Fire destroys home in Phippsburg area. residents aided
Kedrick Palmer woke Maurice Pushard to smoke filled rooms trapping the interior. Pushard was carried to safety before Bath Fire Department arrived, the house and contents burned. The Pushards and others faced disruptions, with family histories and land transfers noted in the surrounding area. Maurice Jr. lost records and instruments. Mrs Pushard was away during the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Te Stoneybrook
Mr. Pushard
Kedrick Palmer
Kedrick
Bath
Thomas Sedgberg
Thomas Child
Samuel Larrabees
Hans J. Segeberg
Josiah Dean
Samuel Sewall
W. H. A. C. Prescott
Benjamin Prescott
Jacob Cand
Almira Goss
Pearson Morrison
David Rogers
Meadowbrook
John Marriot
Josiah Deane
Stoneybrook
Elizabeth Sedgeberg
Nathan Gorton
Etta Clough-Sedgeberg
Frank Frisbee
John W. Small
Provincetown
Mass
James E. Lee
Lenden
Berletta L. Scotton
Somerville
Abbie Pashard
Denmark
Jane
Ireland
Nathaniel C. Reed
Charles V. Minott
Sewall Bowker
Georgia Leech
Jacob Goss
Samuel Larrabee
Larrabees
Cranberry Point
Pushard
Hans Sedgeberg
Maurice, Jr
Paul Simonds
Constance Staples
Allan Little
Rogers Camp
Carrie Little
Meadowbrook Road
Guy Crosby
Gardiner Rogers
First Baptist Church Holds Annual Meeting and Elects Officers
Rev. Charles R. Sims won unanimous reappointment to lead the church for another year. Officers elected include Mrs. Arthur Dunton clerk and Mrs. Florence Martin treasurer, with new members James S. Longhurst Shirley Pratt and others admitted. Mizpah class prepared a large supper, and the church gears up to host the United Baptist Convention of Maine next month with the auditorium freshly painted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Leon R. Eaton
A. I. Stuart
Arthur J.dunton
Florence Martin
Evelyn Sotheard
Elsie Crosby
Bertha Abe Pe
Harry W. Moulton
Arthur H. Price
Board of Trustees
Prudential Committee
Hattie Grant
Anna Pratt
Hazel Schottler
James S. Longhurst
Shirley Pratt
Arthur Freeman
Helen Morris
Dorothy Thayer
Olive Higgins
Dorothy Carey
J. Russell Grant
United Baptist Convention of
Maine
Bath Iron Works Forum to Present Electricity at Work
Bath residents will view Dr. Phillips Thomas of Westinghouse demonstrate Electricity at Work at Morse High School auditorium on Friday May 16. Ultraviolet germ killing photo elasticity light chimes light rotation and atom smasher will be shown with remote controlled motion pictures behind the scenes in a modern research lab. John W. Osborn says the event should surpass prior Forum features with no admission charge and begins at eight o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Morse High School
Phillips Thomas
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Dr. Thomas
John W. Osborn
Bath Iron Works Corp
Local social notes from Bath area featuring visitors and club events
Winnegance Tyleston C Oliver, 34 High Street, a patient at Bath Memorial hospital for six weeks, returned home last week. Mrs Edgar Oliver hosted the Squaw club at 30 High Street with two auction bridge tables and prizes to Mrs Sherman Morse and Mrs Frank Perry. The club meets tonight with Mrs Sherman Morse at 70 High Street. Mrs Charles Small entertained the Community club Auxiliary at lower High Street with three auction tables. top honors to Mrs Charles Hewitt Jr and Mrs George Eaton. Marilyn Hart, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond C Hart of 16 Park Street, a Memorial hospital patient, received a bouquet from four eighth grade classmates Evelyn Perkins, Claire Martin, Millicent Hecht and Virginia Andre. Mrs Gladys Gundel of 858 Middle Street spent the weekend in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyleston C. Oliver
High Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edgar Oliver
Squaw Club
Sherman Morse
Frank Perry
Charles Small
Lower High Street
Charles Hewitt, Jr
George Eaton
Hewitt
Marilyn Hart
Raymond C. Hart
Park Street
Memorial Hospital
Central Grammar School
Evelyn Perkins
Claire Martin
Millicent Hecht
Virginia Andre
Worden
Frances Robie
William Briggs
South Portland
Small Point
G. E. McNulty
George Buchanan
Schenectady
N. Y
River Shore
Lowen
Dougherty
Fred Kittredge
Bessie Stiff
Buchanans
State Health Bureau
Phippsburg Center
Marion Bridges
Margaret Wyman
Frank Irving
William Stone
Biddeford
James Walker
Medford
Mass
Furbish
North Turner
Society Hall
Hersilia
Government Wharf
Ethier
Gilbert Head
Pennsylvania
Rolalot
Waldo Weston
Blanchard Crowley
Elisha Bridges
Page Wyman
Charles Talbot
Mattson
Annie Stacey
Brunswick
Theodore Earle
Bath
Stephen Etnier
John H. Beebe
Wakefield
Popham
Alvah Light
Norman Perkins
Boston
Fred Osgood
Philip
Lawrence Wyman
Moses Chandler
Harold Wallace
West Point
Lincoln Bowie
Roland
Bion Bowie
Lewiston
Clarence Perkins
Peter Isaacson
Stone House
Irving Isaacson
Camp Blanding
Fla
Lois Gayton
Auburn
Wilmer Voorhees
William
Fred Waterhouse
Kee Oo
Frank Jones
Jane
George Ingraham
Jones Cottage
Jonesport
Frank Scott
Perkins’ Island
Eugene Osgood
Dora Bridges
Guy Crowley
Elizabeth Oliver
George Oliver
Willard Oliver
Baby
Parker Head Church School Activities And Neighbors Gatherings
Church school met in the vestry under Miss Robie and Mrs. Earl Lowell with Charles Perry as guest. Children planted pansies in cups for Mothers Day gifts and made window decorations. Various meetings followed among Brownies Girl Scouts and families, with picnics, visits, and outings at Weiner Rock Popham Beach and nearby towns. Local social notes include travel to Bath Lewiston Boston Cooper's Mills and Whitefield and a minor fire scare on the new road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wortle
Clayton Savage
Walter Cushing
Weiner Rock
Tose
Claude Brooks
Colleen Wyman
Small Point
Dorothy Davis
Ardine Perkins
Carolyn Wallace
Phippsburg Center
Marion
Dorothy Sushing
Lorraine Harrington
Doris Savage
Parker Head
Earl Hamel
Ramon Hamel
Arthur Kreidler
Lloyd Lowell
William Cushing
Bath
Father and Son
Allie Rollins
Lewiston
Charles Blaisdell
Donald Logan
Boston
Cooper's Mills
William Temple
Ruth Blaisdell
Lee Sheldon
Winneganee
Alston Oliver
Rita Eramus
Owen Richardson
Margaret Marsh
Leslie Logan
Sally Lowell
Marieyman
Marie Wyman
Lewis F. Lowell
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco
Whitefield
Lowell
Herman Hallett
Lloyd Perry
Wayne Victor
Charles Perry
Ora Hallett
Bob Moore
Lewis Lowell
Frances M. Robie
Popham Church
Popham Beach
William H. Wyman
Carolyn
Harriet
Charles Sawyer
Madeline Buckley
Yarmouth
John Libby
American Legion
Alvin Rollins
Fort McKinley
Lorraine Blaisdell
John Rollins
Stephen Hlister
Irene Hlister
H. D. Mank
Fred A. Libby
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Francis Lander
Geraldine
Mertie Shepard
Ruth
Frances
Brunswick
Robert Moore
Esther Robinson
George Morong
Motorboat to Run Bath to Islands Schedule Set
Capt Walter F E Farmer of Southport announced the Samoset Line cabin motor boat will begin service June 16 between Bath Boothbay Harbor and the islands. Two round trips daily from Bath to Boothbay Harbor with a Sunday 10 am excursion to Boothbay and the islands. The boat will use City Landing Bath and Boothbay Harbor wharf once used by the Virginia. The line holds mail contracts for Five Islands and MacMahan Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter FE. Farmer
Southport
City
Samoset Line
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Islands
City Landing
Broad Street
Virginia
Old Samoset Steamboat Co
Farmer
Bocthbay Harbor
Five Islands
MacMahan Island
Lewiston Weekend Social Roundup
Mrs. Harold Rogers shopped in Lewiston Saturday. Jean Hamel Bernard Wyman and Leston Harrington Jr. spent the weekend at Sanford. They traveled to Salmon Falls where Mr Hamel visited relatives. Mr Littledale of Portland was in town Monday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Rogers
Lewiston
Jean Hamel
Bernard Wyman
Leston Harrington, Jr
Sanford
Salmon Falls
Hamel
Mr. Littledale
Portland
Selective Service Amends Induction Notice Rules
Gen James W Hanson State Director of Selective Service announced amendments to give selectees at least ten days to adjust after receiving an induction order. Local boards may extend to 60 days or more for hardship cases, and may postpone up to 60 days from the date of such postponement. The changes enable registrants to finalize personal business, take required examinations, and arrange affairs before entering the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hanson
Selective Service
Hanson
Collision on Brunswick Road injures driver in near miss
Peter J. Carberry sustained minor cuts after his car collided with Edwin W. Haggett s vehicle as Haggett slowed to turn into John H. Perkins driveway. Carberry veered into a culvert and ditch. Haggett and passengers uninjured. State Trooper Herbert Mariner investigated. Later a small fire at Craft's Battery shop Rice's garage prompted a quick response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Carberry
Brunswick Road
Edwin W. Haggett
West Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Haggett
Brunswick
John H. Perkins
Carberry
Bath
Mr. Haggett
Everett G. Lemont
High Street
Herbert Mariner
Topsham
Box 45
Center
Washington Streets
Craft
Rice
Engine 4
Merrill Couple Returns From Boston Visit
Mr and Mrs Jason A Merrill have come back after a short trip to Boston.
Popham Beach Community Activities and Local Happenings
The village hosts sewing and knitting meeting led by Miss Frances Robie at the library Thursday at two. A children’s party and games with refreshments occurred Monday after school. Visitors and locals enjoy gatherings at cottages, road repairs along Parker Head and Small Point, and coast guard and hospital news.
Fire Department Slate Approved by Local Aldermen
The rolls of all Fire Department companies led by Chief Engineer Richard rates were confirmed Wednesday by the aldermen. Listings cover Hose Co. No. 1 through Hook and Ladder No. 1 with foremen and key officers named for each unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Richard Rates
British Bath thanked for mobile feeding kitchen gift
A Bath Maine committee of the British War Relief society receives a grateful letter from Britain. The gift funds a mobile kitchen to aid bombing victims and bolster morale, to be ordered in Great Britain and inscribed Donated by the City of Bath Maine U S A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan McInnes
Bath Committee
British War Relief Society
McInnes
Great Britain
Bath
Maine
U.S. A
Britain
United States
British War Relief Society Official Visits Parents in Massachusetts
The general secretary Mrs Jack Pinel arrived Saturday evening from Quincy Massachusetts to spend a week with her parents Mr and Mrs William Fields of Hardings, accompanying the British War Relief Society Incorporated presented by John Howard Hanway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
British War Relief Society Incorporated
John Howard Hanway
Jack Pinel
Quincy
Mass
William Fields
Hardings
Maine outlines ten point program to rehabilitate sheep industry
Samuel F. Dorrance Maine Department of Agriculture Sheep Specialist announces a ten point program to rehabilitate Maine's declining sheep industry. The plan includes promoting diversified farms stock selection fat lamb shows and auctions field day for breeders and prompt dog and bear claim settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Dorrance
Richmond
Maine Department of Agriculture
Maine
Dorrance
Thibodeau Wedding Announced in Portland Ceremony
Miss Thelma L. Thornton and Theodore S. Thibodeau wed Sept 29 1940 in Portland with Rev Howard O Hough officiating. Attending guests included Mrs Alton King Mrs Hobart Ames and Mrs W B Thornton. The bride is a Shaw's Bookstore employee and the groom oversees M and M Products with ports in Bath Augusta and Boothbay Harbor. They vacationed in Quebec and Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Thelma L. Thornton
William B. Thornton
Middle Street
Theodore S. Thibodeau
Benjamin
Esther Thibodeau
Georgetown
Portland
Howard O. Hough
Alfred McCabe
Hartley Harley
Helen Lesier
Mary Gallant
Lelia B. Thornton
W. B. Thornton
Thibodeau
Notable Writers Linked to Three Newspapers
Distinguished author and former editor at the Boston Transcript and summer resident of Rocky Top Sebasco, now editorial writer for the Bangor Daily News. The Kaufman couple are noted authors, with Mr. Kaufman having previously served as a foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Rocky Top
Sebasco
Bangor Daily News
Kauffman
New York Herald-Tribune
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Phippsburg
Carl Severin
Laura Cutting
Helen Gagnon
Maud Holbrook
Bess Dickinson
Bangor
Bangor House
Marion Martin
Grace Dickinson
Winter Street
Onan Lo
LDS Annual Meeting
Bath Iron Works Forum
Westinghouse
Gladys Gundel
Parker
Eugene Harrington
Stephen Rogers
Damariscotta
George, Jr
Lawrence
Howard
Harold Thayer
W. E. Farmer
Mrs
Jason A. Merrill
Fred K. Sturtevant
Eugene O. Dauphin
Elmer W. Rogers
Edward Whitehouse
Alden P. Denham, Jr
Charles Ridley
Fenton Moore
Charles Thayer
Thomas Gallagher
Charles Burgess
Edmond Webster
Battmen
Allen Thayer
Everett Stilphen
Albert E. McLellan
Clifford J. White
William Burgess
George E. Parshley
William Pecci
Charles Swearingen
William F. Higgins
Herbert Shea King
Battman
William Burges
Charles Dutton
Alvah Lewis
Emerson Glidden
Laurence Sprague
Henry Albert
Lawrence Small
William Dwyer
Farley Mayo
Earl Fortier
Rolan Staples
William Hill
Lawrence Lewis
Lawrence Russell
Melvin H. Savage
Herbert L. Anderson
Frank T. Fortier
Maurice Perry
Charles Parks, Jr
John Burgess
Leon Eaton
Francis A. Fortier
Kenneth Thayer
Edward Thomas
Richard Young
America
Thibodeaus