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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
5
Miss Mary Warren Lowell wed Archie L Seekins in a Spring flowers arch ceremony at the Lowell home on Bedford Street. The reception followed with a large gathering, gifts, and a bouquet-catching moment. The couple plan a summer stay at Pleasant Pond before residence.
Daniel Archibald MacDonald and Virginia Etta Kingsbury wed in St Marys rectory with 9 30 ceremony. The couple will reside at 172 Mountain Ave Malden after June 10. MacDonald a shipfitter at Bath Iron Works and Charlestown Navy yard. Miss Kingsbury salutatorian at Morse High 1938 and worked as a bookkeeper.
John A. Greene Jr and Miss Jean nette Shackford wed Thursday at ten in Winter Street church with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue. Attendants included Geraldine Stott and William L. Greene. The couple will reside in Boston after June 2 at Birch Point with a reception at the Shackford home.
Mayor Robert Haskell welcomed the Maine state branch of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks to Bath for its 34th annual convention at Hotel Sedgwick. The event included remarks by officials, re-election of officers, and a large Auxiliary attendance with new members and leadership.
Councilman Ernest G Kingsbury son of Andrew B Kingsbury Boston and Miss Catherine Elizabeth Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Brown were married at St Marys Church in a 9 am nuptial mass officiated by Rev David P Surette. The ceremony featured a double ring rite with attendants Arthur J Preney and Marguerite Brown. The couple planned a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home and a motor trip to begin a week long honeymoon. They will live at 674 Middle Street. Kingsbury works at Bath Iron Works Corp pipe shop and serves on Bath City Council from Ward Two. Brown is Morse High School alumna, previously a county attorney stenographer. Out of town guests included multiple Kingsburys and other Boston residents.
Clarence M. Minotti of 186 North Street and Annie B. Murray of this city had their marriage recorded by City Clerk John W. Gilmore. Dr. David L. Wilson of 018 Washington Street performed the ceremony Saturday with attendants Dewitt J. Buffkin Bernice Buffkin and Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bates and their son Leon. The Bateses of Beachmont Massachusetts have reopened their cottage at Sabino.
Rate information for first insertion twenty five words and thirty five cents. Each additional insertion twenty cents. Copy must reach office by Wednesday noon. Contact Fred B Reed Co Managérie E Wallace 93 Front st Bath 4W 12 30 tf.
A special town meeting is posted for Saturday at 2 p.m. with two articles on the ballot. First to elect a moderator. Second to consider accepting the bequest of Humphrey Randall for the support of the worthy poor, with $5000 to be prudently invested and income used at the selectmen’s discretion. The meeting requires 20 or more voters to be legal.
Mr. and Mrs. Salie and their son spent part of last week at their Summer home. Mrs. Ernest Sylvester returned from Presque Isle after the death of her brother Mr. Whittaker, accompanied by her sister Mrs. Flora Lord of Gardiner. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rowe and son George spent the weekend in China visiting Mr. Rowe's mother. Mr. and Mrs. R. Dore and son visited relatives in Gardiner May 30. Mrs. Tina Jack, wintered in Pittsfield Mass with her daughter Mrs. Myrtle Wade, has returned home for the Summer.
A Thursday afternoon tea at Stone House Farm will benefit the Girl Scouts Summer Camp. The historic Governor King hunting lodge offers four to six for visitors, supporting camp funds and leader training as the local group hopes to send 20 or more girls to Camp Wayaka this season.
Stone House will host a garden party with blooming gardens and meals on the dining room and terrace. Members of the Leaders Association will serve sandwiches and cake and pour drinks. A Leaders program of music will follow as tickets are sold by the Council and at Stone House.
The Bath Iron Works expects a boom as cargo carrier construction begins with larger vessels than destroyers. Increased work will raise staffing in layout, punching, shearing, riveting, welding, chipping and caulking. Welding crew to double. woodwork on decks and cargo holds grows. Keel laying likely in September due to delays.
Returns of the marriage of Willam Robert Staples and Miss Yvonne Marie Paradis were filed with City Clerk John W. Gilmore. They wed May 29 with Harold J. Rubin as notary public. witnesses were Hiram K. Staples and Virginia E. Staples. Staples family details provided.
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