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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1940

Page

9

Society and Garden Club Guests Visit Bath

Cosmopolitan Garden club members and others attended Gov. George D. Aiken's address at Cony High School Augusta and tea at the Blaine House garden. Guides from Kennebec Valley Garden club led guests to the white friendship hedge presented by the Federation.

Roscoe P. McFadden Edmund A. Rothwell Carl Y. Kennedy Herbert Harris Carroll A. Deering Elizabeth Deering Charles Frost Warren M. Stilphen Walter Wiggin George A. Churchill Chester A. Roberts Orville E. Page R. J. M. Steussy Harry G. Deering Richard Quick Nellie Goodrich Rose Hunter N. Gratz Jackson Fred W. Quimby Charles Soule Cosmopolitan Garden Club George D. Aiken Vermont Cony High School Augusta Blaine House Garden Bath Kennebec Elizabeth Dunbar Lena D. Donner Gov. Aiken Blaine House Gardens

Col Baker Visits Maine State Prison Dialogues with War Den Welch

Col. G. A. Baker paid a Thursday visit to the Maine State Prison in Thomaston and called on War Den Welch during the trip.

Col G. A. Baker Maine State Prison Thomaston Welch

Juvenile Delinquency Forum Highlights Bath Meeting

North-Center P.T.A. hosts a public forum on juvenile delinquency with speakers including John Parker and city leaders. The discussion calls for trained social workers and coordinated citywide effort, urging citizen involvement and a survey by a joint committee with the Baptist Brotherhood. Tea followed the forum at Central church parish house.

North-Center P.T.A Louis A. Dole Bird A. Shellenbarger Norman W. Howard Shellenbarger Walter M. Hill Central Church Parish House Bath John Parker Maine Parker Joseph A. Butler Police Department Forest C. Legard Percy W. Kingsbury L. L. Hooker The Baptist Brotherhood Donald N. Small Joseph O. Purdue Mr. Kingsbury Boy Scouts North Center

Moses Residence to Open as The Anchor in Bath

The 22 room Moses residence at Washington and Grove streets, Bath, built by the late Galen C. Moses, will open in mid June as The Anchor under new owner Major W. H. Howard of New York City. Hervie Gouin will oversee renovations and manage catering and the new marine themed interior. The house will include dining and room facilities with afternoon teas on the north lawn.

Washington and Grove Streets Galen C. Moses Bath Major W. H. Howard New York City Hervie Gouin Gouin Tme

Navy consolidates Bath shipyard design offices and bids four destroyers

Navy reorganizes Bath Iron Works offices into the Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding U S N as of May 16. Commander Fr B Britt leaves Bath for Norfolk. Commander J M Kernan arrives. Navy warns of accelerated expansion with government financing to complete schedule. Four destroyer bids sought for 1,630 ton vessels similar to Gleaves and Niblack.

Navy Department Bureau of Construction and Repairs Bureau of Engineering Navy Bath Iron Works Corp U. N U. S Fr. B. Britt Naval Inspectors H. K. Stubbs Washington Iron Works Gleaves Niblack Tron Works

Navy Trials Begin For USS Gleaves After Kennebec Maneuver

Port Captain William Blair and Iron Works crew deftly maneuvered the Gleaves and Niblack after the Niblack’s launch dated December 9. The two destroyers berthed at the Iron Works dock 69 minutes after the Niblack plunged into the Kennebec. Trial week proceeds with the Navy Trial Board in attendance to assess the Gleaves in six days of official trials.

William 8. Blair Iron Works Gleaves Niblack Kennebec Iron Works’ Dock Navy Navy Trial Board Navy Department

Delegation of Electricians Led by Harry Stone

Harry Stone supervises the electrician delegation with W. Lloyd Lawrence Crocker Fred Pinkham Don ald Smith William Voltz N. Brewer Kenneth Snowdon Alvin Jewett Wil liam Mitchell William Childs Arthur Cook Herbert Dennison Maurice Blais dell Chester Wilson Frank Thompson Arthur Orr Howard Elliott Clyde Dorr Edward Lane on trips along with Edward Footer leading man from the boilermaking division.

Harry Stone W. Lloyd Lawrence Crocker Fred Pinkham Donald Smith William Voltz N. Brewer Kenneth Snowdon Alvin Jewett William Mitchell William Childs Arthur Cook Herbert Dennison Maurice Blaisdell Chester Wilson Frank Thompson Arthur Orr Howard Elliott Clyde Dorr Edward Lane Edward Footer

Seiler's of Boston Handles Ship's Mess for Six Days

Seiler's of Boston staffs the destroyer mess for six days with a crew of more than 200 to feed, plus 130 ship officers and Iron Works officials, data takers, subcontractors, and naval personnel. Harold S. Avery assigns daily time keepers Arthur Preney Hubert Arsenault and Alfred Parks for initial trials. Four shipyard employes—Joseph C. Arsenault Charles C. Cotton Clarence Pecci Daniel A. McDonald—completed duties and moved to Boston Navy Yard. Herbert Allen, from North street extension, to wed Barbara Bartlett in Livermore Falls. Allen works as a loftsman at the Boston Navy Yard.

Seiler’s of Boston Iron Works Cape Mestage Harold S. Avery Arthur Preney Hubert Arsenault Alfred Parks Boston Navy Yard Joseph C. Arsenault Charles C. Cotton Clarence Pecci Daniel A. McDonald Herbert Allen Hart H. Allen North Street Tront Works Livermore Falls Barbara Bartlett Mr. Allen

Local Navy News and Boating Trades Update

Capt George C Stacey reports his son Edward C Stacey has earned rating as medical attendant second class on the cruiser Wichita now at Norfolk Virginia. Morse High graduate George Perry bought a 22 foot Kris Kraft speed boat for use on the New Meadows this summer. Millett bought a 24 foot cabin cruiser and plans to launch at the Maine Central dock. Roger Luke moves from naval architecture to Hyde Windlass Co engineering with Chief Andrew Butterfield. The Lukes live at 73 Oliver Street.

William L. Bennett, Jr Bedford Street Bureau of Navigation Navy Department United States Naval Academy Annapolis Bennett Bath The Metropolitan Insurance Co Morse High School George C. Stacey Blair Edward C. Stacey Us.n Wichita Norfolk Navy George P. Perry George E. Millett Iron Works Perry New Meadows Millett Irving L. Stilphen Maine Central Dock Roger M. Luke Naval Office Hyde Windlass Co Andrew M. Butterfield Mrs

Local Anglers, Both Adams, Reel Big Damariscotta Lake Salmon

Harold L. Adams, a plant safety supervisor, landed a near three pound salmon on Damariscotta Lake. The following weekend his wife Mrs. Adams caught a four pound salmon on the same lake.

Harold L. Adams Damariscotta Lake Mrs. Adams

Bath Softball League Meeting Sets Schedule at City Hall

A Bath Softball league meeting for Iron Works teams is set for eight tonight in City Hall council chamber to finalize arrangements and draw up a schedule. Weather permitting, Iron Works office softballers were to play Wiscas set in that town Tuesday evening.

Bath Iron Works City Hall Iron Works’ Office Wiscasset

Bath Opens Carnival With Three Rides And Shows

Bath's first carnival of the 1940 season by Columbia Greater Shows, sponsored by the US Boosters' Club, opened at McKay field on Monday evening with strong attendance. The venue hosts two trios of rides and acts including a mammoth Merry-Go-Round Ferris wheel and chainplanes, plus Joe Kelly's Broadway Review Art Beakdiry's Athletic Show and Toshi-Zami the Human Paradox.

Bath Columbia Greater Shows Us Boosters’ Club McKay Field Columbia Greater Joe Kelly Art Beakdiry Toshi-Zami

Woman's Republican Club meeting scheduled in Sagadahoc county

The Woman's Republican Club of Sagadahoc county will hold a meeting Thursday evening May 20 in the municipal auditorium at eight o'clock. There will be speakers of prominence and the public is invited to attend. The program will be announced later.

Woman's Republican Club Sagadahoc County

Brunswick items feature dancing winners and local events

The Brunswick area reports a cash award in a dancing contest, a ball for crippled children, and plans for a May 28 card party at North End Community Club. Rev Overman preached at First Baptist. the Newcomen Society plans a June 20 to 23 NH visit.

Theresa Tardiff North End Helen Sims Overman Rockport First Baptist Church

Reading event funds paint drive at Flying Point

Mrs. David Graham of Flying Point read Life With Father by Joan ene at a club gathering. The Music Drama department held a brief meeting afterward and voted to donate the proceeds to the mother club for the paint fund.

David Graham Flying Point Father Joan Ene Music Mother Club

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Smith Kenosha Wis Betty Rice Macy’s Carleton Rice Turnercourt Marcia Moulton Barbara Kenney Bath Savings Institution Maine Association of Savings Bank Millcreek Tea House Israel Bernstein Lucia Carney Dorothy O’melia Ruby Dorr Myrna M. Avery Clifton Street Alston M. Boyd Lieut Boyd Hughes Henry G. Shaw Supreme Order of the White Shrine Grand Rapids Mich Shaw Statler Massachusetts New England Alta Flagg Charlestown Supreme Worthy Philip Wheeler Sarah Pratt Pratt Diagnosis Hospital Katherine Hagan Bradford Wilfred Bernier Weeks Street Henry A. Morris E. T. French Russell Street Eva McNeill Luella Fraser Eva Fraser Gwennice Dutton Betty Holman Hilda Cameron Fred Smith Bushard Madeline Senator Sumner Sewall Langdon T. Thaxter Ernest Haskell West Point Ellery Kidder Kay Rumford Stanley Wallace Bath Street Kidder Bath Iron Works Edgar C. Murphy Lena Shepard Belfast Archie L. Seekins This City Ralph E. Seekins Mary Warren Lowell Carleton W. Lowell John W. Gilmore John Huskins Winship Street Plummer Cottage Henry D. Small John Dike Road Clayton R. Thibodeau Anthony Hinkle Small Point Beach Mrs. Hinkle Small Point John Sonia Alton King Stanley Peterson Portsmouth Peterson Harry Peterson Brunswick Road Carl Meister Reuben Britt South Street Viola Arsenault Newberry’s Donald Preble Nathan Watson Kathleen Leonard Frances Elizabeth Plummer Frank Plummer Richardson Street John Alden Greene, Jr St. Mark’s Parish House Charles M. Tubbs Department of Christian Social Relations Arthur Sewall 2d Loyall F. Sewall Nellie Doughs Thompson Dummer Street Bowdoin College Barbara Ross Psi Upsilon Barbara Tubbs Dorothy E. Anicker Sigma Nu Nancy Hyde Delta Kappa Epsilon Kathaleen R. Scott Alpha Delta Phi Barbara Donnell Bath and Kalamazoo Theta Delta Chi Virginia Davis Harry Richardson Malden Jeanette Shackford John Greene Benjamin F. Savage Savage Barbara Stanton Glenda Wright Orono University of Maine Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity Edward V. Reed Sagadahoc Ferry Bath National Bank Fred D. Hill Bank William F. Plummer Helen Barnet Gring Bermuda West Indies Plummer Frank Farrin Green Street Morin Carolyn Stackpole Charles Stackpole York Street Anne Pennell Mary Ann Conway Archie Davis Sandra Johnson Carol Johnson Ollie Payne Dixfield Everett G. Lemont Cora Barrett Mrs. Lemont Martin W. Watrous New Orleans Sedgwick Harry S. Larrabee Sacred Heart Circle, D. of I van Buren Anne Perry Vivian Kronstrand Catherine Burgess Lena Fortier Annie Arsenault Katherine Kelley William P. Etherington Gloucester, N. J Ralph S. Small Summer Street Eileen Jones Bliss College Lewiston Wilhelmina Martin Stanley Smith W. Dayton Hill T. W. Pease Ernest George Kingsbury Andrew B. Kingsbury Middle Street Augusta K. Kingsbury Catherine Elizabeth. Brown Joseph Brown Raymond Court Association Moses Britt Norfolk Navy Yard J. M. Kernan U. S.N Washington, D. C Naval Construction Program William Newell Louis Cormier Frank Angelo Charles Blaisdell Allen Little Charles Sastamoine Herbert King Lawrence Creamer James Nelson E. Lowell John Wade Paul Sherman William Sanders John E. Belanger Ralph Bennett John Norton Cecil Rowland Bernard Henderson Earl Pratt Ivor Nelson Cliff Harrington Freeman Wilson Frank Freeman Edward M Hodgdon Francis Fortier James Smith Ray Trott J. B. Trembley C. B. Hunter M. A. Stewart Thomas Murphy C. C. Johnson John Hart Benjamin Adams J. Eugene Haggett Pee Pere Aeng Orr Joseph Sulk Malin Charles T. Snow Ray Parker Leonard Oliver Furber Davis Maurice Perry Lester Oliver Ralph Crocker Elihu Fullerton Walter McElman A.b.'s Frank Deejay Howard Barter, Jr James Jones Crow's Nest Eric Schutt Alton Wright Thad Roberts William Ball Charles Renaud Crow Newcomen Society Pres.William 8. Newell Bath Iron ‘Works Corp Treas L. Eugene Thebeau Engineering New Hampshire Whitefield Berlin Mount Washington Cannon Mountain Old Man of the Mountains Dartmouth College Franklin Manchester Concord Popham Beach Bangor Albert S. Owen Roland Smith Post American Legion Legion Brunswick Athletic Club Town Hall Georgianna Middleton Erma Benentt Charlotte's School of Dancing Charles F. Hughes Navy Club of Bath Odd Fellows Hall Lawrence A. Jump Nantucket Herbert Jump First Parish Congregational Church Union Congregational Church Newton Lawrence Jump Juniper Point Boothbay Harbor Bath Memorial Hospital Grace Church Parish House Paul Parley Emil J. Anderson Franklin Street Maine Central Maurice A. Libby Bath Water District Water District Anderson David P. Surette St. Mary’s Church Father Surette Dyer-Flaherty Post Adjutant General's Office State Armory Elver A. Stickney 240Th C.A Stickney National Guard
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