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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
6
Duncan Robertson hosts seventh birthday with friends Advah Reynolds Charles Turcotte William Lothrop and John Reynolds receiving prizes. Numerous local residents visit, dine, or attend funerals and Thanksgiving gatherings across Bath Brunswick and Boothbay Harbor with extended family at multiple addresses.
Mrs. Herbert W. McCabe hosted the Past Noble Grands club at 237 Washington Street with co hosts Mrs. Edward V. Reed and Mrs. Ralph P. Mank. Ten attended as supper and cards followed. Prizes went to Mrs. Atwood first Mrs. Thompson second and Mrs. Ward third. Next meeting planned with Horace Ward as hostess. Also note Miss Eileen Bedell holidaying in Lewiston and Mr. Norman Chase visiting relatives in Cape Elizabeth. Chase on vacation from Bath Iron Shipyard. Marion Sprague a nurse student at Augusta General hospital spent Thanksgiving with her mother.
Edgar D. Williams of 93 High street left Boston last week for the Navy Pre-Flight school at Athens Georgia. He is among the first New England youths assigned to the program for physical conditioning military drill and aviation studies to ready them for flight training. Mrs Curtis Goodwin and daughters Kendra and Elaine of Rockland visited Mrs Goodwin’s parents Mr and Mrs William Paisley Weeks street during the week.
Mrs. Hanora Loughman of Boston announces her daughter Mary is engaged to John E. Levya. The couple plan a spring wedding. They are guests of John’s parents Mr. and Mrs. George E. Levyn of 22 Turner Court for the weekend in this city.
Mr and Mrs Edwin W Haggett of West Bath welcomed Mrs Haggetts brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Everett G Lemont of 1288 High Street as Thanksgiving guests.
Hon and Mrs N Gratz Jackson hosted a family Thanksgiving with relatives from Portland and the city including James Jackson calling from Camp Claiborne La. A daughter Patricia Carline Brown was born Nov 24 at Bath Memorial Hospital to Carlton and Patricia Brown of Phippsburg. Linwood F Carr hosts grandchildren Claudia and Glenn Carter. Harold Carter and Penelope join for Thanksgiving. Gerald F Carr and family also present. Bates College student Geraldine Nickerson returns from Thanksgiving with Sanford and Gertrude Nickerson. Bernice Achorn visited by her son Ralph Achorn, stationed at U S Naval Hospital Portsmouth N H, for Thanksgiving dinner.
Samuel Jordan Jr. visits city as guest of his sister Mrs. James Kaler on Bluff Road. Private Melvin Henderson, first class, calls home from Washington DC to share Thanksgiving with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hender. Freeland H. King Jr. and fellow worker George McKellar head to the U S Navy Training School for machinist mate training at Great Lakes Illinois after leaving Bath Iron Works.
Miss Maurice Roderick and Donald return from a visit with grandparents in Washington Street. Several relatives and friends across Portland, Brunswick, Bath, Rockland, Castine and Freeport joined Thanksgiving gatherings at family homes. An American Legion Auxiliary bouquet honored Emma Wakefield, a longtime member confined to her room two years.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Atwood of upper Washington street hosted Thanksgiving with their sons and families. Guests included John Atwood and Jackie of Cape Elizabeth and Clarence Atwood Jr of Bath. Sgt Emerson Webster, stationed at Fort Devens, returned on furlough with his mother Eleanor Webster of Center Street and visited Boothbay Harbor with George A McFadden and Albert Larsen’s family from Winchester Massachusetts. Major Larsen, USN, who has visited the McFaddens, is on overseas duty.
Mrs Doris E Armstrong now Mrs Wing of Brunswick has taken duties at the Bath Iron Works Harding plant office. John H Quirk USN is on a two week leave with his mother Mrs Alexander Sprague at 37 Edward Street Court. Quirk a Morse star in basketball and football finished training at Newport and will attend Navy radio school in Boston after leave. He formerly worked at the Harding plant.
Kenneth Stewart United States Navy sailor is back in Oklahoma after a brief furlough spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stewart, at Hardings.
Mrs. Ralph O Burden and her children Barbara and Ralph O Burden Jr of Bedford Street go to Cape Elizabeth as guests of Mr and Mrs Archie L Seckins for the rest of the week.
Okaiyoka Senior Girl Scout troop met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Wilmer I Voorhees at 42 Bedford Street. They discussed Christmas plans, made afghan squares, sewed them together, and were served refreshments.
Miss Annie Belle Cutting of Brookline and Miss Ruth Jordan of West Roxbury return home Sunday after a holiday visit with Miss Jory York Street.
Miss Frances Shaughnessy of the International Business Co Boston arrived Friday night for the weekend with her mother Mrs Helen M Shaughnessy and her grandparents Hon and Mrs Oliver Moses at 1027 Washington Street
Dorothy Wilson daughter of Neil and Mrs. Wilson hosted friends on Tuesday of last week for her fourteenth birthday. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Howell Smith assisted with refreshments and gifts were given. The evening included dancing and radio music with games and prizes to Betty Anderson Jean Small and Chloe DeRaps.
Mr and Mrs Nathan E Cope land were guests of Mrs Copeland s mother Mrs Alfred R Pratt Bedford street Colonel George A Baker of Milan street spent Thanksgiving with his daughter Mrs Charles E Doten of Portland Also visiting were Miss Florence A Neiley and her mother Mrs Bertha Neiley of Trufant s Crossing Mr and Mrs Percy H Williams of Waterville have been staying with their daughter Mrs William Turpie on High street
Mrs. William Crowley of Union street traveled to Boston last week to spend Thanksgiving with her husband employed at the Charlestown Navy Yard. They were joined by their daughter Miss Grace Crowley a Stoneleigh College freshman in Rye New Hampshire.
Mrs. Hiram R. Annis aged 85 of Milan Street was a Thanksgiving dinner guest of her cousins Mr and Mrs Lewis Gannon of Milan Street.
Pvt. William Leo Ayer of Portland has completed a three month radio course in Hollidaysburg Penn after two years stationed in Portland. His wife Mrs. Ayer stays with her mother Mrs. William Sothern in Freeport during his absence.
Miss Louise Irish of Lewiston spent Thanksgiving with her mother Mrs. Fred E. Irish and sister Miss Amy A. Irish at their home 57 Chestnut Street. Mrs. Wellington A. Moore of Weeks Street returned from a visit with her daughter Mrs. Bartholomew O'Donnell.
A son Peter Gary Sheffield was born to Mr and Mrs Henry Sheffield at Central Maine General Hospital Newton Monday of last week. eight pounds. Mrs Ray Parris returns home from Brunswick hospital after illness. Mrs Warren Higgins of York Street moves to Lincoln Nebraska to join husband in training as ground mechanic. Thanksgiving guests include four sailors at 30 Academy Street. Mrs William Kelley and sons visit Quin cy Mass with grandparents in Bath area. Miss Jennie Trail RN Memorial Hospital and Mr and Mrs Stanley Brown RN West Bath leave for New York.
Mr and Mrs Dominique Tar dif and daughters Patricia and Fern of Pine Street spent Thursday in Lewiston as guests of Mrs Mary Minihanegg and Mr Tardif s parents Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Tardif.
Miss Louise Briggs of Brimmer and May School Boston arrived Wednesday night to spend Thanksgiving with her mother Mrs. Edmund P Briggs of Center Street. A letter from her grandson Second Lieutenant Clifton S Nickerson U S A notes he is stationed in San Diego California for his sister Mrs. Franklin Carey formerly Miss Mary Nickerson of this city. Mr and Mrs Carey and daughter Barbara Ann moved to San Diego in June from their Keene New Hampshire home.
Mrs Harold Tobey of Willow Street is listed as a patient at Memorial Hospital.
Lt. Joseph Paul Gillo Jr. has earned a commission as ad lieu tenant in the Coast Artillery Corps after graduating from the Officer Candidate School at Fort Monroe Virginia. He is on a ten day furlough in the city with his parents before reporting to Fort Moultrie South Carolina on December 7. He graduated Morse High in 1940 and was inducted September 16 of that year. He received his commission from Brig. Gen. Lawrence B. Weeks. His prior work included a filling station job and work at Shaw’s Book Store. Mrs. Suzanne Sherman of Boston is visiting for Thanksgiving with her son Paul Sherman of Topsham and Gillo.
Miss Emily G. Furber, a Augusta General Hospital graduate now staying in Augusta, spent Thanksgiving day with her parents Mr. and Mrs. William A. Furber at 1252 Washington Street.
Mrs. Emily Bamford of Cumberland Center arrived Wednesday of last week to spend Thanksgiving with her daughter Mrs. Neil J. Wilson at 108 Lincoln.
Mrs Roscoe P Higgins entertained the O T C club at her home and read a letter from club member Mrs Florence E Sidelin of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. Euclide Grimard of 45 Bedford Street returned from a hunting trip in Northern Maine and a visit in Skowhegan, their former home. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Newell of 1080 Washington Street spent Thanksgiving in Portland attending three shipyard launchings, two at Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding and the South Portland Shipbuilding Co.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Carpenter and daughter Miss Caroline of High street passed Thursday in Lewiston as guests of Mrs Carpenter's sister Mrs J E Dup ras.
Miss Helen Higgins from York street has left the Bath telephone exchange to join Bath Iron Works production department office. Miss Bernice Hosmer, Attleboro high school commercial teacher, arrived to spend Thanksgiving with her mother on Middle street. Master Richard Oulton, son of Ronald and Mrs. Oulton of Richmond, is visiting grandparents Allen and Mrs. Oulton on Bedford street during his mother’s illness with influenza.
Mrs Clifford Piltz of Union Street and her daughter Mrs Robert Marr have wintered in Bath with Mr and Mrs Piltz from Southport. Miss Marion Palmer has left Bath Trust Co to join Bath Iron Works, while Miss Betty Howard steps into Palmer’s Trust Company post. Mrs Harold L Corliss and son Danny return home from Memorial Hospital to 18 Bailey Street. Louise Briggs goes back to Brimmer May School in Boston after Thanksgiving at her mother’s. Joseph Torrey holiday guest of the Haviland Torrey family in Bath. Richard Dennison returns from University of Maine to Green area after holiday with parents.
Daniel Hatch returned to the University of Maine at Orono on Sunday following a weekend stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Robert B Hatch of 601 Washington Street.
Miss Eleanor R Gediman a Burdett Business College student in Boston has returned after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur W Gediman of 6 Andrews Road.
Mrs D Wylie Lemont and Mrs William A Coombs depart for the State Grange meeting in Augusta. They will be away most of the week. Mrs Coombs serves as a delegate from West Bath Grange.
Willard J. Spencer U S N and his bride to be Virginia H Benson were feted with a joint shower and pre wedding birthday party at the Hill home 645 Middle Street Saturday night. Gifts were exchanged and birthday presents given to the groom. Refreshments were served with several relatives and servicemen in attendance.
Miss Sarah Barter of Boothbay Harbor returned home after a several day stay with Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hewitt Jr. at 74 High Street. Mrs. Marie B. King and daughter Ernestine arrived in Solvang California and are living with relatives there. Solvang lies in Santa Barbara County about 40 miles east of Santa Barbara City and the weather is very warm there.
Mrs Roland Hanscom of Poland Spring plans a winter stay with her son Roland Hanscom of Meadowway, detailing a family visit and residence arrangement.
Pvt. William A. Hill Jr has reached his overseas destination per his parents Mr and Mrs William A Hill of 645 Middle Street Friends may write to him at Pvt William A Hill Jr U S Marine Corps Unit No 415 care of Postmaster New York N Y Pvt Harold Babine recently inducted is now at Camp Atterbury Indiana Vernon E Gray Jr Coxswain USN is on five day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Gray of 23 Crescent Street Court Weekend guest was Mrs Gray's brother Roland Oliver of Portland
Miss S Annette Cutting of Augusta stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Harold E Cutting at 17 High over the weekend, joining family time and local social visits.
Harry M. Boucher a U S N stationed in South Boston spent the weekend with his wife at their home 8 Willow noting a brief family respite amid duty commitments.
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship met Sunday at Central church parsonage for supper and a business meeting. They planned a party and dance inviting Fireside group of Winter Street church and will sponsor the final Community Evening Forum next Sunday in the church. Members met first at the parsonage, then moved to the church. Louise Daley returned home after ten days with her parents in Bath. Norma Jean Hill returned to Boston after Thanksgiving with grandmother Mrs. Garcelon.
Mrs. Etta G. Trott and her children Carrie and Lauriston will move back to Portland this week and reside on Preble Street in South Portland.
Lieut. Commander Loesser, long associated with Ridin' Light Lodge in Bath, was reported missing in action. He spoke at Morse High School and recalled a brutal North Sea shakedown where his ship endured heavy seas and lost deck fittings. His father Oscar Loesser was entertained by him at Ridin' Light.
Mrs Henry Leeman visited with her husband at Mrs A Wilsons on Union Street then went home to Calais Monday. Alice Wilbur writes from New Jersey describing miserable fall weather and heavy clothing. Theodosis Vamvakias and Edith Trott welcomed a son, David Trott Vamvakias, born Nov 24 at Dr Leightons hospital in Portland. Capt W Ralph Whalen of East Gloucester Mass returned home after a week with daughter Mrs A L Coleman and family in Bath.
Corp Lawrence Russell returned to his post at Enid Army Air Base Oklahoma after ten days at home with his wife Mrs Ernest E Russell and sister Mrs Warren Munsey. He was entertained by Miss Mary Duncan Jack Lowery and Bath Fire Department members. He received a wrist watch and gifts and praised Army life and USO. Other brief notes mention Thanksgiving visits and Wesley Simpson enlisting in the U S Army Air Force in Portland with Mrs Simpson and Mrs Emery Witham.
Mrs Edgar Williamson returned to South Orrington with her husband after a Bath funeral. The Linnikins move into a three room Davis Street apartment after Federal acquisition of their home. Sen Neil S Bishop visited Bath. Junior Hospital League planned ward furnishings and New Year Eve dance with 14 attendees. next meeting December 15. Miss Mildred Footer and Miss Mary Perry return to work after visits. Weeks Street club met. Alonzo Fisher resumes Bath Iron Works shift after hunting break. Selah Richmond resumes teaching English at Thornton Academy after weekend with brother. Vernon Joy family return from Franklin.
Miss Katherine Bailey a student at the New England Conservatory of Music returns to Boston after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Bailey Jr Mrs Beatrice McIntosh of Sagadahoc Ferry recently transferred from Woolwich to bath office on High street
Mr and Mrs Burt Osgood and Mrs Osgoods sister Miss Carol Stevens of Portland were overnight guests of their parents Mr and Mrs Hiram Stevens Winter street Merle Lowell Chaney Jr son of Mr and Mrs Merle L Chaney of 13 Oliver street was guest of honor at a birthday party Tuesday afternoon at his home in celebration of his second birthday Decorations were in keeping with the Christmas season Refreshments were served Present were Sally and Bonnie Cormier with their mother Mrs Bertrand with their mother Mrs Francis O Bertrand and Bruce Billings accompanied by his mother Mrs Roy Billings Mrs Ray Smith and daughter Dorothy and Mrs John Simpson sent gifts Mr and Mrs Stanley Brown and daughter Marguerite have moved to Wiscasset
The Col. Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R held a December meeting in Central church parish house with a Christmas program directed by music chair Mrs. Harry E Ring. Members donated gifts and funds for Opportunity Farm boys and for buddy bags for service men.
First Company Combat Engineers plan a dance at the Armory on Monday evening December 7. Proceeds will help defray the unit’s expenses. The detachment formed in December 1941 has been self supporting with personnel enlisted as a State Guard Reserve.
War Department released an expanded list of American prisoners of war including Arthur Pasho, a merchant mariner interned by Japan in Shanghai. Pasho, son of the late Frank Pasho who once ran a Bath barber shop and lived at 748 Washington, visited Bath briefly and once worked at Bath Iron Works.
William F. Wyman of Augusta was named administrator of the estate of his father Walter S. Wyman a Maine industrialist and president of Central Maine Power Co who died November 15 He survived by his wife a son and three daughters the estate amount was undetermined Judge Will C Atkins of Kennebec County Probate Court approved the appointment on a petition filed by the widow.
Mrs Addie Flora Jewett of Westport died in Waterbury Connecticut at 81. She passed the winter with her daughter Miss Florence Newman and was the widow of Merrill C Jewett. She is survived by her daughter and sister Mrs W A Farrer of Monson. Burial was in the family lot in Westport Saturday afternoon.
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