Wiscasset to issue ration book 2 at Grammar School
Ration Book 2 for Wiscasset residents will be issued February 22 to 26 at the Grammar School from 12:30 to 8:30 PM. Bring Ration Book 1 sugar card to obtain Book 2. Early application advised to avoid crowding.
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Wiscasset
Woman’s Club
H. W. Webb
Fannie Chase
Pownalborough
Ruth Kierstead
Madeline Reed
Louise Bailey Malcolm
Mary Marston
Edna Southard
Wiscasset Grammar School
Joseph Hubbard
Walter Miete
Garrison Hill
Sidney G. Evans
Evans
Huntoon Hill Grange
Bernard A. Merry
John F Jackson
John Campbell
Robert Condon
Donald Petrie
Earl Pulsifer
Bernard Merry
Army
Mildred Halbrook
Evelyn Hutchins
Frank Metcalf
Violet Colby
Edward Pooler
Man Bound Over On Larceny Charge In Sagadahoc
A Bath youth pleaded not guilty in municipal court to larceny of 105 dollars from Charles Gabrielle of Westerly Rhode Island. Judge Gardiner Dering ordered him bound over to the June term with 500 dollars sureties after testimony and a signed confession following police and Gabrielle’s account. An additional respondent faced a 30 day sentence for intoxication in Augusta jail, suspended with exile from town and Merchant Marine service.
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Charles Gabrielle
Westerly
R. I
Bath
Gardiner R. Dering
Sagadahoc
Joseph Williams
Gabrielle
North End
Williams
Edward L. Gaudreau
Augusta
Merchant Marine
Rationing Program For School Union 48
War Ration Book II will be issued at rural town school sites with hours 1 pm to 8 pm in Wiscasset and 10 am to 6 pm in rural areas. Teachers lead registration. Arrowsic and Phippsburg coordinators oversee non-session days. Middle Bridge Dresden residents must go to Dresden Mills. deliveries depend on district population. Week of Feb 21 is set for issuance. aims to serve all citizens under government public service duty guidelines.
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Wiscasset
Arrowsic
Norman Drummond
Phippsburg
Hazen Hilton
Citizens Service Corps
Middle Bridge
Dresden
Dresden Mills
DECLARE DIVIDENDS AT Citras Maine Power Co
Directors announce dividends for the company, detailing preferred stock and per share amounts. Stockholders will be notified of payment dates and any adjustments due to weather-related delays. A meeting or action date is noted as Tuesday for finalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citras Maine Power Co
Geriaren
Dmrsuderrd
Unclear thanks for sympathy in Maine death notice
Thanking friends and neighbors for sympathy and flowers after the death of Ida J. Shea of Wiscasset Maine. The notice also reports the birth of a daughter to Mrs George Carey and Dr Miriam Doble, daughter of Malcolm L Doble, with the family living at 32 Green Street and Park Chambers in this city.
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Ida J. Shea
Wiscasset Maine Fet
George Care
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Carey
Miriam Doble
Malcolm L Doble
Green Street
Bath Iron Works
Park Chambers
Summer Street
West Bath P T A postpones meeting due to speaker absence
West Bath P T A rescheduled its Feb 2 gathering to Feb 9 with a business session and a talk by Mrs. Edward B Hamblett. Three new members joined for a social evening with refreshments. Next meeting set for Mar 9 at the Lowell schoolhouse.
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West Bath P.T
Littlefield School
Lowell School
The
Grange
Farm Bureau
Littlefield
Richard Sherwood
L. Russell
Neighborhood Plan Mobilizes Women Across War Time
The Neighborhood Plan organizes nationwide volunteer work led by the Citizens' Service Corps to inform families and recruit neighborhood leaders. Bath and Sagadahoc county join Maine efforts with district chairmen and appointed zone leaders guiding women to assist in nutrition, salvaging, warnings, and Red Cross duties.
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United States
Citizens’ Service Corps
Bath
Salvage Committee
Ration Board
Red Cross
Maine
Donald
Portland
Allan Stevens
Augusta
John Parker
Sagadahoc
Howard C. Bates
Boothbay native joins WAAC training in Daytona Beach
Miss Lillian Gray of East Boothbay, daughter of Kenneth Gray, is among 32 Maine recruits leaving Portland for Daytona Beach Florida to begin WAAC training. A Boothbay Harbor High School graduate class of 1939, she previously worked at the Depositors Trust Co. Boothbay branch.
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Lillian Gray
Kenneth Gray
East Booth
Booth
WAAC
Soeowas
Maine
Portland
Daytona Beach
Fla
Womens Army Auxiliary Corps
Gray
Boothbay Harbor
Nassan College
Springvale
Waac ~Ne
Boothbay
The
Depositours Trust Company
Donald Willis
Monica Baker
Garber
Brunswick High School
Brunswick
Baker
Richmond
Newburyport High School
Newburyport
Mass
Lincoln Smith
Major W. R. Kimball Ends Long Service at Central Church
Major William R. Kimball, long time Sunday school superintendent at Central Congregational church, resigns after 42 years. He is honored with gifts as children express appreciation. Also noted: Helen Josephine McKeen, 64, Brunswick resident and former New York lawyer, died Friday at Cumberland Street home. Survived by two Brunswick sisters.
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William R. Kimball
Central Congregational Church
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Church
Donald Beator
Young Beaton
Kimball
Chicren
Mass
Helen Josephine McKeen
Joseph McKeen
Cumberland Street
Brunswick
Brooklyn
N. Y
James and
Mary Ellen Lewis McKeen
New York University Law
New York Bar
Bowdoin College
Lincoln MacVeagh
Anna Jensen
Community Notices and Personal News From Day's Ferry
Mrs Frank J Walker and Mrs Wilbur Howe hosted at the Day's Ferry schoolhouse with Supt Stanwood Gilman absent. Students Carl ton Day Reed Jr and Charles Howes tied for first in a spelling bee. A storm canceled Sunday school. Cheerio club hosted a covered dish supper for church work. William Berry, assigned to USS Terry, visited family and helped build the ship. Willing Workers elected officers for Red Cross sewing and knitting.
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Frank J. Walker
Wilbur Howe
Day's Ferry
Chopps School
Emple
Alton Berry
Cheerio Club
William Berry
USS
Terry
Montsweag
Berry
Bath Iron Works
Ruth Soule
Gertrude Lowell Brown
Goodwill Club
Harold Leeman
Telephone Bridge By Teachers Club at Bath
Bath Teachers club conducts a week long telephone card party with teachers sponsoring and funding tables. Mrs Warren F Hawley and Mrs Fred J Higgins co chair. players may choose contract, auction or whist and prize plans depend on game rules.
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Bath Teachers Club
Warren F. Hawley
Fred J. Higgins
Cochairmen
Mhenn
Surgical dressings drive runs daily at Bath sites
Daily work on surgical dressings continues in Bath at the Elks Club and Masonic Temple except Sundays. Volunteers are urged, with girls invited to join the Junior Red Cross and Girl Scouts sessions on Saturdays noon hours. Key organizers include Mrs. Lewis A. Gannon and various day chiefs named for both venues.
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Bath
Elks Club
Masonic Temple
Temple
Red Cross
Lewis A. Gannon
Arthur J. Dunton
John Costain
David McKellar
Samuel A. Morse
Fuller
Wilbra E. Billings
E. Motley
WOWS Training for Bath Women at NYA Center
A select group of Bath women may join War Training at the NYA Regional Resident Center at Quoddy Village near Eastport. The six to eight week program covers aviation mechanical trades with drafting and radio circuits, plus room board medical care and salary. Upon completion they become WOWS Women Ordnance Workers. Applications via Russell J. Austin NYA Field Interviewer in Hallowell or local US Employment Service offices.
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Bath
National Youth Administration
Quoddy Village
Eastport
U. S. Employment Service
Quoddy
Scarce Birds Prompt Winter Discussion at Bay Point
A letter from World Telegram nature editor J Otis Swift explains bird scarcity around Bay Point this winter. He cites lack of near house seeds and insects, cold conditions, and a preference for warm swamps and deep woods during deep snows. The article also notes local families, a child editor, Yankee ingenuity anecdotes, and community updates including arrivals, illness, and a constable’s absence due to illness.
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J. Otis Swift
Nature
The
World-Telegram of New York
Mr. Swift
Bay Point
Norman
Census Department
Washington, D. C
Jack Swift
Air Service Weather Department
Massachusetts Tech
Cambridge
Barbara
Women's College
New London
Bath
North Grammar Pupils Observe Birthday Program
Seventh grade pupils led by Miss Enid M. Sawyer at North Grammar School presented a Lincoln Washington and Valentine birthday program on Friday afternoon. The event included poems stories songs and a Valentine box, with a committee led by Ronald Shorette and decorations by Frances Marks and others.
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Washington
North Grammar School
Enid M. Sawyer
Ronald Shorette
George Dole
John Ellis
Frances Marks
Joar Shaw
Barbara Esmond
Patsy Cowan
Barbara Dunton
Betty Chadbourne
Astrid Hendrickson
No School Signal Tuesday Morning
Extreme cold caused the superintendent to cancel morning sessions in all grades and Mor High. Boiler strain, scarce taxi service, and frozen gas lines for buses contributed to the closure. Afternoon classes proceeded as usual. Mrs James A Gillies Jr and her son Dillon visit New Haven for a relative's illness.
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Harland / Ladd
Ladd
James A. Gillies, Jr
Dillon
New Haven
Con
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Beryl Hatch
Atlantic Citys
N. J
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Blanchard
Batescooliese
Harvey R. Prise
Alan
Rockland
Simon D. Crosby
Charles Mason
Bradford Street
Chari- Fo Cowlevy
Harry Bradford
Turner
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Lee
Dorothy Chase
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
John French
Jannette Haggett
Tmion
Capt. French
Congregational
School Union
West Bath
Loring Small
Charles T. Small
Court Street
Donald Weed
Paul Burns
Maynard Carton
Memorial Hospital
Fred Rose
Harvey Dobbins
Salem
Ind
USN
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Illinois
Jackie Rose
Jackie Whitmer
Nell Whitmer
Chester Crocker
Us.n
Edward Mank
Larrabee
Charles White
New Orleans
Herbert White
Sanford Crossing
Bazin Lemont
Charlies K. White
John Gowen
John Osborn
Joan
Merlene
Frank King Walker
Neal Robichaud
Henry Robichaud
George Baker
Fairfield
Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
Hingham
W. R. Kimball
Central Church Sunday
Woolwich
Eben Dana
Charles Corliss
Alton H. Wasey
Mr. Munsey
Kelso Robert
Earl Stimpson
Howard Trott
Thomas and
Minott Percy
Minnott Percy, Sr
GM_ Stimson farm
Jennie Pinkham
Meriene Jameson
Charlies Conforth
Marjorie
James
Skowhegan
George
Gilbert Ames
George Ames
Georgia
James Clancy
Beverley
John F. Cooke
Mary F. Gibbons
Duncan McInnes
Edward Sew
Henry C. Wright
Arthur Sewartz
Girl Scouts
WOWS
Walter Delano
Walter Cunningham
Leo Purtell
Walter
Gloris
Merwell
Navy Training School
Providence
R. IL
Frank Ross
Lester Ross
Juniper Lodge
Mary Campbell
Frank Danforth
Washington Street
Danforth
NORTH
Lincoln
Valentine’s Day
George Washington
Joan Shaw
the Clas
John Adams
Davie Cousine
Isabella Kingsbury
Shirley Rideout
Robert Erskine
Barbara Burde
America
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Abraham Lincoln
Romeo Brett
the Kid
Colors
Roseline Cormie Long
Betty Berry
John Stockney
Charlie
Lodge
Tim
Ine
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