Bath Seabee on 25 Day Leave From Cold North Atlantic Base
Seaman 2-c Calvin Bruce Wright of the Sea bees is on a 25 day leave after nine months at a bleak naval base in the North Atlantic. He notes more snow in Bath than at the far north base and recalls sun breaks, while recounting his Morse High School 1942 background and early Bath shipyard work. After furlough he will report to Davisville for further training and a new assignment.
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North Atlantic
Seaman
Calvin Bruce Wright
The
Seabees
Bath
Bruce
Elbridge R. Wright
Marshall Avenue
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
New North Yard
Shipbuilding
Morse
Camps Allen and Peary
Virginia
Naval Post Office
Church League
Post
Jack Shorey
Myron Craige
Buck” Cromwell
Norman Tobey
Ernest Rogers, Jr
Davisville, R. L
Slight Change Made in School Calendar
The office of Superintendent of Schools announced a slight change in the school calendar. The next vacation period remains the week of February 20, but a lost day will be made up on Monday February 1. The rest of the week remains the planned vacation.
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Office of Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
War Bond Drive in Bath Pushed to Limit
Bath rallies for Fourth War Loan Drive with 400 volunteers starting house to house canvass to reach a $600000 city quota. Air raid wardens and Civilar Defense aid campaign officials as Gen Eisenhower’s appeal motivates every man and woman to meet the target through extra $100 bonds. Local chairs include Darrell K. Pierce Albert S. Noyes Carl W. Crane Ralph W. Bragg and many district coordinators across Bath Sagadahoc County and surrounding towns. The tonight meeting will name Region 8 leaders and assistants.
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City Hall
Civiliar Defense
Segular City Committee
Altert S. Noyes
Region 8
Bath
War Finance Committee
Dwight D Eisenhower
Europe
Sagadahoc
Maine War Finance Committee
Darrell K. Pierce
Cumberland
Albert S. Noyes
Carl W. Crane
Ralph W. Bragg
West Bath
Perry L. Thompson
Solon W. Purington
Richmond
Neil S. Bishop
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Carleton Day Reed
Woolwich
Gilbert Standish
Five Islands
George Baer Connard
A. M. Main
David C. Dickson
John M. Conley, Jr
Frederick E. Dick
John William Duddy
Ralph Chase
Herbert Coombs
Harold Chadburn
Lawrence Chandler
Ralph Hay
Hyde Windlass Co
William H. Turpie
K. Blair Hodge
Joseph I. Tait
Bath Box Co
Sherwood Aldrich
David Y. Alkazin
Harland A. Ladd
Enid Sawyer
Doris Humphries
Nathan W. Watson
Carl Y. Kennedy
Oakhurst Dairy
Hollis W Garey
Sears Roebuck
Mary Oliver
Fred Tarbox
J. J. Newberry
Irma D. Groves
F. W. Woolworth
Bernard Linnenbuerger
W. T. Grant Co
Nathan Press
Rupert Irvine
Rotary Anns
Alex MacDonald
Lionesses
Alex Burden
H. L. Day
Dunlap Hatch
J Frank Hunt
S. B. Nickerson
G. J. Nugent
Andrew S. Pennell
Allan Spear
D. J Tardif
Daniel Williams
Roger D. Skillings
W. I. Voorhees
Charles W. Powers
James T. Lee
Isadore Singer
Judson C. Niles
Capt and Mrs Huskins Visit Five Islands Hosts
Capt and Mrs John Huskins of Five Islands stay with Capt and Mrs William F Plummer on Winship street as their ship lies in port.
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John Huskins
Five Islands
William F. Plummer
Winship Street
Huskins
Dora Bailey Celebrates 92nd Birthday in Woolwich
Mrs. Dora Bailey of Woolwich marked her 92nd birthday while recovering from the flu. Born in New Vineyard, she spent most of life in Woolwich after marriage to Andrew Bailey, raising six children, with Frank Bailey at home and two daughters nearby. Active in church and Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary, she remains mentally sharp, sewing, quilting, and keeping up with daily news through radio and papers.
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Dora Bailey
Woolwich
Bailey
Andrew Bailey
Inlaw
Frank Bailey
New Vineyard
Mrs. Bailey
Sarah Bailey
Gardiner
Stanley Wallace
Bath
Linwood Reed Bailey
Blair Bailey
Maurice Hathorne
Women’s Farm Bureaus Organize For 1944
Women’s farm bureau groups plan the 1944 program approve it and elect officers. Bowdoinham West Bath and Dromore areas name chairs secretaries clothing foods home management and war activity committee members. A local note recalls Miss Alice Coleman returning from Boston and Gloucester with family visitors.
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Women’s Farm Bureau
Bowadoinham
Bernice Dore
Margart Craig
Prudence ,Soucy
Margaret Prindall
Evelyn Ackley
Mildred Given
Margaret Craig
Ceola McEwen
Vera Heath
West Bath
Bertha Adams
Alice Small
William Davis
Ella Coombs
Lizzie Haggett
Oscar Adams
E . Thompson
L. D. Small
E. W. Haggett
Dromore
Aletha Campbell
Katherine Preble
Dorothy Robinson
Margaret Gilman
Alice Lowell
Doris Young
Margaret Hilton
Superior Court Ends January Session With Brief Dockets
The January term of Sagadahoc Superior Court closed after four days under Justice Arthur E. Sewall. A plaintiff's verdict awarded $200 to Leon Fortin in a personal injury case against Arthur W. Mallard. Seventeen divorces were granted, including custody rulings and name changes. Sentences of one to two years were handed to Harry E. King Jr. and Clarence Oliver after guilty pleas to forgery.
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Sagadahoe Superior Court
Arthur E. Sewall
Kittery
Leon Fortin
Arthur W. Mallard
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold J. Rubin
Eudore Drapeau
Brunswick
Justice Sewall
Joseph A. Proctor, Jr
Bath
Edith M. Proctor
Libellant
Marjorie M. DeLorenzo
Georgetown
Albert W. DeLorenzo
Marjorie M. McNinch
Kathryn V. Hatch
Arthur G. Hatch
Earle R. Legard
Thelma M. Legard
Orvis Powell
Caroline F. Powell
Judson W. Senecal
Bertha M. Senecal
Evansville
Indiana
Agnes M. Simpson
John C. Simpson
Agnes M. Owen
Margaret Thurston
Charles E. Thurston
Shirley R. Connolly
Martin E. Connolly
Thuron C. Barter
Ruby I. Barter
Southport
Melvin F. Merritt
Joyce J. Merritt
Allentown
Penn
Richard F. Billington
Thelma M. Billington
Bangor
Henry E. Brown
Minnie B. Brown
Kenduskeag
Thomaston
Harry E. King, Jr
Auburn
Clarence Oliver
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Miss Mary Mulcahy to Become a Bride
The engagement of Miss Mary R. Mulcahy daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Mulcahy of Coyle Street Portland and Pfc John H Hart son of Mr and Mrs Peter F Hart of Auburndale Massachusetts was announced at a party hosted by Miss Mulcahys parents The marriage will be solemnized in the early Spring Attending the party were many relatives and friends from Bath and Portland including Pfc William Ciffatti and Pfc John Kochanski The couple plan a spring wedding and Miss Mulcahy is employed at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation
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Mary R. Mulcahy
John J. Mulcahy
Coyle Street
Portland
Pfc
John H. Hart
Peter F. Hart
Auburndale
Mass
Newton High School
John Black
Dan Gillis
Richard Bough
Barbara Cail
Jacqueline Cole
William Ciffatti
John Kochanski
Harold Allward
Dorothy Hart
Simone Bisson
Marguerite
Dorothy
Rita
Laura
Patricia Mulcahy
Mulcahy
Bath
Pear Street
Bath Memorial hospital corporators reelect officers at annual meeting
Bath Memorial Hospital corporators met in City hall as officers were re elected. The roster included President Arthur Sewall and other officers. New corporators were elected and a trustee replaced Charles Cahill. Superintendent Gladys Wolstenholme warned of war era strains and urged nurse cadet solutions and full recognition for the training school.
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Bath Memorial Hospital Corporators
Council Chamber
City Hall
Arthur Sewall
Harry W. Crosman
Federick E. Drake
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Bertha V. Bellerose
Ralph G. Stetson
George B. Wolstenholme
Daniel Williams
First National Bank
Charles H. Cahill
Mary F. Gibbons
John A. Morse
Rodney E. Ross
William D. Sewall
John A. Lord
L. Eugene Thebeau
W. Dayton Hill
Ralph G Stetson
Gladys Wolstenholme
Bath Memorial Hospital
College of Surgeons
West Bath Grange Lions Hear Pomona Host War Talk
West Bath Grange met Monday after last week’s storm. The program opened with a song quiz led by Chester Rolwrt, with a trimming contest and milliners modeling hats. A penny march followed as Edward Thompson won a prize, then a discussion on whether Americans are war conscious, led by Mr. Roberts and Arthur C. Lesro. The meeting closed with a story period and remarks, with continued notes on vacant space and future church plans.
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West Bath Grange
Michckay
Chester Rolwrt
Alfred Neal
William Ho Small
Jail Howe
Herbert Simpson
Edward Thompson
Roberts
Arthur C. Lesro
Ivers Hackett
People's Church Trustees Vote to Sell Building
Trustees vote to authorize selling the church building amid a disputed process and varying council positions. The decision follows tense meetings and consideration of offers from external groups as parishioners weigh the impact on property and future use.
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Board of Trustees
People's Church
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Edward N. Hartnett
Edward Dale True
Harmon Eliason
Loren Jaffe
Wilfrid E. Guerin
Karcher S. Jackson
Carl C. Anderson
A. George Moses
J. Emery Footer
Elizabeth Bates
Edmund A Rothwell
Donald D. Young
Sam Prawer
Eugene M. Desmond
John P. Carey, Jr
Clarence N Flood
Joan Sampson
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Mark W. Hennessy
Sagadahoc Ferry
Women’s Farm Bureaus
Alice Coleman
Bath Street
Boston
Gloucester
Marjorie Coleman
Capt
W. Ralph Walen
Coleman
Margaret Walen
Washington, D. C
Superior Court
Bath Hospital
Center Street Hill
Sagadahoe County
York Street
Herbert Douglas
Spieces
Rupert HW. Baxter
West Bath Grange Lions Club
Pomona
Neilson
Fiat
Piitetlat
Bose
Acceptron Works
Tiebre
Tl Wats
Ban Tran