Bailey Evening School opens sessions Monday
Bailey Evening school launches the 1940 41 term Monday evening October 28 at seven in Morse high school. Registration is urged for limited classes including dressmaking drawing manual training typewriting bookkeeping and shorthand. Courses span elementary to advanced business study across three semesters totaling 18 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Morse High School
Nellie Jones
Alice Heald
Gertrude Blaisdell
Eleanor Thebeau
David Y Alkazin
Young People Elect Officers for Year
At a Sunday meeting of the Winter Street and Central churches youth group in Central church parish house, officers were elected including Donald McKellar as president and Miss Jane W Stevens as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Central Churches
Central Church Parish House
Donald McKellar
Jane W. Stevens
Blue Clay Johnny and His Aluminum Venture Revisited
A long lost Bowdoinham tale of Blue Clay Johnny returns as TVA scientist John Henry Walthall unveils a process to extract alumina from common inexhaustible clay deposits. The method, tested at Muscle Shoals, promises a domestic aluminum supply and reduced reliance on foreign bauxite sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Bowdoinham
Bowdeinham
William B. Kendall
Johnny
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Ala
United States
Walt
Aluminum Company of America
Tennessee Valley
Aluminum Company
British
Dutch Guianas
Walthall
T.V.A
Muscle Shoals Laboratory
Young Sprague Wedding Saturday in Grace Episcopal Church
Russell VI Young and Miss Gertrude B Sprague were married in a nine oclock ceremony at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating. The couple plans a Canada trip before settling at 52 Richardson Street after October 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell VI. Young
Dummer Street
Gertrude B. Sprague
Richardson Street
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Ardenne E. MacFadden
Bank leaders attend Maine bankers meeting in Augusta
Pres. Ruppert H. Baxter Daniel Dougherty and Allen M. Irish from Bath Trust Co. Oliver Moses 2d and Daniel Williams from First National Bank and C Roland Trott from Bath National Bank will join mid year session in Augusta on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Bankers Association
Augusta
Rupert H. Baxter
Daniel T. Dougherty
Allen M
The
Bath Trust Co
Oliver Moses 2d
Daniel Williams
First National Bank
C. Roland Trott
Bath National Bank
Allen M Irish Elected President of Old Folks Home
Hon Allen M Irish elected president of the Old Folks Home by trustees at Bath Trust Co offices succeeding his late father in law Samuel R Percy. Irish has served as trustee and vice president and led improvements including heating and fire prevention units while closely overseeing daily operations and guest care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen M. Irish
OLD Folks Home
Bath Trust Co
Samuel R. Percy
Irish
Perkins Hold 56th Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Perkins marked their 56th anniversary October 16 at 45 Bedford Street. He long led state market gardening and ran Perkins Greenhouse in West Bath. now with New Meadows Gardens. Mrs. Perkins, a Genesta chapter O E S matron, kept her wedding gown and accessories. she has been ill recently but usually enjoys good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Perkins
Bedford Street
Perkins
West Bath
New Meadows Gardens
Miss Clara H Williams 61 Bowdoin Educator Dies
Miss Clara H Williams 61 longtime Bowdoin educator died Saturday at home after a six month illness Born March 30 1879 she taught in Lisbon Falls Beverly Dedham and Skowhegan and spent 15 years at Freeport High School She authored teaching texts and was active in the PTA D A R and Bowdoin church Surviving are a sister three brothers and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara H. Williams
West Bowdoin
Bowdoin
Melvin H
Fannie Coombs Williams
Bates College
Lisbon Falls
Beverly
Dedham
Mass
Franklin
N. H
Skowhegan
Freeport High School
Parent Teacher Association
Governor Bowdoin
Bowdoin Church
Luella Williams
George E
Arthur
Waltham
Philip Bowdoin
Dramatic Club Sponsors Marionettes at Morse High
Morse High School dramatics club sponsors Marionette Guild presenting Huckleberry Finn on Oct 30 at 4 pm and The Count of Monte Cristo at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium. committees include Norma Steussy Barbara Trott Margo White Ruth Murphy Pauline Nickerson chairs Gerald Lemoine Richard Dennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Dramatics Club
Marionette Guild
Huckleberry Finn
Priscilla Trott
Robert Gilchrist
John Brown
Kathleen Harkins
Bowdoinham notices highlight gatherings and local events
Mrs Delma Curtis and Mrs Free man Billings hosted a surprise shower for Linwood Rideout who wed in July. Guests and activities are listed alongside electa chapter OES events, a driving inspection, and community gatherings. Local marriages, farm bureau plans, and town notices fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delma Curtis
Freeman Billings
Bert Merrill
Brunswick
Electa
Masonic Hall
Parker Adams
Clifton Babb
Wilford Jones
Muriel McCarthy
Auburn
Edna Bickford
Marshall Merryman
Stephen Billings
Richmond
Bernard Valentine
James H. Ames
Women's Farm Bureau
Merrymeeting Grange Hall
Louise Wright
Irving Prindall
Coombs High School
George Cutler
Charles Hackett
William Babb
Charles Pratt
Burton Tome
Roger Douglas
Millay
Caleb Mitchell
Keith Wildes
East Bowdeinham
Guy
Red Cross Plans Fall First Aid Courses In Bath
The Red Cross will intensify first aid courses this fall and winter as part of the national defense program. Dr. N A Parker will teach Bath instructors from November 4 to 15 in a 30 hour course endorsed by David Mullin of Bath Iron Works and Hyde Windlass Co. officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Arthur M. Bowker
First Aid Committee of
Bath
N. A. Parker
David Mullin
Safety Department
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
For Sale Farm Listings Include Multiple Acres and Homes
A local notice advertises several farms for sale. Listings cover 165 acres with a good house and outbuildings, 450 acres with house and barn, 80 acres with frontage on 12 mile lake, and additional parcels with lumber, wood, garages, and neat houses. Contact William B. Cater, Damariscotta Mills, Dam 1993. 10-24-11p.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
State Road
William B. Caterson
Damariscotta Mills
Tel. Dam
Community Courses and Local Moves Highlight Bailey Evening School
Dr Parker leads a course with Bowker works Bath Box Co and the police department represented. The Red Cross first aid course for lay people at Bailey Evening School is approved with Mrs Martha Grant guiding. Prospective pupils may register Monday night. Maurice Miller family returns from Providence to 30 Grove Street as new occupants move in with Carl Akeley family from Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Bowker
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Bath Box Co
Police Department
The
Red Cross
Bailey Evening School
Martha Grant
Maurice Miller
James
Providence
R. L
Miller
Grove Street
Carl Akeley
Bar Harbor
Local Visitors From Corinna and West Bath
Mrs John W Gilmore and sister Ada Small of Corinna visit Miss Una Rich and Mrs Eva Rich in Medford Hillside Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs Evio Partinen of West Bath return from Thomaston after visiting Mrs Partinens sister Mrs Elmer Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Ransom Towle Sawyer, Jr
West Bath
Sawyer
Kezar Falls
Virginia Ardelle Hogan
High Street
Ardelle H. Hogan
This City
Stephen F. Hogan
Shenendoah
Ada Small
Corinna
Una Rich
Eva Rich
Medford Hillside
Mass
Evio Partinen
Thomaston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter's, Inc
Heavenly
Iron Works
Ranger
Harold S. Vanderbilt
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
New York
Bath Concern
Newell
Vanderbilt
Vara
Pres. Newell
William B. Marshall
George A Rogers
Mary E Young
Linna Mari Purdue
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship
Raymond G. Putnam
Europe
Putnam
America
Britain
Germany
Central Young People
Blue Clay Johnny
Hon
Dramatic Club
Frank Cromwell
Harry E. Collins
Mina H. Snipe
Jacqueline Snipe
Gloria Brown
Cecil L. Fullerton, Jr
Adirondack Mountains
Guy Webber
Edward
Mr. Webber
Frank Webber
Worcester
Burton Curtis
Strong
Curtis
Delmar Curtis
S. W. Miles
Stanley Coolidge
Boston
Earl Hatch
Col
Fisher Road
Washington, D. C
Linwood Rideout
Eastern Slopes Inn
North Conway
William Raymond
Paula
Berlin
Misses Pearl
Doris
Gladys Raymond
Albert Henderson
Eastern Star
Ida Fowle
Gertrude Greenleaf
Georgie Temple
Malden
Methodist Ladies Aid
Karl Hatch
Joseph Cote
Portland
Lottie Purington
A. D. Stetson & Son
National Defense Program
Say
Durbin
Myrna Loy
Melvyn Douglas
City Shore Petty
Fred B. Reed Co
Front Street
Captain
J. W. Reed
Renfrew
Waits Monogram Picture
George O'Brien
Country Store
Rebecca
Laurence Olivier
Joan Fontaine
W. Fyanon
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