St Mary's Guild Plans Christmas Sale and Beans Supper
St Mary's Guild met at the Parish house on Oak street to plan the annual baked bean supper and Christmas sale set for Saturday December 4. The group voted a contribution toward Navy care kits via the American Red Cross and appointed committees to manage the sale and event details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild
Oak Street
Russell Phinnes
U.S. Navy
American Red Cross
Fred D. Hill
A. Farlex Miyvo
Wo TE Voorhees
Proulin Foster
William Deable
Anna M. Tritt
Stewart Day
Kenneth Brown
Walter Hill
Priscilla Magou
Curt French
Woodbury Abouton
Virginia Pesiloas
Chris Abates
AO Furley Mayo
Sale Wal
Warry Berris
Daniel Villiers
Riu
Floretron
Edith Beverley Fants
Chirles
Nik Fatward Parkes
Minry W
Owen
Neue Meanie
Willeai
Warren Huw
Beatrice Dior
Ketina Viinvakia
Memorial Hospital Article Recap Briefs
Memorial Hospital items summarized from the clipping set cover healthcare updates and upcoming notices. The short notes mention medical staff initiatives and service changes without sensational detail.
Birthday party for Aubrey Steen Jr observed
Mrs Aubrey Steen hosted a family party Saturday evening in honor of her son Aubrey Steen Jr who turned sixteen. The Morse High junior worked the Madden Bros store during summer vacation and received a decorated cake with gifts as guests joined the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Steen
Aubrey, Jr
Woo
Aubrey
Morse Hith
Madden Bros
Aubres
Steen
Ralph Gardiner
James C
Halloween Party Delights Bath Guests At North Woolwich
A large Bath crowd attended a Halloween party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. McNeill in North Woolwich on Saturday night with nearly all guests in costumes. Attendees were blindfolded at two schoolhouses, transported to the McNeill home, and greeted by ghosts in a decorated attic. The event featured games such as doughnut biting and bobbing for apples, with refreshments served afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Howard A. McNeill
North Woolwich
North
Woolwich
Eugene Dunton
Wiscasset
Thomas B. Greene
Barbara
Tommy
Stanley Fraser
Marilyn
Carolyn
Edna Johnson
Grace
David
Lillian Groves
Madeline Haley
Roy Stanley
Gordon
Bertha Tremain
Ralph Lewis
Harriet Stinson
William Fraser
Marjorie
Major Fraser
Ralph Haley
Arline
William Thornton
Edward Murphy, Jr
Joseph Arabas
Wis- Cusset
October a fickle month in 1943 weather notes
November recounts October 1943 as variable with rain on seven to eleven days, fair days 21, frosts few, and temperatures ranging from 33 to 64. Weather compares unfavorably to October 1942. The report notes trees losing leaves while lawns stay green and mentions Mrs Martha Bridge of Boothbay Harbor, formerly of the city, passing Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Bridge
Boothhay
Dimout lifted as lights return and Halloween unfolds
Maine Governor Sumner Sewall announced the dimout ending at 12 01 AM November 1 1943 with rules to resume if needed. Coastal communities saw lights back while Halloween brought soap vandalism mainly in Front and Center streets and a Green Street glass breakout. widespread lively yet orderly celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Sumner Sewall
State of
Maine
Sewall
Dana W. York
Green Street
Genesta Sewing Circle Plans Christmas Sale at Masonic Temple
Genesta Sewing Circle met at Masonic Temple and prepared aprons for an elaborate Christmas sale on Wednesday December 8 with a tea. The group announced committees for aprons cooked food handkerchiefs knick-knacks green table candy table fish pond and more with various members named to each task. A dining room service team and a guest dinner were arranged and sewing continued for sale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Sewing Circle
Masonic Temple
Harold Hodgkins
David Y. Alkazin
James T. Bonney
Victor Pinkham
George Rogers
Emma Ehlers
George Merrill
Philip Roberts
Paul G. Bagdikian
Fred Osgood
Harold Tobey
Luther Thompson
Carl Pinson
Stella Dolloff
Clifford Smith
Justus Miller
Herbert Morse
David Rich
Thomas Aikenhead
Eunice Pert
Dike School PTA Plans Reception
Members of the Dike PTA will host a teachers reception Thursday at 7 30 in the teachers room of Dike School. All teachers from Dike School Upper Washington Street Primary Central Grammar Morse High are invited, along with mothers of Lambert Park. Speaker will be Superintendent Harland A Ladd and Mrs Arthur M Packard will read. Hostesses are Mrs Benjamin Berenson Mrs Perleston L Pert and Mrs Clarence Ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike Parent Teacher Association
Dike School
Upper Washington Street
Central Grammar
Morse High School
Lambert Park
Harland A. Ladd
Arthur M. Packard
Benjamin Berenson
Perleston L. Pert
Clarence Ring
Youthful hunter claims first deer near Bear Pond Hartford
Glenn Foster aged 12, son of Mr and Mrs Bert Foster of this village, shot his first deer Friday in the Bear Pond woods area near Hartford. He reportedly hit an eight point buck weighing 235 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Turner
Glenn Foster
Bert FE. Foster
Bear Pond
Hartford
Glenn
Halloween Party at the Hibbs Home
A Halloween party was held Saturday at Dr. and Mrs. George Hibbs on Washington street. Guests wore costumes, with Miss Patricia Smith winning a prettiest costume prize. Activities included bobbing for apples, an apple paring contest, a suitcase race, and a ghost story by Mrs. Hibbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hibbs
Washington Street
Patricia Smith
Mrs. Hibbs
Patty Smith
Frances Kerwin
Sally Footer
Joan Bradford
Roberta Barter
Gloria Young
Mary Lewis
Judith Hibbs
Rotarians Carry Own Lunches At Sedgwick
Rotarians met Tuesday noon at Hotel Sedgwick in the cocktail lounge each bringing lunch due to dining room service issues. Coffee was served while a committee was appointed to arrange alternate lunches and possibly evening meetings. President Ruper Irvine presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Ruper Irvine
Posthumous Oak Leaf Award to Portland Air Officer
Maj. Eugene A. Halliwill, killed in a Australia plane crash on March 27, is posthumously honored at Dow Field Bangor with the Oak Leaf Cluster presented to his wife Lois Halliwill of Bath. The award cites meritorious aerial achievement near Rabaul and the later ship bombing over New Britain. The ceremony includes six air corps companies and Dow Field personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Field
Bangor
Eugene A. Halliwill
Portland
Australia
Lois Halliwill
Bath
Edward H. Shotthafer
Col
Francis B. Valentine
Halliwill
Maj
Rabaul Harbor
New Britain
Air Corps
WAC
Mas. Halliwill
Herbert S. Halliwill
Charles Sharkey
Lewiston
Turkeys to civilians resume as overseas needs met
The War Food Administration informs the Maine U S C A War Board that civilian turkey sales may resume. The embargo since August 2 ensured 12 million pounds for U S forces overseas, with domestic military needs partly met. Armed forces need about 35 million pounds, under 10 percent of the total 445 million pound supply, leaving the remainder for civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
U. S
War Food Administration
Maine U.S
Two New Hampshire Women Visiting In Newport
Miss Laura Eldridge of Concord New Hampshire formerly assistant librarian at the University of Maine in Orono plus Mrs Olaf Pearson of this city visit Mrs Grace Houston in Newport. Miss Eldridge spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Elmer Eldridge at 24 Dummer street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Eldridge
Concord
N. H
University of Maine Library
Orono
Olaf Pearson
Bowdoinham Community Halloween Activities Highlight Town Hall Event
A Bowdoinham Halloween party at the town hall featured games stunts and basketball with prizes for winners. The Sisterhood Home Circle met for an all day quilting session. Local residents and family notices include birthdays searches and several short personal items.
Local residents host weekend gatherings and farm updates
Mond on his Dingley road farm hosts visits as Phillip Rideout of Portland spends the weekend here with his wife. A. R. Peckham of Marion mass purchases and occupies the Stella Given farm with weekend guests Kenneth Peckham and Lloyd Peckham of Marion and Quincy. P F C Thurman Skelton in the South Pacific receives the Purple Heart for July injuries and recovers, son of Willis and Mrs Skelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mond
Dingley Road
Phillip Rideout
Portland
A. R. Peckham
Marion
Mass
Kenneth Peckham
Lloyd Peckham
Quincy
F.C
Humprey kin attend Harold Holmes funeral in Brockton
In Bowdoinham Post Road news Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Humphrey traveled to Brockton Massachusetts to attend the funeral Thursday of Harold Holmes, a cousin of Mr. Humphrey. Frank Heath and family and George E Ackley and family returned from Upton last week. Ackley captured a bob cat four feet six inches long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Humphrey
Brockton
Mass
Pvt
Arthur Turner
Hazel Turner
Florida
Sergeant H C Moreau Awarded Air Medal
Allied Headquarters in the southwest Pacific announces meritorious achievement awards for Fifth Air Force personnel. Tech. Sgt. Herman C. Moreau of Bowdoinham, Maine receives the Air Medal for 100 hours of operational flights including long range bombing and attacks on enemy airfields installations ships and naval vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Fifth Air Force
New
Fireside Club Halloween Social at Winter Street Church
The Fireside Club met Sunday evening as Miss Catherine Powers and Miss Pearl Hathorne opened with a brief worship. Linna Marie Purdue Jacqueline Pert and Lorraine Ryan led games for the Halloween social. Refreshments were served. Next Sunday Geraldine Esterbrook and Leslie Hay will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fireside Club
Winter Street Church
Catherine Powers
Pearl Hathorne
Linna Marie Purdue
Jacqueline Pert
Lorraine Ryan
Geraldine Esterbrook
Leslie Hay
True family returns home after Boston visit
Mr and Mrs Edward Dale True return to Front street home after a week in Boston and suburbs. During their absence their children Sally and Edward stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Edward D True on Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dale True
Front Street
Boston
Sally
Edward
Edward D. True
Washington Street
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Senitor’s, Inc
ST. Mary’s Guild
Memorial Hospital
Sele
Aubrey Steen, JR
Ator Echelon
the Times Company
Namie
Mrs. Howard McNeil
HIBBS
Jane Hilldrove
Dummer Street
Executive Reply Box
E. B
Care Independent
Edgecomb Town Hall
Delmont Reed
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Tel
Acrit
Northern
R. A. Douglass
Old Road
Bowdoinham
Cleveland Curtis
Howard Conley
Mabel Lancaster
Irving Prindall
Frank Heath
Lewis Lucy
George Ackley
Robert Hackett
Harold Hackett
Penny Conley
Leta Temple
Clinton Matthews
Roland Robinson
James
George Brown
L. Crouse
Sisterhood
George Sedgeley
Elmer Jordan
William Valentine
Richard Denham
Fred Roberts
Bowdoin
Mechanic Falls
Roberts
Electa Chapter
Marguerite Duplissia of
Gray
Pearl Raymond
William Gould
Marshall Merryman
Milton Given
Bishop School
Helen Robinson
John Baxter Jr
Brunswick
Ramson Kelley
Delma Curtis
Gardiner General Hospital
Corporal Linwood Hackett
Homestead
George A. Hackett
Minta Wilson
Conn
Kenneth Wilson
Forest Fides
Avery Fides
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Louise Allen
Peter Grassi
Herman Lamoreau
U. S. Army
Gordon Lamoreau
Ralph
Ernest Raymond
Raymond
River Road
Ralph MacEwen
Brice and
Herschel
Ruby
Washburn
MacEwen
Olivier Howard
Tns
Aik
Donald Woods
Hiya Sailor
Bowdoinham Post Road
H. C. Moreau
Bogart
Bruce Bennett Z
J. Carrol Naish
Lloyd Bridges
Rex Ingram ——_ ee
Ener Sro
Woody Herman
Robert Donat
Tartu
ARMY
Army Emergency
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