Birthday party and wedding details at local homes and churches
Mrs. Laura Seavey and Mrs. Frank Reay hosted Effie J. Poole’s surprise birthday at her Federal Street home with flowers refreshments and a cake. George Fairfield Jr. and Beverly Frances Albert wed at Congregational church with Rev. Heigham officiating as Fairfield joins the Navy and departs for Boston. Vacation Bible School leaders and attendees are listed with program notes, plus community notes on residents visiting, furloughs and local work assignments.
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Laura Seavey
Frank Reay
Effie J. Poole
Federal Street
Miss Poole
Reay
George Fairfield, Jr
George Fairfield
Wiscasset
Beverly Frances Albert
Madison
Congregational Church
Robert Heigham
Boston
Robert H. Heigham
F. Brown
Lewis
Betty Burton
Kathryn Norcross
Mamie Norcross
Richard Fairfield
Roy Shea
Wayne Dalton
Martin Andrews
Penny Andrews
Joan Johnson
Priscilla Petrie
Priscilla Colby
Sherril Somes
Dona _ Brown
Joan Lewis
Joanna Light
Mary Smith
Janet Safford
Madeline Fairfield
Carol Brown
Judith Rines
Lorraine Light
Marilyn Jackson
Rita Gross
Arlene Dalton
Gertrude Gross
Janice Metcalf
Gale Foster
Arthur Dalton
Richard Dalton
George Main
Willard Lewis
William Johnson
Gordon Merry
Richard Colby
Robert Fairfield
Schuyler Fairfield
Edwin Pinson
Roger Dalton
Ralph Gross
Stanley Johnson
Robert Rines
Charles Torrey
Detroit
Pfc
Bernard Merry
John Merry
Churchill Street
South Carolina
Lawrence Haggett
Frances Somes
Bath Iron Works
John K. Anderson
Eugene B. Macy
Roslindale
Mass
John Fisher
Main Street
Anderson
Mr. Macy
Paul Simpson
Harlie Simpson
Fort Williams
Portland
John Campbell
James Ross
Washington
Ivan Rines
Maurice Rines
Tenn
S. Lee Merry
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Nellie Merry
Water Street
Ensign Roland Tarbox
Martha Tarbox
Ensign Tarbox
Merchant Marine Academy
New York
Navy
Bible School
American Sunday School Union
Gardiner Road
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Cleaves Henderson
Kenneth Boudin
Jesus
Bride and Groom Tie Status at Sabino Summer Visit
Mr and Mrs Donald C Freeman from Springfield Mass married recently in Springfield First Congregational Church. Bride granddaughter of George W Dean, daughter of W R Dean New Jersey and South Carolina. They will spend the Summer with the groom's grandmother Mrs Martha E Bates of Sabine. Freeman teaches at Bath Iron Works training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino
New Meadows
Donald C. Freeman
Springfield
Mass
First Congregational Church
William E. McCormack
George W. Dean
Pearl Street
Chester Freeman
Portland
Dean
Freeman
State College of Connecticut
Martha E. Bates
Sabine
Bath Iron Works
Grangers Defy Heat for Monday Grange Meeting
West Bath grange members met Monday evening despite extreme heat. with Mrs Francis Deehan directing a varied program including songs, a skit City Boarders reading and piano pieces. Refreshments were served and dancing was canceled due to heat. Next week’s program will be supervised by lecturer Mrs Julia Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Julia Field
Francis Deehan
America
the Grange
Graydon Smith
Sophie G. Friedman
Edward Waters
City Boarders
Vivian White
Beverly Pendleton
Reading
Ella Coombs
Riva Greenblatt
Penny March
John Sylvester
Ethel MacDonald
Annie Lemont
Thelma Sylvester
Maine Malt Beverage Tax Revenue in 1942 Reaches Near Two Million
From where I sit the legislator Fred Williams notes state expenses rise while income falls gas taxes drop by about 1.5 million and other revenue shrinks yet Maine tax revenue from wholesome malt beverages stands strong at nearly 2 million in 1942 a welcome sum for taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
House
Maine
Fred
Pendleton party honors Beverly on her birthday
West Bath notes a July 11 party at Er and Mrs S M Pendleton for Beverly Pendleton with many relatives and friends attending. Other items include visits, furloughs, transfers, family birthdays, and local social activity across Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Pendleton
Beverly
Allan
Donald McAllister
William Ketchum
Kennard
Bernard Johnson
Mary Deehan
Phillis Pomeroy
Peter Carlton
Janice Perham
Gail Jean Carlton
Sidney
Dana, Nealand
Jean Pendleton
Medford Perham
Hartley Carlton
Lee Pomeroy
Brunswick
Return Visit of Navy Enlistee Richard Madden From New Orleans
Richard Madden eldest son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Madden of Dike road arrived from New Orleans La Wednesday morning for a few days visit before reporting to a southern port for active duty. He has enlisted in the U S Navy in the Naval Construction Battalion as petty officer second class and will report by July 22. He traveled over 5000 miles by train in two days after leaving Bath with other Bath men for Pascagoula Miss where he worked with Ingalls Shipbuilding Co later moving to New Orleans to Pendleton Shipyard. He previously worked at Bath Iron Works and the Fabrication Plant at Hardings and is a Morse High School class of 1940 graduate. His wife cannot accompany him due to time constraints and remains with her parents in Bay St Louis. He notes heat in New York City but welcomes the Maine air upon his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Cornish
Janice Perham
Harry Cornish
Alaska
Ednar L. Owens
Norridgewock
Bath Iron Works
Camp Davis
N. C
Fletcher Waterman
Foster's Point Road
Owens
Lee Owens
Camp _ Edwards
Mass
Robert Boudreau
Marshall Boudreau
Helen Winch
Worcester
John Perkins
Thomas Scullee
Tommy
Riverdale
N. Y
Bowen Torrey
Meadow Ledges
Warren Babbige, Jr
Harding Plant
Camden
Leon Felker
Edward Burns
Lewiston
Dorothy Bubier
Forest MedIven
Pleasant Point
Marshall White
Albert White
Fred Bubier
Irving Burnham
Stephen
Larry Bath
Robert Burnham
Lawrence Burnham
Ogunquit
Robert Wishart
Vassalboro
Ernest Henry Rose
Ernest Rose
Fort Pierce
Fla
Camp Pickett
Alden Parker
Kenneth
Milo
Joseph Brown
Bath
Joseph Robichaud
Leonard Smith
David
G. C. Smith
Beatrice Shaw
Ethel Moore
West Bath
Owen Rogers
Walter Mallett
Topsham
Mary Ellen Quinlan
Augusta
Harry Peterson
Camp Carey
Sabbath Day Lake
Lawrence Perry
Madison
Roland Carlton
Ronald
Eva Perry
Gertrude Greenleaf
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Walter Larrabee
John Larrabee
Glen Holden
Douglas Mitchell
James Rodden
Larrabee’s Grove
Skowhegan
John Patterson
Rosedale
Eleazer Babine
Irving Layton
Bernice Carr
Newton Center
M. C. Gackenbach
Kenneth Brown
Nancy
Fred Emmons
Alpha Booker
J. W. Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York Village
F. W Larrabee
Merton Wright
Ronald Larrabee
Richard Madden
Joseph Madden
Dike Road
New Orleans
Madden
U. S. Navy
Naval Construction Battalion
Pascagoula
Miss
Ingalls Shipbuilding Co
Pendleton Shipyard
Higgins Industries Inc
Morse High
Hardings
Mississippi
Maine
Sara Bailey
Dora Bailey
Avis Marston
Percy Marston
Nasan College
Springvale
Markson’ Bros
Blanche Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Eugene Hunnewell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Milton
Waldo Hathorne
Cummington
Harvey P. Hathorne
Willard Oldrieve
Malden
Day's Ferry
Clifford Richey
Chicopee
Richey
Carl Longfellow
Eugene Harold
Memorial Hospital
Harold Stanton
Carolyn
Sylvia Baker
Milton Baker
Bowdoinham
Walter Baker
North Woolwich
Stanley Whitehouse
Warren
Hartford
Cona
Whitehouse
Eben Dana
Dana
Lemuel Preble
Robert Hogan
Washington, D.C
James Thorpe
Janice
Sagadahoc Bay
Charles Pinkhan
Naval Training Base
New London
Willard Elliott
Elliott
South Portland
Arthur Allen
Albert Temple
Mabel Lancaster
Paul Kuta
Russsel Dorr
Bowdeinham
Eleanor Grover
Brunswick
Cpl
Harold Perkins
Texas
Milton Carlton
WPB
McCabe
John Smith
Richard Roe
School Calendar Set for 1943 44 Under Ladd
Superintendent Harland A. Ladd releases the 1943 44 school year calendar. It lists openings, term starts and ends, holidays including Armistice and Memorial Day, and a total 180 school days. Robert P. Manson of Winnegance, employed at Bath Iron Works, is visiting Boston before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Schools
Harland A. Ladd
Morse High School
First Half Year Record Shows Fewer Traffic Deaths
The report for the first half of 1943 shows a 47 percent drop in motor vehicle fatalities from the prior year, with June 1943 alone down eight percent. Sixteen pedestrians, drivers, and passengers died in June, ages 2 to 74, including a child and a driver under liquor influence. The case of a truck driver who fell from the hood while accessing an emergency tank is highlighted as a cautionary tale for truck operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George I. Shaw
Maine State Police
Spear Sells Last House in Sunset Park Project
Twenty years after buying the Sunset Park housing project at auction from the U S Government Hon Arthur G Spear of Portland has sold the last of 119 houses and land included in the purchase He has long been a Bath visitor and a Maine legislator now serving on the Executive Council Citizens expect fewer Bath visits from him after the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Spear
Portland
United States
North End
Sunset Park
Spear
Bath
Mizpah Class Meets Tuesday Evening
Mizpah class of the First Baptist church met Tuesday of last week with Mrs. George Carey for Bible study and business. Mrs. J. Russell Grant led the business session and an invitation was accepted for Mrs. Frank Chamberlain to host a social next Tuesday evening at Whiskeay. Rev. Charles R. Sims conducted the study on the Story of Rebecca, followed by sewing and refreshments. Mrs. Roy J. Lawrence and twin daughters of 1005 High Street are visiting relatives in Bangor for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
George Carey
J. Russell Grant
Frank Chamberlain
Whiskeay
Charles R. Sims
Rebecca
Roy J. Lawrence
High Street
Bangor
Partridge Cemetery Association elects officers at Woolwich meeting
The Partridge Cemetery Association held its annual meeting at Miss Marcia Stinson's home in Woolwich with a large turnout. Duncan McIntosh became president, Mrs. Frank R. Bailey secretary treasurer, Mrs. Dinsmore Leach superintendent, Mrs. Maria Savage auditor, and three directors elected for three years. A baked bean supper followed at the Good Will club house under Mrs. Nelson Rice's committee. Various townspeople and relatives are noted for summer visits and relocations. Cpl. Harold Perkins, recently promoted to sergeant, is nephew to local residents Milton Carlton and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge Cemetery Association
Marcia Stinson
Duncan McIntosh
Frank R. Bailey
Dinsmore Leach
Maria Savage
Willard E. Elliot
Wilbur E. Howe
Cyrus H. Gilmore
Good Will Club House
Nelson Rice
Harry T. Fitch
Edward V. Reed
Clarence Getchell
Florence Carlton
Martha Leeman
Bay Point Salvage Drive Seeks Bundled Papers And Magazines
Bay Point residents report over 2000 pounds of iron and 80 pounds of fat collected for salvage. The drive now requests corrugated board and magazines in bundles, mixed papers and newspapers tied securely. Miss Louisa Howard is salvage chairman.
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Bay Point
Louisa Howard
Salvage
Aunt Lou
Pvt Edward Nealley Stationed in Mississippi Battalion
Pvt Edward St John Nealley is stationed with the 141st Ordnance Base Automotive Maintenance Battalion at the Mississippi Ordnance Plant in Jackson Mississippi Mrs Nealley visiting Wellfleet Massachusetts and will spend the winter in California at home of his mother Mrs Harry A Nealley of Craigie Circle Nealley is son of the late Harry A Nealley formerly of Bath and MacMahan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward St. John Nealley
141St Ordnance Base Automotive Maintenance Battalion
Mississippi Ordance
Jackson
Miss
Nealley
Wellfleet
Mass
Caidge
I Ln
Harry A. Nealley
Craigie Circle
Pvt
Bath End
Mac Mahan
Penalty Threats Loom Over Builders in Bath Rules
WPB asserts strict enforcement of wartime building and plumbing rules in Bath. About 320 homes built illegally and 25 000 worth of plumbing installed unlawfully prompt warnings to carpenters electricians and plumbers and to material dealers. A public meeting will explain rules and priorities and a 5000 fine awaits violations.
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W. R. Dean
Grangers
West Path Grange Hall
Bent Lau
INOR
Frank H. Holley
Main ST
Waterville
Louraine Sawyer
Five Islands
Paul Fields
William Bailey, Jr
Mary Bailey
Bates Stover
Carol Stover
Joyce Stover
Old Orchard
Joyce
Edward McGuiggan
Harold Drake
Debora
David S. Ring
Charles Quimby
Elsinore Avenue
William Brown, Jr
Iffa Brown
Portland Hospital
Gregware
John Gowen
Emily Hudson
Lois McLean
Aroostook
Harry Tabor
Everett
Perry Thompson
Evelyn McFee
Stanley Brown
Canada
Alton King
Naval Construction
Batallion
Ladd
Robert P. Manson
Winnegance
Woolwich
Fred Preble
Auburn
Harry Stone
Green Pastures
Preble
WCOU
Grace Campbell
Mary Campbell
Harry Anderson
Joan
Stamford
W.P.B
John Doe
Joe Doe
Bath From Works Corp
E. S. Odlin
Portlands
War Production Board
City Hall Auditorium
Stanley Teasdale
Percy Miller
Middle Street
Oklahoma City
Okla
Marie
Bruce Hallgren
North Weymouth
Martin
Upper Washington Street
OF Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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