Com John A Lord Bath Naval Leader Dies at 73
National Editorial Association reports the death of Commander John A Lord U S N retired a prominent Bath citizen and former mayor after a long naval career including command of constitutional reconstruction He collected marine artifacts helped form Kennebec Marine Museum and urged a Bath marine museum before his death Sunday morning
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Bath
Com
John A. Lord
U.S. N
Commander Lord
Thomas W. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Lord
Bowdoin College
Navy
Maritime Commission
Memorial Hospital
Kennebec Marine Museum, Inc
Reconversion Debate and Postwar Rebuilding
The piece discusses re conversion as a difficult term likened to Constantinople and notes editors seeking fixes such as pre conversion. It highlights millions of problems to straighten in returning soldiers, war production, and community affairs needing reconstruction within the old American framework amid government orders.
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Constantinople
Comeback Ahead As War Effort Winds Down
The article notes wartime production employing over 400000 in a major auto firm and estimates more than a million workers across GM Ford and Chrysler. It highlights raw material sources from states nationwide and the spread of industrial supply, urging a peaceful revival and recognizing farming as the base industry. It frames reconstruction as a national effort with ex-soldiers returning home.
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Automobile
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Alabama
Arizona
Connecticut
Delaware
Kentucky
New England
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South
More Telephones Will Be Available Soon
The New England Tel and Tel Co reports Western Electric boosted postwar production after V J Day, planning 617 000 instruments in H2 1945 with about 45 000 allocated to New England. If estimates hold, most waiting list users may get service early next year, though held orders due to central office limits remain unclear.
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New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Western Electric Co
War Production Board
New England Telephone Co
New England Co
Scouters Name District Leaders as Woolwich Plans Meet
Scouters pick district name and appoint neighborhood commissioners to aid in serving nine packs and troops in Woolwich. Reports by Waldo Hathorne and Ralph Bowers highlight two aid methods: commissioners at meetings and training courses. A cult leaders powwow is set for Sept 20 in Brunswick at Codman House with crafts, games, and discussions.
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Andrews
Woolwich
Waldo Hathorne
Ralph Bowers
Charles Osborne
Den
Five Islands
Smith
Commissioners
Brunswick
Codman
Pleasant Street
Dinah
Saunders Patterson
Ernest Purdy
News of our men and women in uniform
Bath area service members and returning veterans are listed with postings and updates. T/5 Robert H Back reports to Lake Placid New York after 12 months abroad with the 104th Division in Holland Belgium and Germany earning the Purple Heart. Several others are noted returning from overseas or awaiting redeployment detailing units ships bases and duties.
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Robert H. Back
Court Street
Bath
Alfred J. Back
Army Ground and Service Forces
Lake Placid Club
New York
T/5
Back
104Th
Timbenwolf
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Moses Austin
Kenneth R. Baker
Queen Mary
Pfe
Walter S. Simonton
Harry S. Smith
Wiscasset
Fall schedule at Y M C A starts Thursday
The Y M C A announces a fall schedule with hours from 8 30 a m to 9 30 p m, new activities, and some drops as the building nears capacity. Summer renovations included repainting exterior woodwork and overhauling equipment, especially six pool tables and one billiard table refurbished with new cloth. The center, in 53 rooms, is preparing for fall and winter programs while conducting its annual fund drive via a stamped self addressed envelope to ease contributions.
First Fall Meeting of C A R on Tuesday
Elizabeth Lawrence Society C A R met Tuesday at the home of Mrs H Kenneth Smith with Miss Lucy Lee Smith as hostess. New officers were elected replacing members who left for school. Barbara Lou Deering as junior president Barbara Cooke secretary Susan Bates color bearer Lucy Lee Smith registrar.
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Elizabeth Lawrence Society C. A. R
H. Kenneth Smith
Lucy Lee Smith
Barbara Lou Deering
Elaine Noyes
Barbara Cooke
Mary Lou Reed
Susan Bates
Jonathan Meigs
Ill Bath sergeant valued by friends at home
Sgt. Joseph Williams of the Bath police force remains very ill at his home on 29 Valley road under the care of Dr. Francis A. Winchenbach. He expresses deep gratitude for the many courtesies shown by his friends during illness.
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Joseph Williams
Bath
Valley Road
Francis A. Winchenbach
Twin Bees club hosts garden party at Bailey Island
The Twin Bees club entertained guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Gilman at their Summer home on Bailey Island. Bath members brought picnic lunches Brunswick members brought covered dishes. Mrs. Gilman served vegetable salad and coffee. Plans were made for the Oct 4 meeting in Bath with location to be announced. Attendees from Bath included Mary Curtis Gertrude Stewart Jane Shea Louisa Munroe Sarah Potter and Winfield Hagan. Brunswick attendees were Alta Storer Ola Lombard Bess Stimson Hattie Pennell Florence Jackson Emma Haley Lena Coffin.
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Twin Bees Club
Bailey Island
George Gilman
Lewiston
Bath
Brunswick
Gilman
Mary Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Jane Shea
Louisa Munroe
Sarah Potter
Winfield Hagan
Alta Storer
Ola Lombard
Bess Stimson
Hattie Pennell
Florence Jackson
Emma Haley
Lena Coffin
Genesta Chapter OES Opens Fall Meetings in Waterville
Genesta chapter OES opened its fall meetings with a large attendance Friday evening. Mrs. Freda Bagdikian reported on by law revisions. An invitation was extended to attend a reception for worthy grand matron Elvina W Greely on Sept 29 at 8 at Waterville Senior High auditorium. A memorial service was held for Mrs. Alice Soule. Flowers were laid on the altar. Officers will entertain on Sept 21 with Mrs. Doris Pride in charge of refreshments and Arthur Colby and Earl Pride handling entertainment.
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Genesta Chapter
Freda Bagdikian
Elvina W. Greely
Waterville Senior High School
Alice Soule
Doris Pride
Arthur Colby
Earl Pride
Georgetown stone schoolhouse builders sought
Frank S. Oliver of Georgetown, visiting the Times, asks who built the old stone schoolhouse noted in the Forty Years Ago column. At 165 years old, he recalls attending as a lad and seeks memories from older residents about its builders, noting it resembles the stone schoolhouse in Phippsburg near Cox Head Road.
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Frank S. Oliver
Georgetown
Times Office
Oliver
Phippsburg
Cox Head Road
Weekend guest hosts in Waldoboro and a move to Vermont
Gilbert Genthner stayed as a weekend guest with Mr and Mrs Ray mond Genthner of Waldoboro. Mr and Mrs Winship Reed and their children left Washington street for St Johnsbury Vermont where Mr Reed took a job with Fairbanks Morse.
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Gilbert Genthner
Raymond Genthner
Waldoboro
Winship Reed
Washington Street
St. Johnsbury
Reed
Fairbanks-Morse Co
Salmon and Trout Hitting Flies on Moosehead Lake
Moosehead Lake hosts trout and salmon striking flies signaling cooling water and a promising autumn fishing season. Anglers should vary lures as fish become wary with seasonal change while reports note nearby waterfowl abundance in Merrymeeting Bay and a forecast of 20 000 to 25 000 deer harvests this year. The piece also mentions a Boston show February 2 to 10 with new gear and radar duck blinds on the horizon and references Rangeley Lake hosting a blue trout possibly extinct, plus speculative future ammunition advances.
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Moosehead
Maine
Rangeley Lake
New England
Mechanic’s Building
Boston
Armed Services
Henry Beverage
Anniversary Observed for Mr and Mrs Campbell in Bath
The community honors the long marriage of Mr and Mrs Alexander Campbell with a gathering that highlights their family and public service. Included are notes on Mr Nichols a Bath Times Co leader, Maine press roles, and family ties to The Brunswick Record and local banks. Out of town guests Mr Hallet and Mr Watrous attended, with Hallet recently returning from the Pacific as a war correspondent.
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Associated Press
Maine Press Association
Carl K. Milliken
Maine Automobile Association
Bath National Bank
Old Bath School Board
Old Folks Home
Y.M.C. A
Patten Free Library
Bath Rotary Club
Dorothy Nichols
Paul K. Niven
Brunswick Record
Barrett Campbell Nichols
People’s National Bank
Barre
Louis Sawyer
Bangor
Harold C. Sawyer
Richard Mathews Hallet
Hallet
Pacific
Martin Watrous
New Orleans
Dessert bridge at Miss Perry’s in Phippsburg
Miss Emma A. Perry entertained with a dessert bridge Tuesday noon at her home in Phippsburg. Guests included Mrs. George M. Bonney, Mrs. Charles V. Minott, Mrs. Donald S. Preble, Mrs. Oscar Wyman, Mrs. Walter J. McCourt, Mrs. Hiram Wyman, Mrs. John Leach, Mrs. George Buchanan and house guests Mrs. Lowen and Mrs. Cook.
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Emma A. Perry
Phippsburg
George M. Bonney
Charles V. Minott
Donald S. Preble
Oscar Wyman
Walter J. McCourt
Hiram Wyman
John Leach
George Buchanan
Lowen
Cook
Real estate transfer list updates Sagadahoc deeds office
The Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds records numerous transfers across Bath Bowdoin Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath and Woolwich including Radley to Noel Berry to Berry Mead to Oliver Green to Collins Pierce to Sinibaldi Totman to Grindell Leberge to Carpenter Douglas to Douglas Dearborn to Pattee and others. Multiple properties listed as land and buildings with street names and buyers.
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Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Bath
Charles A. Radley
James L. Noel
Tarbox Street
Clifton B. Berry
Sumner O Berry
North Bath
Janet C. Mead
Philip H. Oliver
Bedford Street
Mabel Green
Edward T. Collins
Bowery Street
Herbert F. Pierce
Ettore A. Sinibaldi
Robeus A. Douglass
Alden D. Small
Georgetown
Marie Peters
Ralph Gay
Sarah E. Rodd
Beatrice I. Bouton
Phippsburg
Douglas Dearborn
Elizabeth Greenleaf Pattee
Kathleen W. Hinkle
Lloyall F
Land Transfer Involving Leavitt Spinney And Small
Donald W. Leavitt transfers land to Leon A. Spinney, who conveys the lot of land and buildings to Parker D. Small. Details indicate a sequence of property transfer affecting real estate holdings and structures.
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Donald W. Leavitt
Leon A. Spinney
Parker D. Small
Canning Sugar Deadline Set By Maine OPA
Maine OPA reminded households that September 14 is the deadline to file for sugar allotments with War Price and Rationing Boards. Those with existing sugar allocations should explain the need for more in a letter to their local Board, while those without any allotment should submit the standard application form. Granville H. Wilcox cites consolidation of Maine boards into 15 as driving the cut in personnel.
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Maine Oba
Granville H. Wilcox
Maine
OPA
Bath Man Pleads Guilty To Driving Under Influence
Herbert E. Condon of Day's Ferry pleaded guilty in Bath Municipal Court to driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was fined $100 and $6.70 costs by Judge Gardiner R. Deering, with Sheriff Charles Messenger the complainant. Thelma Cothran of Bath pleaded guilty to reckless driving, fined $20 plus $5.15 costs. Patrolman Robert Guptil was the complainant. Several intoxication cases were heard, and one woman was sentenced to Kennebec County jail for 30 days on each of three charges, to run concurrently.
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Herbert E. Condon
Day’s Ferry
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Charles W. Messenger
Thelma Cothran
Robert Guptil
Kennebec County
Mrs Howe Leaves Lam bert Park to Join Soldier in Oklahoma
Mrs. Robert M. Howe of Lambert Park travels to Muskogee Oklahoma to be with her husband Pfc Howe stationed at Camp Gruber awaiting next assignment. In her absence their son Master Robert Jr visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Ray Howe on Richardson Street.
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Edward B. Hamblett, Jr
USAAF
Wright Field
Ohio
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Hamblett
Robert Hamblett
Italy
Robert B. Giles
Robert M. Howe
Lambert Park
Muscogee
Okla
Pfc. Howe
Camp Gruber
Howe
Robert, Jr
Ray Howe
Richardson Street
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D. C
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Luzon
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Topsham
Brunswick High School
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Route 3
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Waldo R. Weston
Snow Park
Aloe Army Air Force School
Victoria
Texas
Weston
Army Air Corps
Aice Field
Emma Coombs
Corliss Street
Pvt
William Coombs
Coombs
Pvt. Coombs
21St Tank Battalion
N.Y. C
M. W. Sewall Co
Arthur Elmer King
Naval Training Station
Sampson
N. Y
Williamsburg
Fred L. King
West Bath
Camp Perry
W. O
Richard H. Haskell
USNR
Roswell
Pacific Island
W.O. Haskell
Richard
Robert Haskell
Richard Haskell
Roswell Haskell
Robbins Street
Howard King, Jr
Howard King
Elsinore Avenue
Europe
Edward J. Perry, Jr
Ui S. A
Saipan
Irving L. Burnham
Crescent Street
Bowdoinham
Edward J. Perry
Edward
Army
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U.S.N
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