Cosmo members attend Maine federation meeting
Five Cosmpolitan Club members attended the 51st annual Maine Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Augusta. They stayed at Mrs. Colby’s sister’s home, attended sessions at the State Capitol, heard district directors praise the club, and were hosted at Blaine House by Gov. and Mrs. Sewall before a formal banquet at the Augusta House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Augusta
Granville Colby
Eleanor Danforth
Arthur Colby
Edward Hamblett
Clyde Pingree
Littlefield
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Augusta House
George Chase
Lewiston
Rubinell
Chiriy Steenlen
Mt Blaine House
Sewall
Jean Danforth
Istting
Maine
Alt Emerson
Carl Heath Kopf
Boston
Wendall Willkie
Home Front urged to speed up wartime marriage
A speaker told servicemen live in one world while civilians live in another and urged rapid marriage. He noted young couples may have known each other only days, moving from urging a year to six months and now even hours for wedding plans in wartime.
FARNUM COMMENDS CIVILIAN DEFENSE IN MOBILIZATION TEST
Col. Francis H Farnum state director of civilian defense commends Augusta District Warning Center and Bath Lewiston sub centers for May 2 1943 mobilization and air raid rehearsal. He credits wardens police auxiliary personnel and other services for accurate timely troop movements and overall performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Farnum
Col. Farnum
Col
Farnum
Augusta
Bath
Lewiston
Auxilars
Orvey
Peeda
Wiliath
Bert
Hpen
Tracy Tyoveneid
Sas Ae Daarayd
Nike Cl Bieri
al Puetig
Eton Tron
Mizpah Class Weekly Meeting Recap
Miss Fleaner Mills presided as reports were given by the secretary and treasurer. Rev Charles Ro Sims read The Life of Gideon as the Josson discussion was opened by the hostess, followed by refreshments. Attendees included Eleanor Wright and several residents of Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Rtesch
Fleaner Mills
Charles Ro Sims
Josson
Ovcdie Wyates
Chester MacKenzie
Court Street
Eleanor Wright
Hi. Chester MacKenzie
Gilbert Young
Floyd Barnes
Eleanor Mills
Leonard Richards
George Carey
Limited interest shown in Victory Garden plan
Only 12 people attended a Wednesday meeting at Huse School to discuss community Victory Gardens. Most attendees were from Hyde Park Terrace. organizers will decide this week whether to proceed or wind down. If plans collapse, help may shift to assisting individuals in securing single plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse School
Charles L. Eastman
Hyde Park Terrace
Victory Garden
Eastman
Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Victory Gardens
Trent
Lewiston
Cosmopolitan Club Reports and May Meeting Highlights
The Cosmopolitan club May meeting featured committee reports on paint and repair funds philanthropy and garden club activities. Attendance included new Junior club members and plans for a May 12 card party with a large volunteer committee and a June lineup. Tea at Blaine House and performances by Charlotte School of the Dance were among entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Christine Curtiss
Ada Greenblatt
Philanthopic Committee
Lucius LeMont
Alice Johnson
Garden Club
Wallace Ham
Minnie White
Isabel T. Carey
Elizabeth Trott
Elaine Noyes
Frances Callan
Ruth M. Small
Anna M. Berry
Dorreene Higgins
Bernard Plummer
Elizabeth Harris
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Rachel Nichols
Beulah Pratt
Robert Gallagher
Arthur Eseley
Richard Johnson
House
Homer Johnson
Lois Halliwill
Helen Canales
Julia Fields
George A Churchill
Warren F
Bath Pupils Pass Fifty Thousand in War Bond Sales
Bath school pupils surpassed the fifty thousand dollar goal in their war bonds and stamps drive with a weekly total of 3121.65 and overall sales reaching 51901.40. The group notes the effort could fund 37 jeeps for the army, reflecting progress with five weeks remaining in the campaign. Mrs. Mercie McFadden returned from visits in Saugus and Everett Massachusetts and plans for summer remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath School
Bath
Life in Alaska described by Mrs Newman at Pythian Sisters
Mrs Donald Newman wife of Captain Newman U S Army described fourteen months in Anchorage Alaska. She spoke of the inside route boat trip vivid sunsets and showcased ivory jewelry seal fur jacket mucklucks and a home life at the new army camp. Guests included Alb ert Henderson who sang solos and the meeting ended with group singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Newman
U. S. Army
Aleutian Islands
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Anchorage
Alaska
New Army
United States
Albbert Henderson
Henderson
Newman
William Shea
Beacon Street
Mrs Minnie Crocker Observes Birthday In Bath
Mrs Minnie Crocker widow of William W Crocker celebrated her 89th birthday Thursday at the Old Folks Home in Bath. Her sister Miss Annie Bates of Waltham Mass visited and she received about 100 cards from friends in Maine and beyond. Born May 6 1854 she has lived in Bath most of her life and keeps up with news via radio and newspapers with excellent health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Crocker
William W. Crocker
Annie Bates
Waltham
Mass
Mrs. Crocker
Herbert Hodgkins
Lemont Street
Bath
Miss Bates
Julia Oliver
William A. Bates
Stoneham
Otis H. Bates
Pasadena
Calif
James Bates
Mrs. Ernest Wood
Washington Street
Late Patrick O Hara Known In Bath
Patrick J. O Hara, 57, of Winthrop Massachusetts, died Saturday in his fishing pier office. He headed the O Hara Bros firm, operator of a large New England fishing fleet. The Bath Iron Works built several trawlers for the F J O Hara Trawling Co, including ships named Boston College, Georgetown, Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Fordham, Jeanne D Arc, and Nova. Since the war began, all trawlers were converted to minesweepers or corvettes serving Navy and Coast Guard. Mrs Norman B Chase of Cape Elizabeth visited the Darrah family at 127 Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. O'Hara
Winthrop
Mass
O'Hara
Liberty Poll Erected After Nervy Fast Build by Duley
Frank L. Duley, rigger from 52 Dummer Street, recounts the rapid erection of a flagpole on the Park after a previous pole damaged in a gale. He and Alton Wright survived, the new pole rising in 30 minutes on June 26, 1924, with 77 foot lowermast and 52 foot top mast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Duley
Dummer Street
Mr. Duley
Duley
Alton Wright
Daley
Mr. Daley
Robert McIntire
Frank W. Harris
Sparmaker
Traverse Jurors Named For Sagadahoc June Term
A list of 24 traverse jurors for Sagadahoc Superior Court's June term was drawn. The term opens in four weeks with Justice Arthur E. Sewall of Kittery presiding. Jurors include Charles Crosby, Marie Andre, Elizabeth Bates, Adelaide Bowker, Clarence Flood, and others across Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath Woolwich. Martin Watrous of New Orleans arrived for a business visit. he and Mrs. Watrous will skip their Sedgemere summer home due to gas, labor, and food shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Weston R. Allen
Bowdoinham
Robeus A. Douglass
Emma Ferguson
Georgetown
Ethel B. Higgins
William A. Todd
Phippsburg
Christopher H. Marr
Richmond
Charles Alexander
Harold Averill
Alice Favor
Harold N. Libby
Margaret Peabody
Topsham
Walter M. Cox
Harry Giveen
William Graves
West Bath
Frank A. French
Woolwich
Horace E. Allen
Martin W. Watrous, Esq
New Orleans
Mrs. Watrous
Sedgemere
New Meadows
Weekend visit by Merrill and Page families in Portland
Mrs Jason A Merrill of 204 Washington street Mrs Marius Page and Mr and Mrs George Van Wynan of Academy street spent the weekend in Portland as guests of Mr and Mrs Donald Page. On returning home Master Donald Merrill Page accompanied his grandmother Mrs Merrill for a week’s visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason A. Merrill
Washington Street
Marius Page
George van Wynan
Academy Street
Portland
Donald Page
Donald Merrill Page
Merrill
Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Hosts Clothing Clinic and Court Notices
The Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Women’s Division met at the Knights of Pythias hall for an all day event featuring a clothing clinic led by Doris McCready with Charlotte Cleaves of Lewiston. A court audience fined several men for uninspected vehicles. Special Mother’s Day services were held at the Baptist church and Gladys Raymond announced a Seven Point Health award for Harold Hobart. A Coombs High group presented plays in Bowdoinham with a later matinee for local pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Farm Bureau
Knights of Pythias Hall
Doris McCready
Charlotte Cleaves
Lewiston
Horace Dodge
Lewis Lucy
Milton Given
Orator Douglas
Frank Heath
Irving Prindall
John Palmer
Reginald Dore
Phillip Nickerson
Waterville
Charles Rogers
James H. Ames
Alfred Mitchell
South Portland
Frank Ames
Baptist Church
Archibald Craig
Gladys Raymond
Harold Hobart
Jacob Barter
Vinal Hunnewell
Alice Coby
Woolwich
Elizabeth Barter
Gardiner
Maxwell Mariner
Richmond
Coombs High School
Town Hall
Roberta Burrell
Velva Gardner
Irving Temple
Clayton Mitchell
Kenneth Hunter
Shirley Douglas
Auxiliary Police To Be Restored To Efficiency
At a Bath meeting Capt. Hennessy outlined plans to reorganize the auxiliary police into several squads under sergeants. The system centers patrols in the Pine and Oak street area with expansion possible as the organization grows. The State Police Chief P Weaver is to address the group in Bath, with another meeting set and notices to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall Auditorium
Cay
Mark W. Hennessy
Preserve
Carlton Bridge
Railcoz
Business District
State Police
Hon
P. Weaver
Bath
Futur
Twoowerks
Ant Menibe
Surprise Party for Earle Ladd On Bowdoinham Post Road
Twenty two neighbors hosted a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Earle Ladd as they prep to return to Rome in the summer. The event included games and refreshments served by Hazel Turner George Ackley and Charl Messer. The Ladds have lived on a Frank Curtis farm for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Ladd
Rome
Hazel Turner
George Ackley
Charl Messer
Mr Ladd
Frank Curtis
Harold MccPheson
Brownfield
McPherson
Morang
Brunswick
Hazel Turne
Allen Naugl
Dixie Mayne
William, Gould
Fort Fisher Lieutenant and Family Visit Cape Elizabeth
Lieut Guy Norton of Fort Fisher and his wife and child have been staying with Mrs Leland Plimmer on Dummer Street for a week and plan to return to Cape Elizabeth Friday. Norton once operated the Gilbert Beauty Shop in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Norton
Fort Fisher
Norte
Jan
Cape Elizabet
Norton
Leland Plimmer
Dummer Street
Cape Elizabeth
Gilbert
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Senior’s, Inc
Felts & Straws
COSMO
City of
Cosmo Club
Mercie McFadden
Bedford Street
Saugus
Center St
Mitchell
South St
Old Folks Home
Patrick O'Hara
O’hara Brothers
Norman B. Chase
Albert Darrah
127 Court Street
Frank Duley
Arthur E. Sewall
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Thomas Aykroyd
Bullion Road
Rosendale
Maas
St. Bernard
Keegan Kennels
Saco
Earle Hobart
Forest Skelton
Malcolm Lamoreau
Bertha Heath
Thelma Maloon
Stanley Libby
Ambrose Saindon
Libby
Louisa Given
University of Maine
Charles Blodgett
Camp Blanding
Fla
William Ward
Aroostook
Mary Duran
Main Street
Phillip Rideout
Henry Cornish
Wood ‘Fords
Linda
Margaret Gile
Carolyn Lang
Fryeburg
Allan Naugler
Dixie
Portland Wert
Naugler
William Gould
Alexander Cairns
L.L.D
Dresden
Five of Spade
Tim Holt
Yi Wim
Cliff
Preston Airy
Alice Faye
John Payne
Havana
Mark W. Henness
Sou Dresden
Bowdoinhiam
Rochester
Mit
Edory Morgan
Carlson
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