Personal notes from South Port and Lubec guests
Myron Keegan of South Port land and Lubec was a guest Sunday of his uncle and aunt Attorney and Mrs. John J. Keegan of Grove street. Mrs. Bertha Dunbar has resumed duties at the Edna Mae Shoppe after vacation, spent at Old Orchard with her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Robnson. Bowen Torrey of the Torrey Zoller Bushing Works, after three weeks as a patient at Pratt Diagnostic hospital in Boston, expects to return to West Bath this week. friends note his health has greatly improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Keegan
South Portland
Lubec
John J. Keegan
Grove Street
Bertha Dunbar
Edna Mae
Old Orchard
Philip Robnson
Bowen Torrey
Torrey Zoller Bushing Works
Pratt Diagnostic Hospital
Boston
West Bath
Local residents return from visits and summer duties
Ralph E Blakeney returns from a week with his mother Mrs Angie Blakeney while on vacation. Mrs Frank Wotton of Waldo is visiting Bath and her husband is stationed in Chatham Mass with the U C Coast Guard. Miss Louise Briggs daughter of Mrs Edmund P Briggs completes Bowdoin College duties and teaches meteorology this summer then travels to Haven to visit Miss Katherine McCoy head of Brimmer May School in Boston where Briggs is a faculty member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Blakeney
High Street
Angie Blakeney
Waterville
Frank Wotton
Waldoboro
Bath
Wotton
U. C. Coast Guard
Chatham, Mass
Louise Briggs
Edmund P. Briggs
Center Street
Bowdoin College
Prizes Awarded in Monday Doll Carriage Parade
Prizes were awarded in the City Park event for doll carriages. In the 3 to 5 age group Shir ley Colangelo and Sherill Duker won 2 defense stamps each. In 6 to 7, Claudia Carter and Marion Smith received 2 stamps for originality and beauty. In 8-year-olds Lorraine Mae Allen and Virginia Clark earned prizes for prettiest and originality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Shirley Colangelo
Michael Colangelo
Hyde Park Project
Central Play Ground
Sherill Duker
Charles Duker
Central Avenue
Central Group
Claudia Carter
Marion Smith
Marion
Lorraine Mae Allen
Virginia Clark
Red Cross
Dolly
Edward J. McMann
Linwood Carr
Betty Small
Dike
Lorna Kramer
Central
Katherine Campbell
Goddard
Billy Barter
Poll gauges support for a third term for Governor Sewall
Sagadahoe County Republican chair Justus Miller said a revised Sewall For Governor Club distributed state wide questionnaires asking voters if they favor a third term and if they would support him if he ran. Miller notes Sewall has opposed a third term under normal conditions but may run if sentiment proves strong. Ardine Richardson is the only declared GOP aspirant for 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus Miller
Sagadahoe County
Republican Committee
Sewall
Miller
Ardine Richardson
Strong
House of Representatives
State Grange
Senate
Horace A. Hildreth
Cumberland
Huskins Returns Aboard After Furlough At Five Island
John Huskins of the U S N has rejoined his ship after a furlough spent with Mrs Huskins at the home of Capt and Mrs William F Plummer on Winship street and at Five Island where Mrs Huskins is spending the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Huskins
Mrs Huskins
William F. Plummer
Winship Street
Huskins
Five Island
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Hosts Guests at Clubhouse
The Cosmopolitan Garden club hosted 38 members and guests at the clubhouse on Monday with a lobster salad luncheon. Guests Mrs. Edward Merrill of Skowhegan and Mrs. Robert Miller of Topsham spoke on conservation and service, followed by floral accolades and community flower delivery to hospitals and homes. The event closed with thanks to hostesses and plans for a Victory Garden show on Sept 4 to benefit Army and Navy Relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Edward Merrill
Skowhegan
Robert Miller
Topsham
Fred Irish
Roscoe McFadden
George Churchill
Chester Roberts
Fred Quimby
Amy Irish
J. R. Andrews
Alice Johnson
George Churchil
Freed Irish
Granville Colby
William Yule
Roscoe P. McFadden
O. E. Page
Old Ladies Home
Arthur Colby
Charles Kinney
Mabel Harris
Edward Hamblett
Jennie Perkins
George A. Churchill
Army
Navy
West Bath Grange hosts lively farm clinic and social
The West Bath Grange event featured The Johns Manville Co. presenting a farm clinic and the film The Farmer Looks Forward. Mr Cushman and Mr Green answered questions, with home improvement insights and a social dance to follow. Mrs Haggett received honorary membership for 50 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns-Manville Co
West Bath Grange
Grange
Cushman
Green
Martha Crooker
Doris Crooker
Glenys Maxon
Mary Ellicott
Jessie Spaulding
Melvin Pratt
Edwin W. Haggett
West Bath
Haggett
Sagadahoc Pomona
Woolwich Orange
Alice Robinson
WAAC
Rockland
Dorothy Kenna
Boston
Grangers
Cora Kirsch
The
WAVES
Bath Iron Works
Four Men Depart for Week-Long Boston Vacation
Edward Footer Daniel Brady Paul Lemont and George Bour leave Monday for Boston for a week's vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Footer
Daniel Brady
Paul Lemont
George Bourgoin
Boston
Frances Shaughnessy Engaged to Lieutenant Wade
Mrs. Helen Shaughnessy announces the engagement of her daughter Frances Anna to Lieut. Philip Treadwell Wade of New Canaan Conn. Frances is granddaughter of Hon. and Mrs. Oliver Moses 2nd and a Morse High School and Traphagen School of Fashion alumna. Wade is a Yale alumnus and recent graduate of the Engineering Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir. No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Shaughnessy
Washington Street
Frances Anna
Philip Treadwell Wade
Alfred B. Wade
New Canaan
Conn
Miss Shaughnessy
Oliver Moses
Morse High School
Traphagen School of Fashion
New York City
Lieut
Wade
Riverdale Country School
Choate School
Yale University
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Shaughnessy
Bears along Moosehead road evoke summer visit to Hartsgroves
Mr and Mrs George Hartsgrove hosted two days for their daughters Barbara and Claire at the Hartsgrove hotel Seboomook at Moosehead Lake. They return via Rockwood road where a large black bear blocked the road then ambled away. They counted over 20 deer including a doe and twin fawns. Mrs Hamilton recently published a poem on ships tied to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hartsgrove
Western Avenue
Barbara
Claire
Hartsgrove
Seboomook
Moosehead Lake
Bath
Hamilton
Eleanor Hamilton
R.N
Bath Iron Works
Hartsgroves
Youngsters Exhibit Craftsmanship at City Hall
Mrs Linwood Carr of North Harpswell supervised summer arts and crafts at Goddard Central and Dike schools. The exhibit Friday at City Hall shows birds in boxes, bird houses, plaques and painted shelves finished by students using only hammers and saws with box board materials donated by Bath Box Co. The project spanned multiple schools and ends with parents invited to view the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Carr
North Harpswell
Goddard
Central
Dike
City Hall
Bowdoinham Community Notes and Local Appointments
Bowdoinham reports completion of the Observation Post atop the main street garage with 24 hour service. The Association of Bay View Cemetery held a special meeting electing officers after two vacancies. Red Cross chapter hosted an all day meeting making 675 surgical dressings. Farewell for Rev Archibald Craig as he departs for Ellsworth. Merrymeeting grange to meet with program led by Mrs Chesley. Local items include moves, hospital patients, visits, and family news across Bowdoinham and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Hatch
Defense Center
U.S. Army and Observers Corps
Association of
Bay View Cemetery
James H. Ames
R. D. Purington
Charles Randall
Clara Fogg
Georgia Denham
Stella Randall
Margaret Purington
Jessie Ames
Mary Lilly
Fred Leavitt
Bowdeinham
Brunswick
American Red Cross
William Gould
Archibald Craig
Baptist Vestry
Craig
Ellsworth
United Baptist Church
Jenkins Rites Held in Augusta Bowdoinham Burial
Funeral for Frank D. Jenkins held Aug 18 in Augusta with burial at Bay View cemetery Bowdoinham. He left a son in Hartford and was a Masons member. Former Bowdoinham farmer, night attendant at Augusta State Hospital, home burned years ago. Many notices of local residents and a separate release of Norman S. Moore from Bangor State Hospital after insanity defense in Ellsworth fire case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Jenkins
Augusta
Bay View Cemetery
Bowdoinham
A. Craig
Jenkins
F. Carlton Jenkins
Hartford
Augusta State Hospital
James Pratt, Jr
Brunswick Hospital
Lynde Heath
Fred Ladd
Bangor
Charles Messer
Walter Zachau
Fred D. Heath
A. Bennett
Hazel Turner
Miss Bailey
Norman S. Moore
Ellsworth
Bangor State Hospital
Superior Court
Edward P. Murray
Carl J. Hedin
Moore
Ralph Masterman
Hancock County
For Sale Two and Half Story House Near Coast Guard Station
A year round residence offered for sale near Popham Beach with owner on premises. Listing notes farm or property options and provides contact details for Pri Reed Co and manager Stanley E. Wal snipe at 93 Pront Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Pri Reed Co
Stanley E. Walsnipe
Pront Street
Bath
Bartholomew Gosnold Launches at New England Yard
The Liberty ship Bartholomew Gosnold was launched at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation yard on Sunday with Miss Alice Virginia Fletcher of Everett Pennsylvania as sponsor. Miss Martha Jean Vernon of Oskaloola Kansas and Miss Madeline Rose Carroll of St Johnsbury Vermont, both Maritime Commission secretaries, served as maids of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew Gosnold
New England Shipbuilding Corporation
Alice Virginia Fletcher
Everett
U. S. Maritime Commission
Washington
Martha Jean Vernon
Oskaloosa
Madeline Rose Carroll
St. Johnsbury
Maritime Commission
Plea Drivers to Hearings on OPA Allegations in Maine
Fifty three alleged pleasure drivers named in the Cumberland Fair races face hearings before a special OPA hearing officer. Sessions are set in Portland on Wednesday and Auburn on Thursday per the Maine District OPA Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Fair
OPA
Portland
Auburn
Maine District Opa
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Senzter'’s, Inc
Nasson College
Springvale, Maine
Baste Trang
Rial Fields
of Secretarial Science College
Fesiilette
Dawn Nelson
the Times Company
Front Street
Maine
Sagadahoe
H. B. Kaler
Washington, Me
Cosmo Gardeners
Frances Shaughnessy
Henry Lewis of
Trevett
Seboomok
Roland Breton
Jean
James
Kittery
Beatrice Titcomb
Morse High
Dexter
Japan
Eongs
Lule Punien
Columbia Picture
Jacob Barter
Linda
James Brown
Richmond
James Pratt
Glenora Dow
Steuben
Carrie Kendall
Edward Kendall
Alice Pratt
Inez Gowell
Kendall
Old Orchard Beach
Marcia Hughey
Saugus
Mass
Phillip Rideout
Charles Blodgett
Tennessee
Fortenning
Blodgett
Milton Douglas
Hartley
Shirley
Boothbay
Warren Douglas
Marilyn
Phyllis
Patricia Brawn
James Brawn
Rochester
N. H
Stanley Libby
Charles Osgood
Esther Browne
Springfield
Hazel Brown
Houston
Robly Morrison
Grace McIntyre
Raymond
Ante
Raymond Ekendall
Lauris Wilson
Edward
Lson
Minta Wilson
Wilson
Lola Lang
Maynard Dow
William Racine
Brandon
E. W. Bickford
Greene
Grace Clement
Norman Rowe
China
Mr. Rowe
Mary Rowe
Roger Robinson
Roland
Robinson
Lawrence Hackett
Bowdoinham Post Road
RED Skelton
Quchelle Coo Ball
Kelly
Uptowns
Gene Autry
Country Store
Sunda
Goucey Muntz Hall
Tuess
Jay
Caras
Man Cone
Saint Towasp
Arthur
Barry More -Stewart
Arnold Wischaauer - Anh Miller
Columbia
Pieter
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