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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
6
Bea Big Moore, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, and Mrs. Lillias Larrabee are named in a local notice. Details indicate a civil or social matter involving these women, with formal designation and reference to a public filing or event. Further specifics are not provided in the fragment.
Mrs Mercie McFadden of Bed her former home in Westport. The brief notices a property transfer indicating relocation or sale events for the listed residence.
Edward M. Reed, a marine engineer, joins the Navy Department at AS Steel Company. He brings extensive experience in ship propulsion and industrial steel operations to the new post.
Fragmentary text describes a sale involving Bath Auto Co with buildings on Front Street and a commitment to transfer to the city. Details are unclear but reference to first and second floors and a public sale context.
A new Explorers' Post for youths ages 15 to 21 is formed in Bath. Scoutmaster Purdy seeks interested youths and invites them to a meeting at the K of C hall on Monday evening April 14 at 6 pm for advancement and training.
Mr and Mrs Pearl Dunbar of Middle Street announce plans to return to their Bath home in May after touring Florida in their trailer. They will stop at Clearwater before heading to Maine where they have wintered for years, though this is their first visit in 13 years.
The Legion Auxiliary announces postponed installation to May 28 at Lae Borie Remoeht and new members will be initiated May 14. Refreshment chairmen are Helen Hill and Mrs Vera Weeks. An invitation extends to attend memorial services at Beacon Street Methodist Church.
Ladies club notes show Mrs Homer Johnson and Mrs Cecil Rowland chaired a dance event for the Queen Lionesses. An order of dances featured several numbers and a later supper at Bath Country. The program included unusual games and a business meeting to follow.
Patricia Ann Conley daughter of Mr and Mrs John M Conley Jr celebrated her sixth birthday Friday with a five o'clock supper and theatre party for friends. The dining room featured yellow tepies and a floral centerpiece. Patty helped cut a birthday cake and received gifts before the group went to the Uptown Theatre with chaperones to see a Western picture. The party included Judy Coromel Jackie MacDonald Peter Crook Harold Sonia and other friends.
Mrs James Stanley spoke on button collecting and casein buttons over 75 years old. Members from Pittsfield Rumford Center Pine Man Bangor and Bath discussed June Auburn show plans and indicated the next event in Portland May 1 with George Collamore named editor.
A birthday party featured yellow candles and a lobster salad menu with frozen dessert. Two guests, John Atwood and another, received personal gifts from the hostesses while the evening continued with a prize of table mats awarded to Mrs. Roger Pierce.
The group appointed a chair for selected materials for curtains in the Rotary room at Memorial hospital and voted to sponsor a junior speaking contest at Morse High School for 1947-48. They also planned a $50 donation for pump member contributions and arranged a juvenile delinquency program with a speaker. The next meeting, hosted by Mrs. James Clappison, will be at her North Street home on the afternoon of April 24.
Miss Jane Anderson, senior at Morse High, was chosen Mohiba Queen at Friday’s coronation ball attended by about 600. She received the crown from predecessor Miss Muriel ouliot and a cup from Donald Spear, class president, on behalf of the student council. Attendants named were Ruth Wil Doms, Gloria Rogers, Avis Carter, Gay Ione Grant, Sally Grant and Nancy Stow.
A Stork shower for Mrs. James E. Thegart of 236 North Street was hosted Thursday at Mrs. Ray Kelley’s Meadow Way home. Guests including Mrs. Joseph Madden and Miss Elia McAl– Ernest Sinclair attended the event. Thegart, a Bath newcomer, endured wartime internment and later worked with UNERA before returning home.
Robert Allen known as Bob, proprietor of the Socony station on Vine street, returned from Augusta with his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Donald Savage. They hosted a family dinner in his honor with about a dozen guests, and a tiered birthday cake was cut amid gifts.
Mr. Pellegrini a Bath resident sails from New York for an extended trip to Italy. His mother lies ill but improved upon seeing her son. Six sisters are married and well, while the family notes Italy’s flowers and fields are especially beautiful this year.
The Y M C A Click club held a solemn initiation ceremony admitting four young men as active members. New initiates are He M Powers Jr Yeereh C Won John A Morse and William F Plummer. The club rooms hosted the event with attendance from officers and members, boosting active membership from eighteen to twenty five.
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice mentioning Helen Oulton of Portland and a reference to Mrs Allen Oulton, with unclear reading of initials and residence in a social or obituary context.
A reader letter from Bowdoinham residents expresses mixed feelings about community progress and urges unity. The piece cites reverence for Bowdoinham and the sea, thanking officials and urging continued faith in local governance.
Pfc. William E. Thomas of the Army Air Forces departed for Oakland California after a brief leave at home. Friends extend best wishes for his overseas assignment as a replacement and anticipate his safe return.
A local report notes Brunswick police guarded Lottie Casey of Goddard after an incident. Details remain limited but the event prompted police attention in the community.
A local event honored teachers with a shower at Harriet Stowe in Brunswick. Attendees included Mise Mc Kenney and Mr. 5, along with several couples, as the gathering recognized educators and their service.
Woolwich fire department was called out Sunday to two grass fires. Neither fire reached serious levels. the first alarm came at dawn. Fire crews arrived and stopped the blazes, with authorities noting the incidents were quickly controlled.
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