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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1943
Page
4
Mrs Mary Sewall Metcalf dies in Boston and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Notices detail survivors in Sewall and related families, church services, engagements, weddings and local visits, plus social and wartime updates from Wiscasset community life.
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc on March 22 1943 orders notice by publication for three weeks in Bath Independent. Hearing set April second Tuesday at ten in the forenoon for Adelbert F Williams deceased Philipsburg Emma P Williams deceased and Maria V Williams to appoint administratrix without bond. Arthur J Dunton judge of probate. Attest John L Jack. 25-18 ister
Bath police appeal to motorists to curb long term parking in a city striving to ease traffic and keep post office and Williams street access clear. Officers report frequent violations, failed signage, and repeated efforts to enforce three hour limits, urging drivers to respect signs and fellow motorists. Staff Sgt. Arthur Sarkis returns to Portland after weekend with family.
West Bath residents share meals and visits with family friends across Bath, Woolwich, Arrowsic, and Portland. Notables include Mrs. Loring Small hosting Dana, Mrs. Florence Hogan ill, Edward Robichaud abroad, and gatherings around households of Perkins, Burnham, and Mank families.
Bath schoolchildren boosted wartime fund raising with a weekly total over 1600 dollars, bringing accumulative War Bonds and Stamps purchases to 33,238.95 toward a 50,000 goal for the year. Last week’s figures follow.
Edward Morin of the U S Army Air Corps arrives in New York City after a brief furlough. He spends his leave with his father Dr. Harry F Morin and Mrs Morin at their Washington Street home.
About 100 members attended a Monday West Bath Grange meeting featuring a packed program of songs skits quizzes and readings. Attendees heard proclamations and remarks from local officials before a dancing session with Melvin Pratt and Mrs Jessie Spaulding supplying music and Edgar Waters at the piano. Next meetings include Red Cross room sewing sessions and a March 29 program with refreshments led by Miss Alice Johnson and Mrs Harry McGlinchy.
The West Bath Farm Bureau Womens group met with Mrs. Oscar Adams to discuss wartime meal planning led by Foods Leader Mrs. Robert R. Coombs. Pamphlets on vitamins, waste reduction, and lunch box ideas were reviewed. dinner of codfish with sides was prepared by Mrs. Coombs and Mrs. Adams. funds were donated to the Red Cross War Fund. The next meeting, April 15, will feature Care Saves Wear with hostesses Mrs. E C Donnell and Mrs. E W Haggett. other attendees included several members.
Ralph C. Wright son of Mrs Clara McEachern of Woolwich has been promoted to sergeant after enlisting last August. A Morse High School alumnus, he recently graduated from Wendover Field Utah Bombing and Gunnery School. He will join a tactical unit for combat training and maneuvers. Wendover sits near the Great Salt Flats with a 2,000,000 acre bombing range. Harold E Avery Jr a University of Maine student in ROTC is spending a spring vacation with his parents. Mrs Minnie Eldridge has returned from Boston with daughter Laura after attending a flower show.
Woolwich Good Will club met at Mrs Eugene Hunnewell home while Montsweag Farm Bureau held an all day session at Mrs Nelson Rice home. Members worked on quilts. box lunch served. Next April meeting planned at Mrs Forrest Bakers. Teachers honored for 90 percent war bonds participation. Minute Men flag to fly at qualifying schools. Spinning Wheel club postponed due to bad travel. Woolwich school board met with chairman Roland Raines. Day's Ferry Sunday school prize winners to attend poverty party Friday. Christian Endeavor to meet at Day's Ferry schoolhouse. Residents move within area and service members receive assignments and visitations. Pvt Richard Tanner wings and Morse High talk noted.
Henry W. Coe of San Jose aged over 80 died triggering termination of Dr. Thomas A. Coe’s Bangor trust. A provision schedules a 50000 bequest to the University of Maine as the trust ends. Mrs. Sam Levin of the Bath Department Store is in Boston on business.
Thomas H. Dorr of the Fish and Wildlife Service argues national wildlife resources support the war effort through meat, byproducts, and salvaged materials. He cites 253 million pounds of game meat in 1942, notes deer yields, fur byproducts, and the need to avoid waste while expanding wartime food supplies.
Miss Anna Simpson travels for Lincoln county 4-H. George Reed arrives at Beersheba farm in town. East ern river fishermen seek smelts. Bridge academy notes include graduates and staff. Red Cross drives by Harold Houdlette. Clayton Mayers moves to Farm residence. Mass. visitors return home. no prize speaking this year due to transport limits.
In Tuesday traffic court Judge Gardiner R. Deering noted a shorter docket as fewer violators appeared. Lloyd H. Loring of Wiscasset pleaded guilty to parking on Commercial Street near Lombard, paying $4.70 in costs. A local man admitted using profanity and paid $5.40 total.
Organization of the Eastern Maine Towage Co took place Friday afternoon in this city. The new firm capitalized at $50,000 and will operate outside towage from Portland to Bar Harbor with William S. Newell as president Clyde B. Holmes treasurer and general manager Dennis T Sheridan vice president Miss Josephine C Fraser secretary and clerk. The towboat Eugenie Spofford from John L Goss interests in Stonington is purchased and expected to arrive Bath today.
The Good Will Club met Monday evening at Sagadahoc Ferry with Mrs. Charles H. Hunnewell hosting. A large attendance was urged for Thursday at the Ferry club room to work on quilts, with Mrs. Hunnewell serving refreshments. next meeting place to be announced. Participants included Mrs. Harry Rust Miss Florence Carlton Mrs. Freeman Oliver Mrs. Harry Fitch and Mrs. Nelson Rice.
Mrs Leo Purtell of Richmond owned the Bay Point house on George town road which burned to the ground Sunday morning. Five Islands Fire Fighters arrived but could not save the structure. The origin of the fire was undetermined. Mrs H A Spinney is ill with grip. LeRoy Pinkham, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Pinkham, has mumps. Edna M Coolidge, after a month in Boston visiting friends, returned to Birchwood Tuesday. Herman A Spinney drove Mrs S Clayton Raynor to Bath on Friday. Raynor's nine month old son Bobby, recently in Bath Memorial Hospital, was discharged Friday. Mrs Raynor praised the hospital care and the rapid improvement of the child. After wintering in New York with her mother, Mrs Thomas Nolan and son Bunky returned home. Mr and Mrs Carroll Deering and daughter Elizabeth of Bath visited at their cottage on Bay Point Sunday. Mrs George Gates took her pedigreed English bulldog to a Brunswick veterinarian.
Miss May Besaw hosted the weekly meeting of the W C T U at her High street home. Mrs Elizabeth Trott led scripture and prayer. Music by Mabel Paquet featured songs Wind The Ribbon Round The World and Christ Drove Them Away. Members reviewed Elizabeth Smart's Washington letters. The group approved printing attendance cards and arranging moving picture films for an April public meeting. A sympathy card went to Mrs Mary Pratt and Mrs Maud Russell received best wishes. The next meeting is April 13 at Elizabeth Trott's home, 17 Marshall Avenue.
Bath residents can access home nursing services from Ruth W. Henry Red Cross Public Health Nurse with a nominal fee. Services include prenatal and infant care guidance, demonstrations, and skilled nursing when full time staff isn’t needed. 1770 visits were made in 1942, and a lean pantry of crutches beds and wheelchairs supports the program.
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