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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1942

Page

6

Wiscasset Hosts Civil Defense Drill and Community Notes

The first test assembly of the Air Raid Precaution Services occurred Sunday at 8 pm with 60 personnel manning 16 sector posts and the report center in nine minutes. Wardens police and ambulances covered roads to meet expected needs. A Round Table Civil Defense talk is planned for Thursday in the Old Academy Building with admission via Chief Warden Roy R. Marston.

Old Roy Farmer Norman Holbrook Conrad Peters Jean Hutchins Dorothea Morris Dorothy Thompson Virginia Butler Margery Grover Wiscasset Woman's Club Bradford C. Redennett Forest Stone Thomaston Prince Michaels Arkansas Harry Haggett Dale Nellis Leonard Seamon Jim Donovan Fordyce Green Duane Owen Hans Fitzler Benjamin Rines Leigh Johnston Marcia Angell Jacqueline Wallace Margaret Main Yvonne Ferris Elinor Sutter Aime Rossen Beatrice Morris Doris Willowby Elinor Pomeroy Ethel Whalen Margaret Laine Central Maine Power Co Franklin Hall Violet Hayes Home Service Department Alexander Eakin New York New Canaan Richmond White Wiscasset Miss Eakin Todhunter Westover School School of Fine and Applied Arts Connecticut College For Women White Brooks Berkshire National Broadcasting Co 101St Cavalry Bangor Army Air Corps Lincoln County Court House Portland Harvey R. Pease Grace A. Cowley Edith H. Rines Vivian R. Giles Blanche Fowle Frances Somes Horace Day Frank B. Adams Maybelle Sherman John A. Southard Frank H. Gray Cowley Grace C. Pease Herbert W Hawes Clara A. Wright John F. Jackson John Southard A. Leland Bryant Leon G. Flood Fred R. Merry Edith Rines Eva Gorham Briadford Charles J. DiPerri Stanley Dodge F. Burton Haggett Harvey R

Women Campaign To Fight Cancer Active In 1942 Drive

The Women's Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer begins its annual drive to educate the public about cancer symptoms and early treatment. Bath area supports Cancer Control Month from April 1 to 30, proclaimed by Mayor Walter C. Rogers. The proclamation stresses cancer as the nation’s second leading death cause and urges broad public backing for the campaign. Other local items note Red Cross Motor Corps lessons, obituaries, church music plans, and community notices.

Women's Field Army of the American Society For the Control of Cancer Bath Walter C. Rogers United States Women's Field Army The

West Bath Social Roundup Reports Visits and Local Events

West Bath residents share visits, greetings, and small gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Williams plan return to Foster Point after three weeks with the Petersons in East Brunswick. A surprise party honors Mrs. A B Snow of Trufants Crossing for her birthday. Red Cross sewing group meets at the grange hall with an all day session and planned April 14 gathering. Local workers from Bangor occupy cottages in Larrabee Grove near Bath Iron Works. Regular meetings and civilian defense activities occur at West Bath Grange Hall.

A. E. Ames Lowelltown Addie Merry Federal Street Harvey R. Pease Farmington Franklin County Municipal Association Margaret Davis Woodland Robert MacLaren Harbor View Arthur E. Hatch White Plains N. Y Charles Sigison Sigison Catherine Pinkham Ida Cutting Elmer Williams Dorothy Jeanette Owen Harry E. Peterson East Brunswick Foster's Point Alton King of Ruth Ann Bridgton Whitney Hayden Rogers Rogers West Bath A. B. Snow Trusants Crossing Louis Felker Snow Freeport Yarmouth Bertha Neiley Ada Larrabee Lillian Mayo Hazel Whorff Annie Williams Lillian Rogers Edward Burns J. B. Cooke David Whorff General Electric Co Lynn Mass Bath Iron Works J. Everett Mayo Fred W. Larrabee Trufants Crossing Mayo Elmer D. Hodgkins Middle Street Bath Edward Noyes Everett Jennie Larrabee Portland Walter Larrabee Larrabee Grove Osteopathic Hospital Elmer Hodgkins Red Cross Grange Hall Herbert Simpson Harry Peterson John Whorff Zachiele Emato Rose Baker Woolwich Herbert Cavanaugh William Powers Edwin W. Haggett Llewellyn D. Rogers Carolyn Rogers Lincoln Williams A. I. Snow Courtney Stover William Bell Reginald Mark Lawrence Bangor James McPhail Larrabee J. W. Cunningham Co Swift & Co Kenneth Bruce South Portland Trufant Crossing Stanley Williams Campbell Pond Williams Percy Holbrook Robert Metcalf Will Gillis West Bath Grate Hall Harry Rich Berry's Mills Memorial Hospital Rich Orie Rich H. M. Bates Walter Jensen Needham Jensen Oscar F. Wright North Bath Day’s Ferry Baptist Ladies’ Aid White Cross A. E. Dolloff Rose Shea Forrest Baker Patricia Darrell Morton Baker Mary Wright Clara M. Hathorne J. M. Gowdy Nelson Rice Harry T. Fitch John Wharff Llewellyn Rogers

Bath Iron Works urged locals to open homes for navy personnel

President William S Newell of Bath Iron Works urged Bath residents to rent portions of their houses to commissioned Navy officers and their wives stationed there. With increased production more officers are present and ships not yet complete, making temporary housing for a few weeks a vital aid amid material shortages. David C Dickson at the Iron Works can provide information.

Williams. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Bath United States Navy Newell Mr. Newell

Local shipyard worker injured after deck fall at Bath Iron Works

Edmund Ford of lower High street employed at Bath Iron Works is a Memorial Hospital patient receiving treatment for injuries from a fall on a deck of a boat under construction. He did not realize the severity until he could not rise from bed.

Edmund Ford Lower High Street Bath Iron Works Memorial Hospital

Real estate transfers populate Sagadahoc and nearby towns

The Sagadahoc County Register of Deeds lists transfers across Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham Woolwich and more detailing land and buildings sales between numerous individuals and entities. The report notes a separate theatre season closer in Milwaukee as Merton Sprague completed a run with the Clare Tree Major theatrical company and traveled on to New York.

Real Ae Sagadaho County People’s Investment Assn Raymond D. Small, Jr J. William MacGuire Chester H. McCabe, Jr Clarence N. Flood Maude S. Flood Bowdoin Philip E. Williams Ernest A. Purinton Bowdoinham Lottie M. Purington Sagadahoc Ferti Wilbur L. Hunter Jane A. Hyde Florence A. Sherman Edith H. Aldrich Topsham The American Land Co Carroll Lauriston Smith Clifton H. Hight Louis G. Harvey Et al Agnes L. Harris Crystal N. Naugler Woolwich James M. Munsey Percy C. Bailey Merton E. Sprague Edward Street Court Clare Tree Children’s Theater Milwaukee Wis Mr. Sprague Wisconsin Music College Wieniawski Morse High School Chappaqua

Mrs Thompson Returns From Boston Flower Show and Hellzapoppin

Mrs Albert H Thompson returned from a Boston trip where she visited the city flower show and attended a performance of Hellzapoppin.

Albert H. Thompson Boston

Woolwich Union events and community notices fill town page

Woolwich Men's forum and Ladies' auxiliary met at the Dubars home on Nequasset road with changes to the first Thursday schedule for Lent services at Nequasset Congregational church. Easter plans, union services, and a long list of local club meetings, personnel changes, and resident updates fill the busy Woolwich community calendar.

Woolwich Union For Christian Service Henry Dubar Nequasset Road Nequasset Congregational Church George B. Wolstenholme Bath Woolwich Christian Endeavor Society Maunday Federated Congregational and Methodist Churches of Woolwich Herbert F. Milligan Day's Ferry Congregational Church Madelyn Durgin Nequasset Ralph Durgin Donald Preble Merlene Jameson Maralyn Temple Clayton Reed, Jr Mary, Mother of Jesus Avis Carter

Resolutions on Death of William S Hanson Director

An obituary resolution from Riverside Cemetery Association honors William S Hanson longtime director who served nine years and never missed a meeting. The group extends sympathy to relatives and requests copies for records and publication in The Bath Independent.

Riverside Cemetery Association William S. Hanson Bath Flora A. Hathorn David G. Reed

Editorial warns of perils as war demands total effort

The writer urges immediate, nationwide ramp up in industrial output and an end to wartime complacency and self interest. He attacks strikes, federal programs, and graft, insisting maximum production requires sacrifice, unity, and abandoning gimme culture. The piece cites France and calls for relentless work without interference from vested interests.

New York World-Telegram United Nations United States France India Near East Donald Nelson W.P.A C.C.C N.Y.A New York Uncle Sam Paris

Hamblett Family Weekend Visit in Portland

Mrs Edward B Hamblett and her sons Donald and Edward B Jr spent the weekend in Portland with Mrs Hamblett’s sister Mrs James McKenna. Edward B Hamblett Jr a student at the University of Maine enjoyed vacation with his parents.

Edward B. Hamblett Donald Pratt Street Edward B. Jr University of Maine Portland

Miss Eunice Perkins Returns to Duke After Vacation

Miss Eunice Perkins returns to Duke University in Durham North Carolina after a short vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs William C Perkins of 24 Summer Street The sentence notes her leaving home to resume studies after time with family.

Large gathering at county Pomona held in Richmond

Members of West Bath grange attended Sagadahoc County Pomona with Progressive grange in Richmond. Attendees included Lizzie Haggett Lucy Armstrong Eva Lemont Annie Lemont Helen Greene Ethel MacDonald Ida Oliver Ila Day Bernice Sturtevant Marie Marco Beatrice Leavitt Leona Howe Justus H. Miller Westley Lemont and Hubert T. McCarty also present. Pomona overseer Joseph Randlette led the session with absent officials noted. A day of questions covered farm income wartime gardens and roadside beautification.

West West Bath Grange Ceres Armstrong

Constance Smith Returns Home After Bath Visit

Constance Smith of Portland has returned Monday after spending a week in Bath as the guest of Lila Richmond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arah Richmond of 648 Washington Street.

Elden P. Munsey Federal Street Earl Dana Rines, Jr Robert Applin Norfolk Ruth Jones Applin Belfast Charles J. DiPerri Re Constance Smith J. T. Smith Portland Bath Lila Maeichmond Arah Richmond Washington Street

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