Clerk of Courts Fred H. Thompson Dies in Portland Hospital
Fred H. Thompson aged 58, longtime clerk of courts for Sagadahoc County, died at Maine General Hospital in Portland after a fall at his office steps led to injuries. Born in Bath in 1885, he held seven terms, served 99th Superior Court session last month, and had a career spanning three decades since 1930. He married Ethel Downing in 1908 and was active in multiple fraternal and social organizations.
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Fred H. Thompson
Sagadahoc
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maine General
Thompson
Superior Court
Bath
Frank N. Thompson
Thompson Bros
Phillips Academy
Mandolin Club
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Mr. Thompson
Ethel M. Downing
William P Downing
Woolwich
Polar Star Masons
Montgomery & St. Bernard
Royal Arch
Mount Vernon Council
Brunswick
Kora Temple
Order of Mystic Shrine
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar of
Colonial Club
Thompson, Bath area official, dies after long service
Former treasurer of Kennebec Yacht Club, elected Bath Water District Board chair in 1940, and long serving clerk of courts in Maine, Fred H. Thompson led Insurance Co. offices in Bath. Survived by wife, daughter Dorothy Olsen, sons Fred H. Thompson Jr. and Frank, and other relatives. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 from Arthur F. Mayo residence with Rev. Dr. Wilson.
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Kennebec Yacht Club
Thompson
Bath Water District Board of Trustees
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Maine
Fred H. Thompson Insurance Co
Old City Hall
Shaw Block
Front Street
Mr. Thompson
Dorothy Olsen
Fred H. Thompson, Jr
Civil Air Patrol
Frank Thompson
New England Shipbuilding
Mrs Gertrude Champagne Dies in Bath Visit
Mrs Gertrude M Champagne 37 wife of Robert L Champagne of Milwaukee died suddenly Wednesday morning at her sister Mrs Joseph A Longs home 19 Bedford Street Bath She was born in Ellenburg New York daughter of Mr and Mrs George Pelkey Survived by husband two sons Robert and John mother Mrs Horace Hix three brothers and three sisters Funeral arrangements pending friends may call at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence Thursday afternoon
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Gertrude M. Champagne
Robert L. Champagne
Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph A. Long
Bedford Street
Champagne
Ellenburg
N. Y
George Pelkey
Bath
Robert
John
Horace Hix
Herbert Pelkey
New York
Ernest Pelkey
Keene
N. H
Donald
Ft. Crockett
Texas
Henry Champagne
Wollaston
Mass
Ella Pelkey
Portsmouth
Long
Arthur F. Mayo
Miss Steussy Returns Home for Thanksgiving Recess
Miss Norma Steussy of Chamberlain School Boston visits her parents Mr and Mrs R J M Steussy at their Middle Street home during Thanksgiving recess.
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Norma Steussy
Chamberlain School
Boston
R. J. M. Steussy
Middle Street
Local social notes from West Bath and area visits
West Bath and surrounding towns share updates on visitors and family events. Sergeant Owen Williams and Mrs. Williams visit relatives in Bath before returning to Boca Raton Field Florida for technician school. Various residents host, travel, or attend events including birthdays and holiday gatherings with friends and family.
Woolwich Community Groups Meet. Church Services and News
Woolwich teachers club met in Arrowsic schoolhouse with Miss Nellie Davis hosting and a program led by Mrs. Edithe Weston. The event featured a radio skit Baby Snooks and Daddy and readings, followed by a community sing and refreshments. Other notices include church services at Woolwich Center and Montsweag, forthcoming Christmas party details, Willing Workers and Mothers club meetings, War Defense Stamp reports, and local personal items such as hospital stays and travel notices.
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Woolwich
Gertrude Gowdey
Spaulding
Nequasset School
Ethel Reed
Edithe Weston
Stanwood Gilman
Alice Galvin
Alice Gowdey
Wilbur Howe
Paul Weston
Rally Day Program From Nequasset School At Old Congregational Church
A Sunday 11 AM Rally Day and Thanksgiving program was presented by Nequasset church school at the Old Congregational church under Miss Anne Dodge. The program included songs, Bible readings, prayers, poems, and student performances led by students such as Thelma Squires Bruce Baker Priscilla Cromwell Muriel Beal Shirley Beal Luella Cromwell Marjorie Dodge Henry Seeger Richard Beal Clayton Presby Dorothy Stevens Vivian Presby Gerald Hanson Dianne Sparks Darrell Baker Carleton Ryan Marguerite Cromwell Geraldine Fogg Beatrice Bear Leona Presley Beal Cromwell. Accompanists were Beatrice Beal and Marguerite Cromwell.
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Nequasset Church School
Old Congregational Church
Anne Dodge
Jesus
Thelma Squires
David George Too Little
Bruce Baker
Priscilla Cromwell
Muriel Beal
Shirley Beal
Luella Cromwell
Marjorie Dodge
Henry Seeger
Richard Beal
Clayton Presby
Stephen Squires
Dorothy Stevens
Vivian Presby
Gerald Hanson Saviour
Marguerite Cromwell
Geraldine Fogg
Beatrice Bear
Amercia
Leona Presley
U. S. Ca
William Fogg
Mrs. Tracy
Beatrice Beal
Day's Ferry Couple Surprised With House Warming
Mr and Mrs Alton Munsey of Day's Ferry were surprised at their new home Saturday by relatives and friends. The party featured games and music with Geraldine Hall singing and Harvey Greenlaw on accordion, gifts and money for the couple, and a spread of chicken salad rolls cookies and cakes. extra guests included Brunswick Dres den and Bath Iron Works worker connections.
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Alton Munsey
Day's Ferry
Geraldine Hall
Harvey Greenlaw
James Russo
Nelson Lubee
Brunswick
George Perkins
Mary
Robert
Dresden
Emily Geinsely
James Thorpe
Ralph Bowers
Mabel Jack
Lois Day
Howard Whittum
Carle Longfellow
Frank Walker
Helen Mayberry
Fred Beaney
Herbert Munsey
W. A. Reed
Munsey
Bath Iron Works
Philip Beaney Returns Home for Christmas Visit
Philip Beaney son of Mr and Mrs Fred Beaney of Sagadahoc Ferry and Morse high graduate who worked on stage and screen in Hollywood and New York City is employed by Periodical Sales Co in Chicago. He has recovered from a hospital confinement and plans to come home for the Christmas vacation with his parents.
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Philip Beaney
Fred Beaney
Sagadahoc Ferry
Morse High
Hollywood
New York City
Chicago, Ill
Periodical Sales Co
Phil
Misses St. Peter and Howard vacationing in New York City
Ruth St. Peter and Betty Howard returned from a Boston and New York trip. In New York they stayed at Bar bizon Plaza hotel and attended radio shows and the Stars on Ice show, finding them very beautiful.
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Ruth St. Peter
Betty Howard
Boston
New York City
New York
Barbizon Plaza Hotel
Christmas tree shipments cut by war and weather
Maine balsam supply shrinks with World War II pressures. War and labor shortages halve normal harvests from about 1.3 million trees to roughly 650 000 in 1943. shipment reliability remains uncertain as ground conditions delay logging and rail delivery.
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Maine
Rockies
St. Louis
Bert C. Morang
Maine Development Commission
Canada
Jack Toellner
Machias
Washington County
Morang
Central League Set Christmas Sale and Supper Schedule
Central League met despite the storm with strong attendance. Plans were made for the annual Christmas sale and chicken pattie supper at the parish house on December 6 starting at 2:30. Guest Miss Esther Jakesy spoke on religion among the young and project work in Hyde Park Terrace and Lambert Park.
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League of Central Church
League
Esther Jakesy
Maine Council of Churches
Miss Jakesy
Program Makes a Great Hit at Grange Gathering
The page three continuation notes a lively program and Mrs. Edward Burns as an anticipated surprise. A ten member refreshment committee includes Alfred Neal J Bazin Lemont Paul Lemont Billy Small Frank Donnell aided by Mrs. Arthur Clemont Mrs John Sylvester and Mrs Morton Young. Mr Kinney and family plan to pass Thanksgiving with Rev and Mrs Charles Kinney before departing for Lima Peru where Kinney works as a surveying engineer for Grace Inc for Pan American Airways Grace Inc.
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Edward Burns
The
Grange
Alfred Neal
J. Bazin Lemont
Paul Lemont
Billy Small
Frank Donnell
Arthur C. Lemont
John Sylvester
Morton Young
William T
Mr. Kinney
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Mrs. Kinney
Lima
Peru
Pan-American Airways
Grace, Inc
Pine Grosbeak Signal a Mild Bay Point Winter
Bay Point notes predict a moderate winter with scarce bay berries and few pine cones. Round Robin Christmas cards circulating among locals trace a community tradition. Lobstermen prepare traps for the season as residents report visits, births, and health updates.
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LeRoy Moore
Forrest Drake
Brockton
Mass
Drake
Joan
Leo DeCota
North Abbyton
Howard O. Nash
Goodwin
Bath
Nash
Byron Campbell
Sherman Campbell
Walter I. Noyes
Bay Point
Noyes
Hart
Middle Street
Captain Jacob Smith Moves to Chickasha Oklahoma
Captain Jacob Smith U S A and his wife Mrs. Smith have moved from El Paso to Chickasha Oklahoma where he was transferred about a month ago. They reside in a hotel and plan to return home at war’s end. Mrs. Smith led Brownies Girl Scout work in El Paso and hopes to start a Chickasha troop. The couple previously lived on Oak Street with a large medical practice.
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Jacob Smith
M. C
Smith
el Paso
Texas
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma
New Classroom Opens at Mitchell School
A basement room at Mitchell School began operation Tuesday with 14 juniors and 10 third graders under Mrs. Almira Jones. The expansion responds to over 50 pupils in Junior primary and other classes, improving but not fully solving crowding as Grades 1 and 2 exceed the 36 pupil cap.
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Mitchell School
Almira Jones
Center Street
Girl Scouts
Labonte Kicked Off Prison Record Re-Arrested in Lewiston
Alfred Labonte, 24, of Lewiston, released from state prison on Oct. 22, was taken into custody Friday by Lewiston police. He was arrested early Friday and later turned over to U. S. Marshal Dougherty of Portland. Capt. Picard said Labonte was believed to be wanted by federal authorities on several old charges.
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Alfred Labonte
Lewiston
Labonte
U. S
Dougherty
Portland
Picard
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Gertrude Champagne
West Bath
Owen Williams
Williams
Florida
Elmer Williams
Boca Raton Field
Fred Bubier
Garrett Galvin
Phippsburg
F. Wilbur Hagan
Seabees
Skowhegan
C. E. Dunham
Dorothy
Howard Bubier
Joanne
Bobby
David
Jeanette Boudreau
Charles
Jeffrey Dunham
Marshall Boudreau
Richard
Jerald Stover
William Bailey
Mary Bailey
Gene Brown
Perry Thompson
J. W. Larrabee
F. W. Larrabee
Pomona
Topsham Grange
Helen Rose
Nellie Philbrook
Rockland
Frank
Rose
Alfred Condon
Dorothy Williams
Chamberlain Retailing School
Hazel Nyner
Lubee
Carl W. Crane
Pickwick Ale
Haffenreffer & Co., Inc
Boston, Massachusetts
Woolwich Center Baptist
J. M. Gowdy
Ladies Aid
Christine Hawthorne
White Cross
Montsweag Baptist Church
Arthur Orr
Alton Berry
Albert Temple
Pleasant View
Union Bridge School
Chopps
Nequasset
Mountain School
Mothers Club
Carlton Day Reed
Earl Stimson
Stimson
Elwell Stimson
Mason Carter
Richmond
Roland Raynes
Memorial Hospital
Hilton Soule
Montsweag
Groton
Markson Bros
Clarence Baker
Sagadahee Ferry
Chase Street
Maria Savage
Irving Baker
Newport
R. I
Frank Littorin
Maine Baptist Convntion
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Frank Galoupe
Congregational Church
Dianne Sparks
Mrs. Thelma
Squiers
Darrell Baker
Carleton Ryan
Day’s Ferry
Central League
Mrs. Smith
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