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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1944

Page

4

Wiscasset Community News Highlights and Arrivals

Local column reports on family papers found by Irving Davis of North Edgecomb in an old desk, and notes a 1776 certificate signed by Will iam Jones. It lists school openings, wartime fund drives, a summer camp enrollment, social visits, and residents traveling or recovering, with multiple personal notices from Wiscasset.

Irving Davis North Edgecomb Mr Davis Duting Moses Davis Will)m Jones Maisie Dorothy Holbrook Ellsworth Holbrook Bath Road Jane Race Leigh Campbell Tony Woodfield Pussy Woodfield Carey Linde Charles DiPerri Helena Rafter Mary Rafter Martin Andrews Penny Andrews Wendy Ross Susan Lewnds Leon A. Martin Mart Nett L. Martin Theugusta Natil Que American Penny Mara Mirs Marion Hiapvett Augusta Tiwio c FP Ien

Cosmo Garden Club hears talk on ferns

Cosmopolitan Garden club met Monday afternoon at the club rooms. Plans were made for Jane Phinney Harlow of Portland to read Janie at the USO hall Tuesday at 2 30 sponsored by the Garden club. Mrs Everett Pinkham led the program with speaker Mrs William Skelton who discussed ferns and showed 17 varieties. The club will arrange flowers at Memorial hospital and sent blooms to a patient at the hospital and to the USO hall. Next meeting is July 24 with members asked to bring articles on the subject.

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Jane Phinney Harlow Portland Janie USO Garden Club Everett Pinkham William Skelton George A. Churchill High Street Chester Roberts Memorial Hospital

West Bath Social Notes of Daily Visitors and Travels

West Bath residents list guests and relatives visiting from Maine Massachusetts and Connecticut with updates on travels vacations and local gatherings. The column notes arrivals departures and brief family events including military service furloughs and seaside outings at Popham Beach Crescent Beach and Bath Iron Works related activities.

Degrees Conferred On Class of 21 At West Bath Grange

West Bath grange hosted a meeting with over 80 attendees as first and second degrees were conferred on 21 members. The Young Ladies' Degree Team directed by Mrs. Francis Deehan staged tableaux, music by a choir led by Charles Berry, and a harvest supper preceded future degree events. Local notables included State Deputy Cleveland Marriner and family, with a memory-draped charter for Annie Williams.

West Bath Grange Cleveland Marriner Marriner Laura White Elizabeth Young Martha Crocker Dorothy Pecci Ida Stover Bertha Ward Charles Berry Edwin W. Haggett Edward Waters Geraldine Barter Gladys Clark John Howe Agnes MacDonald Annie Williams Lincoln Williams Foster's Point Chilren Grange Annie Lemont Leon Felker Edward Burns Zaidee Demers Ferdinand Coombs

Engineer Walter McCarty Visits Family in Trenton and Parker Head

Walter McCarty coordinating engineer with Turbo Co of Trenton New Jersey returned Monday after a week long visit with wife Mrs McCarty at their home on Academy street. He also spent a few days with his parents Mr and Mrs Turner McCarty at Parker Head.

Burns Marjorie Mills Rita Gross Ralph L. Gross Federal Street Otisfield Richard K. Knibloe Mr. Knibloe Bedford Street George Jones Lynn Mass William Jones Gardiner Road Clarence A. Race Harold Perkins Portland Davis Bros Davis Island Walcott E. Andrews Bath Road Andrews New York Wendell A. Harvey Quincy Harvey Mary Emerson Lowell Wiscasset Eastland Clarence A. Richards Lawrence H. Marston Malden Roy R. Marston Main Street Raymon Sherman Fort Hill Street Dorothy Kingsford Sydney Australia Elm Lodge Delbert Leighton E. W. Haggett Arthur Anna Johnson Anna Williams R. N Scituate Lincoln Williams Bath Memorial Hospital Albert MacdAllister United States U.S. Army Southwest Pacific Camp Butner N. C Anna Mae Farrell Somerville Albert Courtney Stover Bath E. P. Gile Milton Given Bowdoinham Hmily Rideout Skowhegan L. D. Small Frank L. Donnell Whitman Earle CC. Donnell F. W. Larrabee Howard Carlton Arrowsie John Perkins Roland Carlton Crescent Beach James Jenkins Grieg John M. Conley, Jr Patricia Popham Beach Chester Kelsea Georgetown J. B. Cooke Bath Iron Works New Brunswick Cooke Paul O'Neil Thomas Amesbury George Brown William Bailey, Jr Eugene Frye Carol Carlton Arthur Kochiakian Haverhill William Bailey Pvt Carlton Bailey France Jerold Donald MacdAllister South Bernard Bailey Dresden Mills Caroline Sears Cora M Henderson Vienna Doris Bangor John Larrabee Manchester Conn Irving Burnham George Billy Robert Burnham Laurence Burnham Portsmouth N. H Charles Treat Fort Lewis Washington, D. C Charles, Jr Llewellyn Rogers Orono Clair Wing Arthur Wing Morse High School Daniel McDonald South Portland Warren Davis D. Wallace MacDonald Daniel James McGuiggan Perry Buddy Thompson Teresa Burgess Massachusetts James Lemont Albert Ketchner Willimton Clarence Moore Margaret Herbert Percy Holbrook Arthur Holbrook Jewel, Lane Earle Lane Percy Hol Brook Alice Lancaster Perry Cove Francis Bertrand Nancy and Dean Walter McCarty The Turbo Co Trenton N. J

Woolwich Vacation School and Local Church Services

Woolwich Vacation school runs this and next week at the Baptist Parish hall from 9 to 11 15 each morning. First Baptist Woolwich Center holds 10 am service with message by Mrs. J M Gowdey on Each in His Place. Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist Montsweag hosts 11 30 am service with Mrs Gowdey on Each in His Place. B Y F meets 6 45 pm. evening sermon on Luke. Annual Partridge Cemetery meeting held at Day's Ferry with officers elected. Numerous local visits and social notes from Day's Ferry, Togus Pond, Sagadahoc Ferry and Boothbay Harbor among residents and guests.

Lawrence Averill Ancestral Acres Sheepscott W. C. Day War Finance Committee Grace A. Cowley Citizens’ Service Corp Wiscasset Children’s Episcopal Parish House Lincoln Home Woman's Club of Priscilla Campbell Pauline Race Cecelia Rines Bernice Blagdon George Main Leland Bryant Main Street Laura’s Main Wiscasset Inn Arthur D. Fiske Fruitland, Fla D. F. McCarthy C. M. Grover Elm Lodge High Street Groves Roger Washburn Barbara Washburn Newton Highlands Mass Barbara Boston University Charles H. Burns Boston Burns M.T Baptist Parish Woolwich Center Good Will Club First Baptist Church of J. M. Gowdey Church Margaret Gowdey Luke Woolwich-Wiscasset Montsweag The Partridge Cemetery Association Marcia Stinson Day's Ferry

Co-Workers Class Picnic and Meeting Note

Co-Workers class of First Baptist Church met Tuesday afternoon and evening with Mrs Jennifer Cameron at Granite Street for a picnic and business meeting. Attendees enjoyed crafts and games on the grounds, a six o clock picnic supper, and evening readings.

First Baptist Church Jennie Cameron Granite Street Cora Blakeney Evelyn Sothcard Delphine Hooker Florence Woodside Edith Miller Cameron Laura Harrington Lottie Goodwin Mae Armstrong

Checks Delayed For July Old Age Assistance

The local office of the Department of Health and Welfare notifies that July checks for Old Age Assistance will be about a week late reaching beneficiaries due to unavoidable circumstances.

Department of Health and Welfare

Bath reports War Bond sales reach 2440 total

In Bath the Fifth War Loan Drive sold 2,440 bonds totaling $622,095 with Daniel Williams, local chairman, announcing the initial results on Wednesday. Also noted are Bristol connections with Mrs. T. W. Newton and granddaughter Miss Aileen Hunt visiting, and Mrs. Rupert A. Snowdon returning from Memorial hospital after an appendectomy.

Bath Daniel Williams Rupert A. Snowdon Andrews Road Memorial Hospital

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