Grammar School Track Meet Planned Thursdays at YMCA
A Grammar School track meet is set for Thursday forenoon from nine to eleven under Elton Pinkham. Five scoring places per event will award points to individuals and teams from Dike North Central Huse and Weeks, with all five schools competing and cheering sections urged to attend.
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Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
Elton Pinkham
Dike
North
Central
Huse
Weeks
Morse High
YMCA
Send Match Folders to the Philippines
Washington reports 2,000,000 match folders from the Office of War Information to the Philippines at General Douglas MacArthur’s request. Details on cost delivery and purpose are undisclosed. Officials offered no specifics, while observers speculate on delivery by air from the Southwest Pacific and possible use for fires and tobacco.
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Washington
Philippines
Office of War Information
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
America
Southwest Pacific
Camp and Hospital Council Man Speaks at Rotary Luncheon
Morse V. Low erre, field representative for the Camp and Hospital Council of Southern Maine, spoke at a Rotary luncheon at Masonic Temple. He described comforts needed for servicemen, noting Uncle Sam provides housing and food but not homelike surroundings. George S. Newcombe of F PHA attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Morse V. Lowerre
Camp and Hospital Council
Maine
John C. Fitzgerald
Lowerre
Uncle Sam
Ladies of Genesta
George S. Newcombe
Federal Public Housing Administration
Royal Johnson
Central Church Pastor Resigns to Join Navy Chaplaincy
Rev. Raymond G. Putnam, pastor since 1940, resigns to pursue naval chaplain duties. He will enroll at William and Mary for eight weeks of training and may serve on active duty. Mrs. Putnam will join him in Ohio. the couple plans to remain in church lay membership during the transition.
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Raymond G. Putnam
Central Congregational Church
U. S. Navy
Putnam
Bath
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Bowdoin College
Burr- Gannett Co
Boston
Harvard Divinity School
Yale Divinity School
Divinity School
First Congregational Church
St. Johnsbury
the Central
Danvers
Mass
Maple Street
Williamsburg
Owen
Church
Blessed Vagrant Christmas Play Shown at Winter Street Church
The Blissful Vagrant a short Christmas play was presented Sunday evening at 7 30 in Winter Street church to an appreciative audience. Ray mond F Bosworth wrote the piece and actors included Virginia Bowker Virginia Andre Everett Parborne Miss Jacqueline Pert presiding as club president. After the play carols were sung and Miss Alice Lorraine Purdue sang a solo. Credit for character makeups goes to Miss Amy Irish.
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Winter Street
Raymond F Bosworth
Virginia Bowker
Virginia Andre
Everett Parborne
Jacqueline Pert
Alice Lorraine Purdue
Amy Irish
Bath Girl Bride Weds Electrician in Houston Church
Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Anliker daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Anliker becomes the bride of Malcolm Lundberg electrician USN at Christ Episcopal Church Houston Texas. The ceremony followed by reception at Hotel Rice. Both are connected to Bath Iron Works and naval service with North African and Sicily campaign service noted. The couple reside at the Texas State Hotel Houston.
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Dorothy Elizabeth Anliker
Elizabeth Anliker
West Street
Malcolm Lundberg
L c. U.S.N
Christ Episcopal Church
Houston
Texas
Hotel Rice
Bath Lron Works
Morse High
Brunswick Business College
Anlcker
Bath Iron Works
Lundberg
Miami
Fla
Navy
Sicily
United States
Texas State Hotel
Genesta Chapter Hosts Masons and Wives Night
Genesta chapter OES held a Mason’s Night at the Masonic Temple with 50 plus couples. Mrs. Herbert Morse led the event with Worshipful Masters Charles Bartlett and Burt Lonn, music by Clif Leeman, and prizes awarded for dances and ladies and men. Also notes Mrs Curran and family visits in Bath and Montgomery.
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Masonic Temple
Genesta Chapter
O.E.S
Herbert Morse
Fred Osgood
Burt Lonn
Earl Pride
David Rich
Charles Bartlett
Solar Lodge
Kirk Roberts
Harold Corliss
Genesta
Hyannis Couple Returns After Christmas Visit
Lieut and Mrs Philip W Brown of Hyannis Massachusetts have returned home after spending Christmas with Mrs Browns parents Mr and Mrs Delmar E Bates of Snow Park.
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Philip W. Brown
Hyannis, Mass
Delmar E. Bates
Snow Park
USO Christmas Dance for Servicemen Draws 156 Guests
The USO hall hosted a Christmas formal Monday evening with 156 servicemen and GSO guests. Fort Popham and GSO girls helped decorate, with prizes for two dances won by Anthony F. Lawkowski and Marian Loeser, and Ginger Lucas and Dorothy Conant.
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USO
Fort Popham
Robert S. Phillips
Harry Williams
Ralph N
Carl Anderson
Lois Estabrooks
Frances Grainger
Stella Babine
Dorothy Conant
Betty Belanger
Patricia Coombs
Esther Jakesy
Gladys Comeau
Ruth St. Peter
Alice Coleman
Ferne Pettengill
Doris Pettengill
Santa Claus
Philip H. Oliver
South Street
American Legion Auxiliary
Edgar Léavitt
Shirley Mank
Grace Bennett
Frank Hassett
Brothers Reunite After Forced Landing in African Airbase
Lieut. Gerald S. Brown of Clin ton Missouri spotted an emergency field and landed his B 24 Liberator after raking Austria with flak and shooting down a Me 109. Ground crew sergeant Billy H. Brown repaired the aircraft and fueled it within sight of his brother. It was sixteen months since the siblings had last met, and they shared family news before Gerald flew the Wild Wolf back to base at dawn.
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Mediterranean
Gerald S. Brown
Clinton
Austria
Brown
Billy H. Brown
Brown Brothers
Gerald
Ayer Family Heads to Winchester Then Brooklyn Visit
Mr and Mrs Walter Ayer of Union have stayed with their daughter Mrs William P Marks on Front street for three weeks. They will visit son Hazen Ayer in Winchester Mass then go to Brooklyn NY to see another daughter Mrs George Cameron.
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Walter Ayer
Union
William P. Marks
Front Street
Winchester
Mass
Hazen Ayer
Brooklyn
N. Y
George Cameron
Cameron
U S Navy Man Visits Parents After Africa Trip
Eugene Babine of the U S Navy arrived Monday to spend seven days with his parents Mr and Mrs Evie Babine of West Street. He has recently returned from Africa and will rejoin his ship shortly.
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Eugene Babine
Evie Babine
West Street
Africa
Myron Keegan
Eugene
South Portland
Frank Keegan
John J. Keegan
Grove Street
Earmuff Comeback Spurs Boston Fashion Boom
In Boston, R. H. Stearns shifts to fashion earmuffs as demand soars. Miss Yetta Brown leads improvisation, turning fur and fabric scraps into chic headgear, from rabbit lap earmuffs to buckram hats, with stock selling fast and orders pouring in for fancy winter wear.
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Boston
R. H. Stearns
Yetta Brown
Stearns
Miss Brown
Christian Science Monitor
Grace Church Parish Plans Annual Meeting On January Second Monday
Grace Church parish calls its annual meeting in the parish house with adjournment to Monday January 10. Voters will decide on amending Article 5 of the Constitution as amended January 3 1918 to move the annual meeting date from the first to the second Monday in January.
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Grace Church
Bath Servicemen Wives Club Christmas Party Highlights Service Work
The Servicemen's Wives club of Bath held a Christmas party with gift exchange in the Y M C A lounge. Guest speaker E H Robinson of the U S O spoke on the group’s purpose and wartime community role. The meeting included devotions by Miss Esther Jakson and plans for hostesses and open house activities. The next meeting is a New Year program Tuesday.
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Servicemen’s Wives Club of Bath
Robinson
Servicemen's Wives Club
Bath
Esther Jakson
Clark
Harry M. Boucher
Maurice Hutchins
U.S. O
Hall
Farm and Labor Must Unite for Mutual Benefit
Auburn December 29 It is high time agriculture industry and labor unite to work out mutual problems for the good of all and the country said F Ardine Richardson Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and Past Master of the State Grange Richardson urged cooperation and an even break for farmers He is a Republican gubernatorial candidate. Also notes on a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Arthur L Pratt with guests Mrs Joseph Thombs Leonard Thombs and others and visits by Pvt and Mrs Frank Kasal R Meegan and family including Russell Meehan merchant marine of Kansas City and Hiram Annis and family with Willard Marshall U S N at Dartmouth College
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Auburn
F. Ardine Richardson
Maine
House of Representatives
State Grange
Auburn-Lewiston Kiwanis Club
Richardson
Arthur L. Pratt
North Street
Joseph Thombs
Leonard Thombs
Frank Kasal
Chicago
Ill
Russel Mceehan
Merchant Marine
Kansas City
Kasal
Selective Service Office
Bath
Meehan
Boston
Hiram Annis
Milan Street
Laconia
N. H
Ernest Marshall
Willard Marshall
Dartmouth College
Visitors of Mr and Mrs Merchant entertain guests
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Merchant of 40 Meadow Way were Mrs. Merchant's mother Mrs. Lillie Standish of Waldoboro Miss Shirley Etheridge Round Pond Norman Ross of Portland Charles Bowlin Utica N Y and Mrs Theress Estes of Lisbon Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Merchant
40 Meadow Way
British War Relief Society Receives Thank You Letter
Local ladies at Grace Church parish house have sent warm dresses skirts and knitted sweaters and caps to English children. The Boston BWRS office thanked Mrs Alexander MacDonald Bath committee for the shipment directed by Mrs Carroll Watson.
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British War Relief Society
Grace Church
Boston
Carroll Watson
Alexander MacDonald
Bath
Bwrs, Inc
Maine
Robert W. Mortimore
Cochairman
All City Schools to Reopen Monday
All city schools will reopen Monday after Christmas vacation with normal schedules. Mitchell and Weeks Street Schools will start 15 minutes late at 8 45 and close at 3 15 to align with bus routes. The Lambert Park bus run adds strain, so slight delays aim to improve morning service and reduce evening waiting. Miss Barbara Brown from Hilo, a Larson Junior College student, arrived to visit and join her classmate in the city.
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Dun
Mitchell
Weeks Street
Lambert Park
Barbara Brown
Hilo
Hawaii
Larson Junior College
New Haven
Conn
William Crowley
Union Street
Camden Man On Vacation With Grandparents
Donald C. Alexander of Camden is spending his vacation with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Merchant at 40 Meadow Way.
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Donald C. Alexander
Camden
Mrs
Fred Merchant
40 Meadow Way
Bath Lions Club New Year's Eve Party Planned
The Bath Lions Club hosts a New Year’s Eve dance at the Masonic Temple with Hassett’s orchestra from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are selling well and must be secured soon. Alexander MacDonald chairs a six member committee with Lionesses assisting, including Mrs. Gerald Atkinson and Mrs. Herbert Pierce on the refreshment committee.
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Bath
Hassett
Lionesses
Gerald Atkinson
Herbert Pierce
Housing Manager Named for Bath War Projects
Frederick D. Farnsworth of Bangor has been appointed Housing Manager for Bath Maine War Housing Projects including Hyde Park Ter Lambert Park and Defense dormitories. He began duties this week under the Federal Public Housing Authority and will reside with Mrs. Farnsworth at Lambert Park.
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Frederick D. Farnsworth
Bangor
Bath, Maine
Hyde Park Terrace
Lambert Park
Defense
North End
Federal Public Housing Authority
Farnnsworth
Farnsworth
Brewer
Ft. Fairfield
State Highway Commission
Doughty Gamble Wedding at Salvation Army
Miss Minerva L Gamble of West Bath and Elmer C Doughty of Bath wed at the Salvation Army led by Captain L Land Waldron. Attendants were Mrs Stella M Doughty and James Gamble. The couple will live in West Bath with relatives visiting from South Portland and Grove Street.
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Salvation Army
Leland Waldron
Minerva IL. Gamble
West Bath
Elmer C. Doughty
Shaw Street
Bath
Stella M. Doughty
James Gamble
John Waldron
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Grammar Schools
The
General MacArthur
Bath Girl
Dorothy Anliker
Malcolm Lunberg
William J. Curran
Bath Street
Mary H. Curran
New York
Frank Curran
Maxwell Field
Ala
Curran
Montgomery
Corp
South Bos
Orp. Curran
Kenneth Ring
Mr. Ring
Weymouth
U.S.O. Hall
Grace Church Parish
Director Robinson of
Bath U.S.O
Maine State Grange
Peggy Nevins
Janice Sande
Peggy
Britain
Bath Lions Club
Doughty
Lewis Gannon
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