Miss Downing Given Farewell Reception
Miss Helen V. Downing 14 years as Bath Memorial Hospital superintendent resigned May 14, duties ended Friday, left for Boston. She will spend summer in Hyannis Mass. Alumnae hosted a farewell in the nurses dining room presenting an aeroplane luggage bag and refreshments. Acting superintendent will be Mrs George B Walstenholme until a successor is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen V. Downing
Bath Memorial Hospital
Boston
Hyannis
Mass
Miss Downing
Ernest G. Rogers
David E. Rich
Raymond Hart
Albert S. Owen
Jane Hillgrove
Fred H Thompson, Jr
Dorothy Milliken
Joseph Hecht
Jennie Trail
Margaret Yates
Albert McCabe
Ethel Blake
Warren Parris
John F. Bowie
Edward Hodgdon
Franklyn Morse
Edward Brown
Long Island
N. Y
Frank Talbot
Homer Potter
Raphael Higgins
St. Barnabas Guild
George B Walstenholme
Fires Break Out Three Times in Woods Near High Street
Fire crews respond to three calls within 24 hours in the woods west of High Street near Rose Street. Chief Frates and Engine 4 arrived with Mrs. Ross Burden reporting smoke odors. The all out signal came at 7 35 as roots smolder beneath dry ground fuel renewed fires. Doris Hutchins joins Shaw's Book Store staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiersday
Su Blive
High Street
Rose Street
Chief Frates
Cloutier
Ross Burden
Jury awards Miss Estabrooks 2000 in Brunswick crash case
The Sagadahoc Superior court jury ruled in favor of Edith Estabrooks of Bath, awarding 2000 dollars after three hours of deliberation. The suit named Ryan of Boston Inc and driver Walter Barton for a rear collision on Route One in Brunswick that killed Martha Hamblett and left Estabrooks with permanent injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Edith Estabrooks
Bath
Ryan
Boston, Inc
Walter Barton
Brunswick
Miss Estabrooks
Martha Hamblett
Estabrooks
Frank T. Powers
Lewiston
Ryan Company
Mr. Barton
Charles T. Small, Jr
Mitchell Taylor Wedding Tuesday in South Lancaster
Charles M. Mitchell former Bath resident and Dorothy Elizabeth Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank R. Taylor were married at 6 p.m. in the Seventh Day Adventist church South Lancaster with Rev Hubert K. Martin officiating. Attendants were Estelle Taylor and Harry Dewitt. A reception followed at the Taylor home and the couple left for a Canada trip before settling in Rockland where Mitchell works in a shipyard. He attended Morse Hugh and Gorham Normal school. Dorothy attended Atlantic Union College. He is a brother of Mrs. Ray Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Mitchell
Joseph Mitchell
Bath
South Lancaster
Dorothy Elizabeth Taylor
Frank R. Taylor
Hubert K. Martin
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Estelle ‘Taylor
Harry Dewitt
Taylor
Canada
Rockland
Mitchell
Brice
Atlantic Union College
Morse Hugh School
Gorham Normal School
Ray Howe
Richardson Street
Colby Grants Honorary Degrees to Bath Citizens
Colby college awarded Doctor of Laws to two Bath men on Monday. Gov. Sumner Sewall and William Stark Newell of Bath Iron Works received citations praising wartime service, leadership in Maine politics, shipbuilding achievements, and MIT training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College
Bath
Sumner Sewall
William S. Newell
Bath Tren Works Corp
Franklin W. Johnson
Maine
American Ambulance Field Service
American Air Service
Albert
Belgium
House of Representatives
Senate
State of
William Stark Newell
Bath Iron Works
New World
Seven Seas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Great Britain
Country Club Tea a Social Success
The Bath branch of the British War Relief Society held a four to six tea at the Country Club on Sunday afternoon. Guests enjoyed a patriotic decor theme and contributed to the society as proceeds totaled eighty one dollars and sixty cents with additional forty six dollars from emblem sales and games. Prizes were awarded to Miss Sally Lane Sewall and Alden H. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Bath
British War Relief Society, Inc
William S. Newell
Ralph D. Warren
E. Motley Fuller, Jr
Boyd L. Bailey
Harry F. Morin
Joseph I. Smith
Jacob Smith
John Osborn
L. Eugene Thebeau
Rodney E. Ross
James Jenkins
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
Francis A. Winchenbach
Alden H. Anderson
R. H. Jaffey
Ellen Stevens
Patricia Hamilton
Sally Lane Sewall
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Fuller
Ellen M. Burbank
Everett Pierce
John Melnnes
R. H. Jaffee
Edward Sewall
Arthur Sewall 2d
Converse G
Two Bath couples wed on Friday the thirteenth
Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiated two weddings on Friday the thirteenth. Edward P. Thomas Jr. and Pauline Wright married at 14 Fremont street with attendants Frederick Thomas and Mildred Wright. Edith Mae Seavey and Charles E. Clark were married at the Winter street parsonage with attendant Mrs. Walter Cromwell. Elizabeth Williams hosted a birthday weenie roast at Birch Point with numerous guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Joseph O. Purdue
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
Edward P. Thomas
Fremont Street
Pauline Wright
Irving B. Wright
Commercial Street
Purdue
Thomas
Frederick Thomas
Mildred Wright
Brice
Mr. Purdue
Edith Mae Seavey
Frank R. Seavey
South Street
Charles E. Clark
North Street Extension
Bernard J. Clark
Winter Street
Pam
Walter B. Cromwell
Cromwell
Elizabeth Williams
Daniel Williams
Birch Point
Margaret Sampson
Dorothy and
Jeanette Williams
Alice Dennison
Geraldine Nickerson
Edna Besaw
Ada Katherine Minott
Phippsburg
Richard Dennison
Hubert Gilchrist
James Morse
Robert Kingsbury
Edward Butterfield
Richard Sampson
Robert Desauw
Higgins Injured Chasing Gas Thief Near Morse High
Warren Higgins of Bath Savings Institution, son of Mr and Mrs RK Higgins, was injured Friday night while pursuing an unidentified youth siphoning gasoline from his car outside Morse High School. He was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment by Dr Francis A Winchenbach as police questioned several persons early Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Higgins
Bath Savings Institution
RK. P. Higgins
York Street
Memorial Hospital
Morse High School
Higgins
Francis A. Winchenbach
Percy W. Kingsbury
Classifieds Rate and For Sale Listings
Classifieds show rate structure and multiple for sale and to let ads. Listings include 4 wood lots with pond on Five Islands road near Warren and Georgetown Me plus a year round house near Bath Iron Works and a Cape Cod style farm house near Wiscasset. Real estate broker contact Fred B Reed Co Bath with 93 Front St and phone 514 W. 6-19-11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Warren
Georgetown
Bath Iron Works
Estes
Boothbas Play House
Boothby Harbor
Wiscasset
Beach
G. 5
Cummings
North Edgecamp
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front St. Bath
Robert Adaims Hosts Tenth Birthday With 28 Guests
Robert Adaims son of Mr and Mrs Harold Adas of 46 Western avenue entertained on his tenth birthday Friday afternoon at his home. He received many gifts and a large birthday cake as 28 guests enjoyed refreshments. Decorations were patriotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Adaims
Harold Adas
Western Avenue
Adams
Leeman Private Visiting Parents in Portland
Private Arthur J. Leeman of Fort Levett, Portland, is spending the week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. B. Leeman of 13 Somerset Place. He will return Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Leeman
Fort Levett
Portland
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
McCarty Mckinnon Wedding at Grace Church Saturday
Miss Margaret Mackinnon and John McCarty wed at Grace Church in a Saturday ceremony led by Rev. Charles M. Tubbs. The couple will reside at Birch Knolls Cape Elizabeth after July 1. Out of town guests included the Galambos and Eberhard families from Massachusetts and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mackinnon
Norman John Mackinnon
Front Street
John McCarty
Hubert H. McCarty
High Street
Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Jennie R. Melcher
Mendelssohn
Crackel
Paul V. Galambos
Waltham
Mass
Vincent Henderson
Lewis Cormier
Edward Sonia
Bath
Club Garret
Teachers Club
McCarty
Morse High School
Kent's Hill Seminary
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club
Colonial Club
Bath Lodge
Bath Iron
Waltham, Mass
Eugene Eberhard
Wollaston, Mass
Robert G. Eberhard
W. Burke Eberhard
Anna Sullivan
New Haven, Conn
Grimard Morissette Wedding Held in Skowhegan
Eudlide Delphis Grimard of Bath and Louise Mary Morissette of Skowhegan wed Friday at Notre Dame de Lourdes in Skowhegan. Rev. L D Ouellette officiated a double ring ceremony followed by a buffet breakfast. They plan to reside in Bath after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudlide Delphis Grimard
Bath
Louise Mary Morissette
Skowhegan
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Rev. L. D. Ouellette
Dora Grimard
Oliver Morissette
Rose B B. Borden
Grimard
Madison
Xavier Thibodeau
Lewiston
Vermont
William Grimard
Commencement Exercises At Coombs High School
Bowdoinham reports the annual commencement at town hall with six graduates four boys two girls. awards include Fulton Prize to George Millay and diploma honors for top math student while alumni beat high school for silver cup in baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs High School
Katherine Curran
J. N. Palmer
Frances Hatch
Theodore Carras
Linwood Hackett
Margaret Read
Arthur Payne
Leon Spinney
Fulton
Prin
John McCart
George Millay
Spinney
Blue Romancers
Richmond
For Sale Arndts Wayearner Laying Batteries
For sale Arndts Wayearner laying batteries one power used two slightly used ninety six hen capacity each price low for quick sale H Mayers Cedar Grove Me Tel Richmond tena 4065% slim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arndts
H. Mayers
Cedar Grove
Tel
Richmond Tena
St John Day Plans of Dunlap Commandery in Bath
Dunlap commandery organizes a St John Day parade in Bath on Tuesday with nine other Knights Templar commanderies. Maine and Massachusetts Rhode Island grand officers will review the parade from Masonic temple to Linden Street hill. After a clambake and buffet there will be vaudeville at Morse High School and Mrs Harrison Wright opens her Summer home at Small Point Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Day
Bath
Dunlap
Knights Templar
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Arthur Lander
Gardiner
Cong A. Duncan
Augusta
Robert Morse
Houston
John Hines
Masonic Temple
Washington Street Hill
Washington, Center
Front
Linden Streets
Washington
Linden Street
Dunlap Commandery
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Senter's, Inc
Bar Harbor
Oke
Thermo
Doris Hutchins
Shaw's Book Store
Mitchell-Taylor
Dorothy E. Taylor
William 8S
Newell
Ocean Bay Point
Kiessling
Barrows Street
Dedham
Ernest Moss
Burnham’s Auto Supply
Bath, Maine
M’carty
M’kinnon
Bowdoinham
Bridge Club
Ralph Purington
Seraphina Brown
John and
Seraphine Brown
Isabelle Corliss
Lynn
Browne's Point
Irving Prindell
John Palmer
Ross Dodge
Edward Castner
Damariscotta
Margaret Gile
Litch
Springfield
Horace Millay
Edward White
Son Marshall
Charlotte White
University of Maine
Miss White
Eva Rideout
Nellie Rideout
Camden
Philip Rideout
Georgie Fides
Avery Fides
Donald Lynn
Frances
Leslie
Youngstown
East Bowdeinham
Paul Reed
Buxton
Horace Gardner
Freeport
William Woods
Farmington
Stevens
George Robinson
Alberta Page
George Cutler
Albert Clinch
Lottie Purington
Wesley Baxter
Ralph
Washburn
Archibald Craig
Ralph MacEwen
Electa Chapter
Perley Harmon
Ernest Hunter
Robert Bickford
Marshall Merryman
Sepera
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Dick Powell
Mme la Pthia
George Sanders
Slim
Harrison Wright
Radnor, Pa
Small Point Beach
Johnny Mack Brown
Rovers
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Tee
Margaret Lindsay
Frank McHugh
Benny
Mary Martin
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