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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
3
Around Phippsburg and Meadowbrook details of Christmas tree wholesale activity, local incidents, and community updates. Personal items include hospital surgery, ship exams, residents visiting Bath and Timber Island, and multiple moves of residents between Bath, Phippsburg, and Arrowsic.
A daughter named Diane Elaine was born to F. S. Avery Jr. on December 18 at Central Maine General Hospital. Lieut. Avery serves in Manila. Mrs. Avery is Mary Double, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Double of Andrews Road. There are four known cedar species.
Dromore Grange held its weekly meeting with Robert Metcalf presiding as worthy master. The charter was draped for Daniel Small. Officers elected include Elmer Rogers master Edward Miller overseer Maurice Warner lecturer and others. A Christmas party was planned with gifts and refreshments.
During a pre Christmas visit Miss Abbie Harvey led Weeks Street School pupils in a concert of carols and numbers with piano accordion and piano accompaniment. The program included Hark the Herald Angels Sing Oh Come All Ye Faithful and Silent Night with performances by Grades Six and Seven and ends with the Star Spangled Banner.
The Maine State Golf Association will hold its annual meeting in Augusta on Tuesday January 8 at 2 PM. Each member club is expected to be represented by delegates. Lance Cooper president of Bath Country Club serves as vice president. The 1946 season will feature resumption of national sectional and state tournaments and plans are laid for a busy golf year with officer elections and tournament selections.
Bath police are attempting to locate Fred L LaPlante believed to be living in Bath with possible Hartford, Conn. ties. Police say he has family in the area and should contact Bath Police Headquarters immediately. the Bath address given could not be reached and he may not have lived there.
Barn collapse near Parker Head due to wind and rain narrowly escapes injury as children play nearby. Local families and 4-H club members share activities from Christmas preparations to birthday celebrations and hospital visits. The piece also lists weekly gatherings at Parker Head PTA and church groups with plans for a clubhouse.
Bath Post Office reports a flood of mail as hundreds line up at stamp and parcel windows. Automatic canceling shows 51 387 outgoing mail markings, with 240 sacks of parcels, about 13 per sack, pushing total mail toward a seasonal record.
Beacon Street Methodist church prepares a Christmas pageant for Sunday at 8 o clock in the auditorium. Har man W Smith leads the program with Mary played by Mrs James Steen Joseph by George Freeman and a large cast including Ward Beardsley Gordon Pinkham and Rev Charles Kinney Wise Men. The Women s Society handles costumes and the Cub Scouts aid with props under Advah Reynolds.
Mrs Hugh D Grant of Front Street left Wednesday for Holyoke Massachusetts to spend Christmas with her daughter Mrs Grant Harris and family. Dr Grant plans to join the family there.
Mrs. David L Wilson of Washington Street traveled to Boston Wednesday to stay through the Christmas season with Mr. and Mrs. Blair C. Wilson of Melrose Massachusetts. She is to be joined there by Dr. Wilson on Saturday evening.
Popham school plans a Friday Christmas program with pupils and staff including Miss Marion Bridges assisting Miss Margaret Wyman. The school will close for a ten day vacation. The coast near Spinney’s store saw a beach collapse last Sunday creating a new riverbank bay and prompting Coast Guard attention. Many locals urge restoring Coast Guard Station status and signing a petition circulated by Llewellyn Oliver. Sheriff Merssenger investigated potential break ins at two cottages. no losses confirmed. Additional local notices cover residents travelling south for winter, visits among Bath and West Bath communities, and a note on a Mohammedan mosque facing Mecca.
Granville E Wallace USN writes from USS Bunker Hill about commanding a 25 man generator crew and a 35 day Philippines voyage returning 4815 personnel. Other Navy and Army discharges, local visits, and school closure due to illness are noted along with family updates and regional scallop fishing.
Harold Shaw Jr of South Paris receives a 17 jewel gold watch for highest state record in the National 4 H Meat Animal program after six years of club work handling livestock and winning contests. Kenneth P Cooper of Buckfield is chosen to compete for a Firestone 4 H Soil Conservation Activity trip after nine years of club work with a 200 acre farm, contour strip cropping and soil improvements yielding $2700.85. Both activities operate under Extension Service and USDA cooperation.
Last week Mr and Mrs Bernard York Mrs Leo Hamel and daughter and Frederick York passed a day in Portland recently observing a family outing with several members visiting the city.
Woolworth Company employees held their annual Christmas party at Miss Carol Whalen’s home on Russell Street. Gifts included a black onyx ring for Mrs. Irma Preble and jeweled earrings for Mrs. Estelle Boutin. The evening featured games and carol singing with many attendees listed by name.
The Maine Bureau reports fifty six new memberships and twelve increased contributions in one month as part of the Victory Expansion program. Fred H. Gabbi of Portland notes rising activity with bureau directors soliciting from business firms to boost promotion for Maine industries agriculture fisheries and recreation. The program seeks to expand markets and a statewide push for winter sports facilities with guidance from the Maine Winter Sports Federation after their Augusta meeting.
The description outlines converting wood chips to pulp in a paper mill using a corrosive sulphite liquor that digests chips in hours. Pulp is refined by beating, fillers or starch added, dyes optional, then sent to the headbox. After dilution and dirt removal, the pulp proceeds to the papermaking machine.
South Street school presents A Poem of Welcome with David Potter School Choir performing Away in a Manger Shepherds Tells Us Christmas Eve piano solos by various pupils and pieces including White Christmas and Wassail Song. The program features multiple grade piano solos, carols, a pledging ceremony, and the Star Spangled Banner.
Central Grammar sweeping the event scored 145 points to Central Grammar Eight 98 in the YMCA Sports Parade. Bernard Pomerleau Joseph Coffill Daniel Hill and Richard Quimby led a 1 2 3 sweep, with Quimby topping the high jump and double high jump. Top 10 scorers included Dennis Gaudet Richard Armes Richard Quimby and Bernard Pomerleau.
In Tuesday’s issue the name of Mrs. Evelyn McMann R N was incorrectly given as night supervisor at Memorial hospital. It should read she is an assisting night supervisor. Mrs McMann assists on the committee arranging the Nurses Alumni dance at the State Armory Friday evening.
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