Death of Wilbur C. Oliver Ties Bath Civic Loss
Bath and Sagadahoc county sorrowed as Wilbur C. Oliver died Sunday night. A self made man and landlord, he supported tenants during hard times, funded local causes, and served as sheriff, legislator, and city official. The editorial urges nonpartisan candidate selection for the upcoming municipal elections and notes timing of the timber industry tensions linked to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Wilbur C. Oliver
Oliver
Sagadahoc
Times
Weather Woes Persist as Winter Proves Severe
The weather forecast notes a harsher than usual winter, with the season showing persistent severity and the weather man not aligning with oil and coal distributors to ease shortages.
No. 2 Rationing Book Leads to No. 3 Preparations
The notice reports that No. 2 rationing books may be issued by month’s end and that No. 3 books are already being prepared.
Judge Dunton Refers to White Editorial on Army Camp Liquor
The judge cites William Allen White's Emporia Gazette piece critiquing civilian liquor influence and prostitution near army camps. He argues Solomon would oppose allowing drunkenness to imperil soldiers and urges risked resources be protected during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Dunton
William Allen White
the Independent
Emporia Gazette
Arthur J. Dunton
Solomon
Former Anna Morse of Bath Writes of Nurses Aide Work
Mrs. John Casson Geiger of 50 Ventura avenue San Francisco formerly Miss Anna Morse of Bath details nurses aide duties in the Red Cross and A W V S dock service. She notes two desks two on call dock duty care for babies and children and plans to return to a city hospital for nursing. Anita Geiger now at Stephens College majors in aviation hoping to ferry bombers. a granddaughter Marianne born Jan 8 in Oakland. Ensign Geiger stationed in the Bay Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Casson Geiger
Ventura Avenue
San Francisco
Anna Morse
Bath
N. A
American Red Cross
Ralph G. Stetson
Red Cross
San Francisco Hospital
Marianne
Winter Street Church Adopts Alternate Weekday Schedule
Winter Street church plans to conserve fuel by shifting weekday activities to alternate weeks. The first and third weeks will have no daytime meetings, while the second and fourth weeks will proceed as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Winter Street
Lions Club plans events include ships social and dances
The Lions Club was informed about ships by a speaker and discussed a February meeting at West Bath Grange and a St Patrick’s Day dance in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Gardiner Bluecoats Find Bath Truck
Gardiner police recovered a Bath truck stolen Monday last week from Alvah F. Lewis. Earlier, York’s deputy marshal car was not located. Gardiner officers had recovered two Gardiner thefts, and local police hope to extend their lead by finding York’s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Police Department
Bath Lads
Alvah F. Lewis
Gardiner
Dana W. York
Lewis
Gardiner Bluecoats
York
Miss Lottie Lawry 94 Dies in Rockland Home
Miss Lottie E Lawry retired stenographer and stenography teacher died Tuesday at The Copper Kettle Rockland where she had lived 11 years. A Waldoboro native she worked as a stenographer for Charles E Littlefield and taught at Rockland Commercial College. She was an early female court reporter in the Supreme Court and U S District Court Portland. A second item notes Augusta blacksmith Ernest Wright closing his shop on Dickman Street for sickness after decades in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie E. Lawry
Rockland
Miss Lawry
Waldoboro
Samuel W
Betsy Ann Burkett Lawry
Charles E. Littlefield
Rockland Commercial College
Miss
Ernest Wright
Dickman Street
Augusta
Wright
Rines Hill
Bath National Bank Introduces 24 Hour Night Safe Deposit
The Bath National Bank announces an improved night safe by Mosler Safe Co. allowing cash deposits at any time including night Sundays and holidays. Located at 40 Front Street the external chute and burglar alarm ensure secure deposits to the depository. Bank officers will open the bag the next morning with no extra charge for this service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath National Bank
Mosler Safe Co
Front Street
Vacant Bath Houses Could House Defense Workers
At a Bath Lions Club meeting the group discussed 17 vacant houses along the Carlton bridge approach. With several occupants already discharged, the unoccupied dwellings are seen as vital housing for defense workers, and a committee was appointed to press state officials for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions Club
Carlton Bridge
Morse High Pupils Urged to Stay in School
Norman Temple of the Army Air Corps Reserves spoke at Morse High School assembly detailing why students should not leave for defense work or war service unless necessary. Principal Horace P. Herrick introduced him as the Students Speakers Bureau envoy. Temple warned of inflation and taxes funding war debt while praising postwar value of continued studies. He also shared humorous boners from college entrance exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Temple
Army Air Corps
Bates College
Morse High
Horace P. Herrick
Temple
Morse
Fire damages kitchen and dining room at 69 Western Ave
A Saturday fire started from an oil burner in the kitchen of Charles F. Johansen home at 69 Western Avenue. It damaged the kitchen and dining room, reached upstairs, and required multiple alarms. Oil explosion hampered suppression as Engine Four fought flames at 12:12 PM and again at 1:25 PM and 2:46 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Johansen
Western Avenue
Engine Four
Silver Anniversary The Sheas Mark 25 Years Of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Maurice B Shea of 90 Oliver street celebrate their silver wedding with a Wednesday open house for relatives and friends. They wed Jan 28 1918 at Nequasset home of the bride’s parents Rev Milan J Smith officiated. They lived in Arrowsic before moving to Bath seven years ago where they run the Shea filling station and store. Their son Merritt, in Morse High School, has been inducted into the service. Relatives from Arrowsic Woolwich and Bath attended the happy event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice B. Shea
Oliver Street
Morton Baker
Nequasset
Milan J. Smith
Nequasset Methodist Church
Arrowsic
Bath
Shea
Lincoln Street
Woolwich Grange
Bath Young Ladies May Join the SPARS
Local interest grows as women from Bath inquire about SPARS enlistment. Lieut. Comdr. Justus A. Lewis notes several inquiries and two have requested enlistment blanks. Office details on the post office building second floor. The SPARS offer travel, good pay, and patriotic service freeing men for battlefront duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
SPARS
United States Coast Guard
Justus A. Lewis
Large Decline in Payment of Excise Taxes
City tax records show a sharp drop in excise tax receipts in early January 1942. Only about 800 dollars collected versus 3134 dollars a year earlier, signaling far fewer cars on the road and many owners paying taxes on unused vehicles.
Bath Girl Joins WAAC Training at Fort Des Moines
Miss Blanche Moody of Bedford Road Bedford is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Moody. She is assigned to a Receiving Center unit for a week of drill training and Army classification tests at Fort Des Moines Iowa. Over four weeks she will join a basic company for further training to replace a man in a non combat Army job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
WAACS
Blanche Weymouth Moody
Bedford Road
George P. Moody
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Moody
WAAC
Arrowsic Woman Annie Stinson Reaches 96 Milestone
Mrs Anne Mary Stinson of Arrowsic celebrated her 96th birthday after living in the same house all her life She drives to Bath with her step son David Stinson to deliver milk and reads Bath Daily Times daily She is the widow of two husbands Albert Snipe and Stinson and has a keen memory and affection for animals, cats and magazines She attends Arrowsic Methodist church and hopes to see the war end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Mary Stinson
Arrowsic
David Stinson
Bath
Mr. Stinson
Oakhurst
Frederick M. Stinson
Stinson
Albert Snipe
Arrowsie
Georgetown
Angie Snipe
Arrowsic Methodist Church
Georgie Wheeler
Waterville
Military Engineers and Union Party Entertain Feb Events
The American Military Engineers and Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers plan a joint show February 12 and 13 at Morse High School auditorium with dances, piano and trumpet solos, and Bath Iron Works performers. Proceeds benefit the U S O the Military Engineers the Independent Brotherhood and the Home Guard. Tickets from group members and local drug stores. Also notes Lieut Cecil Webber and Miss Jean McKenzie wed by telephone in Winchester Mass with ceremony via long distance from San Francisco and Belfast attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Military Engineers
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Bath Iron Works
Morse High School
Charlotte's School of Dancing
Bath Iron Workers
Lloyd Rafnell
U.S. O
Military Engineers
Home Guard
Bath
Independent Brotherhood
Hallet’s
Carl's
Cecil Webber
Jean McKenzie
Winchester
Mass
San Francisco
Calif
Howard O. Chidley
South
William McKenzie
Ernest S. Webber
Belfast
Webber
Mrs Lucy Green Visits Portland on Wednesday
Mrs Lucy Green of Washington street visited Portland on the prior Wednesday. She spent time with friends and explored downtown before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Green
Washington Street
Portland
Two Men Arraigned In Municipal Court For Assault and Reckless Driving
Roy Garnett a Washington street barber faced assault and battery charges and paid 25 dollars fine plus 5.05 dollars costs after officers said he struck a woman and was intoxicated. Malcolm Barter pleaded guilty to reckless driving and paid 100 dollars fine plus 4.70 dollars costs after a North End complaint about a car, with both cases heard by Judge Gardiner R Deering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Roy Garnett
Washington Street
Malcolm Barter
Edward Bridgham
North End
Arthur B Scott Named Hebron Academy Mathematics Teacher
Arthur B Scott, former Morse High principal for 12 years, will join Hebron Academy as mathematics instructor and dormitory master at Atwood Hall. He fills the vacancy left by Raymond Floyd who resigned to become director of music in Concord New Hampshire. Scott, a Bowdoin College graduate from Waldoboro, has 19 years teaching math and science at Bath High School and recently worked in adult and nursery education under the federal program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Scott
Morse High School
Hebron Academy
Raymond Floyd
Concord
N. H
Scott
Waldoboro
Bowdoin College
Bath
Hebron
Atwood Hall
Tire Inspection Deadline Change for Commercial Vehicles
The Office of Defense Transportation amends the order on tire inspections for commercial vehicles. Initial tire inspections extended from January 15 to February 28. After February 28, 1943, certificates for tires tubes or recapping services require a bi monthly or 5 000 mile inspection by an authorized inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Defense Transportation
Jersey cows drop twins on MacArthur birthday
Mrs. Norman Gowdy of Knox Brooks reports increased production in 1943. On General MacArthur's birthday January 26 a jersey cow named Bonnie Lass calved twins, Mac and Arthur, and both calves are in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Gowdy
Knox -Mail
Brooks
General MacArthur
Jersey
Mac
Arthur
Opposes Raise for Sagadahoc Probate Register
Sagadahoc County officials oppose a bill to raise the Register of Probate salary from 1200 to 1500 dollars a year. R G Bailey, chairman of the county commissioners, said the current pay covers a part time job. The hearing followed a Legislative Salaries and Fees committee session after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
R. G. Bailey
Legislative Committee
Bailey
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc Register
North Grammar Pupils With Perfect Attendance Named
North Grammar school lists Grade 4 pupil James Rockefeller and Grades 5 to 7 pupils with no absences or tardies during the last ranking period. Grade 5 includes Nancy Small Frank Smith James Smith Mary Stover Richard Torrey. Grade 6 lists Arthur Brown Roslynn Francis Donald Harrison William McKellar Barbara Reardon Lois Young. Grade 7 features John Adams Barbara Burden Donald Sylvester Barbara Esmond Betty Chadbourne George Dole David McKeller Rosalind Cormier and Joan Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar School
James Rockefeller
Nancy Small
Frank Smith
James Smith
Mary Stover
Richard Torrey
Arthur Brown
Roslynn Francis
Donald Harrison
William McKellar
Barbara Reardon
Lois Young
John Adams
Barbara Burden
Donald Sylvester
Barbara Esmond
Betty Chadbourne
George Dole
David McKeller
Rosalind Cormier
Joan Shaw
Mizpah Class Guests of Mrs. H. J. Carter
Mizpah class of First Baptist church entertained by Mrs. Harold J. Carter at 165 North Street Tuesday of last week. Miss Eleanor Mills presided. prayer and Bible readings followed by reports from secretary and treasurer. White Cross work received the quota share after benediction. Refreshments served to attendees including Mrs. Arthur Freeman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Harold J. Carter
North Street
Eleanor Mills
White Cross
Arthur Freeman
J. Russell Grant
Percy MacKinnon
Gilbert Young
Miss Mills
George R. Carey
City Clerk Reports 1942 Recording Income Drop
City Clerk Archie B. Lovett disclosed wartime restrictions on installment purchasing reduced recording income in 1942 to 775 dollars from 2,325 dollars in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dangor
Archie B. Lovett
Weekly Crossword Puzzle and Cryptoquote Puzzle Page
A dense crossword page lists across clues such as Employ Fetish Food from heaven Happen again and many down entries with numerous numbers and partial answers. A Cryptoquote quotation and a message from King Features Syndicate accompany the puzzles.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Times Company
Pront Street
Maine
B. Nichols
Tress
Harry CO. Webber
ASSOCIATION to Mimber_ GOOD CITIZEN
Walter Rogers
New England
Mr. White
Sam
John C. Geiger
Volunteer Corps
Frisco
Lions Club
Up River City
Highway Department
Coast Guard
Anne M. Stinson
Military Engineers and Union Party
Morse Auditorium
County Commissioners
North Grammar
Mizpah
H. J. Carter
Albert Butt
Norway
Mdee—L. F
RPGDO
Tennyson
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Bedofa
Wild Beast
Prophet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!