Rehabilitation of Men Back From Overseas Service
Walter Buzzell spoke at the Rotary luncheon on Boothbay Health Center’s two month State program for veterans' rehabilitation. He cited two former service members, Rene Dionne and Joseph Des Rocher, whose wartime injuries and shell shock improved through structured routines, rest, physical checks, exercise, and diet. the program aims to restore fitness and ambition after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Buzzell
Rotary Club
Odd Fellows
Rene Dionne
Caribou
Joseph Des Rocher
Lewiston
Guadalcanal
Boothbay
Maine
Birthday party honors Mrs. Augusta E Rowe at 90
A birthday reception and tea for Mrs. Augusta E Rowe marked her 90th birthday. Granddaughter Mrs. John H. Grindell hosted at West Bath, with many relatives and neighbors from Georgetown center and beyond attending. Born August 12, 1854, Rowe and late husband Byron ran a Georgetown center grocery and post office for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta E Rowe
John H. Grindell
West Bath
Rowe
Lincoln Street
Center Street Hill
Georgetown Center
John
Lettice Campbell Warner
Byron Rowe
Nancy Warner Jordan
Portland
Frank Hollis
Hollis
Bertha Russell
Bath Incinerator Plan Priority Request
Bath Maine seeks priority aid from the War Production Board for an incinerator project to dispose of garbage. The plan includes a two story brick structure with two 50 ton per day furnaces, nine tons of structural steel, and other materials, financed by local banks and repaid by taxes. The sanitary issues include irregular collection, odor, nuisances, and a dump elimination to curb rat harborage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester I. McCabe
War Production Board
Portland
Rntvn
U.S. Public Health Service
New York
N. Y
WPB
Maine
Bath
Albert H. Stevenson
Playground season winds down at Bath sites amid crafts and hikes
Dike school playground reached 152 participants including the youngest registrant a ten month old. Central Mitchell and Goddard sites offer similar activities with limited differences. Daily schedules run 845 to 1120 morning and 145 to 340 afternoon as groups hike Thursdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
Dike Playground
Central Grammar School
Mitchell School
Goddard Field
Central
Kimball Field
Edward J. McMann
Huse
Dike
Betty Small
Sewall's Woods
Blueberry Patch
Whiskeag Creek
Elaine Noyes
Loretta Huff
Jerry Estabrooks
Washington Street
Mill Pond
Sasanoa Bluffs
Dead Horse
Mitchell
Pines
Coombs’ Woods
Central Grammar
Lorna Kramer
Jackie McMann
Nellie Page
Nancy Sewall
Mitchell Goddard
Anna Crocker
Virginia Bowker
Clare McKay
Jane Jones
Barbara Danforth
Marilyn Cummings
City Hall
Bertha Wakefield
Mae Nelson
Goddard
Albert Berry
Charles Godfrey
Albert
Charles Prest
Richard Snowden
God
Young tornado sweeps north end during storm
A freak electrical storm early Sunday brought near tornado winds through Bath city north end bounded by Beacon street and King's dock. Trees uprooted or broken. roofs damaged. lights and telephones out. power restored with emergency pumps. East Brunswick and West Bath also reported damage and fires started by lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
King's Dock
George Cousins
Milan Street
North End
Washington Street
John L. McLellan
Milan
Washington Streets
Edward St. Martin
Park Street
Roger Pierce
Donald Jewett
Hinckley
Middle Streets
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Fire Department
Ham's Hill
Oll Brunswick
Peterson Farm
East Brunswick
Chapel of Our Saviour
Brunswick
Stone House
Arthur Sewall
West Bath
Joseph W Larrabee
Sagadahoc
Topsham
Foster's Point
Sabino
Foster’s Point
Houghton
Allen M. Irish
Bath
Sabine
Loring D Small
Winship
McLellan Place
Park and High Streets
Capt
Ardenne A. Stott
USA
Frank Wilson
Engine Two
Woolwich
Nurses Alumnae Association Meeting in Bath
The Bath nurses alumnae held their bi monthly gathering at Bath Memorial hospital. The meeting selected the hospital cap for nurses and announced a September public dance and a fall rummage sale. Refreshments were served by Mrs Brown and aides. Attendees numbered 15 including Mrs Brown Mrs Coss Miss Yates and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital
Nurses’ Alumnae — Association
Annah C. Crocker
Grace A. Blair
Josephine Moore
Bernice H. Brown
Ethel M. Blake
Margaret Yates
Brawn
Estella B. Coss
Verna B. Bowie
Miss Blake
Jane W Hillgrove
Brown
Coss
Crocker
Yates
Bowie
Christmas Mailing Start Date For Overseas Troops
Postmaster Edward N. Hartnett reminds readers that Christmas mailing for Army and Navy overseas forces runs Sept 15 to Oct 15. After Oct 15 a written request is required. He warns of shortages in twine box material and wrapping paper and urges foresight to avoid last minute scrambles for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Hartnett
Army
Navy
Hartnett
Giant Tuna Descends on Maine Coast Near Boothbay Harbor
Hordes of giant bluefin tuna sweep the Maine coast from Kittery to Monhegan, drawing in both commercial and sport fishermen. Boothbay Harbor hosts lively action inside Squirrel Island, spurring a new Boothbay Harbor Tuna Club and plans for a 1945 tournament after the war. Officers include Frank Sample Jr. and Sherman Crockett. expected landings in 1944 will exceed 1943. The unusual schooling is linked to warm seas and abundant bait, with questions about eel-filled stomachs baffling locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Arthur Ro Greenieal
Greetleaf
Kittery
Monhegan
Greessleaf
Squirrel Island
Tuna Club
Frank Sample Jr
Sherman Crockett
Charles Rowe
Treas
Marshall Campbell
Lou Marren
Reginald Harris
Gerald McMahon
James Stevens
Greenleaf
Bailey Island
Portland
Ogunquit
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Boothbay
Prisoner of War Stanley B. Cressey Reported
Mrs Bernice G Cressey of 1 Cressey Avenue received a telegram from the Adjutant General in Washington stating that Lt Stanley B Cressey USAAF is a prisoner of war of Germany. The aviator navigator served in the Flying Fortress and joined 18 months ago after training in Atlantic City Syracuse University and Texas. He graduated Morse High 1940 and Bowdoin 1943, member of Zeta Psi and Phi Kappa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice G. Cressey
Cressey Avenue
Adjutant General's
Washington, D. C
Ed Cross
Stanley B. Cressey
USAAF
Germany
Cressey
William Rogers to Return Home From Phippsburg Visit
William Rogers who has been staying two months with his grandmother Mrs. Jennie Rogers on the Clifford road near Pitch Pine Hill Phippsburg will return to his home in State College Pennsylvania this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rogers
Jennie Rogers
Clifford Road
Pitch Pine Hill
Phippsburg
State College
Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed in Bath
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Enman of 593 Washington Street was celebrated Sunday at their daughter Mrs. Owen J. Richards home with a surprise family reunion. A noon dinner for 60 included a three tier cake baked by Mrs. Edward Daley and cut by Mrs. Enman. Gifts, yellow corsage and boutonniere, and group singing accompanied by Arthur Lemay and Herman Fuller highlighted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Enman
Washington Street
Owen J. Richards
Richards
Five Beas brothers join U S armed forces during World War II
Five sons of Mr and Mrs Daniel J Beas of Bath Maine have enlisted or left for service in 1942 to 1943. George Po, Harold D USAAF and Robert J Perry USAAF are among the siblings who served in infantry artillery and air force, with prior work at Bath Iron Works and marriages noted. Carlton W remains in BIW safety with wife Virginia Wright and daughter Elaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J Beas
Thigh Street
Dorald Boolett
Dorald
Morse High School
Bath Tron Works Corporation
Taskate O
Helen Apareabee
Boothbay Harbor
Judith
Batley Street
Army
George Po
43Rd Division of
Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
N. C
Camp Blanding
Lewistown
South Carolina
Fort Williams
Portland
240Th Coast Artillery
George
Bath Tron
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
Detroit
Mich
Salt Lake City
Utah
Smoky Hill Air Base
Salina
Kan
Harvard Army Air Bese
Nebi
Harold D
USAAF
Kerns
Mass
Bainbridge
Norfolk
Pacific
Carlton W
BIW Safety Department
Virginia Wright
City
Elaine
Winslip Street
George P
Cpl
Robert
John J
Harold
Deermatd
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buzzell’s
State of Maine
Russia
Mrs. Rowe
Georgetown
Effie Heal
Mac Hagan
Joseph Higgins
Walter Cummings
William Todd
Harry Horne
Roy Newman
Meta Berse
Malden
Dorothy Oliver
Melrose
Arthur Rowe
Atfred. J. Rowe
Russell. Irving
Harold P. Small
Robert L. Brownell
J. Haviland Torrey
Theodore F. Watson
Karcher
W.P.B
Federal Public Health Service
Rock Hill Inn
YOUNG
Nurses’ Alumnae Association Meeting
Enman
Ina Fuller
Errol
N. H
Upton
Mr Enman
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Dren
Clayton
USN
Beverev and
Otis
Ethel MacArthur
Rowley
Bernard Warren
Albert Warren
Mabel Thurston
Topsfield
Curtis Ferren
Florence Cunningham
Colebrook
James S. Roberts
Chester
Daniel Stewart
Sanbornville
Albert Stewart
Abbie Sears
Rochester
Robert A. Rose
Bette Ann
Portsmouth
Davis Curtis
Kathleen
Davene
Hervey B. Fuller
West Paris
Everett Blake
Nancy
Edward
Harold Fuller
Arthur Lemay
Theresa Guinard
Minnie Bryant
Bertha Sutherland
U. S
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