Phippsburg Community Updates on School and Health Efforts
Mrs John Parker and Mrs Susie Barbour discuss ambulance service and beach wagon volunteers amid war readiness. Supt Libby outlines state support for a central four room school building and buses. town pushes for a special meeting to accept funding. Community events include religious education planning, nurse aide training, garden work, and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Susie Barbour
Barbour
School Board
Richard J. Libby
Maine
Libby
Donald Nelson
Barbour Haslready
Langdon Thistle
MacLaughlin
Board of Health
Andazzo
T. B
Ray
Phippsburg Saturay
Iss Abbie Minott
Rodney W. Round
Charles L. Stevens
James Edgar Perry Akso
Mar
Aarge
Perry Farm
Man
Lee's Isand
Samuel Dayton
Charles Ibridge
William Lee Cusling
Henry Wyman
Nto
Dromore Bay
Rgg
Gas Ration Meeting Defends Shipyard Needs
In Lewiston City Hall a defense workers meeting drew 1,200 men as Edward C. Moran Jr. of the OPA promised gas and tire allotments for commute to South Portland and Bath shipyards. He urged cooperation, noted shipyards and others also needed supplies, and said appeals could be made if dissatisfied. The event supported ongoing wartime work while stressing individual responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense
Auburn
Lewiston
Lamsbert
City Hall
Edward C. Moran Jr
OPA
South Portland
Bath
Louis J. Brann
Congress
Believin
Myron Hilton
Maine
South Portland Shipbuilding Co
Moran
Kitteridge Family Attends UMaine Commencement
Mr and Mrs Fred Kitteridge and his brother William Kitteridge of High Street spent the weekend in Bangor with their daughter Mrs Richard Hastings. They attended the University of Maine commencement on Monday where Miss Virginia Hastings was a member of the graduating class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Grant
Portland
Susie Arbour
Hamilton Mcourt
Rayony Jackson
Freeport
Ralph Pye, Jr
Herbert Pores
Oston
Ada C. Minott
Iono
U. of M
Susie Davis
John Avis
Minnie Wallace
Henry Minott
Martha Beals
Bath Medriag Hospital
George
Wynburg
Nightwater
Raymond Campbell
Charles L. Stevms
Maurice Avery, Jr
Fred Kitteridge
Kitteridge
William Kitteridge
High Street
Bangor
Richard Hastings
University of Maine
Virginia Hastings
Health drive in Phippsburg plans free school inoculations
Parker Head Health committee met May 19 at Mrs. James Gilman home to organize free inoculation and vaccination for school children with dates at each school to be announced. Over half of pupils returned consent slips. A June 16 child health conference at Parker Head vestry invites mothers of pre school children for weighing, measuring and possible vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
James Gilman
Ashdale
Gilman
Leo Hamel
Earl Lowell
Ellison Moody
Frances Robie
Ada McConnell
Parker Head
Soybean acreage rising to offset imports
The department of agriculture says soybeans adapt to the same soils as corn and asks American farmers to plant up to double last year. County agricultural agents help new growers select seed suited to local conditions as soybeans are identified as a versatile oil source, including use as a paint ingredient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Far East
Wireless for Whales Fleet Adopts Air Beacons
Whaling fleets from Capetown to the Antarctic equip wireless outfits and air pump whale carcasses. Portable automatic wireless beacons are attached to catches to signal and track the catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
South Africa
Antarctic
Muriel Sturgis Weds David Soule in Augusta Church
Miss Muriel Haynes Sturgis daughter of Mrs Horace R Sturgis becomes the bride of David Bradford Soule son of A M G Soule at St Mark's Episcopal church in Augusta. Rev Tom G Akeley officiated with a large gathering. The couple hosted a reception at the Sturgis home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Haynes Sturgis
Horace R. Sturgis
Broad Acres
Riverside
Vassalboro
Sarasota
Fla
David Bradford Soule
A. M. G. Soule
Elm Street
Augusta
Woolwich
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Tom G. Akeley
Christchurch
Gardiner
Sturgis
Margaret Sturgis
William B. Williamson
Montgomery
Ala
Hester Sturgis
Myron Hilton
South Portland
Bath
Elisabeth R. Brown
Jean Caldwell
William H. Soule
Gilmore Weston Soule
Rockland
Norman C. Merrill
Fort Dix
Paul B. Merrick
Fort Devens
Ralph W. Rollins, Jr
Portland
Carroll Lambert
St. Mark's
Mary Morton Soule
Gould Academy
Bethel
Pauly Metcalf
Charles P. Kinsman, Jr
Raphael Mahes
Frances Soule
Madelyn Hanson
Carl Ackley
Edgecomb Park
Greenwich
Adelbert W. Hall
Weston Hilton
Damariscotta
Community notices and shore clean up at Popham Beach
The Bath Ministerial Association held a second Popham Beach evening service with Rev. George Wolstenholme Rabbi Abraham May and Miss Frances Robie. Volunteers including Shaw Church cleaned river shore. immunization plans discussed for smallpox and diphtheria with a June 16 health conference at Parker Head. Local residents attended gatherings, gardens and cottage visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ministerial Association
Popham Beach
Frances Robie
Phippsburg
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Congregational Church
Bath
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Church
Abraham May
Pond Island
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Okaiyoka
Enid Sawyer
Voorhees
Caroline Carpenter
Grace Crowley
Jane Baker
Dorothy Gilchrist
Shirley Shepard
Eleanor Grainger
Linna Marie Purdue
Marilyn Cummings
Betty Bowers
Kathleen Harkins
Catherine Powers
Ruth Cogan
James Gilman
Ashdale
Ada McConnell
R. N
Earl Lowell
Parker Head
Ellison Moody
Shaw Church
Bath Iron Works
P.F.C
Nick Speratore
Corp
Fred Landry
Bertha Newdick
Mary Newdick
Virginia Perkins
Ernest Oliver
Gloria Oliver
William Hutchins
Christopher Marr
Peter Isaacson
Clarence Perkins
William Wallace
Popham Circle
Herbert J. Kellaway
Newton Center
Mass
Allan Spear
Joseph
Donald
David MacDonald
Everett Parker
Spear Cottage
Stanley Hyde
Barbara
Nancy Hyde
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Norman Squires
Billy
Hannah Steele
Urden Harding
Shaw
Fred Spinney
Auburn
Ernest Spinney
Blanchard Crowley
Woolwich
Guy Crowley
Leaders Honor Holmer Trott At Blaine House Coffee
Kennebec Valley Girl Scout Council Loop leaders and troop committee members were treated to a Friday noon coffee from 11:30 to 1:30 at Blaine House by Mrs Sumner Sewall. The event honored Mrs G H Holmer of Augusta new Kennebec Valley commissioner and Miss Thelma Trott a National Scout headquart ers leader who led a three day leaders course in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Valley
Canteen Groups Serve Fine Meal to Boy Scouts
The Bath chapter American Red Cross Canteen Groups hosted a Father and Son banquet at Morse High School gymnasium for about 300 Boy Scouts and fathers. Staff included Mrs. John Crosby as chair and Mrs. Edwin H. P. Lowell leading the mobile unit with 30 workers in blue and white uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Morse High School
Boy Scouts
John Crosby
Carroll Deering
Harry Carroll
Morris Povich
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Edwin Lowell
Red Cross
Donald Small
Westport News Briefs and Local Arrivals
Harvey Mosier joins family in town and works at Bath Iron Works. Mrs. Ernest Anderson visits Boston sister Miss Elizabeth Burt. Kenneth Philip Parsons Jr born May 5 in Providence Rhode Island to Kenneth and Goldie Parsons formerly of Sanford. J Louis Doyle of Cambridge visits Nine Acres. Mae Stewart Harriett Stewart and William Heal of Jamaica Plain stay for the summer at The Junction. Colin Dunn and Mrs Bessie Hassleman of Bath visit. Dorothy Dunn guests of Ann Louise Jewett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Mosier
Bath Iron Works
Ernest Anderson
Elizabeth Burt
Boston
Kenneth Philip, Jr
Kenneth Parsons
Providence
R. I
Parsons
Goldie Greenleaf
Sanford
J. Louis Doyle
Cambridge
Mass
Mae Stewart
Harriett Stewart
William Heal
Jamaica Plain
Colin Dunn
Bessie Hassleman
Bath
Dorothy Dunn
Ann Louise Jewett
Harvest Season for Puerto Rico Coffee Beans
Coffee berries with flat sides together are picked from branches in Puerto Rico from January through March. Each berry holds a pair of beans, and careful gathering during ripening ensures high grade beans and superior flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Hyde Windlass Co Sets Pace In Drive
Hyde Windlass Co led local Navy Relief Funds contributions with 1728.25 announced by Mrs. Joseph M Kiernan chairing Sagadahoc county drive. Empleados gave 353.25, company 1300, executives 75, marking the largest single donation to date and a strong start from industrial plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
Joseph M. Kiernan
Sagadahoc
Governor Sewall Honors Stephen F. Lee At Blaine House Farewell
Stephen F. Lee administrative assistant to Governor Sumner Sewall was feted at a surprise farewell at the Blaine House on Saturday evening. About 80 representatives from Maine daily newspapers attended a buffet and musical program before Lee departs this week for Fort Devens Massachusetts to enter army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Lee
Sumner Sewall
Blaine House
General Greenlaw Receives Senate Appointed Brigadier General Rank
General Albert Greenlaw’s certificate appointing him a brigadier general passed the United States Senate and bears the signature of Douglas MacArthur, then chief of staff. Greenlaw believes he and General Hanson are the only two in Maine with the famous fighting general’s signature on such a certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Greenlaw
United States Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Greenlaw
Hanson
Maine
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Eugene Bowker
Bathriday
Carrie Little
Ames Little
Martha Hutchins
Andrew Black
Ormer
Meadowrock
Frances Seavey
Illicent Coombs
Richard Wanton
Herbert
Small Point
David M. McKellar
Shirley Higgins
Donald M. McKellar
Higgins
Gilbert Higgins
West Upton
McKellar
Bertha Dunbar
Miss Higgins
Betty Watson
Janet Goodwin
Lillian Goodwin
Maurice Owen
Parker
Miss Robie
Barbara Harrington
Sally
Bill Lowell
Brownies
Girl Scouts
Farm Bureau
Dromore
W. H. Wyman
Marion Cushing
Lloyd Lowell
Richard Dozois
Miss Packard
Phippsburg Center
Master Lowell
Miss Cushing
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Edward Burnham
H. D. Mank
Ramon
Jean Hamel
William Hemmer
Jean
U. S. Marines
Ray Campbell
Ora Hallett
W. E. Hallett
John Long
Mary T. Hunt
Allie Rollins
Ruth Gallagher
Lewis Orr
Leston Harrington
Herbert N. Doughty
Warren Nelson
Bath Memorial Hospital
John Rollins
Topsham
Currey Stiles
Wiscasset
Lauren Stiles
Tdpsham Grange
Elsie Champion
William E. Hallett, Jr
Leslie Darling
U. S. Army
Fort Sills
Popham
Muriel
David R. Soule
St. Mark’s Church
Gardiner Roll of Honor
Gardiner Rotary Club
Gardiner Public Library
Ray S. Baker
Louis Gayton
G. E. McNulty
Frank Scott
Nelson Gordon
Readfield
River Shore
Elizabeth Oliver
Annie Stacey
Kennebec
Joseph Horn
Owen Cottage
Baker
Stone House
Raymond Larrabee
Leverett Welch
Edwin W. Haggett
Elmer Williams
West Bath
Times
Beatrice Stevens
Edgar Drake
Canteen Group No. 2
Westport
Sears Holiday
Jiffy Freezer
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
U.S. War
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Center Street
Bath, Maine
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