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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1941

Page

7

Phippsburg Roads Drive Beset By Mud And Wayne Crossings

In Phippsburg locals widen detours to Popham via Ashdale to dodge rutted Parker Head roads. Cars struggle on Parker Head hills, while recent wind and gravel improvements let Miss Frances Robie travel again. Road conditions near Bodwell Grange hall improve with wind, and shipments from Basin quarry face delays as roads degrade.

Popham Parker Head Ashdale Bates Stover Bath Small Point Howard Bowker Frances Robie Bodwell Grange Hall George L. Cutting Raymond Campbell Dromore Bay Farm Foxboro Mass Omar Charlotte Emma Duley George Cutting Dedham Charles Stevens Snowdall Alfred Stevens Camp Gun Hill Hecker Messers Thornton Heights State Office Meadowbrook Ardene Marlene Myrtle Patricia James Seavey Squirrel Point Newagen Juanita Seavey Gorham Normal School George C. Pease Isabel Smart Charles Huff Nat Howe Georgetown Harry Shaw Lewiston George Davis Violet Lufkin Davis Charles Kospi Massachusetts Wilbur’ Lewis Cumberland Lyman Arlene Barbour Mr. Lewis

Bath D A R Chapter Enjoyable Tuesday Session

An interesting Col onel Dummer Sewall Chapter meeting of the D A R was held Tuesday at Central church parish house with Mrs Frederick W Humphreys in charge. Reports from Bangor were shared and a book donation to the Memorial library was approved. May all day at Mrs D H Curtis home in Yarmouth, and fall board meeting in Dover Foxcroft were announced.

Dummer Sewall Central Church Parish House Frederick W. Humphreys Leonard Lord Agnes W. Humphreys Bangor Memorial Library D.A.R Lewis Barrington Dover-Foxcroft D. H. Curtis Yarmouth Ann Thompson Frances MacKenzie Mitchell School George Washington Club Robert Jackson Patricia Ames William Jackson Carol Burditt Helen Witham Central Grammar School Cotton Louise Dole Portugal Europe James Bonney Elrie Virginia Andre America Ernest Barnes Frances Callan Teresa Grimard United States Philippine Carmen Huse Marilyn Hart William Elliott Robert Niles Miss Grimard Bonney Charles M. Tubbs Lord H. Kenneth Smith

Miss Doris Colley Wins Gorham Poetry Club Seat

Miss Doris L Colley a Gorham Normal School student spends spring vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Colley at 32 Chestnut Street She was recently elected to membership in the Gorham Normal Poetry club.

A. F. Williams Florida Phoenix Ariz J. L. Leeach Frank West Coast East Golder Malden Mass Maine H. B. Wyman Alice H. Minott Posse Mason School Margaret Minott Washington, D. C Richmond Doris L. Colley Gorham Normal School Robert Colley Chestnut Street Miss Colley Gorham Normal Poetry Club

Rod and Gun Club Plans Amid Lobster Supper Event

Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet club held a Tuesday evening meeting at Hotel Sedgwick with over 100 members. President Leslie B. Ferris led a discussion on stocking Nequasset Lake with togue, receiving 200 to 300 pheasants for release, and postponing or approving events. Guest George Stickney of the State Department of Fish and Game spoke on conservation, deer and caribou, hunter safety, and potential Maine gun laws, noting rising deer kills and urging cautious shooting and fewer accidents. The club set a May 6 supper, approved a fifth anniversary celebration, and discussed a Standish district deer count and duck propagation funds.

Sagadahoc Ferris Ben Williams Sedgwick George Stickney State Department of Fish and Game Stickney United States Minnesota Maine Canada Standish New Brunswick Androscoggin Aroostook Cumberland Franklin Hancock Kennebec Knox Lincoln Oxford Penobscot Piscataquis Somerset

Birthday Party Held For Fred Shepherd In Brunswick

Parker Head and several neighbors attended a Saturday night gathering in Brunswick in honor of Fred Shepherd. Other events included a Wednesday party hosted by Mrs. Walter Cushing with cookies coffee and snacks. A planned smallpox vaccination drive is being organized by health officer Winfield Morse. Easter observance plans were announced for April 13 at 3 30 pm with church school and Brownies activities.

Earl Lowell Lewis Lowell John Libby Brunswick Fred Shepherd Walter Cushing Grace Kraft Allie Rollins H. D. Mank, Sr Eugene Harrin Charles Blaisdell Nald Logan Herbert Doughty, Jr Winfield Morse Francis M. Robie Brownies Girl Scouts

Births and local society notes from Bath area

Record filed with the city clerk lists six births at Bath Memorial hospital in Wiscasset and nearby towns. Ronald Allen Lewis and Karen Evelyn McDougal join families March 28 and 19, while Eugene R Parks Jr, Pamela Dail Keyser, Beverly Ann Kingsbury, and Carolyn Ann Larrabee arrive in March. Mrs John H Hyde and Miss Sally Hyde travel to Wellesley Hills, Mass, after a Bath visit. Nan cy Hyde leaves for Worcester to resume studies. Hyde chairs British American Ambulance Corps Maine, hosting a Sunday gathering on emblem sales for car donations.

Ronald Allen Joyce L. Lewis Wiscasset Karen Evelyn Daniel A. McDougal Eugene R. Parks, Jr Eugene R. Parks Pamela Dail Andrew E. Keyser Beverly Ann John H. Hyde Sally Hyde Elmhurst Wellesley Hills Mass Bath Nancy Hyde Worcester Garland School of Homemaking Hyde Maine British American Ambulance Corps

Popham Beach Residents Mention Visitors and Deaths

Popham Beach residents noted mail delays due to poor roads and updates on local visitors and summer residents. Obituaries included Dr. David Thomas Percy of Arlington and Mrs Harriet Ohler Smith, with various townspeople and Coast Guard personnel mentioned visiting, staying, or returning from liberty and work.

Robert Cody Anne Merchant and Miner Codys Popham Parker Head Bates Stover Carl B. Newcomb U. S. Coast Guard Telephone Department Portland Kennebec River Coast Guard Bath David Thomas Percy Arlington Mass

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Phippsburg J. Milton Warner The Frank M. Bowker Henry M. Minott Mr. Minott Charles L. Stevens Irving Harrington Milton Warner Schoolfield Maurice Libby Emma Perry Jay K. Bowker Walter Small Roy Shea Sheldon Ralph Hart Bath Memorial Hospital June Layton Alvin Messer Central Church Gloria Leavitt Thomas S. Gibbons Edward W. Bridgham Leonice B. Morse ROD and Gun Club Nequasset Lake Togue Parker Bob Moore Roscoe Perkins Hattie Jury John Rollins, Jr Ora Hallett William Hallett Herman Hallett Esther Robbins Ralph Hardy Leo Hamel William Gilman, Jr Leston Harrington Lorraine Barbara David Owen Richardson Anna Percy Edna Perry Popham Beach Harriet Ohler Smith Louis Gayton William Wallace Clarence Perkins Peter Isaacson Stone House Guy Crowley Walter Sprague Victor Sprague Camp Snuggles Margaret Wyman Spruceville Elisha Bridges Ralph French Irving Dobbin Boston Clinton Cunningham Arthur Delano Harry Spencer Marion Bridges Ellison Moody Karl Hentz Brunswick and U. S. Coast Guard Lincoln Bowie Stanley Perkins John Nolan West Street Memorial Hospital William S. Newell Norman Perkins Fred Spinney Blanchard Crowley Washington Street McGregor Harmon Front Slax Sox Westminster Pat Front Street
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