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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1945
Page
6
Mrs David Fields of Hardings was surprised Thursday evening when a card club hosted a kitchen shower without her knowledge. Guests included Mrs Louise Mosley Miss Christine Curtis Miss Callie Rogers Mrs Helen Treat and others. Also notes on local residents visiting or moving and a service member visiting from U S A John Shepard recently returned from the Orient.
William Gove of South Portland and formerly of the city visited during the holiday. Mrs. Bartholomew O'Donnell and children Colleen Margaret and Michael returned to South Portland after visiting Mrs. O'Donnell's mother Mrs. Wellington A. Moore on Weeks Street. Miss Gerda Langbehn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Langbehn of High Street, after a week at home, left Sunday for the Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston to undertake a course linked to her University of Maine studies.
Aubrey Steen Jr. is undergoing boat training at the Naval Training Station in Sampson New York. Mrs. Robert MacDaniels formerly Margaret Strack arrives in town to spend the rest of the summer with her mother Mrs. Strack. Virginia Moore Parent of Norfolk Virginia is visiting her parents in town for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. David Black and son David Jr. return from Groton Connecticut for a week’s vacation and stay with family in Harpswell. Mrs. Leon Farnham of Denny Road visits Belgrade Lakes. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Niven of Brunswick spend the summer at Mere Point. Mrs. Niven is Dorothy Nichols. Howard Small of Washington Street visited his sister Mrs. Inghalls in Topsham. Capt. Arthur E. Sturtevant Army of the U S recently stayed with his parents in Allen Street before returning to Tucson Arizona. his wife Barbara Bell of Boothbay Harbor accompanies him. Miss Nancy Hudson visits relatives in Topsham. Francis McPherson officiated at a Hammond organ dedication at the Fast Boothbay Methodist church with Mrs. Sturtevant as guest soloist. Mrs. Theo Webb of Middle Street opened her Mere Point cottage for the summer, joined by her daughter Mary. Edna Lorraine and companions returned home Friday after a week with their aunt Mrs. Gilbert Arsenault Center Street.
Mrs Horace W Aitken of Melroge Massachusetts arrives to spend the summer with her daughter Mrs Walter M Hill in North.
Mr and Mrs James A Gillies Jr hosted a July 4 field day and barbecue at Fairfield their Summer home in North Bath. Among guests were families from Brunswick Bowdoinham Waldoboro Damariscotta Foster Point Auburn and Washington Street with a naval officer posted on the Pacific coast and his family at Fos ter's Point cottage for the summer. They will return in September. Keith Crockett and son opened the Nutt home in West Rockport for the season.
Misses Phyllis and Geraldine Desjardins of Boston returned Thursday after visiting Mrs. Frank Sparks of Woolwich and Mr. and Mrs. Hayward Newcomb in Washington.
Robert L. Coombs USN returns to Davisville after a 10 day furlough at home with his aunt Mrs. Lor ing Bates. Many local residents and service members are noted in visits, leaves, and travels involving Bath, Topsham, Old Orchard, and surrounding towns.
Miss Dorothy Johansen moves from office to clerical duties in the Superintendent of Schools office this week to fill the vacancy created by Miss Marjorie Falmer who resigns to resume teaching in the fall. Palmer likely to teach second grade at Mitchell school after a year off from the classroom. Mrs Roland Sturtevant visits her mother Mrs Alice Perkins in Hallowell.
Mrs. Burton Jones and her children Elizabeth and Polly have left Greenstreet to join Lieut. Jones USNR at the Boston Navy Yard after two years in the Pacific. He served at Iwo Jima.
Mrs. B. H. MacDonald of Pleasant street departed Friday for a week with her sister Mrs. James Steel in Canton Massachusetts.
Miss Lillian Gardner visits her parents Mr and Mrs Gordon F Preble of Oak Street in town. She is a teacher in St Petersburg Florida public schools and plans to return to work after her vacation here.
Chief and Mrs. Damarin, residents of the Lennon apartments, walked to Berry Mills on Sunday and dined at Witch Spring Inn upon their return, enjoying a day out together in the community.
Mrs. Harry B Carney on Green Street hosted a coffee Friday for her daughter Molly who has just returned after serving as a T Set in the WAC in Italy for two years. Out of town guests included Mrs. Lloyd Jerman of Halifax Nova Scotia and several local families. Also reported: Mr and Mrs Edward Waters welcomed a son arson at Memorial Hospital Saturday morning. Rita Dauphin and Theresa Rovissart traveled from New Bedford to visit relatives. Ruth Cohen of Boston arrived Friday to spend vacation with her parents at Old South Place.
Mr and Mrs Dora L Howard of Middle street entertain Mrs Howard sister and brother in law from Rockford Illinois They stayed at the Howard cottage at Five Islands for several days and will remain another week Mrs John Goodrich of Portsmouth New Hampshire visited her sister Mrs Grate Casey on Oliver street
Miss Pauline J Wyman of Boston arrived Saturday to stay three weeks with her mother at Lakeview cottage in Phippsburg and to visit Castine friends. Mrs Wyman remains for the Summer. Luncheon at Mrs Rupert W H Baxter home in Washington street drew several Summer visitors at Small Point. Leonard Marks and wife of West Easlewood N J 2 arrived to spend a week with Mr and Mrs Willim B P Marks on Front street. Barbara Trott of New York City visiting her parents at 977 High Street. Mrs Manuel Locsin and son Nicholas from New York City arrived to pass the Summer here. Mrs Cloved Straub Jr and daughter Sondra and Miss Peggy Straub left Friday to visit Mr and Mrs Cloved Straub of Tirure fare.
Mrs Lorna Dineley of Woolwich travels with Mrs Jolla Reed and her children Elsie and Peter to Boothbay Harbor for the Stunmer Reed course event.
Mr and Mrs Chifton C Gains ley visited Friday at York Harbor as guests of Mr and Mrs Earle Gainstey.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Thayer have returned to their home in Framingham Massachusetts after spending the week with Mr and Mrs Clifton C Coolwich.
Mrs. Wirthie Mudge of Lynnfield Center Massachusetts visits Bath recalling former Pine street residence and Corliss Street church activity. She will stay through July at the home of Mrs. Lizzie French on Washington street with daughter Mrs. Robert Tremaine. Miss Anna Cardosi hosts Miss Hurley of Boston for a week.
Mrs. J. W. Osborn and her son William of 933 High Street are visiting relatives in their former home in Dayton Ohio for the summer.
Miss Charlotte Waterman of Roslindale Massachusetts arrived Saturday to visit Mrs Roy Libby of South Dresden.
Arthur Foster Williams of Baltimore arrived late this week for an extended visit with his mother Mrs Sewall Williams at their summer home in Small Point. He just returned from a year with the American Field Service in Austria Italy and France. Mr and Mrs Joseph Long and nephews Robert and John returned to Bath after an outing at the Buchanan cottage at Popham Beach.
Miss Vivian MacLennan of Fredericton New Brunswick arrived Saturday to pass two weeks with her sister Mrs Leslie Shumway and Mr Shumway at 50 Granite Street.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Godin of Athol Massachusetts returned there Friday after visiting a few days with Mr and Mrs James Comeau on Charles street.
Miss Priscilla Patterson of Bath spends the season with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Albion C. Patterson of Riverside, enjoying a extended summer visit with family.
Pvt. Robert M. Howe of the 12th Armored Group Headquarters Company arrived in Bath last week from Germany on the Sea Owl for a 30 day fur lough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ray Howe of 76 Richardson Street. He returned to Fort Devens after the furlough for reassignment.
Mr and Mrs Dana York of talk with their children are passing the summer at Candys Harbor where Mr York is engaged in fishing. Benjamin Richards recently returned from four years overseas with the Canadian army arrives with Mrs Richards and their son Duane from Summerside PEI to spend two weeks with Mr Richards brother Owen Richards and his wife. Reverend Nelson Gildersleeve and family, known to Bath residents, are at their summer cottage at Potts Point for the season.
Former matron of the Old Ladies Home, Mrs. Annie Ware, departed Friday afternoon for her home in Hampton New Hampshire following an extended stay among friends in the area.
Mrs. George D. Adams staying at the Ambassador in Portland spent the weekend at her Russell street home. Mr. Adams, a Navy veteran, has just been promoted to Chief Master of Arms at the Naval station in Portland.
A son weighing six pounds is born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Small of Court Street at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. Saturday night Mrs John Dillenberger of Buffalo NY returns after six weeks with Mrs Charles Arbuthnot of Wellesley Mass at Kennebec Point. Mrs Arbuthnot and her son David leave for Northampton Mass for a week.
Commercial engineer Guy M. Blaisdell of N E T T Co spent a week with Mr and Mrs George B Farnham in Woolwich before returning to Boston. Mrs Helen Merrill from the B W office force is vacationing at her lake cottage in Warren.
Joseph K. Wilkie 1c USN son of Mrs Helen Wilkie left his 30 day home leave to return to Norfolk Virginia after serving overseas in the European Theater. Mr and Mrs C H Butler of Boston returned there Monday after visiting their relatives Mr and Mrs Harry R Butler of Phippsburg.
Mrs Roscoe Hl Straw hosts guest Virginia Shaw from Boston at Popham Beach. Phyllis Mason of Bath also visits as Shaw’s house guest for the weekend.
Miss Thelma Ashley of Boston returns Monday after five days with her cousin Miss Helen Murphy of Providence Rhode Island at the home of Joseph Gallant on Washington Street. Miss Murphy will stay in town for the summer.
A United States Navy man on leave visited his mother Mrs. George D. Adams at the Ambassador in Portland for a week. He then traveled to Bath to see his daughter Beverly Ann at Mrs. James Bune’s home on High Street. He later stopped to see his sister Mrs. Marie Dermon in Huntington Avenue before heading south to rejoin his ship at a southern port. Ne E. Clancy, W. T., 1/¢., USN.
Mrs Vivian Doughty of Bath previously from Bailey's Island and worker in Bath Iron Works pipe shop is a patient at Dr Wilson's hospital in Brunswick.
Arrivals at the Small Point Beach club house include Lt. Com. Thomas Motley USNR and Mrs. Motley. Also listed are Mrs. Arthur Brisbane, Mrs. Clay Smith, Miss Mary Colburn, Mr. and Mrs. Johanes F A van Bergen and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wyllys Terry, all of New York, plus Miss Polly Peters of Brookline. Miss Mary Hobson of Wisconsin visits Mrs. C A Peaslee in Middle Street.
Arthur Ansert Sr. of Chicago visiting Lowell to see his sister Mrs. Fred Stover on Middle Street. He plans to stay about a month. Miss Evelyn F. Ward of Brunswick is spending the summer with Mrs. Nancy M. Thomas on Fremont Street.
Betty Robinson five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland B Robinson of 46 Summer Street is undergoing an emergency appendectomy. She is reported resting comfortably today.
Mrs Henry Albert of 37 Elm Street and Mrs James McQuarr ier of 34 Richardson Street died Monday in Portland.
Mr and Mrs Boyd Bailey and children Philip and Anne with Miss Louella Boyd have returned to their Washington Street home after a week’s stay at Rock Garden Inn Se basco Estates.
A series of short notices lists area families vacationing at beaches and lakes. Howard Leavitt and family at Candy's Harbor. Seymour Levine and daughter visiting in Narragansett Pier. Plant and Clark families two weeks at Popham Beach. Potter family vacationing in Arrowsic. Bagdikian headed to Camp Hines near West Poland. Daley family back from Rangeley Lake. Oliver Brown visiting daughter in Waldoboro.
Mrs Richard Jenkins and her daughter Judith have left the home of Mrs Oliver B Brown in Rockland and returned to Bath. Mrs Roger Johnson of Putnam Connecticut was a Sunday night guest of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs William S Newell at 1080 Washington Street.
Pfc Albert Harjula, recently released from a hospital at Camp Devens after a German POW stint, stopped in Thomaston to see his sister Mrs William Daley on Middle street before continuing home for a long furlough through September. Also returning from Moosehead Lake are Dr and Mrs Paul Bagdikian and children Anita and Paul and Mrs Emma Ehlers.
James Cilley of Washington Street is a patient at Memorial hospital. He works at Bath Iron Works tin shop. Charles N. McIntire of Russell Street, U S Navy, son of Mr and Mrs Dana L McIntire, leaves after a brief home visit and will return to Portsmouth Virginia when his leave ends.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Spear of Warren were Sunday callers on Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swift of West Bath.
Mr and Mrs Henry T B Lee returned to their North Edge comb cottage after a week at Osborne visiting daughter Mrs Norman O Magoon. They attended the wedding of Arline Silsby Aurolora to Kenneth Salisbury Marrivale now in the US Navy with a large reception. Mrs Magoon played the wedding march. groom to return to California and bride to finish training in Bangor.
L A Stewart of Waterville came home Monday after spending the weekend with Dr and Mrs Milton Stephenson of High Street.
Harold Spiney a former Iron Works catcher arrived in Bath for a short visit on Monday. He has been playing with Roanoke Virginia in the Piedmont League this summer.
Mrs. William S. Blair returned to Bath Monday evening after accompanying Commander Blair USNR to New York last week.
Arthur Miller of New York City returned there Tuesday after two weeks with his parents Mr and Mrs Abraham Miller on Lincoln Street. Mrs Miller and daughter Joan will remain here for a while longer.
Mrs. Paul Legard daughter Judith and son Paul Jr. reside at 61 North Street with Miss Shirley Stover at 40 Granite Street. Mrs. Kathleen Rittall of Five Islands, Mrs. Marion Watson and daughter Georgia of Quincy Mass visited Mrs. Watson's mother Mrs. Bina Marr in Five Islands and left for Quincy. Mrs. Winfield Ham of Sasanoa Bluffs hosts Miss Virginia A. Sinclair of Lisbon Falls for a month.
Lt George Nystrom USNR and Mrs Nystrom arrive Monday evening for a short visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Harold B Wing of North Street Extension. Mrs Nystrom has been taking a course at Penn State College and with Lt Nystrom will leave soon for the Pacific Coast.
Marion E. Edwards and Dean H. Farnham Jr. wed at the home of Rev. Charles L. Kinney on Beacon Street Monday evening. Farnham, a Bath Bus Co. mechanic, is the son of Dean H. Farnham and his wife of Brunswick. Attending were Charles H. Colby and Mrs. Geraldine Reed. Mrs. Zaidee Demers plans a week with her aunt in Boston before returning to Auburn. Norma Magoon from OsUorne visits grandparents Henry T. B. Leeman and wife at their Summer North Edgecomb home.
Mrs Albert Palermo Mrs Armand Menard and son Ar mand Jr return to Lowell after passing George Field Center Street Mrs Stephen F Leo Jr of Kansas City visits sister Miss Mary Leo at Prince's Point Brunswick Capt Leo now in Asia with USAAF former Maine Liquor Commission chair Miss Elizabeth McKinley a Mount Holyoke sophomore returns home from Union High School friend Miss Janette Stephenson High Nicholas Mihalos travels to Boston with his wife leaving Massachusetts Memorial Hospital for a ten day stay at the Kenmore Hotel Mr Mihalos to return Tuesday night T5 Enoch S Cook US Army arrives from Germany on 30 day furlough to join wife and daughter Rebecca Jane Mrs Ethel Steele of Watertown guest of D Wyle Lemont at School Street visiting Lincolnville friends
Rev and Mrs Charles L Kinney of Beacon Street left Tucson in Salem Massachusetts with granddaughter Sharma Kinney and Nelia Kinney. Miss Emily Reed of the USO staff who vacationed near Newburyport has returned to Bath and resumed duties.
Mrs. David Fields of Hardings was surprised with a party and shower Monday evening at Ms. A Bernard Henderson’s home in Phippsburgh. Fields arrived with her husband and a circle of intimate friends presented gifts amid social time and refreshments.
Mrs Emma Haley of Old Orchard came back Wednesday after staying several days with her sister Mrs Paul Mason on Beacon Street.
Mrs Lynn Bussey and her son Bobby left Wednesday with Mrs Bussey's mother to spend a month with her in laws Dr and Mrs F H Bussey on Cape Cod. Mrs Bridgham accompanied them to Boston to pass the night.
Mrs Frederick Bradeen of Essex Connecticut will arrive in Bath on Thursday for a week end visit with her aunt Mrs Fred H Kimball of High street.
Mr and Mrs Francis H Mayne, week end guests of Mr and Mrs D Wallace MacDonald of Washington street, have returned to their home in Melrose Massachusetts.
Mrs. Lawrence MacDonald and two children from Philadelphia arrived Tuesday morning to spend the Summer with Mrs. Wilbur D. Burns on Washington street and other relatives in the city.
Mrs Robert Hawkes and her son Robert Jr of Bedford street died after a passing day. Mrs Hawkes was staying with her mother Mrs Fred Carter of Yarmouth when the events occurred.
Director Prescott H. Vose announces new appointees to Maine's War Price and Rationing Boards. The Bath area adds Mark W. Hennessy among several names named to the state panels.
Miss Shirley Parshley of Shep ard street and Miss Margaret Kneeland of Middle street passed away Wednesday in Portland.
Richard Hallet met Bath native David Brown during travels in the South Pacific. Brown, Reuters correspondent, discussed Maine and Bath, had returned home after wartime Europe, wrote for the Saturday Evening Post on the Italian surrender and a secret visit by a military group including Col. William Tudor Gardiner. He served at Eisenhower's North Africa HQ while reporting locally.
Jack Jaffe of New York City arrived in Bath Tuesday morning for an indefinite visit with his brother and sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs Loren Jaffe of High Street.
Mr and Mrs Charles J Donnell and Mrs Charles Norris with son Charles Jr of Kalama zoo Michigan and Lt Lloyd Jer main RCNR Mrs Jermain and son Roderick after a short visit with Mr and Mrs Carroll Watson Washington street left Monday to spend the summer at the Donnell cottage at Popham Beach St Jermain is on a months leave.
The city clerk's office records show marriage intentions filed by Miss Eva A. Dunn of Union street and Lloyd Lee Hooker of Middle street.
Mr and Mrs Lauriston Caton of Pine street Mr and Mrs Edward Page of Tower Circle and Mr and Mrs Elmer Morse of High street left Wednesday to pass several days in Boston.
Mr and Mrs Chester Roberts of 945 Sigh Street have purchased the Edwin Moulton farm at Day’s Ferry for their own occupancy.
Miss Eleanor Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis E Wilson of North Street left Wednesday to pass the night at Tufts college from which she was recently graduated. Mrs Marion Loeser of Russell Street and Mrs Joseph Jenee and son Ned of Middle Street left Wednesday to spend several days in Boston. Mr and Mrs Charles Lennox visited at the home of her brother and his wife Mr and Mrs Joseph Black of South Gardiner.
Fred E. Rand came back home Tuesday evening following a weekend spent in Boston.
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