Hair Dryers Gift To Hyde Memorial From Merrymeeting Group
Two new hair dryers were presented to Dr. Earl B. Perkins director of Hyde Memorial Home For Crippled Children and Adults Inc by Mrs. Carol Eastman on behalf of the Merrymeeting Hairdressers Association. The gifts came from proceeds of a Halloween tea and style show held in October. The association plans to visit four institutions this month offering free hair styling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl B. Perkins
Hyde Memorial Home For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Carol Eastman
Merrymeeting Hairdressers’ Association
Merrymeeting
Perkins
Hyde Home
Memorial Hospital
Old Folks’ Home
Old Ladies’ Home
Association
Eastman
Carmen Sampson
Dorothy Lee
Muriel Mehlhorne
Betty Bernier
Hyde Memorial Home
Bath Woolwich Baseball School Boosters Formed
A group of citizens organized the Bath Woolwich American Legion Baseball School Boosters club to support the Bath Woolwich baseball school and the American Legion Junior program. James P. Callan was named president with officers Robert D. Stevens Elford A Stover and George J Nugent. Directors include J Horace McClure Donald Perry Eugene Beck Leslie W Plant Ralph Crocker Moody W Flint and Francis E McLaughlin. A finance committee was chosen and future plans discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath- Woolwich
American Legion
Legion Hall
Bath-Woolwich, American Legion
James P. Callan
Robert D. Stevens
Elford A. Stover
George J. Nugent
J. Horace McClure
Smith- Tobel A. L
Donald Perry
Eugene Beck
Woolwich
Leslie W. Plant
Ralph Crocker
Moody W. Flint
Francis E. McLaughlin
I. A. Trueworthy
Joseph Marchetti
Charles Haggett
Devastation in Poland Told by YMCA Leader at Rotary Lunch
Kenneth J. Smith described life in Poland under German occupation and postwar suffering. He recalled Warsaw’s Ghetto of 75 acres, mass starvation, and the city’s postwar control by Russians and British. He warned of Communist aims in Europe and Asia and the impact on women children and the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Kenneth J. Smith
Rotary Club
Mr. Smith
Waterville
Colby College
Earl Wade
Jefferson Smith
Kenneth
Warsaw
Europe
Asia
Italy
France
Honors for Bath’s highest Odd Ladies officer.
Bath hosts a reception for Lizzie B. C. Chaney Supreme Lady of the United Order of Independent Odd Ladies, and Lucelia Blake, Supreme conductor. The event at Corliss Street Baptist Church drew over 100 guests from Maine and Massachusetts with florals, corsages, gifts, and a concert program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
United Order of Independent Odd Ladies
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Lucelia Blake
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies
Massachusetts
Maine
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Chaney
Joan Crocker
Bethel Estes
Blake
Francis McPherson
Kenneth Weeks
Arvid L. Anderson
Dorothy Davis
Alice Smith
Bertha Palmer
Jennie Oliver
Sarah Potter
Pearl Campbell
Sadie Savage
Alice Lewis
Anna Burnham
Harriet—Carter
Eunice—Perry
Theresa Hill
Edith Miller
Bath Iron Works declares dividend at Friday meeting
Bath Iron Works Corporation declared a dividend of fifty cents per share payable December 27 to stockholders of record December 15 at a directory meeting Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Huse School PTA Receives Active Turnout and Plans
Huse Memorial School PTA met with about 100 parents and friends. Fourth graders performed nutrition skits. Plans discussed include story hour at Patten Free Library, a Florence dental program, a Christmas party, a citywide dance, and cinema rentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse P. T. A
Huse Memorial School
Marion Murphy
Stanley Woods
Patten Free Library
Thornton Percy
Ruth Trueworthy
Edward B. Hamblett
University of Maine
Linwood Abbott
Mrs Little and Sons Join Husband in Caribou
Mrs James Little and her three sons Gerald Tom and Jeffery left early Monday for Caribou to join Mr Little where he is employed. The family moved their furniture Friday and Mrs Little and the boys have been visiting Mrs Carrie Little in Turner Court. They were accompanied by Mrs Eleanor MacDonald who will stay a few days before returning to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Little
Gerald
Tom
Jeffery
Caribou
Mr. Little
Citizen of 99 Years Hospital Patient
William Poor of 25 Milan Street entered Bath Memorial Hospital Friday morning for surgery. In remarkably good health for a man of his years, his many friends expect him to recover quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Poor
Milan Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Far East posting for Lieut Col Doe of Woolwich
Lieut Col Robert E Doe of Woolwich has arrived in the Far East with the 3d Infantry Division and serves as commanding officer of the division rear echelon. He is married to Alzedia Doe with two children, Harold and Fred. Doe’s career includes World War II service in the Mediterranean and Italy and earlier time in Hawaii with the Army Air Corps. The Third Division, recently sailed from the United States, landed at Wonsan on Korea's east coast to counter possible Chinese intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Doe
Robert E. Doe
Woolwich
Far East
3D Infantry Division
Portland
Medford
Mass
Doe
University of Hawaii
Hawaii
Honolulu
Willis H. Doe
Sagamoré Avenue
West
Wonsan
Korea
United States
Japan
Hall couple marks 55 years in quiet celebration
Adelbert W. Hall and Annie Gilmore Hall of 48 Bedford Street observed their fifty fifth wedding anniversary with family wishes by mail and telephone. They wed on November 12 1895 in Woolwich with Rev Theodore Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert W. Hall
Bedford Street
Hall
Knox & Lindon
Maine Central Railroad
Rockland
Agricultural Department of the State
Harold Hall
Yonkers
N. Y
Harold, Jr
University of Maine
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Golden Rod
O.E.S
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Bath Memorial hospital drive kicks off with $16000 goal
The Bath Memorial hospital annual fundraising drive began Monday aiming to raise 16000 to balance last year’s finances. Solicitors will call on homes or donors may mail checks to treasurer William Mussenden at 15 Center Street or drop gifts at Bath Trust Co. Red Cross rooms on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
William F. Mussenden
Center Street
Bath Trust Co
Red Cross
Bath
Port mourns as Mrs Craft and companions pass on
Obituary note reports the deaths of Mrs William J Craft, Mrs Adelbert Hall, Mrs Jane Shea, Mrs Eva Lord and Mrs Wilbur alsn in Port, with brief tribute to families and local reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Craft
Adelbert Hall
Jane Shea
Eva Lord
Wilbur Alsn
Portand
Bath native George K. Nichols visits old home and friends
George K. Nichols of San Francisco returns to Bath to visit his sisters Mrs. Helen Percy and Miss Rachel Nichols and brothers Fred and Arthur Nichols. He notes meetings with Arthur B. Stearns Harry C. Webber and James A. Bimson and attended the Marine and Naval Architects Association session in New York City. He began at Bath Iron Works then Newport News Shipbuilding Company and Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy before World War I work in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
George K. Nichols
San Francisco
Calif
Helen Percy
Rachel Nichols
Fred Nichols
Arthur Nichols
Arthur B. Stearns
Harry C. Webber
James A. Bimson
Nichols
New York
Golden Wedding Anniversary for Bath Couple
Nearly 200 friends gathered at 92 Bedford Street to celebrate the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. Eaton. The Bath couple, long active in local work, were joined by three children and out of town guests from Mechanic Falls, Auburn, Sanford, Brunswick, Portland, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney L. Eaton
Bedfort Street
Bath
Philip L.eaton
Harold M. Oldis
Clarence R. Eaton
Brunswick
New Bath Iron Works Corp
Eaton
Bath Poor Department
Bath Trust Co
Newcomen Society
Maine
National Cost Accountants
Bath Lodge of Elks
American Red Cross
James A. Williams
Deborah Williams
Roger Williams
Mechanic Falls
Graydon Burns
Auburn
Clyde L. Reed
Sanford
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Henry Bambeau
L. C. Andrew
Portland
Maurice S. Tomlinson
Fire on Carlton bridge piling disrupts river crossing
A small blaze erupted among piling protecting the Carlton bridge pier midway across the river. A motorist spotted smoke, drew the draw tender, and Bath’s Central fire station responded with Chief Richard Frates and two firemen. Attempts to spray water from the highway deck failed due to wind. Firefighters then descended to the railroad level to combat the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Woolwich-Arrowsie
Bath
Central Fire Station
Richard Frates
Do You Have a Maid Social Security Booklet Issued
Portland social security manager Keith C. Coombs begins distributing a new booklet titled Do You Have a Maid Or a Household Worker Framed to explain how domestic workers fall under the new social security law effective January 1. It guides employers on reporting wages and social security taxes to the IRS collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith C. Coombs
Portland
Social Security Office
Internal Revenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hyde
Boston
General Electric
Harold P. Small
Washington Street
ODD
Lizzie Chaney of
Huse School
P.T.A
Col. Doe
Shipping World
Bath Iron Works Corp
Portsmouth
N. H
Ashdale
Phippsburg
Jennie Mable Conley
Westport
Maine Horse Association
Mr. Eaton
Hyde Windlass Co
Old Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Carton Bridge
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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