Bath Town Sees Federal School Grant Doubtful
After talks with U S Senator Wallace H White Jr Bath officials question a $200000 federal school construction grant tied to Naval defense growth The mayor says the funds may not be available soon and that the city must wait or rely on bonds or higher taxes to finance any project The Citizens Committee plans to stay ready for federal funds while awaiting clarity from Washington The board of education met with Allan Spear Arthur J Dunton and Selwyn Towne Jr present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Wallace H. White, Jr
Washington, D. C
Bath
White
Congress
Washington
Brewster
Senator White
Board of Education
Mr. White
Citizens’ Committee
Haskell
Allan Spear
Arthur J. Dunton
Selwyn H. Towne, Jr
Naval officers honor Lieut Loeser at Sedgwick supper
Lieut Arthur E Loeser of Bath Iron Works hosted a private dining room gathering at the Hotel Sedgwick Friday night to celebrate his selection to Lieut Commander. Attending were Commander Kiernan and Mrs Kiernan, Lieuts Dean Swiggum and wives, plus Lindlow and Woolsey ship and engineering officers with their wives, ahead of the Lions Club Mid Winter Frolic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Loeser
U.S. N
Naval Office
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hotel Sedgwick
Lions Club
Loeser
Joseph M Kiernan
The
Iron Works
Kiernan
J. G
Carlos Dean
J.G
George Swiggum
Dean
Swiggum
Com. Kiernan
Two Men Injured in Woolwich Auto Crash at Prescott's Corner
Two men were injured when a car driven by John H. Carter of Woolwich failed to negotiate a curve at Prescott's Corner. Thomas Beauregard of Brunswick, a line patrolman for Central Maine Power Co., suffered severe facial lacerations and possible internal injuries. Carter had facial and hand wounds. Beauregard was hospitalized after a local ambulance transported him from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Beauregard
Brunswick
Central Maine Power Co
John H. Carter
Woolwich
Union 48
Prescott’s Corner
Carter
Beauregard
Bath
Charles W. Messenger
Memorial Hospital
Joseph I. Smith
Colorful Italian Opera Topic Of Meeting At Home
Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant hosted Les Camarades Musicaux at 1009 Middle Street. The group presented the opera Dinorah by Meyerbeer with a varied program and multiple performances by singers and accompanists, including Merton E. Sprague on violin and Mrs. Carl E. Albee as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred K. Sturtevant
Les Camarades Musicaux
Alice N. Magoun
Middle Street
Meyerbeer
Carleton L. Rice
Merton E. Sprague
Wieniemski
Carl E. Albee
Burton Abbott Spiett Buried In Oak Grove Cemetery
The body of Burton Abbott Spiett was brought to Bath for burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Born July 22, 1884 in Bath, he studied locally and worked as a heater boy at Bath Iron Works and later a shoemaker in Lynn, Massachusetts. He left two sisters Mrs. Fred Hall of Houlton and Mrs. Elwood Garrison of Vineland New Jersey, a niece Mrs. Philip Churchill of Houlton, and two cousins Dr. Williams Whitney and ex-City Marshal Walter L. Whitney of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Abbott Spiett
Houston
Oak Grove
Bath
Old Bath Iron Works
Lynn
Mass
Old Spiett
Fred Hall
Houlton
Elwood Garrison
Vineland
N. J
Philip Churchill
Williams Whitney
Walter L. Whitney
Bath nuptial shower for Miss Arline Hunt prior to marriage
A nuptial shower at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mains in Bath honored Miss Arline Hunt on Friday evening before her marriage to Clarence Colby of Topsham. Guests from Georgetown included Mrs. A. S. Cunningham and Mrs. Elizabeth Powers. The couple wed Tuesday evening at Topsham and will reside on Washington Street in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mains
Meadow Way
Bath
Arline Hunt
Marie Safford
Roberta Crocker
East Brunswick
Charles Colby
Topsham
Miss Hunt
Upper Washington Street
Woodrow Gray
Constance
Gerald
Malden
Mass
Gray
Walter F. Powers
A. S. Cunningham
Charlestown Navy Yard
James W. Dunton
Gardiner
Joan
Jimmy
Wild Rose Farm
George Smith
Sagadahoc Bay
Bath Memorial Hospital
North End
Seguinland
Thomas N. Williams
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Working League of the Church
Ralph Davis
E. B. Hunt
Elizabeth Powers
Marion Gray
Irving Hunt
George Powers
Robinhood
Clyde Pinkham
Carl Delano
Clarence Butters
Clarence Kneeland
Herman A. Spinney
Allie Hinckley
Sagadahoc
Maurice Burns
Mary Campbell
James Oliver
Harmon
Sargent Pleads Guilty To Improperly Registered Car
War ren B. Sargent of Wiscasset pleaded guilty in municipal court to operating an improperly registered Buick with Plymouth plates. Judge Gardiner Deering fined him $10 plus $4.95 costs after his Bath court appearance following the Woolwich Route 1 stop by State Highway Patrolman John P. Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren B. Sargent
Wiscasset
Gardiner
Bath carpenter weds Brunswick woman at Bath Trust Co office
Leon D. Doyle of Bath a carpenter married Miss Annabelle Lancaster of Brunswick on Friday evening at eight. The ceremony was performed by Frank O. Dunton notary public in the Bath Trust Co building. Attendants were Wil Bride and Katherine Borski. The couple will reside at 12 Front Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon D. Doyle
Bath
Annabelle Lancaster
Gurnect Road
Brunswick
Frank O. Dunton
Ralph O. Dale
Bath Trust Co
Wilbride
Katherine Borski
Doyle
James H. Doyle
Bessie Lancaster
William C. Lancaster
Front Street
Bay Point notes and town updates from Bath area
Clarence Butters was discharged from Bath Memorial Hospital after a leg cast, returning to work. School closed for a week. Improvements reported for George Smith of Sagadahoc in Bath Memorial Hospital. Local residents visited, hosted, or called on neighbors, with multiple social occasions and bird feeding at the Navajo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Butters
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clarence
George Smith
Sagadahoc
Carl Wieting
Woolwich
William Adams
Westport Social Roundup From Bath Visitors to Local Homes
A sequence of visits and happenings in Westport includes the Greenleaf family hosting relatives from Bath and Arrowsic, with Newtons, Jones, and Cromwell households mentioned. Local officials met February 15 to close 1940 books, noting $204 uncollected taxes. A March 15 town meeting was announced, and various residents were seen in town, visiting, traveling, or at social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Greenleaf
Fred Greenleaf
Lawrence Highfill
Claire
Bath
Robert Greenleaf
Amos Knight
Edwin Cromwell
Gilbert Greenleaf
Mildred Jane Greenleaf
Donald Knight
Greenleaf
Stanwood Gilman
Oscar Shea
William Mains
John P. Harrison
George
Arrowsie
John Leonard
Donna
B. M. Jewett
Russell Stodder
East Side
Harvey Mosier
Boston
James Apt
Shirley
James
East Brunswick
Frank Greenleaf
Colin Dunn
Dorothy Dunn
Dorothy Chatman
John Richards
Jos
MacGuire
Alyn Jewett
University of Maine
Oron
Virginia Jewett
John Staces
Hyde Windlass Co
James Greenleaf
Eugene Whitten
Mrs Flavel S Pierce to Bath by Mother's Death
Mrs Flavel S Pierce was called to Bath by the death of her mother Mrs A M Coombs who has spent February with her sister Miss Sarah Coombs at 51 Corliss Street. She will sail Thursday from New York for Pedro Miguel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flavel S. Pierce
Bath
A. M. Coombs
Saran
Coombs
Corliss Street
New York
Pedro Miguel
Library Auxiliary and Good Neighbor club notes and obituaries
The Library Auxiliary met at the library hall with good attendance and Ise Madelyn Berry as hostess. The Good Neighbor club was entertained by Miss Laura Harding. J J Gibson mourns the deaths of sisters Mrs Mary Pierce of Lynn and Mrs Ann Spofford of Los Angeles after a street collision in which Mrs Pierce was killed. Milton Pinkham started work at Bath Iron Works and Miss Laura Harding stays in Boothbay. A newborn son arrives to Mr and Mrs Rudolph Pinkham at Bath Memorial hospital. Various local residents, travelers, and visitors are listed with movements and visits around Bath, Five Islands, Georgetown, Kittery, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ise Madelyn Berry
Good Neighbor Club
Laura Harding
J.J. Gibson
Mary Pierce
Lynn
Ann Spofford
Los Angeles
Spofford
Milton Pinkham
Bath Iron Works
Boothbay
Madelyn Berry
Rudolph Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Elson Field
James M. Stevens
Randolph
Willis Bean
Boston
Five Islands
Warner Eustis
Newton
Mass
M. F. Butts
Worcester
Kittery
Ellsworth Pinkham
Mabel Dickey
Dean Bonney
Bath
William Marr
Nora Marr
O. F. Rowe
Vernal Chaney
Franz Stevens
Harold Rowe
Gon Carl
Woodrow Gray
Malden
George Gray
Gray
Cunningham
Georgetown
Lenten Services at Winter Street Church Schedule
Due to date conflicts there will be four midweek Lenten services at Winter Street church held in the chapel Wednesdays at 7 30. Rev Joseph O Purdue will discuss themes from February 26 to April 2 with one concert and a Holy Week communion service on April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Kingdom of God
Central Churen
Mrs Harriet E Barter Dies At 75 In Bath
Mrs Harriet E Barter 75 widow of Fredda Garter died early Tuesday at Reid Convalescent Home Bath. Born in Doketown New Brunswick she lived in Bath 460 Pears Vrs. Survived by son Irvine of Bath. Funeral services Thursday at two at Arthur F Mayo Funeral Home. Ladies Sewing circle of First Baptist Church meets Wednesday at two in vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet E Barter
Fredda Garter
Reid
Deering Street
Doketown
New Bruns Wick
Bath
Pears Vrs
Barter
Irvine of
Baths
Arthur F. Mayo Ladie Sewing Circle
Furst
Baptist Chirch
Vestry
Vay Fesent
Mrs J Smith to Attend Maine Women’s Legislative Council Meeting
Mrs J Smith of 1121 Washington street will attend a meeting of the Maine Women’s Legislative Council at the Worster House in Hallowell on Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Smith
Washington Street
Maine Womens Legislative Council
Worster House
Hallowell
Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Talk in Bath
Miss Helen J. Moses of Washington D C national disaster relief representative spoke at American Legion hall on disaster preparedness and relief. She urged strong local planning, trained committees, and ready shelter plans with churches as last resort, stressing Red Cross duties to aid those affected and keep families intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Legion Hall
Helen J. Moses
Washington, D. C
National Disaster Relief
American Red Cross
Bath Committee
Marguerite E. McQuaide
Bangor
Maine
Moses
Ralph Gay
Bath
Red Cros
Miss McQuaide
Miss Moses
Mrs. Noah
Jane
Bath Chapter
Congress
United States
Sne
New York City
Base 13
Bordeaux
Weather Bureau
Times
New England
Mr. Gay
George J. Goodwin
Katharyn Pratt
Henry W. Owen, Jr
D.A.R. Guest Dinner Honors Granddaughters in Bangor
Mrs. Harry G. Deering hosted a dinner party at 606 Washington Street for the Elizabeth Lawrence society of the D.A.R. honoring Hope Deering of Belmont and Camilla Deering of Eliot. Delegates and alternates for the National D.A.R. convention in Washington were chosen, and attendees enjoyed games after a short meeting. Also noted is a Senate committee recommendation for a government channel project near Isle au Haut with estimated $28,000 initial cost and $500 yearly maintenance, and Mr. and Mrs. Horace P. Herrick visiting Sanford relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Deering
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Washington Street
Hope Deering
Belmont
Mass
Camilla Deering
Eliot
Washington
Barbara Morse
Elaine Noyes
Jane Trott
Virginia Andre
Senate Commerce Committee
Army— Engineers
Isle Au Haut
Kimball Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lieut. Loeser
Lindlow
C. H. Bennett, Burke
Robert S. Fahle
Fahle
S. D. Owens
E. F. Scott
Woolsey
W.C. McKaig
Miss Magoun
Robert B. Hatch
Fred H. Cary
Albee
Sturtevant
Allan H. Ramsay
Margaret J. Melcher
Cary
Chanson de Peur
Mr. Ramsay
Melcher
Chanson du Chasseur
Albert C. LeTarte
Pater Noster
Hatch
Fred D. Hill
Burton Abbott Soiett
Doyle—Lancaster
Westport
Robert Greenleaf, Jr
Westport Road
Colby
Richard Fowle
Marriette
Bath Red Cross
Children OF
D.A.R
Horace P. Herrick
Sanford
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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