Lincoln county group forms to aid England clothing drive
A Wiscasset region chapter of an American Society of British Relief forms to collect clean usable clothing for shipment to England amid wartime destruction. Fringes include flat shoes and blankets. Miss Frances Sortwell chairs the drive at Hanley store Damariscotta. Nearby Scout Troop 201 marks its 2nd anniversary with an outdoor demo and supper. public invited to donate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of British Relief
Lincoln County
England
Frances Sortwell
Wiscasset
Hanley
Riverview
Damariscotta
Pine Tree Council
Leland Brown
Brown
Gerald Sherman
Marco Club
Stanley W. Dodge
Davis Island
Wylie Munsey
Dodge
Vincent Reed
Charlie
Robert Graffam
Clifton Harris
Eddie
Stanley M. Brown
Caroline S. Varney
Charles E. Cowley
Josephine Foye
Joseph Coffin
Harvey R. Pease
Rotary Club of
Pease
Maine
Colonials Enjoy Fine Lobster Supper
The Colonial club held its September meeting with record attendance. Hyde Windlass cafeteria staff catered a lobster supper including boiled lobster, chips, pickles and dessert. Lt. R. F. Peeney USN attached to a Bath Iron Works destroyer spoke on South Pacific and Aleutian experiences. a routine business session followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Hyde Windlass
R. F. Peeney
USN
Bath Iron Works Corp
South Pacific
Aleutians
Local Notables Share Summer Returns and Travels
Mrs Nancy McInnes visits Stroudwater week with son John McInnes family. Mrs William E Hill called to Bath by mother Mrs E A Garcelon illness. The Shaw and Murphy families return home from summer at Popham and Quaker Point. Miss Louise P Briggs heads to Boston to teach at Brimmer May School after summer with Mrs Edmund Briggs. Capt Allen Garwood and wife spend week at Kennebunk Beach. he is AIW machine shop assistant foreman. Hon R H Baxter and wife travel to Essex Junction VT. cannery output goes to government. stay planned at Hotel Vermont, Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Troop Carrier Command
Stout Field
Indianapolis
Ind
Norman Lundy
Saco
Lawrence B. Haggett
Bath Road
Charles S. Sewall
Henry W., Webb
Carolyn S. Varney
Lincoln Home Corp
Marcia Angell
Bath Iron Works
Wiscasset Grain Co
W. H. Peckham
Melrose
Mass
West Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
Enoch Huff
Lynfield
Huff
May Purington
Augusta
Huff Homestead
North Edgecomb
James Wadlow
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wadlow
Charles A. Day
North Edge
Jean Bailey
Greenwich
Frederick Tripp
Tripp
Barbara Sullivan
Roslindale
Richard Torrey
Bristol
R. I
Wiscasset
Walter Down Hodge Street
Robert C. MacQueston
Federal Street
Woburn
John B. Down
Bridgeport
Nancy McInnes
Washington Street
Stroudwater
John McInnes
William E. Hill
Roxbury
Bath
E. A. Garcelon
Middle Street
Roscoe Shaw
Joan
North Street
Popham
James Murphy
Robert Stone
Bailey Street
Quaker Point
Louise P. Briggs
Boston
Brimmer May School
Edmund Briggs
Center Street
Allen Garwood
Kennebunk Beach
Capt. Garwood
R. H. Baxter
Essex Junction
H. C. Baxter & Bro
Hotel
Vermont
Burlington
Peppers Rich in Vitamins Varying by Skin Color
Pep pers prove rich in vitamins A B and C with color change from green to red. Plants start indoors then moved outside after last frost. They resist most diseases and insects and bear fruit until frost ends the season.
Liquid Manure Nitrogen and Potash Split
The liquid portion of manure carries about half the nitrogen and phosphorus, while the solid portion holds the remaining nitrogen and all the potash.
Lamb Fat Flavor and Culinary Uses
Lamb fat has a strong flavor and should be used sparingly or with other fats. It is good for browning potatoes and adds richness to dishes.
West Bath Community Highlights and Local Visits
West Bath notes a church flag presentation and Rev. C B Oliver resuming services. Local school opened with Eugenia Swanton and Alice Lowell teaching. numerous visits, guests, and kin spanning Bath North Bath Woolwich and Waterville. Mentioned are hospital and naval enlistment, fairs, travels, and Morse high school enrollments for area pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
C. B. Oliver
Wil
Lowell School
Eugenia Swanton
Alice Lowell
B.I.W. Copper Shop
Rock Hill Inn
Harding Plant
Woolwich Baptist Services and Town Notices
Woolwich First Baptist Church holds 10 a.m. service with Mrs. J. M. Gowdey speaking on To Be Like Christ. Evening service at 7:30. Moatsweag church at 11:30 with same speaker. Ladies Aid meets Thursday for all day session. Town schools delayed to Sept 11 due to scarlet fever. Many residents travel or visit relatives. several Navy and military connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Woolwich and Wiscasset
George Gavett
Curtis Plant
Cheerio Club
Sherwood Francis
Bath
John Leonard
River Road
Francis
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Margaret
Ocean Park
Katherine Bell
Edna
Roxbury
Mass
Henry Dubar
Nequasset
Avis June Marston
Sagadahoc Ferry
Highgate Center
Vermont
Percy D. Marston
Marston
Bath Memorial Hospital
Highgate High School
Doris Tracey
Boston
Charles Perkins
Day's Ferry
Ella Temple
Bowdoinham
Albert Temple
Gordon Huff
Skowhegan
Harry Mosher
Wiscasset
Shirley Kuta
Bowdeinham
Jean Gowdey
Pest Purge Tips From Home Advice Column
Frequent dustings of sodium fluoride into cracks behind fixtures will get rid of silverfish and help with cockroaches. Seal clothes in airtight bags to guard against moths and carpet beetles and use mothballs or naphthalene flakes in winter garments. Sun clothes and vacuum furniture and both sides of carpets often.
Proper Care for Garments: Brushing and Storing
Brush overcoats and other washable articles thoroughly then air on hangers to remove dust. Apply moth preventive treatment after airing and store to protect fabrics.
Infantile Paralysis Risk After Adenoid and Tonsil Surgery
Children under 12 who recently had adenoid or tonsil operations show greater susceptibility to infantile paralysis than other youngsters.
Washing Clothing For Safe Color Care
The guidance stresses washing colored accessories separately in cool suds to avoid color bleed. When washing single garments use a small basin to conserve hot water and apply soap only as needed for the amount of water.
Bonded Debt Drops in New York State in 1943
New York state reduced net bonded debt from 487 million to 460.5 million in 1943 a decline of 26.5 million about 5 percent. The slow progress stemmed from past use of non-callable long term bonds. Alabama reports first well yielding 50 barrels daily in early 1944. Mississippi has produced since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Alabama
Mississippi
Bay Point vacation winds down with large Bay Point and Bath gatherings
The village notes indicate a calm end to summer with many visitors and family parties. Local residents and travelers from Bath, Weymouth, Somerville, and Jamaica, N Y enjoyed cottages and birthdays while fishing remains abundant and rain is still desired.
Visitor Miss Seidenberg Delighted With Local Scenery
Miss Lee Seidenbergy of Malverne New York returned home after visiting Mrs. H. S. Keen and her daughter Miss Ruth. She praised the local scenery as more beautiful than expected and spoke of her pleasant visit this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Seidenbergy
Malverne
N. Y
H. S. Keen
Ruth
Morse and Robie wed in a district ceremony with gifts and reception
Morse and Robie wed in a Winneganee district ceremony with a blue and white bridal party. The reception moved to the groom's ancestral home due to a death in the Minott family. Guests included Ormond Coggeshall and Hazen Hilton. The couple honeymoon to an unspecified destination. The bride, a New Hampshire State College and Andover Theological School graduate, has Christian Service ties in Phippsburg. The groom, Morse High School alumnus, works at John G. Morse & Sons, a family business since 1301. Pratas Island is described separately as horseshoe shaped 300 miles northwest of Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee
Minott
Abbie Minott
Robie
New Hampshire State College
Andover Theological School
Phippsburg
Morse High School
John G. Morse & Sons
Morse
Also Mentioned on This Page
George G. Chiera
St. Phillips Episcopal Church
Chiera
Marian Reed Dale
Philadelphia
Sheepscot
Bradford C. Redennett
Bangor
Major
John French
Judith
Westport
Hodgdon
William B. Lewis
Gardiner Road
Edward
Richard Biddle
W. Starling Burgess
Birch Point
L. H. Wallace
New York
Wallace
Harry Bailey
Spruce Head
Maud Norman
John E. Dickinson
Summer Street
Lizzie McGown Dickinson
Helen F. Dickinson
Wisrcasset
Ina McLaughlin
Connecticut
Roy W
Dickinson
Lincoln Lodge of
Masons
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch
Arambec Lodge
Loof
Robert H. Heigham
Greenlawn Cemetery
Joe Marsh
Tim Sears
Sam Abernethy
Sam
Tim
Brewing Industry Foundation
Frank H. Holley
Main ST
Waterville
Lee A. Ketchum
Madison
William Ketchum
John Ketchum
North North Bath
Edward Burns
Lawrence Putnam
F. Deehan
Owen Thompson
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Harold Cutting
Arthur Holbrook
Earle Lane
Freeport
Percy Holbrook
Clyde Yeaton
Worcester
Richard Hodgkins
Elmer Mank
Phylis Mank
Woolwich
Scott Maxson
William Sampson
Melford Perham
Marshall Boudreau
Garrett Galvin
Joanne
Francis Small
Gardiner
Leon Felker
Howard Carlton
Arrowsic
Chester Kelsea
John Perkins
Roland Carlton
Wilbur Hagan
CMF
Seabees
Camp Parks
Cal
Marshal Boudéreau
Billy
Bobby Haggett
E. W. Haggett
Tom Manning
Sidney Pendleton, Jr
Charles H. Bates
Harold M. Bates
George H. Barlow
Trenton
N. J
Leon F. Bates
Beachmont
Owen Thompsson
Stanley Williams
Regis Phillips
Williams
Augustus Leavitt
Topsham
Burton Wing
Carroll Wing
California
J. W. Larrabee
J. B. Larrabee
Windsor Fair
Irving Burnham, Jr
Irving Burnham
Marie White
Dorothy, Boudreau
Carol Carlton
Dorothy Carr
Mildred Howe
Poland
Young People’s Baptist Conference
P. S. Desorcie
Montreal
Robert Nolen
Elizabeth
J. Nolen
Corinna
Nolen
Loring Soule
Maine General Hospital
Lowell Brown
Lewellyn Isell
Alton Berry
Cyril E. Bousfield
Weston Bousfield
Storrs
Conn
Maxine Walker
Frank Walker
Thelma Plant
Moatsweag Road
Harold R. Shaw
G. W. Shaw
Leonard M. Lord
Edward Thomas
Ethel Blake
E. C. Dunning
Dunning
Sagadahoc County
State OF
Harold I. Goss
Secretary
Horace A. Hildreth
Cumberland
Congress
Robert Hale
Portland
Neil
Bishop
Arthur J. Dunton
Esther L. Brawn
Paul J. Jullien
Andrew A. Pettis
Carlton Day Reed
Charles W. Messenger Richmond
Ralph O. Dale
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Charles W. Messenger
Elizabeth Deering
Forrest C. Legard
Earle A. McFee
Roger E. Williams
Frank H. Todd
Helen M. Moses
L. Eugene Thebeau
Alvin W. Mitchell
First West
Georgetown
Colo
Frank Fortier
Lorraine
James McLaughlin
Alphonse Turcotte
Theresa
Bay Point
Michael Conley
Joseph
Thomas
Eliza Graham
Harold Drake
PFC
Deborah
Forrest Drake
Secretary of
State Liquor Commission
Pratas Island
Luzon
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