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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1945

Page

5

Richmond Youth Center Opens With Noted Support

The Richmond Youth Center opened Thursday night April 19 with strong attendance. Lions Club furnished rooms while Mac Killop received credit for preparing the space. The center hosts Sunday evenings from seven to ten and Saturday evenings for seventh and eighth graders. May 4 is set for high school Junior declamations with tryouts this week.

Lion’s Club MacKillop Richmond High School Bridge Academy Beulah Rebekah Lodge Queen Esther Lodge Bath Dexter and Milo Rebekah Frances White Lucy George Kimball Isaac Sergent Brighton Earl Farley Gardiner General Hospital Mertie Fickett Laura Whitmore Gardiner Susan Borjesson Bert Faulkner Washburn Paul McKinon Main Street Melvin Curtis Myrtle Street Portland William Berry, Jr Gardiner Gental Hospital

Local Family News From Litchfield Area

Summer home on the Brunswick road this past week. Mrs Laurelle Vahue and daughter Glenda were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Danforth in Litchfield. Hester McCormick, Petty Officer, RCNVR, left for Sidney Nova Scotia after visiting John McCormick and family on North Pleasant street. Harold Carr purchased the Farmers Union store in Randolph. Nathaniel Gilpatrick purchased the former D Small place on South Front street. The Gilpatrick place on White street has been sold to Everett King of Bath. George Gilbert and family returned to the County road home after living in the village this Winter.

Gardiner Andrews Main Street Gardiner General Hospital Raymond Curtis Pvt France Solon Purinton Charles ‘Rogers South Pleasant Street Miler North Front Street Rogers River Road Miriam Fredericks Portland Gerald Fredericks Arthur Faulkner Kenneth Reading Mass Faulkner Dewey Fisher Fisher William Meserve Earl Paine Rodney Larry South Portland Bernard F. Mann Clifton Jacobs Clifton Tommy Auburn Harry Sulphen Burleigh Ridlon Seth Ridlon Yarmouth Ridlon Laura Stilphen Charles B. Day Pleasant Street Raymond Libby Robert Somer South Front Street New York Leslie Roberts Carla Roberts Augusta Annie Farley Hartford Conn George Yeaton Walter Trott Ralph Trott West Haven Brunswick Road Laurelle Vahue Glenda Charles Danforth Litchfield Hester McCormick RCNIR Sidney Nova Scotia John McCormick North Pleasant Street Harold Carr Farmers Union Randolph Nathaniel Gilpatrick D. Small Gilpatrick White Street Everett King Bath George Gilbert Harold Hunt Michael Morris Peterson Place Riggs Benjamin Riggs Walter Beane Malden Earle Hagan Bath Iron Works Charles Kinney Robinhood Kinney George Laskey Edith Powers Ralph Dunton Raphael Higgins Higgin C. L. Hinckley Clarence Oliver Maynard Thibodeau Edwin Pinson Clement V. MacMahan Vincent MacMahan Lauretta M. Jones Deermont House George Powers Boothbay Parker Moulton Wareham West Georgetown Roland Peterson J. A. Bevea Garland Elden Hartley Aubrey Fullerton Hartley Salerno Italy Joe Lane Melrose Perley Kieth Danvers Alvah Reynolds Bath Memorial Hospital Arthur Burnham Cooper's Mills Hugh Eisenhower Boston Jamaica Plain Frederick Harvey Victor Hagan Kenneth Wyman Mere Point Laskey Ray Dunkling Wiscasset Clarke Matthews Pinson’s Thomas Watson Georgia Joan Marr Quincy Marr Somme John Huskins Milburn Stevens Narvie Benjamin Lisbon Falls Lermond Davis Arthur Cochrane Jacqualin Sawyer Myrick Mathew Buttler Charles West Roxbury Everett Ford Hyde Park P. B. Savage Cecil Stevens Vernon E. Gray Charles Hanna Ruth Hanna Belgrade Harlan Pinkham Pinkham William Farr Zetta Higgins Freddie Rassmussum Wakefield Woodrow Gray Sc. Usn Georgia Final Erland Moore Lulu Hanna Mabel Dickey Madelyn Berry Mark Porter USN

West Bath Grange Announces May Ball And Minstrel Show

West Bath grange presented a program featuring a piano solo, poems, and contests. It announced the May Ball at the grange hall on May 4 with a minstrel show and rehearsals under way led by Arthur Lemont and William Small Jr.

West Bath Grange Rockies The Grange Carlton Andrews Bertha Ward David Henderson James B. Lemont Marie Vivian White Frances Young Thelma Sylvester Betty Weeks Andalucia Ella Coombs Grange Hall Annie Lemont Martin Crocker Laura White Ethel MacDonald Frank Donnell Florence Farnham Perry Thompson Gerald Weeks John Sylvester Alfred Neal Arthur C. Lemont William H. Small, Jr David Fields John Howe Ferdinand Coombs Edwin W. Haggett Sylvester Mildred Weeks

Woolwich Mountain School Mothers Club Meeting Notes

Woolwich Mountain School Mothers' club met at Mrs. J. W. Gowdy's home with Mrs. Edith Weston hosting. Plans for the rest of the school year were discussed, a social hour enjoyed, and refreshments served. Next gathering will be with Mrs. Fernald Bailey on Thursday. Attendees included Mrs. Jay Bailey, Mrs. Ralph Knowles, Mrs. Frank Reynolds, Mrs. Harvey Chubbuck, Mrs. J. M. Gowdy, and Mrs. Fernald Bailey. Earl Bailey is at the Naval Training Station in Sampson New York for boat training after enlisting in the U S Navy.

Mountain School Mothers’ Club J. W. Gowdy Edith Weston Fernald Bailey Jay Bailey Ralph Knowles Frank Reynolds Harvey Chubbuck J. M. Gowdy Earl Bailey

Moody Family Guests At Clifton Street Home

Mrs. George Moody and her children Mary and Peter of Machias visit Mr. and Mrs. George Moody on Clifton street. Mr. Moody Jr. of the U S A A F has returned to his post after furlough with his parents.

George Moody Mary Peter Machias Mr. Moody Clifton Street Mr. Moody, Jr

Georgetown Social News Highlights Local Visitors and Events

Community notes record birthdays at the Hunt residence honoring Mrs. Walter Powers with gifts and refreshments. A Working League gathering hosted by Mrs. Ralph Davis saw ten attendees. Multiple visits, travels, and renovations appear near Bath and Georgetown, including stonework on the Riggs site and summer guests from Malden and Boston.

Local boat towing and cattle trades noted at Five Islands

Carlton Brown and Clinton Beals of Phippsburg visited Five Islands in Mr Beals power boat. They towed home a boat Brown bought from Gilbert Standish. Ralph Davis recently purchased a fine Guernsey cow.

Kingston Mass Carlton Brown Clinton Beals Phippsburg Islands Mr. Beals Mr. Brown Gilbert Standish Ralph Davis Guernsey

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans May Breakfast

Cosmopolitan Garden club met Monday to finalize plans for the annual May Breakfast on Tuesday. Members voted to pack two Birthday Boxes monthly for Togus service boys and to use May Breakfast proceeds for community betterment. The next meeting May 14 will host the Regional luncheon with state president Mrs Edward Merrill as a guest speaker.

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Fred Quimby Camp and Hospital Service The Red Cross Warren Hawley Togus Morris Povich Elmer Eldridge Garden Club Edward Merrill Skowhegan

Topsham Soldier Earns Bronze Star in Italy

Private First Class Roy K. Combs of Topsham Maine received the Bronze Star for heroism on the Fifth Army front in Northern Italy. A surgical technician with the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, he moved to aid wounded comrades after a mine attack and lost a leg to another explosion. He also bears a Purple Heart and is married to Barbara S. Combs of 10 Highland Street.

Fifth Army Italy Roy K. Combs Topsham Maine Combs 87Th Mountain Infantry Regiment 10Th ‘‘Mountaineer United States Army Barbara S. Combs Highland Street

Kora Temple Ceremonial in Lewiston This Friday

Lewiston hosts the Spring Ceremonial of Kora Temple likely its largest in years. Banquet from 4 30 to 7 pm, band concert at six, candidates report at 6 30, ceremonies start seven after Arab Patrol drill. A short business session follows and many will cross the hot sands to Mecca. A good-night lunch at ten completes the program. Shriners urged to attend.

Kora Lewiston Mecca

Topsham Man Awarded Purple Heart for Europe Action

Pvt. Loring R. Smith of Topsham, son of Mrs. Blanche Smith, 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion, U S A, earns the Purple Heart for injuries in Western Europe on March 19. He is a rifleman and has returned to duty.

Pvt Loring R. Smith Blanche Smith Topsham 52Nd Armored Infantry Battalion Europe Pvt. Smith

Mrs. Tobey Returns Home After Fortnight Hospital Stay

Mrs Harold Tobey of Willow Street is back home after a two week stay at Memorial Hospital for surgery.

Harold Tobey Willow Street Memorial Hospital

Five Islands Community News Highlights and Visits

Mrs Harlan Pinkham hosted the Good Neighbor club with 11 members and six guests, a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Merton Pinkham, and plans for an Honor Roll at Five Islands church. The note lists many local residents visiting, traveling, and attending various events around Bath and nearby towns.

Harlan Pinkham Good Neighbor Club Merton Pinkham Five Islands Church Erland Moore Lovica Moore Victor Pinkham Philip Pinkham Kathleen Rittail Franz Stevens William Marr Lloyd Pinkham Edith McMahan Rudolph Pinkham Georgia Final Bath Donald Stevens Bayonne N. J Mary Louise Pinkham North Yarmouth Adamey Joan Marr Thomas Watson Quincy Mass Islands Hagan’s Cove Hobby Lermond Davis Davis

Obituary of Henry Enman 75 Pioneer Lumberman and Farmer

Henry Enman 75 died at his daughter Mrs. Owen Richards 593 Washington St after a short illness. Born in Wellington P E I Canada Aug 7 1869 he was a contractor lumberman and farmer who moved to Bath six years ago. He is survived by his wife Ina, daughter, sister, half siblings and three grandchildren. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug 15. Funeral services were held in Bethel with burial in Upton.

Henry Enman Owen Richards Washington Street Wellington Canada Daniel Bridget (Flynn) Enman Enman Bath Congregational Church Upton Ina (Fuller) Enman Richards Margaret Creighton LaToque Quebec William Simmons Portland David Enman Andover Albert Enman Rumford Clayton Richards Pacific Beverly and Otis Bethel Greenleaf Funeral Home

Mrs Emma Purinton 80 Dies After Bowdoinham Fire Tragedy

Mrs Emma Purinton 80 widow of Clarence O Purinton of Bowdoinham died at Scammon Nursing Home Topsham after six weeks as patient following Bath Memorial Hospital transfer from her home burned in December tragedy. She was born April 24 1865 in Litchfield daughter of Melville and Mary Adams educated in Litchfield schools member of Merrymeeting grange Electa chapter O E S Bowdoinham. Funeral Friday Laws Funeral Parlor Brunswick with Rev Paul West Bowdoinham officiating. Burial in Litchfield Plains. Survived by four stepsons Cyrus L Purinton George B Arthur E and Ellis C living in Maine and Massachusetts.

Emma Purinton Clarence O. Purinton Boewdeinham Scammon Topsham Bath Memorial Hospital Purinton Litchfield Melville Mary (Smith) Adams Bowdoinham Merrymeeting Grange Electa Chapter O.E.S Laws Funeral Brunswick Paul West Bowdeinham Litchfield Plains Cyrus L. Purinton High Street George B Portland Arthur E Fitchburg Mass Ellis C Beverly

Mrs Dorothy Syde dies after surgery in Bangor

Mrs Dorothy Syde 34 wife of Dustin Syde a former Bath resident died at Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor after surgery. She was born in Bangor trained as nurse at Peter Bent Brigham. Surviving husband a five day old daughter four sisters and one brother. Funeral held from Bangor home of sister Mrs Harold Holmes with burial at family lot.

Dorothy Syde Dustin Syde Bath Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School Syde O.bs. of Carmel Garden Club of Farm Bureau of John Fowler Norcross Everett Watters Patten Harold Holmes George Morrison Warren Rand Old Town Mt. Vernon Street Edward Syde Morse High School Charles Syde Marcia Sreet

Bath school children set record with scrap paper drive

Bath pupils collected forty seven tons of scrap paper breaking all previous records. The prior drive yielded forty five tons, which had stood as the high mark until now.

Bath

Susan M McLaughlin dies at 85 in Bath

Susan M McLaughlin 85 wife of William E McLaughlin of Bath died at Memorial hospital Thursday afternoon after a long illness She formerly lived in Wisconsin and had long been a Bath resident after moving here years ago

Wiscasset Bath Susan M. McLaughlin William E. McLaughlin Memorial Hospital

Mrs McLaughlin Dies at Bath After Illness

Illness confined her to home. Born in Wiscasset on June 28, 1859 to John and Mary McFadden. She married McLaughlin and moved to Bath 60 years ago. Member of Corliss Street Baptist church and Queen Esther Rebekah lodge. Survived by son Harry D. McLaughlin of New London and eight nieces and one nephew. Funeral Sunday at Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove family lot.

Wiscasset John Mary McFadden McLaughlin Bath Corliss Street Curtis Funeral Home Oak Grove

Nellie M Soule Dies at 68 in Woolwich

Mrs. Nellie M. Soule widow of Charles L. Soule died at her Woolwich home Tuesday morning at age 68 years 7 months and 17 days. Born in Dresden she was the daughter of Henry C. and Emma Hatch. Surviving are two sons Lewis H. Soule of Woolwich and George E. Soule of Boothbay Harbor and two daughters Mrs William Wright and Mrs Ernest Stilphen of Woolwich. Also 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She long belonged to the South Dresden church.

Nellie M. Soule Woolwich Charles L. Soule Soule Dresden Henry C Emma Pusnard Hatch George E Boothbay Harbor Lewis H William Wright Ernest Stilphen

William Smith of Skowhegan Dies After Illness

William Smith of Skowhegan died Monday afternoon at four o'clock at Memorial Hospital after being found ill on the street and carried there. He did not regain consciousness.

William Smith Skowhegan Memorial Hospital

Mrs Nellie Soule Funeral Set In Woolwich

Nellie M Soule who died at her Woolwich home will be laid to rest at South Dresden church Thursday at two in the afternoon. Survived by immediate family and three sisters Amy Cromwell Stella Seigars of Woolwich Ida Gibbs of Wiscasset, and a brother Harry Hatch of Dresden. Interment in Maple Grove South Dresden.

Nellie M. Soule Woolwich South Dresden Amy Cromwell Stella Seigars Ida Gibbs Wiscasset Harry Hatch Dresden Maple Grove

Names of the Months Across Roman Origins

The piece explains how each month derives from Roman names and meanings. January honors Janus, February purifies from a Roman festival, March taps Mars, April means opening, May honors Maia, June for Juno, July and August honor Julius and Augustus Caesar, while September through December reflect numbers from the old Roman calendar.

Janus Mars Aperio Maia Mercury Olympus Julius Caesar Augustus Caesar

Ear Damage in Ironworkers Reaches Boilermaker Deafness

The article notes years of recognition that noise harms hearing among ironworkers and refers to the condition as boilermaker's deafness. It explains the ear lacks a mechanism to filter excessive noise unlike the eye's iris.

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