Firemen Respond to Three Blazes in Woolwich Area
Saturday fires kept Woolwich volunteers busy with three calls in two hours. A woods fire near the Myers Reed property in Woolwich used Indian pumps. A kitchen blaze at 9 Fremont Street was tamed with buckets. A porch attic fire at Minott's grave home required roof access and hand extinguishers. Mrs Sanford and neighbor Sherman Lewis helped alert and fight the flames until firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers Reed
Woolwich
Nancy M. Thomas
Freemont Street
Central Station
Washington
Winship Streets
Albert Sanford
Minott
Sanford
Sherman R. Lewis
War Bond Auction To Take Place Soon At Opera House
A War Bond auction and the Diamond Horseshoe premiere will be held at the Bath Opera House on June 12 starting at eight. Admission requires War Bond purchase and tickets are sold where bonds are offered. Beta Sigma Psi sorority girls will run a bond booth in the Opera House lobby from six to nine each evening until the event. Bria Jewett will be the auctioneer. merchandise donated by Bath merchants and surprises will be auctioned to the highest bidder in War Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Opera House
Opera House
Beta Sigma Psi Sorority
Bria Jewett
Bath
Farewell Party for Paul Legard Held by Gaudettes
A farewell party was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Gaudette at their Oliver Street home Tuesday evening for Paul Legard who left the previous Wednesday for armed forces service. Mrs. Legard received a monetary gift. The house was decorated in red, white and blue crepe, with refreshments served. Guests included Mrs. Paul Legard, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meister, Mrs. Gladys Gungel, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sweeney, Miss Lillian Dunton, Mrs. Langdon Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gaudette, Mr. and Mrs. T. Nelson Lowery, Stanley Brimignon, Mrs. Paul Savage, and Mrs. Lester Owen of North Bergen, N. J., visiting Mrs. Edmund Gaudette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Legard
Armed Forces
Edmund Gaudette
Oliver
Langdon Greene
Eli Gaudette
T. Nelson Lowery
Stanley Brimigion
Paul Savage
Lester Owen
North Bergen
N. J
Perkins Cavanagh Wedding Saturday
Miss Altha Cavanagh R N of Calais now living at 53 Lemont street married Evan der Perkins formerly of Skowhegan in a double ring ceremony at the home of the Rev. Sidney E. Dee Middle street. The bride wore a yellow wool suit with gardenia corsage. Best man was William Coker of Bath and the couple left for Boston after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altha Cavanagh, R.N
Calais
Lemont Street
Evander Perkins
Washington Street
Skowhegan
Sidney E. Dee
Middle Street
Marie Wasson
R. N. William Coker
Bath
Chaney Couple Travel for Medical Check and Visit
Mr and Mrs Vernal P Chaney of Cato Avenue left Tuesday for Boston for an examination at Baker Memorial hospital and to Portsmouth New Hampshire to visit their son John A Chaney and Mrs Chaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal P. Chaney
Cato Avenue
Boston
Mr. Chaney
Baker Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth
N. H
John A. Chaney
Postwar planning topic at Rotary luncheon
Howard H. Dana of Westbrook spoke to the Sedgwick Rotary about postwar planning led by the Committee of Economic Development. He urged local committee formation to ensure jobs for returning servicemen and critiqued current federal tax policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard H. Dana
Westbrook
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Dana
New England
Committee of Economic Development
Europe
Pacific
Eric Johnson
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Royal Johnson
Charlie Doyle
Forrest Royal
Waterville
Ernest Lever
Lewiston
John E. Belanger
Richard Footer
City
Robert L. Jacobs
Gardiner
Edward D. True, Jr
Wilfrid Guerin
The
Lions
Mr. Dana
Poland
United States
Mother Daughter Banquet At Wesley Church
Wild Rose Girl Scout troop members demonstrated the Girl Scout laws at a mother and daughter banquet in Wesley church vestry with Jane Niles as mistress of ceremonies. Guests included Mrs. James Temple. A candlelight service closed the evening as ten girls repeated a law and the promise. Badges were awarded later, including wood badge to Anita Bagdikian and Jane Niles. The troop plans one final meeting at Grace church parish house at 3.30 pm Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Rose
Wesley Church
Jane Niles
James Temple
Anita Bagdikian
Joan Edgett
Sally Grant
Emma Hartleb
Frieda Legard
Rena Legard
Lila Mae Richmond
Anita Bagdikan
Grace Church Parish
Farewell Party for Mrs Lotta Goodwin Leaves for Jacksonville
A farewell surprise for Mrs Lotta Goodwin was held at her Chestnut Street home as she plans to move to Jacksonville Florida in two weeks to join her daughter Mrs Vincent Morck and her family. Guests included Co-Workers and Ladies Aid members along with many friends. Games were led by Mrs Henry O McCabe and a community sing followed. Refreshments featured ice cream cakes sandwiches candy and coffee. Attending were Mr and Mrs Ernest Wade Mr and Mrs Ralph Blakeney Mrs Laura Harrington and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotta Goodwin
Jacksonville
Fla
Vincent Morck
Morck
Marine Corps Zunner
Ghestnut Street
Mra Goodwin
Co-Workers
First Baptist Lanren
Henry O. McCabe
Ernest Wade
Ralph Blakeney
Laura Harrington
Julia Adams
Alice Pratt
Harriet Fraser
Julia Moore
Harriet Wright
Florence Martin
Edward Cooke
Helen Hall
Fanny Tobey
Jennie Cameron
Marvel Lake
Amelia McLellan
Henry Biggins
North Primary School Open House Draws Guests
North Primary School invites parents and friends to an Open House on a Wednesday afternoon featuring a junior primary musicale and Grade I visual aid machine demonstration. Special programs roll out in Grades II and III with North Center P T A members welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
North Center P. T. A
Bowdoin Commencement Showcases Air Travel Impact
Admiral King visits Bowdoin as Senator Brewster discusses European war impact. He notes Bowdoin’s strong Senate representation and remarks on wartime food and fuel shortages. Alumni attendance is limited by travel, but the alumni dinner fills the gymnasium with the welcomed addition of women attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Committee
Senate
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Admiral King
Bath Hosts State Physical Education Survey
Louis J. Hutto of the State Department of Education surveyed Bath progress on a new expanded physical education program in city schools. Bath is one of four pilot communities with voluntary participation in Hutto’s plan, starting with an April exhibit at Huse school. Demonstrations for parents are planned to explain aims and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Hutto
State Department of Education
Bath
Huse
Hutto
Four Student Nurses Receive Their Caps in Bath Memorial Ceremony
Four nursing students Claire Bachelder Kesar Fails Barbara Custner Cass Eleanor Cavanaugh Rockland and Rose Marie Graham received caps at a Bath Memorial hospital capping ceremony. Rev Charles M Tubbs blessed the caps and Florence Nightingale pledge was recited. The event opened with singing Onward Christian Soldiers and concluded with benediction and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Claire Bachelder
Kesar Fails
Barbara Custner
Cass
Eleanor Cavanaugh
Rockland
Rose Marie Graham
Danforth
Vedlena Seevers
Joseph Smith
Florence Nightingale
E. Motley Fuller
Charles M. Tubbs
Gertrude Bates
Avis McPhail
Mrs Fritz Klippel of Nequas Sel Passes in Portland
Mrs. Fritz Klippel of Nequas Sel died Thursday in Portland. The obituary notes her residence and the recent death, with no additional details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Klippel
Nequassel
Portland
Vaillancourt-Dionne Wedding Held in Brunswick Church
Mrs. Blanche Dionne announces the marriage of her daughter Violet Elizabeth to Pvt. Mitchell Vaillancourt of Bath at St. John's Church Brunswick on May 19 at 9 am. Officiating was Rev. Louis Godin S.M. with a double ring ceremony. The couple left for a Connecticut trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Dionne
McLellan Street
Brunswick
Violet Elizabeth
Mitchell Vaillancourt
Bath
Beloni Vaillancourt
St. John's Church
Louis Godin
S.M
Samuel Poitras
Francois Vaillancourt
Florence Dionne
Anfiette Poitras
Helen Lacasse
Doris Leavitt
Venise
Bowdoin
Connecticut
Twenty six men leave Bath for military induction
Twenty six men departed Bath and nearby towns for induction into the armed forces. Names listed include George E. Van Wynan Clement Barter Laurier Bernier and Arthur Taylor among others from Bath West Bath Phippsburg Woolwich Gardiner Brunswick Lisbon Randolph Auburn Topsham Kennebunk and Bronx New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Perkins Conner Engagement Sets June Wedding
Mr and Mrs Arthur L Perk ins announce the engagement of their daughter Natalie to Jack E Conner AMMP 1 USN of Dallas Texas The wedding is set for June 11 at 7 pm at Winter Street Congregational church Miss Perkins is a Morse High School class of 1943 graduate and works at Brunswick Naval Air Station The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles D Conner and attended Dallas schools Griffin High School in Griffin Ga and Wake Forest College PMID
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Perkins
Middle Street
Natalie
Jack E. Conner
Dallas
Texas
Winter Street Congregational Church
Miss Perkins
Morse
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Conner
Charles D. Conner
Griffon High School
Griffon, Ga
Wakeforest College
N, Er
Johnson Standish Wedding in Washington Home
Earl G. Johnson of San Antonio Texas a U S Navy and Doris L Standish of Los Angeles California were married at the home of Rev David L Wilson in Washington The groom wore his naval uniform and the bride a blue traveling suit with matching accessories The double ring ceremony was performed and she was attended by Mrs Louis Mattingly and Mrs Pearl B Wilson They departed for their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl G. Johnson
U. S. Navy
San Antonio
Texas
Doris L. Standish
Los Angeles
Cal
David L. Wilson
Washington
Louis Mattingly
Pearl B. Wilson
Florence Sedgley
Bowdoinham
Roy Wallace
S/c. U.S.N
Greene
George Sedgley
Paul West
Bowdoinham Baptist Church
Margaret Reed
Robert
Nequasset Auxiliary Holds All Day Session With 93-Year-Old Guest
Ladies Auxiliary of Nequasset met at Mrs. Maurice Hathorne's home for an all day session. Guest of honor was 93 year old Mrs. Dora Bailey. Dinner featured baked beans salads hot rolls ice cream cake cookies tea and coffee. Treasury showed 167 with 40 to be turned in next week and a 100 War Bond purchase voted. A June 13 dinner at Hotel Sedgwick and meeting at Mrs. Ralph Burden's Bath planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Maurice Hathorne
Murphy's Corner Road
Dora Bailey
Farewell Party For Bessie Stimpson At Norway Home
A farewell party honoring Miss Bessie M Stimpson of Norway marked 37 and a half years with the New England Telephone Co Attendees included Mrs Nellie C D Arcy and out of town guests from Norway The event featured a menu and floral decorations and followed a prior Nor way office party with a corsage and check Miss Stimpson's long service included Brunswick Bath and Norway as a traveling observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie M. Stimpson
Norway
New England Telephone Co
Nellie C. D'Arcy
Bruce Street
Fred Rowell
Carolyn Hall
Frank DeCoster
Miss Stimpson
Beal Tavern
Brunswick
Paul C Savage Jr Celebrates Fifth Birthday
The fifth birthday of Paul C Savage Jr son of Pvt Paul C Savage USA and Mrs Savage was marked at his aunt Mrs Eli Gaudets home on Mechanic Street Prizes went to Peter Lorentson Marshall Libby and Edith Ann Lowery Attending were Mrs Grace Owen her daughter Joyce Mrs Maurice Libby and daughter Judith Mrs Edmund Gaudet and daughter Patricia Mrs Edward Lowery and children Margaret and Thomas Judith and Buddy Legard Camilla and Buddy Lorentson Anita Gaudet and Sally Savage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Savage, Jr
Paul C. Savage
USA
Savage
Washington Street
Eli Gaudet
Mechanic Street
Peter Lorentson
Marshall Libby
Edith Ann Lowery
Gaudet
Paul Legard
Grace Owen
Joyce
Maurice Libby
Judith
Edmund Gaudet
Patricia
Edward Lowery
Margaret
Thomas
Buddy Legard
Camilla
Buddy Lorentson
Anita Gaudet
Sally Savage
MRS MUZZROLL TO TEACH IN WALDOBORO
Mrs. Virginia Muzzroll leaves Morse High after four years to head Waldoboro High home economics. Her husband Lawrence J. Muzzroll becomes Waldoboro principal for 1945 46, succeeding Earl Spear. Virginia Jewett is a 1941 Maine graduate. Lawrence is Bowdoinham principal and a 1942 Maine graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Muzzroll
Morse High School
Waldoboro High School
Lawrence J. Muzzroll
Muzzroll
Virginia Jewett
Helen Piper
University of Maine
Bowdeinham High School
Earl Spear
Waldoboro
Stephens High School
Rumford
Mrs Foster Suffering Scalp Wound After Roof Strike
Mrs D H Foster, wife of M M L Foster of the U S N, received a bad scalp wound Sunday evening when struck on the head by a slate roof panel from a Center street store. Doctor Richard Johnson treated her and she and her husband are staying at the Hotel Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Foster
M. M. l. Foster
Center Street
Richard Johnson
Hotel Phoenix
Memorial Day Visit by Merchant Couple in Camden
Mr and Mrs Fred Merchant of Meadow Way spent Memorial Day in Camden enjoying a brief holiday outing and time with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Merchant
Meadow Way
Camden
City Kids Collect About Thirty Tons of Scrap Paper
Newspaper notes a school drive by city children yielding an estimated 30 tons of scrap paper. Pupils canvassed homes and businesses to supply cartons for armed forces while Hyde Park Terrace was stopped due to cleaning concerns and may be declared out of bounds for future drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Francis L McDonald Wins High Place in Naval Shipbuilding
Francis L McDonald of Quincy Point Mass a naval architect at Fore River Shipyard and civilian technical aide to Capt Henry F D Davis USN supervisor of shipbuilding and inspector of ordnance spent the summer with his wife and daughter at a Summer home in Phippsburg He previously worked at Electric Boat Groton Federal Yard Kearny Bethlehem Fore River and later joined the Navy at Fore River He is a member of Fore River Naval Associates Society of American Shipbuilders and Designers and Quincy Local No 7 AF of L
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fore River
Henry F. D. Davis
USN
Francis L. McDonald
Quincy Point
Mass
Bath
McDonald
Electric Boat Co
Groton
Red Cross Bath needs more volunteers for sewing and knitting
Mrs. Louis Dole announces a quota of 225 women's cotton dresses 125 demi-laye ttes for 330 girls' dresses 400 boys' shirts and 100 woolen capes. Front street rooms open Tuesday 930 AM to 5 PM and Wednesday 10 AM to 4 PM. Additional workers sought including those who crochet. Contact Mrs. Dole for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Dole
Bath
American Red Cross
Front Street
Dole
Family to Greenville on temporary move during service
Mrs. Kenneth E. Brown and three children of 406 High Street depart Monday to live with Mrs. Brown's sister Mrs. John R. Taylor in Greenville South Carolina until September. Pvt Brown stationed at Camp Croft South Carolina for three months. Mrs. Stephen Marshall 101 High Street to accompany to Greenville and stay a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Brown
High Street
Greenville
S. C
Brown
John R. Taylor
Pvt. Brown
USA
Camp Croft
Stephen Marshall
Bowdoinham Weddings and Community Notes Highlight Local Life
Dorcas Higgins wed Sterling Fitts of Yarmouth in Bowdoinham with Rev. J N Palmer officiating. Florence Sedgley and Roy Wallace married at the bride’s parents’ home in Bowdoinham. Attendants included Higgins family members and local residents. receptions and post ceremony greetings followed. Memorial Day windstorm knocked out power across town from 4 to 9 p.m., repair crews restoring lines. Community mentions includeCertificates of Honor awarded at Bowdoin Commencement and numerous personal visits and travels among residents and relatives.
Local Friends and Family Visit Over Weekend
Mass families hosted weekend guests including Mr and Mrs Harold Cheney and Mrs Marjorie Ingalls of Washington DC. Charles Dunklee returned from the Pacific for a Nor Va visit. Engagement announced between Miss Ni Alexander and Clarence Underwood. Alexander, a Richmond High School 1942 graduate, works as a nurse at Leighton V alescent Home in Hallowell. Underwood served two years active duty in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Purington
Pauline Jenkins
Dingley Road
Portland
Mildred Hayes
Bangor
Harold Cheney
Jeanette Burrill
Roberta
Velma Peterson
Westbrook
Delmar Curtis
John MacDonald
Roxbury
Mass
W. M. West
Cheney
Marjorie Ingalls
Wington
D. C
Richr Corner Corp
Charles Dunklee
Nor Va
Pacific
Dunklee
Lucille Roberts
Floyd Mei
Connecticut
Henry Aleder
Clarence Underwood
M. R
Ward Underwood
Hudson EF N. Y
Alexander
Richmond
Bath Welcomes San Francisco Executive George Nichols Home
George Nichols of San Francisco, vice president of Matson S S Co, visited Bath to see relatives and old friends. He is a Bath native, educated here, and held positions from Bath Works to the Emergency Fleet Corporation before joining Matson. His return followed a career spanning Norport News to Washington. Mrs Nichols stayed in Boston, niece Kathline Johnson joined him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nichols
San Frisco
Cal
Matson S. S. Co
Times
Bath
Cha Nichols
Reed Nichols
Nichols
Herbert E
Old Bath Works
Nport News
Fore River
Quincy
Mous Matson
Lurline
Washington, D
San Franci
Matson Line
Line
Boston
Katline Johnson
Charles Reed Nichols
Navy
Rupert Irvine Transferred to New Duties in Amherst Mass
Rupert Irvine, manager of New England Telephone and Telegraph De Bath, moves to the Amherst office in Massachusetts to begin new duties early next week as assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Irvine
New England Tel
Tel. de Bath
Noampton
Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elwell
Wesley
Wild Rose Troop of
Girl Scouts
Senator Brewster
Department of Education
Memorial Hospital
Brunswick Church
Fort Preble
Portland Harbor
Johnson—Standish
Bessie Stimpson
Francis L
U.S.N
RED Cross
Quinn and Road
Georgetown
Russell cKinney
Star Route
Fred B. Reed
Sandy E. Wallace
Dorcas Higgins
Sterling Fitts
Yarmouth
J. N. Palmer
Russell Higgins
Freeport
Herbert Higgins, Jr
Fitts
Herbert Opabs
Merrymeeting Farm
Mr. Fitts
Roy Fitts
M.C.R.R
Mrs. Fitts
Walter Zachau
Anita
Kay MacPherson
Joyce Bailey
Kathleen Turner
Patricia Messer
John Ackley
Arlene
David
Janice
Dickie White
Perley Harmon
Gray Homestead
Cambridge
Arthur P. Curtis
AUREL _.,, HARDY
Times Newsboy
Main Steamship Company
Seren
Ail
Ewe
Etre
Letra
Senchley
Souja
Henie
Michael O'Shea Mare McDonald
Technicolort
Ipa
Pat O'Brien
Carole Landis
As EU George Morphy
Pem
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