Maine in Washington on coast defense and Acadia gateway
The piece argues that gasoline and fuel oil shortages hurt Maine and the eastern coast, urging beefed up coastal patrols by air and more small boats and planes. It notes Sen Brewster's isle gateway bill for Acadia National Park and Maine delegation plans to monitor wage and farm issues under existing authority while in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Hitler
Atlantic
Congress
Eastern Seaboard
New England
Sewall
Washington
America
Pacific
Acadia National Park Gateway
Ralph O. Brewster
Senate
Islehurst
Florence and
P. B. Russell
Trenton
Mt. Desert Island
Acadia National Park
National Housing Agency
John B. Blanford
Brewster
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Department of the Interior
Russell
National Park Service
Atlantic Coast
Thompson's Island
Marsh Island
Mt. Desert Narrows
Bar Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Seal Harbor
Southwest Harbor
Somesville
C. W. Thompson
Blanford
United States
Community Notes From Georgetown Area Church and Camp Life
The Working League thanks donors for church fund gains over $100. Walter Williams helps Parker Moulton with barn shingling. Wells need rain as drought worries residents. Rushs join play school camp for two weeks. Bath visitors, tea at Shirley Hicks, and lists of local residents and guests fill a busy week. Several civic and social items detail guests, travel, and summer activities around Robinhood, West Georgetown, and Sagadahoc Bay with numerous named people and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Williams
Parker Moulton
David
Stephanie Rush
Bath
Harry Day
Royal Johnson
Fred Shaw
Dwight Pierce
Mary Pierce
Charles F. Cummings
Rachel Nichols
Augustus Percy
Shirley Hicks
Ruth Hicks
Elizabth Thompson
Howard Fletcher
William Todd
Ralph Davis
Howard Trafton
Roy Newman
Dorothy W. Oliver
Joseph Higgins
Walter Cummings
Jessie Wallace Hughan
Evelyn Hughan
New York City
Marjorie Rockwell
Robinhood
Standing Guard as My Memory Remembers the War
The speaker stands on a midnight bridge recalling past days of youth and uncles calls to fight for the United States. He vows to serve until victory and to keep Old Glory waving as PVT Booker T. Flowers reflects on military duty and future release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Booker T. Flowers
Mrs Sturtevant Dies in Raymond With Son at Camp Hinds
Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant died Sunday in Raymond. She is survived by her son Teddy who is currently at Camp Hinds.
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Fred K._ Sturtevant
Raymond
Teddy
Camp Hinds
Summer visitors occupy East Shore cottages in Westport
Westport notices list Ella and Carrie Collins of Lynn Mass occupying their East Shore cottage. Norman Greenleaf and family from Belmont Mass arrived for a three week stay at the Hersey cottage. Others include Jane Williams Mechanic Falls at Menikuk, Marcelline Mora Cambridge hosting her brother Charles Hanley and Margaret Haly, William Lane and party at Gove House, and more guests and hospital returns across local cottages and inns.
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Ella Collins
Carrie L. Collins
Lynn
Mass
Norman Greenleaf
Belmont
Hersey
East Shore
Jane Williams
Mechanic Falls
Menikuk
Marcelline Mora
Cambridge
Charles Hanley
Margaret Haly
William Lane
Billy
George Pickering
Everett
Gove
Matilda Gove
Evalin Lane
Arthur Roche, Jr
J. Louis Doyle
Nineacres
Dorothy Higgins
Goodall Hospital
Sanford
Frank Miller
Boothbay Harbor
Dorothea Graumann
Graumaun-Siewerts
Brian Jewett
Ann Louise Jewett
Amy Graumann
Grace Siewerts
Mulhall
Ashland
Buckley
Richmond Ideal Home Corner Plans August Sale and Picnic
Community club members met at Daughters of Veterans hall to finalize a yearly sale for August 1 and a picnic later in the month. Religious groups schedule August Sunday services, while the Richmond Sportsmen host a skeet shoot on Alexander road. Local births include Mary Elaine Lamoreau and Frank Oliver Niles Jr. Visits and arrivals feature John Hurley family, Harold Hopkins guests, and visitors from Concord and Portland.
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Ideal Home Corner Club
Daughters of Veterans Hall
United Baptist Church
Richmond Sportsmens Association
Alexander Road
Y.A.Y.F
Methodist Church
Terrell Nursing Home
Frank Oliver Niles
John Hurley
Richard George
Gardiner General Hospital
Wilson Carpenter
Fanwood
N. J
Harold Hopkins
Jackie Chapman
Portland
Cora Smith
Laura Williams
Concord
N. H
Richmond
Edwin Ames
Five Islands summer visitors and local notes
Norwood Massachusetts residents Otis Baker and family left Five Islands after a stay at their summer home. Several locals and visitors were listed with travels to Camp Devens, New London, and other New England locales. A croquet tournament for Boothbay Harbor Red Cross benefit occurred at Hotel Fullerton on July 16 and 17.
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Otis Baker
James
Norwood
Mass
Five Islands
United States Coast Guard Academy
New London
Camp Devens
G. T. O'Donnell
George O'Donnell
England
Ralph O. Worrell
George Worrell
Rockmere
Harriet
Anna Worrell
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Harold Rowe
U. S. Naval Reserve
Kittery
U. S. Naval Training School
Chicago
Rolalot
Clifford Landry
Carl Tovier
Mr. Landry
Good Neighbor Club
Victor Pinkham
H. C. Barrows
Boothbay
Maurice Pinkham
Boothbay Harbor
American Red Cross
Hotel Fullerton
James Calvert
Baths Softball Fans Hope State Tourney Here
Bath softball enthusiasts push for Bath as site of the Western Maine state tournament amid split opinion with Portland. Local leaders, including Alderman Oliver, back plans while discussions focus on venue, city playoffs, and central accessibility for surrounding towns.
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BATHS
Bath Softball Association
Maine
Bath
William Ehamber
Portland
Lewiston
Auburn
Augusta
South Portland
Philip H. Oliver
Guerin Printers Club
Kelley Field
Iron Works
Andrew V McAllister dies after long illness in Bath Maine
Andrew Vincent McAllister aged 59 died at home after extended illness including recent hospitalization. He long served as foreman at Watson & Frye machine shop, later ran a Front Street shop, and worked on steel structures from Carlton Bridge to sites in Baltimore Burlington Bristol. Survived by widow Gertrude Costain McAllister, eight children, twelve grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers. Born August 16 1883 in St John New Brunswick. lived most of his life in Bath.
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Andrew Vincent McAllister
Drummond Street
Memorial Hospital
McAllister
Watson & Frye
Broad Street
Front Street
Park
Carlton Bridge
Bath
Baltimore
Burlington
Bristol
R. I
Kennebec
Gertrude C Costain
Stewart V. McAllister
Maurice J. Knight
Lorraine E
Randall E. Merry
Mary
Howard Fleming
Adeline
Albert Robinson
Ruth
Catherine McAllister
Felda McAllister
Merle Ulrichson
Dorothy
Everett
Mass
Ella McAllister
Frederick D Keene Dies At 66 Former Bath Worker
Frederick D Keene aged 66 of 82 Pine Street Bath died Saturday evening at Bath Memorial hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Beverly Massachusetts to Daniel C and Mary Weldon Keene. He worked as steward for Bath Iron Works and later ran a bakery on Front Street before serving on private yachts and returning to Bath to work in the Bath Iron Works tool shop. He is survived by his wife a sister Mrs Gertrude Hues of Watertown Massachusetts and two brothers William and Alonzo Keene of Boston. Funeral services and interment were held in Beverly on Tuesday.
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Frederick D. Keene
Pine Street
Bath Iron Works
Front Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Keene
Beverly
Mass
Daniel C
Mary Weldon Keene
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Gertrude Hues
Watertown
William and
Alonzo Keene
Boston
Margaret Bateman Wing dies. Bath teacher linked to Cosmopolitan club
News from Melrose Massachusetts reports the July 16 death of Mrs. George Wing a former Bath teacher and musician known as Margaret Bateman. She taught music in Bath 1911 to 1916 and later at Farmington Normal school. She helped organize the Cosmopolitan club and directed music at First Baptist Church in Bath. Her husband artist George Wing joined her in Melrose and taught art lectures there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wing
Melrose
Mass
Miss Priscilla Howell Dies at 52 in Bath Home
Miss Priscilla M. Howell, 52, died Monday at her Sumner Street Court residence. Born in Brunswick to Henry and Sarah Baker Howell, she was a longtime housekeeper for Harry Sullivan, known as Harry Brown, janitor for Sagadahoc Real Estate Association. Survived by a half brother Eugene Baker, sister Eva Andrew of Boston, several nephews and cousins. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence.
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Priscilla M. Howell
Sumner Street Court
Dan Brunswick
Henrys
Sarah Baker Howell
Harry JD. Sullivan
Bath
Harry Brown
Sagadahoe Real Estate Association
Ste
Eugene Baker
Eva Andrew
Boston
Hieces
Arthur F. Mayo
Maine forest service fire tower grows in York County reach
The commission advances the new fire observation tower in York County Maine under Sanford-based supervision. Officials describe it as among the largest and widest in the state, reflecting the Service’s expanded surveillance capacity and commitment to regional coverage.
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Sanford Imac
John L
Ted” Chadbourne
State of Maine Forest Service
York County
Biddeford Legionnaires seek 7500 phonograph records
The Biddeford Legionnaires drive to collect phonograph records for creating new records by famous radio stars for American armed forces camps and battle stations is failing to gain enough support to meet the 7500 record goal in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Legionnaires
Harry Shepard Drowns In Kennebec River Saturday
Harry Shepard 79 an inmate of City Farm drowned Saturday around 3 45 pm in the Kennebec river after falling from a wharf near City landing. Coast Guardsman grappling for three hours failed to locate the body as undertow carried him away. Born in England December 25 1863 he sailed seas in England and the U S and was naturalized in Bath in 1917 and admitted to City Farm October 17 1934. He was unmarried and surviving relatives are unknown to local officials.
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Harry Shepard
City Farm
Kennebec
City Landing
Mr. Shepard
Iron Works
Percy W. Kingsbury
Frank L. Moriarty
Coast Guard
England
Bath
Walter H. Larrabee Dies at 82 in West Bath
Walter H. Larrabee 82 of West Bath died early Saturday in Osteopathic hospital where he had been a patient for five months. Born in Brunswick he lived in Winana Minnesota before returning east. He built Rock Hill Inn West Bath and served as tax collector and treasurer for 12 years. Survived by wife Minnie three daughters John and a son, two sisters, a brother, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Walter H. Larrabee
West Bath
Osteopathic Hospital
Mr. Larrabee
Brunswick
John C
Harriett Stilkey Larrabee
Winana
Minn
Minnie Adams
Massachusetts
Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
Church of the Nazarene
Funeral for Andrew McAllister Draws Large Attendance
The funeral for Andrew McAllister was held Sunday afternoon at two at the Arthur F Mayo Funeral residence. Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated and burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery. Bearers were Merle Uerickson Randal Merry Albert Hobertson and Howard Fleming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McAllister
Arthur F. Mayo
Charles M. Tubbs
Oak Grove Cemetery
Merle Uerickson
Randal Merry
Albert Hobertson
Howard Fleming
Funeral for Walter Larrabee Held at Harding Cemetery
The funeral for Walter H. Larrabee was held Monday afternoon at two at Arthur F. Maso funeral residence with Rev. Thomas Green officiating. Committal followed in Harding’s Cemetery East Brunswick. bearers were Merton Wright Joseph Larrabee Walter W. Larrabee and Courtney Stover. A 100 page paper Kauhdin Skylines from University of Maine Pednnology Experiment Station by Prof HW Walter Leavitt and Harry Nickson Davis, 69, Maine businessman and Maisie fraternity member, died suddenly at his Boothbay Harbor home.
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Walter H. Larrabee
Arthur F. Maso
Thomas Green
the Nazarene Church
Harding's Cemetery
East Brunswick
Merton Wright
Joseph Larrabee
Walter W. Larrabee
Courtney Stover
Kauhdin
University of Maine
Walter Leavitt
Harry Nickson Davis
Maisie Fraternity
Maine
Boothbay Tharbor
Tel Breadth
Senme Tine
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Georgetown
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Dunton Cottage
Ernest Curtis
Scott Curtis
French
Wendall Todd
William Zorach
Cove
Gaston la Chaise
Ernest Heal
Heal
Beatrice Abbott
South Street
Salem
Dorothy Stuart
McMahon Island
Mrs. Billings
Miss Stuart
Seal and Porpoise
Ruth Blaisdell
Ruth Hawthorne
Nathalie
Clarence Hill
J. H. Brown
Elizabeth Nagle
Oliver Hooper
Sagadahoc Bay
William W. Dennison
Parker N. Moulton
West Georgetown
John Perinchise
Falmouth
William Holley
Zorah Place
Rolande Peterson
Peterson
Litchfield
Louise
John St. Martin
Ralph Dunton
John Holt
Hyattsville
Vernon Lippard
Kennebec Point
Celia Connolly
Maude Thayer
Haverhill
Fred Butters
Malden
Little River Road
Aubrey Fullerton
Carleton Brown
Phippsburg
Allen Brown
Allen Laskey
Richard
George Laskey
Charles McMahan
Walter Beane
Janice
Harry Heald
B. I. Works
Arthur Goldberg
U. S. Navy
Maurice Levine
Goldberg
Bowdoin College
Milton Trott
Richard Tribon
Shirley
Jimmie
Hampden
Campbell
Henry Preble
Benjamin Riggs
Mr. Riggs
Winthrop Riggs
Miss Tupper
Mary Lee Riggs
Gilbert Gunnell
Byron Hicks
Waltham
Gunnell
James Dunton
Hallowell
Wild Rose Farm
Dunton
Prescott Steadman
Denver
Colo
Leon Williams
Thomas Williams
Addie Stott
Ruby MacMahan
Edith Powers
Westport
Branwell Harford
Quincy
Ida Mayoo
Albert Marr
Lettie Harford
Clarence Kelly
C. H. Sanford
Ledgemer Road
William Plummer
John Huskins
Reginald Spinney
Olive
Robert
Elbridge Southard
J. A. Folsom
James Hadden
Norwood Mass
Vera Hay Stanley
Babs Stanley
Wellesleys. Mass
Dorothy Stanwood
Ming Stanwood
Stanwood
Aliss Barbara
Barthett
Walmington
Bacon
Donald
Air
Elwood Fr. Ireland
Gould Academy
David Thompson
Bates
Holden Hall
Thompson
Charles Ho ‘Thompson
Flo
Jordan Wish School
Bates College
Dorothy Irma Haskell
Uv Pradu
Androscougin Valley
Philip Estey
Presque Isle
New D. HT
Philip
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Presque Isle High School
Future Farmers of America
Smith Hughes
The
Union Church
Bremen
J. Sheldon Spangler
Spangler
John Heiser
Somerville
Wall
W. M. MacNair
George Jones
Damiuriscutta N
Andrew V. Mallister
Margaret Bateman Wing
W. HW. Larrabee Funeral
Fred S, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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