Grace Church Adjourns for Diocesan Bishop Election Delegates Named
Grace Episcopal Church adjourned annual meeting set delegates and alternates for the February 5 Portland special Diocesan convention to elect a bishop. Bath members include Drake Shaw Wright Day Mayo. alternates Hill Anderson Lowell Field Connard. Meeting notes cover officers, committees, finances, and preparations for the bishop election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Luke
Portland
Bath
Frederick E. Drake
Fred P. Shaw
Henry C. Wright
Harry L. Day
A. Farley Mayo
Walter M. Hill
Carl C. Anderson
Edwin H. Lowell
George D. Field
G. Baer Connard
Charles M. Tubbs
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Mr. Tubbs
Arthur Sewall II
Woman's Auxiliary
Wilmer I. Voorhees
J. Mary’s Guild
George Field
Church School
Arthur Sewall
Roger M. Luke
Altar Guild
Guild of
St. Barnabas
Ruth Field
W. Dayton Hill
Harry J. Day
Edward Sewall
Daniel Williams
E. Everett Pierce
Walter M. Ifill
Rupert H. Baxter
Edward W. Bridgham
W. Percy Merks
Harold W. DeLong
Frederick D. Hill
Marjorie White
Benjamin Brewster
Brewster
William E. Patterson
Bar Harbor
Robert Hallowell Gardiner
Tubbs
Young doctor sails with Captain Bartlett to Greenland coasts
Dr Wilbur B Manter of Vassalboro sailed from New York June 21 aboard the Morrisey, Captain Bob Bartletts schooner, as ship surgeon. The voyage reached Melville Bay near 80 degrees north, delivering medical supplies and photo notes before he returns home in February to begin an internship at Rhode Island General Hospital.
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Vassalboro
New York Harbor
Labrador
Greenland
Morrisey
Bob Bartlett
Bob
Wilbur B. Manter
John Manter
Manter
Columbia Medical School
New York
Cape Cod
Newfoundland
Brigus
Bartlett
Melville Bay
Arctic Circle
Humbolt
Val- Manter
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island General Hospital
Bath Lions Club Welcomes New Members and Guests
The Bath Lions Club held a Wednesday night meeting at Hotel Sedgwick welcoming Eugene Thebeau treasurer of Bath Iron Works and Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp as new members along with Mayor Robert Haskell. Dr H N Eames Brunswick Lions spoke on animal health and public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Thebeau
Bath Iron Works
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation
Robert Haskell
Bath Lions Club
Hotel Sedgwick
H. N. Eames
Brunswick Lions Club
Bangor
David B. Moody
Belfast
State Banking Department
Bath
Bath Club
Brunswick Club
Arthur Bowker
Daniel Williams
Frank M. Churchill
Joseph O. Purdue
Charles F. Rush
Progressive Grange installs Richmond Master in ceremony
Charles Wheeler was installed as Master of Progressive Grange of Richmond with special deputy Charles White of Augusta assisting. Mrs White and J F Brown of Yarmouth grange acted as marshals. Phyllis White of Auburn served regalia bearer and Miss Roberta McCarthy sang. Visitors from Enter prise Merrymeeting Merricdweag Winthrop Yarmouth Capitol Topsham granges attended. A harvest feast fed over 100, and a union meeting involving several granges was postponed until February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wheeler
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Charles White
Augusta
White
J. FE. Brown
Yarmouth Grange
Brown
Phyllis White
Auburn
Winthrop Grange
Roberta McCarthy
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Merricdweag
Winthrop
Yarmouth
Capitol
Topsham
Progressive
Sagadahoe
Enterprise Grange
Major Pollard Delivers Patriotic Talk To Rotary Club
Major Ralph J. Pollard of Waldoboro urged faith in American institutions and democracy at a Rotary luncheon in Hotel Sedgwick, warning against fifth columnists and praising U S policies while contrasting Britain’s resolve. The address, praised as fitting and patriotic, touched on Hitler’s threat and the British blockade's impact on Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Ralph J. Pollard
Waldoboro
France
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Europe
Masonic
American Legion
George B. Wolstenholme
Norman Smith
Brunswick
Kershner
Clyde Holmes, Jr
Rotary
Georgetown Flu Bouts Affect School Attendance and Local Posts
Town records note several residents sick with the flu with school attendance down at Center and Five Islands. Elizabeth Powers and other locals recover as legislators take assignments, while post offices named for presidents are cataloged across Maine. Clayton Rowe ill with pneumonia in Bath. Miss Margaret Farrow travels to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islands
Elizabeth Powers
Georgetown
W. A. Todd
Farle Hagan
Clayton Heald
Elizabeth Deering
Bath
Samuel F. Dorrance
Richmond
Neil S. Bishop
Sagadahoc
Pownal State School
Harold F. Hunt, Jr
Central Maine Power Co
Wiscasset
Maine
Washington
Knox County
Jefferson
Lincoln County
Madison
Somerset County
Monroe
Waldo County
Jacksonville
Washington County
Jackson
van Buren
Aroostook
Harrison
Cumberland County
Lincoln
Penobscot County
Grant
Franklin County
McKinley
Hancock County
Wilson's Mills
Oxford
Wilson
Missouri
Cass County
Kansas Line
Clayton Rowe
Margaret Farrow
Boston
Westport Social Round Up and Local Updates
Westport hostesses held a Wednesday afternoon show er for Nina Greenleaf and Beatrice Greenleaf. The local school closed for a week due to illness among students. Fred Greenleaf ill with flu and asthma. Dr. Neil Parsons of Damariscotta attended. Evelyn Grace Roche born December 14 in Newton Massachusetts to Arthur and Mrs Roche. Summers spent by Roche family in Westport. Mrs Roche formerly Evelyn Hanley. Mrs Greenleaf visited Bath overnight. Miss Alyn Jewett recovering from grip. Archie Cunningham left for induction center and Camp Devens for military training. Mrs Burdette Brown of Edmunds visiting Nina Greenleaf’s family. Mrs B M Jewett visited friends in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian M. Jewett
Nina Greenleaf
Beatrice Greenleaf
Fred Greenleaf
Neil Parsons
Damariscotta
Evelyn Grace
Arthur Roche
Newton
Mass
Lemuel Preble Funeral at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral of Lemuel Preble aged millwright long resident at the Old Folks Home took place Friday afternoon at two at the Curtis funeral home on Washington Street. Rev. Charles R. Sims of First Baptist Church officiated. Bearers were Charles A. Bean Rupert Miller John O Neil and David Standish. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Preble
Old Folks Home
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Charles A. Bean
Rupert Miller
John O'Neil
David Standish
Fairview Cemetery
Winnegance
Caribou Winter carnival banquet set for February event
Announcement by N A Currier chair of the Aroostook Sportsmen Show dinner committee says the sixth annual Caribou Winter carnival opening night feast on February 20 21 and 22 will feature baby beef moose steak buffalo tenderloin venison pie roast young boar and sides for about 250 sportsmen and state guests. The Portland pigeon show results list John Higginbotton Biddeford as winner in multiple classes with muff tumblers and prize ribbons and several other awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Currier
Aroostook
Caribou
Portland
John Higginbottom
Biddeford
Pep
Mutual savings banks born in 1810 and their growth
The 1941 New Year marks the 125th anniversary of mutual savings banks which by 1941 operated in 17 states holding over 10.5 billion dollars in 15.5 million accounts. The article traces origins to Scotland and England, notes growth after 1819 in New York, and highlights the security of these banks with a reserve protection of about 12 cents per dollar of deposits. It credits Franklin with the mutual principle and early fire and life insurance ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Savings Bank
United States
Henry Duncan
Ruthwell Village
Scotland
Duncan
England
America
Philadelphia
Candy Raguet
Boston
James Savage
William Phillips
Ellery Channing
Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus
William Dawes
Paul Revere
New York
Thomas Eddy
Zachariah Lewis
James Eastburn
Mutual Savings Banks
New England
Maryland
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Presbyterian Ministers
Five Islands Library Adds Three New Books
The Five Islands Library purchased Gabriel's Search by Della T Lutis Partners by Grace Livingston Hill and Growth of a Man by Marc De La Roche. The Library Auxiliary enjoyed a pleasant afternoon with Mrs Orville Rowe and members worked on aprons. Local social notices include The Good Neighbor club meeting with Mrs Lermond Davis and various Bath visits and community happenings around Five Islands and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel
Della T. Lutis
Grace Livingston Hill
Marc de la Roche
Orville Rowe
Good Neighbor Club
Lermond Davis
Blaine
T. J. Hanna
Bath Memorial Hospital
Carrie Stevens
Katharine Pendergast
Daytona Beach
Fla
J. J. Gibson
George Gray
Bath
Mattie B. MacMahan
North Edgecomb
Isabel Stevens
Boston
Victor Pinkham
Alex Cunningham
Georgetown
Five Islands
W. E. Gray
Howard Barter
Sebasco Lodge adds roller skating rink to resort lineup
N A Cushman owner of Sebasco Lodge expands guest amenities with a new roller skating rink to be built west of the golf fairway near Gilman’s store. The 100 foot long octagonal ends surround a central court with trees and maple flooring. The project aims to rival New England’s best skating venues as Maine summer reservations stay strong despite wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Cushman
Sebasco Lodge
Sebasco
Gilman
New England
Richard D. Cushman
Maine
Theresa C Stuart Named State Librarian Candidate
Nomination of Theresa C Stuart for Maine State Librarian to succeed Oliver N Hall will go before the Executive Council for confirmation. Stuart, 23 year library employee and Augusta resident, holds a Simmons B S and has studied at M I T and Wells College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmong
Executive Council
Theresa C. Stuart
Sewall
Oliver N. Hall
Stuart
Goy. Sewuall
Augusta
Giles A. Stuart
Bath
Rockland
Wellesley College
Simmons College
George Herbert Palmer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hall
Lewis O. Burrows
Henry E. Dunnack
Thomas J. Kennon
Portland
Brown Found Guilty by Jury in Hunters' Deaths
The jury convicted a driver in a fatal deer hunting crash case. State witnesses testified the Brown car left the highway, traveled over 400 feet after leaving a madam, and struck the hunters' machine. One victim died minutes after. another died hours later in a Brunswick hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canning
Berwick Tmmen
Hogan
John DeWinters
Frank Carver
Miss Parmenter
Couture
Brunswick
Norman
McCausland
Creamer
Mr. Bridgham
Counsil
Bangor Honors Retired Maine Episcopal Bishop Brewster
Bishop Benjamin Brewster retired December 31 as head of the Maine diocese and was honored at a Bangor reception in the Emmi Crane Memorial room. St John’s rector Rev John A. Furrer presented a copy of Third Class World by Dr. Marion J. Bradshaw to celebrate his service and lasting ties to the church community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Brewster
Maine
St John’s Episcopal Church
Bangor
Emmi Crane
Brewster
St. John’s Church
John A. Furrer
St. John’s
Marion J. Bradshaw
Barrels of Shoes for Britain Acknowledged
Albert J. Schiro of Standard Shoe Store reports a five barrel shipment of used but serviceable shoes from Bangor to the British War Relief Society Inc. The shoes were donated by Bangor residents and will be sent to Britain soon to aid relief efforts. Bruce Albert was born January 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles LeRoy Bickford at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
British War Relief Society Inc
Albert J. Schiro
Standard Shoe Store
Mainstreet
Britain
Standard Store
Bruce Albert
Memorial Hospital
Charles LeRoy Bickford
Washington Street
Maine Governor and First Lady Entertained in Inauguration Week
Inauguration festivities capped by a dinner for 80 hosted by Senator and Mrs. Ralph O. Brewster at the Sulgrave club and a reception by the State of Maine Society at 2400 TC street. Guests included numerous U.S. Senators and Representatives, state officials, and Maine residents, with elaborate national color decorations and formal attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sumner Sewall
Ralph O. Brewster
Sulgrave Club
State of Maine Society
TC Street
California
Col
D. B. Craftons
Presidio
Calif
Sewall
Brewster
Arthur Capper
Wallace H. White, Jr
Robert A. Taft
Harold H. Burton
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
John Tabor
Edith Nourse Rogers
Harry L. Englebright
Leslie C. Arends
Charles Clason
Optical production uses platinum crucibles for UV transparent materials
In making optical materials with high ultraviolet transmission, platinum crucibles are employed.
Maine House Orders Private Legislation Cutoff
State of Maine directs that after 4 PM January 30 1941 no bill for private or special legislation may be received without unanimous consent. If received after that time without concurrence it goes to the Ninety first Legislature. The Secretary will publish the order in all newspapers from January 8 to January 30 1941.
Legislature Sets Unanimous Consent Rule For Bills In 1941
The legislature ordered that no bill or resolve may be received after 4 PM on February 6 1941 without unanimous consent in the receiving body. If not granted, such bills go to the Ninety first Legislature. Exceptions cover joint committee reports and bills aiding the Ninetieth Legislature. The secretary is to publish the orders in all state papers from January 8 to February 6 1941. A true copy. Attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Secretary of
Senate
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Grace Church
NEW Bath Lions Club
Major Pollard
Lionel
Rene Chicoine
Chicago
Hickels
Lionel Chicoine
Westport
Mutual Savings
Cushman
Miss Stuart
Justice Powers
Robert Dyer
Joel Max Smith
Scarsdale
N. Y
Kennebec
Swan Island
Harold B. McKechnie
Senator
Mrs
Henry Butler
Woolwich
Marion Martin
Frank E. Lowe
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Sumner Pike
Lubec
Clarence C. Stetson
E. M. Whitcomb
Ellsworth
Robert B. Watts
Harold N. Marsh
Dixfield
Thomas N. Curran
Howard Kane
Machias
G. W. Leadbetter
Marshall Leighton
Cape Elizabeth
Ruth Henderson
Robert Swan Townsend
Charles E. Dustin
Dexter
J. Wallace Dempsey
Claude M. Adams
Ralph E. Church
Edward E. Gann
Howard LeRoy
John E. McClure
Jacob Leander Loose
Charles Lea
Louis B. Montfort
Max P. Cushing
Samuel Solomon
Parker W. West
Thad Brown
August F. Eberly, Jr
William H. Lisscomb
Edward P. Curtis
R. T. Schlosberg
N. E. True
Katherine Hickson
Bertha Hudson
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