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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1941
Page
3
A special Easter service will be held at the Small Point church on Sunday with a Sunday school dramatization titled At Easter We Remember Jesus. The event invites all to attend and features the church, radio announcers praise, and local residents along Route 4 report road conditions and community notices.
Town residents attend church events and school gatherings as Easter plans unfold. Local visitors include Parker Head Robert K. Arndt of Cleveland and Edwin M. Wyman of this town, with reported incidents such as a grass fire and a busy sequence of socials at the Libby and Harrington households.
Mr and Mrs Wilfred Arsenault and sons Kenneth and Gerald of Portland and Mrs Mary McNally of Bath were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Louis Hagan. In the afternoon they all motored to Portland to view the Army day parade.
Mr and Mrs Cyrenus P Higgins of West Bath celebrated their 58th anniversary at the Bull Bridge Road home where they have resided since their marriage. The couple, now retired farmers, have nine children with five living, plus 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Leon Wilbur Barnes of 8 Raymond court and Avis Mae Brown of Bath wed in the Winter Street church parsonage with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiating. Barnes is son of Maude A. Barnes of Woolwich and Eugene Barnes of Waltham. Brown is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Brown of Bath.
Twenty one Bath residents attended the Maine Progressive Union meeting in Freeport's Women’s club rooms. Dr. Walter S. Swisher presented a romantic music lecture recital titled A Day in the Country. A noon luncheon followed, the largest attendance in the union's history.
Mrs Ethelyn D Mitchell of Bangor was a weekend business visitor in Bath. She serves as chief clerk of the Selective Service Board of Appeal for the Third Congressional district.
Miss Etta Bartlett 36 of Sebasco suffered a concussion and cuts after a 1941 Packard collided head on with a Bath City Laundry truck on the Brunswick road three and a half miles east of Brunswick. Her companion Miss Cleo Forbis 18 had superficial injuries and was discharged. Robert Kaler 15 was treated in Brunswick. Driver Lester Munsey Jr 24 of Bath and Harry Brooks Bath were uninjured.
Mrs Hobart Ames spoke at the Nequasset Farm Bureau meeting held Wednesday at the Good Will club house. She discussed meat specialties and a lunch featuring heart liver patties creole kidneys and other dishes. A vote approved contributions to Cancer Control and Crippled Children drives. The next meeting is May 7 with Miss Carolyn Anderson of Augusta as health speaker.
Mr and Mrs Harry E Nelson and family previously at 16 Marshall Street have relocated to a new residence on Dike Street marking a recent move in the community.
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