Wiscasset Civilian Defense registrations urged and local notices
Citizens in Wiscasset volunteer to register for Civilian Defense to help authorities plan emergency response. Registrations are voluntary and not a draft, aimed at identifying useful skills. Also noted are a Christmas program by First grammar and a list of local pupils without absences, a 24-member Lincoln county wartime deputy roster, a Jan 1 prayer service, and a farewell party for Robert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Second Grammar School
Thelma Boudin
Maxine Dutton
Virginia Andrews
Muriel Lewis
Ruth Jackson
Rebecca Grover
Raymond Calnan
Clyde Dow
Louise Dutton
Ralph W. Miller
Lincoln County
Clarence A. Richards
Alton Erskine
Vinton A. Dow
Fred R. Merry
St. Philip's Church
Robert
Augusta
Ralph Harvey
Dorothy Thompson
Billy Ingram
Elaine Monro
Walter Sherman
Sta
Christmas Holiday Visits Across the Community
Edged the list of holiday travel and family gatherings across Edgewood Arsenal Maryland to Boothbay Harbor Maine. Residents and relatives journeyed home for Christmas with many returning to jobs and duties after the holiday period.
Huntoon Hill Grange Elects Officers and Plans Meeting
Election of officers held December 16 lists John Jackson as Master and Harold Shea as Overseer with Harriet Jackson as Lecturer and Beulah West as Chaplain. Others include Bertha Paquett Treasurer Vinnie Quinnam Secretary and Forest Morris on the executive committee for three years. Lincoln Pomona meets Sheepscott Valley Grange in West Alna January 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eld
John Jackson
Harold Shea
Harriet Jackson
Arthur Paquett
Lawrence Lewis
Beulah West
Bertha Paquett
Vinnie Quinnam
Harry Quinnam
Linor Sproul
Flora
Laura Seavey
Mary Lewis
Forest Morris
Franklin Hammond
Walter Gibbs
Lincoln Pomona
Sheepscott Valley
New Year Hope Amid War News and Bay Point Notes
In 1942 optimism meets wartime concern as local Bay Point items recount nature notes and community notices. A beach survey describes shellfish and sea life after a storm, while civic updates cover dredging postponements, home care courses, and residents visiting Bath, Brunswick, and Augusta. Marriage news highlights Elizabeth Jacques and Earle Vigne's wedding in Augusta, with profiles of their education and poultrywork careers. A missionary, Esther Olson, speaks at two towns before Africa travel. The obituary notes the death of Mrs. Richard M. Jones in South China, Bangor-born with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Beach
Robert Fry
Bath
Seguin
Kennebec
Capeter Elinitsky
Clarence Oliver
Bath Memorial Hospital
Louise Howard
R. N
Bay Point
Georgetown
Elizabeth Deering
Florence Achard
Carrie Oliver
D. L. Pettingill
L. M. Spinney
Edna M. Coolidge
Brunswick
H. A. Spinney
Earle Payson
Clyde Pinkham
Peter Elinitsky
Peter, Jr
Robert
Harold Brown, Jr
Esther Olson
Africa
South Atlantic
Aroostook
Stockholm Lutheran Church
New Sweden
Lutheran Missionary Society
Richard M. Jones
South China
Bangor
James P. Jones
Bluefield
West Virginia
Madeleine Jones Valetta
Virginia Jones
Engine and Crew Subdue West Bath Home Blaze
Bath firemen led by Chief Richard Frates battled a stubborn blaze in the partitions of John Higgins’s West Bath home on Trusants Corner Road. Fire began likely from an overheated chimney and was controlled after a two hour effort, ending about 1.15 AM after responding at 11 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engine Four
Bath
Richard Frates
John Higgins
Trusants Corner Road
West Bath
Frates
Central Fire Station
Maine Census Shows Sagadahoc County Figures
Final 1940 Census data released by J C Capt lists Sagadahoc county population at 19 123 with 9 635 males and 9 488 females. Whites total 18 826 including 17 500 natives and 1 326 foreign born. 286 Negroes and a group of other races. Rural farm population 2 166. Nearby notes describe Pearl Harbor outbreak impact and Bangor auditorium repurposed for army use as a basketball venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
J. C. Capt
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Sagadahoc
Woolwich Sees Wide Civilian Defense Meeting And Christmas Events
About 50 residents from all sections attended a joint civilian defense meeting at the Good Will club house with a town council including Col. Hubert Eldred and local leaders. The Nequasset Primary program featured a long Christmas presentation, Santa distributed gifts, and community groups planned future events at Good Will club and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Hubert Eldred
Frank R. Bailey
George Wright
Eben Dana
John Gilmore
Percy Marston
Carlton Day Reed
Mothers Club
Mable Jack
Harold Maybury
Murphy's Corner
Alton Berry
Maurice Hathorne
Sagadahoc Ferry
Edward V. Reed
Nelson Rice
Wilson Bailey
Roland Raines
George Ames
Stanwood Gilman
Frank J. Walker
Clifford Guptill
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Everett O'Farrell
Santa Claus
Bruce Baker
Clayton Presley
Margaret O'Farrell
Ruby O'Farrell
Philip Goodell
Nequasset
Red Cross
Ethel L. Reed
Goodwill Club Planning Party Sets Christmas Event
The Goodwill club outlined plans for its annual Christmas tree and party on January 1 and a baked bean supper on January 17 at the Woolwich club house. Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. Cooper will handle refreshments, while Miss Marston and Mrs. Rice lead the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Hathorne
Nequasset
Barley Neck Road
Rebecca Lodge
Good Will Club
Goodwill Club
Woolwich
Harry E. Fitch
Lindsay D. Cooper
Avis Marston
Nelson R. Rice
Birth of a son for Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow Hersey of Melrose
A son named Peter Bigelow was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow Hersey of Melrose Massachusetts on December 4. Local Civilian Defense Coordinating Council in Westport met to assign duties with Fred I. Greenleaf heading police, Edwin R. Cromwell air raid wardens, Ernest Anderson disaster relief, and Robert Greenleaf fire wardens. Women’s division led by Mrs. Betty Walther air raid wardens, Mrs. Jennie Cromwell canteen service, and Mrs. Alice Colby home nursing. Also on the council are John P. Harrison Ellsworth Colby and Mrs. Frances Jewett. Several residents reported social visits and travels over holidays and winter plans including Adeline Tarbox in Rochester New York and Miss Ann Louise Jewett in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Chemical Warfare Training Service
Harold Sherman
Federal Street
Walter
Joseph E. Hubbard
Thomas Campbell
Hancock
Alfred Penlington
Robert
Portland
Penlington
William Bradford
Bath Road
Clarence Haskell
Leon
Winthrop
Edward Crosman
Water Street
Juliette
Leonora Chiera
George G. Chiera
Chiera
Emerson School of Oratory
Leonora
Cathedral School of
Leavitt Institute
Turner Center
Sidney G. Evans
Norman Lundy
Hazel
Helen Lundy
Saco
Lewis Oliver
Susan Reed
Boothbay
Lawrence B. Haggett
Haggett
Vera Lundy
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Foundry Methodist Church
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Earl D. Rines, Jr
Earl D. Rines
Charles S. Sigison
Catherine Pinkham
Middle Street
W. P. Robert
Robert Gilmor
Gilmor
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roger Dow
Fort Knox
Octavia Nut
Fldred Cunningham
Sheepscutt
James Pulin
Jimmy, Bobby
Boston
Sebenon Hall
Day's Ferry
J. M. Gowdey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richmond
Samuel Hathorne
Merle Jameson
Waterville
Carrie Hathorne
Harriet Adams
John Pinkham
Jennie Pinkham
Augusta
U. S. Army
Leo Chaput
Gerry
Randolph
Harlan McCobb
Maralyn
Dresden
Fred Brown
Arthur
Day’s Ferry
Gilbert Ames
North Woolwich
Everett Rice
South Windham
Minnie Rice
Avis Marston
Nason Institute
Irving Davis
Lawrence
North Edgecomb
Earl Dow
Sagadahoc Ferry
Clarence Getchell
Popham Beach
Getchell
David Leon
Clifford Russell
Ridgewood
N. J
Portsmouth, N. H
Peter Bigelow
Bigelow Hersey
Melrose
Mass
Coordinating Council of
Civilian Defense
Town Hall
Fred I. Greenlleaf
Edwin R. Cromwell
Ernest Anderson
Robert Greenleaf
Betty Walther
Jennie Cromwell
Alice Colby
John P. Harrison
Ellsworth Colby
Frances Jewett
Dorothy Higgins
Sanford
Robert Higgins
Francis Eaton
New Orleans
Tucson
Ariz
Adeline Tarbox
Rochester
Tarbox Farm
Ann Louise Jewett
Dorothy Dunn
Bath
Lester Knight
Donald Knight
Richard
David Roberts
Lebanon
N. H
Ellie Lewis
Ordway Lewis
John Stacy
Yarmouth
Virginia Jewett
John Curley
Rumford
Lucille Dunton
Eleanor Dunton
Medford
James Dunton
Lisbon Falls
Stuart Harvie
New Rochelle
Auto license seekers face delays in Maine and Augusta
Across Maine and at Augusta license offices crowds form as drivers line up to obtain operators licenses. At the Portland State pier the queue nears 400 people by mid afternoon. Pearl Harbor and Christmas bonds sell out at popular prices while high amount bonds move quickly. Bath bus service runs Sunday schedule New Year’s day with special shuttles for workers. Patten Free Library closes New Year’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Portland Pier
State Pier
Bath
Pearl Harbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theodore Sherman
Santa
Tippy
Billy Riley
Wid
Lincoln Bailey Monty Stanley Dalton Milt
Robert Dayton
Ralph Gross
Alan Pease
Parker
Ruth Rebecca Grover
Billy Clyde Dow Ronald Gordon Petrie
Jean Louise Dutton
Friends of the Parker
Charles
William Aines
Joan Beryl Nichols
Peter Theodore
Sherman
Irene Helen Light Lester
Raymond Calhan
Dorothy Colby
God
Merry Gentlemen School
Francis Soule
Rita Gross
White Raymond Calnan
Mrs. White
Muriel Lewis Marion
Bill Theodore Sherman
Patricia Cary
Gordon Petrie
Verne Farmer
Virginia Adams
Helen Light
Stanley Dalton
John Riley
William Rines
Huntoon Hill Grange
Catherine Sarah Jacques
E. N. Jacques
Manchester
Brest
Earle Vigne
Davis Vigne
Chelsea
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Roland C. Reay
Vigne
Kents Hill Seminary
Northeastern School of Chicken Sexers
Hallowell High School
Uncle Sam
George T. Bowden
Essex Street
Oak Grove Hill
Vassalboro
Charles A. Dingwell
Lower Main Street
Flag Salute
God Bless America
Luella Cromwell Santa Claus
Virginia Baker Song
Six Little Kittens
William Fogg
Jolly Old
James Baker
Mary Leeman
Floyd Goodell
Marilyn Leeman
Sally Goodell
Ralph Rittall
Warren Baker
Priscilla Cromwell
Margaret Leeman
Andrew Raynes
Esther Leeman
Wise Santa Claus
Vivian Presley
Margaret O’farrell
Virginia Baker
Clayton Fresby
Charles Deering
Clayton Presby
Roland Leeman
Fred Baker
Arthur Stephens
Jim
Charles Beaney
Irving Baker
Mobile
Ala
Clarence Baker
Dana
Burton Hodgkins
Maxine Walker
Stewart Chapin
Cambridge
Montsweag
Christian Endeavor Society
Alden Bailey
Muriel Raynes
Woman's
Woolwich Union
Maurice T. Hawthorn
Stony Hill Road
William E. Hillgrove
St. Mary's Church
Timothy C. Maney
Harry B. White
William Gibbs
Harry Passmore
Arthur Preney
Calvary Cemetery
Roland Martineau
Gerald Kinney
Sharma Elizabeth
Nelia Joy
Gerald Baldwin
Mr. Kinney
Charles Kinney
Beacon Street
Otis A. Smith
Otis Smith, Jr
Mr. Smith
Raymond Smith
High Street
Highland Street
Topsham
Bath Iron Works
John L. Jack
Mary H. Rodick
Gardiner R. Deering
Hiram E. Young
Phippsburg
Fred P. Young
Marion McKay
James J. McKay
Marion McKay Taggart
Emma Brown
Albion C. Brown
Owen E. Rogers
Lillians. Rogers
Arthur J. Dunton
Register
First National Bank OF Bath
Maeating
Daniel Williams
Bath, Me
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Bath Trust Co
Bath Trust Company
L. E. Thebeau
Bath National Bank
Front St
City of Bath
County of Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Ran L F, Cook
Westport
Patten Free
OF Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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