President's Ball Committee Organized for War Fund
The President's Ball committee plans a Morse High School gala to aid Infantile Paralysis relief. Lennie Lizotte's 12 piece orchestra and Navy guests attend, with tickets from 1.50 for singles and 3.00 for couples. Proceeds split with the ball fund, and a U S O dance supports high school students. The 1944 fund drive runs January 14 to 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Lennie Lizotte
Bowdoin College
Lewiston
Bath
Alden Anderson
John Newell
Navy
Brunswick
Russell Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Converse Fenn
Harlan A. Ladd
E. R. Childs
Ernest Thorin
Howard O. Nash
Harding
Arthur Sewall
Horace Herrick
Henry D. Small
Bowen Torrey
Warren Halterman
Loyall Sewall
America
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
National Foundation and
O'Connor
National Foundation
Mrs Stanley Peterson Recovered From Illness Visits Bath
Mrs Stanley Peterson of East Brunswick, previously confined at home with the flu, has recovered and paid a Bath visit on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Peterson
East Brunswick
Jehovah Witness Bound Over For Superior Court
William B. McKrachern a 28 year old Bowdoinham minister of Jehovahs Witnesses was bound over to Sagadahoc Superior court after being found guilty of assault and battery on Mrs Dorothy A Cloutier of Topsham. The case was bound over to the June term with $1000 sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. McKrachern
Bowdoinham
Jehovah's Witnesses
Dorothy A. Cloutier
Topsham
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc
McKrachern
Frederick J. Keough
Ralph W. White
Bath Iron Works Guard
Keough
White
Frank Carver
McKracken
Deering
Cross
Carver
Brunswick Court
Texas
Portland
Malcolm P. Cushing
Earl Libby
Bath
Augusta
St Mary's Guild Meets On Monday Evening
St Marys Guild of Grace Episcopal church met Monday evening with Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees Bedford Street. The president Mrs Henry Double presided as reports were read and approved. The group voted to maintain the same diocesan pledges and to contribute to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. Plans were discussed for a post Easter play led by Virginia French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Henry Double
Anna Trott
United Thank
Virginia French
Beatrice Perow
Persis Moulton
Popular smelt fishing spot on New Meadows river
The New Meadows river below the Route One crossing attracts many anglers this year with unusually good catches. The site is easily reached by car and several fishermen have camps there. A soft spell worries camp owners, especially where strong tides occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Thurston Joins Bath Police as Probationary Patrolman
Roscoe S Thurston a former Knox county resident and ex W aldo county sheriff has begun probationary duties as a Bath police patrolman He is the first to take such duties under the citys new personnel commission and previously worked in the Bath Iron Works machine shop for about four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe S. Thurston
Knox County
Waldo County
Bath
Thurston
New Personnel Commission
Bath Iron Works
West Bath social notes list local visits and furloughs
West Bath P T A meets at the Lowell school Tuesday. Cpl Richard Felker visited relatives in Augusta and left for Salt Lake City on furlough. Numerous guests visited Bath area families, including military personnel from U S A and USN, with weekend and weekday calls across Bath, Topsham, and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath P.T.A
Lowell School
Cpl
Richard Felker
Daniel S. Young
Augusta
Charles Heavy
John Garland
Bath Ironworks
Sullivan
Leon Felker
Richard M. Felker
Robert Sthen
Portland
Walter Kingsbury
William Robson
Bath
Harry Lemont
E. W. Haggett
U.S. A
Salt Lake City
Utah
Walter Larrabee
Topsham
Larrabee
J. W. Larrabee
Phyllis Mank
Woolwich
Edward Mank
Fred Rose
Harvey Dobbins
Chester King
Olive White
George Booker
Genesta
O.E.S
Lincoln Williams
Fred Waterman
Edward Burns
Charles Hunnewell
L.H. Putnam
Frank Magno
Washington
Courtney Stover
Carlton Bailey
New Jersey
William Bailey
Sally Weed
Helen Haines
Perry Thompson
Warren Babbidge, Jr
Isleboro
Lincoln
Howard Spinney
R. W. Lombard
Richard Lenfest
S 2.c, Usn
New York
Howard Elliott
Carroll Wing
Clair
Marilyn
Owen Rogers
Percy Holbrook
Mena Knight
Bob Medcalf
Stanley Williams
Irvin Jacquith
Earle Wing
Catherine Brissette
Dorchester
Abbert White
Junior Leaguers Meet Tuesday Night at Middle Street
The Junior Hospital League met Tuesday evening with Mrs Theodora Earl at 15 Middle street with 15 in attendance. Mrs Edwin M Fuller Jr presided and plans for spring activities were discussed followed by sewing for Memorial Hospital and refreshments. Next meeting set for February 8 at Mrs Roger M Luke's home. Also a memorial painting for Walter S Wyman presented at General Offices in Augusta with 300 employees present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Theodore Earl
Middle Street
Edwin M. Fuller Jr
Memorial Hospital
Roger M. Luke
Augusta
Walter S. Wyman
Central Maine Power Co
Wyman
Leopold Seyffert
America
William F. Wyman, Jr
Eugene T. Whittier
W. B. Skelton
Mr. Wyman
Harvey D. Eaton
Waterville
Oakland
Maine
Know Your State Contest At West Bath Grange
West Bath grange met Monday evening with good attendance. Captains John Howe and Albert Brown led teams in a Know Your State contest testing knowledge of counties cities lakes and mountains. Howe's team won prizes. Brown's team to host a post contest supper Monday Feb 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Brown
James B. Lemont
Wesley Lemont
John Sylvester
Francis Deehan
Howe
Herbert Simpson
West Bath Grange
Bath
Grange
Pomona Grange
Brunswick
Miss Anne Conley Celebrated At Surprise Birthday Party
Miss Anne Conley, longtime employee at The Congress Shirt Co. factory, was honored with a surprise birthday lunch by about 40 coworkers including Arthur Price Walter Hamilton and Arthur Nelson. Presentations included an under armor leather bag and a money purse as colleagues praised her years of cooperation and kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Shirt Co
Anne Conley
Arthur Price
Walter Hamilton
Arthur Nelson
Conley
Sarah Dinsmore
Mabel Young
Marion Stephens
Grace Waterman
Punch
Alice Winslow
Harriet Furber
Oliver Curtis
Bertha Brown
Edesse Boyce
Margaret DeMerchant
Heavily Laden Sermons At Woolwich Churches
Woolwich Center First Baptist and Montsweag Baptist Church held morning services with the message Heavily Laden by Mrs. J. M. Gowdey and church schools to follow. Evening service at Woolwich Center was 7:30 p.m. Attendance challenged by weather. Local notes record Willing Workers meetings and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Center
First Baptist Church
J. M. Gowdey
Distinguished guests to attend Legion dinner in Winterport
Governor and Mrs Sumner Sewall will attend Ar gonne Post American Legion dinner with Lt Roy L Fernald as toastmaster Also attending are Antonio O Voyer and Mrs Alice Gibson from Lewiston Department leaders from Maine and officers from Bangor Waterville Rockland and Augusta among others described as a department convention style gathering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterport
Sumner Sewall
Argonne Post
American Legion
Roy L. Fernald
Evander Harriman
Sewall
Maine
Antonio O. Voyer
Lewiston
Alice Gibson
Legion
Department
Hector G. Staples
Rockland
Edward J. Quinn
Portland
James L. Boyle
Waterville
Malcolm L. Stoddard
Veterans
Togus
Richard
Gladys C. Jameson
Bangor
Francis W. Jameson
James W. Williams
Robert A. Ferullo
Westbrook
Department of Maine
LeRoy P. McCabe
Bath City School Vacation Schedule Revised
The February vacation for Bath city schools starts Tuesday February 22 and lasts the rest of the week. Schools will operate Monday February 21 to make up for a lost day due to the recent storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
11 Year-Old Hero Dives for Dog in Kennebec River
Edwin Childs 11, son of Viola Le Clair of Woolwich, leapt into the Kennebec near Sasson on bluffs to rescue his cocker spaniel Scotty. He swam about 50 yards to reach the ice cake, freed the dog, and brought both safely to shore with help from others. He attended Sagadahoc Ferry School and spoke of how cold the water was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Childs
Viola LeClair
Woolwich
Kennebec
Sassonon Bluffs
Scotty
Edward
Sagadahoc Ferry School
Independent
Delightful volume Our Island Town by Mrs. C. E. Bousfield
Mrs. C E Bousfield of Woolwich has published Our Island Town set in North Haven. The book features about 30 local contributors and covers geology early history mackerel seines Mullin House old church days boat building summer glimpses the library cookie tree and local life. The Bousfields earlier published Sun Wu Stories about China life and towns. their North Haven visit followed Neal Bousfield’s Maine coast survey for the Sea Coast Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Bousfield
Woolwich
Island
North Haven
Mullin
The
Sea Coast Mission
Red Cross surgical dressings drive expands hours
Bath chapter of the American Red Cross reports a new shipment of surgical dressings and urges more women to report to the Elks club and Masonic temple work rooms. Hours are set for Tuesday through Friday with plans to open evenings for those unable to attend daytime sessions. The chairman, Mrs Etta M Thurlow, asks interested individuals to contact her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Etta M. Thurlow
The
Elks Club
Masonic Temple
Past Noble Grands Gather for Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
The Past Noble Grands club of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge meets Thursday evening at Mrs. Frank J. Farrin on Green Street. Joint hostesses are Mrs. Albert Thompson and Mrs. Nellie Lord. Supper at 6 30 then business meeting and social in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther
Rebekah Lodge
Frank J. Farrin
Green Street
Albert Thompson
Nellie Lord
Wrecking Crew Starts Trail of Real Estate Sales
Workmen from the Oxford Wrecking Co. of Portland demolish the 1 Cedar street house bought by William S. Newell from Mrs. Sarah C. Grant. The 1860s dwelling, once home to William Trufant and later tied to Hodgdon & Pike and Capt. Cleveland Swett, sparked a wave of transfers as Mrs. Grant bought Union street property, then Edwin Hyde, Percy Miller, John Gaudet, and Hinckley street holdings, before settling back with the Mulcahys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Wrecking Co
Portland
Cedar Street
William S. Newell
Sarah C. Grant
William Trufant
Hodgdon & Pike
Charles T. Jackson
Bath
Trufants
Cleveland Swett
Texas Steamship Co
Elmer W. Rogers
Steamship Company
Rogers
Verdi Grant
Newell
Grant
Edwin Hyde
Union Street
Karl Strand
Central League Card Party Draws Crowd at Parish House
The Central League held a successful card party with 11 tables of contract at the parish house Monday. Hostesses were Mrs. Horace P. Morse and Miss Ethel Blake. Prizes donated by League members went to Mrs. Harold Small for first, Mrs. William H. Daley for second, Mrs. Daniel Matter for third, and Mrs. George Merrill for consolation. The league announced the next regular meeting will be at the parish house Monday evening with co-hostesses Mrs. Hiram T. Stevens and Mrs. Arthur King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Horace P. Morse
Ethel Blake
League
Harold Small
William H. Daley
Daniel Matter
George Merrill
Hiram T. Stevens
Arthur King
Semper Fidelis class elects its officers
The Nazarene Sunday school class met Friday at Luella Fraser’s home for its annual meeting. Nine members attended and elected Harriet Fraser president Bertha Tramaine vice president Betty Holman secretary Mabel Stanley treasurer. Betty Holman to report monthly meetings to the Times. Training and visiting arrangements were addressed. February meeting planned for Feb 25 at an unspecified location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semper Fidelis
Nazarene Sunday School
Luella Fraser
Beacon Street
Harriet Fraser
Bertha Tramaine
Betty Holman
Mabel Stanley
the Times
Young Women’s Missionary Society
Gwendolyn Dutton
Forest Drake Buys Large Hampton Cabin Boat Gee Whiz
Forrest Drake of Birchwood purchased a 29 by 9 foot Hampton cabin boat named Gee Whiz in honor of his brother Leman whose first boat bore the same name. It is the coast’s largest Hampton, set for lobstering once a 50 horsepower engine is installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Drake
The
Birchwood
Hampton
Forrest
Leman
Former Topsham Man Enjoying Florida Sun
Rev Samuel J. T. Grady, former Topsham resident, writes from Intercession City Florida about warm weather 70s to 80s, blooming fruit groves and garden produce while contrasting snowy Maine scenes. He invites readers to visit and enjoy sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Florida
the Independent
Land of Sunshine
Intercession City
Maine
Practical Plan for Collecting
Harold J. Carter Edmund A. Rothwell Alfred G. Reeks and Al den H Anderson president of the board of common council and Mayor Walter C. Rogers. Mr and Mrs Thomas G Murphy are visiting their Linden street home while Mr Murphy takes a vacation from his duties as accountant for the Austin Co Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Carter
Edmund A. Rothwell
Alfred G. Reeks
Alden H. Anderson
Board of Common Council
Walter C. Rogers
Thomas G. Murphy
Linden Street
Mr Murphy
The
Austin Co
Fort Worth
Texas
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Morse High
ST. Mary’s Guild
Know Your State
Os Congress
Auburn
U. S. O. Hall
Montsweag
Baptist Church
Susie Brown
Lowell Brown
Eben Dana
William Soule
Frank R. Bailey
Anthony Dodge
Harold Leeman
Charles M. Erskine
Wiscasset
Erskine
Guy Cromwell
Clarence
Set
Richard Tanner
North Ireland
Sat. Tanner
Alton Erskine
Manchester
N. H
John Erskine
Frederick Gilmore
George Fisher
Alton Berry
Stuart Chapin
Boston
Miss Lee Stuart
Paul Berry
M.M
L.S.T
Maxine Walker
Frank J. Walker
Jean Gowdey
J M. Gowdey
Thrift
Bath Trust Co
Gowdey
Morse
Anna Mae Berry
University of Maine
Wrecking House
Central League
Woolwich Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Edna M. Coolidge
Bay Point
Ralph
Ernest Spinney
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fred Kingsbury
Rev
Samuel J. T. Grady
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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