Highway Funds Vote Urges Yes on September 11
Maine voters face a statewide election with governor and congressional races along with a key constitutional amendment on highway funds. The Maine Road Fund Protection Committee urges a Yes vote to safeguard road revenues from gasoline taxes licenses and vehicle fuels, promising no new taxes and benefits for farmers veterans and tourism.
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Maine
Congress
Sagadahoc
Specil
Maine Road Fund Protection Committee
The
State Grange
Highway Users Conference
Good Roads Association
Petroleum Industries Committee
State Federation of Labor, Hotel Association
Commercial Motor Vehicle Association
Commercial Travelers Association
When V Day Comes and City Readies for Celebration
Fearful of property damage and potential injuries authorities brace for possible celebrations after Germany's unconditional surrender. Air raid alarms may sound to mobilize auxiliary firemen and police to join permanent forces against fires and other dangers as the news breaks.
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Germany
V Day Plans And Community Reactions In Bath
The article describes preparations for V Day including quick alert plans for police and fire services, church bell announcements, and potential store closings. It notes Bath's committee organizing observances and praises the local rationing office staff for their commendable service amid occasional criticism, highlighting community resilience and gratitude.
Knights and Families Enjoy Lobsterbake at Edward Murphy Farm
Knights of Columbus and families gathered at Edward Murphy's Woolwich farm on a sunny Sunday for an annual lobsterbake attended by about 300 people. Alex Burgess and assistants served a hearty dinner then a charity softball game followed, with a kids sports area awarding prizes in races and games won by local youths. District Deputy and Mrs Lorenzo Masse attended as Sagadahoc District members, while visitors from Malden joined relatives of townsfolk.
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Knights of Columbus
Edward Murphy
Woolwich
Alex Burgess
Joseph Marquis
Arthur Poulin
Andre Dubois
William Dugas
Louis Casey
Francis Vaillaincourt
Liniment
Young America
Forest Staples
Edmund Paurady
Donna MacDouil
Joan Smart
Parady
Willim Alard
Mary Burgess
Florence Murpis
Dorothy Dunnam
Simon Cyr
John Hallet
Edmund Parady
Frances Vuillancourt
Donna MacDaiwal
Firemen Prepare Sixth Annual Show at Morse Auditorium
The B I W Corp Fire Department show committee led by First Assistant Chief Harold Corliss selects seven acts from Boston booking agent K M White for an October 26 and 27 event at Morse High School auditorium. Tickets will go on sale September 1 through department members with reserved seating planned to ensure late arrivals have seats.
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B. I. W. Corp
Fire Department
Harold Corliss
K. M. White
Boston
Morse High School
Arthur Preney
Old Home Day at Windsor Fair Adds Jitterbug Contests
Windsor Fair plans Old Home Day next Sunday with jitterbug and square dance contests and bicycle races for all ages. Smiley and Sue Co. will headline with Hill Billy acts. Entries to R G Kennison Windsor Fair Augusta Maine 225 Water Street. Event runs September 1–4 with a Labor Day finale alongside broader parimutuel racing and agricultural fair attractions.
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Maine
Smiley and Sue & Co
United States
R.G. Kennison
Windsor Fair
Waterstreet
Augusta
Adventists' School Opens September 11
The Seventh day Adventist church school reopens for its third year under chair man Fred Pecel. Camden teacher Mass June M icken named to teach. The school, under the superintendent's jurisdiction, follows the public school curriculum with Bible study included. Church members and the Conference support operations. limited seats available. prospective students should register with Pecel or Mrs Raymond Farley.
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Ehorey School
Fred Pecel
Mass June Micken
Camden
Church School
Fred Pecch
Raymond Farley
Vacation Trip Notes From City Streets
Fe of Union street court left Monday for two weeks away with relatives in Boston and Montpelier Vermont. Mr. Gokey works at the First National store. Miss Alzira Gross of Court street returned to the Edna Mae Shoppe after a vacation partly at Sebago Lake visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapman of Portland.
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Union Street Court
Boston
Montpelier
Gokey
First National
Alzira Gross
Court Street
Edna Mae
Sebago Lake
Arthur Chapman
Portland
Men in uniform report and duty rounds from Bath area
Pvt Paul Frasier Turtillotte reports to Keesler Field Biloxi for Army Air Forces tests to qualify as a pre aviation cadet. Pfc William Hill Jr returns from overseas to Quantico awaiting furlough. Navy and Marine families hear of sons stationed at Sampson, Great Lakes, Camp Peary, Port Hueneme, and in the Pacific.
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Pvt
Paul Frasier Turtillotte
Ethel Turtillotte
Center Street
Bath
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Army Air Forces Training Command
Army Air Forces Training Command Station
William Hill, Jr
U.S. A
United States
Quantico
Babe Estes Returns Home After Naval Service
Gordon Estes, 1/c, USN, arrived home from service to visit George Wallace at 22 Somerset Place. A Morse High School 1942 graduate, Babe played basketball and golf and later worked at Bath Iron Works.
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Gordon Estes
S. 1/c
USN
George Wallace
Somerset Place
Gordon
Babe
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Lt Beth Trott Returns to Congress Field in Columbia
Second Lieutenant Beth Trott MCWR returned Thursday to Congress Field in Columbia South Carolina where she serves as an operations officer after a furlough with her parents Mr and Mrs Wilfred C Trott of 17 Marshall Avenue Trott entered service in September 1943 and trained at Camp Lejeune New River NC
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Beth Trott
MCWR
Congress Field
Columbia
S. C
Wilfred C. Trott
Marshall Avenue
Trott
Camp Lejeune
New River
N. C
Bath man joins oldest B 26 bomber group in theatre
Corporal Frank Ek Bronson of 67 Chestnut Street Bath Maine has arrived in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations as an armor runner in the oldest B 26 medium bomber group in the 12th Army Air Force. His unit completed 325 missions and recently received commendation from Brigadier General Robert M Webster.
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AAF
Frank Ek. Bronson
Chestnut Street
Bath
Maine
John K. Cannon
12Th Aaf
Robert M. Webster
Bowdoin Graduate Pvt Hawley Leaves on Weather Duty
Pvt Sumner Hawley USAAF left Monday night for Boca Raton Florida after a delayed return to his parents Warren F. and Mrs. Hawley of 37 Western avenue. A Bowdoin sophomore in 1941 he joined the service in February 1943 after meteorology training at Bowdoin. He was stationed at Devens Greensboro and Tampa where he passed his weather observer exam on August 5.
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Sumner Hawley
USAAF
Boca Raton
Fla
Warren F. Hawley
Western Avenue
Pvt
Hawley
Morse High School
Bowdoin
Univer Devens
Greensboro
N. C
Tampa
Navy man returns to Camp Bradford after leave
John R. Kimble Mo. MM 2/c USNR returns Friday to Camp Bradford Virginia after five days with wife Barbara Matter and son John Douglas, plus his parents Mr and Mrs Earl C Kimble of High Street.
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John R. Kimble
USNR
Camp Bradford
Barbara Matter
John Douglas
Earl C. Kimble
High Street
Morse High Graduates in Navy Service Careers
Kimble a Morse High School Class of 1938 graduate worked in Bath Iron Works drawing room before joining Navy in June 1943. He trained in boats at Newport and radio and diesel at Michigan City and Chicago. Ardenne E. McFadden a U S N A metalsmith 3/c stationed at Sanford Fla with ABATU home on leave, enlisted in 1942, trained at Newport, stationed in Jacksonville, Morse Class of 1940, Tin shop at Bath Iron Works prior to service.
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Jeremiah W. Desmond
Aviation Metalsmith
1/c
USN
Albert E. Desmond
Oak Street
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Newport
KR. I
Chicago
South Pacific
Kimble
R. I
Michigan City
Ind
Navy Pier
The
Maynard McFadden to be graduated from aviation training
Maynard McFadden of Amarillo Texas and Mrs Mercie McFadden of Bedford Street anticipate his September 7 graduation from aviation training after one year in service. He hopes for a furlough to visit his mother and see family and friends at home, having met her during a winter Boston furlough.
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Maynard McFadden
U.S.A
Amarillo
Texas
Mercie McFadden
Bedford Street
Boston
Air Medal honors Browne for meritorious bomber duty
An Eighth AAF bomber station in England announced Staff Sgt. Erle R. Browne of Bowdoinham Maine earned the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement during sustained bombing over enemy occupied Europe. Browne has taken part in more than ten missions over Germany and occupied territories, tracing his roots to Coombs High School and Ricker Classical Institute. He worked at Bath Iron Works before enlisting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erle L. Browne. The item also notes Navy seaman James Richard Greene from Bath, Maine, his early enlistment gambit at 16, and other local servicemen with brief service highlights.
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Harry L. Cornish
Usn
Harry E. Cornish
Weeks Street
Navy
Times
Harry
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ill
Alaska
England
Erle R. Brown
Erle L. Brown
Bowdoinham
Browne
Germany
Europe
Erle R. Browne
Erle L. Browne
Coombs High School
Ricker Classical Institute
Houston
Maine
The
James Richard Greene
Bath
South Pacific
Byers
Co. B
101St Infantry
France
Air Medal award for Urbain J. Tondreau earns Oak Leaf Cluster
Staff Sergeant Urbain J. Tondreau, 23, son of Mr and Mrs George J Tondreau, receives a second Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal. The acknowledgment cites his gallantry and service, noting his duties and wartime contributions.
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Urbain J. Tondreau
George J. Tondreau
Bath sailors in wartime reports and letters shared
The article records Bath residents in the armed forces during World War II. It notes a ball turret gunner flying with the Eighth Air Force aboard a B17 named Hay Bay under Colonel Vandemeier, and former Bath Iron Works welder paths to air service. It also mentions Harry M. Boucher in Melville, Louisiana, Charles H. Kidder Jr returning to his post, a letter from Norman A. Kilby Jr serving in the Pacific, and Kilby’s role as ship newspaper editor while praising wartime experiences and hope for homecoming.
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Ington Street
Bath
Maine
Europe
Eighth Air Force
Hay Bay
Elliott Vandemeier, Jr
Washington
D. C
Army Air Force
Bath Iron Works
Amarillo Field
Texas
Norman A. Kilby, Jr
Src
USN
Freeport
Kilby
The
Times
Pacific Ocean
Hopes Veterans Will Become Fishermen in Maine Seas
Boothbay Harbor Maine August 30 opportunities in expanding Maine fisheries will grow after the war due to increased demand for manpower Commissioner Arthur R Greenleaf of Sea and Shore Fisheries stated var returning service men should consider sea work for livelihood the seafood industry will need more workers
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Arthur R. Greenleaf
The
Sea and Shore Fisheries
Ration reminders for consumers during wartime
A wartime notice lists rationing validity and point values for meats fats processed foods sugar gasoline fuel oil and shoes. Red and blue stamps cover Book Four with indefinite validity while certain sugar stamp values enable five pounds, and home canning stamp 40 applies through February 28 1945. Gasoline coupons 11 A through B-4 C-4 valid mid 1945. fuel oil periods four five valid through Sept 30. new period 1 coupons issued by rationing boards. Shoes Book three airplane stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely.
Fisheries postwar outlook and manpower needs noted
Greenleaf emphasized that new consumer introductions and marketing of fresh, canned, and frozen fish broaden fisheries horizons. He said many products have replaced imports, signaling future manpower needs. The Sea and Shore Fisheries Department plans to assist postwar placements, offering outdoor work and relief from wartime stress.
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Greenelaf
Greenleaf
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Bath Municipal Court Sums Up Four Traffic Violations
Bath municipal court handled four traffic cases presided by Recorder Harold J. Rubin. State troopers filed the complaints with fines and costs totaling for each defendant, including licenses, brakes, and speeding infractions on U S Route 1 West Bath Route 196 Topsnam and Arrowsic.
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Bath
Harold J. Rubin
Frederick B. Laskey
Robinhood
Roger Whitmore
John W. Davis
Phippsburg
Normand Vermette
West Bath
George E. Bernier
Lisbon
Whitmore
Topsnam
Edward Cunningham
Francis Powers
Arrowsic
Brush Fire Suppresses on Roy Clark Land near Bedford Street
Firefighters responded to a Wednesday brush fire on Roy Clark land south of Bedford Street Extension. Box 511 alarm. A booster line was deployed and the fire, burning a small area, was extinguished.
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Roy Clark
Bedford Street
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A puzzle page lists numerous across and down clues such as Gather at and Tapestry. a forest clearing. Latin and Norse gods. weathered terms. and a Cryptoquote at end with the quotation to decode. The grid hints include numerous thematic terms, with specific clues for sailors, landscapes, and linguistic notes.
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J. Edward Drake
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Murphy Farm
James MacNeil
Pine Street
Malden
Maass
Ernest Mabey
Ralph Welch
MacNeil
Morse Auditorium
Adventists
Richard H. Godfrey
U.S. N
Ralph H. Godfrey
Washington Street
Morse High
Sampson, N. Y
U.S. Naval Training School
Edward B. Parker
U. S.N
Mediterranean
Hilda Somes
Middle Street
Robert K. Somes
SF 4 c
Navy Seabees
Tinian
Marianas Islands
Naval Construction Battalion
Lambert Park
Hawaii
Marshall Islands
Ens
James W. Voorhees
Merchant Marine
Wilmer I Voorhees
Castine Maritime Academy
Ens Voorhees
Iran
Frank Beals
Page Street
Brunswick
Donald Beals
U S.A
Dental Corps
Beals
Rockland
Farmington Normal School
West Point
Middle West
John A. Greene
Leonard Court
William L. Greene
Seabees
Guam
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Camp Peary
Port Hueneme
Calif
Marshall and
Mariana Islands
Great Lakes
Illinois
Edward I. Stewart
Camp Croft
Frances Stewart
Fort Devens
Brewer High School
Fifth Army
Italy
Calvin H. Win
88Th Division
Santa Maria Infante
Corp
Allen Atwood
Sor
John Atwood
Winship Street
Normandy
Joseph E. Hart
Loring E. Hart
USA
Pvt. Hart
Bowdoin College
Camp Blanding
Fort Meade
George Burgon
John Burgon
Mr. Bergon
Albert Brady
Edmund C. Robinson
South Street
Sampson
N. Y
Harry M. Boucher
Mo. M. 1/c
Melville, R. I
Charles H. Kidder, Jr
Dearborn
Mich
Marie Kidder
Charles H. Kidder
Milan Street
Naval Training Station
Kidder
Shetland Islands
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Bacon
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