Bath mobilizes against transfer of Navy contracts
Bath leaders convened a meeting to oppose transferring naval contracts to other states. They fear loss of millions for Maine, urge mass action, and plan a large united effort with Chamber of Commerce support and outreach to U S Senators and Congressmen. Bath Iron Works officials welcomed citizen concern and pledged vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Chambers of Commerce
Bath
Maine
State Chamber of Commerce
U. S
J Horace McClure
McClure
George Musk
Frank B. Nichols
Bath Daily Times
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Chamber of Commerce
John R. Newell
Newell
Rainbow Assembly Holds Public Installation At Masonic Temple
Rainbow Assembly No. 6 held a public installation Tuesday last week at the Masonic temple with 150 attendees. Installing officers included Barbara Morse and Jane Niles, with Patricia Brann as Worthy Advisor. Floral ceremony followed, bouquets presented, bars earned announced, and advisory members attended. Ice cream and cake served. flowers gifted to Rainbow girls by Mr. and Mrs. Alkazin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Friends of
Rainbow
Barbara Morse
Jane Niles
Barbara Burden
Beverly Allegrin
Manuel Bowers
Genesta
Patricia Brann
Janice Knight
Pauline Holmson
Charity
Lila Mae Richmond
Hope
Jacqueline Chappell
Jean McKay
Hilda Bowers
Virginia Whitney
Carolyn Stackpole
Clair Wing
Abby Jane Gruber
Eleanor Marks
Joan Osborne
Freida Legard
Jane Henderson
Jerolyn Harris
Joan Brooks
Confidential Observer
Carol Quimby
Outer Observer
Eleanor McRae
Sandra Daley
Beverly Coombs
Betty Newell
Barbara Ireland
Joan Mallett
Anita Deering
Marion Snow
Ethel Richardson
Beverly Ring
Airs
William Brann
Brann
Mr. Brann
Jewel
Evelyn Morse
Jerelyn Harris
John Gillespie
David Alkazin
Burleigh McKay
Waldo Brooks
Wanda Lemoine
Doris Tobey
Merle Nues
Herbert Morse
Martha Bertrand
Randall Daley
Rainbow Girls
Coombs-Baker Ceremony Friday In Woolwich
Miss Barbara Helen Baker and Robert Loring Coombs exchanged wedding vows Friday in a Woolwich Congregational church ceremony at the bride’s grandparents’ home. Attendants included Muriel Beal as maid of honor and Roland Brown as best man. The couple, who honeymooned briefly, will reside in Bath where Coombs works for Tuttle Construction at Bath Iron Works. he is a Morse High School graduate and World War II veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Helen Baker
Clyde K. Baker
Nequasset Road
Woolwich
Robert Loring Coombs
Charles A. Coombs
Washington Street
John Anderson
Congregational Church of
Frank Cummings
Muriel Beal
Roland Brown
Bath
Coombs
Tuttle Construction Company
Bath Iron Works
Capt Hubert Arsenault Partners at Garnet Cottage
Capt Hubert Arsenault of the US Navy and Mrs Arsenault formerly Miss Camille St Pierre of Brunswick occupy a cottage at Garnet for the summer, after stationed at Bel Air Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Arsenault
USA
Belair, Md
Arsenault
Camille St. Pierre
Brunswick
Garnet
Bath High School Class of 1899 to Celebrate 50th Reunion
The 1899 Bath High School class plans a 50th reunion at Morse High School on June 9 with the alumni banquet. Of 28 graduates from Winter Street Church, 13 have died. Walter M. Coombs was president and the motto was He conquers, who conquers himself. Local members listed include John G. Morse Jr and Roland Hill. out of town members span several states. Attendees will meet at 4 p.m. in Room Q before the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School
Morse High School
Winter Street
Walter M. Coombs
John G. Morse, Jr
Roland F. Hill
Blanche Hodgkins Sprague
Ethel Albee May
Alice Percy Litchfield
Edwin B. Curtis
Portland
Harry A. Langdon
Roy F. Parris
South Braintree
Mass
Llewellyn Rogers
Gloucester
Henry R. Worth
Martha’s Vineyard
Georgie Duncan Seavey
Searsport
Mabel J. Duncan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia Folsom Nossworthy
Washington, D. C
Louise S. Fuller
Northampton
Marie Passmore Gilbert
Springfield
Thomas P. Black
William R. Dean
Albert L. Lombard
James B. Perkins
May Low Larrabee
Lilla S. Keene
Annie A. Reed
Retta ‘Smith Savage
Elsie
Isabel Turner
Russell
Sarah Bruce ‘Cummings
Grace
Palmer Lennon
Junior Red Cross Exhibits Notable Bath Chapter Work
An Independent office window display showcases Bath chapter Junior Red Cross activities led by Mrs. Marion Ambrose. Students prepared 72 gift boxes for international recipients, sent letters, and received thanks from Czech students. Locally they aided veterans and senior homes, and crafted a coloruf Afghan for Hyde Home, highlighting broad community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Red Cross
Bath
Marion Ambrose
Red Cross
Togus
Memorial Day
Slyde Home
Old Folks Home
Old Ladies Home
Bath Memorial Hospital
Plummer Home
Chopps School
Woolwich
Florence Temple
Hyde
Police Sergeant Weston Retires From Bath Force
Police Sergeant Waldo E Weston retires from the Bath Police Department after failing recent physicals. A World War I veteran and regular officer since 1940 he cites health issues and inability to meet new health standards. Also mentions local social items from Bailey Island diners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo E. Weston
Bath Police Department
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Weston
Smith- Tobey Post, A. L
Keep Maine Green Talk at Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Club heard Francis Lanery of the State Forestry Department discuss the Keep Maine Green Campaign and its aim to reduce fires. He noted 50 percent of fires stem from carelessness, urged club cooperation with Sagadahoc chair James Gillies, and screened the film Then It Happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Bailey
Francis Lanery
State Forestry Department
Lanery
James Gillies
Sagadahoc
Edwin Brown
Frederick Moffatt
Rockland
Bath Lions fund drive seeks small donations for children's dental care
Bath Lions club conducts a house to house drive for underprivileged Bath children, urging a small donation from every family to fund dental and optical care. The club has paid the school dental hygienist since April and aims to continue the program next year if funds allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Lions Club
Dorothy Williams
Two Bath Women to Assist in Maine Summer School
Mrs Willard McLean of Granite Street and Mrs Alfred Ives of Beacon Street lead planning for the first annual Summer school of the Maine Conference Woman's Society of Christian Service to be held July 18 22 at the Maine Methodist camp in Worthrop They handle publicity exhibitions printing and daily news sheet plans for the school week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard McLean
Granite Street
Alfred Ives
Beacon Street
Maine Conference Woman's Society of Christian Service
Maine Methodist
Wirtthrop
McLean
Conference Woman's Society
Augusta
Wesley Methodist Church
Ives
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Missionary Education
Early Ring Traditions Among Persians and Hindus
The article notes that in ancient times both Persians and Hindus wore gold and iron rings as part of cultural practice.
Bates College to Honor Dr Vining Dunlap in June
Former Bowdoinham man Dr Vining C Dunlap will receive a Doctor of Science degree at Bates College on June 12 while heading the United Fruit Co tropical research program in Honduras. He has degrees from Bates Cornell and has worked in wood preservation plant pathology and agricultural exploration in multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates College
Bowdoinham
Vining C. Dunlap
Dunlap
New Crops
United Fruit Co
Honduras
Bates
Cornell Universty
Panama
Costa Rica
West Africa
Canary Islands
American ‘Association For the Advancement of Science
Explorers’ Club
Bowdoinhant Baptist Church
Linwood Hackett
Frederick Cheney
Eleanor Purington
Ella Curtis
Ethel Hackett
Mildred Given
Louisa Skelton
Frances Fides
Dorothy Prout
Gretchen Hatch
Miriam Rideout
Della Rideout
Olive Douglas
Lottie Purington
Lona Hackett
Evelyn Merrill
Doris Blodgett
Frances Benner
George Millay
Helen Robinson
Hazel Maxwell
Jane Hackett
Alma Bishop
Belle Cheney
Marian Brown
Miranda Meserve
Bath plans big parade for Merchants Day July 2
Bath prepares a three day Centennial celebration starting Saturday July 2 with a large parade chaired by Gardiner D. Rogers. Clarence Warner and Floyd Preble named as top aides marshal Warner. Fire department and military divisions joined by a band and additional floats and displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gardiner D. Rogers
Clarence Warner
Floyd Preble
Warner
Rogers
Preble
Henry Bell
State Armory
Wyatt
Unday
Maine Central Railroad
New England
Veteran Firemen’s League
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Senter’ S, Inc
Hamburg
Rayon and Taffeta
NAVY
Massachusetts
William Turpie
Chamber
Paul Tiemer
William S. Newell
Tiemer
Morse High
UM Int
Bride
Frank Gokey
Union Street Court
Phyllis Neal
Alfred Neal
Everett Neal
North Street
Bailey Island
Maine Green
Cosmopolitan Club
Dunlap Commandery
St. Johns Day
Newburyport
Salisbury Beach
Knights Templar
Salisbury
Carl E. Albee
Charles Bartlett
Harold Cutting
Priscilla Trott
G. Thomas Murphy
Sebasco Estates
Milton C. Trott
Harold P. Small
Clyde Ambrose
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Adelaide S. Hooper
Mildren H Trott
Catharine H. Legard
John A. Greene, Jr
Harmon Eliason
William
Royal A. Johnson
Amerise Bourque
Frank A. Danforth
Jean Danforth
Eugene Rice
North St
Bath, Maine
Summer School of Maine Methodist Society
Lakewood Theatre
Melville Burke
Lakewood
Ightly Marrie Eves
Frank Allen
Waterville
Walter Given
Ralph
Greenville
Phillip Rideout
Vera Winters
A. S. MacDougal
George Bragg
Bobby
Oregon
Alfred Johnson
Lloyd Skelton
Gardiner General Hospital
Ivan Lang
Maryland
William Daniels
West Minot
Harold Hackett
Siberia
Uptown
Leo Gorcey
Bowery
William Elliott
And
Devine
Jack Holt
Forrest Tucker
Rusty Saves
Susan Hayward
Robert Preston
Tulsa” Technicolor
Parker Head
Phippsburg
Harry D. Mank, Jr
Bayview Farm
Laura E. Dustin
Cox's Head
Phipburg
Seguinland Road
Five Islands
S. P. Fairbanks
Munjoy St
P.S
Red Men's Hall
Wiscasset
Charlotte’s School of Dancing
Pye
Sandra Soren
Iscasset Ene
Superior Heating Co
Morning St
Roel Farm
Stanley E
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