Defense and citizen action amid looming war hysteria
The piece urges national unity and defense preparedness as war concerns rise. It discusses compulsory training, selective service registrants forming a home guard, and public calls for civic vigilance against fifth columnists. It contrasts regional weather and notes Bath Tron Works’ new plant drawing traveler attention.
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United States
Far East
Japan
China
Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
Hitler
Mussolini
American Legion
Maine town markets its revived business district
A visitor notes Maine’s Shipping City, once thriving now showing prosperity as business district improvements attract attention. The correspondent observes numerous changes since last visit and hints at more to come.
Fellowship Supper at Beacon Street Follows Rally
An evening program at Beacon Street church presided by Milton H. Douglas featured Miss Amy Sherman delivering Can We Take It. The upstairs hall hosted music by Gounod Send Out Thy Light, Pinkham accordion solos, vocal numbers by the Kenderdines and others, with remarks by the pastor and a supper in the lower hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton H. Douglas
Beacon Street
Amy Sherman
Augusta
Gounod
Roger Pinkham
Jesse Kenderdine
Edward G. Waters
Lawrence S. Kenderdine
Percy E. Hodgkins
the Holy City
Mr. Kenderdine
Mr. Pinkham
Kenttucky Babe
Susie Beardsley
Constance Beardsley
Lawrence Kenderdine
Church In the Wildwood
James A. McLellan
Bath Young Man Enlists in Infantry
Woodrow Wilson Underwood 22 of Bath registered for the draft in Augusta last Wednesday but enlisted immediately for infantry service in Hawaii. He left for Fort Slocum after joining the recruiting truck in Rockland and Augusta. He is son of Mr and Mrs George H Underwood who live with five siblings above the A and P on South and Washington streets. The Bath Iron Works employee previously drove a truck in Norfolk Navy Yard and once hauled for Black Hawk Express from New York to Miami. His father and brother Leslie expressed quiet pride at his decision.
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Woodrow Wilson Underwood
Washington Street
Augusta
Hawaii
Fort Slocum
George H. Underwood
Bath
Rockland
Underwood
Bath Iron Works Corp
Leslie
South
Washington Streets
Woodrow
Tenants Harbor
Norfolk
First Aid Report Read At Bath Memorial Nurses Meeting
Mrs William S Blair presented a Red Cross First Aid paper to the Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae at the semi annual meeting. A card party was planned for Nov 13 with Louise K Rogers as chair and Grace A Blair among the committee. Seventeen members attended including Miss Milliken and Mrs Hillgrove. Mary A Welch of 851 Middle Street is a patient in Memorial hospital.
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Red Cross
William S. Blair
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Milliken
Louise K. Rogers
Grace A. Blair
Estella Bowden
Nellie McCabe
Dorothy Haggard
John F. Bowie
Jane W. Hillgrove
Miss Milliken
Hillgrove
Evelyn H. Roberts
Kathleen Hart
Mila Gaddis
Dorothy Huggard
Morse
Estella K. Bowden
Helen S. Higgins
Verna D. Bowie
Estelle K. Thompson
Ethel Blake
Josephine Moore
Mary A. Welch
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
New Auxiliary Installations Held in G A R Hall
The Charles F Hughes Ship No 29 Auxiliary installed new officers led by Lima Ohio grand commandant Mrs Forest Bodiker. Named were Doris Kingsbury commandant Bernice Bufkin senior executive Edna McDonald chaplain Laura Boynton conductor and others. Members welcomed new prospects and future meetings announced at Middle Street.
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Charles F. Hughes
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Forest F. Bodiker
Lima
Ohio
Doris Kingsbury
Bernice Bufkin
Guy Nichols
Edna McDonald
Laura Boynton
Harry Stone
Blanche Lassmovie
Clare Minot
Constance Preble
Martha Preble
United States
Auxiliary
Navy Club
Armistice Ball Set by Legion at Columbian Hall
The American Legion plans an Armistice Ball in Columbian hall on Monday evening Nov 11. Roland Smith post aims for a premier fall social with Lloyd Raffnell's Collegians featuring 12 musicians plus vocalists. Miss Tessa Costabell, known from New England radio, will perform. Committee members include Miles B Hagan Howard W Pratt and Lancelot H Cooper with Commander Edgar D Leavitt.
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American Legion
Columbian Hall
Roland Smith
Edgar D. Leavitt
Lloyd Raffnell
Collegians
Raffnell
Muscians
Tessa Costabell
New England
Miles B. Hagan
Howard W. Pratt
Lancelot H. Cooper
Mr. Leavitt
Annual Girl Scout Tea at state home delights visitors
The Annual Girl Scout tea was held Thursday afternoon at the State Military and Naval Children's Home 103 South Street from three to five thirty. Guests toured the home with Girl Scouts and viewed troop displays of sewing crocheting carving scrapbooks and Christmas ecards. Brownie Troops crafted unique place cards and a snow scene table drew praise as tea was served in the dining room with several Scouts assisting. Memorial hospital patient Mrs Ross E Mitchell of 27 Goddard Street was noted.
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State Military and Naval Children's Home
South Street
Seph O. Purdue
Fred R. E. Dean
Sumner Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Robert H. Haskell
J. R. Andrews
John McInnes
A. A. Stott
West Point Tops Maine Ports in Tuna Fishing
Maine Develop ment Commission reports West Point led Maine coast with 111 tuna landed by commercial harpooners and hand liners in the season. About 500 fish were caught total, with 175 by rod and reel, amid a booming fishery with many visiting boats and strong markets in Boston and Gloucester.
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West Point
Maine
Bailey Island
Portland
Kennebunkport
Ogunquit
Maine Development Commission
Commission
New Harbor
Boothbay
Boston
Gloucester
Howard Dunbar
Worcester
Mass
Henry Strater
Leon “Storz
Lew Marron
Brielle
N. J
Frank Ludemann
Kew Gardens
N. Y
Bill Munsey
Bob Fisher
Ken Hutchins
Jesse Johnson
Oscar Snow
Glenroy Scott
Casco Bay
Ludemann
Winners named in Maine salt water fishing contests
Benjamin F Norton of Phippsburg and the late Joseph Wallace of Portland were named winners in Maine salt water fishing contests by the Maine Development Commission. Norton wins the Maine Striped Bass Trophy for 1940 for a 12 lb 6 oz bass from the Kennebec River near Phippsburg. Wallace receives the Strater Big Tuna prize of 50 dollars for a 734 pound tuna harpooned off Half Way Rock Casco Bay. Frank Ludemann’s 765 pound bluefin did not enter the contest.
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Benjamin F. Norton
Phippsburg
Joseph Wallace
Portland
Maine Development Commission
Norton
Richard D. Cushman
Sebasco Lodge
Wallace
Strater
Henry Strater
Ogunquit
Dick Reed
Commission
Maine
Kennebec
Squirrel Point
Oliver Bergeron
Biddeford
Saco River
Camp Ellis
Warden
Half Way Rock
Casco Bay
Frank Ludemann
Kew Gardens
N. Y
Bailey Island
Oscar Gilliam
West Point
Boston Guest Miss Elizabeth Pattee Returns Home
Miss Elizabeth Pattee of Boston has returned home after visiting several days as a guest at the Sewall residence.
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Elizabeth Pattee
Boston
Arthur Sewall
The
Atone House
Winter Street Men Re-Elect Officers
Winter Street Men's club re-elected officers Rupert M. Irvine as president Justus H. Miller as vice president Dr Charles F. Bush as secretary Edgar D Leavitt as treasurer A supper by the Ladies Auxiliary preceded the meeting The group voted to hold union meetings with Central Church Men's club through November Supper committee for November Edgar D Leavitt Howard W Pratt Henry D Small Program chairman Fred J Jang William Klein was guest speaker on life in Aruba and Venezuela and on Standard Oil plant movies
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Winter Street Men's Club
Rupert M. Irvine
Justus H. Miller
Charles F. Bush
Edgar D. Leavitt
Ladies
Central Church Men's Club
Howard W. Pratt
Henry D. Small
Fred J
Past Masters Meet Thursday Evening at West Bath Grange
The Saga dahoc County Past Masters association and Lecturers council held its October gathering at West Bath Grange hall. Highlights included readings and solos by members, a balloon stunt, and an original poem, followed by a lobster stew supper.
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Sagadahoc
John Howes
Charlotte Doyle
Henderson
Lizzie Haggett
Mr. Haggett
Lorenzo Masse
Charles Thompson
Joseph Randlette
RARE BLOOMS SEEN IN HENDERSON GARDEN
Melvin Henderson son of Mr and Mrs Charles Henderson of upper High street works at Bath Iron Works and cultivates a bloom rich garden With an Easter lily bearing one large blossom and two buds and a flaming red Christmas cactus blooming once in ten years a visitor magnet His rock garden holds rare specimens and many summer blossoms He shares his flowers with the sick shutins and aged neighbors The Easter lily has thrived outdoors for months becoming a hardy plant.
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Melvin Henderson
Charles Henderson
Upper High Street
Bath Iron Works
Henderson
Ladies' Aid Adds 150 to Carpet Fund
Winter Street Ladies Aid announced Friday afternoon that it has added 150 dollars to the church carpet fund. Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont, president, presided as board members met then held a business session. Hostesses included Mrs. Walter Wiggin and others. 40 members attended.
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Winter Street Ladies Aid
Arthur C. Lemont
Walter S. Wiggin
Fred E. Irish
John H. Sylvester
Robert Colley
J. Franklin Farnham
John A. Lord
William S. Shorey
Elsie M. Folsom
Ruth W. Henry
Seattle engineer and family tour across the nation
Frank P. Leach chief engineer of the S S Julia Luckenbach and Mrs Leach are three months on a United States tour. They left Seattle for San Francisco for the Fair then went to Mississippi and Grand Canyon on to New York for the World's Fair. They visited Boston with Mr and Mrs John G Leach, spent time in Maine at The Lindens Phippsburg Center. Mrs Leach will return with him to Seattle for the winter.
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Frank P. Leach
S.S
Mr. Leach
J. F. Leach
Seattle
Semper Fidelis Class Meeting At Woolwich Home
Semper Fidelis Class of the Church of the Nazarene met Wednesday of last week at the home of Mrs. James F. Cameron in Woolwich. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Eugene B. Dutton will entertain the group in November at her home on North Street Court. Other attendees included Mrs. Earl T. French Mrs. C. H. Guptill Mrs. Stanley R. Fraser Mrs. W. Raymond Holman and Miss Bertha M. Tremaine.
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Church of the Nazarene
James F. Cameron
Woolwich
Howard McNeil
Eugene B. Dutton
North Street Court
Earl T. French
C. H. Guptill
Stanley R. Fraser
W. Raymond Holman
Bertha M. Tremaine
West Bath Farm Hosts All Day Meeting
Mrs. Arthur W. Brown hosted the West Bath Farm Bureau gathering at her Brunswick road home for a full day session. Loring D. Small led the work with topics on Christmas Suggestions and Apron Boxes. New members included Mrs. Charles T. Small and Mrs. Benjamin R. Bachelder among others.
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Arthur W. Brown
West Bath
Small
E. C. Donnell
Mary Oe Wright
William H. Davis
Charles E. Ripley
Charles T. Small
Benjamin R. Bachelder
D. Wylie Lemont
Oscar S Adams
E. W. Haggett
Joanna M. Hodgkins
H. A. Owen
D. O. Blaisdell
E. E. Whittemore
Needlework guild readies annual drive for charity
Bath branch leaders Mrs. Arthur Sewall 2d president and Mrs. Martha Foote vice president announce a weeks long push for the Needlework guild drive. They urge citizens to donate two new garments or money, with contributions benefiting local relief and an exhibition planned on November 6.
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Arthur Sewall 2d
Martha Foote
Mary F. Gibbons
Allan Spear
Bath
The
Needlework Guild
Autumn Pictures Theme Stirred by Seasonal Change
The poem paints turbulent waters and craggy shores as autumn arrives with frosty air. It notes changing nature, golden leaves, and soldiers of color marching across the landscape. It expresses warmth returning to farmers and hearts despite cooling weather.
Hutchins Family Visit In Lakeland County NJ
Ralph Hutchins of Lakeland County New Jersey is spending a week with his parents Mr and Mrs Chesley Hutchins at 9 Goddard Street.
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Ralph Hutchins
Lakeland County
N. J
Chesley Hutchins
Goddard Street
Federal Alien Registration Hours Cut as Registrants Drop
Federal building officials announce alien registration will end this week due to low turnout. Registration remains required for all non citizens, with heavy penalties for noncompliance. only 240 have registered so far, about 130 more needed to meet state totals.
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Federal
Annual Donation Week at Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Memorial appeals for household supplies and food items during its Annual Donation Week. Residents are urged to donate sheets towels blankets napkins bed linen grep unbleached muslin and foods such as vegetables canned goods jellies flour sugar and fruits. Contributions may be left at Crosmans on Washington Street or at the Cosmopolitan Club for those unable to visit the hospital.
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Bath Memorial
Bath
Crosman’s
Washington Street
Pine
Cosmopolitan Club
Rotary Anns Prepare Host Rotary Luncheon and Halloween Event
Rotary Anns voted to host a Thursday evening Rotary club event at Dromore Grange Hall with supper and social time led by Mrs. Doyle Hill and Dougherty. They also set October 31 at Hotel Sedgwick for a Halloween luncheon with decorations by Mrs. Irvine. Members met at The Anchorage and later sewed at Mrs. Hill’s home with several members in attendance.
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Rotary Anns
Anchorage
Rotary Club
Dromore Grange Hall
Charles B. Doyle
Fred D. Hill
Daniel T. Dougherty
Hallowe'en
Hotel Sedgwick
Rupert M. Irvine
Hill
High Street
Virginia C. Hamilton
Pat Hamilton
Carl C. Anderson
Ralph D. Warren
Chester A. Plant
Dominique J. Tardif
James A. Clappison
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles T. Small, Jr
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