Phippsburg House Album Brings Town Notables to Mind
A Phippsburg reader recalls a 75 year old album with portraits of local figures such as Capt. N. Ellis Percy and other town fathers, sea captains, teachers, and builders. Readers are urged to add names to faces for future generations. The piece notes prominent families, school reopenings, Grange officers, and small town personal items including births and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Ellis Percy
Calloa
Charlotte Morrison
Thomas Minott
James Drummond
E. D. Percy
Ellis Percy
William Lee, Sr
England
William Lee, Jr
Lee's Island
Phippsburg
James Morse
Parker Head Girl Scouts Meet and Community News
Parker Head Girl Scouts meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs Earl Lowell and Brownies met Wednesday with Miss Frances Robie. Parent Teacher meeting Thursday at 7 30. A large attendance is desired. Mrs Eugene Harrington entertained at cards last week with a buffet lunch and high scorers were Mrs Walter Cushing and Edwin Wyman. Numerous residents visited relatives and attended funerals in Sedgwick and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lowell
Brownies
Frances Robie
Eugene Harrington
Walter Cushing
Edwin Wyman
Leston Harrington
Alston Oliver
Dorothy Cushing
Charles
Lizzie Gray
Albert
Sedgwick
Ruth
Winneganee
Charles Blaisdell
Elwood Hathorne
Lewiston
Bert Nisbet
Arthur Farris
Bath
L. Forrest Wyman
Philip
Fort Devens
Eldora Wade
Corrinna
New Hampshire
Boston
Packard
Norridgewock
Monticello
Houston
Beverley Moore
Brunswick
Gilbert Woodman
Parker Head
Beverley Snow
Portland
Joseph Haskell
Bobby
Mary A Harriman Celebrates First Birthday Party
Mary Ann Harriman daughter of Mr and Mrs George Harriman celebrated her first birthday at the home of Mrs LaForest G Coombs 22 Cherry Street. Guests brought gifts and enjoyed two decorated cakes one white with blue forget me nots and one chocolate with pink icing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Harriman
George Harriman
LaForest G. Coombs
Cherry Street
Mary Ann
Jerry Robinson
Coombs
Marie Berry
Judy
Greg
Dorothy Pratt
Martha
Mary
Harriman
Lillian
George, Jr
Frances Norton
Carol
Ruth Ames
Linda
Ada Nostall
Johnny
Mary Anne
Marriage Announcement of Margaret Frances Minott to Major Joe A Bennett
Mrs Henry Melville Minott announces the marriage of her daughter Margaret Frances Minott to Major Joe A Bennett Army of the United States on December 28 1943 in Orlando Florida at 735 McIntyre Avenue Winter Park Florida. Friends of Col Hubert W Eldred learn he is ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Hubert W. Eldred
Popham Beach Community News This Week
Popham Beach reopening for winter term led by Miss Frances Robie who returns from East Andover New Hampshire. Sunday services held at the Popham library and a library event hosted by the Wesley church Young People’s Society. Popham Circle to resume meetings at Mrs. Charles Small’s home. Local bell ringing on New Year’s caused by church repairs. Hawks and eagles threaten poultry on Long Island with notable Cooper’s hawk sighting. Residents Ellison Moody and Karl Hentz report poultry depredations. Lt Stephen Etnier USN is in Miami for advanced training. Barbara Sprague visits Boston before two days at Farmington Normal School. Clarenes Skolfield and children return to Harpswell after Sesui vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rier back in Lubec. Dora Bridges returns to Cambridge after visiting her parents. Ellison Moody and Mr. Carl Hentz hosted New Year guests. Beverley Small and Arline Small resume studies at North Yarmouth Academy after vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Robie
East Andover
N. H
Popham Library
Young People’s Society of Wesley Church
Bath
Popham Circle
Charles Small
Popham
Long Island
Ellison Moody
Etmer House
Gilbert Head
Karl Hentz
Stephen Etnier
U.S.N
Miami
Barbara Sprague
Boston
Farmington Normal School
Clarenes Skolfield
Harpswell
Sesui
Skolfield
Charles Rier
Herbert Mitchell
Lubec
Dora Bridges
Cambridge
Guy Crowley
Carl Hentz
Beverley Small
Arline Small
North Yarmouth Academy
War Manpower rules detail wage and job referrals
The War Manpower Commission plan requires employers to issue statements on wage and working condition compliance and authorizes the Employment Service to issue statements when employers fail to comply. It covers part time work and referrers for workers not fully utilized in the war effort, including critical occupations and cases where consent or referral is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Labor Board
United States Employment Service of War Manpower Commission
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Bath Area Appeals Committee Receives Worker Grievances
The Bath War Manpower plan allows appeals when a worker feels the change in employment is justified. The Bath Area Appeals Committee, with management and labor representatives, meets weekly to hear cases from employers and employees. It covers Bath and surrounding towns including Alna, Arrowsic, Brunswick, Damariscotta, Georgetown, Wiscasset, Westport, and more. Mrs. Morris Ziblatt and son David have returned from a ten day trip. David stayed with an aunt in Providence and Mrs. Ziblatt visited Montreal and Ste. Apathe Ski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Bath
Bath Area
Shipyard Workers, Inc
Alna
Arrowsic
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Bowcoin
Bowdoinham
Bremen
Bristol
Brunswick
Damariscotta
Dresden
Edgecomb
Georgetown
Harpswell
Jefferson
Monhepin Plantation
Newcastle
Napleboro
Phippsburg
Richmond
South Bristol
Southport
Topsham
West Bath
Westport
Whitefield
Wiscasset
Woolwich
Morris Ziblatt
David
Washington Street
Providence
Ziblatt
Montreal
Steapathe
Beatiful
Mrs Roscoe Robinson Confined With Illness at Home
Mrs. Roscoe Robinson of 1192 High street is confined to her bed with illness and is under the care of her physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Robinson
High Street
Mrs Matthew Harrison Visits Husband in Fairfield Sanitorium
Mrs Matthew Harrison of Summer Street spent New Year’s in Fairfield visiting her husband who is a patient at the sanitorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Harrison
Summer Street
Fairfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stella Packard
Ree Head
Susie Barbour
Garrett Galvin
Bodwell Grange
G. Cleveland Marriner
Leo Hamel
Clyde Pye
Arlene Hamel
Stanwood Gilman
Addelle Gilman
Grace Wyman
Margaret Gilman
Dorothy Robinson
Jessie Lowell
Ceres
Margaret Wyman
Pomona
Frances Pye
Flora
Martin Eaton
L.A.S
Gertrude Blaisdell
Bailey Evening School
Lincoln Parks
Bruce Allen
Gilman
James Gilman
Sebasco
Blaisdells
Reach
Chester Oliver
Merle Niles
Neal Oliver
Bousfield
China
Martha Beals
Center School
Grace Palmer Lennon
Parker
Mary A. Harriman
Popham Beach
Isawe Shop
Sears Catalog Sales Dept. Too
Sears
Catalog Sales Department
Sears Famous
Een Catalog Sales Dept
Center Street
Bath, Maine
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Chester H. Boyce
Vernay - Brunswick Mills, Inc
Walter Hamilton
Congress Shift Co
Herbert Norton
CIO
Kenneth Radley
AFL
Paul F. Fitzpatrick
Independent — Brotherhood
New
Elgin
Amit Board
Closet Ballcock
Pra
Beady
Boytitas
Ulations
Me Eckses
Sears,roebuck and CO
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