Kenney Beal Wedding Held in Church of the Nazarene
Miss Eva V Beal of South Portland married Edward A Kenney of West Bath Saturday afternoon at four in the Church of the Nazarene Rev Earl T French officiated The ceremony featured a single ring union Mrs Beal sister in law of the bride served as matron of honor John Kenney brother of the groom was best man Wagner and I Love You Truly provided music Relatives and friends attended The couple resides in Huardings after a reception and display of gifts The bride wore blue and freesia corsages The Kenneys are the daughter of John Beal and late Mrs Beal and Ralph W Kenney and wife of West Bath Mr Kenney is a truck driver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva V. Beal
South Portland
Edward A. Kenney
West Bath
Church of the Nazarene
Earl T. French
Mrs. Beal
Portland
John Kenney
John H. Perkins
Hardings
Wagner
Morse High Year Book Staff Elected By Senior Class
The Morse High School 1938 yearbook staff was elected Friday with Philp Baan as editor and Ruth Pratt as assistant editor. Other roles include Harold Stanton as business manager and a list of staff writers and typists. The announcement followed a local driving incident where a complaint for reckless driving was dropped after police noted icy conditions at the Washington Street intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philp Baan
Ruth Pratt
Harold Stanton
Patrica Sewall
Alice Hogan
Edward B. Cohen
Assisants
Ernest Haskell
Howard Kirkpatrick
Dorothy Bourque
Jacqueline Bisson
James McQuarrit
Beverly Shorey
Remarkably Good Talk Given Rotary Club
Rotary members heard Private Charles Mitchell of Battery H explain a Brown ing anti aircraft machine gun during the weekly luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick. Mitchell, a top state gunner, demonstrated parts and assembly, answered questions, and wore his uniform for the talk. Next Tuesday Bath Rotarians will visit the Dam ariscotta-Newcastle club with Walter Worling as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Charles Mitchell
Battery H
Mitchell
Thomas Huston
Fred D. Hill
Chester Plant
Dr. Berry
Bath
Walter Worling
Marriage of Louis H Poorer and Ma Doleile in Portland
Louis H Poorer of 723 Middle Street and Ma Doleile of 610 Washington Street were married in Portland on Saturday. The groom works as time-keeper and clerk at Hyde Windlass Co and is Morse High School Class of 24 graduate. Mrs. Pooler is daughter of Forest A. Fogg of this city. they will live at 610 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Poorer
Middle Street
Ma Doleile
Washington Street
Portland
Rockwood
Hyde Windlass Co
Morse High School
Pooler
Forest A. Fogg
Gardiner's Ambitious Youth Charles W. Sargent Plans Growth
Charles W. Sargent an 18 year old Gardiner youth known as Charlie runs four thriving business ventures and aims to open another soon. His main goal is to own a small business district score in Gardiner and he believes he will achieve it someday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Charles W. Sargent
Charlie
Morse High Girls Intra-Mural Basketball Departed By Edict
Morse High School shifts girls basketball to an intra-mural program under the Department of Physical Education led by Duncan H Farrell. About 105 girls reported to coaches Gertrude Diggery and Enid Sawyer, eight teams formed, a 28 game schedule planned, with 85 players advancing from practice. Captains and names of teams chosen, competition limited to two games weekly, and a spring softball extension hoped. Schedule shows results from Friday and Monday with eight teams listed: Bombers Go-Getters Twerps Red-Skins Terror Trimmers Raiders Cave-Babes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Morse High School
Department of Physical Education
Duncan H. Farrell
Gertrude J. Diggery
Enid M. Sawyer
Miss Diggery
Sanford
Morse
Miss Sawyer
Augusta
Central Grammar
Farrell
Morse Girls’ League
Cave-Babes
Raiders
Twerps
Trimmers
Terrors
Bombers
Ecaca
Robinson and Oliver Wed In Simple City Ceremony
Edmond C. Robinson Jr and Lena May Oliver sealed vows at four in a single ring ceremony conducted by Rev. Charles H Berry of the Independent Fair Gospel Assembly. The couple, unassisted, reside at 60 South street and 32 Bath street respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond C. Robinson, Jr
South Street
Lena May Oliver
Bath Street
Charles H. Berry
Independent Fair Gospel Assembly
North Street
Mr. Robinson
Edmond C
Agnes Robinson
Miss Oliver
Alfred M. Oliver
Gladys Y. Oliver
Dummer Street
Morse High Glee Club at Musical Society Meeting
Eight Morse High School glee club members attended a meeting hosted by Allan H. Ramsay at 221 Oak Street. The program featured The Singing Film by Mrs. Hatch, various vocal and piano performances, solos, duets, and ensembles with members including Miss Mary Ellen Cyr Miss Jean McCall Mrs Betty Ryan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Glee Club
Les Camarades Musicaux
Allan H. Ramsay
Oak Street
James M. Royal
Glee Club
Mary Ellen Cyr
Jean McCall
Betty Ryan
Jane W. Stevens
Howard Kirkpatrick
Donald McKellar
Charles Moore
Henry Preble
Robert B. Hatch
Kmay Gonger
Cart Pee Ure Franz
Hatch
Rice
Ramsay
Royal
Albee
Miss Hortense Welch Engaged to Byron Taft of Norwood Mass
Announcement by the Welch family confirms the engagement of Miss Hortense Welch of 168 Summer street Auburn Farm Bureau Home Demonstration agent for Androscoggin and Oxford counties to Byron W. Taft of Norwood Massachusetts. No wedding date is set. Welch, well known in Bath and area, has led several Farm Bureau bureaus and chairs the Lewiston Auburn BPW club. Taft, native of Uxbridge, Mass., is manager for McLellan Stores Inc. in Norwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortense Welch
Summer Street
Auburn
Farm Bureau
Androscoggin
Oxford
Byron W. Taft
Norwood
Mass
Ernest Welch
Bradley
Miss Welch
Bath
West Bath
Nequasset
Dromore
Lewiston-Auburn
Business and Professional Women's Club
Mt. Olivet
Taft
Uxbridge
Mary Taft
McLellan Stores, Inc
Senator Sewall Seeks Renomination for Maine Senate
State Senator Sumner Sewall, a one term Maine senator and former representative, filed for Republican primary nomination. Papers circulated by supporters after he completed a flying tour around South America, with Sewall noted for service on key committees in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
South America
Sewall
Department of State
Maine
House of Representatives
Marriage Intentions Filed By Local Noted Boxer
Herbert H. Brown of 16 Franklin Street, a Bath Iron Works shipfitter, and Geraldine Glidden of 4717 Middle Street filed marriage intentions. Brown, a Bowdoinham native and local boxer known as Farmer Brown. A. M. Earnhardt of the Northern New England Conference Adventists visited the city on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. Brown
Franklin Street
Shipfitter
Bath Iron Works Corp
Geraldine Glidden
Arthur Glidden
Middle Street
Mr. Brown
Bowdoinha
Brown
A. M. Earnhardt
Northern New England
Maine Wildlife Illustrated Talk At Winter Street Club
Winter Street Men's club heard Archer L Grover present colored Fish and Game Department slides on Maine wildlife. He cited an estimated 100000 deer, with 20000 taken yearly, and urged a one month deer season to prevent future declines. A hearty supper followed, with church women and club men organizing help for future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Men's Club
Archer L. Grover
Fish and Game Department
Maine
Grover
Woman’s Missionary Society
Abigail F. Carter
Alice E
Charles E. Plaisted
Earl Kimble
Ralph O. Dale
Ladies’ Aid and Ladies’ Auxiliary
Rev Charles R Sims Speaker At Meeting
Rev Charles R Sims pastor of First Baptist church spoke at a W C T U meeting at Mrs Maude Russell's home on Russell Street. He urged Christians to unite to abolish wars and expand missionary activity to spread the gospel, with discussion on local temperance and a petition on Senator Capper's proposed constitutional referendum on war. The next meeting will observe Frances Willard Day on Feb 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Maude Russell
Russell Street
Sims
Jesus Christ
Lois Palmer
Delmar Bragg
Carrie H. Trott
Ida B. Wise Smith
Nella S. Stover
Elizabeth Trott
Theresa Hill
Mary Pratt
Mabel Paquet
Senator Capper
Frances Willard
Bowdoinham Ladies Aid and Community Updates
A Bowdoinham weekly with varied items: Methodist Ladies Aid sew aprons at the parsonage. fire on Roberts place burned the house. Enterprise Grange and Farm Bureau activities. Coombs high girls lose 24 23 at Richmond. local elections noise with Earle Brown and Avery Fides seeking offices. social events include bridge, quilting, and 4 H serving. school notes on vacations and illnesses. many residents visiting or hosting in Bath Brunswick Portland and Lisbon Falls.
Bowdoinham Post Road Community Notes
Bowdoinham residents share visits from Mrs Vesta Ackley and Mr George Ackley while school efforts gain support and space. Ridge school teachers praise parental cooperation enabling hot lunches. Pupils total 16 as boys clear space for a larger playground. Farm Bureau women met Feb 11 at Mrs Chester Hobart with Hortense Welch present. dinner featured corn chowder and apple pie. Gott family returns from Connecticut to Spear farm. Harold Jack of Richmond visits his mother Tina Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Ackley
Bowdoin
George Ackley
Edith Fulton Rowe
Ridge School
Farm Bureau
Chester Hobart
Hortense Welch
Gott
Connecticut
Spear Farm
Harold Jack
Richmond
Tina Jack
Wall maps by Greenleaf and Hopkins in Warren catalogued
Mrs Burdeen Simmons of Warren lists two wall maps: an 1832 Maine and New Brunswick map by Moses Greenleaf sized 51 by 42 inches, and an 1857 Lin coln County topographical map by C M Hopkins from actual survey, 56 by 58 1 2 inches, including a business directory and enlargements of smaller communities with inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdeen Simmons
Warren
Maine
New Brunswick
Moses Greenleaf
Lincoln County
Knox County
C. M. Hopkins
Dirt farmer urged for Maine Highway Commission seat
The Maine State Grange executive committee urged Gov Barrows to appoint a dirt farmer to fill the highway vacancy caused by Charles Murray’s resignation. The group says agricultural interests have never been represented and vows to submit a nominee soon, noting most roads serve rural communities. Participants included Merle Harriman Nellie Haskell and A P Howes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Grange
Barrows
State Highway Commission
Charles Murray
Bangor
Merle J. Harriman
Readfield
Maine
F. Ardine Richardson
Strong
State Grange
Harriman
Nellie Haskell
Auburn
A. P. Howes
Palmyra
C. A. Stetson
Caribou
Westport Notes: Funeral, Visits, and Deaths
Westport social items include attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Raymond Dolloff in Boothbay Harbor. Edwin Cromwell stayed with his brother in Wiscasset. Families from Woolwich and Bath visited Ernest Colby. Melvin Colby of Salem, formerly Westport, died February 10. Rosemary Knight and Melvin Knight noted as relatives. Cro mwell family planned a Boston trip. James Apt and family from Bath visited. B M Jewett traveled to Augusta and Hallowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fowle
Ross T. Beaton
Boothbay Harbor
Raymond Dolloff
Edwin Cromwell
Herbert Cromwell
Wiscasset
Eugene Cromwell
Evelyn Baker
Sherwood Baker
Woolwich
Ernest Colby
Amos Knight
Colin Dunn
Dorothy Dunn
Bessie Hassleman
James Murray
Bath
B. M. Jewett
Melvin Colby
Salem
Mass
Colby
Westport
Albertine Knight
Melvin Knight
Hyannis
Eaton Farm
Bowdoin Students Pick Final Contest Speakers
At Adams school on February 9 Bowdoin students selected for the final Bowdoin Center contest on February 18 were Mary Davis with Troubles of a Wife and Russell Rogers with Entertaining Sister's Beau. Honorable mention went to Phyllis Starbird and George Iverson. W S Cobb of Brunswick visited his sister Mrs L C Starbird on Sunday. George Ackley of Bowdoinham visited friends in town with Mr and Mrs Robert Wallace and son Jack. Mrs Harry Durgin spent several days in Topsham. Town schools closed Friday for the Winter vacation. Miss Angie Purinton, recently ill, is able to be out again. Mr and Mrs Fred Pecci and daughter of High street, with Mrs Doris Zorrilla and Miss Vera Putney of Tallman street, visited Mrs Pecci's mother in Richmond Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams School
Bowdoin Center
Mary Davis
Russell Rogers
Phyllis Starbird
George Iverson
W. S. Cobb
Brunswick
L. C. Starbird
George Ackley
Bowdoinham
Robert Wallace
Jackson
Samuel Enman
Harry Durgin
Topsham
Angie Purinton
Fred Pecci
High Street
Doris Zorrilla
Vera Putney
Tallman Street
Pecci
Richmond
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Senter’s, Inc
Chambray
Paul A. Greg
Phute
Pail A. Gregware
Oy Sim
Washington
Grrrachare
Novi
Was
Poland
Washins Street
Natht Pasrouwian
Robver
Crven
Cation
Fresson
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen Bath Trust
Pooler-Fogg
Morse High
Louise Gaudet
Barbara Pitman
Marie Bennett
Eunice Perkins
Mary Grace
Frances Lemont
June Sulivan
Barbara Sullivan
Catherine Brown
Leaner Cornish
Ruth Lemoine
Amilda Comeau
Barbara Walsh
Amelise Bourque
Anne Mohler
Dorothea Norton
Martha Page
Barbara Matter
Dorothea Fulton
Betty Swanton
Harriet Furber
Mary Tourtillotte
Patricia Sewall
Ellen McCall
Mary Mohler
Barbara Hopkins
Eva Kingsbury
Dorothy Durgan
Priscilla Trott
Hazel Plant
Eleanor Wilson
Shirley Parshley
Jennie Middleton
Anna Shellenbarger
Patricia Webster
Abbie McCabe
Mary Puiin
Frances Quinn
Irma Wallace
Carol Coombs
Elaine Nasi
Isabelle King
Annabel Maas
Mary Darrah
Barbara Curran
Edith Berg
Alice Darrah
Jean Dennison
Betty Leavitt
Martha Preble
Cora Durant
Mildred Wallace
Virginia Preney
Barbara Mank
Betty Howard
Pauline McNeil
Beatrice Rose
Barbara Freeman
Constance Gilmore
Phyllis Prebie
Betty Watson
Laura Carr
Barbara Vigne
Kathaleen Brown
Morse High Glee Club
Nestle Deseerne O'Hara
Miss Leonard
Mrs. Rice
Mr. Royal
Mr. Ramsay
Lassen
Sturtevant
Mascagni
Rio
Perino
Royal Mr. Ramsay
Rotoli
Leonard
ST Vigcis
Peete
Tilton-Tursey
Grande Police de Concert
Bartlett Miss Magoun
Miss Melcher
Pavero Cordelle
Deeree
Carulli
Mrs. Hatch
Chadwick
Cadman
Anitra
Mr. Sprague
Mrs. Albee
Nuit Divine
Romeo and Julibees Et Ters
Ecco
Costa
J. Munro
Round Pond
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Winter Street Men’s Club
W.C.T.U
Olive
Raymond Farley
Boston
Newarre Bath
Maine Central
R. R
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Mabel Lancaster
Edith Wood
Frank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
Hattie Hackett
George A. Hackett
Ladies’ Aid of Enterprise Grange
Ann Spofford
Roberts Place
The
Earle Brown
Selectman
Avery Fides
Horace Millay
Gus Martin
Arthur Pattangal
Quincy
Hamilton House
Parent Teachers Association
Margaret McKenney
Philgas Co
Edward Wilson
Muriel Mitchell
Thelma Benner
Annie Getchell
John McCart
Charles Hackett
Rebecca Rogers
George Hamilton
Alvin Huntoon
Charles Carras
Coombs High
Greene
Sisterhood Aid
Richard Denham
William H. Gould
Star Aid
Ella Purington
Village Lodge of Masons
George Pelley
Lisbon Falls
Louise Calderwood
John Mailer
Alice Webber
Coombs High School
Clara Fogg
Gould
Lancaster
Billings
Carrie Merrill
James
Ralph McEwen
Bowdoinham Post Road
H. B. Esmond
M.D. Rawdeinham
Opera House
Ian Hunter
Pat Patterson
52Nd Street
Glenda Farrell
Barron MacLane
Adventurous Blonde
Judy Garland
Allan Jones
Everybody Sing
Fredric March
Franciska Gaal
Buccaneer
John Wayne-Marsha Hunt
Monastary
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