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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
5
Local advisory committee volunteers from the legal profession will again assist 1255 county selectees in completing third draft questionnaires. Sessions run Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at City Hall Common Council room with no charge. attendees should visit the board sessions rather than law offices to avoid work-day disruption.
West Bath grange presents Days to Come a patriotic musicale directed by Wesley H. Lemont on May 8 with Gov and Mrs Sumner Sewall expected at the Victory Ball. Mrs Sewall will be crowned Queen. Rehearsal set for Sunday at 7 30 pm at the grange hall and participants must attend.
Superintendent Harland A. Ladd spoke at the West Bath Public T A meeting on his philosophy of education. Mrs Melford N Perham was elected secretary treasurer and Mrs Grover C Smith became president. Mrs Simeon Barter and others named to a committee. officers to be installed May 6. Easter guests included Nellie Whitmer and her sons Jackie and Tommie and Eleanor King of Phippsburg.
The U S S Chevalier, a new destroyer for the Navy, slid down the ways at Bath Iron Works in a blizzard. Mrs Marguerite Jackson Chevalier christened the vessel as crowds watched from streets and the railroad platform while the Bath Iron Works Band performed.
Bath Lodge of Elks held a Thursday evening installation with a large turnout. Past District Deputy Daniel Crowley of Biddeford installed the officers, including Exalter ruler Ralph W. McDonald and treasurer Albert E. Desmond, with supper and entertainment following.
Capacity crowd filled Morse High School auditorium for Mohiba Talent Parade final presentation. Event was postponed until further notice.
The Roland Smith unit No. 21 A L A held its annual officer installation at the Legion hall with Mrs Hilda Hatch of Pittsfield presiding and 33 members present. Officers installed included Arline Gay as president and Madelyn Rowe as first vice president.
Sacred Heart circle D of L met in Front Street hall for its April session. New members Miss Evelyn Poulin and Mrs Corrinne Guay attended. A Soldier Boys supper is planned with co chairs Mrs Arline Gay and Mrs Catherine Burgess and the date to be announced.
The T. W. Hyde camp S of A V auxiliary held a 7 30 meeting last Tuesday in their hall with various business matters discussed. The Board of Directors approved purchasing a 200 War Savings Bond and accepted an invitation to demonstrate ritual work at the State convention in Bangor June 10–11. Mrs Henatten Avigusta sent the invitation, and guest officers night at Waterville on April 27 will feature Mrs Maurcie Warner as guide and Mrs Mary Pratt as acting assistant guide.
Gen. Sherman Miles warns New England residents along the seaboard to be vigilant for enemy agents landing from submarines off our shores. He asks alert reporting of suspicious strangers while avoiding a witch-hunt and preserving calm.
Bath Lions Club heard Major Dawes Veazie talk on Our National Effort at Hotel Sedg wick with Pvt Albert Flesland and Ray Tibbets among guests. A planned April 22 card party at Morse High aims to raise funds to repair Dummer Street schoolhouse for a Sea Scout home, while Veazie urged 100 percent wartime effort and noted U S mobilization after Pearl Harbor.
Eight more volunteers donated blood at the Central Maine Blood and Plasma bank weekly clinic Tuesday night at Memorial Hospital from five to seven. Others volunteered but were unable to donate due to severe colds. Participants included Albert McMann, Lee Morrison, Theodore Bertocci, Elwood Toothaker, William Adams, William Curran, RuthWinchenbach, and George Hastings. Lions women met at Hotel Sedgwick Thursday noon. next meeting April 23 at 6 30 in the evening.
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge hosted Visiting Officers Night at Odd Fellows hall with 150 attendees including 100 out of town Rebekahs. A supper preceded the meeting and a Columbia lodge drill team from Woodfords received high praise for the performance.
Harold L. Donnell of South Pasadena California arrived in Bath last week to visit his father Roy A. Donnell a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital. He flew from Los Angeles to Boston and continued by train to Bath facing a five hour Denver layover due to snow. He missed a Portland connection and travels from California to Portland normally take about 22 hours. Mr Donnell works in Bank of America installment credit and is married with two children in South Pasadena.
The First Baptist ladies sewing circle completed plans for a church supper and music by the choir. President Mrs. Joseph L. Dauphin led the meeting in the ladies room last Wednesday with prayers by Mrs. Charles R. Sims and Mrs. Clifford F. Harrington.
Volunteers from the Blood and Plasma bank at Memorial Hospital run weekly clinics on Tuesday evenings from five to seven. Donor Thornton G. Henderson gives blood under Dr Francis A. Winchenbach supervision while nurse Katharine MacDonald and others assist. Plasma storage is at 20 degrees below zero after receiving blood from Central Maine General Hospital.
Brunswick oil official James Tucker warned at a Rotary luncheon that a 20 percent Interior fuel cut will likely intensify, with as little as April 16 expected gasoline deliveries. He noted tankers haul 4 million gallons to Portland, rail costs four cents per gallon versus water transport, and rationing could limit monthly driving.
Bath Iron Works employees form a subscription to buy 27 fighter planes named The MacArthur Squadron. Each plane will bear Gen. MacArthur’s outline, with Henry Morgenthau Jr named treasurer, urging nationwide contributions to honor American defenders of Bataan. Willis F. Hammond initiated the idea in Bath.
Mohiba opened to a standing room only crowd at Morse high auditorium and drew a Thursday night crowd as well. Richard Andrews Wis wore varied costumes across three parts while the Y M C A reports a November campaign totaling 5025.65 dollars, the highest in 86 years, with plans to add a dorm room for 56 men and ongoing legal aid sessions at City hall.
April 27 is designated as the next registration day for men who will not reach age 65 by April 27 1942. Eligible registrants must visit their local registration centers and provide their names. Registration will occur in Bath at City Hall Iron Works Corp and Hyde Windlass Co and at county town halls.
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