All Day Session of D A R Proves Unusually Busy
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R held an all day meeting at Central church parish house. Members sewn 36 hot water bottle covers for the Red Cross and raised 11.20 for the treasury. Rev David L Wilson spoke on Washington's Day and Our Day. New members welcomed and plans set for a Memorial Hospital card party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
Red Cross
Charles Soule
Herbert Calderwood
Elmer D Hodgkins
Harry G. Deering
Percy Bailey
Allen M. Irish
Horace P. Morse
James T. Bonney
Arthur Colby
Harry Carroll
Soule
Treasury
Carl Albee
Youth Problems and How to Meet Them Discussed in Bath
The Bath Pilgrim Fellowship of Central Congregational Church summarized five weeks of juvenile delinquency discussions held March 1944. They urge cooperation among youth, parents, city government, church, and possibly federal support to improve Bath's youth conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship of
Central Church
Carolyn Carpenter
Norma Cummings
Betty Hopkins
Elaine Noyes
Winter Street Street Church
Bates
Nellie Page
Bud Hill
Jean Small
Audrey King
Natalie Burdett
Helen Tracey
Paul Tourtillotte
Bath
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship
Central Congregational Church
Maine
Pilgrim Fellowship
Esther Jakes
State Conference to Meet in Waterville March 22
Miss Rines announces the State Conference will be held in Waterville on March 22 with hopes for a large chapter delegation. Reports on the conference will be shared at the April meeting. Mrs. Harry King will read on The Art of Mr Currier and Mr Ives with exhibits. Hostesses named for the April gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rines
Waterville
Harry King
Currier
Ives
Carl Y. Kennedy
Alice Shorey
Frank Bailey
Illness Dampens Golden Wedding Anniversary for Parris Couple
Mr and Mrs Edwin B Parris of upper Washington street marked 66 years of marriage with an open house despite his illness Attendance reached nearly fifty guests from family and friends who offered gifts and cards Mrs Parris 84 and her husband 88 looked to spring as he recuperates Two notable grandchildren serve in the armed forces Maynard Child Buckfield with Marines at New River N C and Weston L Bonney with the Navy at Great Lakes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Parris
Upper Washington Street
Parris
Raymond Powers
LeRoy Lord
Lucy Bennett
Buckfield
Albion K. Parris
Portland
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Leonard Beane
Miss Rose Peaslee
Times
John T
Frank W. Parris
Parris Bros
Sparmakers
N. C
Weston L. Bonney
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes
Genesta Chapter Welcomes New Member Friday
Genesta O E S met Friday evening and welcomed a new member. After adjournment to the banquet hall a film program was shown with war pictures and comedies organized by Earle Pride. Harold Tobey chaired the committee and decorations and refreshments were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
O.E.S
Earle Pride
Harold Tobey
Flora Savage
Mrs Madden Joins Husband After Month With Parents
Mrs John Madden leaves her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert F Erwin of Oak Street to join her husband Major Madden U S A in Cambridge Massachusetts where he is stationed Major Madden formerly coached at Morse High School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Madden
Herbert F. Erwin
Oakstreet
Cambridge
Mass
Major Madden
U.S. A
Boston
Morse High
Sherman McQuaide
Oak Street
Clearwater
Fla
St. Petersburg
Bath
McQuaide
Maine
Bath Youth Chosen for Naval Cadet Training at Yale
William B. Marshall AMM 2c U S N son of Mr and Mrs Waldo Marshall of 29 Oliver Street Bath has been selected for Naval Cadet training and assigned to Yale University for a two year Aeronautical Engineering course. A Morse High School class of '41 member he played football baseball and tumbling and served as vice president of the M club. He joined the Navy in July 1941 and after boat training at Newport attended the Aviation Machinist Mates school in Jacksonville and an aerial gunnery school at Puerto Rico. He then joined VP 207 Patrol Squadron and has logged over 1000 flight hours in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters and since May served as plane captain on a PBM. He notes Bath’s strong naval aviation presence and has met former classmates in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Marshall
Oliver Street
Bath
William B. Marshall
Yale University
Morse High School
Bill
Regular
Navy
Newport
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Air Base
Banana River
Puerto Rico
VP207
Atlantic
Pacific
Naval Aviation
Sterling Bible Class Meets Monday Night
Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street church met Monday evening with 20 in attendance. Mrs. John Hunt was absent. first vice president Mrs. Pearl Dunbar presided. Members made March birthday bank contributions and heard a report on the Washington’s Birthday tea at Mrs. William P. Hatch’s home. A calling committee for March was named and 31 February calls were reported. The group voted to match Easter giving from last year and planned to send cards to sick members. Refreshments were served. the April 3 meeting will be in the vestry at 7 30 with Lt. Chester A. Plant’s group assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hunt
Ira Boyden
Moffatt
William P. Hatch
Pearl Dunbar
Edward Garcelon
Amelia Mitchell
Chester A. Plant
William Paisley
Lee Scott
Melvin Pratt
Flora Robbins
Sgt Vincent Cook Prisoner of War
Mr and Mrs Arthur C Cooke of 17 Valley Road received a letter from their son Sgt Vincent Cook a prisoner of war in Germany. He stated he is in good health and that a package sent in March last year arrived in August. He thanked them for the tobacco and vitamin pills and said all is well despite long delays in mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Cooke
Valley Road
Sgt
Vincent Cook
Germany
Lenten Service Sermon by Dawley at Grace Episcopal
Grace Episcopal hosts a Lenten service Friday at seven thirty led by the Very Rev Powel Mills Dawley Ph D dean of St Luke's Cathedral Portland The sermon will be delivered during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
Powel Mills Dawley
St. Luke's Cathedral
Portland
Bath Boy Killed in Army Crash Near Maxwell Iowa
Donald E. Eastman bombadier in the U S Army Air Forces died in an airplane accident near Maxwell Iowa on March 6 during combat flight training. He was born March 5, 1924 in Bath Maine and lived with his parents at 69 Denny Road Bath. The telegram announced the death to Mr and Mrs Myron Eastman, who along with several aunts and uncles survive. The body will be brought to Bath for funeral arrangements at the Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Academy
Bath
Denny Road
Eastman
Bath Iron Works
John E. Hart
Louis Easeley
S. K. Jordan
A. Ji. Eastman
Portland
John FE. Hart
George J. Hart
E. Mason Russell
Rangeley
Arthur F. Mayo
Beacon Street Women Meet Monday Night
The Beacon Street Methodist Church Women’s Society met at the parsonage with devotion led by Mrs. William Knapp. President Mrs. Leland Plummer led the business session planning parish supper for 6:30 p.m. in the vestry and noting Crusade reports from Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Charles L. Kinney
William Knapp
Leland Plummer
Walter Upham
Bangor
Kinney
Charles J. Madden Jr
Wilbur Crocker
Bessie Clark
John Howe
Arthur L. Packard
William J. Craft
Milton Douglas
Adelbert Hall
Clifton C. Tedford
Sanford B. Nickerson
Everett G. Lemont
Orange
Margaret Wilson
Paul Moore
Edward St. Martin
Marion Bowie
Elizabeth Oliver
Fred Pinkham
Charles I. Madden Jr
Irving Varney
Minnie Given
Readings by Miss Normena Mackinnon at Cosmopolitan Club
Miss Normena Mackinnon of Topsham will present several readings at the Cosmopolitan club Thursday afternoon at three under the Junior Hospital League. Tea will be served after the readings. All benefits go to Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normena Mackinnon
Topsham
Cosmopolitan Club
Junior Hospital League
Memorial Hospital
Reliable salesmen wanted for Bath and Lincoln County
Advertises for hustlers to supply 200 household necessities in Bath East and Central Lincoln County. Requires applicants to state age occupation references. Rawleigh's Dept MEC-141 Albany NY. Published 3 9 1lp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lincoln County
Rawleigh's
Albany
N. Y
Bowdoinham votes in 183rd town meeting for treasurer and more
Bowdoinham held its 183rd annual town meeting at the town hall with polls open from 9 to 1. Jessie Ames led votes for town treasurer and tax collector with 183. Alice Palmer 179 for town clerk. New candidates included Byron Durgin for school board winning 96 to 91 over Cleveland Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Jessie Ames
Alice Palmer
Edward Baker
Edward White
Ernest Frye
Spear Sedgley
Byron Durgin
Cleveland Curtis
Durgin
Arthur Curtis
Fred Leavitt
Curtis
Locke Crouse
Crouse
Frank Heath
Merril Doody
Earle Brown
Delma Curtis
Avery Fides
Winifred Dodge
Charles B. Randall
Randall
Bay View Cemetery
Post Road
Purington
Brown Point Road
Board of Selectmen
Red Cross Chapter
Karl Hatch
Treasureer
Charles Hackett
Home Service
Red Cross War Fund
River Road
Cleora Rollins
Lida Baker
Minnie Batchelder
Hazel Maxwell
White Road
Bertha Gray
Mary Webber
Pearl Lamoreau
Lottie Purington
Lona Hackett
Ridge Road
E. L. White
Mary Sedgley
Irene Curran
May Gould
Jessie Heath
Millay Road
Stephen Billings
Bowdoin Road
Upper Main Street
Edith Douglas
Main Street
Florence Siegars
Mary Jorie Valentine
Mrs. Palmer
Center Street
Edith Rowe
Bernice Dore
Hazel Denham
Pleasant Street
Prudence Hamilton
Bay
Farewell Party for Mrs Wassmund by League
The League of Central church held a surprise farewell party for Mrs Walter Wassmund who will move to Chicago Illinois to join her husband. The event featured games quizzes and music with a personal gift presented by president Miss Ethel Blake. Refreshments followed and the League plans a supper for Winter Street church Ladies Auxiliary next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Walter Waeassmund
Chicago
Wassmund
League
Ethel Blake
Winter Street
Skelton Alex T Set Marriage at Camp Lee Virginia
John K. Skelton and Sgt Pearl Alex WAC of Erie Pennsylvania married March 5 at the Quartermaster School Chapel Camp Lee Virginia. A reception followed. John K. Skelton son of Mr and Mrs W L Skelton of 524 High Street is a Morse High School Bates College and Bentley School of Accounting graduate and enlisted December 17 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.-Set
John K. Skelton
Sgt
Pearl Alex
W.A.C
Erie
Pennsylvania
Quartermaster School
Camp Lee
Virginia
W. L. Skelton
High Street
Morse High
Bates College
Bentley School of Accounting
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Senter’s, Inc
David L. Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Harry Litchfield
United States of America
Allan Ramsay
Harry Ring
Lena Shepard
US. C
Mabel Merrill
Madelyn Hathorne
Marguerite Rines
Litchfield
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Nout
Kate Smith
Voice of Friendly Service
Sterling Bible Class
Iowa
Donald E. Eastman
Beacon Street
Wed
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley FE. Wallace
Front Street
Telpaar
Fisher Road
Helen Mitchell
Pauline Tome
Wildes Road
Vera Baker
East Bowdeinham
Carl Rogers
School Street
Eva MacDougal
Brooklyn
Prudence Lucy
Mabel Heath
Brunswick Hospital
Martha Briggs
Coombs Grammar School
Alfred Johnson
Owen Small
Lisbon Falls
Harold Cheney
Htarry Prout
James H. Ames
Paul West
New England Baptist Hospital
George Alterton
Apeort
Damon Ruwyows
Mrs. Wassmund
Central Church League
Skelton
Alex
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Ml Bale
Apger Merle Oberon Patel
Laird Cregar
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