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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1940

Page

3

Busy Society Notes Highlight Local Club Events

Mrs. Alice Heald hosted a Christmas party for her sewing class at Bailey Evening School with a tree gifts and treats. Rotary Anns met at Hotel Sedgwick with evergreen folders and a talk on Native Evergreens. Various Bath residents attend social gatherings, family visits, birthdays, and club meetings across January week.

Alice Heald Bailey Evening School Goldie Bryant Santa Claus Heald Carolyn Day Ethelyn Shea Henrietta Bonney May Smith Nina Freeman Helen Lloyd Elizabeth Young Olga Tome Verna Bowie Rachel Messenger Mary Reed Edith Vamvakias Evelyn Young Marie Berry Clara Bracy H. A. Annis Charles W. Walsh, Jr Edgar D. Leavitt Carl Y. Kennedy Rotary Anns Sedgwick Fred D. Hill Joseph O. Purdue

Daughter Born at Memorial Hospital in January Birth

A daughter was born January 9 at Memorial hospital to Mr and Mrs Joseph C Le Febvre of 26 Meadowway. Mrs Rupert H Baxter hosted a luncheon and bridge at her Washington home on Wednesday.

William J. Hynes Grove Street Fred M. Hector Fargo N. C Willam D Ewall Washington Street Patien Free Library Sewall Mark W. Hennessey Anne King Arthur King Jett Street Morse High Bay Path Institute Springfield Mass Carol Morse Herbert Lermond Mrs Walter Morse Phippsburg Fenton T. Moore Cherry Iabel Little Heste Woumvich Palmer Lues Ted Lester Lewi Bobby Moore Raymone Pirlndhinanser Mer Joseph Footer Ir Sinders Miro Dorony Jeanprss Williams Elmer Williams Periland Marjorie Grace William G. Grace South Street Clarence W. Morse South Africa Winter Street Ladies’ Aid Elmer D. Hodgkins Charles C. Low Harry E. Peterson Arthur C. Lemont Elwina F. Durgin Grace Thayer Walter Thayer Wesern Avenue Rita Sullivan Jeannette Haley Mary Gaudette Flora Thayer Madeline Thayer Elsie Thayer Walter Thayer Jr Alice J. Lippincott Woodbury N. J Archibald M. Main Garden Street Mark W. Sewall Edith Fellows Plainfield, N. J Howard Mayo Meadowway Jolly Luckies Carrie Brown Maxwell Street Margaret Alley Mabel Taloot Gertrude Flahferty Abbie Morse Nellie Hinds Mabel Williams Louise Hamiln Alma Allen Boston William 3. Blair Ada Small Ohiana Joan W. Gilmore Gilmore Milan Street Mary Gardenier George Lewiston Portland Iynes Gardenier James T. Gardenier High Street William P. Hatch Green Street Davis Hatch Mr. Hatch Mister Edward Footer, Jr Edward Footer Hien Street Cate John Larrabee Betty Lou Liberty Street Betty Low Harry McLellan Californi Los Angeles George Berry Bath Lerlene Maseessie Owen Mr. Berry Harry L. Haynes St. Petersburg Fla Nightingale Club Memorial Hospital Edward A. Footer Sedgwick Ralph O. Dale Edna Mae Stanley Fraser Carolyn Marie Stanley Robinson David L. Wilson Aid William Allison 3d Andrews Road Philadelphia Harry S. Larrabee Richard Staples Middle Street Marion Warner Morse High School First National South Washington Streets Roy L. Fernald Winterport Maine Colleen Rowe Georgetown Ernest Heal Joseph C. LeFebvre Rupert H. Baxter Nance Walter B. Fitzgerald Gerald 3. Atkinson Fitzgerald Court Street Canaan Ando University of Maine Skowhegan Mies David P. Mullin Maier Mullin Doyle Dawson Sangerville Piscataquis County Harry Oaks Oaks Canada Seven Oaks Bar Harbor England Nassau Bahamas Sir Harry Oaks Louis Oaks Greenville Mertice Oaks Dover-Foxcroft Cosmopolitan Music Drama Department Ladies’ Aid and Circle of People’s Baptist Church Helen Leonard Nina McRae Mary Anderson Jane Murphy Gladys Wolstenholme Carl E. Albee Harvard H. Lord Valley Road Beacon Dummer Streets Mr. Albee Beacon Street Mr. Lord Dummer Street

Bath Iron Works sees payroll top a new high as safety plans loom

The Bath Iron Works payroll hits 2704, up 34 this week, with most hires going to tin shop, welding, and pipe coverers. A maintenance death, safety stats for 1939, and upcoming Nickel lecture at Morse High are noted alongside personnel moves and plant safety talks.

Food For Thought Arthur J. Moore Farnham H. Rice Allen F. Thayer Russell E. White Clarence L. Spinney Raymond F. Gagnon Moses T. Chandler Herman C. Smith, Jr Aston G. Wallace Kenneth A. Witham Percy S. MacGillvary Richard E. Patten Ernest W. Oliver Warren A. Thompson Carroll A. Ludwig Weilders Herbert G. Closson George L. Ashley Frederick W. Benner Joseph W. Baker Hartley E. Coffin Defiancey P. Lothrop Freemont Lord Farber W. Rogerson Ernest Pepin Henry I. Jacques Harold G. Whitney Walter B. Rice Philip W. Hayward Paul I. Miller Hugh S. MacDonald William H. Dodge Harold W. Parmenter Frank A. Curran Donald W. Blaisdell Bath Iron Works Forum Morse High School Canada Huntington West Va C. J. Schrefer International Nickel Company, Inc John W. Osborn Iron Works Executive Safety Committee Harold L. Adams Donald Lowery John Merchant John Mullaney Clarence Warner Leland Polley George Bailey Harold Corliss Memorial Hospital Lloyd McNeil Shipyard Earl Maier Pipe Shop Dominique Richard Earl Robinson Plate Shop Solon Savage Copper Shop

Safety session notes eye injuries at 1939 plant visit

Visitors at Thursday's session included A. M. Tinker and W. J. Morrissey of American Chain & Cable Co. W. N. Stoler of New York and Myron Hilton of the Bath Maine State Employment Service office attended. The speaker expressed regrets over the unusual run of eye injuries in 1939.

Harold L. Adams First Aid Department A. M. Tinker W. J. Morrissey American Chain & Cable Co W. N. Stoler New York Myron Hilton Bath Maine State Employment Service

Timely hints for Times readers on care and crafts

Pile fabrics launder with warm water and bland suds, rinse and blot away excess. Hang to dry on wooden hangers, brush heavy pile fabrics while steaming. Corduroy may be pressed with a lukewarm iron. Quick kitchen tips include tomato juice cocktails with Poppy Seed Sticks and buttered bread with poppy seeds. Also notes on scrapbooks, furniture care, and prunes in pickle syrup.

Eastport whirlpools draw visitors to Deer Island headland

Tourists in Eastport flock to Deer Island headland to view the Old Sow whirlpool and nearby tidal pools formed by three tides. The sign proclaims Eastport as the scene of the world’s biggest whirlpools, though some sources say comparable maelstroms lie off Norway.

Eastport Deer Island Passamaquoddy Bay

Bath News Briefs From City and County Headlines

Community notes report cold snaps with subfreezing readings and a municipal court case in which Stanley Getchell was jailed for parole violation. Local clubs plan events for Washington's Birthday and a Bath Navy club naming, with house and hall arrangements, plus a lobster salad supper for Masonic groups.

Stanley Getchell Gardiner R. Deering Bath Navy Club C. W. Rogers, Inc Charles F. Hughes Odd Fellows Hall

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