War Time Buying Topic At Dromore Farm Bureau Meeting
Phippsburg Dromore Farm Bureau met at the grange hall to discuss War Time Buying as war demands altered programs. Deer hunting notes include Eugene Bowker's 125 pound doe near West Bath, and a 200 pound seven point buck by Raymond Campbell. Public notices of personal health, naval training, and local job moves fill the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Dorothy Blaisdell
Farm Bureau
Eugene Bowker
West Bath
Mr. Bowker
Percy Holbrook
T. C. Hughes
Clifford Hill
Jack Wilson
Hughes
Katula Place
Mr. Hughes
Rhode Island
Raymond Campbell
Fred Libby
Brunswick
Skowhegan
Mr. Libby
Mr. Campbell
Colby Students Conduct Service at Winter Street Church
Colby college students led a weekend deputation at Winter Street Congregational church. They hosted a social, taught classes, and serviced sessions with Fireside club and Pilgrim Fellowship members. Jan Hudson preached on The Worth of the Individual and a candlelight service closed the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Colby College
Pilgrim Fellowship
Central Congregational Church
Philip Watson
Adele Grindrod
Grindrod
Colby
Bates
Winter Street Church
Gordon Crook
Fairhaven
Mass
John F. Cook
Jan Hudson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Arthur Brown
Norwalk, Conn
Ernest Freeman
Life With Father Sequel Planned as Life With Mother
Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse plan a Life With Mother sequel based on Clarence Day family material. The production will not start until Life With Father finishes its New York run and road engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lindsay
Lakewood
Russel Crouse
Clarence Day
New York
Augusta seen from river east of state hospital in archive photo
Front page features a century old city scene of Augusta as viewed from the east bank below the Augusta State Hospital. The foreground shows the Arsenal building now incorporated into the hospital complex, part of a series of historic city images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan's Rean and Bradstreet
Augusta
Augusta State Hospital
Arsenal
State Hospital
Sioux Falls Folks Kind to Service Men
Pvt. Harry E. Fullerton of Bath Maine earned Army Air Force training in Sioux Falls where he arrived last October and completed the local technical school. He credits Sioux Falls residents for hospitality and even pheasant hunting assistance during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Victory envelope cachet from Vinalhaven by John Gordon
John Gordon, a 70 year old compositor from Vinalhaven, designs a Victory envelope cachet using letters from the island community. He claims Vinalhaven is the only U S name with perfect first and second letters V in correct positions to spell the two five letter words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gordon
Vinalhaven
Wiscasset Clergyman Publishes The Gazette for Servicemen
Rev George Giera of St Philips Church in Wiscasset published The Wiscasset Gazette a mimeographed paper. With Mae Sherman as assistant editor he gathered breezy news aimed at boys in Uncle Sam's forces. The first edition went to all service men of Wiscasset and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ar ‘Orces
George Giera
St. Philips Church
Wiscasset
Parker Head Community Notes and War Efforts
Parker Head group includes Girl Scouts at schoolhouse with Mrs Earl Lowell and Miss Packard planning a November 24 party. A new Parker Head Parent Teacher Association formed by Mrs Joseph Smith and Mrs Edward Hamblett of Bath with officers listed and next meeting November 27. Thanksgiving service announced at the vestry with a school play Gentlemen Gay at 2 30 p m. Children raise scrap funds, own over 200 in War Stamps and 175 in Bonds, collect clothing for Britain and the Southern mountains, and pledge monthly letters to soldiers and Defense Stamp support. Notable perfect spellings by several pupils. Marines birthday event attended by local youths in Cleveland. Lloyd Lowell signs with Civilian Defense Corps Junior Messengers. Numerous visits and travels noted among residents, with Armistice day activities in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lowell
Miss Packard
Sally Lowell
Joseph Smith
Edward Hamblett
Bath
Parker Head
Parent-Teacher Association
Rosalie Richards
Forrest Wyman
Lewis Lowell
Leston Harrington
Georgia Leach
George Woodward
T. E. McCarthy
J. D. Libby
George Morong
Bert Nisbet
H. D. Mank
Beverley Moore
Stella Packard
George Allen
School House
Gentleman Gay
Four Corners
Britain
Marion Allen
Barbara Harrington
Marie Wyman
Mary Wortman
Barbara Mank
Dorothy Cushing
Lorraine Harrington
Roger Wilson
Parker
Marine Corps
Jean Hamel
William Hallett
Lloyd Lowell
Civilian Defense Corps
Wilfred Libby
Elsie Sargent
Betty Wyman
Beatrice Denningham
Alton Haley
Earl Hamel
Ramon Hamel
Parris Island
Marines
Bob Moore
Brunswick
E. W. Osgood
Perkins Island
Fred Osgood
Anna Percy
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Owen Richardson
Allie Rollins
Rollins
Walter Cushing
Lewiston
Opal Wade
Barbara
Sandra Mank
Education chiefs tasked with making youth fit to fight
Dr. Louis Hutto state Director of Physical and Health Education told Augusta Kiwanis members that schools must include vigorous physical education programs. He urged community leaders to mobilize support and said Maine's participation in the military authorities program would be announced shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hutto
Augusta Kiwanis Club
Maine
Massachusetts Doctor Named Chief Medical Officer at Tagus VA
Dr. Joseph Boch of Massachusetts appointed chief medical officer at the Veterans Administration Hospital Tagus succeeding Dr. Joseph E. Wheeler who transferred to Memphis. Boch arrived from Bath New York hospital where he served on the medical staff last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Boch
Massachusetts
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tagus
Joseph E. Wheeler
Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Bowdoinham Sailor Returns From 18 Day Furlough
Avery Fides of Bowdoinham arrives home amid notes of service after his U S N enlistment in March 1942. He sailed aboard a torpedoed ship in the Caribbean, and now enjoys an 18 day furlough. He is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Avery Fides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Fides
Bowdoinham
Carrbbean Sea
Mr. Fides
Bath Hotel hosts kickoff dinner for concert campaign
The Bath Cooperative Concert Association held a Sunday dinner at Hotel Phoenix attended by about 70 officials, directors, and workers. Honored guests were Ralph Lycett and Beatrice Patterson, who will lead the week long drive with a city campaign to establish a Bath concert series. Reservations and office hours are listed for membership signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Cooperative Concert Association
Hotel Phoenix
Ralph Lycett
New England
Beatrice Patterson
New York
Patterson
Earle P. Cahoon
Alex MacDonald
Donald D. Young
Nathan W. Watson
Fred K. Sturtevant
George Baer Connard
The
Bath, Association
Bath
Miss Patterson
Fred D. Hill
Joseph O. Purdue
Jane W. Stevens
Arthur, Sewall
John P. Carey
Harland A. Ladd
Chester A. Plant
Louis A. Dole
Ernest Poulos
Rupert H. Baxter
Archibald M. Main
Edwin R. Andrews
Joseph I. Smith
Lycett
Central Maine Power Co
Engagement of Miss Colleen DeLong to David Cressey
Mr and Mrs Bertram De Long of South Gardiner announce the engagement of their daughter Colleen Hope to David Edwin Cressey son of Mr and Mrs Scott P Cressey of 330 Washington Street The couple were noted at a farewell party for Cressey before his U S Army Air Corps service Cressey trained as an airplane mechanic Colleen DeLong a Lewiston born graduate of Gardiner High School class of 1941 and Augusta Academy of Beauty Culture 1942 is employed at Daigle's in Augusta Cressey a Bath native graduated Morse High 1940 and has worked at Bath Iron Works He is a member of West Bath Grange A brother Scott P Cressey Jr is an Army Air Corps staff sergeant in England The wedding date was announced later
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Fullerton
U. S. Army Air Force
Portland
Sioux Falls
S. D
Fullerton
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Morse High School
Air Force Radio School
Sioux Falls Air Base
Maine
Bertram E. de Long
South Gardiner
Colleen Hope
David Edwin Cressey
Scott P. Cressey
Washington Street
Cressey
U. S. Army Air Corps
Miss DeLong
Lewiston
Gardiner High School
National Honor Society
Augusta Academy of Beauty Culture
Daigle’s
Augusta
Morse
Bath Iron Works
West Bath Grange
Scott P. Cressy
England
Popham Beach road work speeds toward reuse
Popham Beach progress includes raised road bed enabling high tide use. In town, Seaman Second Class Leidy joins the Rolalot 200 with a 202 score. Groceries shift to Ernest Spinney’s house for winter sales. Skunk alerts raise night watchfulness around the village as a daytime sighting occurs near Fort Popham. Fort Popham area notes include a large marked skunk strolling the road. Popham Circle votes Nov 1 6 pm pot luck at the library chaired by Mrs. William Wallace. Mrs. Hilda Preney departs Nov 21 for Des Moines officers training. War stamps sales reach 20.40 at Popham School. Clothing Crusade urges sturdy shoes over fancy wear. Various residents visit and report on health, surgery avoidance, and Army camp life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Seaman
Leidy
Rolalot 200
Ernest Spinney
Popham
Fort Popham
Popham Circle
Popham Library
William Wallace
Harry Bedford
Whitinsville
Mass
Louis J. Preney
Bath
Hilda Preney
Bath and Popham Beach
Des Moines
Iowa
America
Britain
Mrs. Huse Heads to Alabama and Texas Trip
Mrs John E L Huse left Bath Monday after a few months with Mr and Mrs Harry M Huse 19 Snowpark parents of her late husband Lt Huse She will take a plane to Birmingham Alabama for a week's visit with her mother and then proceed to Corpus Christi Texas where she formerly made her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. L. Huse
Bath
Harry M. Huse
Snowpark
Huse
Birmingham
Ala
Corpus Christi
Tex
Savage enlisted in the U S Navy from Augusta
F Linwood Savage of 11 Riverside Drive Augusta son of Mr and Mrs Frank S Savage enlisted in the U S Navy after two years as a cartographic engineering draftsman in Washington DC He was promoted to chief cartographic draftsman and given rating petty officer first class quartermaster Training in Norfolk VA completed He has returned to Washington DC and is stationed there under the Chief of Naval Operations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Linwood Savage
Riverside Drive
Augusta
Frank S Savage
U.S Navy
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Savage
Washington
Bullet holes threaten Brooklyn Heights home in hunting incident
In Brooklyn Heights Thomaston residents report a careless hunter fired a .22 rifle early Wednesday morning last week. A bullet shattered two bedroom windows, bounced across the room, struck the bureau, and dropped to the floor, causing damage but no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Heights
Thomaston
Breaks on Water Street Spurs Police Patrols
A series of break ins continues with seven entries since Nov 8. The Victory Diner on Water Street was entered around 7:30 pm Monday after closing, cigarettes stolen. Earlier entries include Emera station office, Mobileoil station, Standard Cloak and Dry Goods on Front Street, M. W. Sewall office, Cumming's garage, and Parry station. safes vandalized but nothing taken in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Night Force
Victory
Water Street
Emera
Mobiloil
Front Street
M. W. Sewall
Cumming
Parry Station
Army-Navy Relief Fund Gains $150 From Legion Gun Sales
Past Commander Ralph Gay of Roland Smith post No. 21 A. L. received a $150 check as proceeds from selling a WWI gun once on Legion grounds. Funds from the metal sale go to the Army and Navy Relief Fund for wartime support. The gun weighed about 15 000 pounds and was shipped from Lewiston to Monessen for conversion to material for WWII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Relief Fund
Ralph Gay
Roland Smith Post
No. 21
A. L
Legion
Isaac Miller and Co
Lewiston
Pittsburg Steel Co
Monessen
Observation Post to Open Near Future in City
Army officials plan a new air craft observation post in the central city area with a riverside and sky view. The small building will house two personnel, require a telephone line and heater, and will be maintained at no cost to the city. Civilian volunteers will be sought once construction completes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
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Katula
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Small Point Road
John Blaisdell
Raymond Cummings
Bath Iron Works Hospital
Martha Beals
Campbell
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Dromore
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Ernest Rogers
Raymond Wyman
Wilbur Wyman
Boston
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Charles E. Leeman
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S. E. Harney
Roxbury
A. F. Williams
Rev. Harney
Stacey
Winter Street
Colleen D’long
David E. Cressey
Louis Gayton
Auburn
Herbert Mitchell
New England Baptist Hospital
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Macon
Frank Scott
Lester Oliver
Margaret Wyman
Arthur Delano
Leo Pertell
Richmond
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Frank Jones
Charles Talbot
George Ingraham
Jones Cottage
Peter Isaacson
Fred Spinney
Harry Pushard
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