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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1941

Page

6

Rotary Outing Plans Tied to Anns Visit at Birch Point

Rotary club members reviewed plans for a joint outing with the Rotary Anns to be held Thursday at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Chester A Plant at Birch Point. Dominique J. Tardif oversees tickets.

Chester A. Plant Rotary Club Rotary Anns Chester Birch Point Dominique J. Tardif John Parker Washington, D. C Bath John P Carcy Ward Jr Parker New York Red Rolfe New York Yankees Ana Columbia University South America Counfereenece Hines eConoms Namie Armeras Prifeseir Fiatvard Fay Watt Cass Packer

Bath Man to Attend Annual Convention

Frank Loottesci will attend the annual convention with representatives from Maine and New Hampshire. The event features a Saturday dance, Sunday concert and parade, a 10 am church service, drills before lunch, and a banquet with guest speakers closing the program.

Maine New Hampshire

Sale and Party at Good Will Club in Woolwich

The Good Will club in Woolwich held a sale and party last week netting $50. Mrs Nelson Rice announced the event with Mrs Law rence Putnam as general chair. Prizes included a cake guess win, a quilt, and a red fernery filled with gal a flowers. The program featured a piano solo, a Hungarian March, a tap dance, a reading titled Alaska, a solo by Carolyn Presley, and moving pictures by Dr Warren E Kershner about Moosehead region trips with camp comments.

Good Will Club Woolwich Nelson Rice Lawrence Putnam Fannie Quimby Costello Pall Esther Andrews Millicent Hecht Eva Packard Alaska Carolyn Presley Warren E Kershner Moosehead Rice

Barker couple celebrate milestone amid warm greetings

Mr and Mrs Harry A Barker of 54 Shepard Street quietly observed their thirtieth wedding anniversary with well wishers, a home dinner, and presents. Family connections include Charlotte King and Hugh Pave Roxbury, while their son Charles Dutton of Bath is noted from a previous marriage.

Harry A Barker Shepard Street Barkes Turesiman Chi Charlotte King Alfred Hanna Bath

Odd Ladies Initiated at Myrtle Lodge Meeting

Mr Cora Chapiman and Mrs Joy MacDonald were initiated and given degrees at Myrtle lodge Friday with about 25 members present. The lodge voted to start suppers Sept 26 and plans were made to attend the general meeting of the Vitec Order of Odd Fans of Maine Sept. Messages sent to sick and shut ins of the lodge.

Cora Chapiman Joy MacDonald Myrtle Lodge Maine Auburn

Page Family At Peterson Farm Near Bath New Meadows

Mr and Mrs Frank G Page and daughters Helen and Elizabeth of Rochelle NY are spending a few weeks in Bath and vicinity. They are making the headquarters at the Peterson farm on the New Meadows.

Frank G Page Helen Elizabeth En Rochelle Bath Peterson Farm New Meadows

Youthful Artist Guest Speaker At The Garden Club

Alfred P. Farrow a 17 year old painter from Georgetown lectured at the Cosmopolitan Garden Club meeting on Monday. He described his oils and watercolors drawn from local coastal scenes and Robinhood Georgetown vistas. Fellow speaker Harry Hill discussed pre built houses while Mrs Murphy presided and members received site tamples and floral display notes.

Alfred P. Farrow Georgetown Cosmopolitan Garden Club Morse High School Farrow Robinhood Roscoe P/ McFadden Sree Aire Morris Povielh Maurice A. Libby Murphy Ivan A. Trueworthy Povich Libby Hiram T. Stevens

Bath deputy marshal praised for traffic coordination

Deputy Marshal Percy W. Kingsbury received a letter from Lieut. J Edward Marks of the Maine State Police thanking Bath police for coordinating traffic when the President's special train passed through Bath on Saturday August 16. State Police relied on local help to clear bridges and crossings along the route from Rockland to Portland. The Bath force, with Bath Tron Works guards and Bath Water District workers, helped manage traffic amid defense and commuter loads.

Percy W. Kingsbury J. Edward Marks Maine State Police Bath Legion Police Bath Tron Works Bath Water District Rockland Portland Carlton Bridge Kingsbury Maine

British Children Stage Charity Plays in Central Church

British children from Camp Casco presented three plays at Central church parish house, netting over 120 dollars for St Christopher's Hospital for Children in England. The event, directed by Mrs Vera Andrew with costumes by Mrs Aileen Barker and music by Mrs Alice Fahmy, drew Americans and Britons who sang There Will Always Be an England and America the Beautiful.

Camp Casco Central Church Parish Rotary Club Rotary Anns St. Christopher's Hospital England America Vera Andrew Aileen Barker Alice Fahmy Boyd L. Bailey Phyllis Blundell

Bath Chapter Receives Gifts From MacMahan Association

Red Cross officials in Bath as a local chapter received a letter and two checks from the MacMahan Athletic Association of MacMahan Island. The gifts total 80.55 dollars from a bridge party held on August 19, with no solicitation.

Bath Red Cross MacMahan Athletic Association MacMahan Island Carol Painter

Founders of D. A. R. to Meet in Sedgwick Hotel

The Maine Society Chapter Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its annual meeting at the Sedgwick hotel on Friday August 29 with luncheon at 1 p.m. Miss Margaret E. McElroy Lewiston State Regent will be guest speaker. The society began August 29 1928 in Topsham at Miss Mary Pelham Hill’s home.

Maine ‘Society Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution Sedgwick Hotel Margaret E. McElroy Lewiston Topsham Mary Pelham Hill Col. Dummer Sewall Topsham-Brunswick

Bailey Cox Wed In Central Church Ceremony

Harry E. Bailey and Miss Doris P. Cox, both of Wiscasset, wed last Wednesday in Central church parsonage with Rev. Raymond G. Putnam officiating. Roscoe G. Bailey and Mrs. Bailey of Bath served as attendants. The couple plans a weeklong honeymoon then live at the groom’s Wiscasset home. The groom’s late parents were William W. Bailey and Mrs. Bailey of Wiscasset. Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. George Lamberton of Revere Mats. spent the weekend with Mrs. Sadie Sarkis.

Harry E. Bailey Doris P. Cox Wiscasset Central Church Raymond G. Putnam Roscoe G. Bailey George Lamberton Revere Mats Sadie Sarkis Middle Street

Bath Playground Fund Grows $800 In Shipyard Drive

Bath Iron Works employees boosted the Bath playground fund by about $800. Vice President Archibald M. Main announced the campaign's start a week ago and said the drive would run for another 18 hours.

Bath Bath Iron Works Corp Archibald M. Main

Classifieds insert offers various local services

Rate cents brief notices seek a truck driver for Batfuel Co. Tel 370. For sale horses and motor boat may keep, Tel 1077 14 this week. A Ro Webster, caretaker wanted at Boothbay Camps, Tel 1077 14 this week. Art Wetter Philip Bruso psychic reader 36 Dummer St Bath Tel 235 W. 7 3. If you want to buy or sell farm city share property list with Fred B Reed Co Manager Stanley E Wallace 93 Front St Bath Tel 514 W 12 30.

Ro Webster Boothbay Camps Goodhouse Philip Bruso Dummer St. Bath Fred B. Reed Co Stanley E. Wallace Front St. Bath

Bowdoinham Community Cards and Social Events Recap

Bowdoinham reports a public card party at the Masonic hall with ten tables and prizes for contract auction and whist champions, plus a door prize of a meat dinner. Merrymeeting grange resumes after a six week recess with a lecture by Mrs Hamilton and a social lunch today. A long list of visiting guests and local residents attending showers, birthdays, and dinners is noted, including trips to Ocean Park and school notes for Miss Browne.

Star Club Masonic Building William Rogge George Cutler Alfred Johnson Portland Robert Reed Margaret Gile George Hackett Frederic Pauling Erla Brown William H. Gould Merrymeeting Grange George Hamilton Sara Temple Newark N. J E. W. Graves Ruth Beulah Farrow East Orange John Dunn Pownal William Willis Brunswick Charles Hackett Jane Brown Ruth Farrow Brown Hamilton James Pratt Reginald Dore Dore Walter Reed George Ackley Guy Sedgley Frank Heath Lewis Lucy Roger Douglas Leland Benner Annie Getchell Richard Denham George Sedgley Maynard Hinckley William Valentine Frank Shanks Mabel Lancaster Lynde Heath Bertha Heath Ocean Park School of Methods Baptist Association Laides’ Club Hamilton Farm River Road Lawton Rounds Arthur Hatch Melrose Mass Alvin Huntoon Louise Williams Ernest Frye Bowdoinham E. G. Gilbert Banbury England Japan Carrie Kendall Gilbert Canada J. N. Palmer Eva Alice Milo Edith Brown Waterville Alzada Kenneth Wilson Hartford Ridge Road Electa York Village Thurston McIntire Elmer Kenneth Hunter Ruth Littorin Maurice Barter Jacob Barter Ralph Purington Lottie Purington Augusta

Local Social Notes Include Visits and Health Updates

Mrs. Leon Dunklee returned to Greenfield Massachusetts on Thursday. Mrs. Maurice Libby visited Her bon on Thursday. Mrs. Emma Ferguson works at Hotel Eagle in Brunswick. Miss Christine Temple recently had a tonsil operation and has returned home. Miss Louise Allen, guest of Mrs. Harold Rollins, passed Sunday at China Lake.

Leon Dunklee Greenfield Mass Maurice Libby Hebron Emma Ferguson Hotel Eagle Brunswick Christine Temple Louise Allen Harold Rollins China Lake

Mrs Hyde graduates from Defense Corps in Boston air raid drill

Mrs John H Hyde of Elmhurst, a April graduate with First Lieutenant rank from the Massachusetts Women's Defense Corps, joined 30 women in an air raid demonstration at the 69th annual International Association of Fire Chiefs conference in Boston. The corps trains in first aid nursing fire prevention and air raid precautions.

John H. Hyde Elmhurst Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Boston International Association of Fire Chiefs Hyde Women's Defense School Boyston Gloucester Streets Natalie Hays Hammond United States Army Home Defense Guards Defense Corps Massachusetts

Bowdoinham Post Road Social Notices and Visits

Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Heath and family with Mrs. Mary Heath were in Ocean Park Sunday. Their daughter Bertha attends the New England Baptist Conference as a Bowdoinham Baptist church Young People’s Society delegate. Mrs. Harold McPherson and children returned Saturday after a two week visit with her mother in Brownville. Miss Lillian Ruff of Gardiner visits Mrs. Willis Sewell, previously living with the late Mr. Sewell.

Frank A. Heath Mary Heath Ocean Park

Milford Houston announces engagement of Myrtle Luzerne

Mrs. Milford Houston of Augusta announces the engagement of her daughter Myrtle Luzerne to Richard A. Achorn of Waldoboro. Myrtle Luzerne graduated from Cony high school and works at Bean Motor Co. in Waterville. Richard Achorn graduated Waldoboro high school and Bath Welding School and is employed by Bath Iron Works.

Milford Houston Augusta Myrtle Luzerne Richard A. Achorn Alva A. Achorn Waldoboro Miss Houston Cony High School Bean Motor Co Waterville Achorn Waldoboro High School Bath Welding School Bath Iron Works

Scribners Return From Popham Cottage Season

Mr and Mrs Fred C Scribner of Portland formerly of Bath return home Saturday after closing their Popham cottage for the season Their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Fred C Scribner Jr celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary by attending the Lakewood theatre on Saturday.

Fred C. Scribner Portland Bath Popham Fred C. Scribner, Jr Lakewood

Triple Shower Hosted by Mrs Seekins in Cape Elizabeth

Mrs Archie L Seekins entertained Friday evening at her parents home 79 Pine Street with a triple shower honoring upcoming marriages of Miss Marilyn Hatch daughter of Capt Ralph Hatch Sagadahoc Ferry to Nelson Carter son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Carter Holly Hill Florida Miss Anne King daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur King Edgett Street to Robert Clinton Milliken Oak Street Miss Doris M Crooker daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Crooker Park Street to James C Steen son of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Steen Park Street Guests included Mrs Arthur King Mrs Wilbur Crocker Mrs Ralph Hatch Mrs Carleton W Lowell Miss Baura Craft Miss Eileen Jones Miss Vida York Miss Flossie M Beals Mrs N Elwood Coffin Jr Mrs Miles Hagan Mrs Stanley Hutchins and Mrs G Clifford Madden The event featured a treasure hunt gifts pink and blue decor a quiz won by Mrs Stanley Hutchins and refreshments with nuptial bells in frosted form.

Archie L. Seekins Cape Elizabeth Carleton W. Lowell Pine Street Marilyn Hatch Ralph Hatch Sagadahoc Ferry Nelson Carter Wallace Carter Holly Hill Fla Anne King Arthur King Edgett Street Robert Clinton Milliken Oak Street Doris M. Crooker Wilbur Crooker Park Street James C. Steen Aubrey Steen Stanley Hutchins Miss Crocker Wilbur Crocker Baura Craft Eileen Jones Vida York Flossie M. Beals N. Elwood Coffin, Jr Miles Hagan This City G. Clifford Madden South Portland

Young People Leave for Week in Camp

A group of Winter Street and Central church youths departed at noon for Camp Manitou in Washington for a week of training in Young People's Sunday school church work. Participants include Janet Colley Gertrude Haskell Norma Hathorne Pearl Hathorne Leona Henderson Eunice Mallard Walter Maas Mary Morse Martha Morse Natalie Perkins Linna Marie Purdue and Barbara Page. A second group heads Friday to the Inteerdenominational Camp on Cobbosseeconte Lake Winthrop.

Winter Street Central Churches Camp Manitou Washington Janet Colley Gertrude Haskell Norma Hathorne Pearl Hathorne Leona Henderson Eunice Mallard Walter Maas Mary Morse Martha Morse Natalie Perkins Linna Marie Purdue Winter Street Church Barbara Page Central Church Congregational Conference of Maine Inteerdenominational Cobbosseconte Lake Winthrop

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Senter’s, Inc Harris Tweed Anns Frank Loottesci Furums Societe 1. Assurition Arianthease Tre Aj Wittegstiees Fey Pias Skowheras Tove Fein Gallart Emmaanuel Gallant Edward Perry Gilbert Arsenault George Batanea Lanterare Harry A. Barker Garden Club Lieut J Edward Marks Thomaston Barracks Ralph Dale Ruth Dale Plymouth County Hanson Lee DeLoache American Hospital China New Bedford Jonathan Bourne St. Christopher’s Hospital For Children M’mahan Bailey—Cox Man Batfuel Co Mrs. Linden Little Mrs. Hyde Bowdoinham Post Road Ons Sro Lupe Velezco Missouri Dennis Morgan Wayne Morris Hens Fonda Joan An Wyistiite Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Virginia Grey Seekins Fred S. Curtis Harpswell Independent Order of United Odd Ladies of Maine Trufant Great Island Fannie Clark Nellie Graffam Edna Wing Alice Dunning Elsie Alexander Uptowns Roy Rogers Gabby” Hayes Tombstone Country Store Richard Ite I. Po Errae Crosby - Hone - Lamour Leon Errol Helen Parrish
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