Soldier confesses to stealing cars in wild escapade
Peter Watts Jr a Fall River Mass soldier stationed near an Army post confessed to seizing three autos wrecking two and injuring two people. He pleaded guilty to operating without a license and larceny and was bound over to Saga dahoc Superior Court. He escaped from Wiscasset police leaping from a car and later was captured in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Wiscasset
Bath City
Herbert Mariner
John P. Crosby
Peter Watts, Jr
Fall River
Mass
Watts
Gardiner R. Deering
Paul A. Gregware
Crosby
Walter Davis
North Street
Water Street
Alton Erskine
Bastille
Mary Schmal
Bath
Montsweag
Harvey Perry
Richmond
Perry
Christis Robbins
Cedar Grove
Carl
Front Street
Woolwich
Crosby and
Mariner
Deering
Hanford Noble Ladner
Gardiner
Center
Washington Streets
Mother and Daughter Banquet at Winter Street Church
The annual Mother and Daughter banquet at Winter Street church will be Thursday evening March 12 in the ladies room. Mrs Arthur C Le mont serves as general chairman. Mrs Andrew Hill, Wellesley graduate, will speak on The Home a Bulwark in a World at War. She and her naval officer husband witnessed Pearl Harbor. Hostesses and waitresses are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Arthur C. Lemont
Andrew Hill
Hill
Wellesley College
Tunahou
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Charles Hewitt, Jr
John Taylor
Carl E. Abee
Fred J. Higgins
Earl Kimble
William Crowley
Rupert M. Irvine
John Cook
Henry O. McCabe
Henry ©.Trowbridge
George Hastings
Clifford B. Smith
Roscoe McFadden
Elks Minstrel Show Rehearsals Progress
Preparations are well under way for the Elks Annual Minstrel Show to be held Monday and Tuesday nights March 23 and 24 at Morse High School Auditorium. Directed by F Waldo Marshall of Bath Iron Works with Ralph W MacDonald as general chairman, the event raises funds for Civilian Defense medical equipment. Rehearsals are planned at the Elks home Wednesday and at the High School Sunday, with Edward Gaudreau directing the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Morse High School
F. Waldo Marshall
Bath Iron Works Corp
Ralph W. MacDonald
the Elks’ Home
Edward Gaudreau
Engagement of Maxine E Carleton announced
Mr and Mrs Earle Carleton of West Boothbay Harbor announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Maxine Edith Carleton to Corp John H Tourtillotte of Officers Headquarters Providence R I Corp Tourtillotte is a son of Mrs Ethel M Tourtillotte of 283 Center Street this city and the late Ralph Tourtillotte Miss Carleton graduated Boothbay Harbor high School class of 1940 and attended the Maine School of Commerce in Portland She is employed in the office of Frank L Sample Jr Inc in SC0 aa Tourtillette graduated Morse high School class of 1936 and is now stationed in Providence R I Virginia Parker entertained a group of little friends at her home Tuesday evening the occasion being her eighth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Carleton
West Boothbay Harbor
Maxine Edith Carleton
Corp
John H. Tourtillotte
Providence
R. I. Corp
Tourtillotte
Ethel M. Tourtillotte
Center Street
Ralph Tourtillotte
Carleton
Boothbay Harbor High School
Maine School of Commerce
Portland
Virginia
John Parker
North Street
Richmond Hobby Show and Republican Convention Details
The Richmond Hobby Show will be held at the Methodist church Thursday and Friday evenings. Five delegates may be sent from Richmond to the Republican State and District Convention in Portland on April 1 and 2. The opening session begins at 4 p.m. on the first day, with headquarters at the Falmouth hotel and the convention in City Hall. Attendance is expected to around 2,000. Local real estate transfers include Lancaster to Anderson, Davis to Grace, and Davis to Douglass. Residents travel updates and hospital and funeral notices, plus a visit by Rev. Frederick W. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Portland
Falmouth
Office of Register of Deeds
Arthur L. Lancaster
Carl F. Anderson
Lillian E Davis
Allen E. Grace
William E. Davis
Benjamin B. Douglass
Annie Johnson
Augusta
Frank Beedle
Marshall Small
Putney
East Orange
N. J
Wilbur Small
Harold Richardson
Stanley Richardson
Auburn
Gretchen
Ernest Hodgkins
Gardiner General Hospital
Rosalie
George Sanford
Charles N. Kennedy
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frederick W. Smith
Christian Civic League
Waterville
Baptist Church
Sarah Preble
Ida Hosmer
Cora Conley
Frank Preble
Annual Meeting of Bath Country Club Sets Higher Dues
Bath Country Club stockholders convened at Bath Savings Institution with strong attendance. The club expressed optimism for a longer season due to daylight time and endorsed a dues increase for men from 25 to 35 annually plus tax, while rates for women and juniors remain the same plus tax. Directors Adams Burden Main Webber reelected for three years. Bridgham reappointed as corporation clerk. Post meeting, directors elected Small as president Furber as treasurer Webber as secretary. Merseyside School golf club granted free course use for remainder of current school year under standard restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Bath Savings Institution
William M Adams
Alex Burden
Archibald M. Main
Harry C. Webber
Edward W. Bridgham
Ini
Donald O. Small
Willian A Furber
Harry C
Philathea class meets on Monday in Bath
Philathea class of Corliss Street church held its monthly business meeting Monday evening in the small vestry. Hostesses were Mrs. Earl Homorany, Mrs. Fenton Moore, Mrs. Francis Norton and Mrs. R. Raymond Palmer. Crab meat rolls cake and coffee were served. Next meeting April 13 will be hosted by Mrs. Medford N. Perham of West Bath chairman, Mrs. Chester Plant, Mrs. Courtney Stover of West Bath and Mrs. Robert Sutter. A money raising committee was named: Mrs. F. Arthur Berry chairman, Mrs. Bernice, Mrs. Harold Walker and Mrs. Steven Brace. Mr. and Mrs. Warry Bartlett of Berlin, N. H. were weekend guests of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burden of Bedford Street, where their son Warren Bartlett, employed at Bath Iron Works, makes his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warry Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Ralph O. Burden
Bedford Street
Warren Bartlett
Bath Iron Works
Clement Yates
Danvers
Mass
Yates
Louis Lempesis
Marblehead
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee Grove
N. J. Simard
Richard
Carl Graves
Cook’s Corner
Harry Vinal
J. Everett Mayo
Trufants Crossing
Bath
Earl French
Russell Street
Nazarene Church
James Brann
Pegey
Eugene and
Ronald
Coopers Minls
West Bath
J. B. Cooke
Edwin W. Haggett
Watertown
Byron Steele
James B. Lemont
Brookline
Walter Adler
Harold Freeman
Sunnyside Farm
East Brunswick
William Fields
Hardings
Harry Snow
Virginia
Brunswick
James’ Brann
Peggy
Eugene
Cooper's Mills
Courtney Stover
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
John Wharff
Foster’s Point Road
Chester A. Plant
Wallace Plant
Arthur L. Plant
Florence Blake
Portland
Pvt
Fred Todd
Corp
Alfred Martiniski
Fort Preble
Cape Elizabeth
Fred Cary
Georgetown Bath Notes and Social Items Reflect Winter Ailments
Town column reports Mrs Alfred Rowe ill at Bath Memorial hospital and several measles cases in Georgetown. A Red Cross meeting at Mrs Ernest Heal’s home is praised for efforts despite a storm. Ernie Heal travels to Boothbay Harbor to inspect the tug Seguin under repair. Neighbors shop, visit, and note improvements at homes including Alfred Rowe’s in Georgetown. Sergeant Warren Todd arrives safely in port and Commander Dalrymple reports for service at Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Rowe
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
Ernest Heal
Heal
Everett Stevens
Elmer Palmer Jis
Boothbay Harbor
Roy Newman
William Todd
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
Gunnell
Thomas Williams
West Georgetown
Ralph Davis
Melsin Cunningham
Rapheal Higgins
Rosalind
Fcl. Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Carroll Powers
Stanley Flower Ing
J. F. Higgin
Martha Fielding
Beatrice Abbott
Thomas Bird
Leonard Dodge
Laura Horn
Horn
James Oliver
Judy
Oliver
Wallace Pierce
Byron Campbell
Seguinland
John F. Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter Newdick
Thompson
Flewelling
Sergt
Warren S.todd
Bath Iron Works Corp
Sidney C. Dalrymple
Newport
R. I
Dalrymple
Chester
William
Nurses Plan Friday Screenings Of Bombing Scenes
The Nurses Staff of Meniial hospital arranged to show moving lectures Friday in Lewiston and Bath. Civilian Defense official Raymond Adams will lead the program with Red Cross first aid footage and incendiary bomb EOD material. Invitations extend to all Civilian Defense groups and interested residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meniial Hospital
London
Red Cross
Esther Grigory
Esther Murph
AR Po
Lewiston
Raymond Adams
Augusta
Henry Sheffield
Storm snarls traffic with multicar crashes on Route 1
A severe Friday storm blanketed the city with slush and heavy snow, causing numerous accidents and massive traffic tieups. The fiercest crash occurred on Route 1 Woolwich near Ryans Corner when Lawrence Berry of Wiscasset collided head on with a Chevrolet truck, injuring the truck driver and a passenger while a sister and another passenger sought treatment. Minor injuries occurred elsewhere as vehicles stalled on hills and buses struggled to climb Lemont street. Police cited a third car entering High Street from Richardson, forcing a swerve that left Selwyn Towne Jr and George Getchell with left-side damage, while Harry Moore faced a stop sign violation charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route 1
Woolwich
Ryans Corner
Lawrence Berry
Wiscasset
Thelma Berry
Bath
Messenger
Carlton Bridge
Center Street Hill
Washington Street
Center
Pine Street
Walker Street
Weeks Street
Marshall Street
Lemont Street
Lemont Street Hill
Richardson
High Streets
Selwyn H. Towne, Jr
High Street
George E. Getchell
Getchell
Towne
Richardson Street
Harry L. Moore
Bs Moore
Moore Woould
Marriage Intentions Recently Recorded in Bath and Bowdoinham
Clyde Milan Hatch and Nina Maude McCauslin of Bath. Russell Bolland Dorr and Roberta Ho Lancaster of Bowdoinham. John A Kulja Jr and Cea George with Arlene Bo Harnish of Bath. David Tillman Sprague and Edith Clarice Stone of Bath. Thomas C Staples of Bath and Maarne Bailey of Woolwich. Chive M Towle of Topsham and Beatrice McLewis of Gerald C Goodwin and Margaret FC Coffill of Bath. Miss Margaret Ko Sampson and Miss Gloria June Readey of Manchester NH. The event grouped at Vesper George School of Art as part of 13th Annual Art Week. Dean Cleare hosted. the program occurred Tuesday evening at 42-44 St Botolph Street. Mr and Mrs Carleton W Lowell of Pine Street visited Cape Elizabeth with daughter Mrs Archie Seekitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesley L Hutchins
Clyde Milan Hatch
Nina Maude McCauslin
Bath
Russell Bolland Dorr
Roberta Ho Lancaster
Bowdoinham
John A Kulja, Jr
Cea George
Arlene Bo Harnish
David Tillman Sprague
Edith Clarice Stone
Thomas C Staples
Maarne Bailey
Woolwich
Chive M ‘Towle
Margaret Ko Sampson
John Sampson
High Street
Gloria June Readey
Manchester
Vesper George School of Art
Boston
Dean Cleare
St. Botolph Street
Five Islands Community Notes and Local Events
The Five Islands Library Auxiliary enjoyed a pleasant afternoon with Mrs J J Gibson and planned a future meeting with Mrs Frances Aderton. Miss Mary Louise Pinkham celebrated her 14th birthday with friends Jackie and Lorraine Sawyer Ida MacGillivary Betty Rittall and Barbara Pinkham present. The Five Islands firemen held their monthly meeting at the station followed by lunch and social hour. Various residents including Lermond Davis and Dr Irwin Bookers dock were mentioned for injuries and incidents. A Merry Maids 4 H club meeting at Library hall hosted 14 visitors and a piano sing session. Other items include jigsaw puzzles arriving from Mrs C F Knight and numerous local visits and travels among Bath Kittery and Georgetown residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Gibson
Frances Aderton
Mary Louise Pinkham
Jackie
Lorraine Sawyer
Ida MacGillivary
Betty Rittall
Barbara Pinkham
Pinkham
George Philbrook
Freeport
J. W Hyssong
George Gray
William Marr
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Five Islands
William Stacey
W. E. Gray
Peggy and
Charlotte
Bath
Vernon, Jr
Gray
Library Hall
Merry Maids 4-H Club
F. P. Carr
Audrey Pinkham
Jacqueline Sawyer
C. F. Knight
Waterbury
Conn
Eddie Carr
Portland
Fred P. Carr
Frank MacMahan
Somerville
Mass
Vincent Davis
Kittery
Lester Davis
Victor Pinkham
Barbara
Rapheal Higgins
Rosalind
Georgetown Center
Orville Rowe
Carrie H. Stevens
Boston
Isabel Stevens
Marion Stevens
Ransom Sawyer
Charles Guptill
Pins and insignia awarded to women completing course
The Red Cross Motor Corps awarded pins and insignia Friday at the State Armory to six women who completed the corps training. The ceremony, led by Mrs Joseph J. Smith, honored those who finished standard and advanced first aid and motor mechanics, drill, driving tests, and bomb and gas instructions. About 14 more women are nearing completion. the group afterward continued with class drills. Carl Dearborn of South Street visited Portsmouth, NH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Motor Corps
State Armory
Joseph J. Smith
Red Cross
Motor Corps
John Parker
Granville Mo Colby
Eleanor Po Danforth
Elmer Dow
Enid Mo Sawyer
Etta Thurlow
Louis Catho
Smalls Garage
Ralph Card
State Guard
Marks and
Percy W. Kings
West Bath Social News Highlights Local Visits and Events
West Bath residents share guests and family visits from Danvers Marblehead Cooper's Mills and East Brunswick. Local gatherings include a West Bath Parent-Teacher supper at the orange hall and revival guest duties at Nazarene church with many Bath residents dropping by.
Bath Iron Works Corporation Meeting Summary
The Bath Iron Works annual meeting heard no changes to officers or directors. Stockholders present approved a dividend of 50 cents per share for holders of record March 21, payable April 1, 1942. Re-elected officers were William S. Newell, Archibald M. Main, Sidney L Baton, and Wadleigh B. Drummond. Seven directors were re elected. four named continued: Charles H. Cahill, Ross W. Judson, J Kenneth Hall, and John R. Newell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
William S. Newell
Archibald MM. Main
Sidney L Baton
Gepesta Sewing Circle Public Card Party At Ma sone Pemple
Gepesta Sewing Circle plans a public card party Tuesday afternoon at Ma sone Pemple. Marcel 17 tables may be reserved with Mrs. Luther Thompson, Mrs. Annette Merrill and Mrs. Harold Hodgkins. Refreshments will be served and an apron table will be on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gepesta Sewing Circle
Masone Pemple
Marcel
Luther Thompson
Annette Merrill
Harold Hodgkins
Woolwich Infant Dies From Burns In Gasoline Explosion
Blanche Auta Chubbuck, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Chubbuck of Woolwich, died at Memorial hospital from third degree burns after a gasoline motor washing machine exploded in the kitchen. Born September 1, 1940 in Woolwich, she passed away Monday night. Funeral held Wednesday at Curtis Funeral Home, 942 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Auta Chubbuck
Harvey Chubbuck
Woolwich
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Ethel M Burns Dies In Bath At 65
Ethel May Burns 65 wife of Wilbur D Burns died suddenly at 5 30 Tuesday morning at 1093 Washington street Bath. Born in Durham October 19 1876 she lived in Bath since 1924 moving from Lisbon Falls. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs William A Perry and Miss Lera D Burns two grandsons Richard C Perry and William A Perry Jr and one brother Bennie Bowie of North Chesterville. Funeral Friday at two in Curtis funeral home 942 Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel May Burns
Wilbur D. Burns
Washington Street
Mrs. Burns
Durham
Millard
Flora
William) Bowie
Bath
Lisbon Falls
William A. Perry
Lera D. Burns
Richard C. Perry
William A. Perry, Jr
Bennie Bowie
North Chesterville
Curtis Funeral Home
Mrs Ida M Hunt Dies At 82 In Bath Area
Mrs Ida M Hunt 82 widow of Horatio Hunt died Wednesday at her son Frank A King’s home 35 Oliver Street Bath Born November 29 1859 in Bath daughter of William J and Sarah Gardiner Cressey Lived in Bath until six years ago moved to Brunswick Her sons James E King Bath Sherman B King Cambridge Massachusetts and Frank A King Bath survive along with grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren The funeral was held at Curtis? church at 3 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida May Hunt
Horatio Hunt
Frank A. King
Oliver Street
Hunt
Bath
William J
Sarah (Gardiner) Cressey
Brunswick
Harpswell Road
Raymond E McDonough Dies in Watertown Mass
Raymond E McDonough 46, husband of Louise Sonia of this city, died suddenly in Watertown March 5. A military funeral was held at 8 from 15 Sunset road and a requiem mass at Our Lady of Mercy church Bel mont. He worked for New England Telephone and Telegraph and belonged to Alexander Graham Bell post American Legion. Survived by widow, two sisters, brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Mass
Raymond E. McDonough
Louise Sonia
Sunset Road
Our Lady of Mercy
Belmont
McDonough
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Alexander Graham Bell Post
American Legion
Bath
John E. Sonia
Beacon Street
Sonia
Mrs. Annie Eagan Dies at 74 in Brunswick
Mrs. Annie Eagan 74 widow of Elwood Eagan died Thursday at her home 13 Noble street Brunswick. Born in Bath August 28 1867 she was daughter of William Tr and Rosa McKown Given. Survived by brothers Winfield Given Newcastle and Frank Given Bath and a sister Evie M Cobett Brunswick. Mrs Charles Miller entertained Mrs John Rines at 928 High Street Tuesday evening with bridge and a birthday cake for Mrs Rines noting her birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Eagan
Elwood Eagan
Noble Street
Brunswick
Bath
William Tr
Rosa McKown Given
Winfield Given
Newcastle
Frank Given
Evie M. Cobett
Charles Miller
John Rines
High Street
Mrs. Rines
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Draft Board
FBI
Department of Justice
Mr. Hoover
Winter Street
Elks’minstrel Show
Morse High Auditorium
Maxine E. Carleton
Country Club
Donald N. Small
Philathea
Georgetown
City Hall
J. Paul Cushman
John Howe
Union Street
Jeff
Quincy
Cushman
Civil Service Branch
Washington
Daniel Kohirs
Mr. Cushman
Mr. Kohr
Ryan’s
Carleton W Lowell
Archie L. Seekitis
Carl Dearborn
South Street
Portsmouth
Bath Iron Works ‘Corporation Meeting
Ethel M. Burns
Ida M. Hunt
Raymond E. M'Donough
Watertown, Mass
Fred S, Curtis & CO
Thomas KR. Huston