Brunswick mill worker charged with serious assault
Thomas Williams a 33 year old Brunswick mill worker was arraigned in Bath municipal court on a serious assault charge involving a 16 turning 17 year old girl. He pleaded not guilty and posted 1000 sureties for Friday’s appearance after county authorities said Dr Maurice Dionne would testify about the girl’s examination. Williams was arrested Monday in Brunswick by Police Chief Ouellette and turned over to Deputy Sheriff Stevens. The alleged assault occurred Sunday night on a highway between Topsham and Pejepscot during a car ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Thomas Williams
Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Dunton
Ralph O. Dale
Maurice J. Dionne
Williams
Topsham
Pejepscot
Charge Review Delays Possible Assault Modification
Officials discuss whether to change the charge to assault with an attempt at a more serious offense. The defendant seeks a thorough review before any decision is made, delaying the case progression.
Rotary Club Observes National Ice Cream Week
In a luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick the Rotary club celebrated National Ice Cream Week with Dominique Tardif detailing the product’s growth over 14 years and describing bulk now boxed forms. Demonstrations of dry ice and factory machines, samples in Rotary boxes, and visitors Norman Smith and Carleton Davis attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Dominique Tardif
Wiseman Farms
Fred D. Hill
Chester A. Plant
Dr. Berry
Norman Smith
Brunswick
Carleton Davis
Lous Silverman
Miss Marcia Moulton Hosts Stay in Melrose Ends
Miss Marcia Moulton of Middle street is visiting for a few days with Mrs. Caldwell S. Phillips of Melrose. The social visit is noted in local society notes and highlights friendly engagements in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Moulton
Middle Street
Caldwell S. Phillips
Melrose Highlands
Mass
National Child Health Week observed in all grades
Across the nation the first week of May marked National Child Health Week with elementary schools presenting seven point health programs. Students earned badges for meeting health criteria such as clean teeth, normal hearing, bright eyes, good posture, steady growth, and birth registration, with numerous named students listed among the recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Frances Bond
William Tanner
Joan Canacaris
Alice Canacaris
Helen King
Elizabeth Footer
Lillian Saunders
First
Almon Mitchell
Bernard Ferris
Walter Longley
Mae Walsh
Eugene Cunningham
Edith King
Betty Weeks
Richard Jackson
Joanne Heal
Doris Lavigne
Darwin Nolan
Ruth Savage
Marilyn Oliver
June Chase
Arline Carr
Mitchell
Margaret Burns
Alice Deehan
Lucille Glidden
Barbara Morse
Donald Coombs
Billie Jackson
Norman Kenney
Charles Murray
Marjorie Rogers
Arthur Bowker
Lewis Donnell
Norman Nadeau
William Seavey
Iris Armstrong
Selma Cummings
Roland Dumais
Knud Holmson
Arthur Berry
Malcolm Moore
Barbara Bracey
Donald Hopkins
Dora Bridges
Mary Lermond
Edward Morse
Robert Cummings
Madge Armstrong
Virginia Bowker
Betty Mullen
Nicholas Kakos
Norma Cummings
Betty Hopkins
Grace Whittemore
Bertrand Miller
Charles Lerm
Richard Herson
Virginia Andre
Maurice Brown
Frances Callan
Caroline Carpenter
Joseph Garneau
Jackson Hill
Katrina Moffett
Clyde Norton
Betty Robson
Harold Armes
Dorreen Higgins
Betty Jones
Paul Johnson
Robert Knowlton
Barbara Oliver
Weeks Street
Marie MacDonald
David Skelton
Elizabeth Whittemore
Deletra Hill
North Grammar School
Mary Furber
Norman Gwynn
Kenneth Hill
Ralph Houston
Glenda Howard
Sally Hyde
Mary Morse
Roda Kutz
Thomas Morse
Nancy Sewall
Lydia Smith
Kenneth Wilson
Bernard Pratt
Betty Small
Barbara Stodder
Lewis Wilson
Evangeline Canacaris
Mary Boardman
Robert Levin
Pauline Prest
Richard Watson
Virginia Trott
Robert Mosher
Guy Haynes
Betty Lou Hill
Buddy Poppy Days Set For May 20 and 21
The V. F. W. buddy Poppy committee of Dyer Flaherty Post 2197 announces fund raising on Friday and Saturday May 20 and 21 to support veterans and their families. Committee members Cushing Beaudoin and Sanders urge generosity and remind the public that every donation aids needy veterans today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Poppy
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Christopher J. Cushing
Theodore J. Beaudoin
Jesse T. Sanders
Proctor Kirschner Wedding in Lisbon Falls
Mrs Carrie B Kirschner of Lisbon Falls and Fred G Proctor of Bath wed in Lisbon Falls on Friday evening May 13 at the First Baptist church parsonage. Rev M E Willard officiated in a single ring ceremony attended by Mr Proctor's daughter Mrs George L Brown and Mr Brown. Proctor, an assistant foreman in Bath Iron Works joiner shop, plans to live in Lisbon Falls. A pre wedding dinner and shower for Mrs Proctor and Hortense Welch home demonstration agent was held by the Lisbon Farm Bureau with 34 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie B. Kirschner
Lisbon Falls
Fred G. Procter
Bath
First Baptist Church
M. E. Willard
Proctor
George L. Brown
High Street
Brawn
Bath Iron Works
Jane Given
Crosby High School
Waterbury
Conn
Anson Given
Inza Smalley
Hamilton House
Harold Cheney
Portland
Harold Hackett
West Bath
Leroy Adams
Coombs High School
Washington
Merrymeeting Grange
George Forbes
Wyandotte
Mich
Dwinal
Miriam
Charles Hackett
J. Bowdoin Lilly
Harry Crockett
R. D. Purington
Orie Woods
Springfield
Mass
Grant Woods
Clifford Gray
J. E. Cornish
Gladys
Newtonville
Lena Cornish
Henry Springer
James H. Ames
Harold Mitchell
Springer
Percy Blanchard
Richmond
Walton Adams
Gorham
N. H
Pleasant Street
Milton Given
Bert Merrill
Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Ralph McEwen
William Rogge
Frank Heath
Hortense Welch
George O'Clair
Cobb Farm
Methodist Aid
Grant Hulse
Abbie Hulse
Nettie Brown
Gardiner
Philip Rideout
John Holden
William Seekins
Haverhill
Mr. Brown
Mary Duran
Ivan Lang
Roger Robinson
Charles Dorian
Funeral Services For W S Given Held On Post Road
Rev Palmer of the M E church officiated at the funeral of William S Given at his Post Road home at 2 pm Thursday. Burial followed in Bay View cemetery with a grave committal service. Bearers were Ames Denham Hulse White Graves and Temple. Walter Given and Mrs Annie Williams attended from town. Mrs A J Vroom of Freeport died May 9 at 83. she leaves a husband two sisters and two brothers. Rev Hazelton officiated at the Freeport burial in Burr cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
M. E
William S. Given
Post Road
Bay View Cemetery
James H. Ames
J. Hall Denham
A. Grant Hulse
E. L. White
Edward Graves
B. R. Temple
W. H. Gould
Walter Given
Annie Williams
Annie P. Cobb
Josie Fogg
Bowdoinham
James
Albion Cornish
Lewiston
C. D. Hazelton
The
Baptist Church
Burr Cemetery
Freeport
Mr. Vroom
E. D. Cornish
Bowdoinham Village
Paisley and Duncan Wed at Portsmouth Home
Miss Harriet Duncan daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur B Duncan and Charles H Paisley son of Mr and Mrs John H Paisley were married at the bride’s home 587 Union Street Rev Arthur Roy Rouner officiating The couple were attended by Miss Priscilla M Duncan and Kenneth Paisley The bride is a Portsmouth high school and Boston secretarial school graduate now employed in her father’s jewelry store The groom a Robert W Traip academy graduate is a drafter at the Navy yard Also noted are earnings projections for the Carlton Bridge across the Kennebec River and Gov Lewis O Barrows speaking at the Kiwanis club meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Duncan
Arthur B. Duncan
Portsmouth
N. H
Horatio A. Duncan
Bath
Charles H. Paisley
John H. Paisley
Killery
Union Street
Arthur Roy Rouner
North Congregational Church
Priscilla M. Duncan
Kenneth Paisley
Mrs. Paisley
Portsmouth High School
Boston
Mr. Paisley
Robert W. Traip Academy
Kittery
Navy Yard
For Rent: Furnished Hill-Top Home with 8 Rooms
Classified notice offers a June 29 to Aug 15 rental of an eight-room furnished home on 70 acres with hill-top view, fireplace, modern plumbing, electric range, refrigerator, oil heat, hot water, and barn. References required. owner relocating to Columbia Univ. Supt Schools. Also an ad to list farm or city shares via Fred B. Reed Co. Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Univ. Supt
Wiscasset
Bowdoinham PTA Officers Reelected and Committees Named
The Bowdoinham Parent Teacher Association met at the high school and reelected officers led by President Mrs Ralph Mc Ewen with Mrs Karl Hatch as vice president and Ella Purington as treasurer. Committees for next year include library board, entertainment, publicity, membership, and Founder's Day, plus a plan to appoint Miss Ella Purington to chair an entertainment fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Ralph McEwen
Karl Hatch
Ella Purington
Norman Rowe
Library Board
Frank Heath
John McCart
Edward Baker
Robert Chase
William Babb
Karl] Hatch
George Hamilton
Ernest Lancaster
Gladys Raymond
George Brown
Roger Robinson
Avery Fides
Caleb Mitchel
Malden
Mass
Lilly Farm
Bay Road
Arthur Webber
Baby
Springvale
Frank Webber
Fisher Road
Dike P T A Elects Officers and Plans May Supper
At the Dike School P T A meeting Mrs Hermon Crooker announced the news officers: Mrs Irving C Varney president Mrs Arthur G Gilmore vice president Mrs Harold H Conley secretary and Mrs Fernando T Hutchins treasurer A May 25 supper funds a North End Community rifle team event with several hostesses and the final meeting features an entertainment by Mrs Sanford B Nickerson. A lighthearted local note about deer visiting Mandel Bacheldor’s dandelion greens near Lincoln ends with a joking lantern idea that fails to deter the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
Hermon Crocker
Irving C. Varney
Arthur G. Gilmore
Harold H. Conley
Fernando T. Hutchins
North End Community Club
Charles T. Henderson
Varney
Daniel McDonald
Raymond M. Clark
Hutchins
Stella Dolloff
Mary C. Golder
Sanford B. Nickerson
Maine Highway Survey Aims To Measure Rural Driving
State wide survey head Fred B Greenleaf plans to collect data on how rural residents use primary roads third class roads and city streets. The information will be gathered from motor vehicle owners and used with a federal highway survey effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Greenleaf
Maine
Greenleaf
Bath Girl Crowned May Festival Queen
Miss Ellen Stevens daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram T Stevens of Middle street Bath was crowned May Queen at West brook Junior college May Day Festival on the college green Tuesday. She was chosen by student vote and crowned by Miss Aubrey White of South Portland a 1937 May Queen. Stevens wore white satin with silver brocade and was attended by a group of peers from Portland Bath and nearby towns. This seventh annual festival followed by a production of The Sleeping Beauty featured Stevens who is senior class president and active in college life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Stevens
Hiram T. Stevens
Middle Street
Westbrook Junior College
Stevens
Aubrey White
South Portland
University of Maine
Miss Stevens
Lydia Black
Ann Blanchard
Portland
Henrietta Brown
Brunswick
Meredith Fletcher
Ayer
Mass
Jane Nichol
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Lucille Johnson
Bath
Maine Research Day Observance Across New England
Simultaneous Maine events occur in Augusta and days held in Durham New Hampshire Boston Worcester Providence and Hartford Maine cooperating groups include Maine Association of Engineers University of Maine Associated Industries of Maine and Augusta Chamber of Commerce Dean Paul Cloke of the University of Maine chairs the Maine Research Day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Durham
N. H
Boston
Worcester
Mass
Providence
R. L
Hartford
Ill Justice Baxter Improves to Sit Up at Home
Hon Rupert H Baxter has been ill for several weeks but is improving sufficiently to sit up daily in his room at his home located at 1054 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Washington Street
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Senter’s, Inc
London
New Spring
Dionne
Dale
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Rath Trust
Selby Shoe
Styles
Selby Shoes
Styleez
Beauty
Fort
Sagadahock Block
Sible
Wiseman
Rotarians
Dromore Grange Hall
Dike
Joan Bradford
Robert Gardenier
Beverly van Buren
Kenneth Gibb
Judith Hibbs
Carl Pinson
Roscaline Cormier
Raymond Jones
Norma Nickerson
Edward McDonald
William Tait
Priscilla Loring
Joseph Hibbs
Richard Fullerton
Betty Havin
Lewis Young
Norma Hutchins
Jacqueline Barker
Dean Jordan
Betty Cummings
Geraldine Fogg
Edward van Buren
Dorothy Bradford
John Hayward
Warren Beardsley
Colin Mitchell
Geraldine Pratt
Muriel Kenderdine
John Wishart
Dorothy Holmes
Samuel Jordan
William Gray
Kathleen Clark
Valerie Nickerson
Maynard Stevens
James Gardenier
Edmund Hagan
Ruth Small
Evelyn Perkins
Donald Hogan
Russell Bradford
Robert Tabor
Elaine Rogers
Roberta Renaud
Eleanor Jewett
Elaine Noyes
Charlene Rogers
Bladen Smith
Gladys Worrey
Paul Bradford
Winona Clark
Melvin Fervis
Janet McHale
Janice Perry
Margaret Elliott
Gerda Langbehn
Elliott Mitchell
Barbara Roberts
George Te
Leona Henderson
Kenneth Crocker
Larry Pecci
Freida Legard
Frank Warren
Cynthia Sewall
Joan Korolick
Betty MacGuire
Barbara Deering
Carolyn Miller
Billy McKellar
Anita Bagdikian
Donald Spear
Nancy Gregware
Philip Ames
Ruth Williams
Martin Doyle
Edward Rowe
Thomas Coffill
Barbara Legard
Easton
Harry Bridge
Emma Hartleb
Natalie Hagan
Richard Legendre
Majella Miller
Donald Sylvester
Barbara Esmond
George Dole
Joan Shaw
Thomas Smith
Marilyn McElman
Carol Stover
Philip McLellan
Barbara Burden
Richard Webber
Maurice Warner
David McKellar
John Stickney
Frances Marks
Norine Pratt
Robert Wilson
Amelia Anne Mitchell
Arthur Morse
Anne Wilson
Bowdoinham Post Road
Paisley-Duncan
Carlton
Kennebec River
Woolwich
Lewis O. Barrows
Norway and Paris
J. W
Times Office
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Tel
Hazel Cornish
York ST
Middle ST
North End
B. I. W. Sound
Day's Ferry
New Meadows
New Road
Georgetown
Five Islands
Fred B. Reed Company
Front Street Real Estate
Bath, Maine Insurance
P.T.A
Association
Lincoln
Mandel Bacheldor
Lee Road
Central Welding Service
Opera House
Victor McLaglen
Brian Donlevy
Broadway
Sally Eilers
Louis Hayward
Chester Morris
Ann Shirley “Law of
the Underworld
Tyrone Power
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Chicago
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