Newell Returns Home After France and England Trip
William Newell recounts a long abroad voyage visiting France Belgium Denmark and Britain. He spoke on paints for naval construction and toured Seamen's Service clubs observing postwar recovery from Le Havre to Copenhagen and London, noting high prices scarce food and extensive shipyard rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Newell
France
England
Shawnowever
Ee Marine Neers
Peceiann
Marit Lanritine Technical
Societe de Amine Indus
Paris
Mr. Newell
Reity
United Seamen’s Service Clubs
le Havre
Germany
Seine Valley
Brussels
Belgium
Anttela
USS
Hans Oe Merie Hee
Hamburg
Manila
Philippines
Antwerp
Copenhagen
Denmark
Burmeister & Wayne
French Supply Commission
Bath Iron Works Corp
Engine Manufacturing Company
Helsingers
City of Bath tax survey advances with appraisals
Harold F. Layer of Cole-Layer Co said Bath property measurement nears completion and values will come from price schedules based on 1940 costs. Three staffers plus locals gather data for street by street review to correct errors, with April 1 readiness target and a three step three stage appraisal method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold F. Layer
Cole- Layer Co
Dayton
Layer
Cole-Layer Co
Nurses Alumni Dance Set for Bath Memorial Benefit
Plans for the Nurses Alumni Association benefit dance at the State Armory on November 29 progress well. Joe Avery’s orchestra will provide music and Miss Mary Cunningham’s pupils will perform specialty numbers. Tickets are selling, posters attractively displayed, and a committee meeting is scheduled to finalize details.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Nurses Alumni Association
State Armory
Joe Avery
Avery
Bath
Mary Cunningham
Roberta Parris
Washington Street
Ruth Hutchins
Parish Supper At Winter Street Church Draws 200
The annual parish supper at Winter Street Congregational Church drew about 200 attendees. Hostesses arranged flowers and candles, Rev. Joseph O. Purdue shared in the meal, and a large team of volunteers assisted with service and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
U. S. Army
Grace Dickinson
Edward B. Smith
Roscoe F. McFadden
Ralph D. Warren
Reginald Farnham
Walter H. Bowker
Arthur M. Bowker
John Sylvester
Frank Cutting
Fred Foote
Clifford B. Willband
Fred Higgins
Carl Albee
Milton C. Trott
Harry F. Morin
William Crowley
Henry O. McCabe
Ernest Freeman
John Atwood
Fred Sturtevant
Edgar Leavitt
Charles Andre
Clifford B. Smith
Robert Colley
Alkeney
Harry M. Huse
Arthur K. Purington
Liam Potter
J. Albert Alon
4 . Cutting
Archie Doyle
Priscilla Cullen
Lila Mae Richmond
Barbara Burden
Barbara Madden
Selma Cummings
Annie McCabe
Lorraine Ryan
Martha Pratt
Pauline Holmson
Phyllis
Trust Funds Committee
Allan Spear
Ladies Aid
Arthur C. Lemont
Henry D. Small
Frank Warren
Prudential Committee
Jane Goodman
Chris
Woolwich Barn Destroyed by Fire Damages $20000 Loss
A large two story barn on Old Road Woowich used as a garage and shop by Donald Leavitt burned late Sunday. A welding mishap allegedly caused the blaze damaging trucks, road equipment, lathes and machinery valued near $20,000. Firemen from Woolwich and Bath contained the fire, with traffic delays on Route 1 and a small camp nearby saved.
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Old Road
Woowich
Sagadahoc Forey
Donald Leavitt
Frank Winton
Learlitt
Carlton Bridge
George F. Stafford
Arrowsie
Leavitt
Route 1
Pariiins
Avitt
Woolwich
Richard Frates
Bath
Waldo Hathorne
County USO Drive Led by Local Advisory Committee
The county USO campaign names Ralph Bragg as president and a full advisory committee including Robert Huse Madge Stacy and Harry Day. Sgt Johnny Squiers, recently released from William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso, Texas, awaits discharge and will return to Bath after leading a 90 mm gun battery with a strong wartime record.
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USO Fund
Ralph Bragg
Robert Huse
Madge E. Stacy
Harry L. Day
I A. Trueworthy
Fred R. &. Dean
Archibald M. Main
K. Blair Hodge
Edward F. Edgren
Walter Hamilton
Charles B. Doyle
Roland Peterson
Melville Hanson
Everett R. Johnson
Henry
Johnny Squiers
High Street
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Texas
Army
Squiers
Bath
Warm Weather Hampers Bay Duck Hunting
The warm streak keeps ducks at Merrymeeting bay largely out of reach, with birds rising before legal shooting hours and returning late, making hunts poor. Ducks retreat to Back Bay Portland or offshore sites, avoiding mortal enemies the duck hunters as days end. The report notes scattered activity and hints at continuation on page six.
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Merrymeeting Bay
Portland
Bath Enrolls Hundreds at University of Maine Fall Session
About 800 veteran students from Bath, Woolwich, Arrowsic and Phippsburg join others at the University of Maine Bruns wick campus. The total enrollment nears 4,000 with over 2,800 veterans, doubling pre war figures from 2,100.
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The
University of the
Bath and
Bath
Frederick P. Andrews
Edwin R. Andrews
Jean Dennison
William W. Dennison
Mary E. Lermond
Earle B. Lermond
Sarah L. Silverman
Lewis M. Silverman
John G. Wishart
Archie Wishart
Morris S. Povich
Kenneth F. Vennett
Frank A. Vennett
Verna M. Wallace
Stanley B. Wallace
Evelyn M. White
Herbert C. White
Albert E. Whitney, Jr
Albert E. Whitney
Robert S. Gilchrist
Rudolph D. Gilchrist
Daniel E. Hatch
Robert B. Hatch
George F. Hersham
Richard T. Hersom
Kenneth L. Hill
Walter M. Hill
John F. Howe
John M. Howe
Lorna F. Kramer
Abraham L. Kramer
Woolwich
Frank R. Carleton, Jr
Frank R
Carleton
Martha E. Leeman
Harold B. Leeman
Frederick C. Pitman
Paul A. Pitman
Arrowsic
Norma J. Drummond
Norman H. Drummond
Phippsburg
Ada Minott
Rebecca B
Bath Forum On Municipal Charter Draws Local Interest
About 40 to 50 Bath residents attended the first Bath Forum On Municipal Government session held at Morse High School. Prof. Lawrence Pelletier led the discussion on Bath’s 100 year old charter, urging citizens to study changes themselves or hire experts, with the aim of modernizing local government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Bailey Industrial
University of Maine
Board of Education
Lawrence Pelletier
Bowdoin College
Pelletier
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London
Sir Amos Ayre
British Shipbuilding Conference
Lord Chatfield
Institution of Naval Architects of Great Britain
Institute of Marine Engineers
Lloyds Register of Shipping
Newcastle
N. E. Coast Institution of Engineers and Ship Builders
Sir Summers Hunter
Scotland
British Isles
Edinburgh
Abbey
Melrose
Walter Scott
Dryburg Abbey
Waverly
Rob Roy
Prin
Ole Bunny Bays
City OF Bath
Nurses
Winter Street Church
Blaze
U.S. C
James “Flash” Speakman
Boston
Edward Little
Merrymeeting
Harold J
Ben’ Sonia
Edward Sonia
Ben
Kennebec Crafts
Kelley Spear Yard
al Ridley
U. M
Bath Municipal Government Forum
Ropstein
Ene
Wees
Prof. Pelletier
Bath Auto Co
C. F. Cummings
Front St
Tel
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