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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1939

Page

6

Bath society notes mark summer visits and travels

A lengthy Bath society column lists residents and visitors, including Gardiner D. Rogers, Mrs. John Crosby, Mrs. J. McClure, and many others. People depart for Meadowbrook, Sag Harbor, or Bangor. brides and engagements surface as Jean and June McCall sail to Manila via Boston and Honolulu. Local churches host gatherings as families plan summer retreats and weddings while the community tracks vacations, visits, and relocations.

Hinkel Cottage Opens at Small Point Beach for Summer

Mr and Mrs Charles Hinkel of Boston open their cottage at Small Point Beach for the summer and host friends from Ontario. William Grevers of Rockville Center New York arrived Friday evening to spend the weekend and holiday with Mrs Grevers at Meadowbrook.

Paul Simmonds Somerville Mass Meadowbrook Mr. Simmonds Mrs. Simmonds Forest Staples Constance Richard Staples Guy Yates Belfast Palmer Cobb Boston Frederick E. Drake Bath Birch Point Elena Bianchi Adele Bianchi Framingham Drake Martha Hutchins Stanley Maplewood N. J Sumner Sewall Alexandra David Nicholas Washington Street Small Point Beach Robert Charles St. Louis Small Point Betty Chapin Washington, D. C Frank McLanathan Harry White John J. Lee Francis B. Lee Quincy Edward J. Lee Pearl Street William P. McAuliffe York Street Quebec Charles Hinkel Ontario William Grevers Rockville Center N. Y Hon Mrs. H. Baxter Mere Point Mrs. Lawrence Lord High Street New York Eleanor Jean Danforth Prank W. Danforth Donald P. Preble Anne Thompson Jane Hazel Feere Isabelle Lewis Mary Brown Theo McNeil Marjorie Palmer Elizabeth Deering Raymond Brown Damariscotta William Blake Hampton

Social Roundup of Summer Guests and Travel Plans

Residents and visitors gather for leisure trips and hosted events across Bath. Notables include Sen Sumner visiting Fargo, Fred Hector and Mrs Sewall family matters, Miss Cours er wedding in Webster New Hampshire, and multiple families at Popham Beach Mere Point and Small Point.

Sumner Sewall Te District For Community The Cosmopolitan Club Leroy C. Colby Roscoe P. McFadden Bowen Torrey Edmund A. Rothwell Carl Y. Kennedy Margaret Mulligan Bath Maine Federation of Garden Clubs Camden Sumner Fargo N. D Fred Hector William D. Sewall Senator Sewall Bangor American Legion

Bath Iron Works Notes and Gossip

The Bath Iron Works Corp considers a more moderate operation level though a preyear 800 job cut was deemed unlikely due to active Navy work. Recent orders require 24 month destroyer completion, and the plant keeps a private 26 man fire department with organized zones and extensive hose and foamite equipment.

Bath Iron Works Corp Iron Works

Iron Works Fire Unit Operates Independent Pump System

The Iron Works maintains an auxiliary fire pump in the fire room that can draw from the river and feed six regular outlets to create twelve hose lines with hydrants. Its 26 member force answers all city second alarms and four-box first calls, aiding at Texas yard, Columbia theatre block, and Wagner property fires last August.

Iron Works Washington and Union Iron Works Yard South Texas Yard Columbia Theatre Wagner Water Street

Monthly plant drill roster lists workers and roles

The department holds a monthly drill triggered by the plant whistle for a mythical yard fire. Participants receive 50 cents each. The present roster shows the fire company members and their plant duties and positions.

Foamite staff and city officials linked to Iron Works board

Arthur Preney and Ed Mund St Peter operate foamite tanks in the time office and maintenance department while Cecil Pullerton serves as maintenance electrician and foamite company chief. Scott Morse, pipe shop foreman and Bath Fire Department chief, sits on the Iron Works board with Frank T. Fortier of the regular city department.

Arthur Preney Edmund St. Peter Cecil Pullerton Foamite Scott Morse Bath Iron Works’ Company Frank T. Fortier

Notable crew roles aboard the foamite vessel and hoses

Charles Farrell serves as maintenance piper operating the fire pump in the fire room. William Ryan assists Farrell as another maintenance piper. Leon Genthner works in Port Captain Blair’s office as toa mite tank noazleman. Ernest George is a clerk in Arthur King’s ship yard office and a hose company member. Ralph Bertrand is an inside machinist and nozzleman for the foamite company. Ira Durgan is an acetylene burner and welder in the hose company. John Mulaney works in the boil er shop as a foamite tank hoseman. Lester Savoy is a machine pipe fitter and hose company member. Harold Corliss, pipe Shop captain of the foamite crew.

Charles Farrell William Ryan Mr. Farrell Leon Genthner William S. Blair Toamite Noazleman Ernest George Arthur King Hose Company Ralph Bertrand Foamite Company Ira Durgan John Mulaney Foamite Lester Savoy Harold Corliss

Hose Company Personnel List Among Industrial Workers

Charles Haggett tinshop foamite company Harold Dowling mould loft employe clerk of hose company Joseph Dubar test gang member of hose seating O an inntier plain sa man r ea hose company Milton Savage leading man shipfitter assistant chief of department Arthur Bourget ae crew member of hose company Robert Eari tinshop member of hose company Edward Jenks Captain Blair office member of hose company Kirk Roberts heat treating expert for the Iron Works Albert Flint acetylene brazer in the pipe shop Carroll Watson holds the all important post of chef.

Charles Haggett Tinshop Foamite Company Harold Dowling Mould Loft Employe Hose Company Joseph Dubar Test Gang Iron Works Albert Flint Carroll Watson

Penway Park Hosts Key Weekend Series for League Leaders

Jack Wilson Howard Small and Don Urday prep for Saturday and Sunday games at Penway Park. The weekend tilts feature the league leading New team seeking to extend its margin.

Jack Wilson Howard Small Don

York Yankees and Navy Yard Transfers Reported

The piece notes Walter Madden vacationing in a state room while Rowland G Beal assists Pur chasing Agent W Dayton Hill on leave. It also describes iron works employees returning from Navy Yards and welders Harta and Delano resuming posts after Boston Navy Yard duties, plus Dut ton leaving Philadelphia yard for Tim Mée Cabe's South Yard. Charlie left Quaker City due to heat.

Iron Works Navy Yards Peter Harta Orrison Delano Boston Navy Yard Charlies Dutton

Watchmen Guard Iron Works Patrols Named

A dozen watchmen guard the Iron Works including Philip Murphy and John Gannon on the George Melzard with night relievers Clif Spinney and John Johnson. Harry Barrett era Hall and yard patrol, William Cushing John Waterhouse Ira Rice and Daniel Bennett guard destroyers with Cush ing and Waterhouse by day and Rice and Bennett by night.

Philip Murphy John Gannon George Melzard Clif Spinney John Johnson Harry Barrett Era Hall William Cushing John Waterhouse Ira Rice Daniel Bennett Mr. Cushing Mr. Waterhouse Mr. Rice Mr. Bennett

Two men survive 140-foot plunge at Percy & Small shipyard

John Johnson a veteran rigger and Charles L. Anderson of 1041 Washington street were recalled as part of the watchman group for a remarkable 1807 incident at the Percy & Small ship yard. They plunged 140 feet from a mast head onto the deck and survived after long months of recovery.

John Johnson Ng City Percy & Small Ship Yard Charles L. Anderson Washington Street

Destroyer Sims Trials Near Squalus Site Whale Spectacle

Builders aboard the destroyer Sims observed a large school of whales off Seguin while near the Squalus disaster site near Portsmouth New Hampshire. Six whales blew at once as Chef Carroll Watson and assistants served beef stew cake doughnuts fruit coffee ginger ale milk and tomato juice to workers officials and observers.

Sims Portsmouth N. H Seguin Carroll Watson

Gardiner Welder Lance Cooper Becomes Grandfather to Baby Lance Richard Cooper

Lance Cooper, boss welder, welcomes a son Lance Richard Cooper at Gardiner Hospital. The newborn, weighing seven pounds and one fall ounce, marks a fourth generation in the Cooper family, with great grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cooper of 445 Middle Street in the city.

Edward D. True A. Hallet & Co Lance Cooper Lanny Cooper Gardiner High School Gardiner Hospital Lance Richard Cooper Henry Cooper Middle Street Lance

Cooper heir arrival sparks jubilation at Gardiner

Carroll Watson head of the laborers department notes Lance celebrated the arrival with such vigor that he nearly distributed cigars to all.

Cooper Gardiner Carroll Watson Laborers’ Department Lance

Local workers spend weekend at Ports mouth home

Kenney Jaquith a fitter Ralph Goodrich of the welding department Irvis Mank of the tinshop and Arthur Sturtevant of the Hyde Windlass spent the weekend and holiday at Ports mouth New Hampshire at Mr Goodrichs home Eddie Atkinson who enters Morse High seniors class in September entered the plant recently as an assistant in the tool room and with the outside engineering crew.

Kenney Jaquith Ralph Goodrich Irvis Mank Arthur Sturtevant Hyde Portsmouth N. H Eddie Atkinson Morse High

Five workers at Voorhees cottage for two weeks

Five employees of the firm are at home at the Voorhees cottage at Pop ham Beach for the next fortnight. The group includes Arthur Sarkis main office clerk Wilfred Chaney and Robert Lee shipfitter helpers George Perry store room clerk and Homer Wood ward material clerk in Harry The beau's department. With the group I will be Alec Baka assistant pro at the Bath Country Club. They will com mute to their work.

Voorhees Popham Beach Arthur Sarkis Wilfred Chaney Robert Lee

Local workers travel after hospital stay and holidays

Sidney Herbert an outside machinist has left Memorial hospital after an appendectomy and heads home to Montclair New Jersey from Portland by boat to New York City then rail to Montclair to convalesce. Donald Conroy and Harland Brown left by motor for Union New Jersey to spend weekend with Theodore Urbanowits. Rodney Lee passes them at a Camden summer home as relatives prepare from Washington for the season. Berry Ellis, a machinist, fished near Churchill Lake in Northern Maine with his family during the holiday weekend.

Sidney Herbert Memorial Hospital Montclair N. J Portland New York City Donald Conroy Hull Harland Brown Daley Union Theodore Urbanowits Rodney Lee Parente Camden Washington, D. C Berry Ellis Churchill Lake Maine Woods

Tennis Stars and Local Notables Highlight Holiday Grid

Walter Fitzgerald aids Ger ald Atkinson on a Cancan home survey during the holiday. Mr Piineerald, a prominent 1033 intercollegiate tennis figure, tops state standings. Jimmy Parker, a first class Philadelphia welder, is sidelined days with an ankle strain.

Walter Fitzgerald Gerald Atkinson Cancan Piineerald Jimmy Parker Philadelphia

Bowen Camps Trout Haul Sets Weekend Record

Last weekend Ralph and Gid Atkinson reported a combined catch of 36 trout and salmon from the pond at Bowen camps. The haul marks a strong showing for local anglers and highlights productive waters at the camps.

Bowen Ralph Gid” Atkinson

City council to weigh tax equalization July 14 visit

State Assessor Frank H. Holley will visit the county on July 14 at 9 a.m. to conduct a just equalization of taxable property and investigate charges of concealment and failure to tax. A Bath meeting Wednesday may address the issue. The Bath scene also notes a ship launch and local events in Bath and surrounding towns.

Frank H. Holley County Bath

Personal notes on visits of Keene and Bath residents

Mr and Mrs Abraham Miller of York and Elisabeth Ham of Bath formerly of Bath are visiting relatives in Bath and Old Town. Igman M Pinkham and Boothbay residents have been received in the office of City Clerk John W Gilmore. They were married.

Stanley M. Wague Front Street Muriel E. Lewis Lester C. Lewis High Street John W. Gilmore Z. Andrews Randolph Abraham Miller York Nre Vigneau Elisabeth Ham Keene, N

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Y Society Gardiner D. Rogers John P. Crosby J. Horace McClure Carl B. Stinson Bernard Pratt Doris Henderson Steeves Beverly Shorey Sargeant School Poland Charles L. Haggett West Bath Barre Gilmore Margaret Plaherty Newport, R. I Peter Flaherty William M. Blake Norfolk Blake Jed F. Hallowell Oakstreet W. Albert Thompson Warren Marjorie Legard Christian R.N Edna Hallowell Mrs Nathan Watson Lyman B. Hollingshead Lyman B., Jr Pemberton Kennebec Fannie Boucher Sprucewold Hazel A. Harnish George W. Harnish Washington Herbert McIntire Small Point Baptist Church Amos Webster South Orland James Hutchins South Brewer John Hutchins Bath Street Nancy Hyde Converse G. Fenn George C. Minard New York University de ‘Minard Lorraine Portier Leland Fortier William Soucie Lawrence Weston Waldeboro Arthur Freeman Arthur, Jr Center Street Millinocket Mr. Freeman Freeman Betty Johnson Wisgasset Owen J. Ledyard Mary Louise Lord Frank Anderson Givin Central Church Ida Greenleaf Saugus Mercie McPadden Bedford Street Westport Frank Smith West Newton Lena C. Shepard Herbert Lermond Francis Eastman Mooselockmegantic Upper Rangeley the Birches Jean June Ellen McCall San San Francisco Adams United States Lines Manila Roger F. McCall Philippine Islands Honolulu T. H Kobe Japan McCall Cavite Navy Yard Jean McCall Duke University Durham N.C June McCall Morse High School Charles E. Kelley Russell Street Frederick MacFarland Watertown Francis Lefebvre Montreal Manchuokuo China Adelard Lefebvre Michael J. Nagle Detroit, Mich Bertha Soule Brooklyn Grove Street Waterville Colby College Martha Morse Horace Morse Oak Street Staples Drug Store William Rich New Jersey Clifford W. Russell Wood-Ridge Robert O. Bogle Lyndhurst Rich George Wright Betty Woolwich Mrs. Stillman Dyer Lord Street Brewer Elmer Peters Mildred Joan Chapman Channing Chapman Oron3 Laura Craft William J. Craft University of Maine Allan Spear Joseph Donald Popham Pauline Nickerson Shaw's Joan Worden Belmont William Worden Ralph G. Stetson John Fitch S. Arnold Willis John Palmer Bristol R. I William P. Adams Read Pitman John Kimble Moosehead Lake Francis McPherson Joseph Avery, Jr Sea Girl Stockton Mr. McPherson Sea Girt Mr. Avery John H. Hyde Nancy Sally Elmhurst Sally Hyde Camp Martyn Andover Swampscott Francis Hill Betty and Jackson South Street Earl Dow Lewiston Buick Co Cambridge, Mass William F. Grindell Thomas Grindell George W. Wilson Vincent Sweeney Michael Hastings Daniel O’connor Charles J. Donnell Kalamazoo, Mich Ralph Dowling Miriam Dowling Raymond Prescott Dorchester Margaret Bill Sarah Dowling Shaw Street James A. Bimson Wiscasset Virginia Jewett Brian Jewett Edmund M. Staples Samuel M. Jordan Portsmouth Navy Yard John J. Shepard Lena €. Shepard First National Bank Randall G. Nichols Pine Street Pitman Benjamin Coombs Sterling Bible Class Free Will Corliss Street Church King’s Point Forest C. Johnson Prof Cornwall Rogers Moftsweag Joseph Grace Fryeburg Colebrook Maurice McL. Miller James M. Miller Providence, R. I Marston House Seth S. Mullin Mary L. Turpin Hancock Point W. Abbert Thompson Thompson Horace P. Herrick Cal National Education Association Herrick Lincoln-Sagadahoc Teachers’ Association Frank A. Farrin Green Street Five Islands Mrs. Herbert Lermond Moosehead William Kuhn Katherine McLaughlin Water- Vowrl Andrew—Smith Orn Kuhn McLaughlin James E. McLaughlin Willow Street Ruth Murphy Bailey Street Rhode Island Sarah Libby Silverman Thurglay Bridgton Kent Pred N. Sanborn Bermuda Frederick William Courser Warner, N. H Sarah Adelaide Courser Walter Lermond Martin Corser Hill Church Webster, N. H Harry L. Day George Oliver Willard Oliver Roger Oliver Elizabeth Oliver Bernice M. Carr Senter’s, Inc Edward A. Cummings William H. Ketchum Mr. Ketchum Fort Williams William Freeman Priscilla William Westfield, N. J Fred D. Hill Edward Reed Wollaston Susan L. Reed Lincoln Street Norman O. Magoun Osborn Henry T. B. Leeman Somerset Place Edward G. Morin Elizabeth Harry F. Morin James S. Duncan Ralph W. Bragg Rupert W. Irvine North Street Bragg Moose Pond Fletcher Lowell Hanover Dartmouth College Lowell Joan John Parker Chase Mellon, Jr Chase Mellon Madelyn Dunton Rich’s Mountain Dorothy Bourque Ruth Robinson Margaret K. Sampson Lewis Bay South Yarmouth Cape Cod Lafayette Lake Frederick W. Humphreys Agnes Humphreys Robert A. Toothaker Caroline Toothaker Brunswick James Nostall Robert J. Blair E. E. Wing North Bath Capt W. S. Blair Richard Bancroft Brookline Miass E. A. Dickinson U. S Bath Iron Works Lawrence Lord Mrs. Lord John Watson Stanley M. Brown Fore River Thliehem Steel Corp John Green Lawrence Towle Bob Haskell Tron Works George E. Clough B. I. W. Fire Department Vincent Nichols Clough York Yankees Walter Madden State Room Rowland G. Beal W. Dayton Hill Donald McKay Jersey City Brett W. Leonard Farrin Street Leonard Wallace MacDonald Henry Gediman Emac the State Liquor Store Bath Marine Band Masonic Temple Harry Brown Gagadahoc Real Estate Association Grand Central Station Sylvania Station Newae Street Rymeeting Bay Harvard Henley Henley Regatta Iia Cosapear Ties and Rubber Co Paul W. Litchfield Alliquippa Sebasco Lodge Bias Baatst Eevee
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