Phippsburg News Highlights Local Farms and People
The Ralph Win poultry operation maintains a constant rotation of chick ens pullets and full grown birds. Community updates note Mrs Susie Barbour returning to post duties, teachers guests in Bath, and 4 H club members from Phippsburg winning Hood Foundation honors. Personal items include Thanksgiving gatherings, hospital stays, flu cases and visitors from Maine towns and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Win
Wright
Susie Barbour
Portland
Small Point
Ceres McCourt
Miss Myers
Seventh Day Adventist Church School
Bath
Langdon Thistle
Fred Pecci
Richard Chadbourne
Eugene Owker
Pleasant View Farm
Meadowbrook
Lizzie Moore
Meadowbrook Road
George Larrabee, Jr
Dromore
Phippsburg
Herbert Scott
Small Point Road
Hood Foundation
Larrabee
Mr. Larrabee
Mr. Scott
George
George Larrabee
Lawrence Scott
Robert
Lawrence Hughes
Winnegance
Maurice Blair
Douglass Pye
Harvey
Arrowsic Air Raid Alarm Test Scheduled Monday Evening
An Arrowsic test drill for an automobile exhaust whistle alarm will occur Monday between six and 6 30 PM not a blackout. The notice is issued by Frank W. Rittall chief air raid warden. Ernest Sarkis of Boston visited his mother Mrs. Sadie Sarkis at 677 High Street and returned with her and Romeo Bouldick who came back to Bath after a Boston visit. Mr Bouldick will spend the rest of his vacation with relatives in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Rittall
Ernest~Sarkis
Boston
Sadie Sarkis
High Street
Romeo Bouldick
Bath
Boson
Mr. Bouldick
Lewison
Lions to Host Public Dance for Memorial Hospital Benefit
The Lions club stages a Friday Night Dance at the State Armory to raise funds for Memorial Hospital. An 8 to 12 pm program features an orchestra led by Cliff Leeman, with Joe Avery on xylophone, Miss Rena Ulmer and Cliff Estes as vocalists. Tickets sold at local drugstores and by Lions members with reduced rates for service members and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Lions Club
Memorial Hospital
Cliff Leeman
Joe Avery
East
Rena Ulmer
Cliff Estes
Lion Leon Fortin
Bath
Sea Scouts
American Legion Police
Arthur Sewall
Sewall
George B. Wolstenholme
Arthur King
King Lion
Arthur L. Pratt
Carl’s
Hallet’s
Private Carlton E Adams Jr Enrolled in Air Forces Training
Pvt Carlton E Adams Jr son of Mr and Mrs Carlton E Adams Sr of Bath Maine is enrolled this week as a student at Keesler Field's airplane mechanics school a unit of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command He came from the Fort Devens reception center and has completed basic training He will study 16 weeks of instruction on B 24 Liberator bombers to qualify for active line duty servicing and maintenance of these four engined ships The course covers maintenance fundamentals aircraft structures hydraulics propellers instruments engines electrical and fuel systems and engine operation and inspection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton E. Adams, Jr
Carlton E. Adams, Sr
Waterstreet, Bath
Keesler Field
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Adams
Fort Devens
Keesler
Auxiliary bridge party hosts and prize winners
Edwin Small returned from Auburndale to attend the High Street Auxiliary gathering where three tables of auction bridge awarded prizes to Mrs. Ormand Coggeshall and Mrs. Harry C. Williams. Refreshments were served and the next meeting is planned with Mrs. Seymour Hayden. Mrs. Morse led a High club meeting with prizes to Mrs. Coggeshall and Mrs. Robert P. Manson. A December 3 refreshment event is planned with Mrs. Frank Perry. Mr and Mrs John Burgess hosted a Friday night club event in Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wits
Edwin Small
Harold Littleton
Littleton
Auburndale
Mass
Charles T. Small
High Street
Ormand Coggeshall
Harry C. Williams
Seymour Hayden
Herbert Morse
High Club
Ormond Coggeshall
Robert P. Manson
Frank Perry
John Burgess
Phippsburg
Community notes highlight charity sale and school changes
Parker Head residents joined a salvage drive led by Mrs. Leston Harrington with 35 pounds of fats. A Girl Scouts Thanksgiving Penny Party netted $8. Local PTA met with six members. a Dec 9 supper is planned. Thanksgiving visits spanned Bath, Brunswick, Winnegance, and Perkins Island as mobilization tests spurred civilian defense calls for more volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leston Harrington
Girl Scouts
Barbara Mank
Barbara Harrington
Lorraine Harrington
Dorothy Cushing
Marion Allen
Bert Nisbet
Marie Wyman
Earl Lowell
Sally Lowell
Frances Robie
George Morong
H. D. Mank, Jr
Eugene Harrington
L. Forrest Wyman
Fire department ball aims for record turnout at Lewiston Armory
The 51st annual relief association ball of Auburn Fire Department will be held Thursday night at Lewiston Armory. Organizers hope this year's affair matches the 1941 peak in success. Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra with the Four Little Sisters will provide the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relief Association of the
Auburn Fire Department
Lewiston Armory
Hal McIntyre
Alert on coming gypsy moth outbreak feared in Bangor
John H. Jamenson warns of a large gypsy moth crop next spring. He cites clear signs a periodical tree plague is ahead and urges early precautions at spring opening to protect Bangor's chief attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Jameson
Bangor
Civilian Defense Meeting Aims for Regional Coordination
Municipal officers and civilian defense officials in Bath District Warning Center jurisdictions are urged to attend a Friday 7 30 meeting at City Hall. Six Army officers led by Lieut Col Russell Hamlin will discuss a field exercise planned for December involving air raid incidents and general mobilization under Army Navy and Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath District Warning Center
City Hall Auditorium
Army of the United States
John R. Newell
Russell Hamlin
USA
Army
Office of
Civilian Defense
Army, Navy and Bath Iron Works Corp
Newell
Bath
Bath District
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc County
Real estate transfer list shows numerous conveyances recorded at the Register of Deeds, Sagadahoc County, including Bath, Bowdoin, Georgetown, West Bath, and Woolwich. Names include Burnham, Freeman, Pennell, Forbes, Swett, Wright, Despres, Muise, Cote, Sanford, Stinson, Robbins, Higgins, MacDonald, Home Builders Inc, Jordan, Rogers, Gowell, Douglass, Jasper, Haigh, Laskey, Searle, Giberson, McDermott, Farrow, Crosby, Leeman, and others with parcels of land and buildings on streets such as Farrin, Meadow Way, Summer Street Court, Shaw Street, High, Milan, Middle, Spring, Richmond, and additional locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving L. Burnham
Arthur L. Freeman
Farrin Street
Joseph D. Pennell
Amy T. Forbes
Meadow Way
Lewis B. Swett
Hattie M. Wright
Summer Street Court
Gerard B. Despres
Herman W. Muise
Shaw Street
Reginald L. Cote
John E. Sanford
High Street
Richard A. Stinson
Ferralyn Robbins
Milan Street
William M. Higgins
Robert L. MacDonald
Middle Street
Home Builders, Inc
James W. Jordan
Spring Street
Bowdoin
Mary E. Rogers
Elmer G. Gowell
Land
Rotheus A. Douglass
Donald E. Jasper
William Haigh
Maine Governor's Wife Leads War Bond Drive in Boston
Mrs Sumner Sewall wife of the Maine governor leads War Bonds and Stamps sales in Boston while Mrs William Tudor Gardiner wife of a former governor engages in similar efforts there. Augusta Minutewoman Mrs Charles E Downing visits Copley Plaza to observe the operation and meets Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Walter Robinson. The Gardiner family remains in war work with Mr Gardiner in a foreign posting, Thomas in submarine service, Tudor in service, and Margaret in defense radio work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sumner Sewall
William Tudor Gardiner
Boston
Charles E. Downing
Augusta
Minutewomen
Copley Plaza
Gardiner
Walter Robinson
Mr. Gardiner
Thomas
Tudor
Margaret
Lewiston
Minute Women's Army
Army writer Pvt Brochu sells Sol dier Boy at Christmas Time
Pvt Robert Brochu of Biddeford now on army duty has sold a Christmas story titled Sol dier Boy at Christmas Time to This Week a supplementary publication in many Sunday papers nationwide. This joins prior army life pieces that have appeared coast to coast in newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brochu
Biddeford
Army
Soldier Boy
Brochu
Air Corps
USC Basketball League First Round Schedule Summary
Officials release the USC Basket ball League first round dates from December through January. Games are at 7 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9 p.m. with matchups including 607th Signal Corps Navy Inspectors Dorm Battery and others at the YMCA gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USC Basketball League
Signal Corps
Navy
Pied Pipers
Arkansas Travelers
Arkansas_ Travelers
Battery D
Y.M.C.A
Popham Beach Community Notes and Holiday Events
Popham Circle meets at Popham Library Thursday afternoon for Red Cross sewing and to discuss plans for a community Christmas celebration. Popham school begins selling Christmas Seals this week after last week’s Defense Stamps sale totaled 11 dollars and 20 cents. Thanksgiving visitors and gatherings are noted for several area residents, including Mrs. G E McNulty hosting service men, Barbara Ann Preney mislisted on Pot Luck helpers, and multiple local families visiting relatives during Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Popham Library
Red Cross
Popham School
G. E. McNulty
Sgt. Strategakis
George Barnes
Francis Roach
Peter Laggiss
Anson Vincent
Corp. Tech
George Kane
Dominic A'Tella
Barbara Ann Preney
Barbara Sprague
Farmington Normal School
Walter Sprague
Lester Morse
Winneganee
Harry Spencer
Wesley Church Women Plan December Supper and Elections
Officers of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Wesley Church were elected for 1943. Plans were made for the annual supper and sale on December 8 in the vestry, with a Christmas party to follow under the fellowship committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Church
George Hopkins
Llewlyn D. Rogers
West Bath
Bessie Dickinson
Ellery Kidder
Lawrence L. Houston
Jennie Walker
Fred Weeks
Walter E. Upham
Fellowship Committee
Stanley R. Hunter
Red Cross
Andrew M. Butterfield
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Vinal H. King
Willard McLean
Ellery Whittemore
Gustave Frederickson
Ellen B. Hodgkins
Dwinal E. Cornish
Wilfred C. Trott
Helen Follett
Vaughn Bryant
Fred W. Quimby
Carolyn B. Rogers
William Davis
William Coombs
John Sampson
Robert Gordon
Wendell L. Williams
Ellery E. Whittemore
James Knight
Edward Cook
Walter E
Queen Esther Lodge Plans for Christmas Party
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge met in Odd Fellows hall to set plans for a Christmas party and the children’s party on December 29. Names for the Christmas tree were exchanged and invitations were issued to district and lodge officials for receptions in Woodfords Skowhegan Brunswick and Pittsfield Mass. Beatrice Hodgkins of Pittsfield Mass. attended as a visiting Rebekah and members sewed for defense projects in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Martha Grant
Woodfords
Columbia Rebekah Lodge
Elva G. Greene
Rebekah
Priscilla Lodge
Skowhegan
Hermia Toothaker
Wounded Tops man receives Purple Heart in Washington
Thomas F. Hennessey of Tops ham receives the Purple Heart with a group of two oak in Washington D C for distinguished World War I service. He served as a machine gunner with the 26th Division for 100 months in France and was wounded twice with five body wounds losing a hand in battles at Toul and Chateau Thiery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Hennessey
Topsham
Washington, D. C
Mr. Hennessey
France
Toul
Chateau Thiery
Donations Highlight Bath Memorial Hospital Week
A Bath Memorial Hospital donor list from Donation Week shows contributions of food baskets, fresh produce, dairy items, canned goods, clothing like sheets and towels, blankets, napkins, and household goods. Notable donors include Mrs. J R Andrews Mrs J A Purington and Junior Hospital League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
J. R. Andrews
Edward T. Murphy
Junior Hospital League
Tubbs
George Dean
J. A. Purington
Craft
Edwin Fuller, Jr
William D. Sewall
Tea stocks show ample supply and future imports likely
Tea stocks in the United States are ample to meet demand for six to seven months with continued imports from India and Ceylon likely. Benjamin Wood of the Tea Bureau reports October 1 stocks at 28 to 29 million pounds and notes possible resumption of tea trading in India and Ceylon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
India
Ceylon
Benjamin Wood
The
Tea Bureau
Wood
England
Calcutta
Columbo
Bay Point Residents Watch Aurora Over Two Nights
Bay Point observers enjoyed aurora borealis over two successive nights last week with brilliant green and white plumes visible in the northern sky. The town remains near full dim-out compliance as residents reflect on wartime shortages and the limited civilian rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
Bay Point
Sermons and Views Highlight Methodist Services
Dr Alexander Cairns resumed sermons at the Methodist church on Sunday after a fortnight in New Jersey. The evening featured stereoptical views of Japan. Across town Mr and Mrs Clayton Goodwin of Philadelphia are wintering with Mrs Helen Jewett in South Dresden. Thanksgiving guests included Mrs Cora Gahan and Miss Carolyn Sheldon at Mrs J H Mayers. Mr and Mrs Joseph Houdlette plan to spend winter in Somerville Massachusetts with Mrs Houdlette’s sister Mrs Ruben Gifford. Mrs Horace Gilpatrick attended the Boston wedding of Miss Barbara Lord on Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Cairns
New Jersey
Japan
Cairns
Clayton Goodwin
Philadelphia
Helen Jewett
South Dresden
Cora Gahan
Carolyn Sheldon
J. H. Mayers
Joseph Houdlette
Somerville
Mass
Plan Underway to Form Huse Memorial P T A
Plans are set to organize a Parent Teacher Association for Huse Memorial school. Supt. Harland A. Ladd Principal Harmon W. Smith and Mrs Edward B. Hamblett met to map tentative steps. A meeting for all parents is scheduled Tuesday December 8 at 7 30 in the school building with temporary committee chairs named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher Association
New Huse Memorial School
Harland A. Ladd
Harmon W. Smith
Edward B. Mamblett
Prin. Smith
Frederick K. Sturtevant
Edgar D. Leavitt
Alexander Burgess
Hamblett
Huse Memorial
South End PTA Sets Christmas Sale and Supper
The South End PTA held its regular meeting on Tuesday to finalize plans for a Christmas sale and supper on December 12. Sale starts at four, supper at five. Mrs. Horace Herrick spoke on reading. The group voted $5 to the Hearth Society. Next meeting in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Pta
Horace Herrick
Hearth Society
Walter Darby Named Carnegie Scholarship Holder
Walter Orrin Darby of 11 March shall Avenue Bath is announced as the holder of a scholarship at the Carnegie Institute of Technology where he is a junior in aeronautical engineering. The announcement came at Carnegie Day exercises honoring Andrew Carnegie. Darby is a member of the Tarton student weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Orrin Darby
Marshall Ave
Bath
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Andrew Carnegie
Darby
Tarton
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Stanley Hutchins
William Grevers
Susan
Gardiner Rogers
Winchester
Ralph Wright Land
Ralph, Jr
H. Edward Jacquith
Cademy Street
Grovers’ Sear
A. F. Williams
W. E. ‘Kershner
Annie Clark Bowker
Harry Bowker
Concord, H
Margaret Pilsbury Hospital
Concord
Timothy Perry
Center School
Arlene Perkins
Ernest Rogers, Jr
Newport
R. L
G. W. Scott
Wrentham
LIONS
Armory
Mississippi
Parker
James Heald
Ashdale
John Rollins
Allie Rollins
John Kreidler
Bert Eaton
Beatrice Denningham
J. D. Libby
John D. Libby
Bernard Wyman
Solange Reno
Cuthbert Wilson
Walter Cushing
T. E. McCarty
J. E. Percy
Walter E. Cushing
Leroy Perkins
Burleigh Williams
Grace Williams
Edwin M. Wyman
William Cushing
Fred Osgood
Cynthia
Perkins Island
Urban Harding
Leslie Logan
Lewis Lowell
Mertie Sheperd
Brunswick
Osgood Perkins
Berl Nisbet
Lloyd Lowell
Columbus
Ohio
Fred W. Arndt
Parker Head
Cleveland
Buffalo
William Temple
Elwood Hathorne
Temple Cottage
George Woodward
North Bergen
N. J
Stella Packard
Auburn
Lloyd W. Fisher
Donald W. Webber
Sagadahoc County
Office of Register of Deeds
Hiram T. Stevens
Georgetown
George Laskey
Edgar H. Hunter
Naomi Laskey
Harriet Louise Searle
Gladys W. Baker
Richmond
Carlene Giberson
Rosanna A. McDermott
Henry J. Robichaud
Gordon H. Farrow
Hannah T. Snow
Woolwich
Fda
M. Crosby
Hollis L. Leeman
U.S.C
Y Gym
Popham Beach
Wesley Church Women’s Society
Madelyn Dyer
Winthrop
Clarence Perkins
Virginia
Stanley
Norman Perkins
Queen Esther Lodge
Bath Hospital
Daughters of Isabella
Ralph O. Dale
Samuel Percy
Arthur Young
Nellie Webber
Beatrice Crocker
Allen M. Irish
Ralph G. Stetson
Cressey
Alex MacDonald
Frank B. Nichols
Leonice B. Morse
Verdun
Alice Batchelder Boynton
Howard Brown
Daughfour Street
Rockland
Mr. Brown
I. L. Snow & Co
Ardene Pinkham
Buddy
Errol and
Glorene
Walter Delano
Carl Delano
Leo Purtell
Purtell
Harland Harford
Harmon’s Harbor
Walter Cunningham
Robert Fry
Carrie Oliver
L. M. Spinney
Lester Ross
Anne
Herman A. Spinney
Herman Spinney
Florence Achard
New York
Thomas Nolan
Herman Barter
Amry Pee
P.T. A
HUSE
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