Local News Roundup From Town Hall To Library Events
Miss Emuma Perry donated a Song Quilt later shown in the town library and sent to Greece relief funds totaling 37 dollars. Town hall reports frequent library patronage and an upcoming Phippsburg town meeting with 49 road-focused articles. Personal items note military moves, visits, and holiday activities among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emuma Perry
Bach Chorus
Theaire
Priemds of Greece, Inc. Amd Mt
New York
Miss Perry
Honor Roll At North Yarmouth Academy Listed
The fifth ranking period honor roll at North Yarmouth Academy includes seniors N Hincks Yar mouth juniors E Campbell Edge comb A Blake L F N Fountain B Hincks E atte more all of Yarmouth sophomores N Hyde E Coombs C Hatch J Johnson all of Yarmouth freshmen M uint Pownal all of Yarmouth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yarmouth Academy
N. Hincks
Yarmouth
E. Campbell
Edgecomb
A. Blake
L. F. N. Fountain
B. Hincks
E. Attemore
N. Hyde
E. Coombs
C. Hatch
J. Johnson
M_ uint
Pownal
Red Cross Scholarships Awarded for Psychiatric Social Work
Dorothy Christopher of Hudson New York, Bates College graduate, receives a Simmons College psychiatry scholarship. She joins five others to gain full tuition and a monthly stipend as the American Red Cross expands psychiatric social workers for military hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons College
Dorothy Christopher
Hudson
N. Y
Bates College
Miss Christopher
Simmons
American Red Cross
Maine Rejects Suspension of Sports Program War Time
A Maine editorial argues against halting sports during wartime, urging balance between work and recreation. It praises fishing for morale and notes soldiers at the front and workers at home require rest. The piece condemns war-time paranoia and farmers facing bear and fox depredations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Asand
Bangor nurse joins Army Nurse Corps for Fort Devens
Miss Pearl E. Legere of Bangor, a 1942 Waldo County Hospital Belfast graduate, has joined the Army Nurse Corps and is assigned to Lowell Hospital at Fort Devens Mass. Daughter of O E Legere Norwood Mass formerly of Bangor she affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the Children's Hospital in Portland. She is a member of the American Red Cross Nursing Service. Before army service Miss Legere was on the staff of the Russell Private Hospital in Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl E. Legere
Bangor
Waldo County Hospital
Belfast
Army Nurse Corps
Lowell Hospital
Fort Devens
Mass
O. E. Legere
Norwood
Legere
Massachusetts General Hospital
Tal
Brighton
Children’s Hospital
Portland
American Rea Cross Nursing Service
Miss Legere
Russell
Brewer
Local Visitors Gather From Brunswick and Bath
A string of Sunday visits and Saturday stopovers linked Brunswick and Bath residents. Parker Head Sewall C Moore and Mr and Mrs Owen Richard son were among those calling on Mrs. Charles A Rollins, with others including Mrs Eliza beth Wyman and Mrs Harvid Barkalow visiting the Labby household and Alonzo Lowell of Serasco stopping by the Lew is Lowells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall C Moore
Brunswick
Owen Richardson
Charles A Rollins Mor Bertrand
George Morang
Eugene Herrington
Henry D. Mank Jr
Boston
John W Lithy
Stephen
Beatrice Denningham
Arthur Lear
Bath
Libby
Daie Mabry Field
Elizabeth Wyman
Harvid Barkalow
John D. Labby
Alonzo Lowell
Serasco
Lewis Lowells
Carrie Wyman Hase
Walter Maas
Tee
Ji Raymond Haley Amd
Earl Harr
Alston Oliver
Edwin Wyman
Long Time Parking Case Leads to Fine and Appeal
A Sagada hoc court session hears Edward H. Moody Jr. found guilty of overtime parking on Commercial street with a $5 fine and $7.70 costs. Moody appeals to the June term with sureties $25. A Georgetown woman is arraigned for assault and battery and placed on file. Two men plead guilty to intoxication. one case fines $5 and $645 on appeal with sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Edward H. Moody Jr
Commercial
Gordimer R. Deering
Moody
Sagadahoc
Frank L. Moriarty
Moriarty
Army Air Forces Captain Visits Gardiner On Short Leave
Capt Robert Simon of the Army Air Forces stays with family on Brunswick avenue in Gardiner Friday and Saturday. Capt Summns, who announced arrival by flying over the town, was reassigned to Labrador with the Air Trains in Command and will return to duty in a northern Canadian post. Capt Simon engages in mapping routes, scheduling flights, and related duties for stopovers at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Simon
Army Air Forces
Brunswick Avenue
Gardiner
Labrador
Canada
Simons
Augusta Man Enlists. Family Notes Military Duty
Kermit Squiers of Augusta left Thursday for Fort Devens Massachusetts to enter the armed forces. His wife Mildred Chapman Squiers has moved to 51 State Street Augusta. He is the third son of Mrs Elsie Squiers to enlist. A son Wayne is in the Medical Corps at Fort Bragg North Carolina and the youngest Thomas, a Gates Business College graduate, is stationed at Sioux Falls South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Squiers
Augusta
Bath Iron Works
Fort Devens
Mass
Armed Service
Mildred Chapman
Elsie Squiers
Forres
Gates Business College
Sioux Falls, S. D
Central Grammar glee club appears at Founders Day tea
North Center P T A heard the Central Grammar school glee club sing at the Founders Day tea in Grace church parish house. Miss Violet F. Dyer directed the group of more than 60 girls. Mrs Wilmer Voorhees organized the program and Mrs W Scott Davis spoke on founders of the PTA. The program featured moving pictures and songs including Our Constitutional Government and The Star Spangled Banner. Tea followed under Mrs Roscoe P. McFadden and aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
Central Grammar Club
Grace Cnurch Parish
Nou
Violet F. Dyer
Central Grammar School
W. Scott Davis
Timely Moving Pictures
WS América
Marius H. Page
Danis Malier
Edward Hambiett
Alfred E. Carpentier
The
South End
PT. A
Davis
Glee Club
Doreen Willis
Margaret Burns
Joan Osborne
Jane Grant
Betty Jane Willis
Eleanor Gutte
Grace Thayer
Eunice Jewett
Lois McLean
Ruth Williams
Taajella Miller
Selma Cummings
Betty Moore
Beverly Hoogers
Anita Bagdikian
Dorothy Holmes
Jeannine Groves
Catherine Pert
Doris Lang
Jacqueline McMann
Mae Nelson
Carolyn Olmstead
Theresa Sit
Peter
Dawn Avery
Natalie Burditt
Betty Cummings
Hazel Estabrooks
Charlotte Gray
Nancy Gregware
Barbara Madden
Cynthia Moses
Barbara Robinson
North Grammar Pupils Record No Absences This Year
Fifth to seventh graders at North Grammar School under Miss Enid M Sawyer Miss Helen Hayes and Miss Grace D Wessenger earned attendance records by being neither absent nor tardy for the term. Names include John Adams Barbara Burden Betty Chadbourne George Dole Barbara Esmond Joan Shaw Maurrace Warner Arthur Brown Donald Harrison William McKellar Philip McLellan John Parker Barbara Reardon Rollin Francis Arnold Cogan Wallace Kittridge Myron Melalian James Smith Frank Smith Nancy Stover Richard Torrey Frank Kimball. Pupils recently collected 150 box tops for a health examination show prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar School
Enid M. Sawyer
Sawyer
John Adams
Barbara Burden
Betty Chadbourne
George Dole
Barbara Esmond
Joan Shaw
Maurace Warner
Helen Hayes
Arthur Brown
Donald Harrison
Wiliam McKellar
Philip McLelian
John Parker
Barbara Reardon
Roilynn Francis
Barabar Reardon
Grace D. Wessenger
Arnold Cogan
Wallace Kittridge
Myron Melalian
James Smith
Frank Smith
Nancy Lee Stover
Richard Torrey
Frank Kimball
North Grammar
Stephenson family leads four in military service
Miss Mary Stephenson of Auburn sworn into the WAVES in Boston becoming the fourth family member to serve. She reports for basic training at Hunter College in New York after visiting Auburn. Her brother Walter is on Navy active duty, another son Robert is in the Naval Air Corps, and Earl serves as a corps technician with the Tank Destroyers at Camp Hood Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stephenson
Auburn
WAVES
Boston
Miss Stephenson
Hunter College
Bronx
N. Y
Walter
Shy) Stephenson
Navy
Robert Stephenson
ELHS
Naval Air Corps
Earl Stephenson
Tank Destroyers
Camp Hood
Texas
Popham Beach Hosts War Ration Book Registration and Meet
Registration for War Ration Book No. 2 was held at Popham school with Mrs. Harry Spencer assisted by Mrs. Laurence Taylor. Supt. Stanwood C. Gilman delivered supplies, while Popham Circle discussed dropping monthly suppers due to food supply uncertainty and replacing them with evening socials. Town Meeting is set for March 1 at 6:30 pm in Phippsburg Center, as riverfront hotel removal remains a fire hazard topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham School
Harry Spencer
Laurence Taylor
Stanwood C. Gilman
Popham
Popham Circle
Frank Scott
Walter Oliver
Milford
N. H
Scott
Red Cross
Phippsburg Center
Popham Beach
Riverside
Frances Kobie
Phippsburg
Hapman Ater wedding ties city couple in church ceremony
Miss N Elizabeth Ater and William Chapman of this city wed in a single ring ceremony at Dr David L Wilson’s home with the brides parents as attendants. The bride wore navy and white with gardenia corsage. the groom is a machinist at Hyde Widdows Co and a Fryeburg Academy graduate. The couple, living at 2 Raymond Court, planned their future in that residence. Governor Sewall hosted a dinner at Blaine House for officials and lawmakers, followed by an old fashioned sing and piano solos by Miss Villahigden and others for about 35 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Elizabeth Ater
William Chapman
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Ater
Sumner Sewall
Blaine House
Legislature
Ruth Thorndike Clough
Bangor
Miss Villahigden
Alpha Omicron Pi Initiation Banquet at Bangor House
The University of Maine sorority Alpha Omicron Pi held its annual initiation banquet Sunday evening at the Bangor House with guests from the Bangor Alumnae chapter of AOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
University of Maine
Bangor House
Bangor Alumnae Chapter
Maine fishing records show wartime gain in 1942
Maine fisheries reported 155 million pounds of seafood landed in 1942. War demands shifted production away from lobsters to groundfish hake redfish and herring with increased canning of hake alewives and herring and a total industry value of 5 178 646 22 at wharfside prices.
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Massachusetts
Department of Sea and
Arthur McKown
Army
Navy
McKnown
Washington
Health association to run mobile dental trailer in St John Valley
The headst 2 Health association formed in Summer 1942 will operate a mobile dental trailer along the St. John Valley. Grace La pointe of Fort Kent, president of the board, announced the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headst 2 Health Association
St. John Valley
Grace Lapointe
Fort Kent
Maine in Washington on War Effort and Coal Challenges
The piece discusses the 48 hour presidential order and the need for every citizen to contribute to the war effort. It highlights manpower including women and youth, coal shortages, inflation concerns, and congressional investigations to clarify coal policy, noting Maine’s reliance on coal and limited oil prospects for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Washington
Believed Prisoner of Germans Sheds Family Hope
Mr and Mrs Arthur C Cook of 17 Valley Road fear their son Staff Sgt Vincent Cook Army Air Corps is a German prisoner though no official confirmation exists. Reports from Boston to Montreal claim Berlin broadcasts identify him as a prisoner after a Western Europe flight. The family awaits official word while neighbors relay messages from Bath Westbrook and Montreal. St Marys Guild met with Easter mission box plans and a dessert bridge March 9 in the parish house with Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees as refreshment chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Cook
Valley Road
War Department
Vincent Cook
Army Air Corps
Cook
Army Air Force
Europe
Bath
Westbrook
Boston
Montreal
St. Mary's Guild
Charles M. Tubbs
Virginia
Grace Church
Wilmer I. Voorhees
North Sullivan couple guests of Pine Street residents
Mr and Mrs Henry Lawry of North Sullivan staying at Sagadahoe Ferry while he works at Bath Iron Works were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Maynard Gordon on Pine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lawry
North Sullivan
Sagadahoe Ferry
Lawry
Bath Iron Works
Maynard Gordon
Pine Street
Sam Abernethy Named Best Store Keeper In Town
In these parts Sam Abernethy is praised as the best store keeper with a proven formula for success. He stresses that customers are the real bosses and a business must run to their standards. Beer distributors join authorities in a clean up or close up effort to ensure sales occur only in proper quiet venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Abernethy
Sam
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