Farewell Party for the Hodgkins Family in Bath
Central Congregational Church hosts a Sunday farewell reception for Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins Mrs Hodgkins and their son Melvin as they prepare to move to Terryville Connecticut. Parish members clergy and friends attend with gifts and praise for eight years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Melvin
Hodgkins
Central Church
Bath
Terryville
Conn
Congregational Church
Horace P. Morse
Pilgrim Fellowship
Neil West
Karcher S. Jackson
J. Haviland Torrey
Bowdoin College
Thomas Underwood
Central
Charles R. Monteith
Rockland
Moneith
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches
E. L. McCurdy
S. Theodore Bertocci
Lawrence Wyman
Plans for United Church Every Member Canvass
Church canvass coordinators mail seven letters to Beacon Street and other congregations as ecumenical effort grows. Lay leaders sign the message led by Arthur M. Packard with seven churches joining in United Canvass Sunday set for December 15. Teams will visit every parishioner to seek commitment to local church work and world missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Asia Minor
United Church
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Winther Street Congregational Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Wesley Methodist Church
Corliss Baptist Church
Central Congregational Church
Church of the New Jerusalem
Christian Church
Arthur M. Packard
Walter EB. Upham
Elmer B. Williams
William Hanson
Rodney E. Ross
Hartley R. Wilbur
Reuben E. Walker
Foster M. Curdy
United
Ruth Night Observed by Genesta Chapter OES
Genesta chapter OES held Ruth night with 150 members and guests. Grand Ruth Juanita Sessions attended, escorted to her station, with decorations and honors given to Grand Ruth and Grand Esther Leah Page. Numerous Ruths from chapters greeted, DeMolay boys performed Mothers Degree, gifts given, and a Dec 3 reception announced for Leah Page. Christmas party December 17 planned with a covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
O.E.S
Ruth
Grand Ruth
Juanita Sessions
York Village
Carolyn Robbins
Genesta
Grand Esther
Leah Page
Louise Stevens
Brunswick
Mississippi
Ruths
Phyllis Snow
Golden Sheaf
New Gloucester
Lillian Lincoln
Crystal
Damariscotta
Helen Colesworthy
Winnegance
Yarmouth
Courtney Hinckley
Mt. Carmel
Richmond
Ina Davies
Queen Esther
Hallowell
Barbara Hamilton
Marion
Gardiner
Katherine Chase
Hawthorne
Brunwick
Beulah Dunton
Pioneer
Isbon Falls
Joan Mitchell
David Rich
Doris Aikenhead
Golden Sheaf Chapter
Evelyn Wyman
Will
Marion Bailey
Esther
Dee
Deering Chapter
Portland
Elizabeth Hart
Mabel Merrill
Alice Stilphen
Bath Rotary hosts junior prize speaking winners
Bath Rotary club at Central church parish house hosted the Junior Prize Speaking Contest winners. Rotarian Ray Farnham introduced Mrs. C Bruce Wright and the students from Morse High School, with Inner Wheel sponsoring the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Ray Farnham
Morse High School
C. Bruce Wright
Inner Wheel
Rotary Club
Bath
Pomona Grange Holds Annual Meeting at Bowdoinham
Lauriston Trott of Dirigo Grange elected master of Sagadahoc Pomona at a day meeting held by Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham with 82 in attendance. Officers named include Ralph Ryan Eleanor Ripley James Royal and others. Harvest lunch served and State Trooper Hermann Boudreau spoke on safety. Next Pomona session set for West Bath December 29 with officer installation planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauriston Trott
Dirigo Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Bodwell
Merriconeag
Cumberland Pomona
Ralph Ryan
Dirigo
Eleanor Ripley
Topsham
James Royal
West Bath
Ralph Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Grange
Hermann Boudreau
Flora Mabel Heenie
Stewart Dorothy Ryan
Gwendolyn Douglas
Florence Sulphen
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
James Merserve
Enterprise
Florence Suilphen
Progressive
Alice Larrabee
Sagadahoc
Winifred Rackley
Ethel MacDonald
Frank Bailey
Woolwich
Port land reception for Harold Carman draws Masons and ladies
Bath hosts a Portland Saturday evening event with Sir Knights of Dunlap Commandery and ladies honoring Harold A. Carman North east Department Commander Grand Encampment of Knights Templars. Guests include Edwin and Mrs Lowell Mitchell and others. Carman, a Rockland native and WWI Navy veteran, has led York Alleys in Farmington and served as Past Potentate of Kora Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
Knights of Dunlap Commandery
Northeast Department
Harold A. Carman
Knights Templars
Masonic Temple
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Robert C. Mitchell
John Gillespie
Robert Mosher
Ray Howe
Harold
Temple
R. E. Department
Carman
Rockland
U. S. Navy
York Allees
Farmington
Mystic Shrine
Past Masters and Lecturers Council Meets in Bowdoin Center
Sagadahoc County granges hold their monthly session with 62 in attendance at Bowdoin Center. Alton Collins and Eleanor Ripley preside as routine business is conducted. Next meeting December 16 features a Christmas party with gifts and a 6:30 supper. officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin Center
Alton Collins
Eleanor Ripley
West Bath Grange Hall
The
Grange
Mattie Collins
Alice Burgess
Bernard Henderson
Phippsburg
Norman Curtis
Arthur Johnson
Brunswick
Togus
Hazel Carr
Topsham
Association
Vivian Tripp
Richmond
Steel Barge Delivers Ship Timber and Steel to Boothbay
The Bath Iron Works received hundreds of tons of steel plates by water for destroyers under contract at the shipyard. The steel barge N. L. Wallace, owned by Time Inc, traveled 900 miles from Marinette Wisconsin to Boothbay Harbor in nine days, navigating Lake Michigan to the Atlantic via Lakes Huron Erie Ontario and canals. The barge, 211 feet long, carries 3,000 tons and monthly ships from Bucksport to Chicago with paper for Time and Life, and may return to Boothbay Harbor next May with more ship timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boothbay Harbor
Navy
N. L. Wallace
Frank L. Sample
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Atlantic Ocean
Macinac
Detroit
St. Clair
Welland Canal
Canada
Long Island
Hudson River
Erie Canal
Cape Cod Canal
Time, Inc
Time and Life Magazines
Bucksport
Chicago
Life
Albany
N. Y
German exchange student speaker at Lions' meeting
Otto George Rau of Germany, Bowdoin College exchange student, spoke to the Lions at Sedgwick on November 16. He described life under rationing, Soviet conditions, and urged support for Germans in East and West. The meeting opened with supper at six and included M M M lodge work and cand idate talks. Next regular Lions supper meeting is December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto George Rau
Germany
Bowdoin College
Lions Club
Sedgwick
King Lion
Merle Niles
Rau
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Albania
Latvia
Royal Arch
Milan
First Meeting Elects Officers of Bath Junior High P T A
Leslie C. Shumway was elected president of Bath Junior High school P T A at the first meeting Thursday in the school cafeteria. Mrs Isadore Singer led the session with installation of officers by Mrs Charles Small.Debate over membership and committee plans followed as officers were announced and a guest speaker from Bombay, India spoke on Education In India noting classroom overcrowding and schooling challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie C. Shumway
Bath Junior High School
P.T.A
P.T.A. Central Council
Isadore Singer
Francis O. Bertrand
Wesley G. Marco
David A. Vachon
Courtney .E. Stover
Charles T. Small
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Stanley R. Hunter
Shumway
The
Spe
Cial
Nathan W. Watson
Paul J. Hart
Arthur Bourque
Alfred Parks, Jr
Francis Bertrand
Alfred Parks
Beena Gakale
Bombay
India
Bath
Courtney E. Stover
Thanksgiving Guests for Fisher Family Home
Mr and Mrs Harvey Hender and their children from Foster's Point join Mr and Mrs Norman Marriner and three children of Garnet for a Thanksgiving visit hosted by Mr and Mrs Alonzo G Fisher on Park Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Henderson
Foster's Point
Norman Marriner
Garnet
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
Three Augusta Boys Runaway Found On Oak Island Shore
Three Augusta boys aged 15, 14 and Jr. were located Thursday morning camping on Oak Island near Westport Island and the Woolwich shore after leaving home to hitch ride on a Bangor to Portland freight train. State Trooper Hodgkins said they ran away to avoid school, had slept outdoors, and sold bottles along roads to buy groceries. They were released to their father for further questioning at Augusta State Police HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Bangor-to-Portland
Oak Island
Westport Island
Woolwich Shore
Philip Hodgkins
Bath
Robert Shaw
William Shaw
Earl Seeley
Louise Thibodeau
Aryl Christopher Childs, Jr
Dorothy Childs
Chester Grover
Woolwich
James Dunton
Hodgkins
Shaw
Maine Mid Coast Route One group meets in Bath City Hall
The Maine Mid-Coast Route One association held a Monday night meeting in Bath’s City Hall with many attendees from communities east of the Kennebec. Ex Governor Sumner Sewall presided outlining aims to unite industry business and recreation from Portland to Ellsworth to modernize Route One while avoiding opposition to turnpike extensions.
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Maine
Bath
Maine Mid-Coast Route One Association
Kennebec
Brunswick
Freeport
Sumner Sewall
Portland
Ellsworth
Augusta
Sewall
Ralph W. Bartlett
Rockland
Association
Canada
State Highway Commission
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Hodgkins Family
Guests OF
Pomona
Knights Templar
Lions’ Meeting
Westport
Bartlett
Clarence Race
Edgecomb
Belfast
Race
Edward B. Denny
Denny
New Road Association
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