Phippsburg Moss Plant To Close Operations Soon
The Marine Growths at Head Beach near Phippsburg near completion of dried moss products. About 500000 pounds of moss packed, 60 workers employed since spring, many girls. New storage buildings filled, chemists from Chicago visiting prior to suspension. Moose sightings near the Rollins home and historical notes on John Parker. Sewall Point post office closes for season as cottage owners stay through October. Local hunters report a cold, damp opening day on Merry Meeting Bay with limited success due to heavy white vapor.
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Head Beach
Plague
Chicago
Boney
Cicago
Sewall Point
Sewall
Merryeeting Bay
Most Rogers
Swantonyman
Hamilton McCourt
John Rogers
Ray Camipbell
Clinton Beals
Cecil Rew
Dromore Grange Reports Oct Degree Dates and Penny Sale
Dromore Grange met Tuesday with Hubert McCarty of Philadelphia sharing a program. Mrs Humphrey Owen returned from summer absence as Mr and Mrs Owen reside at their Sabine cottage. Worthy Master Robert Metcalf announced first and second degrees for Oct 24 and third and fourth degrees for Nov 14 with Sagadahoc Past Masters to perform. Members urged timely applications by Oct 10. A rehearsal is set for Oct 10. Penny sale proceeds supported the treasury as tomatoes peppers relishes pickles and utensils were sold. singing opened the program.
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Dromore Grange
Grange
Hubert McCarty
Philadelphia
Bath
Humphrey Owen
Owen
Sabine
Robert Metcalf
Everett trio visits Middle Street hosts
Mr and Mrs Alfred M Green and their son Edwin of Everett Massachusetts were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Orville E Page on Middle Street.
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Alfred M. Green
Edwin
Everett, Mass
Orville E. Page
Middle Street
Community notices from a Bath area weekly report
Parker Head Miss Leane Harmon of Cari bou arrived Saturday to take up work carried on by her predecessor. Sunday school will resume Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. for the smaller children and 2.30 p.m. for older groups, regular service and hymn sing at 3.45 p.m. Girl Scouts meet Monday nights with Miss Packard at her home assisted by Miss Harmon. Brownies meet Wednesday at four. Eight attended the hymn sing. Mrs. Earl Lowell was organist in place of Mrs. Rollins who is ill. School Improvement League plans three plays a food sale and a grab bag at the school house Friday at 7 p.m. Proceeds go toward new reference books. At PTA Sept. 23 nine attended in spite of weather. Members to sew for next summer’s fair. meetings Wednesday afternoons. Two mystery packages bid. Mrs. Mank won both. Miss Packard elected secretary. Mrs. Blaisdell chairman. Miss Packard to host Oct. 26. A nny sale planned. sale of War Stamps and Summer round-up reported. Refreshments served. Present listed. Four meetings on enITe regarding the honor roll. Mr. and Mrs. Morong and others in Freeport and Bath area. Osgood relatives in Bath and Bangor. Mrs. Vil da Barlow ill at St Andrew’s. Mrs. Turner McCarty improving. Leston Harrington USN visiting. Kenneth Wood USN and wife visiting. Nisbet family returned from Newport. Morse called on McCarty. Earl Lowell hosted Packards and Harmon. Bob Moore in Harpswell. Randell Merry of Bath visited. Connie Hoar birthday. Phyllis Young of Bath visiting her mother.
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Caribou
Miss Packard
Miss Harmon
Brownies
Earl Lowell
John Rollins
School Improvement League
Harry D. Mank, Jr
PTA
H. D. Mank
Mank
Stella Packard
Frances Robie
Charles Blaisdell
Eugene Harrington
Miss Stella Packard
Nny
Lowell
Leston Harrington
Bert Nisbet
W. H. Wyman
Harry Mank
Enite
George Morong
John Kriedler
Eleanor Bertrand
Freeport
Newport
John G. Morse, Jr
Turner McCarty
Leona Harmon
Bob Moore
Harpswell
Randell Merry
Bath
W. T. Wyman
Connie Hoar
Phyllis Young
Laura Libby
Local Social News From Bath And Vicinity
Mrs. Arthur Stinson suffers from an infected finger. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks of Washington DC visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stinson. Mrs. Bernhard Carlsson stayed with sister Mrs. George Stacey in Bath last week. Ed Thomas and Mrs. Bernhard Carlson and Mrs. Bob Moore called at the Dozoris home Wednesday. Laurence Thayer and son Stephen of Bath visited Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Wyman and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thomas Jr. of Bath spend a few days with his parents on the Popham road. Mrs. Nancy Thomas of Bath visited her sister Mrs. Eric Carlsson Wednesday.
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Arthur Stinson
Brooks
Washington, D. C
Bernhard Carlsson
George Stacey
Bath
Ed Thomas
Bernhard Carlson
Bob Moore
Dozois
Laurence Thayer
Stephen
F. K. Wyman
Edward Thomas Jr
Popham Road
Nancy Thomas
Eric Carsson
Replacing Tung Oil With Dehydration Methods
Wartime castor oil use shifts from tung oil to waterproof coatings. Northern Brazil transportation progress and a steady market in the United States could insulate the hemisphere against future glycerin shortages. Vast tropical oil nut palm areas in Central America promise future supply. Vary salad dressing flavors to avoid monotony.
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Brazil
United Babassakerrets
Central America
Beacon Street Women Plan Rummage Sale
Regular meeting of the W S C S of Beacon Street Methodist church in the home of Mrs. Milton H. Douglas with Rev. Charles L. Kinney presiding. A rummage sale is set for Oct. 24 in the church vestry. Christmas sale planned for Dec. 6. funds to aid hospitals and homes.
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Beacon Street
Hostesses Committee Sets Plans at U S O Meeting
The Hostess Committee of the U S O met at the U S O Center at 7 30 PM to outline an instruction course for junior and senior hostesses. Mrs Archibald Main chaired the session and urged利用 industrial workers talents for community self expression and better handling U S O Center duties. Subcommittees were named for volunteers programs location and publicity with reports due on progress.
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U. S. O. Center
Archibald Main
Emily Reed
Main
Cenior
Bath
U.S.O. Center
U.S.O
Milton Trott
Lewis A. Dole
Karcher Jackson
George C. Hastings
Squash Varieties and Uses Highlight Delicacy and Nutrition
Summer squash gains fame as a table delicacy enjoyed by gourmets and approved by nutritionists. New serving methods include picking fruits a few days old for peak flavor. Yellow or orange flesh varieties are rich in vitamins, and classifications include soft rind summer squash and hard rind winter squash with longer keep.
Popham Beach News Highlights and Local Updates
Mrs. Paul Davis learned she passed WAC exams and will train after Oct. 22. she is the first from Popham to enter the WAC. Popham School remains closed due to scarlet fever with no new cases. Local road improvements ease war worker travel. Moose sightings rise as autumn colors begin. Community notes include postmaster changeovers, visits, and cottage moves among Bath and Popham residents. A history of Popham Beach by Ida Sedgwick Proper will not be published until after the war.
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Paul Davis
WAC
Portland
Davis
Popham
Coast Guard
Dunlap Hatch
Bath
Walco Weston
W. H. Ballard
Anchor Light
Southwest Harbor
Ballard
Fred Humphreys
Popiem
Parker Head
Popham Beach
Willard Oliver
Bath Iron Works
Ida Sedgwick
Prosper
Maine
Mrs William Yule Confined To Home On Upper Washington Street
The many friends of Mrs William Yule will be sorry to learn that she is confined to her home on Upper Washington street by illness and limited mobility.
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William Yule
Upper Washington Street
Knights Observe Columbus Day Sunday Observances
Sagadience Council Knights of Columbus plan Holy Communion in body at 9 mass at St. Kilnaryes Church to observe Columbus Day. A breakfast will follow in the hall. Rev John Cummings will give a sermon. In Sunday meeting letters urged War Chest support and members pledged to contribute. James McDonald, back from Euronscan theater duty with the 135th Air Force, spoke briefly. Supreme Council in Toronto approved a million dollar educational fund for children of deceased and disabled WWII veterans. Bowling league and card tournaments were tentatively planned for Bath area.
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Knights of Columbus
John Cummings
All Lettes
Supreme Council
Toronto
Legal Council
Lactany Allard
Bath
Lefty Lachance in Action Friday at Brunswick Town Hall
Lefty Maurice Lachance of Lisbon defends his weight title against Al Sforza of Boston in a Aero... bout at Brunswick Town Hall Friday night. Lachance previously defeated Henri Lagasse of Old Town in Brunswick. Sforza's recent wins over Steve Kronis and Chet Jackson set the stage for a title challenge with a semi final pairing of Al Michoud and Johnny Coe referenced.
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Brunswick Town Hall
Maurice Lachance
lLisbon
al Sforza
Boston
Aerecottich
Byostoy
al Michoud
Lisbon
Joonny Coe
Dremswick
Bath Ministers Meeting
A fleeting report describes a Bath ministers gathering with brief business items and religious objectives. Names and titles appear garbled, but references to church roles and the Holy Spirit indicate a doctrinal focus and routine adjournment.
Real estate transfer records in Bath and surrounding towns
Transfers recorded at the Sseradahor County Register of Deeds show numerous land and buildings trades. Buyers include Abbie L Greenson Samuel Price Comm al and Isabel la MacVicar Samuel M Tellan, among many others in Bath North Bath West Bath and Georgetown.
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Sseradahor County
Clar P. Brooks
Donald F. McRae
Bath Street
Giedys
MelIntosh Pins
le Brun
Etsingore Evenue
Abbie L Greenson
Samuel Price
Birdzon
Isabella MacVicar
Samuel M. Tellan
Valley Rand
Fmily R Savage
Herbert F. Pierce
Helen Leavitt Oliver R. Bargiron
Middle Street
Herbert F. Bath
Jesse W. Homan
North Bath
Herbert EF. Bat
Iris H. Furness
Ramsey W. Reynolds
Clarence Pecci
Shepard Street
George W. Tyler
Eugene P. Hawkes
Washington Street
Elephant tusks trade halted by London firm
A London firm formerly buying about 10 000 elephant tusks each year to manufacture billiard balls faced changes in its supply chain and industry regulations, impacting the global ivory market and related conservation concerns.
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London
Pastor and Wife Honored With Evening Reception
Corliss Street Baptist church hosted an elegant reception for Rev. Albert Freeman and Mrs. Freeman on Friday in the large vestry. The patriotic decorations featured red white and blue crepe, gladioli and carna- tions, with a reception line including clergy, trustees, and guests from Bath and beyond. A brief program included piano pieces by Francis McPherson and songs by Ruth Williams, with remarks from local church leaders and visiting pastors.
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Corliss Street Baptist Church
Albert Freeman
Bath
Church
Curcch
Lizzie French
Emma Daley
Fanny Burden
George Allen
Ethel Morse
Florence Willis
Freeman
Harold Walker
Chester A. Plant
Wilfred W. Chaney
Walter Taylor
Eula Fielding
Frank P. Litteran
The
Baptist Convention of Boston
Frank J. Brister
Salvation Army
C. Vaughan Overman
Rockport
Thomas Brindley
Auburn
Frank P. Litteren
Boston
John Hunt
Sterling
Herold Walker
Free Will
Missionary Society
Earl Morang
Estelle Block
Young People’s Society
Warren McIntire
Robert King
Roy Farnham
Flora Robbins
Annette Godfrey
Peeessa Tasiler
Melvina King- Wi Itham
Heaviside Layer Named for Oliver Heaviside
The Heaviside Layer in Earth’s atmosphere was named after English scientist Oliver Heaviside who proposed the layer to explain-terdio bounce the reflection of radio waves back to Earth.
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Heaviside
Earth
Oliver Heaviside
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Land and Bus
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