Wiscasset Fire Society Meeting and Local News
The Wiscasset Fire Society met at St. Phillip's rectory on a blizzard night with 40 attending. Charles E. Knight elected moderator and treasurer, Charles Sewall clerk, small gathering but lively, plus reports from Lincoln Lodge and local clubs, military notices, school war bond efforts, and community items.
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Wiscasset Fire Society
St. Phillip’s Rectory
George G. Chiera
Charles E. Knight
Charles FE. Cowley
Charles S. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Sidney G. Evans
Earl D. Rines
John F. Jackson
Philip Munsey
Eugene McGrath
William H. Burton
Lillian B. Colby
Knight
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Moses Bragdon
Damariscotta
Alna Lodge
Leslie Sullivan
W. M
Charles E. Mason
S. W
Vincent Reed
J. W
Robert H. Heigham
Elmer Wickham
S. D
Leland Foster
J. D
Hallie A. Simpson
S. S
James Bailey
J. S
Edwin S. Pooler
Tyler
Frank H. Gray
Gray
Bath Independent
Bath
Kenneth Drake
U.S. Navy
Drake
Nicholson
Arthur Durgin
Wiscasset
Ralph M. Paul
Olive Blagdon Paul
Mary I. Gibson
North Waldoboro
Woman's Club
Harold Campbell
Herbert L. Pinkham
Boothbay Harbor
Frank Moriarty
Francis Powers
Maine State Police
Charles M. Giles
Clarence A. Richards
Court House
Legislative order on bill reception and publication in 1945
A 1945 senate order restricts bill or resolution reception after 4 PM on January 31 and February 7, with unanimous consent required for late entries. It directs publication of the order in all state papers from January 23 to February 7 and assigns Royden V. Brown as the author.
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Jat VT
Coreurrinkg
Secretary of the Senate
Royden
Brown
Senate
Local notes from Wiscasset and vicinity
Mrs. Frank H. Gray returns home after appendicitis operation at St. Andrew s hospital and recovery proceeds well. W S Warland returns from Boston trip. First Congregational church resumes 7 30 Sunday evening song service. Visitors include Dr Donald Watt and Dr Paul Gregware. Household news from Boothbay Harbor to Water street and Main street. Two Gowdey sisters named to Dean s list. Carleton Lewis improving after pneumonia at Bath Memorial. Community members and affiliations noted with travel, teaching, and Bible society work. Roy L Dow ill at home for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Gray
St. Andrew's Hospital
Water Street
W. S. Warland
Boston
First Congregational Church
Donald Watt
New Rochelle
N. Y
Paul Gregware
Bath
Charles J. DiPerri
Washington Street
Charles E. Cowley
Harry Bradford
Boothbay Harbor
Frederick B. Engert, Jr
Rochester
Miami
Fla
Bath Memorial Hospital
William A. Bradford
Bradford
Bath Road
Joseph E. Hubbard
Alice D. Taylor
Hodge Street
Hubbard
Massachusetts and American Bible Society
Roy L. Dow
Small Point Youth Awarded a Combat Infantry Badge
Pfc. Robert E. Pye of Smal Point, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Pye, serves with a United States First Army heavy artillery unit in Belgium. He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for exemplary conduct in action against the Germans and received his fourth star on his campaign ribbon after eight months overseas.
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Robert E. Pye
USA
Ralph A. Pye
Smal Point
United States First Army
Belgium
Pvt
Pye
Newell Addresses Rotary With Talk on Harbor Growth
Newell spoke to the Rotary about growth in the Merchant Marine and Portland harbor. He described deteriorating wharves on Commercial Street and urged engineers to draft improvement plans. He noted Portland’s proximity to the Atlantic, Europe, and fishing banks, plus rail advantages and local shipyards. He mentioned a proposed Port Authority bond of 10 million six hundred dollars and radio station interest.
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Commercial Street
South Portland
Pocahontas Coal Co
Portland
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
South America
Boston
Gloucester
Maine
Blue
Planes Fly Too Low Over City District
Reports say two pilots in single motor planes flew over the business district Wednesday morning, causing fear among residents who estimated their altitude between 50 and 200 feet. Witnesses agree they were well below the 1,000 foot limit over congested areas.
West Bath PTA forms at Lowell school in January meeting
A Lowell school meeting Jan 17 formed a West Bath P T A with many members joining. Officers named include president Mrs Lannesy Fuller and treasurer Mrs F W Deehan, with next gathering set for Feb 14. A Valentine exchange and program planned, plus officer installation and March of Dimes contributions to be collected through the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell School
P.T.A
John Wharff
Fletcher Waterman
Albert White
Fred Bubier
Lannes Fuller
Sidney Pendleton
Courtney Stover
Francis Deehan
Callie Rogers
Hayden Rogers
Leroy Oxton
Carlton Johnson
Raymond Crocker
Franklin Melville
Lannesy Fuller
Eugenia Swanton
F. W. Deehan
Herbert White
Archibald McCoy
Walter Marco
Edna
Bowen Torrey
Elmer Williams
F. W. Larrabee
Llewellyn Rogers
Charles Doyle
Harry Peterson
Melvin Comeau
James Cooke
Howard McDonald
Edward Burns
Philip
Marion Corliss
Barbara Burnham
Beverly Curran
Arthur Cooke
Leroy James
Walter Larrabee
William
David
Joseph
Topsham
David Smith
Leonard Smith
Sgt
Leon J. White
U. S. Marine Air Corps
William Bailey
Harold
Marian Rose
Fred Rose
G. C. Smith
Portland
Raymond Small
Billy Small
Perry’s Cove
John Perkins
Roland Carlton
Howard Carlton
Gertrude Greenleaf
Burnham Knight
Percy Holbrook
Waterville
Owen Thompson
Robert Thompson
U.S.N
Sampson, N. Y
Allan McAllister
Marines
West Bath Grangers Highlight Cow’s Service in Meeting
Seventy five members and guests attended West Bath Grange Monday evening. Thelma Sylvester introduced numbers including Yankee Doodle, a vocal trio Dont Pick on Me, and a pantomime Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight. Court ney Stover led a discussion on which dumb animals render greatest service, favoring the cow for butter milk cheese and meat. A penny march, a dance, refreshments, and a guest drawing from Dromore grange closed the program.
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West Bath Grange
Thelma Sylvester
Vivian White
Frances Young
Marie White
Little Flo
Reginald Farnham
Courtney Stover
Stover
Chester Roberts
Penny March
Hilda Staples
Frank Donnell
Donald Weeks
Albert Farnham
Perry Thompson
Mandalay
Carlton Andrews
James Whitcomb Riley
Edwin W. Haggett
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Dromore Grange
Walter Marco
West Bath Farm Bureau Meets For Demonstration
West Bath Farm Bureau held a meeting with chairman Mrs Oscar Adams who received a cake and gift for her birthday. Ruth MacGregory led a lesson on Minute Savers in Meal Preparation emphasizing third meals and menu planning. Demonstrations included fish and egg casserole and time saving cleanup. Next meeting with Red Cross sewing set for Feb 14 under Mrs Perry Thompson. Contributions were made to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. Members present included Mrs Illiam A Coombs and others.
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West Bath Farm Bureau
Oscar Adams
Little Bird
Twin County Home
Ruth MacGregory
Perry Thompson
Red Cross
L. D. Small
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Ore
Illiam A. Coombs
Warren Davis
William Davis
Frank French
Edwin Haggett
Walter Marco
Edward Thompson
Engagement of Barbara L Pitman announced
Mrs. Frank H Reinoehl announces the engagement of her daughter Barbara L Pitman Yeoman 2/c USNR to Lieut David N Armstrong USN son of Commander and Mrs W B Armstrong of Washington DC Miss Pitman a Morse High School class of 1940 graduate worked as secretary to superintendents at Bath Iron Works before joining the Waves She is in Washington DC as secretary to Rear Admiral W B Young USCUSN Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Paymaster General of the Navy Armstrong graduated Western High School in 1935 attended Columbian Preparatory School and American University in DC He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1941 He served on the Bath built destroyer USS Terry and is now executive officer of another Bath built ship No wedding date set.
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Frank H. Reinoehl
Barbara L. Pitman
Yeoman
U.S.N.R
David N. Armstrong
U.S.N
W. B. Armstrong
Washington, D. C
Miss Pitman
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Waves
W. B. Young
S.C.U.S.N
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy
Hieut
Armstrong
Western High School
Columbian Preparatory School
American University
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U.S.S. Terry
Woolwich Churches Share Day With Community Notices
Woolwich First Baptist and Montsweag Baptist churches host morning and late services led by Mrs. J M Gowdey with topics For Such a Time and Pauls Letter to the Colossians. Community groups report meetings, school programs, road conditions after a storm, and local visits at Day's Ferry and Montsweag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Church School
Paul
Colossians
Woolwich and Wiscasset
Montsweag
Arthur Williams
Stuart Chapin
Judson Soule
Lowell Brown
Hilton Soule
Curtis Plant
William Robson
Carol Anne
Philip Soule
Spinning Wheel Club
Jordan Wright
Barley Neck Road
Frank Powers
Day's Ferry School
Patricia Smith
Patricia
Day's Ferry
North Atlantic
Leeman and Stanton Families Mentioned in Local Notice
The passage names Mrs. Chester Leeman and Mrs. Stanton with references to their parents Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Wright of Barley Neck Road, indicating familial ties in a local notice. The brief item highlights kinship links without additional context or events.
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Chester Leeman
Stanton
Mrs. Jordan Wright
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich Grange installs officers in January ceremony
The Woolwich Grange held an officers installation on January 10 with State Deputy Cleveland Marriner from Enterprise Grange Richmond presiding. Officers named include Merle James master Fernald Bailey overseer Gladys Hawthorne lecturer Earl Bailey steward and others. An oyster stew and coffee and doughnuts followed with 67 members present from Droore Merriconeag Huntoon Hill Enterprise and Franklin granges.
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Woolwich Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Merle James
Fernald Bailey
Gladys Hawthorne
Earl Bailey
Burton Bailey
Rose Hawthorne
Sarah Bradford
Florence Smith
Forest Johnson
Marian Bailey
Ceres
Caroline Stilphen
Pomona
Josephine Johnson
Flora
Cora Smith
William Wright
Merle Jameson
Dromore
Merriconeag
Huntoon Hill
Enterprise
Franklin
Former Bath Man Now in Belgium
Pfc. Archie C. Rolfe formerly of Bath Iron Works writes from Belgium to his mother in Gouldsboro. He describes service in 1945 with the 4258 Q. M. Truck Co. and notes receiving the Bath Iron Works Bulletin and a Christmas box of chocolates. He praises his outfit, officers, comrades, and the good work environment back home.
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the Times
Pfc
Archie C. Rolfe
USA
Gouldsboro
U.S. A
Belgium
France
O. K
Maine
Bulletin
Bath Iron Works
Pfe
Birthday party honors Judith Stover in Granite street
Judith Stover, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Stover, hosted her sixth birthday party after school Tuesday. Fellow guests included teacher Miss Barbara Younger. Prizes went to Shirley Staples and Dale Dupris, with Paul Guzette winning the clothes-pin game.
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Judith Stover
Walter Stover
Granite Street
Barbara Younger
Judith
Shirley Staples
Dale Dupris
Paul Guzette
Destroyer Larson to Launch Sunday
The destroyer USS Everett F. Larson will be launched at Bath Iron Works Sunday afternoon in honor of the late Pfe. Everett Frederick Larson USMCR a Stamford Connecticut native. The vessel will be christened by Larson’s mother Mrs Hilmer Larson of Stamford. Larson was killed in action at Guadalcanal October 8 1942 while trying to rescue a wounded comrade and was awarded the Silver Star posthumously.
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Everett F. Larson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pfe
Everett Frederick Larson
USMCR
Stamford
Conn
Hilmer Larson
Lockwood Avenue
Pfs
Larson
Guadalcanal
Matanikau
Bath built destroyer to enter commission
The bath built destroyer USS Higbee, named for Lenah S. Higbee, nurse and former Navy Nurse Corps superintendent, will be commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard next Saturday. Mrs. A. M. Wheaton, sister and sponsor, attends launch memory while Commander Lindsey Williamson will command the vessel.
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Higbee
U.S. Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Lenah S. Higbee
Navy Nurse Corps
A. M. Wheaton
Wolfville
N. S
Lindsey Williamson
USN
Takoma Park
Ind
Triple Birthday Celebration At Nugent Home
A unusual event unfolds at Union Street home of Mr and Mrs George Nugent as Mrs Nugent their nine year old son Patrick and two year old daughter Mary Jane share the same birthday. Mr Nugent a Bath Trust Co official joins the quiet celebration with a cake cutting featuring all three birthday children.
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George Nugent
Union Street
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meets at Woolwich Home
The Montsweag Farm Bureau will hold an all day session at Mrs. Nelson R. Rice's Woolwich home on Thursday January 25 starting at 10 30. The meeting focuses on home made biscuit bread and cake mixes with Mrs. Rice demonstrating mix making and the group preparing a square meal using the mixes.
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Montsweag Farm Bureau
Nelson R. Rice
Woolwich
Rice
Oxygen Valve for Altitude Breathing Mixture
A one piece plastic valve automatically mixes oxygen with air from ground level to 30 000 feet. The device adjusts the breathing mixture to changing air pressures without user intervention, simplifying use for flyers.
Devoured Shoes by the St Petersburg Ballet Crowd
A group of Russian admirers bought the dancer Taglion appears in St Petersburg. The shoes were used as a feast with champagne and then eaten by a famous chef for a ceremonial display. The event involved the claque appreciating the spectacle and the price paid for the shoes remains notable.
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Taglion
St. Petersburg
Safe ladder use and positioning tips
Hazardous ladders should not use rope chain or makeshift spreaders. Place ladders so targets are reachable and have another person steady it if possible. Do not stand on the top step. use a ladder high enough to keep you at least two steps from the top.
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Laura Harding
Wislinco Junior Audubon Club
Robert Frost
Richard Colby
Mr. Bentley
Maxine Dutton
Marie Colby
Dennis Woodfield
Raymond Gamble
Alvin Reed
Ing
Alfred Horton
Schuyler Fairfield
Earl Colby
J. C. Lewis
Julia B. Lewis
Federal Street
Lewis
South Pacific
Clarence Bailey
Bradford Street
Cpl
Clayton Bailey
10Th Armored Division
Patton
Third Army
Robert Bailey
Assam
Burma
Clarence Q. Bailey
Southwest
Pacific
Fred W. Blagdon
Gardiner Road
Fred Waterman Blagdon
Olavi Miete
Henry Miete
East India
Walter G. Miete
Memphis
Tenn
Whidbey
Washington
Roger Drew
China
Bernard Merry
John A. Merry
Iran
Egypt
Erma Gwendolyn Bennett
Paul A. Berry
Alton Berry
Charles di Perri
Harvey R. Pease
Augusta
Robert F. Fulton
Millinocket
Archie H. Dodge
Edward Isell
Leon G. Flood
Charles E. Macureca
Man Street
Melrose
Mass
Charts Barnes of
Liberty
Merle F Day
Day
H. E. Rine
Samuel Lakin
San Francisco
Calif
Harry Dow
Claresholm
Alberta
Roy L. Dat
Alisa Ra
Mer Dow
Victos
Mro
Mira Brunk
Maz Bett
Shiness
Euen
the Times CO
Front Street
State OF
Small Point
Newell
Rotary
Mr. Newell
Daughters of
Lubella
Frank A. Hunt
Loring Addison
Douglass Dearborn
Harland Fisher
West Bath
John
Boudreaus
West Bath Grangers
Fund For
Arthur Allen
River Road
Harold Stanton
Paul Berry
Mom
USNR
Montsweag Road
Laforest Savage
Harriet Blanche
Mechanic Falls
Samuel Hathorne
Gilbert Hathorne
Eugene Stanton
John Murphy
Edward Murphy
North Woolwich
State Street Osteopathic Hospital
Maxine Walker
Swarr Despanes
Frank Walker
Thurl Gray
Lambert Park
Mrs. W. I. Hamilton
W. I. Hamilton
Geneva
New York City
Hamilton
Boomer-Dupont Hotels
Florida Associated Hotels, Inc
American Hotel Association
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Massachusetts Board of Education
Harvard University
Northwestern University School of Business Administration
Cornell University
U. S. Navy
Destroyer Larson
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