Silver Wedding Anniversary of Wilbur and Doris Crooker
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Crooker of 15 Milan Street quietly celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on Sunday with calls from friends and relatives. A prior party at Robert Simpson’s Trufant Street home featured a gift chest of silver dollars and several prize auctions won by guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Crooker
Milan Street
Marion Bowie
Robert Simpson
Trufant Street
Nelson Rice
Crock
Crocker
William Lumsden
Post
Beacon Street Church
Bath
Oscar Smith
Waldoboro
James Steen
Doris Crooker
Herman Crooker
High Street
U. S. Army
Roland Smith
Warrant Issued Against Navy Man In Bowdoin Crash
William B. Hudson chief electricians mate USN faced warrants for manslaughter and DUI issued by Bath Municipal Court. He lies in Portsmouth Navy Yard Hospital after an Aug 27 Bowdoin collision that killed Mrs. Violet Morrell and injured Miss Elsie Florence. A trailer truck driven by Bernard Gardner Gardiner sparked fire and explosion. Gardner unharmed. The passenger car belonged to Alton Russ Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Hudson
USN
Harold J. Rubin
Bath Municipal Court
John DeWinter
Hudson
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Bowdoin
Violet Morrell
Elsie Florence
Lewiston
Bernard J. Gardner
Gardiner
Boston
Gardner
Alton Russ
Marriage Intents Filed in Bath City Clerk Office
Recent marriage intentions show William Burnham Knight of Bath and Ella G. Thurlow of Mechanic Falls. Also listed are Harry F. Locke of Bath and Elizabeth E. Thibodeau of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Burnham Knight
Bath
Ella G. Thurlow
Mechanic Falls
Harry F. Locke
Elizabeth E. Thibodeau
Visitors from St Peters burg and Livermore Falls
Mrs John Maxwell and daughter Joyce and son John, U S N and Miss Sarah Davis from St Peters burg Florida and Livermore Falls visited Mrs Wilbur Casey on Goddard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maxwell
Joyce
John
U.S. N
Sarah Davis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Livermore Falls
Wilbur Casey
Goddard Street
Farm and city property listing notice
Readable fragments show a contact for buying or selling farm or city property. The text mentions a person named Fred and a location on Front Street in Bath. No clear dates or full details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
Front Street
Bath
Maine Directors of New England Council Meet at Bowdoin
The Maine directors of the New England Council gathered at Bowdoin College Union after touring Bath Iron Works shipyard. Leading industrialists head the council with Dean Paul Nixon of Bowdoin and Charles B. Day of Richmond among directors. Bath officials including Vice President Main and Connard spoke alongside Governor Hildreth and Donald Reed of H. C. Baxter & Brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New England Council
Bowdoin College Union
Bath Iron Works
Bath
New England
Statler
Boston
Massachusetts
Bowdoin College
Bryant L. Hopkins
Kennebec Water Power Co
Waterville
Paul Nixon
Charles B. Day
Richmond
Main
Connard
David C. Dickson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hildreth
Charles
Portland
Donald Reed
H. C. Baxter & Brother
Missing motor boat recovered in Woolwich
The 16 foot open motor boat owned by Thomas Aikenhead of Green street, believed stolen Wednesday night or Thursday morning, was found Thursday afternoon by Frank Hanson of Barley Neck road Woolwich. The boat floated in a cove near Barley Neck road about a half mile east of its mooring behind the Myers Reed home. it was unharmed but the aboard oars were missing. No trace of the other missing craft, a single mast auxiliary yacht owned by Frank C. Dingley of Fishercourt, has been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Aikenhead
Green Street
Frank R. Hanson
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Hanson
Aikenhead
Myers Reed
Frank C. Dingley
Fishercourt
Elderly Trio Honored At South End Dinner Party
A family dinner at the Plant home on High street honored three elderly South End ladies tied to Mrs. Plant. Jennie Curtis, Lida Clark, and Lizzie French, born and raised in the area, are church members and longtime schoolmates. Curtis nears 83, French 82, Clark 81. The ladies shared reminiscences of the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Plant
Wallace Plant
High Street
South End
French
Clark
Rent shortage threatens loss of three teachers
The school department may lose three teachers including William Joanson and the new football coach due to inability to secure housing. Johnston rents in Sedwick while Crockett commutes 60 miles from West Rockport, and another trade school teacher warns she will resign without housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “Bill” Joanson
Johnson
Sedwick
Keith Crockett
Grammar S¢Aool
West Rockport
Boy Breaks Arm At Factory Pit Near Railroad Crossing
Richard Joanson twelve year old pupil at Huse school fell into a pit at the old Gold Crest factory near the railroad crossing Sunday and broke an arm. He was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment. He is son of William Joanson Morse High football coach and is staying at Sedgwick while seeking an apartment in the city. Mrs Joanson is not here yet and he may be lost to Morse High if rent cannot be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Joanson
Huse
M'Sfortune
Gold Crest
Oreak
Memorial Hospital
William Joanson
Morse High School
Sedgwick
Johnson
Morse High Servor
Help Offered for Problems by Rev Ruth Mathias
An Old Town Maine notice invites readers to send five questions plus $1 and stamped envelope to Rev Ruth Mathias at P O Box 550 Old Town Maine for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mathias
P.O
Old Town
Maine
Bath schoolboy rescues pet chipmunk Woody
John Bowie a 12 year old pupil found a near frozen chipmunk along Steep Landing shore. He nursed the animal back to health at home on Park Street. Woody now feeds, grows, and will live in a larger cage as neighbors watch the revived pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woody
John Bowie
Park Street
John
Richard Arsenault
Merrymeeting
Steep Landing
Dike School
Huse School P T A Increases Membership
The Huse P T A met with over 50 attendees for a successful membership drive adding many new names. Grade Two recorded 100 percent parent enrollment. other grades also showed strong turnout as the group plans an open house and a party for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse P. T. A
Huse
Helen Canales
Edwin B. Hamblett
Portland
Christine Watts
USO Hall
Bath
Veterans’ Service Center
Richard Hersom
Grace Costain
Winter Street Church Hit by Lightning
A squall Saturday afternoon struck the Winter Street church steeple with lightning. The bolt ripped boards in the belfry and splintered timbers down to the auditorium level while not starting a fire. Central Fire Station checked the structure and found no fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Central Fire Station
Knight Thurlow Wedding At First Baptist Church
William B Knight an outside machinist at Bath Iron Works and Ella Georgie Thurlow of Mechanic Falls married Saturday evening at the First Baptist church in Bath. Rev Charles R Sims officiated with a double ring ceremony attended by Amos Knight and his wife. A reception followed at the Phinney home on Oliver Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Knight
Oliver Street
Bath Iron Works
Ella Georgie Thurlow
Mechanic Falls
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Amos Knight
Westport
Russell L. Phinney
Fourteen Students From Bath and Nearby at University of Maine
At the fall semester opening the University of Maine reports 1,127 registrants across all classes including 11 graduates and 460 freshmen. Fourteen students from Bath and vicinity are listed among the new students, with names and fields of study for Bath Woolwich Richmond Milbridge and West Bath residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
Bath
Judith Dennison
Coral V. French
Lorna F. Kramer
Gerda W. Langbe
Warrington Slides From Iron Works
The 2 200 ton destroyer USS Warrington was launched at Bath Iron Works Thursday afternoon just after six. It is the third Navy ship named Warrington and the second destroyer to launch there since Japan’s surrender. Mrs. Donald H. Sheehan of Montclair New Jersey christened the vessel and was accompanied by her mother Mrs Wistar Morris Chubb. Also present were Iron Works and Navy officials their wives and guests Major L S Johnston and Captain Joseph J Akulonis Jr both with Army and Navy ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrington
Bath Iron Works Corp
Japan
Donald H. Sheehan
Montclair
N. J
Lewis Warrington
USN
Bath
Wistar Morris Chubb
New York City
Iron Works
Navy Department
L. S. Johnston
USA
Army and Navy Information
Old Red Cross Group Resumes Meetings
Mrs. Melvin Comeau hosted an indoor fish chowder dinner for the old Red Cross group on Academy Street due to bad weather. Bath members Mrs. Charles Henderson and Mrs. Della Adams recently recovered enough to attend. A business vote planned a Grange Hall meeting in October after the Grange fair. Attendees included Mrs. Llewellyn Rogers, Mrs. Lizzie Haggett, Mrs. Elmer Williams, Mrs. Sidney Pendleton, Mrs. Courtney Stover, Mrs. Mary Boudreau, Master Gerald Stover, guest Mrs. Herbert Worrey, Mrs. Lillian MacRonald, Mrs. Nellie Brown, Mrs. Bertha Henderson, and Mrs. Della Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Comeau
Old Red Cross
Academy Street
Bath
Grange Hall
Charles Henderson
Della Adams
Llewellyn Rogers
Lizzie Haggett
Elmer Williams
Sidney Pendleton
Courtney Stover
Mary Boudreau
Gerald Stover
Herbert Worrey
Lillian MacRonald
Nellie Brown
Bertha Henderson
Morse High Cancel Bath Game In Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor officials advised Morse High School football that the Oct 27 game with Bath was cancelled due to travel distance and Bath playing too many away games. Morse now has Oct 20 and another open date after Cheverus cancelled its game. Athletic Director Henry D Small seeks replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson
Morse
Bar Harbor
Bath
Cheverus
Henry D. Small
Watsons Meet Naval Couple in Portland Neighborhood
Mr and Mrs Robert Watson of San Francisco occupied a Jones apartment on Fremont street while Watson served as warrant officer on the USS Glen non. Miss Anne Conley and Mrs Addison Jones passed Saturday in Portland. A coincidence brought the Watsons together with another naval couple from their city who live two blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Watson
San Francisco
Calif
Fremont Street
Watson
Glennon
Bath Iron Works
Anne Conley
Addison Jones
Portland
Jones
Mrs. Watson
Local Visit Highlights Social Ties in Topsham
Miss Gloria Brown recently visited Miss Jaqueline Snipe at her Topsham home, sharing a cordial afternoon and social chatter during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Brown
Jaqueline Snipe
Topsham
Grand and Traverse Jury Names Drawn for Sagadahoc Trial Term
The Sagadahoc County Superior Court October term drawn Grand Jury members include Arrowsic Charles Crosby Bath William Furber Williams Hatch Frank Hunt Royal Johnson Charles Morse Eva Packard Louise Pomeroy Lucy Smith Bowdoin Robert Bickford Bowdoinham Ledlie Berry Georgetown Marjorie Hagan Phippsburg Wilbur Wyman Richmond Florence Anderson Harold Wade Topsham Carl Hanson Elizabeth White West Bath Ralph Nowell Woolwich Bernice Bailey Eben Dana Traverse Jury lists Thelma Atkinson William Brown Florence Calderwood Algernon Eastman Maud Flood Harry Litchfield Warren Parris Arthur Stearns Bowdoin James Cornish Nelson Fenimore Bertha Millay Hartley Harley Esther McCourt Margaret Duren Cleveland Marriner Arthur Turner Guy Gordon Frank Hill Emma Whittier Bertha Adams Olivia Corliss Herbert Munsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie
Charles L. Crosby
Bath
William A. Furber
William P. Hatch
Frank J. Hunt
Royal A. Johnson
Charles H. Morse
Eva C. Packard
Louise L. Pomeroy
Lucy E. Smith
Bowdoin
Robert H. Bickford
Bowdoinham
Ledlie H. Berry
Georgetown
Marjorie L. Hagan
Phippsburg
Wilbur H. Wyman
Richmond
Florence Anderson
Harold Wade
Topsham
Carl Hanson
Elizabeth C. White
West Bath
Ralph E. Nowell
Woolwich
Bernice B. Bailey
Eben Dana
Traverse
Verna L. Smith
Thelma P. Atkinson
William A. Brown
Florence R. Calderwood
Algernon L. Eastman
Maud S. Flood
Harry E. Litchfield
Warren A. Parris
Arthur B. Stearns
James T. Cornish
Nelson Fenimore
Bertha Y. Millay
Hartley D. Harley
Esther E. McCourt
Margaret Duren
Cleveland G. Marriner
Arthur Turner
Guy Gordon
Frank Hill
Sarah M. Hyde
Emma Whittier
Bertha L. Adams
Olivia K. Corliss
Herbert A. Munsey
Miss Mary Sewall Engaged to Lieut. Hyde in Boston Ceremony
Announcement from the Honorable and Mrs Arthur Sewall of Stonehouse Bath bonds their daughter Mary to Lieut. Lewis Huntington Hyde USNR son of Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde of Winchester Va and the late Mr Hyde of New York. Mary Sewall a 1936 Emma Willard and 1940 Smith graduate with a 1942 Boston College School of Social Work masters. Hyde a 1935 Yale AB graduate now attached to the Air Group aboard the USS Lake Champlain. Wedding planned for early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Stonehouse
Bath
Mary
Lewis Huntington Hyde
USNR
Lewis H. Hyde
Winchester
Mr. Hyde
New York
Miss Sewall
Emma Willard School
Troy
N. Y
Smith College
Boston College School of Social Work
The
Family Society
Boston
Lieut
Hyde
Lawrenceville School
Yale University
U. S. S. Lake Champlain
Boatman’s National Bank of
Birthday Party Honors Janice Fournier At City Home
Miss Janice Fournier was guest of honor at a birthday gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Chester McCrater on Maxwell Street. The event featured games dancing and gifts with refreshments and a decorated cake. Attendees included numerous family friends and neighbors from Woolwich Philadelphia and local city residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Fourier
Chester McCrater
Maxwell Street
Isadore Fournier
Winnie McCrater
L. C. Stevens
Visit the Desert Adventure by Seventh-day Adventist School
The church school has four weeks of study with a trip to the Desert of Maine led by teacher Mrs. Doris Thistle. Students from third grade upward walked on hot sand and discussed geography lessons as plans to bring a real camel are considered. Commander Alton Parker and Mrs. Parker have moved to 163 Court Street with Mr. J Arthur Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Doris Thistle
Maine
Alton Parker
USN
September Weather Quite Varied With Rain and Warm Dips
Weather in September showed wide variation with more rainfall than last year and many warm mornings. Fifteen to twenty mornings reached near or above 60 degrees, and the month included several fair and cloudy days, a noon shower on the 29th that damaged the Winter Street church steeple, and a light frost near the end of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Former Bathman Named Maine State Yale Alumni Placement Chairman
Milton Shaw Kimball of Augusta, formerly of Bath, is named Maine state chairman for the National Yale Alumni Placement Service. Irving S. Olds announced the appointment. The Maine committee will include Yale alumni from industry, commerce and professional fields. About 100 Yale alumni serve in the armed forces in Maine, with many aiming to settle in New England after service. The Maine group will contact nearly 300 Yale graduates in Maine, with headquarters in Augusta at Gannett Publishing Co., where Kimball serves as comptroller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Shaw Kimball
Augusta
Maine
National
Yale Alumni Placement Service, Inc
Irving S. Olds
Yale
Kimball
New England
State Committee
Gannett Publishing Co
Gannet Publishing Co
Lambert Park Sunday School Draws Large Turnout
Attendance reached 56 children eight workers and four visitors at Lambert Park Sunday school at 11. The program included a new song and solos by Willie Sprague Orrin Merrill and Lynda Patterson. Mrs Thistle told two stories and Mrs Watson returned to lead music. A new quarter and improved program are planned for next Sunday. Teachers meet Monday at 4 45 at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Park
Willie Sprague
Orrin Merrill
Lynda Patterson
Thistle
Watson
Huse School Teachers Entertained Sunday
Mr and Mrs J W Snyder entertained the teaching staff of the Huse Memorial school at their cottage on Butler cove Merrymeeting Bay Sunday afternoon Lobsters and green corn with ice cream and coffee were served to 15 in the grove near the cottage and the afternoon was spent boating and socializing around a bonfire Present were Eleanor Danforth Priscilla Ferguson Charlotte Sawyer Emma Gray Adeline Sugg Alta Brooks Richard Hersom I A Trueworthy Elizabeth Ralph Hylard and the Snyders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Snyder
Huse Memorial School
Butler Cove
Merrymeeting Bay
Eleanor Danforth
Priscilla Ferguson
Charlotte Sawyer
Emma Gray
Adeline Sugg
Alta Brooks
Richard Hersom
I. A. Trueworthy
Elizabeth Ralph Hylard
Ellsworth
Snyder
Wetherbee Family Returns From Moosehead Lake Trip
Mr and Mrs George B Wetherbee of Braintree Mass and his mother Mrs Charles P Wetherbee of High Street have returned from a week long trip to Moosehead Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Wetherbee
Braintree, Mass
Charles P. Wetherbee
High Street
Moosehead Lake
Bowdoinham Community Notes Highlight PTA Reception
The Bowdoinham Children World Crusade group met at Miss Jessie Ames home with Miss Cynthia Denham guiding the program. A PTA reception at the grange hall Friday features Herbert R. Brown of Brunswick as speaker and refreshments arranged by Mrs. Margery Valentine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Ames
Cynthia ‘Denham
Virgil Ladd
Wth
Bath
William Small
Local Birthdays and Visits From Bowdoinham Readership
Furloughs bring Ralph Chesley Jr and two Chesley sergeants home. A birthday party for Mrs. Melville Hanson at Ridge Road featured gifts, games, and refreshments. Perley McPherson bought Mrs. Sarah Frye’s farm and has family living there. Mrs. Jackson of Brunswick visited sister Mrs. Alvah Peckham. George Jack of Hollis called on Mary Heath, formerly of Post Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley McPherson
Sarah Frye
Jackson
Brunswick
Alvah Peckham
George Jack
Hollis
Mary Heath
Jack
The
Post Road
Rebekah Lodge Holds Semi Public Installations
Rebekah Lodge and Queen Esther Chapter of Daughters of Rebekah held a colorful officers installation at Odd Fellows hall on Tuesday evening. District Deputy President Ethel Pinkham of Richmond presided with assistance from Alberta Hayne and a full slate of officers installed in evening gowns and corsages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd. Fellows Hall
Queen Esthe Lodge Daughters
Rebeka
Ethel Pinkha
Richmond
Alberta Hayne
Frances White
Carolyn Thompso
Mabelle Harrington
Beatrice Webber
Bertha Curtis
Guardian
Ethel Potter
Noble Grand
Eli Coombs
Glennor Moore
Vic Grand
Elizabeth McCabe
Julia Fields
Ethel Blake
Caroline Thompson
Glenor Moore
Louise Brown
Eva Lemont
May Ward
Sewing Circle
Brunswick
Mile
Rockland
The
Red
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Pearl Reed
Mary Hall
Charlotte Heald
Jennie Farrin
Punch
Rose Jean
Rebekah Lodge
USS Glennon to be commissioned in Boston Navy Yard
The 2200 ton destroyer USS Glennon, named for Rear Admiral James Henry Glennon, will be placed in commission at Boston Navy Yard Thursday at 3 p.m. The ship, launched at Bath Iron Works on July 14, was christened by Miss Frances Reading Glennon of Forest Hills New York. This is the second destroyer to bear the name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennon
Boston Navy Yard
James Henry Glennon
USN
Bath Ivon Works Corporation
Frances Reading Glennon
Union Turnpike
Forest Hills
Long Island N.Y
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Nesdays
Huse School
P.T. A
Thurlow
Ae Joseph Carrier
Sullivan Dager
Zitamarie Sullivan
Mercie Hospital School of Nursing
Miss. Sullivan
Carrie Sullivan
Morse High
Evelyn M. White
Arts and
OLD Red Cross Group
Grand and Traverse
Grand and Traverse Jury
Sagadahoc County
Mary Sewall
Janice Fournier
Bathman
Allan Naugler
Dixie Mae
William Gould
Ralph Purington
Merton Webber
Hobb
John McCart
Purington
McCart
Alvin Purington
Scarboro
Lottie Purington
Kenneth Almy Jr
Farmington
Charles Hackett
Maine Central Station
Bowdoinham Post Road
Harry Bartlett
Berlin, N. H
Roy Rogers
Sharyn Moffett
Helen Mack
Craig Brit
Pel
Alexis
Smith Greenstreet
Charles Co
Broadway
Ceorge
Sanders , Nie
Peirieg
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