Special town meeting to act on school additions
A special town meeting will decide on the report of the committee, authorize construction of up to four classrooms or other facilities on the Federal Street grade school lot, hire an architect, enter contracts not exceeding 75000 dollars, and borrow up to 75000 dollars. Other articles seek funds for lunch, painting, grading the grounds, and enabling school construction. town business includes committee meetings and local civic notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal T
Federal Street
Board of Selectmen
Pre nuptial shower marks Good Will Club gathering
The Good Will Club at Sagadahoc Ferry with 26 members and guests held a meeting led by president Edith Rice. A pre nuptial shower for Patricia Crocker, fiancée of William Donovan USN, featured a May basket gift table. Crocker will wed June 19 at St Marys church with a reception at the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Edith Rice
Shirley Hemingway
West Bath
Patricia Crocker
Bertram Crocker
Miss Crocker
William J. Donovan
Usn
St. Mary’s Church
Good Will Club House
Ruth Rice
Mary St. Pierre
Kate Harris
Beulah
Ashton
Bath Odd Fellows Prepare 110th Anniversary Event
Lincoln Lodge No 10 Odd Fellows readies a June 12 celebration with a noon train arrival by Rumford Lodge Concord New Hampshire. A packed program includes a 12 30 dinner at Sedgwick a parade to Morse High gymnasium a Casco Junior Lodge degree at four supper at six organ music at seven thirty and Rumford Lodge conferring the third degree at eight. Leon Stapley expected to attend. event touted as the year’s largest Odd Fellow gathering in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge
Rumford Lodge
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire Odd Fellows
Bath
New Hampshire
Sedgwick
Morse High School
Casco Junior Lodge
Pejepscot Lodge
Brunswick
Abou Ben Adhem Lodge
Auburn
Leon Stapley
Memorial Day service in Woolwich with sermon by Rev Hodgkins
Community notes report the Woolwich Memorial Day service scheduled for Sunday at 7:30 PM in Day's Ferry Congregational church with Rev. Laforest Hodgkins delivering the sermon. Howard Whittum leads flag placement on war graves and the effort should be finished before week’s end.
May Basket Tea Reveals Local Social Gathers in Bath
A May basket event featured personal jewelry and refreshments as Mrs. Betty Doak and several Bath residents attended. The club plans a June 2 meeting at Mrs. Jeanine Greenlaw’s Court Street home in Bath. Edith Campbell of Arrowsit and Mrs. Arthur Farris of Center Street visited Auburn with Mrs. Campbell’s daughter and husband, Donald and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Betty Doak
Peggy Hathorne
Lenesia Ham
Gertrude Brown
Elsie Stinson
Smith
Jeanette Groves
Jeanine Greenlaw
Bath
Montsweag Extension Group Meeting at Town Hall
Montsweag Extension Group held an all day meeting at Arrow town hall with a program on natural and synthetic fabrics presented by Winifred Ramsdell of Rockland. luncheon served. A note of appreciation arrived for pajamas made for Hyde Memorial Home children. Next meeting June 17 at Arrowsite hall features packed lunches by Edith Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Gladys Eaton
Anne Hamblett
Gertrude Cramer
Adelaide Bowker
Doris Hardy
Hyde Memorial Home
Moatsweag Extension Group
Alice Baler
Carol Ainsworth
Arrowsie Town Hall
Maria Mennealy
Orono
Edith Rice
Woolwich Grange Holds Meeting and Plans Hall Repairs
Woolwich grange met Wednesday with Harvey Chubbuck filling the missing assistant steward role. A repairs committee was formed to supervise grange hall work, memberships were invited to join via mailed cards, and two members were reported ill. The lecturer program featured songs, solos, readings, and a social hour with frankfurter rolls and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Herbert McIntire
Harvey Chubbuck
Grange
Beatrice Bailey
Bath Memorial Hospital
Martha Sutter
The
Jessie Spaulding
Gladys Hathorne
Patty Chubbuck
Clyde Bailey
Linda Bailey
Marion Chubbuck
Jackie Chubbuck
Parking Plans обс Augusta Visitor Discusses Bath Sites
Col Francis Farnham head of the Augusta Parking District visits Bath to confer with the city's off-street parking committee. He will review suggested municipal parking lot sites and discuss methods for providing multiple parking areas in the business district. An open Bath meeting will invite all citizens to suggest lots locations and operation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Farnham
Augusta
Bath
Farnham
Hathaway elected vice president at Hathaway Baking Co
Elmer Hathaway a Summer resident at Pop ham Beach was elected vice president at a recent Hath away Baking Co meeting in Allston Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Elmer Hathaway
The
Hathaway Baking Co
Allston
Mass
Sumner Sewalls to Move to Summer Home at Small Point
Ex Governor Sumner Sewall and his wife are relocating this week to their summer residence at Small Point. The move signals a seasonal shift as the Sewalls settle into their coastal retreat for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Small Point
West Bath Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Guests
West Bath society roundup lists numerous visitors and hosts across towns. George Boynton and son George vacationing with Harland Boynton family. Bath Iron Works worker William Sanford on two week leave. Bazin Lemont family staying with James Lemont mother. Blanch Huff and family visiting Burnham household. Deehan Farnham and Jordan households hosting in Gardiner and Harpswell. Visits extend to Ogunquit and Portsmouth with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
George Boynton
George
Harland Boynton
William Sanford
Bath Iron Works
Bazin Lemont
James Lemont
Blanch Huff
Malcolm Varney
Gary
Bath
Irving
Harpswell
R. D. Farnham
Elliott Merrick
Ogunquit
Dorothy Avery
Brunswick
F. W. Deehan
Massachusetts
Gertrude Greenleaf
Reggie Atwood
Portsmouth
N.H
John Perkins
Elijah Hallowell
Elnora Wallace
John Hines
Donald Sanford
Lewiston
Pre-nuptial Shower for Waneta Estes in Bath
Miss Waneta Estes a Morse High School graduate set to wed Chester Merry of Wiscasset in June received a surprise pre nuptial shower at the home of Mrs Lucla Blake and Mrs Alex Mac Donald on 16 Summer Street Bath Guests assembled for a pink themed party with gifts displayed on a decorated card table A dining room refreshment table was served by hostesses Miss Hazel Warner Lorraine Allain and Merrye Wright Guests included many relatives and friends with extended family from Bath Mechanic Falls and Wiscasset
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waneta Estes
Chester Merry
Wiscasset
Morse High School
Lucla Blake
Alex MacDonald
Summer Street
Miss Estes
Hazel Warner
Lorraine Allain
Merrye Wright
Russell Estes
West Bath
Order of Rainbow Assembly
Genesta Chapter
Vivian Oliver
Evelyn Crocker
Lillian Warner
Carrie White
Beverly Henrickson
Bath
Florence Tarbox
Mechanic Falls
Edythe McGraff
Simone Barter
Nellie Merry
Josephine
Sue Merry
Dorothy Leavitt
Leota Merry
Etta Merry
Nellie Rose Merry
Farewell Party for Mrs June Wright Before Germany Move
Ernest Edgar Kateon and the Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary hosted a farewell for Mrs June Wright at her parents home on Middle street. She and her two sons sail for Heidelberg, Germany, May 31 to join Sgt. M c George Wright, U.S.A. A purse of money and best wishes were offered for her voyage. Guests included Ida Breedald, Jeanette Hersom and son Robert, Mabel Breed and son Donald Bartlett, Jessie Morrill, Emma Hall, Myrtle Wilson, Margaret Hart, Mr. and Mrs. George Burns, Mrs. Dorothy Wright, Mrs. Fred Stover, and Mrs. Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Edgar Kateon
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
June Wright
Fred Stover
Middle Street
Ida Breed
Ald
Jeanette Hersom
Robert
Mabel Breed
Donald Bartlett
Jessie Morrill
Emma Hall
Myrtle Wilson
Margaret Hart
George Burns
Dorothy Wright
Quebec Extends Moose Hunt as Oct 1 Opens 10 Day Season
Quebec announces a 10 day moose hunting season starting October 1, shortening from last year by six days. The change affects hunters statewide and implications for wildlife management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Annual Meeting of Progressive Union at Lisbon
Nineteen Cosmopolitan club members attended the Progressive Union annual meeting in Lisbon at Cedar Lodge the home of Mrs Albert Millett. Officers elected were Mrs William Dennison president Mrs Elwood Stowell vice president and Mrs Joseph Karkas secretary treasurer. A forenoon program by the Cosmopolitan Drama club featured a Monkey's Paw adaptation. An afternoon travelogue by Mrs Charles Eaton recalling Montana and the National Council of Garden clubs followed lunch by Mrs Millett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Progressive Union
Lisbon
Albert Millett
Cedar Lodge
William W. Dennison
Bath
Elwood Stowell
Freeport
Joseph Karkas
Lisbon Falls
Cosmopolitan Drama Club
Daniel Matter
Ernest Bailey
Girard Billington
Abbott Redlon
Alfred McCabe
Bernard Knight
Joseph I. Smith
Millett
Charles Eaton
Auburn
Montana
National Council of Garden Clubs
Freeport Club
Roscoe P. McFadden
Mildred B. Nichols
Herbert Harris
Linwood Boardman
Fred Quimby
James Knight
John Hayes
Richard Thompson
Myron Heenie
Clinton Owen
Albert Whitney
Gerard Billington
Cable Replacements On Bridge Delays Traffic
Traffic on the Carlton bridge paused for 28 minutes Tuesday afternoon while workmen replaced a burned out power cable serving gates lights and other equipment on the east end. A second similar cable will be replaced today under Maine Central Railroad supervision. The draw was lifted to full height as a 14 man crew installed the new cable. Cars queued on both sides but no major congestion occurred during a light travel period. Work concluded after Bath Iron Works 4 o'clock shift had passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Maine Central Railroad
Bath Iron Works
Bath group attends Tops ham grange in Bath notes
Mr and Mrs William Armstrong Mr and Mrs Arthur Wing Miss Irene Rice Mrs Jessie Spaulding Miss Sharon Anne Wing and Miss Roberta McLeod of Bath attended Tops ham grange Saturday evening where Mrs Wing was among lecturers presented with past lecturers pins by state lecturer Mrs Lottie York who came from Winthrop for the occasion A fine program under lecturer Mrs Eleanor Ripley featured Sharon Ann in toe dance and encore in costume Readings by Mrs York elocutionist among West Bath members noted Refreshments served in banquet hall with a special table for lecturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Armstrong
Arthur Wing
Irene Rice
Jessie Spaulding
Sharon Anne Wing
Roberta McLeod
Bath
Topsham Grange
York
West Bath
Marion
Charles Soule
Pear son announces birth of Sewall Lloyd Pearson II
Mr and Mrs Sewall L Pearson of North Bath announce the birth of a son at Memorial hospital on May 25. The baby has been named Sewall Lloyd Pearson II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall L. Pearson
North Bath
Memorial Hospital
Sewall Lloyd Pearson
Public Library Adds Forty Seven New Books Across Genres
The Pai Free Library announces 47 new titles including 118 fiction books, 12 general, eight teen and 10 juvenile volumes. Featured authors include A Conan Doyle, Rex Stout, Luc y Kennedy, Mignon G Eberhart, Edith Pope, Marguerite Dickson and Beverly Nichols among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pai Free Library
William Lees
Clarence B Kelland
Sherlock Holmes
A. Conan Doyle
Mar
Sharpe
Baeabers Keathletn High
Ndezvous
Moore Knight
Lights Delaware
David Tesler
Man Missing
Mignon G. Eberhart
Lucy Kennedy
Emilie Loring
Taylor Caldwell
John Brooks
Edith Pope
Patricia Wentworth
Frank G. Slaughter
Rex Stout
Tyrone
Kentucky
Clark McMeekin
Luella Creighton
Salvation Army Appeal Opens June 1 for Funds
The Salvation Army will launch its annual fund appeal on June 1 and run throughout the month. Duncan Mc Innis chairs the effort with a $4500 goal. Ward captains and canvass workers gathered at the Salvation Army for a film overview, materials, and a light lunch while plans progress to finish the house-to-house drive. The women’s committee is led by Mrs. W. S. Voorhees, Mrs. Theresa Hill, and Mrs. Bernice Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Duncan McInnis
W. S. Voorhees
Theresa Hill
Bernice Burns
Woolwich Firemen Battle Woods Fire Near Montsweag Road
Firefighters from Woolwich and South Woolwich battled a six acre woods fire late Wednesday near Montsweag Road. The blaze, likely sparked by a discarded cigarette, burned for about two hours with initial difficulties pinpointing its location, reported by State Forestry observers from Topsham tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Montsweag Road
James R. Hay
State Forestry Department
Topsham Tower
South Woolwich
Hay
Jolene Suslar Hosts Ninth Birthday Party
Jolene Suslar celebrated her ninth birthday on May 15 at her home 360 Front Street with an outdoor party. She received many gifts as friends attended including Pamela Pierce Elena Drake Nan Akeley Betsey Greene Mary Steen Jean Steen Sharon Ann Owen Terri Wade Carol Ann Pankhurst Linda McIntosh and Barbie Haynes. movies and refreshments were part of the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolene Suslar
Front Street
Pamela Pierce
Elena Drake
Nan Akeley
Betsey Greene
Mary and Jean Steen
Sharon Ann Owen
Terri Lee Wade
Carol Ann Pankhurst
Linda McIntosh
Barbie Haynes
Birth of James Hayden Davis in Lewiston
Mr and Mrs John H Davis announce the birth of a son at Central Maine General hospital Lewiston on May 24 He weighs seven pounds eleven ounces and is named James Hayden Davis Mrs Davis nee Sandra Reynolds is daughter of Mr and Mrs George J Reynolds of Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Davis
Center Street
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
James Hayden Davis
Davis
Sandra Reynolds
George J. Reynolds
Real Estate Transfers Across Maine Towns and Streets
A log of property transfers lists numerous buyers and sellers across Maine towns including York El mer H Li and Mitchell areas. It records land and buildings on streets like High Street Union Street and Front Street with multiple parties including Mitchell, Daley, Marshall, Bailey, Rowland, Gibb, Mooers, Terrell, Marriner, Frost, Beaudoin, Leeman, Pinkham, and De Witt among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mits Eens
Gadahoc
S. York
Elmer
H. Li
Mitchell
Aya
Rete
Tallman Street
Ralph G. Coleman
Dana Wn. Small
Valley Road
William E. Newell
James R. Daley
High Street
Lillian M. Marshall
Clarence Q. Bailey
Eal. Shumway
Shirley C . Peavey
Louis C. MacDonald
Andrew L. Stewart, Jr
Hinckley Street
Stella M. Hedrick
Roland O. Grant
Elnora D. Oliver
Sidney A. Dudley
Union Street
Wallace F. Chaplin
Louis E. Senecal
Charles F. Cummings
S. Prawer & Co
Front Street
E. Blanche Rowland
Cecil V. Rowland
Lincoln Dalen - Bowdeinham
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co. Inc
William Prendall
Margaret P. Stevens
Chester B. Gillis
Arnold H. Lamoreau
Raoul C. McKay
Ethel Maguire
Marie Lucienne Bernier
Rudolph R. Dussault
E. Andrew Peterson
Georgetown
William Gibb
Robert F. Belgrade
Richmond
Eugene L. Mooers, Jr
Leon E. Fisher
Eee
Bernice Terrell
Carroll F. Terrell
Vesta H. Gowen
V. K. Poushental
Arkadi Golubow
Grover C. Marriner
George W. Clarke
Orrin S. Martin
Trofini Zablockyj
Vincent C. Jones
Simon Battler
Eldred W. Nash
Meritebelle Call
Margaret Jones
Topsham
Beatrice R. Frost
Joseph E. Kachinski
Marie Louis Beaudoin
Robert Bernier
West Bath
Rebecca E. Ferguson
Ralph A. Baker
Woolwich
Lester R. Young
Margaret Beane
Eva Leeman
Eugene Frye
Wesley I. Pushard
Jennie L. Pinkham
Shirley M. Boucher
Dwight W. Pierce
Jesse D. Crabtree
Richard L. Crocker
Alfred M. G. Soule
William Hilton Soule
Wilson L. Bailey
Elmer J. DeMeritt
Barbara Hartsgrove Guest Of Co-Workers
A pre nuptial dinner honored Barbara Hartsgrove daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hartsgrove of 75 Western Avenue at New Meadows Inn Wednesday. Attendees from Bath Iron Works Fabrication Plant office at Hardings included 14 co workers. Barbara will wed H Denny Davis of Fayette Missouri and Oklahoma City June 5. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Lawrence A P Rolfe of Portland Mr and Mrs Edwin Rogers Mr and Mrs Bertram Browne and Miss Helen Colby of Brunswick. Gifts from the office force at Hardings were presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hartsgrove
George Hartsgrove
Western Avenue
New Meadows Inn
Bath Iron Works
Hardings
Hartsgrove
H. Denny Davis
Fayette
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lawrence A. P. Rolfe
Portland
Edwin
Rogers
Bertram Browne
Helen Colby
Brunswick
Regional Advisory Committee Formed for Five Maine Coast Counties
Leonard L. Bishop, regional director of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, announced a five man Regional Advisory Committee for Waldo, Hancock, Lincoln, Knox and Sagadahoc counties. The panel, part of six statewide groups, focuses on industrial expansion and development with members including State Senator Charles F. Cummings and executives from Bath Bath Auto, Sagadahoc Fertilizer, Bowdoinham Algin Corporation, Race's Cabins, and Eastern Maine Towage. The note closes with a historical aside about the first silver dollars minted in 1792.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard L. Bishop
Richmond
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Waldo
Hancock
Lincoln
Knox
Sagadahoc
Bishop
Charles F. Cummings
Bath
Auto O
A. M. Fides
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Bowdoinham
Clyde B. Holmes, Jr
Eastern Maine Towage Co
Belfast
B. J. Pelligani
Alginorporation of America
Rockland
Clarence Race
Race’s Cabins
North Edgecomb
Also Mentioned on This Page
Huntoon Hill Extension Group
Ramsdell
Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association
Masonic Hall
Bradford - Sortwell - Wright Post
American Legion and Auxiliary
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Richard Oliver
Erskine
Damariscotta
Eugene McGrath
Harry King
Mr. Culbert
Episcopal Church
John McFarlane
Lincoln County Union of Woman's Clubs
Charles E. Cowley
Earl B. Colby
Charles S. Sewall
Lincoln County Union
Julia B. Lewis
James Lewis
Edward Blair
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
St. Philip's Church
ODD Fellows
Feathercraft Aluminum Boat
Penn Yan Boat
Sebago Boat
Scott- Atwater
Mastercraft
Tee-nee
Brown’s Red
Revis
Ver
North Edeecomb
Maine
Kennebec
Day
Russell Boyd
Boston
Doris Carter
Sagadahoe Ferry
U.S. N
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Jennie Larrabee
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Christine Hawthorne
Lyda Hathorne
Woolwich Center
William Dodge
Florence Temple
Eleanor Jameson
Alice Galvin
Jennie Howe
Georgie Walker
Huse School
Edward B. Hamblett
Amy Swanton
Walter St. Bowker
First Church of
Annie Towle
Maude Wright
Charlotte Leeman
Bernice Bailey
Alberta Bailey
Rogers Hardware Store
Marion Bailey
Josephine Johnson
Sidney Shaw
Sidney, Jr
Lynn
Sasanoa River
Shaw
General Electric Co
Charles Leveroni
Edith Leveroni
R. N
North Quincy
Barley Neck Road
Herbert Leeman
Chester Leeman
Wayne
Hollis Leeman
Marilyn
Cal
Leeman
Walter Smith
Day's Ferry
Day’s Ferry Canasta Club
Heidelburg
Germany
Cosmo Club
Public
Julie Mannix
Kathryn Winslow
Evelyn Berglund Shore
Jacques Barzun
Newland
Hazel Young
Beverly Nichols
van Wyck Brooks
Colditz
R. R. Reid
Gene Fowler
R. G. Robertson
Kenya
Alyse Simpson
Seth Jane
Burt McConnell
Bennet High
Marguerite Dickson
Eric Williams
Lawrence Earl
Mary Slattery Stolz
Marconi
Douglas Coe
Scotty Allen
Sherman Garst
Francis Thornton
Bobby Coon
Thornton W. Burgess
Androw Miguel
Joseph Krumgold
Adele de Leeuw
Claire H. Bishop
Florence Nightingale
Jeannette Covert Nolan
Anne Emery
Walter Farley
Godfrey Blunder
Visory Committee
United States
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