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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1942

Page

2

Phippsburg News Briefs Include Illness and Local Happenings

Mrs Charles Thistle's pneumonia relapse confines her to bed. Sebasco truck accident leaves a broken running board after ice plunge. Dro more First Aid class led by Miss Enid Sawyer with many signups. 4-H club winter project and seed testing demo planned for Feb 17. Phippsburg Federal Credit Union held a chicken supper and social at Sebasco Estates. Personal items note visits, mumps recovery, Navy Base job changes, new baby Brian Lee Dolliver, and regional visits to Bath, Portland, and Wneganee. Red Cross sewing sessions announced at Dromore.

Charles Thistle Herbert Shorey Sebasco Dromore Enid Sawyer Bath Aletha Campbell Miss Sawyer Ernest Rogers Esther McCourt Walter Rines Carol McCourt Dorothy Blaisdell Vera Harrington Alice Lowell Morong Walter Cushing Allie Rollins Bertha Wyman Frances Robie Katherine Preble Evelyn Beals Martha Beals Burdell Wallace Mable Pushard Langdon Thistle Aretha Campbell Dromore Grange Hall Lawrence Scott Maurice Blair Douglas Pye Douglas Shaw George Wyman Herbert Scott Phippsburg Federal Credit Union Sebasco Estates Winfield Wallace Etta York Lendall L. Green Edith Wallace Philip Jacobs Charles Koehling Charles Goomes Margaret Green Kenneth Burnham Helen Gagnon Grace Nasi Navy Base Air Station Washington, D. C Elaine Nazi Elaine Berkeley University Bath and Phippsburgh Harold Dolliver Center Street Dollivers Whitehouse Brian Lee Dolliver Harrington Todd-Bath Iron Co South Portland Ida Hinckley Girl Scouts Small Point Parsonage Marion Dorothy Cushing Lorraine Harrington Barbara Mank Parker Head Brownies Miss Robie Sally Lowell Gladys Scott Marline Perkins Jean Bowker Betty Anne Bath Janet Shaw Center Earl Lowell Clayton Hoar H. D. Mank George Morong Turner McCarty F. P. Young Anna Percy Eugene Harrington Charles Blaisdell Red Cross Alonzo Lowell Currey Stiles Brunswick Elsie Champion Doris Savage Phippsburg Center Leo Hamel J. D. Mank Sr Connie Hoar Bobby Cushing the Colonial Maurice Blaisdell Lawrence Thayer Frank Wyman Marie Wyman Boston Samuel McElroy Charles Talbot Allie Robins Harry Thomas Donald Logan Marlene New Jersey Ralph Christianson Charles Doughty Baby Norman Pierce Virginia Logan East Boston Seymour Hunter Leroy Perkins Winnegance W. T. Wyman Kenneth Wyman Mar W.H. Wynman Osgood Perkins Island W. O I.O. L Fred Osgood Cynthia Robert Barlow Franci Luke

Miss Annie Conley Receives Sunshine Basket at Work

Miss Annie Conley of Fremont street recovering from pneumonia received a large sunshine basket from fellow employees at Congress Shirt Factory on Tuesday. She had previously sat up for an hour on Monday afternoon, marking a small recovery.

Annie Conley Fremont Street Congress Shirt Factory

Past Ladies Club Meeting in Myrtle Lodge Members Gathered

The Past Ladies' club of Myrtle lodge No. 8 U O of I O L held its January meeting Monday evening at 377 Middle Street with Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney hosting and vice president Jenine Oliver presiding in the president's absence due to illness. The group planned to send cards to sick members and announced the February 23 gathering with Mrs Emma Daley as hostess. After business, members enjoyed social time playing flinch Chinese checkers and chocket work. Prizes went to Mrs John H Hunt and Mrs Seth Stewart with consolation to Mrs Warren K Davis. refreshments included creamed salmon and peas, pickles olives cookies tea and candy.

Myrtle Lodge No. 8 U. O Wilfred W. Chaney Middle Street Jenine Oliver Milton C. Savage Emma Daley Rose Street Flinch John H. Hunt Seth Stewart California Warren K. Davis West Bath Howard E. Blake Melville B. Clark Raymond M. Clark Fred S. Curtis Howard O. Nash Charles O. Nelson Jennie Oliver Eugene W. Osgood

Highway Engineers Visit Popham Road Mains Route

State highway officials Weymouth and Poor visited the Bath to Popham Beach corridor Monday. They favor immediate completion of 1700 feet of cross road and marsh raising to ensure mail delivery and reduce tidal flood delays. A report will be issued and an agreement expected to move traffic and the mails through.

Bath Popham Beach Small Point Walter E. Edge Popham Road Messrs. Weymouth and Poor State Highway Department McIntire Popham United States Mail Federal Roads Department

Winnegance Club Hosts Skiboettes at High Street Home

Mrs Harry Knight Jr entertained the Skiboettes at 46 High Street with cards and refreshments. Mrs Elmer Morse was elected treasurer. Attendees included Mrs John Burgess Mrs Burleigh Williams Mrs John Perkins Mrs Harold Mott Mrs Harry Knight Jr Mrs Walter Rogers and Mrs Elmer Morse. Upcoming events include hosting duties by Mrs Burgess and meetings for Women's Auxiliary Squaw club and Red Cross sewing, centered around addresses on High Street.

Harry Knight, Jr High Street Elmer Morse John Burgess Burleigh Williams John Perkins Harold Mott Harry Knights, Jr Walter Rogers Women’s Auxiliary Walter Morse Squaw Club Winneganee Red Cross Group Charles T. Small

Miss Lottie Harrington Honored After Retirement

Miss Lottie Harrington of Hallowell recently retired after a long career since 1907 in the Department of Inland Fisheries and Game as clerk in charge of guides and trappers licenses. She was celebrated at a Friday dinner in the Augusta House with gifts from department coworkers.

Lottie Harrington Hallowell Department of Inland Fisheries and Game Augusta House Miss Harrington George J. Stobie

Clergyman Attends Bangor Theological Convocation

Rev. Raymond G. Putnam of Central Congregational church is in Bangor for the 34th annual Convocation Week of Bangor Theological Seminary. He expects to return Friday.

Raymond G. Putnam Central Congregational Church Bangor Bangor Theological Seminary

Parker Head community notes and gatherings

The Parker Head and nearby communities report a busy social calendar with Girl Scouts meeting at the Small Point parsonage and Brownies visiting Miss Robie. Church events, Farm Bureau activities, Red Cross sewing, First Aid class, and various visits and dinners are logged, detailing residents from Parker Head and surrounding towns.

School Notes Highlight Student Awards and Visits

Lloyd Sally and Bill Lowell and Beverly Moore and David Harrington earned defense stamps for perfect attendance. Prizes were given for poetry memorization to multiple students including Barbara Mank Marion Cushing Dorothy Cushing Raymond Nisbet Lorraine Harrington Barbara Harrington and Beverly Moore. A sunshine basket was sent to ill John Libby Jr. at Bath Memorial Hospital. Stanwood Gilman visited as Wiscasset superintendent. Local ladies with three babies visited the school. The district sent a chest of books to Augusta Library for classroom use.

Lloyd Sally Bill Lowell Beverly Moore David Harrington Barbara Mank Marion Cushing Dorothy Cushing Raymond Nisbet Lorraine Harrington Barbara Harrington John Libby Jr Bath Memorial Hospital Stanwood Gilman Wiscasset George Morong Clayton Hoar Walter Cushing Charles Blaisdell H. D. Mank, Jr Augusta

Fifth and Sixth Grade Students Present Parochial Program

A program by the fifth and sixth grades under Sister Mary Estelle was staged at St Mary's Parochial School during a PTA meeting. The event featured a play Young Patriots and two patriotic songs, with numerous students named as participants.

Mary Estelle St. Mary's P. T. A James I. Noftall Red Cross Eleanor Webster Etta Thurlow Edward B. Hamblett Red Cross Committee Hamblett Madelyn Kronstrand Marilyn Bourget John Maloney Thomas Glynn William Grainger John Grimard Philip Grimard Edwin Greene Marcia Howard Charles Babine Theresa Tardiff Mary Gerrish George Breton Jennie Puiin Elizabeth Dingley Charles Dingley Mary Jane Footer Herbert Bacher Robert Maloney Chester Talbot Romeo Brett Carolyn Fleishman Kenneth Goff Marie White Mary Barry John Garrette Lawrence Pomerleau

John L Baxter Heads Canners in War Production Board

John L Baxter of Brunswick has been named head of the canned foods section of the War Production Board’s food supply branch in Portland. He told canners that government will aid efforts to maintain and boost production, noting the product’s importance to the Army Navy and general public. WPB aims to secure materials for repairs replacements and new machinery as production rises.

John L., Baxter Brunswick War Production Board W.P.B Portland Baxter Navy Canners’ Advisory Committee

Nutrition Class Starts Tuesday At Morse High

Red Cross Civilian Defense offers a nutrition class Tuesday evening at seven in Morse High School. The course precedes canteen work and may be taken by those not pursuing canteen duties. Two instructors, Miss Verna Stults and Miss Virginia Jewett, head and assistant of home economics, will teach.

Red Cross Morse Verna Stults Morse High School Virginia Jewett

Bankers Not Earning as Much As Believed

Harold E Randall of First National Bank of Boston told 48 members of the National Association of Cost Accountants in Lewiston that bankers, hit by postwar lows, failed to practice cost awareness. He said bankers did not know their own costs, contributing to numerous bank failures during the Depression.

Harold E. Randall First National Bank of Boston National Association of Cost Accountants DeWitt Hotel Lewiston Randall

Popham Beach Notes of Local Life and Death

Ellison Moody received word from Stephen Ethier in New York of his father Carey Ethier’s sudden death at his Pennsylvania home. Popham Circle planned Red Cross work but supplies in Bath were unavailable, so sewing for the church repair fund continued instead.

Ellison Moody Stephen Ethier New York Carey Ethier Pennsylvania Ethier Popham Popham Circle Frank Scott Red Cross Bath Guy Crowley Walter Sprague Frances Robie Raymond Larrabee Laurence Taylor Marguerite Mee Nulty Rotary Club Stanley Hyde Yarmouth Maine Hyde North Yarmouth Academy Moses Chandler Dexter William Grady Peter Gagnon Bates Stover Lates Stover Maine General Hospital Bodwell Grange Hall Irving Dobbins Popham School Infantile Paralysis Fund Stanwood C. Gilman Lester Morse Winneyance Morse Irving Meredith Milton Mass Appalachian Club Meredith Robert Cody

Red Cross to Continue Surgical Dressing at Elks Home

The American Red Cross will continue making surgical dressings at the Elks Home with adjusted hours from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 daily except Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Clarence W. Morse serves as committee chair.

BFS American Red Cross Elks Home Clarence W. Morse

Todd Fiske wedding in Stoneham on Sunday

A Georgetown readership note reports the wedding of Sergt. Warren S. Todd to Miss Carolyn D. Fiske at the bride’s home in Stoneham Massachusetts. The ceremony was in the music room with Rev Hobart E Geeway officiating. Family members and notable attendees attended as the groom awaits orders for deployment and plans a postwar honeymoon.

Georgetown Stoneham Mass Sergt Warren S.todd Roscoe P. Todd York Terrace Melrose Highlands Carolyn D. Fiske Wilbur W. Fiske Main Street Music Room Jersey Hobart E Geeway Newton Frederick Brock William Fiske Dean Academy Rollins College Winter Park Fla Boston College Kappa Kappa Gamma First Church of Boston Boston University Todd WW Fiske Coat Co Tufts College Melrose 110Th Cavalry 180Th Field Artillery Camp Edwards

Supporters Announced for President's Birthday Ball

Additional donors for the President's Birthday Ball at the State Armory were listed by Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. The event raises funds to fight infantile paralysis. Also noted: Tri-City Fish and Game Association elected 1942 officers Fred Murphy president Claude Arata secretary Alfredo Masciadri treasurer and members from Augusta Gardiner and Hallowell.

State Armory James A. Gillies, Jr Tri-City Fish and Game Association Hallowell Fred Murphy Claude Arata Alfredo Masciadri Augusta al Eastman, Jr Kenneth Johnson Gardiner Shirley Dawe Howard Curtis John Burns Herbert Ripley

Mrs Eastham Guild Arrives for Clifton Visit

Mrs Eastham Guild Jr of Clifton Massachusetts arrived Wednesday for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs William S Newell of Washington Street in Washington D C She is staying with them during the visit.

Fair Rent Board Reviews Three Complaints At Bath

Bath officials discussed three cases of alleged rent unfairness with help from Field Representative Pendergast and County Attorney Dale. Tenants faced heat, high rent hikes, and eviction risk, while state statutes and possible Emergency Price Control Act protections were reviewed. Local venues offer complaint cards and clearinghouse support through USO and local factories.

Bath Fair Rent Committee City Hall John J. Pendergast Office of Price Administration Ralph O. Dale Columbian Hall

Bath man Percy Wilson named to pharmacist warrant grade

Chief Pharmacist Mate Percy C. Wilson of Bath has been appointed to the warrant grade of Pharmacist in the U S Navy.

Percy C. Wilson U.S. N Bath

Also Mentioned on This Page

Phippsburg Cora Campbell Pleasant Cove Farm Winneganee Emma Perry New Meadows Miss Moore Meadowbrook Road N. B. Wyman J. K. Bowker Annie Bowker Gardiner Rogers Meadowbrookshore The Olive Farley Parker St. Mary’s P.T.A John L. Baxter Canners Ollie Spinney Arthur Delano Ralph Spinney, Jr Ralph Spinney Ernest Spinney Clarence Perkins Stanley Virginia Perkins Howard Spinney Norman Perkins Parker Morse William Wallace Marvin Gillam West Point Walter Oliver Congress Shirt Co Boothbay Harbor Wesley Hyde Todd-Fiske Sergt. Warren S. Todd Carl C. Anderson Boyd L. Bailey Lucien Bisson Alex A. Burden John FP. Carey, Jr John M. Conley, Jr George Baer Connard George T. Costain Richard Frates Sidney L. Eaton Allen Irish James G. Jenkins Carl Y. Kennedy Max Katz Robert C. Lambie Catharine H. Legard Forrest C. Levard Everett G. Lemont Samuel Levin Maurice A. Libby Edwin H. P. Lowell Roger M. Luke Archibald M. Main John E. McCole Duncan McIinnes John McInnes Justus N. Miller Wellington A. Moore Harry F Mork Marcia Moulton Seth S. Mullin William S. Newell J. Harry Rose Pembroke Mr. Rose Robert Potter Eastport Potter Young Rose Fair Rent Board Central Church League League A. George Moses Ethel Blake Howard M. Steen Arthur W. King
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