William A Bruce Jr Class Leader to graduate in June
William Allison Bruce Jr son of William A Bruce and Mrs Bruce 32 Highland street leads Morse high school class of 1931 as president for three years He turns 17 on June 17 the graduation date He will march as class marshal deliver the class oration and he has held many roles including student council manager track Whimsy usher debates and dance committees He plans a post graduate course at Morse high next year and has relatives in the navy and coast guard listed in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allison Bruce
William A. Bruce
Highland Street
Bruce
Eleanor
Louis Thackeray
Haverhill
Mass
Morse High
Donald A
Coast Guard Service
United States Navy
Francis S. Bruce
Ethel G. Bruce
Morse
Old Morse High
Margaret
Annah Chaney
Wilfred W. Chaney
Washington Street
Morse High School
Last Meeting Held for Bath Children
The final party of the season for children not born in the United States was held last Wednesday under the Americanization department of the W C T U. Eighteen children attended with Helen Delano senior L T L volunteers from Central Grammar helping entertain. Sessions opened with the flag salute and pledge, each child received a silk flag to take home, plus refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Delano
Central Grammar School
Canada
Lizzie Chaney
America
Restoring Building to Former Beauty on Mallett Farm
The two story dwelling on the Mallett farm near New Meadows Inn road is being restored by Mrs. Sophia Getchell of Brunswick. Once a well kept and picturesque home, it had fallen into disrepair after years of tenancy gap. Sills are renewed, fireplaces and chimneys rebuilt, and wiring updated for electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallett
New Meadows Inn
Brunswick Highway
Sophia Getchell
Brunswick
New Meadows
Bull Moose Seen Roaming Sebasco Golf Course Sunday
Early risers spotted a large bull moose wandering over the Sebasco golf course on Sunday. The splendid specimen stood regally, listening for sounds, then disappeared into the woods as morning settled in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Phippsburg Graduation and Summer Notes Pace Town
The Phippsburg grammar school graduation was held last Thursday at the church with fe ns and flowers and the class motto Out of the Harbor Into the Deep. Brunswick visitors included Ms Crowley and Mrs Bowie and Mrs Williams who attended Bath Opera House pictures. Numerous Bath and Popham Beach visits and summer guests are noted, with July 1 arrival planned for Sgt. and Mrs. Samuel McElroy and family at Parker Head after a Texas departure June 15.
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Phippsburg Center
Guy Crowley
W. R. Bowie
Grace Williams
Brunswick
Bath Opera House
Leroy Myers
Albert Reynolds
Newburyport
Mass
Myers
Popham Beach
James Houghton
Boston
Georgia Morgan
Angie Purington
Tacoma
Washington
Reese D. Eby
Cornersville
Indiana
Sebasco
Ernest Rogers
Pauline
Bath
Ralph Coombs
Bostion
Omar Perry
J. E. Perry
Thomas Fletcher
Wallo Weston
John McInnes
Jane Murphy
F. A. Small
Allan Spear
Popham
Paul
Grant Purington
George Oliver
Eugene Stover
Coast Guard
Fter Oliver
Jacksonville
Fla
Dora Crowley
Doris Morang
E North Yarmouth Academy
Lena Oliver
Basin School
Duncan Rogers
Emma Perry
F. C. Bowker
Brightwater
Central Church
David L. Wilson
Sgt
Samuel McElroy
Phippsburg
Elmer Allard
Bobby
McAteer
James Stacey
Parker Head
San Antonio
Texas
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Phippsburg Pupils Graduation Ceremony Report
Phippsburg Center church hosted a graduation night for local pupils leaving grade school for Bath High School. Relatives and friends filled the pews as students presented recitations and essays highlighting achievements and notable topics.
Winnegance pupils stage health play to praise teachers
A Winnegance school health play directed by nurse Mrs. Rosanna McFadden earned favorable comments from parents and South End PTA members who donated toy orchestra instruments. Superintendent Clin ton D. Wilson lauded Miss Eleanor Ferguson for her excellence, while graduation at Phippsburg Center drew locals and prayers for Mrs Trueworthy’s return. D A Merry was taken to Bath hospital. Noyes hill widening under the Three Town Act involves bank removal and ledge blasting near Mrs Katherine Perkins residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
Rosanna McFadden
South End P.T.A
Carrie Shaw
Clinton D. Wilson
Eleanor Ferguson
Phippsburg Center
Phippsburg
Trueworthy
D. A. Merry
Winneyance
Bath City Hospital
Noyes’ Hill
Katherine Perkins
Alma Sampson Kendall Dies At 71 In Bowdinham
Alma Sampson Kendall 71 wife of Edward P Kendall of Bowdinham died suddenly at home. Daughter of Henry Q Sampson she was active in Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R Bath hosting meetings. In failing health for some time funeral from home Friday at 2 p.m. daylight time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Sampson Kendall
Edward P. Kendall
Bowdeinham
Franklin A Brown Funeral Held in Lisbon
The funeral for Franklin A Brown, killed in a Sunday motorcycle crash on Lewiston Road Lisbon, was held Wednesday at Central Church where he was a member. Rev David L Wilson officiated as bearers George Lacy Arthur Eseley Maxcy Lewis Fred Perry Frank Thompson and Paul McCole served. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin A. Brown
Lewiston Road
Lisbon
Central Church
David L. Wilson
George Lacy
Arthur Eseley
Maxcy Lewis
Fred Perry
Frank Thompson
Paul McCole
Oak Grove
Miss Josephine Mitchell Funeral Held in Brunswick
The Bath resident died Sunday in Bowdoin. Funeral services were conducted in Brunswick, with burial in Gardiner. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Mitchell of Gardiner and was remembered by many in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine E. Mitchell
Bath
Bowdoin
Brunswick
Gardiner
Joseph Mitchell
Flora E Andrews Funeral Service Held in East Brunswick
The funeral for Flora E. Andrews was held Wednesday afternoon at two at her East Brunswick home with Rev. Frank M. Lamb officiating. Pallbearers were Nathan Pierce Fred H Cary Harry E Peterson and Harold E Freeman. Burial followed in Oak Grove Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora E. Andrews
East Brunswick
Frank M. Lamb
Nathan Pierce
Fred H. Cary
Harry E. Peterson
Harold E. Freeman
Oak Grove
Bath
Morse High School Graduation Exercises Program
Morse High School held graduation exercises featuring a program of lectures songs and performances. Notable participants included Laura Shorey Miriam Doble Katharyn Shorey and Ruth Rogers with the Morse High School Orchestra performing selections and a class history.
Miss Skillin Leads Maine Home Economics Delegates
Miss Skillin represents the Maine Home Economics Students club at the National convention in Minneapolis in 1926. She is a respected Morse High teacher, popular with staff and students, noted for arousing student creativity in Christmas craft projects and for her interest in outdoor life and archery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Florence L. Jenkins
Helen E. Lockwood
Farmington Normal School
Pearl Green
University of Maine
Skillin
Maine Home Economics Students Club
Minneapolis
Morse High
Bath school nurse awards health pins to pupils
Mrs Rosanna McFadden the Bath school nurse issued seven point health pins to students meeting standards in vision hearing teeth throat weight posture and birth registration. Maine Public Health Association certificates honored rooms with 50 percent of pupils with teeth OK Miss Jaques room led with 13 of 23 pupils eligible. first such award in the city for a second grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosanna McFadden
Maine Public Health Association
Dike School
Celia McElman
Geraldine Corliss
Bessie Galvin
Herman Whitlam
Opportunity
Florence Hawley
Edward Hudson
William Kingsbury
Annie McIntyre
Chester McIntyre
Robert McIntyre
Elwood Perkins
Harley Kingsbury
Stanley Marr
Grace Thurston
Central Sammar
Doris P. Dyer
Beatrice Adams
Mary Nickerson
Priscilla Blake
Eulalia Brown
Bank of America veteran from Bath plans return home
Harold Bill Donnell, a Morse high school graduate from Bath now working for Bank of America in California, visits Maine for three weeks with his parents. He recalls Bath as unmatched, hopes to return one day to enter banking, and will travel to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore before heading back to California around June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree
Bath
Harold
Bill” Donnell
Morse High School
Bank of America, National Trust and Savings Association
California
Bill
Roy A. Donnell
Oak Street
Morse High
Robert H. Donnell
San Diego
Cal
A. 8. Grant Hotel
Bank of America
Oceanside
Santa Fe R. R
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Parade and Banquet Committees Named in Houston Plans
Houston outlines committee rosters for parade dance game and publicity, decorating and ticket tasks with members including Eugene M Desmond Samuel Povich Emery Freeman Lee L Hooker Harold E Cutting Ralph G Stetson J Maurice Haynes Gardiner R Deering John H Freeman Carroll Watson Lloyd L Steeves Edward H Sampson Dance lineup lists Thomas Cummings Freeman A Trott Edward A Rowe John H Grindell Jess Allen Philip O Hara Reginald Stacy Publicity group features Harry C Webber George P Larra bee Arthur K Purington Elbridge R Wright Mark W Hennessy Elford A Stover Decorating panel includes George C Quicksall George Hart George Betts Ticket team lists George C Quicksall John Wishart J Maurice Haynes Alden G Smith Carl C Anderson N Gratz Jackson John H Freeman Allan Spear Transportation group names W Stanley Hunter Harry E Fitch Chester A Plant Harold P Small Rexford Prescott Charles F Cummings Committee on Historic Floats includes Mrs Charles R Farnham Mrs Arthur Norton Mrs Scott Golder Annie Limont Mrs Ade Coottee Helen Downing Mrs Maude C Belanger Miss Cecelia Currier Edna Mae Wilson Grace Cunningham Houston has plans for a new jail Vee expected to be a pretty classy affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene M. Desmond
Samuel Povich
Emery Freeman
Lee L. Hooker
Harold E. Cutting
Ralph G. Stetson
J. Maurice Haynes
Gardiner R. Deering
John H. Freeman
Carroll Watson
Lloyd L. Steeves
Edward H. Sampson
George C. Quicksall
George Hart
George Betts
John Wishart
Alden G. Smith
Carl C. Anderson
N. Gratz Jackson
Allan Spear
W. Stanley Hunter
Harry E. Fitch
Chester A. Plant
Harold P. Small
Rexford Prescott
Charles F. Cummings
Charles R. Farnham
Arthur Norton
Scott Golder
Annie Limont
Ade Coottee
Helen Downing
Maude C. Belanger
Cecelia Currier
Edna Mae Wilson
Grace Cunningham
Bath D A R Regent Offers Help For 150th Bath Anniversary
Miss Margaret R. Foote, newly elected regent, said the D A R will assist Bath’s 150th anniversary events and the visit of the frigate Constitution. Edmund P. Briggs authorized banner signs for the ship’s July 13 14 15 port dates. A parking plan and a Fifth Infantry band invitation are outlined to ensure smooth assembly and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ironsides
Battery H
Fort Williams
Col. Bennett
Fifth Infantry
Portland
Maine Lions Club Delegations Gather at Belgrade Lakes
June 19 20 Maine and New Brunswick Lions Clubs converge at Belgrade Lakes for their District convention expected to be the largest yet. Maine clubs total 36, with notable speakers including Ben A Ruffin of Richmond VA and George Anderson of Chicago. Arthur W Patterson Castine Maine will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Maine
New Brunswick
Belgrade Lakes
Bena. Ruffin
Richmond
Virginia
Lions International
George Anderson
Chicago
International
Franklin W. Johnson
Colby College
Harold F. Dubord
Waterville
Max L. Pilanski
Ashley A. Smith
D.C
Bangoy
Arthur W. Patterson
Castine
Lion
Delightful tea event for Mrs Schubert in Washington
Mrs Oliver Moses 2d and daughter Mrs Helen Shaughnessy hosted a Wednesday tea at Mrs Moses home on Washington Street for Mrs Chester M Schubert of Brooklyn New York. Guests wore elegant gowns and flowers graced the dining table. Out of town attendees included Mrs Andrew E Green Lisbon Falls Mrs Milton S Kimball Augusta Mrs Ernest A Allen Mrs Bruce H M White Topsham and Mrs Charles Bartlett Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Moses
Helen Shaughnessy
Emma Moses
Lydia C. Moses
Norman Rand
Frances
Portsmouth
N. H
Andrew E. Green
Lisbon Falls
Milton S. Kimball
Augusta
Ernest A. Allen
Bruce H. M. White
Topsham
Charles Bartlett
Portland
Battery H Prepares for Fort Williams Encampment
Battery H of Bath Maine under Captain Elver Stiney shifts from harbor defense to anti aircraft duties. The unit, with 60 of 62 men, sails July 4 from Bath for Fort Williams Portland Harbor and returns July 18. Colonel Dusenbury visits tonight. four antiaircraft tripods arrive. fire control gear to be moved from armory. Army truck to fetch remainder. Parishioners and Sunday school of Universalist church picnic at Hon Oliver Moses 2d’s summer home in Popham Beach after Children's Day services with about 75 attendees enjoying beachtime and lunch.
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240Th C. A
Fort Williams
Portland Harbor
Elver Stickney
Bath
James S. Dusenbury
United States Army
240Th Coast Artillery
Battery H
Ordnance Store
Augusta
The
Universalist Church
Oliver Moses 2d
Popham Beach
Moses
Popham
Maine
Death of husband surprises wife in Portland tale
Eleanor C Talbot of 994 Congress street Portland learned of her husband William J Talbot s death June 4 at 152 Commercial street Bath while traveling with her aunt Pearl Flaherty and cousin Angeline Field both of Portland The couple married May 8 1927 and had been living apart due to work shortages Talbot was buried Sunday at Oak Grove and the family planned to visit his grave after learning details of his illness and death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor C. Talbot
Congress Street
Portland
Bath
Pearl Flaherty
Angeline Field
High Street
William J. Talbot
Commercial Street
Ossipee Trail Tavern
Flaherty
Talbot
Coney
Arthur G. Pettingill
Preble Street
Scarboro
Young Talbot
Oak Grove
Teak rich yachts and safety drive at Iron Works
At the Iron Works a new yacht with a laboratory and deep sea dredging gear is nearly ready, plus sea planes for Pacific exploration. Fred Chaney, 25 years in Bath shipyards, leads bolters and reamers. Teak wood, prized for decks, beams and veneer, is costly but valued for durability in water. A safety drive trims accidents with flag days and detailed reporting, while a mass safety talk and upcoming meeting prepare workers for prevention duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Iron Works
Pacific Ocean
Fred Chaney
Iron Works Corp
Bath
Fred
New
Texas Steamship Co
al Chaney
Hughie Madden
Old Iron Works
Texas Yard
North End
Maine Central Railroad
Dayton Hill
Iron
Burma
Rangoon
Siam
Safety Committee
Ernest T. Fulton
H. C. Richardson
M. C. Gackenbach
Morton 8. Baker
Frank Bowker
Wilfred Chaney
Stanley Brown
Leslie Robbins
Henry G. Shaw
President Newell
L. Eugene Thebeau
Archibald M. Main
Charles Pearce
Norman J. Mackinnon
Bert Dickinson
Bert
Safety Department
First
Harry Farrell
E. J. Robeson
Newport News
Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co
Robeson
Class of 1911 Plans 25th Anniversary Reunion
Morse high school Class of 1911 will hold a meeting in room H to plan a reunion and the 25th anniversary in June 1936. Allan Spear of Bath Savings Institution is listed as class president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Allan Spear
The
Bath Savings Institution
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William A. Bruce, Jr
W.C.T.U
Eddie Richards
Leominster
Rockwood
Belfast
Bangor
Justice Powers
Superior
Ernest Parent
Oldtown
Richards
Cecil Ames
Pyovois
J. Benjamin Shaw
Artaats Sebasco
Richard Morse
Bernice Wallace
Grace Brown
Saatvienet
West Point
Harold Rogers
Raymond Gilliam
Mark Harrington
Beatrice Libby
Frances Morse Mages Tre Princilla Wyman
Abbie Wallace Parker
Tee Eeereras
Ead School
Freeman A. Trott
Elizabeth
Werener
Mrs. Blagdon
Miss Mitchell
Laura Shorey
Miriam Lillian Doble
Ecene
F. L. Littlefield Patan
William Allison Bruce, Jr
Katharyn
Voices of the Woods
Rubenstein-Watson
Ceveeeee
Marjorie Vesta Stover
A. Jackson Peabody, Jr
Eunice Whittall
Nellie Leeman
Virginia B. Rogers
Leslie Howard Steen
Eeene Charles Lincoln Stuart
Roselyn Ella Hall
Reenee
Catherine Hooper
Cynthia Quinn
Alice Sturtevant
Frederick Rowland
Thomas Hagan
John Black
Howard Steen
Roberta Bailey
Miss Skillin
State OF
Thomas Cummings
Edward A. Rowe
John H. Grindell
Jess Allen
Philip O'Hara
Reginald Stacy
Elford A. Stover
Edward J. McMann
Cecil J. Cutts
Nick Mihalos
John P. Hayes
Paul Wilson
Harry C. Webber
George P. Larrabee
Arthur K. Purington
Elbridge R. Wright
Mark W. Hennessy
Houston
Vee
Bath D.A.R. Regent
Mrs. Schubert
Edward J. Hogan
Elihu Fullerton
George S. Hall
Warren Munsey
Edmund C. Ropbinson
Ernest E. Smith
Henry E. Savage
John Conway
Edward E. Chaplin
Bulls
Norm
Colonial Club
Joe Milligan
Mackinnon
Bernie Lafavour
S. A. Towne
Miss Lafavour
Clarence Eaton
Alexander Chopin
Henry J. Gielow, Inc
Chopin
Charles Raphael
Albert Koster
Raphael
New York City
Edward K. Sawyer
State of Maine
A. N. Leland
Great Lakes
Leland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles H. Horne
Mr. Thorne
Elizabethport
N. J
Thomas Lawson
South America
Lawrence River
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