Bath Clean-Up Week Aims War Time Civic Pride
Bath undertakes a Clean-Up Week starting May 10 to clear attic and garage debris and tidy roadsides. Local youth groups including Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts are urged to help sustain long term cleanliness, with parents and teachers guiding early efforts. The piece links cleanliness to wartime morale and civic duty. It also notes scarce potatoes, Maine hotel plans for visitors, ration changes, and chilly spring weather impacting gardens, concluding with Bath’s vague mention of a mythical attack.
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Bath
Boy Scouts
Potatoes Scarce Ahead As War Effort Affects Supplies
The report notes civilian defense workers performed well during a Sunday daylight test with minor flaws to be corrected. It questions potato availability, citing dealers’ claims of scarcity and Washington forecasts of continued shortage through spring and early summer.
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Washington
Founders Day Honors Theta Chapter at Stone House
Theta Chapter of Peta Sigma Phi celebrated the twelfth Founders Day Friday at the Stone House with hostess Mrs. Arthur Sewall. Six new members were initiated and officers installed for the ensuing year. New members include Vanona MacDonald Carol Stevens Virginia Smart and Catherine Legard. New officers are Harmon Eliason president Eleanor Danforth vice president Jean Danforth treasurer Madge Stacey secretary. A letter from founder Walter E. Ross urged members to write him with suggestions. The next meeting is May 11 at Mrs John A. Greene Jr's Valley Road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Eliason
Pauly Metcalf
Jean Danforth
Nathan W. Watson
Eliason
Linwood Haynes
Eleanor Danforth
Leonard Wetherbee
Madge Stacey
Haynes
Carol Stevens
Walter E. Ross
International Organization
Canada
John A. Greene, Jr
Mary Carroll
Helen Hayes
Eleanor Dan
Nathan Watson
Richard Huaskel
Coldest May Weekend Reported Across Portland
The area endured unseasonably cold conditions with temperatures around freezing Sunday morning. Early crops suffered as winter wear returned and streams formed ice, marking one of the coldest May periods in many years.
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Trowits
Mometer
Wasdette
Portland
Werner
Wild Rose Troop No 2 Girl Scouts Meet at Parish House
Wild Rose Troop No 2 Girl Scouts met at Parisi Hose on Oak Street with Mrs Alice Hall leader and Mrs Eline McCabe assistant. They completed a large May basket decorated in pink and blue. Phil Was then filled with frost. The basket was delivered to Mortality hospital children's ward. The committee delivering the basket included Mrs Teressa Trainer Mrs Dorothy May Miss Barbara Legard and Miss Lois Young. The next meeting will be held at the parish house Wednesday afternoon.
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Wild Rose
Oak Street
Alice Hall
Eline McCabe
AL Mortal Hospital
Ter
Camarades Stage Fine Offenbach Music Program
The Camarades Mu sical club presented a Hoffman program at Central parish house with about 50 guests. Performers included Mrs Hatch Mrs Sturtevant Mr Ramsay and others in acts from The Tales of Hoffmann. Soloists and ensembles received praise for polished performances and clear narration of the complex plot. The club concert next May will benefit the Red Cross.
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Les Camarades Musicaux
Central Parish House
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Tales of Hoffman
Jacques Offenbach
Antonia
Robert Hatch
Olympia
Fred Sturtevant
Giulietta
Nathan Watson Nicklausse
Fred Cary Nathaniel
Frederick D. Hill Hoffmann
Allan H. Ramsay
Miss Melcher
Barcarolle
Mrs. Hatch
Mr Ramsay
Mrs Watson
Mr. Ramsay
Albee
Soho
Ms. Ramsay
Mrs. Alvee
The
Red Cross
Legion Auxiliary Meets at Le Gio Hall in May Plans
Regular Americ an Legion Auxiliary meeting at Le Gio hall elected Mrs Edgar D Leavitt as president and appointed standing committees for Rehabilitation Child Welfare Publicity Hospitalization Community Service and Legislation A May supper, a May 22 dance and a May 29 Poppy Day were scheduled. Donations to Pine Tree Society Crippled Children and the Student Nurses Fund approved.
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American Legion Auxiliary
LeGio Hall
Edgar D Leavitt
de Myers
Leavitt
Walter M. Hill
Carl E. Stinson
Activitus
Charles Snow Weitare
Helen Shaughnes
Howard W. Pratt
Ambrose M. Curran
Victor Carey
David McKellar
John Coslain
Bernard W. Pratt
John Hart
Frank Reinoehl
Community Service
Madelyn Rowe
Ralph M. Gay
Howard Pratt
Bernard W Pratt
Earle D. Risteen
Charles Snow
John P. Crosby
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children, Inc
Student Nurses Fund
Ration Reminders for Coffee Shoes and Stamps
Local ration board hours are 9 am to 3 pm with Wednesday closed. Red coupons E and F in book No 2 good through May for beef veal pork lamb mutton hard cheeses butter margarine shortening oils and canned or glassed fish and meat. GHI blue coupons valid Sugar Stamp No 12 March 16 to May 31 for five pounds. Stamp No 23 April 26 to May 30 for one pound coffee. Gasoline Book A expires July 22 three gallons each. Book C three gallons. A coupons must be turned in within five days after expiration. Fuel Oil Period No 5 March 11 to 10 gallons. Stoves certificates required. Shoe stamp No 17 Book 1 valid until June 15. Service members should surrender War Ration Book 1 within five days of leaving. Deceased’s books must be turned in.
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United States
Winter Street Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Report
The Winter Street church Ladies Auxiliary met in the ladies parlor on Tuesday evening with about 40 members present. Officers were nominated for the next year, including Mrs Clifford Smith as president and Mrs Morton Young as vice president. A baked bean supper is planned for May 8 in the ladies room from five to eight. The last meeting before summer recess will be May 11 with a covered dish supper and hostesses listed. Refreshments, games, and quizzes followed the meeting.
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Winter Street Church
Clifford B. Smith
Justus H. Miller
Henry Scholfield
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Barbara Whitney
Clifford Smith
Morton Young
Henry Schofield
Frederick H. Cullen
Robert P. Manson
Flower Fund
Ernest Freeman
Russell Colby
Charles Walsh
Herbert Anderson
Ralph O. Burden
Jane Goodman
Ralph O Date
Frank Perry
Ruth Hybers
Frederick Cullen
John Sylvester
Alfred McCabe
Cecil Rowland
Harry Williams
Harry Horne
Herod Thayer
Chester Roberts
Arthur C. Lemont
Neighborhood Salvage Questions Answered During War Effort
Neighborhood leaders address common salvage questions for wartime needs. Cans must be saved for collection when a carrier can pick up in Bath and Brunswick. Fats should be saved and sold to buy War Stamps. children can help. Silk stockings to Senters Inc. Metals should be saved. another scrap drive is planned. Also notes on Pvt. George A. Rogers at Fort Benjamin Harrison and local residents Libby family.
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Bath
Brunswick
Senters, Inc
George A. Rogers
George A. Rogers Sr
Trufant Street
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Finance Replacement Center
University of Maine
Dessert Bridge Party Brings Pythian Sisters to Knights Hall
Lowell Temple notes a dessert bridge at Knights of Pythias hall with several tables in play. Prizes went to Mrs Howard Rice, Mrs John Moore, and Mrs Ernest Freeman. The event included supper, a business meeting, plans for Grand Temple sessions in Portland May 18 19, and a memorial for Ida M J Weaver. Lois Knight led the dessert bridge committee with Mrs Harry Williams and Mrs William Shea.
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Lowell Temple
Pythian
Knights of Pythias Hall
Howard Rice
John Moore
Ernest Freeman
Portland
Agnes Perry
Navy
Lois Knight
Ida M. J . Weaver
Pythian Sisters
Harry Williams
William Shea
April a disagreeable month this year in Bath
The Bath area reports an unusually cold April with several record low and 50s mornings, rain on four days, and a near gale wind. Snow flurries occurred once, and trees show early buds. Edward E Hamblett Jr. completed basic training at Atlantic City and Corp. Robert Hamblett at Boca Raton Field plans a two week furlough to Bath.
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The
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Portland
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Edward E. Hamblett Jr
Atlantic City
N. J
Corp
Auxiliary Police Should Function in Defense Plan
Chief Air Raid Warden Ralph W. Bragg urged renewed active participation by auxiliary police in Civilian Defense. He cited other cities' dimout checks and defense tasks and warned local volunteers to stay engaged, noting that a well organized, active police group is essential in emergencies and cannot be neglected. He called all members to report for Sunday’s mobilization test and to renew interest in this critical work.
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New England
Ralph W. Bragg
Bragg
Girl Scout Leaders Plan April Meeting and Farewell
Mrs Morton Young hosted the Girl Scout Leaders at Cobb read for the April monthly meeting with eight members present. Mrs Kirk Roberts led handicrafts and a farewell rug for Mrs Jancis Corrigan, who departs for Wilton with her Prudential agent husband. A covered dish supper is planned for May 19 at Mrs Voorhees home with co chairs Mrs Willis Hammond and Mrs Wilmer S Voorhees.
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Morton Young
Cobb
Kirk Roberts
Jancis Corrigan
Wilton
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Willis Hammond
Wilmer S. Voorhees
Voorhees
Bedford Street
Corrigan
Roy Bradford
Wilmer_ Voorhees
F. S. Saunders
Alfred Carpenter
Francis Corrigan
Two Maine Cadets Graduate As Bomber Pilots At Blytheville
Two Maine men joined a class of aviation cadets at Blytheville Army Air Field Arkansas earning second lieutenant commissions and silver wings. Lieut Arthur Farris Jr 22 of Bath Maine a 1940 University of Maine student and Union High School graduate and Lieut Walter Petrokovich 22 formerly of Houston Maine and a University of Pennsylvania student both earned their pilot wings. PFC Paul J Perry of Bowdoinham Maine also graduated from the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Miami Beach Florida.
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Maine
Blytheville Army Air Field
Blytheville
Ark
Arthur Farris Jr
Arthur Farris
Elm Street
Bath
University of Maine
Union High School
Union
Alpha Gamma Rho
Walter Petrokovich
Tillie Petrovich
Philadelphia
Houston
University
Pennsylvania
Army
West Catholic High School
Paul J. Perry
Edward J. Perry
Bowdeinham
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
Fla
Mrs Mercer family to visit Everett Massachusetts
Mrs Wilfred Mercer and Mrs John Mercer of 688 Middle Street plan a midweek trip to Everett Massachusetts. Frank Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Fred Thompson of High Street recently joined the civil air patrol in Minot Maine.
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Wilfred Mercer
John Mercer
Middle Street
Everett, Mass
Frank Thompson
Fred Thompson
High Street
Civil Air Patrol
Minot
Shesler Rice Wedding Held at Yonkers Church
Miss Elizabeth Rice and Dr. Lawrence Shesler Jr. wed April 16 at Central Methodist Church Yonkers with Rev James W Wilson officiating. The bride wore pale blue marquisette, bridesmaid Helen Wilson in pink, reception at the parsonage. Groom, son of Lawrence Shesler, Sr., is a Columbia dental graduate and USN Reservist. bride is a Columbia Presby Medical Center technician and Oberlin alumna. They will reside near Rockland State Hospital.
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Elizabeth Rice
Carlton Rice
Turner's Court
Lawrence Shesler, Jr
Yonkers
N. Y
Central Methodist Church of Yonkers
James W. Wilson
Helen Wilson
Lawrence Shesler
van Cortlandt Park Avenue
Sanders Trade School
Columbia College
Waldron H. Troop Promoted to Sergeant in Air Force
Waldron H Troop son of Mr and Mrs Harold L Troop of 7 Cobbroad has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. A 28 year old aerial gunner he entered service Aug 6 1943 at Camp Devens and trained at Amarillo Texas and Wendover Field Utah. He will join a tactical unit for combat maneuvers after completing the Wendover gunnery program. Miss Gerda Langbehn and Miss Linna Marie Purdue visited in Portland Saturday.
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Waldron H. Troop
Harold L. Troop
United States Air Force
Sergeant Troop
Camp Devens
Amarillo
Texas
Wendover Field
Utah
Wendover
Great
Salt Flats
Rhode Island
Maine hosts first state Holstein auction record price set
Forty-one head of registered Holstein heifers and bulls sold at Maine's first state Holstein auction, sponsored by the Maine Holstein Breeders Association, reaching a record average of 198 dollars. The top bull brought 405 dollars, bred at University of Maine and bought by Augusta State Hospital, while two Baker Farm Acme daughters sold for 355 dollars each.
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Tobe
Maine
Maine Holstein Breeders’ Association
Shaw's Dauntless Jewel Direct
Baker Farm
University of Maine
Augusta State Hospital
Baker Farm Acme
Harold J. Shaw
Sanford
R. C. Donaldson and Son
Etna
Donald P. Corbett
State Agricultural Department
Frank Whitman
Portland
Glen Householder
Brattleboro
Vermont
Holstein Freisian Association
Huse PTA Plans Minstrel Show at Morse High School
The Huse P T A and local cast present a minstrel show on May 11 at Morse High School to raise funds for new and better equipment for Huse Memorial school. Local merchants and defense plants contributed, Lobster Claw restaurant offers 20 percent of Wednesday’s receipts toward the cause, and Arthur Cain brings show experience. The cast is mostly local talent, with strong community support and a post show dance promising an evening of fun.
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Huse P. T. A
Morse High School
Huse Memorial School
Center Street
Arthur Cain
Bath
Service Members Take Short Home Leaves
Pvt. Andrew Lee Stewart of the U S A stationed at Albany Georgia has arrived to spend his ten days furlough with his wife Mrs Stewart at the home of her mother Mrs Jennie Oliver on Bedford Street. Arthur R Nickels who spent the winter at Sarasota Florida returned Monday noon and will spend the summer with his sister Mrs F B Nichols at 1 North Street as usual.
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Andrew Lee Stewart
Albany, Ga
Stewart
Jennie Oliver
Bedford Street
Arthur R. Nickels
Sarasota, Fla
F. B. Nichols
North Street
WEEKLY CROSS WORD PUZZLE CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE
A crossword puzzle with across and down clues covering pulverized earth to dreadfully slangy terms. The cryptogram reads RUK TFT KHNNLKKBHW ETMMPAM TJV RTK ORL KAWVPLMK' RLTMOK-VMCVLJ and MAN SEEKETH IN SOCIETY COM FORT USE A PROTECTION BACON. Distributed by King Features Syndicate Loc.
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King Features Syndicate
Loc
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Front Street
B. Nichols
Pres, and
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Smender
Britain
OPA
Theta Chapter
Stone House
Wild Rose Troop
Angeuninn Dapertutto
James M. Royal
Hill
Mr. Royal
Cary
Allons
Courage
Legion Auxiliary
Winter Street Ladies’ Auxiliary
Harvey Libby
Washington Street
North
Sullivan
Mr Libby
Bath Iron Works
Girl Scout
Arthur Farris, JR
Shesler-Rice
Yonkers Church
Bride
Gerda Langbehn
Linna Marie Purdue
Huse P.T.A
Morse High
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Wicked
God of War
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