Naval Architects Guests at Phoenix
W Francis Gibbs president Gibbs & Cox of New York and other Gibbs & Cox engineers stayed at Hotel Phoenix during Bath Iron Works trials of the U S S Drayton. Gibbs joined Tuesday speed runs. Culpepper and staff linked to Bath Iron Works history. Gardiner family opened their Woolwich summer home. ex Governor Gardiner returns to Boston with sons Thomas and Tudor due home for summer vacation. Mrs Eastwood and Myrtle Diffin and Mrs Dolan were nightly guests of Mrs M J Diffin on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Phoenix
W. Francis Gibbs
Gibbs & Cox
New York City
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S. S. Drayton
Gibbs
Drayton
H. L. Culpepper
Bath
J. Jefferson
B. O. Smith
C. H. Jack
Wm. Tudor Gardiner
Sylvestter
Margaret
Gardiner
Kips Point
Woolwich
Boston
Thomas and
Tudor
Groton School
Groton
Mass
Charles Eastwood
Myrtle Diffin
Malden
Charles Dolan
Washington, D. C
M. J. Diffin
Washington Street
Mary Cunninghams Dance Recital Delights Morse High
Mary Cunningham presented her first city recital at Morse High School to a full audience. The program featured ballet tap and song with costumes from Daquians New York and fabrics by local sewers. Musicians included Myrna Avery John Grindell Linwood Russell and Joseph Avery. The student corps received praise from parents and pupils for a polished performance and promising future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cunningham
Morse High School
Daquians
New York
David Heald
Grace Cunningham
Agnes Footer
Alice Hutchins
Moderne School of the Dance
Myrna Avery
John H. Grindell
Linwood Russell
Joseph Avery
Bowdoin Services to be Held at East Bowdoin Chapel
Bowdoin services will be held Sunday afternoon June 7 at three daylight time in East Bowdoin Chapel with Dr. William R. Wood of Penny Memorial church Augusta as speaker. All welcome. Ladies aid meets Thursday with Mrs A E Purinton. Picnic lunch at noon as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoin Chapel
William R. Wood
Penny Memorial Church
Augusta
A. E. Purinton
Arthur Carr
Beverly
Mass
Erland Rogers
Harold Adams
Melrose
Adams
Ella Adams
L. C. Starbird
Sibley Gilbert
Land
Lewiston
Irving Clough
Chelsea
Everett Jones
Sabattus
Leona Patten
Portland
East
Local notes from Bowdoinham on illnesses and visitors
Ernest Sylvester slowly improves after an illness May 27 with Dr Pratt attending. Mrs Tina Jack returns from Pittsfield and Hollis visit. Mrs A J Vroom of Freeport visits her ailing brother E D Cornish. Weekend visitors include the Whittakers, Carlton Jones, the Vachon and Millay families, and Horace Millay. Harry Purington dies May 390 at his summer home. Pauline Jenkins stays with her mother. Mr Chase and family move to the Vachon farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sylvester
Dr. Pratt
Tina Jack
Elmer ‘Wade
Pittsfield
Mass
George
Hollis
A. J. Vroom
Freeport
E. D. Cornish
Lewis Whittaker
Vaughn
Bremen
Carlton Jones
Portland
Vachon
Raymond
Bath
Sewall
Frank Millay
Ernest Millay
Horace Millay
Bowdoinham
Harry Purington
Smmer
Pauline Jenkins
Mr. Chase
Vachon Farm
Raymond Rendall
Alfred
R.A. Dickinson
I. C. Irish
John Jewel
Wellesley
J. E. Brown
West Medford
Pleasant Pond
Anson
Ralph Denham
Scarboro
Varina Denham
Norman B. Small
Melrose
Drayton Destroyer Demonstrates Speed in Trials
The U S S Drayton 1500 ton destroyer built at Bath Tron Works conducted high speed trials Tuesday off Rockland with officials stating the runs were most satisfactory. Naval architect W Francis Gibbs aboard noted fine steering tests despite rough seas. Final builder’s trials are set for Thursday ahead of a stern stern test next week. Separately Mrs Duer D Breck and daughter Miss Sidney Breck of New York opened their Small Point Beach summer home with Manley Breck and Gray Mason visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Drayton
Bath Tron Works Corp
Rockland
W. Francis Gibbs
Gibbs & Cox
Naval Architects
Duer D. Breck
Sidney Breck
New York
Small Point Beach
Manley Breck
Gray Mason
Small Point
John W. Williams
Anne Kaiulani
Baltimore, Md
Arthur Sewall 2d
Washington Street
Williams
Bath Strikes End as Trolleys Return to Service
Residents in Bath celebrate the resumption of trolley service after a four day strike. George Nelson operated the main line car as schedules returned to normal with local cars soon following. Union talks averted pay raises, while parade patriotism and Memorial Day activities drew mixed enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall Square
George Nelson
Lewistonward
Nelson
Edwin L. Emmons
Emmons
Bowdoinham Social Roundup Includes Delegates and Local Visits
The Bowdoinham column lists Lydia Leathers of Livingston Montana as among 16 Montana delegates chosen for the national Democratic convention in Philadelphia on June 23. The piece records countless local visits, weekend guests, family stays, and community events including graduations at Coombs High School, the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. N. Palmet, and various social calls across Bowdoinham and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Leathers
Bowdoinham
Lizzie and
Charles Newton
Montana
Philadelphia
Leathers
Livingston
James Murray
John Jewel
Wellesley
Mass
I. C. Irish
Fannie Williams
Topsfield
Harvey Ames
Watertown
Forest Wall
Tenants Harbor
James H. Ames
Jessie
Minot Doble
Ida Purington
Robert Darling
Bates College
Frank Siegars
Lena Patten
Richmond
Ella Nash
Alice Whittier
Massachusetts
Ezra Webber
Alden
Alice
Belmont
Clinton Bailey
Wisca
Eulala Sedgley
Frances Merrill
Brunswick
Bert Merrill
Eva
Mae ‘Woods
Clara Woods
Ralph Cutler
Lewiston
Lola Lang
Augusta
Edward Wilson
Eila Purington
Boston
Eleanor Webber
Hall Denham
Mary Webber
Frank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
Hattie Hackett
George A. Hackett
Henry Cornish
South Bowdoin
Elmore Webber
Robert Webber
Ellis Moore
Sedgley House
Main Street
Joseph Adams Place
Ridge Road
Bridge
William Siegars
Beal
Reading
Elizabeth Wilson
Parents and Teachers Plan State Convention in Lewiston
Brunswick residents Mrs Noel C Little Mrs Erik Achorn Mrs Clinton D Wilson Mrs Seth Mullin and Mrs Le Roy Colby attended Augusta meeting of the Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers Executive Board. Plans were set for the October 9 10 Lewiston convention led by Mrs B F Langworthy of Chicago. Edward P Carter son of Washington DC residents will graduate June 6 from the University of Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel C. Little
Erik Achorn
Brunswick
Clinton D. Wilson
Seth S. Mullin
Leroy F. Colby
Augusta
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Lewiston
B. F. Langworthy
Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Edward P. Carter
Edward E. Carter
Washington, D. C
University of Maryland
Mr. Carter
Bath
Preble to Study in Philadelphia for a Week
Dr. Donald F. Preble leaves Saturday for Philadelphia to spend a week at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry for further study. In Bath town, notices advertise new white shoe styles and local sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Preble
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State College of Optometry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
van Raalte
Strypes
Phoenix
Bath Iron Works
Morse High
Betty Anderson
Mary Anderson
Betty Fitzgerald
Beatrice Avery
Madelyn Robson
Betty Robson
Freida McAllister
Helen Tabor
Kathleen Harkins
Marion Wagner
Margaret Rines
Grace Crowley
Marion Nainhurst
Barbara Stoddard
Audrey Mayo
Gene Bailey
Natalie Hagan
Maxine Carleton
Beverly Farnham
Katherine Parmenter
Hilda Kendrick
Goody
Barbara Danforth
Animal Crackers
Millicent Hecht
Barbara Hart
Joanne Heal
Mary McNeil
Hazel McCory
Rita Collins
Shirley Temple
Lorraine Jordan
Frog
Ruth Green
Barbara Reardon
Thelma Clifford
Betty Gray
Natalie Thostes
Tiger
Torene Pinkham
Bunny
Priscilla Loring
Elephant
Marguerite Ainesbara Hart
Lorraine Jordan Minuet
Alice Lewis
Ella Rowe
Pauline Boyd
Mary Dodge
Hope Hodgdon
Mildred Delano
Madeline Williams
Cameo
Elaine Noyes
Beverly Farnam
Ethel Dupont
Mary
Glenda Howard
Mary Stilphen
Marguerite Rines
Marion Mayo
Ada Rowe
Alicia Brackett
Etta Rowe
Ann Hartnett
Alice Young
Mascara
Ada
Roland Joanne Heal
Kara Hart
Terene Pinkham
Rainbow Ballet
Faine Noyes
Betty R
Marguerite
Brewster G. Sedgwick Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Tel
Opera House
Jean Hersholt
Dorothy Peterson
Twentieth Century-Fox Picture
Paramount News
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham Post Road
New Meadows Inn
Philip Henry
Louis P. Perreault
Middle Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
John W. Gilmore
George Ronald
Walter J. McElman
Bedford Street
W. 8. Siegars
Addie Trufant
Hattie Knight
Bowsdeinham Ridge
William Gardner
Cyril Minott
East Braintree
Mary Minott
Donald
AB Soey
Chester Hobart
Wiscasset
Hamilton House
William Hamilton
Margaret ‘Hamilton
Leroy Adams
Alvin Huntoon
Wooddfords
Reginald Dore
Zina Maxwell
Roger Robinson
Bristol
Olive Andros
John Purington
Bowdeinham Town
Georgia Pratt
M. D. Pratt
Harold Cheney
L. L. Bishop
South Portland
Ethel Forbes
Rumford
Fred Cheney
Frank Webber
Worcester
Coombs High School
Paul Welch
Kennebunk
Sagadahoc
House of Representatives
Didate
Tennies
Bill Hatch
J. A. Bernier
High St. Bath
Clara E. Head
Woolwich Center
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