Iota Sigma Chapter Meets On Tuesday
Iota Sigma chapter gathered Tuesday evening at Mrs. Edward McGuigan 69 Middle Street with president leading. The discussion on Citizenship prompted letters to a Maine Congressman and a Valentine party planned for Feb 1 at Miss Eleanor Wright 88 Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iota Sigma
Edward McGuigan
Middle Street
Seth Snipe
Maine
Washington
Eleanor Wright
Union Street
Deletra Hill
Anta Day
Wright
Fragmentary obituary note from Bath area hospital
Fragmented OCR obituary fragment notes a daughter of Mrs Borthiers and Ne Laney of Bathy. Mentions September, Fairfield, Simotar, Woolson, and Wood in hospital care. Details incomplete due to damaged text. references a birth death sequence and possible nursing or hospital context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutter
Borthiers
Laney
Fairfield Simotar
Brie
Legionnaires Plan Welcome Home Night
Reland Smith post American Legion plans a welcome home supper and entertainment on Tuesday evening February 1 for World War II veterans with honorable discharges. Post Commander Miles Hagan urges ex service men to attend. invitations will go out by mail to those who served. Free admission and program to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagan
Iredicct
D. Rovers
Eugene M
Bathman One of Bombing Command
Private Donald L. Purinton of Bath Maine trained as airplane mechanic in Mississippi flight school enlisted October 1942 after working as machinist for Slyde Windlass Co Bath. listed among crew of Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress "Blind Date" on 25 bombing missions over Germany and Nazi occupied Europe, with other crew members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAF
Bootond
Chapla
Burk River
Mich
Joe C Shannon
Austin
Ark
Robert J Gholston
Fitzpatrick
Alaz Co
Charles G. Jackson
Elkton
Pasqual J. Satriano
New York City
Donald L. Purinton
Mro
Cyrus J. Purinton
Bluff Road
Bath
Guillport Miss
Army
Slyde Windlass Co
Stephens Pligh School
Wentworth Institute
Miss Alice Eaton Weds John A. Clark Jr at First Baptist
Miss Alice Eaton daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Ray Eaton of 150 Oak street married John A Clark Jr son of Mr and Mrs John A Clark Sr of 4 Marshall avenue Sunday at three in the First Baptist church. Rev Charles R Sims performed the double ring ceremony with Lohengrin’s wedding march and Mrs Gladys Gundell singing. A reception followed in the vestry with an arch of green and white and a large tiered cake. The bride, a Morse High graduate, wore Duchess ivory satin with a three quarters veil and carried a shower bouquet of sweet peas. maid of honor Miss June Sullivan wore pink with blue gowns worn by bridesmaids Ruth Clark and Margaret Donnell. flower girl Carleen Hershey wore pink. Best man Silas Plant. Guests included family members and church friends. couple will reside at 1082 Thigh street after a honeymoon following a short Army discharge for the groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Eaton
Leon Ray Eaton
Oak Street
John A. Clark, Jr
John A. Clark
Marshall Avenue
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
June Sullivan
Ruth Clark
Margaret Donnell
Carleen Hershey
Rockport
Gladys Gundell
Martin Eaton
Wallace Hart
Augusta
Silas Plant
Barbara Dunton
Beatrice Double
Virginia Thayer
Patricia Webster
Jeannette Webster
Frederick Hart
Harry Franklin Morse
New London
George E. Decker
Frank Elbert Lusk
Bath
Jennie Morse
Garden and
Washington Streets
Williams Memorial Institute
Smith College
St. Mary’s School
Peekskill
N. Y
Connecticut College
Ensign
Morse High names senior yearbook staff
Morse High announces the senior yearbook staff selections. Editor is Robert Dolan with assistant editor Martha Marie Purdue. Assistants include business managers David Desmond Gerda Langbehn Glenda Howard. Girls sports Judy Dennison and girls writeups Frances Flaherty Madeyn Oliver Germaine Bonney. Boys writeups Richard Godfrey Paul Tourtilotte. Boys sports Nick Poulos Joseph Swanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Robert Dolan
Marthana Marie Purdue
David Desmond
Gerda Langbehn
Glenda Howard
Judy Dennison
Frances Flaherty
Madeyn Oliver
Germaine Bonney
Richard Godfrey
Paul Tourtillotte
Nick Poulos
Joseph Swanton
Triple A Elects Sagadahoc County Committeemen
At a county Triple A meeting Sagadahoc officials were elected with Edward L. White Bowdoinham as chairman Frank R. Bailey Woolwich as vice chair Walter T. White Richmond as regular member Norman H. Drummond Arrowsic as first alternate Fred E. Daggett Topsham as second alternate Community No. 8 Bowdoin and Richmond How ard F. Knight chairman Lister Amberhind vice chairman Norman E. Curtis regular member Charles Loon first alt Herbert K. Adams second alt Community No. 9 Bowdoinham and Topsham Fred E. Daggett chairman Milton Given vice chairman A. H. Hildreth regular member first alt Chester F. Hobart second alt Nelson Fenimore Community No. 10 Arrowsic Bath Georgetown Phippsburg West Bath Woolwich chairman Norman H. Drummond vice chairman Fred J. Rose regular member Edward J. Murphy first alternate Warren E. Pinkham second alt Russell C. Sturmer At the county committee meeting C. L. Eastman Lewiston was named secretary to the Androscoggin County Conservation Association and secretary of the Sagadahoe County Conservation Association Miriam Howard was named treasurer of both associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Edward L. White
Bowdoinham
Frank R. Bailey
Woolwich
Walter T. White
Richmond
Norman H. Drummond
Arrowsic
Fred E. Daggett
Topsham
Bowdoin and
Howard F. Knight
Lister Amberhind
Norman E. Curtis
Charles’ Loon
Herbert K. Adams
Bowdoinham and
Milton Given
A. H. Hildreth
Chester F. Hobart
Nelson Fenimore
Bath
Georgetown
Phippsburg
West Bath
Fred J. Rose
Edward J. Murphy
Warren E. Pinkham
Russell C. Sturmer
C. L. Eastman
Lewiston
Androscoggin
Junior Class Play to Stage The Gold Champ Comedy
The junior class selects the three act comedy The Gold Champ by Austin Goetz for February 17 with Mrs Elizabeth Coombs directing. Carmen Huse leads alongside Virginia Andre Elaine Noyes and Richard Andrews in key roles. other performers include Ann Desmond James Bonney Ruth Small and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Goetz
Elizabeth Coombs
Carmen Huse
Virginia Andre
Elaine Noyes
Richard Andrews
Ann Desmond
James Bonney
Ruth Small
Robert Niles
Frances Callan
Edward Cogan
Miss Callan
Norma Cummings
Louis Ginsberg
Gloria Leavitt
Raymond Bourget
Betty Mae Hopkins
Donald Povich
Crowley Presby Wedding Saturday at First Baptist
Miss Mary C. Presby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Presby, wed Blanchard E. Crowley of the Army Air Corps Saturday at 4 PM in the First Baptist Church. Rev Charles R. Sims performed the single ring ceremony. The couple was attended by Ralph Card and Mrs Card. The groom, ex Coast Guard now in the Army, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Crowley of Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Presby
John A. Presby
Blanchard E. Crowley
Army Air Corps
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Ralph Card
U. S. Coast Guard
U. S. Army
Guy Crowley
Phippsburg
Morse High School
Congress Shirt Co
New Teacher Named for the Huse School
Superintendent Harland A. Ladd announced Emma Gray of Fort Fairfield as a fourth grade teacher at the Huse Memorial school replacing Jane Feere who resigned. Gray trained at Aroostook State Normal School graduating in 1943 after a three year program. She participated in the glee club and women’s student council and was co editor of the school yearbook. She has 21 weeks of practice and cadet teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland A. Ladd
Emma Gray
Ft. Fairfield
Leighton Boy Injured After Fall From Car
Edward Leighton, 2, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Leighton of Route 3 Auburn, suffered facial head and body bruises Tuesday afternoon after falling from a moving automobile operated by his father. He was treated by Dr L A Sweat and sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Leighton
Harry Leighton
Route
Auburn
L. A. Sweat
Lionesses Meet for Supper and Business Session
The Lionesses club gathered at Winter Street church for a 6 30 supper served by the church auxiliary. E H Robinson, local USO director, spoke on juvenile delinquency. A business session followed with leadership changes and plans for a February supper and future programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionesses Club
Winter Street
John Atwood
Clifford B. Smith
Ralph O. Burden
Ernest Freeman
John Sylvester
Morton Young
Herbert Anderson, Jr
Frederick Cullen
Edgar D. Leavitt
E. H. Robinson
Sacred Heart Circle White Elephant Sale Report
Sacred Heart Circle of the Daughters of Isabella held its monthly social with a white elephant sale on Tuesday evening. A large crowd attended as Mrs Mary Cummings led a strong auction, selling every item. Refreshments were provided by the committee including Mrs Cummings and others. the February hostess and committee will be announced at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Mary Cummings
Walter Madden
James Skaling
John Hayes
George Emero
Maud Wilson
Sarah Cameron
Katherine Burgess
Child boosts war bond at Peaks Island post office
Fourteen month old Linda Louise Larrabee was lifted to a war bond window at Peaks Island post office on Tuesday and bought her fourth war bond. Her father Linwood W Larrabee serves in the Merchant Marine and Linda saves her pennies for bonds and war stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Louise Larrabee
Peaks Island
Linda
Linwood W Larrabee
Merchant Marine
Mrs Catherine Mullaney and family update
Mrs Catherine Mullaney on High street lives with her son and wife Mr and Mrs Joseph Mullaney. She is spending two months with her daughter Mrs Paul Sherman in Tops ham. Ensign Sherman, formerly at Bath Iron Works, is taking a two months course at Princeton University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Mullaney
Joseph Mullaney
High Street
Paul Sherman
Topsham
Ensign Sherman
Bath Iron Works
Princeton University
Elizabeth Morse Weds Ensign C F Lusk in New London
Miss Elizabeth Morse becomes bride of Ensign Clu Flu Lusk in a New Year’s Day ceremony at the bride’s parents home in New London Connecticut. The couple plans to reside there after a honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Morse
Ensign C. F. Lusk
Maine's First Lady Speaks at Topsham Garden Club
The Topsham Garden club hosted Maine's First Lady Mrs. Sumner Sewall at Miss Mary W. MacKinnon's home. She compared the club's work to Lincoln Daughters of Mercy from Civil War days, urged garden work for youth freedom, and recounted her own long wait to garden. Governor Sewall stopped en route home, offered a brief address, and Mrs. Sewall received a club gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Garden Club
Mary W. MacKinnon
Green Street
Sumner Sewall
WEYS
Lincoln Daughters of Mercy
MacKinnon
Norman MacKinnon
Sewall
Robert Miller
Governor Sewall
Washington
Dike PTA to Hear Morse High Seniors on Physical Education
Dike Parent-Teacher Association plans a Thursday evening meeting at 7 30 in the school teachers room. Principal speakers Miss Marguerite Rines and Miss Betty Small, Morse High seniors, will read papers on Physical Education at Morse High. Hostesses Mrs Aubrey Steen and Mrs Sanford Nickerson expect many parents and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander MacDonald
Leonard Wetherbee
MacDonald
Arthur King
Arthur Bowker
Charles Bartlett
Harold J. Rubin
Roscoe Shaw
Edgar Leavitt
Lionesses
South End
Parent-Teacher Association
Herbert Pierce
Michael Reardon
Robinson
Dike Parent-Teacher Association
Dike
Marguerite Rines
Betty Small
Morse High
Houstesses
Aubrey Steen
Sanford B. Nickerson
Bowdoinham P T A and community notices from Coombs High
Bowdoinham P T A met at Coombs High with reports on library purchases, recreation center funds, and town hall painting. Founders Day Feb 9 planned. Merrymeeting Grange officers installed. East Bowdoin Ladies Aid held an all day meeting. Personal items note returns, illnesses, and local visits. Basketball teams lost to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham P. T. A
Coombs High School
Ambrose Saindow
Cleveland Curtis
Heath
Red Cross
Miss Gladys
Pearl Raymond
Merry Meeting Grange
Charles M. White
Viola White
Augusta
East Bowdoin Ladies Aid
Maynard Dow
Fred Bass
Bass
Avon
Florida
Charles Bass
Percy Tibbetts
Irene Babb
Gladys Raymond
Bertha Tibbetts
Portland
Richard Denham
Coombs
Richmond
Unusual visitor comes to bath home
A lone evening grosbeak visited Mrs. Granville M. Colby at 10 Quimby Street on Sunday, a strikingly colored bird from the Grand Canyon region and western Canada. It fed only on seeds, kept its distance from other birds, and spent the day at the feeding station while goldfinches bluejays and sparrows also visited regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Colby
Quimby Street
Grosbeak
Red Rose Girl Scouts Help At Bath Hospital
Senior Red Rose Troop of Morse High School, led by Mrs. Maurice Libby, held a business meeting to plan spring activities and a February Valentine party. The girls have provided ongoing hospital aid, assisting nurses, delivering items, cleaning, sterilizing, and running errands, with several named members listed for the current week and previous holiday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rose
Girl Scouts
Morse High School
Maurice Libby
Palmer Street
Libby
Memorial Hospital
Gloria Leavitt
Mary Richardson
Millicent Hecht
Betty Hopkins
Betty Cummings
Dorothy Keesler
Clair McKay
Barbara Bracey
Roberta Virres
Roberta— Lau
Jacqueline McMann
Jane Jones
Anne Hartnett
Arline Kittridge
Morse
Elizabeth Coombs
BLUEBIRD BROWNIES PLAN DOLL SHOW AT MITCHELL SCHOOL
The Bluebird Brownie Tree of Mitchell School met after class with Mrs Frederic Burditt and assistants. They worked on a baby’s quilt for Memorial Hospital’s children's ward and planned a doll show at Mitchell School on Monday Jan 31 with prizes for oldest, most unusual, and most attractive doll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell School
Schoo
Frederic Burditt
Howell Smith
Dominique Tardif
Schoo Room
Burditt
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Roscoe Robinson Improves at Home After Illness
Mrs Roscoe Robinson of 119 High Street remains confined to her home due to illness since Christmas but has shown improvement though she is not yet able to go outdoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Robinson
119 High Street
Bond drive tickets promote Madame Curie screening
A local bond promotion offers a free ticket to attendees who purchase a Bond for Every Sea bond. The promotion advertises a showing of the film Madame Curie on February 10th, inviting readers to participate and enjoy the cinema event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Curie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Jota Sigma Chapter
Legionnaires
Bo Hamblett
Donott
Ving Om Pratt Street
Mr Hamblett
Chambertsain
Bathman
Bombing Command
Carrol
Center Street
U.S. Army
Thigh Street
Triple A
Sagadahoc County
John A. Preby
HUSE
Sacred Heart Circle White Elephant Sale
Harry F. Morse
Dike P.T. A. Meeting
Nesdays
Toggenburgs
Saanens
Buck
Seavey
Ardl Farm
City Shore
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Bird
Evening Grosbeak
Mrs. Colby
Raiders of the
Johnny Mack Brown
Kate
Columbia Pag
Tom
Kate Rockwall Matson
Klondike
Tyrone Power
Alice Faye von Ameche
Donlevy
Old
Chicago
Jarre D Ren
Bath Hospital
Bluebird Brownies
Wey
Paramount
Ren Ane Ue
Ta GU
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