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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1942

Page

5

Christmas social items fill Bath society pages

Mrs Henry O McCabe teaches a class at Winter Congregational church with a breakfast and tree on North Street. Families and relatives of residents from Bath and nearby towns are listed attending Christmas gatherings and travel plans including naval officers, students, and service members visiting or stationed away.

Henry O. McCabe North Street McAbe Vid McKellar William Pomeroy John Stickney Robert Erskine Ronald Surette Perles L. Pert, Jr Harold Chamberlain U.S.N Bath Iron Works Henry Biggins Chestnut Street

Christmas Guests From City and Surrounding Towns

Families across Pelham Manor Green Street Cape Elizabeth Peaks Island and surrounding areas shared Christmas visits. Notable guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Shaw and son Bobbie, Mr and Mrs Ernest Heald, Mr and Mrs Carleton W Lowell, Mr and Mrs Ralph Seekins, R Clinton McFadden, Mr and Mrs Harry P Briggs Jr, Ensign and Mrs Warren Hill, Mr and Mrs William Turpie, Mr and Mrs FE Everett Pierce, Mr and Mrs Karcher S Jackson, and Harold Chamberlain U S N.

Robert Shaw Bobbie Pelham Manor N. Y Shaw Fred R. E. Dean Dummer Street Mr. Shaw Fred P. Shaw Green Street Carleton W. Lowell Pine Street Ralph Seekins Washington Street Archie L. Seekins Cape Elizabeth Harry P. Briggs Jr High Street Philip van Hook Mr. van Hook Peaks Island Everett Pierce Pearl Street Philadelphia Celia Hatch Son Dunlap Robert B. Hatch William P. Hatch Stanley Hatch Lewiston Daniel Hatch University of Maine Robert B. Hatch, Jr Waltham, Mass Orly

Soldier Visits Aunt and Uncle in Maryland for Christmas

Pfc. Melvin Henderson of the U S Army in Washington D C spent Christmas in Silver Springs Maryland as a guest of his aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs Francis Cooke formerly of Bath.

Melvin Henderson Washington, D. C Silver Springs Francis Cooke Bath

Local families share Christmas gatherings across Bath area

Mrs. D Wallace MacDonald hosts a family Christmas dinner at 136 Washington with guests including Alfred R McCabe and Norman MacDonald families from Phippsburg. Other visits include Daniel MacDonald of South Portland, Mrs. Warren K Davis in West Bath, and David McDonald visiting relatives in Philadelphia.

D. Wallace MacDonald Washington Street Alfred R. McCabe City Norman MacDonald Milton Norma Frances Phippsburg Daniel MacDonald South Portland MacDonald Warren K. Davis Mr. Davis West Bath

Miss Martha Page elected to Omicron Nu honors at Maine

Miss Martha Page, a Morse high school salutatorian of 1939 and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marius H. Page, is among four seniors at the University of Maine honored with Omicron Nu Alpha Beta membership, an award akin to Phi Beta Kappa. The Maine chapter began in 1931.

Martha Page University of Maine Omicron Nu Michigan State College Maine Miss Page Marius H. Page Academy Street Morse High School

Local families share holiday visits and health news

Pvt. Richard Curtis, studying at New England Aircraft School Boston, spent a three day leave with his wife in Brunswick and his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Bourget of Front Street. Several relatives and friends visited during Christmas and New Year with reports of travel, health, and community events across Boston, Bath, Rockland, and Augusta.

Leonard P. Litchfield San Francisco Bath Dartmouth College Hanover, N. H Alice Jean Dennison William Dennison New England Baptist Hospital Boston Jean Columbia University New York Pvt Richard Curtis New England Aircraft School Brunswick Edward Bourget Front Stret Walter Hart Middle Street Walter Hart, Jr Fargo Barracks Henry T. B. Leeman Somerset Place Rockland Leeman Knox County General Hospital

Local families greet service members on furloughs and visits

Lt. Merle D. Niles arrived Saturday to a furlough at his home with his wife Mrs. Mattie Niles and daughter Beverly. Other service members and relatives are noted visiting Bath area, including Lt. Comm. William S. Blair in Virginia and Miss Natalie Perham’s upcoming wedding. Coast Guard CPO Elisha Bridges rejoined his ship after a week with family.

Howard W. Mayo U.S.A Arthur F. Mayo High Street Henrietta French Frank A. French West Bath Washington Street David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church St. Mayo Bath Quartermasters School Camp Lee Mayo Camp Livingston Merle D. Niles Meadowway Mattie Niles Beverly Lena Niles Niles Camp Hood Tex Officers’ Candidate School Mark W. Sewall and Co Mahlon Niles Morse Navy Naval Training Station Newport R. 1 William S. Blair Blair Earl E. Wing Wing North Bath Bath Iron Works Corp Virginia Elisha Bridges U. S. Coast Guard Bridges Marian

Mrs Temple Improves After Illness at Marcia Street

Mrs Temple of Marcia street, long confined by illness, shows marked improvement. Mrs Reed of Mechanic street has closed her home and gone to Saco to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs Hill.

Herbert Pierce High Street Charles John Perkins Brunswick Road Newbury Mass Fred Temple Marcia Street Frank G. Reed Mechanic Street Saco Howard P. Hill

O'Donnell family arrives to visit Maine grandmother

Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew O'Donnell and daughter Colleen Margaret of South Portland arrived Thursday to visit Mrs. Wellington A. Moore, the mother of Mrs. O'Donnell.

Jack Germaine Wollaston Mass Germain Ralph K. Hall High Street Bartholomew O'Donnell Colleen Margaret South Portland

Farnham Family Visiting Crosby Kin

Mr and Mrs Edgebert Farnham and daughters Barbara and Janice of Marrs Hill are visiting Mrs Farnham s sister Mrs Donald Crosby of Dike Road.

Edgebert Farnham Barbara and Janice Marrs Hill Farnham Donald Crosby Dike Road

Bath area recalls 1942 events in yearbook style list

Independent recounts Bath and Wiscasset towns progress and wartime steps in 1942 dates. Power plant start, Morse High and BIW milestones, civil defense drives, rationing, civic appointments, fires, deaths, and local elections shaping wartime life.

No title provided biography line tops prize in radio program

Pvt. John E. Geagan of 99 Otis street won $50 in the Noah Webster Says program from Hollywood. He is praised for quick wit and strong scholastic background as he earned first honors amid applause that swept radios nationwide.

Noah Webster Rogram Hollywood John E. Geagan William H. Geagan Otis Street

Ellsworth Men Serve in New Guinea Far East Posts

Former County Attorney Fredrick T. Larrabee and Dr. Ordon L. Rand, both Ellsworth natives, serve in New Guinea with army units. Emery has risen to captain and Rand to sergeant in a base hospital unit. They have met several times since overseas service.

Fredrick T. Larrabee Ordon L. Rand Ellsworth New Guinea Emery Dr. Rand Far East

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Ardella B. Farrar Jahoc Ferry Portland Lincoln B Peter Volpe The Volpe Construction Co Bos William Bennett United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Md Charles T. Henderson Florence Carleton Fred L. Carleton Annie Cunningham Sagadahoc Ferry Archie Smith Albert B. Drouin Henry Opitz Miss Ina Oju Norway Paris Barbara White Mas Horace White Nassau College Charlottean Phyllis Mason Greenstreet Joseph O. Purdue Waterville Congregational Young People’s Council of State of Foster M. Pratt Mary Martha Dorothy Crocker Mrs Herman Crocker John Arsenault Stephen Cambridge Arsenault E. F. Arsenault Union Street Barbara P. White Ralph Wentworth Hope Cora Chapman Merritt Lothrop William of Winship Street Chapman Kendall Tyler Raymond G. Putnam Charles A. Shields St. Johnsbury Mr. Putnam Elizabeth D. Meldrum Manchester Meldrum Helen P. Putnam Guy Allenwood Ernest Prest Turner Allenwood Charles Barlow Dorice Miller R. H. White's Mrs. A Filler Lincoln Street Gloria Linford Times Co Jonesboro David L. Linford Charlotte School of Dancing G. A. R. Hall Madelyn Oliver Ruth Crocker Pauline Colby Betty Chadbourne Evelyn Bold Bettina Snell Catherine Pagurko Priscilla Witham Herbert T. Caverly Lardina Ann Herbert E Corliss Street Dr. Caverly Orrin Caverly Cyril R. Grant Army Air Base New Orleans Jennie Larrabee Merton Wright Wright Walter Larrabee John Larrabee Grace Thurston of Pownal Annie Pye Bedford Street Charles M. White Augusta State Department of Agriculture F. Ardine Richardson Strong E. E. Addison Auburn White Sagadahoc Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham Paul Copeland U. S. Marine Corps Alfred R. Pratt Paul Davis William Riley Riley Leland Mitchell Donald Hopkins Sadie Armstrong Senter’s, Inc Percy Savage Five Islands Roy Shackford Turner Court Savage Bath Memorial Hospital Carl Langbehn, Jr Carl Langbehn James W. Voorhees Maritime Academy Castine Wilmer I. Voorhees John T. Voorhees R. I Ernest Heald Georgetown Charles Andre R. Clinton McFadden Mrs. McFadden Georgiana Ensign Warren Hill West Buxton Henry W. Butler Ensign Hill Coast Guard Academy New London Conn Hill Conway N. H William Turpie Karcher S. Jackson Center Street N. Gratz Jackson This City David McDonald Bailey Street Lawrence Mary H. Cunningham Masonic Temple Norma Cummings Miss Cunningham Louise Briggs Edmund P. Briggs Lawrence Kenderdine Jesse Kenderdine Brewer U. S. Army Fitzsimons Hospital Denver Colo Dorothy Kenderdine John Plainfield Earl Twitchell Nancy Haddonfield N. J Punta Gorda Fla Twitchell Milford Y. Lewis Brigham’s Cove Charles A. Flewelling Flewelling First National Bangor Granville M. Colby Quimby Street William Davis Bernard Plummer Granite Street C. D. Hunnewell John Hederman James Lavigne Lavigne Maine General Hospital William A. Armstrong Arthur L. Wing Chamberlain Avenue William Sansom Sadie Sansom Thomas Anastasia Edmund B. Sansom Harry F. Smith Mr. Smith Allen Street Edmund Sansom Richard F. Johnson Richard, Jr John Harry Mr. Johnson John M. Johnson Mary Anderson Miss Pierce Carl Anderson Roy Lutz Roy, Jr Holbrook Mr. Lutz Aileen Bedell Westfield Abram Bedell Helen Frederick Weeks Street Farmington Marcia Stinson Milton C. Trott Woolwich Earl Stinson Louise Mosley Charles Williams Ayer Lieut. Williams Camp Devens Charles Baker, Jr Kentucky Charles Baker Hebrew Ladies’ Society Morris S. Povich Louis M. Silverman Loren H. Jaffe Charles Ginsberg Louis Petlock Raymond Court Noel Houle Lucy Marion Donald Delehanty Grace Johnson Ray Parker, Jr Lucy Hill H. Kenneth Smith Long Island Forrest Higgins Mr. Higgins Horace P. Higgins York Street John F. Dougherty Springfield Daniel T. Dougherty Kenneth Stotz Stotz Hardings Dorchester Gladys Stotz Mary Perry R.N Wellesley Edward A. Perry Herbert J. Rice Natalie Perham South Paris Miss Perham Melville Rice Harry F. Morin William Donovan Mr. Donovan East Orange Lauriston Caton John Burgess Emily Furber Augusta General Hospital William A. Farber Wilbur Hagan Skowhegan Independent Bath and Vicinity Wiscasset Todd-Bath Iron Band U.S.O Morse High State Grange West Bath Grange Armory Albion Johnson Eben Road Ben C. Harding YMCA Claude S. Gillette Pearl Harbor Red Cross W. Dayton Hill Grace Church Boy Scouts Morse High Basketeers Edward Little New Maine Central John Parker Hyde Windlass Co Memorial Hospital Florence Nightingale OPA Hall Ralph O. Dale William S. Newell Carlton Bridge G.O.P Rogers Swift & Co Edward Little Basketball Finance Committee Robert G. Hamblett Ira H. Durgan Sabattus Fair Rent Board Dorothy M. Lewis Delbert T. Lewis Roscoe A. Mains Bowery Street Hyde Park Terrace Fred Dayton Hill Bath National Bank Bath Bus Line West End Selective Service Board Harland A. Ladd Hyde Windlass Alexander Burgess, Jr Republican Ward Walter C. Rogers Nomi Alderman J. Frank Hunt Magge Harry M. Huse John E. L. Huse Army Air Corps Pacific Ruth I. Dale Harry L. Thompson Uss Nicholas BIW Morse High Hoopsters Oneveras Bath Pant Co Donald D. Young Waterville Celtics Walter C. Rogers Joseph A. Butler IBSW BSW Henry C. Wright Deering John A. Presley Peter Watts Jr Wiscasset Polce Board of Education Sewall Roland Smith A. L Cosmo Club Marshal Butler Percy W. Kingsbury Ellery M. Doyle Cyrus W. Longley John R. Newell Board of Aldermen Bailey Pyeaine Loring E. Hart Elks Morse High Auditorium Forrest C. Legard Bath Department James Decapua James Duncan Bath-Brunswick Highway Granville Colby Harry W. Crosman Chevalier New North Yard Bragg Perow Field Police Department City Hall J. M. Kiernan People’s Church Frederick P. Moffatt Justus H. Miller Rotary Charles A. Paul USN Maine Alumni Association Sumner Sewall Washington Ocd Sidney B. Lermond Coast Guard Iron Works Warren E. Kershner Colby Louis J. Brann Congress Sedwick
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