Payson Smith Named Professor of Education at University of Maine
Dr Payson Smith a Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty member is named Professor of Education at the University of Maine School of Education by President Arthur R Buck. The appointment takes effect at the start of the Fall semester next September after his Harvard Summer Session duties.
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Payson Smith
Graduate School of Education
Harvard
University of Maine
Arthur R. Buck
Shuth
O. S. Lutes
School of Education
Maine
Portland
Tufts College
Massachusetts
United States
American Education
Dr. Smith
New York
Regent’s
Financedy Owen O. Young
Roosevelt
Congress
American Council On Education
America
Smith
School of
Westbrook Seminary
Auburn
Canton
Bates
Bowdoin
Orono
Utilities Board Grants Hearing On Water Rates
The Utilities Board scheduled a continued hearing on Bath District water rates with Atttorney Carey seeking time to compare rates elsewhere. Petitioners urged an evening session for working men while the board set July 16 for a 1 30 p m daytime start that could extend into the evening. Vaughn E Robinson reported for the Commission.
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Colby
Thompson
Southard
Carey
Water District
Commission
Vaughn E. Robinson
Augusta
Pine Tree Circle Plans 35th Anniversary Banquet
Pine Tree Circle C. F. of A. met Monday to mark its 35th anniversary on June 4. A lobster or chicken banquet will be held at Hotel Sedgwick with an evening of cards to follow. Members planning to attend should notify Mrs. Alex Burgess Jr. by Sunday.
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Pine Tree Circle
C. F. of A
Sedgwick
Alex Burgess, Jr
Sun Choice Oster
Colonial Outing Postponed by Weather at Bath
Due to adverse weather Sunday morning the Colonial club annual outing and golf tournament at Bath Country club was postponed for one week with hopes for better conditions.
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Colonial Club
Bath Country Club
Wyman Home at Parker Head Village Looks at 1805 House
In Phippsburg the Yate Freddy Wyman place near Parker Head Village features a house built about 1805 on the site of an older log cabin and cemetery. The original Wyman home was pre Revolutionary War, and the current house was raised after a 1890 renovation. The article notes fireplace details, links to the Percy farm, and mentions local residents and church plans.
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Freddy” Wyman
Parker Head Village
Wyman
William Wyman, Jr
Frank Wyman
Florence
Priscilla
Nathaniel Percy
Waldron Cushings
Hunting House News
George
Pease
Mary L. Varney
Bath
Charles Bowker
Phippsburg
Moses Jewell
Meadowbrook
Bowker
Ethel Bowker- Dough
Fire Doused After UpStairs Blaze Strikes Parker Head Home
A morning fire at John Rollins's home in Parker Head was quickly controlled by local men using extinguishers and hand pumps after smoke filled the upstairs. The blaze started in a bedroom by a young grandson while the family men were away. Neighbors aided for about an hour until danger was over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rollins
Mr. Rollins
John, Jr
Bath
Alvin
A. D. Mank, Jr
Phippsburg Center
Parker Head
Small Point Church
No. 92
Charles Perry
H. D. Mank, Jr
Barbara Mank
Marion Cushing
Dorothy Cushing
Carolyn Wallace
Doris Savage
Sally Lowell
Bill Lowell
William Hallett, Jr
Earl Hamel
Jean Hamel
Herman Hallett
Estelle E. Stiles
Uptown Theatre
Bob Moore
Liston Harrington, Jr
Cary Wallace
Clayton Savage
Lorraine
Barbara Harrington
Marie Wyman
Daniel Boone
Benjamin Franklin
Marquis and
Juliette
Ricardo de Cortez
Vandals Ruin Welcome to Bath Sign on Highway
The Bath Brunswick highway sign erected by the Garden Club of Cosmopolitan Club was damaged with the light removed and underground cable cut. The painted ship motif diminished value. suggestions arise to move the sign to the new Bath Brunswick route. Mrs Olive B Guild departed Monday for Babson Park Massachusetts after visiting Miss Anne Kimball and Miss Miriam W Kimball in Lincoln Street.
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Bath
Bath-Brunswick Highway
Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath-Brunswick
Olive B. Guild
Babson Park
Mass
Anne Kimball
Miriam W. Kimball
Lincoln Street
Skoufis Elected President of UM Political Science Club
Peter Skoufis of Bangor was elected president of the Political science club at the University of Maine on Friday afternoon, succeeding William Treat of Winterport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Skoufis
Bangor
The
University of Maine
William Treat
Winterport
Charlotte's Dancing Pupils Recital Featured Wide Program
The pupils of Charlotte's School of Dancing presented their annual recital at Morse High School auditorium on Tuesday evening. The program included tap, ballet, acrobatics, interpretive dance, and group performances featuring numerous named students such as Bobby Crean, Patricia Boucher, Norma Pye, Annette Har Jenkins, Jerry Howe, Beverly Niles, Emma King, Irene Jones, Marian Corliss, Grace Middleton, Nancy Gregware, Marilyn Booker, Helen Gallagher, Arlene Yorke, Thelma Huff, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte's School of Dancing
Morse High School
Bobby Crean
Patricia Boucher
Norma Pye
Annette Har Jenkins
Bernadine Dall
Emma Kingman
Beverly Niles
Jerry Howe
Phyllis Pecci
Jean Osborne
Marian Corliss
Irene Jones
Patricia Ucher
Norma P
Nancy Gregware
Doreen Higgins
Billy Dutton
Helen Gallasher
Madelyn Oliver
Tapa la Mode
Arlene Yorke
Emma King
Grace Middleton
Betty Hagan
Marilyn Booker
Charlotte Happy Days
TSE
Helen Gallagher
Barbara Jenkins
Sarah Silverman
Navy Day
Royden
Ramona Haines
Conor
Thelma Huff
Erma Bennett
Georgietta Middleton
Glow Worm
Charlotte Nimble
Barah Silverman
Middleton Sisters
Ruth Crocker
Memorial Day Plans Complete Parade Details
A local notice lists organizers including Boy Scouts Earl B Lermond and Richard Frates of Bath Iron Works Fire Department Ce cil Fullerton, and addresses parade assembly at the high school for the bicycle division and marching pupils at 9:30. Participants include auxiliary groups Sons of Union Veterans Red Cross and D A R with clergymen, mayor and city council.
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Earl B. Lermond
Boy
Richard Frates
Bath Iron Works
Cecil Fullerton
Haskell
Sons of Union Veterans
Col. Dummer Sewall
D. A. R. Red Cross
Nurses Alumnae Banquet Planned at Hotel Eagle Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association prepares for a large turnout at its annual banquet to be held June 5 at Hotel Eagle Brunswick. Chairwoman Ruth Thompson asks all non on duty members of the 61 eligible to attend and invites hospital graduates, with guest pupil nurses from the May 24 graduating class.
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Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Ruth Thompson
Grace Blair
Nelle McCabe
Hospital Training School
Holiday at Bath Country Club
Bath Country Club prepares for a Thursday holiday with a flag tournament and prizes. Many new players expected, and a special dinner will be served at the club house dining room for members and the public.
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Bath Country Club
Club
Hill Hall Wed in Rockland Ceremony
Eric Hill and Myr tle Louise Hall were married Saturday in St George Rockport and Rockland with ministers Rev Charles R Simms Rev C Vaughn Overman and Rev Helen Sims Overman assisting. The couple are from Hill and Hall families in St George Rockland and Rockport.
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Fine Eric Hill
Matti Hill
St. George
Myrtle Louise Hall
Roxie Hall
Rockland
Herman L. Hall
Charles R. Simms
C. Vaughn Overman
Helen Sims Overman
Rockport
Popham Beach Day Service and Summer Plans
Popham Beach holds a Children Day service at Phippsburg Center Church on Sunday led by Rev. Joseph O. Purdue of Bath. Baptismal ceremonies possible for any interested, while a seventh grade speaking contest has been canceled. Graduation exercises will feature music by town children and Miss Lynette Caverly directs songs for grades 1-4 and 5-8. School ends June 14 and vacation school starts June 17, with local families planning seaside stays and cottage maintenance underway.
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Clinton Beals
George C. Pease
Phippsburg Congregational Church
J. O. Purdue
Bath
Small Point
Popham Road
Linwood Carr
New England Tel. & Tel Co
Cramberry Point
Donald Preble
Preble
Eric and
Bernard Carlson
Parker Head
Phippsburg
Kathleen Wyman
Swanton Wyman
Warren Pye
Ralph Pye
Small Point School
James F. Morton
Patricia
Myrtle Seavey
Newagen
Keeper
Harold Seavey
Squirrel Point
Gordon Davison
South Portland
T. C. Hughes
Isabel Smart
Pease
Corliss Street
Koski
Avery
Howard Bowker
Stoneybrook
Adelbert Williams
J. Milton Warner
Percy Place
Harry Butler
Dromore
Allston
Mass
Mary Cullinan
Miss Cullinan
Hildred Harrington
Maurice Avery
Maurice, Jr
Prof. Avery
Averys
Mr. Avery
Joseph Avery
Gladys Scott
Carrie Little
Meadowbrook Cottage
Allan
Gleaves
William Greevers
Meadowbrook
Frank Higgins
Higgin
Emma Perry
Portland
The
Ridge
Phippsburg Center
Joseph O. Purdue
Popham
Lynette Caverly
Fairyland
Frank Scott
Woolwich
Coast Guard
Rolalot Bhop
Waldo Weston
Burleigh Williams
Gayton
Howard Gayton
G. E. McNulty
Moses Chandler
Guy Crowley
Fort Popham
Coast Guard Station
Destroyer 423
New York Socony
Berwyndvale
Fred Spinney
Morsey High School
New York
Charles Messenger
Galvin
Wilmer I. Voorhees
James
William
Frank Jones
Ernest Ory
Judith Ory
Dorothy Lanton
Jane Leeman
Albert Towne
Peter Isaacson
Irving Isaacson
Eugene W. Osgood
East Boothbay
Old Town
Osgood
Leona McDonnell
Seaman Drake
George Oliver
Atkins Bay Shore
Elizabeth Oliver
Weston Cottage
Forest Drake
Waldo Weston, Jr
Cameron
Niles Cameron
Ellen
Pauline
Brunswick
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Clarence Perkins
Lewiston
Francis Luke
Barbara
Eugene W. Os
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Ernest Oliver
Wiscasset
George
Smye” Oliver
Ernest Spinney
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harry Pashard
Louis Gayton
Automobile Agency
Norway
Henry Leonard
Mr. Leonard
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Elects New Officers
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club elected new officers to take office in June at a Monday meeting. Officers include Mrs G Thomas Murphy president, Mrs Willian L Skeltors vice president, Mrs John A Morse treasurer, and Miss Elizabeth Deering secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
G. Thomas Murphy
Willian L. Skeltors
John A. Morse
Elizabeth Deering
Emma E. Walker
Washington, D. C
Boston
Works Masonic Degree On Three Brothers
Nearly 100 Attended Solar lodge Masons meeting in Bath as Alonzo W. Parks past master of St. Andrews Portsmouth, performed the M M degree on three brothers. Parks was escorted by about 20 Portsmouth men including St. Andrews and St. John's lodge members and officers. A banquet by Genesta chapter OES followed at 6 30.
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Solar Lodge
Alonzo W. Parks
St. Andrews
Past Ladies Club Meets in Myrtle Lodge
Past Ladies club of Myrtle lodge LL O I O L met Monday evening at 38 Pleasant Street hosted by Mrs. Fred S Curtis. President Mrs. Wilfred W Chaney led the business session then a social hour. Next gathering is planned for June with Mrs. Raymond M Clark on Upper Washington Street.
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Myrtle Lodge
LL. O
Fred S. Curtis
Pleasant Street
Wilfred W. Chaney
Curtis
Raymond M. Clark
Upper
Washington Street
Melville B. Clark
Howard E. Blake
Fred Daley
Howard O. Nash
Charles O. Nelson
Amos F. Perry
Milton C. Savage
John H. Hunt
Girl Scouts Garden Party and Tea Fundraiser
The Girl Scouts plan their annual garden party and tea to raise funds for sending leaders and girls to camp. The event is set for Thursday, June 6, at Stonehouse Farm with tickets available from council members including Mrs. Wilmer I Voorhees and several Sewall and Cogan family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonehouse Farm
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Edward Sewall
Milton C. Trott
James A. Gillies, Jr
Davids. Cogan
Alfred E. Carpenter
Mrs Burden Improves After Illness and Card Shower
Mrs Angus Burden, bedridden for several weeks, shows improvement after a recent surge of kind cards from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Burden
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DR. Payson Smith
Utilities Board
Pine Tree
Parker
Purington
Charles Blaisdell
Clarence Blaisdell
Ora Hallett
Samuel McElroy
East Brunswick
Turner McCarthy
Earl Lowell
Elwood Hathorne
Beatrice Denningham
Mr. Morrison
Cox's Head
Walter Cushing
U.S
Leade
Charles Lastamoine
Lawrence Thayer
Priscilla Wyman
Lloyd D. Perry
Galen Daley
New York City
Allie Rollins
William Cushing
Helen Cushing
Boyd Anthony
Mark Harrington
Newport News
Herbert Doughty, Jr
Sandra Mank
Leslie Logan
Harold Rogers
Eugene Harrington
James Chambers
Farmington
Phyllis Young
Nancy Thomas
Katherine Johnson
William H. Wyman
Durham
Thornton
William Hemmer
Edith Mank
Birmingham
Ala
John Libby
Wilfred Libby
Cowell UR Legion
Edgecomb
Lloyd Daley
Charlotte
Popham Beach
Seguin
Charlies C. Marsh
East Orange
N. J
South Shore
Harry Spencer
Arthur J. Dunton
Cosmo On Club
Girl Scouts
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
Maine Committee
State Liquor Commission
Committee of the
Water Street
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