Morse High names Farrell basketball coach and Small football boss
Superintendent Harland A. Ladd announced at a Board of Education meeting that Duncan H. Farrell will coach Morse High varsity basketball and Henry D. Small will again coach football this fall. The board pledges to keep football alive despite war related difficulties and transportation hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland A. Ladd
Board of Education
Duncan H. Farrell
Bath Schools
Morse High School
Henry D. Small
Morse
Small
Hank
Maine
Morse High
Bath
Farewell Party Granted Danielsons Before Move to Connecticut
Mr and Mrs Andrew J Danielson were honored with a farewell party at the U S O hall in Bath Monday evening hosted by U S O girls and friends. About 150 guests attended 12 dance numbers featured prizes for spot and prize waltzes and vocal selections by Betty Belanger and Harry Rose Navy A E F. Wilts and gifts were presented to the couple who said they would remember Bath fondly as they head to their new home in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Danielson
Connecticut
U.S. O. Hall
U.S O
Danielson
Shirley Mank
Lieut. Williams
Lois Estabrook
Corp. Bertrand
Ruth Presley
Buddy Hayes
Frances Grainger
Sgt. Raffety
Margaret Kaler
Kenneth Woods
Lois E.tabrook
Richard Olsen
C. U.S.N
Natalie Perkins
Betty Belanger
Harry Rose Navy
London
England
Wilts
Richmond Gleanings on War Dinners and Local Notices
Community gatherings at the James home with meals served for the third Sunday in a row. numerous personal news items from town residents, military families, and hospital updates. Highlights include Pvt Hollis I Kennedy’s furlough return to Camp Polk, Annie Anita Ann born to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Pickett, and several hospital reports at Maine General and Cobb Maternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles James
Hollis I. Kennedy
U.S.A
Eighth Armored Div
Camp Polk
C. B. Kennedy
Washington Street
Bath
Pvt
Kennedy
Louisiana
Nelson Pickett
Cobb Maternity Hospital
Anita Ann
Herbert Higgins
Cobb Hospital
Bowdoin
David White
Patricia Roberta
Brunswick Road
Alice Steele
Hingham
Mass
George Kennedy
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Lawrence Oddy
Raymond Libby
Libby
Richmond
Laurense Bend
Melvin Hutchins
Georgia Wakefield
Carl Curtis
Hollis Easler
Solon Purinton
Charles Davis
Edith Knight
Red Cross
L. C. Waterman
Buckfield
George Libby
Marlene Tozier
Litchfield
Norma Jean McCormick
Perley Wedge
Raymond
Texas
Camp Hulen
Florence Johnson
Bangor
Chester Bennett
Lorraine
Yarmouth
Emile Bedard
Earle W. Cronk
U.S.N
Washington, D. C
Social event page note featuring Ruth Presley circle dance
Miss Ruth Presley led a program with Al Drouin and Lawrence McPhee of the we IM CALA assisting. Al Drouin's orchestra provided music and Dorothy Maass attended the check room. Assorted cakes, soft drinks and salted nuts were served as Mr and Mrs Danielson stood at center and the party closed with Till We Meet Again and the Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Presley
al Drouin
Lawrence McPhee
We IM Cala
Dorothy Maass
Mrs. Danielson
Agian
Mrs Blanche Bunker Visits Milton Cousins Before Homeward
Mrs Blanche J. Bunker of Los Angeles travels to Milton Massachusetts to stay with Miss Grace Ferry and Lorenzo before returning Friday after a summer at Mrs Charles H Hunnewell and visits sister Mrs Leah Strout in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche J. Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Milton
Mass
Grace Ferry
Lorenzo
Charles H. Hunnewell
Leah Strout
Mrs Harold Blair Dies On Monday In Lewiston
Mrs Harold Blair of upper Washington street passed Monday in Lewiston. The notice notes a local death and lists the deceased's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Blair
Upper Washington Street
Lewiston
Local News From Robinhood and Nearby Towns
Painful burns from wood saw injure Fred Harford at home in Georgetown. Social, church, and visitor notes list residents in Robinhood and Bath with multiple guests and services. Harvest figures report Henry Bird Co. blueberry crop of 800 bushels. Residents and visitors travel between Georgetown, Bath, Five Islands, Portland, Whitefield, and Gardiner with numerous social calls and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harford
Bath
Albert Deermont
Robinhood
Herbert F. Aldrich
Augusta
Charles Kinney
Katie Clarke
Mattie Bachelder
Mary Hall
Edward St. Martin
Kinney
Henry Bird Co
Rockland
Ferris Leonard
Roland Peterson
Josephine Lewis
Robinhood Cove
Westport
Wells
Howard Fletcher
Elizabeth Thompson
Joseph Higgins
Dorothy Oliver
Walter Cummings
Alice Coulter
Roslindale
Mass
Elizabeth Hunt
Andrew Rowe
Clinton
Thora Berggrecen
Hans Jensen
Wiscasset
Rudolf Trafton
Portland
Donald
Cynthia
Howard Trafton
Lula Leavitt
Whitefield
Maude Thayer
West Georgetown
Roy Newman
Gaston LaChaise
Georgie Randall
William Todd
James Carey
James Oliver
Charlie McHare
Lakewood
N. J
Burnie Dunkling
Vermont
Ray Dunkling
Etta
Reggie Sturgeon
John Jordan
Bangor
James Dunton
Gardiner
Prescott Steadman
Dunton
Denver
Col
Merrill Bowles
Roy Campbell
Sayde Campbell
Miss Campbell
Sadie Drake
Wallace Piere
Madhelon
Five Islands
Paul Pierce
Boston
Five Islands Community Notes Mark Club Events and Comings
Five Islands column reviews long-serving correspondent J G Stevens resigning after 25 years and introduces new writer Mrs Orville F Rowe. It reports the Good Neighbor and Community clubs activities, a kitchen shower for Mrs Albert Moore, a covered dish supper, officer elections, a fire call, a Friday dance, and numerous residents visiting, traveling, or returning to Bath, Malden, Medford, Exeter, and other towns. It notes Miss Gertrude Carr enlisting in the WACs and families visiting or leaving for winters, with various social gatherings and local updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Stevens
Orivlile F. Rowe
Good Neighbor Club
O. F. Rowe
Albert Moore
Marie Rittall
Howard's Hall
Frank Blake
Everett Hennen
Bessie Quimby
Paul Thompson
Chester MacMahan
Gertrude J. Carr
Fred P. Carr
Wacs
Portland
Miss Carr
Navy
Fred Eliot
Francis Pierce
Irving Booker
Marilyn
Irving, Jr
William McGrath
Harry Corbett
Russell Pinkham
Kittery
Pinkham
Ellsworth Pinkham
John Lundquist
Roslindale
Mass
George Phillips
Medford
Malden
Clarence Sanford
Sedgemeere Road
Exeter
N. H
Howard Bacon
Waltham
Bacon
Wilkins
Elwood Toothaker
Tommy
Bath
Camp See-See-Sea
Sedgemere Road
Dorothy
Isobel Stevens
Orville Rowe
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Sally
Sonny Roy
Katherine Pendergast
Stevens
Maine General Hospital
Audrey Pinkham
Jaqualine
Lorraine Sawyer
Boothbay Harbor
William Farry
Wakefield
Rosemary
Ellen Cunningham
Marge O'Brien
Boothbay
Jimmy
Dickie
Watts
Arthur Davis
Thomas Watson
Foole
USN B
Virettinen
Eliot
Lermond Davis
Irving. Jr
Connersville
Ind
Howine
Booker
Corp
Hiram Pierce
U SA
Randolph
Francis
Jean Williams
Olive Ard Sen Bean
Walthany Mass
Williams
Regular Troops Meet Opposition in Bath Maneuvers
Bath Maine as Company D and Reserves of the Maine State Guard, aided by Red Cross units and Motor Corps, faced enemy infiltrations during a broad exercise around Bath and Brunswick. Umpires praised the Bath force for outstanding opposition as battles raged near New Meadows Bridge and the Bath Iron Works with armored cars, scout cars, and flour grenades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine State Guard
State Guard
Company D
Red Cross
Motor Corps
Bath Company
Bruns- Wick
David Y. Alkazin
Brunswick
New Meadows
Maine Central
Alkazin
St. Peter
Canal Street
Cook's Corner
State Armory
Witch Spring Hill
Bath Iron Works Corp
Witch Spring
Red Cross Motor Corps
Local visits noted at New Britain and Rome
Mrs. Wakefield of South Street returns from a short visit in Rome. Mrs. Frank Wakefield’s trip coincides with a son’s upcoming departure for foreign service, following a Sunday in New Britain Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Foreign Service
Frank Wakefield
South Street
Rome
Local residents visit Bath and Cambridge relatives
Mrs L H Rowe and family planned a week in Bath. John Rines of Bath was a business visitor one night last week. Mrs George Hennony and Mrs E Combs returned home to Cambridge. Mr and Mrs Lawrence King of Willimantic Conn returned after a week in Bath as guests of Miss Ros Francis and her parents Mr and Mrs Ros Francis of Bedford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Mass
Everett Hennon
Edith McMahan
Smith
Gertrude
Hunt
Arthur Pratt
Bath
Melburn Stevens
Farmington
Vernon Gray
Woodrow Gray
Hyde Windlass
Mary Louise Pinkham
MacMicchin Island
Etta Moore
Henry Moore
Tamly
Maurie Peters
East Bootubas
Dana Brackett
Dorothy Olson
Elwood Toothaker
Arthur Cochrane
Mo. M.M
John Rines
George Hennony
E. Combs
Cambridge
Lawrence King
Willamantic, Conn
Roilynn Francis
Ros Francis
Bedford Street
Corp Amos Fosher Reported Killed in South Pacific
Word of the death of Corp Amos Ephraim Fosher 24 was received by his sister Mrs Ralph E Milliken of 99 Bedford street He was inducted March 1941 and killed in action July 14 in the South Pacific He trained at Camps Wheeler Blanding and Shelby before serving with a mortar squad in the Solomons area in the infantry regiment while based at Bath Iron Works and Hyde Windlass prior to induction He lived with his sister Mrs Milli ken in Bath after moving from Brunswick earlier this year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Amos Ephraim Fosher
Ralph E. Milliken
Bedford Street
Fosher
South Pacific
Ephraim Fosher, Jr
Champlain
N. Y
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hardings
Alonzo Lavalley
Brunswick
Solomons
Corp. Fosher
Milliken
Obituary Harold B. McElman of Bath
Harold B. McElman born July 10 1901 in Summerside P E I died at Bath Memorial hospital after a brief illness He lived in Bath since youth worked 13 years at Swift and Co later at Bath Iron Works in the carpenter crew He belonged to the Bath Iron Works fire department and the Independent Brother He is survived by wife two daughters Katherine and Gwendolyn seven sons Donald John Harold Howard Thomas Ronald and others two sisters and several nieces and nephews Weekend, Bath, Maine obituary records show multiple family ties and residences in Bath and Moncton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. McElman
Huse Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. McElman
Summerside
Charles E
Sarah
Carver) McElman
Bath
Swift & Co
Bath Iron Works
Independent Brotherhood
McElman
Katherine McElman
Gwendolyn Goupil
Donald E
U.S. A
John D
Harold J
Howard E
Thomas
Ronald
George
Walter
Oliver
Charles
William
Boston
Wilfred F. McElman
Moncton
N. B
Gerald LeBlanc
Edna McElIman
Edward Burnham
Leonard Court
William E Webster 71 Die at Union Sanatorium
William Ernest Webster aged 71 died Wednesday morning at the Jones Sanatorium of Union where he had been a patient under treatment. He was a retired hotel man born in Burnham Junction May 20 1872 son of William R and Viola Reynolds Webster. Survived by three sons Willard C Charles R one living in Bath one in Detroit Mich and William Earl Webster of West Bath. one brother Randall E Webster of Wales. Funeral from Mayo Funeral Home 819 High Street Saturday at two with Rev Peter Sturtevant of St Pauls Brunswick officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ernest Webster
Jones
Union
Mr Webster
Burnham Junction
William R
Viola Reynolds Webster
Willard C
Charles R
Bath Ghd
Detroit
Mich
William Earl Webster
West Bath
Randall E. Webster
Wales
Mayo Funeral
Funeral for Harold B. McElman Thursday at Mayo Residence
Funeral services for Harold B. McElman will be held Thursday morning at 10 at the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence on 819 High Street. The Rosary will be recited Wednesday evening at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. McElman
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Death of Pvt James McIntire in Drowning Accident
Pvt James McIntire 18 son of Mr and Mrs Charles McIntire of Warren former Warren residents died in a drowning accident on the Merrimac river near Nashua New Hampshire. He belonged to the 150th Engineers Corps Fort Devens Mass. Three other soldiers were hospitalized. He was born in Bath in 1925 moved to Warren at age four and attended local schools and Georges River Woolen Mill prior to Army service. Survived by parents three brothers and two sisters. Military services were held at the Baptist church Warren and burial followed in Sawyer cemetery Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
James McIntire
Charles McIntire
Warren
150Th Engineers Corps
Fort Devens
Mass
Merrimac River
Nashua
N. H
McIintire
McIntire
Bath
Georges River
Alfred W. McIntire
Artillery Officers
Camp Carson
Colorado
Herbert
Waterville
Charles
Fairfield
Ernest Damon
Allan Basset
Baptist Church
Sawyer
Sterling
Mrs Addie J Fowle Dies in Portland Nursing Home
Mrs Addie J Fowle widow of Irving M Fowle died Sunday morning at a Portland nursing home. Born in Westport on Sept 28 1857 she was daughter of Andrew and Margaret McCullum. She worked at Shannon House Bath postmistress at Westport and later Bowdoinham Telephone Office chief, moving to Portland in 1940 to live with daughter Muriel Downing. Survived by three daughters and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie J. Fowle
Irving M. Fowle
Portland
Westport
Andrew
Margaret Hodgdon McCullum
Shannon House
Bath
Fowte
Lynn
Mass
Bowdoinham
Muriel Downing
Lewis Carras
South Portland
Paul Hatch
Ypsilanti
Mich
Arthur Downing
Millard Hatch
Michigan
Ernest Smith Dies After Ill Health in Woolwich
Ernest Smith born March 11 1881 in Manchester England died Friday morning in Woolwich after a period of ill health. He lived in Bath for about 60 years and worked at Bath Iron Works and for contractor F W Carlton as a steel construction worker. He is survived by a sister Mrs Rachel Farnham of Elsinore Avenue and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Smith
Woolwich
Mr. Smith
Manchester
England
Joseph
Henrietta
Ward) Smith
Bath
Bath Iron Works
F. W. Carlton
Rachel Farnham
Elsinore Avenue
City
Bernard J. Clark Dies at 72 in Bath Painter Born in Portland
Bernard James Clark aged 72 died in Bath on Sunday. Born in Portland he was a son of John Clark and had lived in Bath for 56 years, where he worked as a painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard James Clark
Portland
John Clark
Bath
Funeral for Mrs Ella C H Cahill Follows Services
Funeral of Mrs Ella C H Cahill widow of William Cahill was held Thursday afternoon at two at the Curtis Funeral Home Washington street. Rev Charles L Kinney of Beacon Street church officiating assisted by Rev Charles R Sims First Baptist church. Bearers were William Haggett Lewis Curtis Ralph Seekins and Thomas R Houston. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Waldron
North Pleasant Street
George Volz
Methodist Church
Harold Richardson
Leon Batchelder
James Meserve
Edwin Stewart
Richmond Cemetery
Morrell Totman
Charles Totman
Blanche Jellison
Gardiner
Alvin Totman
Rockland
Mass
Chester Totman
Ella C. H. Cahill
William Cahill
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
William Haggett
Lewis Curtis
Ralph Seekins
Thomas R. Houston
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral for Ernest Smith of Woolwich Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 2 PM for Ernest Smith of Woolwich at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev. Charles R. Sims leading. Bearers were Frank Bailey Thomas Huston and two nephews. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Smith
Woolwich
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles R. Sims
Frank Bailey
Thomas Huston
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for Bernard J. Clark held Wednesday
Funeral services for Bernard James Clark of this city will be held Wednesday at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home at 942 Washington street with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard James Clark
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
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Cumberland Center
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Boston College
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Central Grammar
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Danielsons
Usc Hall
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Co
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Georgetown
Combat Engineers
L. H. Rowevind
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William E. Webster
H. B. Melman
James M‘intire
Bernard J. Clark
Mrs. Cahill
B. J. Clark
Freds,curtis & CO
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