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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1942

Page

6

Society and Clubs in Bath Full Week of Local News

Bath society notes detail Miss Sophia Mikels return from a long Pacific coast trip visiting relatives in Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago and New York and mention other Bath families. The column records gatherings at homes clubs and the theatre as well as births engagements and a sailing vessel in drydock in Portland with local residents visiting Augusta and Bath for social events.

Sophia Mikels Calif Benjamin M. Mikels Miss Mikels Los Angeles Simon Newman Frank M. Mikels San Francisco Horatio A. D. Mikels Chicago East Charles Israel Loeb Memorial Home Eastview N. Y David Smith Brookline Mass New York

Army library drive boosted by Colton in First Corps Area

Miss Aline B Colton Corps Area Librarian inspected Army fort and camp facilities to assess reading needs. She found soldiers eager for technical and historical volumes, with many posts lacking adequate libraries and transport to civilian resources, prompting appeals for books and support from communities and publishers.

Whiteside High Street Miss Colton Charles B. M. Whiteside Andover Mass Martha Mary Chapel Sudbury Old English High School Boston Army Library Service Corps First Corps Area Army Base South George Atwood Colton Lee, Mass Goodyear Rubber Company Bangor Portland Colton First Corps Fort Terry New York Long Island Sound New London New London Library Fort Bragg N. C United States Camp Edwards Fort Devens Portsmouth New Hampshire Fort Buckman Manchester Maine Manchester Air Base Portland, Maine Portland Harbor Quartermaster Department Portland Public Library Fort Wright the Red Cross Community War Fund American Library Association Aline B. Colton Army Base

Mrs Burton Goudy Returns From Visit in Lincoln County

Mrs Burton E Goudy of 66 Oak Street has returned after a stay with her son Charles E Gale and Mrs Gale in Damariscotta and with friends in Newcastle lasting a few days.

Burton E, Goudy Oak Street Charles E. Gale Gale Newcastle

Mrs Reinoehl Hosts Visit For Mrs McKay In Fort Wayne

Mrs Frank Reinoehl entertained a few friends Friday afternoon for Mrs Charles W. McKay of Fort Wayne Indiana at her home located at 1227 Washington Street.

Katherine Burgess Court Street Burgess Eva McElman Lida Costain Sedgwick Frank Reinoehl Charles W. McKay Fort Wayne Ind Washington Street

Victory Book Drive Underway At Patten Library

The Victory Book Campaign in Bath runs through this week under Miss Anna M. Trott, Andrew J. Danielson, and Mrs. Wilmer N. Voorhees. Residents are urged to donate books they would read, avoiding old or children’s titles. Collected books serve soldiers at nearby forts, the armory, and Columbian hall, with Junior Red Cross members delivering from the U. S. O. center in Columbian hall.

Bath Anna M. Trott Patten Free Library Andrew J. Danielson U.S. O Wilmer N. Voorhees Red Cross Armory Columbian Hall U. S. O. Center Cross

Mrs Gatcomb Visits Bath Friends From Malden Mass

Mrs. Fred Gatcomb of Malden Massachusetts is in Bath calling on friends including Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Hatch of Washington street. Mrs. Gatcomb was formerly Miss Hazel Eades of this city, from her Bath High School days.

Mary Downey R.N Boston Bath B. Downey Wiscasset Park Street U.S.A Harvard Miss Downey Ware Mass Children’s Hospital Louis Spicer Bedford Street Spicer David Henderson North Bath Claude S. Gillette Rupert H. Baxter Washington Street Washington, D. C Elwood Hodgkins Clinton Street Portland Herbert Spinney High Street Bertha C. Oliver Medford Hillside Harry C. Burrill Lawrence Martin Groton Jill Ruth Olsen Karl Olsen Memorial Hospital Olsen Dorothy Billy) Thompson Morse High Fred H Thompson Front Street Fred Gatcomb Malden Robert B. Hatch Gatcomb Hazel Eades Bath High School

Our Town Forty Years Ago Bath in Bath Independent

Delano Brookings of Boston writes in the Christian Science Monitor about Bath's Forty Years Ago column. The piece blends random Bath items from 1901 including the William P. Frye launch party and local events, showing how the town’s people and places shaped its past with reminiscences, gossip, and photos from the era.

Our Town Christian Science Monitor Delano Brookings Boston Bath Bath Independent William P. Frye David P. Dearborn Caroline Frye Briggs William D. Sewall Independent Maine High Street New England Bunker Hill York Hall Sumner Sewall Bath Iron Works Sewall Sumner Alameda Columbia Orchestra New York Standard Oil Co Knickerbocker Kennebec Phippsburg Japan Bath High School Boothbay Harbor Sewall’s Mr. Brookings Elmhurst North End Bowdeinham

Winter Street Ladies Aid hears fine reading on Friday

The Winter Street Ladies Aid at Winter Street church heard extracts from Shake Hands With the Dragon by Carl Glick read by Mrs. Carl L. Kennedy, program chair, after a business meeting attended by 40. Hostesses included Mrs. Elmer Hodgkins, Mrs. Charles Low, Mrs. Fred Hill, and Mrs. Edward Hawley.

Carl Glick Carl L. Kennedy Ladies’ Aid Winter Street Church China Kennedy Elmer D.hodgkins Charles C. Low Fred C Walter H. Bowker Corrie H. Varney Martha E. Hooper Emma F. Hooper

Books and magazines sent to soldiers at state armory

Soldiers at the state armory receive books and magazines from Mrs Colbys class at Central Grammar. Pupils collected reading material and snacks to aid guard duty on the bridge, with plans to continue weekly donations. Weekend visitors from Malden, Mass., were relatives of Bath residents.

State Armory Mrs. Colby Central Grammar Reginald Parker Frances Higgins Cecil Fullerton Lawrence Hart Jean Drake Gloria Christiansen Richard Callan

Deserve a Boost in Compensation for Bath Teachers

A Bath Maine citizen and school board member urges city leaders to grant a 15 percent retroactive pay raise to teachers, arguing salaries lag behind other trades and prior increases were insufficient. The letter cites resignations, sick leave limits, and the need for new or improved schools as justification for action.

High Street Bath Maine the Independent The Independent Board of Education of Parker Board of Education Selwyn H. Towne

Phippsburg Notes On Campaigns And Local Happenings

Local page notes report Infan tile Paralysis coin cards distributed in schools by Frances Robie as part of a town campaign. Brownies elect Betty Ann Bath secretary and Janet Shaw treasurer. Richard Dolloff, son of Mr and Mrs George Dolloff of Oak Lawn Rhode Island, now stationed at Fort Devens after high school in Cranston, enlisted before Christmas and trains as a shipfitter at Bath Iron Works.

Frances Robie Brownies Betty Ann Bath Janet Shaw Richard Dolloff George Dolloff Oak Lawn R. I Cuvier Dollott Washington Street Bath Iron Works Fort Devens Ayer Mass Cranston U. S. Army Jtter

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