Lionsesses Host Successful Tea Benefit for Service Boxes
The Lionesses held a well attended tea Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L Eugene Thebeau 406 Front Street to raise funds for service boxes for armed forces members. A piano program by Miss Thelma Deering pupils plus refreshments and a cake auction contributed to a standout event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionesses
L. Eugene Thebeau
Front Street
Thelma Deering
Ruth Williams
Valerie Nickerson
Norma Drummond
Virginia Dow
Aivia C. Greenblatt
Wendall Heald
Brian M. Jewett
Arthur W King
Alexander MacDonald
Albert S. Neyes
Joseph O. Purdue
Daniel Williams
James E. McLaughlin
Edward D. True Jr
William M. Adams
Leonard Wetherbee
Edward B. Hamblett
Edgar Leavitt
Roscoe P. Shaw
Arthur M. Bowker
Harold S. Avery
Harry Thebeau
Albert Noyes
Clayton Fortier
John E. Hayes
Harold J. Rubin
the Lionesses
Main Lobster Makes a Hit with Bricker in Columbus
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio endorsed the Maine lobster during a luncheon with Outdoor Writers Association of America officials in Columbus. Senator Harold N. Hanold and Earle Doucette arranged the event as part of Maine Ohio friendship spreading Maine lobsters to the governor and Mrs Bricker. a large box of lobsters was sent to the governor's mansion for Mrs Bricker to enjoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Maine
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Columbus
Harold N. Hanold
Standish
Maine Development Commission
Earle Doucette
Nowell Announces Candidacy for State Legislature
Ralph E Nowell of West Bath declares he will seek Republican nomination for State Representative from Arrowsic Topsham Phippsburg West Bath and Woolwich in the June primary. He is a lawyer real estate operator and long time Bath petroleum businessman with family in law and maritime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Nowell
West Bath
Arrowsie
Topsham
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Mr. Nowell
San Francisco
Cal
United States Maritime Service
Maine
Somerville
Mass
Berkeley
Boston
Connecticut State College
Suffolk Law School
Bath
East Coast Oil Co
Bath Welding School
State Department of Education
Bath Housing Authority
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Central League meeting recalls prized possessions and stories
The Central League at the parish house held an evening gathering with Miss Ethel Blake leading. Members shared items of personal value including a 1855 New York Herald once owned by Mrs. Horace Morse and a doll from Mrs. Leonard Lord, tied to family memory. Robert Lunt was named Superintendent of Schools in Rockland and Rockport, succeeding Alden WayAllen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Ethel Blake
Arthur L. Pratt
Anna Thombs
New York Herald
Horace
Morse
Leonard Lord
Robert Lunt
Rockland
Rockport
Colby College
University of Maine
Thes
Island Falls
Alden WayAllen
March Arrives After A Harsh February In Winter
February proved a tough month with steady cold and higher snowfall. March began with fair conditions and a 32 degree morning as northwest winds persisted. The season showed more consistent cold and five more inches of snow than last year. February had 29 days this leap year.
Bath girl may win war bond of $100
The Daughters of the American Revolution committee for National Defense and Good Citizenship voted to cancel the annual pilgrimage due to wartime conditions. Marguerite Rines of 2 Granite Street, chosen as Bath’s delegate to the pilgrimage, may have her name drawn for the $100 war bond at the State Conference in March. Also named were Glenda Howard and Linna Marie Purdue, with Rines noted as Morse High senior president and the first girl student honored for outstanding achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On National Defense and Good Citizenship
Daughters of the American Revolution
Marguerite Rines
Granite Street
Dummer Sewall
New York City
Washington, D. C
Washington
Red Cross
Miss Rines
Bath
Glenda Howard
Norman Howard
Washington Street
Linna Marie Purdue
Joseph O. Purdue
District Court to Decide Tax Case Over Bath Bank Dividends
Mr and Mrs Arthur J Dunton of Bath sue Dr Clinton A Clauson Internal Revenue Collector for Maine in Portland federal court. They seek $3 37849 plus interest, claiming 1939 Bath Bank dividends of $20 350 on 407 shares were misclassified as tax in 1940. The case hinges on whether dividends are capital reimbursement or taxable income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
First National Bank of Bath
Portland
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath
Clinton A. Clauson
Internal Revenue
Maine
Bath Bank
World Wide Guild Elects New Officers at Corliss Street Church
The World Wide Guild of Corliss Street Church held its Monday evening meeting in the vestry. New officers were elected: President Leone Day, Vice-President Stella Block, Secretary Betty Hill, and Treasurer Deletra Hill. Missionary books were read, refreshments served, next meeting set for March 27 in the vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
Leone Day
Stella Block
Betty Hill
Deletra Hill
White Ribboners Meet Tuesday Afternoon
Members of the WCTU gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Florence Howard’s Meadowway home for a Washington's birthday party. The program featured a song, a life sketch of Washington, scripture reading, prayers, an intelligence test won by Lilian McDonald, poems by Mrs. Pierce Clineger, and a signed guest list card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Florence Howard
Meadowway
Washington
Pierce Clineger
Therese Hill
Howard
Anna Reid
Mary P. Sims
Maud Russell
Fannie McFadden
Hill
Trott
Mary Pratt
Ora Dauphin
Harriet Wright
Nellie Brown
Laura Harrington
Doris Thistle
Sarah Coombs
Mabel Reed
Cora Rich
Emma Leonard
Mabel Paquet
Bertha Robbinson
King couple marks twenty year marriage on fifth anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. King of 608 Middle Street celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary on February 29, noting they were wed at St Marys Church in 1924. They have three children, with Mrs King active in Daughters of Isabella and Sacred Heart Circle while Mr King works as a government inspector at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred L. King
Middle Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Nicholas J. Horan
King
Gladys Mae Glidden
Fred Glidden
Quincy
Mass
Bath
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works
Louise L
Morse High
Lewis E
Pacific
Alfred G
Central Grammar
Pythian Sisters Plan Easter Sale and Social
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters met for supper and letters from members. They voted to hold a social afternoon and keep the six o’clock supper and eight o’clock meeting. A letter from Harry Knight Jr. in Trinidad discussed local natives and commerce. Mrs. Neil Bishop won the mystery prize and penny march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple Pythian
Harry Knight
Trinidad
Neil Bishop
Iota Sigma Chapter Meeting Plans Red Cross Entertainment
Iota Sigma members met at 69 Middle Street Tuesday evening and voted to contribute to Red Cross Entertainment led by Mrs. Margaret Hanscom and Mrs. Dorothy Vomaska. Refreshments were served by the hostess and Miss Eleanor Wright. The next gathering will be hosted by Mrs Florence Howard on March 14 with members and their mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iota Sigma
Rosamond McGuiggan
Middle Street
Red Cross
Margaret Hanscom
Dorothy Vomaska
Eleanor Wright
Florence Howard
Meadow Way
Bath concert group plans push for 1944 45 series
Bath Community Concert association members met at Central church parish house Sunday evening to finalize a membership drive for the Morse High School concert series. Campaign director William Sistare of New York spoke on artists available for 1944 45 and urged many new signups, with Mrs. G Baer Connard presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Community Concert Association
Central Church Parish
Ladies of Central Church League
William Sistare
New York
Edwin R. Andrews
Chester Plant
John Newell
Fred D. Hill
Louis A. Dole
Newell
Joseph I. Smith
Morse High School
Beatrice Patterson
Sistare
Huse School PTA Plans Rummage Sale Dance and Tag Day
Huse Memorial school PTA schedules a rummage sale on Wednesday from two to five to fund curtains and auditorium equipment. A St Patrick's Day dance is set for March 17 at the auditorium and a city wide tag day on March 18. Plans for a future play discussed with Cecil Rowland and Cecil Fullerton offering ideas. final decision March 9. Mrs. Robert Pendleton leads the rummage sale, Mrs. Edgar Leavitt handles dance tickets and tag day plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
PTA
Huse School
Cecil Rowland
Cecil Fullerton
Robert Pendleton
Edgar Leavitt
Camps report strong early bookings for 1944 season
Augusta March 1 Everett F Greaton executive secretary of the Maine Development Commission reports camps have high enrollment and many are booked to capacity. The agency notes potential 1944 attendance could exceed 15 000 with camps aiding war effort through gardens harvests and Red Cross and War Bond contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Everett F. Greaton
Maine Development Commission
Greaton
Development Commission
Maine
Red Cross
China
Maine Farmers Consider Jamaican Harvest Crew This Fall
The Maine Extension Service seeks Jamaican workers for the potato harvest, to be recruited with Office of Labor approval. Jamaicans would join crews of eight to ten, require farm housing with a cook on site, and be guided by farm labor rules. Caribou and Fort Fairfield farms approved past work, aiding 1944 labor supply. Mrs Norman Mariner and Miss Eleanor Jones return from Boston visit with Mr and Mrs Marriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Maine Extension Service
Maine
Office of Labor, War Food Administration
United States
Office of Labor
Smith C. McIntire
Norman Mariner
Topsham
Barbara Fisher
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
Eleanor Jones
Boston
Morrs
William Marriner
Bowdoinham Post Road Sickness and New Baby News
On Bowdoinham Post Road Mrs. Mary Heath and Mrs. Hazel Turner a Portland hospital patient and Mrs. Walter Zacnan are on the sick list. B R Temple is recovering from a serious illness. Mrs. Wright assists at Walter Zachan’s home. Mr and Mrs Friand Curtis welcomed a son last week. Curtis’s young son remains at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Heath
Hazel Turner
Portland
Walter Zacnan
B. R Temple
Wright
Walter Zachan
Friand Curtis
Curtis
Forty Years Ago Bowdoinham Fire Ravaged Business District
The Bowdoinham Millay farm fire recalls the December 14 1902 blaze that gutted the town’s business area. It destroyed J E Cornish store and Knights of Pythias hall. a false skeleton find misled locals about a life loss. gunpowder in the Cornish stock helped spread the flames. recovery followed as Millsy Brothers and others rebuilt to serve customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Millay
J. E. Cornish
W. E. Rideout
W. H. Gould
Gould
Knights of Pythias Hall
Lodge
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Spear
Bath
W. B. Kendall
Times
Cornish
Millsy Brothers
Little Loretta Green Boarding at Cobb Nursing Home
Loretta Green resides at the Cobb Nursing Home in Richmond where she is boarding with Mr and Mrs Lynde Heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb Nursing Home
Richmond
Loretta Green
Lynde Heath
Bath Exceeds Quota in War Bond Sales
Final returns for the Fourth War Loan in Bath show sales totaling $606,460.50 from 3,908 purchases, led by Bath city efforts and exceeding the $600,000 quota by about $6,000. Bath Iron Works had a separate quota. Albert S. Noyes praised the drive and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert S. Noyes
Cochairman
Cumberland
Sagadahoc
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Noyes
Birth of Ronald Clayton Holman in Sagadahoc Fer ry
Mr and Mrs Willard Ray mond Holman of Sagadahoc Ferry welcome a son born Friday at home. Ronald Clayton weighs eight pounds. Father is an electrician at Bath Iron Works. The couple also have two daughters named Doris and Elaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Raymond Holman
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ronald Clayton
Holman
Bath Iron Works
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Main
Bricker
Central League
D.A.R
World Wide Guild
Iota Sigma Chapter
Nick Poulos
Western Maine
Thornton
Lewiston
Poulos
Il An
HUSE
P.T.A
Rutherford B. Parrish
Mabel A. Dionne
Derry, N. i
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Edward Baker
Ernest Frye
Edward White
Spear Sedgley
Alice Palmer
Jessie Ames
Cleveland Curtis
Byron Durgin
Fred Leavitt
Arthur Curtis
Locke Crouse
Frank Heath
Merrill Dowdy
Erland Curtis
Robert Hale
Bowdeinham
Brunswick
House Appropriations Committee
Merrymeeting Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Carl Rogers
Edward L. White
Maynard Daw
Oldhaven Farm
Glencora Daw
Eliot
C. Houston Daw
U.S.N.R
Fitchburg
Charles W. Wilder
Phillips Andover Academy
Andover
Carl Routhier
Hartford
Conn
Nealey
Allan Naugler
Dixie May
Old Orchard
Barbara Heenie
William H. Gould
Auburn Air Base
Bluejackets
Bowdoinham Town
Jack Kidd
Navy
Bowdoinham Post Road
Uptown
Don "Red" Barry
George Montgomery
Ann Rutherford
Glenn Miller
Wi Arthur Loka
Janis Carter
Lynne Roberts
Praga
John Wayne
Dennis O'Keefe
Suson Hayward
Evelyn Gill
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