Rotary speaker from Washington outlines international Rotary
Bath Rotary and guests heard George Harris of Washington, a longtime International Rotary director, describe growth, refugee impacts, and wartime losses, praising the Selective Service Act and noting 600000 youths unfit for military service. He criticized Clemenceau and highlighted Rotary’s global reach and photography firm leadership.
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Bath
Central Church Parish House
George Harris
Washington
International Rotary
Chicago
Harris
Rotary
South America
Europe
China
France
Clemenceau
Harris & Ewing
Maine
Railroad Station Is Being Painted in Bath
Painters started Monday to repaint Bath's railroad station interior and exterior. Exterior trim stays white while interior colors shift to darker shades on doors and lower walls to hide dirt from frequent use. The freight shed already received its grey and green coating, improving the appearance. Bath benefits from William S. Newell on Maine Central's board, whose interest keeps railroad property well maintained.
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Bath
William S. Newell
Maine Central Railroad
Newell
Mrs Roland Beal Visits Portland From Bedford Street
Mrs Beal of Bedford Street recently visited Portland, gathering news and meeting locals during her trip.
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Roland Beal
Bedford Street
Portland
Maine to issue War Ration Book 4 to 850000
Prescott H. Vose announced War Ration Book 4 will be issued to about 850000 people in Maine during the last ten days of October. Schools will handle distribution through school districts and volunteers, with Book 4 used starting in early November.
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Maine
Prescott H. Vose
Maine Office of Price Administration
Maine Teachers’ Association
Maine Opa
Vose
Kennebec County
State House
Augusta
Maine Citizens Service Corps
OPA
Harry V. Gilson
Maine Department of Education
Raymond T. Adams
Adams
Armed Services
Rescue Salvege Work by British Navy Reserve Men
Lt J S Allison of the British Navy Reserve spoke at the Lions Club meeting in Central church parish house. He described salvage and rescue tugs, recounted towing a disabled destroyer from Bath to Glasgow, and urged members to write more letters to servicemen. A dance was planned at Huse Memorial gym and meals for future meetings were offered by several groups.
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Dike Parent-Teacher Association
Lions Club
J.S. Allison
British Navy Reserve
Central Church Parish House
Huse Memorial School
Henry O. Trowbridge
Allison
Bath Iron Works Corp
Loring Jaffee
Royal Navy
Bath
Maine
Glasgow
Hull
England
Yorkshire
North Sea
City approves public housing plan and police grant
A special City Council meeting approved establishing a public housing authority and accepted a Federal grant of 7189 for six extra police officers and a police matron. The vote also tabled a nuisance ordinance targeting coal pocket impacts while councilors debated its scope.
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Roger M. Luke
John R. Newell
Edmund A. Rothwell
Newell
Charles A. Thayer
Charles Street
Lake
John P. Carey
Lawrence Ring
Legal Wes
Police
Bath
Navy Department
Lambert Park
Federal Housing Administration
Aldermen’s Chamber
Kingsbury
Coombs
Witham
Fenn
Comeau
Watson
Green
Plummer
Wood Scarcity Shifts Bath Homes From Wood To Coal Early
The shortage of firewood across Bath and the state has led many households to dip into their coal piles sooner. People with coal heaters burn wood to warm evenings while wondering how much coal will be needed next spring. Farmers report last winter they did not cut wood due to lack of labor to enter the woods.
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TNO
Parents and Teachers Gather at Morse High
Parents and teachers met Tuesday at Morse High School in a North-Center PTA event noted as one of the association’s most successful gatherings. The sewing room was decorated, a panel discussed high school problems, and many parents stayed for socializing after refreshments.
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Morse High School
North- Center
Parent-Teacher Association
Donald Young
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
North Grammar School
Middle Street
Harland Ladd
Center Street School
Central Grammar School
North Primary School
Alfred Carpenter
Carl French
Enoch Cooke
Duncan Farrell
Morse High
Edward B. Hamblett
Marius Page
Nathan Press
Reginald Parker
David Cogan
Ralph O. Burden
W. Scott
Navy recruiting event to interview WAVES and Navy applicants
Special Recruiter Watts will visit Bath City Hall Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. to interview women for WAVES and men for the U S Navy and naval reserve. The navy needs hospital training corps personnel and can offer chief pharmacist mate ratings to qualified male applicants. Seventeen year olds may enlist as hospital corpsmen and thousands more men are sought for general service. William Grevers of Winchester Mass spent the weekend at his Meadowbrook cottage.
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NAVY
E. J. Watts
Bath
U.S. Navy Women’s Reserve
WAVES
U. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
Hospital Training Corps
Watts
Bath City Hall
Farewell party honors Good Workers at USO hall
The Girls' Service Organization hosted a farewell event for Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lewis, longtime Y M C A boys' work secretary and aide to the weekly gatherings. Guests included Lt. and Mrs. Phillips and Lt. Harry Williams, with music by Al Drouin's orchestra. About 100 attendees enjoyed a formal evening, gifts for the Lewises, and buffet refreshments before the couple leaves for Wilmerding, Pennsylvania where Mr. Lewis will direct athletics at the Y M C A.
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U.S. O. Hall
Girls’ Service Organization
Horace Lewis
al Drouin
Lewis
Henry O. Trowbridge
Phillips
Harry Williams
Carl Pierce
Maxine Wallace
Natalie Perkins
Ronald Handon
R.N
Shirley Mank
Mrs. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Mank
Lois Estabrook
Autumn Leaves Cover City Streets After Heavy Rains
The city settles into fall as rains and winds strip trees of foliage leaving streets and lawns coated in gold. Residents prepare for raking as autumn air hints at winter with potential lighter snowfall after a wet season.
Lt Donald Marshall Wounded and Prisoner of War in Germany
Mr and Mrs Stephen Marshall of 101 High Street report letters from their son Lt Donald M Marshall United States Army Air Force wounded and prisoner of war in Germany He lost a leg from shrapnel during a bombing raid and is being fitted for an artificial leg He is in good spirits and receiving excellent care from German medical staff The letter places him near a small village in a hilly area and provides a German camp address in Sagan Germany via New York NY
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Stephen S. Marshall
101 High Street
Donald Lt
Marshall
United States Army Air Force
Germany
Belgium
Lieut. Marshall
U. S
Lieut
Donald M. Marshall
Honor Roll For Shipyard Machine Shop Workers
A near hundred names of men formerly employed in the machine shop Orks Was s eated in the shop Friday afternoon at four o'clock. Leading officials and foremen attended the ceremony on the platform. The board was set in the east end of the big machine shop and more names will be added as men leave for service.
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Orks
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Bath Boy
Stewart H. Day
Flying Fortress
Mary Pat
Occupied
Elliott W Vandevanter, Jr
Washington, D. C
Eighth Air Force
Sgt. Day
Frances V. Day
High Street
International
George Harris Guest
Grand Jury
William H. Fisher
Sagadahoc
Traverse
Archie E. Doyle
Marie O. Berry
Arthur E. Card
Bowdoin
George A. Churchill
Alden P. Denham
Lillie A. Donnell
West Bath
Lillian D. Fitch
Woolwich
R. Estelle Ledyard
Frank Preble
Richmond
Walter Miller
Rosa Povich
John F. Kelley
Loring Clark
George Fields
Lionel Carpenter
Brunswick
J. S. Allison
Fine
Public Housing Authority
P.T.A
William Grevers
Winchester
Mass
Meadowbrook
Denny Road
New
Maple Grove Avenue
U.S.O. and
Wilmerding, Pa
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