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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
5
Many Bath residents celebrate Christmas with family gatherings and visits. The item lists engagements births travel by local families, service members returning home, and visits from relatives, naming residents of Bath and surrounding towns, including dates and places such as Bath Iron Works, Portland, and surrounding streets.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Wetherbee and daughter Cheryl return from Greenwood Massachusetts where they spent Christmas with Mrs Wetherbee s father James Ashenden and family. Mrs Wetherbee and daughter stayed a week. Mr Wetherbee joined for the holiday. Mr and Mrs Wilmot Dodge of Wiscasset and Mrs Dodge s sister Miss Linda Hawthorne of Woolwich are wintering in Wiscasset and visited Friday in the city. Mrs Laurence Whitney of Brookline Massachusetts returned home after Christmas at the home of her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Converse Fenn and family High Street. Mr and Mrs William J Schulze of 993 High Street hosted over the holidays their daughters Mrs Dorothy Eberlee and Betsy Ann of New York City and Mrs Barbara Lobdell of Bridgeport Connecticut. Last Monday week Mr and Mrs Schulze entertained with an informal dinner for their daughters and Mr and Mrs William Niss of Bath.
Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson arrives on Thursday noon train after spending Christmas in Melrose Massachusetts with Mrs. Wilson at their son Blair Wilson’s home. Mrs. Wilson plans to return to Bath Saturday. Ralph P. Mank hosts a Christmas dinner on Spring Street with Henry Mank and children Judith and Donald, James Caverly family, recently from California, and Bernice Hosmer and her mother Mrs. Hosmer observing a race with Mrs. Hosmer’s daughter.
Mr and Mrs Barrett C Nichols and children Susan Jane and Barrett Jr of Barre Vermont visit Mr and Mrs Paul K Niven of Brunswick and their two sons and stay with their parents Mr and Mrs F B Nichols on North Street during Christmas.
Miss Julia Coombs of Portland returns Friday after visiting her sister and brother in Campbell's Pond during Christmas. Rev and Mrs Alfred Ives and sons visit Quincy Massachusetts with Mrs Ives' parents. Pvt Robert Hinds USAAF left for Scott Field Illinois after a week with his parents Frank and Mrs Hinds. Ralph Steen Jr USAAF stationed in Ohio arrived for a furlough to be with his parents in Arrowic.
Miss Polly Adams of Boston in the statistical department of the Blue Cross resumes duties Sunday after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs George C Adams on Oliver street. During the war she served on the West coast with the WAVES in a clerical role.
Mr and Mrs Harry L Cornish spend Christmas in Bath with relatives Mrs Harry E Cornish of Weeks street and Mrs Ernest Wood of Corliss street. He serves in the U S Navy aboard the light cruiser Tucson and is on leave after five years away. They live in Bremerton Washington and will return to the West Coast when leave ends.
Mr and Mrs Jack Germaine of Wollaston Massachusetts returned Thursday after spending Christmas with Mrs Germaine s mother Mrs Ralph Hall on High Street They arrived Monday and visited Mrs Germaine s sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Albert Bonney of Union Street Mrs Aine Hall will be remembered as Miss Edna Hall
Miss Bewall of the Distaste Junior College in Auburndale Massachusetts and promoted from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence Rhode Island. Mr Sewall attending the University of Maine at Orono and graduated from the Maine Maritime Academy at Castine. George Wallace of 22 Someraet Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery recently.
Capt Freeman and family arrive from Westfield to dine with Langdon Hill in Falmouth Foreside. Bath residents and guests share Christmas meals with relatives, including Mr and Mrs Perry, the McWeeneys, Gillies, Sewalls, Haggetts, Estes, Baxters, and others. Several travelers, students, and service members spent the holiday with kin in Maine and nearby states.
Twelve Maine boys and girls win a naming contest by Maine Central and Boston & Maine railroads from over 242000 entries. Winners name a new coach and have their home towns on name plates. trip to Boston with mothers, banquet, hotel stay, and box seats follow. Winners include Kinco Alpha Cole Glenburn and Barbara Luce Ellsworth Falls among others. Kenneth Roberts assisted judging from Nassau.
Pic Dana Snell of the US Army Air Forces stationed at Geiger Field Washington is enjoying a 25 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Winfield Snell at Oliver Street.
A jumble of local items reports marriages such as Lamay and Bracey Willard, a wedding in Boothbay Harbor, divisive debates over the O P A bill with Truman urged to sign and a veto noted, plus mentions of picnics and travel, all labeled for continuation.
A terse report notes Charles Hi selling Dunkerque to a buyer for a substantial sum of 000 livres, reflecting a major transfer of the vessel.
Westport residents push for a bridge to linking Maine coast communities facing isolation from a long ferries. The town, once Jeremi squam, thrived in the 19th century then declined after 1893, with limited facilities and schooling disrupted by the ferry service.
Grace church school held a Christmas observance on Friday afternoon at the parish with a devotional service led by Charlies M. Tubbs and Aghee nn. Entertainment was supervised by Mrs. xander and Mr. Robertso reberintenenek with Miss Elizabeth Footer assisting. Participants included Ruth Williams Frances Malcolm Hamilton Martha Holmes Ann Day Joan Osborne Parks Arthur Burns Marion Holmes Julianna Jerton and Gloria Wilson. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served.
Mrs Arthur Lilly of Portland visited at the home of her brother and his wife describing a Sunday call. The stay included time with Luther Thompson.
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