Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter resumes meetings
The Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R restarted its monthly sessions for 1943 44 at 230 pm on Tuesday Oct 5 at Central parish house. Mrs Bernard Knight spoke about her 1928 tour of England France Belgium Holland Switzerland and Italy while teacher at Cony High school in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Central Parish House
Bernard Knight
Italy
E. D. Hodgkins
F. C. Hill
C. C. Low
Col. Dummer Sewall
Alice P. Litchfield
Ada T. Deering
Grace M. Carroll
Nellie R. Lord
Ethel A. May
Alice S. Soule
Florence E. Wright
Jane Lemont
Marie R. Andre
Marion Smith
Isabel Bridgham
Bernice Bailey
Bernice Staples
Nellie Lord
Lena Shepard
Alice Soule
Ethel Blake
Genealogical and Historic Research Hospital Committee
Lena King
Marie Andre
Josephine Tubbs
Edna Jaques
Jane Lemoint
Opportunity Farm
Dora Curtis
Elwina Durgin
Annie Cox
Corrie Varney
Pearl Wilson
Ethel May
Advancement of American Music
Lucille Stoussey
Mildred Albee
Caroline Cary
Ada Deering
Mary Pierce
Louise Mosley
Elizabeth Gibbons
Grace Carroll
Clara Plummer
Alice Varney
Alice Kennedy
Margaret Foote
Annie Low
Alice Munsey
Annie Hall
Agnes Humphreys
Kate Perkins
Nellie Page
Abbie Minott
Stella Given
Inez Rothwell
Almena Jaques
Florence Calderwood
Clara Hodgkins
Ethel Bailey
Eleanor Irish
Marilla Morse
Annie Bonney
Marion Colby
Aphia Pinson
Florence Wright
Lynette Hill
Annette Merrill
Red Cross
Lord
Blair
Bridgham
Irish
Christmas Boxes Planned by Genesta Chapter OES
The Genesta chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held a rainy Friday meeting at the Masonic Temple with many lodges represented. Five candidates received degrees, Christmas boxes were planned for two serving members, and rehearsals for the play Happy Is The Bride were noted for Oct 22 at the temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
Masonic Temple
Evelyn Morse
Genesta
Westbrook High School
Henry Naylor
Grand Chapter
Maine
Edith Rich
Frank Danforth
Roger Pinkham
Lumber Mills Close Over Labor Shortage Across Nation
Small lumber mills widely shut down due to labor scarcity and price pressures. Atty Howard Harte told New England Wholesale Lumber Association members at a Hotel Stateer luncheon, with Robert B. Cowles of Springfield presiding, about negotiating with the War Bureau for wholesale industry recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty Howard Harte
New England Wholesale Lumber Association, Inc
Robert B. Cowles
Sprinefield
Togotiate
Weshunsum War Bureau
Harte
Brewers Foundation Leads Self Regulation In Maine
Under State Director Frank Holley the brewing industry in Maine forms the Brewing Industry Foundation to voluntary regulate malt beverages. The group cooperates with authorities the military and the public welfare sector to protect investments and preserve state income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Brewing Industry Foundation
Frank Holley
Frank H. Rolley
Main ST
Waterville
Lincoln Association ministers meet in Wisccasset chapel
The thirty fourth annual meeting of the Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches of Ministers convened in Wisccasset First Congregational Church with reports and officer elections. Notable afternoon speakers included Edith Scammon Rodney Roundy and Raymond J. Cosseboom followed by an ordination service for Rev Hubert H Heigham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches of Ministers
First Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Edith Scammon
Rodney W. Roundy
Raymond J. Cosseboom
Ladies’ Organ Society
Hubert H
Vaughan Dabney
D.D
Rodney Roundy
Raymond Putnam
Clark French
Kenneth Gray
David Wilson
Robert Heigham
Gordon Reid
Hans Jensen
Arthur Durgin
Barbara Dow
White Mountains
Eastern Slope Inn
North Conway
Louise Blagdon
Register of Deeds Office
Barbara Sullivan
University of Maine
Alvin Sortwell
Parker Mareau
Cambridge
Mass
Maurice Blake
Boothbay
Blake
Fred Engert
Jon
Mr. Engert
Staples Heads Maine Council of Red Men
Jesse L Staples of Belfast was elected Great Sachem of the Maine Council of the Improved Order of Red Men at the 55th annual meeting in Portland. Mrs Lillian Nutter of North Berwick was named Great Pocahontas. A field ambulance was presented to the U S Army Medical Corps by the Red Men and the Auxiliary. The State Orphan Board reported 70 000 spent since 1901 to aid 266 children of deceased members and a permanent fund of 37 161.65. Guests included Thomas Dunfee and Major Harry Albro. Mrs Charles A Coombs Jr and infant Carole Ann visit Wilkes-Barre Pa where her mother is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse L. Staples
Belfast
Maine Council of the Improved Order of Red Men
Portland
Lillian Nutter
North Berwick
Daughters of Pocahontas
Red Men
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Bradford C. Redonnet
Wiscasset
Red Men's State Orphan Board
Thomas Dunfee
Huntington
W. Va
Theohoree
National Council
Harry Albro
Harwich
Mass
Sagamore
West Bath Socials Highlight Parties and Visits
A West Bath list notes a surprise birthday for William Ketchum Jr at his parents home with many guests and gifts. Juliet Carlton’s birthday was celebrated at John Perkins home with family and friends. The sewing group met at the grange hall with plans for Oct 18 and lunch. Local service members report furloughs and returns to duty at Camp Davis Selfridge Field and Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ketchum, Jr
William Ketchum
Beverly Curran
Mary Deehan
Beverly Pendleton
Marilyn
Patty Booker
Mary Ketchum
Mary Garrish
Eugene Frye
Dana
Sidney Pendleton
Bernard Johnson
William Bailey, Jr
Frank Donnell
Gerald Boudreau
Donald McAllister
Charlie Dingley
Leonard Boucher
Jimmy McDougle
Carlton Jonhson
Gertrude Greenleaf
Carol Carlton
Juliet
West Bath
Grange Hall
Ruth Soule
Pleasant View
Mothers’ Club
Loring Maybury
Day's Ferry
Cherrie Club
Alton Berry
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Newell Hall
Monmouth
Hall
Union
Paul Berry
Harold C. Gilmore
Cape Neddick
Mr. Gilmore
John C. Gilmore
Camp Perry
Williamsburg
Anna Mae Berry
University of Maine
Moatsweag
Richard Hunnewell
Boston
Hunnewell
Leahy Clinic
Berry
Jennie Reid
Five Island
Earl] Stimson
J. C. Poulterer
Island Heights
N. J
Cara Hall
Roland E. Raynes
Evelyn Young
Bath
Raleigh
N. C
Annie Cunningham
Charles T. Henderson
Florence Carlston
Cambridge
A. B. LeCompte
George M. Carlton
Upper Darby
Mill Road
Peak Fall Colors Seen Across Trees This Season
The article notes fall coloring reached peak Sunday and should be at its best next Sunday. Colors across all tree varieties with changing foliage are more brilliant than in many years, signaling a standout autumn display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Woolwich community notices and social events list
Woolwich and nearby communities hosted gatherings with officers elected at several meetings. Supper at Sebasco announced a future Oct 19 host committee and reception for new teachers. Various visits, travels, and family events linked to Woolwich residents noted, including military furloughs and weddings planned in Raleigh and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood Gilman
Woolwich
Georgetown
Arrowsie
Sebasco
Albert Temple
Wilbur Howe
Jesse Spaulding
Supt
Gilman
Sagadahoc Ferry School House
Louise Reynolds
Ida Kelly
Frank J. Walker
Minnie Grey
Alice Norton
Nellie Davis
Alice Galvin
Phippsburg
Alice Gowdey
Henry Weston
Merle Jameson
Errors plague gas ration applications in Maine
Maine OPA officials urge renewal applicants to attach back covers of old A books properly signed and include tire inspection records. A. E. Smith reports many boards receive incompletely filled blanks and missing signed covers, tires, and serial numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
OPA
A. E. Smith
Summer rains cut down costs producing power
Centre Maine Power Co. reports heavy summer rainfall and high river storage reduced fuel use and hydro generation, cutting costs and boosting output. It notes government conservation aims, urges prudent usage, and highlights postwar reconversion needs. The letter includes quarterly dividend details: $1.75, $1.50, $6, and $.622 per share across preferred stocks, with a common dividend of $.10 on Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centre Maine Power Co
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Exciter
Central Maine
Stove ration rules allow inventory increase before Oct 30
Dealers with approved coal and wood stove inventories may apply to the Board for a 50 percent rise before October 30 as announced by Maine OPA official Anson N. Cook. If an earlier adjustment increased the inventory, the new application may be denied unless specific conditions are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson N. Cook
Maine
OPA
Bay Point Summer Notes Include Weather and Local Happenings
The report covers rough sea hindering lobster traps, a quiet summer due to gas and tire shortages, many young men in the armed forces, unusually cold beach water, wells returning to normal, and blackberry crops failing after rain. Local social notes recount Mrs. Walter Cunningham’s birthday party and visits by families and residents around Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Walter Cunningham
Howard Nash
Bath
Lila M. Spinney
Mary Campbell
William Adams
Louisa Howard
L. M. Spinney
Harry Stone
Former Head Usher at Opera House Killed
Robert Clayton Dorey seaman first class has been killed in action overseas. He lived with his parents in Livermore Falls and had been head usher at the Bath Opera House. He served since 1942 and had worked at a Woolwich filling station and at Bath Iron Works. Survived by parents, two sisters, and six brothers with various postings in England Tennessee Bath and Livermore Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Clayton Dorey
Stuart Dorey
Livermore Falls
William Earl Dorey
Middlesteret
Bath
Bath Opera House
McIntosh
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
Palmer Richmond
Lawrence Nichols
Wilton
Lawrence Dorey
England
Richard Dorey
Tennessee
Earl
Donald Dorey
Blaine
Ronald Dorey
Meat quota lifted under new orders in October
The lifting of slaughter quotas is explained by County Agent C. L. Eastman. Slaughterers are not limited for October nor September, but permits are required to slaughter for home use. Full time farmers are exempt from permits, others must apply through Grace Bonney at the War Board Clerk, County Agent's Office, Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Eastman
Grace Bonney
War Board
Lewiston
Saboteurs Threaten Maine Corn Fields
Dr J H Hawkins of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station warns that European corn borers are rising this year and may cause a serious outbreak next year. Infected stalks yield small nubbins or fail to mature ears, and borers can harm root to tassel. Best control is to cut fodder for silo and plow to cover all stocks with earth. earlier plowing yields better results. Also notes Mr and Mrs Leo Canary of Richardson Street visiting Rockland with daughter Norma and Mr and Mrs Reid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
J. H. Hawkins
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
New England Turkey Growers Seek Faster Federal Thanksgiving Quota Fill
At a Boston meeting the New England Turkey Growers Association discussed speeding up the 10 million pound federal turkey quota for Thanksgiving. Feed shortages and grain competition with hogs threaten supply. experts warn of reduced hatchability and fewer birds this fall and winter. committee named to assess regional availability for government needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Turkey Growers Association
Boston
T. B. Charles
University of New Hampshire
Canada
United States
G. T. Klein
Massachusetts State College
Frances Bolles
Bellows Falls
Vermont
Charles M. White
Augusta
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Donald Staples
North Berwick
Association
Staples
Bolles
Archie L. Mackie
East Kingston
N. H
Fred Williams
Ralph Farrow
Rhode Island
Warehouse Point
American Vessels Ship Vast War Tonnage For Russia Aid
American flag vessels and requisitioned ships carried more than 18 million tons of materials during the present war, far exceeding totals from World War I. They transported tanks coal explosives airplanes wheat lard dried eggs boots leather and oils to Russia, with grain seed included to restart farming in the Urals. Lend Lease materials moved include steel 725000 tons copper 145000 tons aluminum 60000 tons zinc 32000 tons railroad equipment 112000 tons TNT 62000 tons chemicals 105000 tons food 1007000 tons shoe leather 21410 tons boots 4000000 pairs telephone wire 670726 miles field telephones 181875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Ssasuc
Ural Mountains
How to Remember Presidents Names in Order
A sequence explains a mnemonic using the first letters of each word to recall early presidents. The verse links Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Adams Jackson and others with clumps of phrases. The piece cites Representative John F Rankin in Mississippi promoting this memory aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Rankin
Mississippi
Washington
Jefferson
van Buren
Cleveland
McKinley
Wilson
Adams
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
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Ring
Currier
Ives
Kennedy
Deering
Sanborn
Merrill
O.E.S
Ly Joe Marsh
Someuay
Bar Association
Army
Navy
Council OF Red Men
Ambulance
Charles A. Coombs, Jr
Carole Ann
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Ednar L. Owens
Camp Davis
Corp
Robert Waterman
Selfridge Field
Mich
Arthur Carlton
James Greenleaf
Westport
Henry Henderson
Marjorie
Donald
Winthrop
Charles Bates
Robert C. van Amringe
Rufus W. Lombard
Lombard
E. W. MacGibbon
East Sumner
Larrabee's Grove
Charles Hammons
Roy Moore
McArthur
Mary Lou
Fred Bubier
Bubier
Mary E. Bubier
Coral Griffin
Jordan Avenue
Brunswick
Ernest Rose
Pfc
Ernest H. Rose
Clarence Moore
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald Farm
Canaan
Clarence Pecci
Benjamin Corey
North Edgecomb
Elizabeth Condon
John Ladd
Larrabee’s Grove
Chester Dunham
Isaac Coombs Place
Rose C. Kroener
New York
William Brown
Pat Brown
Lake Maranacook
Brown
Edina Quimby
Pauline
Emma Dolloff
East Brunswick
Charles Jones
Percy Holbrook
Pierce Cinger
Walter Larrabee
Merton Wright
Central Maine Power Company
Opera House
Leo Canary
Richardson Street
Rockland
Norma
Mrs. Reid
Turkey
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