City Playgrounds Open on Monday With Fine Programs for Youngsters
The city announces the seventh season of playgrounds with facilities at Mitchell School and Hyde Park. Supervisors outline outdoor activities including swinging croquet archery and ball games, plus indoor arts crafts music and reading. Programs will be announced and prizes awarded weekly to encourage attendance among children and instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma L. Knight
Hyde Pa
Tme
Aivia Greenblatt
Washington Street
Goddard - Wrevge
Hartieb
Oliver. Hyde Ane Grant
Patricia A. Cowan
Dike—Maegerd
Barbara Madden
Janice Lambert
Clarey, Dor- Brad
Othy Belanger
Dorothy Ford
Sagadahoc Superior Court Adjourns Friday
The June term of Sagadahoc Superior Court adjourned Friday with entries noting divorces and guardianships. Names including Rich mond, Bath, Woolwich, and Lisbon appear among petitions and notices filed in the session. The text also references fines and cases related to intoxication and property matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Allerson
Ees
Lei Sansenes
Richarmond
Joe Hanne
Manele
Richmead
Charles E
Gallssrepes Bimnthe A
F. Jewett
Charles R. Jewett
Bath
A. Colcord
I L
Leroy Romax Young
Thelma Idargrache
Samat Ave Miles
Linneiss
Henry T. Gallant
Ath
Adelaide Woolwich
Vernon E
Edith M. Jay Coorse- Witten
Doone & Dawson
James Dawson
Liverp
England
Dorothy B
John J
Bever- Selores
H. Ba
Short Hills
Woolwich Fire Destroys Harold Deering Home
Firemen from Woolwich and Bath battled a blaze that destroyed the Harold Deering house on Route 1 Woolwich. The old Wright family homestead, dating to 1757 on Wright's Hill, suffered total loss though many heirlooms were saved from adjacent cabins and a brick oven and potato arch remained in the cellar. The alarm rang at 10:45 with assistance from local volunteers and neighbors securing other buildings.
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Porcough
Harold Deering
Elf
Cape Cod
Okey Sh Geerd
Woolwich
Joseph Wright
Wright
Merton Wright
Wrights
Joseph
Joseph, Jr
Franklin
Franklin, Jr
Merton
Roo
Deerings
King’s Highway
England
Fifty-One Sir Knights Parade For St John Day In Portland
Fifty-one Sir Knights of Dun marched in the St John Day celebration in Portland amid a 1000-strong line. Commander Alexander Lafleur, newly elected State Commander of the American Legion, rode in the procession with relay radios, as mounted Knights and bands provided martial pageantry. A lobster salad dinner followed at the Exposition Building with a later entertainment.
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Knights of
Dun
Portland Mandery No
St. Alban Comee
Portland
Maine
Repreross Smewtetyocc
Portsmouth
Rochester
N. H
Templary
Alexander Lafleur
American Legion
Cne
Congress Street
Exposition Building
Elmhurst Centennial Teas Considered At Hyde Mansion Bath
The Centennial committee plans to open Elmhurst Hyde mansion and grounds for an afternoon tea with booths by women’s clubs to raise funds for the Crippled Children's Society. An evening lawn party with dancing and limited tickets may follow, benefiting Pine Tree Society after the summer camp season.
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Bath
Hyde Mansion
Elmhurst
Hyde
Crippled Children’s Society
New England
Pine Tree Society
Triple launches at Bath Iron Works mark peacetime milestone
Bath Iron Works in Maine staged three simultaneous launches of 250-foot trawlers for the French Supply Commission. The Fortis was christened by Mrs. Mary M. Goodman of New Jersey, followed by the Taldir with sponsor Mrs. Vette L. Quemeneur, then the Colonel Plevin sponsored by Mrs. Suzanne T. Gouriou. The event, first triple launch at the yard and likely first peacetime triple launch in Maine, faced a wind delay near the Carlton bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Fortis
Mary M. Goodman
New Jersey
Baldwin Locomotive Co
Vette L. Quemeneur
M. Quemeneur
French Supply Commission
Colonel Plevin
Carlton Bridge
Col. Plevin
Plevin
Suzanne T. Gouriou
French Railways
New York City
Past Masters Confer Third and Fourth Degrees at Sagadahoc Grange
The Sagadahoc Grange held a large class conferring the third and fourth degrees with many candidates from Ell Grange and Dromore. State Deputy G Cleveland Everett G Lemont treasurer Merle Jameson secretary Joseph Larrabee Mrs G Cleveland Marriner Juvenile State Deputy Ceres Mrs Hamel Pomona Mrs Melvin Pratt Flora. Executive committee members were Edwin W Hay Wentworth Blair and Arthur C Lemont. Lizzie Hat of West Bath Grange was pianist. the officers table featured Summer flowers from Annie Malco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin W. Hay
Wentworth Blair
Arthur C. Lemont
Lizzie Hat
West Bath Grange
Annie Malco
Sears Roebuck films shown to Rotary at Central church
At a Rotary luncheon Charles Shepard presided while Hollis Gary presented Sears Roebuck Co training slides. The program highlighted employee development, benefits, and promotion criteria, plus factory tours for tire production and company growth. Visiting Rotarians C J Farris and Richard Fisher attended.
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Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
Charles Shepard
Hollis Gary
Big Way
Sears Roebuck Co
C. J. Farris
Richard Fisher
Cheshire
Bath Iron Works Fire Triggers Temporary Layoffs
About 150 to 200 welders riveters and shipfitters faced a one to two day layoff as repairs were made to electrical lines after a blaze at Bath Iron Works. Fire started in the welding shed near the north yard burned fiercely with black smoke and high flames before plant firefighters controlled it. Insurance adjusters visited the site Tuesday to assess damage and cause remains under investigation.
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Bath Iron Works
French Supply Commission
Bathman Presented 50 Year Medal At Class Reunion
Roscoe P. McFadden of Bath received his 50 year medal at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy 50th class reunion. It was presented by William S. Barry, president of the school and a former Bath man. A photograph shows the medal being prepared by Mr. Briry, brother of the late Dr. Edward E. Briry.
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Roscoe P. McFadden
Bath
William S. Barry
Briry
Mr. Briry
Edward E. Briry
Mary Briry
Grove Street
Anderson Drug Store
McFadden
Brrry
Aear
College of Pharmacy
Campbel Mountain
Mich
Berkshaw
Boston
Massachusetts College of Phatinsen ‘Association
Farewell Party for Co workers at Hyde Windlass Co
The Hyde Wind lass Co girls hosted a farewell party for Miss Bar baraton and Miss Jeanne Lawless who plans to resign and return home to Belfast. The event moved to Eagle runsw private dining room then returned to Mrs Leonard Smiths in Lambert Park for games and a kitchen shower and a single personal gift. A cake with Best Wishes to Jeanne and Barbara was shared with cold drinks. Attendees included Katharine Legard Helen Bonney Evelyn White Edith Small Glennys Seavey Gladys Grant Almena Genthner June Varney Eleanor Wright Eleanor Davis Frances Grainger Claire Grainger Addie Palmer Leonard Smith Sophie Johns Frances Norwood Barbara Hutchins Virginia Perry Grace Whittemore and Hamilton.
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Hyde Windlass Co
Barbaraton
Jeanne Lawless
Belfast
Bath
Leonard Smith
Lambert Park
Helen Bonney
Evelyn White
Edith Small
Glennys Seavey
Gladys Grant
Almena Genthner
June Varney
Eleanor Wright
Eleanor Davis
Frances Grainger
Claire Grainger
Addie Palmer
Sophie Johns
Frances Norwood
Barbara Hutchins
Virginia Perry
Grace Whittemore
Hamilton
Lawless
Follansbee Shorey Wedding Saturday Sealed In Cochran Chapel
Miss Patience Gibbs Shorey daughter of Arthur C Shorey Bridgton formerly Arsley on Hudson N Y married Harper Follansbee of Pittsburgh Pa Saturday afternoon at four oclock The ceremony was conducted at Cochran Chapel Phillips Academy with Rev A Graham Baldwin performing the rites The bride was given in marriage
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Patience Gibbs Shorey
Arthur C. Shorey
Bridgton
Arsley-on-Hudson
N. Y
Harper Folansbee
Pittsburgh
Cochran Chapel
Phillips Academy
A. Graham Baldwin
President Truman Hosts Bath Boys at White House
Horace Morse of Oak Street, a Walter Reed Hospital escort from Bath, along with another patient, visited the White House lawn party hosted by President and Mrs. Truman. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other national figures attended. Morse, stationed at Walter Reed, was one of two library staff escorts chosen to present the patients to the President and Mrs. Truman.
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Pes
Siand Aire
Horace G. Morse
Oak Street
Washington
White House
Truman
Chamber of Commerce Prints Cards for Merchants
The Chamber of Commerce has printed free cards for all city merchants stating that all solicitations and requests for funds must have Chamber approval. Cards are available at the Times office and aim to spare merchants from daily asks for contributions to questionable causes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Times Office
Mrs John H Reevy Visits Huntington Roots
Mrs John H Reevy of Huntington West Virginia is visiting the home of her parents Mr and Mrs. The brief note places the family in Huntington during a social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Reevy
Huntington
W. Va
Horace G. Morse
Oak Street
Baths tax rate remains the same
Tax assessors state the baths tax rate will stay at the current level with about eighty percent of values assessed in Cole Layer Co. and tax engineers planning to mail notices by July first. Rumors of a possible tax increase this year have been denied by Mr. Kingsbury who says no increase is necessary due to unforeseen circumstances.
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Cole- Layer Co
Kingsbury
Reynolds Tree Spraying In Lewiston Falls Short Of Funds
The Reynolds Tree Expert Co of Lewiston completed spraying to combat gypsy moths and beetles on city streets but the $600 appropriation—$400 city and $200 state—was insufficient to cover all areas. Where spraying occurred, high pressure application yielded notably thorough coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Tree Expert Co
Lewiston
City
Attleboro Teacher Arrives for Summer Vacation
Miss Bernice Hosmer a commercial subjects teacher at Attleboro High School has come to spend the summer with her mother Mrs William W Hosmer on Middle Street Attleboro mass
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Bernice Hosmer
Attleboro
Mass
William W. Hosmer
Middle Street
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Thelma
Knight
Edward Murray
Portland Commandery
Sears-Roebuck
Bathman
Girls of Hyde Windlass Co
the Bride
Ee Eee
Corp
Horace Morse
Boothbay Harbor
Bath Auto Co
Front Street
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