Naval Lieutenant Addresses Rotarians at Bath Rotary
Lieut R F Peeney now at Bath Iron Works spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon detailing two years in the Navy with service from Attu and Kiska to Buna in New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands. He encouraged supporting front line troops with ships and ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Odd Fellows Hall
R. F. Peeney
Bath Iron Works
Pacific
Navy
Panama Canal
Alsaka
Attu
Kiska
Southwest Pacific
Buna
Admiralty Islands
New Guinea
Bath
Orange
N. J
Royal Johnson
Dominique J Tardif
Clyde E. Tilton
Uptown Theater
Carrol Weeks
Grover Bradbury
Bangor
Sedgwick
Bath Y M C A Appreciates Fine Work and Support
A Bath Y M C A letter praises the organization with a sizable out of town donation. The annual campaign response has been gratifying as many of the thousand recipients mailed contributions. The campaign uses mail solicitations with stamped envelopes to speed up response and hopes to finish soon.
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Bath
Former Morse pupil wounded in action in England
Bath reports Robert Chandler son of E Oliver Chandler of Portland a fireman in the United States Merchant Marine service was wounded in action on July 26 and is hospitalized in England He formerly lived in Bath attended Morse Hill school and worked as a welder at Bath Iron Works Co before enlisting He and his father lived at 122 Court Street during his time in Bath He suffered wounds on his second Atlantic crossing to England and is now recovering overseas
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Bath
Robert Chandler
E. Oliver Chandler
Portland
Ana
United States Merchant Marine Service
England
Mr. Chandler
Morse Hiln
Bath Iron Works Corp
Court Street
South Portland
Chandler
Atlantic
Bath Voters Approve Three Of Four Referendum Questions
Bath voters supported three of four statewide liquor referendums on Monday with total Bath turnout about 3 300. The sale of beer to be consumed on premises failed by over 700, while liquor store support won by over 1 400. Off premise package beer and wine sales carried by large margins, with cocktail lounges by the narrowest margin of 89. County results show broader dry trends with Bath and nearby towns shaping Sagadahoc County’s dry stance despite minor local deviations.
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Bath
Ward Seven
Ward
Ward Four
Sagadahoc
Phippsburg
Sahara Desert
Topsham
Richmond
Brunswick Cadets Invite Boys to Join Civilian Air Patrol
Donovan D. Lancaster announces openings for boys aged 15 to 18 to join the Civilian Air Patrols in Brunswick. The 200 hour program includes military drill, airplane identification, Morse code, and preflight instruction led by cadet officers and instructors from Bowdoin College. Meetings are Tuesdays at the Brunswick armory. boys may pursue flight training at their own expense after ground training. Harmon Smith elected Sunday school superintendent at Beacon Street Methodist church meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan D. Lancaster
Brunswick C. A. P
Clifford Wilson
Bowdoin College
Navy
John Pomeroy
Bath
Brunswick
Myrtle Lodge Honors at Portland Government Session
Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies was honored at the annual Government Session of the United Order of Independent Odd Ladies in Portland Friday. Members were re elected or newly elected to office with Miss Alice Dunning of Brunswick installing and presenting bead necklaces. Officers include Mrs Netta Merrow and Mrs Verna Miller of Auburn along with Bath members Gertrude Stewart Nellie Hunt Lucelia Blake and Mary Curtis. A supper party followed at Witch Spring Cafe before returning to Bath for Myrtle Lodge’s regular meeting. Hazel Crocker and Diana Greenlaw visited Wiscasset with Claire Greenlaw.
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Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
United Order of Independent Odd Ladies
Portland
Alice Dunning
Brunswick
Alice LeRock
Carratunk
Brunswick Lodge
Germade
Gover- Sylvester
Green Monkey Teko, Bath Pastor's Pet, Impresses Town
Teko, a three and a half year old green mangabey monkey from Sierra Leone, lives with Rev Sidney E Dee in Bath. He chats with family, learns words, watches meals, and shows humanlike traits while securely chained for care. He weighs about 15 pounds now and may reach 40 pounds later, with a likely life expectancy around 25 years in captivity.
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Teko
Sierra Leon
British West Africa
Sidney E. Dee
Central Congregational Church
Bath
Dee
Washington Zoo
Washington, D. C
United States
Warren Buck
Frank Buck
Rev
Warren
Europe
Beacon Street Women Launch Fall Meetings With Dinner
The Beacon Street Women’s Society of Christian Service opened its fall meetings with a well attended covered dish supper at the vestry. Hostesses led by chair Lula Varney served cold meats salads escalloped dishes hot rolls and pies with colorful fall flowers. Members welcomed back two ill longtime members Mrs Della Adams and Mrs Fred Bowie. Rev Cassius Whidden and Miss Mabel Whitney attended with a Winterport houseguest. The program featured piano solos readings and solos by Antonie D Charest with Mrs Marguerite Beardsley on piano. The gathering included devotionals by Rev Kinney and a meditation on courage. Each member donated a summer-earned dollar and three new members were welcomed. An invitation was extended to meet Oct 2 at Mrs Milton Douglas’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Women's Society of Christian Service
Lula Varney
Marion Plummer
Henrietta McKay
Antoinette Teeling
Frances St. Martin
Marcia Craft
Della Adams
Washington Street
Fred Bowie
Drummond Street
Cassius Whidden
Mabel Whitney
Winterport
Jane Woodward
Antonie D. Charest
Marguerite Beardsley
My Rosary
Betty Moore
Anna T. “Inney
Jesus
Cross
Paul Moore
Treasury
Omah C. Stevens
Herbert Huggard
Fred Hayes
Milton Douglas
Adelbert Hall
Engagement Announced For Anne Conners And Lieut White
At a Bangor tea hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Conners the engagement of Anne Hayden Conners to Lieut. Bruce H. M. White Jr was announced. White son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. M. White of Topsham is a Wassookeag School Dexter graduate in the service stationed at Barksdale Field Florida. Conners Bangor High School graduate Penn Hall Junior College alumna now studying at Boston University.
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Charles P. Conners
Highland Avenue
Bangor
Anne Hayden Conners
Bruce H. M. White
White
Topsham
Rupert H. Baxter
Wassookeag School
Dexter
Barkdale Field
Fla
Miss Conners
Bangor High School
Penn Hall
Boston University
Frances Hatch Weds Ensign Forest Fides in Bowdoinham
Frances Hatch daughter of Karl and Mrs Hatch married Ensign Forest Fides at Bowdoinham Baptist Church with Rev Burns conducting the double ring ceremony. Bride wore white satin with fingertip veil. attendants wore pink and green satin. Groom attended by Ensign Edward Eames. Reception followed at the Hatch home. Fides heads to Boston Sept 15 for assignment. Mrs Fides returns to Brunswick with Maine Mutual Packers Co. staff. Also note Electa chapter OES meeting and George MacPherson death. local items follow.
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Frances Hatch
Karli Hatch
Ensign Forest Fides
Bowdoinham Baptist Church
Rt Burns
United Methodist Church of
Fall River
Mass
Paul West
Karl Hatch
Ambrose Saindon
Ensign Fides
Boston
Mrs. Fides
Brunswick
Maine Mutual Packers Co
Miss Alice Hall Jef to visit relatives in Frederickton
Miss Alice Hall Jefferson plans a Sunday departure to spend a month with relatives in Frederickton. She will travel by train and return at month end, staying with her sister Mrs. L. H. Green.
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Alice Hall
Frederickton
N- Bo
Bowdoinham P T A Holds Fall Meeting and Plans
Ligaments were torn in both legs of a carrier and he was taken to Gardiner General Hospital. Mr and Mrs William Hodgon and family, moving to Brunswick, were surprised at a going away party Tuesday evening. Bowdoinham P T A met at Coombs High with fall program and by laws from the Library committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner General Hospital
William Hodgdon
Brunswick
Bowdoinham P. T. A
Coombs High School
Library Committee
Destroyer to be named for Frank Knox launched next Sunday
A 2250-ton destroyer will bear the name of the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and is to be launched at Bath Iron Works next Sunday at 2 25 pm The ceremony will be witnessed by high ranking Navy officials and guests from across the country The ship will be christened by Mrs Annie Reid Knox widow of Secretary Knox Colonel Knox successor James Forrestal praised the late secretary two weeks after his death last April 28.
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James Forrestal
Myrtle Lodge Dines and Sets Next Meeting
Myrtle Lodge held a Friday supper with committee members Edith Miller Mary Gilles Die Alice Lewis Hazel Shortller Jennie Oliver and Louise Rogers. The September 22 meeting will be the annual gathering with officer elections and a Navy vs Army contest climax led by Lucelia captain and Nellie Hunt. A supper committee was appointed for the next meeting including Lucelia Blake Nellie Hunt Sadie Davis Harriet Otis Annie Lemont Alice Lewis and Louise Rogers. The lodge voted to donate to the Y M C A as in years past.
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Electa
Ethel Hackett
Mary Webber
Evelyn Ackley
Zachow
Leland Chapman
Courtney Hinckley
Richmond
George MacPerson
Ridge Road
Newtonville
Mass
Donald
Eloise MacPherson
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Esther Cornish MacPherson
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Edith Miller
Mary Gilles- Die
Alice Lewis
Hazel Shortller
Jennie Oliver
Louise Rogers
Army
Nellie Hunt
Navy
Lucelia
Lodge
Lucelia Blake
Sadie Davis
Harriet Otis
Annie Lemont
Brunswick Choral Society Begins Rehearsals
The Brunswick Choral Society opens its rehearsals Tuesday at 7 15 p.m. in Memorial Hall Brunswick. Membership is open to all including service men and women with no restrictions. The group will appear in the Brunswick Chamber Music Society program featuring Yves Tinayre who will conduct solos and provide background music. The Messiah will be sung at Christmas with carols, and a spring performance will include oratorio such as Handel's Elijah or Brahms Requiem.
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Brunswick Choral Society
Memorial Hall
Brunswick
Brunswick Chamber Music Society
Yves Tinayre
Tinayre
Handel
Elijah
Brahm
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LE Loupe
Lieut
Pacific Theatre of War
Norman Kilby, Sr
Freeport
U.S. Navy
Baty
the Times
Bath Y.M.C.A
MORSE
Hepzibah
Helen Trent
News of the World
Ma Perkins
The
Goldbergs
Jemaine
State Store
Arrowsic
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Woolwich
West Bath
Arrowsi
Georgetown Phippsburg
Brunswick Cadets
Civilian Air Patrol
Board of Education
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Harmon Smith
Hazel Crocker
Pearl Street
Wiscasset
Diana Greenlaw
Claire Greenlaw
Beacon Street
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Pat
H. R
Care Times
George Pusell
Bangor Street
Augusta
Maine
Mann
George Russell
Bangor St
Stree A Gusta
Rate Street
James Colgan
Charles
Arlington
Ralph McEwen
Washburn
Herschel Bugbee
West Medford
Roxbury
John MacDonald
Clarence Blackman
Waterville
Betty Durgin
Mary Fides
Carlene Brown
Ruth Merrill
Jeanette Hilton
Barbara
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Ernest Gomer
Wade Brothers
Jean Parker
Kitty O'Day
Bill Boyd
Frank Knox
Brunswick Choral
Fredric
Ee Egan Am
Spencer Tracy
Signe Hasso
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