Cosmopolitan Garden Club hears talk on victory gardens
Hubert T. McCarty spoke to Cosmopolitan Garden Club on All American flowers for 1943 and victory gardens. Members learned about seed sharing for wartime food relief, plant choices from Burpee catalogs, and urged neighborly seed exchanges while planning a Colonial tea event and fundraising for seeds to send abroad.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Victory Gardens
Hubert T. McCarty
McCarty
the Times
Charles L. Kinney
State Federation of Garden Clubs
Cosmopolitan Garden
British War Relief Society
New York
Roscoe P. McFadden
Arthur H. Colby
Alice F. Johnson
Lena D. Donnell
America
Burpee
New England
Rationing Plan Explained by Maine Official at Lions Session
Warren M. Champlin, food rationing officer for Maine, spoke to the Bath Lions Club about the new War Ration book No 2 based on a point system. Processed foods will be rationed, with 48 points allowed per consumer for March, and explainers planned in stores to help shoppers use points efficiently. A prior freeze period will replenish stock and set point values.
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Warren M. Champlin
Maine
Lions Club
Ladgwick
Champlin
Sagadahoc Sets Strong January War Bond Record
Maine January bond sales topped 4.37 million dollars with Sagadahoc Cumberland and Aroostook counties singled out for outstanding results. Payroll savings by defense workers lift ongoing bond purchases as 642 percent of Maine income funnels to War Bonds amid delayed consumer goods. Camp Edwards reports Lieut Eleanor Burrill highlighted in Women in White series.
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Maine
Alton T. Littlefield
Littlefield
Aroostook
Cumberland
Sagadahoc
Sagadahoe County
Camp Edwards
Mass
Bangor
Eleanor S. Burrill
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Camp Edwards Hospital
Burrill
Leslie F. Burrill
Ohio Street
Samuel S. Silsby
Allan Woodcock
Silsby
Six youths arrested after street raffle brawl at Auburn
Six young men were booked at Auburn police headquarters on charges of a street raffle altercation. The dispute started in Abou Ben Adhem Hall during a dance, spilled onto Main street, and led to a youth being pushed through a quarter section of plate glass at 101 Main Street, per Officer Richards.
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Auburn
Abou Ben Adhem Hall
Main Street
Richards
Twenty Four Boys Leave Bath For Camp Devens
Twenty four Bath men left Friday morning for Camp Devens to enter active duty in the United States Army. Acting Corporal Robert Hazelwood Gordon and others from Bath, West Bath, Phippsburg, Topsham, Bowdoinham, Boothbay and Richmond are listed among the volunteers. Marines and Navy enlistees from Bath and nearby towns are also named with brief service destinations.
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Bath
Camp Devens
United States Army
Robert Hazelwood Gordon
Allan Leroy Norton
Russell Standish Merchant
Laurence Alfred Lewis
Joseph Charles Footer
Clifton Leeman, Jr
Robert Austin Arsenault
Robert Joseph Fortier
Robert Edward Mitchell
Clinton Kimball Smith
Maynard Walter Roberts
Francis Emery Wilson
Edward Sewall, Jr
Maxwell Robert Payne
West Bath
Raymond Ralph Pye
Phippsburg
Lewis Franklin Gomes
William Marston Dolloff
Topsham
Jerome Fernand Coulombe
Fernand Camille Tremblay
Ernest Joseph Gomer, Jr
Richmond
George Elwood Huntington
Gerald Eugene Adams
Bowdoinham
Glenn Bishop Lamoreau
Clarence Augustus Pendleton
Boothbay
Marines
Richard Joseph Cummings
Robert Earl Sidelinger
Navy
Joseph Bernard Gallant
Linwood Blair Bailey
Woolwich
Walter Elbridge Delano
Georgetown
Keith Curtiss Stockford
Excellent Musical Program At Open House
An Open House at the Old Ladies' Home drew good attendance despite travel and weather. Donations of supplies and money were received. A musical program organized by Miss Carrie F Luce featured marimba duets by the Williams sisters, vocal solos by Martha Day and others, piano solos, and accompanying, with Mrs Labbie and Miss Luce assisting. Rev John F Sterns urged parents' responsibility in a Sunday sermon on family importance.
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Old Ladies
Carrie F. Luce
Jeanette
Dorothy Williams
Jesus
Martha Day
Beethoven
Charles Dawes
Shirley Labbie
Misses Williams
Vert Gallant
Champinade
Labbie
Annual Meeting of Past Matrons Club at Rich Home
The Past Matrons' club of Genesta chapter No 73 O E S was entertained by Mrs David E Rich and Mrs David Y Alkazin at 204 Washington Street. Officers elected: President Mrs Carl H Pinson Vice President Mrs Clifford B Smith Secretary Treasurer Miss Catherine E Leonard. A candlelight supper preceded remarks.
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Club of
Philip A. Roberts
Horace W. Ward
Alkazin
Thomas S. Aikenhead
Paul G. Bagdikian
Annie E. Cox
George Larrabee
Catherine E. Leonard
George Merrill
Charles F. Nelson
Thomas F. Perkins
Carl H. Pinson
Henry G. Shaw
Clifford B. Smith
Luther S. Thomson
Central Grammar Leads Stamp Sales Contest in Schools
Central Grammar pupils topped North North Grammar in a stamp and bonds drive by week ending February 12, buying nearly 300 dollars worth. Central Grammar amassed 3813.60 dollars versus 3732.65 dollars for North Grammar.
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Central Grammar
North North Grammar
North Grammar
Mayor Rogers Unopposed in City Election After Uncontested Caucus
Mayor Walter C. Rogers was unanimously nominated for a third term by the Republican caucus at City Hall and faces no opposition in the March 15 election as the Democratic caucus named no candidates. Democratic leaders cited a dearth of qualified candidates and public apathy as reasons for the quiet caucus, while Republicans warned against overconfidence despite the likely victory.
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Walter C. Rogers
City Hall
Rogers
Ellery E. Whittemore
Republican City Committee
Charles Kidder
Democratic City Committee
Alexander MacDonald
Lewis son feted before Fort Devens departure
Laurence Lewis, son of Mr and Mrs Lester A Lewis of 440 High street, was guest of honor at a family party Thursday night. He received a wrist watch, a bill fold, and money from friends before leaving Friday morning for Fort Devens. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Rupert Lewis, Mr and Mrs Fenton I Moore, Mr and Mrs Patrick Kilbride, and Mr and Mrs Stanley Vague of Dresden, with Mr and Mrs Carl Peaslee of Dresden also present.
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Laurence Lewis
Lester A. Lewis
High Street
Fort Devens
Rupert Lewis
Fenton I, Moore
Patrick Kilbride
Stanley Vague
Dresden
Carl Peaslee
Annual Banquet of Bath Fire Laddies Honors New Officers
Bath Firemen Memorial Association held its annual banquet at Hotel Phoenix with a turkey supper after a brief meeting. Fred Perry became president and Alden Denham Jr. vice president while Edward Thomas Jr. was treasurer and Harold Brown secretary. Notables included Father Timothy C. Maney Rev George B. Wolstenholme Chief Scott Morse and others who spoke or attended. Cliff Seaman provided music.
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Bath Firemen’s Memorial Association
Hotel Phoenix
Fred Perry
Alden Denham, Jr
Edward Thomas, Jr
Harold Brown
Timothy C. Maney
George B. Wolstenholme
Scott Morse
Charles Ridley
Allen Thayer
Charles Thayer
Edwin Webster
Charles Burgess
George Parshley
Fred Pecci
Albert McClellan
Charles McIntire
Herbert Anderson Sr
Edward Thomas Jr
Harry Thayer
Francis Fortier
Herbert Anderson Jr
Richard Young
Board of Engineers
Richard Frates
Edward Miller
Foster Pratt
Joseph Wilson
Lewis Pooler
Francis Burgess
Ralph Small
Weston Bonney
Cliff Seaman
State owned house eyed as women dormitory in Bath
The Bath area contemplates using a vacant state owned house as a women dormitory due to rising women workers in defense industries and private housing shortages. Andrew J. Danielson of the local U S Office reviews options to address daily requests for rooms. An alternative idea proposes housing Naval officers and wives nearby while ships are under construction.
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Andrew J. Danielson
U.S. O
Bath
Mrs Marion Stevens Returns After Visit With Shackfords
Mrs Marion Stevens of Five Islands has returned following a visit with Mr and Mrs Roy Shackford at their home.
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Marion Stevens
Five Islands
Roy Shackford
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Philadelphia
Hudson
New Jersey
North
Dakota Agricultural Experimental Station
Boston
Mi Inky Fy
Armed Services
United States
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Committee On Public Buildings
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Devens
John F. Sterns
High Street Congregational Church
Mrs. Rich
Mrs. Alkazin
Central
Accumut School
Native High School
G.O.P
Democratic
Caucus
Front Street
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