Bath Hosts Midnight Blackout Test Across City
Bath conducted a voluntary midnight blackout test between 2:00 and 2:30 Friday to assess civilian defense response and identify light in use in night lodgings. Chief Air Raid Warden Ralph W. Bragg reported high response rates, noted some lights in boarding houses, and highlighted a dramatic warder incident in Sector Warden Allan Spear’s area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ralph W. Bragg
Bragg
Hotel
Phoenix
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Allan Spear
Mr. Spear
Mr. Bragg
Silver wedding celebrated by large Sagadahoc gathering
Mr and Mrs Nelson Rice of Sagadahoc Ferry hosted nearly 100 guests at the Good Will club to honor their 25th wedding anniversary on a Thursday evening. The event featured a mock ceremony, gifts of silver, family reading, and plans revealed for their daughter Geraldine’s engagement to William Somerville of Hartford Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Good Will Club
Albert Galloupe
Hallowell
Samuel Frink
Richmond
Mass
Rice
Archie Wishart
Wilbur Crocker
Elbridge Rice
Virginia Dow
Barbara Jean Frink
White Mountains
Notches
West Coast
Grand Canyon
Yosemite Valley
Death Valley
Nissen
Boothbay Harbor
Eugene Allen
Fred A. Bowie
Drummond Street
Elizabeth Rice
Geraldine Rice
Hartford, Conn
Elbridge
Eugene
Woolwich
Modern Woodmen
Geraldine
William Somerville
Hartford
Avis Marston
Beulah Pratt
Ralph Card
James C. Steen
Barbara Jean
Recruit Begins Basic Training at Camp Croft
Middle Street resident Pvt Crocker has arrived at Camp Croft S C as part of the Army Infantry Replacement Training Center. He reports to B Company 34th Battalion for basic training and will later receive specialized instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Street
Camp Croft
S. C
Pvt. Crocker
34Th Battalion
Prizes Awarded at Cosmo Club Show on Friday
The Cos mopolitan club hosted the Victory Harvest Show with many prizes awarded by Flower judges Mrs. Raymond H. Brown Mrs. Perry B Byrne and Mrs H W Clifford all of Damariscotta and club directors Blue ribbons marked first prize red second white third green honorable mention and a special red white and blue ribbon were given for numerous classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond H. Brown
Damariscotta
Old Bristol Garden Club
Perry B. Byrne
H. W. Clifford
Cosmopolitan Club
Andrew J. Danielson
Maurice A. Libby
Chester A. Roberts
Arletta Yates
Lucius M. Lemont
J. Arthur Burgess
Fred W. Quimby
Barbara Burden
Barbara Green
Sally Cummings
Elizabeth E. Dunbar
Herbert S. Harris
Charles W. Messenger
Helen L. Hayes
Margaret Cargill
Carleton W. Andrews
John H. Sylvester
Fred E. Irish
Roscoe P. McFadden
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Norma Jean Nickerson
City Farm
Ruth W. Henry
N. Gratz Jackson
Orville E. Page
Geraldine Nickerson
Sanford B. Nickerson
Valerie Nickerson
Ralph O. Dale
Liese Wayne
Neil Bishop
Richmond
William R. Kimball
Alfred E. Carpenter
Lester and Roy House
Barbara Greene
Francis Higgins
John Johnson
Delmer House
John Harkins
Hope Hersom
Roberta Hathorne
Woolwich
Louis A. Dole
Maurice Avery
Phippsburg
Jean Danforth
I. A. Trueworthy
J. A. Bernier
Lena Shepard
Arthur Packard
Fred Irish
Cyrus Purington
Almena Jones
Edwin Small
William Yule
Gwendolyn Brown
Rosario Tardif
Orville Page
Bath War Price and Rationing Board Expands in Bath
Letters of appointment were mailed to 11 new Bath board members as Chairman Bailey resigns. Edward Moran notes two Bath Iron Works officials remain, aiding cooperation with the State Office of Price Administration. Dougherty resigns. Bowdoin and Topsham shift to Brunswick Board jurisdiction, with organization meeting set for Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath War Price and Rationing Board
Roscoe G. Bailey
Bath Board
Edward C. Moran, Jr
OPA
L. Eugene Thebeau
Edmund A. Rothwell
Dora L. Howard
Roger Skillings
Morris S. Povich
Ralph G. Stetson
Rodney E. Ross
Bessie E. Dickinson
Stanley P. Hatch
Val Picinish
Virginia T. Gillies
Moran
Bath
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Price Administrator
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Topsham
Brunswick Rationing Board
D. T. Dougherty
Dougherty
Sagadahoc Men Leave Bath for Camp Devens
A class of 23 Sagadahoc county selectees left Bath by train for Camp Devens Mass after a 14 day furlough from induction in Portland two weeks ago. The next class numbers 53 and departs Bath Sept 10. Names listed include Bath Harry R Brooks and Ca mil e Levesque. Bowdoinham Merten E Wagg. East Brunswick William D Watson. Georgetown Albert H Munsey Elbridge L Powers. Porter Alcide J Lavoie. Richmond Edward H Robinson. Topsham John I Lewis. West Bath Ernest H Rose. Woolwich Roland S Bailey. Also noted are Henry P Hann and Harry L Libby Jr of Bath. Mrs Walter Chapman returned to Boston after two weeks with cousin Mrs H Chester MacKenzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Camp Devens
Mass
Portland
Harry R. Brooks
Paul Pecci
Albert R. Ginn
Warren A. Higgins
Herschel I. Libby
Union 48 Names Yearly Teaching Staff Across towns
Superintendent Stanwood Gilman of Wiscasset announces the Union 48 teacher list for the coming year. Opening dates span Sept 7 to Sept 14 with vacancies noted. No Union Teachers Meeting this year due to gasoline and tire rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood C. Gilman
Wiscasset
Arrowsic
Nearing Goal for U S USO Fund Drive in Bath and Portland
The Bath USO drive reports $202 raised of a $7,500 local quota with Sept 1 as the target. Royal A. Johnson thanks recent donors while Randall Cook appeals for remaining gifts. Also, George Witham, 48, of Banvor Bath Iron Works, broke his leg after slipping on Preble Street near the Graymore Hotel. police say he twisted his ankle on a loose brick and was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Us.c
Royal A. Johnson
Randall Cook
Bath U.S.O
Bath National Bank
George Witham
Banvor
Bath Iron Works
Graymore Hotel
Preble Street
Portland
Witham
Maine General Hospital
Miss Helen C Greene at Birch Point as Guest of Greene Family
Miss Helen C Greene of 5 Leonard court is visiting Birch Point for a week as guest of her brother John A Greene Jr and Mrs Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen C. Greene
Leonard Court
Birch Point
John A. Greene, Jr
Greene
Bath woman featured in McCalls Women on the Home Front
Mrs Bernard A Knight of 38 Central Avenue Hyde Park Terrace Bath is spotlighted in McCalls September issue for her neighborly work with new families moving to Bath. The article credits her with organizing welcome efforts and helping families settle, highlighting her past teaching roles at Morse and Cony high schools and her wartime community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Woman
WOMEN
Bernard A. Knight
Central Avenue
Hyde Park Terrace
Maine
McCall's
Bath and Augusta
Knight
Mrs. Knight
Bath
Pamela Hollingworth
Dunstable
Mass
White Mountains
Joseph E. Hollingworth
Uncle Sam
Beverly Ann Knight
Evelyn Perry
Lloyd A. Perry
Richard
Stanley Greene
Bluff Road
Robert Billington
Richard Billington
Roger FitzGerald
Daniel F. FitzGerald
Lark Street
Philip D’aiutolo
R. Francis D’aiutol
Winter Street Congregational Church
Edward S. Vose
Freddy
Gerard Billington
Beverly
Janice Leanne
Morse High School
Cony High School
Augusta
Massachusetts
Europe
Switzerland
Italy
Carlton
State Legislatatve
States
Thelma Littlefield
Newport
Hl. D. Littlefield
Newport High School
Maine School of Commerce
Auburn
P.T.A
Bath girl bride of former normal school teacher
Miss Catherine Mildred Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Lewis of Boston wed Warren Gardiner Hill son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Hill of West Buxton in a ceremony at Mrs Henry W Butler’s home on High Street conducted by Rev Joseph O Purdue. The bride will teach in Conway New Hampshire. The groom holds a Ed M from Boston University and will join the Coast Guard Academy at New London Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Mildred Lewis
Phillip Lewis
Boston
Warren Gardiner Hill
Andrew Hill
West Buxton
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Henry W. Butler
High Street
Robert Hill
Mr. Hill
Butler
Alice Mulligan
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Gorham Normal School
Conway
N. H
Boston University
Coast Guard Acadecy
New London, Conn
Small Point rummage sale a great success
The Small Point Summer residents held a rummage sale Friday afternoon in the Edge Summer home barn. More than 500 dollars was raised for Memorial hospital with prizes awarded to Mrs Maurice Haynes and Miss Susan Reed of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Edge
John W. Williams
Walter EB. Edge
Maurice Hlaynes
Susan Reed
Haynes
Senator Boothby Leaves for Army Induction
Senator Charles Boothby a state legislator since 1936 and Emery Mall store owner departed Santis for induction as a private in the U S Army. Bean who volunteered last June rented Portland for induction. Boothby married Ruth Johnson of Waterboro in 1929. Mrs Boothby will run the store. Raymond Lovejoy York County Farm Bureau Agent to oversee the orchard care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Boothby
Emery Mall
Staubbard Ridge
Santis
S. Army
Bean
Portland
Boothby
Ruth & Johnon
Waterboro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rockland Garden Club
Maurice F. Lovejoy
Talbot Avenue
Madame Jacqueline Lemonniere
Tahiti
Madame Alphen
LePeca
St. Germainen-Laye
Paris
Mrs. Nelson Rice
Cosmo Club
C.P.A. Head
Sagadahoc
Devens
Walter Chapman
H. Chester MacKenzie
Court Street
Aurora Carson
Dresden Bridge
Willis MacComb
Phillis Anell
Bertha Connery
Commercial
Cedar Grove
Ethelyn Knowlton
Dresden Mills
Margaret Pushard
Middle Bridge
Carolyn Sheldon
River Road
Alice Galvin
Middle Road
Josephine Priest
Pownalboro
Estellé Durgin
Georgetown
Five Islands
Laura Harding
Georgetown Center
Minnie I. Gray
Winnegance
Ruth Trueworthy
Phippsburg Center
Susie E. Barbour
Parker Head
Stella Packard
Popham Beach
Lillian Spencer
Marguerite Gould
Ashdale
Jane Gilliam
West Point
Gertrude Smith
Sebasco Grammar
Jessie Lowell
Sebasco Primary
Celeste Wallace
Phippsburg Public Schools
Frances Robie
Westport
Carrie Stanley
Stonington
Wiscasset Academy
Charles Hall
Helen Dickinson
Eulela Pray
Ruth Kellier
Joseph Hubbard
Thelma Boudin
Winona Leavitt
Frances Plumstead
Josephine Merry
Sophia Preble
Maude Lincoln
Anna Road
Elinor Mahan
Lowelltown
Helen Ward
Louise Reynolds
Priscilla Willard
Nequasset
Alice Norton
Neqpasset
Ethel L. Reed
Mountain
Chopps
Florence Temple
North Woolwich
Jennie D. Howe
Day's Ferry
Georgie M. R. Walker
Union Bridge
Isaphene Dolloff
Pleasant View
Jessie Spaulding
U.S
Dieppe
Independent
Nancy Elizabeth Pendleton
Robert E. Pendleton
Judith Ward
Philip Ward
Catherine M. Lewis
Warren G. Hill
Bath Memorial Hospital
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