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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
6
A town meeting in Phippsburg raised a good sum from refreshments served by Mrs. Hazen Hiltons canteen corps including sandwiches and coffee for all attendees. The item lists numerous residents and visitors, cottage stays, camp life notes, hospital updates, a wedding, school closures, and a vacation Bible school opening with 22 pupils and four teachers.
Miss Lucianna B LeClair daughter of Mr and Mrs Philippe LeClair Brunswick became the bride of Regis J Fortin son of Mr and Mrs Ludger Fortin Brunswick Monday morning at nine in St John s church The double ring ceremony was officiated by Rev William Dauphin S M The couple planned a wedding trip to New York and will reside at 15 High Street Brunswick after June 28
Local notices detail a Home Nursing Course urged by Mrs Earl Lowell and a preschool conference postponed due to rain. Various residents attend weddings births vacations and visits, with community members traveling between Bath Perkins Island and Soll. The list includes school schedules mail deliveries and local gatherings at churches and town spots.
Woolwich notes list Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Pellet of Danielson Connecticut visiting Sagadahoc Ferry with their daughter Beatrice McIntosh. Mrs. F G Greenough of North Edgecomb visits Sagadahoc Ferry. Blanche J Dunker of Los Angeles to summer with Ida M Beals at Sagadahoc Ferry. Elisha Varney of Lisbon Falls visits Bath and his sister in law. Varney, a veteran shipyard foreman, worked for Texas Steamship Co and Bath Iron Works and now is a blacksmith at Pejepscot Paper Co in Lisbon Falls after 20 years.
At a special town meeting in Phippsburg last week residents tabled the articles proposing federal funded school construction in Center and Winnegance. A third article to spend 799.50 for state aid road matching funds was also tabled amid local debate.
In the U S A as in the armed forces, women are urged for stenographic jobs in Washington D C with men eligible too Examinations will be held at Morse High School Thursday at 130 and 630 pm Typing stenography and general knowledge tests with salaries from 1440 to 1620 yearly Details appear in Tuesday evenings Times Superintendent of Schools office can arrange exam times Also noted Connecticut June graduate Elizabeth V Morse daughter of Hilion Jevuny London daughter of Mr and Mrs Morse attended St Marys Peekskill and will enter Smith College in September She is granddaughter of the late Charles W Morse of this city and has visited the Morse home now Curtis funeral home 942 Washington Street
Local columns report Popham Beach remains open with standard coastal restrictions such as shaded waterfront windows and no fires at night. Army officials rumor aside, normal summer activity continues with stores and deliveries operating as usual and increased visitor traffic expected.
Mrs L J Perry Miss Barbara Preney Arthur Preney and William Rogers of Bath visit Mr and Mrs Paul Davis. Miss Barbara Sprague leaves for Saco for the Summer. Miss Marion Bridges ill. Peter Isaacson and Shirley Lewiston at Summer home. Pine Eden hosts Mrs Horace Morse Barbara and Mrs Annette Williams Bath and Miss Marilyn Ward Topsham. The Bath group includes Mrs Peter Isaacson in Augusta and local visitors. Mrs Henry Farwell Cambridge assists Spinney Summer. Miss Ollie Spinney visits Bath. Bath guests return from week at various locations.
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