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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
2
Nearly 500 cottages burned in Marshfield Massachusetts with losses around 1.5 million dollars. New Jersey also reports heavy damage from fires and three states order forests closed. Dry conditions persist with no rain since February, raising risk of more out of control blazes.
North Conway New Hampshire has focused on Winter Sports boosting hotel and boarding house trade beyond summer. Credit goes to Harvey D Gibson a New York banker with ties to North Conway and Bowdoin College, who maintained ties to Bath and the White Mountain village.
A Summer resident at Popham Beach writes about road conditions to the resort and notes recent reports of cars getting stuck in mud holes. He laments the recurring spring problem and compares it with rural roads, saying better highways are needed but not yet available.
The mayor proclaims next week as Clean Up Week in Lewiston to tackle refuse and debris. The aim is to reduce fire hazards, boost safety, and improve city appearance, following a trend seen in many Maine towns.
A new line will be built from an existing satisfactory point on the main line to the Coast Guard station at Popham Beach. The old line to Popham has been frequently out of service during storms and many complaints were filed. The correction aligns with the Coast Guard’s role in defense.
Unnecessary grass fires endanger property and burden taxpayers as Bath reports daily incidents and expenses. Daylight saving time next Sunday will alter railroad schedules, requiring travelers to verify times. Local interest in national baseball lags while defense industry camps and trailers proliferate in suburbs for workers.
Mrs Clara Hunt wins first prize with Mrs Leonard M Lord taking second in the Morse high school gym card party. First auction prize goes to Mrs Herbert Morse and second to Mrs Thomas Aikenhead. George Van Wynen tops men in auction, Ed Downin second. Refreshments served. committee listed. event funds a Morse high school scholarship for the graduating class.
Miss Dorothy Milliken presided over the Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae annual meeting held Thursday evening in the hospital building. Plans were set for the June picnic at Westcustogo Inn, Yarmouth, with Mrs. Fred H. Thompson Jr. elected president and officers elected for the year. The executive committee includes Mrs. Constance B. Allen, Mrs. Lois Hodgdon, and Mrs. Helen K. Bonney. A social hour followed with refreshments served by Miss Ethel Blake, Miss Mila Gaddis and Mrs. Belva Fullerton.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Beacon Street church held its monthly meeting in the vestry. Vice president Mrs William J Craft conducted in the president's absence. Miss Camilla Pratt sang solos as reports on Easter lilies cards to shut ins and summer plans were reviewed.
Mrs. Hiram R. Annis of 85 Milan Street announces the engagement of her granddaughter Miss Lucille Marshall of Laconia to Edwin Francis Moody of Lebanon New Hampshire. Miss Marshall a 1934 Laconia High School and 1938 Plymouth Teachers College graduate teaches commercial subjects at Lebanon High School. Moody a 1932 Lebanon High School and 1936 University of New Hampshire graduate headed the Lebanon High School mathematics department before his call to active duty as a first lieutenant in the Coast Artillery at Camp Edwards Massachusetts.
Three birth records filed list a son Calvert F. Fullerton born April 6 to Charles H. and Mrs. Fullerton of 48 York Street at Bath Memorial Hospital. A daughter Ellen Joanne King born April 7 to Percy E. and Mrs. King of 25 Walker Street. A daughter Patricia Anne Conley born April 10 to John M. and Mrs. Conley of 934 High Street. All births occurred at Bath Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Duncan H Farrell and daughter Susan of Bangor are visiting relatives in the city. They stay with Mr and Mrs Robert P Manson of Phippsburg road and Mr and Mrs H S Farrell of Turner court. Mr Farrell teaches at the new Fifth Street Junior High.
State and local CCC representatives receive a Roosevelt letter praising the Civilian Conservation Corps on its eighth anniversary. The President notes the 1933-created corps aids unemployment relief and national conservation, shaping disciplined youth for civic service and national needs.
The Roland Smith unit No. 21 ALA received a national president's citation for reaching its yearly membership quota. Unit president Mrs. Carl Stinson accepted the award on behalf of the Bath post at the ALA conference in the American Legion Home in Augusta. Mrs. Stinson, with other Bath members, attended a luncheon and helped serve at a Blaine Mansion tea hosted by Mrs. Sumner Sewall.
At a weekly Troop 50 session in the Y M C A log cabin, tests for Court of Honor were passed. Names appear for first class rank and second class work, with James Black to receive merit badges in woodcraft carpentry and wood carving. Prizes were awarded for browntail moth nest collection, and 800 pounds of newspapers have been donated toward camporee expenses and a troop flag.
The six weeks card par ty series at the Good Will club Sagada Hoe Ferry ended last Wednesday. High scores announced: in bridge Mrs Harry Walters and Edward Murphy. in whist Harry Walters and Mrs Lester Knight. A new six weeks series starts April 23 with a luncheon. organizers are Mrs Edward V Reed and Mrs Fred Wright.
Mrs Richard Sherwood of Oak Street will entertain with eight tables of cards at her home on Wednesday April 30. Proceeds go to the Auxiliary expenses of Winter Street church. Committee members include Mrs Henry McCabe and Mrs Doris Rowland, president of the Auxiliary.
Mr and Mrs Herman Coombs and their son George of 246 Washington Street spent the weekend in Glyn Cove New York visiting Mrs Coombs.
Mrs Henry Wier left Saturday for Westwood Massachusetts following a week with Lieut Wier in Bath Lieut Wier serves as gunnery officer on the destroyer Woolsey
A Wednesday recital at 1009 Middle Street celebrated the tenth anniversary of Les Camarades Musicaux. Mrs. Carl Albee and Miss Margaret Melcher accompanied, with a program of operatic arias, solos, violin pieces, and ensemble works featuring performers including Alan Ramsay, Merton Sprague, Rita Collins, and Mrs. Fred Cary.
The Winter Street Ladies held a successful rummage sale in the men’s room last Tuesday starting at 2 p.m. The committee met at 10 a.m. and lunched at noon. Mrs. Fred E. Foote chaired the event with a long list of helpers and Miss Alice E. Varney as cashier.
Marguerite B. Brown joined Club Garret at Thursday night meeting in the club rooms. Members voted to arrange group photographs soon. The May entertainment committee includes Miss Barbara Pitman Miss Barbara Young Mrs Robert Lambie and Miss Louise Trainor. The new council features Miss Lillian Goodwin Miss Patricia Hamilton Miss Barbara Kenney Miss Frances Ginty and Miss Ruth Pratt ex officio.
Ex mayor and Mrs. Robert H Haskell with son Philip and Mr and Mrs Vinal W Haskell traveled through the White Mountains Sunday. They noted excellent travel conditions and near 90 degree heat at noon. Locals called it one of the warmest days of the season in Crawford Notch and Franconia.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Coombs and daughter Dorothea of Braintree Massachusetts visited Mrs. J L Coombs at 100 South Street and returned Tuesday with Miss Bett Howard. Mrs. Harry J Carroll and Mrs J L Coombs joined them as far as Portland where they spent the day.
Miss Louise Gaudet of Bath married Theodore Racine of Brunswick in a Saturday 9 am St. Mary’s Church double ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Timothy C. Maney. They plan a Boston wedding trip and will reside in Brunswick.
The Bath Lions Club has reached its 60 member goal before June 1 with the admission of Arthur W. King James E. McLaughlin and Michael J. Reardon. Directors plan for those approved to join before summer recess. The group heard talks on electricity and peace time uses versus defense needs, and Archibald M. Main shared films from England and Scotland about German bombing. Plans are well advanced for the Ladies night dinner dance on May 3.
Representatives of the parent teacher associations met with John Parker the school superintendent to map summer round up plans. Mrs James I Noftall was re elected general secretary at City hall.
About 25 office staff held a farewell dinner for Samuel Rogers at the Hotel Sedgwick to mark his departure as paymaster for the Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co in South Portland. Rogers received a pen and pencil set as Sidney Eaton acted as toastmaster amid tributes from colleagues including Donald Perry.
The Lowell temple observed a banquet honoring past chiefs with gifts and carnations. Mrs Nathaniel Stover received a 25 year service pin for 31 years of membership. Attendees included multiple past chiefs and plans for the temple anniversary on May 14 were discussed.
Louis H. May of the Y M C A boys work aims to mobilize 100 youths for a Memorial Day bicycle parade on May 30. He plans school involvement, wheel decoration, and disciplined conduct to ensure a dignified appearance.
The Center Street School lists seven point four grade four students Otis Richards Joanne Osborne Ruth Baynes Jane Leeman Norma Leeman Donald Dobson Wendell Dobson Sylvia Cohen Jocelyn Colby Doreen Willis Margaret Burns Lucille Glidden Pauline Smith Elizabeth Driscoll With grade three names Patricia Burns Lila Mae Richmond Beverly Tangway Lasca Huse Marjorie Spaulding Deloris Haines Mary Lou Dyer Richard McMann Junior Primary adds William Bruce Robert Hersom Stacey Dyer Judith Summerton And from grade four Jane Niles Ann Benson Woodrouffe Bartley.
Sunday noon a family dinner gathered Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wishart and children Nan William and Robert Jr of Quincy Mass Miss Marion Felkerk Brookline Mass Miss Helen Niemi Quincy Mass Robert Savana Boston and local residents Mr and Mrs John Wishart Mr and Mrs John H Harkins and daughter Kathleen Mr and Mrs Archie Wishart son John Mr and Mrs Maynard O Brown and daughter Jean Mr and Mrs Percy R Low.
The marriage of Frank C. Knight Jr. and Jeannette Miolet took place on April 12 at Cottage Park and Washington street with Rev. Timothy C. Maney officiating. the union is recorded in the city clerk’s office.
Farm Bureaus from Dromore Montsweag and West Bath visit Nequasset Farm Bureau at Good Will club house Sagadahoc Ferry on May 7 at 1 30 p m Theresa Anderson of the bli TV speaker Mrs George D Emero 642 Washington street and niece Ada McKenna returned Monday night from Rumford after a holiday visit with Miss McKenna s parents Mr and Mrs Edward McKenna
The Mitchell school Good Citizenship club entertained grade three with a costumes program. Carolyn Burditt chaired the committee assisted by Cynthia Dauphin and Olive Farley. Betsy Ross and Sacajawea reports and poems were given by Gloria Douglas Peggy Safford Barbara Morse Jeanette Atwood and others. An Indian dance and a Minuet were performed with a chorus singing Red White and Blue.
Captain William S. Blair heads the program committee for the Bath Post event with Maurice A. Libby Bowen Torrey and Arthur M Bowker named to plan the next meeting about a month away. Col Hubert W Eldred reports the post remains flourishing and reads letters from Governor Sumner Sewall Bath Iron Works President William S Newell and others while noting national membership above 10 000. Charles Pearce proposes a 50 yard rifle range on his Woolwich land as summer activity and Main is urged to appoint a committee to explore the project.
Earl Thompson, president of the American Water and Water Works and Electric Co., returned to New York Sunday night after staying with his parents Mr and Mrs George E Thompson and sister Ruth in Brunswick. He visited the Thompson cottage at Juniper Point Boothbay Harbor and spoke with friends in Bath.
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