North End Club Hosts First Evening Smokers
The North End Community Club held its inaugural evening smoker drawing seventy four members and guests. Captain William L. Blair spoke on ships and nautical schools while Ernest Fulton shared reminiscences. An orchestra performed and Bob Oliver read a humorous North End poem as William A. Furber acted as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End Community Club
William L. Blair
Bath Iron Works Corp
Roosevelt
Blair
Maine
Ernest “Plummy” Fulton
North End
Bob Oliver
John Howe
Dave Henderson
Herbert Cavanaugh
Harold Freeman
Mr. Oliver
Carroll Watson
William A. Furber
Lancelot H. Cooper
Robert Oliver
John M. Conley
Contracts Signed for Destroyers For Bath Plant
Three destroyer contracts for the United States Navy worth nearly 12 million dollars were signed Friday afternoon. Bath Iron Works gains over two years of work and wider city prosperity. Officials and employees celebrate as the signing follows the September award. the Bath plant now has the largest work total in its history, with spring anticipated for start of new boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Iron Works
William S. Newell
L. Eugene Thebeau
Walter S. Glidden
Bath
Masonic Choir Forms In Bath On Tuesday Evening
An enthusiastic meeting at 164 Oak Street Bath formed The Masonic Choir of Bath with officers Frederick Edney president Daniel Williams secretary John Shaw conductor Regular rehearsals will be held Tuesdays at 7 30 at Shaws home The choir lists named vocalists and guests include Mrs Carolyn Wing and Albert Wing from North Woolwich and Rich- in Thanksgiving plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shaw
Oak Street
Masonic Choir of
Bath
Frederick Edney
Daniel Williams
Ernest Wood
Ralph L. Blakeney
Merle S. Jameson
George D. Field
Luther
William J. Downing
Carolyn D. Wing
North Woolwich
Pomona Elects Officers For Coming Year In Maine Grange
Pomona officers were elected and installed at the annual Pomona meeting in Sagadahoc County, with Merrymeeting grange of Bowdoinham hosting. About 98 grangers attended despite stormy weather, including eight from West Bath. New officers include Lorenzo Masse master and Alfred Rackley overseer, with Edwin C Patten reelected treasurer and Mrs Lucy Tarr secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
West Bath
E. Mason Wright
Brunswick
Harry Rackley
Topsham
Edwin C. Patten
Patten
Grange
Wright
West Bath Grange
Merrymeeting
Lorenzo Masse
Alfred Rackley
Eleanor P. Ripley
Otis Gray
Richmond Corner
Harvey Jordon
William H. Gould
Bowdeinham
Lucy Tarr
Charles Thompson, Jr
Lillian Masse
Erma Rackley
Ceres
Lorraine Heenie
Flora
Emily Rideout
Clifford Gray
William A. Coombs
Joseph N. Day
Frank Kendrick
Dwelling Damaged by Friday Fire Sees Family Out
Lester G. Munsey's house at 15 Marshall Avenue sustained severe interior damage when a Friday evening blaze started in the front hall near the meter. The family was away. insurance covers furniture losses. The fire, reported from 11 Marshall Avenue, drew the full department to Box 17, with 10:05 final. Firefighters contained the flames, protecting adjacent homes of John C. Wright and Wilfred C. Trott. Neighbors aided the Munseys while they spent the night with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester G. Munsey
Marshall Avenue
Elbridge R. Wright
Mr. Wright
John C. Wright
Wilfred C. Trott
Munsey
Republican Rally at Topsham on December 4
James L. Reed of Augusta presides at Topsham Town Hall rally on Wednesday December 4 at 7 30 pm with speakers Miss Nettie C. Burleigh Miss Hortense Hersom Miss Virginia Jones and Miss Katharine L. Potter. Invitations extend to all men and women from Topsham Richmond Bowdoinham and Bowdoin clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Reed
Blaine Club
Augusta
Young Republican Organization
Town Hall
Topsham
Nettie C. Burleigh
Women’s Republican Club of
Maine
Hortense Hersom
Belgrade
Virginia Jones
South China
Katharine L. Potter
Rome
Richmond
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham Fire Destroys Methodist Church and Home
A Sunday night blaze levelled Bowdoinham's 87 year old Methodist church on Main Street and a wood Summer home owned by Mrs. Fannies Williams of Otisfield Massachusetts. Firefighters from Bowdoinham Bath and Brunswick battled high winds aided by water from the Cathance River. Estimated losses reach thousands with insurance coverage noted for the church and Williams dwelling. Reverend J N Palmer has served eight years. Services may be held in nearby Universalist or Baptist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Fannies Williams
Otisfield
Mass
Universalist Church
I. C. Irish
Brunswick
Cathance
Bath Department
Asst
Scott Morse
Bowdoifsham
Bath
Main Street
Epworth League
Fred Leavitt
Leavitt
James H. Ames
Williams
Unusual Program Offered by Winter Street Men’s Club
William T. Donnell presents the Federal Planning Board’s Maine study to the Winter Street Men’s Club. Charts and photos cover recreation, animal life, and natural resources, aiming to acquaint laymen with Maine. Hunters and fishermen may find it especially engaging. Meeting time moved to Friday evening with supper at 6:30 due to Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
William T. Donnell
Federal Planning Board
Maine
Bath clergyman judge in Bowdoin Alexander Prize
Rev. Joseph O. Purdue of Bath served as one of three judges in Bowdoin College’s annual Alexander Prize Speaking contest held in Memorial Hall Brunswick. Richard Vincent McCann of Portland won first prize $45 among nine competitors, with Norman Parnell Sea grave of Fall River taking $30 second. Other judges were Robert H. Grant of Gardiner and George E. Hill of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Joseph O. Purdue
Bath
Bowdoin College
Memorial Hall
Richard Vincent McCann
Portland
Norman Parnell Seagrave
Fall River
Mass
Purdue
Robert H. Grant
Gardiner
George E. Hill
Eunice Melzard Receives First VFW Honor Medal in Maine
Eunice G Melzard, 11 year old Bath girl, was presented the Veterans of Foreign Wars Americanization and Honor medal in Red Men hall. Past Department Commander Leroy P Smith of Auburn commended her bravery for saving a companion and her mother from drowning on July 19 1935 in the New Meadows River. The ceremony also installed Dyer Flaherty Post officers and Bath post officers for the coming year with local and out of town VFW members attending. A buffet lunch followed the installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer-Plaherty Post
V.P.W
Red Men's Hall
Eunice G. Melzard
Bath
Leroy P. Smith
Auburn
V.F.W
Maine
Mr. Smith
New Meadows
George Melzard
Court Street
Marion Spinney
Dyer-Flaherty
Smith
Kendrick Chase
Hetor Richards
Placid Beaudry
Arthur Woodhead
John Magee
George Frost
Woolwich
Floyd Preble
Jess Sanders
Kerwin Butcher
Harold L. Corliss
Fred Hayward
John Stevens
Ernest Pinkham
Albert Babb
Asa Wilson
Sargeant
William Mitchell
Roland Haining
Cyril Varney
Evelyn Riggs
Emma Smith
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Harriet Otis
Ee Kingsbury
Lena Spinney
Nora Morse
Ruth Gallagher
Edith Moody
Bertha Hagan
Mary McNally
Helen Frost
Evelyn Snow
Beatrice Stevens
Ida Fancey
Alice Middleton
Mattie Young
Louise Dorsey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post Department
Archie Labranche
Biddeford
George Torrey
Rockland
P. H. McKusick
Romeo Richard
John Gustin
Charles Hill
Ralph Desautels
Henry Dehetra
RMER SHERIFF RECEIVES SENTENCE
Former Sagadahoc county Sheriff Albert Henderson was sentenced by Judge John A. Peters in Portland federal court to 18 months in Lewisburg penitentiary for conspiracy to allow liquor cargoes within the county. Letters from Bath citizens urged leniency citing his background and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Portland
John A. Peters
Albert Henderson
Sagadahoc
Federal
Lewisburg
Bath
Peters
Henderson
Justice Peters
Dr John C Berry Honored Again by Friends in Japan
Worcester eye specialist Dr John C Berry, longtime Phippsburg summers resident, was honored at Japan's Eighth National Convention of Social Workers in Tokyo. His work founding Japan's first nurse training school and prison reform earned wide display of his biography. The convention, led by Prince Takamatsu, featured remarks by Taraji Makino and T Hara, with Marquis Okubo as vice chairman. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Berry
Worcester
Phippsburg
Japan
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
National Convention of Social Workers
Tokyo
Berry
Taraji Makino
Takamatsu
T. Hara
Marquis Okubo
Dr. Berry
Finances of State Discussed at Rotary
The Rotary luncheon featured State Comptroller William A. Runnells detailing Maine finances under the Gardiner administration. He cited annual government costs around 24 to 25 million dollars, with big items from automobile excise and property taxes, and noted four million dollars in saved costs since a new budgeting system. Guests included City Treasurer Young and former officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
William A. Runnells
Lewis O. Barrows
Augusta
Mr. Runnels
Maine
Gardiner
Runnells
Bath
The
Liquor Commission
Errol Baker
Wilson
Coal Committee
City Treas
Young
Gerald Guest
J. E. Drake
Royal A. Johnson
Harold P.small
William R. Preeman
William Phips Born in Woolwich Becomes Adventurer and Nobleman
William Phips was born in Woolwich Maine on February 2 1650 to James Phips a Bristol gunsmith and a large family. He left school unable to read or write but learned the three R s while working in Boston and built a shipyard on the Sheepscot river. After early coastal trading and a daring treasure hunt voyage to the Bahamas and Port de la Plata he sailed to England in 1684 to seek royal backing. He gained command of the Rose Algier and impressed the Admiralty leading to his later governor stint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Decker
Green Lane
Boston
Cotton Mather
William Phips
Massachusetts
Woolwich
Maine
Bath
James II
William III
Harvard College
Mather
Nequasset
New England
James Phips
Bristol
England
James
Willam
William
John Hall
Roger Spencer
Mary Spencer
Mary
Sheepscot River
Bahamas
Phips
Port-de la-Plata
London
Admiralty
Rose-Algier
Charles II
Duke of York
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North End Club
W. L. Blair
Destroyers
Masonic Choir
County
Benjamin Berry
N. Y
Egg P. H. Dorman Perkins
Maine Planning Board
Dora Goodreau
Auburn Auxiliary
Mary Dearborn
RMER
Penn
Rotary