Birthday party marks Gordon Allen fifth year
Gordon Allen known as Buddy of 897 Middle Street celebrated his fifth birthday with fourteen friends and out of town relatives including his Portland grandmother Mrs. Harry Allen and aunts Mrs. Leroy Shaw and Mrs. Harold Lawrence.
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Gordon Allen
Buddy
Middle Street
Harry Allen
Leroy Shaw
Harry
Harold Lawrence
Joan
Harold, Jr
Portland
Veterans and families unite after farewell travel notes
Lt Frederick Lovell U S Navy and Mrs Lovell visited at Rev Charles M Tubbs home High Street last week. Lovell will rejoin his ship. Lt Fred D Perry USMM left to join his ship. Lieut Michael Kozak radio man will join him in Boston. Mrs Mead and husband Edward G Mead return to Oxford Ohio after funeral for Mrs Mead’s father A M Cutler. Mrs Thomas Morrison and Evelyn of Cambridge Mass return after visiting Mrs Roland Robinson. Mrs William Collins returns to Boston after selling property on Upper Washington Street. Miss Mabel Fraser RN and Allan Fraser of Lowell visited Dr H D Grant. Marilyn Cummings elected to Lisley School student council. Joseph Avery of Post Office goes to Portland to hear a concert at City Hall Auditorium and will return Friday.
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Frederick Lovell
U. S. Navy
Lovell
Charles M. Tubbs
High Street
Fred D. Perry
Michael Kozak
Boston
Marilyn Cummings
Raymond D Cummings
Max- Aolstreet
Lisley School
Cambridge
Mass
Joseph Avery
Post Office Force
Portland
City Hall Auditorium
Nancy Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
Scripps College
Claremont
Calif
Sewall
Morse High School
St. Mary's School
Peekskill
N.Y
Farewell Gatherings For local Navy Personnel
Lieut. Fitzhugh Hardcastle of Berwyn Pa spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Frederick E Drake. He will join his destroyer ship in Boston. A farewell at Miller's Inn Harpswell honored William P Kelley as he departs for U.S. service. Garwood presented a wrist watch from Bath Iron Works machinists.
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Fitzhugh Hardcastle
U.S. N. Ro
Berwyn
Frederick E. Drake
William P. Kelley
Miller's Inn
Harpswell
Mr. Kelley
U.S.A
Garwood
Bath Iron Works
Bath bankers attend stockholders meeting in Boston
Bath officials and directors joined national bankers at a First Federal Reserve District stockholders meeting in Boston on Tuesday. Speakers included Dr. Karl Compton and Dr. Van Hart, with aftermeeting social hour at Hotel Statler.
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Bath National Banks
Bath
Oliver Moses
Daniel Williams
First National
F. B. Nichols
Randall Cook
The
Bath National
Lost ad found in Times seeks return of bilfold
Mrs Doris MacDonald of 515 Middle Street reports a bilfold containing her husband’s allotment from the service is lost, hoping the finder returns it. Mrs Helen Jones works in the clerical department of the fabrication plant at Hardings.
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Doris MacDonald
Middle Street
Times
Helen Jones
Hardings
Bath Red Cross reports show active monthly work
The Bath chapter executive committee reviews a busy month with Home Service cases, hurricane relief led by John Osborne, evacuation at Lambert Park, and 16 hours by four Motor Corps members. Public health visits and school nurse activity are noted, while budgets are requested by Oct 15.
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Bath
American Red Cross
Carl E. Albee
Home Service
John Osborne
National Headquarters
Lambert Park
Louis A. Dole
Philatia Class Opens Its Autumn Season
The Philathea class of Corliss Street church met in the vestry with 21 members and one guest. Rev. A. R. Freeman spoke. Mrs. Harold Walker offered prayer. A supper plan was set for Nov 13 to invite husbands, with Mrs. Jessie Norton chairing the committee and hostesses listed.
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Philathea
Corliss Street Church
Earl Morong
A. R. Freeman
Harold Walker
Jessie Norton
Amanda King
Ruth Crowley
Bernice Acorn
Ruth Ames
Doris Bates
Rachel Waters
Foster Pratt
Mamie Smith
Better Spark Plugs Improve Heat With Emissive Oxides
Better spark plugs use emissive materials like barium oxide or strontium oxide in the porcelain facing the gap to increase heat effectiveness and performance.
Red Lights Favor U S Against Enemy Airmen
The war department notes red lights are far harder for enemy airmen to spot than blue lights, suggesting a tactical advantage in night operations.
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The
War Department
Bath State Guard Plans Military Ball for Co. E Engineers
The Maine State Guard unit Co. E Combat Engineers hosts a big military ball on Wednesday Oct 18 at the Bath Armory on Lincoln Street. Bobby Jones orchestra from Brunswick provides music eight to midnight with prizes and refreshments. proceeds go to the company fund.
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Co. E. Combat Engineers
Maine State Guard
Armory
Lincoln Street
Bobby Jones Orchestra
Brunswick
Archibald M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hubert Eldred
Chester A. Roberts
Kayden Houston
Harry A. Beals
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Air Force
Co. E
Eugenia Swanton Visits Dexter Parents Over Weekend
Eugenia Swanton visited her parents in Dexter over the weekend, spending time at home and catching up with family.
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Eugenia Swanton
Dexter
Absentee ballots arrive late for Maine election in 1944 letter
Cpl. Robert Gordon, son of Charles and Mrs. Gordon of Oak Street, writing from England to Bath, recalls receiving Maine absentee ballots on Sept 23 and plans to use the Presidential ballot next month. He discusses military interest, civic reform, and hopes to join the National Guard, while noting his service as a Corporal for six months.
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Cpl
Robert Gordon
USA
Charles E. Gordon
Oak Street
England
Bath
Maine
Gordon
Bath Iron Works
National Guard
Norwich
Thames
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Purdue
Aster
Fish Cleanliness and Bacteria in Slime
A source notes that fish cleanliness cannot be assured until slime is washed away since 90 to 99 percent of bacteria associated with fish are found in this slime.
Egg production rises as hens lay 142 per year
In 1943 laying hens averaged 142 eggs each, more than double the output from twenty years earlier. Breeding and nutrition are cited as the key drivers of the rise.
Bath Young Men Bound Over On Serious Charge
Alberton C Hall 17 and Robert King 18 both of Bath pleaded guilty in Brunswick Municipal Court to attempted robbery of Louis Huard of Brunswick. A third boy, 16, received a juvenile hearing and was sent to the State school for boys. The hold followed a school session attended by police from Brunswick Bath Sagadahoc County and State police as three youths attempted a holdup on Union and Pleasant streets. A gun was reported, shots were fired by State Patrolmen, and Hall and King were captured near the fire station and railroad station respectively. The incident occurred during a Federal Bureau of Investigation funded police school in Brunswick.
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Alberton C. Hall
Robert King
Bath
Brunswick
Louis Huard
Washington
Knox County
South Portland
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brunswick and Bath
Sheriff's Department of
Sagadshoe County
College Town
Huard
Union
Pleasant Streets
Norman Vermette
Frank Powers
Hall
Ernest Sylvester
Brunswick Police
King
Maine Central Railroad
Roland Alexander
Guy Nickerson
Brunswick Force
Mr. Huard
Frank L. Moriarty
Joseph Williams
Waldo Weston
Robert E. Guptil
Charles W. Messenger
Loring Small
City Messenger
Ellery Doyle
Oil Removals in Early Life Endanger Remaining Supplies
Early well production depletes oil reserves with aggressive removal in initial years leaving the last supplies hard to recover and potentially unrecoverable.
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St. Petersburg
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Murphy's Corner
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Fitts Street
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Zoe Place
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Bedford Street
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West Bath
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Bonnie Brook
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Uxbridge
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Peneele
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Bangor
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USNR
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University of Maine
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Military Police
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Stockton
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U.S. Navy
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Conn
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Liberty Street
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Oxford
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Maass
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R. N
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Williamstown
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Charlestown Navy Yard
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Bath Street
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
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Williams College
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Clifton
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