Woman to Join Morse Staff as Physical Instructor
Bath schools will add a woman physical education instructor at Morse High School. Anne MacLellan Gipson of Hallowell is chosen to work under Duncan H. Farrell with weekly time for personalized guidance and eight grades at Huse Memorial gym. The Gipsons will move to Bath when housing is found. Mr Gipson works at Hyde Windlass Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Superintendent of Schools
Morse High School
Anne MacLellan Gipson
Hallowell
Duncan H. Farrell
Harland A. Ladd
Gipson
University of Maine
Bates Summer School
Norway High School
Winslow High School
Schooet
Huse Memorial School
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Bradford Sortwell Wright Post Elects Officers
Bradford Sortwell Wright Post members elect Robert McQuestion as Commander Roland Abbott as Vice Commander Richard Kimball as Finance and Service Officer Fred Merry as Historian Thomas Kennedy as Sergeant at Arms Alfred Gorman as Chaplain Carroll Berry. installation planned in about a week. Boy Scouts enjoyed weekend outing at Smiths Beach with departure Saturday afternoon and return Sunday. Wiscasset schools set fall term to begin Sept 7 after Labor Day. Pvt Turnor Gregoire, former grade school principal, on furlough from Camp Forest. Miss Marguerite Dodge of Edgecomb serves as clerk in the Harvey Pease Fred's Filling Station office. The Merry Filling Station in town sold to Hollis Greenleaf. Middle Street house near post office sold to Gordon Lewis Jr. Lieut Charles Chase stationed at Guantanamo Bay Cuba enjoying a furlough at High Street home. Pfc Stanton Sherman from Drew Field, Florida on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Sortwell - Wright
American Legion
Robert McQuestion
Roland Abbott
Richard Kimball
Fred R. Merry
Thomas Kennedy
Alfred Gorham
Carroll Berry
Smiths Beach
Wiscasset
Turner Gregoire
Camp Forest
Tenn
Marguerite Dodge
Edgecomb
Harvey
Pease Fred's
Fred Merry
Hollis Greenleaf
Middle Street
Donald Petrie
Gordon Lewis Jr
Jon Charles Chase
Guatanamo Bay
Cuba
High Street
Biome
Pxte
Stanton Sherman
Drew Field
Florida
Lieutenant Shelley Speaks at Rotary Luncheon
Lieutenant John G. Shelley of the Naval Air Station Brunswick spoke at a Rotary luncheon with color slides from a 35mm projector illustrating Cadet life and Pensacola Air Training Station. He described daily drills under hot sun and tough assignments, noting his prewar background as a photographer and artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Cat Central Church
John G. Shelley
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Pensacola Florida
Leutenant
Wellesley
Mass
Sabinoites Hold Annual Dance and Supper at Hall
The Sabino Improvement Association held its annual supper Monday at the hall despite many cottages remaining closed for the season. About 60 attended a lobster stew meal with fixings, decorated with garden flowers from Bath, Maine. A brief meeting reinstated four members and welcomed a new one. Music by Mrs. Haggett and Ed Haggett accompanied an old fashioned dance, noted as one of the association’s most enjoyable events. A social and another meeting were announced for upcoming dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino Improvement Association
Bath
Horace Aitken
Edwin W. Hagg
Edwin W. Haggett
Ed Haggett
Farewell Party for Robert Footer Before His Seabee Training
Robert Footer of this city left for Virginia to begin Seabees training after seven years in the Bath Iron Works shipbuilding department. A farewell party was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Jones on Russell Street with dancing, refreshments, and a purse presented for his wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Footer
Virginia
Bath Iron Works
Frank Jones
Russell Street
Frank Hinds
Jones
Mr. Footer
Steniv
Footer
Jota Footer
Morse High
Bath
Csattua LeMeone
Edward LeMaine
North Street
Butie
Feaster
Ellie
Hetty Jerre Leonard Passer
Class Initiation of T. W. Hyde Camp
Initiation of T. W. Hyde Camp scheduled Sunday at GAR hall. Past Department Commander Mauriece Jo Warner leads the exemplification of ritual work for the second class initiation to be held this summer. Many officers from across the state expected to attend. all auxiliary members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauriece Jo Warner
Hyde
Mrs H D Littlefield Returns From Newport Visit
Mrs H D Littlefield has returned to her home in Newport after visiting her daughter Mrs Bernard Knight of 38 Central Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D Littlefield
Newport
Bernard Knight
Central Avenue
Gladys Brimigion
Boston
Suburbs
West Bath Social Notes Highlight Local Birthdays and Visits
Billy Whorff turned four on August 10 at home with parents Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Whorff as a lengthy list of Bath area relatives and friends attended. A West Bath church service led by Rev. Frank W. Bevan was announced for Sunday at 7 p.m. Numerous personal items detail travel, visits, and weekend gatherings across Bath and nearby towns, including families from Portland, Brunswick, Monmouth, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Whorff
Erwin Whorff
James Kaler
David
Bath
Raymond Crocker
Lyn
Butch
Arthur Reno
Demorise Reno
Laurence Renauld
Betty Babine
Dickey Babine
Shirley Wharff
Erving Layton
Betty
Theresa
Margaret
Leah
Jimmy
Aileen
Topsham
West Bath
Rock Hill Inn
Frank W. Bevan
Glen Falls
N. Y
William Brown
Arlene
Bobby
Edna Quimby
Pauline
Pat Brown
Brown
Frank Pratt
Monmouth
Robert Reynolds
Woolwich
Carolyn Rogers
First National Bank
Hallowell R. Rogers
William
B. B. Earle
Glastonbury
Conn
George McLean
Grange Plans Public Meeting With Johns Manville Film
West Bath Grange held a regular meeting and announced a public meeting next Monday evening featuring a John s Manville Company movie in color titled The Farmer Looks Forward. The program, planned by Mrs Julia Field, includes readings songs and a discussion on Victory Gardens with James B Lemont II. Refreshments will follow and a vacancy on the executive board was filled by James B Lemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Johns-Manville Co
Boston
Edward Waters
Martha Crooker
Doris Crooker
Mary Ellicott
Glenys Maxon
the Grange
Jessie Spaulding
John Field
Leon Felker
Alice Smith
James B. Lemont II
Rose Jean
Charles Genthner
James B. Lemont
Srangers
Field
Rev Daniel Fox Commissioned Maine State Guard Chaplain
Rev Daniel H E Fox pastor at St George's Episcopal Sanford was commissioned as a chaplain in the Maine State Guard. Guardsmen from Portland Saco Sanford Westbrook and Kezar Falls witnessed Col David E Hayes pin the insignia on Lieut Fox who will serve in region one including York and Cumberland counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel H E. Fox
St George's Episcopal Church
Sanford
Maine State Guard
Portland
Saco
Westbrook
Kezar Falls
David E. Hayes
Fox
York
Cumberland
Dresdens Social Notes and Church Sermons Highlight Week
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gahan and daughter of South Portland visited Mrs Gahan's mother and attended the Eastern River Grange meeting. Mrs Martha Higgins was a Portland visitor. Horace Gilpatrick enters service. Mrs Clarice Mills of Connecticut sang, and June selections featured Grieg Bach Mozart Schubert. Dr Alexander Cairns spoke on Jesus the Lover. children's sermon was A Bear Story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Mr Gahan
Leonard Gahan
Lincoln County
Pomona
Eastern River Grange
Martha Higgins
Portland
Horace Gilpatrick
Agnes Gilpatrick
West Dresden
Clayton Mayers
Elaine Galin
The
Institute of Music and Art
New York City
Galton
Grieg
Bach
Mozart
Shubert
Alexander Cairns
Jesus the
Lover
Clarice Mills
Connecticut
Jesus
South Dresden
Fannie J. Crosby
Hartford, Conn
Har
Fred Stilphen
St. John’s Church
Woolwich Notes On Services and Local News
Woolwich reports Rev. Newall Hall sermons at Day's Ferry Nequasset and Sagadahoc Ferry with the Herdsmen Tekoa as morning topic. Community updates cover Mothers club meeting meals and guests, school talks, bean supper plans, and many local residents visiting, traveling, or moving.
Washington University poet to lecture at Moulton Union
A notice states Mr Haberly from Oxford, a renowned expert on printing and bookbinding, will lecture to the public at Washington University St. Louis reading his poems at 8 15 p m Thursday in the Moulton Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sor
Washington University
St. Louis
Moulton Union
Haberly
Oxford
Maine July scrap metal output tops 18 million pounds
Maine salvage report shows July scrap metal output of 18 538 739 pounds up 1 472 408 from June. South Portland leads with ferrous 9 841 414 pounds and nonferrous 13 565 TS. Bath Iron Works boosts Bath totals to 1 662 537 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Salvage Committee
William C. Darroch
South Portland
Portland
Westbrooke
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Bangor
Brewer Industries
Brownville Junction
Canadian Pacific Ry
Biddeford
Saco
Sanford
Waterville
Rumford
Lewiston - Auburn
Old Town
Good Will Club Plans Bake Sale Fundraiser
The Good Will club at Sagadahoc Ferry held a bi monthly meeting Monday with Mrs. Arthur Orr presiding. A year long work committee was named including Mrs. Costello P. Hall and Mrs. Percy Marston. The group voted to hold a public baked bean supper at the hall Saturday to benefit Woolwich Union church work. Mrs. Orr will chair with assistants. Menu includes baked beans salads pickles rolls cakes and coffee. The meeting closed with social time and plans for Saturday night’s supper. Next meeting set for Monday Aug 30 at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newall Hall
Woolwich Union
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Arthur Orr
Costello P. Hall
Percy Marston
Nequasset Ladies Auxillary sale notes and meetings
The Nequasset Congregational church auxiliary met Thursday afternoon with Daisy Elwell in charge of Christmas cards and personalized stationery sales. Orders are rising, samples will be exhibited at each meeting, and a quilt was tacked. Attendees included Ruth Dubar, Dorothy Reed, Amy Cromwell, Ethel Bailey, Martha Thaxter, Genesta Carter, Beatrice Bartlett, Sara Bailey, Bernice Bailey, Norma Holbrook, Thelma Squiers, Mae Gilmore, Florence Hathorne. Next meeting is August 26 in the vestry. Frederick C. Richards and son Frederick of Greenville visited Mrs. Mabelle W. Tracey. Richard Ames of Searsport was a guest of aunt Mrs. W. Carlton Squiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunxilary of
Nequasset
Nequasset Congregational Church
Daisy Elwell
Elwell
Ruth Dubar
Dorothy Reed
Amy Cromwell
Ethel Bailey
Martha Thaxter
Genesta Carter
Beatrice Bartlett
Sara Bailey
Bernice Bailey
Norma Holbrook
Thelma Squiers
Mae Gilmore
Florence Hathorne
Frederick C. Richards
Frederick
Greenville
Mabelle W. Tracey
Richard Ames
Searsport
W. Carlton Squiers
Personal notes on local residents and visitors
Miss Hilda Moore of Chandler's in Boston returns to her job after a two week vacation spent with her parents. Mr and Mrs John Fraser live on Trufant street. Miss Rebecca Estey from Passaic New Jersey visits her cousin Mrs Olney C Perry and Mr Perry on Bedford street. Miss Estey visited Lisbon Falls Tuesday to see old school friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Moore
Chandler's
Boston
John Fraser
Trufant Street
Rebecca Estey
Passaic
N. J
Olney C. Perry
Mr. Perry
Bedford Street
Estey
Lisbon Falls
Bath Canning Center Keeps Active Preserving Food
The Bath Canning Center reports steady daily output under volunteer leaders. Last week 1404 cans of vegetables and berries were processed for school children, with daily totals ranging from 227 to 343 cans as volunteers from Bath and surrounding towns assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank Given
Louise Dole
E. B. Hamblett
K. Grainger
Cyrus Longley
E. Cornish
Ida_ Coffie
Arthur King
Charles Henderson
James A. Gillies, Jr
E. Matter
Edward Sewall
Fred Kittredge
T. Watson
Carey
H. McAvoy
Farley Mayo
Billington
R. Pendleton
Melvin Ferris
L. Rogers
Chapin
Bridgham
Alice Varney
Everett Lemont
Scott M. Golder
Matter
Peterson
Fitzpatrick
D. Gaudette
Edmund A. Rothwell
Irene Ingalls
Marius Page
K. Virden
B. Westbrook
M. Morsem
E. Burns
William Craft
Blodgett
Louis Spicer
Russell Phinney
H. Lemont
Henry O. Trowbridge
Campbell
Butler
Elmer Eldridge
Kolarick
Cosmo Garden Club Luncheon Monday
Cosmopolitan Garden Club members asked to notify Mrs. Herbert Harris by Friday noon to attend Monday's luncheon. State president Mrs. Edward Merrill of Skowhegan and regional director Mrs. Robert Miller of Topsham will be guests. The regular meeting follows at 2.30. Floral arrangements and table decorations are listed with several club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Herbert Harris
Edward Merrill
Skowhegan
Robert Miller
Topsham
Louis Silverman
Fred Quimby
Nellie Goodrich
Lucius le Mont
George Churchill
Chester Roberts
Elizabeth Dunbar
Fred Irish
Roscoe McFadden
Auburn Soldier Reported Alive After MIA Listing
Staff Sgt. Everett I. Hodsdon of Auburn is reported alive and a prisoner in a German camp after being listed missing in action as of June 22 and previously reported killed in action in early July. Mrs. Mabel Hodsdon, his mother, received the updates through the Provost Marshal's office and the International Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett I. Hodsdon
Auburn
Mabel Hodsdon
Union Street
Don
International Red Cross
Kennebec Bay Point Newsnotes and Local Life
Repairs on the wharf and channel at Kennebec mouth progress amid unsettled weather. Gardens show rain heavy impact yet berries thrive. News also notes illnesses and visitors, including Carrie Oliver’s illness and the stay of Mrs. Walter Coombs and Emily in Belmont, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Victory Gardens
Carrie Oliver
Walter Coombs
Emily
Belmont
Maas
Mrs. Reed
Large moose visits Perkins farm in a quiet garden foray
Game warden John H. Perkins and his wife report a large moose wandered through the bayou yard and garden near their Hardings home, bedded in a grassy spot overnight, then left toward the woods. Neighbors and family noted prior deer visits and preventive measures include mothball hangs on fruit trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Perkins
Hardings
Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Mrs. Perkins
Three Respondents arraigned in Municipal Court
Three defendants faced short-session court for overtime parking assault and battery and intoxication. A former Boston policeman admitted intoxication, said shift changes affected sleep, fined 5 dollars plus 5.15 costs. Albert Anctil pleaded guilty to parking over three hours on Granite Street. case placed on file after a resident misidentification. A 17 year old denied assault and battery, found not guilty. Paul Marchant has enlisted in the Army, to depart September first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Rubin
Boston
Recorder Rubin
Rubin
Albert Anctil
Lewiston
Granite Street
Joseph Thibodeau
Anctil
Rupy
Center Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
MORSE
Anne M. Gibson
Lieut
Shelley
Rotary
USO Hall
T. W. Hyde
Kenneth Nap
Elizabeth Anne
Lee
Franklin Melvil
Dawn
Theresa Gallant
Houston
Nap
Irving Layton
Pfc
Carlton Bailey
US. A
Texas
William Batley
Camp Barkley
Tex
Earnest Robichaud
Signal Corps
Joseph Robichaud
Leon F. Bates
Beachmont
Charles H. Bates
George Cameron
T. G. Nelson
Nelson
George Cameron, Jr
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Eleanor Thompson
Percy Holbrook
Wallace
Douglass Mitchell
Jacqueline McMann
Sturley
Bertha Wakefield
J. W. Larrabee
Harold Bailey
the Marine
California
Robert C. Vanenringe
Samuel N. Blackwood
St Petersburg
Fla
Rufus W. Lombard
Walter Robitaud
Carmen
Rogero
Terrytown
Otis Brown
Otis Brown, Faughter
Brenda
Keith
Harpswell
Courtney Stover
Grange
Dresden
Delmar Trott
Gilbert Hathorne
Beryl
Roy Temple
Irving Temple
Robert Moore
Bowdoinham
Albert Temple
R. I
United States Navy
Chester Howe
Constance
Cape Elizabeth
Howe
Howard Miller
Dorchester
Louise Miller
Garret Galvin
Wilbur Hagan
Clarence Allen
Holbrook
Jordan Wright
Patricia
Elwell Stimson
Earl Stimson
Fred Willard
Rumford, R
Clarence Tanner
Roy Stewart
Fred S. Brown Sr
Alice Ledwell
Jean
Cambridge
Ledwells
Roland Raynes
Eleanor
Avis
Mason Carter
Richmond
James Carter
Dorothy Pitman
Day's Ferry
Paul Pitman
Dorris Tracey
Charlies Perkins
Leo Chaput
Axford Ramsey
Baltimore
Harry Mosher
Samuel P. Buck
Lemuel Preble
Clifton Guptill
State Department of Health and Welfare
Maine Municipal Association
Sewall
Maine Health Bureau
Roscoe L. Mitchell
Mitchell
Cosmo Garden Club
Perkins Farm
Paul Marchant
Bluff Road
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