Richmond Campus Notes and Local Ticker
Curtis Bakery closes for first time in 52 years due to sugar shortages. St Ambrose lawn party raises funds for the library with prizes awarded to Edna Shaw, Robert Battler, C R Cunningham, Katherine Creegan, Vincent Marchese, and others. Richmond Salvage Committee to collect waste paper starting at 6 30 this afternoon. rain date set for the following night. Schools reopen Monday Sept 11. Personal items list town residents visiting, traveling, or on leave including Cpl Arthur Cheney, Lt Commander Robert C Wing, and Miss Marguerite McGurty.
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Curtis Bakeshop
St. Ambrose
Edna Shaw
Brunswick
Robert Battler
Randolph
C. R. Cunningham
Boston
Katherine Creegan
Jamaica Plain
Vincent Marchese
Jeanette Miller
Helen Cloutier
Inez Savoie
Frances Durgin
William Miller
Donald
Richard Witham
Grace Purinton
Della Grondin
Earla McFee
Library Association
Mary Taylor
Englewood
N. J
Gardiner Street
Ruth Anderson
Portland
Florence Anderson
Main Street
Cpl
Arthur Cheney
Mfs
Guy Siegars
Camp Shelby
Miss
Pearl Perry
Brooklyn
N. Y
Esther Ring
Ralph A. Pye Jr. Guest of Honor After Furlough
Corporal Ralph A. Pye Jr. radio gunner on the B-29 returned from a 14 day furlough to his Small Point home and his air base. He trained 16 months since enlisting in 1942, with basic at Miami Beach and radio school at Sioux Falls. He earned wings at Las Vegas Gunnery School and was selected among 20 top candidates for the B-29. A honoring party was held at Bodwell Grange with 65 guests, including friends from Pennsylvania New York and Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Pye, Jr
Ralph A. Pye
Small Point
Cpl. Pye
Miami Beach
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Las Vegas
Nebraska
Bodwell Grange
Pye
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Alliquippa Hotel
Postmaster Examination For Phippsburg Post Office
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a competitive exam for the fourth class postmaster at Phippsburg to be held in Bath. Applications close September 28. Salary $596 with a temporary 15 percent raise not to exceed $25 monthly, under an Act of Congress.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Phippsburg
Bath
Vitamin rich greens touted as daily staples in nutrition
Nutritionists urge daily servings of vitamin rich greens including leafy vegetables in red yellow and green varieties. Some greens may be eaten raw in salads while others are cooked. Grandmothers valued greens as spring tonics before vitamin knowledge existed.
First Boys Town Opens Before Christmas in 1917
Father Flanagan borrowed ninety dollars and rented a large house in Omaha shortly before Christmas 1917. This home became Father Flanagan's first boys town with five initial charges.
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Father Flanagan
Omaha
Georgetown News Roundup Highlights Local Life and Loss
Georgetown schools opened with large attendance and several beginners. Sympathy extends to the Moulton family after Lieut Parker Nash Moulton drowned in France. Social notes cover visitors, births, hospital stays, cottage trips, and local engagements across Georgetown and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Moulton
Wareham
Mass
West Georgetown
Washington, D. C
Lieut
Parker Nash Moulton
France
Moulton
Working League
Gardner Hanson
Arlington
Benjamin Riggs
Notable Social Roundup From Hillsboro Area
Day with Mrs. Carroll Powers and Miss Lauretta Jones at Robinhood. visits extend to Hillsboro and Bath. New teachers Miss Gertrude Smith and Miss Louise Shackford arrive. Minnie Gray to teach higher grades. Local residents travel, host, and celebrate birthdays in gatherings at various homes and boats to Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Powers
Lauretta Jones
Robinhood
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro
N. H
Boyd
Roy Newman
W.A. Todd
Portland
Miles Hagan
Bath
Charles Andre
Ernest Heal
Dodge Bros
Wiscasset
J. F. Higgins
Tessim Zorach
Joan Rogers
Albert Deermont
Marequita
Boothbay Harbor
Gladys Skinner
Howard Heald
Richard Dyer- Bennett
Richard
New York
Dyer-Bennett
Carroll Deerings
Newman's
Roland Peterson
Louise
Aubrey Fullerton
Albert Brookings
David Fossett
George Powers
George Jordan
Fullerton
Peterson
Bath Teachers Hold Preliminary Session at Huse School
About 90 Bath teachers gathered Monday evening at Huse School for a social and business meeting. Luncheon served by Mrs. Pearl Campbell. songs led by Miss Violet Dyer and Miss Marjorie Fitts. Mrs Lyda Hall Berry discussed War Savings Stamp sales in Maine schools and praised Bath pupils for reaching the ambulance plane goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
Pearl Campbell
Violet Dyer
Marjorie Fitts
Harland A. Ladd
Lyda Hall Berry
Maine
Bath
Ladd
Keith Crockett
Central
North Grammar
Weeks Street
Horace P. Herrick
Schools Close Monday for Polling Place use
The office of the Superintendent of Schools announces Weeks Street South Street Center Street and Central Grammar schools will be closed Monday due to polling place use. All other schools remain in session. At West Bath Littlefield school also closes for the same purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Superintendent of Schools
Weeks Street
South Street
Center Street
Central Grammar
West Bath
Littlefield
Destroyer Is Launched Amid industry pushback
Mr and Mrs Lester Knight of Washington Street return from a weekend and holiday visit in North Whitefield where they stayed with Mrs Knights aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Archie Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Knight
Washington Street
North Whitefield
Knight
Archie Wellman
Local notes from Five Islands and Boothbay Harbor
Five Islands reports Miss Laura Harding returning to Boothbay Harbor, while Raymond Belanger leads Rolalot with 203 this week and Clair MacGillavey wins the lucky number. Schools reopen with new teachers. many residents attend a Norseman trip and Community club supper with dancing. Readers list visits, cottage departures, library happenings, and summer travels among families from Bath, Saugus, Lynn, Boston, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Harding
Boothbay Harbor
Rolalot
Raymond Belanger
Clair MacGillavey
Mary Louise Pinkham
Beulah Miller
George Gray
Frank Blake
Luke J
Barbara Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Miss Thompson
Barbara
Irving Hanna
Morse High
Lorraine
Jacqueline Sawyer
Ida MacGillivary
Jean Thompson
Boston
Paul Thompson
J. G. Stevens
Thomas Hanna Sr
USN
Camp Edwards
Mass
Marie Peters
Dana Brackett
Marblehead
Nat Hasenfus
Seguinland
West Roxbury
Fred Cutter
Hall Cottage
New York
John Conley
Howard House
Groveton
N. H
Clyde Pinkham
Bay Point
Elsworth Pinkham
William McGrath
Allston
Edith Davis
Davis
Miles Hagan
Natalie
Bath
Melvin Comeau
Community Club
Felix Solomon
Kenneth Florance
Saugus
Clark
Lynn
Boucher
Gene Hall
Ruth
Sedgemere Road
Zetta Higgins
Wakefield
Leon Williams
Leon Jr
Waltham
Williams
L. H Rowe
Rowe
Frances Bacon
Peter
Philadelphia
Alice Cromwell
T. E. Cromwell
Mrs. Cromwell
Rotary Urges Yes Vote for Maine Highway Amendment
At a Rotary luncheon in Odd Fellows hall Forrest C. Legard urged members to vote Yes on Monday for the constitutional amendment to protect Maine highway funds. The proposal guarantees gasoline tax and registration money go to roads and prohibits diversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Forrest C. Legard
Maple Grove Avenue
Maine
Rupe M. Irvine
Bath-Brunswick
American Telegraph & Telephone Co
Royal Johnson
George W. Long
Charles D. Rice
Cambridge
Edward B. Varney
Fall River
Clyde Tilton
Uptown
Maine Savings Banks Association Set for 51st Meeting
Allan Spear of Bath will open the 51st annual Maine Savings Banks Association meeting in Rockland at the Hotel Samoset. Dr Langdon Snipe of Bath will oversee the dinner as toastmaster with many banking leaders speaking over the three day program. Friday offers golf and horseshoe events while election of officers occurs Saturday after a panel led by Emery Mallett of Farming ton.
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Allan Spear
Bath
Bath Savings Institution
Savings Banks Association of Maine
Rockland
Samoset
Langdon T. Snipe
Spear
Marcia Moulton
Emery L. Mallett
Farmington
Association
Mallett
Shirley H. Irish
Portland
Arthur J. S Kenney
Lewiston
Fred B. Wheaton
Biddeford
Henry W Floyd
Brewer
Lester H. Baker
Houston
William L. Walker
Saco
Harry M. Nelson
Theron A. Woodsum
Former Bath nurse located in Denver
Mrs. Clara Darling, once a Bath nurse and Red Cross First Aid Instructor, moved to Denver last spring and now serves as night floor supervisor in a Denver hospital. She oversees multiple rooms, notes acute nurse shortages in the West, and plans to return to Maine by next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Darling
Red Cross
Bath
Denver
Colo
West
Darling
Maine
Mrs Brewster Visits York Hospital After Granddaughter’s Appendope
Mrs Elizabeth Brewster spent Labor Day with her daughter Mrs Harold Holmes at Kittery. She visited her granddaughter Pearl Holmes who remains at York Hospital after an appendicitis operation.
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Elizabeth Brewster
Labor Day
Harold Holmes
Kittery
Pearl Holmes
York Hospital
Obituary: Mrs Lula R Adderton 69 of Bath
Mrs Lula R Adderton died at 41 Trufant street after long illness. Born December 18 1874 in Bowdoinham she lived in Bath 40 years and attended Beacon Street Methodist Church. Survived by husband Fred W Adderton nephew Robert Simpson sisters Edith Blodgett Helen Bishop and a Virginia based brother plus nieces and nephews. Funeral at 41 Trufant street with Rev Charles L Kinney. burial in Ridge Cemetery Bowdoinham.
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Lula R. Adderton
Fred W. Adderton
Trufant Street
Bowdoinham
James
Cora
Thomas) Blodgett
Robert Simpson
Edith Blodgett
Richmond
Adderton
Helen Bishop
Virginia
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Church
Robert Reed
Vernon Bowie
Perleston Pert
Ridge Cemetery
Frank A Hall 65 Dies On Way To Bath Iron Works
Frank A Hall aged 65 of 140 Front Street collapsed Tuesday morning while walking to Bath Iron Works where he served as plant fireman. Believed heart attack. Born Rockland May 26 1879 son of Archibald and Lucinda Hall. Survived by wife Margaret T Butler. Funeral Thursday 2 PM Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence 819 High Street. Burial Oak Grove.
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Frank A. Hall
Front Street
Bath Iron Works
Water Street
Rockland
Archibald
Lucinda (Allen) Hall
Bath
Margaret T. Butler
Hall
First Baptist Church
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Oak Grove
Tobey M. M. Howard S. Tobey Death in World War II
Mr and Mrs J Fred Tobey Jr of 278 Middle Street learn their son Howard S Tobey M M U S N died in service August 18 1943 He was born May 30 1921 attended local schools left Morse High for Bath Iron Works then Navy missing in action in the Pacific Survived by sister Shirley Belanger and brother Norman Tobey gunner's mate U S N
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Elizabeth Hunt
Alice Coulter
J. C. Bearse
Frank Brown
Rumford
R. I
John Thibodeau
Florida
John Fullerton
Westbrook
Aubrey Fullerton
Mae Hagan
Joanne
Frank Boyd
James Stuart
Belle Heald
J. C. Hulburt
West Georgetown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fred Harford
Benjamin Riggs
Portland
Robinhood
Gertrude Hunt
Tate
Topsham
Hunt
George Sprague
Gloria
Bath
Elizabeth Nagle
Philo Calhoon
Little River
Sidelinger
Roy Newman
Howard MacMahan
Thora Berggreen
Staten Island
N. Y
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Walter Powers
Louise
John Olson
Long Pond
Howard Fletcher
Belmont
Fletcher
August Carlson
Caroline
West Englewood
N. J
George Laskey
Jackie
Candy’s Harbor
Clifton Cunningham
Boothbay Harbor
H. W. Raymond
Albany
Ernest Heal
Roscoe Todd
Walter Cummings
J. Fred Tobey, Jr
Middle Street
U. S. Naval Department
Washington, D. C
Howard S. Tobey
M.M
U.S.N
Tobey
Morse High
Bath Iron
Mrs. Marion D. Chiera Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mrs. Marion Dale Chiera wife of Rev. George C. Chiera rector of St. Philip's Episcopal church in Wiscasset died suddenly at Miles Memorial hospital Damariscotta from a cerebral hemorrhage after falling ill Sunday morning at church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Dale Chiera
George C. Chiera
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Wiscasset
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Funeral for Miss Grace E. Cotton in Nobleboro
Funeral service held Friday afternoon at two o'clock from her home in Nobleboro with Rev. Dr. John Smith Lowe of Boston and Rev. Palmer of Nobleboro officiating. Pallbearers were Frank Coombs Frank Sylvester Samuel Hancock Ray Plaisted Arthur Pinkham Alfred Chaput. Burial followed in the family lot at Highland Cemetery Damariscotta Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace E. Cotton
Nobleboro
John Smith Lowe
Boston
Palmer
Frank Coombs
Frank Sylvester
Samuel Hancock
Ray Plaisted
Arthur Pinkham
Alfred Chaput
Highland Cemetery
Damariscotta Mills
Grace E. Cotton Funeral Held for Retired Teacher
The funeral of Grace E. Cotton 67 a retired teacher and former South Street School principal who died Wednesday Aug 30 was held Friday at her former home in Nobleboro. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery Damariscotta Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace E. Cotton
South Street
Nobleboro
Highland Cemetery
Damariscotta Mills
Horace Ropes 82 Dies in Minnesota After Long Illness
Horace Ropes died recently at his Minneapolis home after a lengthy illness. He had retired from active business years ago and maintained ties to Bath. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he was the son of a prominent artist and is survived by his sister Mary Ropes Humphrey of Englewood New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Ropes
Minneapolis
Minn
Mr. Ropes
Bath
Small Point
Oscar Sewall
Maine
Salem
Mass
Mary Ropes Humphrey
Englewood
N. J
Alice Sewall
Ropes
William D. Sewall
Frederick Sewall
High Street
New Ducks Hunting Laws Take Effect This Season
New Maine New Hampshire and Vermont open season on ducks and geese runs September 20 to December 9. Daily bag limits include ten ducks of any kind plus five additional mallards pintails widgeons or a mix, with 25 mergansers allowed in total. Possession limits cap at 20 ducks per kind plus ten more of selected species, with a 45 day possession period after season close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
U. S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Mrs Patton Fights Priority to Board Army Planes
Mrs Patton, wife of Lieut. Gen. George S Patton Jr, finally boarded a Boston Washington plane despite repeated Army priority refusals. She told reporters she would not discuss the war future or her husband’s promotions, noting Army wives often miss travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Patton, Jr
Third Army
France
Washington
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