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I! was an impressive gradua lion that took place Wednesday of last week in City hall auditorium of a class of eight nurses from the Bath Memorial hospital School of Nursing.Before the ceremony began, “Moonlight and Roses,” “The White Cliffs of Dover,” “Sleepy Lagoon,” “The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise,” and “My Little Gypsy Sweetheart,” were played by an orchestra composed of Clifton Leeman, piano; John Grindoll, violin, Reginald Stacey, saxophone, and Joseph Avery, marimbaphone. This orchestra also provided music for the processional, as well as the recessional, when the nurses marched into the auditorium beautifully decorated with flowers from the Kennebec Greenhouses.In the invocation Rev. Charles M. Tubbs, rector of the Episcopal church, asked for a blessing upon nurses and that they be provided with wisdom, courage, sympathy, and strength. Hi' also asked for the protection of those nurses in the service and I offered a prayer for peace.Dr. Langdon T. Snipe, president of the staff of the hospital,! then gave a welcome in which he stated that the large audience, in attending, was expressing its honor to the nurses and their devotion to the hospital. In introducing Hon. Arthur Sewall, president of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Snipe spoke of the time, means, and wisdom that William D. Sewall, Mr. Sewall’s father, had bestowed upon the hospital.Mr. Sewall spoke of graduation as the best event of the hospital year, lie mentioned the text of| a recently heard sermon. “What» cli •i I 1 luiuti -nwl n 1COSMO CLUB HEARS BLACKOUT PROVES OF DAY’S FERRY MOST SUCCESSFUL IN EARLIER DAYS OF RECENT TESTSMrs. Daisy Wijch Civilian Organiza-Reads Interesting tions and PublicPaperCooperateA particularly interesting paper on the History of Day's Ferry was read by Mrs. Daisy Welch of Woolwich at the regular monthly meeting of the Cosmopolitan club Wednesday of last week at its rooms on Washington street. The Times is publishing tier reading in full at a later date. Mrs. Welch’s information was gleaned largely from records |“The most successful yet attempted,” was the summary of officials after the surprise blackout which was held Wednesday evening of last week. Civilian defense organizations responded splendidly and lights were extinguished throughout the city almost as soon as the alarm was sounded.Scheduled to occur sometimekept bv Dr. Cleveland Buck and | between midnight Sunday andV l * tM1his son, Dr. Samuel Buck and covered a period from 1816 to 1901.A number of interesting reports were read at this meeting including that of the recent Hobby show and tea. Mrs. Arthur Colby, chairman of this affair, announced profits of $32.48.Mrs. Charles W. Messenger gave a report on the meeting of the Medomak Regional Garden club at Topsham at which Mrs. Sumner Sewall, wife of the Governor of Maine spoke on “Conservation'* and urged members to plant Victory gardens in their hack yards.Resolutions on the death of amidnight Wednesday, the blackout came at 10.30 last night and lasted 20 minutes, the all clear being sounded at 10.50. After waiting Monday and Tuesday nights with nothing happening, members of defense organizations throughout the city were on the alert that night as they realized it was the only time it could come. Residents were waiting with ears cocked for the alarm and in some instances, lights were extinguished before more than a half dozen blasts sounded on the lire alarm.A few minor violations were noted by patrol wardens and police. A car, with lights on full
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Bath Independent
Bath, Maine, US
Thu, Jul 09, 1942
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