Grade Seven Students Hold Halloween Party at Central Grammar
Grade seven pupils at Central Grammar School held a Halloween party after the last period on Tuesday. Committees included Games led by Donald Dobson and Joan Osborne, Refreshments under Barbara Hartsgrove and Loretta Dumais, and Costumes headed by Otis Richards and Rita Sullivan. Prizes were awarded for costumes and games with several students noted among the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Donald Dobson
Joan Osborne
Kempton Kosha
Norma Leeman
James Fortin
Barbara Hartsgrove
Barbara Lothrop
Loretta Dumais
William Wagner
Kenneth Yore
Otis Richards
Robert Harrigan
Rita Sullivan
Grace Johnson
Ann Benson
Doreen Higgins
Ida Ferris
Betty Bourget
George Leavitt
Wendell Dobson
Jane Leeman
Mrs Granville Colby Leads Class Names on Committee
Report notes pupils including those on the committee with Mrs Granville Colby leading her class. The passage emphasizes participation of students beyond the central group in school committee roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Colby
Vernon Mitchell visits Bath relatives and sea career underscored
Former Bath boy Vernon S. Mitchell, now with Texas Steamship Co in Customs, called on his parents on Week’s street and friends in Bath. His seafaring began in 1918 aboard Edward Sewall under Capt. Richard Quick, with 112 days at sea and $165,000 damage after a hurricane. He sailed again in 1925 on the tanker Texas and later Dunganon, before a 1935 shore post. he returned to New York Monday night. Arcade bowling alleys announce Winter season start Friday after $1500 in renovations, eight alleys, ample pin bows to keep lanes busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon S. Mitchell
Bath
Texas Steamship Co
Customs Department
Robert C. Mitchell
Weeks Street
Richard Quick
Washington Street
Mr. Mitchell
Edward Sewall
Capt
Quick
Port Arthur
Sewall
Capt. Quick
Texas
Dunganon
New York
Wreck of the Hanover Told by Mrs Butler at DAR Meeting
Mrs Henry W Butler presents the 1849 Hanover wreck at Kennebec River mouth with an oil painting and memories shared by her grandfather. The tale recalls 16 crew members lost near Pond Island bar, dog survivor, and the dramatic sea tragedy noted by head Daughters of the American Revolution chapter. State Regent Mrs Arthur Gostin will also speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewell
Central Parish House
Henry W. Butler
Hanover
Kennebec River
Pond Island Bar
Arthur Gostin of
Gardiner
Soule
Page
Steussv
Winter Concert Schedule in Maine Cities
The schedule lists cooperative and community concerts in Bath Portland Bangor Lewiston Waterville for the coming winter. Bath members may attend all programs. Highlights include the Boston Symphony in Portland and performances by Steber Primrose Casadesus Reyes Slavenska Bolet and Trapp Family Singers among others with dates November through February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Bath Cooperative Concert Association
Portland
Boston Symphony
Steber and
Primrose
Robert Casadesus
Bangor
Angel Reyes
Sanrema
Mia Slavenska
Lewiston
Jorge Bolet
The
Don Cossacks
Patricia Travers
Waterville
Bruna Castagna
Trapp Family Singers
Morley and Gearhart
Mrs Rowena Marsh Hosts Halloween Party at Kings Point
Mrs Rowena Marsh entertained several young ladies from the Bath Iron Works tabulating department and invited guests at her Kings Point cottage on Saturday evening. Guest list included Misses Hughes Parent Kakos Clark and others with hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowena Marsh
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kings Point
West Bath
Shirley Parshley
Margaret Kneeland
Florence Quigg
Rachel Hughes
Bernice Parent
Georgia Kakos
Ruth Clark
Isabelle Small
Ruth Wilson
Local Women Planned to Attend Event
Mary Curtis and Mrs Gertrude Stewart along with Mrs Annie Lemont and Mrs Lizzie B C Chaney are planning to attend the upcoming event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Annie Lemont
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Oliver Leavitt Oliver wed at bride’s home in city
Helen M. Leavitt and Alton Weymouth Oliver, both of the city, married Wednesday night at the bride’s home 1181 Washington street. Rev. Charles Kinney officiated with a double ring ceremony attended by immediate family and close friends. They will reside at the same address after a brief honeymoon to Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Leavitt
Alton Weymouth Oliver
Washington Street
Charles Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Belmont
Harriet Layne
Tyleston C. Oliver
Oliver
Thomas A. Connell
Roxbury
Mass
Bath Iron Works
Montreal
Canada
Brunswick service man attends dinner in London
Pfc Paula Goodin of Old Town Maine a WAC guest of honor at a dinner and reunion for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont soldiers at the American Red Cross Club in London. Also honored were Pfc Mary Harrison of Concord New Hampshire and Pfc Paul Niven of Brunswick. Eighteen New Hampshire and Vermont men attended. a new wing at Bath Memorial Hospital facing delays due to material and labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
European Theater of Operations
Pfc
Paula Goodin
J. Edward Goodin
Old Town
WACS
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
American Red Cross Club
London
ETO
Goodin
Old Town High School
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Maine
WAC
Paul Niven
Longfellow Avenue
Brunswick
Frank B. Nichols
Communications Service
U.S. A
Pauling
N. Y
Tacoma
Wash
Niven
Presque Isle
Scotland
England
Mary Harrison
Concord
N. H
Captain McVay Leaves Kennebec Dredging Crew
Captain George McVay, who resided here during the Kennebec river dredging, has gone to his Providence home while the local work pauses. His firm will operate at another location for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McVay
Kennebec River
Providence
R. I
Bath Sees Federal Grant For Six Police, Matron
City officials face a December grant of 7189 dollars from the federal government earmarked for six police officers and a police matron for one year. The funds must be used only for salaries and expire by January 31, with any remainder to be returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Mrs Burgess Trip Totals Bangor Millinocket Visits
Mrs J Arthur Burgess of Court street returned from a week visiting Bangor with Mr and Mrs Richard Kink and Millinocket with Mr and Mrs William Jones. Miss Ruth Cogan of 1037 High street was elected recording secretary of Etaoin Shrdlu at Boston University. Miss Sylvia Petlock of Raymond court, a sophomore at Lesley College Cambridge Ma, spent a weekend with her aunt in Providence attending the Brown Tufts game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Arthur Burgess
Court Street
Bangor
Richard Kink
Millinocket
William Jones
Ruth Cogan
David S. Cogan
High Street
Etaoin Shrdlu
Girls’ Journalism Society
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Sylvia Petlock
Lesley College
Cambridge
Mass
Louis Petlock
Raymond Court
Irving Siegal
Providence
R. I
Mrs D Wylie Lemont and Mrs Julia Field Guests in Dresden
Mrs D Wylie Lemont and Mrs Julia Field of School Street visited Dresden on Tuesday as guests of Mrs Field's brother Henry Wallace and Captain and Mrs Leslie Cushman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wylie Lemont
Julia Field
School Street
Dresden
Field
Henry Wallace
Leslie Cushman
East Bowdoinham Ladies Aid Meeting and Local Notices
East Bowdoinham Ladies' Aid held an all day gathering at Ms. Merton Barrett's home with Mrs. Pauline Jenkins hosting dinner. Members sewed overalls for Brunswick Chapter American Red Cross and followed with a business meeting and short program. Personal items note several local visits, graduations, and moves including Rodney Brown's graduation in Florida and a new telephone at the McEwen residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
the Grange
Julia Field
Charlotte’s School of Dancing
Bettina Snell
Barbara Brown
Evelyn Jean Bold
Patricia Parker
Elmer
Rube
Barbara Burnham
Beverly Curran
Field
Reading
Isle of Atonement
Central Pacific
Tank Magazine
Jerry Haile
East Brunswick
Roger Haile
U. S. Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Hickam Field
Barbara Gallagher
Chester Roberts
J. Bazin Lemont
John Howe
Courtney Stover
Everett G. Lemont
Herbert Simpson
Arthur C. Lemont
Nell Marie Kelsey
Sagadahoc Pomona
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Edwin W. Haggett
Sisters of the Grange
Bertha Davis
Mabel Tibbetts
Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Richmond
East Bowdoin
Merton Barrett
Pauline Jenkins
Brunswick
American Red Cross
Delmar Curtis
Robert Edward
Gardiner General Hospital
Henry Cornish
Gardiner
Jackson Drug Store
Jackson
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Bath
Peleg Hughey
Connecticut
Hughey
Rodney Brown
Central Institution School of Flexible Gunnery
Fort Myers
Fla
Browne
W. H. Bruce
Bowdoinham Sergeant Earns Distinguished Flying Cross
Technical Sergeant Herman C. Lamoreau of Bowdoinham has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney for extraordinary achievement on South Pacific missions. Lamoreau, who tried to join the Marines after Pearl Harbor, later served at Camp Devens and Scott Field before heading to Boca Raton and the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. Lamoreau
Gordon S. Lamoreau
Bowdoinham
George C. Kenney
South Pacific
Sgt
Lamoreau
Fifth Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Camp Devens
Mass
Scott Field
Illinois
Boca Raton
Fla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s Inc
Berlin
Vernon Mitchell
Bath Man
Texas Company
the Times Company
Front Street
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
K. P. Hall
Merrymeeting Lodge
Nellie Hunt
Louise Rogers
Lucelia Blake
Sadie Savage
Sadie Davis
Pauline Estes
Edith Nash
Alice Lewis
Haze Shottler
Bertha Ward
Chaney
Hunt
Lizzie B. C
Jennie Cameron
Priscilla Estes
Edith Miller
Rose Jean
Amelia Mitchell
Pearl Campbell
Annie Oliver
Alice Smith
Emily McMann
Jennie Oliver
Margaret Nelson
Hazel Shottler
Mary Gillispee
Flossie Johnson
Emma A. Haley
Isabelle T. Sparks
Gladys A. Farr
Alice M. Dunning
Annie Carlton
Alva N. Noble
Cora M. Nickerson
Edith Colby
Ethel Coady
Lillian Goodrich
Mabel A. Rumrill
Viola McCrum
Myrtie Simpson
Jessie Coffin
Joseph A. Butler
Robert Pendleton
Mabel Lamb
Dover
Supreme Board
Mrs. Rowena Marsh
Albert S. Noyes
Sagadahoc
Cumberland
Mr. Noyes
Region 8
War Finance
Emittee
Maine Woods
Albert Henderson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Executive Reply Box
E. B
Care Independent
Main Street
Fred Banager
Ken Maynard
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Irene A Orth
Chicago
Eh Joan Davis
Hex Falkensurg
Distinguished Flying Cross
White Mountains
Upper Washington Street
Kennebec
Woolwich
Oya
Dona Drake
Marjorie Weaver
Zasu Pitts
Raymond Walburm
Eve Arden
Cully Richards
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