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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1944

Page

7

Social notes with clubs and community visits

Society items describe a Past Noble Grand club gathering at a decorated home with prizes won by Mrs Emmons Casey and Mrs Herbert McCabe, plus light refreshments. Several residents and visitors are noted, including extended family, hospital stays, weddings and engagements, and troop movements and social events around Bath and Brunswick.

Noble Grands Club Queen Egher Rebekah Lodge Emmons Casey Herbert McCabe John Atwood Potter Frank Farrin Ralph Mank

Town Meetings Held Monday Details Voted

Appropriations include roads and bridges 5949 up keep third class roads 624 up keep State Aid roads 800 cutting bushes 300 street lights 700 sidewalks 100 support of poor 1500 common schools 8851 repairs schoolhouses 200 dependent children 250 Memorial Day 35 fire department 2350 town officers salaries 1200 contingent expense 2000 total raised 24037 versus 23003 last year.

Richmond

Georgetown Meeting Notes Five Islands Gathers Light Vote

Georgetown held a town meeting at the Grange Hall Five Islands as the town hall is used for school. Attendance was very light with the largest vote 64. Election of officers followed with Walter Reid moderator and a slate including Todd Gray Pinkham Rowe Heald Powers.

Five Islands

Phippsburg Holds Evening Town Meeting With 60 Warrant Articles

Phippsburg vote approved a detailed budget including contingencies and road work. Officials elected included Moderator Owen Richardson Town Clerk Everett Harrington and multiple selectmen and officers. Specific allocations covered salaries taxes abatement school funds road maintenance and public health with Popham and Ashdale schools continued and a next year meeting set for evening.

Owen Richardson Everett A. Harrington Raymond M. Wyman Lendall Greene Winthrop A. Blair Walter J. McCourt Robert Moore E. E. Hilton Stonybrook West Point Small Point Sebasco Popham Basin Road Fish House Cove Jenny Sweeney Cat Cove Coast Guard Cox's Head Ashdale

Richmond Town Meeting Approves 56448 Dollar Budget

Richmond residents at the high school gym voted to raise 56448.09 with an increase of 663 over last year. A tractor purchase of 2000 was authorized along with numerous line items including road, sewer, school, fire, and library services. Officials listed include Wallace Gardner First Selectman Lester Umberhind Second Selectman Dr Raymond Libby and others.

Wallace Gardner Lester Umberhind Selectman Raymond Libby Earle Mee- Fee

Topsham Officers Reelected After Extended Voting Hours

In Topsham the local meeting reelected all officers as voting ran from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to suit wartime workers. The session opened in the afternoon with Rev. Chauncy J. Stuart reading 160 local men in military service. Officers Moderator was Robert Miller.

Topsham Chauncy J. Stuart

Town Officers and Budget Totals Listed for 1920s Meeting

The notice names town officials including Clerk Alice Merriman First Selectman Walter M Williams and Treasurer Alice Merriman along with budgets for Roads and Bridges 5000 and Public Services such as Sewers 200 Street Lights 2300 Hydrant Rental 1200 and Library 850 Total Amount Raised 47928 and Amount Raised Last Year 48855.

West Bath Holds Town Meeting Sets March 45 Polling

West Bath voters gathered at the Littlefield school for a brief town meeting with a small turnout. Joseph W. Larrabee served as moderator and officials were elected including Earl C. Donnell as First Selectman and Edward K. Thompson as Treasurer and Collector. A plan to celebrate the town’s 100th anniversary in summer was announced and a March 45 election date set at the Grange Hall to accommodate workers at defense plants.

West Bath Littlefield School Parent-Teacher Association Loring Small Edward Thompson Joseph W. Larrabee Grange Hall Earl C. Donnell Courtney Stover Frank French Edward K. Thompson Lillian Mac Ronald Foster's Point

Woolwich Town Meeting Re-elects Officials and Hints at Higher Appropriations

At the Woolwich annual town meeting Monday evening, officers of the previous year were re elected. Moderator Stuart Chapin led the session which extended past 11 PM. Appropriations figures were not ready Tuesday but are expected to rise above last year. Re elected: Edward V. Reed clerk Frank R. Bailey Eben Dana William Soule Harold Leiman tax collector treasurer. Road commissioners are John Soule George Ames and J Gould Bailey. Mrs George Ames joined the school board. Maine 4 H contest offers 6000 for youths 14 to 22 with two years vegetable gardening experience. Contestants vie for 5000 national title and 200 regional awards plus 100 sectional prizes and two 25 war bonds for top state contestants.

Woolwich Stuart Chapin Edward V. Reed Frank R. Bailey Eben Dana William Soule Harold Leeman John Soule George Ames J. Gould Bailey Maine K. C. Lovejoy Lovejoy University of Maine Orono

Maine Prison Receives Escapee After 2600 Mile Flight

George E. Ruff alias George H. Black and Frank E. Brown, nabbed in Childress Texas after a 2600 mile escape from Augusta State Hospital last December, is back in Maine State Prison where he was sentenced to six to 12 years for assault with intent to kill Lester Beane of Skowhegan. Ruff, previously of Georgetown South Carolina, had been moved to Augusta after being judged insane in Rockland Municipal Court in November.

Childress Texas Augusta State George E. Ruff George H. Black Frank E. Brown Maine Lester Beane Skowhegan Ruff Georgetown S. C Augusta Institution Rockland Municipal Court

Funeral Services Held for Mrs Saphronia McCabe

Mr and Mrs Carl G French Mr and Mrs Albert H Ridyard of this city and Mrs Frank W Sparks of Woolwich attended funeral services for their aunt Mrs Saphronia McCabe in Kezar Falls. The service was arranged by Stanley Funeral Home.

Carl G. French Albert H. Ridyard City Frank W. Sparks Woolwich Kezar Falls Saphronia McCabe

Local Servicemen Earn Promotions And Training News

John A. Gaudet of Bath received a corporal promotion at Camp Mackall North Carolina where he serves as a machine gun squad leader in the 2nd Battalion 515th Parachute Infantry. Pvt Loring E. Hart, a Morse High graduate of 1942, trains at Camp Blanding Florida and seeks mail from Bath friends. Pvt Raymond Guswitter of Bath visits Middle Street relatives while stationed near Bath with U S Army. Aviation Cadet Richard Poulos of Nashville and George Poulos at Hawaii, Morse High graduates, report training and weather scenes and request mail. Miss Jean Danforth WAVES arrives in Bath on leave from Memphis. Seaman Robert H. Wright completes recruit training at Sampson New York and awaits assignment toward petty officer rating.

John A. Gaudet Maxwell Street Bath Camp Mackall N. C Airborne Cpl. Gaudet Peter F. Gaudet Morse High School 515Th Parachute Infantry Noe Joseph E. Hart Highstreet Pvt Loring E. Hart Camp Blanding Fla Pvt. Hart Morse High Morse Bowdoin College Sigma Nu Ernest Poulos Witch Spring Richard Poulos Nashville George Poulos U. 8 Hawaii Navy Seaman Poulos Robert H. Wright Summer Street Naval Training Station Sampson, N. Y

Cadet Raynes and Family Visit New England Relatives

Cadet Raynes and his wife, living in Bath, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roland Raynes in Woolwich. Cadet Packard stayed with his parents on Beacon Street. Mrs. William Raynes and Miss Muriel Raynes accompanied them to Boston and Cambridge, returning to Bath. Mrs. Raynes plans to join her husband in Missouri soon.

Nesday Missouri Cadet Raynes Bath Roland Raynes Woolwich Cadet Packard Arthur Packard Beacon Street Boston William Raynes Muriel Raynes Cambridge Mass Raynes

Wallace couple on furlough after Detroit training graduation

Everett E Wallace is visiting Bath and Portland on return from Detroit where he finished a training school. Mrs Wallace joined him and they visit his grandfather George F Wallace at 390 Washington Street and her parents in Portland. Pfc Wallace reports for duty March 9 in Missouri.

Pfe Everett E. Wallace Bath Portland Detroit Mid

Soldier on furlough visits mother in hometown

Cpl. Homer Farthing is spending his furlough with his mother Mrs. Helden Wright and Mr. Wright of 201 Middle Street. He is stationed at Independence Army Air Field in Independence Kansas, and has served since 1941. Before that he was a leading man in the ship yard in South Portland.

Cpl Homer Farthing Helden Wright Wright Middle Street Independence Army Air Field Independence Kansas South Portand

Sailor Richard Marr Completes Training at Sampson

The many friends of Richard E. Marr son of Mr and Mrs Chester N Marr of Dorchester Mass formerly of Bath Me will be glad to learn he has completed basic training at the U S naval training station at Sampson N Y and has been transferred to Norman Oklahoma to attend school at the Naval Aviation Technical training center His address may be obtained of his mother at 29 Tremlette Street Dorchester Mass

Richard E. Marr Chester N. Marr Dorchester Mass Bath U.S. Naval Training Station Sampson N. Y Norman Oklahoma Naval Aviation Technical Training Center Tremlette Street Mags

Pvt Arthur McKenzie Visits Bath Before Camp Meade

Pvt Arthur McKenzie U S A has been on fur lough from Camp Croft S C visiting Bath friends after a brief stay with his parents in Macadam Canada. He left Bath Saturday for Camp Meade Md where he will be stationed.

Pvt Arthur McKenzie U.S.A Camp Croft S. C Bath Macadam Canada Camp Meade

Bath and North Street Families Report War News

Mr and Mrs Dwight Pierce of North Street received a letter from son Dwight Pierce in England saying he keeps in touch with Bath schoolmate Corp Allen Atwood of Winship Street. They expect to pass a furlough together on a sight seeing tour. Pvt John P Lyons, now at Fort Eustis Virginia after graduating from Telephone Communications School, is eligible for further Army assignment. His wife lives at 24 Newton Road Bath. Lyons was employed at Bath Iron Works before enlisting at Fort Devens on September 29 1943 and transferred to Fort Eustis October 5 1943.

Linda Elizabeth Vernon Stuber Memorial Hospital Stuber Evelyn Perry George R. Perry Maple Street S. R. Higgins Route 1 Benjamin Stuber Gardiner Bainbridge Ga Beth Iron Works Douglass Merrill Ina Andersen Fitts Street William H. Daley Middle Street H. Edwin Harjula Brunswick Bartlett Johnson Topsham Elmer Nelson Thomaston Albert Harjula Harjula Pfe Harjula Bath Iron Works Virginia Dwight Pierce North Street England Bath Corp. Allen Atwood U.S. A John Atwood Winship Street John P. Lyons Fort Eustis U. S. Army Newton Road Dorchester Mass Fort Devens

Luncheon Honors Waves Officer Before Leave

Mrs. Carl Langbehn hosted a Friday luncheon for Miss Jean Danforth of the Waves ahead of her leave with parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Danforth of High Street. Danforth, machinist mate 2-c, U S N, trained at Hunter College and received a Colonial bouquet prize. Also noted are PFC Harold W. Bailey, USMCR in the Marshall Islands, and James Morse, M M 2-c USCG, with Miss Shirley L. Ricken. Morse’s family at 10 West Street and Ricken to transfer soon to Providence.

Jean Danforth the Waves Memphis, Tenn Frank Danforth High Street Carl Langbehn Danforth Hunter College N. Y James Sharkey William Hogan Wilbur Crocker Perleston Pert Victor Pert Fred Kitteridge Edward Mocklar Earl Pride Maurice Shea Roy Loeschner Arthur Bourque Stanley Woods John Labbie Merton Dearing Wishart Dearing Harold W. Bailey USMCR Marshall Islands William Bailey West Bath James H. Morse M.M Boston Shirley L. Ricken Mr. Morse Horace P Morse West Street Ricken Horace P. Morse Providence R. I

Private Frederick Andrews Returns to Austin After Leave

Private Frederick Andrews arrives in Austin Texas on Monday after a week of leave. Edwin R Andrews listed as a contact at 981 High.

Frederick Andrews Austin Texas Edwin R. Andrews High Street

Corporal Morse Visits Bath Father During Weekend

Corporal Pauline L. Morse of the W A C spent the weekend in Bath visiting her father Forrest Fogg of 610 Washington Street. Morse is stationed at Headquarters First Service Command 808 Commonwealth Avenue Boston and works in the military personnel office.

Pauline L. Morse Bath Forrest Fogg Washington Street First Service Command Commonwealth Avenue Boston

Pvt Charles J Genthner Transferred to Radio School

Pvt Charles J Genthner son of Mrs Laura A Genthner of 13 Blasland Lane has been transferred to the A A F Training Command Radio School at Sioux Falls Army Air Field South Dakota for training as a radio mechanic He graduated Morse High in 1938 and was a machinist at Bath Iron Works at enlistment He has served in Des Moines Iowa Gulfport Mississippi and Santa Ana California

Charles J. Genthner Laura A. Genthner Blasland Lane A.A.F. Training Command Radio School Sioux Falls Army Air Field Sioux Falls S. C Morse High Bath Iron Works Es Moines Iowa Gulfport Miss Santa Ana Calif

Cadet William Raynes and Cadet Dwight Packard Depart

Cadet William Raynes and Cadet Dwight Packard left under unclear circumstances as a brief note indicates their departure on a Wednesday. No further context or destinations are provided in the fragment.

William Raynes Dwight Packard

Mail from Mojave: Promotion and cold days noted

Corp Chester A. Wright U S C G writes from Mojave California to his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Wright of North Bath praising the country and mentioning the cold weather and the morale of the men as the letter ends with a brief remark on the conditions.

War era notices share homes and transfers in Bath area

In Bath and nearby towns, soldiers report awaiting leave after 14 months service and a Morsey High class of ’43 graduate prepares for a U S A F assignment in Washington. Fort Knox armored school graduates include Priv. Oscar T. Emmons. Navigation cadets at Hondo Texas receive commissions. 2d Lieut. Stanley B. Cressey is listed among new navigators. John R. Kimble seeks hometown addresses while stationed at the Navy’s Chicseco center and writes of Maine cold and lake surf.

Essary Morsey High AAF Training Command Hondo Texas Stanley B. Cressey Bernice Cressey Cressey Avenue Bath

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Stanley Boyde Franklin Morse Valley Road Oscar Tanguay Letter Carriers Association Wesley Street Dwinal Cornish Auburn Cyrus Varney Goddard North Whitefield Norman Chase Ann Boardman Carin Broadman York Ae Lillie McKay William C. McKay 231 Maurice Roderick Evelyn Meister Hew Carl T. Meister Addie Vickery Eunice Pert Ronald Oulton Bedford Street New Brunswick Carly Boardman York Beach Tillie McCabe William McCabe 231 High Street Paul R K. Farley Raymond Farley Stricke Harrison Hubbard Peter Quonset Point Alexander Hollman Nathan Press Cecil Rowland Academy Street Richard Siervwoood Harland Brows Alfred P. McChewn Clifford Moody Daniel Matter Harland Brown Alfred P. McCune Randall Daley Arthur Eseley Sherwood Robert Stone Robert James Louella Poland Thompson Potter Mie Gilbert Beauty Salon Leslie B. Higgins Camp Edwards Frank L. Higgins Dresden Panama Vanona MacDonald Bath Lron Works Office Charles MacDonald Bowdeinham Muriel Grace William Grace New York City South Street Oscar Marsh Grace New York Mary Carroll Edith Small Esther Wilson Dorothy Higgins Charles Hoebel Laura Ruth Lane Gregg Publishing Co Kathleen Wyman Phippsburg Kathleen Walliam Crowley Union ‘Street Crowley Navy Yard North Attleboro Ladies Aid of Central Church Luther Thompson Velma Cornish First National Bank Harry Cornish Weeks Street Evangeline Canacaris Simmons College Sam Canacaris Laura Craft Sharon William J. Craft Philip van Hook Peaks Island van Hooks Harry Briggs Jr J W Cummings Oak Street James Stanton Brementon Oregon Lieut Stanton Brementon Navy Yard Puget Sound Hollis D. Pratt Elaine and Alma South Portland Mr. Pratt Alfred Pratt Bedford Treet Tex Charles’ R. Sims First Baptist Church Sudfits Arthur McMurrey Jamaica Plain Sam Burroughs Dor- Chester Robert Blake Sanborn John L. Sanborn Green Street Florence Willis Bertram Willis Angus Burden Highland Street Herbert T. Caverly Corliss Street St Petersburg Mary Ellen Quinlan Everett Quinlan Augusta Harry E. Peterson East Brunswick George Moore St. Stephens N. B Josephine Moore R. N The Peter Hodgkins Gerard Hodgkins Chamberlain, Avenue, Brunswick Percy Hodgkins Drummond Street Walter James Upper Parker N. Moulton Washington, Conn Rufus Moulton Hazen Hilton Hattie Wallace Chester Lorentsen Mechanic Street Myrtie Billings Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Agnes M. Perry Albert Thompson George Kilgore Lilla R. Sproul Rebekah Assembly of Maine Beulah Lodge Ralph Cascadden Mr. Cascadden Edward Foster Sagadahoc Ferry Helen Oulton R.N Martha London Oulten Allen Oulton Victor Haas Naval Air Radio 1-C Westerly R. 1 Carl B.swanton Leon J. Fortin Albert H McMann Washington, D. C BIW Robert Hale Margaret Chase Smith Albion K. Parris Parris Edwin B Parris Upper Washington Street Henry T. B. Leeman Annette Pinkham Ethel Potter Patriarch Militant Odd Fellows Hall Patricia Smith Harmon Smith Janice Knight Bernard Knight Hyde Park Terrace Christine Beaven Manchester N. H Mildred G. Nichols Page Street Glennora Moore Georgia Pierce Margaret Morrison Louise Slarnden Lilla Sproul Hallowell Rebekah Nina Rebekah Lisbon Falls Thomas McNeill William Keiser Hillside, N. J Stephen Johns Walter Reid William A. Todd George Gray Lloyd Pinkham Alfred Rowe Howard Heald Walter Powers Aubrey Fullerton Alberta Haynes A. Haynes Harry Douglass Clinton Hinckley John Panken James Lothridge Howard Knight Robert Miller Alice Merriman Walter M Williams George A. Sprague Harold S. Ward Joseph E. Brannigan Ralph J. Patten Frank H. Todd Raymond Guswitter H. D. Guswitter McClure Ohio Pearl Dunbar Dunbar Forida James M. Jackson Jackson Armored School Fort Knox Priv Oscar T. Emmons Hattie Emmons Sdldier Hue Armored School P. M. Robinett John R. Kimble Momm Naval Air Technical Training Center Navy Pier Chiesco John Chicago Henry W. Owen, Jr Full the Times Co Front St Tel
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