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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
5
The Congregational and St Philips church school held successful Christmas parties with a well attended pageant The Christmas Mystery at Congregational church drew a large crowd over the weekend. Various locals and relatives spent Christmas visiting family in Bath Groveton and Boston with many staying at parental homes and with relatives.
Federal Judge John A. Peters imposed fines totaling 5800 and suspended sentences of one year and a day on oil distributor Joseph Lamport and three filling station attendants Aubrey Dean Warren Walls and Garfield Spear. Each man received one year of probation. Prosecutor John D. Clifford said indictments rested on serious black market gasoline operations in Portland and South Portland. Lamport Oil Co. president Lamport was fined 5000 and ordered to discontinue his gasoline business during probation.
Mrs. Marcia Thornton of Indianapolis and her daughter Mrs. Justin Ware of New York City have returned home after spending Christmas with Mrs. Thornton’s mother Mrs. Alfred Pratt on Bedford Street.
West Bath Grange’s regular Monday meeting drew a large audience. Wesley Lemont, visiting his mother Mrs. D Wylie Lemont and serving as Worthy Master, opened with his piano composition Prophecy Of The New Year which received enthusiastic praise.
Canada celebrated a landmark shipbuilding day with twelve vessels launched including the first home built Tribal destroyer the Micmac. The ceremony at United Shipyards Montreal featured Commander Adelaide M Sinclair christening the Fort Esperance and a large naval and civilian lineup.
West Bath Sewing Group gathered Monday in the grange hall with attendees listed including Mrs. Milvin Comeau and Mrs. Llewellyn Rogers. The next meeting is set for January 10 and members are asked to bring lunches.
Three defendants appeared in Municipal Court with Judge Gardiner Deering. A West Bath man pleaded guilty to assault and battery against his wife. his wife paid his $25 fine plus $5.10 costs after narrating years of abuse. Other Bath men faced intoxication or probation violations with fines and jail terms.
Mrs. John Watson of Hingham visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. William S. Shorey in Washington street. Mr. and Mrs. George Musk host informal Sunday gathering on Washington Street. Miss Jean Dennison of Hunter College calls her parents on Christmas Eve to wish them well. Families from Kittery and Boston return home after Christmas visits with the Hunts and Ridleys. Rogers Moulton of Drumond Street remains bedbound and grateful for gifts. John Burgess hosts Christmas dinner with several relatives and military personnel. Camp McCain transfers brief notes about Rev. Joseph Purdue. Mrs. Kenneth Squiers and Augusta in law visit Harold Chapman and family over Christmas with extended kin from South Gardiner and Augusta.
Election of officers will be held Saturday evening when the Day's Ferry Community club meets with Mrs. Mabel Jack. Rev. Herbert A. Aldrich will preach at Nequasset Congregational church Sunday at 10 30. Schools reopen Monday after two weeks’ vacation. Various residents and visitors celebrate Christmas with family in Bath Boothbay Portland and Skowhegan.
In Woolwich Center and Moatsweag the community honors Mr. Gowdy with Christmas gifts from the Cheerio club the Grange and the Observers Corps. Mrs John M Gowdy leads Unified services at 10 and 11 30 a m with sermons Our Greatest Service and Our Greatest Service followed by church schools for all.
Nequasset Congregational church presents a Christmas program with a full slate of songs recitations and a Nativity pageant led by Mrs Thelma Squiers assisted by Mrs Mae Gilmore Readers include Mrs Raisy Elwell and others with Miss Ruth Dubar at the organ and Beatrice Beal Daisy Elwell and Mary Dodge among the coordinators.
The Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary gathered at the Frank Bailey home to honor its oldest member Mrs Dora Bailey with a Christmas dinner and tree. A program followed with readings recitations and songs, ending with a prize in a guessing game and sewing for community shut ins.
Daniel Hatch, attending Amherst College and enrolled in a military course, spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Hatch of Washington Street.
The Holly Hop, a holiday dance for high school students and guests, is set for Friday night from 8 to 11 45 p.m. in the USO hall. It is organized by Bath’s Youth Recreation Council in formation with advisory support from Esther Jakesy and E H Robinson.
The National Association of Manufacturers named W. S. Newell president of Bath Iron Works Corp as a Maine delegate on its 1944 board. He begins a one year term January 1 1944 and will be the state director representing Maine on a 105 member board from 39 states. The NAM aims to expand production and lower prices while promoting jobs and freedom as part of its wartime to peacetime pledge.
Two box alarms within 15 minutes called the fire department to vehicle fires in the early Friday hours. At 7 43 a blaze around the motor of Fred Pashard s car near Washington and South streets prompted a response from Box 23, followed minutes later by a blaze in Melvin Savage s engine area after an alarm from Box 45. Both autos were not seriously damaged. About 9 30 Thursday morning Engine Four responded to a car trapped in a high tree on North Street with Joe Cloutier, driver, performing the rescue.
West China relief authorities start a barter system paying salaries with wearing apparel to des titute Chinese students. Jobs include road and dam construction and school building. Students recently built roads dams dredged creeks and established 14 primary schools for adults.
Ensign F A Lovell Jr U S N R spent Christmas with his wife at the home of her parents Rev and Mrs C M Tubbs. Lovell is temporarily located at Portland.
At an American Chemical Society meeting in Albany, researchers from the Western Regional Research Laboratory describe gluten as a versatile by product of wheat starch. They note potential uses as an adhesive when dissolved in ammonia, in synthetic fibers, and most notably in monosodium glutamate production, with demand outstripping current capacity due to priority restrictions. beet sugar waste supplies glutamic acid for MSG.
Woolwich Grange No. 168 P of H mourns the death of Nellie E. Dowling. The charter is to be draped in memory and a copy of the resolutions sent to Bath Independent and the bereaved husband. Committee members Rose E. Hathorne Florence E. Smith Charlotte W. Leeman. Woolwich Me Dec 30 1943.
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