Morse High Class Day Honors Wartime Graduates
Morse high school held its third wartime Class Day with a service flag bearing a gold star for a fallen member and a blue star marked 41 for mentors in service. Miss Marguerite Rines directed the program as the class sang The Star Spangled Banner with Violet Dyer conducting and Valerie Nickerson at the piano. Officers include Nicholas Poulos vice president, Jean Stanton secretary, and Glen Ga Howard treasurer, with the motto Today Decides Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Marguerite Rines
Chester A. Rines
Granite Street
Morse High
Violet Dyer
Valerie Nickerson
Nicholas Poulos
Ernest P. Poulos
West Bath
Jean Stanton
Harold T. Stanton
Deering Street
Glen- Ga Howard
Norman W. Howard
Washington Street
David LL
Fifth War Loan committees announced region eight named
Daniel Williams announces the Fifth War Loan committees for Region Eight covering Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties. The list includes Bath leaders Carl W. Crane and Ralph W. Bragg as town chairs, plus industrial, bank, insurance, school, theatre, retail divisions and numerous members at large across Bath West Bath Woolwich and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Williams
Cumberland
Sagadahoc
Bath
Carl W. Crane
Ralph W. Bragg
West Bath
Perry L. Thompson
Richmond
Solon W. Purington
Bowdoinham
Neills
Bishop
Woolwich
George Wright
Five Islands
Gilbert D. Standish
Georgetown
Howard Trafton
Bath City
James J Gilles, Jr
William H Turpie
K. Blair Hodge
Sherwood Aldrich
Albert S. Noyes
Alex A. Burden
Dunlap Hatch
Harry L Day
G. J. Nugent
Allan Spear S. B. Nickerson
A. S. Pennell
Frank Hunt
D. T. Tardif
Insurance
Roger D. Skillings
W. I. Voorhees
Charles W. Powers
James T. Lee
Isadore Singer
Judson C. Niles
Nathan W. Watson
David Y. Alkazin
Harland A. Ladd
Eleanor Danforth
Doris Humphreys
Catherine Leonard
Nathan Press
Maurice Savoie
Hollis W. Garey
Carl Y. Kennedy
Irma D. Groves
Bernard Linnenbuerger
Fred Tarbox
Morris S. Povich
Wilfred E. Guerin
A. George Moses
Edward Dale True
Lules
Edwin R. Andrews
Rupert Irvine
Alex MacDonald
Raymond Chubbuck
Karcher S. Jackson
William A. Furber
Alex Burgess
Morse High School Class of 1944 Honor Roll and Farewell Ode
The Morse High seniors, led by opening prayer by the pastor emeritus of Central church, recount students in service and those killed in action. A lengthy list names U S Army RAF Navy Marines and more, including Richard Orvis. The class ode to Old Morse High, written by Miss Frances Flaherty, closes the ceremony with farewell lines and chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Miss Howard
Norman Gwynn
Tank Corps
Almon Haley
Donald Hatch
Air Corps
Edward King
Gerald Lemoine
Ordnance Corps
David Mooers
Thomas Morse
Paul Perry
Jeannoel Pomerlean
U.S. Navy
Clarence Babine
Herbert Belanger
Robert Bourset
Richard Bourget
Leo Couture
Myron Craig
Thomas Fletcher
Dale Harper
Scott Holmes
Ralph Houston
Cliffford Kelley
Louis B. King
Paul Leeman
Robert Linnell
Andrew Long
Philip MacAloney
Frank Nadau
Mahlon Niles
Norman Pelley
Bernard Pratt
Joseph Teasdale
Gilbert Wodman
Marines
Warren Atkinson
Leroy Peasley
Maurine Kendall Charman
James Voorhees
Allen Whitmer
Larry Wold
Frances Flaherty
Margaret C. Flaherty
Front Street
Andrew C. Flahery
Morse High
Morse
Class of 1916 Presents Skits and Gifts at Commencement
The 1916 graduation recital featured poems, props, and a class prophecy staged by Miss Flaherty Miss Stodder and Miss Merrill. Students Rines and Purdue led the program with a gold penknife gift to Edward Pomeroy. Faculty coaches included Miss Leonard Miss Rose and Miss Irish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Morse
Horace G. Morse
Oak Street
Betty Anderson
Carl C. Anderson
Green Street
Rena _ Ulmer
Charles H. Ulmer
Park Street
Frances Young
Flaherty
Barbara Stodder
Russell H. Stodder
Snow Park
Anna Merrill
Herbert W. Merrill
Front Street
Miss Flaherty
Miss Stodder
Miss Merrill
Stanton
Rutherford White
Rines
Edward Pomeroy
Linna Marie Purdue
Joseph O. Purdue
U.S. Army
Purdue
Washington Street
Catherine Leonard
Hester M. Rose
Amy A. Irish
Club 42 Postpones Meeting For Alumni Banquet
Club 42 will not meet Thursday evening due to the Alumni banquet at Morse High. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening June 22. Members then attended a spaghetti supper in Brunswick, followed by a jovial evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club 42
Morse High
Brunswick
William Kelley
Stephen Johns
Edith Small
Joseph Mullanes
Norman Chase
Phylis Darrah
John Preney
Arthur Sarkis
Jeanette Roy
Viola Arsenault
Irvine Mank
Carol Hall
Louise Trainor
Herbert Antworth
Maurice Owen
Dolly Goodwin
Norman Adams
Dorothy Olsen
Charles Hoebel
Catherine Legard
John A Greene, Jr
Brewster Sedgewick
Richard Haskell
Russell Kenney
Miss Grace Crowley Receives Degree at Larson Junior College
Miss Grace Crowley daughter of Mr and Mrs William T Crowley of 52 Union Street received a degree at Larson Junior College New Haven Connecticut Mrs Leonard Oliver has returned to her home 1301 Washington Street after a week visiting Sherbrooke Canada with relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Crowley
William T. Crowley
Union Street
Larson Junior College
New Haven
Conn
Leonard Oliver
Washington Street
Sherbrooke
Canada
Bathman Candidate in Monday's Primary
John C. Fitzgerald born 1893 and resident of Portland for nine years seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in the First District. A Bath native and lawyer, he served in World War I, led WPA programs funding airports, roads and public works, and held Civil War era civic roles including Red Cross, American Legion, and War Housing advisory posts. He is married with three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
John C Fitzgerald
Congress
Hebron
Bowdoin
University of Maine College of Law
Fitchburg
Mass
HOLC
FHA
WPA
Albert Abrahamson
Fitzgerald
John C. Fitzgerald
George C. Marshall
Maine
Secretary of War
Citizens
American Legion
Ralph D. Caldwell
American Red Cross Roll Call
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross Southern Maine
Cumberland County
Red Cross Seeks Bath Volunteers for Surgical Dressings
Bath New York Red Cross workers urged to report to the Masonic Temple and Elks club workrooms to convert 72 000 gauze pieces received Monday into surgical dressings. Miss Etta Thurlow, surgical dressings chairman, emphasized urgency as delays in gauze production by manufacturers stall shipments to Army use. Daily supervision is 1 to 4 pm Monday through Friday. Mrs. Henry Wright leads the Masonic Temple room and Mrs. Myrtie Billings the Elks Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Masonic Temple and Elks Club
Etta M. Thurlow
Indictments Lodged as Sagadahoc Grand Jury Returns
Sagadahoc Superior Court in Bath convened with Justice Nathaniel Tompkins presiding. Edward McIver of Bowdoinham, 45, indicted for manslaughter in his brother William McIver’s death at Bath Iron Works, the case bound over to the grand jury in $3,000. Eight other true bills include embezzlement, forgery, and breaking and entering across Bowdoinham Bath Richmond Auburn Topsham and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McIver
Bowdoin
Worumbo Manufacturing Co
William McIver
Bath Iron Works
Sagadahoc
Arch Morrell
Bath
Charles W. Messenger
Gardiner R. Deering
Ruth B. Howe
Richmond Loan & Building Association
Horace Gilbert, Jr
Auburn
Robert McKenna
Richmond
Wallace Nichols
Maude Mooney
William B. McKrechern
Bowdoinham
Dorothy A. Cloutier
Topsham
Frank Payson
Clayton A. Rowe
Millard C. Nedeau
Willis E. Moore
Saul Schenker
Cummings Motors, Inc
Bath High School Alumni Association to Hold Evening Program
The Bath High School Alumni Association hosts its 53rd annual meeting and dinner at Morse High School gym at 6 30. A following auditorium program features dances by students of Mary Cunningham and Olive Plummer, vocal selections by Elizabeth Williams Ruth Williams and others, with Miss Marguerite Rines as mistress of ceremonies. Robert Payne Shaw, 1919 president and director of the New York Museum of Industry and Science, will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School Alumni Association
Morse High Schol
Alice Jones
Anita Bagdikian
Mary Cunningham
Elaine Noyes
Olive Plummer
Elizabeth Williams
Juilliard School
New York City
Ruth Williams
Robert Payne Shaw
New York Museum of Industry and Science
Bowdoinham and Richmond Teams Prepare for Sunday Game
Midshipman Forest Fides departs for a three month Maine Maritime Academy course at Castine. On Sunday June 18 Bowdoinham will host Richmond Town at Bowdoinham field. Dr. Stephen Cobb now lieutenant colonel and executive officer of a U S Army General hospital in England. his family in Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midshipman Forest Fides
Castine
Maine Maritime Academy
Bowdoinham Town
Richmond Town
Bowdoinham Field
Ruby Wood Cobb
Bowdoinham
Stephen Cobb
Sanford
U. S. Army General Hospital
England
France
Army Hospital
Col. Cobb
Gardiner High School
Bates College
Harvard Medical School
Richard Barlow
Stephen Cobb Barlow
New York City
Cobb
Cobb For the Duration, As Lieut. Barlow
U. S. Navy
Bowdoinham Post Road Personal Items
Mr and Mrs Henry Lamoreau are parents of a son born June 5. Pearly McPherson and family visited Mapleton last week. Mrs William Bailey returned after spending weeks with her parents in Michigan. Mrs Dorothy Lamoreau spent the Winter in Florida and will summer in town. Mrs Bennett was a weekend guest of her daughter Mrs Fred Heath. Mr and Mrs Elbridge Small are parents of a son born recently. Mrs Ida Carr is a patient at Gardiner General hospital after an ankle fracture. Bowdoinham friends of Dr Edwin F Jratt regret his illness in Brunswick hospital. A stock party was held June 11 at the home of Mrs Shirley Humphrey for Mrs Charles Valentine. gifts and refreshments were provided and singing accompanied by Mrs R Miner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lamoreau
Pearly McPherson
Mapleton
William Bailey
Michigan
Dorothy Lamoreau
Florida
Bennett
Fred Heath
Elbridge Small
Ida,Carr
Gardiner General Hospital
Bowdeinham
Edwin F. Jratt
Brunswick Hospital
Shirley Humphrey
Charles Valentine
Waves Initiation At Navy Club Meeting In Bath
Several Waves stationed in Bath will be initiated into the Admiral Charles F Hughes Ship No 29 Navy Club at its regular meeting Thursday June 15 at 7 30 p.m. in the G A R hall on Middle Street. Coast Guard Temporary Reserve Flotilla No 202 and women now in active Naval Coast Guard or Marine service are invited. Members and guests should wear uniforms. Annual dues for all in active service reduced to 1 per year. Refreshments after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Charles F. Hughes
Navy Club of the
United States of America
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Coast Guard
Naval
Marine
Dinner Guests Visit Local Families
Mrs Nellie Douglas Thompson and her sister Mrs Lena Douglas Donnell of 55 Summer Street dined Tuesday with Mrs Elvira Trafton and Mrs Augusta E Rowe at 30 Lincoln Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Douglas Thompson
Lena Douglas Donnell
Summer Street
Elvira Trafton
Augusta E. Rowe
Lincoln Street
Tamara Day Returns From Visit with South Freeport Relatives
Tamara E Day, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stewart Day, has returned from a visit with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Robert Day in South Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamara E
Stewart Day
Robert Day
South Freeport
Bond Drive Gala Premiere Ticket Offer
A public appeal invites supporters to buy war bonds now and receive a ticket to the Gala War Bond Premiere. The event promises a commemorative evening with entertainment and recognition of bond buyers. Tickets are distributed with purchase while supplies last.
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Speaker of
the House
Ership
Franklin County
Holman Daggett
Hervey Jennings
Strong, Maine
WGAN
Nicat
James
BS World News
Esso
Voice of Friendly Service
Singing Cove
L. F. Dow
A.M. Edgecomb
Rangeley
Clara Willis
South Street
Roland McIntosh
Elsinore Avenue
McIntosh
Marshall Willis
Bathman
RED Cross
Miver
Sagadahoc County Superior Court
Nathaniel Tompkins
Houston
George A. Dole
Ralph O. Dale
Ellis Aldrich
Basil Latty
Joseph A. Aldred
Paul Powers
Freeport
Arthur A. Hebert
Augusta
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold Rubin
John P. Carey
Charles T. Small
M. H
Sears Roebuck Co
Lewis E. Gregory
Wiscasset
Wallace
Strest
Merrymeting Grange
Delmar Curtis
Topshamp Granges
George Henry Millay
Horace J. Millay
Helen Louise Clifford
Earle Clifford
South Paris
South Paris Congregational Church
Rensel H. Colby
Alice Bradbury
Hollis Center
Blackman
Rufus A. Dickinson
Carrie Tarr Dickinson
Waterville
Electa
Paul West
Eastern Star
R. A. Dickinson
Dorothy Dickinson
Raymond Rendall
Coombs High School
Universalist Church
Charles Hackett
Byron Durgin
William Valentine
Marshall Merryman
Chester Hobart
Emerson Lane
Hobart
Calais Legion
Baptist Sunday School
Grange Hall
Town Hall
Jeadling
East Side
Mickey Rooney
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Bowdoinham Post Road
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