Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club from 1927 to 1941. During these years he hiked the then-new Appalachian Trail at every opportunity."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 propelled Mattie into military service on August 6, 1942 at the age of 39 and she was commissioned as WAAF 3d…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… lines, all Greater Portland trolleys were gone by 1941. Trestle over B & M on the Old Orchard Division, ca."

Old York Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"In 1941 ninth grade was eliminated while the school year was increased from 32 to 36 weeks. This was partly due to town road improvements, which…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"During the mid-20th century from about 1941-1953, the Old Ell became a permanent home for Mame as well summer living quarters for her brother Richard…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Chase, Mary Ellen. Windswept, 1941 (reprinted 2006). Clough, Annie. Head of the Bay, 1953 (reprinted 2006). .---(SORL); (SHIP) (JF) Clements, Robert."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"5 Apr. 2010. "Solomon's Store, 1941". Photograph. Pictorial History of Lincoln, Maine. Lincoln. Ed. Penobscot Services Division."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… as a station agent at Candia, New Hampshire in 1941 and received a golden pass for his fifty years of service."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"World War II Before December 7, 1941, most Surry citizens had no idea where Pearl Harbor was located, but as with thousands of others across the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… The Don, off the coast of Harpswell, on June 29, 1941, took the lives of 34 men and women from the Rumford/Mexico/Dixfield areas."

Westport Island History Committee

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… (1874-1938) and his wife Emily Nicholson (1875-1941) who used it for summer quarters for themselves and their five children while they rented their…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… of the grade schools came about in 1941-42, when Grades 7 and 8 went to the Town Hall and the remaining grades to the Pendleton School."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"In 1941 the Maine State Legislature passed an act to create an independent state agency, the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a…"

Caribou Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… North Haven, was commandeered for war service in 1941. Over sixty years of steam service, two captains and three ships: the Vinalhaven, Governor…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"By 1941, six national chain stores anchored the downtown: J. J. Newberry; F. W. Woolworth; W. T. Grant; Sears Roebuck; First National Foods; and the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"The school was located in Somesville until 1941, then merged with Gilman in Northeast Harbor until 1950."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1941. Heseltine, Charles D. and Robertson, Edwin B. Aroostook Valley Railroad."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"In 1941, Sears opened its only small-town national chain branch on the north side of Centre Street, despite the small facility and limited parking."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… States joined the Second World War in December 1941, the hospital (already home to a school of nursing) helped the U.S."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… location for its aerial defense system, and by 1941, the building of an Army air base was underway that incorporated the city's municipal airport."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Army Nurse Corps and did so in March of 1941. She originally wanted to be stationed in the Philippines."