Auto crashes truck on Woolwich Road
A 1937 Chevrolet rear collided with a large Mack truck on Route 1 near Hillcrest cabins in Woolwich. Driver John H Wilbur 28 Waterford Conn and passenger Russell Apt 27 Rockhill St Portsmouth NH escaped with minor injuries. Wilbur cited snow glare as cause. Truck driver Richard L Emery 872 Pleasant St Rockland reported stopping on a slippery hill. Wilbur’s eye cut and Apt’s possible broken nose were noted. Wilbur’s route was to Snow Shipyard in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest
Woolwich
John P. Crosby
Richard L. Emery
Pleasant Street
Rockland
John H. Wilbur
Waterford
Conn
Wilbur
Crosby
Russell Apt
Rockhill Street
Portsmouth
N. H
Snow
The Rev Robert H Higham Named New First Congregational Pastor
Rev Robert H Higham a Newton Andover Theological School student has accepted the pastorate of the First Congregational church and will begin duties on Sunday December 20 He and Mrs Higham will move to town and into the parsonage in June after his graduation from the Theological School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Higham
Newton-Andover Theological School
First Congregational Church
Hingham
Mr. Higham
Milk price rise urged to curb Bath area shortage
At a public Milk Control Board hearing in Bath officials and about 20 producers, distributors and farmers argued for a one cent per quart price hike to spur local milk sales. They cited abnormal slackening due to defense industry labor shifts, delivery costs, and diversion to Boston and Portland markets to keep supply steady for Bath area consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Industries
Armed Services
Bath
Milk Control Board
City Hall Auditorium
Control Board
CPA
Boston
Portland
OPA
Earl Osgood
Fryeburg
North Jay
Farmington
George Donnelly
Frank I. Cowan
Woolwich
Osgood
Navy Engineer Ellison Estes Returns to Duty in Norfolk
Ellison Estes of the engineer corps reports to Norfolk Virginia for duty after furlough with his mother Mrs. George Wallace of Somerset Place. He recently returned from Africa where he served on a troop transport and endured memorable experiences. His brother Gordon Estes serves in the Pacific fleet. The mother has not heard from Ellison for six weeks since his San Francisco posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison Estes
Engineer Corps
George Wallace
Somerset Place
Norfolk
Mr. Estes
Africa
Gordon Estes
San Francisco
Mrs Guptill and daughter visit relative in Middle Street
Mrs Samuel Guptill and her young daughter Sandra of North Woolwich were guests on Tuesday of Mrs Horace Woodman, the latter's mother, at Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Guptill
Sandra
North Woolwich
Guptill
Horace Woodman
Middle Street
Lions Club Quiz Night Proves Fun at Sedgwick
Lions club held a Wednesday meeting at Sedgwick with quiz questions. Harold McElman won a dime for correct answers as proceeds fund Christmas causes and club projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Q
Lion Loren Jaffee
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Harold McElman
Salvation Army
Lions
Lions’ Sons
Lion Nathan Press
Alec MacDonald
Charles Bartlett
Henry O. Trowbridge
Elmer Williams
Eugene
Harry Thebeau
Alexander MacDonald
Memorial Hospital
Sea Scouts
American Legion
Stetson's
Morse High School
Harold Carter
State Armory
Albert Reeks
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Philip Groetzinger
George Fitzgerald
John W. Osborne
W. R. Spaulding
Bath residents attend Mrs Roosevelt Delta Upsilon lecture
A large Bath turnout of more than 1,200 filled First Parish Church in Brunswick to hear Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Delta Upsilon lecture. Notables from Bath included Mrs. Carl B. Swanton and many other local residents. Gov. Sewall and Mrs. Sewall attended a prior banquet, with house guests in town for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Delta Upsilon
First Parish Congregational Church
Carl B. Swanton
Harrison W. Hubbard
Quonset Point
R. I
George Baer Connard
Percy R. Low
Nathan W. Watson
Karl Olsen
Converse Fenn
John M. Conley, Jr
F. B. Nichols
John P. Carey, Jr
M. Adele Hutchins
Charles Hobel
Solomon K. Greenblatt
Riva Civia Greenblatt
Sophie G. Friedman
Joseph Mullaney
Abe Merson
Minnie Brown
Louis Petlock
Morris S. Povich
Frederick P. Moffatt
William A. Armstrong
Howard C. Bates
Marion Dain
James A. McLellan
Sewall
Kathaleen R. Scott
Arthur L. Wing
Pvt. Lawrence Boardman Assigned to Rantoul School Team
Pvt. Lawrence Boardman of the US Air Corps has completed basic training at Miami Beach Florida and is assigned to the Aircraft Sheet Metal School in Rantoul Illinois where he plays on the school basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Lawrence Boardman
USA
Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
Aircraft Sheet Metal
Rantoul
Ill
Knick Knack Klub Attends Mrs Lutz at Corliss Street
Mrs. Roy Lutz of Corliss street hosted the Knick Knack Klub Friday evening in a neighborhood gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lutz
Corliss Street
Knick Knack Klub
Boothbay Harbor Bride Weds Sgt John Tourtillotte
Miss Maxine Edith Carleton and Sgt. John Hugh Tourtillotte were married Thursday in Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church in a double ring ceremony. The event drew local families including the Tourtillotte and Carleton clans with a reception for 200 at the couple's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Edith Carleton
Earle Elliott Carleton
Western Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
John Hugh Tourtillotte
U.S.A
Ethel M. Tourtellotte
Center Street
This City
Ralph H. Tourtillotte
Forest L. Littlefield
Bath
Paul F. Tourtillotte
Elliott McDougall
Pauline Dodge
Ruth Brewer
Margaret L
Mary B. Tourtillotte
Susanne Pinkham
Douglas Pinkham
Harbor
Eugene Carbone
Rom Carbone
Kenneth Jaquith
Ralph Goodrich
Edward Bailey
McDougall
Switzerland Plans Ten Year Railway Improvement Program
The Department of Commerce reports a ten year program to improve Swiss railways with a total cost of 176,320,000 dollars. The plan outlines modernization projects and infrastructure upgrades across the Swiss railway network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Department of Commerce
Wanted Girls to Apply for Telephone Operators Bath
Job notice seeking girls aged 17 to 35 for telephone operator work in Bath. Promises good working conditions and steady employment with many advantages. Apply at Telephone Office 72 Front Street second floor or call Bath 9908 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Holds Planning Meeting
Bowdoinham Farm Bureau, women division, met at Mrs. Irving Prindall’s home for an all day planning session. Officers elected include chairwoman Mrs. Stanley Libby and secretary treasurer Mrs. Lewis Lucy. Future meetings set for Jan 6 at Mrs. Sucy’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Farm Bureau
Irving Prindall
Stanley Libby
Lewis Lucy
Frank Heath
Ralph McEwen
Coombs High School
George Ackley
Chester Hobart
Archibald Craig
Richard Dore
Richard Babb
Patricia Brown
Jessie Ames
Raymond Blodgett
Mabel Heath
Raylene Peabody
Village Lodge
Masonic Hall
Ralph Blakney
Solar Lodge
Bath
Winfred Dodge
Delma Curtis
Wilford Jones
Elmer Dodge
William Valentine
Edward White
Henry Cornish
Ransom Kelley
Fairfield
William Gile
Camp Edwards
Mass
Margaret Gile
Linwood Hackett
Lawrence Hackett
Hampton
N. H
Mattie Maxwell Garretson
Hollywood
Calif
Corinda Blair
Herbert Littlefield
Wyandotte
Mich
Harold Forbes
Reed Walker
South Hartford
Conn
Hattie Powers
Albert Sewall
White Road
Auburn
William Raymond
Paula
Berlin
Raymond
Nancy LaRochelle
Jellison School
Messer Couple Welcome Daughter in Brunswick Hospital
Mr and Mrs Messer are the parents of a daughter born December 11 at Pleasant Street Hospital in Brunswick. Mr and Mrs Benjamin McPherson and Mr and Mrs Pearl McPherson were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Pratt on November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch L. Hamilton
Lexington
Boyd L. Bailey
Bailey
Washington Street
Charles R. Lowery
Brunswick
Patricia Hamilton
Messer
Pleasant Street Hospital
Benjamin McPherson
Pearl McPherson
Charles Pratt
Golden Wedding at Bowdoinham Honors Hulse Family
Mr and Mrs A Grant Hulse celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on December 8 at their Bowdoinham Main street home. A daughter Mrs Karl Hatch hosted, guests and a golden decorated cake noted the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Grant Hulse
Main Street
Bowdoinham
Karl Hatch
Mr. Hulse
Clara Minot
Minot Hill
George Gould
Bowdoinham Ridge
Hulse
Kennebec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Upper Main Street
Mrs
Gretchen Hatch
Frances Hatch
Malcolm Hatch
Personal Notes From Bath And Portland Social Round
Mrs. Arthur Sewall of Portland hosted Bath friends for luncheon on Tuesday. Mrs. Everett Ellis of Boston visiting her mother Mrs. John W. Scott at 20 Garden Street. Mrs. Harry G. Deering of 606 Washington Street left for Boston for the winter after closing her house. Beatrice McIntosh, secretary at Volpe Construction Co. local office, confined to home by illness. Pvt. Millard Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warner of 819 Middle Street, arrived at Fort Bragg North Carolina for a three week training period after enlisting and leaving Fort Devens Massachusetts the day before Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Portland
Bath
Everett Ellis
Boston
John W. Scott
Garden Street
Harry G. Deering
Washington Street
Beatrice McIntosh
Volpe Construction Co
Pvt
Millard Warner
Harry Warner
Middle Street
Fort Bragg
N. C
Pvt. Warner
Fort Devens
Mass
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Senter’ S, Inc
Growin
Cheney
Wilshire
NAVY
Woolwich Road
Madeline Philbrick
Rhama E. Philbrick
Chestnut Street
New York State Bacteriology Association
Columbia
Michael Hindenburger
Philbrick
Russell Sage College
Government Laboratories
Woods Hole
Gotham
Bath Department Store
Bath, Maine
Lions Meeting
Mrs. Roosevelt
John H. Tourtillotte
Maxine Carleton
Maine School of Commerce
Frank L. Sample
Elizabeth McKay
Frank E. Harvie
Barbara Curran
John McLaughlin
Richard Cummings
Ardenne MacFadden
Harold Perry
Stanley Elwell
Pred Reed Co
Stanley Waleek
Front Street
Peter Rochelle
Joyce Millay
Carrie Ricker
Litchfield
Leo A. Messier
James H. Ames
Cecil V. Ivy
Hallowell
Roger Whitmore
M&p
King OF the Mounties
James Ellison
Heather Angel “the Undying Monster
Turkey
Brian Donlevy
Robert Preston
Lals
Leon Errol Mary Healy
Bowdoinham Post Road
John Mai
Pria
ST Tall Wayne Ua
Tis
Marlene NE. Dietrich
Randolph Scott
John Wayne
Frank Craven
Louise Albritton Shemp Howard Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel
Samuel Smimbs
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
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