Charles Robinson enters U S N R service training
Mr and Mrs Car L Robinson of 54 Bedford Street host three parties for their son Charles Robinson who leaves Thursday April 22 to report for training. Friends and relatives from West Bath, Bath, Brunswick and beyond attend and present gifts including a ring for traveling wear. Robinson later joins Fort Eustis Virginia for a month and is selected for Master Gunners' school at Camp Davis North Carolina after stereoscopic testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Car L. Robinson
Bedford Street
Charles Robinson
Robert Cressey
Bernice Cressey
Helen Jelson
George C. Quicksall
David S. Ring
Carol Ring
Edna Higgins
Olive White
Clarence White
West Bath
Herbert Mitchell
Popham Beach
Seguin
Robinson
David
Juan Caroli
Carl Lo Robinson
Reubert Ho Cressey
Darel Ring
Brunswick
Mr Robinson
Herbert White
John Cummings
Vernal McCorrison
Herbert Craige
Clifton Jewett
Jon
Robbinson
Wovert Robbins
Piss Fal Avenue Rockport
Fort Eustis Va
Robbins
Camp Davis N.C
Brunswick Naval Air Station Commissioning Marks New Era
Commander John C. Alderman presided at the Brunswick station’s commissioning ceremony held Thursday afternoon with Undersecretary James B. Forrestal and Senator Ralph Brewster among the speakers. The event, modeled after ship commissioning rites, included a color guard, national anthem, and benedictions, while the history section recounts Brunswick’s early settlement and the air field’s evolution from town common to Navy installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
John C. Alderman
U. S. Naval Air Station
Naval Air
Victor D. Herbster
USN
Northern Air Patrol
Alderman
James B. Forrestal
United States
Ralph Brewster
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Sumner Sewall
Maine
R. C. Fischer
CEC
T. E. Ashby
First Parish Congregational Church
J. L. Doherty
St. Charles Church
Naval Air Station
George Weymouth
Androscogei
Falls
Thomas Putnam
Pejepscot
General Court of
Massachusetts
Maquest
Middle Bay
New Meadows
Lotts
Maquoit
Yany
Hyde Park Terrace Items of the Week
Community notes list a mother focused benefit, timing changes for a meeting, and residents visiting or traveling. Names include Ruth Heir, Arthur Moran, Helene Moran, Leo Boucher, Mrs Woods, Emsbridge Woods, Donald Boyce Jr, Thomas Doyle, G B Carmichael, Helen Carmichael, Martha Jane Irish, Marie Smart, Beverly Daintolo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Moran
Danter Helene
Lowell
Leo Boucher
Draton
C E Woods
Knitters
Emsbridge Woods
Drayton Road
Gardiner
Donald Boyce, Jr
Thomas F Doyle
Boston
Cambridge
G.B Carmichael
Helen Carmichael
Washington, D. C
William Carmichael
Portland
Martha Jane Irish
Lark Street
Marie Smart
Danforth
Beverly D'‘Aintolo
Nurses Alumni Association Elects Officers in June Meeting
Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumni Association met Thursday night with 14 members. Retiring president Miss Josephine Moore chaired. New officers elected: Mrs. Stanley Brown president, Mrs. Alfred McCabe vice president, Mrs. Jane Hillsgrove secretary treasurer. Banquet and floral committees named. Cancer control drive approved. Next meeting July 15. Refreshments served by committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurses Alumni Association of the
Bath Memorial Hospital
Josephine Moore
Stanley Brown
Alfred McCabe
Jane Hillsgrove
Louise Rogers
Verna Bowie
Kathleen Hart
Hillsgrove
Nellie McCabe
William Allen, Jr
Franklin Morse
Carl Starling
Lonie Spicer
Ethel Blake
Estelle Cass
Grace Blair
Helen Bonney
Dorothy Milliken
Baptisms and New Members at Beacon Street Church
Beacon Street church held Palm Sunday ceremonies with four young people and twelve infants baptized. Six adults were received into full membership. Infants named include Paul Gilmore Legard Jr and Dorothy Howe among others. baptized youths include Elizabeth Moore and Winona and Kathleen Clark. Edwin Bowman Parris and Mrs. D. LeRourd joined membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Church
Paul Gilmore Legard, Jr
Paul G Legard
North Street
Dorothy Edith Howe
Kenneth R. Howe
Washington Street
Patricia Ann Thomas
Fred Thomas
Janice Jean Card
Ralph H. Card
High Street
William Hatfield Lothrop
Merritt W. Lothrop
Winship Street
David Carlton Pye
Ronald Arthur Pye
Carlton Pye
Sandra Lee Young
Louis H. Young
Maureen Ann Merritt
Maurice Merritt
Carol Gene Thomas
George Thomas
Drummond Street
Patricia Niles Robinson
Linton Robinson
Beacon Street
Jane Nancy Green
Robert Green
Dummer Street
Elizabeth Gene Moore
Paul D. Moore
Winona Louise Clark
Kathleen Maude Clark
Raymond Clark
Jane Ann Herrin
J. Carter
Edwin Bowman Parris
Upper Washington Street
D. LeRourd, Jr
Clifton Street
Advent Christian Church of
Milltown
North Primary Dominates War Stamps Drive
North Primary led the War Stamps and Bonds campaign in public schools this week with a $633.70 week total. Overall school sums reached $2,618.50 for the week and $42,088.30 in accumulative totals across all schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accu- School
Mulative High School
N. Grammar
Grammar
Huse
Dike
N. Primary
Mitchell
Center St
South
Beta Sigma Phi Tea Party Highlights New Members
Beta Sigma Phi sorority hosted a Monday tea at Mrs. Edwin R. Andrews home on High Street to welcome new members. Guests received yellow rose corsages and program featured songs by Mrs. Nathan Watson with piano accompaniment. New members to be installed April 30 include Catherine Legard Vanona MacDonald Virginia Smart John M. Conley Jr Carol Stevens. The date coincides with National Founders Day and marks the 12th anniversary of the organization which now has 1400 chapters and about 30 000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Edwin R. Andrews
High Street
Herbert R. Lemont
Linwood Haynes
Andrews
Lemont
Nathan Watson
Carl Albee
Ramsay
Dvorak
Durnford
la Forge
Catherine Legard
Vanona MacDonald
Virginia Smart
John M. Conley, Jr
Carol Stevens
Arthur Sewall
Stone House
Union
Canada
Hawaii
Plywood Garbage Cans Used in Vancouver War Housing
Plywood garbage cans coated with acid resisting paint are reported as a metal conservation measure for war housing projects in Vancouver Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
Leaders of Safety Patrol At Meeting
Safety patrol leaders from various city schools attended an assembly at Huse Memorial school. Harmon Smith praised the leaders for devotion to duty and urged constant vigilance as the program introduced color bearers, guards, pledges, and songs led by Miss Jane Fecero and Miss Ivanetta Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
Huse Memorial
Harmon Smith
Robert Farnham
Dean Leavitt
Frederick Sturtevant
Pledge of Allegiance
Jane Fecero
Huse Memorial School
Ivanetta Newton
Miss Abbie Wallace Weds Pvt Yeaton at Phippsburg Home
Abbie Aileen Wallace daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Wallace of Phippsburg married Pvt Herbert Arthur Yeaton son of Mr and Mrs Norman Yeaton of Farmington on Saturday evening at the home of Rev Charles H Berry on North street. All four parents attended along with Mrs Clara Darling of Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Aileen Wallace
Henry Wallace
Phippsburg
Herbert Arthur Yeaton
Charles H. Berry
North Street
Pvt
Yeaton
Norman Yeaton
Farmington
Clara Darling
Portland conditions disputed by Grand Chief Norwood speech
Seth Norwood of Portland, newly elected Grand Chief Templar of the Grand Lodge of Maine Independent Order of Good Templars, told delegates at the annual meeting in West Kennebunk Methodist church that conditions in Portland are not as bad as newspaper reports suggest. He spoke briefly during the afternoon session, attended by 14 delegates from lodges in Rockland Lisbon Falls Portland Kennebunk West Kennebunk Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk Lower Village and Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Seth Norwood
Grand Lodge of
Bowdoinham Local Notices and Obituaries Summary
Funeral services for Margaret Henry were held at the Baptist church with Rev Archibald Craig officiating and interment at Bay View Cemetery. Merry Meeting Grange held a meeting with 21 members. Bowdoinham schools closed for a week's vacation. Speed violator report lists high percentages of motorists over 35 40 and 45 mph. Births include Elaine Louise to Mr and Mrs Bert Merrill and William Soule Dodge to Mr and Mrs Winfred Dodge. Several local residents receive medical, hospital or schooling updates and community group activities ongoing through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Henry
Baptist Church
Archibald Craig
Charles McEwen
Edward and
Nelson Fennimore
Roy Emerson
Milton Given
Bay View Cemetery
Merry Meeting Grange
J. N. Palmer
Stanley Libby
Reginald Dore
Bowdeinham
Col
F. H. Farnum
Bert Merrill
Elaine Louise
C. M. G. Hospital
Lewiston
Cecil Blaisdell
South Portland
Herbert Higgins Jr
Bowdoin
James H. Ames
Blaisdell
Higgins
Troop 59
Boy Scouts of America
Parent-Teacher Association
Coombs High School
Frank Heath
Choate
William Babb
George Ackley
Eva Messer
Winfred Dodge
Dr. Wilson's Hospital
Brunswick
William Soule Dodge
Inductees to Leave Bath for Training and Service
The local draft board lists 31 men inducted into armed services. Sixteen depart Bath Thursday at 10 for Fort Devens, ten proceed to the Navy, two to the Marine Corps, and three to the Army at Devens. Names follow for Army and Navy entrants and those at Devens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devens
Navy
Army
Armed Services of the
Lloyd O. Hudson
Walter S. Simonton
Ralph L. Downing
Manfred E. Haggett
Bath
Claude H. Brooks
Skowhegan
Roger M. Bernier
Topsham
Erland A. Thibodeau
Georgetown
George G. Richter, Jr
Richmond
George L. Perry
West Bath
Preston E. Carver
Frederick C. Pitman
Woolwich
Ralph A. Pye, Jr
Phippsburg
Alvord Skelton, Jr
Bowdoinham
Neil Sullivan
Harry Lincoln Knight, Jr
Charles Thaxter Robinson
Rodney Lewis
Herve Joseph Pelletier
Sylvia Joseph Dube
Howard Alonzo Dickey
Kenneth Leroy McKenna
Archie Moody York
Edward Thurlow Young
Marine Corps
Walter James Annis
Notable Local Moves and Grass Fires on Post Road
Miss Bertha E. Heath is visiting at Litchfield Corner with Mrs. Norman Rowe while they occupy a vacation period. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe have moved to Litchfield where Rowe runs the local store. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Bowley traveled to Brownville following the death of Bowley’s father. The Post Road saw several grass fires requiring the fire engine's response during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha E. Heath
Norman Rowe
Litchfield Corner
University of Maine Receives Minute Man Flag for War Bond Purchases
The State War Savings Staff in Augusta awarded the University of Maine a Minute Man Flag in recognition of faculty administrators and staff purchasing over $5000 in war bonds and stamps. An inquiry showed responses totaling more than $65,000 in purchases by staff, with ongoing additional purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
State War Savings
Augusta
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Senter's, Inc
United States Service
Philip and
Nancy
East Sumner
Ryan
Joyce
Carl Arata
Central Avenue
Hal Jowell
Roberta
Irene Lait
Harry Lait
Bluff Road
Roger Keller
Freedom
Elbridge Woods
Keepie
Hazel Jean
Harry Jones
Norma
Center Street
Belfast
Martha Gower
Joan Burgess
DW. Knowlton
Stanley Southard Ami
Richard
Bradford
Pbluff Road
Southard
Tro
Michael
Foorth
Jor- Om Freetci
Feer Oueiees
Har
Deen Namnet
Kathleen Laura
Edpar Baker
Curnsge
Ann
Bluff Strati Vw
Deaner
Feeinitin Ty
Foster
Ion
Ford
Wlair Hodge
Sanat
Totes Sarap
Tos
TS Department of Agriculture
Commissioning
Naval
WPA
Airways, Inc
Bowdoin College
CAA
Hyde Park Terrace
Ruth Heir
Nurses’ Alumni Association
NORTH
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
T. W. Hyde
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
John Shaw
Fred E. Hooper
Forrest Legard
George Melzard
Joseph N. Day
Vernon Miller
Harry Warner
Maurice J. Warner
Gardiner Crocker
Leon Crocker
Linwood Miller
Earl Legard
Hyde Camp
Fred Hooper
Vernon W. Miller
Sons of Veterans
Genesta Chapter
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Evelyn Morse
Viola Osgood
Elsie Pinson
Doris Berry
Betty Wishart
Dorothy Trott
Roger Pinkham
Corner Stone Lodge
Carolyn Thompson
Hawthorne Chapter
Burt Lonn
Leaders OF Safety Patrol
Yeaton-Wallace
Fred B. Reed
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Delma Stinson
Brunswick Hospital
Lawton Rounds
George Hamilton
Melrose
Mass
Jane Browne
Lewis Gilpatrick
Gardiner General Hospital
Nellie Hall
Earle Browne
Marshall Merryman
Walter Merryman
Frank Siegars
Mr. Siegar
Ethel Emerson
Linwood Rideout
William Boyd
Tyrone Power
Lupe Aay
Robley Morrison
Houlton
Bowdoinham Post Road
Ey Ny
Tennesse Johnson
Heflin- Hussey
Barrymore
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