President Hill Recaps Caribbean Trip For Rotary Club
President Hill spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon about a Caribbean visit with Mrs. Hill and guests aboard the Polish steamer Pilsudski inclining stops at Santo Domingo Puerto Rico and Havana. He described ports amusements and souvenirs while 350 passengers enjoyed calm seas. The report notes upcoming events at Sedgwick and local civic matters including church and tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Hill
Caribbean
New York
Gdynia-America Line
Pilsudski
San Domingo
West Indies
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal
Havana
Roy Fernald
Winterport
Sedgwick
Elwood Hodgkins
Portland
Alonzo Harriman
Lewiston
Bath
William Littendale
Marriage in Woodfords Ties Bath Residents to Portland Bride
Herbert J. Rice of Dumner Street Bath wed Muriel D. Alexander in Woodfords. She is a Waterville native and trained nurse, a St Barnabas graduate who has practiced in Portland area. Rice, a Morse High School alumnus, formerly worked in Bath and later joined Educator Food Co. in Cambridge. The couple will reside at 31 Brookside Avenue, South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Herbert J. Rice
Melville Rice
Dumner Street
Woodfords
Muriel D. Alexander
Hollingsworth T
Portland
Gladys Richards
Margaret Richards
Rice
Educator Food Co
Cambridge
Mass
Brookside Avenue
South
Deering DPalmer Harold Deering Marries Miss DePalmer
Harold D Deering of Woolwich formerly Bath and Miss Josephina De Palmer of Portland wed in Augusta February 21 at South Parish Congregational Church per Augusta city clerk records. Rev Andrew T McWhorter officiated. Groom, son of late Mr and Mrs Frank M Deering, works in shipfitting at Bath Iron Works. They will live in Woolwich. Also noted, Raymond Morrison served 19 years as Goose Rock Light keeper, left Monday for Camden and Curtis Island Light aboard the girt house tender Ibex, with sons Harold and Foster and daughter Greta accompanying him. heavy gale delayed voyage, Ibex rested in Rockland harbor overnight, trip resumed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold D. Deering
Woolwich
Bath
Josephina de- Palmer
Portland
Augusta
Andrew T. McWhorter
South Parish Congregational Church
Frank M. Deering
Bath Iron Works Corp
Goose Rock
Raymond Morrison
Girt
Camden
Curtis Island
Morrison
Harold
Foster
Greta
Rockland Harbor
Open Flame Probable Cause of Big Explosion
Bowdoin professor Prof. Philip W. Meserve says an open flame likely ignited gas fumes in Plant's garage, triggering the blast that wrecked the structure, killed two and wounded five. He notes gasoline fumes from warming trucks, the furnace door, and a possible match or cigarette could have sparked the detonation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip W. Meserve
Bowdoin College
Prof. Meserve
Meserve
East Coast Oil & Transport Co
Henry E. Fuller
Thoras J. Lyden
Lyden
Washington Street
Explosion debris propels Fuller across ramp in blast
witnesses describe Fuller hurled north of the ramp after the blast while Harold Roberts and George Soule recall a dark object the size of a body flying by. Prof Meserve notes ventilation of all storage spaces for gasoline trucks and vented containers as a preventative measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller
Harold E. Roberts
George E. Soule
Meserve
Drummer John Williams in Hollywood Car Crash
John Williams, drummer with Raymond Scott quintet and son of the late Thomas Neagle of Bath, was found in a Hollywood car crash and later woke in General Hospital. Relatives learned of the incident after Harrison Carrolls Movieland column reported it, but his mother in Bangor denies any word of the accident and suspects a press agent fabrication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Williams
Thomas Neagle
Bath
Raymond Scott
Harrison Carrolls
Williams
Katherine Williams
Leighton Street
Bangor
Olympic Boulevard
Hollywood
General Hospital
Turkey
Sonja Henie
Willams
Johnny
Mitchell School Temperance Program Presented at Assembly
Mitchell school staged a temperance day program with performances by grades 5A and 5B. Frances Willard songs, health laws recitations, and Mother Goose on Alcohol Education were featured along with a sequence of related songs and performances. Fifty one percent of auto thefts nationwide are committed by youths under 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell School
Frances Willard
Grace Whittemore
Betty Hopkins
Virginia Bowker
Norma Cummings
Madie Armstrong
Paul Hathorne
Maxine Tinney
Betty Mullin
Hilton Liboy
Nestier
Layles
Mother Goose
Betty Mullen
Barbara Trainor
Miss Muffett
Margaret Burns
Jack Horner
Donald Coombs
Tommy Tucker
Paul Knight
Nanny Etticoat
Iris Armstrong
Jack and Jill
Teddy Sturtevant
Jean MacDonald
Bo Peep
Ruth Coombs
Jack Spratt
George Burgon
Classifieds Ad Rates and Help Wanted Notes
Classifieds rate details and instructions plus requests for distribution in Hartford and Bath. Listings include wanted distributors contacting garages gas stations and shops in Hartford Conn and sales of canaries from Mrs H K Smith in Freeport and a farm city share property listing via Fred B Reed Co Bath with contact Stanley E Wallace Front Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Dept
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Bath
Seventh Grade Pupils Enter Music Contest Friday Afternoon
Seventh grades from four city units competed at Morse High School in a music contest led by Miss Margaret M. S. Mackinnon. Dike School won first, North Grammar second. judges were Miss Doris Henderson and Kenneth Jaquith. Each unit presented a chosen talent with piano solos, songs, dances, and a poem, showcasing student effort to boost interest in music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. S. Mackinnon
Morse High School
Dike School
North Grammar
Edmund M. Staples
Dike
J. Gertrude Silsby
Doris H. Henderson
Morse High
Kenneth Jaquith
Morse Music Club
Bowdoinham updates include births, illnesses, and events
News from Bowdoinham reports Mrs Mulligan's hip injury from a fall and her hospitalization in Portland Maine General Hospital. It notes illnesses and visits, a wedding for Hazel Gott and Franklyn Rockwood Jr, dinner guests from Brunswick, a birth to Harvey Ames and a note on Judge James Ames’ sixteenth grandchild. Community events include a March 18 Fireman's Association fair with samples and prizes, a town meeting, and a dance by the Katahdin Mountaineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Portland
Catherine Mulligan
Watertown
Mass
David Lowell
James H. Ames
Bowdeinham
Samuel Dorrance
Fred Duren
Richmond
Karl Hatch
Frank Slegars
Jane Given
Waterbury
Good Will Farm
Harold Hackett
Damariscotta
Harry Purington
June Bays
South Portland
Clifford Fowler
Nathan Fowler
Manchester
N. H
Emma Ferguson
Androscoggin Pomona
Erla Brown
Farming
K. N. Palmer
Fireman's Association
Star Aid
Hall Denham
Winter Street Ladies Hear Fine Address
Rev. Joseph O. Purdue led the first Lent talk from James Gordon Gilkeys You Can Master Life at the Winter Street church Ladies aid meeting. The 46 attendees heard Con quering the Sense of Insignificance as Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant sang Trust in His Love with accompanist Mrs. Carl E. Albee. Next weeks talk on Breaking the Grip of Worry will feature hostesses Hor ace W Ward John E Atwood Roscoe P McFadden and Le roy F Colby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph O. Purdue
James Gordon Gilkey
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Church
Harry A. Walters
Walter F. Abbott
J. Gertrude Silsby
Archie E. Doyle
Arthur C
Horace W. Ward
John E. Atwood
Roscoe P. McFadden
Leroy F. Colby
Removing Debris After Plant Garage Explosion
A cleanup crew with three trucks and a steel derrick owned by Acme Supply Co. labors at the scene, hoisting two cars from the showroom destroyed by the blast. Debris from brick and cement is cleared as workers say it will take time to remove all wreckage. Maine’s coastline spans 250 miles with a tidal line of 2,490 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Supply Co
Maine
United States
Friends of Erland Curtis Hurt Pressing Hay
Erland Curtis of Ridge was injured while pressing hay in B R Temple barn and taken to Gardiner hospital for surgery on a fractured cheek bone. W H Gould of Bowdoinham transported Silas Hamilton’s body from Gardiner to his home after Hamilton died at E Levetts home. Hamilton aged 85 had been ill for years. Barbara Chase celebrated her sixth birthday with cake and candy on March 2. Charles Carras, burned by a stove accident during a Greene basketball game, can attend school. Harry Purington of Portland attended town meeting. Roger Stevens, who with his brother Walter owned the Joe Green farm on Millay road, died recently. Roger, about 54, left no near relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Curtis
the Ridge
B. R. Temple
Curtis
Gardiner Hospital
W. H. Gould
Bowdoinham
Gardiner
Silas Hamilton
E. Levettt
Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Roger Stevens
Stevens
Walter
Joe Green
Millay Road
Roger
South Portland
Old Jed Prouty play by Dick Golden first seen in Bangor
Recalled playwrite Dick Golden wrote Old Jed Prouty and it premiered at the old Bangor Opera House with scenes set mainly in Bucksport. No local Uncle Jed character is known in Bucksport. the actor known as Richard Golden shares his real name with Frank J. Golden the Bangor police inspector, his nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Golden
Jed Prouty
Bangor
Bucksport
Uncle Jed
Richard Golden
Frank J. Golden
Pine Tree Council Scouts Convene First Headquarters Meeting
Twenty six commissioners attended including York Cumberland Central and Abenaki district reps. Commissioner Gerrish of Abenaki district led. They drew tentative plans for the Scout camporee program to be held in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts
York
Cumberland
Central
Abenaki
Gerrish
Augusta
Dresden Woman Killed in Crash
Mrs. Bertha M. Call, 61, winter visitor from Dresden Maine, died in St Petersburg Florida from injuries after a car collision at a busy highway intersection. Her husband Capt Alfred W Call 65 and three others were injured. She was born in Dresden and lived in Everett Mass. leaves a daughter and three sisters. Captain Call previously lived in Bath and worked as a tugboat commander and with Eastern Steamship Lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha M. Call
St. Petersburg
Fla
Dresden
Maine
Alfred Call
Call
Everett
Mass
Alfred W. Call
Ralph Roberts
Luella Bickford
Dresden Mills
William Kimball
Reading
Alfred Hawkes
Perley E. Dunbar
Middle Street
Bath
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Boston
Kennebec River
Postmaster Heads Housing Program in Bath Maine
John H. Magee of the Federal Housing Administration announces Charles Cahill of Bath is appointed by Stewart McDonald as chairman of a local Better Housing Program. The drive aims to repair and modernize homes and properties and build new ones with FHA backed financing and local lender support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Magee
Federal Housing Administration
Maine
Charles Cahill
Bath
Stewart McDonald
America
Cahill
Bowdoin Town Meeting Results and Local Activities
The Bowdoin town meeting drew large attendance with N. E. Curtis as moderator. N. E. Doughty won the first selectman post by four votes over H. K. Adams, and Ernest Carr and Weston Allen were re elected for 2nd and 3rd. Road commissioner Arthur Card won by five votes over Wallace Rideout. Bert Coombs was re elected treasurer and collector of taxes, and E. E. Baker became town clerk. The session funded road work and relief for the poor. East Bowdoin Ladies aid served lunch. the 4 H club met March 5 with darning demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Curtis
N. E. Doughty
H. K. Adams
Ernest Carr
Weston Allen
Arthur Card
Wallace Rideout
Bert Coombs
E. E. Baker
East Bowdoin Ladies’ Aid
Healthy Happy Home Helpers
Phyllis Starbird
Ralph Rogers
Adams
L. C. Starbird
Dr. Pratt
Richmond
Alice Adams
Walton Adams
Gorham
N. H. N. E. Curtis
Harold
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Senter's, Inc
Bissell
Grand Rapids
President Hill
MR. Thorburn
Henry Heselten
Llewellyn Larrabee
Farmingdale
Larrabee
Legebeien
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Maine Women’s Legislative Council
State House
Grace Church
David L. Wilson
L.H.D
Louis A. Dole
Jesse Kenderdine
George H. Thorburn, Jr
Biddeford
Charles R. Sims
Charles M. Tubbs
Winter Street
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen Bath Trust
Deering-D'Palmer
Central Press Association
Maine Central
Water Street
Arthur J. Ward
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H. K. Smith
South Freeport Road
Tel
Freeport
Farandole
Irma Bennett
Annie Laurie
Neviak
Natalie Perkins
The
Southland
Mozart
Boys
Bizet
Norine
Beep Ena Robert Gilchrist
Madsen
Central Grammar
Almena A. Jaques
Percy W. Scott
Weeks Street
Carl J. Severin
Goldie Harford
Alden Thomas Bong
Asrigo Meta Saae
Charlotte Brown
Lucille Geneau
Bowdoinham Post Road
Postmaster Heads Housing Program
Bowdoin
Opera House
Gladys Swarthout
John Boles
Glenda Farrell
Barton MacLane
Buck Jones
Kay Linaker
Black Aces
W. C. Fields
Martha Raye
Dorothy Lamour
Frank McHugh
Louise Fazenda
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