Clam Propagation Plan Considered Along Maine Coast
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner A R Greenleaf leads a survey of Maine towns to study joint state municipal clam propagation projects. A state match up to 500 dollars per community could fund supervision and revenue estimates suggest a dollar spent yields about fifteen dollars. Towns showing interest include Wells Scarboro Eastport Kennebunk Pembroke Lubec Cutler Jonesboro Milbridge Steuben Gouldsboro Winter Harbor Sullivan Hancock and Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
A. R. Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Personnally
Wells
Scarboro
Eastport
Kennebunk
Pembroke
Lubec
Cutler
Jonesoro
Milbridge
Steuben
4Fouldsboro
Winter Harbor
Sulivan
Hancock
Trenton
Maine Nautical School Seeks Training Vessel Aid
Governor Sewall urged President Roosevelt to supply a naval training vessel and officers for Maine’s Nautical School at Castine. He told reporters Maine was left out of recent training allocations and urged the Maritime Commission to fund and recognize Maine’s vested rights to seafaring training. Rear Admiral Disbukes, retired, leads the Maine school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
Roosevelt
Maine
Castine
U. S
Wallace H. White, Jr
Congress
Maritime Commission
Maine Nautical School
Naval Operations
Charles F. Hughes
Bath
William V. Pratt
Belfast
U. S. Navy
Naval High Command
U. S. Maritime Commission
Union
Nautical School
Douglas E. Dismukes
U.S.N
Maine Grange Lecturers Conference Dates Set
State Lecturer Hartley M. Stewart announced the Maine Grange Lecturers conference for January 28 and 29 at the State House in Augusta. National Lecturer James C. Farmer of Keene New Hampshire will speak on the 29th, with other speakers to be announced. General discussions and Q&A will occupy much of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Grange
Lcturer
Hartley M. Stewart
Tenie
State House
Augusta
James C. Farmer
Keene
N. H
West Bath Grange
Grange
Nellie L. Hascall
Auburn
Maine State Grange
William A. Armstrong
Harry E. Peterson
Suitcase theft leads to $10 fine for Richard Cook
Richard Cook of this city pleaded guilty in municipal court to larceny for taking a suitcase from the Columbia hotel lobby. He was fined $10 and costs or 30 days in Kennebec County jail. Police say the bag contained clothing and a hunting knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cook
Gardiner R. Deering
Kennebec County
Augusta
Cook
Columbia Hotel
Oak Street
Frank Moriarty
Moriarty
Wilfred Prevost
Rumford
Federal Housing Project
Fred A. Russell
East Peru
Y M C A Receives Donations for Free Services to Men in Uniform
Y M C A officials report donations to cover added costs of free showers pool and billiard facilities for men in uniform. Bath Laundry offers towels laundering at a reduced rate and several citizens contribute funds. The project may cost around 2000 dollars a year and could rise with more personnel stationed locally. William C Perkins expresses gratitude for public cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Perkins
The
Tues
Mrs Harry Larrabee Visits From Worcester for Holidays
Mrs Harry Larrabee now living in Worcester Massachusetts spent the holiday and weekend at her home in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Larrabee
Worcester
Mass
State Master Calls Grange Deputies Meeting
The conference will be at Worster House in Hallowell on January 1 starting at ten in the morning. Since Lewiston, the State Master has conferred with the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ardine Richardson
Strong
Worster House
Hallowell
Lewiston
American Legion
State Grange names chairmen in defense work
F Ardine Richardson named chairman of the State Grange Civilian Defense committee with Elmer Davis of Augusta as another member. The plan calls for a Civilian Defense Committee in every Grange, cooperation with Civilian Defense authorities, and public meetings with Legion groups to press officials. Each Grange to enroll for an Air Raid Warden School and every county to appoint a Civilian Defense Chairman in each Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ardine Richardson
State Grange
Elmer Davis
Augusta
F. A. Richardson
Strong
Nellie L. Hascall
Auburn
Leon B. Hawks
Forest Avenue
Portland
Charles M. White
Statehouse
Sagadahoc
Harry Rackley
Topsham
Richardson
Legion
Grange
Larceny Charge Against Moody Heard in Court
Perley L. Moody of Brunswick pleaded guilty in Municipal court to larceny of an automobile by embezzling and converting it. Judge Deering ordered case bound over to Sagadahoc Superior Court with $500 sureties. The warrant says Moody took a 1936 Chevrolet sedan from Joseph Klein of Prescott Motor Co. and did not return it on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley L. Moody
Brunswick
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc
Moody
Joseph Klein
Prescott Motor Co
Edward Ifill
Wiscasset
Bath Laundry
Ifill
David Johnson
Middle Street
Roma
Vine Street
Lieutenant Pinkham Selected for Camp Bullis Training
Second Lieutenant Ralph W. Pinkham Jr. of Bath Mo has been selected to attend the Junior Officers Training Center at Camp Bullis Texas He is assigned to a Vermont Regiment in the 43d New England Division and will take the course from January 12 to February 21 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W Pinkham, Jr
North Street
Bath
Camp Bullis
Texas
Pinkham
Vermont
New England
Drive Next Week to Assure Quota Finally Raised
At a meeting in Boyd L. Bailey's home, plans were laid to canvass Bath's business district for Red Cross gifts toward a $7,500 quota. Local workers and citizens are urged to give, with team captains meeting Monday at 2 pm at 1177 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd L. Bailey
Emergency War Fund
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Red Cross
Pearl Harbors
Alexander MacDonald
High Street
Leverett Welch
Percy Bailey
George Wright
Woolwich
Frank Rittall
Arrowsic
Farber Davis
Five Islands
Former resident becomes author of recent book
Janet Cutler Mead of Oxford Ohio formerly of Bath is author of Through the Year with American Music Mrs Mead and Miss Julie Catherine O Hara whose book of verse Attic Memories is off the press shared honors at Cincinnati Branch League of American Pen Women Christmas luncheon at the Hotel Clifton Cincinnati The reviews highlight Mead's sketches and programs for groups in American music and praise her yearlong calendar and seasonal chapters plus a section on American women composers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Cutler Mead
Oxford
Ohio
Bath
Vassar College
Sewall and Sills to Speak at Morse High Friday Evening
Governor Sumner Sewall and Bowdoin College president Kenneth C. M. Sills will attend a Friday eight o'clock band concert at Morse High School auditorium. The Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co. 50 piece band will perform under USO auspices with intermission remarks by Bath Iron Works Corp. president William S. Newell and USO director A. J. Danielson. Tickets are available at the USO center and parking is in the St. Mary's rear lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Morse High School
Todd- Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co
USO
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Todd-Bath
Bath Uso
A. J. Danielson
Columbian Halor
St. Mary's Parochial School
Ernest George Jr
Prospective Bride Honored At Surprise Kitchen Shower
Miss E Barbara Matter whose engagement to John Kimble was announced was honored at a surprise pre nuptial kitchen shower at her home 847 High Street The event hosted by Madeline Jones June Sullivan and Patricia L Webster featured many useful gifts and refreshments Also attending were Geraldine Eaton Catherine Hart Frances Lemont Rita Sullivan Miriam White Mary Young from the city and Dorothy Nielsen of Roslindale Mass Those unable to attend were Eleanor Bertrand Carol Coombs Doris Crocker Mary Double and Georgia Kakos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Barbara Matter
John Kimble
High Street
Madeline
Jones June M. Sullivan
Patricia L Webster
Miss Matter
Geraldine Alice Eaton
Catherine Hart
Frances Lemont
Rita Sullivan
Miriam White
Mary Young
Dorothy Nielsen
Roslindale
Mass
Eleanor Bertrand
Carol Coombs
Doris Crocker
Mary Double
Georgia Kakos
Windlass Workers Offer Overtime Funds For War Effort
Hyde Windlass Co. workers circulate a petition to donate their New Year’s Day overtime pay to a fund aimed at aiding the war effort. Eight hour shifts proceed with double time, while the pooled overtime will be deposited in a local bank and supervised with Navy and Com. J. M. Kiernan’s oversight to ensure proper disbursement toward bombing Japan or sinking a Japanese battleship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Japan
Hyde Windlass
Navy
J. M. Kiernan
Washington
Senator Bishop Announces His Candidacy for renomination
Senator New S. Bishop of Bowdernham declared he would seek renomination in the Republican primaries, announcing at Topsham on the last day of 1941. He previously won the Republican nomination in 1940 and has remained active in state matters while engaging with constituents ahead of the June primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Brange Hall
New S. Bishop
Bowdernham
Dannie
Sagadahoe
Hee
Iis
Coline
Porro
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Robinson held in Melrose
Mrs. Elmer Pray of Melrose returned home with her father Wetherbee to attend the funeral services for Mrs. Charles Robinson. Attending were Mrs. Robinsons grandchildren and Mr. Roland Robinson Mrs. Clyde Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Robinson of Westboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Pray
Melrose
Mass
T i
W. Fred Wetherbee
Washington Street
Charles Robinson
Robinson
Roland Robinson
Clyde Robinson
Philip Robinson
Westboro
Governor Sewall Joins Fight Infantile Paralysis Committee
Governor Sumner Sewall accepts membership in the National Governors Committee for the 1942 Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign. He voices pride in serving as part of the celebration for the President’s Diamond Jubilee Birthday with activities slated to begin January 12 and peak January 30. In Maine, Waterville Mayor Paul A. Dundas leads the state drive as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
National Governors’ Committee
Keith Morgan
National
National Foundation For
Sewall
Governors’ Committee
Roosevelt
Maine
Paul A. Dundas
Waterville
Nightingale Club Plans Charity Tea At Hotel Sedgewick
The Nightingale club held its Christmas dinner at Mrs. John H. Freeman’s home 25 Snow Park and finalized plans for the Bath Memorial hospital tea. The event will occur in January at Hotel Sedgewick with tickets to go on sale soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nightingale Club
John H. Freeman
Snow Park
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sedgewick
Mary Perry
Wellesley
Mass
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Joseph W. Cyr
Ralph O. Dale
Carroll Davis
Edward A. Footer
Emery Footer
Harold EK. Freeman
Arthur W. King
James B. Lemont
Danforth McDonald
Arthur Pratt
Emery Jlooter
Governor and wife to be honor guests at Eve dance
Governor and Mrs Sewall headed the receiving line at the Junior Hospital League Eve dance held Wednesday night in the Armory. Decorations featured evergreen backdrops and were arranged by the Armory decorating committee on Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Sewall
Junior Hospital League
Armory
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Pomona
Topsham Grange
Merriconeague Grange
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Maurice J. Doyon
Dominic Morin
Edwin W. Haggett
John M. Howe
S. Greenblatt Friedman
Herbert Simpson
David S.henderson
George R. Booker
Jerry L. Haile
Charles T. Henderson
Everett G. Lemont
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Alice F. Johnson
Joseph N. Day
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David E. Henderson
Edward Jenks
William A. Coombs
Naomi
Lewis D. Carter
Frank Carver
Topsham Orange
Arthur C. Lemont
Lewis Palmer
William Armstrong
Almena A. Jaques
Linwood A. Piper
Walter K. Morse
W. Elwin Greig
Charles B. Doyle
Doyle
D. Wylie Lemont
Bertha Ward
Howard E. Blake
Warren K. Davis
E. Mason Wright
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John H. Sylvester
J. Bazin Lemont, Jr
Lester Crocker
Fred Morton
Doris E. Armstrong
Charles Genthner
Marie MacDonald
Paul Lemont
Marion Rose
Fred J. Rose
Grace Waterman
Charles L. Haggett
Fletcher A. Waterman
Melvin L. Comeau
Franklin F. Howe
Harry Moore
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
U.S. State Department
Central Press
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Bowdoin
U.S.O
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J. P. Sousa
Senaramide
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Sini
Jerome Kern
Harry Horlick
America
Irving Berlin
F. J. St. Clair
Billboard
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Victor Herbert
Jules Reynard
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Francis S. Key
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