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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1943

Page

4

Bath News Roundup highlights families, service and new births

Bath area residents report military induction updates and family news. Local boys study meteorology plans after Florida Army training while others announce births, moves and visits. Community members rally for sewing circle events as wartime rationing reshapes social plans.

Gifts and honors mark Grant Co. gathering

At a Tuesday gathering for W. T. Grant Co. employees Jeanette Underwood recent bride and Margart Gallagher bound for WAAC training centers were feted. Mrs Walker received many gifts and Gallagher a pen and pencil set. Patricia Webster made the presentations.

W. T. Grant Co Jeanette Underwood Margart Gallagher WAAC Walker Miss Gallagher Patricia Webster

Mrs Yates Leaves for Mountain View With Family

Mrs. George Yates of 33 Meadowway faced a farewell gathering Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J Edward Burns and others. Mrs. Yates and her three children Annie Warren and George Jr. departed Tuesday for Mountain View California to join Mr. Yates and establish a new home there.

George Yates Meadowway J. Edward Burns Angie Talbot Elizabeth Wakefield Ruby Talbot Yates Annie Warren George, Jr Mountain View Calif

Local Notices Highlight Personnel Moves and Family News

Miss Betty Farris, daughter of Elm Street residents, works in John J. Keegan's law office in the Bath National Bank building and will handle special work and income taxes. Frances Harding of Damariscotta visited Bath relatives. Mrs. Harding hosted a tea Thursday afternoon. Pvt. Harlan Clowes, son of Arthur and Mrs. Clowes, is stationed at Mitchell Field, joined in New York by his wife and son Randall, after Bath Iron Works employment pre-induction. Everson Stinson of Woolwich hospitalized for blood poisoning at Memorial Hospital. Pvt. Frank O. Dunton reports assignment with 505th Q M Car Co. at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Cleveland Holbrook, Health from Portland hospital, back home improved. Beverly Ann Clancy born Feb 1 at Bath Memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. James E. Clancy. mother Marion Gatchell staying with her mother in Woolwich while Clancy serves in Navy. Clifford Smith returns from North Easton, Mass., to Bath. Sgts Hiram Stevens of Ft. McClellan and Arthur Sarkis of Fort Williams visit Bath briefly. Mrs. Paul Davis spends winter in Westbury, Long Island with relatives.

Elmer Harjula Thomaston High Bath Iron Works Camp Devens Mass Thomaston William H. Daley Middle Street Edwin Harjula Brunswick Raymond Stein Topsham Harold Pease Charles Lunden Ina Anderson Hyde Windlass Co Rockland Rockport Betty Farris Arthur Farris Elm Street Bliss Business College John J. Keegan Bath National Bank Miss Farris Harlan Clowes Arthur Arthur Clowes Central Avenue Mitchell Field L. I N. Y Clowes Randall New York City Beverly Ann James E. Clancy Bath Memorial Hospital Clancy Marion Gatchall Woolwich Sophia Gatchell Clacy George D. Adams Russell Street Bath United States Navy

Wrights visit kin then move to San Pedro shipyard

Harry N. Wright of Los Angeles California and Mrs. Wright visited relatives in Woolwich and Bath a year ago and now he is employed in a shipyard at San Pedro California.

Harry N. Wright Los Angeles Calif Wright Woolwich Bath San Pedro

Bath News Notes Military Moves and Local Society

Private Pierce Jr. reports to Fort Devens after 28 days at Kearns Utah. Morse ’42 alum previously at Bowdoin. Flight 154 M. Herman Whittam is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital. Cranberry Point guests include Helen Hayes Ruth Roche Eleanor Danforth and Jean Danforth. Mrs Cyr and Adrian visit from Augusta while Mr Cyr travels in Boston. Post Office Clerks Auxiliary sews bed bags for Red Cross. Billy Hudson, 7, injured from fall, confined with a broken leg. Edwin B. Parris, 87, celebrated birthday and is noted as a leading spar maker. Mrs John Gray joins Hyde Windlass staff. Gray inducted into service. Dawn Susan Bowles born Feb 4 at Brunswick Hospital. Grace Crowley returns to Stoneleigh College after vacation in Bath and Boston. Melvin Greenbough family relocates to West Bath with work at Iron Works.

Own . Pierce, Jr Fort Devens Kearns Utah Salt Lake City Army Air Corps Technical Ight W. Pierce North Street Pvt Pierce Morse Bowdoin T.S.8

Birth of a son to Lamie family announced

Capt and Mrs E Walter Lamie of the Salvation Army formerly in Bath and now in Portland announce the birth of a son on Friday January 29 at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland. The child is named E Walter Jr. Mrs Stanley Peterson hosted a family birthday dinner in Brunswick with Mr and Mrs Carl Meister Mr and Mrs Alton King and Mr and Mrs Harry Peterson.

E. Walter Lamie Salvation Army Bath Portland Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary City E. Walter, Jr Stanley Peterson Brunswick Road Carl T. Meister Washington Street Alton King West Bath Harry E. Peterson East Brunswick

Mrs Pierce Returns from Portland Visit

Mrs. Roger Pierce of Park Street returned Sunday from Portland where she visited her sister Mrs Edwin W Pin son.

Odessa Linnell Brunswick Elmer L. Eldredge Dummer Street Roger Pierce Park Street Portland Edwin W. Pinson

Portland girl undergoes operation at Maine General Hospital

Miss Mabelle Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Timmy Smith formerly of Lemont Street Portland is a patient at Maine General Hospital after an operation Saturday morning Mickey as she is known by friends is under care of Dr George Tibbetts North Bath man Ige Rooke rests comfortably at Memorial Hospital recovering from an operation performed a few weeks ago

Mabelle Smith Joseph ‘Timmy” Smith Portland Lemont Street Maine General Hospital

Howard sisters visit New York with Major William Howard

Miss Marcia Howard and sister Miss June Howard of Anchorage pass the week in New York City with their father Major William Howard.

Louis Richard Young Boothbay Harbor William Brewer Marcia Howard June Howard Anchorage New York City William Howard

Johnny Bower Directs Two Night Show at Morse High

Johnny Bower directs a two night program at Morse High School Friday and Saturday at eight. The show features Johnny and Elmer Dow in a comedy sketch and Bower performs a magic piece titled The Wizard Who Makes An Oz of Himself.

Johnny Bower Society of American Military Engineers Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers Morse High School Johnny Elmer Dow Mr. Bower Wizard Ohio Colorado America Bath

Richmond Woman Visits Son in Miami Homefront Tale

Mrs. David McGinn and daughter Frma travel to Miami Florida to visit Pvt. David McGinn, her son, as part of a family visit during wartime.

David McGinn Frma Miami, Fla Mrs. McGinn Pvt

Progressive Grange Elects New Officers and Posts Program

The Progressive Grange met in its hall with newly elected officers taking seats. A program followed the business session featuring singing, a reading, State lecturers conference report, an apple contest, and the penny match won by Arthur Pickard. Next meeting set for Feb. 19.

Progressive Grange Grange Bertha Gray Marjorie Curtis Annabel, White Emily Wallace Arthur Johnson Richard Palmer Arthur Pickard Belle Whitaker Nettie Leavitt Grace Thompson Laura Baker Jennie Palmer Howard Knight Erland Curtis Eva Libby Rachel Knight

Pepperell Sheet features two longtime Peperrell workers

Kazimir Charlie Klemansky, a Lithuania native, spent 51 years in the Lewiston division bleachery with only three days of leave while Axel Neilson, a Copenhagen native, has 23 years in mechanical work at the Bleachery. Both are highlighted in the Pepperell Sheet for workers at Lewiston Biddeford Fall River Opeloika Lindale plants.

Kazimir Charlie Klemansky Axel Neilson Lewiston Peperrell Mfg. Co Pepperell Sheet Biddeford Fall River Opeleika Lindale Lithuania Breachery America Neilsen Copenhagen Denmark

Women to buy service flag for Beacon Street church

The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Beacon Street Methodist met with 22 attending to plan fund raising and a budget pledge matching last year. They voted to buy a service flag for the church and two choir robes, and set a public baked bean supper for Feb 17.

Woman's Society of Christian Service Beacon Street Methodist Church William J. Craft Marion Bowie Craft Charles T. Henderson Della Adams W. M. Knapp Arthur M. Packard Roger W. Pierce Sanford B. Nickerson Packard Elmer Eldridge John St. Martin Irving Varney Knapp Andrew J. Danielson India Danielson Miss Bowie William Yule Elizabeth E. Dunbar Roger Pierce Everett G. Lemont

Ward caucuses list officers for multiple wards Tuesday

The Republican ward caucuses on Tuesday evening nominated officers for seven wards. Contents include ward officers such as wardens clerks constables and aldermen like Roger M. Luke Charles A Coombs Jr Earle B. Lermond John O Witham Ernest G Kingsbury Alden H Anderson James A Jones Bessie E Dickinson Inez I Rothwell etc.

Roger M. Luke Charles A. Coombs, Jr Earle B. Lermond John O. Witham Nellie G. Hunt Elizabeth Deering John A. Norris Ernest G. Kingsbury Alden H. Anderson Converse G. Fenn James A. Jones Bernice Achorn Miriam A. Clement Fred D. Dwyer Charles A. Thayer Edward P. Thomas, Jr James Comeau Emery I. Freeman Bessie E. Dickinson Annie C. Longley Albert M. Pinkham

Neighborhood Plan helps war info reach homes

The Neighborhood Plan in the city aims to deliver timely war information to every home via Local Defense Council led neighborhoods. Leaders visit 10–20 households, share official answers, and coordinate messages from war agencies to boost cooperation and curb rumors.

Local Defense Council Cary Syracuse Minneapolis San _ Francisco Bridgeport Waterbury New Canaan Extension U. S. Employment Service Consumer and Howard Bates Bates

Norwegian graduate Alan Gamman guest of honor

Alan Gamman of Norway, who graduated in January from Bow doin college with high honors, was weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Norman Howard. His mother in Norway awaits a U S call for service.

Alan Gamman Norway Bowdoin College Norman Howard U.S. Navy

Miss Sampson Leaves Page's Jewelry for Hyde Windlass Co

Miss Margaret Sampson leaves Page's Jewelry after several months of service to join the Hyde Windlass Company, marking a career move within the local trades.

Margaret Sampson Page's Hyde Windlass Co

St Marys Dedicates Service Flag and Honor Roll

In a ceremony at St Marys church Father LeFlém saluted the two flags of church and country and blessed the service flag. The parish Honor Roll lists dozens of men in the armed forces with star markers. Miss Eleanor Thibodeau visits her parents at 89 Green Street as Mrs Thibodeau remains ill at home.

St. Mary's Church Father LeFlém Father LeFlem St. Mary’s

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