Maine Publicity Bureau Plans Twenty First Annual Meeting
Maine Publicity Bureau announces its Twenty First Annual Meeting in Portland at the Falmouth Hotel on Monday January 25 at 2 PM. Leader Harold E Severance chairs arrangements with 37 Maine business members to attend. State Senator Harold N Harold and G P Butler discuss plans for 1943 and the Bureau's interdependent efforts. The day includes the first meeting of newly elected directors and a 7 PM anniversary banquet featuring Dean William G Sutcliffe on The Impact of the War on American Business. Edward E Chase of Portland will also speak as the first Maine president of the New England Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Masterman
Bar Harbor
Maine Publicity Bureau
Harold E. Severance
Centre Lovell
Maine
Harold N. Harold of
Standish
Maine Development Commission
G. P. Butler
Masterman
William G. Sutcliffe
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Edward E. Chase
Portland
New England Council
United States
Bodwell Grange installs officers for the year
Officers of Rodwell Grange number 289 of Small Point were installed Friday night by Past Master E. Melvin Pratt of Bath and his assistants. Installed were Clifford Robinson master Leo Hamel overseer Marguerite Hilton lecturer Robert Pye steward Winthrop Blair assistant steward Hazen Hilton secretary James W. Gilman gatekeeper Mary Pratt Ceres. Other officers will be installed later. A Christmas tree was enjoyed and meetings have been changed to the first Friday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodwell Grange
Small Point
E. Melvin Pratt
Bath
Clifford Robinson
Leo Hamel
Marguerite Hilton
Robert Pye
Winthrop Blair
Hazen Hilton
James W. Gilman
Mary Pratt Ceres
Grange
Langdon Thistle attends Nurse Aide graduation
Mrs Langdon Thistle and fellow graduates in uniform attended the Nurse Aide Class graduation at Grace church parish house Bath last week. Mrs Alethea Campbell chairs Dromore Farm Bureau and Mrs Bertha Wyman meeting cancelled due to Mr Wyman’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon Thistle
Grace Church
Bath
Thistle
Alethea Campbell
Dromore Farm Bureau
Bertha Wyman
Wyman
Miss McCready
MacIntire
New England
Philip
Ebenzer M
Arglye
Scotland
Reading
Mass
Mackentire
Phippsburg
MaciIntire
Raymond
Small Point
Helen L. Driscoll
Portland
Charles Gates
Williston Church
Framingham
Anson Hopins
Connecticut
Bess Dickinson
Dale Simonson
Staten Island
Lank
Simonsons
Hunnewell
Los Angeles
Simonson
Colby
Monterey
Truman Wallace
Children’s Hospital
William Grevers
Susan
Stanley Hutchins
Winchester
Hiram Wyman
Asa Wyman
George C. Pease
Cross Roads
A. F. Williams
W. H. Bowker
Juanita Seavey
Center School
Washington, D. C
Raymond M. Maciintire
Augusta
Squaw Club Hosts Auction Evening In Winnegance
Mrs. Omar Coggeshall entertained the Squaw club Friday with a joke and a gift tree. Three auction tables were held with prizes awarded to Mrs. Herbert Morse, Mrs. Robert Manson and Mrs. Winfield Morse. Refreshments followed and the club plans a meeting Thursday evening with Mrs. Robert Manson. Recent visits included Mrs. Herbert Lermond and daughter Carol of Brunswick staying with Mrs. Lermond’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Coggeshall
Squaw Club
Herbert Morse
Robert Manson
Winfield Morse
Herbert Lermond
Carol
Brunswick
Lloyd Lowell
Cleveland
Earl Lowell
Schenectady
N. Y
Robert Arndt
Lowell
Eugene Harrington
Edwin Wyman
Alston Oliver
Bath
Leston Harrington
Frank Burnell
Walter Cushing
Dorothy
Barbara
Sandra Mank
Harry D. Mank
Boston
Maritime Commission
George Morong
Ralph Morong
Lisbon Falls
Lewis Lowell
William Wyman
Clayton Hoar
English family ties traced at Augusta home
The family of an RA. F. man entertained at Mr. and Mrs. Tate Watson, 27 East ern avenue, Augusta, discovered they lived in the same Burnley, England house previously. They learned the Watsons had occupied the Burnley address with another companion, and later moved to the United States with the English man’s wife and five year old daughter joining them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate Watson
Eastern Avenue
Augusta
Watsons
Burnley
Atson
West Bath Grange Members Learn Can Drive Cars
West Bath grange members may attend meetings by car amid restrictions and a Maine ruling that pleasure driving ban does not apply to regular grange meetings. The Monday session featured lectures, songs, a skit, and discussions on aiding farmers during the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Grange
Eva J. Lemontster
Maine
F. Ardine Richardson
Strong
Augusta
Washington
Price Administrator
Julia Field
Rose Jean
Bernice Sturtevant
Marie Hamblett
Vivian White
Sturtevant
Allan MacAllister
William Ketchum
Gladys Deehan
Ella Coombs
Mrs. Sturtevant
Mrs. Field
Ida Rose
James B. Lemont
E. Mason Wright
Bertha Davis
Alice F. Johnson
Fred J. Rose
Peole
Deehan
Beautiful Dreamer
O Susanna
Mary Deehan
Marilyn Booker
Gloria Leavitt
William H. Small, Jr
J. Franklin
Leonard Boucher
J. Bazin Lemont, Jr
Ida Oliver
Sagadahoc County
West Bath Grange Hall
Youth, 18, Injured In Ice House Fall Near Bath
Ellery A Munsey, 18, of Pine Street, is hospitalized with severe concussion and a fractured hip after a fall from a second runway about 20 feet high at the Mill Pond ice house on the old Brunswick road. He slipped while storing ice and was found unconscious, later regaining briefly, then relapsing. He recently left a job at Bath Iron Works and awaiting army call is married and son of Lester G Munsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellery A. Munsey
Pine Street
Memorial Hospital
Mill Pond
Old Brunswick Road
Munsey
Young Munsey
Bath Iron Works Corp
Lester G. Munsey
Christian Endeavor Meeting at Day's Ferry School
Woolwich church group sets 6 30 PM Thursday gathering at Day's Ferry schoolhouse. Members urged to attend and participate in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Endeavor
Parker Head P T A Chooses Monthly Meetings In Cold Weather
Parker Head P T A held a meeting at Mrs Leston Arringtons home and voted to hold monthly gatherings during cold weather on the last Thursday of each month at members homes. Guests included Mrs William Hemmer of Portland and Mrs Clayton Hoar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Parker Head
P.T.A
Leston Arrington
William Hemmer
Portland
Clayton Hoar
Williams named beneficiary in Price will probate filing
Dr Adelbert F. Williams of Phippsburg is named beneficiary of $1000 in the will of sister Mrs Mary B. Price of Gardiner who died December 22 in Gardiner. The Gardiner General Hospital receives 5000 to fund care for needy children under 16. The will names executrix Mrs Annie Shedd of Burlington Vermont, and asks Will C Atkins of Gardiner be appointed administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert F. Williams
Phippsburg
Mary B. Price
Gardiner
Wallace N. Price
Bath
Kennebec
Price
Gardiner General Hospital
Wallace Nathaniel Price
Dr. Price
China
Hazel K. Libby
Brunswick Avenue
Annie Shedd
Budiston
Central Maine Power Co
United Fuel Corp
Wallace A. Price
Augusta
Boston Herald- Traveler
Eleanor Allard
Annie B. Allard
Richmond
Eliza B. Lint
Will C. Atkins
Shedd
Williams Mayoral Victory Could Make Fifth Augusta Mayor
If Levi T. Williams is declared winner, Augusta would have five mayors in just over a month. Acting mayors included Paul C. Williamson Fred W. Berry and Ralph W. Farris during the rapid succession. Justice Fellows found Williams had more votes than his rival and Williams may take office this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi T. Williams
Augusta
Sanford L. Fogg, Jr
Navy
Paul C. Williamson
Board of Aldermen
Williamson
Fred W. Berry
Berry
Ralph W Farris
Farris
Superior Court
Raymond Fellows
Williams
Women of Wesley Attend Annual Meeting
The Women s Society of Christian Service at Wesley Church held its regular meeting in the vestry last Tuesday. Mrs Merle Niles led worship with Mrs Vinal King as pianist. Officers for the new year were installed by Rev Chester R Oliver, including Mrs Andrew M Butterfield as president and Mrs L D Rogers as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Church
Merle Niles
Vinal King
Andrew Butterfield
Chester R. Oliver
Andrew M. Butterfield
L. D. Rogers
Jennie Walker
Willard L. L . McLean
E. E. Whittemore
Gustave Frederickson
Ellen Hodgkins
Dwinal Cornish
Nan Brown
Nellie Follett
W. Bryant
F. W. Quimby
W. E. Upham
Stanley Hunter
Bessie Dickinson
Carolyn Rogers
Butterfield
Walter Snipe
Walter Upham
Lawrence Houston
Fred Weeks
Lions donate blood at Bath hospital session
Eleven Lions club members contributed to the Blood and Plasma Bank at Bath Memorial Hospital with additional donors including William Mac Farland and Mrs. Minnie Goldstein. Blood is processed at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston and Bath sessions will be monthly, next on February 4 with a goal of 15 donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Bath Memorial Hospital
William MacFarland
The
Elks
Minnie Goldstein
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Bath
Alexander MacDonald
George Fitzgerald
Leon J. Fortin
Andrew G. Moses
George J. Nugent
Harlan M. Bryant
Charles Genthner
Harold J. Rubin
Arthur M. Bowker
Wilfrid E. Guerin
Richard Minton
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Albert Owen
Esther Murphy
R. N
Lewiston Attorney Buys Historic Howard Residence Lot
Peter A. Isaacson of Lewiston buys the Nelson W. Howard residence site and adjacent land along Winter street and the Androscoggin river. The $2,000 warranty deed lists Willard Howard of Newton Massachusetts and Old Colony Trust Co of Boston as grantors. Isaacson says the property is an investment with no immediate plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter A. Isaacson
Lewiston
Nelson W. Howard
Winter Street
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin
Willard Howard
Newton
Mass
Old Colony Trust Co
Boston
Howard
Augusta Rotary hears call for school lunch program
Wallace Witham of the Farm Distribution Administration told Augusta Rotarians at the Augusta House that adopting a city lunch program could help children who attend school morning and long hours. He urged the community to take advantage of such a program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Wallace Witham
Farm Distribution Administration
Garden Club Discusses Winter Plant Care Program
Cosmopolitan Garden club met in the Cosmopolitan club house with Miss Alice F Johnson presiding. Talks on care of Christmas plants covered Jerusalem cherry poinsettia and cyclamen. Members suggested topics for 1943 defense gardening and other plant care subjects. A Colonial tea is planned for Feb 22 with a committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice F. Johnson
Herbert Harris
George A. Churchill
Chester A. Roberts
Churchill
Elmer Eldridge
Arthur H. Colby
Arthur M. Packard
Tendal
I. A. Trueworthy
Lena D. Donnell
William Yule
Charles L. Kinney
Roscoe P. McFadden
Louis M. Silverman
Maurice A. Libby
Popham Beach Roundup Highlights Red Cross Seams and Local News
Popham Circle met at Mrs. Frank Scott’s home to sew for Red Cross. oil delivery shortages threaten heating with wood and coal scarce. Bodwell Grange named welfare and sick committees. four Fall term pupils performed well. Residents returned from Mamaroneck, Linwood, and Harpswell as family updates, illnesses, and a new birth Edith Florence are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Frank Scott
Red Cross
Popham
Ernest Spinney
Bodwell Grange Committee
Guy Crowley
Ellen Newdick
Ernest Oliver
Richard Sprague
Merrill Oliver
Mary
Walter Newdick
L. J. Preney
Barbara Preney
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Marcial Trottier
Linwood
Mass
Charles Small
Margaret
Lyman Oliver
Edith Florence
Stanley Perkins
Clarence Perkins
Clarence Sheffield
Lorraine
Thomas
Harpswell
Bath Iron Works pairs send sons to Army boot camp
Mrs. Ludie Fifield of 25 Milan Street, Bath, receives a call from Pvt. Nimard Fifield at Camp Atterbury Indiana where he begins basic training after induction on November 19. His Bath Iron Works buddy Joseph Kingsbury, also inducted that day, trains at Camp Devens in the same company and barracks. Nimard expects a February completion and a possible Bath furlough for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludie Fifield
Milan Street
Pvt
Nimard Fifield
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Joseph Kingsbury
Ralph Kingsbury
Dummer Street
Know Your State Government From Augusta Maine
A Maine state government column discusses the timing of primary and fall elections, noting June Republican primaries in Sagadahoc County and the subsequent September slate. It describes caucuses in Augusta, the selection of House and Senate leaders, and the two year terms for state officers with future notes on legislative wheels starting January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
U. S
Maine
Sagadahoc
Earle A. McFee
Richmond
Bowdoin
Ham
Soren Raymond McIntire
Augusta House
House
Senate
State House
State Grange
F. Ardine Richardson
Horace A. Hildreth
Port
Webber Named Maine Publicity Bureau Director
The Nominating Committee named Harry C. Webber of Bath as Saga dahoc county representative on the 1943 Board of Directors of the Maine Publicity Bureau. Formal election will occur January 25 in Portland. Webber has edited the Bath Daily Times and the weekly Independent for 25 years and publishes Golf in Maine. The Bureau, a state wide non partisan group, promotes Maine's agricultural industrial and recreational resources and operates a year round information service. officials estimate over 1000000 in new business generated last year through its efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Publicity Bureau
Harry C. Webber
Bath
Sagadahoc
Portland
Webber
Bath Daily Times
Weekly
Independent
Maine
Maine Publicity Bureau
Carload
Maine Development Commission
New York
Radio City
Dinner party hosted by Mr and Mrs Hamblett
Mr and Mrs Edward B Hamblett of 23 Pratt Street entertained friends at a Sunday dinner. Guests included Mrs Fred K Sturtevant and her son Teddy, Mr and Mrs Harry W McGlinchy, and Mr and Mrs George Comeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Fred K. Sturtevant
Teddy
Harry W. McGlinchy
George Comeau
Bath Rifle Club elects officers at annual meeting
The Bath Rifle and Pistol Association held its annual meeting at the clubhouse. H Kenneth Smith remains president, Philip Staley is vice president, A L Goss and A Petit are treasurer and range officer, with C Lloyd Hooker named press agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rifle and Pistol Association
Philip Staley
H. Kenneth Smith
A. L. Goss
A. Petit
Everett Cook
C. Lloyd Hooker
Petit
National Rifle Association
Donahues Return After Boston Visit
Mr and Mrs J Francis Donahue and son Joseph Hamblett Donahue of Boston visit Mrs Donahue's parents Mr and Mrs Edward B Hamblett of Pratt Street. Their son Edward B Hamblett Jr resumes studies at the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Francis Donahue
Joseph Hamblett Donahue
Boston
Pratt Girl Born In East Brunswick At Memorial Hospital
Gloria Ann Pratt, daughter of Shirley E. Pratt and wife, was born at Memorial Hospital in East Brunswick on January 6. Mrs Pratt formerly Anna Perkins of Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Ann Pratt
Shirley E. Pratt
East Brunswick
Memorial Hospital
Pratt
Anna Perkins
Winnegance
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Forest City
Bodwell Grange
West Bath Grange
Woolwich
Parker
Charles Blaisdell
Wilson
Galen Daley House
Women OF Wesley
Garden Club
Cosmo Garden Club
Popham Beach
Bath Rifle Club
Maine General Hospital
School OF Nursing
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