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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
2
The piece urges towns to train and establish volunteer auxiliary fire forces to aid regular departments and to prepare for potential air attack. It cites Five Islands as a model and stresses preserving factories, materials, and labor during shortages, noting the vital role of fire protection in national defense.
Governor Sumner Sewall calls a special legislative session opening January 12. Debate centers on duration and new powers for the governor, bond issuance for war costs, and how funds will be managed. Expect changes in salaries, lobster and sardine laws, police recommendations, and other measures.
The Independent pledges to reach readers weekly wherever they are whether Bath or distant places. It aims to be a hometown link keeping people in touch with relatives and neighbors and to provide hope for better days ahead. The paper vows to be more than a letter from home in coming months.
The speaker notes that modern youths who did not live through the first World War are discovering what war entails. They warn that dangers to the nation now are greater and beyond past expectations, and that younger generations will learn lessons once thought unlikely to arise in their lifetimes.
Bath Rotary club at Hotel Sedgwick held no set program. President John Parker announced the Bath branch of the United Service Organization providing social rooms for defense workers and service members. Upcoming events include a Jan 2 Todd-Bath Iron Works band concert at Morse High School, a Jan 10 Lions Club program, and a Jan 17 Rotary-hosted event.
The Bath chapter of the American Red Cross campaigns for universal display of the red cross button and support for the War Fund. It notes 633 triangular bandages prepared for casualty stations and orders for armbands and dressings. Fort Baldwin soldiers will receive Christmas packages with cigars candy and gum, each including a handmade Junior Red Cross greeting card.
Uncle Sam received mail in canvas baskets for the first time Monday as the post office lobby overflowed. Baskets near the entrance and by the revolving doors filled quickly with Christmas greetings while staff and volunteers managed the crowd. Girl Scouts operated Christmas Health Seals, and a separate table inside the post master's office handled stamps and other services.
Stanley H. Willis a Bath resident and relative of Bertram E. Willis and Mrs. Angus E. Burden is ordered back to the Panama Canal Service in the Civilian department. He had planned a South America and Cuba tour with Sally Rand but will now serve to aid America in the war effort.
At 3 45 am two separate blazes stretched the department thin. An attic fire at the First National building on South and Washington streets caused major roof damage and light furnishings loss estimated at 400 to 500 dollars. Minutes later a car fire on Dummer street prompted quick action with a 35 gallon chemical tank. A prior chimney fire on North Street Extension was extinguished by booster lines.
The pupils of Charlotte’s Dancing studio held their annual party in the G A R hall on Saturday. A decorated Christmas tree, gifts for attendees, and refreshments were provided. The program featured duets, solos, taps, and rhythm routines followed by general dancing with Clayton Holden as the pianist.
The Watson Frye Co foundry on Commercial Street was sold Tuesday through Roger D Skillings Co to Sam Prawer of 36 School Street. Prawer, a former Portland grocer, will move his wholesale fruit and produce business to the site within 60 days after building repairs.
Former Bath resident Mrs. E. Hornshaw writes from Heywood, England, describing wartime conditions and gratitude for American help. She recalls air raids near Liverpool, rationing, blackouts, and reports that despite Hitler's strategy to starve Britain, supplies remain enough for all.
The Cosmopolitan Junior Club hosted a holiday coffee at the club house with guests from colleges and schools. Notable attendees included Miss Jean Dennison of Columbia University and Miss Elizabeth Ann Howard of Boston secretarial school, among others.
Club Garret held its annual Christmas tree event Tuesday evening in the Front Street club rooms with about 30 members present. Fun included an exchange of joke gifts and a prettily decorated tree, followed by refreshments. The evening committee included Miss Rita M. Cummings as chairwoman and Mrs. Norman A. Adams and Mrs. Harry L. Deering. James B. Drake, headmaster of St. James school in Hagerstown, Md., left after visiting his parents on Washington Street.
The Corliss Street Baptist church held a Christmas program in the vestry led by Mrs Bernice Achorn with gifts from Santa Claus. The program featured songs recitations and dialogues by children and teachers including Jeannette King Mary Stewart Beverly Coombs and David Morse among others.
Hyde Park Terrace project nearly deserted over the holiday as workers headed to homes across New England. Harsh rain and snow slowed travel from Mattawamkeag to Houlton with a foot and a half of snow on routes 1 and nearby roads. Many developed colds from wet commutes while warm Christmas week had softened ground then rain made it muddy. Manley Bunker joined his family in Pittsfield for the day.
Mrs George McLean of Kittery announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Virginia Lucille Reed to Albert Henry Oliver son of Mr and Mrs Maurice Oliver of 9 Robbins Street No date has been set for the wedding Miss Reed is employed by W T Grant Co Mr Oliver works in the Bath Iron Works Corp office
Mr and Mrs John K Jayne with son Kennon and daughter Pamela left Tuesday for New Canaan Conn after spending Christmas and the weekend with her mother Mrs William D Sewall of Washington Street.
The St Marys Catholic church choir decorated the church for Christmas with fir ropes streamers and crimson ribbons. Sacred music filled the midnight mass under Eugene Hart as chair and Rev Fr Maney presided. Choir members included Mrs Nathan Watson Mrs Grace Cunningham Mrs Daniel Perry and others.
Overnight air raid duty paid a dividend when Mrs. Clifton Lee led the Strong air raid girls at Strong Hall Washington University in D C They watched two hour shifts during the night and sounded an alarm about a Georgetown fire to aid firemen responders noted works by the Bath native Jessie Ramsay Lee in a seven story building.
The annual Christmas dance of Club Garret at Hotel Sedgwick drew over 75 couples to lively music by Larry Lizart and his Lewiston orchestra. Novelty dances like a mistletoe routine, conga, and lemon dance heightened the festive mood with guests including Shirley Tobey Norman Tobey M Adele Hutchins and Barbara Pitman visiting from out of town.
Carl Stronach treasurer of Worumbo Manufacturing Co says the board has declared a dividend of 1.75 a share on prior preference stock. The payment will go to stockholders of record January 5 1942 and be payable January 15. The dividend covers back dividends for the period ending June 1 1938, last paid December 1937.
Red Cross Juniors under Mrs. Wilmer I Voorhees in Bath mobilized for Christmas cheer. They sent greeting cards to President Roosevelt and other officials, 500 menu covers, 100 cards to Bedford Mass facility, and 110 place cards plus 45 calendars to Togus. They also mailed 87 cards to nearby forts, 17 to Coast Guard at Popham, and 12 to the City Home, with 45 tray covers and nut and candy baskets for Bath Memorial hospital. A group wrapped 90 gift packages for the Red Cross.
College students at Bath share life details from campuses including University of Maine Yale Dramatic School Rensselaer Polytech Danvers St Johns Danvers St Johns prep Stoneleigh Rye and Duke University. The evening included reports refreshments and a joke Christmas tree with January meetings planned at Central Congregational parish house.
Irene Jones has returned to 3 Weeks street after months in Augusta with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Jones, convalescing from an appendicitis operation.
Mr and Mrs Jerry L Haile of East Brunswick received a wartime update from their son Roger Haile stationed at Hickam Field. Roger described the morning of December 7 as first hearing bombing mistaken for practice then realizing war. He noted his squadron took off and survived with light casualties while many comrades perished. Roger, 20, graduated from Brunswick High in 1939 and has since served in the air corps, recently assigned to Bellows Field. The Haile family also got a Christmas cable from him.
Parents and friends attended the church school Christmas program in the Beacon Street M. E. vestry. Rev. and Mrs. Kinney received a purse gift from the board of trustees. Edward G. Waters acted as Santa delivering presents to children who also received candy bags. Marion Boch and class decorated the tree. The pastor led the evening's program.
A Mayflower mistook Christmas for spring and appeared Friday morning with buds almost in bloom. The flowers were found by Miss Dorothy Bradford of upper High street near Thorne's Head. Mr and Mrs Fred E Hooper of New York City are guests of Mr Hooper's sisters Miss Emma and Martha Hooper of Green
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