Grammar School
Miss Dorothy Hector Becomes a Bride
Miss Dorothy Hector wed John Fred Ro t in Seattle on February 5. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Sewall, Fargo and the late Fred Hector, studied music in Texas and attended Pine Manor. She served during the war as a hostess with a Cross Country airline and held a secretary position at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector
John Fred
Minneapolis
Minn
Seattle
Wash
Rowland
Margaret Sewall
Fargo
N. D
Fred Hector
William D. Sewall
Pine Manor
Massachusetts
Texas
Sidney Eaton
Bath Iron Works
Mrs Sewall
York Hall
Bath Old Home Week recalls a staged ship launch
The text recalls Bath's centennial celebration and past Old Home Week events. It mentions a failed ship launch at the Deering yard due to extreme heat, a public alarm clock incident, and hopes for an uneventful upcoming Bath celebration this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New England
Deering
Standard Oil
Tells of fishing trip to Miramchi River
An account of a summer fishing excursion to a remote Miramchi River area with trout and salmon in lakes and streams. It notes large catches, the camp life, cool nights, and fly fishing as the highlight. Rotary club figures, including President Charles Shepard, attended the meeting and welcomed new member Prof. Neil Hallgood. Friction matches were invented in 1827.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shepard
Ed Fields
Lewiston-Auburn
Horace Ward
Park and Cemetery Board
Central Grammar School
Harrison Tipsward
Norman Kenney
David Thibeault
Neil Hallgood
Grove Street
University of Maine
Brunswick Compus
Naval Air Station
Edward W. Bridgham
Rotary
West Bath Community Notices and Events Snapshot
West Bath P T A met at the Littlefield school house and planned a Monday program with Estes and Mrs. Leon Belanger Jr. A West Bath grange welfare bake sale and card event was set for Saturday with 6 30 pm supper, calls to plan headcount. A sewing group met at the grange hall, next gathering March 4. Surprises and gatherings marked birthdays and visits among Bath area residents, plus hospital and local work notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
P.T.A
Littlefield
Evesell Estes
Leon Belanger Jr
Harry Larrabee
Waren Davis
Loring Small
Edward Thompson
Edward Lesier
Forest
Clarence Leon St. Piterre
Charles Aine
Brown
Larrabee
Bath Iron Works
Bangor
Dorothy Wiliams
New York City
Elmer Williams
Leonard Smith
G. C. Smith
Joseph Stetson
Brunswick
Jerrold Stover
Errol Clark
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frank Melville
Donald Ambrose
Virgil Libby
Waterville
Percy Holbrook
Libby
Philip Burns
University of Maine
Orono
Edward Burns
Marshall Boudreau
Garrett Galvin
Herbert White
Marcus Spear
Auburn
Evelyn White
Bina Staples
Gowen
Bath Community Center to Close Sundays During Daytime
The Bath Community Center operating committee met and decided the center will close Sundays during the daytime starting this coming Sunday. Chair Henry O. Trowbridge presided with members Mrs. John Parker Mrs. Joseph I. Smith John Mulcahy and Norman Adams the acting director in attendance. A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Community Center
Henry O. Trowbridge
Inclu
John Parker
Joseph I. Smith
John Mulcahy
Norman Adams
Bay Point Weather Brings Cooler Temperatures and Winds
A cold spell | temperature near 38 | winds increasing Saturday into Sunday. Clam diggers report $6 a media clams as local sea conditions worsen. Birds such as chickadees juncoes blue jays crows and grosbeaks are seen while red squirrels are scarce. Local residents Mary Thornborough Karl Hentz and Sherman Campbell are mentioned in brief social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Thornborough
New York City
Karl
Karl Hentz
H. A. Spinney
Bath
Ralph Wright
Sherman Campbell
Kenneth Crafts
West Bath Grange discusses Lecturers Conference Lewiston
West Bath Grange meets with master Alton Collins presiding. Delegates are chosen for the Lecturers Conference in Lewiston on February 27 and 28. March 3 will confer degrees. applications due February 24. Plans advance for a card party, supper, and the May ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Alton Collins
Lewiston
Sebra
Frank Donnell
Perry Thompson
Richard Andrews
Joyce Wentworth
Geraldine Driscoll
Marie White
Bernard Holmes
Marilyn Wing
Carol Stover
Naomi Collins
Ceres
Carol Brown
Pomona
Barbara Bubier
Flora
Wallace MacDonald
Doris White
Barbara Holdeness
Mary Deehan
Robert Farnham
Wesley McPhee
Charles Andre Jr
Ethel MacDonald
Thelma Sylvester
Nellie Booker
Alfred Neal
William Tinney
Worthley
Charles Andre, Jr
Marion Rose
Ethel Nicoll
the Grange
Mattie Collins
Ruth Wentworth
Thelma Lovett
Sisters of the Grange
Frances Clark
Mercie McFadden
Ada Milliken
Margaret McKay
Marguerite Lemont
Olive White
Maude Haile
Hazel Wright
Bessie Boudreau
Bernice Bubier
Ida Rose
Ellie Manion
Community notices mix with club reports and visits
The text outlines church vestry events and PTA activities at Day's Ferry schoolhouse with plans for future meetings. It notes Good Neighbor and Spinning Wheel clubs meeting at local venues, plus visits by Dr. F H Johnson and others, and several residents' travel and social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will. Beck. James
Stanwood C
Gilman
Thomas
Ruth Se Paren
Renoon
Rose C
Francena Noon
Ruth Dubar
Genesta Carter
Charlotte Leeman
Norma Holbrook
Amy Myell
Ruth Cromwell
Francena Cromwell
Ins
Bath
Edwin Moulton
Boston
College Club
Commonwealth Avenue
Belle Moulton
Saltonstall Drive
Haverhill
Carol Musk
Jean Leonard
Lester Holbrook
Dickie
Portland
Ey Essen At
Community Meeting Set for February at Mrs Lewis Home
The notice announces a meeting on February 8 at the home of Mrs Lewis. Details are scarce due to OCR errors, but the event appears to be a local gathering with participants expected to discuss community concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Golam
Lewis
Eagles Seek Legislation and Foundation Funding
A civic drive outlines legislation to aid veterans and disabled individuals and to support dependents of Eagles who died in service. The Eagle Aeries foundation has raised over $2,600,000 for education of these children and other worthy causes through donations and orders.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linda
Waldoboro
U. S
Woodstock
Gorham
Conrad Crocker
Wiscasset
Waverly
Lawrence B. Haggett
Harry D. Mosher
Mosher
Robert Temple
Carroll B. Sproul
St. Andrews’ Hospital
Lectric
Athame
Aplete Uc
Dorothy Hector
Bob Allen
Flying Red Horse and Flying Service
Lincoln
Woolwich Grange
Eagles
Joe
Marsh
Broadway
Main Street
Card
Maine
United States Brewers Foundation
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!