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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1946

Page

9

Ambrose's church lawn party and town notices

Richmond area notes report Ambrose's church lawn party on July 24 with various trust committee roles and activities. plus Legion auxiliary sewing project for tots. Local movements include a half ton truck missing from Kimball Street July 14, later found by state police in Litchfield wood road. Several residents and visitors listed with travel, visits, and family events in Bath, Augusta, Lawrence, Cambridge, Old Orchard, and Boston.

Umberhind Library Ambrose Edward Jo Louis Lemineaux Edward Morrissette Maurice Sullivan Carole Hurley Shirley Lachance Jean Lemineaux Ary Muise Litch William Champney Denham Sutcliffe Cambridge Mass Lawrence Pasquel Cardenelli Augusta Glenn Lamoreau Pamela Walter Ware Old Orchard Fred Hutchinson Lynn Ce Ee Theodore Young Naomi Jerome Bar Harbor William Babb Ralph Pinkham Maynard Pinkham Boston Harold C. Plummer Navy Charlestown R. I Paul Stilphen Eric Neal New York Stilphen Laurun Stilphen Maxwell Marriner Douglass Percy Little Rodney Paul McKinnon Olin Red Sox Cleveland Beverly Cadenelli Bath Memorial Sopra Gloria Haskell Warren Peep Cadenelli Ae Cc. Kennedy Francis Norton Gerard Buneau Hollis Kennedy Bonita Bath George Sanford Richmond Stoughton Olive Cooper Cedar Cove Dennie Tibbett Barry and Bruce Denver Colo Harold Mealey Randall Young Kenneth Winthropee Thurso Arthur’Maxwell

Social evening at Front Street home with cake and cards

A Thursday gathering at a Front Street residence featured a cake baked by Mrs. Leland Fours, cut by Mrs. Axwell and shared with guests. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Lelah, Mr. and Mrs. Seigars, and Mr. and Mrs. Beerry. Edith Hayes is visiting relatives in Peru.

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Camp Pine Haven Enters Second Week With Delays and Activities

ANN US SECOND SCOND WEEK Camp Pine Haven enters its second week with regrets over shortening time. Girl Scouts and Brownies made blueberry pancakes over a fire and served them at luncheon. The Friday rent and beach party is moved to Thursday and parents must send permits. Rain delayed Monday camp, many girls returned home. Under instructors, crafts include scuffs printing and potato block printing. Parents night postponed. Ruth Rottenberger, field advisor, visited with Miss Eleanor Danforth and councilors, then joined luncheon with the camp committee at Hotel Eagle in Brunswick.

Pine Haven Ruth H. Rottenberger Girl Scouts of America Eleanor Danforth

130 Foot Mast Shipped to Boothbay Harbor Maine

A 130 foot hollow spruce mast rode a trailer into Boothbay Harbor on route to Frank IL Sample Inc boat yard. The Gee Gee III schooner, owned by Orter Johnson of Cambridge, Mass, will be fitted with new decks masts and sails, with about ten days of work before a planned cruise. The mast was built by Pigeon Hollow Mast Co East Boston and traveled from Freeport to Boothbay Harbor via North Street Carlton Bridge and Front Street. The long mast required steel angle plates to negotiate a North Street turn, sliding wheels to gain inches. The Egyptians invented the hook.

Frank IL. Sample, Inc Boothbay Harbor Ee Gee Gee III Orter Johnson Cambridge Mass Gee Gee III Maine Johnson Sample Yard Pigeon Hollow Mast Co Boston Freeport Old Brunswick North Street Front Street Carlton Bridge

Sunday Service Amid Storm At Robinhood Church

A strong Sunday attendance despite a storm featured Dr. Earl A. Spencer preaching on God's Divine Grace. The junior choir sang an anthem and Sunday school followed. The Robinhood column notes electric lights installed in the Zorach home, and describes water needs for wild life amid low wells and a dry spell. Personal items list visitors and residents at Robinhood cottages, with multiple regional names and addresses, including Bath, Sagadahoc Bay, MacMahan, Portland, and New York connections.

Earl A. Spencer Zorach Robinhood Mac- Mahan Edwin Hussa Rose McClafferty New York Lillian Wheeler Vernon L. Fisher Andover N. H Roy Newman Marguerite Morrison Cynthia Trafton Portland Howard Trafton Elise Jordan Everett Haines George Manning Waltham, Mass Jordan Herbert Lass Long Island City N. Y Bath Memorial Hospital Campbell Alfred Rowe Arthur Rowe John Grindle Bath Philip Eaton Roland Peterson Boothbay Harbor Augusta Collins John Lee MacMahan John Horace Lee Lloyd Beers Merrill Bowles Bangor Roy Campbell John Rose Lexington Mass Webster Cottage Sagadahoc Bay Vira Trafton Rilla Tarr Richmond Friends Judson Cross Exeter Vernon Lippard Kenebec Point Ann Wartile Goderich Ont Mary Campbell Toronto Alexander Taft Long Island Rathburn Mary Hollis Frank Baker Philadelphia Anne Kornblum Wynwood Ann Catherine McCarty Clara Pierce Cambridge Clarence B. Hill Rosalind Richards Gardiner Indian Point Henry Richards Madelyn Berry R.N Five Island J. H. Brown Harry Horne Norway Mr. Horne Montreal Can Elizabeth Thompson Howard Fletcher J. F. Higgins Miss Hicks de Oliver Shirley Hicks

Five Islands Seaborn Youth Baseball Emerges After Long Hiatus

A youth driven revival brings Five Islands a junior baseball team for ages up to 16, led by Captain Chester McMahan Jr. and manager Bob Hasenfus. The team has faced Marycliff's squad in two games with close scores, while local fire crews and community groups resume activity after a drought and fires nearby.

Community Notes From Five Islands Readers Gatherings

Mrs. Roy Shackford of Bath visited her brother P. B. Cage. Edward and Stinson Davis family from Kittery visited. Frank Blake plans to spend summer at their cottage after home in Melrose. Bob Yeo returns from California to Five Islands. wife to join in August after four-year service. Rev. Russell Boynton and daughter Martha Ann arrived at Malden Island cottage. wishes for speedy health. Betty Staffeld and George W. Ince invite to wedding at Phillips Congregational Church Watertown MA. Raphael Higgins and daughters Marcia Susanne visiting. Merton Pinkham and daughter spent Sunday with Portland Freeport relatives. Carl Ramusen returned to Wakefield MA after two weeks. Hodgdon family from Malden at Father Hasenfus and Marycliff. A. W. Fuller of West Roxbury at Marycliff. Thibodeau family Bath hosted Oakley Thibodeau. Junior Hinds home from Japan, visited Harmon's Harbor grandparents. Navy discharge noted. July visitors to Rockmere Lodge include Walker, Ferguson, Worrell, Wetherill, Earnshaw, Weaver, Pearson Montgomery, Lewis, Dorothy Lewis, Wilbur Hagaman from various cities.

Roy Shackford Bath P. B. Cage Edward Davis Kittery Stinson Davis Frank Blake Melrose Robert Yeo California Yeo Bob Five Islands Russell Boynton Martha Ann Malden Island Betty Staffeld George W. Ince Phillips Congregational Church Watertown Mass Raphael Higgins Marcia Richard Steele Susanne Sagadahoc Bay Merton Pinkham Portland Freeport Carl A. Ramussen Wakefield Robert Hodgdon Malden Hasenfus Marycliff Boston A. W. Fuller West Roxbury Theodore Thibodeau Oakley Thibodeau Sunay Junior Hinds Japan Harmon’s Harbor Navy Rockmere Lodge Evalynn Walker Jacksonville Fla William Ferguson Ches Plaza Ralph Worrell Den Miriam Wetherill Carrie Earnshaw Philadelphia William H. Weaver Lansdowne Charles Pearson Montgomery Montclair N. J Frank Lewis Dorothy Lewis Rosemont Wilbur Hagaman N. Y

Bath plant to pack fish in cans for steam cooking

A Bath facility progresses with a modern sardine packing setup including a two story boiler building, a hydraulic elevator, new wharf piles, and a pump building. A Bowery street renovation will house offices and rest rooms. Planned operation mid August with about 80 initial packers and later expansion to 200 women packers and 100 men in support roles. Also noted is that roughly 25 percent of world oil reserves are controlled by British Dutch interests.

Maine Bowery Street

Ralph Pattee Visits Native Bath After 29 Navy Years

Chief Torpedo Man Ralph Pattee USN visits his native Bath for the first time in 22 years on a 30 day leave. He has served 29 years aboard more than a dozen destroyers and three submarines, with service from China in 1924 to 1939, Atlantic Fleet in 1939, and invasions in Europe. He is accompanied by his wife Helen Harbeck Pattee.

Ralph Pattee USN Navy Pattee China Atlantic Fleet Key West Fla Boston Europe Africa Turkey Mr. Pattee Hiram R. Pattee Bath Helen Harbeck Bangor Rena Pattee Cushing Dummer Street

Parker Head Social Notes and Vacation Roundup

Residents report plans for the Farm Bureau white elephant sale and silver tea at Dromore grange hall on Aug 7 at 1 30. Attendees include Mrs. Stanton Dozois and chairman Mrs. Ernest Rogers at Phippsburg. The column lists visits and travels of Bath residents and friends from Swampscott White Plains and Newton Centre among others.

Percy Lewis Swampscott Mass Edith Perkins New Jersey Carrie Smith Bath Harry Thayer Dennis Robert Jewell Thayer Cottage Albert Johnson Martin F. Goodwin Massachusetts Stanton Dozois Richard Julia Dozois Bernard Carlson Kennebunk Beach Cape Porpoise Rankin Donald Deborah White Plains N. Y E. M. Wilber Leslie Lawrence Newton Centre Richard Baker Needham Jobling Cottage Little Cox’s Head Charles N. Vickery Ruth Carl Lewis Lillian Lewis Percy Cottage Lewis Boothbay Brunswick Raymond Sorensen Stoneham Percy Farm Port Clyde

Alvin Sortwell Dies at 55. Barre & Chelsea R ailroad President

Alvin F Sortwell 55 longtime Barre and Chelsea Railroad president died July 17 at Massachusetts General Hospital. Navy veteran of both wars, he lived in Beverly Farms Mass with a Summer home on Westport Island. He was son of Mrs Gertrude W Sortwell and the late Alvin F Sortwell of Wiscasset. He leaves sisters Mrs Parker Marean and Miss Francis A Sortwell and brother Daniel R Sortwell. The Sortwell mansion in Wiscasset is a noted Colonial landmark built by a late 18th century shipbuilder.

Alvin F. Sortwell Barre McCarthy Lower Pleasant Street Wiscasset Sortwells Doora

Clinton W. Hosmer Dies at 64 in Bath New Hampshire

Clinton W. Hosmer, 64, died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital. Born in East Andover, New Hampshire, he moved to Bath 11 years ago and lived with William and Mrs. Wallace at 841 High Street. Former inspector at Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. in Manchester, he belonged to St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Surviving: wife Genevieve of Bath, son William of Manchester, and daughter Mrs. Leo Marcotte of Portsmouth. Funeral set for Friday at eight from St. Mary’s.

Clinton W. Hosmer Memorial Hospital East Andover N. H Rufus Harriet (French) Hosmer Hosmer Bath William F. Wallace High Street Amoskeag Manufacturing Co Manchester St. Mary’s Catholic Church Genevieve William Leo Marcotte Portsmouth

Mary Renshaw Dies After Long Illness

Mary Renshaw nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Renshaw of West Bath died at home Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. Born in Boston July 28 1937 the family moved to West Bath two years ago. She attended Lowell school and was a member of St Marys Catholic Church in Bath. Surviving are her parents a sister Elaine two brothers John and Richard at home and grandmother Mrs Theresa Burgess of Bath. Mass of the Angels will be at 10 Tuesday morning at St Marys church conducted by Rev Archie Gillis.

Mary Renshaw Richard Renshaw West Bath Boston Mary Lowell School St. Mary’s Catholic Church Elaine John Richard Theresa Burgess Bath The Angeles Archie Gillis St. Mary’s Church

Mrs Mallard Lilly Dies at 84 in Bath Memorial Hospital

Mrs Rose F Lilly 84 widow of Mallard Lilly died Tuesday morning at Memorial hospital after a period as patient. Born in Ireland Aug 23 1861 daughter of Frank and Fannie Flood she lived in Bath many years. Funeral from St Mary's church Thursday at 730 AM with calling at Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence 819 High St. Burial in Oak Grove. Mr and Mrs George Bertrand relocate from 722 High St to Lloyd Hooker house on Washington St.

Rose F. Lilly Mallard Lilly Memorial Hospital Ireland Frank Fannie (Brady) Flood Bath Lilly St. Mary’s Catholic Church St. Mary’s Church

Mrs Lily Snowden of Woolwich Dies at Home

Mrs Lily Snowden of Woolwich died early morning at her Ferry Road home. Born in New York City in 1868, she married Dr Cyril Bousfield in China where they were medical missionaries. Surviving are two sons Neal and Weston. a third son died. Funeral at Woolwich Center Church with burial at Laurel Cemetery.

Lily Snowden Woolwich Ferry Cyril Bousfield Bowen Ort Bath New York City E. P. Snowden Baptist Missionary Training School Chicago China Dr. Bousfield Neal Bousfield Maine Seacoast Mission Weston Bousfield University of Connecticut Bousfields Woolwich Center Church F. H. Johnson

Mrs Alice V Strout Dies at Home in St George

Mrs. Alice V. Strout wife of Stewart A. Strout of 8 Libby Court died Saturday evening at the home of her parents Albion H. Johnson and Marie Wallasey Johnson in Brunswick Street St George. She is survived by her husband, her parents, one son George S. MacKinnon of Falmouth, two brothers Carleton D. Johnson and Albion H. Johnson Jr. of Bath, and two sisters Mrs. James Pettee of Rockland and Mrs. Lucy Thorn of South Thomaston.

Alice V. Strout Stewart A. Strout Libby Court Albion H. Johnson Brunswick St. George Albion H Marie Wallasey Johnson Geo MacKinnon Falmouth Carleton D Albion H. Johnson, Jr Bath James Pettee Rockland Lucy Thorn South Thomaston

Death of James W Thompson at Small Point

James Warren Thompson died at Small Point early Friday morning. Born December 31 1875 in Brunswick he was the son of John and Lydia Lowell Thompson and longtime caretaker of estates at Small Point. Survived by his widow and one son Albert the funeral was Sunday at two at Curtis Funeral Home conducted by Rev Joseph O Purdue. Burial followed in Oak Grove.

James Warren Thompson Small Point Brunswick John Lydia Lowell Thompson Albert Curtis Funeral Home Joseph O. Purdue Oak Grove

Mrs. Alice V. Strout Funeral Held

The funeral for Mrs. Alice V. Strout was conducted Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at Mayo Funeral Residence by Rev. David L. Wilson. Bearers were Albion H. Johnson Jr, Carlton D. Johnson, Jamies Petee and Leland Seavey. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.

Alice V. Strout Mayo David L. Wilson Albion H. Johnson, Jr Carlton D. Johnson Jamies Petee Leland Seavey Oak Grove

Local Bombardier Returns Home From Overseas Duty

Lieutenant Bruce H. M. White Jr arrives at his Topsham home on terminal leave after two and a half years of service overseas as a bombardier in the Air Service. He is a son of Bruce H. M. White of Topsham and grandson of Hon. Rupert H. Baxter.

Bruce H. M. White, Jr Topsham Air Service Kite Bruce H. M. White Rupert H. Baxter

Also Mentioned on This Page

Main Street Topsham, Maine Elizabeth Purinton Aldred Eld Wildes P. W. Purinton Faterion Ana Boston Farden Rain of Shine Caterer Progent J. A. al Red B. Miller Tepsham Tel Ruth Hicks Elizabeth Thompson Roland E. Peterson Flossie Beals Sisters Louise Peterson Clinton Allen Corey Cove Gilbert Standish Five Islands Fire Arrowsic Five Islands Fire Fighters Seguinland Franz Stevens Harbor View House Rudolph Duffy New Bern N. C Jane Elliott Bob Elliott William Gueneau Arthur Hect Glen Falls Herbert Zeisler J. C. Kaempfee Forest Hills Nat Hasenfus Boston College Marycliff Boys Islanders Chester McMahan Jr Bob Hasenfus Jelley Chet McMahan, Jr W. Hasenfus Rf Deans Tibbets Cf Jelley P Gunnell Ryan Sf G. McMahn P Dowd J. McMahan Lf McNeil Barter Saunders R. Hasenfus Newcomb Rf Pinkham Boyle Clouf Florence Deans Dowd Chester McMahan, Jr Jimmie MacMahan Ernest Marr Chester MacMahan Vincent Davis Tommy Hanna Dicky Barter Irving Booker Cornersville Ind Gene Hall Gould St. Petersburg Hall Cottage Hall O’conner Sedgemere Road Fremont Rowe Gerald Carr Corrine Shaw Woodfords Ainley Cottage Paul A. Thompson Parker Granite Road Round Pond Hervey C. Brown General Electric Chas. C. Moulton George Dietz Sortwell Mrs. Mallard Lilly George Bertrand Lloyd Hooker Washington Street Husband James W. Thompson Marius H. Page Kennebec Greenhouses Fred S. Curtis & Co
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