Civilian Defense round tables planned in Wiscasset
The first Civilian Defense round table meeting will be held at the Red Brick schoolhouse Thursday at eight with 50 seats. Chief Warden Roy R. Marston and Municipal Chairman Harvey R. Pease organize. ten wardens and 40 citizens to attend. Future meetings require admission by card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Brick
Roy R. Marston
Harvey R. Pease
Marston
R. H. Brown
Newcastle
Alton Erskine
Frank B Adams
Helen Haggett
American Legion
George Gavett
Wiscasset
Millard Clark
Damariscotta
Robert Nelder
Frances P. Somes
Alberta Sherman
Alfred Gorham
Frances Somes
Sidney G. Evans
Horace W. Day
Leon G. Flood
Wylie Munsey
Willa Munsey
Theodore Sherman
Gladys Sherman
John McLaren
Walter Dodge
William J. Cossette
Florence M. Cossette
Hallie B. Simpson
Martha Simpson
John F
Blagdon
C. Blagdon
Maxine Carleton
Earl Carleton
Boothbay Harbor
John Tourtillotte
Bath
Wiscasset Academy
Arkansas
Dr Bousfield Speaks at Vesper Service in Bath
Dr Cyril E Bousfield of Woolwich spoke at Central church during Community Evening Vespers replacing Dr Edwin M Fuller Jr. who was called away. He critiqued religion and medicine while John R Newell and Commander J M Kiernan addressed religion’s role for industry and armed forces. A Q A session asked if Bath churches serve industries and men, and the answer was No. Next week Bowdoin president Kenneth C M Sills will speak. Mrs Leland Mitchell returns from Portland visit.
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Central Church
Cyril E. Bousfield
Woolwich
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Bousfield
John R. Newell
J. M. Kiernan
Mr. Newell
Kiernan
Churches of
Bath
Andrew J. Danielson
Raymond G. Putnam
Music Church
Elizabeth Williams
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
West Bath notices and community events widen local ties
West Bath hosts church meeting at 2.30 due to bad roads with Mr and Mrs Loring D Small. Numerous local residents attend gatherings, family visits, and hospital news. First Aid class, nutrition lessons, and a March 31 sewing session for the Red Cross are planned at the West Bath grange hall with local volunteers coordinating meals and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wares B. Paterson
William Powers
Llewellyn D Rogers
Courtney Stover
David Ellendergon
Melford Perham
Joseph B. Day
Melvin Comeau
William Holland
John Whorlif
Herbert Simpson
Leon Felker
West Bath
Grange Hall
Red Cross
David Henderson
Felker
Rumor Claims State Will Not Register Cars After March
Rumor unsettles residents claiming the state will halt vehicle registrations after March, while renewals allegedly continue as normal through the year.
Dresden All Elementary Schools Open After Winter Vacation
The Dresden town district resumes classes on March 16 after an extended winter break. Miss Carolyn Sheldon returns from Massachusetts. Funeral held for Mrs. Sydney Barter at Amesbury White Funeral Home with Rev. Oscar Withee officiating. Barter family mourns. children Adelbert and Bernard Barter, Mrs. Wilson Ryder, Mrs. Fred Ward noted as graduates from Bridge Academy. Other local items include weather impacts on Cedar Cove road, Life magazine feature on Mrs Harley Everson of Cedar Grove, and updates on residents John Mavers Jennie Rae and Christine Robbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Sheldon
Massachusetts
Sydney Barter
Gardiner General Hospital
Amesbury-White
Oscar Withee
First Baptist Church
Olive Branch
Bridge Academy
Wilson Ryder
Fred Ward
Adelbert
Bernard Barter
Cedar Cove
R. F D. Driver
Life Magazine
Harley Everson
Cedar Grove
Two Fires Call Out The Firemen
Two weekend fires tested the local fire department with swift responses. At 8 20 p.m. a still at Arthur C Norton’s 89 Oliver Street burned bedding and a mattress, likely from a faulty electric heater. At 11 55 p.m. a box alarm at the Bath end of Carlton bridge destroyed the guard’s station used by soldiers, with damage spreading quickly from a heater and the structure later deemed a former toll house.
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Arthur C. Norton
Oliver Street
Bath
Carlton Bridge
Norton
Richard Frates
Box 32
Vine
Water Streets
Frates
Woolwich
Justus H. Miller Announces Candidacy for State Senator
Justus H. Miller a Bath contractor and builder and former Maine legislator announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to state senator from Sagadahoc County. He plans to enter the June primaries to challenge Senator Neil S Bishop of Bowdoinham. Miller said he acted at friends’ request and backs supporting the Governor’s war effort. It is reported Joseph W. Larrabee of West Bath will not seek the nomination, setting a likely Bishop vs Miller contest in the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus H. Miller
Maine
Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Bishop
Goodwill Club of Woolwich Sponsors Benefit Card Party
The Goodwill club of Woolwich will sponsor a no benefit card party in the hall Saturday evening at eight. Prizes have been donated and refreshments will be served. Tickets may be obtained from any members. There will be a tracing in the hall Wednesday afternoon at 1:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwill Club of
Woolwich
Woolwich Community News Roundup and Local Notes
A Woolwich committee from the Good Will club hosted a luncheon for Bath Rotary Anns with attendees listed including Mrs. Warren S. Kershner and Mrs. Francis A. Winchenbach. Irene Chambers wed Alfred Lily at a Boothbay parsonage. new couple to live in South Dresden. Various church services and club meetings scheduled. farm bureaus, defense stamps, and First Aid class wrap up. locals attend events and visits, with several exchanges of health and school news.
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Percey Marston
Maude Orr
C. P. Hall
Nelson Rice
Harry T. Fitch
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Rotary Anns
Bath
Warren S. Kershner
Francis A. Winchenbach
James A. Clappison
Harold P. Troop
William Higgins
Fred D. Hill
John Parker
Chester Plant
Edward Bridgham
William J. Craft
Charles A. Doyle
Rupert M. Irvine
Dominic Tardif
North Woolwich
Brown's Point
Irene Chambers
L. R. Smith
Fall River
Mass
Alfred Lily
Charles Lily
South Dresden
Kenneth Gray
Boothbay
Eldena Farnham
Boothbay Harbor
Arrowsic
Lily
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
J. M. Goudy
Montsweag Baptist Church
Glenda Wright
Spinning Wheel Club
Jordan Wright
Middle Street
Nequasset
Montsweag
State Department of Agriculture and Horticulture
Dromore Bureau
West Bath
John C. Gilmore
Charles Dubar
Ethel Bailey
Alton Reed
Maurice Hathorne
Ralph Bowers
Norman Drummond
Frank J. Walker
Earl Dow
Lemuel Preble
Forrest Baker
Morton Baker
Chopps School
Florence Temple
Edward Mayo
River Road School
Pearl
Marcia Erskine
Wiscasset
Glenwood Brown
Keith
Merle A. Jameson
Lions Club Hosts Ladies at St Patrick's Dinner Dance
Bath Lions Club hosted 124 guests including ladies at Hotel Sedgwick for St Patrick's day dinner and dance. New members Charles Hobel and I A Trueworthy were welcomed as Lions music and entertainment filled the evening.
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Bath Lions Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Lions
New Meadows Gardens
America
Lion Henry O. Trowbridge
Boothbay Harbor
Charles Hobel
I. A. Trueworthy
Lions Club
Alec McDonald
Roamin
Archibald M Main, Sr
MacDonald
Loren Jaffee
Jacob Smith
Richard C. Hersom
George Moses
Edwin R. Andrews
Walter Olsen
Alec MacDonald
Elizabeth Williams
Virginia Bowker
Elaine Noyes
Linna Marie Purdue
Dorothy and
Jeannette Williams
Cliff Leeman
Cubs
Albert Noyes
Arthur L. Pratt
Edgar D. Leavitt
Wilfrid E. Guerin
Wild geese signal early spring in Bay Point notes
Bay Point residents report birds arriving in large flocks with robins sparrows and partridges seen this week. Sugar maples are boiling sap into syrup requiring 20 quarts of sap per quart. Local residents Mrs Lilla Lewis Bath and Mrs Mary Campbell share a pleasant afternoon. Rev D L Pettingill Georgetown visits. Ada M McConnell Red Cross nurse visits families. Howard Trussel Wiscasset visits. Mr Thorne returns home after seven weeks away.
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Bernice Jackson
Rockland
Bath
Waldoboro
Thomaston
Bingham
Bradford-Sortwell- Wright American Legion
Nina Gavett
Thelma Wright
Harbor View
Woman's Club
Alice Taylor
Huston
Texas
Joseph Hubbard
Boston
Howard Avenue
H. A. Spinney
Echo Valley
Maine
Lilla Lewis
Mary Campbell
D. L. Pettingill
Georgetown
Robert Fry
Carroll Deering
Andrew Butterfield
Elizabeth
Roslindale
Edward Thorne
Cedar Cove
Thorne
Todd-Bath Iron Works
South Portland
Ada M. McConnell
R. N
Red Cross
Howard Trussel
Wiscasset
Change in Lobster Measures Aims to Save Fishermen Money
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Arthur R. Greenleaf announced a plan to let lobstermen use their current measures after a new minimum length law takes effect April 24. Brass measures costing 65 cents will be legalized free of charge, with 4 000 fishermen expected to benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Boothbay Harbor
O. K
Greenleaf
Probate Court Tuesday Session Passes Quietly
Judge Arthur J. Dunton presided over the second regular Probate Court session of the month. Administrations filed included Mildred M. Albee as admx for George P. Albee of Bath and Charles E. Cushing and Harry L. Day with will annexed. Inventories filed covered Meddie Beland Agnes Roberts and Philip R. Blaisdell. Bonds approved include Alberta M. Page as admx and Mary J. Pettengill as admx with Annie Bovaird real estate bond. License to Sell Real Estate granted to Mary J. Pettengill in Bath.
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Arthur J. Dunton
Mildred M. Albee
George P. Albee
Bath
Charles E. Cushing
Harry L. Day
Gertrude E. Footer
Georgie Footer
Grace Billier
Meddie Beland
Florence L. Roberts
Agnes M. Roberts
Agnes Roberts
Topsham
Daniel Williams
Philip R. Blaisdell
Edmund P. Briggs
J. Belle Briggs
Eldar Markson
Brookline
Mass
Yoland D. Markson
Robert T. Markson
Richmond
Alberta M. Page
Admx
Annie Bovaird
Mary J. Pettengill
Pearl Harbor radio broadcast surprises Baxter family
A Maine family hears the first direct Pearl Harbor Navy Yard tour broadcast since December 7. Capt. Claude S. Gillette hosts crew talks from Pearl Harbor, compares wartime duties with World War I, and notes the expected wary reception if Japan returns.
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Gillette
Bath
Rupert H. Baxter
Claude S. Gillette
Capt. Gillette
Navy Yard
France
Capt
States
Capt. Gillete
Maine
Cohen Triplets Mark Fifth Birthday in Bath
Nathan Ann Leah and Janet Phyllis Cohen, five year old triplets, celebrated their fifth birthday Monday at 10 Old South Place Bath. They received decorated cake from aunt Esther Petlock and gifts from family and friends, including defense stamps. Their brother Edward B. Cohen, serving in California, sent greeting cards. The trio, born at Bath Memorial Hospital five years ago, are the city’s familiar youngsters.
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Bath
Little Cohen Triplets
Morris H. Cohen
Old South Place
Esther J. Petlock
Franklin Street
Joseph I. Smith
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edward B. Cohen
California
Hawaii
U. S. Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Nathan
Ann Leah
Janet Phyllis
Cohen
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Richard and
Gardiner
Brewer
Merle Day
Stanley Dodge
Portland
Kenneth Lincoln
Bath Iron Works
James Dodge
Charles J. DiPerri
Charles, Jr
Osteopathic Hospital
Emily Smith
Walter Dow
Condon
New Jersey
Josephine Plumstead
M. A. Plumstead
Federal Street
DR. Bousfield
Vesper
Commander Kiernan
Leland Mitchell
Corliss Street
William Riley
Personal Finance CO
Start Loan Office
Jon
Raymer
Versiti
Ion
Front Street
H. F. Aldrich
Augusta
Loring D. Small
Walter Larrabee
Billy
David
Joseph
Mr. Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
Edwin W. Ha
Fred Rose
Harvey Dobbins
Rosedale
A. B. Snow
Trusants Crossing
Freeport
Albert Merryman
Gilbert Wilson
Jennie Larrabee
Eleanor Ripley
Topsham Grange
James Belmoor
Yvonne Belmoor
James B. Lemont
New Meadows
Maynard Carlton
Grace Waterman
Dorothy Waterman
Emily Larrabee
Donald Emery
Albert White
Stanley Rose
Edward Jenks
Hyde Park Terrace
Betty Goodell
Ernest Rose
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
West Bath Grange Hall
Harold Haggett
Lucy Ann
Winnegance
Haggett
Edwin W. Haggett
Fred Carey
East Brunswick
James Flanders
Lynn
Helena Hadley
William Hadley
Brunswick
Lynn J. Bazin Lemont
St. John’s Preparatory School
Danvers
Charles Darrah
Miers Edward Corrigan
New York City
Darrah
Jerry Cooke
Larrabee Grove
Nir
Nerina Marriner
Fred W
Dresden
John Mavers
Jennie Rae
J. H. Mavers
Christine Robbins
Evelyn Hathorne Roberts
Clarence Baker
Beaumont
Tex
Isaphene Dolloff
Center School
Clifford Richie
Joan and
Clifford, Jr
Chicopee Mass
James Carter
Martin Carter
John Gilmore
Kittery
Harold Gilmore
Bath Iron Works Corp
William Hanson
Alden Mills
Murphy's Corner
Eastport
George E. Allen
Livermore Falls
Clyde Shaw
Day's Ferry Congregational Church
Raymond G Putnam
Central Congregational Church of
Christian Endeavor
Day's Ferry
Benevolent Fund of Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Carolyn Wing
Suzel Howard
Alice Dow
Eugenie Hunnewell
Mary Dodge
Betty Preble
Betty Reed
Ruth Deemer
Miss Per Point
Miami, Fla
Walter J. Norton
Westport, Conn
Mr. Norton
John J. Conley, Jr
Park Street
OF Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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