Water first defense against fires from incendiary bombs advised
A National Board of Fire Undenwriters bulletin quotes James M. Lands of the Office of Civilian Defense urging water powered pumps as the best civilian fire protection against incendiary bomb attacks. It condemns commercial powders as ineffective and warns they create false security, urging homeowners to use water systems and simple equipment for home fire protection.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Enterprise in America during wartime industry shifts
When auto plants shift to war production dealers pivot to new lines. Thousands of car dealers move into blackout materials, air raid sirens, poultry feed, or beer. Some convert showrooms to bowling alleys, night clubs, and radio games.
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America
Bath May Lose City Marshal Kingsbury to Army
Bath faces the possible departure of City Marshal Percy W. Kingsbury who has passed army entry examinations. Citizens believe his experience would best serve Bath at the police helm and fear the city would lose a steady, faithful official as population grows.
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Bath
Percy W. Kingsbury
Uncle Sam
Marshal Kingsbury
Make and Mend for V IS Girls Club Motto
Four H Club girls in this state pursue wartime goals under the motto Make and Mend for Victory by turning old knockabouts into usable garments. They assess fabric, dyeing options, and style changes to avoid vital war materials while learning alterations to fit dresses, skirts, and coats.
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Spool Cotton Company
Chicago
Pythian Sisters Plan Ambulance Purchase among Meetings
Lowell temple No. 31 P S discussed Maine grand chief’s letter approving buying an ambulance for emergencies at a Wednesday meeting. Final reports on the Sept. 16 turkey supper showed a good treasury gain. They honored Nellie Dunning’s birthday and planned a rummage sale with donations coordinated by Marion Darrah and Mary Curtis.
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Lowell Temple
No. 31
P. S
Nellie Dunning
Marion Darrah
Mary Curtis
Sewer Project Updates and Local Civic Matters
City Aldermen discussed new sewer work and pole relocations near Morse High School after a pole was moved by Central Maine Power Co. A tree clearance issue prompted needed repositioning. The board also adjourned after ordering a Bath man committed as insane. Bates College freshmen football prospects faced weight requirements impacting Lincoln Stackpole's Army Reserve eligibility.
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Central Maine Power Co
Andrews Road
Morse High School
Charles A. Thayer
Board of Aldermen
Bates College
Bates
Stackpole
Army
Civilian defense leaders urge proper calling channels
Civil defense officials urge citizens to call police for incidents and avoid the civilian defense report or warning centers. They explain the report center coordinates only during emergencies and has unlisted numbers, while army centers handle actual warnings and observer data.
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Civilian Defense Report Center
District Warning Center
Joe Doe
Ralph W. Bragg
Doe
Civilian
Bragg
Army
Mr. Bragg
Coast Guard
Civilian Defense Council
Army Command
Defense Council
Legion Auxiliary Plans Installation and Events
Roland Smith Unit No. 21 American Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting with strong turnout. Members assisted Red Cross dressings at the Elks home and plans were made for the Third District Council installation on Oct. 14. A style show is set for Oct. 28 at the Legion hall, with refreshments and officers installed by Mrs. Fannie Cummings. Hostesses and committees were named for the Nov. 11 meeting.
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Roland Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
John Costain
David McKellar
Elks Home
Red Cross
Third District Council
Walter M. Hill
Department of Maine
Fannie Cummings
West Paris
Legion Hall
Ralph Gay
Earl Risteen
John Hart
Madelyn Rowe
Howard Pratt
Bernard W. Pratt
Carl E. Stinson
White Ribboners Resume Meetings After Summer Break
The W C T U reopened at Miss May Besaw's home on High street with President Mrs Elizabeth Trott leading devotionals. Officers reported progress, Hill announced the 68th Maine W C T U convention set for October 13 to 15 in Greene, and Lillian Mayo resigned as temperance and missions director with Theresa Hill named as successor.
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May Besaw
High Street
Elizabeth Trott
Theresa Hill
Maine
Sawyer Memorial Building
Greene
Bath Union
Trott
Florence Howard
Mary Besaw
Nella Stover
Lillian Mayo
Department of Temperance and Missions
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
C. B. Oliver
C. H. Berry
Stover
Nation seeks scrap drive support from press and public
Washington August 23 The War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson urges Americans to boost the fall scrap drive gathering metals rubber and rags from homes farms and industry to sustain war material production The Central Maine Blood and Plasma Bank is discussed by Ina Parsons Salisbury at a meeting in Augusta and Caroline Fenno Chase s studio A 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason Frank Owen Stephens of Auburn is honored by Boston s Northern Masonic Jurisdiction at its 130th annual meeting with 118 others receiving the 33rd degree
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Washington
D. C
The
Independent
Bath
Maine
War Production Board
United States
America
Donald M. Nelson
Central Maine
Ina Parsons Salisbury
Augusta General Hospital
Caroline Fenno Chase
Green Street
Boston
Frank Owen Stephens
Auburn
Supreme Council
Stephens
Governor Sewall Leads Hunters With Openers Ten Duck Bag
Governor Sumner Sewall was among the first to bag a legal ten ducks on opening day at Merrymeeting Bay. Wardens reported ducks more plentiful than in a decade, though overall hunter numbers were down due to wartime service and restrictions. Some hunters lacked Coast Guard permits for certain areas.
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Merrymeeting Bay
East
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Merrymeeting
Coast Guard
Ducks Fill Bags On Opening Day At Merrymeeting Bay
Early dawn duckers found air littered with birds but few in the bag. By noon veterans Daniel Hall and Vin Henderson brought in full limits of black ducks off Sandy Island and the Bowdoinham shore.
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Merrymeeting Bay
Daniel Hall
Hall
Sandy Island
Vin’ Henderson
Vin
Bowdoinham
Edward E. Sonia
Manley Breck
New York
Small Point
Bath
Largest Nursing School Class Enters Bath Memorial Training
The Bath Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses welcomes its largest class, 11 students, starting Sept. 14. Miss Ida Antworth leads as instructor with Miss Gertrude Strong Bates assisting. New entrants hail from Phippsburg, Portland, Bethel, Dover-Foxcroft, York Beach, Caribou, Pittsfield, Vanceboro, Greenville Junction, Woodland, and more, beginning a four month preliminary period toward a three year program.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Ida Antworth
R. N
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Gertrude Strong Bates
East Boothbay
Antworth
Columbia University
New York
Bates
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Bernadine Atwood
Phippsburg
Gloria Cox
Portland
Dorothy Fish
Bethel
Elizabeth Inman
Dover-Foxcroft
Mary
Miss Barbara Vigue Shower Before Her Wedding
Mrs. F Earl Burgess hosted a personal and linen shower honoring Miss Barbara Vigue, whose wedding to Wilfrid E Guerin is set for Saturday at St Marys. The event featured yellow and white decor with blue accents, with Mrs Arthur H Colby and Mrs Olive Guerin pouring and several guests presents. Also visiting are Mrs James Ashenden and her daughter Ellen from Wakefield Massachusetts to see Mrs Leonard Wetherbee.
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F. Earl Burgess
Lincoln Street
Barbara Vigue
Wilfrid E. Guerin
St. Mary's Church
Arthur H. Colby
Olive Guerin
J. Arthur Burgess
John P. Carey, Jr
Ernest Freeman
John Leonard
Daniel J. Perry
John Sampson
Leo Gauvin
Sidney Haines
Warren A. Higgins
Stover
Lois Estabrook
Margaret K. Sampson
Evelyn Petlock
Marion Sprague
Elizabeth Burgess
Frank Reinoehl
Henry O. Trowbridge
James Ashenden
Ellen
Wakefield
Mass
Ashenden
Leonard Wetherbee
Western Avenue
Lions Hear Baseball Tales From Big League Era Guests
Lion Trowbridge hosts a reminiscence program featuring a former player who spoke of Co bbs Alexander and Johnson. Sukeworth and others shared anecdotes about the Dodgers Reds and Montreal. The session praised baseball’s positive influence before a final movie and departure.
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Lion Trowbridge
Ty Cobb
Grover Alexander
Walter Johnson
Senators
Red Sox
Val
New York Yankees
Boston
Yanks
Mr. Lukeworth
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Sukeworth
Montreal
Karst
Lions
Sewing Circle Plans Christmas Sale and Dinners
The sewing circle of First Baptist Church met in the vestry last Wednesday. President Mrs. Joseph L. Dauphin led a business session and members voted to hold a Christmas sale and supper on December 6, plus a baked bean supper on October 24. Committees were appointed and work started on items for the Christmas sale. Attendees included Mrs. Dauphin, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Harrington, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Pratt, Miss Lake, and others.
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First Baptist Church
Joseph L. Dauphin
James Goodwin
Laura Harrington
Mabel Reed
Melvin Pratt
Shirley Pratt
Simon Moore
Jennie Oliver
Mabel Lake
Freeman Crosby
Everett Wright
Bina Staples
Speeding Arrests in Bowdoinham and Topsham Courts
Six motorists were charged with speeding in Bowdoinham and Topsham. Each was fined 5 dollars plus 7.45 dollars costs by Trial Justice James H. Ames. Names include Leo Morrison Portland Virgil Libby Oakland Clyde Simmons Augusta Wesley Beals Richmond Kenneth Burns Bowdoin and Fay Downing Belgrade. Tuscan Chapter OES will honor Lula Morse and Sarah McKenney at a Bangor City Hall event, with committees aiming for a simple, formal gathering.
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Bowdoinham Court
Bowdoinham
Topsham
John DeWinter
James H. Ames
Leo L. Morrison
Portland
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Clyde T. Simmons
Augusta
Wesley Beals
Richmond
Kenneth Burns
Bowdoin
Fay A. Downing
Belgrade
Lula W. Morse
Maine
City Hall
Bangor
Sarah S. McKenney
Women to Help Build Ships at Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works announces broad new hiring of women for electrical pipe ship fitting and machine shop positions as part of naval expansion. Applicants aged 25 to 40 in good health will be registered and referred by the U S Employment Service with local hiring priority. centaines of women expected to be hired over the next year.
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Uncle Sam
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Iron Works
United States Employment Service
Front Street
Bath
Myrtle Lodge Election Meeting Set at Kingsbury Home
Myrtle Lodge plans a meeting Monday evening at Mrs. Zeu leika Kingsbury and Mrs. Elsie Higgins home in West Bath. It will be the first gathering at Mrs. Kingsbury's new residence, formerly in Bath.
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Lodge
Zeuleika Kingsbury
Elsie Higgins
Kingsbury Granted Leave for Active Service
The committee moved to hold the matter over to the next meeting and it was seconded and voted. Mr Kingsbury’s leave of absence was granted effective Oct 3 as he leaves for active service Oct 7.
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Kingsbury
More Blood Donors Attend Clinic at Memorial Hospital
The Bath Blood and Plasma clinic saw repeat donor Harlan Mc Farland of Woolwich and George McMann bring three colleagues from Oakhurst Dairy. Ten attendees included local residents and two Woolwich couples. organizers warn clinics may close without more volunteers.
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Memorial Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harlan McFarland
Woolwich
George McMann
Oakhurst Dairy
Julian Bennett
James Callan
Clinton V. Owen
Grace Wessenger
Edwin M. Fuller
Paul J. Hart
Boyd L. Bailey
Mason C. Carter
Brunswick
Bath
Charles B. Doyle
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Fred D. Hill
Dominique J. Tardif
Dike P T A Plans for the Year
Dike P T A discussed fall and winter plans at a Thursday meeting in the North End Community club rooms. President Mrs Edmund Mocklar will attend the state convention in Bangor on Oct 1 and a next meeting is set for Oct 6 at the Dike school with a membership drive urging new members.
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Dike P.T.A
North End
Edmund Mocklar
Dike School
Harry Horne
Welfare
Jane Feere
New
Huse Memorial School
Dike
Morse High
Central Grammar
Dane Wescott
Portland
Scout
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Quote and Clues
A cryptogram puzzle and list of Across and Down clues appear with a famous Goldsmith quote about pleasure and life. The page credits King Features Syndicate for the Cryptoquote solution and distribution.
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