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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
8
A garbled OCR fragment references Booth and Lincoln era figures, a military context, and a church service or ceremony. It mentions Roy and IcDoulinger in unclear relation to honors or recognition, with no clear event date or place.
Fragmentary OCR text shows partial place names and numbers without a coherent event. No clear individuals, organizations, dates, or actions emerge to form a complete summary.
Incomplete readable fragments describe a meeting of activity and committee work. Names like Helen and Rob appear amid garbled lines about unions, hospitals, and juries. The text is too damaged to identify a clear event or outcome.
A detailed agenda covers officers elected for the War Fund Drive 1945 and junior Red Cross work. Community reports include Founders Day planning for Lincoln Home August 1 with a White Elephant table, July through September committees, and a card party at Mrs. Fisher’s home. Numerous personal notes recount arrivals, promotions, discharges, hospital stays, and local visits across Bath, Wiscasset, and surrounding towns.
The 1874 contest saw the Amateur Rifle Club of New York face the Irish Eight, Elcho shield holders, at Creedmoor Long Island, home range of the National Rifle Association. The Americans won 934 to 931, followed by a 968 to 929 victory at Dollymount the next year.
West Bath pupils must be five before January 1 1945 and show birth certificates for September enrollment. Community members and visitors attend a Missionary Society picnic at Corliss Street Baptist with Annie Towle hosting. Various residents and relatives are noted visiting, traveling or vacationing around Bath, Five Islands, Islesboro and related households.
To store shirts fold when dry after hanging. 1) lay shirt front up and button top middle and bottom. 2) place front down and fold sides over by about a quarter of width. 3) fold sleeves lengthwise onto back. 4) fold tail up 7 to 9 inches. 5) fold again bring bottom to collar and pin corners. 6) optional fold over cardboard for support.
The article states Earth's weight as sextillion six hundred sixty quintillion tons. It explains a sextillion equals one followed by 21 zeros and a quintillion equals one followed by 18 zeros.
West Bath grange met Monday with good attendance and voted to skip August meetings. The program featured songs, duets, solos, a musical skit, a yodeling number, penny march, and a men style show with several participants. The next meeting, led by Sydney Pendleton and others, will be September 10.
The West Bath Farm Bureau held a picnic hosted by Mrs. Perry L. Thompson with guests including Ruth MacGregory Twin County Home Demonstration Agent. Members enjoyed lunch at an outdoor garden setting, some crocheting, and relaxing. The group will meet Sept 26 at Mrs. Small's home with MacGregory leading on lighting the laundry load.
Mrs. Cora Gahan leaves for South Portland to visit her son Lawrence for a fortnight. Damariscotta visitors looked over the late David Cate farm with buying prospects. Miss Jennie Reay of Boston visits Mrs. John Mayers. Harry Hunter of Arlington, Mass. spends weekend at his farm. Mrs. Charles Dow and Dolores with Yvonne Bailey attend Hallowell carnival. James Milligan moves to Cedar Grove. Harvey Perry replaces him at Ray Perry’s store. Virginia Robbins begins freshman year at Bridge Academy after fall term. baptism of Alexander William Cairns, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cairns of New York City, conducted by Dr. Alexander Cairns.
Colored root vegetables offer more vitamins than white varieties and pod vegetables help counteract acidity from bread and meat. Tomatoes stand out among miscellaneous vegetables for their vitamins and alkalinity, supporting an alkaline diet.
The article recalls old practice of washing hands and arms in a 40 gallon tub of warm water after meals in grand houses. Servants wheeled in the tub for a complete scrub and rub-down, a ritual tied to dining with beef and stew fragments.
Abrasive glue attaches the abrasive to polishing wheels and belts used on planes. Polishing instead of painting planes saves several hundred pounds in weight and greatly increases speed.
First Baptist Woolwich Center will join Corliss Street Baptist Bath for an 11 o'clock baptismal service with Center church school at 10 and an evening talk titled By Their Fruits at 7 30. Montsweag Wiscasset Baptist service omitted. all invited to Bath 11 o'clock service. Various locals visit relatives and friends, with military personnel on leave and several residents traveling or returning home.
The Montsweag Farm Bureau held an all day picnic Thursday at Mrs. Maurice Shea's Sebasco cottage with about 15 members in attendance. A discussion on "Better Dressmaking" led by Mrs. Roy Moore of West Bath is slated for the September 13 meeting at the Goodwill club house in Woolwich.
Protein appears in animal foods such as poultry fish eggs and milk and dairy products. Plant foods also provide protein with cereals dried beans and peas peanuts and soybeans being notable sources.
A flea can leap higher than any other animal relative to its size. The comparison notes human height relative to the tallest New York skyscraper, illustrating scale and proportion in nature.
Fresh milk appears in the army ration marking a return to dairy provisions after the Revolution. The change signals improved food supplies for soldiers and aligns with earlier wartime shortages.
Bay Point residents report seagulls flocking over emptied crab shells as fish scarcity and rainwash draw birds inland. Annual Bay Point Village Corporation meeting set for Saturday at seven in the Casino. Local names appear in updates from Five Islands Bible School attendees Eleanor Mains and others, plus visitors from Rochester and Auburn.
Mary Patton, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick J Patton, grew up in Bath and Winthrop. She portrays Barbt West on the WGAN daytime serial Woman's Life at 11 each morning and has worked in New York theater and TV. Her career follows studies at Katharine Gibbs School and Neighborhood Playhouse. Mrs. John Quirk, Bluff, dies in Portland.
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