Newell speaks on Bath Iron Works history to Sedgwick Lions
William S. Newell addressed the Sedgwick Lions Club on the Bath Iron Works history at a Wednesday meeting attended by over 100 Lions and guests. The program featured dancing, music by Cliff Leemans orchestra, and a meal served by Lions volunteers. Newell discussed the plant from its 1865 founding through major milestones, including shipbuilding, Navy contracts, and early 20th century expansion, with notes on labor and transportation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Lion William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Newell
Newell
Bath
Cliff Leeman
Lions Purdue
Elmer Williams
Fortin
Spaulding
Trueworthy
Frank Hassett
Christine and
Rae
Society of Military Engineers
Independent Brotherhood
Morse High School
Johnny Bowers
Mr. Bowers
Lion Newell
Lion George Fitzpatrick
Lion Herbert Pierce
Fizgerald
Transportation Office
Iron Works
Stes Iron Works
Maine
Thomas W. Hyde
Hyde Foundry
Kennebec
Goss Line Iron Works
Goss Marine Iron
Evelyn M White Picked as D A R Good Citizen Candidate
Miss Evelyn Mary White of West Bath selected as Morse High School Good Citizen and D A R candidate for Col Dummer Sewall Chapter for the Ruth Bryan Owen pilgrimage. She serves as Morse Student Council secretary, business manager of the Mentor, Latin club consul, and participates in sports and drama. Her nomination advances to state D A R conference in Lewiston March 17 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Mary White
Herbert C. White
Sanford's Crossing Road
West Bath
Morse High School
Col. Dummer Sewall
Ruth Bryan Owen
H. Kenneth Smith
Committee of National Defense
Miss White
Morse
Mohiba
St. Mary's Church
Maine
Lewiston
Continental Congress
Cincinnati
Jane Lemont
Bath
White
Vivian Laura
Charles H. White
New Orleans
Grand Chief Writes To Lowell Temple
The Grand Chief sent a letter about war activities among members read at a Lowell temple Pythian Sisters meeting held at the K of P hall. April will show Lowell temple activities. Mrs. William Pottle presided. Readings on inflation, a quiz with Mrs. Harry Knight winning, and Mrs. Harry Williams winning the penny match. A Scott auction ran by Mrs. Fred S. Curtis. Welcome to Mrs. Charles Dunning who returned from Connecticut. Dish towel shower planned for Feb 24 with Washington and Lincoln program. Afternoon social sewing session and a six oclock public supper preceded the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
K. of P. Hall
William Pottle
Harry Knight
Harry Williams
Fred S. Curtis
Charles Dunning
Connecticut
Delmar House
Washington
Women Army Aux Corps report for active duty in Georgia
A group of 25 Bath area members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps left Portland for Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia to report for active duty on February 25 and begin training. The Bath readers include Margaret L Tourtillotte a Morse High School graduate who attended Gorham Normal and Bath Memorial Hospital with a brother in the Army. Margaret E Gallagher worked as a Bath clerk. Norma Steussy who attends the Chamberlain School in Boston visited her Bath parents over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Portland
Ft. Oglethorpe
Bath
Margaret L. Tourtillotte
Center Street
Morse High School
Gorham Normal School
Bath Memorial Hospital
Argaret E. Gallagher
Morse
Fourth Annual Morse Latin Club Banquet Held in Morse High Gym
The Morse High Latin club staged its fourth annual banquet Thursday night. Initiates wore multi colored togas while existing members donned white sheets. Consuls led rites, a Latin Lord's Prayer was recited, and the initiates signed a book after a Latin sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High Gymnasium
Robert Nolan
Evelyn White
Hazel Cook
Virginia Jewett
Robert Dolan
Linna Marie Purdue
Muriel Pouliot
Muriel Raynes
Beatrice Beal
Valerie Crosman
Anna Merrill
Sarah Silverman
Mary Pierce
Gladys Armstrong
Catherine Burgess
Eleanor Grainger
Dorothy Kocha
Marilyn Hart
Betty Ladd
James Spaulding
Ann Hartnett
Pearl Hathorne
Harold MacKay
Barbara Greene
Barbara Richardson
Mary
Riva Civia Greenblatt
Gene Bennett
Valerie Nickerson
Roger Pinkham
Mrs. Cook
Farewell Party for Mrs. Irish Held at Dorsey Home
Mrs. Arthur Boulay and Mrs. Charles Dorsey hosted a farewell gathering for Mrs. Raymond B. Irish at 327 High Street. She left for Madison Wisconsin after enlisting Pvt. Irish in November attends an advanced radio school. Guests included Mrs. George Babine and other neighbors. decorations were in patriotic colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Boulay
Charles Dorsey
Raymond B. Irish
Dorsey
High Street
Irish
Madison
Wisc
George Babine
Clifford White
Roland Bernier
Raymond Recine
Ernest Kingsbury
Albert Pecci
Richard Roummul
Walter Norton
Leon Barnes
Dorothy Babine
Stella Babine
Fern Pettengill
Dorothy Conant
Mrs Pieres Returns From Visit to Bath Care Giver
Mrs Eugene Pierce of West Southport has returned to Bath after a week's visit with her son Cecil Pierce and resumes care for Mrs George Hodgkins on Washington Street. Hodgkins, recuperating from a winter fall, is 96 and enjoys company while recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Pierce
West Southport
Old Folks
Pauline Potter
Bath
Cecil Pierce
George Hodgkins
Washington Street
Hodgkins
Plumber Arnold Martin Returns to Sagadahoc Ferry
Mr and Mrs Arnold Martin arrive back in Sagadahoc Ferry after spending days at their Sullivan home. Martin previously ran a plumbing business before joining Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Martin
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sullivan
Mr. Martin
Bath Iron Works
Bath nurse among 29 cited for performance under fire
Ensign Ellen N Dolloff was among 29 nurses cited by Admiral Nimitz for meritorious achievement and distinguished service after the Pearl Harbor attack. Dolloff, currently stationed at Treasure Island, Calif, previously served at Pearl Harbor and Bath, Maine, and spoke to local nursing groups during her Bath visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen N. Dolloff
N. C
U.S. N
American Journal of Nursing
Miss Dolloff
Bath
Curvier R. Dolloff
Stella A. Dolloff
R. N
Washington Street
Pearl Harbor
Treasure Island
Calif
Morse High School
Grace Hospital
New Haven
Conn
St. Barnabas Guild
Bath Memorial Hospital
C. W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Territory of Hawaii
Naval Service
Republicans Organize Meeting on City Referendum Bills
At a City Hall Common Council room session the Republican City Committee voted to approve two referendum bills for the March municipal election. A press committee was named with Ex Mayor Harold P. Small Joseph A. Butler and Ellery E. Whittemore plus officers Fred W. Quimby Edmund A. Rothwell Mrs. Joseph L. Yates and Quimby to publicize the approval. The group also discussed census challenges and ways to obtain efficient assistant city assessors and cars for election use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Republican City Committee
City of Bath
City of
Bath
Fred W Quimby
Harold P. Small
Joseph A. Butler
Ellery E. Whittemore
Fred W. Quimby
Edmund A. Rothwell
Joseph L. Yates
Mr. Quimby
Chester H. McCabe
Edmund A
Rothwell
Mrs Frances Harding Returns Home From Visit
Miss Frances Harding of Dam ariscotta returned Monday after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Harding at 45 Bedford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Harding
Damariscotta
Frank Harding
Bedford Street
Grange dedicates service flag for twenty members
West Bath grange held a Monday night ceremony dedicating a service flag honoring twenty members in the armed forces. Over 100 attended, with family members among the honorees. D. Wylie Lemont spoke, and names were read by Mrs. D. Wallace MacDonald. A Washington Lincoln program followed with readings, scenes, music, and costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
D. Wallace MacDonald
The
Grange
Orrin Crosby
William A. Coombs
John H. Sylvester
Morton F. Young
Roger Haile
H Jacob Smith
William S Blair
Leon White
David Young
Richard Felker
Wesley H. Lemont
Frederick Hall
Durward T. Shorey
Stanley Rose
Norman Seekins
Lloyd Moore
Robert Snow
David Cressey
Philip Chaney
Kenneth Stotz
Robert Water
Allan McAllister
William A. Armstrong
Alfred W. Neal
Young
Clayton Holden
Lewis D. Carter
John M. Howe
George
Hope Ward
Martha
William H. Small, Jr
Lester H. Crocker
Armstrong
George Washington
Lemont
Sturtevant
Crosby
America
Edward B. Hamblett
Julia Field
Carter
Arthur C. Lemont
Joseph R. Oliver
Sagadahoc County Pomona
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Bus Driver Pleads Guilty In Bath Court
Lester Boyd of Boothbay Harbor pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident after a Mill Pond hill crash. Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined him 25 dollars plus 16.14 in costs. Other Bath court actions included Walter Sprowl paying 4.70 in costs after admitting to running a stop sign and Lewis Flagg paying 9.40 for headlight violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Boyd
Boothbay Harbor
Old Brunswick
Mill Pond Hill
John P. Crosby
Bath
Frank L. Moriarty
Boyd
Gardiner R. Deering
Walter Sprowl
Rockland
Water
Center Streets
Lewis Flagg
Winthrop
Bath Iron Works Corp
Flagg
Vine Street
Francis W. Powers
Toy Show by South Street School Pupils
Thurstas and other Grade I pupils at South Street school staged a Toy Show under teacher Mrs. Dorothy Plummer. Exhibits included dolls, doll houses, wooden toys, planes, a fort, and war dolls. Two modern housing projects featured a business district and a residential neighborhood. Parents and pupils from Grades 1 2 and 5 attended. noted pupils named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurstas
South Street
Dorothy Plummer
Red Cross
Richard Armes
Constance Brawh
Patricia Burns
Herbert King
Richard Quiniby
Christine Robshaw
Roselyn Conley
Beverly Tanguay
Lila Mae Bichmend
Hierbert Elms
William Bruce
Robert McRae
Elwood Legard Passes Weekend Furlough in Portland Harbor
Corp. Elwood Legard, USA stationed in Portland Harbor, spent a weekend furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Legard of North Street.
Two Bath Brides Learn of Navy Husbands Fate in War
Mrs. Marjorie Pinkham Fincher and Mrs. Marjorie Dickinson Dickenson, both from Bath, learned their husbands John Earl Fincher and Donald B. Dickenson are missing or dead in the war. Fincher, a machinist’s mate first class, U S N, died three weeks after his welding school graduation. Dickenson, metalsmith first class, is missing in action in the South Seas near the Solomon Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Pinkham Fincher
Washington Street
Ralph E. Nowell
Bath Iron Works Corp
John Earl Fincher
Marjorie Jones Dickinson
Fincher
Iowa
Donald B. Dickenson
Bath
Navy
Boston
South Seas
Solomon Islands
Marjorie Berry
Five Islands
Randall Jacobs
Virgil Fincher
Lamesa
Tex
Dickenson
David J. Dickenson
Whitten
Margaret V. Jones
Cape Elizabeth
Genesta Chapter Confers Degrees at Meeting
Genesta chapter No. 73 O E S held a well attended meeting in the Masonic temple. Mrs. Herbert R. Morse welcomed members and visitors as four candidates received degrees. Plans were announced for an elope for Tentatis¢ plane and a program of entertainment at the March 5 meeting. A Sojourners Night is slated for March 14 with refreshments arranged by Lothian E. Coffin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Herbert R. Morse
Marit Morse
Lothian E. Coffin
Miss Bessi
Clark
Mildred Clark
Vaudeadikian
Also Mentioned on This Page
William S. Newell
Sedgwick Hotel
United States
Cottage City
New York City
S. E. Scotch
U. S. Navy
Machias
Castine
Long Island Sound
City of Lowell
Eleanor
American Steel Shipbuilding
Augustin Normand
Havre
France
Hyde Windlass Co
Hyde Windlass Company
General Hyde
Evelyn M. White
D.A.R
Dummer Sewall
W.A.A.C
Norma Steussy
Chamberlain School
R. M. J. Steussy
Middle Street
Morse Latin Club
Mrs. Irish
Wis
Bath Nurse
Ensign Ellen N. Dolloff
Arnold Shackford Greene
John A. Greene, Jr
Valley Road
Alden
Barbara Ann Greene
Sue Ellen Owen
Peter Owen
Kathy Watson
Seguin
Bath Court
Genesta Chapter
T. G Booth
Front Street Bath
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