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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
4
At the Organ Society annual meeting in Wiscasset on a Wednesday afternoon, officers were elected including Persident Mrs Harriet Jicksay and secretary Miss Carolyn S Varney. A Christmas party with gift exchange followed and tea closed the session.
The Katawi Bae Men’s Club of oe y i ot t mreh held a supper meeting at the church. The committee included President Howard Strong, Raymond Small, Maynard Brown, Linwood Haynes and Dr. Donald Preble.
The Winter Street Ladies Auxiliary lists committee members including Mrs. Edgar D Navitt Mrs. Fred Sturtevant Mrs. Deamer Matter Mr. David VicKellar and Mrs. Zylva Moore. Maine lobsters featured at a Maine dinner for Air Corps officers and a Hollywood event served by Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Arthur R Greenleaf.
On Tuesday birthday tea marked the fifth birthday of the Elizabeth Lawrence Society and Co A R at Miss Jane Trott’s home. Officers installed include Joanne Heal as president and Hopestill Reed as vice president with a full slate of officers. Gifts were given by D A R members and others. a telegram from Miss Laura Carpenter expressed regrets. The next meeting is Feb 8 at Miss Betty Mae Hopkins’ home.
West Bath P T A met at Mrs. L D Small's home with nine members amid heavy snowfall that blocked roads. Founders Day slated for the first Tuesday in February at Lowell school, gifts exchanged, and refreshments served. Local residents Mrs. Grace Kenny and others noted.
Mr and Mrs Raymond G Putnam depart Bath on the afternoon train Tuesday. He travels to Williamsburg Virginia to train as a chaplain in the U S Navy while she heads to Ohio to visit her sister. The Central Congregational church members say farewell after three years of close service.
Pretty wedding the week of January 5 unites Miss Betty Gene Orvis and Philip Wentworth Beaney Jr at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Teasdale. The couple will reside in Detroit after prior service in Morse High School and the Navy Yard. other notes include wartime church services by Mrs Gowdey, students departing Rutgers and Pratt Institute, illnesses, and local relocations.
Roy L Fernald of Winterport speaks at a Harold T Andrews Post meeting in Portland on unity and also at the Nineteenth Century club in Bangor on Our Own State Government. A masked bandit robbed Moses Serunian in Portland, wounding him, and milk prices in Maine rose slightly to ease state needs. Phyllis Platt died from burns after a gasoline stove blast at Oak Hill Scarborough, her husband William Platt died in the same accident. Platt had lived in Calais and Milltown. her parents reside in Calais.
From the West 1,211 white faced heifers arrived to advance Maine farmers beef-raising programs. Losses on shipments were under one per cent, said Samuel F. Dorrence Agriculture Department Animal Industry Chief, noting the state arranged all purchases.
Governor Sewall of Maine, in Washington, discussed closing the Bangor and Houston air bases with Senators White and Brewster. Brewster will consult War Department officials on the decision. He also talked about soldier voting and postwar highway construction as issues likely to press in future months.
Bath begins cleanup after a heavy snow storm. Highway and sewer repairs progress as three trucks return to service. major routes open by Sunday night. Two CMP linemen rescued after 23 hours stranded at Small Point. army crews aided the rescue. Bus and rail service resume with widespread delays and stalled cars still blocking streets.
Bath area gears up for the fourth War Loan drive with a $600,000 city quota plus special allocations for Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass and Torrey Roller Bushing Works. Region 8 vice chairman Albert S. Noyes says Civilian Defense personnel will aid, with wardens and volunteers canvassing door to door.
Miss Ina Anderson returns to her Hyde Windlass Co office after a week in the eastern part of the state and resumes her duties at the company.
Sagadahoc Probate court session lists filed administrations granted and inventories filed, naming Parker N Moulton and Georgia M Gotte as administrators, executors named in wills, guardianships, accounts and bonds approved, licenses to sell real estate granted, with estates including Bath Topsham Georgetown Bowdoinham Phippsburg Arrowsic Richmond Yonkers and Wis.
Mrs J Merton LeMont and Mrs Harry M Boucher passed away Tuesday in Portland. The two families shared in a quiet loss, with Sandy and Tommy among the bereaved.
The January term of Sagada hoc Superior Court convened with Justice Arthur E. Sewall presiding. County Attorney Ralph O. Dale sought four indictments from a grand jury that reported for its second session. Four forgery indictments and one for breaking in and larceny, plus uttering a false instrument, were returned. Names: Clarence Oliver, Sam King Jr., Donald Staples, Leroy Wentworth.
Maine's Division of Traffic and Safety reports 115 automobile deaths in 1943, down from 150 in 1942, marking the second yearly decline since 1938. August spiked 100 percent, September 18 percent, October 8 percent, but the year fell 23.3 percent overall. Hancock County had four deaths, up 300 percent from 1942, while Piscataquis and Sagadahoc rose 100 percent and Waldo 33 percent. Washington County showed a 100 percent decrease.
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