Thunderstorm damages Richmond home and sparks local notices
A freak thunder storm struck a two and a half story Richmond house owned by Earl Dickinson causing a major roof hole and wiring damage but no injuries. Electric lights in the area were knocked out. A Red Cross committee was named for town areas and local officials were elected at the annual Town Meeting. Community clubs and familiar residents are noted with several social events and visits across Gardiner and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Earl Dickinson
North Front Street
Mr. Dickinson
Charles Dickinson
Charles Jewett
Death of Mrs. Alice Manwaring at 88 in Shelter Island
Mrs. Alice Manwaring 88 died March 2 at her daughter’s home in Shelter Island New York. Born November 30 1862 in Hampton Bays she was the daughter of M T and Florence Benjamin Griffin. She lived with her daughter Mrs Harry Douglass in Church street the last four years. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Presbyterian church with interment in the family lot. Surviving are seven daughters and three sons with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Manwaring
Clarence Baker
Shelter Island
N. Y
Hampton Bays
M. T
Florence Benjamin Griffin
Harry Douglass
Church Street
Presbyterian Church
Isabel Pauling
Inez Douglass
Town
Avis Hinxman
Somerville
Mass
Josephine Waters
Royalston
Mary Williams
Brunswick
Bessie Parson
Amagansett
Bertha Barker
Giles
Westbrook
Gilbert
Westford
Stacey
Marketing sweet corn study shows promising results
A preliminary study by the departments of horticulture and agricultural economics last summer found consumer acceptance of pre packaged corn at premium prices. The method relies on husking and cooling to 40 degrees or below within one hour of harvest and constant refrigeration until sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Departments of
Horticulture and Agriculture Economics
How to Prevent TB Control Calls for Early Detection
TB control begins with identifying people who are sick and bringing them to hospitals for treatment. Treating patients in medical facilities prevents further infection and protects the community.
Stainless steel used in body repairs for shattered joints
Body Repair Doctors adopt stainless steel to mend broken shoulders hands legs and hips noting it resists disintegration inside the body. This material choice aims to extend prosthetic longevity and reduce failure rates in orthopedic procedures.
Georgetown PTA Card Party Supports Clinic Fund
The Georgetown PTA hosted a game and card party at Central school drawing about 50 neighbors from nearby villages and Bath. A silver collection, refreshments, and raffles accompanied the event, with proceeds aiding the clinic room sink project and church repair funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Central School
Bath
Roland E. Peterson
Elmer Tibbetts
James Oliver
First Baptist Church
First Baptist
William A. Todd
Hazel Gay
Harold J. Brown
Brown
Roland Peterson
Farm Bureau
Stinson Davis
Five Islands
Eleanor Thibodeau
Otis Baker
Norwood
Mass
Kitty
Ferris Leonard
Jacques LeMair
Washington, D. C
Seguinland
Martin
England
Philo Calhoun
John
Bridgeport
Bay Point Skiff Adventure and Winter Birds Report
A Bay Point report details a skiff swept upriver by a storm, retrieved next day, and a moored boat damaged but being repaired. It also notes a cold dry winter in 1942 with scarce winter birds, juncos retreating to swamps, and ice covering north woods for weeks. Local residents report wildlife sightings and several minor injuries and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ashton
Karl Hentz
Elmer Tibbetts
Cotton Island
Mr. Ashton
Bay Point
Howard Avenue
Ginseng Harvest Concentrated in U S Southeast and Appalachia
Ginseng grows on wooded hillsides in China and North America with about 50,000 pounds dug annually. More than half comes from western North Carolina and nearby parts of Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
North America
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Safest Age 11 Cited as Best Year in US Life
Insurance firm cites long term studies showing age eleven as the safest year of life for United States residents based on mortality and health data. The claim is presented as a general finding from multiple years of research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North Carolina Folklorist Records 700 Tunes in Seven Days
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, a noted North Carolina folklorist, recently recorded 700 folklore tunes in seven days for the national library in Washington. The achievement highlights his prolific work and dedication to preserving regional songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
North Carolina
National Library
Washington
Dried Fruits Store in Cool Tightly Covered Containers
Dried fruits should be kept in tightly covered containers on shelves in a fairly cool area. Proper storage helps maintain freshness and flavor over time.
Man Declares Wish to Be Buried Standing in Hyde County
A Hyde County man, tired of lying, directs that his burial be performed while standing upright on his invalid bed. Authorities confirm the unusual request and plan to honor it within local burial customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde County
North Carolina
Five Islands Community News Bids and Socials
Five Islands Good Neighbor Club met with Edith Pinkham and planned biweekly refreshments served by a two person committee. Coast Guard tug CG-64300 tied at the wharf en route to Westport to break an ice jam. Georgetown Fire Department celebrated its 15th anniversary after forming in 1934 as Five Islands Fire Fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Edith Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Rudolph Pinkham
Hagan's Cove
Roselyn Pinkham
Richard Hanna
Marilyn MacGillivary
Constance Gray
Coast Guard
Westport
Georgetown
Southport
Five Islands
George
Vernon Gray
Harlan Pinkham
Albert Moore
George Gray
James Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
First Baptist Church
Bath
Richard Carey
Bangor
Dover Foxcroft
Alvin Brewer
Sebasco
Maurice Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hiram Pierce
Baby
Randolph
A. G. Pierce
Chester Pinkham
Portland
E. E. Pinkham
Kenneth Florence
Lynn
Mass
Lawrence Peron
Lulu Hanna
Charles Kenney
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Victor Pinkham
Doyle
Stinson Davis
Edward
Davis
Walter Savage
Miss Natalie Burditt Engaged to Robert Morrison Perry
Mrs Frederick Burditt of Melrose Massachusetts announces the engagement of her daughter Natalie Burditt to Robert Morrison Perry son of Mr and Mrs Raymond E Perry of Wellesley Farms Massachusetts The couple plan a June wedding Miss Burditt is a Dartmouth graduate and formerly of Bath brief bio notes accompany the engagement announcement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Burditt
Melrose
Mass
Natalie Burditt
Robert Morrison Perry
Raymond E. Perry
Wessesley Farms
Burditts
Bath
Perrys
Sabine
Miss Burditt
Robert Brownell
Washington Street
Morse High School
Union Central Life Insurance Co
Boston
Mt. Herman School
Dartmouth College
Perry
United States Navy
Plan to save lobsters from traps proposed by Ash Point fisherman
Ash Point veteran lobsterman Otis Lewis urged Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Richard E. Reed to use soft pine lathes near the bottom of traps to hasten release of trapped lobsters. He cites storms and boats cutting off up to 100 traps per season and claims five lobsters per trap average, totaling thousands of lost shellfish yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Point
Otis Lewis
Richard E. Reed
Lewis
Maine
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
John Lewis
Donald
Bathman Returns From Air Force Base
Sgt. Charles F. Johansen returns to Bath to his mother on 30 day leave after four years with the U S Air Force at Clark Air Base Manila P I He traveled from Manila to the West coast aboard the Gen Gaffey with Dale Harper chief quartermaster Other Bath men Elmer Wallace Dean Leavitt and Russell Stodder Jr were stationed at Clark Air Force Base during his overseas tour He enlists in 1946 and after basic training in Texas and Illinois served in Manila He plans to attend Engineering school at Chanute Field Ill and expects Westover Field Mass to be his next duty after completing the course
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Wilbur T. Emerson
Russell Ring
Courtney Hinkley
Pauline Hutchinson
Marion Perry
Ervin Welch
Alice Hall
Florence Anderson
Lena Cadenelli
Hazel McKechnie
Marjorie Redding
Paul Roberts
Maurice Sullivan
Charles Leon
Joseph W. Randlette
Arthur Jackson
Walter Knight
Farrars Stuber
Will
Maxwell D. Marriner
Dean E. Foss
George Douglass
Harris Hutchins
Y.A.Y.F. Club
William Bennett
Stephen Foster
Paul K. Stewart
Portland
Fort Richmond
D.A.R
Leslie F. Roberts
Mt. Carmel
O.E.S
Freida Bagdikian
Genesta
Bath
Marion
Gardiner
Electa
Bowdeinham
Sarah Orne Jewell
South Berwick
Hawthorne
Brunswick
Mystic
Litchfield
St. Patrick’s
Home Corner
Dean Foss
Esther Foss
Edward Seamans
Edward Seamans Jr
J. D. Coates
Belle Call
Pearl Perry
Fredwitham
Rachel Varney
Foss
George Alexander
Evelyn Gamache
Adelaide Groves
Nahumkeag Grange
South Gardiner
Norman A. Noble
David D. Noble
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Charles Millett
The
River Road
Earl Paine
Rodney Paine
Charles Vickers
Dewey Fisher
Lawrence Coughlin
Malden
Mass
Cecil Thomas
Springfield
Charles F. Johansen
Lillian M
Western Avenue
U. S. Air Force
Clark Airforce Base
Manila
P. I
Johansen
U. S. Army
Gen. Gaffey
Dale Harper
Edward Hawkes
Phippsburg
Sgt
Elmer Wallace
Dean Leavitt
Russell Stodder, Jr
Clark Air Force Base
Air Force
Illinois
Charlie
Chanute Field
Ill
Westover Field
Rot danger in sapwood high for lumber and timber
Forest pathologists of the U S department of agriculture warn that sapwood is far more prone to rot than heartwood. The second growth stands now used for lumber contain more sapwood than older growth, increasing decay risk for farmers and builders without basements. Heartwood in young trees or centers of old trees may also decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bakers of America Use Vast Wheat and Flour Supplies
The article notes about 20 million acres of fertile wheat produce 12.5 billion pounds of flour used annually by bakers for bread and bakery goods. It states a yearly wheat usage around 290 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakers of
America
Dresden Town Meeting Allocates Funds and Elects Officials
The March 13 meeting approved school support and repair funds totaling 6,150 for schools and 400 for school houses, plus highway, snow, road, and welfare expenditures. New town officers include Wilmot Trussell as first selectman and William Houdlette as treasurer and tax collector. The town mourns the drowning of James Carr of San Diego during a fishing voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood Gilman
Fred Allen
William R. Houdlette
John E. Hall
Wilmot Trussell
Leonard Alexander
Herbert Toms
Ronald Burgess
Harland McCobb
West Melville
Bernard Bailey
Stephen Fitch
Jewell
Willie MacComb
Alden Stilphen
Samuel
Ray Cate
Clayton Mayers
Clyde Stilphen
Farm Bureau
Burton Boynton
West Dresden
Ray Perry
Lyndel Good
Bridge Academy
Raymond Lambert
East Corinth
Leroy Robbins
Edna Robbins
James Manlic
M. E. Church
Dresden Mills
Red Cross Drive
Melville Houdlette
Leona Jewett
Harold Houdlette
Bruce Alexander
Walter Rittall
Dresden Center
Roy Lilly
Alice Pushard
South Dresden
Eleanor Everson
Cedar Grove
Houdlette
Edwin E. Huse 88 Died At Bath Memorial Hospital
Edwin E. Huse aged 88 died March 8 at Bath Memorial Hospital after being moved from the Old Folks Home on Washington Street. He was born in Bath in 1862, was a longtime purser on Bath to Boston boats, and belonged to the Bath Aerie of Eagles. Survived by two cousins H. Augustus Huse of Bath and Joseph Huse of Westbrook. Funeral held Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Louis A. Dole officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin E. Huse
Bath Memorial Hospital
Old Folks
Washington Street
Bath
Joseph Ken
Louise Merrill Huse
Boston
Bath Aerie of Eagles
H. Augustus Huse
Joseph Huse
Westbrook
Edwin A. Huse
Curtis Funeral Home
Louis A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Harry Farrell
Charles Ridley
Alfred King
Fred Stover
Oak Grove
Evangeliste Vachon Dies at 56 in Bath Home
Evangeliste Vachon 56 died at his Bath home on March 8. A carpenter at Bath Iron Works, he moved from Gardiner 11 years ago. Born May 3 1893 in St Germaine Quebec he was son of Prosper and Marie Carrier Vachon. Survived by wife Eva carrier Vachon daughter Mary Jipson brother Joseph Vachon and grandson Joseph Jipson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeliste Vachon
Richardson Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Vachon
Bath
Gardiner
St. Germaine
Que
Canada
Prosper
Marie Carrier Vachon
Augusta
Independent Order of Foresters
St. Mary's
Eva Carrier
Harrison P MacAlman Dies in Rockland Area Veteran
Funeral services for Harrison P MacAlman 53 of Rockland were held at Caswell King Funeral Home Worcester Mass with burial in Central Cemetery. A World War I veteran and former Battery H 240th Coast Artillery captain he was born February 23 1897 in Union son of Simon and Annie Pease MacAlman. He belonged to Winslow Holbrook American Legion Rockial Lodge of Elks and the YD club Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison P. MacAlman
Rockland
Togas Veteran’s Hospital
Caswell- King Funeral Home
Worcester
Mass
Central Cemetery
MacAlman
Battery H
240Th Coast Artilley
Rockla
Union
Simon and
Annie Pease MacAlman
Winslow-Holbrook - American Legion
Rockia! Lodge of Elks
YD Club
Boston
Frank C. Whitten 91 Formerly of Wiscasset Dies in Yarmouth
Frank C. Whitten, 91, formerly of Wiscasset, died Sunday night at his niece’s home in Yarmouth. Born December 9, 1859 in Westport, he was a farmer and lumberman who lived much of his life in Wiscasset. He had been in poor health for six weeks. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Conley Funeral Home Wednesday at two. Burial will be in Westport in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Whitten
Wiscasset
Yarmouth
Howard C. Plummer
East Main Street
Mr. Whitten
Westport
William and
Emeline Dunton Whitten
Conley Funeral Home
Funeral services for Donald E Mc Donald
The funeral service for Donald E Mc Donald was held Thursday at 2 30 PM at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace Episcopal Church officiating. Bearers included Robert Green John Green Walter Lyden Robert Callan John Callan and Percy W Kingsbury. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery family lot. Mrs Arthur Siegars of Dresden attended. He had moved to California about ten years ago where he was employed. He served in Guam during the war. He was a graduate of Bridge Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. McDonald
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Robert Green
John Green
Walter Lyden
Robert Callan
John Callan
Percy W. Kingsbury
Oak Grove Cemetery
Arthur Siegars
Dresden
California
Carr
Guam
Bridge Academy
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Carrie Hall
Della Grondin
Howard Chapman
Gloria Gail
Gardiner General Hospital
Frank Guiou
White River Junction
Richard William
Guiou
Rita Vieira
Gustave Eckman
Patricia Duren
Fred Duren
Kimball Street
Caribbean Sea
Portrex
Cieques
Stover
Cecil Field
Jacksonville
Fla
Coleman Maine Red Baby Chicks
Coleman Farms
Brunswick, Me
Roy M. Newman
Ethel Patterson
Ruth Patterson
Beatrisce Bouton
Gertrude Hunt
Topsham
Dorothy Stuart
Deborah Delano
Carl Delano
Dwight Furbish
Rose Campbell
Charles W. Messenger
Kenneth Simons
Waldoboro
Alice Hinckley
Louisa Howard
Delano
101St Airborne Division
Reed
Earl Coombs
Arrowsic
Kenneth Crofts
Judy Furbish
Bathman
Air Force Base
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
Bath, Maine
James Carr
San Diego
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Erma
James
Jimmy
Elmer Siegars
Donald E. M’donald
Fred S. Curtis & CO
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