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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1943

Page

6

Bath Notes around town reflect summers and milestones

Society items from Bath detail Hill family travel from Manchester to visit grandparents for a 50th anniversary, a near train accident with an oil truck, newborns at Memorial Hospital, birthday parties for Sally True, and social visits. Additional briefs cover pregnancies, engagements, college commencements, military enlistments, travel, and local assignees returning to Bath.

Callan Couple Buy Griveson Cottage at Quaker Pepin

Mr and Mrs James Callan of North Street have purchased the Griveson cottage located at Quaker Pepin amid local real estate activity.

James Callan North Street Quaker Pepin

Local Notices and Social Snippets From Bath Area

Mrs Ella Bates of Winthrop returns home for the summer while teaching at the Junior High. Robert Bragg from New York visits with his parents. Mrs Fanny Gass resumes duties after two weeks away, with travels in Port and Gardiner. Miss Sheila Reed visits Bath guest of Stephen Marshall. Numerous residents and guests are noted with travels, hotel reservations, and social ties across Bath, Gardiner, North Conway, and Daytona Beach, highlighting summer comings and goings and a facsimile cable from a New York tabloid.

Sheila Reed Northeast Harbor Bath Stephen Marshall High Street

Recital prizes awarded amid summer festivities

Janice Knight won first prize for selling the most Mary Cunningham recital tickets held last week. Madeline Kronstrand took second and Barbara Robinson third. Kronstrand appeared Friday at the Masonic Temple in Genesta chapter’s summer program, while Cunningham received bouquets and a student gift purse for her long hours coaching her pupils. Mrs. Edward Sampson and other locals noted. many residents scheduled summer outings and visits in Bath Portland Boston and surrounding towns.

Janice Knight Mary Cunningham Madeline Kronstrand Barbara Robinson Masonic Temple Genesta Chapter Miss Cunningham

Bath and Area War Service Notices Highlight Local Families

Miss Rosalie Cormier of 64 Front Street will travel to Portland to visit relatives after summer with her brother and sister in law. Margaret Tourtillotte of Bath is now a specialist in the personnel department at Carlsbad New Mexico post headquarters after basic training at Fort Oglethorpe and Teachers College. Spinney and Parkes family figures return to Bath Field California after service. Mr and Mrs C W Resers of West Palm Beach plan summer in Bath after Florida sojourns.

Rosalie Cormier Alphonse Cormier Front Street Portland Alfred Cormier WAAC Margaret Tourtillotte U.S A New Menxico Carlsbad N. Mexico Fort Oglethorpe Bath Tron Works C. W. Resers West Palm Beach Fla Bath Washington Street Florida

Women and Men in Uniform From Woodbury Moulton to Navy and Army

Woodbury Moulton a Hill Top Market clerk departs for Camp Devens after deferred entry due to illness. Pvt Harold Avery Jr in Camp Wheeler Georgia trains for 13 weeks and notes RO T C colleagues from University of Maine. Private First Class Stanley Coffin earns Army Air Forces technician training in Los Angeles. Harold Stanton Jr welcomes a son in Bath Memorial Hospital. Robert C. Ingraham of Morse High graduates sound school and advances toward petty officer rank with sea duty prospects.

L W. Hunt Fast Brunswick Philip Hant Ordclas U. S. Navy Bath NGVY Wos Tech Cony High Niericte Hie Woodbury Harold Avery, Jr USA Camp Wheeler University of Maine Avery Harold Avery Jr Cod 12Th Tng Camp Wheeler, Ga Stanley Coffin Ethel Coffin Sebasco Estates Army Air Forces Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School Aero Iti Los Angeles Calif Priv. F. C Army Air Forces Technical Training Command

Lawrence B Boyd at Anti Aircraft Artillery School Camp Davis NC

Corporal Lawrence B Boyd attends the Anti Aircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis in North Carolina. Home address listed as 22 Foral.

Party at Quaker Point for servicemen departures

A gathering at the cottage of Mr and Mrs Julian Bennett at Quaker Point on New Meadows welcomed Melvin Ferris Norman Guynn and Philip Paiement as they head to Navy Army and Army Air Corps Reserve duties. Attendees included Betty Anderson Agnes MacDonald Joyce Werner Madelyn Oliver Elaine Noyes and many others with chaperones Mrs Bennett Mrs William Oliver and Mrs James Callan. Auxiliary Dorothy M Duran arrived at Fort Devens for basic training as part of the WAAC effort. Pfc Eugene Hart of Chicago visited Cameriscotta to meet his wife and newborn son Richard Eugene Hart born Friday weighing seven pounds.

Julian Bennett Quaker Point New Meadows Melvin Ferris Navy Norman Guynn Army Philip Paiement Brunswick Army Air Corps Betty Anderson Agnes MacDonald Joyce Werner Madelyn Oliver Elaine Noyes Betty Small Ruth Small Elizabeth Trott Millicent Hecht Doreen Higgins Marguerite Rines Germaine Jonney Frances Callan Albert Brady Bob Russell Richard Poulos Kenneth Wilson Hilton Libby James Bonney Mahlon Niles Nick Poulos Floyd Robinon Gordon Cowan Paul Tourulotte William Oliver James Callan PFC Eugene Hart U. S Chicago Cameriscotta Stanton

Army Pvt Clarence Arsenault on 14 day furlough

Private Clarence Arsenault, of the U S Army Medical Corps stationed at Miami Beach Florida, is on a 14 day furlough with his mother Mrs Walter Norton at 962 Middle street. He visited his sister Mrs John McConnell in Virginia Beach and his brother Louis Arsenault S 3c at the U S Naval Station Lakehurst New Jersey during the trip north.

Clarence Arsenault Walter Norton Middle — Street Arsenault Miami Beach Florida U. S. Army Medical Corps John McConnell Virginia Beach Virginia Louis Arsenault S. 3c U. S. Naval Station Lakehurst N. J

Waves recruit Jean Danforth reports from New York

Miss Jean L. Danforth enlisted May 5 and left June 15 for active Waves service now located at Naval Training School Bronx New York. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth of 1075 High Street. She enjoys service and notes uniforms were to be issued today. She is in the glee club and will perform in New York next Sunday with the group.

Jean L. Danforth The Waves New York Naval Training School Building I Bronx Danforth Frank W. Danforth High Street Jean Glee Club

Notes of Interest From Bath Streets and Farms

A hand organ grinder visits Bath for the first time in years, collecting from passersby with an old hat. Native strawberries remain scarce and pricey due to a harsh winter and labor shortages, though ert Chaplin reports over 800 quarts already picked. Green peas arrive in good size after rainy warm weather, and Old Folks Home guests expect peas for the Fourth.

Bath Chaplin East Brunswick Old Brunswick Road

Duley Seaman Wedding Takes Place Saturday

A Bath Maine ceremony united Mrs Clara B Seaman of Portland with Earl H Duley of Bath on Saturday at 8 pm in his Washington Street home. Rev George B Wolstenholme officiated with rings, in the presence of relatives and friends. The couple will reside at 1094 Washington Street Bath.

Earl H. Duley Washington Street Clara B. Seaman Portland George B. Wolstenholme People’s Bartist Church Frank C. Teague Frank L. Daley Cow Street Bath Iron Works James J. Cassidy Mary A. Skerry Bath Daley Charles H. Worrey Chester H. Worrey Harold Miller Kenneth Howe Lyle Acre Maurice Merrick Marion Staples Gladys Worrey Pauline Fields Virdie Grant Carrie Little James E., Little Allen B. Little Lester Crocker Robert Reed Woolwich Victor Woods Louise K. Duley Frank P. Duley, Jr Kennebunkport

Personal Notes From Brunswick and Nearby Towns

Mrs Nellie D Arcy returns home after a week at Mansion House Poland Spring. Mrs John Carey and daughter Elizabeth stay in Dorchester. Donald Jewett of Bath Iron Works takes enforced vacation for eye ailment. Virginia Sinclair of Brunswick visits Sasanoa Bluff for a month and will travel to Old Orchard. Rev Joseph Purdue and family depart for Sebasco Estates to stay with Cushmans of Portland. Frances Flaherty returns from Richmond to visit Alma Tait and parents William and Mrs. Tait. Nancy Maud Bruce and Alden Perry christened at Winter Street Church. Otis Munro returns from Friendship and Portland trips. Bath Iron Works work break noted. Cpl Arnold Bartlett leaves Camp Bowie after five-day furlough with Brunswick parents. Morse HS graduate 1938 formerly at Bath Iron Works. Grace Crowley of Rye NH visiting Union Street. joins later by parents from Boston after hospital stay.

Nellie D'Arcy Bruce Street Mansion House Poland John P. Carey Elizabeth High Street Dorchester Mass Donald Jewett Park Street Bath Iron Works Virginia Sinclair Brunswick Winfield Ham Sasanoa Bluff Ham Old Orchard Joseph O. Purdue Linna Marie Alice Lorraine Sebasco Estates Nathan A. Cushman Portland Sebasco Lodge Frances Flaherty Andrew Flaherty Front Street Richmond Alma Tait William I. Tait Nancy Maud Bruce William Bruce Alden Norton Perry Herbert Perry Winter Street Congregational Church Otis Munro Turner's Court Friendship Fessenden Wincapaw Suburbs Mr. Munro Cpl Arnold Bartlett U.S.A Camp Bowie Texas Harry Bowie Brunswick Road Bartlett Morse High School Grace Crowley William Crow Rye N. H Stoneleigh Junior College Miss Crowley Frank H. Turner Union Street Boston

Bath City Playgrounds Open With Large Attendance

Bath City playgrounds opened Monday with unusually large attendance and Tuesday’s turnout nearly doubled. Many younger children visit the grounds, especially at Dike school, with Hyde Park Terrace youth also increasing. Children walk to Central Grammar with an instructor, equipment is nearly ready, and baby swings will be installed for the very young. Playground Supervisor Edward J. McMann organized the setup. older boys will build airplane models under Mrs. Linwood Carr, with the first Mitchell school class starting today.

Bath City Dike Hyde Park Terrace Central Grammar School Edward J. McMann Linwood Carr

Kokomo Stove Maker Crafts Timber Life Saving Kraft

The Globe American Corpora tion of Kokomo Indiana, a stove maker turned life raft designer, unveiled the Kokomo Life Saving Kraft after receiving a Maritime Commission award. The steel raft features a shelter hood, sails, and a rudder to aid survivors in reaching a port.

Kokomo Ind Globe American Corporation United States Maritime Commission Pearl Harbor Marittime Commission

Local notices of births travels and visits across families

Mr and Mrs Lucian Bisson and family of High street have gone to Mere Point for the summer. Mr and Mrs Clarence Minott announce the birth of a daughter Rebecca Larraine at Memorial hospital June 19 weighing nine and three quarter pounds. Miss Mary Webb at Wheaton College attends the Summer school at Cornell University. Hollis Pratt formerly of this city and now in South Portland is recovering from pneumonia. Paul M Olm of Kennebec Greenhouses and granddaughter Miss Mary Pierce plan a two week visit in Oak Park Illinois. Ardella Fuller returns from Rumford weekend visit to meet Capt and Mrs Lucius Giroux US A. Capt Giroux will be with his wife’s family in influence. Alma Swanton of Sears Roebuck vacationing in Cedarhurst Long Island New York, accompanied to Providence by her mother Mrs Carl Swanton who then visited Quonset Point Rhode Island. Mrs Swanton returns home on Bedford street.

Lucian Bisson High Street Mere Point Clarence Minott Oak Street Rebecca Laraine Memorial Hospital Mary Webb Wheaton College Cornell University Theodore Webb Middle Street Hollis Pratt Marcelle Avenue South Portland Pratt New England Shipbuilding Corp Paul M. Olm Kennebec Greenhouses Mary Pierce Dwight Pierce North Street Oak Park Ill Chicago Mr. Olm M. Gordon Egbert Ardella Fuller Washington Street Rumford Edward Giroux Miss Fuller Inlaw Lucius Giroux U.S. A Columbus Carl B. Swanton Quonset Pt., R. I Harrison Hubbard Naval Base

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