Bath Route 1 hazards prompt state action
Governor Sewall and State Highway officials inspected Route 1 in Bath noting dangerous conditions from Court Street to the Carlton bridge. Delays and risks near Center Middle streets and a schoolyard endanger children, with calls for immediate federal funding and remedial work on the highway and approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
State Highway Department
Bath
Court Street
Western Avenue
Carlton Bridge
West Bath
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Center Street
Maine Central
High Street
Maine Central Railroad
State Highway Commission
Bath Men Commute Daily For Summer Cottage Rentals
Many summer cottages are being rented this year by men employed in Bath who commute nights and mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
More than 50 Classes Attend (Continued from Page One)
The article lists numerous women attending an event, naming Mrs. James Henderson and many others including Mrs. Frank W. Danforth, Mrs. Maurice Libby, Mrs. John Harkins, and Mrs. Charles A. Soule among a long roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ble
James Henderson
Frank W. Danforth
Maurice Libby
John Harkins
Charles A. Soule
John W. Gillespie
Alfred D. Houdlette
William J. Percy
William J. Crowley
Richard A. Sherwood
Horace W. Ward
Elwood A. Hathorne
Frank Saunders
Albert Darrah
Hazel Young
Walter B. James
Stephen Bracey
E. Mason Wright
Linwood Piper
Charles L. Bickford
W. Percy Marks
Charles L. Haggett
Walter W. Smith
John F. Bowie
A. Farley Mayo, Jr
Fred Pinkham
Henry Dubar
Lester Young
Long Trip Delays Reach Bath Reunion Night
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgdon of Dennysville rushed to Bath for the Morse high school 1916 class reunion and Bath High School Alumni banquet, missing the event but arriving before class departures. They delayed to attend their daughter's noon graduation and then traveled 200 miles across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hodgdon
Mary Monroe
Dennysville
Bath
Hodgdon
Morse High School
Bath High School Alumni Association
Class Reunion Tribute At King's Dock With Bath Guests
Mr and Mrs Roger D Skillings hosted the 25 year class at their Kennebec riverfront home near King's Dock Bath Maine. The event included a tour of the historic site and a presentation of 100 to Supt Parker for school needs. Forty attendees named from Bath and surrounding towns attended including Fortune Trott, Ralph Warren, Edna Footer, Elizabeth Young, Walter Hill, Roscoe Shaw and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger D. Skillings
King’s Dock
Washington Street
Harvard Street
Kennebec
Maine
King's Dock
Dummer Sewall
Lexington
Bath
Parker
Freeman Trott
Edwin R. Andrews
Arthur Avery
Arthur Brown
Ralph E. Warren
Andrew Cahill
Edward Erskine
Eula Fielding
Edna Footer
Arthur J. Nichols
Elizabeth Young
Walter M. Hill
Percy R. Low
Roscoe H. Shaw
William Gallagher
Sarah Flaherty
H. Laton Jackson
Norway
Henry W. Hanson, Jr
Cumberland Center
Fred Ocklerbloom
Helen Haraden
Arlington Heights
Mass
Thomas Leydon
Marion Haraden
Waban
Alonzo J. Harriman
Auburn
Walter Austin
Natalie LeMont
Falmouth
Margaret Miller
Allston
Kenneth Hodgdon
Dennysville
Classmates of 1891 Honor 50th Bath High alumni banquet
Ten members of the class of 1891 gathered for a 50th reunion at the Bath High School Alumni banquet on Thursday night. They sent a banquet and autographs to ill member Mrs Frances Morse Webber, the wife of Harry C. The group included Mary Shepard Blais dell Clare M. Coombs Olive Kennerson Corliss Elizabeth Farnham Jackson Mary F. Merrill Leonard Harriet Ledyard Lord Grace L Coombs Morse Arthur C. Passmore Jennie Harvey Percival Sara Dunbar Tabor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath, High School
Frances Morse Webber
Harry C
Mary Shepard Blaisdell
Clare M. Coombs
Olive Kennerson Corliss
Elizabeth Farnham Jackson
Mary F. Merrill Leonard
Harriot
Ledyard Lord
Grace L Coombs Morse
Arthur C. Passmore
Jennie Harvey Percival
Sara Dunbar Tabor
Reckless Driver Fined in Waldoboro Case
Malcolm W. Little of Waldoboro and an employee of Bath Iron Works Corp pleaded guilty in a municipal court to reckless driving. Judge Gardiner Ro Deering fined him 25 dollars with 5.10 dollars in costs or 30 days in Augusta jail. Little paid the fine and costs and was discharged after being arraigned in Woolwich along Route One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm W. Little
Waldoboro
Bath Tron Works Corp
Gardiner Ro Deering
Augusta
Little
John P. Crosby
State
Woolwich
Charles W. Mesenger
Arthur Murphy
Sebasco
Messenger
Murphy
Carlton Bridge
Bath
Lionesses Set Final Season Meeting at Westenstoge Inn
The Lionesses will hold their final meeting of the season Thursday evening at Westenstoge Inn in Yarmouth to elect officers for the coming year. Members should contact Mrs Edward A. Cummings or Mrs Archibald M. Main Jr. with attendance details and car arrangements, and advance reservations are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionesses
Westenstoge Inn
Yarmouth
Edward A. Cummings
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Dike School Pupils Celebrate Perfect Attendance 1940 41
The Dike school lists students with perfect attendance for the 1940 1941 year. Grades I through VII name multiple pupils by name, with many students earning seven point pins.
Kennel Club Names Bench Committee Members
At a Grace church parish house meeting of the Kennebec Kennel club the bench committee was named with Converse Fenn and Clyde Holmes in charge of the program. Rupert M. Irvine Albert Kuzel handle publicity Alden Anderson tickets. Duncan McInnes Miss Eta Thurlow Mrs Paul A Gregwere and Mrs Ellen Burbank assist. Farley Mayo to supervise entry with James A Gillies trophy. grounds work by J Edward Drake Jr and Dr George W Hibbs. Mrs Anderson aided by Mrs Clyde Holmes and Mrs Converse Fenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Kennel Club
Grace Church Parish House
Converse Fenn
Clyde Holmes
Rupert M. Irvine
Albert Kuzel
Alden Anderson
Duncan McInnes
Eta Thurlow
Paul A. Gregwere
Ellen Burbank
Farley Mayo
James A. Gillies
First Of Class Of 41 To Be Married
Miss Barbara Freeman a Morse high school graduate plans to marry John J. Preney on June 24. Freeman led the Commercial club as president and served as Dramatic club secretary and was active in athletics. She and Priscilla Trott read the will at class day exercises Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Freeman
Morse High School
John H. Freeman
Snow Park
John J. Preney
Hilda Preney
Dummer Street
Lewis J. Preney
Freeman
Morse
Commercial Club
Dramatic Club
Priscilla Trott
Bath woman Frances Wallace earns Bates College BA at 75th commencement
Frances A. Wallace of Bath received the Bachelor of Arts degree as Bates College awarded its largest class in its 75th annual commencement. The ceremony granted 154 bachelor degrees to 82 men and 72 women, 23 master's degrees and five honorary degrees, with 129 BA and 25 BS degrees. Forty eight graduates reside in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances A. Wallace
Bath
Clifton D. Gray
Bates College
Maine
Perfect attendance listed for North Grammar students
Miss J. G. Silsby, principal, reports the pupils with perfect attendance for the school year at North Grammar school. Names include Marlo Bennett, Alan Gregware, Anita Bagdikian, Jane Furber, Bar son Thompson, Amelia Ann Mitchell, Frank Torrey, John Whitmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Silsby
North Grammar School
Marlo Bennett
Alan Gregware
Anita Bagdikian
Jane Furber
Barson Thompson
Amelia Ann Mitchell
Frank Torrey
John Whitmer
Miss Higgins and Miss Clement Depart on Three Week Trip
Miss Margaret Higgins of Lincoln Street and Miss Cecile Clement of Augusta left Monday for a three week trip visiting Niagara Falls Lewisburg and Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Higgins
Lincoln Street
Cecile Clement
Augusta
Niagara Falls
Lewisburg
Washington, D. C
Maine Garden Federation Meeting in Boothbay Harbor
At the annual district meeting in Boothbay Harbor officers were announced including district director Mrs. Parker Bath and secretary Mrs. Rothwell Bath. Ralph Seavey spoke on care and protection of trees and Prof. Fay Hiland discussed conservation activities for Maine Garden Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Garden Federation
Boothbay Harbor
John Parker
Bath
Edmund A. Rothwell
Richard Elliot
Thomaston
Herbert D., Maxwell
Roscoe P. McFadden
Ralph Gallagher
Damariscotta
Donald Fuller
Rockland
Sumner Sewall
Hotel Fullerton
Mary Kenniston
Norman Hodgdon
George Hodgdon
Murray Hill
Bath Fire Department Commended for Quick Action
State Insurance officials commended Bath firefighters for handling the Cohen block fire on Front Street, Elliott block, on June 3. Commissioner Pearce J. Francis and Arson Division chief supervisor Joseph Flynn praised Chief Richard Frates and the team for knocking down the blaze and performing exemplary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fire Department
Cohen Block
Front Street
Elliott Block
State Insurance Department
Richard Frates
Pearce J. Francis
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Seven Point Pins Awarded Pupils at North Primary
The North Primary school honors seven point pins and certificates for pupils across grades. Junior primary recipients include Joseph Melrose, Paul Andrews, Rene Legard, Bruce Burden, Sally Freeman, Norman Morse, Vivian Clark, Richard McLellan, Ralph Burden, Charles Doyle, Carol Johnson, Margaret McCabe, Shirley Pelletier. Grade I recipients feature Sandra Johnson, Rita Gediman, Laura Palmer, Sally True, Herbert Dennison Jr, Lewis Kingsbury, John Hartleb, John Oliver, James Hart, Allan Bettis, John Small, Earle Warren. Grade II lists David Brownell, Charles Burden, William Smith, Allison Davis, Sally Snowden, Georgianna McFadden, Richard Redson, Sally Lane Sewall, Shirley Clark, Virginia Whitney, Carolyn Stackpole, Thomas Whitney, Albert Noyes. Grade III includes Irving Estes, Arnold Cowan, Wendall Freeman, Paul Bagdikian, Nancy Small, William Boyland, James Gregory, Nancy Lee Stover, Katherine Frates, Edwin Childs, Richard Card, June Belanger, Carl Henrickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Joseph Melrose
Paul Andrews
Rene Legard
Bruce Burden
Sally Freeman
Norman Morse
Vivian Clark
Richard McLellan
Ralph Burden
Charles Doyle
Carol Johnson
Margaret McCabe
Shirley Pelletier
Sandra Johnson
Rita Gediman
Laura Palmer
Sally True
Herbert Dennison, Jr
Lewis Kingsbury
John Hartleb
John Oliver
James Hart
Allan Bettis
John Small
Earle Warren
Mitchell pupils present play The Shoemaker and the Elves
Miss Marjorie E Palmer's second grade staged a playlet from The Shoemaker and the Elves before parents from 1 30 to 2 pm in Mitchell school. Linwood Lowen as Shoemaker Pauline Pike as his wife Alan Elwell a customer Owen Lee Greenblatt and Rodney Mears played elves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie E. Palmer
Mitchell School
Luella Fuller
Linwood Lowen
Pauline Pike
Alan Elwell
Owen Lee Greenblatt
Rodney Mears
Mitchell School Pupils Stage Afternoon Program
Mitchell school pupils presented an afternoon program by the fifth grade featuring songs readings and patriotic pieces. Highlights included Seven Point awards for Albert Cummings Marjorie Rogers and John Sullivan and outdoor games such as a ball relay and grade races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell School
Ong
America
Gloria Rogers
Arthur Bowker, Jr
Albert Cummings
Marjorie Rogers
John Sullivan
Class of 1921 20th anniversary reunion held at Morse High
The Morse High School class of 1921 marked its 20th anniversary with an Alumni Association banquet. Forty four seats at a special table included 25 members with spouses. a red rose bouquet honored late member Andrew Flaherty. A July 13 picnic at Roland Perry’s South Freeport home was planned with transportation help from Leslie Wold and Stewart Day. A committee led by Helen Hartwell will contact all members for the 25th anniversary. Distinct attendees included Harriet Rice Burt of Portland, Hiram Tobey of Wakefield, Irene Kingsbury Parks of Portsmouth, and Roland Perry. Letters arrived from absent members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Alumni Association
Andrew Flaherty
Roland Perry
South Freeport
Leslie Wold
Stewart Day
Helen Hartwell
Roberta Barker
Mabel Fullerton Nelson
Harriet Rice Burt
Portland
Hiram Tobey
Wakefield
Mass
Irene Kingsbury Parks
Portsmouth
Standing Committees of Ro land Smith post A L
The Ro land Smith post A L elected its standing committees for the year at a meeting last Tuesday after installation of Howard Pratt as commander and other officers. Committees include Executive chaired by Pratt with six members, Membership chaired by Lancelot Cooper, House chaired by Ralph Gay, By-Laws chaired by Eugene Desmond, Auditing chaired by Allan Spear, with listed members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Howard Pratt
Maurice Brown
James A. Clappison
David McKellar
Ralph Gay
Eugene G. Hart
Miles B. Hagan
Edgar D. Leavitt
John Libby
Lancelot Cooper
Edward Kelley
Kenneth Weeks
John H. Williams
Edmund Arsenault
Lucien Bisson
House
Galen Ward
Francis McDonald
Wilbur Crocker
David Y. Alkazin
Eugene Desmond
Roscoe H. Shaw
James L. Morse
Allan Spear
R. J. M. Steussy
Randall Cooke
Strawberry Festival at West Bath Grange Features Foster Program
A varied program tops the Strawberry Festival at West Bath Grange on June 27 with a Stephen Foster theme. Walter Olson as Mr Foster and Mrs F Sturtevant as Mrs Foster lead cast with Aunt Ophelia by Hope Ward and Topsy by Colleen Pelley. A costumed chorus and group of colored singers join. Local performers from Les Camarades Musicaux and others present solos, violin, toe and tap numbers, banjo, and dancing. committee heads include Mrs William A Armstrong in charge of the program and Mrs Arthur C Lemont on refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Herbert Simpson
Stephen Foster
Foster
Walter Olson
Mr. Foster
John Howe
Joe
Ila Coombs
Eva Lemont
Agnes Shellenbarger
Alice Smith
Bertha Ward
Gertrude Palmer
Marjorie Carter
Les Camarades Musicaux
Sturtevant
James Royal
Olson
Merton Sprague
Jeanie Briggs
Colleen Pelley
William A. Armstrong
Arthur C. Lemont
Leon Genthner
Charles Genthner
Armstrong
Alice Johnson
Marion Rose
Edward Jenks
Opposition to Proposed East Brunswick Airport Report
Mayor Walter C. Rogers has not seen the Civil Aeronautics Administration engineers report opposing the new airport near the Harding fabrication plant in East Brunswick. The dispatch notes the site is too close to a nearly finished Brunswick airport on Garnet road and not suitable for airport development. The council postponed its annual appropriation for a month awaiting Work Projects Administration cost estimates for land purchase, with the city and state sharing five percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Rogers
Civil
Civil Aeronautics Administration
East Brunswick
Hardings
Washington Dispatch
Rogers
Work Projects Administration
DuPonts Set Date for Daughter Leola Mears DuPont Wedding
Mr and Mrs John R DuPont of 27 Pine street announce the marriage date for their daughter Leola Mears DuPont to Clarence Arthur Warner Jr set for June 22 at Grace church at 8 p m Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating Attendants include Edith P DuPont sister of the bride and Freeland H King Jr classmate of the groom Warner is son of Mr and Mrs Warner of 205 Middle street and recently completed Morse high school Commercial course
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. DuPont
Pine Street
Leola Mears DuPont
Clarence Arthur Warner, Jr
Warner
Middle Street
Morse High School
Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Edith P. DuPont
Freeland H. King, Jr
Morse High Seniors Receive Year Books
Morse High School students received their yearbooks last week dedicated to Mrs Ja nette Smith Woodbury. The staff included editor Summers Hawley and others with John Coombs as president and J Edward Pomeroy as faculty advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Janette Smith Woodbury
Sumner Hawley
Thatcher Pinkham
Pauline Nickerson
Elizabeth Howard
Alice Darrah
Bazin Lemont
Barbara Trott
Amelise Bourque
Ernest Avery
George Rogers
Earle Fox
Frank Danforth
Eva Kingsbury
Edith Berg
Marion Anderson
Camilla Pratt
Louise Avery
John Coombs
J. Edward Pomeroy
Monthly W C T U Meeting Hosted by Mrs Nellie Brown
Mrs Nellie Brown entertained the W C T U on June 10 at 9 Deering Street for the monthly business meeting. Officers and committees reported and plans were made for a social gathering on June 24. Committees were appointed for devotionals and refreshments and a white ribbon recruit service is set for July 8 at the Nazarene church inviting mothers with children under five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Brown
W.C.T.U
Deering Street
Mabel Paquet
Frances McFadden
Theresa Hill
Lillian Mayo
Nazarene Church
Governor A Speaker At Elks Flag Day in Bath
Governor Sumner Sewall spoke briefly at the Elks Flag Day exercises in Bath City Hall attended by about 25 people. He visited the lodge on Lombard Street en route to Portland and joined patriotic organizations for the ceremony. John P. Carey delivered the address and a buffet supper followed in Ellis' Home lodge rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall Surrours
Bath Lodge of Elks
City Hall
Sewall
Portland
John P. Carey
Ellis
Lombard Street
Daughter earns honor as Morse HS honors student
Miss Ruth E. Cogan, daughter of Mr and Mrs David S Cogan, 1037 High street, was elected to the National Honor Society at Morse High School graduation exercises for the class of 1941. She is the first second generation member, following her mother Anna S Arik a charter member and active secretary of the Morse chapter. Ruth also received her automobile driver’s license that Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth E. Cogan
David S. Cogan
High Street
National Honor Society
Morse High School
Anna S., Arik
Cogan
Morse
Former Tented City Proprietor Plans Bath Housing Project
Louis Gagne of Lewiston, builder of Bath's World War I Tented City, visited Bath to survey housing needs. He may build several six room dwellings with a garage, all silver gray, naming the project Silver City if plans proceed. Gagne spent winter in Lakewood, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Gagne
Lewiston
Bath
Gagne
Second draft plans set for Bath ad hoc county
The Selective Service Board for Sagadahoc county schedules the second draft for July 1 at the Bath Trust Co. building from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. All youths who turned 21 since the first draft will register, handled by board members and their clerks without outside help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Sagadahoc County
Bath Trust Co
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Bath, Maine
P. B. Wichols, Pres
Treas Barry
Webber
Virginia
Bath Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec River
Dike School
Richard Arsenault
Robert Arsenault
Miriam Mitchell
Richard MacDonald
James Arsenault
Rodney Wright
Joan Bradford
Dean Cook
Floyd Goding
Raymond Jones
Barbara Liakopoulos
Perleston Pert, Jr
Dawn Avery
John Hayward
Arthur Cook, Jr
Warren Beardsley
Laura Harnish
Leroy James
Colin Mitchell
Dana Snell
Mary Ann Conway
Wanete Estes
Robert Footer
David Hodgkins
Madelyn Holbrook
Mary Holt
Richard Homan
William Lothrop
Beverly Niles
Anita Reeks
Elford Stover, Jr
Warren Skillin
Nancy Barter
William Haggett
Marilyn Hogan
Marilyn Holbrook
June Labbie
Paul MacDonald
Dorothy Marks
Peter Pinson
Beverly Dearing
Advah Reynolds
Walter Kennerson
Charles Bickford
Kerwin Butcher
John Bowie
Bentley Churchill
Sally Footer
John Ketchum
Virginia LeMont
Ann Pennell
Robert Small
Beverly White
Carl Pinson
Jane Mocklar
James Smith
Robert Sharkey
Joan LeMont
Ruth Harriman
Eunice Pert
Judith Hibbs
Pauline Holmson
Beverly van Buren
Robert Gardenier
Barbara Summerton
Carl Langbehn
Richard Lewis
Merilyn McElman
Edward McDonald
Norma Nickerson
Emery Mitchell
Phyllis Trageny
Frances Marks
William Tait
Dorothy Bradford
George Clough, Jr
Richard Fullerton
Betty Hagan
Knud Holmson
Arline James
Barbara Madden
Elizabeth Moore
Leland Plummer, Jr
Raymond Powers
Edward van Buren, Jr
Lewis Young, Jr
William Barter
Hazel Corey
James Elliott
Valerie Nickerson
Roger Pinkham
Geraldine Pratt
Elwood Robbins
John Wishart
Kennel Club
Maine Garden Club Federation Meeting
Bath Ladies
Ftates
Insurance Commissioner
Legion Post
Morse High
W.C.T.U. Meeting
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