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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
4
A long list records invitations to Margaret Soutter and Carleton Feener’s wedding, guests visiting Bath from Green Street and beyond, births, vacations, and local church leaders. Residents attend funerals, lodge events, and summer trips to Nantasket, Worcester, and the Gaspe Peninsula.
Mrs. Thomas Corrigan returned to Wilton Sunday night after visiting her son Francis B Corrigan and Mrs Corrigan at 142 Western Avenue. Mr and Mrs Francis B Corrigan spent the holiday weekend at Moosehead Lake.
William Donovan of New York arrived Thursday to stay with Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Morin of Washington street. Donovan, a former Summers worker at Bath Iron Works while studying at MIT, now works with Gibbs and Cox naval architects in New York. Mrs. Ernest G. Key of Montreal left for home after visiting her sister Mrs. Paul Moore and Mr. Moore at 27 Beacon Street.
Mr and Mrs Eric Olson of 468 Washinton street left Thursday for St George for a ten day vacation. Mr Olson works the night shift in the machine shop at Bath Iron Works Corp.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen J. Ledyard Mrs. Harry G. Deering and Mrs. Thomas G. Deering left Thursday for a motor trip through Eastern Maine and to St. John N B. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Atwood Mrs. Lea Atwood and Miss Jeanette passed a few days recently in Boston all but Jeanette returning Friday. Miss Jeanette remained in Allston to visit her aunt Mrs. Sidney Swett for three weeks.
Ensign Frederick E. Drake Jr. of the U S N R returns to Boston Navy Yard for a short leave with his parents on Washington Street. Capt Donnell formerly of Bath and Col Benham of a Bath survey boat visited his aunt Mrs John Burgon and stopped at the Coombs home on High Street.
Mrs. Raymond Howland of Brunswick announces the engagement of her daughter Mildred Clough to John M Rogers of Bath. The wedding is set for July 20 at the First Baptist church in Bath.
Mr and Mrs G Clifford Madden hosted relatives in Mechanic Street and a Pemaquid Light family picnic joined by Charles I Madden Jr and Barbara. Guests included Peter Stewart from Atlantic City and John Wishart's family in Bath. Arthur Miller and Joan arrive from New York for a two week Navy Yard break with Abrahim Miller. Bertram Willis and the McNeils vacation at Bay Point. Evelyn Gallant and her son will summer in Bath with her parents. Elizabeth Webber and Helen Stearns return to Cambridge after Bath and Popham Beach visits. they plan to stay until Labor Day at Webber’s cottage.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Watson have returned from a wedding trip to Buffalo New York where they visited Niagara Falls and to Washington DC and for the present are making their home with her parents Mr and Mrs A L Coleman at 20 Bath street
Mr and Mrs E C Stiness arrived Thursday from Providence to spend the summer at their home 15 North Street. Miss Beverly Shorey of 52 York Street, after finishing her junior year at Sargent School Boston, heads to Poland Spring to be a counselor at Rolly's Camp for five to eight year olds. She earned life saving instructors course while at Sargent camp in Peterboro New Hampshire before joining Gath.
Mr and Mrs Harold Buzzell of Canada were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Fred E Merchant at 40 Meadow Way, extending a cordial visit with local hosts.
Mrs. Francis S. Bruce and her son Gerald arrived from South Ozone Park Long Island to spend the summer with Mrs. Bruce's mother Mrs. Ethel Morse at 13 Highland Street. Mr. Bruce plans to join August first for a month. Mr. and Mrs. Fred EF Merchant and their son Karl spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Newell Sykes in New Harbor.
Mrs Harlan P Small of Springfield Massachusetts and Mrs Joseph Greenleaf of Seattle visit their sister Mrs William S Newell at 1080 Washington Street. Many couples plan long weekends and weeks away including Bath Iron Works commutes and trips to Higgins Beach Popham Lake Champlain Sebasco and prolonged stays in Weld Groton New London and Groton among sites and hosts across Maine Massachusetts and Virginia.
Mr and Mrs James A Gallant celebrated their wedding at St Bernard s church West Newton Mass with Rev Boland officiating The double ring ceremony followed by a reception at Miss Ann McCue s Allston home Attendants included Miss Mary Beaton and Edward Gallant Guests included Mr and Mrs Harold Ames of Bath and Mr and Mrs Locke of Quincy
Mr and Mrs J Edward Drake Jr of Birch Point passed Saturday at Belgrade Lakes as guests of Mr and Mrs Converse G Fenn who are spending the Summer there. Miss Edna Footer of Bath Iron Works went out Monday on her vacation.
Social notes list residents and guests visiting Bath and nearby towns over the Fourth. Names include Mrs. Harold Gilmore and Miss Dorothy Kerr visiting relatives in York Beach and Roslindale, with engagements and upcoming weddings announced for Miss Lilian Belanger and Norman Perkins.
Miss Ella Blair of Everett Mass was honored on the Fourth of July by her mother Mrs Harald R Blair at 1353 Washington Street ahead of her August 30 wedding to Kenneth W Frederick of Everett Massachusetts The gathering included numerous out of town guests and well wishers with refreshments served throughout.
Mr and Mrs J Paul Cushihan of Quincy Mass and Muriel Howe of Upper Washington Street visited the city during the holiday. Granville Colby and wife returned from an eight day trip to Savannah Alexandria Richmond Williams burg and Camp Wheeler Macon where they met Supply Sergeant Arthur Packard Jr They noted droughts causing reduced electric lighting in Charleston and Macon. Mr and Mrs Charles A Brooks of Lincoln Street left for Medford to spend the holiday with her mother.
N Edwin Covel of Boston arrived Sunday to pass a few days with his cousin Ralph C Covel at 716 Middle Street. A Bath native born at Front and Oak streets he helped found the Lovell Covel candy firm in Boston before retiring eight years ago.
A series of short notices from Leominster and nearby towns details visits by Mrs. DeLong Agnes and Marguerite Hennessey of Washington street. Dorothy Wing a Memorial hospital patient after appendicitis. travel and guests for several families including Mr and Mrs Plant of Brookline and Chester Plant at Birch Point. Agnes Humphreys and Robert Toothaker returning from Popham Beach. and William Crowley returning to Quincy after visiting relatives.
Lewis H. Curtis formerly a Bathman and longtime Los Angeles resident arrived Monday to visit local relatives. His sister-in law Mrs Harry Curtis who accompanied him across the continent stopped in Springfield Mass and will in about ten days join Mrs Fred S Curtis at 38 Pleasant Street for a visit.
Mrs Mira McKnight of Bridgton Massachusetts and D W Wing of Boston return after a weekend visit with Mrs Mira McKnight’s mother Mrs Eunice Pert at 1220.
Son of Auburn visited his sister Mrs. Orris I. Ames and the Ames family at 12 Cherry Street over the holiday weekend. They returned Sunday with Philip Ames who will stay several weeks. Patty and Carol Ames spent the week with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Alton Ames in Wiscasset.
The Bath Iron Works and other East Coast shipyards brace for a stabilization program raising top pay to 1.12 per hour, about a 5.66 percent increase. The Bath plant now employs over 5,000, with 650 at the East Brunswick fabrication unit, and Henry Biggins joins the Senter's store room staff of the Iron Works.
The proposed general increase targets retention as crews face growing Ocean Navy and Maritime Commission pressure. Setting top pay at 1.12 dollars is meant to deter skilled workers from moving between yards to seek higher wages.
A clause in the agreement allows reopening negotiations after six months to address rising living costs. If government statistics show a five percent increase in living costs within six months, shipyard workers' wages will rise proportionally.
Dr. A Howard Myers of the National Labor Relations Board praised a Bath shipyard vote by 3500 workers with 2200 to 1100 favoring the Independent Brotherhood over Local 4 and the CIO. The result followed a lengthy eligibility process and a close prior race, with possible further appeals pending in Washington.
A compact note highlights how the top Works employees are valued today, reflecting shifts in staffing and compensation within the organization.
Among the oldest employees by service at the Iron Works is Jack Callan of the boilermakers' division. It was 52 years ago on June 26 that Mr Callan began in that department as a youngster under the late Hughie Madden.
Niles Perkins, noted Bowdoin football player who kicked the longest 50 yard placement in 1939, has joined the outside machinists' group at the plant Monday. He transferred to the University of Maine for mechanical engineering, lives in Bath with his wife, and is not returning to U Maine this fall after working for Ellis Snodgrass at the Iron Works.
Weekend fire on Lower Goose Island Casco Bay began Thursday, destroying one of three cottages before volunteers and Harpswell Center and Freeport apparatus limited further damage. Fire smoldered Friday and rekindled, burning woodlands and visible across the bay near Mere Point and adjacent islands.
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