West Bath Grange Memorial Service Observed
West Bath Grange held its annual Memorial Day service during Monday night meeting. Chaplain Mrs. William Coombs led scripture and prayers as members in white joined a cross tableau and offerings on the altar. Senior member Joanna M. Hodgkins was honored. several participants delivered poems and music, with plans announced for next week's program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
William Coombs
Coombs
Elizabeth Young
Thelma Sylvester
John Howe
The
Granu
D. Wallace MacDonald
From Small Start to Large Battery Service Empire
William J Craft opened Craft's Battery Service in 1924 with a single room. Twenty years later he occupies the entire ground floor and recently bought the property, expanding into car body repair and rooming house space. He now runs a full shop with three to five workers, an electrical department, Willard batteries, and an up to date greasing service, reflecting growth from a one man operation to a substantial local business in Bath.
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William J. Craft
Center Street
Craft
Frank N Thompson
Joseph Avery
Dobbin
Mr. Craft
St. John
N. B
States
Boston
Bath
Mrs. Craft
Washington Street
Laura Craft
Sharon
Mass
Genesta Chapter Members Attend Instruction School
Genesta chapter OBS members attended a School of Instruction in Brunswick on Wednesday at 1:30 led by Courtney Hinckley District Deputy Grand Matron for District No. 4. Invitations were accepted for Mrs Viola Osgood to serve as candidate and Mrs Bertha Adams to participate in exemplification. A memorial service honored deceased members. The chapter noted progress, and a banquet followed with performances by Mel Olive Plummer's pupils, including Panda and Zebra dances, with refreshments served.
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Genesta
OBS
Priddis Ovenimy
Masonic Wn
Evelyn Morse
David Y. Alkazin
Mel
Olive Plummer
Pandas
Lucy Smith
Anna Lorin
Cynthia Osgood
Kathleen Ese
Judy Boy
Irginia Parker
Marilyn Bates
Edith Hawkes
Marilyn Kitteridge
Sandra Newcomb
Rena
Freda Legare
Lorraine Allen
White Violet Girl Scouts Have Party
White Violet Girl Scout Troop met Friday evening at the home of assistant leader Mrs Harmon Smith 1299 Washington street. Leader Mrs Ethel Kolarik attended and helped host. It was the last troop meeting before summer recess with a dancing party and refreshments.
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George Poulos
High Street
Liberty Bottling Co
Ox Horn Cafe
Danny Poulos
U.S A
Nashua
Ernest PB Poulos
Witch Spring
Danny
Pacife
North Carolina
White Violet
Harmon Smith
Washington Street
Ethel Kolarik
Patricia Smith
Barbara Summerton
Gloria Young
Helen Cook
Eunice Pert
Eliza Fstabrooks
Beverly White
Joyce Fullerton
Ruth Harriman
Joan Bradford
Pauline Holmson
Janice Knight
Jane Mocklar
Anastasia Micalos
Leslie Wald
William Allard
Frank Warren Edward Simpson
Richard MacDonald
Henry Powers
William French
Gilbert Powers
Ross Dodge
Dennis Smith
Lawrence Allen
Good Will Club plans social event for June 12
The Good Will club of Sagadahoc Ferry met at the clubhouse with good attendance. President Mrs. Arthur Orr led a brief business session approving a social at the hall Monday evening June 12. Committees for entertainment and refreshments were named, with Mrs. Nelson Rice, Mrs. Alex St. Pierre, Mrs. Freeman Oliver, and Miss Florence Carlton handling duties.
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Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Arthur Orr
Nelson Rice
Alex St. Pierre
Freeman Oliver
Florence Carlton
Brunswick Naval Air Station Aids Collecting Scrap
United States Naval Air Station Brunswick reports a comprehensive salvage program led by Cmdr J C Alderman and Lt (j.g.) James S Jones. The team recovers bone, fat, paper, tin, iron, glass, rubber and oils, selling to salvage firms to support the war effort.
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United States Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Cmdr
J. C. Alderman
J. G
James S. Jones
Ens. R
Navy
Pejepscot Mills
WAVES recruitment talk highlights women’s Navy roles
A large turnout at Club Forty-two heard Ensign Haggerty of the Naval Recruiting Service in Portland discuss WAVES growth from five jobs to over 250 Navy branches. She noted high satisfaction, explained training at Hunter College, and shown films of WAVES duties and training. The evening included refreshments by Mrs. William P. Kelley and Mrs. Maurice Owen.
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Club Forty-two
Ensign Haggerby
Naval Recruiting Service
Portland
WAVE
Hunter College
Haggerty
Navy
Trial-Croteau Wedding Joined Henry Trial and Maria Croteau
The wedding of Henry Ronal do Trial and Mrs. Maria Croteau occurred Saturday at St Marys church with Rev John A Cummings officiating. The groom is the son of the late Louis Trial of Lewiston and the bride is the daughter of Peter Chabot of Lewiston.
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Henry Ronaldo
Chestnut Street
Maria Croteau
St. Mary's Church
John A. Cummings
Louis Trial
Lewiston
Peter Chabot
Besaw and Lowery Wedding at Grace Church
Miss Frances R. Lowery and Robert A. Besaw wed at Grace Episcopal church in Bath. The ceremony featured a double ring rite with maid of honor Miss Margaret Haley and best man John J. Lowry Jr. Out of town guests attended. The couple planned a wedding trip to Tunk Lake after a reception at the bride’s home.
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Frances R. Lowery
John J. Lowery
Front. Street
Robert A. Besaw
William E. Besaw
Highland Street
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Margaret Haley
Bath
John J. Lowry, Jr
Earl
Nelson Lowery
Margaret Melcher
Elizabeth Williams
Miss Williams
Tunk Lake
USN
Kenneth Rigley
Arthur Sanders
Donald
Albert Lowery
Brunswick
Sargent
Robert MacDonald
Bangor
William Beggs
South Portland
Hartford
Chelsea
Mass
Miss Lowery
Morse High School
Guerin Printing Office
Besaw
Morse
Hyde Windlass Co
Postal Auxiliary Meeting Held In Waterville
Mrs Albert E Whitney was reelected president of Maine State Branch No 18 of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks for a fourth term at the annual convention at the Cent hotel in Waterville. Percy Low and William A Cummings were elected second vice president and secretary treasurer attended with Mrs Low and Mrs Whitney. Dr Wilbert L Carr spoke at the joint banquet with Roy L Sylvester and John Dee also addressing the meeting.
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Albert E. Whitney
Postoffice Clerks Auxiliary
Maine
United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Crescent Hotel
Waterville
Percy Low
William A. Cummings
Postoffice Clerks Association
Bath
Low
Cummings
Wilbert L. Carr
Colby College
Roy L. Sylvester
John Dee
Worcester
Mass
National Association
Memorial Day Exercises and Town Meeting News
Bowdoinham observed Memorial Day with a Mer r ymeeting Grange Hall program led by Edward Baker and Charles Hackett. Dr. Alexander Cairns spoke, followed by prayers, recitations, solos, and school performances by Bishop and other students. Town meeting voted 119 to 47 to keep Coombs High open, amid debate on classroom needs and costs. Also reported were a Route 201 collision injuring no one, Bay View Cemetery officers, local move to rest homes, and various community notices.
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Merrymeeting Grange Hall
Edward Baker
Charles Hackett
Alexander Cairns
Paul West
William Gould
Nancy Lamoreau
Freddie Almy
Cynthia Denham
Herbert Walker
Penelope Conley
Roland Robinson
Jean Hilton
George Hamilton
Lewis Lucy
Irving Prindall
Coombs High School
Ralph MacEwen
Doris Lamoreau
Wilford Jones
Ellis Moore
Charles MacEwen
Cleveland Curtis
Neil Bishop
Chester Hobart
Byron Durgin
Clifford Gray
Edward White
Jessie Ames
Frank Millay
Norman Rowe
Bowdoinham
Wesley Gardiner
Skowhegan
Chester Purington
Bowdeinham
William Babb
Richmond
Bay View Cemetery Association
Elected Emerson Lane Post Commander at Bowdoinham
Chester Hobart, a farmer on Bowdoinham Post Road, was elected new Commander of the Emerson Lane Post American Legion at a recent meeting and will be installed June 6. A surprise party for Anita Zachan and Frankie Gilbert, ages 4 and 2, was hosted by Mrs. Walter Zachau and Miss Kay Turner with 19 guests.
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Chester Hobart
Emerson Lane Post American Legion
Walter Zachau
Kay Turner
Hazel Turner
Anita Zachan
Frankie Gilbert
David White
Charles Sylvester
Carding Machine Road
Wesley Wright
Eugenia Bartlette
Richmond
Ray Douglass
New York
Clyde
Coast Guard
Church School Ends Successful Year
The Seventh-day Adventist church on High street closed its second year with Madge Myers teaching. Promoted students include Janice Pecci to third, Eleanor Brooks to seventh, Olive Farley and Rico Zorrilla to eighth. Myers will teach in Harrison next year. Esther Lane of South Lancaster will take her place. A Sunday picnic at Langdon Thistle’s Meadowbrook home followed, featuring ball games, races, and a wildflower hunt for their Junior Missionary Volunteer work.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
High Street
Madge Myers
Wellesville
N. Y
Janice Pecci
Eleanor Brooks
Olive Farley
Rico Zorrilla
Miss Myers
Harrison
Esther Lane
South Lancaster
Mass
Langdon N. Thistle
Meadowbrook Road
Phippsburg
Mr and Mrs Chester Colby Visit at Kamp Kosy Woolwich
Mr and Mrs Chester Colby of Auburn are visiting Mrs Emma Copeland at her summer home Kamp Kosy in Woolwich.
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Chester Colby
Auburn
Emma Copeland
Kamp Kosy
Woolwich
Mrs Williams Opens Cottage at Small Point
Mrs John Williams of Baltimore Maryland opens the Williams cottage at Small Point as the first arrival of the Summer season.
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John Williams
Baltimore
Williams
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