History of Day's Ferry Woolwich Read At Cosmopolitan Club
Mrs Daisy Welch reads a detailed history of Day's Ferry Woolwich tracing its earliest owners, Harnden settlers and the ferry origins, taverns, travels, and local trades from 17th century to early 19th century with notes on notable figures, battles, and village industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Cosmopolitan Club
Daisy Welch
Kennebec River
Day's Ferry
Mahotiwormet
Sagamore
Nequasseg
Gunner's Nose
Bateman and Brown
Mahotwormet
Savage
Stinson
Gilmore
Edgar
Kennebec
Smith
Hammond
Samuel Harnden
Massachusetts
Eames
Ford
Carleton
Martin
Harnden
Boston
General Court
Mary Edgar
Samuel
Mary
Preble
Mary Harnden Preble
Ebenezer Preble
Canada
Mary Harnden
Day's
Thorne’s Head
Arnold
Montsweayy
Wiscasset
John Adams
Robert White
Grover's
Pine Haven Camp Director Makes First Maine Visit
Muriel A White arrives in Bath from Richmond Indiana to lead Pine Haven Girl Scout day camp for its second season at Sewall's Woods. She brings prior camp leadership in Norfolk Portsmouth and Kingsport and serves as executive secretary of the Richmond Indiana Girl Scout Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Pine Tree
Muriel A. White
Bath
Richmond
Ind
Pine Haven
Sewall's Woods
White
Herbert F. Pierce
High Street
Girl Scout Council
Indiana
University of Indiana
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Kingsport
J. H. White
Bloomington
R. Clinton McFadden
Maurice A. Libby
Miss White
Edward Sewall
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Council
Judge Keehan Explains Rental Registration Law
Bath defense area landlords must register all housing by August 15 under Judge Keehan area rent director. Registration forms available at banks post offices real estate offices and utility offices. Landlords urged to complete early, avoid errors and use provided postage free envelopes.
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Bath Defense Rental Area
John J. Keenan
Bath Defense
Lincoln
Sagadahoe
Light and Gas Company
Keegan
Area Rent Office
Drunken Driving on the Rise Says Chief Weaver
Maine State Police Chief Henry P. Weaver warns that drinking and driving is a growing threat. A June 29 to July 6 report shows 28 accidents, including one fatal and 12 personal injuries, with liquor involved in many crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Henry P. Weaver
Bath Man Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
Henry C. DeLong of Bath has been promoted to Lieutenant Commander in the U S Navy. A Naval Academy graduate, the 31 year old officer served with air patrol squadrons aboard the U S S Oklahoma and USS Philadelphia and is now chief flight instructor of Squadron 12 at Jacksonville Naval Air Station. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harold W DeLong of 857 Washington Street Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. DeLong
Bath
U.S. Navy
U.S. Naval Academy
DeLong
U.S.S. Oklahoma
Philadelphia
Harold W. DeLong
Washington Street
Maine
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Rev Albion Beverage resigns Maine FCA post for Niagara Falls pastorate
The Reverend Albion P. Beverage has stepped down as general secretary of the Maine Christian Association at the University of Maine to accept the pastorate of the First Congregational Church in Niagara Falls New York. The announcement came in Orono from Prof Benjamin C. Kent, chairman of the advisory board of the M. C. A.
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Albion P. Beverage
Maine Christian Association
University of Maine
First Congregational Church
Niagara Falls
New York
Orono
Benjamin C. Kent
Mrs Crockett resigns as Red Cross secretary due to illness
Ada R Crockett, long time executive secretary of Bath Red Cross, resigns after an illness confinement. Car l E Albee named secretary pro tem as immunization clinics and home nursing details are announced. Eagles install officers and admit ten new members at Bath Aerie No 875 with Deputy Grand President Seward present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada R. Crockett
Bath
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Front Street
Louis A. Dole
Crockett
Car
E. Albee
Albee
Marcia Moulton
Ruth W. Henry
Joseph A. Randazzo
Pam
Mitchell School
Hyde Park Terrace
Producetion
Dole
George J Moulton
Henry
Small
Trott
J Albert Redlon
Anna Trott
Isadore Singer
Carolyn Moses
Alexander MacDonald
Bath Aerie of Eagles
William O. Seward
Burlington
the Aerie
Seward
The
Bath Aerie
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Jack Clark
Walter H. Norton
Walter J. Norton
Eugene Butterfield
Edward T. Whitehouse
Edward J. Lesier
Fred L. Stover
Raymond Berry
Edward J. Lee
Walter J Norton
Delbert H Hatch, Jr
Rodney Tarbox
Charles T. Kidder, Jr
Walter H Norton
Mr. Lesier
William Robson Takes Three-Week Vacation From NE Tel Co
William Robson a foreman lineman with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company begins a three week vacation leaving his duties temporarily in charge of the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robson
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Condors Plan Tokyo Reunion Among Glider Trainees
Edward B Cohen of this city helps plan the Condors first annual reunion to be held in Tokyo. He trains at the Air Force Training Detachment base at Twenty Nine Palms California as glider pilot training becomes available to enlisted Army men. Cohen is a son of Mr and Mrs Morris H Cohen Old South Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Condors
Army of the United States
Tokyo
Edward B. Cohen
Air Force Training Detachment
Twentynine Palms
Calif
Condor Field
Army
Cohen
Morris H. Cohen
Old South Place
Col Baker Celebrates Birthday With Family in Portland
Mrs. Charles E. Doten and sister Mrs. Whitman B. Mitchell with sons Eliot and Emery of Portland visited Col. George A. Baker on Milan Street as he marked his birthday, spending Sunday with him at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Doten
Whitman B. Mitchell
Eliot and
Emery
Portland
George A. Baker
Milan Street
Bath to Build New Highway with Underpass Plan
William B. Getchell of the Maine Highway Commission informs Bath property owners that they must vacate along the projected new road. The route runs from Middle Street Court to High Street with an underpass at High Street and may include a ramp to the Carlton bridge. Construction could start by August if materials are available and aims to relieve state traffic congestion before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Getchell
Maine Highway Commission
Bath
Commission
Navy
Bureau of District Engineers
Public Roads Administration
Albany
N. Y
Maine Commission
High Street
Edmund P. Briggs
Charles A. Andre
Middle Street Court
Middle
Franklin House
Texaco
Court Street
Western Avenue
John Foley
Quimby Street
New Meadows River
New Meadows
Washington Street
Professor Leydon Visits Aunt Before Summer Camp
Philadelphia professor John Leydon visits his aunt Mrs. Fret Reed at 975 High Street before departing for a summer camp at Kezar Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leydon
Philadelphia
Fret B. Reed
High Stret
Kezar Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Navy
Atlas
Grover's Tavern
Girl Scout
Sewall’s Woods
Rockland
Alfred Hempstead
Pratt Memorial Methodist
Beech Street
Ruth Ellingwood
A. W. Gregory
John Stevens
Winifred Chatto
June Chatto
Priscilla Noddin
John Moore
Eamesholme
Athens
Moore
Bath Iron Works Corp
J. J. Keegan
H. P. Weaver
Robert C. Giffen
U.S.N
Iceland
Rom
Europe
Dhat
Condors
Glider Pilots’ Organization
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