Donald Simpson Wins Admiration For His Bravery
Four weeks ago on Thanksgiving Day 27 year old Donald Simpson fell 50 feet while aiding a welder at Bath Iron Works. He survived a grave back injury with multiple near misses, endured surgery, and now after months of care can sit up again with a back brace. His courage drew gifts and support from coworkers and hospital staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Simpson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Simpson
Timothy C. Maney
Mr. Simpson
E. Motley Fuller
Bernice Hunt Brown
Mary Callahan
Lewiston
Jessie McLure
Brown
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Gladys G. Wolstenholme
Lance Cooper
Fuller
Arthur Small
Winnevance
Gance
Miss Irene Jones Transferred to Naval Air Station California
Miss Irene Jones, 19 months in Bath Iron Works Navy office, leaves Augusta for California to join Naval Air Station Alameda. She will reside in Berkeley while continuing Civil Service work and plans to train accordion and visit friends along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Jones
Navy
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Bath
Edward E. Jones
Thomaston Road
Augusta
California
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Berkeley
Miss Jones
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Jones
Cony High School
Gates Business College
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
Gretchen Thompson
Jennings Lodge
Ore
Miss Thompson
Oregon
Rotary Anns Guests Of Mrs Chester Plant Picnic Meeting
Rotary Anns voted a donation to the U S O at a Birch Point picnic hosted by Mrs Chester A Plant. Seventeen members attended including two guests Mrs J Edward Drake Jr and Mrs Wallace Plant. Plans were made to organize for the Needlework Guild.
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Rotary Anns
Birch Point
Chester A. Plant
Needlework Guild
Converse G. Fenn
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Wallace Plant
Carl C. Anderson
James A. Clappison
William J. Craft
Andrew J. Danielson
Daniel T. Dougherty
Charles B. Doyle
William M. Higgins
Fred D. Hill
Rupert M. Irvine
Warren E. Kershner
Francis J. McLaughlin
Harold L. Troop
Francis A. Winchenbach
West Bath Farm Bureau Picnic Hosts Birthday Celebration
West Bath Farm Bureau members gathered at Mrs. Perry L. Thompson's home for a Thursday picnic. The hostess received a decorated birthday cake from Mrs. Edwin W. Haggett as part of the birthday observance.
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Perry L. Thompson
West Bath
West
City Council Accepts 115000 Grant For Sewer Extensions
A special city council session approved a federal grant of 115000 to extend sewer facilities, replacing an earlier 52000 grant. Work already underway targets a new line to King’s Dock area and supports Hyde Park Terrace, Crocker Field barracks, and a potential new schoolhouse. Officials doubt the sum covers all costs, once estimated at 165000. The meeting also addressed taxi stand limits and funding for Kimball field development. A taxi license was granted to Mrs. Sadie Fogg.
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King’s Dock
Hyde Park Terrace
Crocker Field
John R. Newell
Kimball Field
Columbia Hotel
Maine Central Railroad
Sadie Fogg
Pearl Street
Kingsbury
Coombs
Lermond
Benson
Small
Eaton
Osborne
McCabe
Plummer
Green
Stover
Miss Stevens Chosen for Morse High English Post
Miss Carol E. Stevens was elected English instructor at Morse High School for the coming year by the Bath Board of Education. She is a Morse High School graduate 1932 and a 1937 UMaine AB in English, with five years teaching in Waldoboro Skowhegan and Marblehead Mass.
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Bath Board of Education
Carol E. Stevens
Morse High School
Miss Stevens
Hiram T. Stevens
Middle Street
University of Maine
Waldoboro
Skowhegan
Marblehead
Mass
Thomas N. Bird
Lloyd L. Hooker
Center Street
M. Albert Pinkham
John E. L. Huse
Mitchell School
Morse High
Company D to Parade in Rockland Sunday
Company D Bath will take part in the parade and retreat ceremony in Rockland Sunday. All members are expected at the armory Sunday afternoon, time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rockland
Armory
Former Maine Governor Gardiner Communicates From Army Air Force
Lieut. Col. William Tudor Gardiner, former Maine Governor and Summer resident of Phips Point, sent a letter read at a Gardiner post meeting. He notes arrival four weeks ago, little to report, mentions old timers, and asks greetings for the Benjamin Smith Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tudor Gardiner
Maine
Phips Point
Gardiner
Benjamin E. Smith
A. L
Benjamin Smith
Arthur Fossett
Col. Gardiner
Army Air Force
Revenue Officers Round Up Fifty Bath Motorists
Internal Revenue officials inspected the city and ordered about 50 motorists to appear before the local deputy collector for failing to display automobile use stamps. Most had bought stamps but kept them in wallets rather than on windshields. Penalties include 25 dollars fine or 30 days in jail or both. Some cases involve nonpurchase or confusion with fuel registration rules. A future drive on boat tax stamps will be conducted locally, with violators summoned before authorities.
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Internal Revenue
Revenue Bureau
Augusta
Lobster Stew Supper Held By Topsham Fire Dept
Forty five members of the Topsham fire department enjoyed a lobster stew supper at the Engine Hall on Monday evening. Percy W. Kingsbury Bath chief of police and Richard Frates Bath fire department chief were guests.
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Topsham
Skippy Missing After Jump From Baggage Car
A long haired police mixed dog named Skippy, missing since leaping from a Bar Harbor Express baggage car near Woolwich, Maine, travels hundreds of miles toward Pennsylvania. The Shelly family of Glenside Pa. offers a reward and asks for help from Mr. L M Price in Bath. Skippy, about ten years old, 40 to 50 pounds, with brown eyes, is cherished and described as intelligent and strong.
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Skippy
Spruce Point
Boothbay Harbor
Pennsylvania
Woolwich
Sasanoa Bluffs
Bluffs
Percy V. T. Shelly
E. Oakdale Avenue
Glenside
Shelly
Loraine M. Price
Maine Central
Bath
Mr. Price
Mr. Shelly
Boothbay Register
North Philadelphia
Maine
Oracks
N. H
Mass
Conn
New York
New Jersey
Wiscasset Drives Salvation Army Annual Appeal Announced
Miss Frances A Sortwell will head the Salvation Army Annual Appeal for funds in Wiscasset and district with W C Day as treasurer and local supporters including Rev George G Chiera and Sid ney G Evans. Letters urge donations to aid civilian defense and war front needs amid reports of crowded maternity hospitals and war impact on services.
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Salvation Army
Frances A. Sortwell
Wiscasset
Australia
Salvation Army Red Shield
Sortwell
W.C. Day
George G. Chiera
D. F. S. Day
M. D
C. J. DiPerri
D. O
Sidney G. Evans
Ray R. Marston
Freedom
Hawaii
Salvationist
America
U.S.O
Pearl Harbor
Bath Lions Club seeks furniture for soldiers at Popham
Bath residents responded to a Bath Lions Club call to furnish the Recreation Building at Popham for soldiers. While donations come in more are still needed including chairs sofas divans tables writing desks and lamps. Call Arthur Pratt at 1042 to arrange pickup.
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Bath
Popham
Bath Lions Club
Soldier Boys
Arthur Pratt
Historic Homes and Buildings Open July 29 in Twin Villages
Damariscotta July 22 Historic Open House Day returns July 29 offering public tours of Newcastle and Damariscotta Mills houses churches and landmarks. Visitors will see Maurice Day’s Disney Bambi photos plus the oldest Catholic Church St Patrick’s and notable houses like the Kavanaugh birthplace Longfellow and Lafayette visits. Lincoln County News plant and luncheon at Library and Women's Club building outlined.
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Damariscotta
Newcastle
Lincoln Home For
Maurice Day
Deacon Day
Day
Maine
Disney Productions
Maine Woods
Twin Villages
New England
St. Patrick's
Damariscotta Mills
Kavanaugh
Edward Kavanaugh
United States
Portugal
Andrew Jackson
Longfellow
Lafayette
Walpole
White House
Lincoln County News
Library and Women’s Club
Fire in Closet Destroys Room at Mrs. Stuart’s Home
A fire started in a closet of a room occupied by a boarder at Mrs. A. J. Stuart’s 676 Washington Street. Firemen contained the blaze to the room despite smoke and water damage elsewhere. Booster tank helped reduce losses. cause was undetermined. Nathan Grant, a Harding Fabrication plant employee and roomer, reported the blaze. All clear at 4:30 PM.
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A. J. Stuart
Washington Street
Nathan Grant
Hardings
Pleasant home party for North Weymouth visitor
Miss Mildred G. Nichols entertained Monday evening at her 3 Page street home for Mrs. Raymond Oliver of North Weymouth Massachusetts who is visiting two weeks with his sister Miss Leila J. Oliver. Guests included Mrs. Carrie Gilker Miss Nelly K. Goodrich Mrs. Harry E. Litchfield Mrs. Susan G. Mitchell and Mrs. J. Edward Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred G. Nichols
Page Street
Raymond Oliver
North Weymouth
Mass
Oliver
Leila J. Oliver
Mae Deering
Carrie Gilker
Nelly K. Goodrich
Harry E. Litchfield
Susan G. Mitchell
J. Edward Pomeroy
Palo Alto man travels to Boston for MIT research
Richard Hodgson of Palo Alto California left Sunday night for Boston after a short visit with Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall at the Stonehouse. Hodgson is engaged in research work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Richard Hodgson
Palo Alto
Calif
Boston
Arthur Sewall
the Stonehouse
Hodgson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bath Savings Institution Holds Annual Meeting
The Bath Savings Institution held its annual corporators meeting at 105 Front Street with Langdon T. Snipe presiding. The 90th anniversary was noted, assets at June 1 reached 5 942 927.66 with 6100 depositors, and 23 percent of assets are in government securities.
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Bath Savings Institution
Front Street
Langdon T. Snipe
Allan Spear
William S. Newell
William A. Furber
Alex A. Burden
John G. Morse
Williams. Shorey
Lewis E. Wilson
John P. Carey, Jr
New Maine Central Bath Station Sign Adds Color
Bath travelers now see Bath clearly as the new station features a silver leaf Bath sign on a red brick wall. Doors for the waiting room and express rooms are painted dark blue with silver room numbers, reflecting the station’s refreshed appearance inspired by Bath Iron Works.
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Bath
Carlton Bridge
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Gid
Judicial notes and youth camp report from Presque Isle
A municipal court docket shows two intoxication cases with penalties including costs and a 40 day jail sentence on two counts with an appeal. Separately, 120 Presque Isle boys departed for the sixth annual long camp at Long Lake, escorted by state police and traveling by bus.
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Presque Isle
Vth
Long Lake
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Chester Plant
Farm Bureau
Leroy Lord
The
Hyde Windlass Co
Morse
Brewer
Wm. Tudor Gardiner
Wiscasset Drive
Lions’ Club
Newcastle and
Richard Quick
Taesas
Muntoyiael
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