Lionses Meet in Sedgwick For Second Dinner Program
The Sedgwick Lionesses held their second dinner meeting featuring Miss Jean Lombard singing a new song A Soldier in the Army written by Mrs Ila Beane. Donations were voted to the USO drive and members were urged to aid surgical dressings. The program included dancing and songs by Charlotte school pupils and senior students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionesses
Sedgwick
Jean Lombard
John Leonard
Ila Beane
Wiscasset
Arthur W. King
USO
Masonic Temple
Red Cross
James T. Gardenier
Casper F. Hartley
George J. Nugent
Leonard
Charlotte's
School of Dancing
Jean Osborne
Betty Chadbourne
Elmer
Jean Briggs
Marion Corliss
Charlotte
Solo by Miss Leonard Delights Audience
The review praises Miss Leonard for a standout solo performance that delighted listeners and drew high praise for her vocal delivery and stage presence.
Engagement announced for Barbara P. White and John Voorhees
Major Horace H. White of Washington D C announces the engagement of his daughter Barbara Parsons White of this city to John Tallman Voorhees son of Mr and Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees of 42 Bedford Street Both graduates of Morse High School with Miss White as class secretary Voorhees works in Bath Iron Works pipe fitting department Miss White attends Nassau College and is stationed with her father in the Army Air Corps No wedding date yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace H. White
Washington, D. C
Barbara Parsons White
John Tallman Voorhees
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Miss White
Mr. Voorhees
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
United States Army Air Corps
Nassau College
Engaged: Miss Moore to R Harold Downes of Bath
Harry A Moore of Topsham announces the engagement of Vesta Ellen Moore to R Harold Downes of Bath son of Mr and Mrs William Downes of Bangor. Miss Moore is a Morse High School 1941 graduate employed in Charles T Small’s office. Downes is a Bangor High School 1935 graduate employed at Hyde Windlass Co. No date set. Harry C Webber editor of the Times returns to his desk after two weeks vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Moore
Topsham
Bath
Vesta Ellen Moore
R. Harold Downes
Bangor
William Downes
Miss Moore
Morse High School
Charles T. Small
Downes
Bangor High School
Hyde Windlass Co
Cosmpolitan Club Hosts Navy Night Party With Frills
The Cosmpolitan club held a Thursday evening party for petty officers and enlisted Navy men and their wives, with Halloween decorations and a varied program. Mrs. Andrew J. Danielson directed overall arrangements, and Bernard A. Knight acted as master of ceremonies. The program featured recordings of remarks and songs, Spanish guitar selections by Stewart McPherson Jr. and Edmund Furber, and performances by John Johnson, Roger Pinkham, and Senator and Mrs. Neil S. Bishop. A gypsy fortune teller, community singing, and humorous readings complemented the festivities, followed by refreshments and dancing until late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
United States Navy
Andrew J. Danielson
Navy
Bernard A. Knight
Eugene Halliwill
Danielson
Knight
Stewart McPherson, Jr
Edmund Furber
James E. Knight
John Johnson
Central Grammar
William Lundrigan
Roger Pinkham
Neil S. Bishop
Bowdeinham
Roscoe P. McFadden
George Hastings
Harold S. Avery
Bernard Plummer
Karcher S. Jackson
William Davis
Arthur S. Eseley
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Alice F. Johnson
Eunice S. Ledyard
Nelly K. Goodrich
Granville M. Colby
Freshman Reception at Morse High Sparks Veiled Hazing Tale
About 300 attendees filled Morse high gym Friday for the Morse Mentor hosted Freshman Reception. Hazing occurred, described as mild yet entertaining by spectators, as Frankie Curran’s musicians provided the dance music. Wayne May led the grand march with Miss Dora Bridges and Virginia Jewett among officials and chaperones including Beth Trott and Nathan W. Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Morse
Frankie Curran
Wayne May
Dora Bridges
Virginia Jewett
Gerald Lemoine
Jewett
Beth Trott
Virginia Hill
Stanley Stutz
Nathan W. Watson
Marriage of An nette Shapiro to Pvt. Joseph Singer in New Brunswick
Mr and Mrs Moses Shapiro of Auburn announce the marriage of their daughter An nette of Auburn to Pvt Joseph Leo Singer of Brunswick. The ceremony occurred Oct 10 in New Brunswick NJ. An nette is a kindergarten teacher and Lewiston Auburn educator member. Joseph is a Brunswick lawyer and Bowdoin and BU Law graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Shapiro
Fifth Street
Auburn
Annette
Joseph Leo Singer
Brunswick
New Brunswick
N. J
Singer
Garcelon School
Edward Little High School
New Britain, Conn
Teachers College
Hadassah
B'nai Brith
Lewiston
Merills Celebrate Golden Wedding in Bath Dukeing Family Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. George A Merill of 29 School Street Bath observed their golden wedding anniversary. A Sunday dinner honored the event hosted by nephew Arthur R Avery and Mrs Avery of 96 Union Street. The couple, long socially active in Bath, are fond of roses and once hosted neighborhood children on their porch. Mrs Merrills birth name Agnes Avery, married at St Marys rectory 50 years ago with Rev John OBrien officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Merrill
School Street
Arthur R. Avery
Avery
Union Street
Merrill
Maine Central Railroad Co
Merrills
Ernest R. Avery
Ernest R. Avery, Jr
Louise Agnes
Alice
Helen Avery
Louis Perry
Portland
Bath
Joseph Gaudreau
City
Roland Perry
South Freeport
Charles
Ann Marie Perry
Farewell party honors Navy officer Frederick A Lovell Jr
Members of Bath Iron Works personnel and allied staff held a farewell at Rock Hill Inn West Bath for Frederick A Lovell Jr who has been commissioned as a deck officer in the US Navy and reports October 26 to Columbia University for training before Notre Dame University South Bend for a second course. The event featured remarks by colleagues, a New England clambake, and a monetary purse presented by John M Conley Jr. Jr Lovell, a Bowdoin graduate, is a North Adams native who joined BIW January 1941 and moved to the personnel staff in 1941. Attendees included Lovell family and BIW staff members, with dancing to conclude the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Frederick A. Lovell, Jr
United States Navy
Columbia University
New York City
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Lovell
Lovell, Jr
Barbara H. Tubbs
North Adams
Mass
Bowdoin College
New England
Joseph W. Larrabee
John M. Conley, Jr
Iron Works
Elford A. Stover
P. Emery Akeley
Roland B. Robinson
Hubert J. Arsenault
Grace E. Bennett
Marguerite V. Brown
Ralph F. Brown
Converse G. Fenn
Ernestine E. Hilton
Robert E. Kingsbury
Paul W. Lindgren
Dorothy C. Washington
Harold L. Adams
Lloyd A. Beers
Raymond G. Chubbuck
Robert A. Gallagher
James McDonald
Carlton W. Perry
Alfred J. Safstrom
Donald N. Small
John E. Sylvester
Clarence Eaton
Leonard Gregory
Clifton E. Legard
Frank Perkins
Elaine V. Sullivan
Gerald Atkinson
Gladys Wilson
Currie Bartlett
Alton Skillings
Paul B. Wilson
Alfred McCabe
Esther Wilson
Donald Perry
John Walsh
Bath
United States Employment Service
E. E. Kingsbury
Walsh
Kingsbury
Committees Named for Parish Supper at Winter Street
Winter Street Ladies Aid named the parish supper committees for the turkey banquet to be served Wednesday evening October 28 at Winter Street Congregational church. Mrs Arthur C Lemont presided with 44 members present and hostesses listed for Friday afternoon meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Winter Street Congregational Church
Arthur C. Lemont
John H. Sylvester
Fred E. Irish
Robert Colley
Morton F. Young
Alice E. Varney
Fred E. Foote
Cecil E. Paine
William S. Shorey
Ruth W. Henry
Lemont
Wallace L. Atwood
Allen M. Irish
Addison F. Pendleton
Charles P. Baker
Trygve Carlson
Clifford B. Wilband
Fred B. Kittridge
Charles W. Messenger
Charles W. Walsh
Archie Doyle
Raymond Powers
Richard Sherwood
Reginald Farnham
Sarah M. Lermond
Alice E
Engagement announced for Isabelle Smart and James Shorey
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pease of Phippsburg announce the engagement of Miss Isabelle A. Smart to Pvt. James H. Shorey of Bath. Miss Smart is Willard Smart’s daughter, educated at North Yarmouth Academy and Morse High School class of 1937. Shorey served as a U S mail driver before enlisting in the Army and is stationed at Camp Lee Virginia with the Quartermaster Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Pease
Phippsburg
Isabelle A. Smart
James H. Shorey
Bath
Miss Smart
Pease
Willard Smart
Norway
North Yarmouth Academy
Morse High School
Mr. Shorey
Clarence B. Shorey
Margaret Shorey
Damariscotta
U. S
Small Point
U. S. Army
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Lee
Mrs Specht Visits Auburn Relative at Sunny Side Farm
Mrs Donald Specht of Auburn spent Friday at Sunny side Farm in East Brunswick as a guest of her sister Mrs Harold E Freeman. She also visited her niece Mrs Robert Thompson of Bayside L I N Y who came to pass a few days with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Specht
Auburn
Harold E. Freeman
Sunnyside Farm
East Brunswick
Robert Thompson
Bayside
Mrs. Blanche Parks Returns to Bath for Indefinite Stay
Mrs Blanche Parks formerly of Bath has returned to the home of her father James Russell at 850 Middle Street for an indefinite stay after a year away in Portland Oregon and San Pedro California where her husband is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Parks
Bath
James Russell
Middle Street
Portland
Ore
San Pedro
Calif
Lost shotgun and local sales notes from Bowdoinham area
Lost Remington automatic shotgun with ventilated ribs in Bowdoinham between Booker Douglas residence and Wilbur Skilton's cross road. Reward offered by John J. Jack of Topsham. Also multiple farm sale notices and ads for apples, cider, and farm property listings from Bath and Montsweag area. Includes contact details for R A Douglass, Mrs. Clarence Moore, Butler Orchard, and Fred B Reed Co. manager Stanley Walaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Booker Douglas
Wilbur Skilton
Cross Road
John J. Jack
Topsham
City Shore
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Walaca
Front Street
Bath
Teleit
Larson Lowery MARRIED IN Grace Church
Miss Ethel Louise Larson and Arthur Edward Lowery, both of this city, were married Saturday at 7:30 PM in Grace Episcopal church in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Charles M. Tubbs. The couple will reside in Bath after a Boston honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Louise Larson
Arthur Edward Lowery
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Gladys Larson
Bath
John J. Lowery, Jr
Larson
Edward Bourget
Lowery
Edith Larson
Oak Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boston
Morton Peterson wedding unites Edward Morton and Margaret Peter son
Edward Charles Morton and Miss Margaret Cora Peterson were married Thursday evening at the Winter Street Congregational church parsonage in Augusta. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiated. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Hart and the groom’s parents. The couple will reside at 378 Middle Street, Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Charles Morton
Fred R. Morton
Middle Street
Margaret Cora Peterson
Augusta
Herman Peterson
Old Town
Peterson
Winter Street Congregational Church
Washington Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Walter C. Hart
Frederick Morton
Woodbury
N. J
Maine School of Commerce
Auburn
Bath Iron Works Corp
Old Town High School
Augusta General Hospital
Beacon Street churchannual fellowship supper held
Beacon Street church held its annual fellowship supper in the vestry Thursday evening drawing a large crowd. The Women’s Society of Christian Service served a covered dish meal. The program featured piano solos, readings by Mrs Willis and Mrs Burden, duets by Roger and Gordon Pinkham, and remarks by Rev Kinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Women’s Society of Christian Service
William J. Craft
Minnie Eldridge
Dean Bonney
Fred D. Pinkham
Clarence F. Ring
Arthur Packard
Charles T. Henderson
Valerie Nickerson
Florence Willis
Boston
Fannie Burden
Roger
Gordon Pinkham
Gordon
Clifton W. Tedford
Charles L. Kinney
Local court fines posted for speeding and intoxication
Lester Bassett of Lewiston paid 5.00 and 7.45 in costs after pleading guilty to a Route 196 speeding charge in Topsham Municipal Court. Rosario Labbe of Brunswick also pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid 5.00 with 7.45 in costs. Other items note Home Circle meeting at Mrs. Sedgley’s, a Defense Trading Post opening by Mrs. Lilly and Miss Fogg, and several local social notices and court outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Bassett
Lewiston
Topsham
Roger Whitmore
Bassett
Rosario Labbe
Brunswick
George Sedgley
Elmer Jordan
Richard Denham
Cynthia
Harry Purington
Lewis Lucy
Frank Heath
Mary Lilly
Clara Fogg
Fogg
Pleasant Street
Herbert Marriner
Electa Chapter
O.es
Masonic Hall
Margaret Duplissa
Gray
Pioneer Chapter
Lisbon Falls
Casco
Kent's Hill
George Hackett
Leland Chapman
Delmar Curtis
Caleb Mitchell
Ransom Kelley
Charles Snow
Portland
Earl Brown
Marshall Merryman
Maine General Hospital
Alfred Salie
Malden
Mass
Jessie Ames
Bath
Mrs. Chandler
Portsmouth
N. H
Chandler
George MacPherson
Wilbur Small
Charlotte White
E. L. White
John Jewel
Malcolm
Wellesley
Avery Fides
Maurice Curran, Jr
Andover
Brown's Point
Charles Hackett
Maine Central
Two Dedication Ceremonies Set for November 12
Dedication ceremonies for the Lieut. John E. L. Huse Memorial School and the Morse High School annex are planned for Thursday evening November 12. Superintendent Harland A. Ladd and the Board of Education are organizing the program with expected state and federal officials. The 7 p.m. program will be in the high school annex, followed by the Huse school dedication at 8:30, with both events open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. L. Huse
Morse High School
Harland A. Ladd
Board of Education
Bath
Huse
Sunday Supper Guests Include Local Residents
During a Sunday evening gathering guests included Miss Florence Parker of Waterville Mr and Mrs Samuel Dorrance and daughter Sally and Mrs Dorrances grandfather Frank Wade of North Adams Mass Miss Lucile Toothaker formerly with Coombs high school was a guest at Mrs Ralph McEwens Sunday Mr and Mrs John McCart recently returning from Van Buren spent two weeks at their Main street apartment Miss Nancy LaRochelle Jellison schoolteacher spent the weekend in Portland with her parents Mr and Mrs Peter LaRochelle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Parker
Waterville
Samuel Dorrance
Sally
Nancy LaRochelle
Jellison School
Portland
Peter LaRochelle
Former Bath Man Is Awarded Medal
William T. Hardie, a former Bath resident now living in Bowdoinham, received the Veteran's Medal of the grand lodge of Maine A. F. & A. M. He formerly worked for Swanton & Jameson in Bath and sailed the world on Bath ships. His wife is Mrs. Clara L. Hardie, longtime Eastern Star secretary at Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hardie
Bowdeinham
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Hardie
Bath Lodge
Swanton & Jameson
Bath
Clara L. Hardie
The
Eastern Star
Bowdoinham
Maine buys two more parcels for Carlton bridge approach
The State of Maine buys two properties along the planned Carlton bridge approach. Transfers list owners Robert E. Linekin of 733 High Street and Stella M. Hedrick of 17 Franklin Street as the property buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Maine
Carlton Bridge
Robert E. Linekin
High Street
Stella M. Hedrick
Franklin Street
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Senter's
Ss, Inc
Growing
Glamesay By
North Mont
Segwick
Miss Leonard
Barbara P. White
Will
John T. Voorhees
Harry C. Webber
the Times
Kenmore Coats
Hillmore Coats
Harris Tweed
Bath Department
Center Street
Singer-Shapiro
Mr. Singer
al Street
Brunswick High School
Bowdoin
Boston University Law School
Maine Bar Association
Lions Club
Elks
Bath Iron Works
Honor Frederick Lovell
Ladies’ Aid
Baldwins
Northern
Spv
Stark
R.A. Douglass
Rove
Bowdonnam
Clarence Moore
Berrys Mill Road
Butler Orchard
Montsweag
Grace Church
Morton-Peterson
Beacon Street Society
George Merrill
Ralph Purington
Karl Hatchen
Bogart Pacific
March OF
Vt Regeui Bas
Thegay
Constance Sema T
Ana
Etna
Patric Knowles
Marie Montez In
Marie Roget
Morse High Wing
Grand Lodge of Masons
Uptowns Shadows
Sage the Three Mesquiteers
King of the Mounties
Country Store
H Fay Wray
Robt. Armstrong
Bruce Cabot
Craig Stevens
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