North Center P T A Celebrates Founders Day Tea
Mrs. Joseph I. Smith opened her Washington street home last Wednesday for the North Center P T A Founders Day tea. About 100 attendees heard remarks by Mrs. Clinton D. Wilson and Mrs. W. Scott Davis welcomed guests. The event featured a program by Mrs. Hamblett and honored longtime supporters of Maine Parent Teachers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Smith
North Center
Maine
Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
Washington Street
Association
Edward B. Hamblett
Clinton D. Wilson
Parent-Teacher Association
Smith
Bermuda
Davis
J. Albert Redlon
South End
North Center P_ T_ A
Mrs. Wilson Praises Founders and Growth of the Association
Mrs. Wilson of Morse high school gave a Founders Day talk outlining the founders of the national movement for mothers in child environment reform. She noted the first meeting in 1897, the rapid growth to over two million members, and compared the organization to an oak with national to local branches. She urged appreciation of holidays and democracy and warned against letting significance be taken for granted.
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Wilson
Morse High School
Theodore Birney
National Congress of
Phoebe Hearst
California
Washington
Arlington Hotel
Armory
Grover Cleveland
Congress
White House
Morale talk on carrying on despite sacrifice at Founders Day tea
Dr. Peter Bertocci of Bates College spoke at the South End P T A Founders Day tea about morale in peace and war. He urged truth with children to prevent fear and noted morale is the ability to carry on without certainty of victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bertocci
Bates College
South End P. T. A
Pioneer Parent-Teacher Association of the State
Washington Street Rooms
Arthur M. Bowker
Marale
America Needs Tin Drive Encourages Return of Used Tubes
A nationwide plea urges Americans to salvage tin from used toothpaste and shaving cream tubes. Carl C. Anderson heads the Maine district effort, with druggists in Portland, Richmond, Wiscasset, Boothbay Harbor and nearby towns to place marked drop boxes. Store staff will promote saving and returning tubes to supply tin for defense needs.
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Albert H. Wheeler
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Carl C. Anderson
Anderson
Richmond
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
America
Bath Iron Works Launches USS Nicholas in Wartime Ceremony
The Bath Iron Works launched the USS Nicholas, the 17th destroyer built there since 1931, sliding from the ways at 4.45 as wartime restrictions limited information. Mrs. Edward B. Tryon christened the ship, named for Major Samuel Nicholas, with a brief ceremony reflecting scaled back public observances.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S.S. Nicholas
The
Iron Works
Navy
Nicholas
Edward B. Tryon
Lionville
Penn
Samuel Nicholas
U. S. Marine Corps
Tryant
Navy Department
Girl Scout Leaders Hold February Meeting at Hunter Home
The Girl Scout Leaders Association met at Mrs. Stanley R. Hunter's Brunswick Road home on Wednesday. Mrs. Alfred E. Carpenter reported on the Western Hemisphere Encampment in Springfield, Mass., with 16 countries present. Mrs. Carpenter also shared Mr. Carpenter’s South American experiences before World War I. Mrs. Wilmer I. Voorhees spoke on China, reading from Sun-Wu. A true or false quiz concluded the program. next meeting is March 18 under Mrs. Linwood Carr with arts and crafts demonstration.
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Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street
Winnie F. Durgin
Grace P. Dickinson
David Black
Elizabeth Beal
Arthur C. Lemont
The
Aid
Alice E. Varney
Walter H. Bowker
Joseph O. Purdue
Clifford B. Wilband
Amy A. Irish
Arthur M. Bowker
Carleton W. Andrews
Williams Sisters
Roscoe P. McFadden
Purdue
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
New York
Ernest Fremont Tuttle
First Methodist Church
Evanston
Girl Scout Leaders’ Association
Stanley R. Hunter
Brunswick Road
Alfred E. Carpenter
Council
Springfield
Mass
Wilmer I. Voorhees
China
Sun-Wu
Cyril E. Bousfield
Woolwich
Linwood F Carr
Harpswell Center For Mercy
Bath
Cunningham Lewis wedding in Boothbay Harbor home
Miss Doris E A Cunningham and George Glenwood Lewis were married February 12 at the bride’s parents home in Boothbay. Rev F L Littlefield officiated with a double ring service. Maid of honor was Barbara Jenness of Bath and best man was Leon G Cunningham of Fort Williams. The couple received many gifts including a berry set from the groom’s in laws.
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Doris E. A. Cunningham
Guy A. Cunningham
Boothbay
George Glenwood Lewis
Frank Lewis
F. L. Littlefield
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Barbara Jenness
P.F.C Leon G. Cunningham
Fort Williams
Chimney Fire Calls Out Engine Four at Williams Home
Engine Four was called out Tuesday morning on a still alarm for a chimney fire at the home of Mrs Albertha Williams at 93 High Street. No damage was reported.
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Albertha Williams
High Street
Ramp Project Waits Federal Action for Maine Underpass
The Maine Highway Commission states no start date for the High Street underpass and Carlton bridge ramp until War or Navy certification. After federal clearance, a priority steel order and bids follow, with possible traffic-circle or ground-level routes. spring work depends on Washington authorities.
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Maine Highway Commission
High Street
Center
Carlton Bridge
Lucius D. Barrows
War Or
Navy Department
Sewall
Maine
Washington
Bureau of Roads
The
Highway Commission
Water
Washington Streets
Commission
School Street
Middle
Franklin
Route 1
Court and
Richardson Streets
Brunswick Road
Center Street Hill
Court Street
South Street
Western Avenue
Farrin Promoted to Principal Machinery Inspector
George H Farrin brother of Mrs John Burgon 490 Middle Street has been promoted to principal machinery inspector by the Maritime Commission effective Jan 16 1942. Former Bath resident Farrin was appointed last May as machinery inspector and sent to Alabama Dry Dock Shipbuilding Co on Pinto Island where a fleet of vessels for national defense is under construction with 77 ships planned first completed and launched Jan 1.
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George H. Farrin
John Burgon
Middle Street
Martime Commission
Farrin
Bath
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company
Pinto Island
Bowdoin Alumni Fund Sets $22,000 Quota Again
The Bowdoin alumni fund drive opened this week with the first issue of the current volume, setting a quota of 22000 dollars identical to last year. Alumni magazine publication marks the launch of the campaign.
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Bowdoin
Bath fundraiser nets nearly $900 for infantile paralysis
Final report from Bath on the President's Ball shows a strong turnout and generous gifts for the Sagadahoc County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Net profits total $903.34, with an additional $567.75 raised via coin cards and boxes. About half of the county sum will stay in Bath to aid local victims as defense fund demands rise.
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Bath
Sagadahoc County
Gilles
Bath Pant Co lands Army order for 17000 training pants
A large Army contract for 17 000 pairs of aviation cadets officers training pants was awarded Monday to Bath Pant Co. Workers, mainly women, are urged to apply immediately as production will start at once and more orders are expected. Bert Irwin owns the plant with J Emery and Harold Footer. defenses bonds have been purchased by current staff.
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Army
Bath Pant Co
The
Commercial Trading Co
Bert Irwin
J. Emery
Harold Footer
Commercial Trading Co. Es
Defense
West Bath silversmith crafts sterling ware on Maine farm
On a Campbell's Pond district farm in West Bath Maine silversmith Robert D Metcalf and his wife Myra Coombs produce sterling hollowware. Using a lathe and wooden then steel molds he shapes discs into candlesticks vases bowls plates and other items before polishing soldering and sending to market.
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Maine
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
Robert D. Metcalf
Myra Coombs
Metcalf
Robert B. Metcalf
Mr. Metcalf
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North Center P.T.A
Winter Street Ladies
Buckfield Grange
Kenneth Cooper
Kenneth
Charles Cooper
Civil Service
Elwood Toothaker
Albert E. Whitney
P.T.A
Leland R. Mitchell
James E. Lockery
Edward V. Coombs
Mark A. Jackson
A. George Moses
Laforest G. Coombs
William Waters
Richard
Bath Iron Works
Bath Ways
Girl Scout Leaders
Bath Man
Maritime Commission
James A. Gillies, Jr
John A
Campbell’s Pond
L.T. Raymond
CSE
Rua Cl
Gow
Ltd Preipoork
Front Street
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