Character talk on building character at Dike P T A
Miss Enid M. Sawyer spoke at the Dike School on character and its traits. She listed honesty friendliness loyalty cheerfulness cooperation sportsmanship dependability self respect humor and leadership as core elements and urged parent teacher collaboration in character building. The meeting planned a telephone bridge for Jan 18 with Mrs Hogan in charge and a January 14 talk by Rev Joseph O Purdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid M. Sawyer
Dike P. T. A
Dike School
Edmund Mocklar
William Hogan
Hogan
Merton L. Dearing
Archer Wishart
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Miss Sawyer
North Grammar School
Hallowell State School For Girls
Hame
Sawyer
Hallowell State School
Bath Sons Play Their Part In This Great War
Bath residents report sons serving abroad in World War II with praise for their air corps unit in Africa and Europe. Jackie Spellman, in North Africa, leads a light bomber squadron praised for raids. also mentioned are Clarence Oliver and Major Kegelman. Edward and Joseph Lambright serve in Australia and at Pearl Harbor respectively, with notes on marriages and postings. Local families share pride and news as officers train and fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Bath
Jackie Spellman
Jackie
John Spellman
Everett
Mass
Spellman
Elsie Oliver
Fred E. Oliver
Bath
Jennie Oliver
Percy W. Oliver
Clarence L. Oliver
Union Street
Bath Iron Works
North Africa
England
Air Corps
Wes Gallagher
Tunisia
Charles C. Kegelman
el Rano
Okla
Europe
Kegelman
New England
Maude Gibbs Lambright
Brunswick
Arthur Gibbs
Edward
Australia
Joseph
Long Island
Eddie
Melbourne
Jose Wright
Young Joe
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Henderson Field
Young Lambright
Rotary Changes Officers at Sedgwick Luncheon
At a Sedgwick Rotary Club weekly meeting, Vice President Rupe Irvine announced directors’ decisions on new officers and committees due to resignations and removals. Donald D. Young named secretary to replace Boyd Bailey, Royal A. Johnson becomes first vice president, and George H. Musk named second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Rupe Irvine
Donald D. Young
Boyd Bailey
Red Cross
Royal A. Johnson
George H. Musk
Raymond Fellows
Bangor
Fred J. Chipman, Jr
Portland
Grafy
Bath Iron Works
Past High Priests Night Observed By Montgomery Royal Arch
A special convocation of Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch Chapter No 2 will meet in Masonic Hall Thursday at 7 30 pm for the Fourth Annual Past High Priests Night. P H P Benjamin D Murray leads a Royal Arch Degree program with listed officers. A chicken pie supper at 6 30 pm in the banquet hall will be served by Genesta Chapter O E S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery and
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Masonic Hall
Royal Arch
Benjamin D. Murray
P.H. P. N. Gratz Jackson
King
J. Maurice Haynes
Scribe
Harold E. Cutting
George P. Larrabee
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Eugene McGrath
Vail
John W. Gillespie
George J. Goodwin
PF Oh
Charles F. Nelson
M. E
David L. Wilson
Lucius M. LeMont
Sentinel
Genesta Chapter
Fire Fatality in West Bath Home on Bullrock Road
Seth Doughty, 47, died in a midnight blaze that destroyed the Cyrenus Higgins farm home on Bullrock Road in West Bath. Fire officials suspect a chimney origin. Doughty allegedly reentered to fight the flames and perished. His body was recovered at noon amid the ruins. The Bath fire department, led by Chief Engineer Richard Frates, battled the fire to prevent spread to adjacent buildings. Doughty, born January 15, 1897 in Phippsburg, survived by his wife Stella Higgins and nine children, with multiple relatives noted. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Doughty
Cyrenus Higgins
Bullrock Road
West Bath
High Street
Bath Fire Department
Richard Frates
Joe Cloutier
Earl Fortier
Alvah Lewis
Seth Nelson Doughty
Phippsburg
Nelson P
Alzoma (Wallace) Doughty
Doughty
Stella Higgins
Cyrenus P. Higgins
Seth N., Jr
Harold
Elmer
Eunice
June
Julia
Rose
Doris
Ruth
Ernest
Portland
Eli Pelkey
Carrie Larrabee
Herbert S. Doughty
Phippsburg Center
Mary Brown
Bath
Truck Driver Dies After Bath Road Collision
Harold Towers of Belfast, truck driver, died at Brunswick Hospital after a head on crash with Lionel Labbe of Lewiston on the Bath road near the Bath Fabrication Plant East Brunswick. Labbe remained hospitalized, injured but reported resting comfortably after the early day collision that set both vehicles ablaze. The Labbe car, registered to Marguerite Labbe Lewiston, struck guard rails and then the truck transporting cement to Brunswick Airport in front of Bath Iron Works fabrication plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Towers
Belfast
Lionel
Jack) Labbe
Lewiston
Bath Road
Bath
East Brunswick
Brunswick Hospital
Labbe
Marguerite Labbe
Lincoln Street
Guy Webster
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works
Bangor Chamber of Commerce Boiler Fails Prompting Heatless Days
The Bangor Chamber of Commerce heating plant broke down last week and Monday fully passed out. Staff used coats and gloves, but heat remained unavailable. Offices endure cold storage until heat is restored and staff seek shelter and warmth elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
January Term Sagadahoc Superior Court Opens in Session
Sagadahoc Superior Court convened Tuesday at 10 with Justice Raymond Fellows presiding. The session, expected light, includes one indictment for forged check and six civil cases set for Thursday and Friday. Thirteen women sit on 24 traverse jurors. Nat Howe of Georgetown is foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Raymond Fellows
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Curran
Norridgewock
Abdu Hassan
Robert C. Wagner, Jr
John P. Carey
Edward W. Bridgham
Wagner
Ernest Carr
Morris Tabanken
Bridgham
Rubin
Robinson and Robinson
Ethel M. Reed
Maine Central Railroad Transportation G.o
Brigham and Rubin
Mahoney
Lawrence Thayer
Alfred Russell
Carey
Plaintiff
Duquette
Brunswick
Nat Howe
Georgetown
Traverse
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Bangor
Grand Jury
Traverse Jury
Arrowsie
Norman H. Drummond Bath
Florence Farnham
Leslie B. Ferris
Nelher Hunt
Fred H. Lord
John M. Loring
Ada Perkins
Charlotte R. Redson
Bowdoinham
Minnie Batchelder
Florence Seigars
Bowdoin
Ray Purington
Geneva Rowe
Phippsburg
Wilbur Wyman
Richmond
Harold Brown
Josie Baker
Laura Stilphen
Harry L. White
Topsham
John Furbish
Harold Hildreth
Edith L. McCabe
Louise M. Racklew
Grange Installation Hosted by Capital Grange Officers
One hundred patrons of husbandry including members from the granges in Windsor North Augusta and nearby towns attended a semi public meeting for the installation of Capital Grange officers elect Saturday evening. Deputy Elmer A. Davis served as installing officer with Mrs Viola Davis as marshal Mrs Ethel Crowell as regalia bearer and Charles Crowell as emblem bearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
North Augusta
Merry Meeting
Sheepscot
Readfield
North Harey
Capital
Elmer A. Davis
Viola Davis
Ethel Crowell
Charles Crowell
Family anecdotes enliven D A R session in Central Church
Col Dummer Sewall chapter D A R held a January meeting at Central Church parish house with hostesses Mrs Fred S Curtis Mrs Carl E Albee and Mrs Elbridge R Wright. Members shared family anecdotes including Lull and Delano lineage and a paper on An Illustrious Family the Delano Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
Fred S. Curtis
Carl E. Albee
Elbridge R. Wright
Lull
Charles M. Tubbs
Harry E. Ring
Leonard M. Lord
Delano
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Wool
Arthur H. Colby
Ethel M. Blake
Corrie H. Varney
Fred H. Cary
Brunswick
Aphia Pinson
Herbert Calderwood
Bath Boys Leave Bath to Join the Navy
Albert H. Desmond of 173 Oak street leaves Bath for United States Navy service after enlisting in Portland with four Bath friends. Others from Morse High School join next days: Andrew J. Hart, Bernard Pratt, Edward Cummings, and Russell Turcotte. Cummings and Turcotte worked at Bath Iron Works. Desmond's Morse classmate Desmond has a brother in Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kennebec
William Daley
Donald Avery
Rebecca Wadsworth Peacher
New London
Mediterranean
Bath Iron Works
United States Navy
Atlantic
Albert H. Desmond
Albert E. Desmond
Oak Street
Bath
Desmond
Portland
Andrew J. Hart
Bernard Pratt
Morse
Edward Cummings
Russell Turcotte
Cummings
Turcotte
Hart
Andrew B. Hart
Floral Street
Pratt
Cobb Road
John W. Cummings
Joseph Turcotte
Valley Road
Pearl Harbor
Hemond
Ex-Mayor Drake Leaves for Florida Winter
Ex-Mayor J Edward Drake and his wife departed Wednesday to spend the rest of the winter in St. Petersburg Florida. They expect to return the first of April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
St. Petersburg
Fla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Police Department
Alderman Shepard
P.T.A
Police Department
City Council
City Hall
Charles A. Shepard
Police Committee
Dana W. York
Frank L. Moriarty
Joseph Williams
Philip H. Oliver
Oliver
Shepard
Charles A. Thayer
North
Lincoln Streets
Thayer
Rece Kt
BATHS
Africa
Katharine A. Conley
Page Street
Mary Leonard
Cosmo Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Granville M. Colby
Maurice A. Libby
Eleanor P. Danforth
Libby
Charles W. Messenger
Leonard F. Wetherbee
K. Blair Hodge
House
Clayton T. Fortier
Robert MacDonald
Middle Street
Robert Galagher
Middle-street
Alice F. Johnson
N. Gratz Jackson
Chester A. Roberts
Edward B. Hamblett
Fred W. Qimby
Maine Progressive Union
Garden Club
Miss Johnson
Raymond Chubbuck
Leslie J. Wold
Harmon W. Smith
Frank R. Durant
Donald B. Wilson
Emery Footer
Reginald S. Pingree
W. Scott Davis
Roscoe F. McFadden
Daniel E. Hall, Jr
Carroll A. Deering
Albert R. Kuzel
Edgar Miller
Isadore Singer
Miriam W. Kimball
Colby
Miss Kimball
Charles H. Frost
William W. Dennison
Ernest R. Avery
Justin Wayne
Wayne
Larry Wold
Swingsters
Addison Burbank
Robert Rice
Frederick Andrews
Robert Gilchrist
Burns
Bath Brunswick Road
Huse
Superior Court
Harry J. Rich
Woolwich
Florence B. Hawthorne
Mary M. Jack
D. A.R
NAVY
Albert Desmond
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