Phippsburg News Highlights Local Mails and Farm Life
The Phippsburg post office handles heavy traffic with four daily mails to Small Point and Popham. George C. Pease mourns the loss of his horse Prince, reportedly struck by lightning. Dromore Farm Bureau met at The Lindens with about 28 members. Mrs. Georgia Leach hosted and Mrs. Donald Preble led the white elephant sale. Personal items include visits, harvests, and town happenings across Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Pease
Small Point
Popham
Phippsburg
Dromore
Donald Preble
Lottie Minott
Bath Memorial Hospital
Prince
Pease
James E. Perry
Albert Storer
Storer
Mr. Pease
Tate Aid
Recreation Building Nears Completion
The Bath Lions Club sponsors a new recreation hall for Popham soldiers. Arthur Pratt tours the 20 by 50 foot structure with Capt. Conroy, noting a 14 by 20 wing for the canteen and a hearth enhancing homeliness. The club seeks furniture donations to furnish the space, listing piano, radio, tables, lighting, couches, chairs, and desks, with pickup arranged via Pratt at 1042.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Popham
Lions Club
Capt. Conroy
Arthur Pratt
Peculiar Spiders Found in Phippsburg
Leslie E. Dyer on Phippsburg road near the Winneganee causeway collects a family of spiders. The large black specimen, quarter sized body with 1.5 inch legs, carried six juveniles. Two small spiders were captured and one died. Dyer seeks an expert for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie E. Dyer
Phippsburg Road
Winneganee Causeway
Mr. Dyer
Dyer Home
Rotarians hear of Toronto trip to international convention
At a Sedgwick Rotary lunch Charles T. Small recounted his Bath club delegation travel to the Rotary International Convention in Toronto. The Maine group joined 50 delegates from across the state and world, traveling June 20 from Portland by Grand Trunk railcar to Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto with the King Edward hotel as headquarters. Richard Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Andrews, leaves for Camp Hinds in Raymond for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Charles T. Small
Toronto
Bath Club
Bi International Rotary
Portland
Maine
Boothbay Harbor
Damariscotta
Brunswick
Bangor
Grand Trunk Railroad
Montreal
Mt. Royal
Ottawa
King Edward Hotel
Philadelphia
Richard
Edwin R. Andrews
Camp Hinds
Panther Pond
Raymond
Parker Head News Highlights Social Life and Visits
Parker Head residents celebrate fundraising for U S. Friends Esther Robinson and Herman Hallett welcome, and Henry Blaisdell returns from hospitalization. Bath area visitors, beach parties at Popham, two church services planned, and numerous locals traveling to East Boston and Wells for holidays and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
Leston Harrington
U.S
Esther Robinson
Herman Hallett
Clarence Blaisdell
Bo I
Arthur Brown
Bath
Elmer Hill
Wilbur
Anna Percy
T. E. McCarty
George Woodward
Fred P. Young
Earl Lowell
Farm Bureau
Lindens
Leach
Phippsburg Center
Ora Hallett
John Libby
George Morong
Walter Cushing
Charles Blaisdell
Gertrude Allen
Beatrice Denningham
Bernard Wyman
Herbert Hopkins
Popham
Center Church
Popham Beach
Charles Collins
East Boston
J. Ashton Nickerson
Lewis Lowell
Samuel Sternberg
Herbert Bassett
Allie Rollins
Robert Barlow
Francis Luke
Barbara
Virginia Adams
Osgood
Robert
East Boothbay
Mr. Osgood
Bernhard Carlson
Dix Island
Marrtown
Spragues
Grace Williams
Mary Hunt
Norman Norton
New York
Leslie Logan
Boston
William Hodgkins
Hogdkins
EH. D. Mank
Gilbert Woodman
H. D. Mank
Alvin Rollins
Fort Knox
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco Estates
Audrey Whalen
Philomena Erames
West Bath
Edna Loring
Edgecomb
Lloyd Perry
Lloyd Daley
Edna Perry
Dorothy Davis
Doris Savage
Carolyn Wallace
Clayton Hoar
Arthur Lear
West Georgetown
Los Angeles
John D. Libby
Police on trail of room robber in Bennington and Bridgeport
Police pursue a suspect believed linked to a theft from Edward C. Thurston at 6 Raymond Court Bath Iron Works employee and Shipbuilders baseball team member. The burglar stole valuables including a suitcase watch fountain pen and clothing totaling about 1346.50. A warrant is out and officers expect the suspect to travel through Bennington and Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bridgeport
Frank Moriarty
Moriarty
Thurston
Summer Concert Series Opens at Bowdoin College
Memorial Hall at Bowdoin hosts a piano recital by Prof. Frederic Tillotson to start the season. Tenor Richard Hagopian will give a song recital July 14 in Moulton Union at 8 15 p.m. Alfred Brinkler of Portland will present organ recitals July 29 and August 19 at 8 15 p.m. All concerts open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
Frederic Tillotson
Richard Hagopian
Moulton Union
Hagopian
Clermont College
California
New England Conservatory of Music
MacDowell
Alfred Brinkler
Portland
Visiting relations dot Bath trip and Army air trainee news
Visiting relatives and friends are listed across Bath and nearby towns. Pvt John J Arsenault has been selected for aerial gunnery training at Tyndall Field Florida after prior schooling at Fort Devens Keesler Field and a five week course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Arsenault
John E. Burns
Air Forces Gunnery School
Tyndall Field
Panama City
Fla
Pnt
Arsenault
Fort Devens
Mass
Keesler Field
Ala
Putner
Army Air Forces
Popham Beach Mourns Community Leader Mrs. Ray Larrabee
Death of Mrs. Nina Ray Larrabee after months of illness shocks Popham Village. A devoted worker in church fairs and village projects she served in the Popham Circle making and selling quilts and crafts. Mass was held at the Popham library with evening services led by Rev. Kinney. The town notes her passing as a loss to many local activities and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Larrabee
Bath Memorial Hospital
Nina Larrabee
Popham
Popham Library
Charles Kinney
Beacon Street Church
Bath
Winnegance
Delleville
White Spot Sea Grille
Stanley Perkins
Chick
Webb
Marion Bridges
Fred Waterhouse
Stacey
Ernest Spinney
William Wallace
Frederick Percy
John Linder
Maud Almy Linder
Edward Marsh
East Orange
N. J
Charles Marsh
Hillis Pettengill
Auburn
Louis Gayton
Stephanie Winship
Wakefield
Mass
John H. Beebe
Norman Wood
Charlotte
Naugatuck
William Hill
Robert S. Judge
Frederick Burnham
Boston
Sebasco Lodge
Dallas L. Tracy
Frank Bradbury
Tracey
Woolwich
John C. Minot
John
Dover
Harold B. Ward
Norton
Codys Cottage
A. M. Towne
Margaret
Janice Towne
Waltham
Judith
Samuel
Catherine Legard
Sargent
Hennessy Cottage
Herbert Sprague
Camp Devens
Madeline Doherty
Avon
A. G. Simonatis
Margaret Wyman
Spruceville
John Preney
Paul Davis
Marguerite Hennessy
Agnes Hennessy
Willard Oliver
Elizabeth Oliver
Kenneth Drake
Gasoline Dealers to Meet Monday in Sagadahoc County
Gasoline distributors and dealers in Sagadahoc county are urged to attend a 7:30 p.m. meeting Monday at the Rationing Board office 15 Broad Street. State Board speakers will explain the new rationing plan set to begin July 22 and answer questions. Mrs Alfred Orr of Moncton N B returned home after four months with relatives in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Broad Street
State Board
Alfred Orr
Moncton
N. B
Grand Trunk Railway
William Tait
Tait
Beacon Street
Ernest Mabey
Mabey
Malden
Mass
George Beley
Beley
Waltham
Mrs Potter and Sisters Week at Southport Cottage
Miss Bessie Potter and her sister Mrs. Frank Lemont left Monday for Southport to spend the week at the Lemont cottage. Their sister Mrs. Raymond Welch of Portland is also passing the summer at Southport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Potter
Frank Lemont
Washington Street
Southport
Lemont Cottage
Raymond Welch
Portland
Bay Point News Gathers Local Happenings and Names
Albert Coombs of Belmont now stationed in Colorado Springs is reported as a private first class. Bay Point residents report small events, visits, and travels from Belmont Woolwich Brunswick Raleigh and New York with locals names and roads in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Coombs
Belmont
Mass
Bay Point
Colorado Springs
Bath
Henry Reynolds
Marriage Intentions List From Bath Area Clerks Office
On July 11 Robert Forrester Waterman of West Bath, a clerk, plans to wed Frances Stephanie Hogan of 44 High Street. On July 13 Samuel John Been of Westminster California U S N and Darline Houska, a local stenographer. Also on July 13 Lyndon E Halcomb U S N and Edna H Hill formerly of Boise Idaho. July 13 William F Hutchings of Bath an iron worker and Jeanne d Arc Talbot of Brunswick a weaver. Kenneth Eugene Bertrand 74 Union Street clerk and Virginia Lois Peavey 8 Grand Street Augusta stenographer plan marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Forrester Waterman
West Bath
Frances Stephanie Hogan
High Street
Samuel John Been
Weestminster
Calif
U.S.N
Darline Houska
Lyndon E. Halcomb
Bath
Edna H. Hill
Boise
Idaho
William F. Hutchings
Jeanne d’Arc Talbot
Brunswick
Weaver
Kenneth Eugene Bertrand
Union Street
Virginia Lois Peavey
Grand Street
Augusta
Saucier couple vacationed in Canada with relatives
Mr and Mrs Reginald Saucier returned Sunday from Georges Lake in Liberty after a visit to Montreal and Quebec. They spent several days at the cottage of Mrs Laucier’s parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Smith on High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Saucier
Montreal
Quebec
Georges Lake
Liberty
Laucier
Raymond Smith
High Street
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New Jersey
Jay K. Bowker
William Greevers
Greevers
Agnes Cutting
Foxoro
Raymond Campell
Rachel Cutting
Oxboro
Raymond Campbell
White Spot
Popam Beach
Harry Blaisdell
Morse Boys
Orse Farms
Bobby Winn
Blaisi
Martha Hutchins
Bathemorial Hospital
John Boise Cotton
Brightwater
Bessie Dickinson
Reblican State Committee
Theugusta House
Stanley Hutch
Martha Utchins
Meadowock
Lyman Barbour
Robert Thistle
Arty Blaisdell
Jackie Henderson
Bath Memorial
Iday
Henderson Run
Robert Whitehead
Ughter
Miriam Whitehead
Airstown
John Malcolm
Ollaston
Basin Road
Grace Payne
Little Miss
An Lermond
Malcolm
Richard Young Id
Gusta Black
Basroad
Upper Ashington Street
Ung
Charles Burgess
Ther Street
George Devine
Portsmouth
Devine
U. S. Navy
Parker
Harold Gray
Joseph A. Young
Lauren Stiles
Karl
Shirley
Currey Stiles
Leo Neeeth
Diane Elaine
Mank
Madge Staples
Anna
George Banks
Carroll Bates
East Lynn
Staples
William Chapman
George Reynolds
Sandra
Thomas Reynolds
Kerwin Butcher, Jr
Ella McDonough
Dorchester
R. Richard
E. Hathorne
Roberts
Robert Fry
Cedar Cove
J. D. Reed and Son
Miss Stanton
Wilton
Tyvo
First Beach
Clarence Kneeland
Gwendolyn
Chickie
Everett Hiller
Dana
Raleigh
Clyde Wittaker
Coney Island
St. George Hotel
Brooklyn
Clyde Pinkham
Jis
L. W. Dietrich
John J. Nolan
Bronx
Bath Iron Works
Owen Richardson
West Point
Willard McLean
Andrew Butterfield
Addie Stevens
Thelma Berry
Islands
Stevens
Mary Campbell
Elsie Harrison
Bobby” Maines
Friends
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