Fuel and war time rationing shape Maine industry
The piece notes shifts in fuel octane priorities for military use, a voluntary refinery plan to lower regular octane, and cautions motorists to adjust ignition timing for efficiency. It cites Morgenthau on defense spending, predicts halts in automobile production for defense work, and discusses tire and tube sales limits in Sagadahoc county. It also mentions taxi demand, Maine shipyard bids for wooden barges, and consumer behavior about goods ahead of wartime shortages. The New England Council urges daylight saving.
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O.P.A
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Sagadahoc
Maine
Daylight Saving Time Sought to Start Earlier Nationwide
A proposal seeks to establish daylight saving time at the earliest possible date to promote safety, boost production, and conserve electrical energy. Normally it would take effect on the last Sunday in April, but advocates want an earlier start across the country.
Sunday School Teachers Course Planned by Bath Ministers
Bath Ministers association met at Central church parish house to discuss a Sunday school teachers course. Rev Earle T French led devotional services while Miss Marion Ulmer described course options and stressed Sunday schools’ role in youth development. A committee led by Rev Chester B Oliver and Rev Charles R Sims was named to arrange the course and report next meeting. Sixteen churches invited Army and Navy personnel and families to join religious and social activities. ten members attended.
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Bath Ministers Association
Central Church Parish House
Earle T. French
The
Nazarene Church
Marion Ulmer
Portland
Maine Council of Churches
Ulmer
Chester B. Oliver
Charles R. Sims
Army
Defese
Troop 55 Scouts Have Regular Meeting Night
Troop 53 of St. Mary's church met Monday night in the Armory for its weekly gathering. The group attended a Christmas party at the Burgess home on Center Street with 19 scouts present. Alfred King led, Clarence MacKay assisted, and Tanguay and Marchetti of the committee attended as guests.
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St. Mary's Church
Armory
Alex Burgess
Center Street
Alfred King
Clarence MacKay
Oscar J. Tanguay
Joseph Marchetti
Appreciation of the Independent Waldoboro Me
A 1942 New Year message from Rev F T H Fernald expresses heartfelt thanks for the Independent paper. It praises the Bath and Woolwich news coverage, conveys New Year wishes to readers and staff, and lauds the paper as a grand community publication.
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Waldoboro
Publishers Independent
Bath
Independent
Wes
Woolwich
Independent items reflect broad reader interest across sources
The fragmented text references diverse topics and places with unclear connections. It hints at independent items valued by readers, mentions Spanier and Gebradewi, and notes potential trends and local concerns without coherent event details or outcomes.
Tea Honorees At Oak Street Home Affair
Miss Sally Hyde and Miss Nancy Sewall were guests of honor at a Saturday tea hosted by Misses Martha and Mary Morse at their Oak Street home. Hyde and Sewall served as hostesses. Visitors included Miss Sally Kimball of Scarsdale New York Miss Nancy Chase Ann Quintin Mary Campbell and Judith Hidden of Augusta Miss Lucy White of Topsham and Miss Maureen Roderick of Portland.
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Sally Hyde
Nancy Sewall
Martha and
Mary Morse
Oak Street
Miss Hyde
Miss Sewall
Sally Kimball
Scarsdale
N.Y
Nancy Chase
Ann Quintin
Mary Campbell
Judith Hidden
Augusta
Lucy White
Topsham
Maureen Roderick
Portland
Guarding Carlton Bridge Shifts to Colored Troops
Duties guarding Carlton Bridge transfer from State Police to a contingent of colored troops who arrived Friday and are quartered in the State Armory, following similar moves in Portland Lewiston and other Maine cities.
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Carlton Bridge
Portland
Lewiston
Maine
State Armory
Year 1941 events in Bath reviewed in daily roll
Bath Times recounts a year of civic activity with games, arrests, trials, and public works. Highlights include Joss murder trial progress, city airport plans, shipyard payroll outlook, USO drive totals, and Memorial Day events. Numerous officials, firms, and groups appear across months from April to June.
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Bath
the Times
Archibald M. Main
Charles W. Messenger
Ralph O. Dale
Joss
Police Department
Harding
Percy W. Kingsbury
Joseph A. McLaughlin
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Retail Merchants Association
Merrill E. Joss
Elizabeth Chapman Mayo
John Warren Coombs
Morse High
Iumswa
B. I. W. Management
Battery D
Fort McKinley
City
Everett W. Neal
B. I. W. Machine Shop
Pine Street
Arthur H. Price
Congress Shirt Co
Arthur Price
Associates
Jean Leclair
Glenn H. Easton
U. S.N
Bath Iron Works Corp
Navy
Illet Brothers
Harding Fabrication
Bath Lodge of Elks
Memorial Hospital
Frank H. Holley
Brewers and Maine Beer Distributors Committee
Federal Housing Administration
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Maine Commission
Boyd Bailey
Charles L. Crosby
Board of Selectmen
Arrowsie
C. B. French
Lions Club
Paris
Sumner Sewall
Roland Smith Post, A. L
Gardiner
Edwin F. Pratt
Richmond
Lloyd K. Umberhind
Gardiner Hospital
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
B. IL. W
Washington and
Center Streets
William V. Cox
Lewiston
Tois
United States Public Health Service
City Hall
Robert McIntyre
Kennebec
Nathaniel Morse
Phippsburg
Extavia
Julius Gottlieb
Elizabeth C. Mayo
Iffill Not Guilty Of Charge In Bicycle Crash
Edward Iffill of Wiscasset was found not guilty in Municipal court after pleading not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without identifying himself. Police witnesses testified, and the case, handled by Patrolman Ellery Doyle, concerned a November 17 collision with a bicycle owned by David Johnson on Vine Street near Romalunch. Attorney Edward Bridgham represented Iffill.
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Edward Iffill
Wiscasset
Gardiner R. Deering
Ellery M. Doyle
Iffill
David Johnson
Middle Street
Romalunch
Vine Street
Edward W. Bridgham
Wide Awake Group Works for Red Cross at Corliss Street Church
The Corliss Street church women led by State Representative Elizabeth Deering meet weekly in the vestry for an all day session with a noon box lunch. They have produced pajamas and surgical arm bands for the Red Cross, welcomed Mrs. L. A. Dale, and planned the next meeting attendance of visitors from Winnegance including Mrs. Charles E. Hewitt Jr and others.
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Red Cross
Corliss Street
Elizabeth Deering
Carroll Deering
Harold Walker
John Hunt
L. A. Dale
Winnegance
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Frank Perry
Winfield W. Morse
Lelia Oliver
John G. Morse
Carl Pierce
Attended Pomona by 15 from West Bath Grange
Fifteen West Bath Grange members attended the Sagadahoc County Pomona Topsham meeting on December 31. Doris E. Armstrong led the degree work in the fifth degree, appearing as a member of the Pomona court.
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West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Topsham Grange
Doris E. Armstrong
William A. Armstrong
Howard E. Blake
William A. Coombs
Joseph N. Day
John A. Greene
Edwin W. Haggett
John M. Howe
Arthur C. Lemont
D. Wylie Lemont
Everett G. Lemont
D. Wallace MacDonald
Joseph R. Oliver
Grover C. Smith
Bertha Ward
Court of
Mrs. Annie M. Jones Rites Held at Georgetown Center
The funeral of Mrs Annie M Jones widow of Thomas Jones occurred Wednesday night at Georgetown Center Baptist Church with Rev Walter Schoepfer of WalthamMass officiating Bearers were William Todd Howard Heald Thomas Williams and Edward Wren Burial followed in Oak Cemetery Georgetown Center
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Annie M. Jones
Thomas Jones
Biniay
Georgetown Center Baptist Church
Walter Schoepfer
Waltham
Mass
William Todd
Howard Heald
Thomas Williams
Edward Wren
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Winter Street Ladies Aid resumes session after holiday recess
The Winter Street church Ladies Aid met Friday afternoon in the ladies room with 23 members present due to rain. Hostesses included Mrs. Addison F Pendleton Mrs. Charles Baker Mrs. Charles O Nelson and Mrs Wilbra Billings.
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Ladies’ Aid of
Winter Street Church
Addison F. Pendleton
Charles Baker
Charles O. Nelson
Wilbra Billings
Fred Foote
Arthur C. Lemont
Alice
Red Cross
Robert Colley
Edgar Hatch
New Year's Party Held at Elmhurst
Mrs. John H. Hyde and guests hosted a Thursday afternoon Elmhurst New Year's gathering from four to six. The rooms blossomed with carnations lilies and primroses with silver bowls as centerpieces. Out of town attendees included Ensign and Mrs Frederick E Drake of Framingham Mass Archibald M Main Jr of Cape Elizabeth Miss Peggy Stuart and Harborne Stuart of Cambridge Mass Alexander Shaw of Providence R I and John Fitch of Coronado Cal.
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John H. Hyde
Converse G. Fenn
Nancy Hyde
Elmhurst
William D. Sewal
William 8. Newell
Ensign
Real estate transfers in Sagadahoc county two week tally
Transfers recorded at the Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds show Bath leading with four deals followed by West Bath with three and Woolwich and Richmond with two each. Transactions cover properties on High Street Water Street Washington Street and other Barton area parcels including Bath Phippsburg Richmond Topsham and West Bath with buyers and sellers named.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
West Bath
Woolwich
Richmond
Topsham
Phippsburg
Marguerite A. Glidden
Genevie R. Colby
High Street
Edward T. Hamel
Winfield L. Ham
Water Street
Etta G. Trott
Carrie H. Trott
Washington Street
Albion C. Brown
Arthur W. Brown
Pleasant Street
Carrie M. Wyman
Mary FE. Baker
Mina E. Floyd
Donald R. Foster
Richmond Masonic Association, Inc
Clifton
Percy C. Bailey
George Goldie
Schoolhouse Contract Awarded For Perowfield Building
Superintendent John Parker announced the contract for the Perowfield elementary school to H. P. Cummings Construction Co. of Winthrop for 134 480 dollars. Funded entirely by government funds and to be leased by Works Agency, construction starts immediately.
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John Parker
Perowfield
H. P. Cummings Construction Co
Winthrop
Bath sisters visit parents in Popham Beach holiday
Mrs. Dora Bridges of Bath and her brother Blanchard Crowley of Woolwich were holiday guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Guy Crowley at Popham Beach, Maine.
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Dora Bridges
Bath
Blanchard Crowley
Woolwich
Guy Crowley
Popham Beach
Prospective Bride Guest Of Honor Honored At Tea
A Friday afternoon tea at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur King Edgett Street honored Miss Virginia Cummings of Lewiston whose marriage to their son Omar R King is planned for the winter. Hosts and guests included many local and out of town ladies with arrangements of colorful flowers throughout the dining room.
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Arthur King
Edgett Street
King
Virginia Cummings
Lewiston
Omar R. King
Miss Cummings
Ralph Cummings
Henry O. Trowbridge
William S. Newell
Archie Main
Harry Briggs
Thomas Allen
Ann King
Ellen Stevens
Carol Stevens
Mary Bates
John Preney
Herbert Cavanaugh
Arthur Burgess
James B. Lemont
Edward Footer
Alexander MacDonald
Thatcher Pinkham
John McCarty
Norman MacKinnon
Walter Anliker
Robert Crew
Portland
Archie L. Seekins
Cape Elizabeth
Philip van Hook
Margaret Elliott
Archie Main, Jr
Machias
Roger Burke
Eleanor Purkis
Melville Houdleette
Edward Hall
Harold Houdlette
Dresden
Two Topsham Boys At Pearl Harbor Safe
William Wilson Jr. and Stanley Edgecomb, both stationed at Pearl Harbor, sent letters last Thursday confirming they were all right after the December 7 air raid. Parents William Wilson Sr. and Mrs. Wilson and Pembroke Edgecomb report their sons asked for continued mail and reassurance.
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Topsham
Pearl Harbor
William Wilson
William Wilson, Jr
Stanley Edgecomb
Pembroke Edgecomb
Soldiers for Guests at Spring Street Dinner
Eight soldiers were invited to dinner Sunday by Mrs Estelle Comeau at her Spring street home. Her son Chester Comeau is in a New Jersey camp and the gesture inspired nearby presidents to host a home cooked meal. Mrs Lister R Lawrence and her son George of San Diego arrive to visit her mother Mrs George W Staples at 62 Willow street. Lawrence, formerly Pearl L Staples, has word her husband, a warrant officer on a naval ship during Pearl Harbor, is safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Comeau
Spring Street
Lister R. Lawrence
George
San Diego
Calif
George W Staples
Willow Street
Lawrence
Pearl L. Staples
Lions Club to Host Ladies Night in January
At a December 31 meeting in Hotel Sedgwick the Lions Club outlined a ladies night for the third week of January, open to Lions members only. Committee members are Daniel Williams chairman, Richard T. Hersom, Alexander MacDonald and Arthur L. Pratt. The report also notes a driving course for advanced high school students led by Harry L. Thompson.
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Lions Club
Sedgwick
Lions
Daniel Williams
Richard T. Hersom
Alexander MacDonald
Arthur L. Pratt
Harry L. Thompson
Thompson
Red Cross Captains Plan Bath District Canvass Drive
Red Cross captains met Monday afternoon at 2 Mrs Alexander Mac Donald 1177 High street to canvass Bath business district for the Red Cross War Fund. Bailey chaired the drive with captains including Mrs Arthur M Bowker Mrs Converse G Fenn Mrs Bernice MacDonald Mrs Dwight Pierce Mrs Edward Whitehouse and Mrs W Percy Marks. Contributions may be given to any captain Mrs MacDonald Mrs Clyde B Holmes Jr or Mr Bailey or left at Bath Trust Company or Shaws book store.
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Red Cross
Bath
Alexander MacDonald
High Street
Boyd L. Bailey
Arthur M. Bowker
Converse G. Fenn
Bernice MacDonald
Dwight Pierce
Edward Whitehouse
W. Percy Marks
Clifford B. Wilband
Clyde B. Holmes, Jr
Bailey
Bath Trust Company
Shaws Book Store
Bath women attend Bowdoin map reading course
Mrs Etta Thurlow Mrs Granville M Colby and Mrs John Parker of the Bath Red Cross motor corps joined Bowdoin college Jan 2 for a map reading course. Professors Bartlett and Root instructed about 60 Southwestern Maine men and women in reading road county and U S Geological Survey maps. Problem cases were discussed and the Bath trio will teach others in the corps.
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Etta Thurlow
Granville M. Colby
John Parker
Bath Red Cross Motor Corps
Bowdoin College
Bartlett and
Root
Science Department
Maine
U. S. Geological Survey
Bath
Bath Motor Corps
Weekly Cross Word Puzzle Challenge Clues Show Mixed Down Answers
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