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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1942

Page

5

Bath society notes and military families amid spring events

Bath residents report a busy social season with visits to Florida Pinehurst and New York. Local couples attend church and club events while soldiers and maritime workers balance duties with gatherings at St Luke's Cathedral and area homes.

Surprise 80th birthday party for Mrs. Cora Robinson

A family gathering at 109 Middle Street honored Mrs. Cora Robinson on her 80th birthday Friday night. Attendees included relatives from Portland and Bath, with several siblings and cousins traveling from nearby towns. The event featured a mix of visits and well wishes as guests returned home Sunday.

Cora Robinson Middle Street Albert Chaput Janice and Hope Portland Vernal Chase Ralph Robinson Ralph, Jr Charles Hiram Robinson Maurice Pushard Lorin Pushard Charles Pushard Hadley Tremain Frederick Pushard Laura Burpee Otis Pushard

Birthday party delights a Bath group with games and gifts

Lorraine Hamlin hosted a Saturday party at her grandparents home 1852 Washington Street Bath. Guests enjoyed outdoor games then a peanut-hunt in the living room with Magella Hamlin winning the prize. Multiple Bath residents attended later social events and lodge activities are noted.

Lorraine Hamlin Harold Blair Washington Street Magella Hamlin Judith Hibbs Mary Lewis Arline James Phyllis Tragedy Marguerite Sanders Claire Tourquette Shirley Hamlin Sylvia Campbell Margaret Lemphus Mayella Hamlin Betty Cummings Isabelle Fifield Norma Jean Nickerson Frances Marks Marilyn McE

Footier-Lemoine Nuptials Held At St Marys Church

Miss Cynthia Lemoine daughter of Mr and Mrs T Edward Lemoine of North Streetwed with Robert J Footer son of the late Mr and Mrs John Footer at St Marys church Saturday at five. The ceremony was performed by Rev Roland A Martineau. The couple reside at 23 Russell Street Bath. Many out of town guests attended including Mr and Mrs Stephen Nolan Brooklyn NY and Mrs Fred Wilburn Quincy MA.

Cynthia Lemoine T. Edward Lemoine North Street Robert J. Footer John Footer St. Mary's Church Roland A. Martineau Ruth Lemoine Maurice Skaling Brunswick Bath Frank Hinds Lemoine Constance Gilmore Mary Grace Fred Wilburn Quincy Mass Footer Morse High School M. Club Nassan College Springvale Bath Iron, Works Corp Bath Iron Works Corp New York Russell Street Stephen Nolan Brooklyn N. Y Evelyn Stewart Stoneham Archie Lemoine Waterville Horace Thomas Oakland Bruce Lemoine South Portland

Production of Food to Be Big Problem

County Agent Charles L. Eastman warns that producing food for victory will be a serious matter in the coming years. Despite record grain and dairy cattle, labor shortages and a growing demand for meat and canning crops strain storage and production as families are urged to assist through farm work and enlistment of youths and women in the Food for Victory program.

Charles L. Eastman Mr. Eastman Aroostook County U.S Frank Gumboldt USES Richmond U. S. Employment Service Augusta Gumboldt Food For Victory Army

Creelman Held on Old Charge for June Court

In Bath Municipal Court Ralph E. Legard described a 1938 robbery ordeal as two unidentified men stole his car money and trousers after forcing him to drive to a remote spot. Prescott A. Creelman of Portsmouth New Hampshire was held on $2000 bond for the Sagadahoc Superior Court June term on armed robbery charges.

Ralph E. Legard Freeport Bath Prescott A. Creelman Portsmouth N. H Charlestown Mass Gardiner R. Deering Sagadahoc Augusta Creelman Massachusetts John P. Crosby Paul R. Curtis Clyde Schuman Cleveland Ohio Schuman Superior Court Raymond Fellows Bangor Ralph O. Dale Mr. Legard Brunswick Stanley E. Thorne Georgetown Deering Thorne Charles W. Messenger Woolwich Day's Ferry Lester H. Gray George H. Avery

Personal notes of residents visiting and returning home

Mrs. Chester Lorentsen of 35 Mechanic street is recovering at home from influenza. Louis Brown of Arlington Mass visited from the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Hynes in Grove street. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Merrill of Rockland were guests of Mrs. Merrill's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Daley. Miss Mira Norton of Cape Nedick returned home from a visit with her cousin Mrs. George Hodgkins of 1227 Washington street. Mrs. Grant Harris and son Robert of Holyoke Mass returned from a visit with Mrs Harris' mother Mrs. Hugh D. Grant on Front street. Mrs. Edward A. Footer returned to 1325 High street from a Maine General operation. Henry F. Leeman and Chester E. Noddin went to Calais for the weekend to resume carpentry at Hyde Windlass plant addition, partners at their Calais hometown.

Chester Lorentsen Mechanic Street Louis Brown Arlington Mass William Hynes Grove Street Douglas Merrill Rockland Merrill William H. Daley Middle Street Mira Norton Cape Neddick George Hyde Mr. Noddin Mr. Leeman Calais Camille Deering Frederick Henderson Eliot Harry G. Deering Washington Street Clifton Tedford Charles J. Madden Katie Clark Waterville Wallace Winslow Freeport Lulu Houdlette Court Street Howard Rice Morris Young Bath Iron Works Trenton Young Kenneth Stotz Hardings Dorchester Gladys Stotz J. Russell Grant Liberty Street First Baptist Church Eleanor Mills Oak Street Harold Laimette Auburn Carl Wing Lewiston Hugh D. Grant Donald Avery Gladys Brimigion David S. Cogan Edward High Street Copley Plaza Boston Richard Caplan Athol Frieda Barr Haverhill Walter E. Edge Atlantic City N. J John W. Williams Baltimore Arthur Sewall 2d Sewall Harry W. Tucker Watertown Cambridge

Answers on Jewell ancestry clarify Stephen link to Topsham line

Edwin H Oliver writes to the Phippsburg news confirming Stephen Jewell is not in the documented Jewell line, though a Henry and Stephen Jewell owned Great Mills in Topsham in 1827. He shares family records listing six brothers including John Asa Jewell, born 1802, and notes descendants in Fox Island and West Bath.

Independent Phippsburg Stephen Jewell Jewell Stephen Henry Topsham New Paper Mills John Asa Jewell James Jewell Susannah Brackett Georgetown Fox Island Eunice Libby Thomas Brown Abraham Alma Brown Isreal C Eliza Butler John Asa Lydia West Bath Moses Paul Ebenezer Paul Lavina Sylvester James Mary Sylvester Elizabeth Edwin H. Oliver Cedar Street Hingham Mass

Local social notes detail visits and gatherings in Bath area

Mrs Fanny Gass visiting brother Albert Hender in South Portland. Mrs Gerry Mansfield returns from Arlington after visiting her father Oscar Thornton. Various residents of Bath Iron Works and surrounding streets take vacations, attend Methodist Conference, visit relatives in Waterville Trenton Dorchester and Boston. Church groups meet. weddings and guests from multiple cities are noted. clubs host sewings and birthday parties with planned reunions.

Fanny Gass South Portland Albert Henderson Old South Place Gerry Mansfield Arlington Mass Oscar Thornton Middle Street Charles Marr Upper Washington Street Bath Iron Works

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