Christmas club gatherings and grange events in town
A Winter social page recalls the Womens club Christmas party with carols, a Bible story, child performers, gifts from a Santa, and tea. Huntoon Hill grange hosts a December program for members and children with songs and plays and installs 1946 officers. Local groups plan service, welfare and clothing drives for soldiers and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s ‘Club
Pauline Race
Gertrude DiPerri
Margaret MacLaren
Grace McFadden
Priscilla Campbell
Ruby Heigham
Madeline Reed
Ruth Kierstead
Reed
Frances Plumstead
McFadden
Vera Haffett
Alberta Larrabee
Grace Cowley
Arlene Foster
Annie Macurda
Anna Belle Sigison
Chester Clark
No. 9
Herbert R. Brown
Bowdoin College
Huntoon Hill Grange
John Merry
Charles Dunton
Marcia Angell
Harold Shea
Thadeeus Reed
John Jackson
Harriet Jackson
Laura Seavey
Holbrook Blagdon
Ceres
Janette Keefe
Pomona
Ella Dunton
Flora
Flora Munsey
Arlene Nadeau
Bertha Parquett
Huntoon Hill
Maine sea moss industry grows in importance
Elroy Johnson of Marine Growths, Inc. at Small Point notes Maine sea moss is expanding from a niche to a major fisheries sector. In 1945 the company processed more than 500000 pounds, with plans to increase next year by adding drying stations and inviting harvesters from Kittery to Eastport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Elroy Johnson
Marine Growths, Inc
New England Seaboard
Johnson
Kittery
Eastport
Casco Bay
Small Point
United States
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Maine Growths, Inc
Bailey Island
Light as Wave and Particle Yet Unclear to Science
The article notes that light remains mysterious though it enables sight. It traces Newton’s particle view for three centuries, then highlights 50 years of electricity and radiation research showing light as a wave and as quanta, describing light as a scientific Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Vision Institute
Isaac Newton
Newton
Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
School With David Hodgdon Santa Claus Duties
The school with David Hodgdon as Santa Claus distributed gifts. Afternoon guests included Mrs Alec Nedeau Sheron and others. Names listed: Mrs Percival Hodgdon Mrs Willis Colby Pauline Colby and many Nelder Soule Brookings and Colby family members. Thirteen pupils were registered and Ethel L. Reed was the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton A. Dow
W. Philip Munsey
Kenneth Allen Bolles
Oriskany
N. Y
Army Air Corps
John G. Pollock
Everett
Mass
Grace Pollock
Salem
Charles di Perri
Washington Street
Frederick Burleigh
Frederick
Hortense
Boston
Thomas Wilmot
Pittsburgh
India
Joseph Cain
Davis Island
Sally Kimball
Providence
R. L
Kimball
Richard E. Kimball
Pleasant Street
John B. Downey
Lee Street
New Hampshire
Augusta
A. R. Taylor
Washington, D. C
S. B. Doggett
High Street
Henry C. Demmons
Scarboro
Frank H. Hutchins
David Faurer
Justin
Theodore
Philadelphia
Jesse White
Lucile Leighton
Vinnie Quinnan
Joseph E. Hubbard
Clarence A. Richards
Granville Moulton
Portland
R. B. Metcalf, Jr
Greenwich
Charles S. Sewall
Sewall
Bath Road
Barbara Washburn
Cora M. Groves
Elm Lodge
Roger Dow
Wiscasset
Rockland
China
Burma
Frederick Pendleton
Teddy Connors
Clark Jones
Sally Nelder
Adrienne Nedeau
Michael Nelder
Carrol Jones
David Hodgdon
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Jackie Nelder
Judith Soule
Clark Colby
Alec Nedeau
Sheron
Fred Merry
Eldred Soule
Robert Nelder
Horace Jones
Frances Brookings
Donald Brookings
Donald, Jr
Samuel Soule
Sammie, Jr
Percival Hodgdon
Willis Colby
Pauline Colby
Ethel L. Reed
Christmas club notes and local family visits in West Bath
West Bath reports from The Chatter Boat club meeting with Mrs. Ruth Hawks of Bath exchanging gifts and sharing refreshments. Several residents and relatives are listed with holiday travels, service returns, and deployments, including Sgt. Robert Waterman, Pvt. Donald Weeks, Leonard Smith, and Miss Evelyn White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatter Boat Club
Ruth Hawks
Bath
Mararet Crocker
Geraldine Arter
Mary McCrater
Elaine Mitchell
Alberta Brooks
Harriet Cotton
Louise Hamlin
Leon Belanger
Fletcher Waterman
Sgt
Robert Waterman
Fred Fred Weeks
Pvt
Donald Weeks
USAAF
le Havre
France
Westpoint
Furstenfeldbruck
Germany
Leonard Smith
Src
USN
Torrey Roller
Stanley Williams
John Perkins
Hardings
Raymond
Perkins
Ralph Prescott
South Windham
Williams
Llewellyn Leavitt
Woodfords
Charles Treat
L. D. Rogers
Treat
Adelaide Treat
Orono
Dana Small
Charles Bates
Beachmont
Mass
Leon Belanger, Jr
Bonnie
Masonic Temple
Charlotte’s School of Dancing
Paul McCoy
Naples
Italy
Penacook
N. H
Archibald McCoy
Foster’s Point
Theresa Durant
Wellesley
Francis Burgess
Percy Holbrook
Oliver Thompson
Waterville
Edward Mank
Chester Crocker
Wiscasset
John Larrabee
New Meadows
Proper Handling Aid In Rejuvenating Knitwear
Advice on reviving worn knit garments by washing steaming and pressing, then dyeing or mending. If remaking, separate fabric crosswise by pulling a thread rather than cutting, use edge loops to join edges or finish with single crochet. Knits have many life stages for children or adults.
Dresden Middle Bridge Grammar School Christmas Party
The Dresden Middle Bridge Grammar School held a Friday Christmas party with mothers and friends attending. Pupils performed plays and two solos were sung by Katherine Beckwith and Walter Beckwith. A decorated tree and gifts from teachers and peers created a festive scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Bridge Grammar School
Katherine Beckwith
Walter Beckwith
Miss Sheldon
Cora Gahan
South Portland
Lawrence
Marion Messenger
Norman Bailey
Bath
Charles Dow
Cuba
Hunter
Horace Gilpatrick
West Dresden
Malcolm Bailey
Oscar Bailey
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Williams
Bowdoinham
Millard Rackcliff
Washington, D. C
Walter Rittall
Best Drugs Are No Cure for Malaria
Navy bulletin cites Cmdr. Ellis H. Hudson on quinine and atabrine as the best available malaria treatments but not curative. He notes malaria persists in liver and marrow and may affect birds and monkeys, with uncertain translation to humans. atabrine favored when used properly. Malaria remains unsolved and human testing remains necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Medical Bulletin
Cmdr
Ellis H. Hudson
USNR
Hudson
Navy
Population density facts about Japan in 1940
In 1940 Japan had about 500 people per square mile, more than eleven times the density of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
GIs Find Xmas Cheer as New Tokyo PX Opens
Soldiers flood Tokyo PX Tokyo 5 for Christmas gifts as two new spots open for leisure. A photo shows the Army store emptied in hours. Nearby, the Oasis of the GI offers a Tokyo dime-a-dance hall with Sgt Kozminsky of Brooklyn and Corp Salvetti of Syracuse enjoying the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Joseph Kozminsky
Brooklyn
Donald Salvetti
Syracuse
N. Y
International
Also Mentioned on This Page
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Service Unit Committee
Service Unit
Frances Sortwell
Wesley C. Day
Grange Hall
Welfare Committee
Dorothea Ames
Ethel Reed
Aurolyn Rines
Barbara Merry
Elaine Dow
Santa
Jane
Jimmy Merry
Eldena Munsey
Charles Shea
Mrs Santa Claus
Arylne Ames
Adienne Nadeau
Roy Shea
Olive Dow
Bertha Day
Donald Nadeau
Dean Shea
Misses Angell
Dow
Merry
Rines
Jane Mercier
Robert Maybury
North District Sunday School
Little Town of Bethlehem
Togus
Woman’s Club
St. Philip’s Church
Loring
Guardschael Nelder
Funny Santa Carrol Jones
Kenneth Connors
Santa Do
John Connors
My Belief
West Bath
Courtney Stover
Jo Stover
Doris White
Carlton Andrews
East Brunswick
Ellen Babkirk
Clive
Enfield
Edward Burns
Dromore Grange
Robert Metcalf
George S. Patton, Jr
USA
Annie Wilson
Helen Gagnon
Elsie Spinney
Maurice Warner
Charlotte Owen
Eulalia Knight
Robichaud
Mildred Bowie
Annie Malcolm
Vernon Miller
Evelyn Beals
Jennie Miller
Frances Williams
Georgie Thorpe
Sophie McPherson
The
Grange
Herald Angels
Lucy GQ
Rogers
Elfreda Perkins
Dresden
Harry S. Truman
Pat McCarran
Nev
Harold D. Smith
Budget Bureau
Harry Byrd
Abe Murdock
Utah
Carter Manasco
Ala
Lindsay Warren
Wm. Whittington
Miss
International Soundphoto
Margaret O‘brien
Janice Wiese
Los Angeles
National Foundation For
Janice
New York City
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