Steen Construction opens new Winnegance mill plant
Al den W. Steen announces Steen Construction Company at Winnegance a new fire proof mill on the old Tide Mill road measuring 40 by 50 feet with cement floor and metal siding. The facility houses four side molder buzz saws planers lathes and other equipment to handle varied carpentry and finishing work. Steen previously served in the U S Army and Air Corps overseas and now invites inquiries at 651 M or a visit to the Winnegance site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden W. Steen
Steen Constructin Company
Winnegance
Tide Mill
Steen
Bath
Boston
U. S. Army
Infantry
Corps of Engineers
Field Artillery
New Guinea
Philippines
Air Corps
Australia
New Britain
Armed Forces
Steen Construction Co
Farm Bureau Meets With Mrs Carter at Nequasset
Nequasset Farm Bureau held an all day session led by Miss Beryl Barton with topic Is This Dress Mine. Attendees included Mrs Edwhold Carter and notable members as they discussed clothing styling colors and accessories. Next meeting announced for Sagadahoc Ferry March 5 with dinner at noon under Mrs Costello P Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwold Carter
Nequasset
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Beryl Barton
Lewiston
Ossian Dodge
Frank Bailey
Florence Hathorne
Costello P. Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Food Project
Ethel Bailey
Ethel Thompson
Jill Olsen
Charles Soule
Adelbert Hall
Carolyn Wing
Bath
Percy Marston
Charles Powers
Percy Bailey
George Gavitte
Geraldine Edgerly
Norma Holbrook
Jordan Wright
Chester Leeman
School Board Nomination Papers Filed by Local Resident Donald Wilson
Donald Burns Wilson filed nomination papers for the School Board at the City Clerk's office on Wednesday. A Bath Iron Works draughtsman and Morse High School and University of Maine alumnus, he is a South End resident active in the Colonial Club and Solar Lodge Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Burns Wilson
High Street
Wilson
David L. Wilson
Morse High School
University of Maine
South End
Colonial Club
Solar Lodge
Masons
Bath Iron Works
Patterson Marshall Marriage in Winter Street Church
Miss Marjorie Esther Patterson, daughter of Mrs. Marjorie Esther Rogerson of Bath, married William Brown Marshall USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waldo Marshall of Oliver street, in a Sunday afternoon ceremony at Winter Street church. Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with Miss Elizabeth Parks as bridesmaid and Warren Witham as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Esther Patterson
Marjorie Esther Rogerson
Bath
William Brown Marshall
USN
Fred Waldo Marshall
Oliver Street
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Elizabeth Parks
Warren Witham
Custards Baked Slowly at Three Hundred Degrees
A brief note advises baking custards slowly at 300 degrees to achieve best texture.
Lions Club Admits New Members at Bath Meeting
Theodore F. Buere fe Brownell William P. Callan and E. Mason Wright were admitted to the Lions club at the Odd Fellows hall meeting. Past District Governor Kurt Lovell urged Lionism and outlined club history and growth. District Governor William Kelley of Camden will visit Feb 27, and a zone meeting with area clubs invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore F. Buere Fe Brownell
William P. Callan
E. Mason Wright
Lions Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Kurt Lovell
Augusta
International Lions
Lovell
Lions
William Kelley
Camden
Bath
Lionesses
Charles Hoebel
Bath Sea Scount
Sea Scout
Lambert Park
Hoebel
Mr. Levell
John Johnson
Richenburg
Bowdoin Colege
Mrs Marion J Smith Candidate for City Board
Mrs Marion Jaques Smith lists education from Morse High Gorham Normal and University of Maine and teaching experience in Bath schools. She has PTA ties and leads Elizabeth Lawrence Society C A R and emphasizes mothers’ views on school buildings and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Jaques Smith
Morse High School
Gorham Normal School
University of Maine
Castine
Turner
Clark University
Harvard
Bath
North Center
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Norman Curtis Hosts Sagadahoc Delegation in Augusta Lunch
Rep. Norman Curtis of Bowdoinham hosted Sagadahoc County delegation in Augusta on Friday noon at the Augusta House. After a luncheon the group discussed state matters and voted to have Sen. Neil S. Bishop draft a letter listing proposed county officers salaries agreed by the delegation and Sagadahoc’s three commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Curtis
Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
Augusta House
Horace McClure
Neil S. Bishop
Bowdoinham
Court House
First Aid Aid Noted After Phippsburg Fall
Mrs. Charles V. Minot Jr. of Phippsburg fractured both bones in one ankle when she fell on ice on Washington Street near Rose Street Friday afternoon. She was taken to Memorial hospital in a Bath police cruiser after first aid by Sergeants Moriarty and Newell. The attending doctor praised the officers for prompt effective aid. Police members completed a fall first aid course and found it valuable in multiple incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Minot, Jr
Phippsburg
Washington Street
Rose Street
Minot
Memorial Hospital
Bath Police Department
Frank L. Moriarty
Edward Newell
Police Department
Cosmopolitan Club Plans Washington Birthday Party
The Cosmopolitan club met in February to schedule a Washington Birthday party for February 21 at which husbands and friends will be guests. A fish chowder supper will precede a social evening. A nominating committee was formed for March elections with possible guest speaker Mrs. Charlotte Gilmore. The March 12 meeting includes an annual banquet, with arrangements by the directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington
Charlotte Gilmore
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Gerard Billington
Bernard Knight
Harlan Robinson
Whispering Hope
Bernard Henderson
Alice Blue Gown
Mabel Harris
Edward Brown
Dom Remy
Winter Street
Ee Ek la
Sopeaca Agusta
Cubs
William Ziegler
Charles B. Doyle
George Dole
Hollis Garey
Elbridge Wright
Carl Albee
Loring Addinton
Henry D. Small
Neil Wilson
Edward Pomeroy
Alfred Houdlette
Harry
Central Church Men’s Club
Bath
Charles Hoebel
William Niss
Lart Park
Commanding Officer Receives Bronze Star Citation
Cmdr. Ellis Rittenhouse of Rock Garden Inn Se basco Estates earned the Bronze Star Medal while commanding the USS Hughes in operations against Japanese forces in New Guinea Halmahers and the Philippine Islands area. The citation notes meritorious service May 7 to Oct. 25, 1944 due to leadership and devotion to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmdr
Ellis Brooks Rittenhouse
Rock Garden Inn
Sebasco Estates
Navy
James Forrestal
Cmdr. Rittenhouse
Pacific Fleet
USS
Hughes
New Guinea
Halmahers
Philippine Island
New Guinea, Halmahers
Philippine Islands
Rittenhouse
United States Naval Service
High Tide Floods Waterfront and City Wharf
At 2 p m Saturday the waterfront was adrift as the city landing wharf submerged. The old ferry slip and Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co yard flooded across the street, with water reaching toward North street. Flooding continued from the sea with about 15 minutes until high water and ebb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Landing Wharf
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
North Street
Navy Man Harold Strout Returns After 19 Months Abroad
Harold Strout CMM USN arrived home on short leave after 19 months serving in Chinese waters. He flew from the West Coast to Boston and was met by his wife. In Portland they were greeted by his parents, Ivory and Mrs Strout of Woolwich, before traveling home. Strout served four years in the Navy after Morse High School graduation in 1941 and prior worked in Bath Iron Works machine shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Strout
CMM
U. S.N
Sagedahoc Ferry
Boston
West Coast
Portland
Strout
Ivory Strout
Woolwich
Mr. Strout
Navy
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Mrs Roy Harmon Visits Sister in Brunswick
Mrs Roy Harmon of Brunswick was a guest Friday of her sister Mrs Wellington A Moore on Weeks Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Harmon
Brunswick
Wellington A. Moore
Weeks Street
North Center PTA Plans Founders Day Tea
North Center P T A held a lively meeting at Mrs. Louis A. Dole’s home on Middle Street. Plans for a Founders Day tea on February 18 were announced along with a Maine PTA 50th anniversary program featuring Mrs. Louise A. Dole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
P. T. A. Plans
North Center P. T. A
Louis A. Dole
Middle Street
Central Grammar
North Grammar
Center
Granville Colby
Daniel Matter
Andrew Cahill
George Costain
Joseph I. Smith
Bath
Nathan Press
Carrie Smith
Harlan Ladd
Smith
Washington Street
Isadore Singer
William W. Dennison
Charles B. Doyle
Frank Talbot
Maine
Louise A. Dole
Butterfield House Dismantled for Carlton Berth Approach
The age of the Butterfield house at High and Granite streets is discussed as it is torn down to make way for the new Carlton Berth approach. Built by the late Captain Charles Owen, it housed Mrs. James C. Ledyard in youth and was the birthplace of Owen J. Ledyard and Mrs. Fred H. Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfield
Granite
Charles Owen
James C. Ledyard
Owen J. Ledyard
Fred H. Lord
Old Bitterfield House Noted For Odd Woolden Pegging
A High street resident visiting the Bitterheld house at Granite and High streets this week said the doors are joined with woolden pegs, all new. She noted the floors are pine with some hardwood, and that the home, over 100 years old, is likely older than the Butterfield house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Bitterheld House
Granite and
High Streets
Butterfield House
Bowdoinham News Snapshot of Projects and Drives
Local youths seek land for Troop 59 camping site with taxes to be paid by the troop. Bowdoinham hosts infantile paralysis drives yielding 76.68 in total, led by Mrs Ceola MacEwen. Memorial gifts fund a church piano lamp for the Bowdoinham Baptist church. Crusade Sunday slated Feb 15 as part of postwar fundraising. Citizens discuss Bowdoinham High School contract at Merrymeeting Grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Lot
Pejepscot
Bowdoinham
Gladys Raymond
Pearl Raymond
Irene Babb
Helen’ Robinson
Pol
Bishop
Ceola MacEwen
Sarah Frye
Filene's
Boston
Bowdeinham Baptist Church
Arthur Curtis
Margaret Prindle
Janice Ley
Robert Smith
Martin Mitchell
Barbara Tome
Mission Stalf
Asia
Europe
Morse High graduate leads to Baptist pastor roles across cities
The text traces a Morse High graduate from class of 1938 who, after a 1941 Providence stint, served as pastor at First Baptist Lebanon and later attended the Eastern Theological Seminary. He then led the First Church of Philadelphia and was called to Alpha Com monly Baptist Church of Camden where he remains pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High Noa
Providence Bstitute
Providence
R. Z
First Baptist Church of
Lebanon
Eastern - Fist Theological Seminary
First Church of
Philadelphia
Alpha Commonly Baptist Church of
Cam J
Ston
Moore
Camden
Eastern Seminary
School bill seeks funding for town add ons to a school building
The article notes a school bill introduced to support bor ing towns in funding an addition to the present school building to educate students. A meeting is planned Thursday at Mrs. Hazel Deriham's home with work in the first and second degrees at Merry Meeting Grange. Cleveland Marriner TOF Richmond and grange officers will conduct the work, followed by a box social. Christine Moore is a patient in Brunswick. Electa Chapter meeting at Masonic hall saw petitions for degrees and refreshments served by Ruth Dodge and Vivian Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bru
Hazel Deriham
Merrymeeting Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Christine Moore
Brunswick
Electa Chapter
Co. Ie. S
Masonic Hall
Ruth Dodge
Vivian Dodge
Winter Sand and Salt Piles Depleted At Highway Department
A report describes the winter supply of sand and salt for the highway department being mixed and piled at the fay stables. With half of winter gone, the stock is nearly depleted and 1280 yards of sand and 40 tons of salt have been used.
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Steen Construction Company
First Federal Savings & Loan
Farm Bureau
Pleasant Nequasset
Marshall-Patterson
Plymouth
Carter and Elk
Marion J. Smith
Rep
Rock Garden
Ipee
Pera
Gary Cooper
The
Sar
Gloria Jean-Robert Cummings
Margaret Lindsay
Nan Grey
Gonce
Country Store Grand Award Table
Marthe Worren
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