Phippsburg Community Notes Include Exams and Ship Loss
A Phippsburg teachers meeting at Starsley Gilman’s Small Point home plans a State Examination for 18 teachers amid sugar rationing work and graduation plans. News also covers ship loss reports, local gardening efforts, summer preparations, and visits from relatives and guests at area cottages and camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starsley Gilman
Small Point
Owen Richardson
Barbour
Bath Declares Salvage Week May 11 16
Bath Mayor Walter C. Rogers proclaims May 11 to 16 as Salvage Week urging residents to gather scrap metal rubber and rags for wartime use. The appeal cites Maury Maverick and Lessing J. Rosenwald urging public participation and local committees to guide disposal through junk dealers or other means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Rogers
Maury
Bureau of Governmental
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the
War Production Board
Rogers
Bath
Civilian Defense coordinator named in Westport meeting
At a Town hall gathering on Monday evening L. C. Highfill was appointed Civilian Defense coordinator replacing J. P. Harrison. Blackout plans for May 8 were discussed and finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
L. C. Highfill
J. P. Harrison
J. Louis Doyle
Cambridge
Mass
Thomas Booth
Boston
Josie Wardwell
Lizzie Cromwell
Cromwell
Dorothy Leask
Cedar Grove
Eleanor Siebert
Gardiner
Harriman Farm
Eva Beaudet
San Souci
Alvin Sortwell
Beverly Farms
Edith Campbell
Junction
Burdette Brown, Jr
Walter Greenleaf
M. A. Cromwell
North End Road
Alyn Jewett
Bath
Jonas Knight
Hyannis
John Leonard
Jean
Donna
Kenneth Drake
B. M. Jewett
Village Notes and Local Social Calendar
Parker head reports sympathy for the Hill family in Bath over the death of Mr Hills mother. The column lists guests, birthdays, school notes, sugar rationing, and various town visits, meetings, and learner activities with numerous names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hill
Leo Hamel
Diana
Ashdale
James Gilman
John Rollins
Boston
Mank
Lions Dinner Dance Set for May Sixteenth
The Lions club announces a dinner dance for Saturday May 16 at the Hotel Sedgwick Bath with dinner at 6 30. Edwin R Andrews chairs the committee with Henry O Trowbridge and Wilfred E Guerin assisting. Tickets go on sale now via committee members. The event promises a fine evening of dancing and socializing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Club
Lions
Sedgwick
Bath
Edwin R. Andrews
Henry O. Trowbridge
Wilfred E. Guerin
Democratic Committee Names City Officials For Approval
Ward officers checkers and elections workers were named subject to approval by the city government at a Democratic city committee meeting in the common council room. Chairman Alexander MacDonald presided over the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic City Committee
Alexander MacDonald
Corliss Street Baptist Pastor Recalled for Seventh Year
At the Corliss Street Baptist church annual meeting, Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt was unanimously recalled for a seventh year as pastor. Officers and committee members were elected, and the parish voted to cover retirement dues of about 150 dollars for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Philathea
Steven H. Bracey
Wilfred W. Chaney
Silas E. Plant
Lillian M. Clark
Moffatt
John H. Hunt
Hunt
Abby McCabe
Harold S. Walker
Flora Robbins
Eula M. Fielding
Fielding
Walter Taylor
Carroll A. Deering
Chester A. Plant
John H.,hunt
Beulah Pratt
Ruth Louise Clark
Pine
Auxiliary Police Meeting at American Legion Hall Thursday
Important gathering for all Auxiliary Police of the Civilian Defense at the American Legion hall on Thursday at 7 pm. Attendance is essential as helmets night sticks and armbands will be issued and post assignments updated. The meeting precedes the blackout test on Friday evening and all auxiliaries must attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
Popham Beach Notices Mark Community Life
Funeral services for George Oliver were held at Curtis Funeral Home Bath with interment in Georgetown cemetery. Sugar rationing closed Popham Beach school afternoons during registration. Visitors attended from Bath Woolwich Auburn and Biddeford as road conditions improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Oliver
Curtis Funeral Home
Bath
Georgetown
Earl Oliver
Waltham
Waltham Hospital
Popham Beach
Harry Spencer
Popham
Ellison Moody
Rockland
Philip Dyer
Red Cross
Guy Crowley
Frank Scott
Libby
Riverside Hotel
Atkins Bay
Frank Irving
James Walker
William H. Stone
Biddeford
G. E. McNulty
Betty Jones
Barbara Stodder
Alma Tait
Frances Flaherty
Anne Merrill
Jones Cottage
Arthur Brown
Neal Geer
Blanchard Crowley
Woolwich
Fred Spinney
Auburn
Dora Bridges
Edward Jones
Frank Dingley
James Farnham
Lawrence Gallagher
Elisha Bridges
Marion Bridges
Clarence Sheffield
Harpswell
Lorraine
Thomas
Seguin
Louis Gayton
Fred Waterhouse
Gayton Cottage
Waterhouses
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Frank Pfeiffer
Minnie Wneushaffer
Franklin Brown
Worcester
Pfeiffer Cottage
Vernon Mattson
Cousins
Newtonville
Mass
Mattson Cottage
Fred Humphreys
Frances Bridges
Newburyport
Horace Morse
Horace, Jr
John
Morris Potter
Morse Cottage
Waldo Weston
Wilmer I. Voorhees
James
William
Beverly Small
Jacqueline Greenlaw
Arline Small
Joseph Sylvester
Hubert Moore
Orville Small
Russell Sprague
Walter Sprague
A. M. Towne
Margaret
Janice Towne
Peter Isaacson
Stonehouse
Walter Oliver
Lester Oliver
Clinton Newidck
William Hutchins
Willam Ray
New Pastor Arrives at Nazarene Church on Washington Street
Rev. Thomas B. Greene assumed the pastorate at the Church of the Nazarene 653 Washington Street. He previously led the Fitchburg Nazarene church for five years and earlier served seven years at Saugus. He comes with Mrs Greene and children Barbara 14 and Thomas 12 to the parsonage 77 Russell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Greene
Church of the Nazarene
Washington Street
Fitchburg
Mass
The
Nazarene Church
Greene
Saugus
Green
Barbara
Thomas
Russell Street
Leighton Named Regent of DAR Chapter in Bangor
Mrs. Melvin Leighton was named regent of the Frances Dighton Williams chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, at the annual business session held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Adelbert Bridges on Union Street in Bangor. The meeting reviewed the year’s activities and a social hour followed the deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Leighton
Frances Dighton Williams
Daughters of the American Revolution
Adelbert Bridges
Union Street
Bangor
Central League annual banquet wraps season
The Central League held its annual banquet and meeting Monday evening at the parish house. Officers for next year were elected and presented with gifts. Prizes were awarded for high scores in contract and auction. Meetings to resume in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Joseph W. Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
Forest L. Shepard
Howard M. Steen
Rudolph C. McRae
Harold S. Avery
Martha Foote
Needlework Guild
Alexander MacDonald
Arthur W. King
Leonard M. Lord
Edward A. Cummings
Albert S. Noyes
Merritt A. Mitchell
Bernard W. Pratt
Carl E. Stinson
Hiram T. Stevens
Itehell
League
Stevens
A. George Moses
McRae
Perley R. Ater
Morse Latin Club Orders a New Flag
Morse High Latin Club met in the auditorium with the Lord s Prayer in Latin. A new flag order was announced and the newspaper was discussed. Committees for Assembly and Program were named and annual elections set for the next meeting. Refreshments were provided by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Robert Mosher
Pist
Elizabeth Hill
Braden Smith
Anna May Berry
Barbara Danforth
Robert Dolan
Norma Drummond
David Dickson
Addison Burbank
Mary Lou Reed
Lorna Kramer
Scouts net about 180 from sale for hospital ward and jamboree
The local Boy Scout collection from newspapers and magazines raised about 180 dollars. Half will buy equipment for Memorial hospital's Children's Ward and the rest will help defray costs for the Boy Scout Jamboree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Licensing Board Grants Permits At Annual Meeting
City Licensing Board met in Alderman room and issued permits for Victualers to Columbia hotel Hotel Sedgwick Phoenix hotel Hilltop Market Colonial Cafe Olympia Spa Newberrys Pool Billiards and Bowling venues Second-hand Dealers and other listed businesses plus gasoline, public cars, theaters and an auctioneering license. Names and addresses of recipients include Durward H Bowie Wallace Reed Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co Socony-Vacuum Oil Co and Healing Art and Science practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Licensing Board
Aldermens Room
Victualers
Columbia Hotel
Sedgwick
Phoenix
Hilltop Market
Tony Puiia
Tom Canacaris
Dorothy Hart
Theodosis Vamvakias
Philip A. Roberts
Colonial Cafe
Mike Zoome
Wallace Reed
Henry Rogers
Edmund M. Staples
Spilios Kakos Durward H. Bowie
Helen M. Hlack
Thomas L
Durward HH. Bowie
High Street
East Coast Oil Co
Front Street
Cummings Motors, Inc
Randall M. Daley
Washington and
Vine Streets
William J. Craft
Center Street
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Higgins & Stanley
Court Street
O. M. Redson
Forrest R. Lewis
Lewiston Buick Co
Broad Street
Andrew M. Rice
Middle Street
Charles Cahill, Jr
Bath Fuel Co
Commercial Street
Howard Coal Co
Francis Parry
M. W. Sewall Co
Vine Street
Emily R. Savage
Washington Street
James A. Clappison
Water Street
Harold P. Small
Lloyd E. Brown
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Main _ street
South Portland
Robert E. Wagner
J. Arthur Burgess
George Emero
Freida Bagdikian
D. C
Paul G. Bagdikian
E. S. Milliken
Ralph E. Legard
North Street
Bartlett O. Smith
Andrews Road
Rotary blood donors boost Bath bank clinic turnout
The Bath Rotary club led 12 donors at the Bath branch of the Central Maine Blood and Plasma Bank weekly clinic at Memorial Hospital. Besides club presidents Justus Ho Miller and John Parker, donors included Charles Doyle, Converse Fenn, Rupert Irvine, Francis McLaughlin, Carl Anderson, Mrs Caroline Drake, Donald Wilson, Mrs Minnie Goldstein, Joseph Madden, and Sam Povich. Next week a group of Club 42 girls is expected to donate. Rotary will provide refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Bath
Central Maine
Memorial Hospital
Justus Ho Miller
Rotary
John Parker
Cii
Parker
Mr. Miller
Charles Doyle
Converse Fenn
Rupert Irvine
Francis McLaughlin
Carl Anderson
Carolyn Drake
Donald Wilson
Minnie Goldstein
Joseph Madden
Sam Povich
Club 42
Mayconcert by Les Caumarades Musicaux on Oak Street
Les Caumarades Musicaux presents its annual Maycon on Thursday night at 6 15 at Oak Street. Allan Hi. Ramasay the president and director has arranged a fine program for music lovers. Tickets are available from any club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Caumarades Musicaux
Oak Street
Allan Hi. Ramasay
Mrs Kendall Lord Visits Mrs Fred Rink in Goddard Street
Mrs Kendall Lord of Brunswick was a guest Friday of Mrs Fred Rink on Goddard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall Lord of
Brunswick
Fred Rink
Goddard Street
Blackout plan outlined for Friday evening in Sagadahoc area
Chief Air Raid Warden Ralph W. Bragg announced a 8 to 10 pm Friday blackout in Sagadahoc Lincoln and part of Cumberland counties with Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Torrey Roller Bushing Works and other local industries joining Memorial Hospital and city institutions. Citizens urged to cooperate with blacked out rooms and parked cars lights out, with wardens enforcing penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Cumberland Counties
Ralph W. Bragg
Brag
Memorial Hospital
Evanglist Rev W H Minor At Sebasco Nazarene Church
Kansas City preacher Rev W H Minor conducts a two week series of services at Sebasco Nazarene Church. Evening meetings run daily except Saturdays until May 17 with special music and sketches by Pastor Rev Lawrence J McAllen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Minor
Kansas City
Nazarene Church
Sebasco
Minor
Lawrence J. McAllen
South End P T A Reports Red Cross Efforts
South End PTA discussed Red Cross work at its Tuesday meeting in Washington street rooms. Sugar rationing registration occupied many, prompting cancellation of this month’s teacher luncheon. A card party will be held Tuesday with members hosting tables and providing refreshments. Diphtheria clinic for school children was favorably discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Front Street
Helen Moses
Nora McLaughlin
Grace Costain
Ann Perry
Eva Henderson
Helen Perry
Lida Costain
Mary Arsenault
Beatrice Footer
Emily Lozier
Josephine Scott
Josephine Tardiff
Emma_ Leonard
Esther Moses
Gladys King
Catherine O'Hara
South End
Association
Washington Street
F. Arthur Berry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Turner McCarty
Frank Percy
Percy
Norfolk
New York
John Leach
Frank
Maurice Avery
Avery
Williamstown
Williams College
George Penton
George L. Percy
Staten Island
Great Hill
Richmond
Grand Lodge of
Argentia
Grand Lodge of Victoria
Nelson Heald
Log Landing
Carl Severin
New Meadows
Center School
Doris Savage
Miss Savage
Gardiner Rogers
Sally
Samuel Jordan
Billy
Bobby Haggett
Abbie Minott
Charles V. Minott
Minott
Harry Williams
Winneganee
Patricia James
Pauline Seavey
Squirrel Pointighthouse
Stanley Hutchins
Marha Hutchins
James Morton
Southport
Seavey
Squirrel Point
Morris Young
David
Peter
Dickinson
Under-The-Lee
Nellie Tracy
Tom Tracy
Meadowbrook
John Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
Morris Libby
Bernard Plumber
Arthur Iseley
Gordon Davison
T. C. Hughes
Herbert Shorey
West Point
Theormer Abner Johnson
Peter Gagnon
Winneyance
Holbrook
Calif
Ensign Dawnport
Phippsurg
H. I. Minott
C. L. Stevens
Alfred
Westport
Ernest H. Rose
Harry C. Crocker
East Brunswick
Foster M. Pratt
Hedrick
Harding
Mitchell School
Rose
Nellie Milliken
Fairfield
Harry Knight
Lower High Street
School Improvement League
Marion Cushing
Victory Gardens
Lloyd Lowell
Stella Packard
George Morong
Earl Lowell
Charles Blaisdell
Walter Cushing
Eugene Harrington
Supt
S. C. Gilman
Frances Robie
Scarboro
Osgood
Perkin's Island
Massachusetts
Stanton Dozois
Julia Dozois
Richard Dozois
Lawrence Thayer
Frank Wyman
Anna Percy
Cox's Head
Ora Hallet
John Terrill
Lowell
Fryeburg
Leston Harrington Sr
Lewis Lowell
East Harpswell
Francis Lander
Roscoe Perkins
Allie Rollins
Edward Stacy
Rollins
Robert
Lewiston
Harold Thayer
Dianne
David Harrington
Walter Butler
Jean Hamel
Corliss Street
O. E. S. Hall
Augusta
Wilmot S. Ames
D. Saunders Patterson
Mabel de Shon
Portland
Emma A. Royal
Lottie M. Reed
Anna Partridge
Central League
Morse Latin Club
Sam Lake
Octave Breton
Daniel Poulos
Harry S. Hosmer
Max Kutz Rowe
Dalrymple
Clarence N. Flood
Solomon Greenblatt
Carnival Columbia
Edward Brown
Roosters Club
Theaters
Opera House
Uptown
Henry Wedgdon
Memorial Hospital Clinic
Sebasco Church
South End P.T.A
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