First Area Blackout Passes in City Test Respectfully
The first complete blackout test in Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties proceeded with two men arraigned in Municipal Court for defying orders to take cover. Defense officials praised auxiliary police, wardens, and responders as about 3,500 defense workers participated and 40,000 residents were affected across a 55 mile coastal area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy W. Kingsbury
James A. Gillies Jr
John R. Newell
Ralph W. Bragg
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Cumberland County
Freeport-Brunswick
Waldoboro- Warren
Richmond
Dresden
Gillies
Gardiner R. Deering
J. W. Hampton
Pearl Harbor
James Wilkins
Hampton
Navy
Bath Iron Works Corp
Joseph Thibodeau
Front Street
Wilkins
Donald Crosby
Deering
Augusta
Kingsbury
South End
Fire Department
No. 3
Shepard Street
Bowdoin College Commencement Week Schedule
Bowdoin College announces May commencement events including the Baccalaureate Address by President Kenneth C. M. Sills at First Parish church, Class Day under the Thorndike Oak, trustee meetings, alumni gatherings, senior dance, Phi Beta Kappa and Alumni council meetings, Bowdoin Women luncheon, organ recital, Julius Caesar outdoor show, and Memorial Day ceremonies. Tickets for dinner and play info available by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Alumni Council
Hubbard Hall
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Alpha of Maine
Alumni Association
Moulton Union
Congregational
Society of Bowdoin Women
Federal Street
College Chapel
Robert W. Woodworth
Alumni Fund
Massachusetts Hall
Sills
Julius Caesar
Val W. Ringer
Chi Psi Lodge
First
Local Selective Service help resumed in city hall
Judge Gardiner R. Deering announces the advisory board will meet to aid in filling questionnaires. Sessions run Monday Wednesday and Friday from seven to nine in the Common Council room at City Hall with a schedule listing names and dates for May activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
City Hall
John J. Keegan
Boyd Bailey
Lions Dinner Dance at Hotel Sedgwick
The Lions club plans its May dinner dance at Hotel Sedgwick this Saturday for members and their ladies. Dinner starts 6 30 with dancing to follow, and tickets are selling fast through committee members Edwin A Andrews Henry O Trowbridge Wilfrid Guerin Alexander MacDonald and Edgar Leavitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Sedgwick
Lions Club
Edwin A. Andrews
Henry O. Trowbridge
Wilfrid Guerin
Alexander MacDonald
Edgar Leavitt
City Council session ends after long debate and helmet talk
City Council held a marathon May session from 7 30 pm to past midnight with routine business and fiery moments. Alderman Oliver clashed over bills including a $363.11 item for helmets urging fiber helmets to save costs, while officials debated procurement and safety for auxiliary police and air raid wardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Walter C. Rogers
Common Council
Philip H. Oliver
Oliver
Accounts Committee
Chester McCabe
Kingsbury
Charles A. Shepard
Floyd Ellwell
Washington Street
Shepard
Ellwell
Highway and Sewer Board
Philip J. Tardiff
Nichols Street
Highway and Sewer Department
Water Street
Bath
Mr. Oliver
Rogers
Bath Iron Works Corp
John R. Newell
Newell
Alderman Newell
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Percy W. Kingsbury
Navy Relief Society Drive Names Sagadahoc Leaders
Governor and Mrs Sumner Sewall head the sponsors committee for the Navy Relief Society drive in Sagadahoc county with other local dignitaries named. The piece outlines the society purpose aid after naval deaths emergency care and education of dependents and urges contributions toward a $5 000 000 goal, noting checks payable to the Navy Relief Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Navy Relief Society
Sagadahoc County
William D. Sewall
William S. Newell
Rodney E. Ross
James A. Gillies, Jr
Rupert H. Baxter
A. M. Main
Bowen Torrey
Boyd Bailey
Fred Thompson
Henry C. Wright
David Dickson
John F. Cooke
Edwin R. Andrews
Fred R. E. Dean
F. H. Kimball
Anne
Miriam Kimball
J. M
Navy
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
Coral Sea
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Alexander A. Burden
Bath Savings Institution
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Sets Monthly Meetings
Cosmopolitan Garden club will meet monthly at the club house with the regular meetings moved to the fourth Monday afternoon. President Mrs Maurice A Libby appointed an nominating committee to present officers at the May 25 gathering. Lions Club speaker Warland A Ladd addressed the group on gasoline rationing and the Civilian Defense effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Maurice A. Libby
Fred W. Quimby
William Yule
Chester A. Roberts
Red Cross
Warland A. Ladd
The
Lions Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Mr. Ladd
Maine's First Lady Crowned Queen at West Bath Grange
Maine's First Lady Mrs Sumner Sewall was crowned Queen of the Victory Program at the West Bath grange hall a patriotic musicale presented by the grange dramatic club. Wesley H Lemont directed the show and the coronation featured Mrs Arthur C Lemont and a strong cast of local singers and actors from West Bath and nearby communities. The program celebrated war memorials with songs like Ave Maria and The Star Spangled Banner and closed with the audience joining in God Bless America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
West Bath Grange Hall
Wesley H. Lemont
the Grange Dramatic Club
Arthur C. Lemont
Ceres
West Bath Grange
Sumner Sewall
William A. Armstrong
West Bath
Fred K. Sturtevant
Walter Olsen
Fred H. Cary
Hodgkins
Percy J. Hodgkins
Girard
Lewis D. Carter
Oemont
Gray
Sumhep Sewaull
John Ft. Hittse
Bath
Auden
Red Cross
James Uanniwsn
Portland
Justus Ho Miller
Kinelage
Mr. Olsen
England
Mrs. Sturtevant
Pearl Harbor
Girard Hodgkins
Lewis E. Palmer
Sweetheart
Mr. Hodgkins
Dover
Mrs. Hodgkins
Maggie
John M. Howe
Edward Jenks
Frederick Morton
Navy
Graydon Smith
Julia Field
Carter
Flowers
Sturtevant
Lemont
Raymond M. Clark
John H. Sylvester
Marilyn Booker
Bertha Ward
Cleveland Smith
Edward Hamblett
Joseph Oliver
Archie Gilpatrick
State of Maine
Marie MacDonald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Box Co
Carlton Bridge
Iron Works
Center Street
Middle Street
Center
Union Streets
Union
Washington Streets
Dr. Stuart
Engine House
BOARD
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold J. Rubin
Charles T. Small
John P. Carey
Gardiner RR. Deering
Ralph O. Dale
LIONS
Edward J. McMann
Charles A. Thayer
Bath Water District
Fire and Park and Cemetery
Sewall
Cosmo Garden Club
U. S. Navy
Hawaii
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