Bath society notes mark marriages and visits in 1940s era
A Bath Maine society column details Leah Gallant’s upcoming marriage to Stanley Coleman with a supper at 96 Court Street, plus many attendees. It covers births, relocations, club activities, a rummage sale, academy honor roll, and various visits and residences of local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Gallant
Leo Gallant
Court Street
Stanley Coleman
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Miss Gallant
George Babine
Doris Babaine
Madeline Babine
William Grimard
Tena MacInnis
Warren Munsey
Gerda Langbehn
Mida Greene
Milda Tondreau
Evan Arsenault
Sadie Sarkis
Gloria Leavitt
James Doucette
Omer Tondreau
Stanley Coleman Sr
Alice Coleman
Alice Galmin
City
Irving Layton
Helen Knapp
West Bath
Somerset couple returns from Simmer home stay
Mr and Mrs Henry T B Lee of Somerset have returned from a sojourn at their Summer home in North Edgeromb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Simmer
North Edgeromb
Walter O Darby Enrolled at Carnegie Tech This Fall
Walter O Darby of Bath is enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh this fall per the student directory. He is a senior in aeronautical engineering and will graduate at the expedited December commencement. He serves as managing editor of the Tartan, the student weekly. Edith Campbell of Westport Junction visits children and will winter in Arrowsie. Herbert T Caverly 2nd, son of Dr. and Mrs. Caverly of Corliss street, is ill at home under physician care and a nurse from Lewiston arrived Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter O. Darby
Bath
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Tech
Darby
Earl F. Darby
Marshall Avenue
Tartan
Edith Campbell
Westport Junction
Arrowsie
Herbert T. Caverly
Corliss Street
Jalbot
Lewiston
Local residents note visits and returns across cities
Mrs Martha Bailey of Boston visits sister Mrs Carl Meister on Washington Street. Miss Grace E Cuiten closes her Nobleboro summer home to pass weeks with sister Mrs James Lockery before returning to Revere. Mrs Raymond Palmer reenters Memorial Hospital for further treatment. Mrs Jason Merrill returns from a ten day visit with Ensign and Mrs Philip Wysor. Mrs Carrie Swarten arrives from Portland to visit son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Carl Swanton on Bedford Street. Lieut Stephen Etnier reports aboard his ship after leave spent with Mrs Et nier at Gilbert Head. Mrs Dorothy B Levesque returns to Brunswick after time in Bath store. Mrs Vivian Lemont Cady resumes residence with her parents on Middle Street and has joined Bath Iron Works in the transportation office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Healing
Stratford
Conn
Robert Edward Healing
Memorial Hospital
Healing
Thelma Olsen
Conrad Olsen
Washington Street
Ledge O Rock
Grace E. Cuiten
Nobleboro
James E. Lockery
Revere
Mass
Raymond Palmer
Middle Street
Jason A. Merrill
Ensign
Philip Wysor
S.N
Martha's Vineyard
Wysor
Marie Merrill
Carrie
Swarten
Portland
Carl B. Swanton
Bedford Street
Stephen Etnier
U.S
Etnier
Et Nier
Gilbert Head
Kennebec
Dorothy B. Levesque
Brunswick
Bath
Endicott Johnson
Dorothy Beals
Vivian Lemont Cady
Lucius M. Lemont
Cady
Bath Iron Works
Local People Add Travel Plans And Family News
Miss Doris M. Scott leaves for a Florida vacation visiting Orlando Miami and St. Petersburg from 20 Garden Street leaving A. D. Stetson & Son. Gustave Meiser of the Navy Yard Boston returns for a weekend with his parents in Washington Street. Mrs Otto Womaska travels to South Portland to visit relatives Hill twins Patricia and Pamela return from Mercy Hospital Portland. Clara Hammons plans to winter in Washington DC. Mrs Percy Robbins returns to Bath and stays with her parents. Joan Frances Curtis born to Mr and Mrs Richard Curtis at Field Mass. Mrs Walter J Bowker hosts a contract afternoon at High Street luncheon with several guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris M. Scott
Garden Street
Florida
Orlando
Miami l
St. Petersburg
A. D. Stetson & Son
Center Street
Gustave Meiser
Navy Yard
Boston
Carl T. Meister
Washington Street
Otto Womaska
South Street
South Portland
Thaxter G. Hill
Hill
Patricia
Pamela
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Walter J. Bowker
High Street
Frank Lemont
John Taylor
Arthur C. Lemont
Bessie Potter
Raymond Welch
Sarah Lermond
Mrs Alonzo Parks Visits From Portsmouth
Mrs Alonzo Parks of Portsmouth New Hampshire arrived Friday for a weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Kingsbury of West Bath and with her sister Mrs William Robson of Western Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Parks
Portsmouth
N. H
Walter Kingsbury
West Bath
William Robson
Western Avenue
Surprise Baby Shower and Community News in Bath
A Bath column details a surprise party for Mrs. Walter MacNaughton on Washington street with pink and white decorations and gifts, plus a fortune telling segment. It lists attendees, local residents traveling to Pendleton Oregon, and various visits, births, and returns including Vivian Frances Coggeshall’s birth and seasonal relocations of families between Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter MacNaughton
Washington Street
Herbert Pierce
High Street
Pierce
John Sonia
Henry Mank
MacNaughton
Joseph Mullaney
Bertha Dunbar
Scott Golder
Lloyd Biers
Paul Stinson
Dorothy Lee
Edna Lee
Donald Perry
Carlton Perry
Everett Quimby
Norman Adams
Elford A. Stover
Harry L. Deering
Donald Lenox
Portland Visitors Include Judge Fisher and Baxter Family
Weekend guests in Portland included Mr and Mrs Walter Austin and daughter Ann visiting Mrs Austin’s parents Mr and Mrs Lucius M Lemont. Justice Fisher of the Supreme Judicial Court in Bath and former Governor Percival P Baxter dined with Hon and Mrs Rupert H Baxter at 1054 Washington last week. Edward W Reed of Sagadahoc Ferry employed at Bath Iron Works ill at home. Mr and Mrs Sanford L Fogg of Augusta and son Harvey and wife of Waterville visited recently. Mrs Charlotte Wyman of the Edna Mae Shoppe and Mrs Clara Hunt of Hall & Hunt spent the weekend in Boston for style shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Austin
Ann
Portland
Mrs. Austin
Lucius M. Lemont
Justice Fisher
Supreme Judicial Court
Bath
Percival P. Baxter
Rupert H. Baxter
Washington Street
Edward W. Reed
Sagdahoe Ferry
Bath Iron Works
Rteral
Sanford L. Fogg
Augusta
Harvey
Waterville
Charlotte Wyman
Edna Mae
Clara Hunt
Hall & Hunt
Boston
Three men sentenced by Judge Fisher in October term
Walter A. Miller of Bath was sentenced to one year probation with costs after pleading guilty to breaking and entering at the Rosa Povich home. Loring Clark also received probation for threatening his sister Irma Breed, with six months in jail suspended. George S. Fields of Freeport, aged 63, was to serve two years in Thomaston State Prison after pleading guilty to indecent liberties with a minor. The October term included a manslaughter trial for Lionel Carpentier, who pled no contest to manslaughter in the Paradis case and was sentenced to six months in the Kennebec county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Fisher
Superior Court
South Windham
Miller
Povich
Fisher
Ralph O. Dale
Frank L. Moriarty
Moriarty
Loring Clark
Irma Breed
Clark
Freeport
Francis W. Powers
Bath
Fields
Thomaston
Carpentier
Walter Hudson
Summer Street Court
Brunswick Beer Parlor
Mill Street
Bowdoin Pines
Hudson
the Pines
Dale
Mr. Bridgham
Attory Bridgham
Bridgham
Paradis
Justice Fisher
Attorney Bridgham
Carpenter
Lionel A. J. Carpentier
Washington Street
Skowhegan
Nolo Contendre
Kennebec County
Augusta
Etienne E. Paradis
Brunswick
West Bath
Arraigne
Traverse
Trial reveals driver status as jury hears testimony
In a Bath Brunswick trial, Patrolman Crocker testified Everett Grant appeared able to drive after arrival but was asleep in the back seat. Carpentier, claiming no license in 14 years, recounted drinking in Brunswick and at Paradis’s home before the crash and identified Paradis as deceased. The jury recessed with a potential civil case to follow on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bridgham
George R. Crocker
Bath Police
Bridgham
Everett Grant
Downer
Brunswick
Bath
Sneritt Charles W. Messenger
Crocker
Grant
City Hall
Ralph O. Dale
Carpentier
Mill Street
Paradis
Dr. Wilson's Hospital
Frank L. Moriarty
Messenger
Charles Staples
Harry F. Morin
Memorial Hospital
Staples
Pines
Traverse
Red Cross Receives 30 From West Bath for Kit Bags
West Bath Orange Saturday morning presented $30 to Bath chapter of the Red Cross for equipping kit bags for boys going overseas. Each bag, with about $1 worth of contents, is supplied by the local unit and given to every boy before departure. West Bath Grange reports 30 members in service, making its donation equivalent to a bag for each man.
Honsing Visit Returns from New York City
Mr and Mrs Abram Honsing er return from a trip to New York City after visiting Mrs F F Hon singer mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Abram Honsinger
New York City
Mr. Honsinger
F. F. Honsinger
First Civil Case for October Term Heard by Jury
The Sagadaho court opens its first civil case of the term with Howard D. Bull USN seeking $1000 for damages to his car from Lloyd Seekins. Trial evidence covers accident near the Harding plant on Route One last July 3, with police noting liquor on breath and disputed signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Howard D. Bull
USN
Lloyd Seekins
Winter Street Court
Addamaon
John P. Carey
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold J. Rubin
Alden P. Denham
William H. Fisher
Chief Bull
Brunswick
Arthur L. Berry
Bath Body Works
Bridgham
Bull
John P. Crosby
Seekins
Crosby
Justice Fisher
Cook’s Corner
Hardin
Seckins
Carey
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Tarbox Street
Boothbay
Lyman Pinkham
Robert V. Langmuir
Schenectady
N. Y
Ann Curtis Langmuir
Ellis Hospital
Langmuir
General Electric Co
Bertha Lee Lord
John A. Lord
Olga Tome
North Street
Bowdoinham
John Tome
Harry Ring
Washburn Street
Fred Nichols
Cosmopolitan Club
Everett Pinkham
Jennie Perkins
Minnie White
Leland Mitchell
N. Gratz Jackson
Harry McGlinchy
Chester Roberts
William Yule
Alice Johnson
Lena Donnell
Alice Ramsay
Fred Quimby
Herbert Harris
George Churchill
Clyde Pinkham
Euclid Grimard
Willow Street
Xavier Thebedeau
Percy Miller
Charles Webber
Lincoln Street
Eugene Pierce
East Southport
Robert Jewell
Rachel Farnham
Elsinore Ave
Philadelphia
Albert H. Thompson
Upper Washington Street
Thompson
George McKay
Farmington
George Knapp
Chester H. McCabe
John Wishart
Margaret W. Harkins
David L. Wilson
Gardiner
de Bouilon
Constantine
Convers E. Leach
Irving Rich
Arthur Spring
George Meloon
Leach
Dr. Wilson
Grand Council of
Maine
Carle Longfellow of
Day's Ferry
Chicopee, Mass
Clifford Richey
North Yarmouth Academy
Clifton Campbell
Edgecomb
Dorothy Thompson
Paul Thompson
Five Islands
Charlotte Gray
Vernon Gray
Hiram Turner
Somerville
Frank H. Turner
Union Street
Barbara Farnham
Egbert Farnham
Donald Crosby
Dike Road
William Knapp
Caroline Kingston
Howard Sedgley
Auburn
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
George H. Stevens
Detroit, Mich
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Linden Street
J. Leslie Combs
Reading
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Leonard
Irma
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Jonesport
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East Brunswick
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Ernest Davis
Annie Cunningham
Sagadahoc Ferry
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Fred Carlton
Misers Club
Southport
Walter Ellis
Nashua
Ellis
Welch
Walter H. Bowker
Howard McKnown
Charles Hammons
Belfast
Leonard Grindle
Gabrielle Vigue
Kentucky
Edward Vugue
Margaret Gallagher
Wac
Us.a
New Mexico
Thomas Gallagher
Grants
Morse High
Martha Bailey
Clara Hammons
Larrabee’s Grove
Washington, D. C
Percy Robbins
Afton
East Lane
Robbins
New England Shipbuilding Corp
Academy Street
Warren B. Kershner
Green Street
Chicago
American Academy of Orthomology and
Stanley Hateh
James Jenkins
Hardings
Howard McDonald
Trufant’s Crossing
Eugene Brown
Orman Coggeshall
Winnegance
Vivian Frances Coggeshall
Frank Chenworth
Newark
N. 2
George Rogers
Trufant Street
Sgt
Stanley Rogers
Fort Jay
Sgt. Rogers
James F. Dunton
Emma Dunton
Truman King
Burt Lonn
Fenton I. Moore
Everett White
Francis Norton
Robert King
Alfred McCabe
Shirley Morong
Harriet Lewis
Willis Brown Shapleigh
Willis Shapleigh
Pendleton
Oregon
Roland F. Hill
Howard ‘Trafton
Georgetown Center
Sears Fuller
Franklin, N. HS
Katherine Edgecomb
Flora Edgecomb
Upper
Elmer B. Clark
Brooklyn
Fla
Louise Bucknam
Lionel Carpentier
West Bat
Archie E. Doyle
Wesley R. Sweeney
New Hampshire
Sweeney
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