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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1940

Page

4

Social events mark Bath society New Year notes

Bath society notes recount surprise 16th wedding anniversary party for Chester and Mrs Marr with gifts and a Philadelphia supper. The item lists many attendees from Bath Boothbay Harbor Lisbon Falls Melrose and New Canaan plus engagements travel plans and a birth in Portland.

Chester N. Marr Union Street Philadelphia Marr Rexford B. Stover Elizabeth Davis Harold Baker Donald W. Lakin This City Hattie Heald William Blake Boothbay Harbor William Steen Harold Jones Lisbon Falls Richard Flannigan Lawrence Snyder Portland

Miss Constance Morin Resumes Studies at Russell Sage

Miss Constance Morin returns to resume studies at Russell Sage School in New York after holidays with her father Dr. Harry F. Morin and Mrs Morin on Washington Street.

Patricia Sewall Boston Chandler Secretarial School Edward Sewall High Street Robert Hichborn Washington Street Sidney Herbert New York New Hampshire Mary Sewall Social Service Boston College Hon Arthur Sewall The Stonehouse Bernice Hesmer Attleboro Mass William W. Hesmer Middle Street Constance Morin Russel Sage School Harry F. Morin Margaret Hector Oak Grove Seminary Vassalbe William D. Sewall

Bath Lard County Events Of Ye Mae In Review

November calendar items document Bath Sagadahoc County affairs from deer season openers to traffic incidents. Notable items include a fatal collision on Court Street, Bath Water District leadership changes, a Roosevelt victory margin, naval unit milestones, local club events, school surveys, and dignitary visits at Bath Iron Works.

Bath James Manion West Bath Sagadahoc Wilbur Ambrose Hardings Court Street Bath Water District William S. Newell Fred H. Thompson William A. Furbher Kathryn Pratt Maurice A. Libby John P. Carey Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Sagadahoc County Willkie Washington Street William J. Delaney Arlington Mada Frances Perkins Woolwich Delaney River Road Newcastle Charles F. Hughes Navy Club of America Naval Operations H. V. Kaltenborn Morse High School Lions Club Pacific Ruby F Labor Day John Stewart Carlton Day Reed, Jr Day's Ferry Woolwich Woods Machingé Hyde Windlass Co Ludlow Bath Iron Works Corp Frances Nicholson Chrystie Rye N. Ys Augustus C. Ludlow Craft Roland Smith Memorial Hospital Davenport Estate Joy Dow Kennebunk Europe Rotary Anns Teachers Club Sumner Sewall Boy Scout Council Philip Gregory Wellesly Mass Tuttle Construction Co Stephen F. Lee Wortland Gov. Elect Sewall Joseph Couture Katherine Parmenter Boothbay Harbor Brunswick+Gardiner highway Bowdoin-Bowdoinham Line Henry King Carl Erlebach Selective Service Board Bangor Fort Devens Compton Raymond G. Putnam Central Church

Bath lodge observes annual Lodge of Sorrow in December

Bath daily items note the Bath Lodge of Elks observing its annual Lodge of Sorrow for seven departed members. Rev. George B. Wolstenholme delivered the address as part of the solemn observance.

Bath Lodge of Elks George B. Wolstenholme Oakhurst Dairy Co Carl Y. Kennedy William S. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Morse High School Woolwigh Bath Eberle Charlestown Navy Yard Carl J. Hambro Winter Street Norway Treas L. Eugene Thebeau Hardings British War Relief Society Tinc A. M. Main Harold Burbank Arthur Sewall Alexander MacDonald Marcia Moulton Duncan McInnes Howard O. Nash John R. Newell Christopher H.S. Tracy Port of Portland City Hall British War Relief Society, Inc Dummer Street Boston England Harry W. Crosman High Street Sumner Sewart Bath Lodge

Bath Iron Works and Civic Moves Mark December Year

Bath records show ongoing expansion at Bath Iron Works with six more destroyers awarded and plans to use Maine Central yard space. Also noted are civic group efforts, wage hikes, a new inter-communicating dial system, and community events across Bath and surrounding towns.

Vane Bath Charles A. Coombs Washington Street Oeate A. Coombs Kenneth P. Haskell Augusta Wiscasset Henry W. Webb First Baptist Lucy Boston Kennebec River Randolph Alvah A. Averill Knowlton Hodgkins Larrabee’s Grove West William S. Newell Maine Central Y.M.C.A Bath Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp Great Britain South Portland Memorial Hospital Nurses Home Broad Street Horace P. Herrick Morse High School Gertrude J. Diggery Sanford Cosmopolitan Club Congress Shirt Co Sedgwick Pres Julius Grossman Hyde Windass Co Club Garret Sedgwick Federal Building Roland Smith Post A.L Sagadahoc Sewall

Weekly PTA Broadcasts on NBC Red Network

A new coast to coast radio program titled Citizens All will air each Monday from 6 to 615 p.m. on NBC Red. Mrs. O E Haney of Portland is radio chairman for the Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers and coordinates with Dean Ernest O Melby of Northwestern University. The series, under the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and NBC, features a round table with leaders and specialists discussing youth welfare.

NBC Red O. E. Haney Portland Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers National Congress of Parents and Teachers National Broadcasting Co Ernest O. Melby Northwestern University National Congress

Meister Baby Born In Memorial Hospital Washington

Gary Charles Meister is the son born January 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Meister of Washington street at Memorial hospital. He weighed six pounds fourteen ounces. Mrs. Meister is Miss Margaret Brimigion, daughter of Mrs. Gladys Brimigion of this city.

Constance Suecas Gardiner Thomas Akeley Lucas Edward Lucas Mt. Holyoke College Boston Athenaeum Library Akeley R. A. Akeley Fargo, N.D Christchurch Miss Lucas Bath George Milliken Pearl Street Catherine Frank H. Johnson Columbia Avenue Brunswick Miss Milliken Morse High School Mr. Johnson Brunswick High School Bowdoin College Gary Charles Meister Carl T. Meister Washington Street Memorial Hospital Meister Margaret Brimigion Gladys Brimigion

Lobster Fishing Woes and Winter News From Bath

A Bath area report covers baiting troubles for lobster fishermen, a Five Islands man driving to Portland for wholesale bait, and A. W. Foster now in Orlando sharing war time city activity. Also notes on a Maine University concert, a Bath auto accident close call, electric bulb thieves, and Bath Lodge of Elks initiation after supper.

Five Islands Bath Portland Mill Pond Bridge

Bath Battery D officers reshuffled as 240th Regiment plans Newfoundland posting

The 240th Regiment, including Bath's Battery D, faces transfer to Newfoundland in spring once cantonment facilities are ready. Battery D will recruit its first draft group around January 15, growing to 153 men from 80. Lieut. Leslie Ross moves to communications. Lieut. Everet Hooper of Sanford joins, praised as a skilled gunner. Capt. Graves of Brunswick’s Battery G becomes Plans and Training officer. Lieut. Williams becomes Brunswick unit captain. Captain Butler of Bath remains in command at Battery D and will report to Fort Wright and Virginia Beach in February to observe big gun firings. The Battery held a Christmas tree observance and gunner exams influenced pay. Governor Sumner Sewall autographed photo graces the new day room.

Bath Newfoundland Bath Company Leslie Ross Central Grammar School 2Nd Battalion Everett Hooper Sanford Hooper Percy Graves Brunswick Williams Joseph A. Butler Portland Butler Fort Wright N. Y Virginia Beach Bath Battery Sumner Sewall

Page couple return from Florida visit

Mr and Mrs Edward Page returned Sunday night to their Corliss Street home after spending three weeks in Miami with Mr Page’s mother Mrs Frances Page.

Caldwell Jacobson Montreal Helen C. Jacobson South Street John K. Jayne New Canaan Louis M. Silverman Portsmouth N. H Boston William Worsnop Carroll Watson Washington Street Kalamazoo, Mich Charles J. Donnell Donnell Robert P. Shaw Robbie Pelham Manor N. Y Shaw Fred R. E. Dean Philip S. van Hook Stokes Teddy Edward Page Corliss Street Miami, Fla Mr. Page Frances Page

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