Pomona Grange Meets at Small Point in Sagadahoc
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange held a meeting October 28 with Bodwell Grange of Phippsburg as host. Curry Curtis of Bodwell welcomed Pomona members, and James Jones of Progressive Grange responded for Pomona. A 44 year old reminiscence was shared, with discussion on radio features for farmers and advertising methods. Members from Topsham West Bath Richmond and other towns participated.
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Sagadahoc
Pomona _ grange
Bodwell Grange
Phippsburg
Curry
Home Grange
Pomona
James Jones
Richmond Corner
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Bodwell Gr
Justus Ripley
A Smith
Topsham
Igseserve
Joseph Randlette
Richmond
William Armstrong
Everett Lemont
West Bath
William Wilson
Edwin Patten
Curry Curtis
Bodwell
Anne Hamblett
Patten
America
H. A. Rackley
Tracy
Helen Bishop
Bernice Sturtevant
Elfreda Perkins
Anie Bowden
Jennie McNeil
Margaret Wu
New Auxiliary Pump Arrives for Bath Fire Dept
The Bath Fire Department received an auxiliary pump loaned by the Office of Civilian Defense in Washington. Built by Chrysler, the six cylinder marine type motor powers 500 gallons per minute. Weighing 1500 pounds, it includes a self-starter and may be trailer mounted for use with fire trucks or by vehicle.
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Bath
Office of Civilian Defense
Washington
Chrysler Corporation
Richard J. Frates
Halloween Party At Woolwich Church Union Meeting
The Woolwich Church Union Christian Endeavor Society held a Halloween party at Day's Ferry schoolhouse with 23 members present in costume. Richard Tanner led games after a devotional by Mrs. Mabelle W. Tracey. Cider doughnuts and apples were served. Next week’s meeting is omitted for a community supper at the Goodwill club house.
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Berry Peaple
Christian Endeavor Society
Woolwich Church Union
Day's Ferry School House
Richard Tanner
Mabelle W. Tracey
Union
Engaged: Ellen Houston to Richard Minott
Mr and Mrs Lawrence L Houston announce the engagement of their daughter Ellen to Richard Lewis Minott son of Clarence Minott of 186 North Street This city Miss Houston a Morse High School 1942 graduate works at the War Price and Rationing Board Mr Minott a Bath Iron Works Corp tabulating department graduate No wedding date set.
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Lawrence L. Houston
Andrews Road
Ellen
Richard Lewis Minott
Clarence Minott
North Street
Miss Houston
Morse High School
Minott
Bath Iron Works Corp
Barbara Trott Visits Stoneleigh College Weekend
Miss Barbara Trott of Stoneleigh College Rye Beach New Hampshire arrived Thursday night to spend the weekend with her sister and Mrs Milton C Trott on High Street.
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Barbara Trott
Stoneleigh College
Rye Beach
N. H
Turn Out Light If Leaving Home For The Evening
City hall meeting of sector wardens discussed air raid tests where porch lights remained on as residents left for the evening. Chief Air Raid Warden Ralph W Bragg cited executive order three by Governor Sumner Sewall requiring occupants to extinguish lights when a blackout occurs. Occupants who leave lights burning will be penalized. proposals include outside switches or wardens knowing switch locations to extinguish lights.
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City Hall
Ralph W. Bragg
Sumner Sewall
Bragg
Trucks collide and damage estimate set at 150 dollars
TheHow ard Coal Co truck was damaged by a pole a birch tree and another truck on Washington Street Bath after noon Thursday no injuries reported drivers Lloyd Shaw of Wiscasset and Charles Rodney Jr of East Harpswell provided accounts One oil laden truck swerved to avoid the blocked street hitting a pole snapping it off and striking a tree damage to the oil truck and its radiator brakes springs and bumper was noted Officer George R Crocker investigated
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Howard Coal Co
Washington Street
Bath Box Co
Lloyd Shaw
Wiscasset
Charles Rodney Jr
East Harpswell
Shaw
Walter Powers
Woolwich
Radley
George R. Crocker
Wild Rose Troop Girls Hold Halloween Party
Wild Rose Girl Scout troop led by Mrs. William Turpie hosted a Halloween party at Grace church parish house last Wednesday afternoon. Anita Bagdikian directed the program with helpers Barbara Legard and Theresa Trainer. participants included Jane Niles Freida Legard Barbara Madden Caroline Olmstead Dorothy Putnam and Lila Mae Richmond. The event featured a Girl Scouting talk songs baton routine and games with refreshments served by Dorothy May chair Pauline Strout Barbara Madden Caroline Olmstead and Theresa Trainer. Patrol leaders named include Dorothy May Caroline Olmstead Anita Bagdikian Theresa Trainer and Barbara Madden.
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Wild Rose Troop
William Turpie
Grace Church Parish House
Anita Bagdikian
Barbara Legard
Theresa Trainer
Jane Niles
Freida Legard
Barbara Madden
Caroline Olmstead
Dorothy Putnam
Lila Mae Richmond
Dorothy May
Pauline Strout
Red Cross Offers Volunteer Nurses Aide Course Enrollment
Students may enroll in the Volunteer Nurses Aide course sponsored by the Red Cross. Interested individuals should telephone their names to Mrs. Carl E. Albee at the Red Cross office on Monday. The class begins once applications arrive from headquarters.
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The
Red Cross
Carl E. Albee
Panel Discussion by Cosmo Junior Club Thursday
Parents of Junior Cosmopolitan club members met to discuss youth problems and ways to provide supervised social venues. The panel, led by Mrs. Eugene Halliwill, backed using club rooms for social events and proposed city rooms for high school girls with soft drink stands and music. They favored stronger curfew enforcement and tougher penalties to deter rule breaking.
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Junior
Cosmopolitan Club
Eugene Halliwill
Daniel Matter
Howard Holmes
Walter James
Carroll A. Deering
David L. Wilson
Edwin M. Fuller,Jr
Joseph I. Smith
Brothers Enlist in Armed Forces in New England Farewell
Mr and Mrs R Raymond Palmer with two children and Mrs Bailey of 420 Middle Street held a farewell for Robert Ardenne Bailey as he joined the ground forces of the US Army Air Corps in Augusta. Clayton Bailey also enlisted and will depart Nov 12. Both brothers worked at Bath Iron Works as tin shop apprentices.
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R. Raymond Palmer
Ralph
Sylvia
Hamilton
Clarence Bailey, Jr
Linda
Henry Abbott
Gladys Ann
Henry
Boothbay Harbor
Stanley Elwell
Charles Nason
Woolwich
White Nichols
Clayton Bailey
Lincoln Bailey
Wiscasset
Augusta
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hearth Society organized at Central Church
The Hearth Society formed under Central Congregational church held a Thursday business meeting electing Miss Marie C. Merrill president Miss Barbara L. Kenney vice president Miss Ernestine Hilton secretary treasurer and Mrs. Raymond G. Putnam advisor The group plans overseas Red Cross service kit packing and will request help from non charitable organizations.
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Hearth Society
Central Congregational Church
Marie C. Merrill
Barbara L. Kenney
Ernestine Hilton
Raymond G. Putnam
Red Cross
William W. Owen
Lincoln Academy appoints Ay Bailey as Beindal to year end
At a trustees meeting Vice Principal Ay Bailey was elected Beindal of Lincoln Academy to finish the current year. A Colby College graduate with Yale postgraduate study, Bailey taught at Parsonfield Seminary Kezar Falls before joining Lincoln in 1930 where he led science and mathematics and coached cross country and track teams.
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Eee of Trustees
Ay Bailey
Beindal
Lincoln Acadeans
Bailey
Colby College
Yale
Parsonfield Seminary
Kezar Falls
Lincoln
Vaudeville Benefit Show Aids Bath Civilian Defense
A professional vaudeville revue at Morse High School on Saturday November 7 plus a dance to raise funds for Bath Civilian Defense. Acts include Quita Brazil Artina Consuello and Joe Rubin as MC with proceeds for essential equipment. Tickets from wardens, stores, and shops. half price for servicemen and wives.
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Morse High School
William R. Ballou
Quita Brazil
Mayfair Club
Boston
Artina
Consuello
Hollywood
Shubert
Bath Civilian Defense Organization
Ralph W. Bragg
Carl's Drug Store
Jackson’s Electrical Service
Woolworth’s
Sears-Roebuck
Bath Lumber Co
Joe Rubin
Benny Rubin
Bath
Civilian Defense Organization
Grace Church Women Elect New Officers After Meeting
The Women's Auxiliary of Grace Church held its annual meeting reporting strong finances and ongoing diocesan obligations. The United Thank Offering is due for Sunday, Advent mission boxes are ready for South Dakota and Virginia, and gifts to parish service members were organized with St. Mary's Guild. Mrs. F. E. Drake retired as president. new officers include Mrs. Charles M. Tubbs and Mrs. Harold W. DeLong among others. Committees were named for education and work directions.
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Women’s Auxiliary of
Grace Church
United Thank
All Saints
South Dakota
Virginia
St. Mary's Guild
F. E. Drake
Charles M. Tubbs
Harold W. DeLong
Minnie A. White
Mary Gibbons
Fred F. Blaisdell
Harry F. Deering
Charles Anderson
Winter Street Ladies Meet on Friday
The Ladies' Aid of Winter Street Church met Friday afternoon with 40 attendees. President Arthur C. Lemont led a brief meeting and reports on the parish supper were given. An all day meeting with a noon luncheon is planned for next Friday with co chairmen Allen M. Irish and Alice E. Varney.
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Winter Street Church
John A. Morse
Carl E. Albee
Carl Y. Kennedy
Arthur C. Lemont
Alice E. Varney
Saguenay
Red Cross
Mrs Lunden Guest of Hyde Windlass Co. Chief’s Mother
Mrs. Charles Lunden, employed in the Hyde Windlass Co. office, spent the weekend in West Rockport as a guest of her husband’s mother, Mrs. J. K. Lunden.
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Charles Lunden
The
Hyde Windlass Co
West Rockport
Mr. Lunden
J. K. Lunden
Bath Lions and Lionesses Plan Public Dance Benefit
A Bath joint committee from the Lions and Lionesses met at 1177 High Street to form subcommittees and plan a December 4 public dance at the State Armory to aid Bath Memorial hospital. Admission is 1.10 with concessions for service men and high school students. profits fund hospital equipment.
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Bath Lions and Lionesses Clubs
Alexander MacDonald
High Street
State Armory
North
Lincoln Streets
Bath Memorial Hospital
Leon Fortin
Leonard F. Weatherbee
John M. Leonard
Leslie J. Wold
Scott Morse
Arthur L. Pratt
Wilfred E. Guerin
I. A. Trueworthy
Mr. Guerin
Mr. Trueworthy
Edward D. True, Jr
W. Scott Davis
Arthur M. Bowker
L. Eugene Thebeau
Archibald M. Main
Herbert Cavanaugh
MacDonald
Honey surveyor aids in Southern Maine op erations study
Paul T. Caine of Winthrop, Maine Beekeepers' Association president, is employed by the Maine Department of Agriculture to survey beekeeping operations in Southern Maine. The project gathers information partly for proposed legislation related to sugar rationing.
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Paul T. Caine
Winthrop
Maine
Beekeepers’ Association
Maine Department of Agriculture
Williams Burns Wedding in Beacon Street Church
The marriage of Frederic Evan Williams USN of Carman New York and Mrs Sarah May Burns of the city was held last Wednesday at the Beacon Street Methodist church with Rev Charles L Kinney officiating. The groom is a fireman in the US Navy and is son of the late William E Williams, while the bride is daughter of Mrs Margaret E Thibideau of Hassetts Digby county Nova Scotia and the late Philip Thibideau.
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Frederic Evan Williams
USN
Carman
N. Y
Sarah May Burns
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Beacon Street
Charles L. Kinney
John A. Kaler
United States Navy
Parish Meeting on Wednesday Continued from Page One
A parish meeting was held on Wednesday with numerous attendees listed by name including Charles Andre Mrs Ernest Freeman Mrs Henry McCabe Mrs Harry F Morin and others. Waitresses led by Mrs George Hastings and Linna Marie Purdue assisted, with many young ladies named as well.
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Charles Andre
Ernest Freeman
Henry McCabe
Harry F. Morin
Milton C. Trott
Archie Doyle
Alvin Coss
Rupert M. Irvine
John F. Cooke
Fred J. Higgins
Carl E. Albee
Ralph O. Dale
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Allan Spear
William S. Shorey
George Hastings
Linna Marie
Les Camarades Musiaux Open Twelfth Season
Les Camarades Musiaux opened its twelfth season with a gathering at Allan H. Ramsay’s home. The program featured Verdi quiz elements, vocal numbers, piano duets, and several chamber works by Mozart, Humperdinck, Verdi, Saint-Saens, Grieg, Gounod, and Mascagni, conducted by Ramsay with guest performers. Refreshments followed as members and guests enjoyed a varied, community music evening.
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Les Camaradees Musciaux
Allan H. Ramsay
Oak Street
Ramsay
Key
United States of America
Allan Howard Ramsay
Les Camarades Musicaux
Margaret J. Melcher
Carl E. Albee
Hansel Und Gretel
Humperdinck
Robert B. Hatch
Fred H. Carey
James M. Royal
Melcher
Community officers and wives join scrap drive effort
Mrs Casper Hartleb and Mrs John M Leonard led the officers and wives guests, with refreshments organized by a large committee including Mrs Martin Powers and Mrs Rudolph McRae. Lewis Adams Jr of Solon donated one pound of War of 1812 bullets molded on the Pierce homestead farm along the Kennebec river, a fourth generation family site.
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Casper Hartleb
John M Leonard
Andrew J. Danielson
Martin Powers
Rudolph C. McRae
Edward B. Hamblett
John M. Conley, Jr
Harold S. Avery
Harvey H. Hartley
W. Scott Davis
William Daley
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Daniel Beaton
Lewis Adams, Jr
Solon
Luther Pierce
Pierce
Kennebec River
Phippsburg Church Faced East Then South After Easterly Winds
The Phippsburg Congregational church, built in 1802, originally faced east but wind and rain forced a switch to facing south. The article details church alterations, leadership, and local religious growth from 1730s onward, including Rev. Ezekial Emerson as first pastor and coastal travel to services by boat or horse.
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Phippsburg Congregational Church
Georgetown
Arthur Noble
Fiddler's Reach
Arrowsic
Ezekial Emerson
Arrows
Dexter Berry
Arrowsie
Winnegance
Demands for a Better Athletic Facility Plague Fans
City readers recall Mr Newell praised for action on a poor athletic field. A new gridiron baseball diamond and track were hoped for but not expected soon. Fans, including boys and girls, ask what progress has been made and whether winter plans or fall laying out will produce results.
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Newell
Training program offers auto mechanics a war job path
The War Department announces a six month Minneapolis training then six month Rock Island Armament program for qualified auto mechanics.Applicants must be U S citizens over 44 or with dependents or exempt from service, with one to three years auto repair or heavy equipment experience. Training covers tools welding blueprints and field repair of anti air craft and artillery. Trainees earn subsistence pay and rising salaries. after completion, promotion to Armament Repairmen or Armament Machinists possible. Applications at Bath U S Employment Service or Civil Service offices in Boston.
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War Department
John T. Walsh
U. S. Employment Service Office
Front Street
Bath
Minneapolis
Minn
Rock Island Arsenal
Illinois
Walsh
U. S. Employment Service
Board of Ivil Service Examiners
Postoffice
First District
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Post Office
Boston
Personal notes from Bath residents recount visits and engagements
Mrs. Fred Anderson of Thomaston arrived to visit her sister Mrs. William H. Daley and will be joined by her daughter Ina Anderson, an Hyde Windlass Co. employee. John Pride, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pride, returned from Westbrook after visiting grandparents. Several Bath families revisited, hosting Thimble club new members, and Miss Natalie Billings celebrated her birthday with relatives. Education and work ties surface as Louise Stewart visits from Quincy and engagement to Paul Joseph is announced.
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Fred Anderson
Thomaston
William H. Daley
Middle Street
Ina Anderson
Hyde Windlass Co
John Pride
Earl Pride
Milan Street
Westbrook
John Bickford
William Boyce
Judith
William
Portland
Boyce
Bath Iron Works
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp
Bath
Center Street
John Nolan
West Street
Thimble Club
Fenton I. Moore
Pauline Dewey
Russell Kenney
Walter James
Robert Jewell
Lloyd Hooker
Chester MacKenzie
Elmer Blake
Leon Sonia
Raymond Palmer
Louis Allain
Charles Syde
Oliver Street
Natalie Billings
Miss Billings
Frank Danforth
Carl T. Meister
Philip Eaton
Mildred Rice
Harold Tobey
Peter Strack
Margaret Strack
Phyllis Bishop
Harry Oliver
Jeon Billings
Clinton Jones
Edward Billings
John A. Greene
21 Valley Road
Louise Stewart
Quincy
Mass
Office of Internal Revenue
John Stewart
Pearl Street
Miss Stewart
Paul Joseph
Graustuck
U. S. Naval Reserve
Morse High
Boston
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mr. Graustuck
Joseph Graustuck
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County
Small Point
Hallowe
Cosmo Junior Club
Robert and
Iron Works
U.S.A
Air Corps
NEW Health Society
Central Church
Morse Auditorium
Woman’s Auxiliary OF
Winter Street
LES Camarades Musicaux Open
Campbell-Tipton
Matinata Tosti
Fred K. Sturtevant
Mrs. Albee
Signor
Salac
Coenen
Grieg
Nathan W. Watson
Albee
Faust’ Gounod
Sturtevant
Mr. Ramsay
Mrs. Beach
C. “Bluebell
Mmes. Hatch, Murphy, Cary and Rice
Miss Melcher
Fate
Hamblin
Johnny Ludlow
Temple
Mr. Royal
Cresuscule
Massenet
Chaminade
C. “Mazelle
Marie” Guion
Phippsburg Center
Albert Yeaton
Mercer
Mr. Yeaton