Local Masonic and Auxiliary Honoring Lillian Johnson Held in Augusta
Officers and members of Pat richards Militant 1 0 C F and Auxiliaries of Maine and New Hampshire joined the Grand Lodge Grand Encampment and Rebekah Assembly to honor Lillian Johnson at a reception in Augusta Odd Fellows hall. 135 guests attended with dignitaries including Brig. Gen. William O Hayden and Ruth Wakefield among the line of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriarchs Militant
Etta Hall
Mary Hetherington
Alice Peters
Sue Winslow
Chester Foster
Canton
Austin
Babb
Lady Johnson
William O. Hayden
Springvale
Ruth M. Wakefield
Portsmouth
N. H
New Hampshire Association of Ladies Auxilaries
Kathleen Starbird
Farmington
Maine Association of Ladies Auxilaries
H. Burke Chandler
Madison
Maine
Lois Hoyt
Fredella Hilton
Rebekah Assembly
Augusta
Local Moves And Visits Reported In Area
Residents report farm sale on Alexander road to Parker A Home of Concord New Hampshire and relocation to Barter house on storage Mrs le Burnell returned Thursday to Stoughton Massachusetts after visiting daughter Mrs Axel Johanson George Edson formerly of Richmond now living in Augusta has moved to Stoneham Massachusetts to reside with a niece Mrs Edith Harwood visited son and family in Greene last weekend Mr and Mrs Walter Barnes of Brooklyn New York guests of Mr and Mrs Pearl Perry County road Mrs C B Kennedy Mrs Vernon Farley Donald Farley and Leroy Pridham were in Waterville Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Road
Parker A
Concord
N. H
Sorage Fcoe
le Burnell
Stoughton
Mass
Axel Johanson
George Edson
Richmond
Ben
Augusta
Stoneham
Edith Harwood
Greene
Johnson Named Advertising Head of Maine Publicity Bureau
Henry Johnson, field representative of the Maine Publicity Bureau, is appointed advertising manager as part of the Boost Maine Campaign. A Bowdoin graduate and former Greater Portland Public Development worker, he will oversee Maine Invites You and related brochures and advise on promotional materials while coordinating with printers and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Johnson
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Guy P. Butler
Johnson
Bowdoin College
Greater
Bureau
Butler
Hill Tucker Wedding Set for Saturday at Eight
Invitations announce the wedding of Virginia Anne Tucker and Ensign Jackson Dudley Hill U S N on Oct 8 at eight o'clock at Second Presbyterian Church Alexandria Virginia Miss Tucker is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Lee Tucker of Alexandria and Mr Hill is the son of Francis B Hill and Mrs Hill formerly Harriet Crocker Jackson of Bath He is a grandson of Mr and Mrs Charles T Jackson 71 South Street this city Hill a Navy graduate from Annapolis in June and assigned to a destroyer in the Mediterranean has returned home after a 10 day leave and is now in a training course at Key West Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Anne Tucker
Ens. Jackson Dudley Hill
Second Presbyterian Church
Alexandria
Miss Tucker
Samuel Lee Tucker
Mr. Hill
Francis B. Hill
United States Navy
Annapolis Naval Academy
Mediterranean
Key West
Fla
Bailey Evening School Sees Rising Drive Course Enrollment
Enrollment for driving lessons reflects varied motives from young girls seek to own or borrow cars to wives hoping husbands will teach. Principal Mason faces teacher and time shortages while Navigation courses draw boat owners and a sailor among the active enrollments, signaling a busy year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubby
Mason
Bailey Evening School
Georgetown P.T.A. funding aids Georgetown Central school
The Georgetown P.T.A. reports raising over $1,000 during the past year through fairs suppers entertainments and the special equipment fund of $506.16. Expenditures include art supplies film projectors Christmas party and graduation awards, with equipment purchases totaling $506.16 from the fund. Community members and summer visitors from Robinhood and nearby areas attended events and visits, sharing in the town’s efforts to support education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown P.T.A
Georgetown Central School
P.T.A
Aheasance
Victrola Records
Ee Eeluo
Portland Press Herald
Bangor
P.T
Ree Ee Ee le OS
Local social notes from Bath area weekend visits and travels
Community members and families from Medford Boston Gardiner and Bath enjoyed weekends at homes in Kennebec Point Indian Point Sagadahoc Bay and Shadow Rock. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Paul Wren Dr and Mrs Edwin F Hussa and families, Horace Lee, Capt Sidney Dalrymple, Miss Faylene Rowe, Miss Joan Hagan, and others. Gilbert Lewis closed his ice business for the season reporting good activity and local travel to Brunswick Lisbon Falls and Georgian Bay areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Paul Wren
Medford
Mass
Kennebec Point
Elbridge Powers
Laskey
Robinhood
Arthur Harris
Sabine
Knubble
William Lowe
Deane
Ralph Dunton
Edwin F. Hussa
Philip Hussa
New York City
Edward C. Clarey
MacMahon
Peterson
Albert Deermont
Gaston LaChaise
Bath
Horace Lee
Portland
John K. Lee
MacMahan
Roland Peterson
Gaspe Peninsula
Canada
Maine
New Brunswick
William A. Todd
Little River
Philo Calhoun
Howard M. Trafton
Boston
Gardner Hanson
Arlington
Victor Hagan
West Baldwin
Rosaline Richards
John Richards
Gardiner
Indian Point
Richard Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Shadow
Charles Faulkner
Keene, N. H
Joseph Lane
Roy M. Newman
Harry Stone
Bay Point
Gilbert Lewis
Peterson predicts Pearl Harbor link to Midway attack from 1941
Henry Peterson, collaborator with the Earl of Halsbury on a novel named 1944, forecast a Japanese strike on the United States centered on Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. He credits Sun Tzu and logic for his methods and expects a Hawaii attack. In July he left New York for Five Islands and will speak to Bath Rotarians as a guest speaker with full attendance expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Halsbury
Newsweek Magazine
Peterson
Japan
United States
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Tokyo
Tojo
Hawaii
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Sun Tau
New York City
Hollis W. Garey
Rotary
Bath
Henry Peterson
Boston Bride and Navy Groom Wed at Groom’s Sister Home
Miss Frances Ann Mangone of Boston and Irving C. Hanna USN of Five Islands married in a single ring ceremony at the groom’s sister Mrs Harlan Pinkham’s home. Rev Cleaves Henderson officiated. They were attended by Mr and Mrs Russell Harford Jr? The bride’s plaid gown and the groom’s Navy uniform were noted. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Mangone of Boston. The groom is the son of Mrs Lulu Hanna and the late Thomas Hanna and attended Morse High School before joining the Navy in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Ann Mangone
Boston
Irving C. Hanna
USN
Five Islands
Harlan Pinkham
Cleaves Henderson
Russell Harford
Michael Mangone
Lulu Hanna
Thomas Hanna
Morse High School
Navy
Herbert Campbell Square
Good Neighbor Club
Victor Pinkham
P. B. Savage
Herbert Campbell
Georgetown
Herbert Whitelock
Brunswick
Edith Pinkham
George Gray
Edward Clarey
Harpswell
Walter Thomas
Lowell
Mass
Malden Island
Thomas Watson
Son Campbell, Jr
William Marr
Alma R. Wilkins
Livermore Falls
Vernon Gray
Herman Barter
Bath
Vernon E. Gray
David Rutherford
Portland
Ronald Stevens
Howard Bacon
Waltham
Woodrow Gray
Kittery
Walter Savage A. Kittery
Melvin Comeau
Domonic Tardif
Lewiston
Russel Harford Jr
Baby
Mischa Elman to Play Brunswick Concert October 17
Bowdoin College professor announces violinist Mischa Elman will give a concert Monday evening October 17 at the Brunswick High School auditorium. It will be his first Maine appearance and first of the new season. Elman requested Aaron Richmond for the engagement, which Tillotson accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic E. T. Tillotson
Bowdoin College
Mischa Elman
Brunswick High School
Maine
Elman
Aaron Richmond
Boston
Tillotson
Symphony Hall
Carnegie Hall
New York
Richmond
Skibo Club Plans Thursday Bowling Team Selection
A special Skibo club meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m to choose bowling teams. All interested members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skibo Club
Bath Lions Present Musical Comedy Kentucky Sue
Bath Lions plan a full musical comedy Kentucky Sue with a hillbilly tale and feud plot followed by a 45 member minstrel show. Proceeds fund the Lions dental and optical clinic for underprivileged children. Tickets on sale at Hallet's starting Oct. 13 with reserved seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions
Lions
Bath
Kentucky
Sue
New York
Barton
The
Hallet
Lions’ Dental and Optical
Gunners Get Busy As Season Opens
Hunters in Sagadahoc reported a busy opening day with 75 licenses checked at North Bath. The region released 425 pheasants last spring, with many birds large and testing for dogs and gunners. Possible Maine introduction includes European black grouse and capercaillie if enough birds arrive from Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
North Bath
Skeet Association
William Mussenden
Donald
A m Mid-West College
Maine
Fish and Wildlife Service
Scandinavia
Wisconsin
Bath men attend England Federal Savings League
At the New England Federal Savings Convention in Swampscott Massachusetts Sept 25 28 attendees included Edward W Deering John J Mulcahy and Lt Frank Hunt Amid 800 participants the meeting noted the Savings and Loan Industry exceeding 13 billion with about 6 billion in the Federal Savings League of New England Speakers covered legal matters and the role of communism in the country Murphy warned against greed discontent and antisocial forces urging unity and tolerance Hunt a league director for eight years chaired part of the convention committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
New Ocean House
Swampscott
Mass
Edward W. Deering
John J. Mulcahy
Frank Hunt
Federal Savings League of New England
Bridgham
Judge Deering
New Jersey
William W. Townsend
New York City
M. K. M. Murphy
United States Savings and Loan League
Hunt
The
League
Shaw kinship ties highlighted at Green Street weekend visit
Robert P. Shaw, linked with the New York Museum of Science and Industry, spent a weekend with his father, Fred P. Shaw, at Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Shaw
New York Museum of Science and Industry
Fred P. Shaw
Green Street
Driver appeals after $100 DUI verdict in Bath
Raymond A Merrill of Bath appealed a DUI conviction handed down by Municipal Court Recorder John W Quarrington. Merrill must pay 100 fine and 27.95 costs or serve 60 days in Kennebec jail. bond set at 200 cash for October Sagadahoc Superior Court. Two other defendants were fined for speeding and red light violations with totals of 15.15 in fines and costs or 30 days jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Merrill
Bath
John W. Quarrington
Municipal Court
John P. Carey
Merrill
Kennebec County
Sagadahoc County
Lillian F. Farnham
Edward W. Bridgham
Leeman Highway
Middle Street
Mortland G. Harrington
Friendship
New 1950 Excise Tax Forms Available at City Treasurer
The 1950 excise tax forms are now available at the City Treasurer's office. Individuals may retain their existing registration numbers or pay their 1950 tax in advance by securing the forms immediately.
Obituary: Lee L Mikels Dies in Los Angeles at 59
Word arrives of the sudden death Sunday evening of Lee L Mikels in Los Angeles California. He was a Bowdoin College and Bowdoin Medical School graduate with World War I service and long medical research in China and California. He was 59 and buried at Home of Peace cemetery alongside three Mikelsky brothers. Funeral services held in Los Angeles with burial at Home of Peace Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee L. Mikels
Los Angeles
Calif
Mikels
Sophia
Bessie
Esther Mikelsky-Mikels
Ruth Silverman
Bath
Charles Israel
New York
Freida Smith
Brookline
Mass
Horatio A. D. Mikels
San Francisco
Isaac Mikelsky
Bowdoin College
Maine Medical School
Bowdoin
Texas
China
Benjamin Mikels
Bowdoin Medical School
Frank Mikels
Ira Mikels
Hebron Academy
Colby College
Home of Peace Cemetery
Mrs Maude Brooks Mayhew 1870 1950 Dies in Hallowell
Mrs Maude Brooks Mayhew 79 widow of John H Mayhew longtime Liberty Street resident died Friday at Overlook Nursing Home Hallowell She was born June 19 1870 in Westport Funeral services were at Cowley’s Funeral Home Wiscasset Sunday Interment in family lot at Westport Survivors include a son and a daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Brooks Mayhew
John H. Mayhew
Liberty Street
Overlook
Hallowell
Lucinda F Sprague dies at Memorial Hospital
Lucinda F Sprague 60 wife of Peleg Sprague died Wednesday morning at Memorial hospital. She was born in Bath July 16, 1889 the daughter of William and Evelyn Farrar Tabor. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Kirk Roberts Bath and Miss Mary Sprague North Troy Vt and several cousins funeral arrangements will be announced. friends asked to omit flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda F. Sprague
Peleg Sprague
Memorial Hospital
Bath
William and
Evelyn Farrar Tabor
Kirk Roberts
Mary Sprague
North Troy
Crooker and Simpson Win Maine Highway Contract
Crooker and Simpson of Brunswick win an $85,000 contract to rebuild two miles of Maine State Highway No. 15 between Bangor and Greenville near Monson. Work is underway with 12 men and necessary equipment. Completion expected in eight to ten weeks. The pair also work on a Route 1 drive in theater project between Brunswick and Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooker & Simpson
Brunswick Contractors
Bangor
Greenville
Monson
Crocker & Simpson
Brunswick Force
Frank Simpson
Republic Aircraft Co
Harry C. Crocker
Brunswick
Freeport
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Carr
Richard Strout
Olin MacKinnon
Leo LeChance
Douglass Marriner
Norma McCormick
Ne Gilpatrick
Richard Houdlette
Paula Adams
Carolyn Hodgkins
Glenna Curtis
Lois Richards
Roxana Curtis
Everett Stevens
Clinton Gilpatrick
Pauline Cook
Mary Sullivan
Faylene Tarr
John MacKinnon
Arthur Friend
Ernest Williams
Walter Varney
Ann Hodgkins
Ada Gilbert
Gloria Small
Jazz Pilots
Ralph Stevens
Edward Mansir
Willace Johnson
Donald Moody
Herbert Wedge
Jason Harwood
Kenneth Jovin
Enterprise Grange
Harland Harrington
Grange Hall
Claude Lothridge
Gardiner General Hospital
Cora Smith
Marilla Tarr
Litchfield
Parker A. Horne
Wren
River Road
Hazel Savage
Eva Douglass
Ethel Pinkham
Bernice Terrell
Earl Dickinson
Charles Dore Jr
Sarah Nelson
Thelma Dickinson
Barbara Weeks
Ann Mealey
Norma Hodgkins
Priscilla Chipman
Bertha Curtis
Viola Douglass
Edna Hodgkins
Mabel Harrington
Lillian Johnson
Muriel Pratt
D.A.R
Waterville
Samuel Nichols
Everett
Brunswick Road
Richard Witham
Fort Benning
Witham
84Th Field Artillery
Fort Dix
N. J
George Wren
Hill-Tucker
Bath and Graduate Cells
Bailey School
Richard
J. R. Blackie
Daisy Mains
Ruth Stevens
Wellesley Hills
Merriconeag Road
John Wright
Bailey's Island
Wynna Wright
Dahlov Spear
Ada MacGillivary
Robert Jordan
Brian Davis
Shattuck
Walton
August Kirsis
Steen
Arrowsic
Roland E. Peterson
Ralph Jewett
Edward St. Martin. Reynolds
Joseph F. Higgins
Harry Heald
Belle Heald
Leon Fickett
Popham Beach
Capt
Sidney Dal
Gunners
England
Federal Savings League
Marius H. Page
Kennebec Greenhous
North Street
Mrs. Maude B. Mayhew
Skane
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington Street
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