Phippsburg 4-H Club Holds Meeting at Larragne Home
The Willing Workers 4 H club met at George Larra ge Jr s home Saturday morning with several members present Reports of projects were given and each member spoke of his activities for the mise collecting scrap material purchasing bonds and stamps Several members attended a local peel contest at Sibasco Wednesday evening where they displayed garden produce Plans were made to attend the county contest in Auburn The club begins a new year in October for children ten years or older interested in becoming a 4 H member should contact leader Herbert Scott or assistant Frances Obie Community notices include church services and new member receptions at the Baptist church in Dami n N J and a Pilgrim fellowship camp in Washington for faculty members Miss Frances Robie and Miss Virginia Rogers. also travel notes about Rev Charles Stevens of Al fred and Rev John Philbrick of Duxbury Mass. and other personal items among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Larrage Jr
Sibasco Wednesay
Auburn
Ember
Herbert Scott
Frances Obie
Charles Stevens
Al‘ed
Hiram B. 7Yman
The
Baptist Church
Damian, N. J
Alice Minott
Frances Robie
Missirginia Rogers
Winneganee
Amp Manitou
Washington
Miss Robie
Fculty
Rogers
Alvin Rollins
Portland Harbor
George Morong
Brunswick
Bath
Clifton Morong
Curry Stiles
Mattawamkeag
Sebois
Smart
Cabot
Johnsville
Royen
Bernard Wyman
North Berwick
Laura Wyman
Walter Mann
Walter, Jr
Staten Island
Charles A. Rollins
Boston
Webber-Cushing
William Hodgkins
Emma Erickson
Sandra Erickson
Ronald Erickson
Leslie Logan
East Boston
Roe Cancellieri
Nancy
H. D. Mank, Jr
Donald Logan
Marlene Logan
H. N. Doughty
J. Ashton Nickerson
Lorna and
Ashton, Jr
East
Lewis Lowell
Almon Haley
Earl Hamel
H. D. Mank
Margaret Marsh
Mank
Waldoboro
Leston Harrington
Barbara
Marjorie Tarr
Whitefield
Herman Hallett
Evelyn Tarr
Herbert Bassett
Merrill Bassett
Arline Bassett
Clara Tubman
Sam Sternberg
Massachusetts
Edwin Wyman
Lloyd D. Lowell
Cleveland
Ohio
Parker Head
West Virginia
Lendall Greene
Sebasco
Edwin M. Wyman
Bernard Carlson
Dix Island
Laurence Thayer
Allie Rollins
Robert Jewell
Frank Wyman
Allie Thayer
Earl Lowell
Charles Blaisdell
Elwood Hathorne
Maurice Blaisdell
Village
Sagadahoc Probate Court Transacts September Session
The first September Sagadahoc Probate Court session led by Judge Arthur J. Dunton handled numerous filings and actions. Administrations granted and wills filed cover estates in Bath Richmond West Bath and Georgetown with executors named and bond details noted. Inventories accounts and name change petition also appear among the proceedings. Also noted are two wartime updates on local residents and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
Louise F. Harvie
Emma M. Knowlton
Bath
Frank E. Harvie
Julia V. Coombs
Irving Coombs
Myra M. Metcalf
West Bath
Elva M. Purinton
Stella V. Knowlton
Richmond
Elva M. Purington
Electra L. Reynolds
Minnie B. Lewis
Watertown
Mass
Andrew E. Reynolds
Clara E. Hinckley
Georgetown
Nellie M. Johnson
Lena E. Lynette
Boston
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Charles H. Abbott
Theresa A. Hamlin
Gardiner
Ethel C. Hill
West Bowdoin
Napoleon
Fred Couture
Cora M. Hill
Admx
Jennie D. Good
Topsham
Grace Bradshaw Holt
Arthur E. Holt
Chicago
Frances Sturmer
Guardian
William H. Lemar
Arrowsic
Family returns home after 25 years reunion in Maine
Mrs Harriet Burnham along with daughter Mrs Nina Pez and granddaughter Gloria Pez left Ronday for Paterson New Jersey after visiting Mrs Burnham's brother William Wakefield and Mrs Wakefield of Oak Tree. The trip marked a 25 year gap since they last saw him. Mrs Burnham and Mrs Pez were born in Maine, in Wiscasset and Bath respectively. Clelia Fez RN is in a British hospital, having sailed about two months ago with a Red Cross unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Burnham
Nina Pez
Gloria Pez
Ronday
Patrson
N. J
St. Clelia Fez
R. N
Britain
Red Cross
Local Social Roundup Busy With Visits and Travel
Cortland area residents and guests mingle through late summer as families migrate for schooling and holidays. Many travelers from Maine to Massachusetts and New Jersey are noted visiting relatives, attending reunions, and returning home after weekend trips.
Boxer Wins War Front Fame Enlists as Dog Soldier
Max the three year old pure bred Boxer joins the Army of the United States as a sentry and messenger helper. Enlisted by owner Richard E. Jackson, Max passed a veterinary exam and is 1A ready for Dogs for Defense training in Dedham Massachusetts before transfer to New Jersey for basic. The canine recruit has no dependents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Army of the
United States
Richard E. Jackson
Karcher S. Jackson
Center Street
Boxer
Brunswick
Dedham
Mass
School of Dogs For Defense, Inc
New Jersey
Pythian Sisters Resume Fall Sessions in Lowell
Lowell Temple No. 31 Pythian Sisters resumed meetings after summer recess drawing good attendance. A turkey supper planned for Sept 16 in the hall, with co chairs William H. Shea and Baxter Burnell and tickets available from them. Membership drive captains named and war relief coordinators appointed as relief efforts expand. Grand chief says Sept 22 Sabattus convention cancelled due to transportation issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Temple
William H. Shea
Baxter Burnell
Shea
Burnell
Rose Jean
George O. Melzard
Albert Darrah
William Potter
Agnes Perry
Religious Education Week Begins Soon in City
The Twelfth Annual Religious Education Week runs from Sunday September 27 through Sunday October 24 with the theme Foundations of Freedom. Protestant Catholic and Jewish churches nationwide use hundreds of local and national broadcasts to engage public interest and support local observances. Mayor Walter C. Rogers urges citizens and families to renew allegiance to their chosen churches and seek continued religious instruction and worship to build a spiritual foundation of freedom. Rev Frederick P Moffatt returns home from Boston after a week away and wife Mrs Moffatt spent a month in Needham Heights with her sister Mrs David W Barrett. The Saint family who lived on chased the Joseph Footer farm at Hardings. Master Joseph Saint Jr a 12 year old former Dike student will attend Brunswick schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Sprague
Marilla Wilams
Brooklyn
N. Y
Karol Mijol
Aughter
Elizabethy
Dhn
Aura
Somerville
Mass
Putney
Langdon Thistle
Lebanon
N. H
Catherine Berry
Ellis
Wynburg
Eugene Bowker
Woburn
Astor
Elton K. Bassett
I. Bassett
Bowker
Pleasat Cove Farm
Pauline Wyman
Margaret Walker
Miss Wyman
Rosa Wyman
Pakeview
Boston
Marilla Williams
Delbert Williams
Ork
Anita Williams-Totian
Alice H. Minott
Sebasco Estates
Temple College
Philadelphia
Morris Young Ad Sons
Edgar Williamson
Old Orchard Ch
Portind
Howard Bowker
Diner Rogers
Bath
Meadowbrook
Ordon Berry
Wynbury
Worcester
Robert Whiteead
Macy
Lois Kelley
Mt. Vernon
Thomas Kelley
Chard
Haverford
Catherine Adams
Newton
Kelley
Horace Holton
Holton
Huckleberry Hill
Brockon, Mass
Walter C. Rogers
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Middle Street
Moffatt
Needham Heights
David W. Barrett
Arthur P. Bliss
Mrs. Bliss
Townsend, Mass
Joseph Saint
Joseph Footer
Hardings
Joseph Saint, Jr
Dike
Brunswick
Popham Breach Fire Doused After Two Day Blaze
A forest fire behind Ledgewood burned nearly 48 hours before Coast Guard crew and Army personnel contained it. Popham school opened the fall term with 15 weeks of classes taught by Mrs. Harry Spencer, and recent repairs and redecorations were completed in the school and library. Various local residents and visitors from Bath, Waltham, Hartford, and Kalamazoo were noted in weekend visits, travels, and educational pursuits at area schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledgewood
Coast Guard
Popham School
Harry Spencer
Popham
Brunswick High Junior Miss Billie Russell Engaged
The engagement of Miss Billie Russell of Brunswick and Lawrence Bourke of Bath has been announced by Mrs. Philip Boyd of Bath. Miss Russell is a junior at Brunswick High School. Bourke, a Bath native, graduated from Rindge Technical High School in Cambridge, Mass., worked at Bath Iron Works, and recently joined the United States Army. No wedding date has been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Cain, Jr
United States Army Air Force
Casey Jones School of Aeronautics
Newark
N. J
Arthur F. Cain
Bluff Road
Pvt. Cain
Bath Iron Works Corp
Billie Russell
Brunswick
Laurence Bourke
Bath
Philip Boyd
Russell
Brunswick High School
Bourke
Rindge Technical High School
Cambridge
Mass
Bath Iron Works
United States Army
Bay Point visitors and summer residents in Bath
Bay Point and Bath are described as numerous visitors and summer residents from New York, Boston, Belmont, and Jamaica. Families including Leavitt, White, Quance, Coombs, Keen, Achard, Nolan, and Perry enjoyed cottage stays, vacations, and short visits. Pvt. Perry, recently stationed at Lowry Field, is moving to a Michigan plant for assignment until Oct. 3, with family members coordinating travel from Bath and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavitt
Chapel Hill
N. C
Evergreen Lodge
White
Lillian White
Walter Quance
Auburn
Walter Taseam
Blanche
Emily Coombs
Belmont
Mass
Ruth E. Keen
Jamaica
Long Island
N. Y
John Carey
Bath
Herman A. Spinney
State Guard lowers age limit for membership
The State Guard reduces age requirements to allow 18 to 20 year olds to join, expanding the pool of trainees and boosting military readiness. Capt. David Y. Alkazin offers information for Bath area recruits to learn more about joining Company D and the two year training path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
State Guard
Bath
David Y. Alkazin
Miss Barler Leaves Chicago Visit with Cousins
Miss Alice Barler of Chicago leftHL, after visiting her cousin Mrs. Arthur Sewall and Mr. Sewall, and returned home following the Chicago engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Barler
Chicago
Arthur Sewall
Mr. Sewall
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Phippsburg
John Philbrick
Duxbury
Abin
Brightwater
Allen Little
Mr. Little
Edriel
Meadow York
Arthur J. Diaton
John L. Jack Register
Blanche E. Good
Henry Heselton
D.b.n
Laverne Harris Joss
Edward W. Bridgham
Admr
C.t.a
Sarah Spence
John P. Carey
Ina B. Savage
Mary A. Clatenburk
Willis L. Skelton
Mary J. Skelton
Bowdoin
George C. Webber
May I. Bailey
Addie E. Terrell
Herbert T. Terrell
Georgia Footer
Gertrude E. Footer
National Bank of Commerce
Portland
Katherine Gignoux
Cape Elizabeth
Mary A. Hathorn
Mark W. Hennessy
Margaret A. Conley
Preston F. Clark
Gordon F. Clark
Lillian M. Marshall
Fred W McCutcheon
Chester
Roy Farnham
Woolwich
Roy Blair
Chester Roy Farnham
Frank R. Bailey
Ida I. Stevens
Eva Schiffer
MacMahan Island
Parker
Alice Jane Spencer
Webber
Grace Williams
Augusta
Walter Cushing
Clayton Hoar
Connie Lee
East Machias
Warren Ackerly
Ralph Hoar
James Hoar
Salisbury
T. E. McCarty
W. S. Percy
Waban
W. P. McCarty
Ottawa
Canada
Turner McCarty
Shit Corps
Richard Jackson
Sentinel
Pythian Sisters
Bay
League
Gladys W. Moore
Sec
Y. Hallowell
Popham Breach
Harold Webb
Alice Webb
Douglas Webb
Albert Townes
Earl L. Oliver
Waltham
Ernest Oliver
Elizabeth Mosher
Hartford
Wakefield
John H. Beebes
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
North Yarmouth Academy
Mr Hyde
Nancy Hyde
George Percy
Salem
William Hill, Jr
Margaret
Edward Erskine
Rufus Lombard
Lyman Oliver
C. W. Woodman
Betty Woodman
Atkins’ Bay
Andrew Bremner
Ellsworth Chandler
Woodmans
Barbara Hyde
University of Maine
Department of Engineering
Beverly
Arline Small
W.B. White
Roslindale, Mass
John Lo
Mich
William Donovan
Orange
Barbara Hopkins
Edward Morin
Elizabeth
Donnell
Eugene W. Osgood
Perkins Island
Friends
Fred Waterhouse
Louis Gayton
Wilmer I. Voorhees
John
William
Barbara White
Shirley Isaacson
Washington, D. C
Irving Isaacson
Blanchard Crowley
Guy Crowley
Herbert J. Kellaway
Newton Center
A. M. Towne
Janice
Waltham, Mags
Tad
Walter Gordon
Ada Achard
Bronx
Thomas Nolan
Florence Achard
Robert Coleman
Joseph
Bay Point
James Kotthener
Rudolph Shadel
Ralph Carlisle
Kay Carlisle
Anchorage
Nebec Point
Bunk Veer
Rupert Perry
Daniel J. Perry
High Street
Pvt. Perry
Lowryfield
Denver
Colo
Neere Manufacturing Co
P.F.C. George Perry
Fort Williams
Efi Ae
fFere
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