Phippsburg Community Notes Elects Regional Council Leader
Rev Wilbur I Bull of Waterford Brightwater was elected chairman of the Regional Councils serving until January 1944. Bangor based Rev Frederick W Meek D D is president of the group, a 100 member Protestant inter church body for Maine. Also reported are Red Cross attendance at Dromore grange hall, new member Mrs Weeks, and local personal items including weather contrasts at Bath and area families and a Center school opening with Mrs Galvin teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur I. Bull
Waterford
Weeks
Coolie
Harry Bowie
Bath
BaMi Head
Raymond Wyman
Walter J. Small
Joseph Smith
Truman Wallace
Howard Bowker
Stoneybrook
A. F. Williams
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bessie Sprague
Phippsburg
Raymond Campbell
Walter Campbell, Jr
Los Angeles
Columbia University
Ray Campbell
Dromore
Need of Nurses Told Rotarians at Noon Luncheon
Miss Gertrude Bates of Memorial Hospital warned Rotarians at Hotel Sedgwick that wartime demand for nurses strains local medical staffing. She noted Bath hospital’s limited beds, slow construction, low wages for student nurses, and urged public funding for the nursing school. President Rupe Irvine presided. Red Cross volunteers solicited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Bates
Memorial Hospital
Hotel Sedgwick
Miss Bates
Bath Hospital
School of Nursing
Rupe Irvine
Royal Johnson
Red Cross
Ida Antworth
Fred Tarbox
Sailor Philip Haining Visits Family in New England
Philip A. Haining of the U S N stationed at the Naval Construction Training Center Danesville Rhode Island spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Roland Haining of East Brunswick. He was met in Boston on Saturday by his mother and Miss Eleanor Woodman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip A. Haining
Naval Construction Training Center
Danesville
R. I
Roland Haining
East Brunswick
Boston
Eleanor Woodman
Frederick Thomas
Bath
Parker Head
Lawrence Thayer
Frank Wyman
Earl Lowell
Cleveland
Schenectady
Kingston
N. Y
H. D. Mank
Barbara
Samuel Young
Young
Caverly
Frederick Libby
Dale Mabry Field
Fla
Bernard Wyman
Sea Bees Naval Reserve
Davisville
Camp Perry
Selma Cummings
Sally Horne
Gloria Oliver
Woolwich
Freeman Oliver
June Oliver
Ernest Oliver
Popham
Laurence Taylor
Hyde Windlass Co
Owen Richardson
Beverley
Arnine Small
North Yarmouth Academy
Charles Smail
Orville Smalls
Bath Iron Works
Dora Bridses
Guys Crowley
Wes End
Herts Rt Milcnhell
Luisee
Dromore Grange Hosts County Pomona Meeting
Mrs Louis A Dole production chair of the Red Cross in Bath district spoke to Sagadahoc Pomona at its February meeting in Dromore Phippsburg. She highlighted Red Cross aid in recent disasters including the Cocoanut Grove fire and wartime work for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dole
Red Cross
Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona
Dromore
Phippsburg
Cocoanut Grove
Justus Ripley
Opsham
Perkins
Edwin Haggett
Marie Hamblett
Fields
Dole
Pembroke Edgecomb
Topsham
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Patriotic Stickers Urge Clean Up of Littered Beverages
Frank H. Holley, director of the Maine Division of the Brewing Industry Foundation, announces distribution of patriotic Be Patriotic stickers and placards. The campaign urges consumers to dispose of empty beer cans and bottles properly to protect highways and farming equipment, targeting off premise licensees who sell malt beverages in cans and bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Frank H. Holley
Maine
Brewing Industry Foundation
Holley
Foundation
Richmond approves 56865.57 for annual town expenses
Town meeting concludes with a Tuesday vote approving 56 685 57 dollars for annual operations. Officers were elected Monday. Major allocations include roads 3000 state aid 900 sewer 425 police fire services school repairs 3000 700 and 4500 for contingent expenses and debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Pitts Center
Snow Hills
St Yar
Funeral for Hattie B Perkins Held at Mayo Home
Funeral services for Hattie B. Perkins were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Mayo Funeral Home 819 High Street. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiated with burial in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie B. Perkins
Mayo Funeral Home
High Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Oak Grove
Parker Head Community Notes Show School, PTA and Local Life
Village updates record events at Parker Head including schoolhouse ration book issuance, annual town meeting, church activities, Girl Scouts and Brownies projects, and PTA plans. Attendees, retirements, and travels of residents are listed along with upcoming light installation, supper, and entertainment committee duties. Known locals include Mrs. Leston Harrington and Mrs. Earl Lowell with others in Bath and Malden Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard
Forrest Wyman
Church School
Miss Robie
Red Cross
Richard Dezots
Marion
Ivan Allen
Raymord Nisbet
Marie Wyman
Beverley Moore
Grace Kraft
PT A
Lewis Lowell
Leston Harrington
Bert Nisbet
Eugene Harrington
Earl Lowell
L. Forrest Wyman
PTA
Will Khe
George Thomas
Malden Mass
Parker Head
Pvt
Merrill Bassett
San Francisco
Ramon
Earl Hamel
Bath
Almon Haley
H. D. Mank
Edith Hemmer
Leston Harrington, Jr
Maryland
Naval Reserves
Bernard Wyman
Allie’ Rollins
Lewiston
Stanwood Gilman
W. T. Wyman
Frank Burnell
Topsham
Clayton Hoar
Winnegance
Harold Rogers
Winnemance Squaw Club Plans Friday Meeting
The Winnemance Squaw Club, which met last Friday with Mrs. Robert P. Manson, will meet again this Friday evening with Mrs. Edgar W. Oliver. Also update on Captain Charles E. Hewitt showing improvement at Memorial hospital Bath. Repairs underway at house atop Bridge Hill owned by Mrs. Jennie Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw
Robert P. Manson
Edgar W. Oliver
Charles E. Hewitt
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Bridge Hill
High Street
Jennie Rogers
Phippsburg
Bath girl bride wed in St Marys Bath
Miss Phyllis Pecci daughter of Mr and Mrs Pecci married Joseph Di Mascio in St Marys church Bath. Rev Mone officiated with double ring service. Bridesmaids wore blue pink and yellow gowns and bouquets while flower girls wore yellow. A reception and wedding dinner followed at the Pecci home and the couple plan a two week wedding trip before settling with the Peccis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Pecci
Tito Pec
Center Street
Joseph di Mascio
Boston
St. Mary's Church
Timothy C. Mone
Grace Cunningham
George H. Comeau
Frank de Santis
Beverly Cadaneli
Richmond
Mary Pulia
Mary Pomerieau
Angelo di Mascio
Barry di Mascio
Little Quinda Pecci
Alvera Pecci
William Pecci
Portland
Bath
Miss Pomerileau
Pecci
Timothy C. Maney
Tony Cadanelli
Joseph Pecci
Zaciei Eramo
Antonio Pellecrizi
Albert Pecci
Quinda Pecci
Charles C. Dutton, Jr
Shirley Colburn
Randolph
Mass
Harry A. Barker
Louis Darazio
Clarence Pecci
di Mascio
St. Mary
Ministers Plan Youth Rally Through Bath Association
The Bath Minsters Association held a meeting at the Central church parish house with Rev C Kinney leading devotions. A committee was named to organize a Youth Rally in April and to coordinate Lenten services, while census progress and a card issue were also discussed. Dr Cyril EL Bousfic, long in China, spoke on Manchu rule, reforms, and China’s future, noting potential for self reliance after the war and China’s resilience. Ross McCabe, just back from Maine General Hospital, suffered a setback Monday night and was moved to Rath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
C 1
Kinney
Vaughn
China
New York
Ross McCabe
10 Kings
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Rath Memorial Hospital
Missing Sgt Paul Davis Shocks Popham Beach Community
War Department reports Sgt Paul Davis is missing in action after enlisting in October. He recently bought a home in town with Mrs Davis and worked in radio. Mrs Davis, a nurse in Long Island, hopes for his return. Families recall his notable radio service and await word on his theater of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Paul Davis
Davis
Long Island
N. Y
Stephen Etnier
Popham
Popham -Cheol
Harry Spencer
Popham School
Guy Crowley
Iilace
Sup
Stanscot C.gimans
Topham Circle
Frank Scott
Red Cross
Nutrition talk highlights South End PTA meeting
Mrs Uerarddt Daad led a nutrition discussion at the South End P T A meeting held Tuesday on Corliss Street. Attendees reviewed meat and prepared foods, noted Red Cross aid, and planned a pot luck program for April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
South End
P.T.A
Uerarddt Daad
George
Corliss
Mises
Decale Weekes
Ecdtwar
Gms
Tinte Yealis Wall Hs
Noes
Alfred Carpwnter
Ute Witermaon
Club to host evening event at Front Street rooms
Mrs John E Belanger of Channel 32 will head the committee for the 1920s themed evening at the club rooms on Front Street Ay. At last week’s regular meeting Doris Scott was appointed to the council. An entertainment program will be provided Thursday evening by the committee and many members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E Belanger
Front Street
Doris Scott
Fat collection tops 9000 pounds in Bath drives
Bath campaigns report total fat donations reaching 9000 pounds as stores including Madden's Market Phil's Corner Market and First National Market contribute under U S O and U S C benefit programs. Police investigate the frozen body found in woods identified as Sumner Freedman a 24 year old from South Boston missing amid epilepsy and memory lapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Granville M._ Colby
Madden's Market
Phil's Corner
North End
Hunnewells
Woolwich
A&p
Sturt Dietaince
Stone House Farm
Mall Wa
Imuznt
Edmund Hagan
Migh Street
Carroll Hazen
Milan Street
Stone Houtre Farm
Inert Farm
George Ro Crocker
Sumner Freedman
E. 8Th Street
South
Boston
Trask Heating Co
Crocker
Freedman
Memorial Hospital
Local Man Dies After Weekend Collision on Cedar Street
Joseph Gilbert 60 of Rumford was fatally struck on Cedar Street near Canaltree in Lewiston Saturday afternoon. He was taken to St. Marys General Hospital for internal injuries. Police report driver Paul R. Parker swerved to avoid collision and could not stop in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gilbert
Rumford
Cedar Street
Canaltreet
Lewiston
Ste Mares General Hospital
Hodgman
Pau R. Parker Eigees
Pete Handbreaae
Mrs Helen Nichols Changes Jobs at Edna Mae Shoppe
Mrs Helen Nichols leaves the Edna Mae Shoppe after a year to join the Bath Iron Works office staff. Her former position at the shoppe is filled by Mrs John Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Nichols
Edna Mae
Bath Iron Works
John Howe
Song Quilt No. 2 Aids Greek Relief Effort
The Song Quilt No 2 sold in Williams town to benefit Greek Relief. Created by Miss Finma Perry it features 20 square tiles depicting songs and scenes such as America and a Statue of Liberty. Proceeds of $107 from three sales support Greek children with Ms Maurice Avery reselling for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaimstown
Finma Perry
Phippsburg
Maurice Avery
America
Noah
Former Bath Man Calls For More Religion In World
A Bath, Massachusetts writer argues in a 1943 Bath Independent letter that prosperity breeds greed and urges renewed religious emphasis. He recalls Harvard scholar C R Lanman and a B and M Rail worker, both touched by moral reflections, and warns against exploiting wartime conditions for profit while calling for spiritual drawbacks of materialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Road
Belmont
Mass
The
Bath Independent
C. R. Lanman
Harvard
Brown
Carpenter
Eddie
Rickenbacker
Newell Elected to Directorate
Albany born engineer with extensive Bath Iron Works tenure named to a directorate post. Career spans Bath Iron Works roles from draughtsman to president, plus leadership at Maine shipyards and multiple maritime organizations. Miss Patricia Cox returns home after a Washington visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, N. Y
American Line North Atlantic Service
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Mass
B.S
Maryland Steel Co
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Maine
At Sea
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Bath Water District
Bath Savings Institution
Yodd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corpn
South Portland Shipbuilding Corpn
Kennebec Towage Co
American Committee
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
American Bureau of Shipping
New York Chamber of Commerce
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New England Council
Newcomen Society of England
Bowdoin College
L. L
Colby College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dromore Grange
Pomona
Parker
Willard G. French
Anne
Belport
L. I
Trey
Edward Street
French
Kelley
Wheaton College
Abner Wilson
Court Street
Melrose
David Parsons
ST. Mary's
Cyril E. Bousfield
Popham Beach
Harlan Ladd
Winwar
Stone Campaign House
Roy's Market
Steeves Market
A. L. Kramer
Powers’ Market
Commercial Market
Hill Top Market
Horace A Hildreth
Senate
Herbert W. Magoun
Newell
Cumberland Club
Engineers Club
Union League Club
India House
Patricia Cox
Frank Cox
East Braintree
Edward St. .Martin
Washington Street
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