Wiscasset Activity Highlights Girls Scout Start and Local Trusts
The first Girl Scout troop meeting drew 35 girls on the Common with leaders Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Condon. Officers elected include Elinor Pomeroy secretary and Virginia Butler treasurer. A Saturday tag day benefits the troop, with a rain date the following Saturday October 10. Also noted are annual meetings and appointments for the Wiscasset Cemetery Association and Wiscasset Female Charitable Society, plus a May 170 year outlook for the society and community events like a food sale, tea, and a card party for local funds. Personal items list residents moving, employment changes at Bath Iron Works, and social gatherings including visits, card games, and book club meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Robert Condon
Elinor Pomeroy
Virginia Butler
Marilyn Bailey
Joan Hanson
Marilyn Petrie
Barbara Merry
Jean Bailey
Nellie B. Dowling
George Cheria
Richard Kimball
Raymond Sherman
Charles J. DiPerri
Daniel R. Sortwell
Wiscasset Cemetery Association
Edith Bellas White
Edith White
Carrie S. Knight
Alice Taylor
Samuel J. Sewall
Miss White
Frances Sortwell
Samuel J. Sortwell
Nina Lennox
Charles S. Sewall
Grace M. Sewall
Alice D. Taylor
Eliza Holbrook
Ida Creamer
Carrie Knight
Kate Sewall
Carolyn Varney
Wiscasset
High Street
Wisasset Female Charitable Society
Sturgis Potter
Mrs. Potter
Congregational
Bath Iron Works
Onley
U. S. Navy
Julian Doggett
Boston
Warren Dorr
Gertrude Helen
Gardiner Road
Robert H. Applin
John F. Jackson
Graydon
Edward Clark
Rugiard Gowen
Jannette French
Joanna Evans
Verna Southard
Barbara Dow
Lee Merry
Sidney G. Evans
Tom Kennedy
Book Club
Bernard Bailey
Federal Street
John French
Brimmer School
Earle Pulsifer
Mrs Cora Dunton Confined to Home by Illness
Mrs. Cora Dunton is confined to her Mechanic Street home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Dunton
Mechanic Street
Capt William Blair Called for Active Sea Duty
Port captain at Bath Iron Works for eight years William S Blair is ordered to report next Wednesday for active duty on the east coast. A seven year Naval Reserve member he was promoted to lieutenant commander last year and now heads as master of freighters and chief officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
William S. Blair
Naval Reserve
Blair
Davis Palmer
Robert J. Blair
The
Iron Works
Propeller Club of
Portland
State of Maine Post
Society of American Military Engineers
Boston Marine Society
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Wooden Vessels May Again Be Built in Bath
Bath may once again host wooden shipbuilding pending a suitable yard labor timber supply and plant site. New York investors, formerly from Maine, eye contracts near a million dollars to build wooden ships and seek Bath locations with access to timber and machinery. They plan to discuss sites and machinery needs in the coming days and may bring a smaller additional industry to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New York
Maine
Maine University welcomes MHS Class of ’42 graduates
Miss Doris Stickney daughter of Mr and Mrs Elva Stickney of Fitts street will enter University of Maine on Thursday. Other MHS ’42 graduates Daniel Hatch son of Mr and Mrs Robert B Hatch of Washington street Richard Dennison and George Hersom will also enter the same term at Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Stickney
Elva Stickney
Fitts Street
University of Maine
Maine
Daniel Hatch
Robert B. Hatch
Washington Street
Richard Dennison
George Hersom
Local residents see summer activity around Bath area
A string of Bath surrounding town residents visit relatives and work at local industries. William Mulhern resumes duties at Bath Iron Works after vacation while Osman Higgins visits his mother in Foster Point. Juliet Carleton and Juliet Carleton start work at Bath Iron Works. Several families, including the Hollers and Carletons, host gatherings and move between cottages on New Meadows River. Francis Burgess enlists in Navy, and Arthur Carleton reports stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mulhern
Larrabee’s Grove
Bath Iron Works
Ednar Owens
Norridgewock
Owen
Osman Higgins
Wareham
Mass
Emma J. Higgins
Foster Point
Higgins
Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co
L. A. Pariseau
Salem
Larrabee's Grove
E. W. Haggett
Charles Haggett
Bath
Haggett
New York
Aphia Pinson
Fred Carey
Brookline
Stephen Plant
William Sampson
George Curtis Place
Foster's Point Road
Orrin Barney
Portland
Edward Burns
North Bath
Melford Perham
Trusants Crossing
Harry Cornish
Weeks Street
Cornish
Navy
Joseph Bellmore
Lemont
New Meadows River
Gerald Street
John Perkins
Gertrude Greenleaf
Roland Carleton
Foster Point Road
Carleton
Courtney Stover
Trufants
Stover
Marjorie Stover
Bates E. Stover
Brunswick Road
A. B. Snow
Trufants Crossing
Gilbert Wilson
George Merriman
Freeport
Frank Woodside
Fryeberg
Lillian Mayo
Harding Plant
Llewellyn Rogers
Caroline
Rubinoff
Morse High School
Claud Patterson
Guy Patterson
Albion
Juliet Carleton
Sara Pletts
Richard
Brunswick
Francis Deehan
Sydney Pendleton
Llesboro
Priv
Arthur Carleton
Fort Knox
Francis Burgess
Sanfords Crossing
Hardings
Davis
Bar Harbor
Joseph
Augusta
Della Gaudette
J. J. Deery
E. A. Litch
Engagement Announced Between Annie Louise Voter and Harland Tewksbury
Mr and Mrs Arthur T Voter of Voter Hill Farmington announce the engagement of their daughter Annie Louise to Harland Tewksbury of Solon. Tewksbury son of Mr and Mrs L E Tewksbury of Solon is employed by Bath Iron Works Corp in the city. Annie Louise is a Farming ton High School and Normal School graduate and teaches in Hampton New Hampshire after three years in Solon. Tewksbury is a Solon high school graduate and previously worked in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur T. Voter
Voter Hill
Farmington
Annie Louise
Harland Tewksbury
Solon
Tewksbury
L. E. Tewksbury
Bath Iron Works Corp
Miss Voter
Farmington High School
Farmington Normal School
Phi Mu Sigma Sorority
Hampton
N. H
Solon High School
Bath
Morse High Helped With Cosmopolitan Club Concert
Robert Rice and Kenneth Hill of the Morse high school stage committee assisted Rubinoff and Donald M. Comrie with stage arrangements at a Cosmopolitan club sponsored concert Monday night in Morse high auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rice
Kenneth Hill
Morse High School
Rubinoff
Donald M. Comrie
Cosmopolitan Club
Morse High Auditorium
Immunization plan arranged for Bath this week
Dr. Eleanor Blish, State Director of Maternal and Child Welfare, visited Bath on Wednesday to run a whooping cough immunization drive for children six months to two years old. The three doses are one week apart and can coincide with diphtheria shots. Public health notes stress that most whooping cough deaths are in children under two and pneumonia is a common complication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Blish
Maternal and Child Welfare
Bath
Blish
Hyde Park Terrace
Red Cross
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan
Inductees Required to Surrender War Ration Books
War Price and Rationing officials remind that servicemen or those departing the U S for over 30 days must surrender their war ration books to the local board. Reports indicate many is not returning sugar ration books. Gasoline rules require surrender of unused coupons when a ration ends or ownership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland G. Ware
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
Armed Services of
United States
Whhe
Armed Services
West Bath School Seeks Teacher for Littlefield School
An urgent appeal asks for a former teacher to take over the Littlefield school in West Bath as Mrs White cannot remain. The position requires willingness to make home adjustments and sacrifices, with contact to Superintendent Harlan A Ladd to have name considered by the West Bath school committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Littlefield School
West Bath
Harland A. Ladd
Littlefield
Bangor Family Returns From Bath Vacation Home
Mrs. Harry A. Moore and her daughter Harriett of Bangor finish a Bath summer stay at the Horne residence on Washington street. They return home Sunday with Mr. Moore, superintendent at the Bath Iron Works, who joined them for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Moore
Harriett
Bangor
Bath
Harry L. Horne
Washington Street
Mr. Moore
Day's Ferry clergy and clubs gather for community events
Woolwich notes show Day's Ferry groups hosting Sunday meeting at church with 11 a.m. start and Madlyn Dargin as superintendent. Red Cross sewing, Ladies Aid, and Community Club activities run weekly with socials, meals, and guest lists. Several residents travel, visit, or return from trips and schools report defense stamp sales and a student resuming studies after a bicycle accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Ames
George Ames
No. 1
Florence Temple
Ladies Aid
The
Baptist Hall
Harriet Howard
Pembroke
Mass
Charlotte Buck
Day’s Ferry
Carrie Hathorne
Harriet Adams
Sara Bagley Wright
Christine Hathorne
Mary Wright
Morton Baker
Liza Tanner
Lydia Hathorne
Clara Hathorne
Alton Berry
Montsweag Road
Mrs Wade Recovering After Ill Turn at Brunswick Hospital
Mrs Mabel Wade of this city recently returned from Maine General Hospital Portland and was moved to Dr Richardson's private hospital in Brunswick where she is convalescing after an illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wade
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Bath Sagadahoc County Complete Blackout Test Successful
In a coordinated regional drill Bath and Sagadahoc County joined six other Maine areas for a nine o’clock blackout Tuesday. No injuries occurred though several residents left lights on. a North End flat stayed lit and a wardens officer faced hostility on a porch. A city hall light and other dwellings were managed, with officials praising civilian defense forces for prompt cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Sagadahoc
High Street
City Hall
Company D
State Guard
Center Street Hill
Portland Defense
John R. Newell
Oakhurst Dairy
Auburn
North End
September Weather Review Shows Mixed Conditions
The September month has been good overall but not as record setting as last year. Warm spells were balanced by fog and cool days with seven cloudy days and 20 fair days this year versus 29 fair and one cloudy last year.
Rent inspectors assigned to Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties
Judge John J. Keegan announced that Washington officials have assigned one inspector and one investigator to the area. Their duties focus on examining petitions, evictions and all tenant landlord complaints and ensuring compliance with rent regulations in this district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Sagadahoc
Lincoln Counties
Washington
Miss Mary Day Returns Home After Visit
Miss Mary Day returns to New Jersey after visiting as a guest of Mrs. George C. Minard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Day
New Jersey
George C. Minard
Maine price fixes in Congress spark farm concerns
The article discusses how price control measures in Congress could affect Maine farmers. It notes milk producers face limited risk as current law blocks presidential price powers, while potato prices hinge on parity with labor costs added by the Hatch/Thomas amendments. It covers wage control, compromise proposals, and manpower planning highlighted by the Truman Committee subcommittee chaired by Senator Brewster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Congress
House
Senate
Leon Henderson
Thomas
Hatch
White House
Carr
Truman Committee
Brewster
Local Library Meeting and Scout Group Activities Noted
Mrs. George W. Dean will attend the Maine Library Association annual meeting in Deniston with library staff members Mrs. Carl Troop and Mrs. Herbert Calderwood. Alice Dixon Bond will speak. Cub Pack No. 55 plans a football series starting October with Den 1 and 3 together under Rev. Joseph O. Purdue and K Blair Hodge. Henry W. Skfield to serve as scoutmaster of Den 2. Arthur Ayer nurses an injured hand under physician care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ayer
Bath Iron Works
George W. Dean
Alice Dixon Bond
Boston
Heral
Winter Stre Church
Joseph O. Purdue
K. Blair Hodge
Henry W. Skfield
Cubs
Den
Kley Field
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. S. Blair
B.I.W
West Bath School
Ladd
Woolwich
Carle Longfellow
Chicopee
Clifford Ritchie
Carrie Crag Aie Muchae
Ma Fang
Roy Dow
Earl Stimpson
Blanche Flossie Beals
Zac Hathorne
Chester Howe
Constance
Cape Elizabeth
Roland Robinson
Ocean Park
Wilbur Howe
George Gainsley
Cyril E. Bousfield
Roy Sargent
Eugenie Hunnewell
George Tibbe
Ralph O. Brewster
the Times Company
Front Street
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