Local Pomona Court Holds Monthly Meeting Remarks and Awards
The Sagadahoc Pomona Orange Courtne Pauline G eS met in regular session with Sentinel Vanessa Beedle and Worthy Matron Spares Pratt among those present. Guests included Miss Verona visiting Miss Phyllis Stover in Bath and Harold Plummer USN. A YAYF play fundraiser was announced and tapping ceremony details noted at the University of Maine. A student with a History and Government major active in Delta Delta Delta Sorority and Women’s Student Government Council was highlighted for the All Maine Women’s Society honor based on campus leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtne Pauline G
Vanessa Beedle
Sentinel
Ernest Brown
Verona
Phyllis Stover
Bath
Harold Plummer
Ives Reading
Mass
Nellie
Marion Elleneet Wee Ee
University of Maine
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Women’s
All Maine Women's Society
Astors Host Bath Ministers at Naval Air Base
The Astors visit Brunswick Naval Air Station to host and participate in a hospitality event for Bath ministers. Local officials greeted guests and toured facilities highlighting naval aviation programs and community ties.
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Naval Air Base
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bath
Batn
Naval Air
Local Social and Town Notes Chronicle Quiet Week
Georgetown town notes record Sunday visits by residents including Mr and Mrs John Lite in Rima NY and Mrs Proteata. Girl Scouts hosted a meeting at Mrs Rowe’s home with refreshments. Fire at Reynoldson home caused damage. plows cleared roads after a heavy snowfall. selectmen met Saturday. Local people visited Bath Five Islands and Todd’s store. school closed briefly for illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meg
John Lite
Rima
N.Y
Robinhood
Higgins
Rowe
Proteata
Henry
Alvah Reynoldson
Bath
Harold Klein
Neweo
Hugh Rockwell
Frederick Moffatt
and Mire
Eerie Wallace
Ralph Davis
Forrest Hanna
Five Islands
Vincent MacMahan
Clement Macws
Aene . Bight
Dora Dorothy
Estelle ‘Roberts
Iscasset
J. M. Sawyer
Ore Hill
Blanchard
Greene
Clarence Hill
Sonie Thibodeau
Maureen Davis
Dorothy
Todd
Melvin
Cunningham
West Bath Grange Features Music Skit and Debates
West Bath grange met Monday evening for a varied program led by lecturer Mrs Thelman Sylvester. The event opened with community singing led by Mrs Morton Young at the piano and featured a Madame Butterfly skit with William H Small Jr and Esther Andrews. A discussion on compulsory military training drew mixed views with support for a year but not for overseas deployment. Penny march went to Miss Gerry Driscoll, and vocal numbers by William McNamara and Bernice Sturtevant included Carry Me Back To Old Virginny. Closing thoughts urged perseverance and Lincoln Day Valentine observance was announced along with refreshments and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Thelman Sylvester
Morton Young
Madame Butterfly
William H. Small, Jr
Comic Opera Company
Esther Andrews
Antonio Ae
Susie
Penny March
Florence Farnham
Gerry Driscoll
David Fiel
William McNamara
Rogers Jewerly
the Grange
Mr. McNamara
Bernice Sturtevant
Old Virginny
Alice Johnson
Personal notes on returning residents from the South
Mr and Mrs Douglas Deer have returned home to Wash Street after several weeks in the South. Bainbridge naval officer F Stevens U S N stationed there left to report to his depot with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas—Deer
Wash
F. Stevens
U.S.N
Bainbridge
Rs. Stevens
H Street
Fickett Named Maine U S Savings Bonds Director
Harvey M. Fickett of Portland is named state director for Maine U S Savings Bonds Division by the United States Treasury. He will direct programs from the state office, contact industry and groups, and promote payroll savings and thrift education with Schools-At-Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey M. Fickett
Portland
Maine U. S. Savings Bonds Division
United States Treasury
Maine War Finance Committee
Fickett
The
Treasury
Victory Fund Committee
War Savings Staff
Casury
U. S. Department of Education
Schools - At - Work
Lyda Hallerry
Pearl Harbor
Bates Manufacturing Co elects new directors
Lewiston February 6 The Bates Manufacturing Co announced the election of John E Hyde president of Warren Paper Co Westbrook William S Newell president of Bath Iron Works Corp and Raymond Rubicam of Boothbay Harbor retired New York advertising executive as new directors The Bates Company includes the Bates Hill Androscoggin mills Lewiston Edwards Mill Augusta and York Mill Saco former owned by New England Industries
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Lewiston
Seven Directors Elected by Shipyard Workers Union
The Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers Inc elected seven directors by its negotiating committee. Edward Mayo of Wiscasset George Chasse of Damariscotta Watson Clark Cedric Martin Harold Fish Edward Murphy and Stanley Hutchins of Bath will serve one year as directors for the bargaining agency at Bath Iron Works Corporation shipyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers, Inc
Edward Mayo
Wiscasset
George Chasse
Damariscotta
Watson Clark
Cedric Martin
Harold Fish
Edward Murphy
Stanley Hutchins
Bath
Brotherhood
Bath Iron Works Corporation
David Brown Nearing Return From Pacific Theater
Reuters correspondent David Brown, who has covered Japan and the Pacific, is reported on his way back to the United States. His family on North Street are awaiting word on his arrival time in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brown
Reuter
Japan
Pacific Theater
North Street
Bath
Mrs J Edward Drake Jr Patient at Memorial Hospital
Mrs J Edward Drake Jr of High Street is listed as a patient at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake, Jr
High Street
The
Memorial Hospital
Good Neighbor club gathers fourteen at weekly meeting
Fourteen members attended last week's Good Neighbor club meeting and a social hour was served. The group plans a social at Library Hall Friday evening and will meet with Mrs. De Pinkham this week. Personal items note Albert Moore's new job at Bath Iron Works and Navy discharge details for Vincent Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Gray
de Pinkham
J. Cliftontle
Elmira
Wilfred Mulley
Bath
George Gray
Beulah Miller
Navy
Vincent
New Guinea
Philippines
Albert Moore
Fred Rittall
Mary Louise
Barbara Pinkham
Rennes Bath
Orville Rowe
Melvin Comeau
Comeau O
Maria
Ida Pinkham
Lloyd and
Harold
Kenneth Pinkham
Pinkham
Southport
Junior Hospital League Plans Armory Dance Postponed
Junior Hospital League members meet at Mrs. Edward Smith home in Middle Street with Mrs. Howard Bates presiding. They discuss postponing a March 1 dance at the armory and organize committees including Duncan McInnes as dance chair and Stephen Woodbury as host. Next meeting set for Mrs. Harry Tian on Green Street in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Edward Smith
Middle Street
Stephen Woodbury
Howard Bates
Duncan McInnes
Ague
Hospital Auxiliary
E Community Center
Roger Luke
Theodore Bartocci
Converse Fenn
Frank Givenhall
Douglas Dearborn
Carl Dearborn
Julia Halterman
Horace Herrick
H. L. Day
Royal Johnson
George Baer Connard
Theodore Bertocci
Frank Given
Harry Tian
Green Street
Mrs McCabe Visits Canada While Nursing Duties Pause
Mrs Alfred P McCabe of Lincoln Street takes a short respite from nursing to visit relatives in Canada and will return home soon. David Brownell of Newtonville Mass visits Lincolntown friends after his mother’s death, staying with Mr and Mrs Robert Brownell on Upper Washington Street. Annie Pye of Bedford Street injuries confine her to home after a Sunday fall. Grace Whittemore, Farmington State College student, returns to Farmington after visiting her parents on Tarbox Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred P. McCabe
Lincoln Street
Canada
David Brownell
Newtonville
Mass
Robert Brownell
Upper
Washington Street
Wilbra Billings
Annie Pye
Bedford Street
Grace Whittemore
Farmington State College
Farmington
Ellery Kittemore
Tarbox Street
Hyde Park Terrace Items Of The Week
Community events and social notes from Hyde Park Terrace including Ladies Auxiliary meetings, a Valentine party with covered dish dinner, decor and game prizes, Brownie Mother and Daughter gathering with performances, and local visits and births noted for Feb. 4 at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Funeral for Mrs. Mertie T. Billings Arranged
Funeral services for Mrs. Mertie T. Billings will be held at the Mayo Funeral Residence Thursday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertie T. Billings
Mayo Funeral
Local family notes travelers and visitors in Brunswick
Mrs. Leslie Totten and daughter Brenda of Washington street are guests of Mrs. Totten's sister in Brunswick while St. Sgt. Totten serves on Okinawa. Mrs. Louise Rogers of Weeks street is due home this week from Roxbury Massachusetts after ten days under observation at New England Baptist Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Woodman of Nobleboro were weekend guests of Mrs. Woodman's mother Mrs. Horace Woodman, following the death of Mr. Woodman's sister Mrs. Samuel Guptill, with services held Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lewis Dole
Bath
Russell Grant
Leaders Association
Jerry Rogers
Auburn
George Young
Drayton Road
Lois Pierce
Boston
Vincent Jones
Dawn Pulsifer
Richard Piascik
George Sagris
Gary
Brunswick
Frank McEachern
Central Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Frank Malcolm
Leslie Totten
Brenda
Washington Street
Totten
Philip Thebarge
Sgt. Totten
Okinawa
Louise Rogers
Weeks Street
Roxbury
Mass
New Engle Baptist Hospital
Roscoe Woodman
Nobleboro
Mr. Woodman
Horace Woodman
Middle Street
Woodman
Samuel Guptill
Rev Tolman H Fernald Dies After Long Illness in Waldoboro
Obituary notes Rev Tolman H Fernald died January 29 in Waldoboro after a long illness. He once led the Congregational church in Woolwich and served Baptist churches in Akron Ohio East Lebanon and other Maine towns. He is survived by his widow Abbie K Simmons of Friends and Waldoboro and was revered by Summer visitors. Interment was in South Waldoboro Cemetery Mass with relatives Coombs and Fred Vinalhaven among the mourners.
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Woolwich
Tolman H. Fernald
Waldobero
Akron
Ohio
Maine
East Lebanon
Damariscotta Association
Fernald
Christian Advent Church of Friendship
South Waldoboro Cemetery
Minnie C Guptill Dies After Illness in Bath Area
Mrs Minnie Clyde Guptill 40 wife of Samuel Guptill of Day's Ferry died Friday at Memorial Hospital from acute pancreatitis after surgery. Born in Bath November 11 1905 she was daughter of Lois Woodman and the late Horace Woodman. Survived by husband three daughters mother two brothers sister and two stepdaughters with church ties and lodge affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Clyde Guptill
Samuel Guptill
Day's Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Guptill
Bath
Lois Woodman
Middle Street
Horace Woodman
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Elizabeth Thurlow 79 longtime Bath widow dies
Mrs Elizabeth Eugenia Thurlow died Monday afternoon at her daughter Mrs Earl H Morang s home 427 Middle Street after a decade of ill health. Born Richmond July 25 1867 she was the daughter of Orrin A and Elizabeth Kittridge and had lived in Bath over 50 years. Survived by two brothers a grandson and other relatives funeral set for 2 pm Thursday from 389 High Street with entombment at Oak Grove.
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Elizabeth Eugenia Thurlow
Joseph B. Thurlow
Earl H. Morang
Middle Street
Richmond
Orrin A
Elizabeth Hunter Kittridge
Bath
Frederick B
William A. Kittridge
High Street
Franklin Wright
Oak Grove
Well Known Bath Woman Mertie Billings Dies at 67
Mertie T. Billings, of Bath, died at Memorial hospital after a three week stay following surgery. The 67 year old resident was well known locally for her charitable work and community involvement. Her friends recall her kindness and public spirit as a longtime presence in the Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertie T. Billings
Memorial Hospital
Local Woman Ida May Brown Remembered in Obituary Note
Mrs Ida May Brown, sister of Mrs Hie, died eight years after Dr Melvin J. passsing. Born in Ma she had resided most of her life in Ma and was connected to the home of her niece Mrs. Hie on Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hie
Melvin J
Patrick M Conley of Lewiston Obituary Fragment
Patrick M of Lewiston died suddenly Monday night at home with Mrs. Margaret Madison mentioned in an incomplete obituary fragment. He worked at Bath Iron Works prior to retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M
Lewiston
Arter
Margaret Madison
Bath Iron Works
Sey
Stephen Nolan Remembered In City Reminiscences
Word was received this afternoon that Stephen Nolan of the former Marguerite Footer of this city, long known around town, who came here each summer to spend several weeks, has passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Nolan
Marguerite Footer
Mrs Haley Funeral Held at Curtiss Funeral Home
The funeral of Mrs. nae A. Haley was held this afternoon at Curtiss Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. David Vie Con conducted the service in Oak Grove, with attendees paying tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nae A. Haley
Curtiss Funeral Home
David
Vie Conmade
Oak Grove
Funeral Service for Mrs Guptill Held by Rev Wilson
Minnie C Guptill died recently and her funeral was conducted Monday afternoon at a funeral residence by Rev Dr David L Wilson. Bearers were Willard B Atwood Clarence E Atwood and John E Atwood. The body was entombed for burial in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Cuptill
David L. Wilson
Willard B. Atwood
Clarence E. Atwood
John E. Atwood
Funeral services for Mrs Nel lie Anne Haley Friday
Funeral services for Mrs Nel lie Anne Haley are set for Friday at two oclock in the afternoon. The Curtis Funeral Home located at 942 Washington Street will host the service with Rev David L Wilson officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Anne Haley
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
David L. Wilson
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Dre A] Georgetown
Ficket
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Cooper
Viemoriads
Armory
Marius H. Page
North St
Kennebec Greenhouse
Beatrice St. Pierre
Helen Harding
Barbara Young
Francis Savage
Savage
Josie Woods
Ann Fish
Betsy Coulters
Marcella Jenks
Nellie Hatch
Arline Hodge
Blanche Lastimone
Gladys Clouse
Christine Watts
Brownies
Janet Sangerville
Noreen Davenport
Cowari
Fatricia
Dorothy Woods
Jean Carter Long
Blanche Cyr
Biddeford
James Jardine
Woodie Bartley
Greenville
Bernard Knight
Janice
Beverley
Robert Harvey
Lincolnville
Harold Darling
MRS. Billings’ Funeral
Rev. Tolman H. Fernald
Minnie C. Guptill
Day’s Ferry
Elizabeth Thurlow
Mrs
Ida May Brown
Patrick M. Conley
Royce W. Allen
Mrs. Haley
Fred S. Curtis & Co
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