Bath Girl Scouts Honor Founder Birthday Pageant
Girl Scout troops in Bath staged a pageant at Morse High School gymnasium celebrating 37 years of Girl Scouting and honoring founder Juliette Lowe. About 300 attended as Miss Sally True read, with Mrs. Maurice Hutchins at the piano and David Wetherell as stage manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
America
Juliette Lowe
Sally True
Maurice Hutchins
David Wetherell
Joseph Boucher
Brownie
Zylpha Richardson
Leslie Shumway
Ernest Bailey
James Caverly
Shirley Swearingen
Alexander King
William A. Niss
Charles Cahill, Jr
Heywood Newcomb
Edgar Drake
Lewis Carter
James I. Nostall
Converse Fenn
Gertrude Shumway
Martha Morse
Bath Girl Scout Council
Morse
Louis A. Dole
George Sargent
Hollis Garey
Loring Addison
Percy Marks
Orris Ames
Dwinal Cornish
Maurice Libby
Wilhelmina Werkhoven
Juliette Low
United States
Canvass crews named for Red Cross drive citywide
Mrs. Arthur W. King announces ward and housing project canvass teams for the Red Cross drive. The list includes captains and numerous workers organized by ward and area, with names such as Mrs. John Coombs, Miss May Besaw, Mrs. Orris Ames, and many others across Ward 1 through Ward 7 and associated neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. King
Red Cross
John Coombs
Orris Ames
Arthur Berry
May Besaw
Emma Brown
Ernest Brown
Peggy Brown
Vivian Brown
Lindell J. Chadbourne
John Clark, Jr
Laforest Coombs
Dwinal Cornish
Harry Cornish, Jr
Frank Cromwell
Charles Douglas
Guy Sere
Eleanor Ferguson
Asenith Haggett
Eugene Hawkes
Richard Jenkins
James Knight
Roger Luke
Oy Lutz
Edward McGuiggan
George McMann
Clyde Mall
Bertha Davis
Harmon Eliason
Russell Grant
Joanne Heal
Wendall Heal
Theresa Hill
Doris Staley
Ward
Loring R. Addison
Linwood A. Abbott
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Cecil Fullerton
Raleigh Glynn
Wallace R. Ham
John C. Hart
Mark Hennessey
Horace P. Herrick
George E. Ingraham
Dorothy Johansen
Austin W. Miller
John Sylvester
Charles F. Cummings
Harry G. Allen
Louis D. Annis
Donald Belanger
Arthur Brown
Ronald Buffam
Lynn M. Bussey
Carville
Horace Morse
Clinton Owen
Albert Pecci
Abbott Redlon
Milton Stephenson
Anna Trott
Eastham Guild, Jr
William S. Blair
William P. Kelley
Richard Kimball
Omar R. King
Henry Mank
Joseph Marchetti
William P. Marks
John J
State tests Kennebec River water in Bath area
The State began tests of Kennebec river water in the Parker Head area after Governor Frederick G. Payne promised an inspection. A Sea and Shore Fisheries boat with engineers reached Bath and started flood-tide sampling to see if pollution levels would block dam digging. The governor ordered immediate testing and a US Public Health Service conference was set for Thursday, with results due within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Parker Head
Frederick G. Payne
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Department
Bath
United States Public Health Service
State Department
Payne
Department of Agriculture
Payne Promises New Pollution Survey of Flats
A Maine conference at Augusta led to Governor Payne pledging a new pollution survey of closed clam flats in Phippsburg to determine if reopening is possible. The study would test water and dam quality against Federal standards, with results due in 30 days, and a state laboratory suggested to monitor water regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Kennebec
Public Health Service
Maine
Woolwich Board Protests Treatment of School District Bill
Woolwich selectmen protest the delay and opposition to Legislative Document 139 which would authorize creation of a Woolwich school district. They accuse the Legal Affairs committee of unequal consideration and lobby tactics, urging townwide input and fiscal restraint amid a looming valuation rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
Woolwich
Anthony S. Dodge
Dodge
Legal Affairs Committee
Rotarians view film on American life as lived by others
At a weekly luncheon Rotarians watched a Goodyear produced film contrasting life in the United States with life in Germany. It follows a German worker who finds opportunity, modern machinery, education, and freedom in America, highlighting Goodyear’s role and naming Paul Litchfield. The event featured Keith Crockett, George H Musk, Loring Addison, and guests John W. Richard Homan and Howard Leavitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
America
Germany
Big Goodyear Company
University of Akron
Paul Litchfield
Goodyear Company
Bath
Byron F. Barker
Keith Crockett
Huse
George H Musk
Loring Addison
Harry W. Owen
John W. Richard Homan
Dummer Street
Howard Leavitt
Front Street
Emerson Hall Returns from Texas and Florida Visit
Emerson Hall came back on Monday from San Antonio Texas after spending three months with his son and family Captain T W Hall and visited for several days in St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Hall
San Antonio
Texas
Capt
T. W. Hall
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bath Thespians to stage The Philadelphia Story April 5
The Bath Lions Club announced ticket sales for The Philadelphia Story a three act comedy by Philip Barry to be staged by the Bath Thespians under H Augustus Huse at Morse High School auditorium on the evening of April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions Club
Philadelphia Story
The
Bath Thespians
H. Augustus Huse
Morse High School
Philip Barry
James Stewart
Katherine Hepburn
van Heflin
Joseph Cotton
Rosalind Russell
Dan Tobin
Elizabeth
Love
Christopher Bean
Mr. Huse
Lions Club
Thes
Lions Varieties
Lions Show Committee
Bath
Early Front Street Buildings and Historic Lots
The article traces the Front street area from Arch Street east to Center Street, noting earlier structures on the west side and detailing the chain of ownership for a north side lot sold in 1792 to Ebenezer Pray and later passing to Hatch, Marston, and others. It describes the 1832 construction by Hatch and Moses and the 1887 fire’s impact, plus the adjacent Larrabee Beals Bliss Winsip tavern properties and their hosts, ending with a hint of continuation on Page Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Street
Front Street
Center Street
Union Block
Joshua Shaw
Ebenezer Pray
Pray
Thomas Kimball
John Staniford
Davis Hatch
Thomas Harvard
W V. & O. Moses
Hatch
Moses Bros
Moses
Daniel Marston
John Elliot
Marston
Lambert & Slade
Boston
Asa Palmer
William Ledyard
John Hayden
Bath Jeweler
Moses and Hatch
Hayden
Stephen Thomson
William B. Larrabee
Larrabee
Bliss
Beals
Winship
John Beals
Mre Larrabee
Bath Hotel
Samuel Anderson
Bailey Evening School closes season with open house
The Bailey Evening School of Industries ended its 48-49 term with a large attendance at open house and awarded 140 certificates across 15 courses. Principal Paul V. Mason led tours of exhibits in hooked rugs, wood work, knitting, dressmaking, and art, as instructors and students showcased Fall and Winter work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School of Industries
Paul V. Mason
Marion Colby
Blanche Gillies
Joan Kimball
Nina Volchak
Wilhelmina Werkhoven
Eleanor Wilson
Ruth Wilson
Colby
Margaret Butterfield
Kurt Diamant
Lucy Smith
Astructor
Oscar Freeman
Wallace Ham
John Keegan, Jr
Josephine Pinkham
Walter
Alice Bridges
Mary Kelley
Charlotte Mallett
Thelma Hunt
Maria St. Angelo
Betty Doaks
Harry Fullerton
Barbara Lee
Maynard Lee
Martha Hutchins
Monica Dionne
Betty Leavitt
Linwood Abbott
Floyd M. Carter
Albert Cummings
William F. Fagan
Wilson Fitzgerald
Emerton C. Gross
Jerome H. Harris
Ellery C. Kidder, Jr
Roy G. Lawrence
Lionel Lessard
James L. Morse
Robert W. Seeger
John B. Stickney
Edward Thompson
George W. Freeman
Helen Toothaker
Mary P. James
Doris Rowland
William Bailey
Elizabeth June Leavitt
Joseph A. Turcotte
Monica M. Dionne
Ray Moore
F. Mary Brown
Emilie A. Dow
Phyllis Trageny
Doris M. Veilleux
Mrs. Toothaker
Virginia E. MacMahan
Ethel S. Lyden
Elizabeth Plummer
J. Edward Pomeroy
Anna May Berry
David Vachon
Harry E. Fullerton
Jed E. Colby
Oscar R. Marsh
William H. York
Emma Cummings
Isabella Bryant
Flossie M Clifford
Blanche Rowland
Ralph Mittendorf
Esther M. Billington
Berneice Hosmer
Roberta Hathorne
Mary James
Rena Roberts
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliaries March Meeting Highlights
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary held its March meeting with vice president Mrs. Harry B. Carney presiding. Mrs. George Musk announced 13 new members and ongoing membership drive. Mrs. Musk urged more volunteers. Reports covered purchasing, vacuum cleaners, and a new show case. minutes noted numerous hours served and items produced by committees. Dr. Lawrence Dane of Greenfield Mass., named speaker for the April 5 auxiliary meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Harry B. Carney
George Musk
Manuel Bowers
Frederick Klippel
Donald Burkhardt
Roger McA
Musk
Arthur King
Carney
Eastham Guild, Jr
Omar King
Dean Shaw
Joseph O. Purdue
Willard Sprague
Edward St. Martin
Cozy Corner
Mullaney
Harold Avery
Lawrence Katz
W. Dayton Hill
William Dennison
Dennison
Lawrence Dane
Greenfield
Mass
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Bath Girl Scouts
Augusta
Richard Greene
Washington, D. C
U. S. Public Health Service
Harold Udell
New York
Richard Reed
A. M G. Soule
State Department of Agriculture
Joseph W. Larrabee
Sagadahoc
J. Horace McClure
Philip H. Oliver
Leslie Darling
Clam Diggers
Sanford Prince
Orr's Island
Chester H. McCabe
Atorney
Nunzi Napolitano
Portland
I. A. Trueworthy
Greene
Udell
Woolwich Board
Thespians
Old Lincoln
Point
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Hosmer
Elizabeth Dingley
Emilie Dow
Barbara Esmond
Virginia McMahan
William York
Bath’s Hospital Auxiliary
Plymouth
Front St. Tel
Bath Auto Company
C. F. Cummings
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