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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
4
An OCR fragment outlines a chaotic gathering of grocers and officials amid coupons, store promotions, and policy talk. It references a Fortes event, a secretary, and numerous names, with scattered phrases about meetings, writers, and market actions.
The Bath region diary records numerous family visits and social calls, including Miss Letchtiefteet and Miss Helen Stacey joining Bath Works staff, Mr Alfie Himekiry of Sagattuime visiting Mrs L W Semrey, and others in Bath, Brunswick, and nearby towns. It notes property matters, farm work, and probate proceedings with mentions of local farms, residents, and ongoing projects at Bath Iron Works and the Cumberland Probate Court.
Villagers and families gather for summer church preparations at Parker Head. Sunday School plans Kids Day with speakers Sally and Bill Lowell and others singing in a season opening service. Changes note morning church school at 9:36 and 3:45 pm services next Sundays.
The Times job department printed thousands of fliers for the Bath Lions Club scrap drive to aid war production and hospital equipment. Collections run June 14 to June 18 across wards with trucks to pick up scrap placed at driveways and walks.
At Commercial Street, M W Sewall Coal Co builds an extension to the coal shed and adds a large new bin. The Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co enlarges its unloading tower track with new foundations laid by John P Carver Co of Boston.
City officials say a spraying crew will start work Thursday morning to treat street trees. Al erate cars on streets will be moved and residents are urged to keep street-side windows closed and avoid hanging clothes on lines until the spraying machine passes.
The eighth grade graduation at Popham Beach will merge with end of term exercises at the library this Thursday at eight. The program includes prayers, recitations, flag salutes, and diploma conferring by Mrs. Spencer. Summer homes face storm damage repairs and a no-crop year due to late frosts.
The Lions club will run a city wide scrap drive during June 14 to 19 collecting rags burlap rope newspapers magazines and metals. Rubber tires and hose accepted metals limited to thick items and certain non metals not desired. Residents should place scrap near the highway for truck collection.
Swordfish, a premier summer treat, will hit markets this month along the Maine coast in fresh form. Prices start high and ease toward August as larger catches come in, with New England fishers reporting frequent large specimens and a standout liver oil noted for its vitamin A potency.
A Bath man, A C Leon Pennell, son of Mrs. Leon Pennell of 14 High Street, Bath, was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., after three months basic training. He attended Franklin and Marshall University with 80 others. Pennell, a Morse High School alumnus class of 1940, previously worked as a line installer for New England Telegraph and Telephone Co. in Bath before entering military service.
A Windsor man was fined 16.20 including costs after being placed among the car occupants. A Windsor girl received the same fine on a related charge and Maynard Moore of Jefferson, owner of the car, was fined 16.20 for allowing operation on a highway of a vehicle with bad brakes.
Parents and friends attended a Tuesday evening assembly at Huse Memorial School for the eighth grade. Principal Harmon Smith welcomed guests as the program opened with the National Anthem and colors presentation. Awards for good behavior and writing certificates were presented to a list of students including Hazel Alley Regina Babine Fern Boucher Richard Bull Richard Callan Gloria Christiansen Bernard Ferris Cecil Fullerton Jane Furber Natalie Hogan Ernest Hamblett Dean Leavitt RegInald Parker and Frederick Norton.
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