Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Football Oracle Page 3

"It tells of players, records, and descriptions of games. It is written by Leon Higgins in 1942. It was created for the Bangor Highschool Oracle which…"

Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"He served in the Marine Corps from 1942-1945. He was stationed in the Pacific and served at the Battle of Guadalcanal."

Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor

"… Bangor High School football team, 1941-1942 seasonBangor Public Library Bangor High School enjoyed several successful football seasons…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"… Herman Mardell Savage, and Verna Savage, 1883-1942. Alba Court Inn A New Smyrna, Florida hotel built in 1903."

Historic Clothing Collection - Plum skirt suit with cape, ca. 1945 - Page 1 of 3

"… the chunky square styling popular in late 1942 and in 1943, often seen in Hollywood. The three-piece suit includes a skirt, blazer, and cape."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… Mattie into military service on August 6, 1942 at the age of 39 and she was commissioned as WAAF 3d officer on October 3, 1942."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… Production Board (WPB) issued order L-85 in March 1942 to regulate the amount of fabric used in garments."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"By 1942, what was once Bangor Municipal Airport became Dow Air Force Base through which thousands of soldiers passed."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"They won the championships of 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, and 1948; they were ever good."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… the Parson's School, 1935, 1936, 1939, and 1940-1942. In the autumn of 1937 Ethel Cobb came to the Record farm on the middle road, she had been…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… Albert, my grandpa, was born in Caribou in 1942. He has lived there, except for the four years he went to college in Bangor."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"… and Judson Smith were making ice cream, circa 1942. Soon after, Russell left to fight in World War II."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"A year later he married Cora E. Staples (1858-1942), widow of Frederick Stockbridge. Andrew Smith died on February 26, 1941, on Swan's Island."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"The three garments made by Turner (active 1923-1942) are associated with Margaret Payson of Falmouth, known locally as "Miss Margaret." Turner…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… of Clearwater's Combination Medication" in 1942. Sales of other products declined and the business, which by that time had many imitators, was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"Mallett ??-1942: Principal of Farmington State Normal School (now University of Maine Farmington) 1909-1940 (Mallett Elementary School in Farmington…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… the South Atlantic during World War II on June 2, 1942. Morse Shipyard, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine c 1940Thomaston Historical Society…"

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Grey Lady Uniform, Bangor, ca. 1942 Gray, red cross ladies uniformBangor Historical Society The use of rubber was also banned during war time, so as…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… old Queen’s Hospital closed in the winter of 1942-43, it contained 60 beds, but old hands remembered up to 98 patients treated inside at one time."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Daily Journal (Biddeford, Me.) newspaper, 1941-1942. (N) Clayton, W.W., et al. History of York County, Maine: with illustrations and biographical…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… of Maine's public library buildings, 1878-1942 by Kirk F. Mohney Maine Public Library Profile 2008…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"In 1942 a major expansion was made and production increased to include toothpicks and flatware. In 1947 a fire interrupted production for a time but…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… students: 1940 Sylvia Whitney, Valedictorian;1942, George Staten, Valedictorian; 1943, Helen Carter, Salutatorian."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… area, which had very few houses until around 1942, was fairly flat. The wind swept fiercely across these plains before buildings and trees…"