Phippsburg Faces School Transport Debate and Local News
Jay K Bowker quits bus run for Center school amid safety worries as mothers urge continued transport. School committee, led by Owen Richard and Elmer Hilton, to decide. Road work advances on State Aid Third Class project below Alliquippa turn. Nat Howe directs, Ernest Grover on site. Mrs Clara M Reed praised for clearing a town debt during her tenure. Supts Gilman and Stanwood moving to Wiscasset Oct 1. school repairs noted at Sebasco and Small Point. Lily Os goods and lighthouse notes, Sunday school starts at Small Point with transport for Center. 4 H club round-up at Sebasco, plans for youth group. Community notices include illness, bereavement, and ongoing home repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay K. Bowker
Center School
Stanwood Gilman
Owen Richard
Elmer Hilton
Alliquippa
Nat Howe
Georgetown
Ernest Grover
Wiscasset
Allie Rollins
Phippsburg- Popham
Clara M. Reed
Phippsburg
John D. Rogers
Anes Cutting
Bessie E. Dickinson
Stanwood
Gilman
Plumsted
Sebasco
Small Point
Denby
West Point
Wilson Bailey
Woolwich
Gilson
Bailey
Senecal
Frances Robie
Hiram Wyman
Central Church
Bath
Phippsburg Center
Wayne S. Rich
Lawrence Scott
Rico Zorrilla
Robert Hughes
Maurice Blair
Herbert Scott
Mr. Scott
Miss Robie
Fifty Hole Blast Near Mouth of Kennebec River
The Bath to Kennebec River deepening project saw a fifty hole underwater blast off the Sugar Loaves, using a new drilling stand system designed by Charles F. Quigley of Chelsea. Sunderlin & Watrous of Providence conducted the operation, expecting the method to be adopted in future deep sea blasting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderlin & Watrous
Providence
Kennebec
Bath
Charles F. Quigley
Chelsea
Mass
Quigley
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Bath Iron Works
Village Social Roundup Near Popham and Woolwich
Mrs Charles Blaisdell hosted a card party with Mrs Leston Harrington Mrs Allie Rollins and Edwin Wy man among guests. The afternoon mail service was discontinued Sept 15 and is greatly missed. Numerous visits and family gatherings span from Popham to Bath with teachers’ convention holiday, school plans, barn work, and local trips to Boston Portland and Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blaisdell
Leston Harrington
Allie Rollins
Edwin M. Wyman
Earl Lowell
Walter Cushing
H. D. Mank
Eugene Harrington
Winnegance Women's Auxiliary Plans Monthly Covered Dish Dinners
The Winnegance Women's Auxiliary to the Community Club met at the club house Thursday at noon with 12 members. They enjoyed cards in the afternoon and agreed to a monthly covered dish dinner through fall and winter as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary
Military Engineers Meeting in Bath on Friday Night
The Military Engineers and the State of Maine Post of the Society American Mill will meet Friday at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Sedgwick. The 1941-1942 schedule includes November 28 December 9 January 30 February 27 with Ladies Night and dancing and entertainment March 27 April 24 May 29 and June 26. Herbert Eshelman of Lancaster PA is visiting Bath on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine Post
Society American Milltake
Sedgwick
Wallace Fined On Two Driving Charges By Court
Lennie E. Wallace of Phippsburg pleaded guilty in Municipal court to operating a motor vehicle without proper registration and with inadequate brakes. Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined him $10 and costs $4.70 or 30 days in Augusta jail on each charge. Police said the truck had mismatched registration plates on Elm street and the brakes were found defective after Wallace warned officers to be careful moving it. He pled guilty to both charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennie E. Wallace
Phippsburg
Gardiner R. Deering
Augusta
Wallace
George Crocker
Elm Street
Westport Social Notes Move and Visits Across States
Mr and Mrs Earle Richardson move back to Bath after a summer stay. Howard Pinkham of Dover NH visits sister Edith Campbell. Several residents attend a Lincoln Academy Women s Civilian Defense meeting in New Castle. Families from East Jaffrey Medford Brockton Mechanic Falls Framingham Center Hingham and Hallowell visit or vacation at cottages and farms along the coast and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Richardson
Bath
Howard Pinkham
Dover
N. H
Edith Campbell
Brian Jewett
Robert Walther
Edwin Cromwell
Ellsworth Colby
Newcastle
Lincoln Academy
Women's Civilian Defense Committee
Fairfield
East Jaffrey
N. Y
Mitchell Cottage
Frank White
Brockton
Mass
Buckley
James Williams
Mechanic Falls
Roger’ Has
Kents Hill School
James Harper
Squam Creek Farm
Framingham Center
Ann Louise Jewett
Jonas Knight
Five Islands
D. M. Baker of
Hingham
Personal notes from Beacon Street community
Local news items cover visits and arrivals. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daley return from Kennebunkport. Fred Brown Jr. welcomed a nine pound son at Memorial Hospital. Lions Club meeting at Hotel Sedgwick with dinner at 6 45 and a program led by A M Main of Bath Iron Works. Mrs Irving Siegal and infant daughter Ann Judith depart for Providence after summer stay. The DeWitts relocate to Woolwich from Canton with DeWitt employed as an electric welder at Fore River. Pauline Mikelsky visiting Boston while Mrs Ginsberg and her son visit Newport. Mikelsky relatives travel between Newburyport and Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Daley
Beacon Street
Kennebunkport
Fred Brown, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Lions’ Club
Hotel Sedgwick
A. M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Irving Siegal
Marcia Petlock
Ann Judith
Providence
R. I
Franklin Street
Siegal
Douglas
Elaine
Stanley DeWitt
Canton
Mass
Coast Guard rescues injured seaman at Popham Beach
Sunday a 4500 ton collier Berwindvale sent distress signals and the Coast Guard surfboat rushed Walter E. Doyle to Bath Memorial Hospital in 45 minutes. Surfman Clifton Morong, aboard the station, delivered the injured seaman after the accident offshore. The response highlighted the crew's efficiency despite a reduced roster earlier in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Berwindvale
Newport News
Freeman Beal
Niles Cameron
Clifton Morong
Walter E. Doyle
Popham Road
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Romer
Boston District
Eastport
New London
Fort Popham
Harry Spencer
Red Cross
Barbara
Nancy Hyde
Ledgewood
North Yarmouth Academy
Yarmouth
Marilyn Bowers
Elizabeth Blake
Christine Beverage
M. C. Fischer
Carmel
N. Y
Fischer
Fischers
Popham
Donald Small
Lissa Dearborn
Dearborn
Elizabeth Myers
New York City
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert
Clarence Perkins
Virginia
Stanley
Lester Morse
Norman Perkins
West Bath
Robert Cody
Anne
Milton
Mass
Louis Gayton
Auburn
Fred Waterhouse
Fred Fitch
Stanley Perkins
Lewiston
Elisha Bridges
Pequot
Stanley Hyde
Mrs Ruth Wilson Named President in Maine high school event
Ruth Wilson presided over the morning session as president of the association. Arthur Jellison led Vocations discussions for the High School with co chair Agnes Fahey. Edward S Hammond of Bowdoin advised on Admissions while Earle Speare and Robert Clunie Jr. led College Requirements. Guests included the Goldstein family and Neiterman and Diamond relatives visiting for Rosh Hashanah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Jellison
Boothbay Iarbor
Agnes Fahey
Bath
Robert Clunie, Jr
Lincoln Academy
Earle Speare
Waldoboro
Edward S. Hammond
Bowdoin College
Edith Dodge
Boothbay
Association
Destroyer Macomb Launch Honors Two Sponsors
The U S S Macomb, 41st destroyer to be built at Bath Iron Works, slid into the Kennebec after 3 p m with a small sponsor party. Co sponsors Mrs Ryland W Greene and Mrs Edward H Chew smashed a champagne bottle on the bow as the ship began its first voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. S. Macomb
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kennebec
Blair
William S. Newell
Ryland W. Greene
Edward H. Chew
Haverford
Penn
David B. Macomb
William H. Macomb
Commodore Macomb
Navy
Bath
Sedgwick
Greene
Chew
U. S. Navy
Macomb
Massachusetts
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Bath Iron Works
U. S. S. Woolsey
U. S. S. Emmons
Exceller
Dromore TADIFS AID Honors A Member
Ladies aid of Dromore grange hosted a surprise reception for newlywed Mrs Samuel Guptill nee Minnie Woodman at Hardings home. Guests toasted the bride with a cake bearing a miniature couple and enjoyed lobster stew before Guptill and husband departed to their Day's Ferry residence near the Kennebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
John Perkins
Hardings
Samuel Guptill
Minnie Woodman
Horace Woodman
Guptill
Day's Ferry
Prescott Farm
Kennebec
Humphrey Owen
Annie Malcolm
Howard Barter
Frances Williams
Francesa
Marion Rafael
Odin Pratt
Evelyn
Georgiana Thorpe
Sterling Bible class roll call set for Oct 6
The Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street church holds its annual Roll Call and supper on October 6 with Rev. Thomas L Brindlye district secretary for Western Maine United Baptist church as speaker. Supper at 6 p.m. by the Philathea class. program committee led by Mrs. John Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Sterling Bible
Corliss Street Church
Thomas L., Brindlye
Western Maine United Baptist Church
Philathea
John Hunt
Fred May
Flora Robbins
William Hatch
Wilfred W. Chaney
Orris I. Ames
F. Arthur Berry
Raymond Palmer
Edward Waters
Bath Delegates Attend Bowdoinham Baptist Session
Delegates from Bath attended the Bowdoinham United Baptist association meeting in Bowdoinham Baptist church on Tuesday. The program focused on Christian World Service Today with talks by Rev. A Z Arnold Dr. Percy Vernon Mrs Sarah Bagley Wright and Mrs C F Frederick. An Emergency Fund committee was named to raise 600000 for relief at home and abroad with proceeds to aid defense centers and religious facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bowdoinham
A. M. Craig
G. Merrill Lenox
New York City
Minister and Missionary Benefit Board
Northern Baptists
Lloyd L. Hooker
John W. Hysong
Brunswick
W. W. Fish
Freeport
Sarah Bagley Wright
Woolwich
Charles K. Murgan
Harpswell
William Eves
Topsham
Bay Point Community Notes on Keen Welcome Home
Mrs. H. S. Keen, Bay Point post master, returns to Jamaica New York after fourteen summers in Bay Point. The piece recalls folk remedies using hop bags Mullen Milk and other plants for colds fevers and sores, plus local social updates including cottage sales and weekend visits among Auburn Richmond and Lewiston residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Keen
Bay Point
Jamaica
N. Y
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Richard Young
Basin Road
Dr. Smith
Henry Gilmore
Frank Cutting
Kennebec River
Mond Cutting
Mr. Cutting
Langdon Thistle
Rico
Mrs. Putney
Lebanon
Alice Hope Shorey
Robert Frothingham
Shorey
Damariscotta
Katherine Berry
Wynburg
Worcester
Japan
John C. Berry
Misse
Bess
Grace Dickinson
Under
Carlson
Fred Ball
Presque Isle
Stanwood C. Gilman
Ashdale
Langdon N
Thistle
Beatrice Lee
Harry Woodward
the Bath Independent
Maine
Parker
Ora Hallett
W. E. Hallet
Fred P. Young
Boston
Della Morey
Bert Young
Leroy Perkins
Virginia Rogers
Walter Percy
Waban
Turner McCarty
Burleigh Williams
Fred Osgood
Cynthia
Perkins Island
W. E. Osgood
Leston Harrington, Jr
Norman Norton
Patricia
Weiner Rock
Charles Perry
Phyllis Young
Gordon Clark
Preston Clark
Aliie Oliver
H. D. Mank, Jr
Charles Brown
Sanford
Lawrence Stiles
Currey Stiles
George Morong
Herman Hallett
Esther Robinson
Lola
Portland
Bill Schreiter
Cathance
Lewis Lowell
W. E. Hallett
Clayton Hoar
C. A. Rollins
Liza Bradshaw
Winnegance
Thomas's Point
Morong
Bailey Island
John D. Libby
John Libby
Herbert Eshelman
Lancaster
Westport
Pauline Mikelsky
Charles Ginsberg
Newport
Lewis Mikelsky
Popham Beach
Ruth Wilson
Jacob Goldstein
Washington Street
Philip Neiterman
Lucille
Norman
Dorchester
Hyman Diamond
Mattapan
Destroyer Macomb
the Iron Works
Dromore Tadifs’ Aid
Bowdoinham Baptist Association
Corliss Street
Harold S. Walker
Abby McCabe
Jacob Wheeler
Frederick P. Moffatt
M. E. Watson
Warren H. McIntire
Ambrose McFadden
William Hill
First Baptist Church
Charles Sims
Lottie Eaton
Edwy Sotheard
Myra Kelley
Laura Harrington
Jennie Oliver
Nella Stover
Arthur Price
Arthur J. Dunton
James Longhurst
Harriet
Mary Furber
Gloria Stover
Irma
Carl Groves
Mary Oliver
David Teasdale
Arthur Smith
Arthur Maxwell
Richmond
Fred P. Taylor
Richard Taylor Hagan
Clayton Taylor
Ayrs
Arthur Maxne
Donald Avery
Beatrice
Dawn
Harry Stone
Earl Rouse
Cotton Island
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