Social notes and travels of Bath residents and visitors
A Bath society page details a North Grammar school gathering hosted by Master Bill French at 1121 Washington Street with classmates and prizes. It lists numerous residents visiting relatives, military moves, travel to Portland, Lewiston, Washington D C, and engagements, Navy assignments, and Governor Sewall’s Bath weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill” French
North Grammar School
Carl G. French
Washington Street
Barbara Cook
Raylyn Francis
Sally Rogers
Gay Mason
Caroline Miller
Betty Footer
John Parker
Donald Harrison
John Morse
Frank Warren
Harry Halterman
Miss Idah Ashe Returns as Obstetrical Supervisor in Boston
Miss Idah Frances Ashe R N resumes duties as Ob obstetrical supervisor at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston Massachusetts after a short visit as guest of Mr Harold L Corliss and Mrs Corliss of 18 Bailey street. Miss Ashe is a Bath graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Ashe
Vaughn Street
Portland
Harold L. Corliss
Bailey Street
Idah Frances Ashe
R. N
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Boston
Mass
Miss Ashe
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sagadahoc Probate Court Action Recap
October session lists numerous petitions for administrations by relatives of deceased residents William F Skelton John A L MacLellan Paul L Davis Harriet L Mitchell Minnie L Waldron and others. Executors and administrators appointed with and without bonds. estates named include Bath Richmond Brunswick Topsham Bowdoinham and Phippsburg. real estate sales licenses and trustee appointments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
Dorothy M. Young
William F. Skelton
Richmond
Florence J. MacLellan
John A. L. MacLellan
Bath
Arlene H. Davis
Paul L. Davis
Marian M. Fields
Harriet L. Mitchell
Alice M. Grindell
William F. Grindell
Wiscasset
Bend
Elsie C. Collins
Annie Skaling
Minnie L., Waldron
Grace D. Smith
Brunswick
Ralph Mo Atwood
Tupe
Mary A. Spanney
Tate Ff
Levi C Spinney
Piartiae
Char
Popsham
George Higsuis
Fimma W. Trataway
Cambridge
Ray C. Marston
Teresa A
Millard E. Hanson
Admr
William S. Hanson
Woolwich
Elizabeth C. White
Laura A. Curtis
Topsham
Horace E. Purinton
Hattie M. Purinton
Lenora Coskery
Admx
Helen M. Coskery
Bowdoin
Gardiner D. Rogers
Tardian
Harold C. Hart
Addie E. Terrell
Jardian
Herbert T. Terri
Forrest M. Sita
Smith
John W. Quarrington
Admmr
Dora Hillery
D. Hodgkins
George H. Hodgkins
Bath conducts meat and butter survey amid shortages
A Bath Lions committee distributes an Office of Price Administration survey to retail dealers to assess meat and butter supply. The article notes higher meat inflows but severe butter scarcity, and urges collaboration with the War Food Administration to alleviate shortages. It highlights Needlework Guild Week Oct 10 16 and details local guild directors and the planned November 4 exhibition and tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions Club
Office of Price Administration
Boston
War Food Administration
WFA
Bath
Gath
Two Cars Demolished In West Bath Head-On Crash
One man hospitalized after a head on collision on U S route one in West Bath Tuesday evening. Pvt Colie Williams, 20, hurt with a broken kneecap and facial injuries taken to Memorial Hospital. Frank J. Poland and Melvin Andrews to face charges of reckless driving and driving without a license respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Francis W. Powers
Pvt
Colie W. Williams
Memorial Hospital
Powers
Witch Spring Hill
Ford
Frank J. Poland
Round Pond
Melvin Andrews
Poland
Andrews
Wages Booming for Pulpwood and Lumber Cutters
County Agent C. L. Eastman says wages for cutting pulpwood and lumber are high this year with many jobs scarce but steady. The Farm Labor Office seeks at least 100 cutters, potentially 300, offering board or camp lodging, travel gas aid, and placement with farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Eastman
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Farm Labor Office
Farewell party for Reid Perkins hosted by Morse family
A farewell party for Reid Perkins of 1069 High Street was held Tuesday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter R Morse in Winnegance. Guests shared cards and refreshments as Perkins received a naval ring from his brother Leroy. He leaves Friday for naval training in Newport Rhode Island after serving as a machinist at Bath Iron Works prior to enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
EP. Strube
U.S.N
Wakefield
Mass
William Sturtevant
Washington Street
Strube
U.S. S. Jouett
Boston
Reid Perkins
High Street
Walter R. Morse
Winnegance
Mr. Perkins
Leroy
Shirley Pratt
Brunswick
Leroy Perkins
Walter Rogers
Elmer Morse
Herbert Lermond
Carol
Walter Morse
Earle Morse
Charles Morse
Milton Morse
Warren Steeves
Burleigh Williams
Cleveland Holbrook
John Burgess
Howard Spinney
Ralph Tibbetts
Edward Small
Albert Morse
Charles Perkins
Katherine Morse Perkins
Morse High School
Irene Gilbert
Lewiston
Farmington Woman Fractured In Auto Truck Collision
Mrs Mary Keach of Farmington suffered a fractured wrist and severe bruises when her husband Harry Keach drove a car into a truck operated by Earl Oliver of West Farmington on Saturday night on the Farmingham Strong road in front of Franklin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Keach
Farmington
Harry Keach
Earl Oliver
West Farmington
Farmingham-Strong
Franklin County Memorial Hospital
Citywide blackout test praised by Civilian Defense officials
The Oct tests yielded quick house and street light restoration after alarms. Wardens reported fewer violations than before and mobilization proceeded smoothly with rapid incident handling and CMP repairs. Air raid warnings prompted swift wardens to posts as citywide traffic halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Crawford Drive
Newton Road
Lambert Park
Beacon Street Church
Central Maine Power Co
City Hall
Ralph W. Bragg
District Warning Center
Tuna Proving High in Commercial Value
Maine fisheries report shows tuna landings by July and August surpassing 1941 yearly total by about 300 dollars with values near 15 600. Ogunquit and York Harbor crews report high daily catches and a York Harbor fisherman claims the season’s top tuna with over 130 fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Commercial Fisheries
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Augusta
Greenleaf
Bailey Island
York Harbor
Ogunquit
Measles Epidemic Spreads from Franklin School to Merrill Hill
Over the weekend Auburn’s measles outbreak moved from Franklin school to Merrill Hill with 11 cases reported to health officer Miss Shirley J. Davis on Monday morning. At Franklin school 17 children were ill last week and eight were absent Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Franklin School
Merrill Hill
Shirley J. Davis
Grandson of Bath Wins High Honor at Army School
Lt. Charles R. Cram USA, grandson of Bath, graduates from Fort Knox Armored Force Command OCS with a 96.5 percent average the highest in the school’s history. He is 22, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Cram of East Highlands, California, and the grandson of late Oscar C Rogers. Maj. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem Jr. pins his lieutenant’s gold bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Charles R. Cram
USA
Armored Force Command
Fort Knox
Cram
Henry Cram
East Highlands
Calif
Henriette Rogers
Oscar C
Henrietta Palmer Rogers
Rogers
Peoples’ Safe Deposit and Savings Bank
Alvan C. Gillem Jr
Armored Command
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
University of California At
Los Angeles
Armored Forces
Fort Knox School
Gillem
Armor Command
Lieut Cram
Redlands
O. C. Rogers
San Bernido
Brunswick Chamber Music opens season with Tinayre
The 1943 44 Brunswick Chamber Music Society opens Friday Oct 15 in Memorial hall Bowdoin College. Tenor Yves Tinayre leads with a quartet of string players presenting early sacred and classical works in original form with translations to be provided. A preconcert discussion on The Adventures of a Pilgrim in the Past is set for Thursday at 8 15 p m in Moulton Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Chamber Music Society
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
Yves Tinayre
Bridges
John Russell
Brown
Charles T. Burnett
Frederic Tillotson
Organum Caplum
Leoninus
Agniaus Douz Perotin
Nicolas Gombert
Silaus II
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Paul Verlaine
Claude Debussy
George Philip Teleman
Tinayre
Moulton Union
Vitamin Source Carrots Rich in B Vitamins and Minerals
Carrots provide a solid amount of B vitamins and minerals alongside their overall nutritional value. The content highlights carrots as a beneficial food source for essential nutrients in a balanced diet.
Aldermen Approve Petition and City Projects in Meeting
The council passed a similar order after initial rejection and heard petitions including a 20 by 22 foot addition at 66 Center Street. Police and housing discussions followed, with Deputy Marshal York noting 55 arrests in September and 280 complaints answered. George Baer Connard was reelected Bath Water District trustee, and the Personal Service Commission was named before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Rogers
John Arkalidis
Center Street
O Park and
Cemtery
Horace Ward
Ward
Marsha Dana W. York
John McEachern
F. A. Milliken
Maine Development Commission
Jack Lynch
Bath
Oak Street
George Baer Connard
Shipyard Leaders Rally At Maine Construction Event
Treasurer and Mrs Sidney L Eaton Captain and Mrs R S Hitchcock former Supervisor of Shipbuilding for Maine Admiral and Mrs W P Robert General Manager and Mrs G Baer Connard and other executives attend the shipyard office gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney L. Eaton
R. S. Hitchcock
Maine
W. P. Robert
G. Baer Connard
Bankrupt Ward M Ralph files voluntary petition in Maine
Ward M Ralph of Waldoboro a Bath Iron Works shipfitter filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition adjudicated in Portland with assets of 500 and liabilities of 733.95 The filing was received Monday by Referee Walter M Sanborn in Augusta. A separate事故 reports two deaths from monoxide gas in a Salisbury Cove roadside cabin about midnight with two adults dead and a hospitalized couple all believed accidental by Medical Examiner Charles C Knowlton The Bar Harbor Navy base reported two men as Navy personnel not attached to that station while the women’s identities were not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward M. Ralph
Waldoboro
Bath Iron Works
Portland
Walter M. Sanborn
Augusta
Salisbury Cove
Charles C. Knowlton
Knowlton
Walter Argent
Bar Harbor
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard Schymos
Allenton
Floyd H. Preble
Oliver Street
W. A. Purinton
Purinton
Mary Fisher
Bangor
Bath National Bank
Philip H. Oliver
Bedford Street
New York
Elmer W. Rogers
Lacey Rogers
Fred Colesworthy
Colesworthy
Mr. Rogers
Frank C. Beardsley
Brooklyn, N. Y
Janet and
Warren Beardsley
Fred D. Hill
Westfield
N. J
William R. Freeman
Pacific Coast
Far East
Isthmian Line
Maritime Commission
Arthur L. Perkins
Middle Street
Franklin Farnham
Lincoln Avenue
Portsmouth
N. H
Marguerite Beardsley
Janet
Baltimore
George Freeman
Mary O Brien
Washington, D. C
Miss O'Brien
U. S. Navy
Federal Power Commission
Washington
William B. Campbell
North Bath
Jeremiah W. Desmond
USN
South Pacific
A. E. Desmond
Milton R. Lane
Gilbert Young
North Street
Harry Teasdale
Jacksonville
Fla
Flos
United State
Ryu Nadas
Alexiander Mac Donald
Hish Street
la Davis
Rnise
Sii
Harvey Simmons
East Brunswick
A. M. Cutler
Oxford
Ohio
Edward G. Meade
Amelia B. Cormier
Woman's Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
WAMS
William Hanson
Meadow Way
Miss Cormier
Westover Field
Army Air Corps
James A. Carmichael
Deering Street
Manger
Hiram Annis
Milan Street
Willard Marshall
Laconia
Navy College
Dartmouth College
Young Marshall
Laconia High School
Ernest Marshall
Harold Bubar
Brownwood
Texas
Cpl
Harold H. Bubar
Camp Bowie
John Moffitt
Stella Berce
Sears Roebucks
J. Henry Mclellan
Laguna Beach
Hotel
Laguna
Charles Rutter Norris 3Rd
Kalamazoo, Mich
Charles R. Norris, Jr
Us.n
Norris
Barbara Donnell
City
Theodore S. Thibodeau
Marshall Street
Shaw's
Archie Libby
Lisbon Street
Clara Libby
Lloyd L. Lyons
Miss Libby
Venus
Mr. Lyons
Bath Iron Works Corp
Carl D. Goodwin
Martin Young
Frank
Cobb Road
Arlington, Mass
C. F. Ockerbloom
Sumner Sewall
William D. Sewall
York Hall
Down Street
Ethel Barter
Boothbay Harbor
Capt
W. P. Barter
Stephen Sewver
Nason Hoyt
Haverhill
Fred Hoyt
The
Allen L. Garwood
Hardings
New England Baptist Hospital
Richard Cattell and
Engleman
Lahey Clinic
Frank W. Perkins
Harry Starbird
Starbird
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Annie B. Dunlap
Bowdoinham
Leon L. Spinney
Norman J. McCabe
Charles S. Stackpole
Mildred A. Stackpole
Charles E. Preble
W. Frank Jewell
Phippsburg
Edward C. Belanger
George E. Belanger
M. Mabel Jack
Guardian
Stanley L. Jack
Henrietta Boutin
Charles H. Treen
Lewis I. Naiman
Raymond Asier
Lions Club
Needlework Guild
Needlework Guild of America
Edwin R. Andrews
Wilber Cahill
Herbert Calderwood
F. E. Drake
Martha Foote
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Andrews Road
Mary F. Gibbons
Walter Glidden
Robert B. Hatch
W. D. Hill
Arthur King
Edgett Street
A. M. Main
Garden Street
John McInnes
Lydia Moses
W. S. Sewell
Arthur Sewall
W. D. Sewall
Roger Skillings
Allan Spear
Pearl Street
C. M. Tubbs
Minnie White
Henry Wright
Newport Naval Training Station
Aroostook
Weather Bureau
Caribou
Army School
Seat
Commission
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