Mother and Daughter Scout Meeting and Local Social Items
The Girls Scouts host a Mother and Daughter meeting at 3 30 Friday in the Episcopal parish house with a candlelight pin ceremony. A First Congregational Sunday school meeting at Supt Mrs Robert Applin’s home had nine attendees. Harold Blanchard will host the next gathering. Billy Wanser marked his ninth birthday with guests including Herson Cohen Colby Rossiter Rankin Libby Wasner and Wasner. Mrs Applin gave a card party at night with Gowen Clark Reid Morris Cunningham Dow and others. Sgt Walter Pushard returned to Chicago after visiting family. Harold Delano left for Camp Devens to join the U S Army. Rev and Mrs Heigham visited the Cowleys on Federal street. Mrs Ashdon Kierstead visited her son William Kierstead. Brownie Metcalf underwent appendicitis surgery at Philips House General hospital and is recovering well. Melville W Dickinson is convalescing from pneumonia. U S Army induction set for Harry Haggett. Carroll Pendleton visited from Providence RI. Mrs Lawrence Haggett travels to Orlando for a stay with daughter. Ruth Kelliher the Academy teacher returned from Bangor. Mrs Gerald Sherman recovers at Miles Memorial hospital after a recent sliding accident. Mr and Mrs William McPhee celebrated their first wedding anniversary with a supper at their Wis casset home. Attending were Lawrence Bennett and family, Billy Carolyn of Boothbay Harbor, and John Ames of Wiscasset. Harry Smith leaves for the U S Army. Ernest Colby inducted. William Grant on leave from Newport RI as a third class fire controlman. Douglas Dow and family of Champion Alberta Canada welcome a daughter born Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Parish
First Congregational
Robert Applin
Harold Blanchard
Billy Wanser
Robert
Walter Herson
Esther
Sammy Cohen
Marie
Deanie Colby
Albert Rossiter
Tommy Rankin
Roselie Libby
Ronney Lewis
Rose Marie
Jimmy Wasner
Richard Gowen
Edward Clark
Phyllis Reid
Beatrice
Mildred Morris
Muriel Cunningham
Barbara Dow
Verna Southard
Walter Pushard
Harold Delano
Walter Miete
Gerald Sherman
Chicago
Ill
Herbert Pushard
Camp Devens
U. S. Army
Robert Heigham
Charles Cowley
Federal Street
Ashdon. Kierstead
William Kierstead
Brownie” Metcalf
Philips House
Mass
General Hospital
Melville W. Dickinson
Harry Haggett
Lawrence Haggett
Carroll Pendleton
Providence
R. I
Chester Pendleton
Orlando
Fla
John French
Ruth Kelliher
Academy
Bangor
Miles Memorial Hospital
William McPhee
Canada
Guy Dow
Wisecasset
Large attendance at Winter Street Mens meeting
A packed supper crowd on Thursday led to some being turned away as the Winter Street Men's Club held a meeting. Henry D. Small of Morse High School showcased films on war work hunting fishing and basketball including a Rhode Island game with Stan Stutz starring. Mrs Harry Collins and grandson Cecil Fullerton Jr. left for Portland to visit friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Mens Club
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Henry D. Small
Morse High School
Earl Kimble
Chester A. Roberts
Harry Collins
Cecil Fullerton, Jr
Huse Street
Portland
Referendum Votes Narrowly Pass in Bath City Election
In Bath Mon yesterday, two referendum measures on city employes and subordinate officers teetered on the edge of approval. Ward 3 errors adjusted totals show one measure approved by 12 votes and the other by 10, with ward by ward tallies revealing a light overall turnout and close margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Yes Square
No” Square
City Hall
Ward 3
Ward
Red Cross War Fund Drive Opens in Saga County
The West Bath area begins its annual Red Cross war fund drive Monday March 8 with local solicitors urging generous giving as the only organization allowed front line participation. The West Bath sewing group met February 23 at the grange hall with members listed and plans for March 9.
Seekins Family Returns Home to Cape May
Mr and Mrs Archie L Seek ins and daughter Judith returned to their Cape home after visiting Mrs Seek ins parents Mr and Mrs Carleton W Lowell of Pine Street. They were joined by Mr Seekins on Monday and stayed with his parents overnight, visiting Mrs Ralph Seekins of Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie L. Seekins
Judith
Cape
Sins
Seekins
Carleton W. Lowell
Pine Street
Ralph Seekins
Washington Street
Chester L Churchill Named President of Shipbuilding Company
Chester L Churchill, a Newburyport native and Harvard 1914 graduate, has been named president of the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation. A Bath resident in youth and a close friend of William S Newell of Bath Iron Works, Churchill leads the merged South Portland plants now under one corporate management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester L. Churchill
South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation
Newburyport
Mass
Harvard University
Bath
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corporation
South Portland
Morse High Athlete Malcolm Varney Enlists in Navy
Malcolm Varney 17 son of Cyril and Mrs Varney of 25 Getchell street enlisted after Pearl Harbor news. He left Feb 23 for Navy Recruiting Station Bainbridge Maryland with no permanent station yet. A Morse high senior and former Bath area student, Varney played baseball and football and worked at the local post office with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Malcolm Varney
Cyril B. Varney
Getchell Street
Varney
Navy
Bainbridge
Pearl Harbor
Portland
Freeport
Bath
Morse
HATCH CARR WEDDING Saturday Evening
Miss Arline Jennie Carr and Donald Allan Hatch of this city united in marriage at the Beacon Street Methodist church with Rev. Charles L Kenny performing the single ring ceremony. The couple, attended by the groom’s brother D Howard Hatch and wife, celebrated with a reception at the groom’s parents’ home. After Morse High and Bath Iron Works, Hatch plans to join the Army Air Corps. a weekend honeymoon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arline Jennie Carr
Donald Allan Hatch
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Charles L. Kinney
D. Howard Hatch
Earl Carr
Dover-Foxcroft
Bath
Milan Street
Delbert H. Hatch
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
U. S. Army Air Corps
Hatch
Maurine and Jane Maurine Return to Portland Home
The Misses Maurine and Jane have returned to their Portland home after visiting Mrs. Roderick's parents Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Meister on upper Washington street and Mrs. Roderick's sister Mrs. Alton King of Brunswick Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurine and
Jane
Portland
Roderick
Carl T. Meister
Upper Washington Street
Alton King
Brunswick. Road
Community notes from Woolwich and nearby towns
Mrs Jessie Spaulding hosted a joint birthday for Dolly and Kathleen Grover and Paul Weston with games and a peanut hunt. Defense stamps and valentines were given. schools close for a week. Wardens urge residents to pull shades at night. minor forgetfulness causes occasional trouble.
March Blizzard Strikes as Snow Drifts Halts Travel
A heavy snow storm with high winds hit Tuesday night and persisted Wednesday. Forecasters warned 4 to 10 inches of snow with drifting, as highway crews worked to keep roads passable while temperatures dipped above freezing in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins
Highway Department
Miss Gay Mason Returns From Watertown Vacation Week
Miss Gay Mason daughter of Mrs Phyllis Mason of Green Green street has returned from Watertown Massachusetts where she spent a vacation week with her jaunt Mrs A F Koerner Jr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Mason
Phyllis Mason
Green Green Street
Watertown
Mass
A. F. Koerner, Jr
Bay Point War Book Rationing Event Report
Bay Point residents attended War book No 2 rationing at the Gift Shop on Tuesday morning February 23 under Miss Minnie Gray with Miss Louisa Howard assisting. Local notes mention Dusky the dog loss, the visible Whipple comet near the Big Dipper, and Northern lights observed Thursday evening. Community members H A Spinney and Maurice Spinney with Five Islands ties appear in various visits and illness notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Minnie Gray
Louisa Howard
Lila Spinney
Dusky
Patriotic Baby Honored At G A R Shower
Marie Dermon six weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dermon of 69 Russell Street was named Patriotic Baby at a G A R hall shower. Sponsored by Ernest Edgar Kaeton Auxiliary, she is the youngest member admitted to the lodge rooms. The event included gifts and refreshments with attendees listed. The Auxiliary plans a St Patrick program and a public baked bean supper at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Clancy Dermon
Kenneth Dermon
Russell Street
G. A. R. Hall
Ernest Edgar Kaeton
Marie
South Portland
George Adams
Auxiliary
Adams
Emma M. King
Lewis E. King
Charlotte Barker
Anna Swain
Myrtle Wilson
Beatrice Burns
Maine State Pay Scale Debate Stirs Public Opinion
In a discussion on state salaries, Kenneth Dermon argues against a flat ten percent raise for all Maine state employees adopted in 1942. He urges targeted pay reform through a Bureau of Personnel to reward top workers and trim dead wood, rather than blanket increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Augusta
State House
West Bath Grange Showcases Fine Monday Program
West Bath Grange drew strong attendance Monday as Marie MacDonald led an engaging program. The meeting opened with community singing and featured poems, piano solos, wartime talks by Natalie York, and a milk rationing discussion led by David Henderson and Courtney Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Marie MacDonald
Bernice Sturtevant
Suna
John Sylvester
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset
Winter Street Club
Abner Wilson
Court Street
Chester Plant
Marguerite Rines
Granite Street
Germaine Bonney
Union Street
West Bath
American Red Cross War Fund
Sagadahoc
West Bath Sewing Group
Grange Hall
Harry Peterson
Llewellyn Rogers
Fred Larrabee
E. W. Haggett
Rose Baker
Forest Baker
Melvin Comeau
Florence Wallace
Courtney Stover
John Whorf
A. Howard MacDonald
Emma Hodgkins
Francis Deehan
Littlefield School
Leon Belanger, Jr
Robert Coombs
Brigham’s Cove
Washington
Skowhegan
Maynard Carlton
Leroy Maynard
Fred Rose
Daniel MacDonald
Warren Davis
MacDonald
Walter Kingsbury
Andrew Robichaud
Staten Island
N. Y
Joseph Robichaud
Fletcher Waterman
Everett
Dorothy Owens
Lee Owens
Norridgewock
Ednar Owen
Fort Eustis
Camp Davis
N. C
J. B. Cook
Charles Darrah
Howard MacDonald
Byron Safford
Larrabee Grove
Lee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Edward McMann
Odie Rich
Berry Mills Road
Nelson Perham
Woodstock
Melford Perham
Perry Thompson
A. A. MacCoy
New York
Boston
New Hampshire
Marshall Boudreau
Philip Boudreau
Floral Street
William Ketchum
Intel
Beacon Street Parsonage
John E. Burkhardt
Quincy
Fore River Shipbuilding Corp
Burkhardt
William Kelley
Edward Street
Woolwich
Jessie Spaulding
Pleasant View
Dolly
Kathleen Grover
Paul Weston
Mothers Club
S Ferry School
Gilbert Hathorne
Garrett Galvin
Phippsburg Center
Jennie Howe
Chester Howe
Cape Elizabeth
Frank Allen
Greyware Hospital
Harlan Trott
South Carolina
Frank J. Walker
Day's Ferry
Mabel Jack
Carlton Day Reed
Garrett Gidlvin
Maxine Walker
Swampscott
Betty Bowers
Stoneleigh College
Rye
N.H
Ralph Bowers
Eben Dana
Florence Foster
Alvin Berry
Ralph Rice
Christine Hathorne
Wilmot Dddge
Dodge
Walter F. Baker
Walter
Amel F. Kisonak
Kisonak
Baker
Paul Allan Berry
Alton Berry
Montsweag
United States Naval Station
Hyde Windlass Co
Everett Snow
Sagadahoc Ferry
Snow
H. A. Spinney
George Gates
Edward Thorne
R. I. Louisa Howard
S. Clayton Raynor
Maurice Spinney
Kate
U. S. Navy
Grange Wille
Natalie York
Winthrop Grange
Wesley Lemon
William Coombs
No Man's Land
David Henderson
Otis Schroder
Topsham Grange
Willam Small
the Grange
Herb
Sue
Canfeems
Amwene Berrvag
Destmar Te
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