Library at Center Reports Three Thousand Five Hundred Volumes
Ph ippsburg Totman Public Library houses about 3500 volumes spanning fiction non fiction and reference with Bath donors leading yearly gifts including Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball and the late Mrs. Joseph Torrey. A large Congregational church service featured Dr. George C. St. John from Cheat School Wallingford Conn who spoke on wartime conditions changes and the spoils system. The service was led by Miss Abbie Minott with Miss Miriam Whitehead as soloist and offerings organized by the Robie and Whitehead sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totman Public Library
Frederick H. Kimball
Bath
Joseph Torrey
George C. Pease
Congregational Church
George C. St. John
Cheat School
Wallingford
Abbie Minott
Miriam Whitehead
Robie
Whitehead
Raymond G. Putnam
Donald Preble
John Hibbs Preble
Elden Alden Scot
Herbert Scot
Scot
Phippsburg
Frances Robie
Putnam
Maurice Avery
Wilbur I. Bull
Wasterford
Resolutions Honoring Alton B. Thwing of Riverside Cemetery
The Riverside Cemetery Association expresses deep sorrow at the death of Alton B. Thwing, longtime postmaster of Day's Ferry and key organizer and leader of the association. The resolution notes his roles as incorporator, auditor, president, and director, and extends sympathy to his daughter, grandson, and relatives. A copy will be recorded and sent to Mrs. Louie E. Dunn and to Bath Independent.
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Riverside Cemetery Association
Alton B
Day's Ferry
Riverside Cemetery
Louie E. Dunn
Alton C. Dunn
Bath Independent
Dromore Bay Farm Visitors Return From Two Week Vacation
A party and hosts Mr and Mrs Raymond Campbell spent two weeks at Dromore Bay Farm and returned to Lakewood Rhode Island. They enjoyed a Sunday dinner at Boothbay Harbor. Ralph Wright of Dromore saw strong demand for poultry due to meat shortages. The Willing Workers 4 H club met with leader Herbert Scott and county club agent Wayne Rich to review members projects. Rev Robert Whitehead performed a marriage in Mt Vernon New York. Mrs Joseph Avery of Bath visited her daughter in law Mrs Maurice Avery for two weeks. Mrs Maurice Avery hosted ten Center ladies for Red Cross sewing and knitting followed by cake and sandwiches.
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Dromore Bay Farm
Lakewood
R. I
Raymond Campbell
Boothbay Harbor
Elmer Rogers
Dromore Burying Ground
Rogers
Calvin W. Rogers
Ralph Wright
Dromore
Witch Spring Cafe
Herbert Scott
Wayne S. Rich
Walter Lederman
Norwich
Maurice Avery
Robert Whitehead
J. K
Canning Demonstration Attracts Local Women In Woolwich
About 60 attended a Nequasset farm bureau sponsored canning demonstration at the Goodwill clubhouse in Woolwich Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Cleora Tarbox of Topsham discussed water and sugar use, stirring, salting, and drying processes, stressing gardening and canning. The session served women from North Woolwich Sagadahoc Ferry and Day's Ferry, with another session planned for Arrowsic Montsweag and Murphy's Corner. Robert H. McKenzie of Hallowell was in Bath Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Goodwill
Woolwich
Cleora Tarbox
Topsham
North Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Day’s Ferry
Arrowsie
Montsweag
Murphy’s Corner
Parker Head Personal Items
John Terrill of Lowell Massachusetts and friends spent the weekend at his Parker Head home. Numerous visits and weekend guests from Bath Georgetown East Boston and Wells Beach are noted along with several arrivals departures and family gatherings.
Personal notes from Bath area social listings
Local items record Ernest Barnes visiting Gloucester with his father Captain S W Barnes. Mrs Arch Richmond and daughter Lila Mae return from Vassalboro to stay with Mrs Richmond's parents. Several residents visit Lewiston, Harpswell, and Damariscotta Lake. A birth is announced for Donna Lee Morse in West Bath, and various families plan travels to Old Orchard and New Hampshire camps.
Bay Point Village Corp. Holds Annual Meeting
The Bay Point Village Corp. met at the Casino and re elected Louisa Howard Town Clerk Fred P. Taylor treasurer and overseers for a third year including Andrew M Butterfield Edward V Coombs Harry W Crosman and Walter Gordon. They voted to post speed limits on signs and place sand piles on hills for winter road use.
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Bay Point Village Corp
Louisa Howard
Fred P. Taylor
Andrew M. Butterfield
Edward V. Coombs
Harry W. Crosman
Walter Gordon
Walter Coombs
Belmont
Mass
Elizabeth Butterfield
Bath
Colorado Springs
Col
Albert Coombs
373Rd Army Air Base
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Miss Butterfield
Rockies
Williams Canyon
Cheyenne Montain
Summit House
Will Rogers
Shrine of the Sun
Plains
Seven Falls
Cheyenne Canyon
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
Manitou
Ute Pass
Cripple Creek Pass
Pike
First Beach
Summer furnace service advised by Iron Fireman engineers
Iron Fireman engineers warn that summer service helps avoid fall rush and protects furnaces. Moist basement moisture in summer causes corrosion on furnace parts and stoker areas that accumulate dirt, emphasizing proactive maintenance.
Vast Illinois Iron Ore Reserves Echo Michigan Findings
Michigan iron ore remains abundant with billions of tons mined yet more high grade ore in the Upper Peninsula. One county is estimated to hold about 40 billion tons untapped, potentially supplying the United States.
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Michigan
Upper Michigan Peninsula
United States
Mar
Knox County Sheriff's Patrol Expands for Civilian Defense
Gray uniformed Knox County sheriffs patrol, once the American Legion police unit, has rapidly prepared for participation in county civilian defense efforts and recently entered a period of expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox County Sheriffs Patrol
American Legion Police Unit
Popham Beach Sale Aims To Aid Church Repairs
Popham Circle will hold its second annual sale on August 31 at the Popham library selling fancy work aprons notions and candy with all proceeds added to the church repair fund. The event supports the growing need as Sunday services draw larger crowds and the library becomes too small. Volunteers for sale tables include Mrs Guy Crowley for aprons Mrs Ellison Moody for fancy work and Mrs Clinton Newdick for notions and candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Popham Library
Guy Crowley
Ellison Moody
Clinton Newdick
Louis A. Dole
Bath
Health Committee
Phippsburg
Sebasco
Frances Robie
Ada McConnell
Earl Lowell
Stanwood Gilman
Albert Bailey
Kenneth Burnham
Thomas Dolphin
Rolalot 200
Lieut. Webb
Pvt. Gillis
White Spot
John H. Beebe, Jr
Clarence Perkins
Victory Harvest Show Planned by the Garden Club
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club voted to sponsor a Victory Garden Harvest Show during the last week of August to benefit the Army Emergency and Navy Relief funds. The public is invited to exhibit vegetables and flowers. eight park benches were approved for placement. The meeting featured Rev. Charles Kinney on woodcarving, and members named favorite perennials.
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Washington Street
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Army Emergency
Navy
Maurice Libby
Park and Cemetery Board
Elizabeth Dunbar
Nellie Goodrich
Charles Kinney
Kinney
Granville Colby
Florence Wiggin
William Yule
Dunbar
Goodrich
Wiggin
Charles W. Messenger
Mabel Harris
Roscoe McFadden
Arthur Packard
Alice Johnson
Lawmaker Bid to Block Vote by Withholding Opposing Ballot
When a senator or congressman learns he will be absent during a roll call he seeks a partner on the opposing side to withhold their vote. The two cancel each other, effectively blocking the measure.
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Senate
House
Slow Train Between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie
The article notes a train running between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie in Australia as one of the world slowest, with an average speed of about 26.6 miles per hour.
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Port Augusta
Kalgoorlie
Australia
Great Sport Bobsledding Compared to Parachute Jumping
Reportedly, bobsledding is described as a great sport and as safe as parachute jumping, noting that once athletes begin down the hill, they know they will land somewhere.
Sumatra reserve shields elephants and more wildlife
A 1300 square mile Sumatra protected area has been established to guard elephants rhinoceroses bears deer and tapirs.
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Sumatra
Fats to Glycerine for Shells Calculated
Seventeen pounds of kitchen fats saved will provide a pound and a half of glycerine, enough to fire 85 anti-tank shells.
Bathman on Board A Tugboat Sunk By Germans In War
Bath lad Bill Daley was aboard the Perth Amboy when a German U boat shelled off Nauset Beach near Orleans. He warned Captain Tapley before the air raid, survived the sinking and later worked as a marine oiler on Texas Company and Savannah Line ships before settling at Bath Iron Works as a foreman.
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Cape Cod
Perth Amboy
Bath
Bath Iron Works, Corp
William H. Daley
997
Middle Street
Daley
Morse
Arrowsic
Earl Pinkham
Bayonne
N. J
Perth
Gardiner
Portland
Nauset Beach
Orleans
Lansford
Gibbons Coal Co
Bill Daley
Boston
Bill Dooley
Coast Guard
South Orleans
Mass
Brunswick
William Daley
Bedford Street
Provincetown
Wyoming
Atlanta
Texas Company
Standard Oil Company
Savannah Line
Duley
Billy
Local Residents Mention Visits and Summer Trips
Miss Ethel Curran of Westboro Mass visits Mrs Julia Worrey at 24 Summer Street. Mr and Mrs William Lundrigan and daughter Elizabeth Ann vacation with Foster's Point. Robert Pletts of Bath Tron Works tin shop travels to Quincy Mass to visit aunt Mrs Lou Watt. Mrs Aubrey Steen of 18 Park Street spends Monday at Georgetown as guest of Mrs Miles Haugan at the Hagan cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Curran
Westboro
Mass
Julia Worrey
Summer Street
William Lundrigan
Elizabeth Ann
Liberty Street
Foster's Point
Robert Pletts
Bath Tron Works
Quincey
Lou Watt
Aubrey Steen
Park Street
George Town
Miles Haugan
Hagan Cottage
Talk on Columbus by Prominent Speaker at Rotary Lunch
Rev Morrison R Boynton delivered a Columbus centered talk at the Sedgwick Rotary luncheon. He traced Columbus’s 18 year quest for support and the pivotal meeting with a clergyman and Queen Isabella that enabled the voyage. He urged courage and vision amid contemporary discouragements while noting his Maine ties and Rotary connections.
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Christopher Columbus
Morrison R. Boynton
Rotary
Sedgwick
Boynton
Malden Island
Five Islands
Nehemiah
Morrison
Russell
Chicago
Rotary Club
Morton Hull
le Rotary
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Maine
Bath
Columbus
Isabella
Spain
Europe
Justus Miller
Carl Anderson
W. H. Short
Belmont
George L. Egbert
Staten Island
Thomas H. Riley
Brunswick
Justice Tompkins
Houston
Harold Rubin
City
Newell Wilson
New York
Local residents return from visits across New England
Mr and Mrs Elton Pinkham of 33 Liberty Street along with daughter Elaine and son Harold returned from Harpswell outing. Mrs E F Bridges and nephew Billy Boyland of Chestnut Street came back after visiting Mrs Bridges brother Fred McFadden of Lubec. Mr and Mrs Herbert O Antworth returned from Rangeley while Mr Antworth enjoys vacation from Bath Iron Works. Mrs Robert C Pletts and Miss Muriel Grace left for Closter New Jersey to visit Miss Grace's parents William and Mrs Grace and plan to visit New York City. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Crooker hosted over the weekend Mr Crooker's brother Ralph Crooker and son Peter of High Street at their Merrymeeting Bay cottage. Mrs Lincoln Bailey, former Bedford Street resident, living with her daughter Mrs Otto C Nutting of Mount Desert, did not return to Maine this spring when the Nuttings came back from Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton Pinkham
Elaine
Harold
Liberty Street
Harpswell
E. F. Bridges
Billy Boyland
Chestnut Street
Bridges
Fred McFadden
Lubec
Herbert O. Antworth
Rangeley
Antworth
Bath
N. J
Miss Grace
William G. Grace
New York City
Wilbur Crooker
Milan Street
Crooker
Ralph Crooker
Peter
High Street
Merrymeeting Bay
Lincoln Bailey
Bedford Street
Otto C. Nutting
Mt. Desert
Maine
Mrs. Nutting
Long Beach
Calif
Oceanic cables span the globe with vast networks
Ocean Cables notes global networks of oceanic cables totaling about 360000 miles in length. The article highlights the scale of undersea communication lines connecting continents and supporting international telecommunication infrastructure.
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Shorey
John
West Point
Herbert
Lower Johnson
Rodney Wyman
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R. F. . On Rout 4 and Began His New Ark
William D. Sewall
Arthur Sewil
William Sewall
Choat School
Tenter
Swall
Dorohhy Hector
Robert Morse
Ohn K. Jayne
Pamelayne
Kennon Jayne
Small Point
J. John
Robert Osgood
St. Johnsbury
Stevens Camp
Gunfill
Osgood
A. F. Williams
Jay Daley
Long Cove
Roseale
Popham
Miriam
Macy Whitehead
J. K. Bowker Arm
Ada C. Minott
Colbyunior College
Henry M. Minott
Charles Jevens
Ifred
Frank Mowker
Inott
J. Joseph I. Smith
Christopher Gill
Uth Weymouth
Charles L. Stevns
Pauline Wyman
Allen
Lakeiew
Lincoln Campell
Ralph Lifford
Flora A. Hathorne
Charlotte L. Buck
David G. Reed
Harry Crooker
Robert H. McKenzie
Hallowell
Parker
John Terrill
Lowell
Parker Head
Walter Cushing
Charles Blaisdell
Elwood Hathorne
Ramon Hamel
Cyrille Hamel
Wells Beach
Providence
Lloyd Lowell
R. K. Arndt
Schenectady
N. Y
Cleveland
Forrest Wyman
Samuel Sternberg
Herbert Bassett
E. M. Wyman
Merrill Bassett
J. Ashton Nickerson
Eileen Crowell
Nickerson
Arline Bassett
Edwin M. Wyman
Grace Kraft
Baltimore
Eleanor Wolferrmann
Walter Williams
Georgetown
Julia Dozois
George Morong
Pauline Morong
Harold Thayer
Ernest Barnes
South Street
Gloucester
S. W. Barnes
Arch Richmond
Lila Mae
Vassalboro
Richmond
Upham
Samuel McElroy
Western Avenue
George A. Dickinson
York Street
William H. Milnier
Lincoln Street
Lewiston
Donna Lee
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard P. Morse
West Bath
Gladys Watson
Fred Pinkham
Mechanic Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Moosehead Lake
Barbara Chandler
Leafy Day
Freeport
Margaret Chandler
R. N
Edward Hamblett
Donald
Pratt Street
Hamblett
Henry T. Flynn
Nashua
N. H
William Griffin
Manchester
Edward Jr
Howard Nash
Herman A. Spinney
Fred Malcolmson
L. W. Dietrich
Auburn
Walter Quance
Louise Howard
Frank Williams
Echo Valley
Bay Point
Reid
Milton
Madeline Stanton
New Haven
Popham Beach
Norma Sprince
Peter Isaacson
Edward DeLong
U. S. Navy
Hennessey Cottage
Roscoe Shaw
Joan
Laughing Loon
Elizabeth Webber
Helen B. Stearns
Webber Cottage
Ernest Ory
Betty. Jones
Mary Bloxhan
Fames Flaherty
Mary Stone
Janet Colley
Jones Cottage
John H. Beebe
Wakefield
Alexis Bishop
Newport
George Reynolds
Voorhees
Bette Mattson
Newtonville
Eugene Desmond
Ann
Roscoe Shaws
William Hill, Jr
Naugatuck
Waltham
Norman Wood
Charlotte
Conn
Hill Cottage
Herbert Mitchell
Seguin
Mitchell
Ethelyn
Doris Spinney
Ralph Spinney
Ray Matthews
Ralph Spinner, Jr
Maurice Burns
Shaw Church
Bangor
Walter Sprague
Stanley Hyde
Nancy Hyde
Madeline Keegan
Pittsfield
Leah Gagnon
South Berwick
Ann Valente
Edward Bridgham, Jr
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Fred Boudin
Phyllis Webber
Janice Towne
Elizabeth Mosher
Hartford
Ellison H. Taylor
Laurence Taylor
Elisha Bridges
U. S. Coast Guard
Margaret Wyman
Spruceville
Marion Bridges
William Hill
Dora Bridges
Blanchard Crowley
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Garden Club
Bathman
California
Old Madrid
Sherry
Muscatel
Nous Or
Op Molineaux, Inc
Noston
Ocean Cables