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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1942

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights

In Bath in December 1902 Central church music under William Small receives praise for octette quartette and solo performances. Maine Central crossing official Gateman Atkins finds two lost hats. Bath, Maine. Sail crew Robert H Stevenson schooner launched by New England Co commanded by J. E. Higbee to Hampton Roads. Grace church holds 11 o'clock midnight service. Armory hall hosts dancing and social events with local leaders. Post office busiest day as 25 mail sacks pass through. A. W. Robinson opens a Front street barber shop opposite the Shanon House.

Central Church William Small Small Robert H. Stevenson Adelia Hampton Roads The New England Co J. E. Higbee

Weather and market notes from Fernandina and Portland

The cold snap cooled roads and eased travel while a fisherman sold a dory load of boiled lobster at 20 cents a pound amid shellfish scarcity and high prices. Bath Iron Works whistles draw attention as steam dredge Cumberland arrives. Portland Steel Ceiling Co. installs steel ceilings at Berry House. Christmas poultry prices list at turkeys 30 to 35 cents and geese 20 to 24 cents. Local residents Mason family visits Portland. Ivy Shier of the West End hotel holds a long-time post in Portland.

Seguin Bath Iron Works Cumberland Fernandina

Dec 26 1902 Shooting Event At South End Notables

The South End shooting match managed by Morse and Perry drew many crack shots. Reuben Purington won a goose among 25 contestants with five No 4s in a six inch ring at sixty yards using a Parker Ten gauge. Al Oliver beat Purington in a friendly shoot seven bullseyes to six.

South End Messrs Morse Perry Charles Preble Reuben Purington al Oliver Reuben Purnan Oliver

Local Accidents and Business Notes From Hyde Windlass Co

December 28 1902 report lists a three inch head wound at Hyde Windlass Co as a man struck by a plate and needing stitches. A Jackman shop employee suffered severe hand injuries from a circular saw and required medical care. Walter Coombs moved a large music box to George Drapeau's College town drug store. A row boat lost in ice near Bluff Head was recovered by boat builder T L Farnham of Arrowsic to be repaired and returned next spring. Also a plug for grapefruit at B Clintos The Fruit Man.

Lowell Hyde Windlass Co Fuller Walter Coombs Brunswick Electric Express Hallet George Drapeau College Town H. T. Passmore Jones’ Eddy Bluff Head T. L. Farnham Arrowsic Mr. Farnham

Local notices and society items span gifts and events

David A. French wears a gold watch from friends. Arthur Begin sustains a cut at sea. William Dow to open a Front Street lunchroom. E F Campbell exhibits photos of the Ransom B Fuller. Campbell photographs Bath launches. Hyde Windlass worker Grindle holds a store box key with $15. Primrose Whist Club meets on Dummer Street. Mildred Wallace breaks two forearm bones on Union and Middle streets. Bernard Wood and Fred Campbell draw crowds at Armory Hall with a 60-couple march. Police wear new gloves from Ledyard. Citizens sift coal ashes amid high coal prices. F W Deering leaves for Rumford Falls as machinist. Mollie Riley returns from Richmond. she’s with the Richmond Bee. Gerald R LeMoine, Army Air Corps recruit, hosts a sendoff at 170 North Street. The evening features Victrola music, chatter, and refreshments with Ilda, Martha Torrey, Janet Colley, Jean Stanton, Shirley James, Betty Jones, Bernard Pratt, Bruce Wright, Joseph Spear, Joseph Torrey, Robert Gannon.

Gerald R. LeMoine Army Air Corps North Street Ilda Ratt Martha Torrey Janet Colley Jean Stanton Shirley James Betty Jones Bernard Pratt Bruce Wright Joseph Spear Joseph Torrey Robert Gannon

Walter Maass Returns from Furlough

Walter Maass U S N returned Monday after a furlough spent with his mother Mrs Florence Maass at 842 Washington street.

Walter Maass U.S.N Florence Maass Washington Street

Russian Relief Fund Drive Nears End in Sagadahoc County

Sagadahoc County Russian War Relief campaign will close Saturday evening January 2. The drive has been successful but more donations are welcome. Checks should be payable to Russia Relief Inc and sent to Albert S. Noyes at Bath Trust Co or given to committee members.

Sagadahoc Russia Relief, Inc Albert S. Noyes Bath Trust Co Times Jewish Community Center Roland Smith Post A. L L. E. Thebeau C. P. Hall Pearl E. Reed John L. Bates R. F. Hill J. A. Bimson Lydia C. Moses Roger D. Skillings John P. Carey Shaw’s Book Store Annie McInnes Torrey Roller Bushing Works Allen M. Irish Mr. Noyes

Bowdoinham Native Rev. A. B. Patten Featured Poet

Friends in Bowdoinham received a Christmas card with an original poem by Rev. A B Patten. The piece recalls his local roots and notes his education at Bowdoinham High School and Colby College. Patten later preached in California and the East and now resides in California.

Arthur Bardwell Patten Bowdoinham Patten Mr. Patten Colby College C. Wallentine Baptist Colby California The Independent Jarvis Patten Bath Park A. B. Patten

Christ Child and Bethlehem Inspire Hope for Jerusalem

Poem praising the Christ Child over Bethlehem and the Holy Night. It contrasts warlords with the Prince of Peace and foresees divine rebirth, enduring name, and triumphant leadership guiding to a new Jerusalem.

Bethlehem Prince of Jersalem

Woolwich Religious Services Schedule

Woolwich listings show Woolwich Center Baptist Church services Sunday morning 10 and 11 in Sunday school with 7 30 evening service and 7 30 prayer meeting Friday at Mrs Dolloff home led by Dr Bousfield. Montsweag Baptist morning service 11 15 preached by Rev J M Gowdey with 12 15 Sunday school. Cheerio meeting Thursday night at Hilton Soule home.

Woolwich Center Church J. M. Gowdey Asenath Dolloff Dr. Bousfield Montsweag Church Way of Progress Cheerio Hilton Soule

Citizens Dance Assemblies To Proceed This Winter

The Citizens Legislative Assembly Committee announced on Tuesday that legislative dance assemblies will proceed as usual during the coming winter. Inquiries had suggested possible cancellation due to the war. Frank E. Southard chairs the committee with assistance from Earl C. Goodwin and Edward Byron.

Citizens Legislative Assembly Committee Frank E. Southard Citizens’ Committee Earl C. Goodwin Edward ‘Byron

Greater need for women in war employment urged

Miss Margaret Hickey chair of the Women s Advisory Committee of the War Manpower Commission told the Congress of Industrial Organizations auxiliaries that by end of 1943 one in six currently idle women will join the workforce and one in four homemakers will work outside the home. She said age does not reduce efficiency and urged removal of barriers to women in any qualified occupation.

Women’s Bureau Hickey Bureau Faye Stephenson Women’s Auxiliaries Eleanor Gimbel New York Wallace Soviet Union United States Philip Murray Congress of Industrial Organizations Dorothy Bellanca The Manpower Commission Abigail Homans Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety Verity Smith Labor and Industries Mary Pond American Red Cross National Cio Committee For American and Allied War Relief

Boothbay Register marks 66th birthday and editor change

The Boothbay Register celebrates sixty six years since its first issue on December 9, 1876 by B. T. Cox. Editor Ralph Delano departs January 1 1943 for Army Signal Corps service and John McCarthy of Jamaica Plains MA will assume editorship January 1 as eighth editor in the paper’s history.

Boothbay Register B. T. Cox Ralph Delano Army Signal Corps John McCarthy Jamaica Plains Mass du Boothbay Register

Hawley Family Returns After Auburn Visit

Mr and Mrs Howard B Hawley and daughter Patty of Auburn have come back from a trip visiting Mrs Hawleys parents Mr and Mrs William Mussenden of Garden Street in Garden City.

Howard B. Hawley Patty Auburn

Hyde Park Terrace Items Of The Week

Sunday school at the Administration building hosts an entertainment and gift exchange at 7 30 tonight. Many residents share family visits over the holidays with relatives in Maine and nearby towns. Numerous residents and guests are listed visiting, traveling or staying with local families.

Stockton Springs couple announces engagement in Auburn

Mrs. Sabra Stinchfield of Stockton Springs announces the engagement of her daughter Venora Mary of Auburn to Robert O. Dow of Boston. Venora graduates include City of Maine Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Delta Pi. taught at Sullivan High School Patten Academy before teaching French at Webster Junior High. Dow, formerly of Sherman Mills, works for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston.

Sabra Stinchfield Stockton Springs Venora Mary Auburn Robert O. Dow Boston Miss Stinchfield City of Maine Phi Kappa Phi Kappa Delta Pi Middlebury Sullivan High School Patten Academy Webster Junior High Dow Sherman Mills The Christian Science Monitor

Delightful Christmas Party at Old Folks Home

A Times reader recounts an evening at the Old Folks Home on Christmas Eve. Mrs. O Hara and staff organized a festive night with a decorated tree, Santa impersonated by Mr Stevens, entertainment, readings, and a cake from Pride Bake Shop. Nearly all residents attended and praised the joyous observance.

Old Folks Home O'Hara Santa Claus North Pole Mr. Stevens

Christmas Program at Church of the Nazarene Sunday Evening

The Church of the Nazarene held a Christmas program Sunday evening featuring songs like Joy to the World and Silent Night, readings such as A Strange Distinction and The Giving Highway, duets by Fay Matthews and Doris Smith, and performances by Barbara Fraser, the Greene family, and others. The program included recitations, exercise L O V E, and a finale The Star of Peace with Raymond Bechard.

Church of the Nazarene Sunday School Thomas B. Greene T. B. Greene A. J. Back Talbert Williams Little Lord Joyce Stover Thomas and Barbara Greene Barbara Fraser Donna Flewellyn Fay Matthews Carolyn Fraser Alan Williams Donald Kenney Grace Johnson Josephine Williams Jean Caton Doris Smith Bobby Moore Norman Kenney Star of Peace Raymond Bechard

Annual Stockholders Meeting Notices for Bath Banks

Multiple Bath institutions announce annual stockholders meetings on January 12, 1943 at 2 PM in Bath Maine. The First National Bank of Bath The Bath Trust Company and Bath National Bank seek election of directors or trustees and other lawful business. Notices dated December 9 1942.

First National Bank OF Bath Bath The Bath Trust Co Bath Trust Company Maine Lei E. Thebau Bath National Bank Front St City of Bath County of Sagadahoc State of Maine Randall F. Cook

Real Estate Transfers in Sagadahoc County

Sagadahoc Register of Deeds records transfers of land and buildings including High Street and North Bath properties. Transactions involve multiple pairs such as Hiram Z Steverman to Lacien Bisson to Mary E. Kimball and others in Bath Georgetown Phipsburg and Topsham regions.

Sagadahoc Register of Deeds Hiram Z Steverman Lacien Bisson Mary E. Kimball High Street William H. Allen Jr J. Edmund Arsenault North Bath Phoebe A. Chadsey Jerome Doyle Russell Street Bath Trust Co Waldo R. Weston Snow Park Bowdeinham Lysle P. Temple Lewis R. Matthews Mary E. Sedgely

Nisbet Rice Wedding in Gardiner Saturday

The wedding of Miss Glenda Louise Rice and Russell Lingrad Nisbet took place Saturday evening at the Highland Avenue todist parsonage Gardiner. Rev Louis S Staples officiated. The bride is a Gardiner High School 1940 graduate and employed by F W Woolworth Co in Gardiner. The groom, Cony High School 1938 graduate, works as an electric welder at Bath Iron Works. They will live with the groom’s parents.

Glenda Louise Rice Forest M. Rice Highland Avenue Gardiner Russell Lingrad Nisbet Roy O. Nisbet Coughlin Street Augusta Highland Avenue Todist Parsonage Louis S. Staples Nisbet Gardiner High School F. W. Woolworth Co Cony High Bath Iron Works Corp

Probate Notices From Sagadahoc County Bath 1942

Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc issues notice for estates Annie T McAuliffe Frederick W Crocker John Royal Bion Roach and others. Hearings set January first at ten o clock with letters of administration or final accounts pending for executors and trustees. Publication to run three weeks in Bath Independent.

Bath Sagadahoc Katherine Horn Frederick W. Crocker Harold O. Crer Nellie C. Dunning Centrix John Royal George J. Goodwin Bion Roach

Also Mentioned on This Page

Gateman Atkins Maine Central Center School E. C. Plummer Washington Atlantic Carriers’ Association Bath Boys Frank Dennett F. W. S. Blanchard Grace Church John Shaw Joseph Madden Ben Haggett Edward Jones Poronie Ralph Dunton Russell Hughes Colonial Club Armory Hall Miss. Harvey Center Street Hyde Light Guards George A. Baker John Lee C. C Monegan Holmes William Donnell Nellie Ferrin Charles Beals A. W. Robinson Front Street Shannon House Mr. Robinson Berry House Portland Steel Ceiling Co Harry E. Mason Dorothy Portland Igh Straoe H. Mason Ivy Weat End Ortland E. Davis Ellsworth Deejay American Steam Laundry William Brown Granny” Neagle Ralph A. McIntire Salt Lake City Bowdoin Medical College William D. Oliver A. Hallet & Co Bath Beef Co Morse Brothers D. T. Percy & Sons Thomas Black Fred Fuller E. F. Campbell Henri Crosby Forrest Nelson Frank Beede Charles F. Magoun Frank Mikelsky J. E. Ryan Charles Clifford Fred Scribner A. P. Denham H.C. Webber People’s Church Bert Longley E. F. Kelley Universalist Society Joseph M. Hayes R. D. Bibber Knickerbocker Towage Co Kennebec River Séguin Triton Ontario & Western Coal Co Knickerbocker Hudson River Clara Clarita Capt. Sorenson Kennebec Yacht Club Stevens Nash Lemont Wittekind Kelley H. B. Johnson Potter Jackson Merrill Johnson Hodgkins Scribner Vine Street Baker Gilmore E. O. Dow Lee, Wade John Wright Hockomock Perry Colby George Gilker Jackman Dr. Fuller B. Clinto’s David A. French Beacon Street Mr. French Arthur Begin Shenango William E. Dow Ransom B. Fuller Mr. Campbell Bath Yards Herbert Grindell South Street Waterman's Clothing Store Primrose Whist Club Mrs Fred Sawyer Dummer Street Mildred Wallace Edward Wallace Union Middle Streets Bernard Wood Fred Campbell Mr. Wood Jennie Harris Meloney Stacey Denham Ledyard F. W. Deering Rumford Falls Oxford Mollie Riley Richmond Arthur Pepper Miss Riley Richmond Bee Arthur Bardwell Woolwich Hyde Park Terrace Juanita Ward Washington, D. C Frank Fellows Philip Wards Central Avenue Lewis Norman Braun Edward Roy, Jr Skowhegan Roland Brawn Merle Foster Eugene Brown Canaan L. R. Shofield Harold Chapman Joseph Leshman Theresa Freeport H. S. Dill Thimbleclub Pauline Dewey Lark Street Dewey Lena Butler Wilder Irish Haynesville Irish Curtis Irish Dellis Irish Paul Marchant Bluff Road Robert Pendleton Pendleton Bertha Dillinan Mr. Pendleton I. E. Pendleton Lewiston R. H. McKay Newport Niles Perkins, Jr Perkins N. L. Perkins Togus Eldredge Woods Westbrook Kittery Gerard Billington Albert Veilleux Mark Jackson Beatrice Duprey Bernard Knight Ethel M. Lynch Watertown N. J Roland Tibbetts Clinton D. Wilson Morse High School Memorial Hospital Ellen Billington May Maxwell Dorchester Charles Duker Mary Anderson Beverly Duker R. C. Carles Fort Monmouth Carl's John Babb West Washington Thomas Sunday Carles Cyrus Purinton A. B. Hoyt Rumford Donald Purinton Gulfport Miss Army Air Force Technical School Earle Johnston Myra Bar Harbor Frank Cressey Virginia Stanley Greene Richard Wise Men Daniel Williams Bath, Me Henry Song Mrs. Greene Warren Kenney Beverly Lewis Sagadahoc County Phippsburg Addie B. Ray Charles A. Ray Carl F. Wallace Raymond V. Nordland Lila F. Ladd Dimick Wallace H. Farley Frederick Small Russell A. Ring Topsham Op Cabot Manufacturing Co Verney Brunswick Mills Co Topsham Edna M. Dana Percy C. Bailey Groom Carol Wood Ernest Wood Providence R. 1 Elliot and Watrous Miss Wood Nassan College Charles Sheehan Dummerstreet Lubec Aera J Pet Tak John L. Jack Register
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