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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1941

Page

7

Arthur H Price to Retire From Long Held Post in Bath

Arthur H Price will retire May 1 after 52 years in the workforce, 30 years in Bath with Congress Shirt Co. Raymond English to become manager and Arthur Nelson to operate machines. Price expanded the plant from 45 to 120 employees and helped foster amicable labor relations and Christmas parties.

Arthur H. Price Bath Congress Shirt Co Leonard C. Cooper Mr. Price Raymond English Arthur Nelson Price Jacob Dreyfus & Son Cooper Middle Street Rockport Mowry & Payson Browning & King Co New York Henry Storey Congress Short Co Sedgwick Knights of Pythias Ward 4 Board of Aldermen

Rotarians Hear Of Clubs Abroad At Sedgwick Luncheon

At Hotel Sedgwick a Rotary club luncheon featured F B Nichols of the Times detailing Rotary activities in war torn regions and relief efforts in Europe. He noted Nazi controlled areas suspended clubs while others aided relief. the Finnish minister’s wife spoke on conditions in Finland.

Rotary Club Hotel Sedgwick F. B. Nichols The Times International Committee Rotary Europe England West Palm Beach Club Nichols Florida Dominique Tardif George B. Wolstenholme Bath Club Charlie Shepard T. Henry Riley Norman Smith Brunswick Paul Kingston Woolworth Bath Lions

Higgins preparing Pollyanna at Five Islands

Mrs. Zetta Higgins of Wakefield Massachusetts has spent several days at Five Islands making ready her lodge Pollyanna for summer occupancy. She visited her brother E Mason Wright and Mrs. Wright on Winship Street during the stay.

Zetta Higgins Wakefield Mass Five Islands Pollyanna E. Mason Wright

Government to Build 200 Defense Houses in Bath This Summer

Reports indicate the Defense Housing Coordination program will erect about 200 government built homes in Bath this summer. The four to six room two story row houses will rent to defense industry employees earning moderate incomes, with rents of 25 to 40 dollars monthly. Most homes are planned for Bath with some in Brunswick, as land negotiations begin. total cost nears a million dollars.

Bath Defense Housing Co Defense Program Brunswick

Parker Head Society Notes and Local Updates

Mrs. Eugene Harrington and Mrs. Harold Rogers attended a wedding in Boston for Miss Geraldine Marks while Annette Williams and Priscilla Coombs visited friends. Marrtown sees houses being sold. John D. Libby named Parker Head truant officer. Bernard Carlson returns home after a week in Maine General Hospital with three broken ribs from a Bath house painting accident. Bates Stover undergoes surgery at Maine General Hospital in Portland and seeks a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Osgood of Perkins Island visited Mr. Taylor in Georgetown. they later toured Auburn with Fred Osgood and Cynthia Osgood meeting Boothbay residents. Osgood family members accompanied by Cynthia Osgood and Leeman Drake return to Bath. Mrs. Olive Dugay of Bath visits her daughter Mrs. Leston Harrington.

Eugene Harrington Harold Rogers Boston Geraldine Marks Annette Williams Priscilla Coombs Marrtown John D. Libby Parker Head Bernard Carlson Dix Island Bath Bates Stover Maine General Hospital Portland Osgood Perkins Island Taylor Georgetown Auburn Fred Osgood Cynthia Roland Suddz Clayton Dodge Carl Dodge Boothbay Mr. Osgood Cynthia Osgood Leeman Drake Olive Dugay Leston Harrington

Frank Pfeiffer Slipper Manufacturer Dies at Popham Beach

Word was received of the death of Frank Pfeiffer, a Worcester slipper maker. He had long visited Popham Beach with a cottage on South Beach and was well liked in Popham and Bath for his quiet pleasant manner and many friendships.

Frank Pfeiffer Worcester Pfeiffer Popham Beach South Beach Popham Bath

Rumrill Funeral Held for Charles A Rumrill

Funeral services for Charles A Rumrill of Center street extension were held Wednesday at 2 PM at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street. Rev Chester B Oliver Wesley Church officiated with bearers Charles Berry John Madden James Mitchell and William Temple. Burial followed at Bay View Cemetery Bowdoinham.

Charles A. Rumrill Center Street Extension Arthur F. Mayo High Street Chester B. Oliver Wesley Church Charles Berry John Madden James Mitchell William Temple Bay View Cemetery Bowdoinham

Tea Social Hosts and Temperance Speaker Schedule

Mrs. E. Melvin Pratt hosted a social tea Tuesday afternoon with eight guests in attendance. Mrs. Wilfred C. Trott and Mrs. Bates E. Stover assisted as hostesses. Miss Grace Leigh Scott, touring the state to deliver temperance lectures, will speak at the county convention in West Bow on May 12.

E. Melvin Pratt Wilfred C. Trott Bates E. Stover Grace Leigh Scott West Bowdoin

Miss Maud Thayer reviews books in Bath area report

Georgetown notes Maud Thayer vacationing from Woolwich, gives a book review on Europe in the Spring and Random Harvest in Portland for the Business Girl's club. She returns to Woolwich to resume school. next Saturday she attends a wedding in Rumford with Mrs and Miss Dolloff.

Maud P. Thayer Woolwich Portland Business Girl's Club Claire Booth Europe Random Harvest James Hilton Rumford Center Street Rapheal Higgins Everett Higgins Bath Andrew Rowe Mr. Higgins Rowe Georgetown Clinton

Bath summer social notes and visiting neighbors in town

Personal items from Bath note Mr and Mrs Harry J L Horne returning from vacation at their Summer Center home. Charlie McKenney of South Chelmsford Mass visits Bath. Mrs Augusta F E Rowe opens her Center cottage for Summer. Forest Legard and Bath oil truck visit West Georgetown for season start. Gilbert Gunnell and son John visit Williams home. Gunnells stay an extra week. Leon Williams family and Bedford visit West Georgetown. John MacGillivary of Five Islands visits Williams home. Susie Marr Oliver of Popham Beach stays with Carroll Powers at Robin Hood.

Harry JL. Horne Bath Charlie McKenney South Chelmsford Mass Augusta FE. Rowe the Cove Arlington Forrest Legard West Georgetown Gilbert Gunnell John Waltham Thomas N. Williams Gunnell T. N. Williams Susie Marr Oliver Popham Beach Carroll P. Powers Robinhood Vincent Davis Bath Iron Works Portsmouth Navy Yard Lloyd George Lloyd Pinkham Lermond Davis Victor Pinkham Good Neighbor Club Eddie Moulton George Kelsey Anna M. Pickard Marge Trott F. N. Gowan Rosalie Carver Henry P. McAvoy Elwood Esters Fred Howard Carver H. R. Felton Camden Seguinland George Gray Alice Cromwell Ernie Campbell Mary Louise Barbara Pinkham Baptist Church Brunswick Raymond Clark Ralph Morrison Portsmouth N. H Percy Savage Clark Winona Kathleen Woodrow Gray Melrose Allan Huntington South Danville J. G. Stevens Marion Stevens Donald Stevens Martha Trenton N. J Mr. Stevens D. R. Stevens A. W. Butler Watertown Walter E. Reid Victor Carey Carey Cottage Donald Kenney Madelyn Berry R. N Walter Berry Leominister Angus Burden Abbot Redson William Chase South Freeport Chase Maurice Pinkham P. B. Savage Portland Beulah Miller Reginald Rosalyn Pinkham William Marr Everett Cromwell Leon Williams Miss Olive Leon L. H. Rowe Williams Francis Bacon

Defense savings bonds go on sale May 1

The U S Defense Savings Bonds and Postal Savings Stamps begin sale at the post office opening May 1 as part of a national defense push. Postmaster Cahill says local plans are ready with civic leaders among first purchasers and Treasury officials urge broad public cooperation.

United States Defense Savings America Charles H. Cahill Frank C. Walker Treasury Department Defense Washington, D. C United States Daniel Chester French Morgenthau

Gay Nineties Drama At Club Garret

A Club Garret meeting featured a melodrama set in the gay nineties with Myrtle and Ruth Pratt Frothingham plus Dorothy Anliker as writer and performer. The program included a barber shop quartet and a May 8 dance plan at the Hotel Sedgwick with an entertainment committee and refreshments served after the program.

Sedgwick Adele Hutchins Dorothy Anliker Shurley Tobey Jane Stevens Moss Barbara Pitivan Barbara Young Louise Trainor Robert Lambi Patricia Hamilton Rita Cummins

Brown and Smith Guests of Wollaston Household

John Brown of Berrys Mills West Bath and Graydon Smith of West Bath have stayed a week with Walter T. Brown and Mrs. Brown at their Wollaston Massachusetts home.

John Brown E. R. Brown Berrys Mills West Bath Graydon Smith Mr. Brown Walter T. Brown Mrs. Brown Wollaston Mass

Five Islands Community News Highlights Local Visits

The Bath Iron Works figures Vincent Davis and Lermond Davis began work at the Bath yard, while Lloyd Pinkham welcomed a son born Friday at Cornish Maternity Home. A busy week covers library meetings, birthday celebrations, and numerous social visits across Bath and surrounding towns.

Bath Girl Scouts At State Capital

Bath Girl Scouts from groups 2 and 3 led by Mrs Stanley Hunter and Mrs Bowen Torrey travel to the state capital after three weeks in Bath. They visit Ayers family and relatives in Bath with a stop at Mrs Lorentsen’s home on Mechanic Street.

Bath Girl Scouts Clarence Hooyer Eunice Wanscom Judith tSayr Allston Mass Ayers Walter Kennerson Upper Washington Street Ayer Chester T. Lorentsen Lorentsen Mechanic Street

Everett W. Neal 71 Bath Iron Works foreman dies at home

Everett Winslow Neal known as Cap for 44 years at Bath Iron Works died after a long illness at 61 Pine Street Bath. He rose from ice porter to machine shop foreman under Gen. Hyde and helped on the Ammon ram Katahdin acceptance run. He is survived by wife son Alfred and daughter Phyllis, with a sister in Holden.

Everett W. Neal Bath Iron Works Pine Street Cap Everett Winslow Neal South Brewer Johnson W Mary J Bolton) Neal Penobscot Bangor Machine Co Bath Thomas Worcester Hyde Neal Boston Bath Iron Works Corp Polar Star Lode Masons Woodland Colonial Club Alfred W. Neal Phyllis Neal Ralph L. Copeland Holden

Death of Arthur S. Crockett longtime Bath resident

Arthur Stanwood Crockett age 57, a Torrey Roller Bushing Works shipper, died Sunday at his Oak Street home after a hospital stay and pneumonia scare. A Bath native, he lived in Brunswick and Bath, was a Winter Street church member, West Bath Grange, Sagadahoc Pomona, and Bath Marine Band secretary treasurer. Survived by wife Ada R. Crockett and son David.

Arthur Stanwood Crockett Torrey Roller Oak Street Mr. Crockett Bath William H Emma Schofield Crockett Brunswick Winter Street West Bath Grange Sagadahoc Pomona Bath Marine Band Crockett Ada R. Crockett American Red Cross David

Charles A Rumrill 64 Bath Box Shop employee dies

Charles A Rumrill 64 an employee of Bath Box Shop died in Memorial hospital early Monday after injuries from the prior day. Born in Bowdoinham he lived in Bath six years and on Center Street extension. He leaves two daughters Mrs Mack Weybrant and Mrs Philip Coffin of Brunswick.

Charles A. Rumrill Bath Box Shop Memorial Hospital Mr. Rumrill Bowdoinham John C Susanna Rumyrill Bath Center Street Mack Weybrant Philip Coffin Brunswick

Mrs Mabel S Cate Dies After Pneumonia

Mrs Mabel S Cate of Dresden widow of David A Cate died Saturday at Damariscotta Hospital after two days of pneumonia.

Mabel So Cate Dresden David al Cate Damariscotta Hospital Pneumona

Rev Elwyn O Taylor Dies Pastor and China Collector

Reverend Elwyn O. Taylor, former pastor of Corliss Street Baptist Church in Bath from 1920 to 1925, died Monday night in Attleboro Massachusetts. He was a Chat ham native, Newton Theological Institute graduate, and once junior pastor at Tremont Temple Boston. He served in Charlestown and Georgetown before Bath. His hobby was collecting rare English and French china. Funeral Friday at Ballantyne Read Funeral Home in Warwick Rhode Island.

Attleboro Mass Elwyn O. Taylor Corliss Street Baptist Church Ballantyne-Read Funeral Home West Warwick R. I Taylor Chatham Capt John Taylor Newton Theological Institute Harper University of Chicago France Switzerland Italy England Tremont Temple Boston George C. Lorrimer George Horace Lorrimer Saturday Evening Post Bunker Hill Charlestown Georgetown Bath Yarmouth Clarence M. Foggy Freeport

Death of 11 year old Richard M Oliver after surgery

Richard M Oliver 11, son of Alfred and the late Gladys Young Oliver, died Monday at Memorial hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Born in Bath, he leaves two Bath sisters Lena Lewis and Louise Oliver and three Bath brothers Clarence Kenneth and Donald, plus grandparents Noyes Young and Anna Oliver. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at 7 Dummer Street Court home of Lawrence Young.

Richard M. Oliver Alfred Gladys Young Oliver Dike School Memorial Hospital Bath Lena Lewis Louise Oliver Clarence Kenneth Donald Oliver Noyes Young Anna Oliver Lawrence Young Dummer Street Court

Mrs Mary Skelton Dies at 71 in Bowdoin Home

Mrs Mary Jane Campbell Skelton died Tuesday at a Bowdoin home of her son Willis after a three week illness. Widow of Leonard B Skelton she was a Nova Scotia native aged 71. She leaves two other Bowdoin sons Ray and Maurice two Bowdoin daughters Edna Card and Rachel Skelton 25 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mary Jane Campbell Skelton Willis Bowdoin Leonard B. Skelton Nova Scotia

Funeral for Mrs. Mabel S. Cate Held at Dresden Home

Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel S. Cate were held at her Dresden Center home with Rev. Tom G. Akeley officiating. Bearers included William Houdlette, Ernest Cate, Ralph Cheney, and Lawrence Gahan. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery, Dresden Mills.

Mabel S. Cate Dresden Center Tom G. Akeley Episcopal Church

Masonic Committal Service Held for George C Copeland

A committal service for George C. Copeland formerly of Bath was held Monday morning at Oak Grove cemetery. William H. Daley and Solar lodge officers conducted the service over Copeland’s ashes after his death in New York last week.

George C. Copeland Bath New York Oak Grove Cemetery William H. Daley Solar Lodge

Robinsons Reunite as Family Plans Panama Passage

Joseph A Robinson of North Jath recently arrived in Panama and is now at Cristobal C C. He is a pipe fitter formerly with B I W Corp. Mrs Robinson and son Joseph Thomas plan to sail aboard the S S Panama from New York in about a month to join him.

Joseph A. Robinson North Jath Panama Cristobal C. C Robinson Robison B. I. W. Corp

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