Phippsburg Town Meeting Prep and Winter Hardships
Town selectmen meet to close the books as two weeks before town meeting bring anticipated competition. Fuel shortages push Farm Bureau meetings to member homes. Ice harvests occur at Sebasco Estates. Local residents report icy roads, wood shortages, and travel hazards. Personal notes mention Miss Barbara Dickinson’s writing, winter travels, and community updates from Bath to Yarmouth Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Althea Campbell
Cushman
James Gilman
Sebasco Estates
Gertrude Smith
Small Point
Pitch Pine Hill
Rodney Wyman
Route 4
Collier
Barbara Jane Dickinson
Vincent C. Dickinson
California
Bath
Arabia
W. F. Babcock
Miss Dickinson
Vincent Colley
Colley
Edward Colley
Thomaston
Dickinsons
Raymond Wyman
Emmy Wyman
Olive Thompson
Colleen Wyman
Yarmouth Academy
Dale Harper
Guide Board
New York
Frank Bates
Paul Hart
Hyde Park Terrace
Boston
Susie Barbour
Small Point Road
Paul Legard
Georgetown
Popham
J. F. Leach
John G. Leach
Malden
Mass
Good Will Club Meets On Monday In Woolwich
The Good Will club of Woolwich gathered Monday evening at Sagadahoc Ferry with Mrs. Edward V Reed. Plans were made for a telephone bridge on Monday Feb 21. Committees will be appointed at the next meeting with Mrs. Freeman Oliver Monday Feb 14. The evening was social with refreshments served by the hostess. Attendees included Mrs Nelson Rice Mrs Freeman Oliver Mrs Alex St Pierre Mrs Costello P Hall Mrs Percy Marston Mrs Harrison Rust Mrs Arthur Orr and a guest Mrs Staling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Edward V. Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Freeman Oliver
Nelson Rice
Alex St. Pierre
Costello P. Hall
Percy
Bond booth duties at Bath Opera House continue this week
Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority runs the bond booth in Bath Opera House lobby. Monday’s workers were Mrs. Brewster Sedgwick and Mrs. Leonard Wetherbee, Tuesday saw Mrs. Albert Coombs and Miss Helen Hayes, Wednesday featured Miss Eleanor Danforth, Mrs. William Turpie and Mrs. Linwood Haynes, and Thursday will have Miss Roberta Hathorne and Miss Madge Stacy. Other sorority members will fill remaining days. Last week Club 42 members ran the booth with satisfactory Fourth War Loan sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Bath Opera House
Brewster Sedgwick
Leonard Wetherbee
Albert Coombs A
Helen Hayes
Eleanor Danforth
William Turpie
Linwood Haynes
Roberta Hathorne
Madge Stacy
Club
Millay Dairy Head Perishes In Fire
Five generations of Millays have farmed the 160 year old dairy property. The Millay head dairy operation suffered a fatal blow as the business appears not to be rebuilt, according to a statement this morning. The farm has seen multiple additions and improvements over its long history in the state.
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Millays
Millay
Legion hosts honored ex servicemen with supper and songs
American Legion Roland Smith Post hosted a capacity audience for an honoring event welcoming recently discharged service members. The evening included a supper prepared by Auxiliary members, a song fest led by Cliff Leeman, and screenings of two World War I and World War II era films. Ensign Beverly M. DuBose Jr. USNR presented the films with Lieut. Terrance Geddis USNR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
Roland Smith Post
Maine
Auxiliary
Post
F. Waldo Marshall
Cliff Leeman
Ambrose Curran
John A. Lord
Ensign DuBose
Belgium
Britain
London
Portsmouth
Royal Air Force
Eugene M. Desmond
Wallace Ham
Walter M. Hill
Edmund Arsenault
James Cook
Roy M
Getchell
Howard Pratt
Wilbur H. Crocker
David McKellar
Reinhold J. Steussey
Edgar Leavitt
Rotary Club Guests Attend Kennedys Home Gathering
The Bath Rotary club and Rotary Anns met at Mr. and Mrs. Carl Y. Kennedy’s home on Trufant Street for a cold night but warm fellowship. Forty six attended a cafeteria style buffet, later enjoying pie a la mode and coffee, with a piano song fest led by Frances Young. Mrs Harriet Pushard of Wisconsin visited nearby residents before returning home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
Carl’ Y. Kennedy
Trufant Street
Franklin
Kennedy
Rupe Irvine
William J. Craft
J. A. Clappison
Fred D. Hill
Carl C. Anderson
Charles Doyle
Frances Young
Fred Hill
Irvine
Parker Head Girl Scouts Card Party at School House
Parker Head Girl Scouts plan a public card party at the school house on February 7 with a program and refreshments. Parker Head P T A will meet with Miss Robie and Miss Packard Thursday evening. Several local residents are noted for events and visits, including coasting accident victims and various family gatherings in Parker Head and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
P.T.A
Miss Robie
Packard
Allie Rollins
Alston Oliver
George Morong
Edwin Wyman
Leston Harrington
Owen Richardson
Walter Cushing
Wyman
Harrington
Frances Robie
Farr Lowell
Chester Wilson
Sebasco
Small Point
Gilbert Nisbet
Richard Gallop
Bert Nisbet
Earl Thurlow
Oakland
Tina Smith
Thurlow
Pfe
Harold Barkalow
Cecil Burgess
Clyde Hulsey
Camp Edwards
George Cabot
Son
Bath
Frank Burnell
Walker Street
Ramon Hamel
Boston
Coast Guard
Earl
Portland
Navy
Leo
Merchant Marine
Earl Lowell
Jay Bowker
Emma Perry
Phippsburg Center
Herbert N. Dough
Clayton Hoar
Connie
Archie Rollins
Samuel McElroy
William Cushing
Arthur Kriedler
Kenneth Graham
William Locke
Lewiston
Knights Conduct Joint Installation in Brunswick
Fr. Putnam assembly of Bath and Schenger assembly of Brunswick held a joint fourth degree installation at the Knights of Columbus hall in Brunswick. Thomas Locke of Biddeford served as installing officer with Martin Cavanaugh of Portland assisting. Bath knights installed include John J. Keegan Sr as Faithful Navigator and Alphonse Turcotte as Faithful Captain among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Assembly
John J. Keegan
Alphonse Turcotte
John J. Mulcahy, Jr
Lawrence Levesque
Aer
Arthitside Sentinel
Soseely Marquis
Mrs Rose McCourt Returns Home After Visit
Mrs Rose McCourt of Rostindale Massachusetts returns home after a brief visit with Mr and Mrs Danford McDonald at 32 High Street. She was called back by the death of her brother in law Tyleston C Oliver. Earlier she had attended the funeral of her sister Mrs Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose McCourt
Rostindale
Mass
Danford McDonald
High Street
Tyleston C. Oliver
Mrs. Oliver
Popham Beach cave in deepest in years prompts caution
A stretch of Popham Beach caved in last Tuesday, reaching at least ten feet and extending from Larry's Rock to between Riverside hotel and Kellaway cottage. The Coast Guard warns the beach is unsafe for bathing, yet crowds ignore the sign each summer. The piece also notes winter contour changes, garnet sand along Atkins Bay, and a historic photograph showing early life saving station locations. Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes on their activities and illnesses.
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Kennebec
Larry's Rock
Fort Popham
Riverside
Kellaway
Coast Guard
Wood Island
Pond Island
Atkins Bay
Popham Beach
Clarence Perkins
Seguin
Society Hall
Riverside Hotel
Ernest Spinney
Rockledge Hill
Annie Stacey
Gilbert Head
Bay Point
M. I. McNulty
Clinton Newdick
Brunswick
Lester Morse
Winnegance
Virginia Perkins
Moses Chandler
Harry Pushard
Alvin
David Loun
Thomas Percy
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence
R. I
Minot Percy
Clyde Whittaker
Leon Oliver
Center Street Hill
Bath
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Ralph Spinney
Bath Memorial Hospital
Regarded Old House on Cedar Street Changes Hands Through Years
Mrs. Lewis P. Hodgdon of Wiscasset says the Trufants sold the 1 Cedar Street property to Mr. Parker an engraver at Torrey Roller Bushing Works. Her father Captain Cleveland B. Swett bought it from Parker and a store attached to the house remained. Eben Dana of Woolwich later bought the store turned it into a two family house near River road, while the elder Swett sold the house to the Texas Co for a boarding house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trufant
Cedar Street
Lewis P. Hodgdon
Wiscasset
The
Independent
Trufants
Parker
Torrey Roller
Cleveland B. Swett
Mrs. Hodgdon
Unusual Sunday Night Dessert: Chocolate Waffles with Ice Cream
A playful Sunday night dessert features warm chocolate waffles topped with scoops of ice cream and a drizzle of rich chocolate sauce. The combination delivers a cozy, indulgent finish to weekend dining.
Richmond Ladies Aid elects officers at annual Richmond meet
Mrs Cleveland Marriner was reelected president of the Ladies Aid of Enterprise Grange in Richmond. New officers include Mrs Wallace Gardner and Mrs Della Grondin as vice presidents, Miss Clara Holbrook secretary treasurer, and a quilt committee led by Mrs Flora Shepard and others. A dish towel night is set for the next meeting and a house to house canvass for the Fourth War Bond Drive is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Marriner
Ladies’ Aid of Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Della Grondin
Wallace Gardner
Leon Batchelder
Clara Holbrook
Mabelle Crillen
Carrie Hall
Curry Stiles
Alfred Herbert
Pearl Perry
Seth Watson
Solon Purinton
Don O. Cate
Roy Monroe
Citizens Service Corps
the Lions
Louis Lemieux
Arthur Jackson
Y.A.Y.F. Society
Archer Terrell
Kimball Street
Methodist
Astrid Borjesson
George Volz
Edward Pinkham
Terrell
Lillian Haynes
John Parker
Harold Hale
Somerville
Mass
Horace Purinton
Frederick Thomas
James Cleveland
Portland
Portland. On Friday Evening, Mrs. Hale and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Purinton
Mt Carmel
Masonic Hall
Hazel Libby
Joseph W. Randlette
Harriet Hinckley
Virginia Hinckley
Ivy Ames
Pauline Gilpatric
Clara Ames
Leslie Roberts
Flora Denham
Muriel Pratt
Alice Gilpatric
Dorothy Heenie
Adah
Pauline Cronk
Ruth
Virginia Douglass
Esther
Alberta Haynes
Martha
Marion Bishop
Electa
Jewell Monroe
Warder
Venessa Beedle
Sentinel
Ray Foote
Harry McKechnie
Waterville
Mrs Roscoe P McFadden Dies in Portland
Mrs Roscoe P McFadden of 1023 Middle Street passed away Thursday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe P. McFadden
Middle Street
Portland
Richmond Woman Held For June Term Of Superior Court
Ruth B. Howe of Richmond was arraigned in Municipal court on embezzlement charges totaling about 6700 dollars from the Richmond Loan and Building association. She waived hearing, was bound over to the Sagadahoc Superior Court, with $500 bonds. Officials said the embezzlement began circa 1938, with most funds repaid after she mortgaged her home for 3000 dollars. she had long served as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Superior Court
Gardiner R. Deering
Richmond Loan and Building Association
Ruth B. Howe
Sagadahoc
Iron Works Men At Washington Hearing
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers and Bath Iron Works Corp are in Washington for a War Labor Board Shipbuilding Commission hearing. Topics slated include four disputed labor management issues raised by the union, including thirty day sick leave and vacation pay for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers, Inc
Bath Iron Works Corp
Washington
Shipbuilding Commission of the War Labor Board
WLB
Brotherhood
Armed Services
Labor dispute prompts anticipated multi-day hearing
The text notes a protest to regain an old lunch period on company time and pay for reporting to work and for work beyond control. Representing the Brotherhood are Frederick Dick Herman F Coombs John Duddy Paul Fitzpatrick Harold Chadbourne Lawrence Chandler and Charles Lamey. The Corporation Group includes G Vincent Pach and other company officials. Both sides will be accompanied by an attorney. The hearing is expected to last several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood
Frederick Dick
Herman F. Coombs
John Duddy
Paul Fitzpatrick
Harold Chadbourne
Lawrence Chandler
Charles Lamey
G. Vincent Pach
Mrs Dougherty Returns Home After Injury Ordeal
Friends announce Mrs Daniel I Dougherty has returned to 60 North Street from Memorial Hospital after a fall on October 24 near Bangor. She broke her left hip and fractured her left wrist but, thanks to medical care and her courage, has made a remarkable recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel I. Dougherty
North Street
Memorial Hospital
Bangor
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Rotarians
Harriet Pushard
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Carlton McCobb
Dresden
Raymond Call
Fort McKinley
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Harry Whitney
C. Nmg
Edward Hall
Cedar Grove
Gardiner General Hospital
Nery Ty
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SIME
Loan & Building Association
State Bank
Homer E. Robinson
Augusta
Attorney General's Department
Howe
Charles W. Messenger
Iron Works
Labor
Corporation
W.L.B
Glenwood
SEARS
Sears; Roebuck and CO
Center Street
Bath, Maine