Social notes with clubs and community visits
Society items describe a Past Noble Grand club gathering at a decorated home with prizes won by Mrs Emmons Casey and Mrs Herbert McCabe, plus light refreshments. Several residents and visitors are noted, including extended family, hospital stays, weddings and engagements, and troop movements and social events around Bath and Brunswick.
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Noble Grands Club
Queen Egher Rebekah Lodge
Emmons Casey
Herbert McCabe
John Atwood
Potter
Frank Farrin
Ralph Mank
Town Meetings Held Monday Details Voted
Appropriations include roads and bridges 5949 up keep third class roads 624 up keep State Aid roads 800 cutting bushes 300 street lights 700 sidewalks 100 support of poor 1500 common schools 8851 repairs schoolhouses 200 dependent children 250 Memorial Day 35 fire department 2350 town officers salaries 1200 contingent expense 2000 total raised 24037 versus 23003 last year.
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Richmond
Georgetown Meeting Notes Five Islands Gathers Light Vote
Georgetown held a town meeting at the Grange Hall Five Islands as the town hall is used for school. Attendance was very light with the largest vote 64. Election of officers followed with Walter Reid moderator and a slate including Todd Gray Pinkham Rowe Heald Powers.
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Five Islands
Phippsburg Holds Evening Town Meeting With 60 Warrant Articles
Phippsburg vote approved a detailed budget including contingencies and road work. Officials elected included Moderator Owen Richardson Town Clerk Everett Harrington and multiple selectmen and officers. Specific allocations covered salaries taxes abatement school funds road maintenance and public health with Popham and Ashdale schools continued and a next year meeting set for evening.
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Owen Richardson
Everett A. Harrington
Raymond M. Wyman
Lendall Greene
Winthrop A. Blair
Walter J. McCourt
Robert Moore
E. E. Hilton
Stonybrook
West Point
Small Point
Sebasco
Popham
Basin Road
Fish House Cove
Jenny Sweeney
Cat Cove
Coast Guard
Cox's Head
Ashdale
Richmond Town Meeting Approves 56448 Dollar Budget
Richmond residents at the high school gym voted to raise 56448.09 with an increase of 663 over last year. A tractor purchase of 2000 was authorized along with numerous line items including road, sewer, school, fire, and library services. Officials listed include Wallace Gardner First Selectman Lester Umberhind Second Selectman Dr Raymond Libby and others.
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Wallace Gardner
Lester Umberhind
Selectman
Raymond Libby
Earle Mee- Fee
Topsham Officers Reelected After Extended Voting Hours
In Topsham the local meeting reelected all officers as voting ran from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to suit wartime workers. The session opened in the afternoon with Rev. Chauncy J. Stuart reading 160 local men in military service. Officers Moderator was Robert Miller.
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Topsham
Chauncy J. Stuart
Town Officers and Budget Totals Listed for 1920s Meeting
The notice names town officials including Clerk Alice Merriman First Selectman Walter M Williams and Treasurer Alice Merriman along with budgets for Roads and Bridges 5000 and Public Services such as Sewers 200 Street Lights 2300 Hydrant Rental 1200 and Library 850 Total Amount Raised 47928 and Amount Raised Last Year 48855.
West Bath Holds Town Meeting Sets March 45 Polling
West Bath voters gathered at the Littlefield school for a brief town meeting with a small turnout. Joseph W. Larrabee served as moderator and officials were elected including Earl C. Donnell as First Selectman and Edward K. Thompson as Treasurer and Collector. A plan to celebrate the town’s 100th anniversary in summer was announced and a March 45 election date set at the Grange Hall to accommodate workers at defense plants.
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West Bath
Littlefield School
Parent-Teacher Association
Loring Small
Edward Thompson
Joseph W. Larrabee
Grange Hall
Earl C. Donnell
Courtney Stover
Frank French
Edward K. Thompson
Lillian Mac Ronald
Foster's Point
Woolwich Town Meeting Re-elects Officials and Hints at Higher Appropriations
At the Woolwich annual town meeting Monday evening, officers of the previous year were re elected. Moderator Stuart Chapin led the session which extended past 11 PM. Appropriations figures were not ready Tuesday but are expected to rise above last year. Re elected: Edward V. Reed clerk Frank R. Bailey Eben Dana William Soule Harold Leiman tax collector treasurer. Road commissioners are John Soule George Ames and J Gould Bailey. Mrs George Ames joined the school board. Maine 4 H contest offers 6000 for youths 14 to 22 with two years vegetable gardening experience. Contestants vie for 5000 national title and 200 regional awards plus 100 sectional prizes and two 25 war bonds for top state contestants.
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Woolwich
Stuart Chapin
Edward V. Reed
Frank R. Bailey
Eben Dana
William Soule
Harold Leeman
John Soule
George Ames
J. Gould Bailey
Maine
K. C. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
University of Maine
Orono
Maine Prison Receives Escapee After 2600 Mile Flight
George E. Ruff alias George H. Black and Frank E. Brown, nabbed in Childress Texas after a 2600 mile escape from Augusta State Hospital last December, is back in Maine State Prison where he was sentenced to six to 12 years for assault with intent to kill Lester Beane of Skowhegan. Ruff, previously of Georgetown South Carolina, had been moved to Augusta after being judged insane in Rockland Municipal Court in November.
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Childress
Texas
Augusta State
George E. Ruff
George H. Black
Frank E. Brown
Maine
Lester Beane
Skowhegan
Ruff
Georgetown
S. C
Augusta Institution
Rockland Municipal Court
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Saphronia McCabe
Mr and Mrs Carl G French Mr and Mrs Albert H Ridyard of this city and Mrs Frank W Sparks of Woolwich attended funeral services for their aunt Mrs Saphronia McCabe in Kezar Falls. The service was arranged by Stanley Funeral Home.
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Carl G. French
Albert H. Ridyard
City
Frank W. Sparks
Woolwich
Kezar Falls
Saphronia McCabe
Local Servicemen Earn Promotions And Training News
John A. Gaudet of Bath received a corporal promotion at Camp Mackall North Carolina where he serves as a machine gun squad leader in the 2nd Battalion 515th Parachute Infantry. Pvt Loring E. Hart, a Morse High graduate of 1942, trains at Camp Blanding Florida and seeks mail from Bath friends. Pvt Raymond Guswitter of Bath visits Middle Street relatives while stationed near Bath with U S Army. Aviation Cadet Richard Poulos of Nashville and George Poulos at Hawaii, Morse High graduates, report training and weather scenes and request mail. Miss Jean Danforth WAVES arrives in Bath on leave from Memphis. Seaman Robert H. Wright completes recruit training at Sampson New York and awaits assignment toward petty officer rating.
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John A. Gaudet
Maxwell Street
Bath
Camp Mackall
N. C
Airborne
Cpl. Gaudet
Peter F. Gaudet
Morse High School
515Th Parachute Infantry
Noe
Joseph E. Hart
Highstreet
Pvt
Loring E. Hart
Camp Blanding
Fla
Pvt. Hart
Morse High
Morse
Bowdoin College
Sigma Nu
Ernest Poulos
Witch Spring
Richard Poulos
Nashville
George Poulos
U. 8
Hawaii
Navy
Seaman Poulos
Robert H. Wright
Summer Street
Naval Training Station
Sampson, N. Y
Cadet Raynes and Family Visit New England Relatives
Cadet Raynes and his wife, living in Bath, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roland Raynes in Woolwich. Cadet Packard stayed with his parents on Beacon Street. Mrs. William Raynes and Miss Muriel Raynes accompanied them to Boston and Cambridge, returning to Bath. Mrs. Raynes plans to join her husband in Missouri soon.
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Nesday
Missouri
Cadet Raynes
Bath
Roland Raynes
Woolwich
Cadet Packard
Arthur Packard
Beacon Street
Boston
William Raynes
Muriel Raynes
Cambridge
Mass
Raynes
Wallace couple on furlough after Detroit training graduation
Everett E Wallace is visiting Bath and Portland on return from Detroit where he finished a training school. Mrs Wallace joined him and they visit his grandfather George F Wallace at 390 Washington Street and her parents in Portland. Pfc Wallace reports for duty March 9 in Missouri.
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Pfe
Everett E. Wallace
Bath
Portland
Detroit
Mid
Soldier on furlough visits mother in hometown
Cpl. Homer Farthing is spending his furlough with his mother Mrs. Helden Wright and Mr. Wright of 201 Middle Street. He is stationed at Independence Army Air Field in Independence Kansas, and has served since 1941. Before that he was a leading man in the ship yard in South Portland.
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Cpl
Homer Farthing
Helden Wright
Wright
Middle Street
Independence Army Air Field
Independence
Kansas
South Portand
Sailor Richard Marr Completes Training at Sampson
The many friends of Richard E. Marr son of Mr and Mrs Chester N Marr of Dorchester Mass formerly of Bath Me will be glad to learn he has completed basic training at the U S naval training station at Sampson N Y and has been transferred to Norman Oklahoma to attend school at the Naval Aviation Technical training center His address may be obtained of his mother at 29 Tremlette Street Dorchester Mass
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Richard E. Marr
Chester N. Marr
Dorchester
Mass
Bath
U.S. Naval Training Station
Sampson
N. Y
Norman
Oklahoma
Naval Aviation Technical Training Center
Tremlette Street
Mags
Pvt Arthur McKenzie Visits Bath Before Camp Meade
Pvt Arthur McKenzie U S A has been on fur lough from Camp Croft S C visiting Bath friends after a brief stay with his parents in Macadam Canada. He left Bath Saturday for Camp Meade Md where he will be stationed.
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Pvt
Arthur McKenzie
U.S.A
Camp Croft
S. C
Bath
Macadam
Canada
Camp Meade
Bath and North Street Families Report War News
Mr and Mrs Dwight Pierce of North Street received a letter from son Dwight Pierce in England saying he keeps in touch with Bath schoolmate Corp Allen Atwood of Winship Street. They expect to pass a furlough together on a sight seeing tour. Pvt John P Lyons, now at Fort Eustis Virginia after graduating from Telephone Communications School, is eligible for further Army assignment. His wife lives at 24 Newton Road Bath. Lyons was employed at Bath Iron Works before enlisting at Fort Devens on September 29 1943 and transferred to Fort Eustis October 5 1943.
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Vernon Stuber
Memorial Hospital
Stuber
Evelyn Perry
George R. Perry
Maple Street
S. R. Higgins
Route 1
Benjamin Stuber
Gardiner
Bainbridge Ga
Beth Iron Works
Douglass Merrill
Ina Andersen
Fitts Street
William H. Daley
Middle Street
H. Edwin Harjula
Brunswick
Bartlett Johnson
Topsham
Elmer Nelson
Thomaston
Albert Harjula
Harjula
Pfe Harjula
Bath Iron Works
Virginia
Dwight Pierce
North Street
England
Bath
Corp. Allen Atwood
U.S. A
John Atwood
Winship Street
John P. Lyons
Fort Eustis
U. S. Army
Newton Road
Dorchester
Mass
Fort Devens
Luncheon Honors Waves Officer Before Leave
Mrs. Carl Langbehn hosted a Friday luncheon for Miss Jean Danforth of the Waves ahead of her leave with parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Danforth of High Street. Danforth, machinist mate 2-c, U S N, trained at Hunter College and received a Colonial bouquet prize. Also noted are PFC Harold W. Bailey, USMCR in the Marshall Islands, and James Morse, M M 2-c USCG, with Miss Shirley L. Ricken. Morse’s family at 10 West Street and Ricken to transfer soon to Providence.
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Jean Danforth
the Waves
Memphis, Tenn
Frank Danforth
High Street
Carl Langbehn
Danforth
Hunter College
N. Y
James Sharkey
William Hogan
Wilbur Crocker
Perleston Pert
Victor Pert
Fred Kitteridge
Edward Mocklar
Earl Pride
Maurice Shea
Roy Loeschner
Arthur Bourque
Stanley Woods
John Labbie
Merton Dearing
Wishart
Dearing
Harold W. Bailey
USMCR
Marshall Islands
William Bailey
West Bath
James H. Morse
M.M
Boston
Shirley L. Ricken
Mr. Morse
Horace P Morse
West Street
Ricken
Horace P. Morse
Providence
R. I
Private Frederick Andrews Returns to Austin After Leave
Private Frederick Andrews arrives in Austin Texas on Monday after a week of leave. Edwin R Andrews listed as a contact at 981 High.
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Frederick Andrews
Austin
Texas
Edwin R. Andrews
High Street
Corporal Morse Visits Bath Father During Weekend
Corporal Pauline L. Morse of the W A C spent the weekend in Bath visiting her father Forrest Fogg of 610 Washington Street. Morse is stationed at Headquarters First Service Command 808 Commonwealth Avenue Boston and works in the military personnel office.
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Pauline L. Morse
Bath
Forrest Fogg
Washington Street
First Service Command
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Pvt Charles J Genthner Transferred to Radio School
Pvt Charles J Genthner son of Mrs Laura A Genthner of 13 Blasland Lane has been transferred to the A A F Training Command Radio School at Sioux Falls Army Air Field South Dakota for training as a radio mechanic He graduated Morse High in 1938 and was a machinist at Bath Iron Works at enlistment He has served in Des Moines Iowa Gulfport Mississippi and Santa Ana California
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Charles J. Genthner
Laura A. Genthner
Blasland Lane
A.A.F. Training Command Radio School
Sioux Falls Army Air Field
Sioux Falls
S. C
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Es Moines
Iowa
Gulfport
Miss
Santa Ana
Calif
Cadet William Raynes and Cadet Dwight Packard Depart
Cadet William Raynes and Cadet Dwight Packard left under unclear circumstances as a brief note indicates their departure on a Wednesday. No further context or destinations are provided in the fragment.
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William Raynes
Dwight Packard
Mail from Mojave: Promotion and cold days noted
Corp Chester A. Wright U S C G writes from Mojave California to his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Wright of North Bath praising the country and mentioning the cold weather and the morale of the men as the letter ends with a brief remark on the conditions.
War era notices share homes and transfers in Bath area
In Bath and nearby towns, soldiers report awaiting leave after 14 months service and a Morsey High class of ’43 graduate prepares for a U S A F assignment in Washington. Fort Knox armored school graduates include Priv. Oscar T. Emmons. Navigation cadets at Hondo Texas receive commissions. 2d Lieut. Stanley B. Cressey is listed among new navigators. John R. Kimble seeks hometown addresses while stationed at the Navy’s Chicseco center and writes of Maine cold and lake surf.
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Essary
Morsey High
AAF Training Command
Hondo
Texas
Stanley B. Cressey
Bernice Cressey
Cressey Avenue
Bath
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