Wiscasset Academy Halloween Dance a Social and Financial Hit
The senior class hosted a semi formal Halloween hall in Red Men's hall with Cliff Leeman's Bath orchestra. A crowd in orange and black enjoyed sweet cider doughnuts and dancing as military and civilian guests observed. A related society meeting and Armistice Day services were noted with several local residents mentioned among attendees.
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Wiscasset Academy
Red Men's Hall
Cliff Leeman
Orchestra of
Bath
Dorothy Thompson
Pfc
Andrew Melance
Us.m.c
Charles Sewall
Virginia Butler
Leroy Farmer
Elaine Monro
Scott Holmes
Herbert Taylor
Janet Hughes
Conrad Peters
Elinor Sutter
Raymond Carr
U.S.N
Billie Ingham
Robert Adams
Robert Fulton
Wiscasset Female Charitable Society
Mary Hobson
Grace M. Sewall
Alice D. Taylor
Eliza Holbrook
Edith White
Ida Creamer
Carrie Knight
Mary Beamis
Gertrude Sortwell
Grace L. Knight
Katherine Sewall
Anna Flood
American Legion
Congregational Church
George Cheria
D. L. Wilson
Woman's Club
Inez Burton
Mary Campbell
Laura Carlton
Organ Society
Huntoon Hill Grange
John Blagdon
Wiscasset
Boston
B. F. Blagdon
Harold Maybury, Sr
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Josie Foye Ts
Sweetland
Clarence
Richards
Damariscotta
George Bemis
Federal Street
Benjamin L Rines
US Mc.r
Archie Rines
Parris Island
West Bath sewing group meets at grange hall
West Bath friends gathered Monday at the grange hall with attendees including Mrs. Charles Doyle and Mrs. Melvin Comeau. Dramas of the week covered visits, gunning trips, and a Halloween party, plus plans for the next meeting on November 15 and a reminder to bring lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Grange Hall
Charles Doyle
Melvin Comeau
Nellie Brown
Ference Wallace
A. Howard Mc Ronald
Owen Rogers
Harry Peterson
Hazel Wharff
E. W. Haggett
F. W. Larrabee
Earle Donnell
Llewellyn Rogers
F. W. Deehan
Courtney Stover
From where I sit by Joe Marsh
In this column Joe Marsh argues that normal regulation protects public health and civic standards. He notes U S meat inspections and restaurant checks as examples and praises brewers for self regulation with state cooperation.
Seasonal Fishermen Directed to Register
Boothbay Harbor November 3 Commissioner Arthur R Greenleaf of the Sea and Shore Fisheries Department announced that the War Manpower Commission outlined a plan to ensure seasonal fishermen return to boats and shore gear after winter lay-off. The plan requires seasonal workers to register with the U S Employment Service for off season work and would affect draft status and occupational classifications. Year round fishermen are exempt, while those changing seasonal roles remain seasonal workers if they fish year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur R. Greenleaf
The
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
War Manpower Commission
Greenleaf
U. S
U. S. Employment Service
Selective Service
Virginia Whitney Hosts Family Supper Party
Miss Virginia Whitney entertained at a supper party Tuesday for her tenth birthday at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Whitney 206 Center street. Guests included Joan and Alice Cancaris Joan Edgett Betty Footer Mary Burgess Sally Snowdon Lillian Saunders and Virginia Parker Ann Savage was invited but could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Whitney
A. E. Whitney
Center Street
Joan
Alice Cancaris
Joan Edgett
Betty Footer
Mary Burgess
Sally Snowdon
Lillian Saunders
Virginia Parker
Ann Savage
West Bath Grange Annual Fair a Grand Success
The West Bath Grange annual fair at the Grange Hall on Friday evening drew strong crowds and sold out booths. Prizes donated by members included a quilt won by Mrs Ida Oliver and various handcrafts won by several attendees. The harvest supper, dance, and committee members are listed, with thanks from Worthy Master Mrs Eva J. Lemont for a successful event.
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West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Alice Johnson
Ella Coombs
The
Grange
Ida Oliver
Hazel Crocker
Nelle Booker
Laura White
Lucy Armstrong
Herbert Simpson
Lillian Rogers
Edward Burns
Marie Marco
Sadie Armstrong
Affin Pinson
Sumner Sewall
John Conway
Sewall
Rose Jean
Edwin Haggett
Everett G. Lemont
Bertha Davis
James B. Lemont
Elwell Greig
Lee Scott
Arthur C. Lemont
John Sylvester
Martha Crocker
Harry Peterson
Francis Deehan
Oscar Wright
Leon Felker
Bell Marie Kelsey
Bertha Ward
Mary Deehan
Edgar D. Leavitt
Ethel Waterman
Mabel Tibbetts
William Small Jr
Alfred Neal
Joseph Oliver
Ethel MacDonald
Chester Roberts
Eva J. Lemont
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds Meeting on Wartime Info
West Bath Farm Bureau met at Mrs. L. D. Small's home with Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Dor is McCready leading a session on Wartime Information Service covering living conditions and rubber goods care. Members included Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Manter, and others. a tribute was paid to long-time member Joanna Hodgkins. The November date depends on Extension Service materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Farm Bureau
L. D. Small
Doris McCready
W. A. Coombs
William Davis
Oscar Adams
E. W. Haggett
Adams
Joanna Hodgkins
The
Red Cross
Robert Coombs
D. Wylie Lemont
Joseph Oliver
E. E. Thompson
P. L. Thompson
E. E. Whittemore
Hugo Sandelin
Everett Manter
Brunswick
Barbara Adams
Carol Manter
Mrs. Ervine Hatch Joins Bath Iron Works Staff
Mrs. Ervine Hatch of Walpole has recently entered the employ of the Bath Iron Works.
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Ervine Hatch of
Walpole
The
Bath Iron Works
Community notices from Woolwich and Day's Ferry area
Local clubs meet with plans for events and charitable work. Mothers club held a Halloween party at Day's Ferry schoolhouse with prizes for costumes going to Merlene Jameson Kieth Jameson and Rita Goss of Augusta. Red Cross to meet Nov 9 for an all day session and quilt project.
Navy Enlists Wayne Brackley Stationed at Newport
Dresden Wayne Brackley has enlisted in the U S Navy and is stationed in Newport R I Edward E Call of Boston visited his cousins Mrs Oscar Bailey and Miss Carolyn Sheldon Sunday Junior Grange held a Halloween party Friday night funds to be used for new regalia Mrs Clayton Meyers has returned from visits in Massachusetts and Vermont Clifton Cate and family of Newcastle visited the Cate home Sunday Dr Alexander Cairns pastor of the Methodist church spoke on Jesus the Coming One and continued the Universal Christ children’s sermon Old Rags Maude Barker of Augusta visited Miss Abbie Barker Superintendent of Schools Stanwood Gilman visited the town schools Monday
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Wayne Brackley
U. S. Navy
Newport
R. I. Edward
Jesus
Maude Barker
Augusta
Abbie Barker
Cedar Grove
Stanwood Gilman
Card of Thanks from Dolly Grover
I thank friends for cards gifts and flowers sent during my illness at home and my hospital stay at Miles Memorial hospital in Damariscotta. Special thanks to the ladies of the B I W Night Shift my teacher Mrs Spaulding schoolmates and the Montsweag Sunday School. Woolwich Maine November 3 1943.
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Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Spaulding
Montsweag
Death of Dean Farnham In Bath
Dean Farnham of Waterville died Monday while visiting Bath as a guest of his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Charles B Doyle of Brunswick road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Farnham
Waterville
Bath
Charles B. Doyle
Brunswick Road
Capt David Reed Remembered On 91st Birthday In Woolwich
Capt David Reed of Woolwich turned 91 with heartfelt wishes from friends neighbors and townspeople. A longtime Kennebec waters devotee he operated excursions and later guided island and Boothbay tours from Southport living near his birthplace. His niece Lieut Lorena Reed Protheroe sent a gold pin from the U S Army. He loved gardening and woodwork and kept his Kennebec view home even after a lightning fire damaged the old house. His wife Mae Morrison Reed died years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Reed
Woolwich
Lorena Reed Protheroe
WAC
U. S. Army
Middle West
Capt
Reed
Reuben and
Martha (Gilmore) Reed
Kennebec
Southport
Islands
Boothbay
Alice King
Mae Morrison of
Gardiner
Capt. Reed
Halloween Party Opens Game Room With Colorful Decor
Miss Betty Noftall hosts a festive Halloween at 433 Middle Street in a newly finished game room. Fireproof decorations and lighted jack o lanterns set a lively scene for indoor games and harvest refreshments. Attendees include Lillian Witham, Doris Lang, Cynthia Moses, Jean MacDonald, Barbara Main, Noreen Murphy, Donald McAllister, Worthley McPhee, Merton Merry, Wesley McPhee, William Ketchum, Gerald Boudreau, Philip Ames, and Robert Hilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Noftall
James Noftall
Middle Street
Mr. Nostall
Lillian Witham
Doris Lang
Cynthia Moses
Jean MacDonald
Barbara Main
This City
Noreen Murphy
Woolwich
Donald McAllister
Worthley McPhee
Merton Merry
Wesley McPhee
Willliam Ketchum
Gerald Boudreau
Philip Ames
Robert Hilton
Damariscotta
Central League Meeting At Parish House Draws Large Attendance
The Central Church League held a weekly meeting Monday evening at the parish house with a large turnout. Miss Ethel Blake presided. Plans were made for a rummage sale on November 10 led by Anna Thombs, and a Halloween party with supper next Monday led by Ram Stevens. Hostesses were Rudolph McRae and Walter Wassmund. Members sewed items for the Christmas sale and enjoyed a social hour after refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Ethel Blake
Anna Thombs
Hiram Stevens
Rudolph McRae
Walter Wassmund
Maine civilian population declines in war era report
The Census Bureau notes Maine's population fell from 822,226 on May 1949 to 795,228 on March 1 1943 a drop of 26 998 or 3 3 percent. The report ties nationwide declines to 1940 wartime military expansion and War Ration Book Two data.
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Maine
Bureau of the Census
Bureau
Welcome Letter From Camp McCain Chaplain
1st Lieut Joseph O Purdue chaplain at 242nd Station Hospital Camp McCain Mississippi writes to Winter Street Parish praising the church and its leaders and describing life at the camp with morale efforts and community support for soldiers. He notes plans to attend next parish supper and reflects on his new duties and the hospital’s training and patient care environment.
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Joseph O. Purdue
U. S. Army
242Nd Station Hospital
Camp McCain
Miss
Winter Street
Purdue
Mississippi
Friends of
Winter Street Parish
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ladies’ Aid
Turkey
Prudential Committee
Board of Trustees
Chaplain School
Maine
the Red Cross
Bay Point Notes From Chester Whittaker Visit
Chester Whittaker 2/c Armed Guards Brooklyn arrived at his mother's Bay Point home Saturday evening and visited friends Sunday. Melvin Delano of Portland and Mrs. Robert Fry also visited friends on Bay Point. Carrie Oliver improving after illness. Mrs Mildred Hartford San Diego reports good health and California life. Herman A Spinney injured after a fall on steps near the wharf dislocating a rib. he remains able to move about with medical attention.
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Chester Whittaker
S. 2
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bay Point
Melvin Delano
Portland
Robert Fry
Carrie Oliver
Mildred Hartford
San Diego
Cal
California
Herman A. Spinney
Pastor’s letter from Bath and Winter Street church
The letter describes a pastor’s service with the 242nd Station Hospital and Bath and Winter Street church. He shares his work in psychopathic wards, gratitude for the hospital’s mission, and his policy of writing to family, business, sick, and correspondents. He asks the congregation to cooperate with an interim pastor and expresses prayers and pride in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
242Nd Station Hospital
247Th Station Hospital
Winter Street
Bath
Bath and Winter Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Three Hour Old Son Appears In Honolulu Photo
Lt Franklin M. Crouch of Richmond Virginia shows a picture of his three hour old son Bruce Crawford Crouch born August 4 at the home of Mrs Crouch's parents in Topsham Maine. The image was rushed by air mail to a South Pacific base and the father calls the infant beautiful.
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Honolulu
Topsham
Maine
Navy
Leutenant
Guptill Arrives in Cooperstown For Winter Visit
William T. Guptill of Cooper's Mills comes to town to spend the winter with his granddaughter Mrs. N Elwood Coffin Jr. and Mr. Coffin at 1343 Washington Street. He led Augusta's Department of Agriculture for over thirty years and is well known across the state for his many longtime friendships and respected stature. His younger son Dr Plimpton Guptill of New York City, a long time surgeon, now serves as a major in the U S Army medical corps stationed in the South after visiting relatives here.
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A. B. Snow
Freeport
I. B. Neily
Florence Neily
HB Killam
Gardiner
F. W. Deehan
Elizabeth Condon
Eugenia Swanton
Lowell School
Bangor
L. Erian Wing
Lewiston
F. W. Larrabee
Bates Stover
Brunswick Road
Courtney Stover
West Gardiner
J. B. Cooke
Union
Allan McAllister
U.S.M.C
Parris Island
S. C
Portland
James Williams
James Skaling
Bath
Anne Williams
Owen E. Rogers
Topsham
Walter Mallett
Carol Carlton
Eunice
June Doughty
Dorothy Greenleaf
Shirley Wharf
William T. Guptill
Cooper's Mills
N. Elwood Coffin, Jr
Mr. Coffin
Washington Street
Guptill
Department of Agriculture
Augusta
Plimpton Guptill
New York City
Medical Corps
U. S. Army
South
Mrs Prout Visiting Bangor Couple Amid Hospital Stay
Mrs A I Prout of Bangor is visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs D T Dougherty in North Street. Her sister Mrs Dougherty is a patient at Memorial hospital after a fall last weekend en route to Bangor. She entered the hospital a week ago Sunday and is reported to be improving as expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Morrison
Bingham
H. A. Tarr
Edith Miller
Wollaston
Mass
Tarr
Frank Adams
Adams
Charles Sigison
Katherine Pinkham
North Edgecomb
Henry Webb
High Street
Richard King
Birch Point
Exeter
N. H
Erville Meserve
Colorado
Nellie Merry
Water Street
Vinnie Qunnam
Arthur Paquet
A. I. Prout
Bangor
D. T. Dougherty
North Street
Maine pheasant hunting opens for two weeks
Open season on pheasants begins today under Maine Game Laws and runs through November 14. Daily limit is two birds per person with a maximum of 12 birds in the two week period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
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Robert Maas
Howard Carlton
Arrowsie
Maud Doyle
Gertrude Greenleaf
Dorothy
Amos
James
Roland Carlton
Norman
Ann Chapman
William Bailey
Harold Bailey
Marines
S. M. Pendleton
Sidney
Dana
Isleboro
Nathan Johnson
Bernard
Kennard
Rogue Bluffs
Henry P. Donnell
Army Air Corps
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
Fla
Hayden Rogers
Nancy
Mary
Donald Lennox
Philip
Laurance Putnam
Andrew Babkirk
Stockholm
John
Joe Marsh
Germany
Uncle Sam
Brewing Industry Foundation
Maine Committee
Rank H. Molley
Main ST
Day’s Ferry
Mabel Jack
Mothers Club
Merlene Jameson
Kieth Jameson
Rita Goss
Mason Carter
Madlyn Durgin
Elizabeth Hathorne
South Woolwich
Alton Berry
Spinning Wheel Club
Jordan Wright
Robert Sutter
Earl Dow
Gardner Greenough
South Newcastle
Dorothy Grover
Memorial Hospital
Maxine Walker
Guy Buzzy
Sanford
Arthur J. McKeand
Maxwell McKeand
Canton
Daisy Bailey
Carrie Fuller
Merle Jameson
Frank J. Walker
Jennie Howe
Florence Temple
Lela Perkins
South Dresden
Azuba Holland
Moatsweag
Earl Stimpson
Stimpson
Elwell Stimpson
Skowhegan
Albion L. Corliss
Hyde Windlass Co
Jonesboro
Marilyn Temple
Clinton Strout
Wakefield
Walter McNally
Ivory Strout
J.C. Poulterer
Island Heights
N. J
Major
Mrs. Doe
Cambridge
Dresden
Dolly Grover
Woolwich, Maine
Entral League
J. O. Purdue
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