SS Monarch of Bermuda Passenger List - 17 September 1938
Front Cover, Furness Bermuda Line SS Monarch of Bermuda Cruise Passenger List - 17 September 1938. GGA Image ID # 1316a9be06
Cruise Passenger List from the SS Monarch of Bermuda of the Furness-Bermuda Line, Departing Saturday, 17 September 1938 from New York to Bermuda, Commanded by Captain A. R. Francis.
Unusual View of the SS Monarch of Bermuda Entering New York Harbor circa Late 1930s. GGA Image ID # 1316d77a32
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain A. R. Francis
- Staff Captain: L. F. Banyard
- Chief Officer: J. F. Dunnett
- Chief Engineer: J. Hardy
- Purser: L. Hickson
- Senior Assistant Purser: F. A. Clarke
- Surgeon: G. I. Hislop
- Chief Steward: A. C. McHaffie
- Staff Chief Steward: C. Green
- Chief Radio Officer: A. G. Shoebridge
- Assistant Radio Officer: D. Menzies
- Hostess: Mrs. Helen Sprague
Cruise Passengers
- Mr. Howard Anderson
- Mrs. Anderson
- Mr. L. L. Anderson
- Miss H. Alexander
- Mr. R. E. Adamson
- Mrs. Adamson
- Miss M. Alexsey
- Mr. R. Avigdor
- Miss W. Angstron
- Miss L. Baker
- Mr. C. A. Brown
- Mrs. Brown
- Mrs. F. Buechner
- Mr. F. Buechner
- Master Buechner
- Mr. ¥m. Bruckner
- Mrs. Bruckner
- Mr. John Brashear
- Mr. J. T. Burke
- Mrs. Burke
- Mr. M. Butterfield
- Mr. J. Buttner
- Mr. R. F. Baldwin
- Mrs. Baldwin
- Mr. J. W. Beasley
- Mrs. Beasley
- Miss E. Bond
- Mr. H. Barnard, Jr.
- Miss Muriel Barnes
- Mrs. A. Brennan
- Mr. T. C. Beug
- Mrs. Beug
- Miss R. Basile
- Mr. G. E. Bouton
- Mrs. Bouton
- Miss J. Brooke
- Miss D. Beek
- Mrs. F. B. Borchert
- Rev. J. J. Curry
- Mr. J. H. Cooper
- Mr. H. C. Cluthe
- Mr. T. Clark
- Mrs. Clark
- Miss A. Cooper
- Mr. Wm. Crosby
- Mr. W. A. Clem
- Mrs. Clem
- Mr. R. Crichton
- Mr. C. Charnock
- Mrs. Charnock
- Miss M. Clinton
- Miss M. F. Cannaday
- Miss V. Curtis
- Mrs. H. V. Cerf
- Miss R. Chapdelaine
- Miss M. Casey
- Mr. C. H. Cushing
- Mr. John Cox
- Mr. H. V. Clark
- Mr. M. Clark
- Miss F. Connery
- Mr. R. J. Carey
- Mrs. Carey
- Miss E. Dailinger
- Dr. L. Defurio
- Mrs. Defurio
- Mr. J. B. Drake
- Master J. Drake
- Miss B. Drake
- Mrs. J. B. Drake, Jr.
- Mr. G. S. Delafield
- Mrs. Delafield
- Master Delafield
- Miss M. Dolan
- Mr. W. E. Dittmar
- Mrs. Dittmar
- Miss W. Doucette
- Miss M. W. Downes
- Miss C. Egan
- Miss M. Egan
- Miss T. Edwardsen
- Mr. E. J. Emmott
- Mrs. Emmott
- Miss M. J. Evans
- Miss K. Egbert
- Mr. H. J. Engel
- Mrs. Engel
- Mr. E. V. Frith
- Mrs. Frith
- Miss V. Finn
- Miss S. Freeman
- Mr. L. Forster
- Miss M. Folan
- Mr. W. Ferguson
- Mr. H. R. Ferguson
- Miss M. Feite
- Mr. E. N. Gall
- Miss A. Gillespie
- Mr. F. E. Garvey
- Mrs. Garvey
- Miss F. Gelbstein
- Mr. Louis Geiss
- Mrs. Geiss
- Mrs. E. B. Gorman
- Miss O. Gaudinier
- Mrs. H. Guny
- Mr. W. Gerringer
- Miss M. K. Gallary
- Miss H. F. Gallary
- Mr. E. Goff
- Mrs. Goff
- Miss M. Greany
- Miss M. Hailock
- Mrs. J. E. Hooper
- Mr. G. M. Holdsworth
- Mrs. Holdsworth
- Mr. W. H. Harris, Jr.
- Mrs. Harris
- Miss T. V. Hanlon
- Miss E. F. Hanlon
- Mr. J. S. Hampton
- Mr. J. A. Horty
- Mrs. Horty
- Miss L. Henke
- Miss M. Hoerner
- Mr. W. Hoey
- Mrs. Hoey
- Mr. F. W. Hineline
- Mrs. Hineline
- Mr. E. E. Hennessy
- Mrs. Hennessy
- Mr. R. Horton
- Mr. F. Hendricks
- Mrs. R. Hughes
- Mrs. S. A. Holme
- Mrs. H. Hamilton
- Mr. Max Jaffe
- Mr. Seth Jacobson
- Mrs. Jacobson
- Miss E. Juliano
- Miss F. Johnson
- Mrs. W. L. Johnson
- Mr. C. S. Katz
- Mrs. Katz
- Miss H. Kirch
- Mr. P. H. Keating
- Mrs. Keating
- Mr. Morton Koshland
- Mrs. Koshland
- Miss M. Knapp
- Miss F. Kitchell
- Mr. P. H. Kline
- Mrs. Kline
- Mr. H. C. Kohout
- Miss M. Koops
- Miss H. Koops
- Mr. G. C. Keiser
- Mrs. Keiser
- Mr. D. L. Lieberman
- Mrs. Lieberman
- Mrs. O. Long
- Mrs. N. G. Long
- Mr. P. Lazenby
- Mr. T. C. Linn
- Miss C. Lynn
- Miss L. W. Larkins
- Mr. O. H. Linck
- Mrs. Linck
- Miss M. M. Luby
- Miss J. Luchtenberg
- Miss R. Lee
- Miss H. J. Lovejoy
- Miss E. Litschert
- Miss V. Lowry
- Miss L. E. Litchard
- Miss R. Lazear
- Mr. Robt. Merriman
- Mrs. Merriman
- Mr. Leo Milde
- Mr. E. H. Mackay
- Miss G. L. Marie
- Mr. J. A. Morris
- Mr. F. C. Mostoller
- Mr. R. E. Merriman, Jr.
- Miss Marie A. Murphy
- Mr. I. F. Myer
- Mrs. Myer
- Miss W. Mell
- Mr. H. E. Menard
- Mrs. Menard
- Mr. Harry Malloy
- Mrs. Malloy
- Mr. J. P. Moll
- Mrs. Moll
- Mr. P. A. Mathews
- Mrs. Mathews
- Mrs. B. T. Moore
- Mr. W. F. March
- Miss S. Miller
- Mr. W. Mitchell
- Mrs. Mitchell
- Miss M. E. Murray
- Mr. R. More
- Miss H. Minus
- Mr. James Maier
- Mr. J. Mcderios
- Miss G. Mullen
- Mr. J. J. McDonald
- Mr. John McDowell
- Mr. J. B. McCabe
- Mrs. McCabe
- Dr. W. J. McCarthy
- Mrs. McCarthy
- Mr. C. McCormack
- Mrs. McCormack
- Miss M. McCullough
- Mr. T. J. McGrath
- Miss M. McAvoy
- Mr. A. McKnight
- Mrs. McKnight
- Mr. T. McCormack
- Mrs. W. B. McNaughton
- Miss M. McNealy
- Miss S. McNealy
- Miss K. McFadden
- Miss M. McKenna
- Miss J. McDermott
- Mrs. F. McKenna
- Miss M. McMahon
- Miss M. McNichol
- Dr. W. A. Nye
- Mrs. Nye
- Mr. G. Nason
- Miss F. K. Nixon
- Miss P. E. Nelson
- Mr. C. Oliphant
- Mr. G. F. Ordeman
- Mrs. Ordeman
- Mr. E. O’Connor
- Mrs. O’Connor
- Miss M. Otterstedt
- Mrs. L. Otterstedt
- Mr. W. F. Ofgant
- Miss T. Oison
- Mrs. R. D. O’Neil
- Mr. George Perlin
- Mr. R. Pentland
- Mrs. Pentland
- Dr. I. G. Pyle
- Mrs. Pyle
- Mr. A. E. Post
- Mr. R. O. Pearson
- Mrs. Pearson
- Miss A. Powers
- Mr. F. Padden
- Mrs. Padden
- Mrs. C. Pell
- Mr. C. B. K. Poole
- Mrs. Poole
- Mrs. W. H. Peckham
- Miss B. Peckham
- Miss V. Roach
- Mr. W. Reid
- Mr. L. J. Rosier
- Mrs. Rosier
- Miss M. Rapp
- Rev. P. R. Roffe
- Mrs. Roffe
- Mr. H. Richardson
- Mr. W. F. Ruwell, Jr.
- Mr. H. Richards
- Mr. F. Remy
- Mrs. Remy
- Mr. G. Roberts
- Mrs. Roberts
- Miss E. V. Roche
- Miss G. Rinison
- Miss E. Rieker
- Mr. J. W. Rese
- Mrs. Rese
- Mr. H. F. Rough
- Mrs. Rough
- Mr. T. M. Rowland
- Mrs. Rowland
- Mr. W. P. Stevens
- Mr. P. B. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mr. W. G. Schultz
- Mrs. Schultz
- Mr. Milton Sobel
- Mrs. Sobel
- Mrs. E. B. Stuckey
- Mr. Frank R. Sharar
- Mrs. Sharar
- Mr. E. M. Smith
- Mr. F. L. Stevens
- Mrs. Stevens
- Mr. Geo. Smith
- Miss E. Smith
- Mr. F. S. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mr. Wm. O. Strong
- Mrs. Strong
- Miss H. D. Scott
- Mr. S. Solomon
- Miss M. Seixas
- Dr. De W. H. Sherman
- Mrs. Sherman
- Miss R. Small
- Mr. R. Small
- Miss D. Smith
- Mr. P. Schienger
- Mrs. Schienger
- Master E. Stettinius
- Mr. C. H. Scherf
- Mr. I. E. Southmayd
- Mrs. Southmayd
- Miss B. Stettinius
- Mr. D. Sullivan, Jr.
- Mrs. N. Shannon
- Mrs. G. Stebner
- Mr. P. Stevenson
- Mrs. Stevenson
- Miss R. Semmer
- Mr. C. W. Sisk
- Miss T. Schroetter
- Mr. G. Stedman
- Miss E. Swiny
- Miss E. Schindel
- Mrs. A. I. Strang
- Miss S. Slawson
- Mr. A. I. Strang
- Mr. A. F. Strang, Jr.
- Mr. T. A. Sheehan
- Mrs. Sheehan
- Miss R. Thompson
- Miss V. Tretsch
- Miss E. Tripp
- Miss C. J. Tobin
- Miss M. Taylor
- Mrs. S. Trowbridge
- Miss H. Trowbridge
- Mr. D. Ulfinger
- Mr. D. Van Deusan
- Miss N. Van Stalten
- Mr. Geo. Whitten
- Mrs. Whitten
- Mr. Jacob L. Williams
- Mrs. Williams
- Mr. Walter Wadson
- Master D. Wadson
- Miss J. Williams
- Mr. A. L. Weeks
- Mrs. Weeks
- Miss G. Walsh
- Mr. G. C. Williams
- Mr. A. E. Ward
- Mrs. Ward
- Miss Eliz. Wixon
- Mr. John Whalen
- Miss M. Weeks
- Mr. Jack Watt
- Miss J. Wendling
- Miss G. Wilkin
- Mrs. K. Wentzel
- Miss L. Wellar
- Miss M. Wieland
- Mr. Geo. Wagner
- Mrs. Wagner
- Mr. D. Woodhouse
- Miss E. Waechter
- Miss E. Williams
- Mr. F. Wagner
- Mr. G. Wagner
- Mr. R. Wettach
- Mr. Robt. Wood
- Mrs. Wood
- Mr. H. Wentworth
- Mrs. Wentworth
- Miss M. Wenaca
- Miss A. Young
Information for Passengers
Passengers are earnestly requested not to smoke in their staterooms, also to exercise care in disposing of cigars, cigarettes, and matches given the severe consequences which can arise from carelessness in this respect.
Throwing lighted cigarettes, etc., overboard should also be avoided, and passengers are requested to use receptacles provided for the purpose in the various parts of the ship.
Passengers are also earnestly requested to read carefully notices posted in their staterooms, giving the location of their emergency station and lifebelts in their stateroom.
FROM STEM TO STERN
Barber Shop
Experienced barbers—located on B deck amidship—Haircutting, shampooing, massage, and manicure.
Beauty Parlor
Situated amidship on B Deck. Fully equipped with modern appliances. Skilled operators— Waving, shampooing, facials, and manicuring.
Cafes
On A deck bordering the dance floor.
Cocktail Bars
Are placed to serve all public rooms such as the Dining Saloon, Cafes, Smoking Room, and the Lounges.
Dance Floor
On A deck aft, tables for refreshments.
Dining Saloon
On D deck—First sitting breakfast served from 8:00 to 10:00, Luncheon at 12 noon and Dinner at 6:30. The second sitting breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00, Luncheon at 1:00 and Dinner at 7:45.
Gymnasium
On A deck aft, wholly equipped with rowing and riding machines, weights, etc. The company assumes no responsibility for accidents or injuries sustained by passengers while using the gymnasium.
Library
Forward through the Lounge on A Deck. Books may be borrowed from Steward in attendance. For books lost, there is a charge of $2.00.
Lounges
On A Deck and balconies on the sun deck—Tea is served here in the afternoon.
Purser's Office
On C deck amidships. Inquiries concerning Baggage insurance, customs, etc., should be made here.
Physician and Surgeon
Office on C Deck Aft.—Consulting hours: 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Urgent cases at any time. No charge for sickness originating on the shipboard. For illness not arising on board, customary charges for this service are authorized subject to the approval of the Staff Captain. In all cases, medicine is given free.
Shop
Amidship on B deck—Souvenirs, candies, magazines, books, and toilet articles.
Smoking Room
On the sun deck aft. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the staterooms.
Sports Decks
Aft on the sun deck and A deck—All sports with horse races a unique feature in the afternoon.
Swimming Pools
Aft on A deck and amidship F deck "MONARCH OF BERMUDA*.
Aft on A deck "QUEEN OF BERMUDA."
The company assumes no responsibility for accidents or injuries sustained by passengers while using the swimming pool.
Writing Rooms
On either side of the entrance to Library on A deck.
Baggage • • •
Questions relating to Baggage should be referred to the Chief Steward or Purser's office.
Baggage Insurance
Passengers are recommended to insure their luggage, as in the event of loss or damage, the company cannot accept responsibility beyond the limit specified on the steamer contract ticket. Baggage insurance can be arranged through the Purser's office.
Changes in Accommodations
The Purser alone is authorized to make changes in accommodations and may only do so on payment of any difference in fare, which may be required according to the company’s current tariffs.
cheques
Passengers are respectfully advised that the Purser cannot accept Personal cheques.
Complaints
Passengers having any cause for complaints are requested to communicate the particulars to the Staff Captain, the Purser, or Chief Steward, at once, and not wait until the end of the voyage.
Deck Chairs and Rugs
Deck Chairs, Cushions, and Rugs are available for hire and can be obtained through the Deck Steward either before or after the vessel leaves the Dock, at the following rates:— Chair, $1.00 — Cushion or Rugs, 50c each article.
Divine Service
Anyone wishing to hold Divine Service is welcome to do so. Please apply to the Purser, who will make the necessary arrangements.
Dogs
Dogs and other animals are under no circumstances allowed in the Passongor's Accommodations, Public Rooms, or Passenger Decks. Proper facilities have been provided for the carrying of all animals.
Life Boat Station and Drill
Passengers are earnestly requested to acquaint themselves with the notice in the Staterooms regarding lifeboat and fire stations.
The Captain specially appeals to passengers to assist him by promptly mustering at their appointed stations at all times when passenger boat station muster is being held. Only by immediate attendance at this critical muster can passengers obtain the necessary instructions which are so vital to the well being of all on board. The cooperation of every passenger is earnestly desired.
Life Preservers
Are in every stateroom. Put them on over the head, with arms through holes like a jacket, tying both tapes firmly in front. Do not attempt to tie the tapes at the back.
Payment of Additional Monies
Passengers should obtain a company's receipt for any monies paid on board.
Portholes
It is dangerous for passengers to handle the Ports. They are requested to ask the Bedroom Steward to open or close the Ports as Required. Ports can only be opened when the weather conditions permit.
Professional Gamblers
They are reported as occasionally traveling on Passenger Vessels. Passengers are warned to take precautions accordingly.
Radios, etc.
Radios or other electrical appliances must not be operated or connected to the Ship's electrical circuits without Official approval.
Telephone Ship to Shore, and Wireless Messages
Apply to the Radio Operator on A deck, midships entrance.
U. S. Customs
All Passengers on their return to New York are required to make a declaration of personal Baggage for the U. S. Customs authorities. Blank declaration forms are obtainable from the Purser. On Return Voyage Returning Residents of the U. S. must declare all articles acquired abroad.
An exemption from duty on $100.00 worth of purchases is allowed each returning resident subject to certain conditions, which will bo detailed by the U. S. Customs officer in N. Y. Penalties are imposed upon passengers who make false declarations.
Valet Services
Are available by applying to the Barber—Service for both Ladies and Gentlemen.
Valuables
A safe is provided in the Purser's Office, in which passengers may deposit money, jewelry, or other valuables. As no charge is made for carriage, the company cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage. In their own interest, passengers are advised not to leave articles of value lying about.
Back Cover, Extract from Bermuda's Book of Wisdom, Furness Bermuda Line SS Monarch of Bermuda Cruise Passenger List - 17 September 1938. GGA Image ID # 1316ede92c
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