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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1943
Page
8
Congregational activities and community notes in local town
The column lists church delegates and alternates to the Diocesan convention, mentions a Congregational Sunday school meeting, planned Valentine event, and Easter program. It covers Red Cross solicitors, a book club gathering, poetry readings, a library schedule change, and several local moves and a mild coast ing accident with injuries.
Manual training class builds models for pilots
Morse High school instructor David Y. Alkazin starts freshman and sophomore classes on making aircraft models. The goal is at least 80 scale planes for the Army this year, following last year’s Navy models, with upperclassmen already busy in machine shop work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
David Y. Alkazin
Morse High School
Navy
Haute
Notes of Interest Social Meeting Details
Auxiliary will socialize at the ident Mrs Ed s 822 Middle afternoon at and friends are age members meet Thursday in the Red om 411 Front for Work. They meet Friday or work on sur Marginn Kt S945 of Wesley place in the Armory Friday lar at 7.30. They ALG Cerys ats wear or bring ona tig tu ' iliness of Mrs Martie Gran r first aid class In the i444 1) vening school wrt be eet night Sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eds
Sur
Wesley Place
Martie Gran
Vening
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Myrtle Billings
Upper High Street
Red Cross
Billings
Card of Thanks from Mrs Aldie Merry
Card of Thanks to neighbors friends and organizations for kindness during illness from Mrs Aldie Merry of Wiscasset Maine dated January 27 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldie Merry
Wiscasset, Maine
West Bath notices and moves among local residents
Mr and Mrs Melvin Green work in Bath and live in West Bath while their twin daughters study machine shop in Tilton and work at Bath Iron Works. Doris Colby visits Stover family. Bertha Ward at Harding plant. Mrs Warren Davis honored with jewelry. Nellie Perry family moves near Witch Spring. Harland Booker visits Sanford Crossing. John Perkins on vacation at Bath Iron Works. Pvt Carlton Bailey moves within Texas camps. Burnhams host Ogunquit trip with Irving Burnham family in West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Greenbough
New Hampshire
Bath
West Bath
Daugh
Tilton
N. H
Bath Iron Works
Henry Robichaud
Doris Colby
Coopers Mills
Courtney Stover
Bertha Ward
Harding
Congress Shirt Co
Joseph Robichaud
Carlton Bailey
Camp Swift
Texas
Camp Barkley
William Bailey
Lawrence Burnham
Ogunquit
Irving Burnham
Woolwich and Montsweag Baptist Services Announced
Woolwich Center Baptist church and Montsweag Baptist church led by Rev. J. M. Gowdey schedule morning services at 10 and 11.15 respectively with sermons on The Unshaken Kingdom and Amos. Evening service at Woolwich 7.30 on Amos, Sunday school times 11 and 12.15. A prayer meeting is planned at the parsonage Friday night at 7-30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Woolwich Center
Montsweag Baptist Church
J. M. Gowdey
Gowdey
Unshaken Kingdom
Amos
Montsweag
Moonlight debts repeat in Augusta court case
A 61 year old man appeared before Judge Deering for a second intoxication charge after a prior guilty plea. He received a $5 fine and $5.03 costs with 30 days in jail as an alternate, and warned not to repeat the offense within two weeks. Miss June Howard of Western Union left for New York to visit her father, Major William N. Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner H. Deering
George Brooker
Deering
Bath Box Co
Wells
Judge Deering
Augusta
June Howard
The
Western Union
New York
Major William N. Howard
OPA Rulings Clarify Wedding Travel and Plea sure Driving Rules
The article summarizes Office of Price Administration guidance on wartime driving limits. It covers wedding car use with guests walking, and exceptions for the couple and officiants. It notes travel for work, moving items, visiting graves, sick animals, and other scenarios, all judged by availability of alternative transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
OPA
Thatery
Incene
Infant Daughter Laura Ann Warner Born to Mr and Mrs Warner
A daughter Laura Ann was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Daniel Warner of 205 Middle Street. The infant weighed six pounds two ounces. Mrs Warner née Mary Barbara Genthner is daughter of Mrs Laura Genthner and the late Orrin Genthner. Mr Warner, former Morse High athlete, is son of Mr and Mrs Clarence A Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Ann
Arthur Daniel Warner
Middle Street
Warner
Mary Barbara Genthner
Laura Genthner
Orrin Genthner
Morse High
Clarence A. Warner
Woolwich Social News Highlights A Birthday Party And Local Notices
Marguerete Cromwell celebrated her 13th birthday with a Saturday party for schoolmates. Guests included Leona Presley Beatrice Beals Muriel Beals Geraldine Fogg Ruth Hanson Patricia Maas Barbara Baker and Gloria Brown of Bath. Several residents were listed with hospital visits and visits, military service notes, and local social updates from Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerete
Guy Cromwell
Bath Memorial Hospital
A. J. Clarey
Belfast
William Wright
Henry Groves
Saugus
Mass
James Carter
Mason Carter
Day's Ferry
Fred Pitman
University of Maine
Sara Leonard
Annie Cunningham
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bath Memorial
G. Oakley Stinson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Winship A. Reed
Swampscott
Frank J. Walker
Robert Reed
Bath
Percy Savage
Alec Reed
Merle Jameson
Bath Iron Works
Albert Temple
Anthony Dodge
Florence Carlton
Horace Allen
George Ames
Trott Brook
William Duplissa
Hallowell
Jordan Wright
Everson Stinson
Dike PTA Plans Founders Day and Card Party
Dike PTA at a regular meeting in the Dike school teachers room outlined Founders Day events on February 18 and a March 4 card party both to be in the school and in the evening. Mrs. Edmund Mocklar presided. Mrs. Leo Venus chairs the card party with Mrs. William Hogan as assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike P. T. A
Dike School
Edmund Mocklar
Leo Venus
William Hogan
Archie Wishart
Carl Langbehn
Arthur Bourque
Jean L. Danforth
Arthur Cook
John H. Labbie
Edward B. Hamblett
Personal Notes From Bath Area Public Notices
Mrs. John Howe of Union street clerks afternoons at Senter's. Mrs. Wilbert J. Crowe of 306 Center street hospitalized at Osteopathic Hospital Portland after a fall at home. Linda Jean born six pounds fourteen ounces at a private Portland hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Brown once of Bath. Marjorie Christian RN heart nurse returned from visit with her grandmother Mrs. George E. Legard. Celia Moore and Bernice Parent join Bath Iron Works office staff. Bernice to live with the Moores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Howe
Union Street
Senter’s, Inc
Wilbert J. Crowe
Center Street
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Linda Jean
Earle W. Brown
Alice Hogan
Bath
Marjorie Christian
R.N
Waterville
George E. Legard
North Street
Celia Moore
Frank Moore
Washington Street
Bernice Parent
Hallowell
Bath Iron Works
Parent
Clarifies Pleasure Driving Limits for Meetings and Travel
A January amendment by the Local War Price and Rationing Board tightens basic ration use for non essential driving and bans auto travel to most meetings. Only meetings for emergency training, occupation related, or religious services are allowed. service clubs are banned.
Local Social Roundup from Bath and Sagadahoc Area
Miss Flossie Beals hosts a Bath club gathering while Mrs. Rudolph McRae rests in Maine General Hospital. Casco Chapter OES Freeport and Freeport Masonic lodge plan a joint installation tonight with Mrs. Henry Shaw officiating. Dr. and Mrs. A F Williams of Phippsburg learn their son John F Williams advances to colonel in Washington D C. Miss Muriel Grace hosts a linen shower for Miss Adele Hutchins as she marries Charles L Hoebel. attendees include Bath residents and Brunswick guests. Engagement announced for Elizabeth Conant of Lincoln Massachusetts to Andrew J Kauffman of Bangor with a Sebasco summer residence. Conant is Radcliffe senior, Kauffman Harvard 43 and Alpine club alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casco
Freeport
Masonic Lodge
Henry G. Shaw
Bath
Grand Chapter
Maine
A. F. Williams
Phippsburg
High Street
John F. Williams
General Staff Corps
Washington, D. C
Muriel Grace
Pinestreet
M. Adele Hutchins
Charles L. Hoebel
Hutchins
Norma Small
Grace
Edith Small
Vanona MacDonald
LeRoy Hutchins
William Small
Harry Teasdale
Raymond Ramsey
Mary McCabe
Frances Grainger
Louise Trainor
Mary Carroll
Robert Pletts, Jr
Dorothy Anliker
June Howard
Donald Larrabee
Brunswick
Elizabeth
Betty) Conant
Richard K. Conant
Lincoln
Mass
Andrew John Kauffman
Reginald Wright Kauffman
Bangor
Kauffmans
Sebasco
Conant
Boston Junior League
Concord Academy
Radcliffe
Kauffman
Ecole Private
Geneva
Switzerland
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
Harvard
Harvard Mountaineering Club
Acres
American Alpine Ilub
Ducks Return Signal Spring at Bay Point
Residents report the first flock of wild ducks heading north on January 30 amid an severe winter. Ice storms blanketed the region with roads and gutters iced over. sanded by Georgetown men and snow plows helped, while local families note high school honor rolls for Evelyn and Elizabeth Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Georgetown
Sagadahoc
Clyde Pinkham
Evelyn
Elizabeth
H. A. Spinney
Walter Reid
Harmon's Harbor
Robert Fry
Forrest Hanna
Five Islands
Charles
LeRoy Moore
Daniel Pettingill
Frye
Sacred Heart Circle Plans 11th Anniversary Birthday Event
The Sacred Heart circle Daughters of Isabella announces its February social will observe the circle's 11th anniversary on February 23 in the Water Street hall. Helen Moses presides as regent, with Margaret Flaherty chairing the social committee and Mae King captaining a fundraising group. A Communion Sunday is scheduled for February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Water Street
Helen Moses
Margaret C. Flaherty
Mae King
Nellie Johnson
Lida Costain
Beatrice Thibeault
Geraldine Madden
Josephine Scott
Vera Pagurko
Mary Arsenault
Alice Burgess
Alice McDougall
Ethel Lee
Hannah Curran
Dora Collins
Corinne Hayes
Mary Savoie
Marguerite Ingraham
Annie Conley
Angeline Jenkins
South End P T A Drops Founders Day Observance
The oldest state P T A voted to omit its Founders Day observance as a fuel saving wartime measure, meeting at Mrs Arthur F Berry's Robbins Street home. By law changes the officer term moves to June, aligning with the school year. Next meeting is March 2 at Mrs A George Moses's Corliss Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
A. George Moses
Corliss Street
McHugh Family Attends Richmond Man’s Bath Funeral
Mrs. Thomas McHugh and daughters Rhea and Julia return to Amesbury after attending the funeral of Stephen Conley of Richmond at St Mary’s church in Bath. Floral tributes include from Bath Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree, P B O dahce Council, and Congress Shirt Factory. Harold O and Otis S Page visit relatives Mr and Mrs Orville Page in Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McHugh
Rhea
Julia McHugh
Amesbury
Mass
New England Salutes Roosevelt On His Sixty First Birthday
A leather bound volume bearing personal birthday messages from New England Governors to President Roosevelt honors his 61st birthday. John J. Hagerty describes the gift as thanks for aid during the Infantile Paralysis campaign and admiration for his leadership on the North Africa journey. Governors Sewall Blood Wills Saltonstall McGrath Baldwin contributed messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Roosevelt
White House
John J. Hagerty
Massachusetts
New
Sewall
Maine
Blood
New Hampshire
Wills
Vermont
Saltonstall
McGrath
Rhode Island
Baldwin
Connecticut
United States
Women of Wesley Church Hold February Meeting
The Women's Society of Christian Service met in Wesley vestry with good attendance. Miss Nan Brown led worship and Miss Ellen B. Hodgkins presented The Christian's Responsibility for a Just and Enduring Peace. President Mrs. Andrew M. Butterfield presided as budget for 1943 was approved. A baked bean supper was scheduled for February 20. The Red Cross sewing group will meet Thursday at 2 PM with Miss Nellie Follett at 109 Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Vestry
Nan Brown
Ellen B. Hodgkins
Andrew M. Butterfield
Willard McLean
Vaughn Bryant
Vinal H. King
Everett Rich
Ellery E. Whittemore
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Carolyn B. Rogers
Red Cross Sewing Group
Nellie Follett
Oak Street
Birthday party and local Army enlistments in Bowdoinham
Kay Turner celebrated her 12th birthday with games and treats on Thursday. On Friday Fred Ladd and Arthur Turner left for Camp Devens to join the Army. Multiple family members are in the Army, with others' health updates and hospital stays noted in Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Turner
Fred Ladd
Earle Ladd
Arthur Turner
Hazel Turner
Camp Devens
Ladd
Portland
Hobart
Arlene Frank
Maine
Robert the
Geor Ackley
Charles W. Messer
Nee
Truck Plunges Into Ravine After Brake Failure
West Bath Route 1 accident leaves W. C. Barry Co truck driver Barnard Kaplan uninjured after low gear failure caused loss of control and a plunge down a deep ravine. He leaped to safety just before the vehicle toppled. Portland resident Kaplan reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Barry Co
Route 1
West Bath
Barnard Kaplan
Washington Avenue
Portland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sth Ac
Congregational
American Red Cross
Roy R. Marston
Carrie Knight
Book Club
Bath Road
Etta J. Applin
Mildred Morris
Gerald Sherman
Harold Delano
Sherman
Miss Morris
Damariscotta Hospital
Richard King
Damariscotta
Mrs. Brown
Bucksport
Clarence Richards
Minnie Beamis
Mary Hobson
George Falconi
Falconi
K. Ara
Man
O.P.A
Danny Poulos
United States Army
Danny
South Pacific
Signal Corps
New Ledonia
French Island
Dike P.T.A
Lions
Rotarians
Masonic Lodges
Elks
American Legion
Etcc
Grange
Service Clubs
Flossie M. Beals
Rudolph McRae
Maine General Hospital
South End P.T.A
Harold O
Otis S. Page
Mrs
Orville Page
New EN
Women OF
Wesley Church
Bowdoinham Post Road
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