Open House Day at Bath Memorial Hospital July 19
View of a new five bed ward as part of the Bath Memorial Hospital expansion. The Bath Memorial Social House committee and Women’s Auxiliary are hosting an open house on Wednesday afternoon July 19 from 3 to 4 pm. Attendees may tour the new wing, see improvements and new equipment, with Nurses Aides and members of the Nurses Alumni and Auxiliary on hand to guide. Light refreshments will be served in the solarium under Mrs Arthur King, auxiliary president, and committee supervision.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Soctal House
Womens Auxiliary
Nurses Alumni Association
Arthur King
Surprise Party for Mrs Coombs at King Part Cottage
A surprise birthday gathering was held at the Coombs cottage in King Part with taxis bringing guests from Steri 2 Bib Class and Free Will Worke. The event featured a noon picnic, cash links, gifts including a pitcher and glasses, and a boat outing with Mr and Mrs Pearl Docd and local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjamin Coombs
King+ Part
Steri
Corliss Street Church
Coomb
Lone
Harold
Gunner Officer Appointed to Navy Society Dispute
The report outlines an officer appointment at a naval society amid internal strife. Names and precise roles are obscured by OCR errors, but the piece notes a formal act, a meeting or ceremony, and a request for protocol adherence within the organization.
Farewell party at Witch Spring home honors local residents
A farewell gathering at the Witch Spring home on West Bath honored residents including Mr and Mrs Ernest Poulos and families from Bath and Portland. Attendees shared refreshments, presented awards, and a surprise event contributed to the celebration. Guests listed include Nichols, Hil Madelyn Oliver, Lauretta Huff, Gertrude Sumpecoc, Reni Ulmer, Martha Torrey, Frances Flaher, Frances Callar, Germaine Bonner, and many others from Bath, Portland, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Poulos
West Bath
Nick
Ard
Lescol Street Bath
West
Dgtty Sas
R.caard
Pou
Acer
Nick Aeros
Porton Mes
Chris Adatzis
Acre
Madelyn Oliver
Agro
Portland
Aus
Steem Frank Car
Warren “Smudge” Rogers
N.ck Sit HH
Randall Hut
Reenart Pou- Woson
Russell
Edward T
Nick Kaki
Dev
Andrew Faherty
Kay
3D Bourzer
Bath
Peter Riucci
Tuna Prices Draw Fishermen From Sports Boats
Bailey Island July 12 observers say tuna price strength keeps sports fishermen from contesting the giant streamliners this season as many former charter boatmen shift to commercial fishing. A 12 blueback catch averaged over $100 per man, first West Point fish sold at $315, spurring departures from charter work despite possible future price declines. Commercial crews landed 187000 pounds of tuna in 1943.
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Bailey Island
Sioo
West Point
Department of Sea and Shore
Service Men's Wives Club Meeting At USC
The Service Men's Wives' Club announces a meeting at USC on Sunday with Florence and S. Erz leading. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served. Invited are wives living in Bath and nearby areas. social hour and program to follow with Mrs Mire Boucher coordinating.
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Mons
USC -al. Thurstax
Florence
S. Erz
Soca Fytow W
S. al
Bath
Mire Boucher
Engagement announced in Roxbury Massachusetts news item
Miss Jen and Edward Mcin ness announce the engagement of her daughter Moz Der.v Helen Jenkins of Ss on Edward Mcin ness USN son of Mrs. Mertens Atenety. Miss Jen and family await further trust from Bamater school. Mr Ernes attended Morse H. and is stationed at Sete NO SX cay aboard USS No.4 Trainnz Station. Mr and Mrs Nor dreas road accompany remain for two weeks with Myrtle Ellinss of upper Wanniston street visiting relatives in Boston.
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Roxbury Mass
I. As
Moz
Helen Jenkins
Edward Mcinness
Mertens
Jen
Bamater “Ool
Morse H. An
Sete
Uss
Nineteen Men Leave To Enter Armed Forces
Nineteen men began a military draft departure on the 91st train to Portland for assignment to Army Navy or Marines. Among Bath participants are William Anderson Maurice Claude Brown Jr Leo Joseph Cormier Robert Lee Graham George Frederic Hersom Frank Walter Kenyon Jr John Willey Lander Jr James McGuizgan Nicholas Ernest Poulos Gerald F Thornton Joseph Alphonse Taureatte and Kenneth Rupert Watson Also leaving were Joseph Le ros Robinson of North Bath Renaud Donat Pelletier of Brunswick Arthur Delano and Maurie Glen Hinckley Jr of Georgetown Gerald J McGinn of Roamond Alfred Alphonzo Dounty of West Point and Al on D Stinson of Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
Army
Navy
Marines
William Anderson
Maurice Claude Brown
Leo Joseph Cormier
Robert Lee Graham
George Frederic Hersom
Frank Walter Kenyon
John Willey Lander
James McGuizgan
Nicholas Ernest Poulos
Gerald F. Thornton
Joseph Alphonse Taureatte
Kenneth Rupert Watson
Joseph Leros
Hand Engine League Announces Annual Muster in Lewiston
Charles W Berry president of the Maine State Hand Engine League Inc announces the annual firemens muster will be held on Labor Day in connection with the Androscoggin Agricultural Society Fair in Lewiston. A meeting of officers and members is set for Saturday at 7 oclock in Topsham to discuss plans. All interested are invited. Mr Henry G Shaw will entertain the Past Matrons club of Genesta chapter at 24 Oak Street Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W Berry
Maine State Hand Engine League, Inc
Androscoggin
Henry G. Shaw
Genesta
Oak Street
Atwood Commendation for Good Conduct Is Found in England
Cpl. Allen H. Atwood son of Mr and Mrs John Atwood of Winship street has sent a letter from England with a Good Conduct Medal certificate after a year of continuous Army service. He mentions Bath schoolmates John Gilmore Dave Clark and Dwight Pierce and notes a furlough home would be welcome. A Morse High graduate in 1942 he worked at Bath Iron Works before enlisting in January 1943 and has been overseas since September 6, 1943.
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Cpl
Allen H. Atwood
John Atwood
Winship Street
England
Army of the
Bath
John
Dave
Dwight
John Gilmore
Dave Clark
Dwight Pierce
Morse High
Allan
Bath Iron Works
Camp Devens
Mass
Arbedeen
Texarkana
Texas
Wedding Anniversary Of Popular Couple Miller Family
Mr and Mrs Justus H Miller of Garden Street celebrated their sixteenth wedding anniversary and Mr Millers birthday with a lobster Newburg supper at their Birch Point summer home. Guests swam boated and danced as the couple recalled their Woolwich wedding in 1928 and shared garden bouquets and well wishing notes. Mr Miller, a Sayvadahoe county clerk of courts appointee of Gov Sewall, has served in the legislature and is a contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus H. Miller
Garden Street
Newburg
Birch Point
Miller
Congregational
Woolwich
Oswald Rankin
Jessie Main
Day's Ferry
St. Andrew's Island
Carolyn Main
R.N
Morse High
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Majella
Carolyn
Nancy
Frank Sparks
Heyward Newcomb
Carl G. French
Horace Ridyard
Abbott Redlon
Alec Burdene
Reobert—Linekin
Frank Talbot
Alden Denham, Jr
John Moore
Albert White
Former Bath Boy Now Police Chief in Nashua New Hampshire
Ralph Stearns, a Bath native and former Navy enlistee, is chief of police in Nashua New Hampshire a city over 30000 population. He has held key police roles including chief inspector in Nashua and state police work. He led the New Hampshire Police Association as president for two years and will become president of the New England Police Chiefs Association this fall. He is also a state chairman for the International Association of Police Chiefs and Radio Commission of New England. Accompanied by East Providence Police Chief James Crosby and others he visited Bath to recall old friends and describe Nashua police facilities.
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Ralph Stearns
Bath
Ralph
Nashua
N. H
William Stearns
United States Navy
Northeastern University
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New Hampshire
Stearns
New Hampshire Police Association, Inc
New England Police Chiefs Association, Inc
International Association of Police Chiefs
Radio Commission of
New England
Rotary International
New England Police Chiefs Association
Poland Spring
James Crosby
East Providence
R. I
Harry Taft
Providence Railroad Association
James Tyrell
Providence
Engagement of Miss Mary McCabe to Frank S Martin
Mr and Mrs Edward R Mc Cabe announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Frances to Frank S Martin CMM US Merchant Marine son of Mr and Mrs Cedric Martin of 32 Willow Street Mary Frances a Morse High School graduate and Bath Iron Works Navy Department employee previously stenographer at Times. Martin a Morse High and University of Maine graduate was with Bath Iron Works at enlistment after prior work with an electrical firm in Salem Massachusetts.
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Edward R. McCabe
Marshall Avenue
Mary Frances
Frank S. Martin
C.M.M
U. S. Merchant Marine
Cedric Martin
Willow Street
Miss McCabe
Morse High School
Navy Department of the
Bath Iron Works
Times Office
Martin
Morse High
University of Maine
Navy Department
The
Iron Works
Salem
Mass
Family Visit Heads to Boothbay Harbor Outing
Mr and Mrs Pearl Butler of Waterville recently visited Mrs Butler's brother and wife Mr and Mrs Roy Shackford of Turner's Court. They accompanied Mr Butler's mother to Boothbay Harbor for a few weeks outing. Mrs Butler before marriage was Miss Meverett Shackford and she spent many summers in Bath with many friends.
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Pearl Butler
Waterville
Mrs. Butler
Roy Shackford
Turner's Court
Mr. Butler
Boothbay Harbor
Miss Meverett Shackford
Bath
Bowdoinham wedding and local summer notes
Lt Richard Lilly son of Mary and the late J Bowdoin Lilly wed Miss Ruth Thorburn of Winthrop at the Episcopal church in Winthrop Mass A luncheon followed at the Copley Plaza before the couple departed for Denver Colo where Lilly is stationed The Daily Vacation Bible school opened with 63 students Rev Paul West in charge and a list of teaching volunteers Local personal items include visits from Boston Dorchester Greenfield Portland and Baltimore residents with several weekend guests and trips to Portland and Biddeford plus news of a son born to Lance Howard Blodgett and Kenneth Hackett’s safe arrival in England with Good Conduct medal awarded The town sees many visitors and hosts throughout the period.
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Bowdoinham
Richard Lilly
Mary
J. Bowdoin Lilly
Ruth Thorburn
Winthrop
Episcopal Church
Mass
Copley Plaza
Denver
Col
Lilly
Bay Road
the Baptist Church
Paul West
West
Richard Denham
Karl Hatch
Jessie Ames
Bertha Heath
William Bailey
Louisa Given
Ralph MacEwen
Marilyn Brown
Mabel Heath
Eleanor Dore
Edward Bragdon
Mildred Temple
Charles Hackett
Jane Browne
George Hamilton
William Hamilton
Boston
C. L. Meisner
Eleanor
Francis
Waltham
Ray Douglas
Eugene S. Edgecomb
Gardiner
Hope Mclver
Vermont
Vera Mclver
Irene Dwelley
Ricker
Samuel Little
Baltimore
Washington
Harry Little
Herbert Stinson
Amesbury
Delmar Stinson
Charles Salie
Revere
Center Street
Courtney Nealey
Portland
Freeman Billings
Alice Lowell of
Winfield Lowell
Elizabeth Nickerson
Presque Isle
A. S. MacDougal
Alice
Elinor Moulton
Etta Schmitt
Dorchester
A. A. Peckham
Raymond Blodgett
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Lance Howard Blodgett
Pfe
Kenneth Hackett
England
Camp Shelby
Miss
Charleston
S. C
Camp Blanding
Fla
Fort Bragg
N. C
Community Notes From Bowdoinham Post Road Area
Mr and Mrs George Millay visit Mr and Mrs Horace Millay. A picnic on Mrs William Baileys lawn with 19 present. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Walter R Howe of Brookfield Sr to Mr and Mrs J Frank Millay. Red Cross meetings held at Mrs William Goulds. Various guests and visits from Washington DC Ohio Connecticut Belmont Mass Freeport Litchfield Richmond Corner Augusta Bath and North Anson. Mrs Purington returns home from hospital with daughter Pauline.
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George Millay
Margaret Hamilton
Washington, D. C
Ernest Frye
Alice Rich
Ohio
Bath
Miss Rich
Margaret Hatch
Edward Crook
Carol Ann
Connecticut
White
Miss White
Vesta Ackley
Belmont
Mass
George Ackley
Frank Millay
FE. C. True
Ernest True
Freeport
Ernest Millay
Ida
Joyce
Litchfield
Terrance Curran
Walter Bean
Lois
North Anson
John Tarr
Richmond Corner
Kay Turner
Morang
Brunswick
Patricia
Charles Messer
Messer
Augusta
Miller Farm
Harry Purington
State Street Hospital
Portland
Pauline
Mr. Purington
William P Voltz Installed as Paymaster of Navy Club
At the Charles F Hughes Ship Navy club meeting on Thursday evening William P Voltz was installed as paymaster succeeding Harry L Jones. Jones, formerly with Bath Iron Works electrical department, is a Merchant Marine officer and soon to sail for the combat area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Hughes
Navy Club of the United States
William P. Voltz
Harry L. Jones
Jones
Electrical
Bath Iron Works
Shorey and Clark Families Visit in New England
Mr and Mrs William S Shorey of Washington street spent the weekend in Hingham Massachusetts with their daughter Mrs John Watson and Mr Watson. Mr and Mrs Charles Clark and Mr and Mrs John Bakalar of Bridgeport Connecticut returned home Friday after visiting Edward and William Murphy of 9 Linden street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Shorey
Washington Street
Hingham
Mass
John Watson
Mr. Watson
Charles Clark
John Bakalar
Bridgeport, Conn
Edward
William Murphy
Linden Street
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Upper Wannston Street
Hand Engine League
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Mary M’cabe
J. Horace McClure
Washington St
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