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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1942

Page

8

Morse High Teacher Weds at Bride’s Home in North Monmouth

Miss Phyllis Althea Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur G Clark of North Monmouth married George Turner Bishop of Norway and Morse city Saturday at three in the bride’s parents home Rev Percy L Vernon officiated The bride wore white marquisette with lace bands and a fingertip veil carrying snapdragons The matron of honor wore yellow net and carried sweet peas A reception followed with attendants from Norway and Maine The couple both hold teaching positions in Morse and Jay high schools respectively and are graduates of Bates College and Kent's Hill College

Phyllis Althea Clark Arthur G. Clark North Monmouth George Turner Bishop Norway Percy L. Vernon Lewiston Virginia Gordon Robert Brown Jane Bishop Mary Flanders Gordon Bishop Monmouth Academy Bliss College Jay High School Orono High Morse High School Jay High Kent's Hill Bates Callous Searsmonthish Maire Phoelatatla Matiel Norwas Caid Warren Bishop Piraindnent Farnies Leeds

Mr and Mrs Bishop Head to Naples Then Fort Devens

Mr and Mrs Bishop departed on a wedding trip to Naples and later plan a return by August 21 when Mr Bishop leaves for Fort Devens. Mrs Bishop wore a blue suit with white accessories during travel.

Mrs. Bishop Naples Mr. Bishop Fort Devens

Obituary: Former Bath Resident Dies in Dorchester Mass

John L. Leighton 64 a former Bath resident died August 13 at City hospital Dorchester Mass where he had been a patient two weeks Funeral was held August 16 at his Dorchester home burial in Mt Hope Cemetery Mattapan He was born July 10 1878 in New Brunswick and had worked at Bath Iron Works then Sims shipyard Survived by widow three sons eight daughters two sisters and several brothers.

John L. Leighton Bath City Hospital Dorchester Mass We.s Adams Street Mt. Hope Cemetery Mattapan Mr. Leighton New Brunswick North Street Old Bath Iron Works Brunswick Leighton Sims Shipyard Alice Grover Leighton Stanford East Brunswick Robert Ralph Arthur Devoe William Hart Helen Edna Ada Carol Rita Edna Bushey Bangor Howard N. B Leintoy Harold E. Swain Brunswick Record

Salvage Topic At A Meeting Moves Scrap Collection Plan

Continued from page four, householders were urged to salvage scrap around tracks for collection profit, though households would not be paid. Mrs Wision Harrawan of 294 Front Street left Thursday to visit relatives in Portland.

Page Fours Wision Harrawan Pront Street Portland

Beta Sigma Phi Flower Show Opens Friday Benefit for Relief Fund

About 50 people attended the Beta Sigma Phi flower show at Central church parish house Friday from 2 to 6 pm to aid the Emergency Relief Fund. Numerous exhibitors from Troops 1 and 3 showcased entries across many classes including petunias, dahlias, gladioli, pottery, glass, and novelty items led by organizer participation from Barbara Burden, Lois McLellan, Peggy O’Riley, Gloria Leavitt, Lydia Savage, Nellie Page, and many more.

Beta Sigma Phi Central Church Emergency Relief Fund Barbara Burden Lois McLellan Peggy O'Riley Gloria Leavitt Lydia Savage Nellie Page Arthur Colby Paul M. Olm Donald Ring Plummer .Albee Rock Garden Hubert McCarty Harry Carroll William A. Turpie Herbert Lemont Eleanor Danforth Jean Danforth Kitchen Petunias Daisy Welch George Willis Frank Turner William T. Crowley Theodore Earl Kirk Roberts George A. Churchill Elizabeth Dunbar Chester Roberts Granville Colby Cheser Plant Minnie Eldridge Leonard Wetherbee Major William Kimball Theo McNeil Leonard Lord Helen Hartwell David Fields Roscoe McFadden Carl Pinson Uth Henry Maynard Brown John Hayes E. C. Kimball Helen Hayes Paul Hayes Duncan McInnes Pauly Metcalf Frank Sparks, Jr Milton Trott Linwood Haynes

Hotel Registrations Open Soon in Lincoln And Sagadahoe

Announcement by John J. Keegan Area Rent Director says hotel and rooming house registration forms become available August 17 and must be filed by August 31. Forms distributed at city banks and the Area Rent Office. Delays may lead to non compliance penalties and delinquency.

John J. Keegan Lincoln Sagadahoe

Rubinoff Concert Benefits Local Welfare Agencies

Attendees at the Cosmpolitan club sponsored Rubinoff concert on Monday September 28 at Morse high school auditorium will support 16 welfare agencies. The listed beneficiaries include Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children Woman's Field Army cancer control Opportunity Farm playgrounds hospital Girl Scouts Boy Scouts YMCA Red Cross USC Army and Navy Relief Salvation Army China Relief and Greek Relief.

Rubinoff Cosmopolitan Club Morse High School Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children Woman's Field Army For the Control of Cancer the Opportunity Farm the Playgrounds the Hospital Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Ymc.a Red Cross USC. Army and Navy Relief Salvation Army China Relief Greek Relief

Marriage Returns for Flewelling and Avery

William O. Flewelling Jr and Beatrice M. Avery, both of 4 Elm Street, were married August 14 by Rev. George B Walstenholme at the People’s Baptist Church. Flewelling is a shipfitter.

William O. Flewelling, Jr Elm Street William A. Flewelling Flewelling Beatrice M. Avery Aldus Corson Skowhesau George B. Walstenholme People’s Baptist Church

Naval wedding in Bowdoin Chapel honors Lucy White

Miss Lucy Bailey White and Ensign Franklin Crouch wed in a single ring ceremony at Bowdoin College chapel in Brunswick. The event, attended by notable guests, featured red white and blue garlands, a reception at Moulton Union, and plans for the couple to reside with the bride’s parents until Crouch reports for active duty.

Bowdoin College Brunswick Lucy Bailey White Bruce Hugh Miller White Topsham Ensign Franklin Crouch Crawford Curry Crouch Richmond George L. Cadigan St. Paul's Episcopal Church Grace Church Salem Mass Mary Lincoln Baxter Grace Episcopal Church Charles Myron Tubbs Mary Elise White Sally Hyde Bath Lydia Smith Washington, D. C Muriel Haskell Wellesley Hills Betty Magee Patricia Barker Montvale N. J June Miller Kennebunkport Crawford C. Crouch James W. Broun Union City Ala James A. Martin Shabuta Miss William W. Chatfield Huntington W. Va William H. Wyckoff East Orange George E. Smith Galveston Tex Elarald O. Story Almaby Miss White Frederic Erle Thornalay Tillotson Moulton Union Briday Mary Patten Hawley Auburn Suzanne White James W. Martin Ensign Crouch Ensign Crouch

Classifieds Rate Notice and For Sale Listings

Classifieds details Rate information and deadlines appear with multiple property offers. Listings include a 104 acre Topsham farm on Lewiston road two miles from Brunswick a seven room village home in Topsham and Woolwich wood lots 12 and 11 acres with contact details for A G Cressey Earl Whitney Laura Batley and Fred B Reed Co urging inquiries via phone or mail with Bath and Dresden references.

Old Lewiston Road Topsham Brunswick Large House Mapleshade A. G. Cressey Topsham, Me Woolwich Day's Ferry Wood Lots Laura Batley Dresden

Despres Dupuis Nuptials In St Marys Church

Miss Ella M Dupuis of Edmonston N B wed Louis J Despres of Shaw Street Mon at 7 am in St Marys church Rev Roland A Martineau officiated the double ring ceremony Mrs George Comeau organist played the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin Bride wore wine velvet dress and white gladioli corsage Best man was Gerard Despres. Newlyweds will travel by train through the Maritime Provinces then reside at 11 Shaw Street Both graduates and the couple planned a two weeks wedding trip before settling at home.

Ella M. Duquis Edmonston N. B Maxime, Dupuis Notre Dame Maritime Provinces Shaw Street Despres St. Louis Convent St. Louis Riviere du Loup Hospital Quebec St. Edmonston Hospital Sacred Heart High School Bathurst Bowdoin College

Engagement Announcement for Dorothy Lillian Ham

Mrs Eunice Stuart of Boston announces the engagement of her daughter Dorothy Lillian Ham to Kenneth Graham Colby son of Mrs Fred Colby of Gardner Mass and the late Dr Colby Miss Ham a granddaughter of Mrs Albert F Mudge of 22 Pine street is a Morse high school Gorham Normal and New York School of Interior Decorating graduate recently employed as a Boston decorator Colby a Hebron academy and University of Pennsylvania graduate There are no immediate wedding plans.

Eunice Stuart Boston Dorothy Lillian Ham Kenneth Graham Colby Fred Colby Gardner Mass Colby Miss Ham Albert F. Mudge Pine Street Morse High School Gorham Normal School New York School of Interior Decorating Hebron Academy University of Pennsylvania

Teacher Selected for New Huse School in Eastport

Miss Ruth Constance Roche of Eastport has been elected by the Board of Education as the instructor for grade one in the new Huse Memorial school. She graduated from Shead Memorial high school in Eastport in 1926 and Gorham Normal school in 1928, with 13 years in primary teaching. Her last role was principal of the Eastport primary school.

Ruth Constance Roche Eastport Board of Education New Huse Memorial School

Dr R H Johnson Opens General Practice at Osteopathic Hospital

Announcement from Dr R H Johnson osteopathic physician and resident staff member announces opening of his office for general practice at the Osteopathic Hospital 955 Washington Street. Office hours by appointment Tel 799.

Osteopathic Osteopathic Hospital The Washington St

Victory Jersey Bull Donated to Boost Dairy Output

In a 1942 wartime program, Neil S. Bishop of Bowdoinham Maine donates Bishop’s 1942 Victory, a pure bred Jersey bull, to aid 1000 selected dairymen receiving top Jersey genetics. The bull hails from champion lines and will join the statewide effort backed by the American Jersey Cattle Club to improve milk production and farm income.

the Independent Dairy Industry of America Jersey Jersey Row Kingdom American Jersey Cattle Club Neil S. Bishop Bishop's Jersey Farm Bowdoinham Maine Bart Androscoggin Valley America L. Clark Peckham New York City

Morse High teacher Barbara Leonard Resigns for Aeronautical Engineering

Miss Barbara M. Leonard of Brunswick resigns from Morse High School where she taught since last spring, to continue studies in aeronautical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her departure was said to be a loss and her replacement role filled after Raymond Reed left for military service. In a separate note Judy Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Jenkins of 16 Spring Street, celebrated her first birthday with a small gathering including friends from Brunswick. several invitees unable to attend.

Barbara M. Leonard Brunswick Morse High School Leonard Massachusetts Institute of Technology Morse Raymond Reed Judy Jenkins Richard H. Jenkins Spring Street Earle Sandra Moore Ann Elizabeth Loeser Sanja Carolynn Harjula Anita Marie Kelsey Judy Cannon Patty Ann Bowen

Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Hosts All Day Meeting and Socials

Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Women’s Division held an all day gathering at Knights of Pythias hall with Mrs. Frank Heath instructing on Children’s Lunches. Mrs. Harry Purington and daughter hosted a luncheon extra and Emma Ferguson won high in afternoon games. Numerous local residents attended, and a wedding for Marion Vezina and Donald Allen is planned for Sept. 5. Rev. Colby to speak at Baptist church services.

Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Knights of Pythias Hall Frank Heath Harry Purington Lewis Lucy Harold Conley Emma Ferguson Cleveland Curtis Jane Browne Charles Hackett George Hamilton A. S. MacDougal Clara Fogg Lewis Gilpatrick Lottie Purington Sadie Temple George Cutler John Villa Ethel Willis Margaret Mae Gertrude MacDonald

Ackley welcomes baby boy Robert George

Mr and Mrs George E Ack ley welcomed a baby boy named Robert George on Sunday with Dr Edwin Pratt of Richmond as physician and Mrs Hazel Turner as nurse.

George E. Ackley Robert George Edwin Pratt Richmond Hazel Turner

Mrs Avery Leaves for Weekend with Portland Relative

Mrs Elmer A Avery of 34 Academy Street departed Thursday to spend the weekend with her mother Mrs B L Young in Portland.

Elmer A. Avery Academy Street B. L. Young Portland

Bath Women’s Republican Club Meets in City Hall

In Mrs. Edmund A. Rothwell absence, Miss Bessie Dickinson presided at the Bath club meeting in City Hall. Leaders Sen. Wallace H. White Hon. Robert Hale and Lloyd B. Morton attended briefly before business began. Mrs. May Chapman urged effort to secure absentee votes and educate members. A future meeting and Sagadahoc rally in Topsham followed with a corsage for Mrs. Chapman.

Edmund A. Rothwell Bath Maine Sagadahoc County Topsham Chapman

Personal notes from Boston and Portland residents

The column records several residents visiting or returning home from trips in Maine and elsewhere. Priscilla Stahl of Boston returns from Merrymeeting Camp after seven weeks. Arthur Fletcher and wife return from Sebasco Lodge. Anna S. Gifford visits Georgetown. E M Dodge returns to Boston after a month with Isabel Pearson. Mrs. Walter Rowe discharged from Maine General Hospital Portland. Marius W. Pape travels to Portland to visit son Donald Page. Hurley G. Grant R N honored with a military watch after a family dinner. Mrs. Kenneth Hatch and relatives return from three weeks with Bert and Mrs. Hatch of Woolwich. Mrs. George Betts and daughters visit Woolwich then Providence. Multiple others passing through Portland include Hodgkins, Huff, Morrell, Farrell, Leon Verhey e, and O. E. Horn. Marriage intentions filed for Harry Teasdale and Phyllis Preble. Teasdale is Bath Iron Works staff. Preble is a stenographer.

Priscilla Stahl Boston Merrymeeting Camp Arthur Fletcher Newark N. J Sebasco Lodge Anna S. Gifford J. R. Hubbert Georgetown E. M. Dodge Isabel Pearson Richardson Street Walter Rowe North Street Maine General Hospital Portland Marius Wi. Pape Academy Street Donald T. Page Page Leah Merrill Hurley G. Grant R. N Fort Devens Kenneth Hatch Kenneth, Jr Arthur Patton York City Betts Clarence Tanner Tanner Woolwich Providence R. IL Percy Hodgkins Drummond Street Leo Huff Oliver Street Ralph Morrell Drayton Road Harry Farrell

Also Mentioned on This Page

Senter’s, Inc Monmouth Fall’s Shoe Store Front St Cor W.A. Fall Bowdoin Chapel Lucy B. White Oak Grove Vassalboro Madeira School Fryeburg Academy Rupert Henry Baxter Washington Street Percival P. Baxter University of Richmond University Naval Radio School Franklin Madison Crouch Earl Whitneymond Casco Bay Sebasco Bix Wilmington City Shore Fred B. Reed Co Stanley E Wallace Front Street Tel Despres-Dupuis St. Mary’s Church Dorothy L. Ham NEW Huse R. H. Johnson Foe Morse High Boothay Playhouse Sherwood Keith Berkeley Square Forough Marion Vezina Donald Allen Vezina St. Ann's Academy Lewiston High School Allen Coombs High School Ellis Snodgrass R. A. L. Colby Gardiner Richmond Camp Ground Harold Hackett Billy Old Town Jacob Barter Linda Boothbay Maurice Libby Augusta Marion Crockett Mary Lilly Henry’ Barrows Barbara Cole Brown Edwin Oliver Clinton Sylvester Ashland Ernest Sylvester George Ackley Turner Karl Hatch Maggie Hatch Ocean Point Neal Bisop Union Mary Doggett Newtonville Edith Wood Jean Vianyan Gabin Sunda George Monigome Maureen O'Hara Sutton Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Lan Dennis O'Keefe Jane Frazee Women’s Republican Club May Chapman Nyoka Hees VT Cabot Richard Travis Julie Bishop
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