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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
4
The column blends holiday greetings, family news, and local obituaries. Items mention births in Gardiner General hospital and local homes, relatives visiting in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, school reopenings after Christmas, and the death of Mrs. Margaret B. Peabody with her roles in Beulah Rebekah lodge and local boards noted.
John W. Wakefield aged 27 of Bath suffered severe hand burns when he and Carl Stailing tried to start a car by priming the engine with gasoline. The gas explosion lit the garage at 93 Bedford Street. Firemen extinguished the blaze with minor car damage. Wakefield was treated at Memorial hospital and released.
Local schools reopened the day after Christmas with plans for a wedding between Miss Joan Marr of Boston and Kenneth Dell of Quincy. Forrest Banna of Five Island had services at his grave on December 24. The Baptist church Christmas concert on December 24 drew a large crowd with a program by local children and decorations by Miss Belle Heald and others. A northeastern storm brought record cold, but roads remained plowed and mail mostly on schedule. Personal items note several visits and family gatherings across Bath, Robinhood, Brunswick, and surrounding towns, with residents traveling to Portland and Winston-Salem for holidays and returning to Bath for family meals and Scandinavian music programs.
A string of local visits and family gatherings outline Christmas week in Robinhood. Guests included Mrs. Clement MacMahon’s daughter in law and relatives from Bath and Bathport, with trips to Portland and Princeton noted. Gale winds hindered planned travel of Elizabeth McCarthy and Horace Lee Jr. to MacMahon.
Mrs. Alvin W. Keirstead travels to Miami to visit daughter Mrs Cyril Grant. Mrs. Ralph Dunton returns to Portland after holidays with daughter and son-in-law in Washington Street. John Hayward returns to Camp Belvoir after five day furlough with parents. Herbert Calderwood and wife come back from Winthrop after visiting daughter and son-in-law. Roger M. Luke hosts guests for Mrs Luke’s New Jersey parents Prof and Mrs Owens. John M. Conley and children relocate from 22 Park Street to Dummer Street. Esther Drummond returns to Bangor after recess with parents Norman and Mrs Drummond of Arrowsic. Mary Cunningham sails to New York for dance courses then returns to Bath to resume classes. Floyd Carter and wife leave for Mapleton after death of his father Clinton Carter. David and Byron Hodgkins return from Portland after visit with father. Midshipman Allen Gregware among Merchant Marine ship crew for South American cruise. nephew of Miss Anne Bickle. Alice Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Andru Coleman, receives miscellaneous shower as she prepares to wed Leon E. Robbins of Brunswick. gifts and buffet lunch noted.
Funeral services for Forrest C Hanna were held Tuesday at Mayo funeral parlors in Bath with Rev J Clifton Little officiating. Bearers from Five Islands and Bath included Vernal Chaney Arthur Tibbetts Clayton Thibodeau and Vincent Henders on. Burial was in Georgetown cemetery. Local lights and decor highlighted Christmas at Five Islands as residents enjoyed carols and a warm sun on a snowless holiday. Winter brought a northeast blizzard with zero temperatures and no church services due to cold.
Bath residents share holiday visits with relatives in Boston and Elizabeth New Jersey while others announce career moves and school breaks. Arthur Sewall of Bath joins Montgomery Scott & Co. in New York on January 2.
Bath society members held a covered dish supper at the parish house with a decorated tree and Yuletide decor. Santa distributed gifts with original poems, a traveling League hat surfaced with Mrs. Merritt Mitchell receiving it, and carols closed the evening despite a winter storm.
Fireside Club met Sunday with a brief worship and carol singing led by Alice Lorraine Purdue and Martha Pratt. Next Sunday Rev. Charles Tubbs will speak on Catholic Christianity. young people are invited to attend. College students home for Christmas spoke on their schools. Refreshments were served by Selma Cummings, Annie McCabe, Ross Dodge and Arthur Bowker.
Nightingale club gathered Friday at Mrs. Jo seph Cyr’s West Center street home for carols and a contract game with prizes won by Mrs. Carroll Davis Mrs. James B Le mot and Mrs. Edward Footer A report noted Ye Olde Tyme Faire netted $59 for hospital relief The club will sew at Memorial Hospital January 6 at 1 39 o clock chaired by Mrs J Arthur Burgess Meetings planned at hospital on the first Monday afternoons and January 10 at Mrs Ralph O Dale’s Middle street
An informal dance at the Masonic Temple Saturday evening was sponsored by the group identified as E. S. The event details are incomplete in the fragment.
The Christmas pageant at Beacon Street church impressed a large audience, thanks to the Woman's Society of Christian Service robes for the Angels and Heavenly Hosts. Beacon Lights supplied stage props, with makeup led by Mrs. Robert Simpson and Miss Carol Drake. Harmon Smith of Skowhegan played the Sage, visiting Bath for the role. Edward Pomeroy of Morse High and his son William ran the spotlight as the church went dark for a dramatic flight display.
Ramona council of D of P met Thursday evening with a turkey supper served by Mrs Annie Wilson and Mrs Frances Warner. Elections for the new year elected Prophetess Mrs Frances Warner Pocahontas Mrs Helen Gagnon Winona Mrs Frances Williams Powhatan Mrs Lillian Warner Keeper of records Mrs Lucelia Blake Collector of wampum Mrs Myrtle Wilson Keeper of Wampum Mrs Florence Robinson for three years Mrs Mary Pratt Representative Mrs Florence Robinson Alternate Mrs Mildred Avery Delegates Mrs Jennie Miller Mrs Annie Wilson Miss Sophie McPherson Alternates Mrs Florence Robinson Mrs Mary Pratt Mrs Pearl Barter Raising of the chiefs will occur Jan 9 under Mrs Jennie Miller new deputy A supper at 6 30 before the meeting in charge of Mrs Lucelia Blake.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Merrifield of 48 Denny Road announce the engagement of their daughter Carolyn Mae to Hadley E Smith son of Mrs Emma Burt of Wiscasset and the late Ellery Smith of Madison The couple’s backgrounds include Union High Morse High and Merchant Marine service The wedding is set for the latter part of June.
Mr and Mrs Frederick E Drake of Washington street host a dinner tonight before the New Year ball of the Junior Hospital League at the State Armory.
Governor Winthrop oversaw shipment of the first cows to the American colonies in 1634 marking a pivotal moment in colonial agriculture and livestock herding adaptations.
Silas Martin Bates born July 1860 was a coastwise schooner cook who turned to building trade, married Clara E Tibbetts Po, survived by son Dr Leslie M Bates and Charles H Bates four grandchildren and one great grandchild. He lived in Massachusetts, worshipped at Trinity Congregational, spent summers at Brigham’s Cove, interred at Puritan Lawn Cemetery, Peabody.
George L. Howard died suddenly in San Francisco where he and his family had moved after living at 4 Meadowway Bath. He worked at Windlass Co. and is survived by his wife and three sons. The family’s California address is 2512 Army Street San Francisco where they are staying with son Russell and wife.
Mrs Laura Clisby of Malden passed away Christmas night at Clifton street Malden born Boothbay daughter of Simeon Pinkham survived by husband Lawrence Clisby a daughter Mrs Claude Darling a grandson and sister Mrs Edith Langton of Bath funeral held Sunday at 2 30 in Malden cemetery lot burial in Malden cemetery
Charles Tobey 66 of Winthrop died Christmas Day after a long illness. He was born in Monmouth, son of E. Baxter and Annie Fish Tobey. Surviving are his mother Annie F Tobey of Monmouth and brothers Harold E Tobey of Willow Street Bath and Fred Tobey of Stewart Fla formerly Bath. Funeral services were Saturday at Roberts Funeral Home Winthrop with burial in the family lot there. Harold E Tobey of Bath has been in Winthrop to be near his brother.
Mrs John H Grindell is ill at her home 666 Middle Street suffering from a throat ailment. She was recently shaken up after a fall on the steps of her residence.
A note records that subway construction began in New York as early as 1869, marking an early milestone in the city’s transit development and infrastructure history.
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