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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
8
The Organ Sacety in Wiscasset elected Aiis Harrist as president and Beens Haggett as secretary among listed officers. A Christmas party with gift exchange followed, and tea ended the meeting. Members and guests included Pvt Stanley Thompson and Miss Alex White guests and staff changes noted at local offices and institutions.
The men of Central Church gathered for a supper at the parish hall with biscuits and apple pie. President Howard Steen led the meeting, joined by Raymond Small Maynard Brown Linwood Haynes and Dr. Donald Preble.
Winter Street Ladies Auxiliary notes list members including Mrs. Edgar D Leavitt Mrs Fred Sturtevant Mrs Denter Matter Mrs David VicKellar and Mrs Zylya Moore. Maine lobster dinners hosted for state officials and Air Corps officers were arranged by Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Arthur R Greenleaf with shipments to California and local canteens.
On Tuesday at a birthday tea celebrating the fifth birthday of the Elizabeth Lawrence Society Co A R at the home of retiring president Miss Jane Trott the following officers were installed Joanne Heal president Hopestill Reed vice president Mary Lou Reed recording secretary Evelyn Perkins treasurer Barbara Lou Deering historian Pearl Hathorne registrar Betty Mae Hopkins chaplain Natalie Hathorne color bearer Elaine Neyes corresponding secretary Miss Ethel Blake organizing president was the installing officer and a gift was presented by the society. A gift of money was given by Mrs Harry Litchfield regent of the DAR with additional gifts from several members and friends. The tea table was attractive and a large birthday cake was presented by multiple donors. A telegram from Miss Laura Carpenter state senior president of the CAR wished success for the tea. Two guests and many members attended and the next meeting is Feb 8 at Miss Betty Mae Hopkins home.
Nine members attend the January West Bath PTA meeting at Mrs. L. D. Small's home chaired by President Mrs. G. C. Smith. Founders Day slated for the first Tuesday in February at Lowell school. Reading from National Parent-Teacher magazine, gift exchange after a sevial hour. Monthly prize won by Mrs. R. K. Thompson. Refreshments served by Mrs. Forest Barter and Mrs. Leon Belanger Jr.
Mr and Mrs Raymond G Putnam left Bath on the afternoon train. He heads to Williamsburg Virginia to train as a chaplain in the U S Navy while she visits her sister in Ohio. The Central Congregational church bids farewell after three years together.
A quiet Sunday service continues at Center Baptist Church led by Mrs. J M Gowdey as Rev Gowdey enters chaplain training. A wedding bonded Betty Gene Orvis to Philip Wentworth Beaney Jr in Kittery with reception. couple to reside in Detroit. Military and school updates follow, including furloughs and moves, plus local illness and residency changes among residents.
Roy L. Fernald of Winterport will address a Harold T. Andrews Post meeting in Portland on unity. Earlier he will speak to the Nineteenth Century club in Bangor on our state government.
Bath works to reopen roads and restore utilities after a heavy snow storm. Highway crews repair plows and restore bus service while two National Power linemen are rescued after being stranded at Small Point. Rail and bus routes gradually resume amid lingering snowbound areas and stalled cars.
Sagadahoc Probate Court convened with Judge Arthur J. Dunton presiding. The session granted administrations for multiple estates including Rogers Moulton Bath and Georg ia M Gotte Bath, filed wills for Hutchins Richmond and Stevens Georgetown, and approved executors and guardians. Inventories, accounts, bonds, and real estate licenses were also processed for numerous heirs and trustees across Bath, Topsham, Phippsburg, Georgetown, Woolwich, Bowdoinham and Yonkers.
Bath and surrounding towns begin the fourth War Loan campaign Tuesday with a combined Quota of 600000 for Bath West Bath Georgetown and Arrowsic excluding Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass and Torrey Roller Bushing Works. Region 8 vice chairman Albert S. Noyes says Civilian Defense personnel will aid in canvassing with wardens and workers going door to door. Local quotas for Sagadahoc county towns include Richmond 21000 Bowdoinham 39000 Phippsburg 17000 Woolwich 23000. Local chairmen are Bath Carl W Crane Ralph W Bragg West Bath Perry L Thompson Richmond Solon W Purinton Bowdoinham Neil S Bishop Woolwich Carleton Day Reed.
Miss Ina Anderson resumes work at the Hyde Windlass Co. office after a weeklong visit in the eastern part of the state and returns to her apartment at 22 Fitz street.
Mrs J Merton LeMont and two children Sandy and Tommy, along with Mrs Harry M Boucher, pass away in Portland on Tuesday, prompting local notices of the couple and family members.
The January term of Sagada hoc Superior court convened at 10 with Justice Arthur E. Sewall presiding. The grand jury returned four indictments including two for forgery and one each for breaking and entering with larceny and uttering a false instrument.
Maine reports 115 automobile deaths in 1943, down from 150 in 1942, the lowest since the traffic safety division began. County figures vary with Hancock up 300 percent from 1942, Piscataquis and Sagadahoc up 100 percent, Waldo up 33 percent, and Washington the only county to show a 100 percent decrease.
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