Maine Republicans prep for September election campaign
Sagadahoc officials plan an organizing meeting at City hall next Saturday to energize party efforts ahead of the September 11 Maine election. Horace Hildreth and the Republican State Committee leaders are expected to attend the Augusta House convention of the Maine Young Republicans in Augusta the following Saturday to kick off the statewide campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sagadahoc
City Hall
Horace Hildreth
Portland
Maine Young Republicans
Augusta
Young Republican Clubs
Forest K. Moors
Old Town
Augusta House
Maine State Senate
Washington
Republican State Committee
Republican Finance Committee
Young Republican Council
Young Republican Clubs of
Republican Party
Argentina and United States drift apart in war era
The article traces deteriorating ties between Argentina and the United States during World War I and after, noting US discrimination against Argentine meat, reduced exports to about 45 percent of prewar levels, half the 1940 volume in imports, and Washington’s push for diplomatic isolation as Argentina’s politics split and revolutions occurred. It argues cooperation with the U S is necessary to avoid further decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
United States
Washington
Mexico
Rio Grande
Auto ceiling prices curb used car supply and sales
Auto dealers report ceilings on used car prices have stalled supply as owners withholds cars. Despite July sales rising nationwide, supply dwindles because ceilings deter owners. Dealers note some 1941 models command prices above original cost and ceilings drop four percent every six months. Shortages of labor are widespread in many sectors.
Bath Chronicle reports Bath wartime week in 1944
Bath residents memorably marked Salute the Soldier Week with a fundraising total nearing 800,000 pounds toward a 1,000,000 goal as the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald detailed wartime rationing, local ads, and a Queen Mary visit. The issue highlights postwar housing plans, a sugar theft arrest, moving pictures venues, and hotels still bustling with weekly guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Young
Independent
Bath
England
Chronicle and Herald
Victory
America
Selwyn
Cambourne
Fire damages trailer truck cab on Route 1 in Woolwich
Bath fire department answered a Friday morning alarm at 1140 for a fire in the cab of a large trailer truck on Route 1 in Mintswelly Woolwich. The truck owned by F W Gasper of Scarboro formerly Dovie's Express Bath. Engine Four saved the trailer body using booster tank line and a pony of Foumnite. Mr and Mrs Frank Moses their daughter Mrs Raymont Trott and Mr Trott 20 Corliss Street and their grandson Patrick Nugent 40 Union Street have left to pass two weeks at Rangeley Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fire Department
Route 1
Mintswelly
Woolwich
F. W Gasper
Scarboro
Dovie’s Express of
Bath
Charles B. Doyle
Frank Moses
Raymont Trott
Mr. Trott
Corliss Street
Patrick Nugent
Union Street
Rangeley Lakes
Sagadahoc Probate Court session lists numerous administrations
The August Sagadahoc County Probate Court session presided by Judge Arthur J. Dunton includes filings and grants of administrations for estates in Topsham Bowdoinham Richmond and Bath. Wills admitted inventories filed final accounts and distribution petitions named executors administratrices guardians and trustees across multiple estates. Real estate licenses bonds and various estate actions are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Arthur J. Dunton
William J. White
Topsham
Harry B. White
Otis C. Gray
Bowdoinham
Emily W. Gray
Stanley C. Guiou
Richmond
Lillian Guiou
William A. McIver
Bowdoin
Veronica M. McIver
George B. Nagle
New Haven
Conn
Jane Thompson Nagle
Lillian E. Hill
Charles M. Vanner
Charles S. Pettengill
Aline Starrett
Charles E. Starrett
Herbert P. Johnson
Stoneham
Mass
Walter W. Johnson
Cora B. Dawes
Frank E. Pashard
Jessie Ames
James H. Ames
Bowdainham
Albert L. Boucher
Henry J. Boucher
Frances D. Cromwel
Annie F. Card
Bath
Edward W. Bridgham
Harry Foote
Charles S. Stackpole
Mildred A. Stackpole
Williams Whitney
Walter L. Whitney
Mrs Laura Horne Vacationing With Georgetown Center Family
Mrs Laura Horne a student nurse at Memorial hospital is spending her vacation with Mr and Mrs Harry L Horne at their summer home in Georgetown Center Harry Horne employed at the Bath Iron Works office is also on vacation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Horne
The
Memorial Hospital
Harry L. Horne
Georgetown Center
Harry Horne
Bath Iron Works
Brisk Canning Center Sees 1100 Cans Processed So Far
Miss Catherine Leonard director of the Canning Center announces that over 1100 cans of peas beans carrots beets and greens have been processed in the three weeks since operation began More volunteers are needed especially on Mondays and Fridays Call 1248 Women must coordinate with daily chairmen and attend sessions at 8 30 a m and 1 p m at the high school Read names of members who have already canned and those volunteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Leonard
Canning Center
Miss Leonard
Edwin Haggett
Louis A. Dole
Ruben Walker
Edward W. Bridgham
Edgar Leavitt
James A. Gillies
Frank Givin
Frederick Farnsworth
Louis Spicer
Harold Ames
Brian Jewett
Walter MacNaughton
Mary Leonard
George Kolarik
Paul Hart
Herbert Cornish
Reginald Farnham
Meda Fitzgerald
Alice Foyle
Clarence Smith
Fred Sturtevant
Luther Thompson
Rudolph Gilchrist
Henry McAvoy
Clifford B. Smith
Waldo Brooks
Burleigh McKay
Lewis Graves
Gerald Billington
Maxine Rice
James Nostall
Nellie Lord
Harry Carroll
James Dawson
Verne Knapp
Fred Higgins
Berle Staples
Rachel Nichols
Amy Irish
Ivan Trueworthy
Thelma McDonald
Harry Litchfield
Carol Walker
Liquor Gas Lobsters Rule Court Case Highlights
In Municipal court Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided over a Monday session with nine intoxication cases resolved by fines and costs. A lobster law infraction saw a Bath man fined forty dollars plus four dollars seventy cents. Also noted were two traffic offenses and payments by John DeWinter for speeding and Fred G Morse for inadequate brakes. State Trooper Whitmore and Warden Owen Richardson were involved in the cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Owen Richardson
Harold C. Allen
South Portland
John DeWinter
Richmond
Fred G. Morse
Wiscasset
Roger Whitmore
Farewell Shower For Mrs Manuel Gallant Before Leave
A surprise farewell shower honored Mrs Manuel Gallant as she and her husband prepared to spend two weeks in her hometowns on Prince Edward Island Canada. The event at 16 Floral Street hosted by cousin Mrs Margaret Gallant featured gifts and refreshments with Sew ing club members and family in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Gallant
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Floral Street
Margaret Gallant
Mrs. Gallant
George Buble
Agnes Gaudet
Joseph Brown
Frank Gallant
Sewing Club
Philip Gallant
Boston
Mass
Absentee Ballots Mailed to 63 Service Members
Absentee ballots for the September election were mailed Friday to 63 servicemen who had requested them. Envelopes were pre addressed and ballots rapidly processed for mailing. Additional ballots will be sent as requests arrive. A letter from Mrs. W H Lewis of Bath notes Mr. Lewis’s YMCA affiliation and choir singing Sundays. A large pool is mentioned at the Wilmerding Pennsylvania Y where the couple now resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lewis
Bath
Mrs Gibbons Hosts Coffee for Guests at Washington Street
Miss Mary F. Gibbons entertained Monday with a coffee for her house guests Mrs Culbert Mac Gay of Milford Conn and Mrs John Darlington of Madison N J Those who poured were Mrs Robert B Hatch Mrs William S Newall Mrs John A Morse Mrs Frederick E Drake and Mrs Thomas S Gibbons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Gibbons
Washington Street
Culbert Mac Gay
Milford
Recruiting Officers for WACs Arrive in Bath
Cpl. Irene B. Geiken and Pvt. Alice M. Donovan of the Women's Army Corps arrived in Bath to recruit volunteers. They will be at the city hall auditorium for several weeks with office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Geiken notes demand for more women in the WAC and says postings include Transportation, Medical, Air Force, and Signal Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene B. Geiken
Alice M. Donovan
Women's Army Corps
Bath
City Hall
Securin
WACS
Cpl
Geiken
Bangor
Boston
Pvt. Donovan
Chanute Field
Ill
Women’s Army Corps
Cpl. Geiken
Transportation Corps
Medical Corps
Air Force
Signal Corps
First Service
New England States
Silver Tea Nets $100 For Good Cause
Over $100 was collected at a silver tea hosted by Mrs. Arthur Sewall II at 963 Washington Street for the House of the Good Shepherd non sectarian children’s home in Gardiner supported by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine. Pourers included Mrs. William H. Double and others. guests included Bishop Oliver L. Loring and several clergymen families from Maine and New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall II
Washington Street
House of the Good Shepherd
Gardiner
Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Maine
William H. Double
St. Mary’s Guild
Nelson B. Gildersleeve
Grace Church
Manlius School
Syracuse
N. Y
Harold W. W. DeLong
Frederick E. Drake
Oliver L. Loring
Portland
Recent Real Estate Transfers in Sagadahoc County
Transfers recorded at the Sagadahoc County Register of Deeds cover Bath Bowdoinham Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath and Woolwich. Names include Ellen M. Bonney to Harold Corliss Maude Stuart to Mildred Albee Helen Melin tire to John Moore and others with land and buildings on North Middle Beacon Washington and William J. Hamilton to Ruth Jones among multiple parcels.
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Sagadahoc County
Lelia Moore
Bowdeinham
Kenneth E MacDonald
Glenn A Orrs
William J. Hamilton
Ruth A Jones
Bowdoinham
Ernest H. Card
Neil MacDougall
Maurice J. Pratt
Linwood B. Rideout
Gladys M. Raymond
Milton W. Baker
Gladys V. Carver
Harold D. Carver
Bert C. Wood
Maynard I. Hinkley
Phippsburg
Helen E. MelIntire
John H. Moore
Maurice W. Avery
George C. Pease
F. H. Waterhouse
Lester A. Savoy
Richmond
Fostelle Welch
Harry A. Hart
George W. Campbell
Joseph G. Wasilauskey
Topsham
W. Irving Heath
Percy W. Alexander
Katherine S. Giveen
George H. Morton
West Bath
Ethel G. Moore
Harold E. Pickard
J. Edward Drake
John G. Morse
Milton A. Brann
Woolwich
Justus H. Miller
Charles W. Powers
Mrs Ray Howe Vacation With Sister In Rockland
Mrs Ray Howe of the State Military and Naval Children's home at 103 South Street is spending vacation with her sister Mrs Frank Fields and Mr Fields in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Howe
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
South Street
Frank Fields
Mr. Fields
Rockland
Research Class Hosts Free Will Workers Dinner
The Research Class of Corliss Street Baptist church hosted a dinner last Wednesday with Free Will Workers. Guests included Rev. Albert Freeman Philip Gildart and Miss Barbara Welch. The event featured two joined tables, flower decorations, and a committee led by Mrs. John Hunt. The group will vacate until September and will hold card showers for sick members. An ordination supper committee was formed for Aug 29. The next class meeting is the first Wednesday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Free Will
Albert Freeman
Philip Gildart
Bangor
Barbara Welch
South Portland
John Hunt
Warren McIntire
F. Arthur Berry
Orris Ames
William Hatch
Hunt
Berry
Ames
Allen
Florence Willis
Emma Daley
Mabel Shepard
Lizzie French
Surprise Party for Miss Claire McKay at Rock Hill Inn
A Tuesday last week birthday surprise for Miss Claire McKay was hosted as a weenie roast at Rock Hill Inn. Miss Jaqueline McMann of Bath and Miss Bertha Wakefield of Wiscasset organized the event for Miss McKay who is visiting her hosts. A large shore fire warmed guests as weenies marshmallows and corn were roasted. Gifts and two decorated birthday cakes were presented to Miss McKay. Attendees included Mae Nelson Jane Jones Barbara Bracey Mary Jane Footer Jaqueline McMann Bertha Wakefield Alvin Gediman Walter Mazeiko Vernon LaRochelle Eugene Burgess Robert Hinds James Fortin and Miss McKay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hill Inn
Jaqueline McMann
Bath
Bertha Wakefield
Wiscasset
Miss McMann
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant Street
Claire McKay
Miss McKay
Mae Nelson
Jane Jones
Barbara Bracey
Mary Jane Footer
Alvin Gediman
Walter Mazeiko
Vernon LaRochelle
Eugene Burgess
Robert Hinds
James Fortin
Salvage Drive Honors City Playground Children
John Parker, chairman of the Local Salvage committee, thanks city playground youngsters for a waste paper drive that filled a large box car with 47 750 pounds of scrap paper. A substantial amount was donated to the Salvation Army after the freight car was loaded. Parker credits the children's help for meeting War Production Board quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Salvation Army
War Production Board
Mr. Parker
City Council Grants Dealer Licenses
The city council approved a second hand dealer's license for Charles E. Hendrick Jr at 158 Front street while reporting to American House, T. E. McCormick, proprietor, 250 Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. McCormick
Water Street
Charles E. Hendrick, Jr
Front Street
Semper Fidelis Club Dinner and Civil Service Posts
At the Nazarene Sunday school Semper Fidelis class dinner held Wednesday August 2 at Hyde Windlass cafeteria, attendees included Vera Greene and Mabel Stanley among others. Next meeting at Lorraine Capp's home. Also notices seek stenographic civil service posts in Augusta offering 1752 dollars yearly for 48 hours weekly with vacation sick leave. Apply to Civil Service Secretary or U S Employment Service 331 Water street Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakedham
Nazarene Sunday School
Hyde Windlass
Vera Greene
Mrs. Cornish
Mabel Stanley
Madeline Haley Gwen Dutton
Lorraine Capp
Bertha Tremaine
Harriett Fraser
Betty Holman
Betty Hersey
Alyce Dutton
Millie Dutton
Marjorie Fraser
Verna Delano
Barbara Greene
Luella Fraser
Deering Street
Augusta
Civil Service
Civil Service Representative
U. S. Employment Service
Water Street
Barre man on vacation at Mere Point with family
Barrett C. Nichols of Barre Vermont visited the city Monday and lunched with his parents at 1 North street. He and his family are spending a couple of weeks at their cottage at Mere Point. Nichols played golf at the Country Club with old school friend Robert P. Shaw of New York who is home on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett C. Nichols
Barre
Vermont
F. B. Nichols
North Street
Mere Point
Robert P. Shaw
New York
National Director of WAVES visits Bath in Maine tour
Capt Mildred McAfee national director of the WAVES and Wellesley College vice‑president travels with Representative Margaret Chase Smith and Lt Helen O Neill to Bath Iron Works president William S Newell hosts them as part of a Maine naval establishments visit. The party proceeds to Skowhegan after praising Maine’s military recruiting and WAVES support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred McAfee
The
WAVES
Wellesley College
Margaret Chase Smith
House Naval Affairs Committee
Helen O'Neill
McAfee
Maine
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Smith
Mrs. Smith
Skowhegan
Miss Bernice Green Birthday Party at Home
The seventh birthday of Miss Bernice Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Green, 127 Bedford Street, was celebrated Sunday evening at their home. Guests included Glen Carter and many relatives. a candy hunt and light lunch with a large red and white cake were feature items. Miss Green plans surgery soon at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Green
Leland Green
Bedford Street
Glen Carter
Miss Green
Alice
Barry
Sharon Young
Everett Green
Alton Stimpson
Kenneth Perry
Stella Hedrick
Bobby
Johnnie Green
Millard Green
Jane Green
Dickie Lemoine
Claudia Carter
James Vaillancourt
Health officer opens new quarters in city building
Chester H. McCabe Bath health officer relocates to the second floor of the city building in the room shared with the Maine State and Welfare Department. Office hours are 4 to 5 p.m. weekdays and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Phone 1550. after hours call home 78. Public urged to visit during listed times for complaints or information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. McCabe
Bath
Maine State and Welfare Department
McCabe
Aviation Cadet Packard Moves to Intermediate Flight Training
Aviation Cadet Dwight F. Packard of Bath Bath street 17 has completed the first stage of flight training at the RAF primary school in Douglas Georgia run by Raymond Richardson Aviation Co He has been transferred to Cochran Field Macon Georgia for the intermediate stage of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight F. Packard
Beacon Street
Bath
RAF
Douglas
Raymond- Richardson Aviation Co
Packard
Cochran Field
Macon
Rationing Reminders For Consumers In World War II
Government ration details outline indefinite validity and point values for meat and fats red stamps in Book Four, processed foods blue stamps, sugar stamps 30 31 32, home canning stamp 40 through Feb 28 1945, gasoline coupons 11 A and others, fuel oil periods four and five, and shoe airplane stamps Boc 1 and 2, with use rules and dates.
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Boc
Farewell Party for Miss Ida Cohen Before Ship Training
A farewell dinner for Miss Ida R. Cohen daughter of Mr and Mrs Morris H Cohen was held at their home on Monday. Ida plans to join Hunter College and receive boat training in the WAVES in New York City. Guests included out of town aunt Mrs Irving Seigal of Providence and the former Miss Marcia Petlock of Bath with her daughters Ann Judith and Nada. Ida, Morse high school class of 1941 graduate, helped manage the Commercial Market with her father. Her brother Flight Officer Edward Barrett Cohen Pearl Harbor veteran was recently reported wounded in action in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida R. Cohen
Morris H. Cohen
Toto South Place
Hunter College
New York City
Miss Cohen
Irving Seigal
Providence
R. I
Marcia Petlock
Bath
Ann Judith
Nada
Morse High School
Edward Barrett Cohen
Pearl Harbor
France
Glasses Lost At Sea Reappear Near Wife
A Virginia Beach reporter left his glasses while swimming in the surf. A strong tide swept them away, and after nearly three hours of searching with friends, a returning wave delivered the spectacles to his wife’s feet about 200 yards from the loss site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Reverend Gilder Leads Summer Services in Grace Church
The Rev. Nelson B. Gilder, sleeve instructor and chaplain at Manlius School in New York, spends summers at South Harpswell and oversees August services at Grace Episcopal Church during the Tubbs couple’s vacation absence, as in past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson B. Gildersleeve
Manlius School
N. Y
South Harpswell
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Weekly Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A large mixed list of across and down crossword clues with numbers, plus a Cryptoquote by J Langhorne and attribution. Includes clues for skillful small pig pen poem and many others, followed by a quotation puzzle and publisher credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bashan
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California
Joseph A. Proctor, Jr
Joseph A. Proctor
Charlotte L. Buck
Cleveland L. Buck
Myrtie A. Cutler
George R. Cutler
Constantine Charles Carras
Calliope Carras
Powers McLean
C.t.a
Edward P. Kendall
Harold L. Safford, Jr
Harold L. Safford
Hiram T. Stevens
Ivana Higgins
Georgetown
Ida M. Hutchins
Franz S. Hutchins
Sadie McGinn
Athalie Allen
S. Stanley Card
Lalia P. Card
Helen G. Morton
Walter A. Barker
Bath National Bank
Rachel E. Duning
William S. Shorey
Harry L. Day
Richard Meeker
Sydney J. Meeker
Elizabeth Meeker
First National Bank
Henry A. Magoun
Daniel Williams
Lydia C. Moses
Thomas R. Huston
Hetty F. Morse
Shirley B. Humphrey
Benjamin C. Humphrey
Horace M. Coombs
Mildred C. Palmer
Beneh F. Light
Este
Albert W. Light
Shirley Estate
U.S
Miss Claire M’kay
Semper Fidelis Club
Margaret Chase
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