September fish landings fall at Maine ports
Maine ports report September fish and shellfish landings totaling 26,164,966 pounds valued at 1,510,364, a drop of about four million pounds from August. Redfish herring and tuna fell, while pollack and clams rose. Hancock county led in increased production. A separate Bath council session approved a 1460 transfer to fund USO hall operations through February 1946 and discussed police inspector duties and city staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Hancock County
Louis Kates
Recreation Commission
USO Hall
John Cooke
Finance Committee
Bath Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary in Bath
Mr and Mrs George J Tondreau of Washington Street former Brunswick residents observed their golden wedding anniversary Sunday with seven of eight children present Their son Omer serving in Leyte Army sent wife attended nine grandchildren gave a purse over 200 and an anniversary cake with 50 candles The couple moved to Bath in 1931 and later ran a grocery and Bath Iron Works pipe shop They planned to retire to Glen Cove View cabins next summer plus other family news from Henderson NC gravesite tale others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Tondreau
Washington Street
Brunswick
Omer
Leyte
Urbain J. Tondreau
USAAF
George J. Tondreau, Jr
Stella Reiff
New York
Alma Meade
Orono
Yvonne Newcomb
Laura Fortin
Jeanne Harley
Vermillion pigment biology and mineral cinnabar source
Vermillion is a red pigment derived from the mineral cinnabar a crystalline mercury sulfide. The entry notes its natural occurrence as vermillion pigment and identifies cinnabar as the mineral source.
Bath Exceeds Quota in Victory Loan Drive
Bath officials report Victory Loan Drive sales far surpassed the quota. As of Saturday noon total sales reached 337 897 dollars and 25 cents with series bonds to individuals driving the total. expected final tally near 400 000 dollars as corporations and banks are tabulated. Drive closes December 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New Act Expands City Recreation Powers and Funding
The act authorizes municipalities to acquire lands and buildings for recreation centers and facilities. It allows funding by taxes, grants, or gifts, and permits forming unions of governments to jointly operate programs. Provisions take effect when adopted by local governing bodies.
Two Alarm Fire Destroys Tailor Shop on Center Street
A Monday night two alarm blaze gutted the Just-Rite Tailor Shop on Center Street in Bath. Louis Sherman’s building suffered interior destruction with stock and fixtures valued in the hundreds. six hose lines fought the fire for an hour and a half as Sherman and family had moved the day before. Twenty six fur coats were saved from the second floor before the ceiling collapsed. more garments were ruined on the ground floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Louis Sherman
Mr. Sherman
David Desmond
Edward Newell
Ernest Rogers
Desmond
Newell
Sherman
Pleasant Street
Ledyard Heirs
Just-Rite Tailor Shop
Center Street
Edward Miller
Fred Pecci
Former Bath Woman Heads Health Nursing Week Committee
Mrs Langdon T Thaxter of Spring Street Portland formerly Miss Priscilla Kimball daughter of Mrs Fred H Kimball 638 High Street Bath named chairwoman of the national committee promoting Know Your Health Nurse Week April 7 13 nationwide to raise public awareness of public health nursing services Thaxter serves on the National Organization for Public Health Nursing board and holds leadership roles in Maine health groups including District Nursing Portland vice president of Portland United Community and War Chest and advisory posts with the State Health Department and Nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon T. Thaxter
Spring Street
Portland
Priscilla Kimball
Fred H. Kimball
High Street
Bath
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
Memories From Capt Jacob Smith In War Torn Japan
Capt Jacob Smith M D U S A writes from Shizuoka Japan describing the devastation from incendiary bombs and the conditions of land and people. He notes scarce goods scarce shops forced labor depicted fear of Americans fading as trust grows and reports on rice cultivation and local life near Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Smith
U.S. A
Bath
Shizuoka
Japan
Co. D
Smith
Joseph I. Smith
Sam Prawer
Pacific
Wakayama
Orient
Nagoya
Tokyo
Silver Wedding of Bath Couple Well Observed
Mr and Mrs Fred Hayward of North Bath celebrate their silver wedding with a daytime tea at their home. Guests, decorations, music, and a chest of silver mark the event. The couple married November 25 1920 in Bath, and their family includes two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Fred Hayward
Mayor Rogers Defends Position On City Marshal Office
At a special city council meeting Mayor Walter C. Rogers argued the legality of Percy W. Kingsbury becoming city marshal without a new election. He cited Maine law, disputed 30 day qualification rules, and urged a legal, not political, resolution amid recent newspaper statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Rogers
Percy W. Kingsbury
Mr. Kingsbury
Rogers
Kingsbury
Frank L. Moriarty
Times
Frank Reinoehl
Veterans’ Service Center
Selective Service
Augusta
Reinoehl
Richard F. Saville
Ordnance Department
Attorney General's Office
City of
Bath
State of
Maine
R.S
State education head speaks at meeting of PTA
Dr Harry V Gilson Maine commissioner of education spoke to a Bath audience of Dike South End Huse and North-Center groups at Morse High School stressing parent involvement and Know-where-to-look with school operations He praised Bath officials and noted plans for federal aid and community education progress A brief musical program followed then a small fire alarm at Rogers Jewelry caused a brief 7 55 pm response by Engine 4 with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry V. Gilson
Maine
Dike
South End
Huse
North-Center
Morse High School
North Center Group
Ruth Wilson
Gilson
Bath
Washington County
Board of Education
State Department
Dean Kendall
University of Maine
Rogers’ Jewelry Store
Center Street
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U.S.C. Center
Aldermen
Clement
Larrabee
MacKinnon
Prentiss
Hunter
Turpie
Haynes
Coombs
Murray
Gaudet
Martin
New Personnel Commission
State Supreme Court
Moriarty
James A. Gillies, Jr
City Hall
James DeCapua
Percy Kingsbury
New England Telephone & Telegaph Co
Lincoln Street
Leonard P. Miller
Recreation Center
Philip Eaton
Common Council
Alderman Cooke
Ward Five
USO
John Parker
Henderson, N. C
Ole Bunny
J. Horace McClure
Tailor Shop
Know
Capt
New Met
Museum OF Art
Metropolitan Museum OF Art
William C. Osborne
Museum
North Bath
Carlton W. Lowell
R. J. M. Steussey
Norman Howard
Horace Wade
Hayward
Harry Ring
Norman W. Howard
William Astle
Shepard Street
Littleton
N. H
Earl J. Hatch
Park Street
Fred O. Hayward
Manila
John
Morse High
Shirley Hatch
N.H
Harry Young
Freedom
Frank Harding
Alna
Raymond Page
Merton Hammond
Harold Leeman
Hollis Leeman
Arthur Haywood
Woolwich
Charles Crosby
Arrowsie
Day's Ferry
Carleton W. Lowell
R. J. M. Steussy
Archie L. Seekins
Judith
Nathan E. Coffin
Flossie M. Beals
Alice Norris
Orville Page
Jane Lemont
Deniie-Mazeill
Dennis Barber
Everett G. Lemont
Roger Pierce
George Musk
William Skelton
James A. Bimson
David Henderson
Earl Wing
Mayor Rogers
PTA
Bath Auto CO
C. F. Cummings
Management Front St
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