Community Notes Highlight Local Activities and Personal News
Local items celebrate Mrs Teresa Abbott birthday gift and cards from observers at her post. Wiscasset and area residents attend church meetings, high school play Grandma Steps Out, and a North Edgecomb grange outing. Multiple residents listed with travels, appointments, and service in Navy and Army, plus a Portland area abortion?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Abbott
Abbott
Ways and Means
The
Organ Society
Mary Marston
Emmelyn Weeks
Carolyn Varney
Harold Blanchard
Mary Hobson
George Bemis
Roy Marston
Earl D. Rines
William Burton
Charles Cowley
Alice D. Taylor
Harvey R. Pease
Wiscasset
North Edgecomb Grange
Charles Dunton
John Jackson
Jesse White
Laura Seavey
Mary Fullerton
Wiscasset Academy
Grandma
Red Men's Hall
Mary Taylor
Barbara Sullivan
Elinor Pomeroy
Ethel Bailey
Elinor Sutter
Leonard Seamon
Albert Rines
Mildred Main
Stuber
Margaret Beane
Dorothy Thompson
Congregational Sunday School
Ruth J. Applin
Bernard Seamon
Philip Simpson
Althea Stanley
Birch Point
Elmer Tarr
Lewis Tarr
Bristol
Bath
George Abbott
Bath Iron Works
Robert Milnuk
George Gavett
Navy
Milnuk
Gavett
Pvt
Bernard Lake
Arthur Lake
Pfc
Paul Simpson
Harley Simpson
Major Martin to Visit Bath on Thursday
Major Reginald Martin and Mrs Martin, newly appointed Salvation Army leaders, arrive in Bath to take charge of Northern New England operations. They will lead a 7 30 p m meeting with Adjt H Wilbur Smith auditing local records. Miss Betty Mae Hopkins visits Portland this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Martin
Martin
Salvation Army
Ernest Pugmire
U.S
Albert W. Pickering
Portland
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Corps
New York
Territorial Training College
Andrews Avenue
Bath
Adjt
H. Wilbur Smith
West Bath socialNotes of February events and visits
Mrs Lillian Rogers was guest of honor at a February 15 birthday party hosted by Mrs Carol Wing with multiple Wing family members and friends. Several local residents shared visits, illnesses, and weekend city trips. Miss Jennie Larrabee and Mrs Mildred Weed traveled to St Petersburg and to New York respectively. Andrew Robichaud, a fireman, first class in the U S Navy, was noted in progress toward final line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reid
Hans Jensen
Navy
Newport
R. I
George Grover
Fred Grover
Bathroad
Tampa
Fla
Harvey R. Pease
Virginia Pease
Hartford
Albert Soule
Woolwich
Roy R. Marston
Waterville
Maine Pharmaceutical Ass‘t
Frances Somes
Boston
Lillian Rogers
Carol Wing
Cleon Wing
Bert Wing
Calvin Wing
Marylin Wing
Clair Wing
Ed Arsenault
Bobby
Lauraine Aresnault
Edward Burns
Philip Burns
Carville Douglas
Walter Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Paul Tuttle
Richard
Alpha Booker
Fred P. Emmons
Billy
Bobby Haggett
Charles Haggett
Bath
E. W. Haggett
William Stern
Fred Morton
Mary Bailey
Donald Boise
Melford Perham
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Lincoln Williams
New Meadows
Leonard Smith
David
Kenneth Jacquith
G. C. Smith
Mildred Weed
St. Petersburg
Lillian Wallace
John Perkins
June Doughty
Phippsburg
Carol Jane Carlton
Fletcher Waterman
Robert Waterman
New York
Monmouth
N. J
Dorothy Owens
Jennie Larrabee
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Jackie McFee
Arthur Jean Brown
Perry Thompson
Andrew Robichaud
U.S.N
State buys houses for defense workers in Bath
Fifteen men renovate state purchased houses in Bath for occupancy by defense workers to ease transportation shortages caused by gas and rubber limits. Eight houses are occupied or nearly ready. more will be available soon. The plan includes using one building as a dormitory for 12 women and renting the Franklin house to a Summer hotel operator capable of furnishing it for about 40 men. John F. Kelley of Ellsworth will rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Carlton Bridge
Lions Club
The
Highway Commission
Bath
Franklin House
John F. Kelley
Ellsworth
Andrew J. Danielson
USO
Charles A. Andre
High Street
William B. Getehell, Jr
Local Veterans Update and Community Notes
Wentworth Institute graduate receives machinist’s mate rating and serves at Staten Island while Neal Revicw returns to Richmond. Corporal Donald Nelson, stationed at Saco, visits New Orleans furlough home of Mr. and Mrs. White. Sanford Crossing and Concord’s Mrs. Alvin Drew visit relatives in New Hampshire. Melvin Greenough hosts Quilting Bee Club gathering at the Adams home with Mrs. Oscar Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Staten Island
N. Y
Neal Revicw
Richmond
Donald Nelson
Saco
Charles White
New Orleans
Herbert White
Sanford
Alvin Drew
Concord
N. H
Melvin Greenough
Henry Robichaud
Quilting Bee Club
Oscar Adams
Soldiers Entertain at Nearby Camp
Members of the G. S. O. and two U. S. O. camp snows visited a nearby post Tuesday evening for an entertainment. Dances, a grand march, and prize awards entertained the group. Refreshments were served and Good Night Ladies was sung. Claire Grainger led arrangements with several G. S. O. members and accompanied guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. O
Claire Grainger
Stella Babine
Elizabeth Belanger
Dorothy Conant
Priscilla Coombs
Jeanette Craige
Mary Durgan
Marguerite Durgan
Dorothy Gilchrist
Annie Greenlaw
Betty Lou Hill
Mauerite Kaler
Marie Lambert
Gladys Larson
Natalie Perkins
Doris Pettengill
Ferne Pettengill
Anne Shellenbarger
Betty Watson
Ruth Watson
Andrew J. Danielson
Religious services and community notes in Woolwich
Woolwich and Montsweag churches schedule sermons on Sunday with Rev. J M Gowdey preaching Christ's Solution of the World's Problem and Micah. Local activities include a Mothers club party, school board meeting, bond and stamp sales, and various resident visits and social events in Bath, Day's Ferry, Sagadahoc Ferry, and West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Center
Isweag
J. M. Gowdey
Woolwich
Micah
Dolloff
Thomas
Bath
Morse High School
Frank J. Walker
Day’s Ferry
Alice Galvin
Florence Temple
Chopps
Dinsmore Leach
Harold Leeman
Sagadahoc Ferry
Herbert Leeman
Memorial Hospital
Leeman
Belle Ames
Middle Street
Town Hall
Everett Baker
Portland
Kenneth Baker
Sagadahoe Ferry
Oakley Stinson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Winship A. Reed and Family
Union College
Schenectady
John Douglass
Clarence Baker
Irving
James Parker
Pfc
Axford Buck
Charlotte Buck
Newport News
Blanche Littlefield
Town
Wilbur Hagan
Skowhegan
Della Farrar
Sara Carlton
Ralph Higgins
West Bath
Joseph Dunton
Edwold Carter
George Wright
Betty
Boston
Everett Rice
Jean
South Windham
Unpaid Idea Leader Garners Attention at Biddeford Hearing
Veiled intimations about the chairman of Selective Service Board No. 2 at Kennebunk being a “man to be watched” and the subject of slander marked the Office of Price Administration hearing before a Biddeford municipal court commissioner on Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board No. 2
Kennebunk
Office of Price Administration
Biddeford Municipal Court
Central Grammar Pupils Stage Minstrel Show With Audience
Seventh grade pupils at Central Grammar presented a minstrel show with members from fifth and sixth grades, two eighth grade divisions, and many parents in attendance. End men and women appeared in blackface, with stage names, while the pianist Philip Haskell and interloctor Blaine Trafton led performances and jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar
Huse
Niles
Alfred King
Douglas Skillin
Grover McKinnon
David Johnson
Ray Small
Robert Higgins
John Henderson
Martin Doyle
George Phillips
Richard Cahill
Petunia
Daisy Bell
Ham Ray Small
Sweet Pea
Fatima Richard Cahill
Sambo
April
Philip Haskell
Granville Colby
Blaine Trafton
Elizabeth Dingley
Charles Dingley
Floyd Cook
Rita Sullivan
Lois McLean
Eunice Jewett
Margaret Lenfest
Marguerite Driscoll
Roland Dumais
Grace Thayer
Mildred Oliver
Eleanor Gotte
Eleanor McRae
Betty Jane Willis
Donald Footer
Jingo
Montsweag Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
The Montsweag Farm Bureau met at 90 Oliver Street in an all day session led by Mrs. Shea in Mrs. Nelson Rice's absence. Members voted to do Red Cross sewing and heard a talk on War-time Meal Planning. The next meeting is set for March 18 at Mrs. Nelson Rice's home in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Maurice B. Shea
Oliver Street
Nelson Rice
Shea
Red Cross
Neil Wilson
Wilbur Crocker
Norman Drummond
Edward Little students raise funds in Buy a Bomber drive
Edward Little high school students sold war bonds and stamps totaling 13058 last week in the Buy a Bomber campaign. Senior Richard Wallingford sold two 1000 bonds a 50 bond five 25 bonds and stamps near 2000. Three others Nancy Tuttle Frances Briggs and Harlan Penney arranged orders for 1000 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Little High School
Richard Wallingford
Nancy Tuttle
Frances Briggs
Harlan Penney
First Signs of Spring In Bay Point Community
Spring arrives with pussy willows budding sap rising from maples robins flocking to meadows and bees abroad. Local notes mention Walter Delano enjoying navy life and family updates on Lincoln Campbell Jr Herbert Campbell and others with addresses in Indiana North Carolina and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Delano
Navy
H. S. Co
U.S. New Training School
Newport
Mary Campbell
Lincoln Campbell
A. T
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Campbell
Herbert Campbell
Pvt. Campbell
Tech
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
N. C
Air Corps
Central Church Men Attend Rare Treat Recital
Rev. George B. Wolstenholme spoke at Central Church Men's club and League event presenting A Pierce of Clay and Toussaint Ouverture. Arthur Pratt introduced him as attendees clapped and gave a rising vote of thanks. Box supper preceded program with Judge Gardiner R. Deering auctioneering the box bids. The club pledged its annual support to the church and the evening ended with singing and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Wolstenholme
Central Church Men’s Club
League
Arthur Pratt
Gardiner R. Deering
Old Time Dance At USO Hall Returns Friday Night
The Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers host the second old time dance at the USO hall Friday evening with Cliff Leeman's orchestra. About 250 couples attended last week and many more are expected. Service men in uniform admitted free as usual. Dances will continue each Friday night until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
USO
Cliff Leeman
Grace Huston of Newport Social Visit With Relatives
Mrs. Grace Huston of Newport spent several days last week with her sisters Mrs. Minnie Eldridge and Mr. Olof Pearon, according to local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Huston
Newport
Minnie Eldridge
Olof Pearon
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