Bath to Protect Its Beautiful Elms
Bath authorities urge citizens to combat elm pests to save the city’s historic elms. The City Tree Committee funds spraying of several hundred trees with Davey Tree Expert Co. handling treatment. Property owners may have their trees sprayed for up to 1.50 dollars per tree, encouraging widespread participation to preserve streets and yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
Bath
City Tree Committee
Davey Tree Expert Co
Houston Corporation Buys Mill and Moves to Bath Office
Houston Construction Corp with offices in Portland and Bath buys the Crosby lumber mill at 99 Commercial Street from Charles L. and Guy H. Crosby. It will move from Eliot block and repair its wharf property for river and water work, providing storage for piling and engineering crews. The Bath office is managed by Frank M. Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. H. Houston Construction Corp
Commercial Street
Portland
Front Street
Bath
Charles L
Guy H. Crosby
Commercial] Street
H. T. Passmore Co
Elliot Block
Frank M. Churchill
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Houston Corporation
French Club Hosts Hoboes Night at Morse High
The Morse High French club sponsored a social in the school gym last Wednesday. Proceeds fund a year end banquet or outing. The Swingsters performed in hoboe attire while many guests wore old clothes. Grand march led by Jacqueline Bisson and David Alkazin with faculty present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Morse High
Jacqueline Bisson
David Alkazin
Katherine Conley
Amy A. Irish
Cecille Veilleux
John FE. Madden
Duncan H. Farrell
Miss Bisson
Dorothy E. White
Beverly A. Shorey
Kathleen Lewis
Avis Marston
Frank Curran
Gordon Lake
Leases Gas Station In Bath By Pert From Jenney Co
Perleston L Pert has leased the Jenney gasoline station at 40 Vine street from Jenney Manufacturing Co after managing it four years. He will continue the firm founder Charles S Jenney’s policy of prompt courteous service and maintaining modern sanitary rest rooms noted for 15 years. Pert, with 12 years in gas distribution and 10 in Bath, expects rising business as years go on. Also notes social events and visits: Mrs George Melzard hosted Social Eight at Court street. attendees included Mrs Walter Stover, Mrs Walter Thayer, Mrs Sterling Burgess, Mrs Albert Pinkham, Mrs George Darrah. Next meeting to be at Mrs Albert Pinkham’s home. Fred Merchant and son Karl, guests at Packard House, visited Camden with Frederick Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perleston L. Pert
Jenney Manufacturing Co
Jenney
Vine Street
Pert
Charles S. Jenney
Mr. Pert
Bath
George Melzard
Court Street
Walter Stover
Walter Thayer
Sterling Burgess
Albert Pinkham
Rah
George Darrah
Fred Merchant
Karl
Packard House
Washington Street
Camden
Frederick, Jr
Barker Robinson Wedding Friday Attended by Family at Bath Church
Miss Florence N Robinson and George E Barker were married in the Winter Street church in Bath by Rev Joseph O Purdue at eight o clock on Friday evening. The couple and their immediate families celebrated at the bride’s parents home with refreshments. The bride, a Morse High School 1930 graduate, works at John J Desmond Co. The groom, Morse 1929 graduate, formerly with Woolworth and now at Bath Iron Works. They will reside with the Robinsons in North Bath after a wedding trip.
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Bath
Winter Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Ingalls and Rogers wedding in North Bath couple wed
Miss Virginia B. Rogers and Albert Ingalls were married at nine Saturday morning by Rev. Joseph O. Purdue. The ceremony featured an evergreen and white lilac arch, with double ring rites and family present. The couple will reside in Brooklyn after a breakfast at Hotel Sedgwick and a Boston/N.Y. trip.
Sylvester and Lemont Tie in Intimate Maine Wedding
Miss Margery F. Lemont daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank M Lemont and Frank P Sylvester Jr son of Mr and Mrs Frank P Sylvester were married Saturday at ten in the bride s home Rev Frederick P Moffatt officiated A bridal party included Frances Lemont and John Sylvester Evelyn Welch of Portland provided music Miss Welch received a gold cross and chain The couple both graduates of Morse High 1933 and will reside on Goddard street after a Canada trip He is employed at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery F. Lemont
Frank M. Lemont
Washington Street
Frank P. Sylvester
Middle Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Frances Lemont
John Sylvester
Evelyn Welch
Portland
Lohengrin
Mrs. Sylvester
Morse High School
Full Consignment of Poppies Sold at Poppy Sale
The full consignment of 1200 poppies sold under Roland Smith post A L on Friday and Saturday. Auction directed by the auxiliary unit chaired by Mrs Ralph Gay with help from Mrs Charles Snow Mrs Carl Stinson and Mrs Bernard Pratt. Prize winners Betty Small first $3 Hilda Staples second $2 Mary Morse third $1. Others selling were Mary McNeil Libba Marion Jordan Barbara Stodder Anne Desmond Linna Marie Purdue. The unit thanks these youths and the public plus Hyde Windlass Co Bathaerie of Eagles Bathlodge of Elks for buying whole boxes for their employees and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Ralph Gay
Charles Snow
Carl Stinson
Bernard Pratt
Betty Small
Hilda Staples
Mary Morse
Mary McNeil
Libba Marion Jordan
Barbara Stodder
Anne Desmond
Linna Marie Purdue
Hyde Windlass Co
Bathaerie of Eagles
Bathlodge of Elks
Memorial Day speaker at Woolwich services
Supt. John Parker of Bath and West Bath School Union spoke at Woolwich Memorial Association services in Montsweag Baptist church. The committee included Wilson Bailey, Bernard Bailey and Richard Hunnewell. Next year’s service will be at Woolwich Center Baptist church with heads Clara Head, Sarah Bagley Wright and Carrie Hathorne directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Bath and West Bath
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Henry E. Weston
Charles Dubar
Herbert Munsey
George B. Farnham
William Robson
John Carter
Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Clara FE
Sarah Bagley Wright
Carrie Hathorne
Gilmore Hall Wedding in Woolwich Arrowsic Home Planned
Miss Laura Margaret Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Willis B Hall of 16 Corliss Street and Harold Crosby Gilmore son of Mr and Mrs John C Gilmore of Woolwich were united in a three oclock Saturday afternoon ceremony at the bride’s home. The double ring rite was performed by Charles T Brown pastor of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service. Mrs Gilmore wore powder blue wool with sweet peas and swain sana. Her bridesmaid Miss Elinor H Hall wore a navy suit with navy accessories and talisman rose corsage. Willis B Hall Jr brother of the bride served as best man. Mrs Gilmore is Morse High School 1936 graduate now with Cummings Motor Co. Mr Gilmore Morse High School 1935 graduate employed at Bath Iron Works Corp. They will reside in a newly furnished home in Arrowsic after their wedding trip.
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Florence N. Robinson
Joseph Robinson
North Bath
George E. Barker
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Ruth H. Robinson
Joseph A. Robinson
Miss Robinson
Mrs. Barker
Mr. Barker
Mrs. Robinson
Virginia B. Rogers
Herbert W. Rogers
Albert Ingalls
New York City
Eugene Ingalls
Ingalls
Adeline Rogers
Mendelssohn
Lillian Rogers
Boston
Raymond Ingalls
Morse High School
Senter's, Inc
Bowdoin College
New York
American Chicle Co
Hotel Sedgwick
Laura Margaret Hall
Willis B. Hall
Corliss Street
Harold Crosby Gilmore
John C. Gilmore
Woolwich
Charles T. Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Gilmore
Elinor H. Hall
Cummings Motor Co
Bath Iron Works Corp
Armstrong Nye Wedding in Somerville Planned at First Baptist
Miss Vivian Glenora Nye, R N daughter of Mrs. Harry L Nye and the late Capt Nye of Arrowsic, will wed Dr James Sherwood Armstrong of Somerville at eight oclock Saturday in Somerville First Baptist church. Nye, a Morse High School 1929 graduate and Deaconess School of Nursing alumna, has practiced nursing in Brighton. Armstrong, son of Mr and Mrs James R Armstrong of Somerville Mass, is a Somerville High School and Massachusetts College of Osteopathy graduate who studied surgery at Boston City Hospital and has lived in Camden at 34 Chestnut Street. the couple will reside in Camden after marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Glenora Nye
R. N
Harry L. Nye
Capt. Nye
Arrowsic
James Sherwood Armstrong
Camden
James R. Armstrong
Somerville
Mass
First Baptist Church
Miss Nye
Morse High School
Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing
Boston
Brighton
Armstrong
Somerville High School
Massachusetts College of Osteopathy
Boston City Hospital
Chestnut Street
Morse High golfers defeated at Auburn
Morse High's golf team lost 5-1 to Edward Little of Auburn at the Martindale course last Tuesday. The lone Morse point came from Thornton Henderson defeating Fraser of E Little one up. Individual results: Jencuis (E L) over Perry 5-4. Timpany (E L) over Rogers 9-8. Henderson (Morse) over Fraser one up. Caldwell (E L) over McLaughlin one up. best ball: Jencuis and Timpany (E L) over Perry and Rogers 8-7. Fraser and Caldwell (E L) over Henderson and McLaughlin 2 up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Edward Little
Auburn
Martindale
Thornton Henderson
Fraser
Red Eddies
Shipping City Boys
Lone Point
Jencuis
E. L
Robert Perry
Morse
Timpany
FE. L
William Rogers
Caldwell
John McLaughlin
Perry
Rogers
Henderson
McLaughlin
Classifieds notice on rates and submission deadline
Classifieds notice details rate schedule and submission deadline. Advertisers are urged to place farm or city share property listings with Fred B. Reed Co. manager Jely E. Wallace at 93 Front street Bath telephone 514-W, with a noon Wednesday cutoff.
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Fred B. Reed Co
Jely E. Wallace
Front Street
Bath
Bowdoinham Community News Briefs and Church Reports
George Rowe reports 97 active Methodist Sunday school members with cradle roll 32 and home department 35. The group elected officers led by Superintendent James H. Ames. Memorial Day services at the Grange hall featured Rev. Gilbert Edgett and a Peace and Progress program by Miss Gladys Raymond's room. Families and friends from Bowdoinham and nearby towns visited, joined by graduations, receptions, and local club events across Memorial Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rowe
Methodist Sunday School
Home Department
James H. Ames
Arthur Curtis
Jessie Ames
J. N. Palmer
Alice Palmer
John Palmer
Thelma Maloon
Richard Brown
Mabel
Raymond
Frances Merrill
Brunswick
Frederic Pauling
Springfield
Charles Hackett
Bert Merrill
Bristol
New Harbor
Munsey House
Caleb Mitchell
Maine Central Railroad
Waterville
Fisher Road
Harvey Ames
Harvey, Jr
Watertown
Mass
Coombs High School
Mary Brown
Georgie Fides
John McCart
Mary Browne
Helen Reed
Charles Caras
Carmaline Skelton
George Millay
Frank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
James Brann
Hattie Hackett
Brann
William Raymond
Berlin
Emma Raymond
John Gibson
Boston
R. D. Purington
J. Edward Allen
Portland
Grange Hall
First
Edward Baker
Gilbert Edgett
Richmond
Gladys Raymond
Annie Fides
Sons of Veterans
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Legion
Randall Warren
William Gould
Elbridge Blodgett
S. of U. V
Mary Webber
Charles Fogg
Women's Auxiliary
Grace Maxwell
Alice
Elizabeth
William Williams
New York
Park Point
East Bowdeinham
George Hackett
Hazel Maxwell
Roger Robinson
Cora Wilkinson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Harold Forbes
Wyandotte, Mich
Harold Cheney
Forbes
Edna Ward
Maxwell
Clinton
Edwin Denham
Bowdoin Lilly
Richard
Malden
Lilly
Bay Road
Annie Getchell
Waterford
Murl Downing
Arthur
South Portland
Downing
Addie Fowle
Clarence Wright
Lowell
Erle Browne
Josie Irish
John Jewell
Wellesley
Malcolm Jewel
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Chester Hobart
Billings Pasture
James Pratt
Melvin Pratt
Bath
Curtis Sawyer
Waltham
Sawyer
Vendella Mosher
Farm Bureau
William Rogge
Frank Heath
Hortense Welch
Edwin Plummer
Braintree, Mass
Milton Given
Matilda MacMillian Widow Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Matilda MacMillian widow of William MacMillian died Sunday morning at her daughter Mrs. Irving Prindall’s home after a lengthy illness. Born in Ireland April 10, 1868 as Matilda J Henry, she spent most of her life in Brooklyn before moving to this city following her husband’s death about two years ago.
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Matilda MacMillian
William MacMillian
Irving Prindall
Ireland
Matilda J. Henry
Brooklyn
N. Y
Daughter Sues for Home to Live In Town
A grandmother leaves a daughter’s home for her living, naming Mrs. MacMillian as surviving daughter alongside a son Richard Sedgwick of Glens Falls New York and sister Miss Margaret Henry of Brooklyn New York in the family notice.
Past Noble Grands Club Entertained at Mrs McCabe's Home
Past Noble Grands club of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge was entertained Wednesday of last week by Mrs Harr Knight and Mrs Herbert McCabe at Mrs McCabe's Washington street home. Sixteen members dined then held a brief business meeting. Prizes were awarded: Mrs John Atwood high score glasses. Mrs Ralph P Mank second box of toilet soap. Mrs Frank Farrin won consolation prize Dennison novelty. Mrs Warren Parris and Mrs Roger Pierce will entertain in June. Attendees listed include Mrs Charles E Helah Mrs Frank J Farrin Mrs Vic tor Pinkham Mrs Albert Thompson Mrs Roger W Pierce Mrs Henry T B Leeman Mrs Ralph P Mank Mrs Leonard M Munsey Mrs Herbert H Huggard Mrs Elizabeth E Tedford Mrs Horace W Ward Mrs Herbert W McCabe Mrs Harry Knight Mrs Leonard M Lord and Mrs Wallace Atwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Harr Knight
Herbert McCabe
McCabe
Washington Street
John Atwood
Ralph P. Mank
Frank Farrin
Dennison
Warren Parris
Roger Pierce
Charles E. Helah
Frank J. Farrin
Victor Pinkham
Albert Thompson
Roger W. Pierce
Henry T. B. Leeman
Leonard M. Munsey
Herbert H. Huggard
Elizabeth E. Tedford
Horace W. Ward
Herbert W. McCabe
Harry Knight
Leonard M. Lord
Wallace Atwood
John L. Atwood
Decision reserved in driving case involving fatal accident
Judge Arthur J. Dunton held a decision until 4 30 p.m. Friday in the municipal court after Freeman C. Wilson 94 Academy street faced a reckless driving charge connected to the May 8 death of Joan L. Gallagher 2. Joan died en route to the hospital after a tricycle collision in the driveway. Gallagher testified she watched Joan ride toward the car as Wilson backed out. Wilson said he backed slowly and did not see the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
Freeman C. Wilson
Academy Street
Joan L. Gallagher
Robert A. Gallagher
Joan
Wilson
Gallagher
Gloria
Commander Granat to Captain Destroyer Sampson
Commander William Granat U S N has been named captain of the destroyer U S S Sampson a 1850 ton vessel launched at Bath Iron Works on April 16 He will reach Bath around July 20 He was with the Bureau of Ordinance Washington DC and will be detached July 18 The Sampson s first commander hails from California and was born 46 years ago He joined the service June 17 1911 Mrs Ethel Back who has been bed bound for nine months received a birthday surprise May 29 from church friends The Stewarts of Wollaston Mass visited Mrs F S Sawyer at 1141 Washington Street over the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Granat
U.S. N
U. S. S. Sampson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Granat
Bureau of Ordinance
Washington
D. C
California
Ethel Back
Spelling Contest Final Set For Friday Evening
The final round of the elementary spelling contest for the Edward C. Plummer fund prizes will be held Friday at 7 30 PM in Morse High school auditorium. Judges include Mary Conley Paul Mason Bernice Staples and several teachers. Prizes: 5 3 1. Qualified finalists listed by grade with numerous students named. Wollaston, Mass. visitor details noted.
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Edward C. Plummer
Morse High School
Mary Conley
Paul V. Mason
Weeks Street
Bernice D. Staples
Dike School
Edward 8. Wright
Ethel L. Higgins
Center Street
Bessie M. Hunt
Central Grammar
J. Gertrude Silsby
North Grammar
Henry W. Owen
Laura Mitchell
South Street
Effie C. Wright
Mitchell
Martha E. Hooper
North Primary
Mary Kenderdine
Laura Harnish
Winona King
Jean Small
Beverly Curran
Dora Bridges
Ann Hartnett
Darwin Nolan
Ariene Carr
Betty Anderson
Mary Walsh
Riva Greenblatt
Chester Newell
Helen Blake
Lucien Tardiff
Betty Harper
Mabelle Smith
Paul Johnson
Robert Russell
James Haines
Elizabeth Trott
Harrie Alyce Frye
Richard Gilmore
Albion Fleming
Carmen
Nas sau seniors plan annual Senior Formal decorations
Miss Eleanor Voorhees and Miss Cynthia Rogers, four year seniors in the home economics course at Nassau College Springvale, serve on the decoration committee for the Annual Senior Formal to be held Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Voorhees
Cynthia Rogers
Nassau College
Springvale
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Senter’s, Inc
Cannon’s
Chenille
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen Bath Trust
H. T. Passmore Company
Sylvester
Lemont
Rev
Parker
Woolwich Memorial Association
Vivian Glenora Nye, R.N
Martindale Country Club
Bowdoinham
William Hamilton
Humphrey Hamilton
George Hamilton
Sagadahock Block
Simon M. Stewart
Wollaston, Mass
F. 8. Sawyer
Stella Whitlam
Wollaston
Edward E. Morse
Snow Park
Winfield
Whittam
Opera House
Burns and Allen
Lloyd Nolan
Bank
Walt Disney
Snow
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