Corliss Street Baptists Installs New Pastor Freeman
Albert Russell Freeman was ordained and installed as pastor of Corliss Street Baptist Church at 7:30 PM with speakers from Massachusetts and Maine. The ceremony featured an organ prelude, sermons by Dr. Frank Littorin, and remarks by church leaders, noting Freeman's Gordon College training and prior pastorates.
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Corliss Street
Albert Russell Freeman
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Francis McPherson
George W. Carson
Gordon College
Freeman
Boston University
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Chauncy J. Stuart
United Baptist Church of
Topsham
Nathan W. Wood
First Baptist Church of
Arlington
Mass
Frank T. Littorin
United Baptist Convention of Maine
Frank H. Snell
Green Street Baptist Church
Melrose
Maine
Thomas Brindley
Hubert Swetnam
Warren
Charles E. Fuller
J. S. Pendleton
United Baptist Contention of Maine
Littoring
Ellis Holt
Court Street
South Freeport
Corliss Street Church
Betty Robinson Celebrates Fifth Birthday Party
Betty Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland Robinson marked her fifth birthday with a Saturday party at 46 Dummer Street. Garden flowers and a large birthday cake with five candles adorned the scene. Games included pinning the tail on the donkey with Beverly White first Betty Comeau second and Shirley Holmes third. Guests received floral candy filled baskets and refreshments were served. Attending were Janie Green Beverly White Carol Leslie Narda Fickett Ethel Estes Juanita Estes Nancy Hudson Barbara Hudson Patricia Norton Shirley Holmes Janet Garry Dorothy Robinson and adults Priscilla Estes Robert Green Emma Fickett and others assisting.
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Betty Robinson
Roland Robinson
Dummerstreet
Lea
Beverly White
Betty Comeau
Shirley Holmes
Betty
Erty
Janie Green
Carol Leslie
Narda Beryl Fickett
Ethel Estes
Juanita Estes
Nancy Hudson
Barbara Hudson
Patricia Norton
Janet Garry
Dorothy Robinson
Priscilla Estes
Robert Green
Emma Fickett
Mrs. Robinson
Miss Williams Sings In Benefit Concert At Masonic Temple
Nearly 200 attendees filled the Masonic Temple on Monday evening for a benefit concert by Miss Elizabeth Williams. Sponsored by Theta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, proceeds support holiday boxes for the bomber base recreation club in England where Sorority member Miss Mary Carroll is stationed. Williams, a Morse high graduate now at Juilliard, performed in Italian German French and English with no notes, aided by accompanist Miss Lucille Morin. The program, introduced by Williams, included Mozart arias, German songs by Wolfe and Schumann, French pieces, spirituals, and English songs, with two encores.
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Elizabeth Williams
Daniel Williams
Washington Street
Masonic Temple
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Recreation Club
England
Mary Carroll
Ralph G. Stetson
Miss Williams
Harry E. Stetson
Lucille Morin
Brunswick
Ruth Williams
Miss Morin
Phyliss
Erich Wolfe
Schumann
Hue
Leoni
Ernest Charles
Robinson Family Visits Aunt in Washington Street
Mr and Mrs Philip Robinson with daughter Patricia and sons Gilbert and Wayne of Old Orchard visited Mr Robinsons aunt Mrs Bertha Dunsar on Washington street. Mr Robinson, formerly a resident, works at the New England Shipbuilding Corp in South Portland.
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Philip Robinson
Patricia
Gilbert and
Wayne
Old Orchard
Mr. Robinson
Bertha Dunsar
Washington Street
New England Shipbuilding Corp
South Portland
Cosmo Club Fair Clears $265 Profits At Street Fair
About $265 profit from the Bargain Bazaar at the Cosmpolitan club Street Fair Saturday from 2 to 12 p.m. was announced by chair man Mrs. Granville M. Colby. The event featured raffles, bake sale, games, and a bathing beauty contest. Winners included Catherine Eleanor Stailing and John Allen Wallace in the baby contest, with Ruth Mulligan named Miss Cosmopolitan.
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Granville M. Colby
Olympia Bakery
Buvn
Catherine Eleanor Stailing
Carl Stailing
Bedford Street
John Allen Wallace
Truman B. Wallace
Milan Street
Patricia Alice Rice
Si George L. Rice
Rice
Middle Street
Meredith Ellen Kaler
Ruth Mulligan
Boody Street
Brunswick
Hyde Windlass Co
Cosmopolitan
Dorothy Knight
Wiscasset
Joseph I. Smith
Clifford Russell
Russell
William Zorach
Robinhood
Harold Nealson
Richard T. Hersom
Court Street
Arthur W. King
Edgett Street
Garden Club
Rachel F. Nichols
Bath Street
George Tobey
William H. Double
Andrews Road
Raymond G. Chubbuck
Hersom
King
Memorial Hospital
Park
Joe Avery
Raymond Novelty Co
Blackie
George Hastings
Granville Colby
E. H. Robinson
Mr Colby
Mr. Hastings
Fred Quimby
Melvin Howe
Richard [Rott
Homer Johnson
Bernard Knight
Hood Milk Co
American Legion
Washington Street
Matron N H Visits Brother in City
N H for many years matron of the Old Ladies Home in this city is visiting her brother and wife Mr and Mrs Samuel Daw on Washington street.
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N. H
Old Ladies Home
Samuel Daw
Washington Street
Pvt Arthur Temple Jr Weekend Visit at Home
Pvt Arthur Temple Jr of Fort Devens Massachusetts spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Temple in Winslow Court.
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Arthur Temple, Jr
USA
Fort Devens
Mass
Arthur Temple
Winslow Court
Bath man named Scout Executive after training stint
Harmon W. Smith of Bath returned from Mendham New Jersey where he attended the National Training School for scout executives at the Mortimer L Schiff Scout Reservation. The Bath native will lead Pine Tree Council field operations from Yarmouth toward the New Hampshire line with headquarters in Bath. He has 21 years in Boy Scouting and holds former posts in Bath and Southington Connecticut.
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Harmon W. Smith
Washington Street
Mendham
N. J
Mortimer L. Schiff
United States
Maine
California
Smith
New England
Texas
Oregon
Minnesota
Huse Memorial School
Bath
Southington
Conn
Connecticut
Morse High
Farmington Normal School
Former Bath worker wins Presidential Citation for Normandy invasion
Arborne Division Private First Class Herbert L. Pierce of Augusta Maine and the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment earned the Presidential Citation for gallantry during D-Day. He jumped from a C 47 at 600 feet through heavy anti air fire and fought with his squad to aid recovery of a downed Jeep. Pierce, son of Mr and Mrs Roland A Pierce, worked at Bath Iron Works before enlisting in July 1942 and now wears the Combat Infantryman badge recently authorized by Congress.
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Arborne Division
Herbert L. Pierce
RFC No. 2
Augusta
Maine
506Th Parachute Infantry
Normandy
Pierce
Pfc Pierce
Pfc
Peerce
Fate Pierce
Cherbourg
Congress
A. Pierce
Army
Bath Iron. Works
Bath
West Bath Marks Centenary With Hall Program
More than 200 residents and visitors packed West Bath grange hall on Saturday night to celebrate the town’s 100th anniversary. Governor Sumner Sewall praised the organizing committee and reflected on his boyhood days in West Bath. Mrs. Loring Small presented a town history. copies were requested for the State Library. The program included remarks, musical numbers, a patriotic finale, and a cafeteria-style reception afterward.
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West Bath Grange Hall
Sumner Sewall
Ise Hall
Edwin W. Haggett
West Bath
West
Sonz
God Bless
Stanwood
E C Donnell
E. M_ Haggett
L. D. Small
F_ W_ Larrabee
E. B. Williams
E. C. Donnell
C. E Stover
F. A. French
James Lemont
Llewellyn Rogers
E . Thompson
Edna Higgins
Ernest Williams
John McNary
Fred Bubier
Charlestes
Fred Rose
Ernest Rose
Albert White
Odie Rich
Harry Rich
E C Donnel
Fred W Larrabee Hall
Community Concerts End Sunday At USO Hall
Sunday evening USO Community concert drew strong attendance with group singing and films at the park. Performers included Dian Thayer Beth Leeman Rena Ulmer and young singers. Next week's finale moves to the USO hall under William Barter. George Fields and Carol of New Britain Conn visited relatives in town.
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USO
Dian Thayer
Beth Leeman
Rena Ulmer
William Barter
George Fields
Carol
New Britain
Conn
Mr Fields
William Fields
David Fields
Hardings
Fieids
Harold E. Freeman
Sunnyside Farm
East Brunswick
Community Canning Center Closes After Six Weeks
The Morse Hig School based Community Canning Center ends its six week operation processing corn beans Swiss chard peas peaches and pears. Dozens of volunteers and several Mrs Herbet Cornish Mrs John Leonard and Mrs Marie Berry helped with the program amid drought challenges affecting garden yields.
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Morse Hig School
Trussias
Herbert Cornish
John Leonard
Marie Berry
Lewis Spicer Tnose
Canning
Walter Despardins
Arthur Colby
Carlton Brown
Raymond Kelley
Theodore Watson
Fred Lord
George Bourget
Ethel Burns
James Wing
Gerard Billington
Richard Hersom
Absel Jewett
Frederick Farnsworth
Merritt Mitchell
Yartha Clark
Irving Varney
Ernest Rogers
Dante Matter
Joseph I. Smith
Martin Watrous
Fred Higgins
Kenneth Smith
Edward Sewall
Harmon Smith
Fred B. Kittridge
Harold Holbrook
Mary Katyla
E. H. Robinson
Clyde Holmes
C. E. Ellis
Marion Goding
Walter Desjardins
Lillian Desjardins
Clifford B. Smith
Lewis Cole
Helen Plummer
William Nadeau
Lawrence Putnam
Elizabeth Bourget
Paul Hart
Frank Givin
Elmer Parente
Harold Burgess
Regis Davenport
Fred Sturtevant
Frank Knight
George Allen
Harry King
Lena Shepard
Eunice Jewett
Cecil Rowland
Lewis Spicer
Elizabeth Henry
John Welch
Burns
Rachel Nichols
Amy Irish
Blackout Drills Ended in Augusta Pending Instructions
Mayor Walter C. Rogers reports that the Office of Civilian Defense in Augusta has suspended blackout drills as required by military authorities. The War Department granted permission, noting voluntary protection remains for disaster cases and standby personnel to aid police, fire, and medical authorities. The order does not alter the blackout communications system or total blackout necessity during enemy attack or public alarm.
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Walter C. Rogers
Office of Civilan Defense
Augusta
War Department
Department
Mrs Wishart Attends Luncheon Hosted by Daughter
Mrs John Wishart of Oliver street, long ill, attended a luncheon at her daughter Mrs Maynard Brown’s Western avenue home. Guests included Mrs Robert Melville of Cambridge Mass, Mrs Andrew Gibb, Mrs Wallace Gower, and Mrs John Melinnes. Gibb and Melinnes were born in Port Glasgow, Scotland. Wishart and Melville in Dumbarton, Scotland.
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John Wishart
Oliver Street
Ilness
Maynard Brown
Western Avenue
Robert Melville
Cambridge
Mass
Wishart
Andrew Gibb
Wallace Gower
John MelInnes
Gibb
MelInnes
Port Glasgow
Scotland
Melville
Dumbarton
Elliott Hatch Receives Final Farewell From Family
Elliott T. Hatch of New York died after lingering illness. His parents Capt. and Mrs. R. S Hatch of Woolwich, and his wife and son Terry, visited and returned home Tuesday following three weeks of mourning.
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Elliott T. Hatch
New York
R. S Hatch
Woolwich
Terry
Schubert Couple Return From Week-Long Brooklyn Visit
Mr and Mrs Chester W Schubert of Brooklyn returned Tuesday morning after a week with her father and mother Mr and Mrs Oliver Moses on Washington Street.
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Chester W. Schubert
Brooklyn
Mrs. Oliver
Moses
Washington Street
Children Start $100 Fund For City Swimming Pool
In a move to revive plans for city wading pools, children at a playground paper drive contributed $100 as a start toward a funded pool. Citizens met at City Hall to form a committee to continue the effort, with earlier 1942 plans for a 30 foot saucer pool costing about $4,000 referenced.
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Bath
Finance Committee
Park Pond
Mill Pond
Winneganee Lake
City Hall
Edward J. McMann
State Bureau of Health
Kimball Field
Huse
Lancelot Cooper
Children’s Wading Pool Fund
Bathman Aboard Battleship Texas During Invasion
Mr and Mrs Watson of 407 Washington street share a letter from their son Raymond E Watson USN aboard the USS Texas. He reports the ship in the recent invasion against Germany and notes the bombardment prior to the landing and continued support for the troops. The crew targeted a battery of five nine inch guns eight miles offshore and fired for about an hour and twenty five minutes until the area fell quiet. On the second day they examined the coast and observed the gun emplacements half way up a hill between the sea and a French villa used by the Germans.
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Millard E. Watson
Washington Street
Raymond E. Watson
Texas
Normandy
France
Watson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mama
Large troop ship Hughes launched from West Coast yard
On Sunday the U S S Admiral C F Hughes was launched at the Alameda Bethlehem Alameda Shipyard It is the fifth troop carrier built there with a 22000 deadweight tonnage and 610 feet length Admiral Hughes born 1866 served 46 years in the U S Navy He participated in Manila Bay and Vera Cruz and rose to Chief of Naval Operations A Hughes class destroyer was named in his honor with commissioning in 1940 The carrier features modern life amenities including ventilation cooling showers refrigerators ice cream machines and medical and dental equipment for troops
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U.S.S
C. F. Hughes
Alameda
Bethlehem - Alameda Shipyard, Inc
Pacific Coast
Charles Frederick Hughes
Otto Nimitz
U.S.N
Admiral Nimitz
Bath
U. S. Navy
Manila Bay
Vera Cruz
North Sea
U.S. Battle Fleet
Naval Operations
Admiral Hughes
Charles F. Hughes
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Albert R. Freeman
Cosmo Club
SCOUT
National Training School
Parachute Infantry
Sewall
Canning Center
Civilian Defense Office
Improc
Bathman