Engagement of Julie Benner to Berry Ellis Jr.
The engagement is announced of Miss Julie A. Benner of Jefferson to Berry Ellis Jr. of Augusta formerly of Bath Iron Works. Ellis has served in the Army since Sept 17 and attends Camp Devens Massachusetts. Benner, a 1938 graduate, works at Berry's Cleaners and Dyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Benner
Water Street
Randolph
Julie A. Benner
Jefferson
Berry Ellis, Jr
J. Berry Ellis
Myrtle Street
Augusta
Berry
Bath Iron Works Corp
Army of the United States
Camp Devens
Mass
Cony High School
Mr and Mrs Robin Visit Mrs Pinkham
Mr and Mrs Stanley Robin of Topsham have returned after a visit with Mrs Victor Pinkham, the latter’s mother, on Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Robinson
Topsham
Mrs. Robinson
Victor Pinkham
Washington Street
Mrs Bessie Gove Perry Returns from Bradford Visit
Mrs. Bessie Gove Perry of Dummer street visits Bradford as guest of Mr. and Mrs. William LeClair former Bath residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Gove Perry
Dummer Street
Bradford
William LeClair
Bath
Bath residents host winter in Harold Sewall house
Mrs Loyall F Sewall and family move from Summer homes at Small Point to Bath for the Winter staying at the Harold Sewall house on Washington Street. Several social visits and entertaining events are noted, including Mrs Worrey hosting a birthday luncheon for Mrs Florence Willis of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyall F. Sewall
Loyall, Jr
Camilla
John Williams
Ann
Small Point
Bath
Harold Sewall
Washington Street
Herbert Worrey
Dummerstreet
Florence Willis
Boston
Miss Annette Cutting Expected Home From Washington Visit
Miss Annette Cutting daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Cutting of High street has been visiting in Washington D C and is expected to return home this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Cutting
Harold Cutting
High Street
Washington, D. C
Mrs McCurdy Visits Sister-in-Law in Cherry Street
Mrs James McCurdy of Lubee arrives for a visit with her sister-in-law Mrs George Moody on Cherry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCurdy of
Lubee
George Moody
Cherry Street
Mrs Walsh Family Return From Watertown Visit
Mrs. Charles Walsh and daughter Mrs. Robert Pletts and son Bobby returned to Andrews Road home Monday after visiting Mrs. Walsh's parents Mr and Mrs Murray in Watertown Massachusetts Miss Marie Bennett departed Monday for Orono to begin her second year at the University of Maine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Walsh
Robert Pletts
Bobby
Andrews Road
Watertown
Mass
Walsh
Murray
Marie Bennett
Orono
University of Maine
Local People and Changes in Bath Area News
Percy Mann returns to Bath from New Jersey visit and plans fall relocation. Mrs Mann and daughter Betty stay with Pollard family. Mann to live with his mother in Nutley. Dr and Mrs Tuttle and two children vacation at Quaker Point cottage. Mrs Houston injured with a broken leg after a fall in Presque Isle trip. Lt Everett Metcalf promoted to first lieutenant at Camp Breckinridge. Mrs Archie Doyle visits Skowhegan. Arthur Driscoll enlists in U S Army. Driscoll formerly worked at Bath Tron. Mrs Warren Parris ill with bronchitis. Mrs William Wakefield chairs baked bean supper committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Mann
East Orange
N. J
Birth of David Albert Wing Celebrated in Lewiston
Mrs. Albert Wing of Richmond and her husband announce the birth of a son, David Albert, at C M G Pier Lewiston on Thursday. Relatives from North Woolwich Bath and Woolwich, plus Mrs Adelbert W Hall and family, plan visits and support, as Mr Wing’s family gathers for congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wing
Richmond
David Albert
Lewiston
Wing Ae
Bath
Woolwich
Wing
Carolyn D. Wing
North Woolwich
William J. Downing
Weekend visits and relocations noted in local notices
Mr and Mrs David C Dickson visited their son at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and spent the weekend at their home in Manchester. Edward Atkinson, a University of Maine junior, returned to Orono for the fall semester with his brother Warren and grandfather Just B Wold on vacation from Hyde Windlass Co. Kenneth Vennett of Montpelier VT also appeared in the roster. Betty Farris of Lewiston resumes duties at Bliss Business College. Mrs Roscoe Robinson and her daughter attended a harvest supper at Huntoon Hill Grange in Wiscasset where Mrs Robinson is a charter member. Walter Couture and daughter Mary Elizabeth of Fulton NY visited Mr and Mrs Peter Couture. Mr Couture will stay in the Navy. Walter Guay of South Portland returned home after a weekend with his Washington street family. County Attorney James Blenn Perkins Jr of Boothbay Harbor has been promoted to Lt U S N R effective Oct 1 after serving with the armed forces at Lt jg U S N R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Dickson
Washington — Street
Manchester
N. H
David
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Edward Atkinson
U. of M
Orono
Warren Atkinson
Just B. Wold
Hyde Windlass Co
Kenneth Vennett
Montpelier
Betty Farris
Arthur Farris
Elm Street
Bliss Business College
Lewiston
Roscoe Robinson
Upper High Street
Elmer Dow
Bluff Road
Huntoon Hill Grange
Wiscasset
Robinson
James Blenn Perkins, Jr
Boothbay
Iarbor
Harry P. Briggs, Jr
High Street
Philadelphia
James F. Gardenier
James F. Jr
Robert
George A. Rogers
Trufant Street
Maine
Bryan Moore
Harry Moore
Bangor
Harry L. Horne
Washington Street
University
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Moore
H. Edwin Harjula
Bowery Street
Harpswell Street
Brunswick
Harjula
Hardings
William H. Daley
Ina Anderson
Lewis Bowen
Kenneth Colby
This City
Fred Anderson
Elmer Nelson
William Harjula
Thomaston
William Johnson
St. George
Louise Munsey
Elaine Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
Warren Munsey, Jr
Colleen Brown
Arline Brown
Noreen Davenport
Carol Ann Davenport
Peter Cooper
Lorraine Rogers
Billy Wharff
Lynn Crocker
Leon Maxson
Dixie Oliver
Lee Knapp
Richard Fuller
Jeanette Stinson
Charles Benoit
Albert Cooper
Robert McEachern
Yvonne Leask
Leah Maxson
Joan Robinson
Jean Belanger
Donnalee Kaler
Judith Frost
Jackie Frost
Joan Kaler
Mrs Quint of Joliet Visits Bath in October
Mrs Richard John Quint of Joliet Illinois visits Bath with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur M Packard at 17 Beacon Street. Formerly Miss Metba Louise Packard she last visited Bath since her February marriage. Quint, a nurse, cared for his grandmother Mrs Estelle Jones in Stratton who is now much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard John Quint
Joilet
Ill
Arthur M. Packard
Beacon Street
Metba Louise Packard
Bath
Quint
Stratton
Estelle Jones
Weekend Visits Mentioned by Local Residents
Mr and Mrs Harold Avery of Western Avenue and Miss Mary Double of Andrews Road returned from a weekend in Wakefield Massachusetts with Mrs Avery�s brother Hiram Tobey. Miss Flossie M Beals on vacation from duties in the office of Commissioner A A Stutt USNR spent a week in South Portland and Cape Elizabeth with her nieces Mrs G Clifford Madden and Mrs Archie L Seckins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Avery
Western Avenue
Mary Double
Andrews Road
Wakefield
Mass
Flossie M. Beals
Comm. A. A
Harold S. Avery
Harold Avery, Jr
Coffin Family Weekend Visit At Day's Ferry Home
Mr and Mrs N Elwood Coffin Jr and daughter Katherine Ann of Washington street were weekend guests of Mrs Coffin's father Samuel Guptill and Mrs Guptill at their home Day's Ferry.
Clarence Lane Takes Vacation With Portland Cousins
Clarence Lane a central office switchboard repair man for New England Tel and Tel. Co. is on vacation. He and his wife spent Saturday in Portland with his cousins Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lane
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Mrs. Lane
Portland
Russell Harlow
Washington Street Pastor Conducts Communion at Gardiner Church
The pastor emeritus of Central Church occupied the pulpit at Gardiner Universalist Church on Sunday and led the communion service at the close of the worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Central Church
Gardiner Universalist
Weekend Guests at the Mitchells in South Portland
Mrs. Eleanor Breton and Miss Marjorie Cummings were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Mitchell in South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Breton
Marjorie Cummings
Leland Mitchell
South Portland
Spears Engages Frances Anna Belle to Arthur Benner
Frances Anna Belle Spears of 25 Child street Augusta becomes engaged to Arthur Maurice Benner of 21 Maple street Randolph son of Maurice Benner and Mrs Benner. Benner works at Harding plant Bath Iron Works and is a 1939 Gardiner High School graduate active in hockey and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Pierce
Ulysses Pierce
Water Street
Randolph
Bath Iron Works Corp
Fort Devens Mass
Mr Pierce
Gardiner High School
William H. Spears
Child Street
Augusta
Frances Annabelle
Arthur Maurice Benner
Maurice Benner
Maple Street
Benner
Harding
Gardiher High School
Miss Spears
Cony High School
Kaussinoe
Stinesses Return From Providence Visit
Mr and Mrs Edward C Stiness left Tuesday by auto for their home in Providence R I They spent their Summer at 15 North street the old home of Mrs Stiness and will be missed An Evening of Fun honoring wives of petty officers and Navy personnel in Bath is planned by the Cosmopolitan club A committee led by Mrs Granville M Colby met with club president Monday to plan the event Other committee members include Mrs Andrew J Danielson Mrs Bernard A Knight Mrs Roscoe P McFadden Mrs George Hastings Mrs Harold S Avery Mrs E Eugen e Halliwill Miss Alice F Johnson and Mrs Edwin H P Lowell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Stiness
Providence
R. I
North Street
Navy
Bath
Cosmopolitan Club
Granville M. Colby
Colby
Andrew J. Danielson
Bernard A. Knight
Roscoe P. McFadden
George Hastings
Harold S. Avery
Ekugene Halliwill
Alice F. Johnson
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Local Families Return After Visit and Clergy Moves
Mr and Mrs Harold S Avery of 29 Western avenue return from Wakefield Massachusetts with Harold Avery Jr and Miss Mary Double. Rev Harry W McIntire former pastor of Corliss Street Baptist church in this city accepts call to Norwood Baptist church Norwood Rhode Island after twelve years at Fisherville Tabernacle Baptist church Hope Rhode Island resigning September 1. He and his parents have lived in West Warwick Rhode Island during his tenure in Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. McIntire
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Norwood Baptist Church
Norwood
R. I
McIntire
Fisheville Tabernacle Baptist Church of Hope
Hope
West Warwick
R. IL
Weekend Guests Visit City Clergy And Families
Dr and Mrs Dayton E Mc Clain of Washington DC were weekend guests of Rev and Mrs Charles L Kinney at Beacon Street Methodist church. Mr and Mrs Dana MacNaughton and daughter Myrna of New London CT visit brothers Linwood and Lawrence MacNaughton in Lawrence and Bedford streets and Walter in Washington street. They stay with Mr and Mrs Homer Johnson on Liberty Street and plan to return to New London Wednesday. 144 North Street has returned home after a week at Deer Cove lodge Ossipee Lake NH and Bath Iron Works Corp vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moore
Parker Black
City
New York
New Jersey
Bath Iron Works
Elmer B. Williams
Foster's Point
New York City
Barbizon Plaza
Mrs. Thomas Bush
Hotel Grosvenor
Mr. Bush
A. Cowan
Dayton E. McClain
Washington, D. C
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Church
Dr. McClain
Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Dana MacNaughton
Myrna
New London
Conn
Mr. MacNaughton
Linwood MacNaughton
Center Street
Lawrence MacNaughton
Bedford Street
Walter
Washington Street
Homer Johnson
Liberty Street
Joseph A. Coss
North Street
Deer Cove Lodge
Ossipee Lake
N.hh
Bath, Iron Works Corp
Vennett Guest in Montpelier and Bath Visit
Kenneth Vennett of Montpelier Vermont visits Mr and Mrs Gerald Atkinson as their guest. He joins their son Warren after a week with the Vennett family in Montpelier and Bath.
Bath Ministers Association Meets at Wesley Church
The Bath Ministers Association met at Wesley Methodist church to plan services for soldiers at Popham on alternate Sundays. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue will lead the first service October 1 followed by Rev. Louis A. Dole. Officers were elected with Rev. Raymond G. Putnam as president and Rev. Charles L. Kinney as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ministers’ Association
Wesley Methodist Church
Popham
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Louis A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Congregational Church
Chester Bradford Oliver
Wesley Church
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Putnam
Dole
Council of Churches of Maine
Central Church
Oliver
Women’s Society of Beacon Street Meets on Monday
The October meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of Beacon Street Church met in the parsonage with the year’s largest attendance. Miss Marion Bowie led the devotional. plans included sending a delegate to the Skowhegan conference October 14 15 and making a velour curtain for the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Beacon Street
Marion Bowie
Skowhegan
Everett G. Lemont
Roger Pierce
Sanford B. Nickerson
Minnie Eldridge
Clarence Ring
Fred D. Pinkham
Dean Bonney
Good Will Club
James McKay
Della Adams
Charles L. Kinney
Evadna Drake
Mattie Batchelder
Nettie Teeling
Dummer Street
Nurse Miss Jessie McClure Returns From Boston Visit
Miss Jessie McClure R N aged sixty six at Bath Memorial hospital has returned from a visit with relatives in Boston and nearby suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie McClure
R. N
Bath Memorial Hospital
Boston
Suburbs
Mrs Raymond G Putnam to Visit Mansfield Sister
Mrs Raymond G Putnam of the Central church parsonage left Wednesday for Mansfield Ohio where she will spend several weeks with her sister Mrs Elwyn Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Church
Mansfield, O
Elwyn Owen
Women urged to join war production training program
The NYA offers 17 to 24 year old US citizens work experience and training in machine shops foundries patternmaking welding drafting radio work auto mechanics and clerical jobs. Trainees 160 hours monthly include 80 on production earning 25.60 dollars. nearby residential centers provide meals lodging plus 10.80 dollars. NYA centers listed in Maine and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
National Youth Administration
War Manpower Commission
United States
NYA
Army
Navy
U. S. Employment Service
Maine
Bangor
Biddeford
Dexter
Houston
Lewiston
Portland
Rumford
van Buren
Quoddy
Reception Honored Maine O E S Leader in Bangor
Genesta chapter members from Genesta and Topsham joined Mrs. Sumner Sewall to attend a Bangor City hall reception for Mrs. Lula W. Morse worthy grand matron of the Maine Grand chapter. Nearly 500 from all parts of Maine attended to honor Morse after her Bath visit to inspect Genesta chapter. Mrs. Patten Sagadahoc County Treasurer and Mrs. Shaw both hold past grand patron roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Shaw
Justus H. Miller
Genesta
Millward G. Patten
Topsham
Hawthorne
Brunswick
Bangor
Sumner Sewall
Bangor City Hall
Lula W. Morse
Maine
Morse
Bath
Shaw
Patten
Sagadahoc
Ham Ness wedding in Auburn at Elm Street Universalist Church
Miss Ernestine Frances Ham and Gordon Dorland Ness wed in a four o’clock ceremony at Elm Street Universalist church Auburn carried by Rev Weston A Cate. The couple, both Auburn natives, are Edward Little graduates and plan farming and office work respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. McCabe, Jr
Doris
Harris Street
Auburn
John A. Ness
Turner Road
Edward Little High School
A. Q. Miller
Inec
Local residents return from visits in New York and Boston
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haggett of York street returned from a visit in New York City. Mrs. Roy E. Francis of Bedford street returned from a visit in Boston with her son, Sherwood Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Haggett
York Street
New York City
Roy E. Francis
Bedford Street
Boston
Sherwood Francis
Col. Dummer Sewall D A R resumes meetings across season
Col. Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R resumed its meetings in the Central church parish house with hostesses Mrs E Everett Pierce Mrs Thomas S Gibbons and Mrs Edward W Bridgham. Col Henry W Owen spoke on The Indians as Weymouth Saw Them citing Bath region history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer
Maine
Sumner Sewall
William King
Bath
Pine Tree State
Harry E. Litchfield
Boothbay
Ralph O. Brewster
Brunswick
Lewiston
Arthur H. Colby
Col. Dummer Sewall
Roussinoc
Augusta
Charles M. Tubbs
High Street
Elizabeth Reed
Boothbay Harbor
America
Personal Notes From Bangor Area Residents
Local social items describe Mrs. Harry P Briggs Jr visiting Philadelphia, Gardenier and Doughty families hosting a Sunday dinner, and students returning to the University of Maine. A surprise party for H Harjula and a third birthday party for David Kaler are recorded with guests listed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman Chase
Cape Elizabeth
Mrs. Chase
Albert Darrah
Court Street
Mr. Chase
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp
Ralph W. Bragg
Thomas Donaldson
Middle Street
Alex Donaldson
Rockland
Knox County Hospital
Louise Harnden
Memorial Hospital
Ralph C. Priest
Sewall Street
Kenneth Clyde Priest
Clyde Priest
Army Air Force
Amarilla Field
Tex
Priest
Knights of Pythias
Myrtle Moody
Pythian Sisters
Rebekahs
Green Street Methodist Church
William Dennison
Richard
Milton Cox
Tallman Street
Grace Williams
Howard Corliss
Elsa Small
James Murphy
Ted MacIntyre
Augusta General Hospital
William M. Partington
Wyman Street
Partington
F. W. Woolworth Company
Stree
Newport
Woolworth
Leavin Bath
Clinton Arthur Norton
Elmer Norton
Ear Legard
Upper
Lyman B. Hollingshead
Pemberton, N. J
Floyd M. Ellwell
Fast Lane
Dorothea R. L. Perry
John J Marks, Jr
U.S.N.R
John J. Marks
Miss Perry
Mr Marks
Morse’ High
Okaiyoka
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Needlework Guild
Red Cross
Catherine Powers
Marilyn Cummings
Lesley School
Cambridge
James O'Hearson
Sewing Circle of Genesta Chapter
Masonic Temple
Harold E. Hodgkins
Grone
Major Sewall
John CC. Phillips
Jacksonville
Fla
Arthur Hyde Phillips
Edmond Hogpard
Elmhurst
John W. Gillespie
Chester B. Horne
Calais Hospital
Arthur Sewall
Cynthia
Sally Lane
Otis Cole
Berton Ayer
Raymond Smith
United States Coast Guard
Lester Cole
Lake Charles
Cole
S.S. Axminster
Cape Cod
India
Charles Cole
Leonard Lord
Edward F. Lord of
Fitts Street
William L. Ayer
Hallet’s
Pvt
William Sothern
Freeport
U.S. Army
Pvt. Ayer
Cow Island
Eleanor Wilson
Lewis E. Wilson
Jackson College
Wilson
Morse High
Charles C. Frazee
Portland and Son
Winthrop Frazee
Frazee
Brsfato
Linwood Haynes
Green Street
Raymond Saucier
Albert Flint
Farrin Street
Tabor
Washington and
Trufant Streets
Maine General Hospital
Rudolph Meister
Lisbon Center
Fred
Carl T Meister
Bertram Willis
Mr. Willis
Anders Burden
Highland Street
Jamey A. Bimson
Norman Howard
Fred Hayward
Horace Wade
Porth
Edward Tramgblett
Lynn
General Electric Co
Edward Hamblett
Pratt Street
Oroho
Archie Wishart
Charles Miller, Jr
Paul Tuttle
Richard and
Josephine
Quaker Point
Thomas Houston
Presque Isle
Everett E. Metcalf
Melville Street
Pauly Metcalf
Camp Breckinridge
Quartermaster Corps
98Th Infantry Division
Metcalf
Ernest E. Hardy
Archie E. Doyle
Skowhewan
Benjamin Sawyer
Arthur Driscoll
Jerry Driscoll
United States Army
George Laselle
Auggusta
Driscoll
Augusta Press
Bath Tron Works Corp
Warren A. Parris
Upper Washington Street
William W. Wakefield
Oak Street
First Baptist Church
Clarence Johnson
Frank Fenn
Thomaston, Conn
Gunning
Walter Couture
Mary Elizabeth
Fulton, N. Y
Mr. Couture
Peter Couture
Walter Guay
South
Christine Curtis
The
First National Bank
Betty Mann
New Eng. Tel, & Tel. Co
Lester M. Brackley
North Cohasset
Inlaw
Carl F. Pierce
Pierce
Winter Street Church
Brunswick-Topsham
Mary Pelham Hill
Purdue
Norway
Harry M. Boucher
Willow Street
United States Navy
Mr. Boucher
Bath Ijron Works Corp
Percy
G. Canham
William A. Littlefield
Lisbon
Harry FE. Cornish
Weeks Street
Canham
Mr. Littlefield
Harry Leslie Cornish
Cornish
Frank Vennett
Gerald Atkinson
Warren
Bath Ministers Association
Wesley
Phippsburg
Mabelle W. Tracey
Woolwich Church Union
George G. Chiera
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Women’s Society OF Beacon Street
Christian Service Group
Mona Ehunes
Mto
D.A.R
Henry W. Owen