Bath High School Alumni Association Meets
The Bath High School Alumni Association elected George E Barker Jr and Marius H Page to inventory its silverware and purchase service for 600. A 5 30 pm supper in Morse High School and plans for a Harvard Glee Club concert were noted, with about 50 attending a fundraiser tea for infantile paralysis hosted by Mrs Joseph I Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School Alumni Association
George E. Barker, Jr
Marius H. Page
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bedford Street
3And
Morse High School
Harvard Glee Club
Barker
Association
Arthur M. Bowker
Page
Arthur L. Pratt
Mrs. Voorhees
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
William D. Sewall
Smith
Telephone movies shown at Winter Street Men’s Club
Carl Hales of Portland described several fine items from New England Telephone and Telegraph Co at a Winter Street Men’s Club gathering. Two Co Axial Transmission demonstrations drew interest along with Good Telephone Manners. The February 6 meeting will feature William S Newell of Bath Iron Works Corp as guest speaker. supper by Ladies Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hales
Portland
New England Tel
Tel Co
Winter Street Mens Club
Henry O. Trowbridge
Ppres Walliam S$. Newell
Bath Tron Works Corp
Men of Bath
Willian
Donnell Edgar T Hatch
William A Fall
C Pers Allan Spear
Harry A Walters
Morse High selects 1941 class yearbook staff
At the Morse high school class of 1941 meeting on Friday September Hawley was chosen editor of the yearbook. Thatcher Pinkham is assistant editor with Pauline Nickerson business manager and Betty Howard first assistant business manager. Bazin Lemont Jr. is second assistant and Alice Darrah third assistant. Further staff for boys and girls writeups and sports will be named at a later meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Sui Ner Hawley
Thatcher Pinkham
Pauline Nickerson
Betty Howard
Bazin Lemont, Jr
Alice Darrah
Pierce Pratt couple wed in Bath ceremony
Leslie Pierce, Randolph, son of Mr and Mrs U G Pierce, and Mildred Della Pratt of Togus, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Pratt, were married January 18 in Bath by Rev Charles R Sims and filed in the City Clerk office of John W Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Pierce
Randolph
Ulysses G. Pierce
Town
Mildred Della Pratt
Charles L. Pratt
Togus
John W. Gilmore
Bath
Charles R. Sims
Mutiny note ends odd card party tale and Navy line
A fragmentary local page recounts names and events around a card party led by Captain Phileia Cornish and Eleanor Colt with Miss Cornish winning and Eleanor Collins as a closing thought. It then shifts to a stark naval fact stating no US ship has mutinied, contrasting with other navies where mutinies occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauget
Bowdon
Mwiaht
Thelia Cornish
Fitet Cornibes
Mary
Aline
Kenneth Bickford
Nor Man Curtis
Yaane
Lanise Goodrich
Ella Dan Bickford
Lawrovnce Adams
Edna
Eleanor Collin
Wily
Robert Bickford
Domine Couture
United States Navy
Lions Club Promises Auto Operation Course at Morse High
Pres Arthur M Bowker announced the Lions will run an automobile operation course for Morse high school pupils with Harry L Thompson of the Maine State police in charge. Bath will be second city. Easter Monday April 14 set as tentative charity ball date. Brunswick and Bath Lions to meet Jan 28 at Hotel Sedgwick with entertainment. Two new members inducted. Earle W Hodges spoke on Lionism. Guests from Portland Lions and local clubs attended. Bath Lions to host a ladies night and frolic February 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Bowker
Lions Club
Morse High School
Harry L. Thompson
Maine State Police
Rockland
Bath
Pres. Bowker
Brunswick and
Bath Clubs
Hotel Sedgwick
Brunswick Club
Herbert Cavanaugh
Archibald M. Main
Earle W. Hodges
Brunswick Lions Club
E. Everett Pierce
Mark W Hermessy
Bath Lions
Flying Cadets Board Set to Visit Maine
The Army's traveling Cadet examining board will visit four New England states in February to give physics exams to Flying Cadet candidates in Hanover and Concord New Hampshire Burlington Vermont Bangor and Boston. The Bangor visit is scheduled for February 25 and 26 at the Bangor House. Eligible candidates must be unmarried aged 20 to 26 and have at least two years of college work. They should bring birth certificates three letters of character references and proof of college credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Army
John L. Rice
Hanover
Concord
Burlington
Bangor
Boston
Bangor House
Engagement announced for Marjorie Thornton and Warren McNeill
Irving G Thornton of Topsfield announces the engagement of his daughter Marjorie Beryl to Warren Rupert McNeill of Bath son of the late Gratton McNeill. Marjorie attended Presque Isle high, graduated Orono high in 1936, and works as assistant in the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Warren McNeill, Morse high class of 1955, University of Maine 1940, studied forestry and joined several fraternities, and now works for Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving G. Thornton
Topsfield
Marjorie Beryl
Warren Rupert McNeill
Bath
Gratton McNeill
Miss Thornton
Presque Isle
Orono High
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Maine
McNeill
Morse High School
Maine
Owl
Pale Blue Key
Xi Sigma Pi
Phi Eta Kappa Fraternity
Bath Iron Works Corp
Parked Cars Targeted as City Acts to Enforce Ordinance
Acting City Marshal Joseph A McLaughlin said the police department is again receiving many complaints daily about motorists parking in front of private driveways and homes along Washington Street near Bath Iron Works Corp. and about double parking on Commercial Street and streets off Front. A conference with Mayor Robert Haskell suggests steps will be taken to rigidly enforce the parking ordinances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A McLaughlin
Washington Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
McLaughlin
Robert H. Haskell
Marriage of Miss Anne Derby to Harry Worthington Jr.
Mrs Norwood Harmon of upper High street announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Anne Elizabeth Derby to Harry Dorsey Worthington Jr. of Newport News Virginia at Trinity Methodist church on Saturday Jan 18. Mrs Worthington is a Newport News High School 1938 graduate and private secretary at Newport News Shipbuilding. Mrs Harmon could not attend due to illness. Ernest Edgar Kateon Auxiliary voted last week for a pie social and entertainment February 12. Jonn Otis and Mrs J Edward Burns lead the committee. The group rehearses for a late February play and officers will wear badges during their term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood Harmon
Upper High Street
Anne Elizabeth Derby
Harry Dorsey Worthington, Jr
Newport News
Trinity Methodist Church
Worthington
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Harmon
Ernest Edgar Kate
G.A.R. Hall
WITS
WhelVin Uttum
Jonn I
Otis
J. Edward Burns
Auxiliary
Wallace Hutchins
Ernest Cunningham
Brunswick
Elizabeth Bishop
Providence
R. I
Roy Munroe
Georgie Fides
Avery
University of Maine
Avery Fides
Irving Temple
Gardiner Hospital
Maurice Bodge
Waldoboro
Milton Given
Ward Sedgley
John Pye
Augusta
Terrance Curran
Evelyn Seaman
Litchfield
Ernest J. Millay
Charles Clapp
Oscar Newman
Dedham
Mass
Earl Brown
Kennebec
George Hamilton
Les Camarades Musicaux Hear Magoun Paper on Florence Easton
Hostesses Mrs Walter S Glidden Mrs Arthur K Purington and Miss Elsie M Folsom greeted guests at Miss Alice N Magoun s home 1009 Middle St for a Les Camarades Musicaux meeting featuring Miss Magoun s paper on Florence Easton and a long program of choruses madrigals duets trios and piano solos performed by Mrs Richard T Hersom Mrs Carl E Albee Mrs Robert B Hatch Mr Ramsay Mr Royal Miss Melcher and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Arthur K. Purington
Elsie M. Folsom
Les Camarades Musicaux
Alice N. Magoun
Middle Street
Richard T. Hersom
Allat H. Ramsay
Carl E. Albee
Don Gilvanni
Mozart
Bandolero Stewart
James M. Royal
Albee
Jenson
Robert B. Hatch
Fred H. Cary
Carleton L. Rice
Miss Melcher
Tunison
Mr. Ramsay
Mrs. Albee
Twilight
Nevin
Manney
Hatch
Fontenailler
Albert _C. LeTarte
Bud
Nutting
Hersom
Haven
Steiner
Mr.Ramsay
Mr. Royal
Mr. LeTarte
Third Annual Dinner of Sagadahoc Rod Gun & Skeet Club
The Sagadahoc Rod Gun Skeet Association will hold its third annual banquet on Wednesday evening February 19 at Hotel Sedgwick. Invitations have been sent to Governor and Mrs Sumner Sewall and George J Stobie with Mrs Stobie. Arthur Fels is expected to speak. An after dinner forum will cover Sunday hunting firearm registration and pending legislation. Attendance limited to 200. Committee members include Sonia, Walter J McEiman, Capt Walter L Elliott, and Orris J Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc
Sedgwick
Edward E Nia
Sumner Sewall
Inland Fish and Game
George J. Stobie
Stobie
Arthur Fels
Portland
Sonia
Walter J. McEiman
Walter L. Elliott
Orris J. Ames
Winter Street Ladies Host Recipe Sale Fundraiser
Members of the Winter Street Ladies Aid held a recipe sale during a regular meeting to raise funds for a carpet fund. Hostesses listed include Langdon Snipe Kershner Wilson Black Kennedy. A food exchange was approved for Friday afternoon. 43 members attended with Red Cross sewings underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Carpet Fund
Langdon T. Snipe
Warren E. Kershner
Clinton D. Wilson
Carl Y. Kennedy
Arthur C. Lemont
Fred E Foote
Clifford. Wilband
Walter H. Bowker
Arthur M. Bowker
Elmer W. Rogers
Elizabeth L. Beal
Grace P. Dickinson
Red Cross Sewing Group
Charles Baker
Red Cross
Allen M. Irish
Mrs Grace Payne and granddaughter visit Boston
Mrs Grace Payne and her granddaughter Jean Lermond of Washington Street are spending a few days in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Payne
Jean Lermond
Washington Street
Boston
Local veterinary ad and real estate listing
Dr H N Eames veterinarian at 45 Harpswell St Brunswick. Telephone Brunswick 19 Hospital. Also a property listing by Fred B Reed Co Manager Stanley E Wallace at 93 Front St Brunswick Tel 514-W. Read as a combined ad offering veterinary services and farm city shore real estate listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Eames
Harpswell St
Brunswick
Fred B Reed Co
Stanley_E. Wallace
Frou
St. Butc
Bowdoinham speeding case and local happenings
Frederick Lewis of Augusta pleaded guilty to speeding on Route 201 and paid a total of 17.45 after fine suspension. Sabattus high school beat Coombs high of Bowdoinham at Sabattus Friday. Merry Workers 4-H club met to discuss scrapbooks. Townsend Club dinner and Electa Chapter OES planned officer installations for February 7 with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shaw and Mrs. Solon Purington among speakers. Personal items note illnesses, visits, and local travel including students, hospital stays, and smelt fishing trips around the Kennebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Lewis
Augusta
Topsham
John de Winter
Amesesday
Sabattus
Coombs High
Bowdoinham
Merry Workers
Ralph McEwen
Townsend Club
Electa Chapter O. E. S
Henry Shaw
Bath
Solon Purington
Richmond
Bath Woman Collects Dogs in Unusual Hobby
Helen E. Quimby of 267 Washington street maintains a pet dog collection of 88, led by a unique barkers’ standout named Chippey. Her hobby, aided by the World Wide Souvenir club of Montana, centers on china earthenware and wooden dogs, with 25 cent memberships linking her to fellow collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chippey
Police
Spitz
Boothbay Harbor Couple Announce Engagement
Mr and Mrs Everett Williams of Boothbay Harbor announce the engagement of their daughter Sarah Alice to Emerson Philip Webster of Bath son of Mrs Ethel M Webster 250 Center Street He is stationed at Fort McKinley with the rating of Corporal in Battery D 240th C A No wedding date has been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Williams
Boothbay Harbor
Sarah Alice
Emerson Philip Webster
Bath
Miss Williams
Boothbay Harbor High School
Webster
Ethel M. Webster
Center Street
Fort McKinley
Navy building touted as second to none in bold claim
The item notes Bath for the Winter and praises the United States Navy for its air surface and undersea craft, asserting superior fighting ability and hitting power. It mentions Robert Turner from Freeport, a ill daughter of the Currans, and William H. Gould recovering from a recent ice fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Turner
Freeport
Terrance Curran
William H. Gould
Bath
United States Navy
Spanish American War Subject Of Talk At Grammar School
Major William R. Kimball spoke to Central Grammar school History club about the Spanish American War. He described Battery D First Maine Regiment life in Cuba in 1898 with photos of the regiment and the battleship Maine. He explained the Maine raise and sinking, coffer dams, and showed cuba then and now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Kimball
Central Grammar School
History Club
First
Maine Regiment
Cuba
Kimball
Maine
Havana Harbor
Old High School
Buckfield Woodworkers Plan Maple Log Block for Powder Puffs
In Buckfield a woodworking crew will mould a two ton load of rock maple logs into a Cie block from which thousands of tiny fluffy cotton tufts will be cut to make powder puffs for beauty parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckfield
Augusta group to raise funds for motorized kitchen
The Augusta British War Relief Society announced plans on Saturday to raise about $2,000 for the purchase of a motorized kitchen to aid relief efforts for beleaguered England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
British War Relief Society
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter's, Inc
Gossard
Warner
High School Alumni Association Meets
Party For Bath
Sewall
Mellie D. Thompson
Edmund M. Staples
Arthur Burgess
Arthur Berry
Daniel H. Matter
Sam Prawer
Louis A Dole
Jacob Smith
Amy Irish
James I. Nostall
Bowen Torrey
Rotary Anns Mert
Rotary Anus
Looecheon
Sedgwack
Edward W Bridgham
Kenneth Roberts
Olver Wiswell
Dorminique Wd
John Darker
Ayer
Mies Harmon Fliasen
Francis
Ao Winehenbach
Chester NL
Danael T Vouglerts
G. Thomas Murphey
Mia Carl
Y Kennedy
Warren Bo Kershier
Charles Testidy
Carl CO Anderson
Newell
Bath Iron Works
Pierce—Pratt
Savgadahoog Grange
Morse High
Flying Cadets Board
Derby
LES Camarades
Miss Magoun
Elsie Folsom
ROD and Gun Club
Winter Street
Frank Siegars
Methodist Ladies Aid
John Palmer
Turner
Thomas Taylor
Quincy
Emma Ferguson
Bowdoinham Post Road
R.c.a.victor Console
Child’s Maple
White Cross
A. D. Stetson & Son
Major Kimball
William Lundigan
Republic RA Present
Eolo
Roy Rads
Aldrich
Ast&s
Dilett
Errol Flynn
THE
SEA Hawk
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Carly Wach
Bob and Wis Orchestra
Bobcats
Wrrko Radio
Tyrone Power
Mark OF
Eh Linda Darnell
Basil Oman
INC
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