War correspondent guest of friends at Woolwich
Kenneth R. Porter, war correspondent for Ziff-Davis, visited Richard W. Cotton at Murphy's Corner Woolwich for several days. Porter, recently back from Europe, filed reports on US and British air operations, toured firebombed German sites, and wrote for Flying, Radio News and Popular Photography. Cotton, Canton MA native, is a British government appointee with 90 wartime staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth R. Porter
Ziff-Davis Publishing Co
Chicago
London
Richard W. Cotton
Murphy’s Corner
Woolwich
Mr. Porter
England
Europe
United States
France
U. S
Germany
Brunswick
Swinefurt
Radio News
Porter
Cotton
Sampson Electric Co
Canton
Mass
British Air Commission
Milford Oliver
Newlyweds honored at Rus sell Street party
Mrs. Bernie Achorn hosted Tuesday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown who wed Saturday in Pittsfield. Guests included Arthur Allain and son James Norton, Charles Reynolds, Lawrence Frye, Harry Leach, Paul Stevens and Cynthia, Martha Day, Raymond and Ralph Achorn, and Louise Harnden Brown, former Noble Grand of Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge. The couple, now at 89 Russell Street, will move to High Street after their new home is finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Achorn
Russell Street
Jack Brown
Pittsfield
Arthur Allain
James
Walter BE. Norton
Charles Reynolds
Lawrence Frye
Harry Leach
Paul Stevens
Cynthia
Martha Day
Raymond Leach
Ralph Achorn
Brown
Louise Harnden
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
High Street
Harold Conley
Bath Iron Works
C. B. Favor
Joanne
Boston
Favor
Richmond Favor
Fisher Road
Peter Brent Hospital
Emily Pendleton
Coombs High School
Lewiston High School
Orville Smith
West Medford
Mass
Main Street
Jane Given
Waterbury, Conn
Milton Given
Celena Cornish
Hazel
Duxbury
Cornish
Margaret Purington
Clara Fogg
Charles Hackett
Zilpha Munsey
Munsey House
New Harbor
Alfred Johnson
Portland
Lawrence Hackett
Marilyn
Hampton
N. H
Hackett
George Hackett
Linwood Hackett
Linda
Miranda Meserve
Frank Hackett
Rochester
James Brown
Karl Hatch
Guilford
Moosehead Lake
Hugo Cross
Margaret Hamilton
Washington, D. C
George Hamilton
Jan Browne
Carl Brown
Cold Springs
N. Y
Browne
Harry Purington
William Raymond
Paula
Berlin
Raymond
River Road
Paul Ames
Fairfield
Jessie Ames
Eleanor Dore
South Gardiner
Mary Taylor
Eva Rideout
Camden Ar
Ride Out Home
William Hamilton
Dorcheste Mass
Jane Brown
Marjorie Ingalls
Carolyn Lang
Charles Lamoreau
Erland Curtis
Groveton
Myrtle Lodge Rummage Sale Gains Over $18 Profit
Myrtle lodge Odd Ladies in G A R sponsored a Friday rummage sale with a committee led by Mrs Arthur Lemont and including Mrs Nellie Hunt Mrs Margaret Nelson and Mrs Eva Atwood. The Past Ladies club will meet Mrs Atwood at 57 Washington Street. The lodge season ends with Friday night's meeting. the next gathering is Friday Aug 24 featuring a white elephant sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Arthur Lemont
Nellie Hunt
Margaret Nelson
Eva Atwood
Atwood
Washington Street
Nelson
Lodge
Playgrounds buzz with summer youth activities and repairs
At Goddard and Central play areas in Bath, cooperation between the School Department and janitors keeps grounds tidy. Volunteers like Dennis Gaudet and son John mow and haul, while storm debris is cleared. Doll show plans, craft projects, and softball games accompany ongoing nature work and bead bag, archery, and horse shoe contests.
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Supt
Loring Addiion
Goddard
Highway Department
Dennis Gaudet
John
Central
Goddard's
Elaine Noyes
Dike Playground
Goddard-Mitchell Playground
Vivan McDonnell
Ruth Cummerville
Gretchen Trott
Mickey Park
Frances Witham
Frances Warner
Una Witham
Carol Ann Haines
Bernadette Parady
Phyllis Warner
Joyce Lemoine
Betty Babine
Donna McDougall
Anta Kelsey
Caren McDougall
Claudia Carter
Charles McDonald
Dicky Bean
Dick McDonald
Eva Wilkins
Patty Bean
Janice Hanna
Phyllis Tardif
Roger Carpenter
Julia Bean
Carolyn Herrin
Janice Shaw
Patricia Robinson
Trudy Joyce
Hooker Dunn Wedding Sunday Afternoon
A large turnout witnessed the union of Eva Alice Dunn and Lloyd Lee Hooker in a four o'clock ceremony at the bride’s Union street home. Rev. Dr. Francis W. O'Brien officiated, with C. Lloyd Hooker and family as attendants. Beverly Ann and Carol Lee Hooker served as ring bearers. The couple departed for a honeymoon after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Street
Eva Alice Dunn
Lloyd Lee Hooker
Francis W. O'Brien
Portland
People's Baptist Church
C. Lloyd Hooker
Beverly Ann
Carol Lee Hooker
Air Medal Hero Sgt Day Survives 18 Air Missions
Sgt Day completed 18 missions in the ETO before being shot down and captured. He earned the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters and the Presidential Citation ribbon for the shuttle raid from England to North Africa and back. After release from a camp in Austria and a U S convoy voyage, he returned to duty at Great Ashfield then Atlantic City for reassignment.
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Braunau
Austria
Hitler
Rheims
France
la Havre
Great Ashfield
England
Sgt. Day
London
America
Plymouth
Day
Norfolk
Sgt
North Africa
Reggansburg
Swinefurt
Germany
Atlantic City
All Youth Dance at USO Hall Hosts Next Event
The All Community Youth dance at the USO hall Saturday night drew youths aged 14 to 19 and local service members. Hostesses were Mr and Mrs Holmwood Haynes. committee members included Vivian White, June Fossett, Frances Lakochelle, Horace Morse, and Oprah Bridges. Joe Avery's orchestra to provide music for the July 27 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
John Parker
Holmwood Haynes
Vivian White
June Fossett
Frances Lakochelle
Horace Morse
Oprah Bridges
Joe Avery
Free Will Workers Hold All Day Session At Corliss Street Church
Two members quit during the all day Free Will Workers meeting at the Corliss Street church. Box lunches were served at noon with ten meals. After a business meeting the group voted to discontinue meetings until September. Refreshments were provided by president Mrs Harold Walker and Mrs John Hunt. Mrs Lucia Canucaris left Monday for a few days with friends in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will Workers of
Corliss Street
Harold Walker
John Hunt
Lucia Canucaris
Green Street
Boston
Hooper Partridge Tie The Knot In Wesley Church Parsonage
Miss Augusta A Partridge and Winfield A Hooper were married at Wesley church parsonage Friday evening at seven o'clock. Rev CB Oliver officiated using the double ring service. The bride wore white and was attended by Miss Norma Lane with Frank Norman as best man. The bride's father and relatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta A. Partridge
Winfield A. Hooper
Joth
Wesley Church Parsonage
Bath case nol pros as coins theft dismissed
Bath Municipal court Thursday morning declined to prosecute Schmidt of Bath on larceny charges involving $500 in coins taken from Roger Lewis of Bath. The nol pros request was made by County Attorney Ralph O. Dale due to insufficient evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Bath
Roger Lewis
Ralph O. Dale
Twin B's Club Installs Officers After Banquet
The Twin B's club of Past Chiefs of Pythian Sisters installed officers for the coming year at the State hotel in Brunswick after their annual banquet and meeting. New officers include President Alta Storer Bath vice president Sarah Potter and secretary Bessie Stimpson Brunswick and treasurer Gertrude Stewart Bath. Installing officer Hattie Lord Auburn substituted for Ethelyn Gilman Lewiston who was ill. The club plans a Bailey Island picnic in September and next met at Emma Haley's Brunswick home on August 9 with 24 members present.
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Twin B’s Club
State Hotel
Brunswick
Pythian Sisters
Lowell Temple
Bath
Alvah Young Temple
Alta Storer
Sarah Potter
Bessie Stimpson
Gertrude Stewart
Hattie Lord
Auburn
Ethelyn Gilman
Lewiston
Gilman
Bailey Island
Emma Haley
Middle Street
Potter
Stewart
Louise Munro
Susie Daley
Jane Shea
Arletta Yates
Viola Melzard
Rose Jean
Mary Curtis
Edith Miller
Sarah Garcelon
Bath Folks Attend Reunion in Oklahoma
Bath friends gathered at the Norman home of Ensign and Mrs. Leon Pennell for a July 13 reunion. Guests included Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Sturtevant and several Bath residents now stationed at Norman Air Station. Mary Durant, visiting Norman, missed the Sturtevants by hours and planned to continue to Bath after the weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign
Leon Pennell
U.S. Navy Air Force
Norman
Oklahoma
Bath
Pennell
Arthur Sturtevant
Tuscon
Arizona
Pennells
Leonard Smith
Charlotte Dancers Present USO Programs This Month
Charlotte's School of Dancing performers provided USO entertainment last month featuring Margaret and Katherine Pagurko Barbara Brown Alice May Jones Thelma Black Joan Osborne. This week’s program includes Jive 12th Street Rag Tapping Tunes Ballet in Blue Tap Dance plus acts by Priscilla Witham Janice Knight Chloe Deraps Dirigo Serenade Beverly Curran Leatrice Payne and more with Nevada Joan Osborne and Beverly Cur ran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte’s
School of Dancing
USO
Margaret
Katherine Pagurko
Barbara Brown
Alice May Jones
Thelma Black
Joan Osborne
Jive
Dorothy Freeman
Anna May Cummings
Beverly Carlton
Darren Willis
Betty Jane Willis
Priscilla Witham
Evelyn Bold
Pauline Colby
Betty Chadbourne
Chloe Deraps
Dirigo Serenade
Janice Knight
12Th Street Rag
Leatrice Payne
Ballet In Blue
the Crocker Sisters
Nevada
Jade
Beverly Curran
Claire Martin
Treasure Hunt Planned By Youth Recreation Council
The Youth Recreation Council will host a treasure hunt Friday evening at Huse school starting at 7 30. Dancing and games run until 11 p m with soda pop for sale. Lucien Tardiff is organizing a boys basketball team to play a girls team Friday night. A members only beach party is planned for July 29 with transport notices to Doris Bridges Horace Morse or Dorothy Belanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Recreation Council
Huse
Lucien Tardiff
Doris Bridges
Horace Morse
Dorothy Belanger
Mrs Barbara Pitman Armstrong Visits Mother After WAVES Discharge
Mrs Barbara Pitman Armstrong former Miss Pitman arrived Tuesday to visit her mother Mrs Frank H Reinoch on Washington Street. Armstrong recently received an honorable discharge from the WAVES after two years service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Armstrong
Barbara Pitman
Frank H. Reinoch
Washington Street
Armstrong
The
WAVES
Fatal accident at Chandler Field fairgrounds
Miss Doris Fortin 15 of Brunswick died after falling from a World of Mirth ride at Chandler Field. A car behind reported the rider rose as the machine slowed and was thrown out as it accelerated. She struck a pole and died at Memorial Hospital. base skull fracture listed as cause. Survived by parents Edgar and Hazel Fortin and brother William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Fortin
Edgar Fortin
Dunning Street
Brunswick
Chandlerfield
Miss Fortin
Hem
Frank L. Moriarty
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Mayo
Deforest S. Day of
Wiscasset
Canning Center Chairmen Named for Morse High
Daily chairmen for the local canning center at Morse High School on Monday July 24 have been named by Mrs. Joseph J. Smith. Catherine Leonard will supervise the project and callers must be contacted by 7 30 p m the evening before to plan the work. Citizens are urged to donate extra hours to help on crowded days and to support school lunch by reserving one fifth of the canned produce for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Joseph J. Smith
Catherine Leonard
NEXT PAPER DRIVE CHALLENGE FOR CITY KIDS
The city plans a paper drive on July 26 organized by playground children. Participants can collect paper now, earning class and playground prizes including a $5 top award. Credits go to teachers, with proceeds aiding a city picnic and playground needs such as a much needed wading pool.
Woolwich Property Sold For Residence Use
The St. Pierre property in Woolwich, bought recently by J. Horace McClure for a garage and sales room, was sold to F. D. Cressey of Woolwich. He will use it as a residence. Sale handled by F. B. Reed Real Estate Agency.
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St. Pierre
Woolwich
J. Horace McClure
F. D. Cressey
F. B. Reed
Mrs Mary Williamson Returns From Rockland Visit
Mrs Mary Williamson and granddaughter Betty Lou Williamson of Rockland returned there Tuesday after visiting three weeks with Mrs Doris Dow Meadow Way, daughter of Mrs Williamson’s son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Williamson
Betty Lou Williamson
Rockland
Ye Olde Tyme Faire Plans Advance At City Hall
Executive Committee discussed the Ye Olde Tyme Faire at City Hall last week with Sept 28 29 set for the Armory. New games and novelties are planned along with continued 50 War Bond giveaway and a 25 War Bond for a group. Beano by Alex Burgess and a Scotch auction by Brian M Jewett are planned with many committee members named and more to be added.
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City Hall
Armory
Brian M. Jewett
Alex Burgess
John Parker
Celia Wold
Joan Parker
Charles B. Doyle
Arthur King
Memorial Hospital
Hollis Garey
Arthur Colby
Herbert Cavanaugh
Raymond Small
George B. Wolstenholme
Fire damages Alkazin barn in early morning blaze
An early morning fire destroyed the upper part of Capt. David Alkazin’s two story barn at 1284 Washington street. Firemen kept the lower floor intact after a brisk blaze fueled by old hay. A cow was saved and 25 hens perished from smoke. Alkazin’s property is insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Y. Alkazin
Maine State Guard
Morse High School
Washington Street
Robert Tabor
David Tabor
Trufant Street
USO Hall
Alkazin
Next Scrap Paper Drive Here July 26
The city hosts a scrap paper drive on Thursday July 26 under the children of the city playgrounds. After a successful last summer drive the group deposited a $100 check toward a swimming pool fund. Residents may arrange pickup by notifying playground supervisor Edward J. McMann or assistants. drop-off sites will be announced by Mr. McMann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
McMann
Maine Over-TOP Bond Sale Surpasses Quota
Final tabulation shows Maine exceeded its bond quota by 101,228 dollars or 182 percent while the national average reached 188 percent. The 7th War Loan drive ends with Maine surpassing the target and contributing strongly to the national effort.
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Maine
For Sale Former Hagen House at Five Islands
For sale the former Hagen house at Five Islands with furnishings. About half an acre of land in a beautiful location. Electric service installed. No reasonable offer refused. Contact Ellis C. Ellingwood, Box 383, West Paris, Maine 194226.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagen
Five Islands
Ellis C. Ellingwood
West Paris
Bowdoinham Social Notes and Obituary Touches
Bowdoinham McDonald Temple and the Pythian Sisters met in the K of P hall. News includes the sudden death of James W. Brawn in Rochester New Hampshire and funeral details. Also covered are local anniversaries, guests, and multiple residents visiting or traveling, with several short personal notices from Bowdoinham and surrounding towns.
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WN. H
Brawn
Baptist Church
Bay View Cemetery
Lauris Wilson
Philadelphia
Carl
Cold Springs
N. Y
George Brown
Bowdoinham
Ernest Curtis
Erland Curtis
Yeoman
Lloyd Curtis
Great Diamond Island
Burton Curtis
Delmar Curtis
John
Robert
Bowdeinham
Lottie Purington
Bath built destroyers praised by sailor in Rockland letter
A Rockland Courier Gazette reader, George Armstrong in naval service, praises Bath built destroyers as superior to West Coast ships. He calls them top performers, notes two years of service, and urges pride in local workmanship on the Bath built “can.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rockland Courier-Gazette
George Armstrong
Rockland
Bath Iron Works Wins Fifth Renewal of Navy Award
Arm Navy E Award renewed for Bath Iron Works Corp. notice sent to President William Newell by Admiral C. C. Bloc USN Ret. chairman of the Navy Board for Products. Award signals five stars on the E flag and notes continued excellent production record and pride for all employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Bath Iron Wor! Corp
William ‘Newell
C. C. Bloc
Mrs E Everett Pierce Hosts Tea in Honor of Guests
Mrs E Everett Pierce entertained at her Pew Street home on Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.m. with coffee in honor of her daughter Mrs J Howa Marshall of Ashland Ky and her sister Miss Alice G Lipincott of Woodbury NJ. The home was decorated with garden flowers and Mrs John Morse Miss Mary Gibbons MR Hitchcock and Mrs W Robert poured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Everett Pierce
T Pew Street
J. Howa Marshall
Ashland
Alice G. Lipincott
Woodbury
N. J
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