Bath society and war era notices fill weekend pages
A long list of local social events, engagements, military arrivals, and moves fills a Bath area column. Highlights include Mrs. Leon Belanger Jr hosting a Halloween party for West Bath PTA families, servicemen visiting relatives, engagements involving Dorothea Nash and Thomas Goodwin, a naval cadet guest from Hicksville, and multiple Bath Iron Works employees enlisting or stationed nearby.
Mrs Morse Wins Autographed Book at Boston Fair
Mrs. Clarence W. Morse of 870 Washington Street joined a large crowd at the Boston Herald Book fair last Tuesday. She won the autographed volume Sabotage by author Albert Kahn during the evening session.
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Clarence W. Morse
Washington Street
Boston
Morse
Albert Kahn
Private Wilfred Lewis Furlough Visit in Boston
Pvt. Wilfred Lewis of the Air Corps spent three days with his mother Mrs Edna Lewis 1359 Washington street during an eight day furlough from duties at MacDill Field Tampa. Mr and Mrs William Denni son Green street are spending a few days in Boston.
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Roger Brownell Bickford
Hicksville
L. I
New York
Naval Air Corps
City
Frederick D. Burditt
Burditt
Washington Street
Robert L. Brownell
Brownell
Lloyd Moore
Frank Moore
Bath Iron Works
Ralph G. Duncan
Donald A. Duncan
Cummings Street
Army Air Corps
Fort Devens
Mass
Mr. Duncan
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Philip Tardif
Hinckley Street
Sibsby
Edward Daley
Robert J. Dowling
John C. Dowling
High Street
University of Alabama
Bath
Robert W. Morse
Samuel A. Morse
Brunswick Flying Club
Maine Flyers
Kennebec Valley
Maine Aero Club
Morse
Central Maine Institute
Pittsfield
Robert Brownell
Upper Washington Street
Boston
Harvard
Paul Cushman
Arlington, Va
Pvt
Wilfred Lewis
Air Corps
Edna Lewis
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
William Dennison
Green Street
Bath Centennial Ball of 1881 Prominent Social Event
The Knights Templar Centennial Ball at the Patten Car Works site drew 5000 to 6000 attendees. A Times supplement recounts ladies costumes with white muslin gowns, short hemlines, matching hosiery, braided hair, minimal ornaments, and floral corsages in a vivid, detailed description of 1881 fashion.
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Bath
Knights Templar
Dunlap Commandery
Times
the Times
Flowery intro ends as Independent readers pursue continuation
The article opens by addressing long time readers and descendants, promising to continue the subject discussed. It references a party held over six decades ago and signals ongoing interest from the audience in the Independent archive.
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Independent
Bath Iron Works graduates first class of 21 apprentices
Twenty one apprentices at Bath Iron Works Corp. received diplomas in a City Hall auditorium ceremony Tuesday evening. Fifteen attended. three serving in the armed forces. one ill at home. two out of town. Donald N. Small, supervisor of apprentices, presided. Speakers included War Manpower Commission officials and Bath Iron Works executives. Patterson urged streamlining training and welcomed new workers to ship production. Irving N. Knox read a graduating class address praising the program and its impact on morale, wages, and skilled labor development.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
City Hall
Armed Services of
United States
Donald N. Small
Small
William F. Patterson
Washington
Raymond G. Chubbuck
Mr. Patterson
Patterson
Manpower Commission
Europe
Germany
Japan
War Manpower Commission
Bath
Chubbuck
Bath Iron Works
Irving N. Knox
Bath Iron Works Corporaon
B. I. W. Corp
Bailey Evening School
William S. Newell
Knox
Newell
Main
Sewall
Mr. Main
Mr. Small
Paul Revere
Elmer A. Avery
Charles J. Genthner
Neil McLean
Lloyd E. Stinson
Herbert B. Linden
Kenneth W. Colby
Delbert Hatch, Jr
Herbert S. McIntire
Woodrow Mitchell
David S. Ring
Irving N
David Dickson
Dickson
Mr. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Bath Society Recalls Grandest Ball in City History
A teaser notes next week’s continuation describing Bath ladies at that era’s grandest ball, inviting readers to recall attendance and hinting at social highlights from the event.
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Bath Society
Mother
Miss Florence Donnell Becomes Bride In Transfig Church
Miss Florence Barbara Donnell formerly of Bath married Lieut. Charles Rutter Norris Jr. in the Church of the Transfiguration New York City. Attendants included Mary Ellanor Donnell. Guests included Bath residents, and the couple departed under swords.
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Florence Barbara Donnell
Bath Becomes Bride
Church of the Transfiguration
New York City
Charles Rutter Norris, Jr
Biltmore
Carroll Watson
Bath
Charles J. Donnell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Charles Norris
U.S.N.R
Norris
Charleston
S. C
Mary Ellanor Donnell
William Norris
United States Army Air Force
Bride
St. Norris, U.S.N
F. Barbara Donnell
Mr and Mrs Melnich Back in Bangor After Weekend Guests
Mr and Mrs Stephen F Melnich returned to Bangor after spending the weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs Duncan H Farrell.
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Stephen F. Melnich
Bangor
Duncan
Farrell
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