Phippsburg Community Notes Fill Town Life
The Board of Assessors completed tax assessments for collection. Fall exams at Morse high for entry featured Colleen Wyman and Arbara Wyman among top students. Local residents discuss property hunts, summer homes, family visits, and community events at Small Point, Cape Newagen, Cox Head, and Bath. Clergy, schools, and town leaders oversee arrangements as families plan summer relocations and gather for celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Marguerite
Colleenyman
Selectman Ad
Raymond Wyman
Arbara Wyman
Swanton Wyman
Garrett Galvin
Bath
Harry Bowie
Phyllis
Charles
Bud) Wyman
Rodney Wyman
West Point
Wyman
Florida
Asa
Wilbur Wyman
Grace Dickinson
Wintertreet Congregational Church
Ath
Frank Bates
Twoildren Marilyn
Harvey
Bates
Ora Bates
Sanford Inslows
Boothbay Harbor
Waltham T
Cox Head
Thatcher Pinkam
Eir
Small Point
J. K. Bowker
Misses Ickinson
Ridin’ Light Lodge
Abbie Minott
Sixth Annual Bath Police Ball Planned at State Armory
Plans are nearly complete for the Sixth Annual Bath Police Ball to be held Saturday evening at the State Armory. Cliff Leeman and his Musicians will provide dancing music from eight to midnight. City Messenger Ellery Doyle reports ticket sales strong and predicts the event will be the most successful yet. The program book grows to about 100 pages with fourteen dances and two extras. Mrs. Alfred Orr of Moncton, N B, arrives for her annual visit with relatives in Pine Street and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Police Department
State Armory
Cliff Leeman
City Messenger
Ellery M. Doyle
Popham Beach eighth grade exam postponed to May 10
The eighth grade exam at Popham school was rescheduled from Friday to Monday May 10 due to late exam questions. Four boys took the test Richard Spragut Leon Oliver Charles Small Jr and Jackson Percy. Various local residents reported perfect attendance and ongoing cottage activity limited by driving restrictions and workmen delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham School
Richard Spragut
Leon Oliver
Charles Small, Jr
Jackson Percy
Richard Sprague
Gloria Oliver
Mary Newdick
Robert Small
Walter Newdick
Ellen Newdick
Richard Small
Allan Spear
Spear
Donald
John Morse
Wilmer I. Voorhees
William
Owen
Fitch
John H. Beebe, Jr
Wakefield
Mass
Priscilla
Martha
Gretchen
Popham Circle
Isaacson
Popham Road
Walter Sprague
Ernest Spinney
William Wallace
John H. Beeberi
High School
WEEI
Boston
Bowdoin
Peter Isaacson
Red Cross
Shirley Isaacson
Lewiston High School
University of Michigan
Frank Jones
Ernest Ory
Jones Cottage
G. E. McNulty
Biddeford
Frank Irving
John Rhodes
Irving
Hanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Beverly
Arline Small
North Yarmouth Academy
Charles Small
Herbert Yeaton
Moses Chandler
Brunswick
First Bath Selectee Prisoner Of War
Sgt. Carl Erlebach missing in action in January was identified Friday as a German prisoner of war by the International Red Cross. He previously left Bath as the first selectee for military service and served in an infantry detachment in the North African campaign after Morse High activities and student council involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Erlebach
U.S.A
War Department
Roy C. Richter
Bedford Street
Set
Erlebach
Richter
Africa
Bath
Morse High
Ireland
Scotland
England
Four Blast All Clear Signal to Return in Maine Civilian Defense
Maine Civilian Defense Director Col Francis H Farnum says future blackouts and mobilization rehearsals will use the four blast fire alarm signal to announce the all clear. Bath adopts the same system as prior red and blue signals, with careful distinction to avoid confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Farnum
Maine
John R. Newell
Army
Col. Farnum
Bath
Neighborhood Plan completes survey and urges volunteer contact
The first survey of the Neighborhood Plan workers shows modest city organization and prompts leaders to reach volunteers now. It lists numbers desiring Victory gardens, surgical dressings, observation post, warning center, Blood Bank, Red Cross sewing and knitting, nursing courses, auxiliary roles, and first aid instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
Red Cross
Independent
Personal Notes From Bath Area Social Headlines
Mrs Lank of Campo bello Island visits her mother Mrs Boyden on Middle street. Mrs Martha Gross of Cort street travels to Portland to see Mrs George Mellin tire, formerly of Bath. Almon R. Perry of High street, longtime foreman at Bath Tinshop, undergoes major operation at Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland as his daughter Mrs J Emery Footer visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Gross
Cort Street
Portland
George MelIntire
Bath
Almon R. Perry
High Street
Bath Tron Works
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
J. Emery Footer
Parker Head Community Notes Highlight May Supper Plans
A Parker Head committee chaired by Mrs. Earl Lowell and Mrs. Leston Harrington meets to finalize details for the May 19 church supper at 6 pm with baked beans brown bread cold meats salads pies and coffee. Girl Scouts and Brownies practice for the Maypole dance as local families and students attend events and visits around Bath East Boothbay and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lowell
Leston Harrington
George Allen
Walter Cushing
George Morong
Keith Parkman
Eugene Harrington
Ora Hallet
William Sr
Parker Head
William Jr
U. S. Marines
Oakland Hospital
California
Beryl Nisbet
Beryla
Jo Ann
Newport
Corinna
Arthur Farris Jr
Bodwell Grange Holds Evening Supper Meeting
Twenty one members of Bodwell Grange of Small Point met at the grange hall Friday evening for a supper of steamed clams, pickles, crackers, doughnuts, cake and coffee. The program directed by Mrs Hazen Hilton featured songs, poems Somebody's Mother read by Margaret Gilman, a discussion on farm purchase choices, closing remarks by Mrs Haven Hilton, and a penny match won by Gilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Grange Hall
Hazen Hilton
Home Sweet Home
the Grange
Marguerite Blair
The
Grange
Margaret Gilman
Haven Hilton
Penny Mateh
Local Soldier John A. Clark Jr Visits Home
PEC John A. Clark Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Clark of Marshall avenue returned Sunday to Camp Kearns Salt Lake City Utah after passing four favs at his home He recently graduated from Embry Riddle School of Aviation in Miami Fla with a 15 week technical course Prior to that he trained at Cochran Field Macon Ga where he was sent to the Army Air Force in Sumber of last year He was furloughed three days after arriving at Camp Kearns Meeting Joseph Pennell son of Mr and Mrs Pennell now living at Old Orchard also attending Embry Riddle in Miami
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEC
John A. Clark, Jr
John A. Clark
Marshall Avenue
Camp Kearns
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pvt
Clark
Embry-Ridale School of Aviation
Miami
Fla
Cochran Field
Macon
5 States Army Air Force
Sumber
Embry-Riddle School
Joseph Pennell
Old Orchard
Central Church League sets schedule of events in May
A Central Church League meeting voted a donation to Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children. Planned events include a rummage sale May 18, a dessert bridge May 20 at 1 30 pm with Mrs A George Moses as chair, a Friday box social at 6 pm with the Men s club and Ladies aid, and choir refreshments after Thursday reheasal. The annual meeting May 24 will feature a covered dish supper and officer elections chaired by Mrs Howard Steen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Pine Tree Society For
A. George Moses
Ladies Aid
League
Iloward
Steen
Walter Wassmund
Albert S. Noyes
McRae
Leonard Lord
Enter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Charles V. Minott
James Morton
Cape Newag
Maurice Avery
Maurice Avery, Jr
University of Maine
Auburn
Gardiner Rogers
Sally
Meadowbrook
Carlton Brown
Bath Iron Works
Clarence Wallace
Maurice Pashard
Martha Beals
Andrew Black
T. C. Hughes
Billy Haggett
Rogers Camp
Fred Perry
Cutting
Herbert Marriner
Mark Harrington
South Portland
Charles Severin
Maurice Libby
Alfred Orr
Moncton
N. B
James MacNeil
Pine Street
William I, Tait
Richmond
Ated
Oxford
Front Street
Endicott Johnson Corp
Popham Beach
Sergt
Stanley Lank
Campobello Island
Ira Boyden
Middle Street
Parker
Berl Nisbet
Raymond
Frank Burnell
Bill
Miss Robie
Waterville
Walter McCarty
Ottawa
Canada
T. E. McCarty
Stanwood Gilman
McCarty
Farm Bureau
Fred Ossood
Town
George Woodward
North Bergen
N. J
L. Forrest Wyman
Marie
Eleanor Bertram
Richard Dozois
Central League
Alexander MacDonald
Horace P. Morse
Rudolph McRae
Howard O. Steen
Carl E. Stinson
Bernard W. Pratt
Frederick Henderson
Camelia of
Eliot
Sears
WSS
Pennsylvania
Penn
Sivenia
Garda
Value
U.S. Army
Civilian Defense and Registry of Motor Vehicles
Ae Raats Naseesti Rt
Oxford Cedar
Fah
Center Street
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