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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
4
The Richmond area held multiple Easter programs and services at churches including Methodist, Baptist, and Episcopal, with organ preludes, anthems, sermons, and children's recitals. Community groups met for socials and demonstrations, a 60th wedding anniversary observed in Pittsfield, and local members noted hospital stays, travels, and deaths among residents.
The Juvenile Grange met at Enterprise Grange Hall in Richmond on Tuesday evening. Glenn White led the gathering with nine membership applications presented and a new drill team formed. Lectures included recitations, piano and song performances, Easter themes, and a plan for rehearsals, with next meeting set for April 2.
Enterprise Grange Richmond held Tuesday evening. Six candidates received the first and second degrees and three new applications were read. Next meeting will confer the degrees again. Ladies Aid gave a birthday surprise to Albert Brunell with a gift and three cakes.
Town voters will decide after the school committee and Selectmen present options for handling a pupil surplus at Center school. A proposed saving favors an alternative to building a new schoolhouse even with federal grants. Also reported are Easter services at First Baptist, Morris Levine’s craft prize in New York, and the burial of Louise Grace Scott with detailed family ties and sympathies.
Mr and Mrs Howard Fletcher of Belmont Massachusetts visited their Center cottage for Easter and returned Monday. Frank and Harry Heald are painting interior at William A Todd home. Howard M Trafton ill at Rudolph Trafton's Portland home. Walter Cummings cut a foot last week when an axe struck his toes. four stitches needed.
The Winter Street Auxiliary held a Tuesday evening screening of two technicolor films Friction Fighters and News in the Air shown through Stanley Dana Corp of Portland. Hostesses included Mrs. Charles Baker Mrs. Archie E Doyle Mrs. Addison F Pendleton Mrs. George J Goodwin and Mrs. William Potter. The next meeting is set for April 9 with the Men's club as supper guests. committee in charge comprises Mrs. J. Albert Redson Mrs. Russell M Colby Mrs. Robert P. Manson Mrs. Frank P. Perry and Mrs. Harry B. Williams.
The funeral of Oscar W. Jones, 30, was conducted Wednesday morning at ten in the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence on High street. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers were George Cramp L Farle LeMont Almon Otis EF Melvin Pratt. The body was entombed and later to be moved to Farmington for burial in the spring.
A cast of 61 pupils will perform in Morse High School's Mohiba event with two nights of the show and a culminating Mohiba ball at the gym Friday. The Talent Parade, directed by Miss Amy A. Irish and Miss Alma S. Kirkpatrick, lists 60 names from the high school and four from grade schools Royden Haines Ramona Haines Jean Stanton Beverly Curran as participants.
The talking motion picture "Golgotha" will be shown at Winter Street church Friday evening under the Ladies' Auxiliary sponsorship. It depicts Christ life and crucifixion and is praised as the greatest of its kind. The film tours America by request of civic, religious and educational leaders and visits Bath for one night only.
The Dunlap Commandery K T staged a successful Easter ball in the new State armory Monday night with 75 couples in the grand march led by Carl E Albee and wife. Guests included Dr David L Wilson and Mrs Wilson from Maine and Lieut Joseph A Butler and Mrs Butler of Battery H 240th C A. Waiie Akins orchestra provided music and a Battery H drill squad performed. Dancing continued past midnight with a 10:30 intermission.
Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt led an Easter service Sunday afternoon in the Masonic temple at the invitation of Dunlap commandery K T. Eminent Commander Carl E. Albee introduced him while the Corliss street church choir, with pianist Francis McPherson, performed. The roll of departed members was read by Prelate John Wishar, listing Leroy Burnham Melvin B. Hodgdon Greenieut W Mayo and Joseph Wexler. Taps were sounded by David Henderson.
Pupils at Weeks Street school with perfect attendance for the second term include Grade 7 students George Burgon Norma Cummings Jo Dowling Pearl Hathorne Edward Kerwin Hilton Libby Harry McNeil Lucien Tardiff Maxine Tinney Billy Tinney and Grade 6 pupils Albert Berry Barbara Bracey Melvin Cornish Robert Puller Donald Hopkins Patricia Kerwin Bertram Mille. George B Gillespie Lewiston taxi operator dies at 60 after six months in C M G hospital. born 1880 in Byron. founded Lewiston taxi business in 1912 and later worked as a salesman for Kemper Thomas. He was a member of Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Neighbors. A four-year-old German shepherd mascot owned by Howard Pease Jr of Farmington rides on the car roof and braces on fast trips.
Mrs Orman L. Coggeshall presided at the Maine Progressive Union gathering in Freeport Women's club rooms. Cosmopolitan club member Joan Parker spoke on current events and the European situation. Maurice Sullivan of Acadia National Park Service discussed the park and displayed photography of scenery and wildlife. Attendees included numerous Cosmopolitan and Winnegance Community Club members.
Maine's oldest handtub the Medomak of Waldoboro built in 1829 was moved to Bath Sunday morning. Bath men organize the Medomak Veteran Firemen's Association to operate the engine and compete this summer alongside the Sagadahock. Foremen Cookson and Sagadahock lead the crew with members from Bath West Bath Woolwich and others. A meeting is set Friday at 7 30 pm in the Sagadahock VFA quarters.
Miss Alice Henderson 25 instructor at Wentworth Hospital Dover NH died after a Friday night crash on Route 1 in Scarborough Maine. She drove a car that struck a stalled truck on a hill and died of chest hemorrhages at Maine General Hospital.
Ruth Williams plays Russian song on piano as Bath Girl Scouts train in games volleyball and a pantomime A Girl Scout Is King to Animals. New members study Girl Scout law while patrols plan exhibits and sales for April Jane Doe troop discussions cover Children’s Crusade for Children and a poem The Wanderers by Josephine Bacon reflects charitable focus.
Mr and Mrs Sewall Strout and Miss Rosa Miller of Malden Mass returned Monday after a visit over Easter with Mr Strout s sister Mrs Elmer W Rogers. High street.
James Stacy Stevens 75, former dean emeritus of the University of Maine College of Arts and Sciences, died in Winter Park, Florida. A Lima New York native and Rochester graduate, he joined Maine in 1891 as a physics professor, founded the electrical engineering department, became dean in 1905, retired 1932, and later earned honorary degrees. He chaired Phi Kappa Phi, served as its President General 1919-1923, and led multiple scholarly and community organizations.
Mrs Harriet E Potter 72 widow of Bradford G Potter longtime Sagadahoc Ferry store keeper died Monday morning at grandson Bradford P Belanger home in Woolwich after a long illness with complications. Born in Woolwich to Charles and Lucy Harrison Savage she lived in town all her life and leaves two great grandchildren.
Oscar W Jones died Monday afternoon at age 66 after an ill turn. He lived in the city for 20 years and worked as a painter. Born in Lowell Massachusetts he was a son of Charles F Jones and the late Mrs. Jones. Survived by two sons Earlon Jones Newtonville Mass and Carl Kempton Somerville Mass, one daughter Mrs Gladys Hagermer Portland, two brothers Arthur Jones Wilton and George Jones Lowell Mass.
William A Read 78 longtime Bath Iron Works employee died Thursday at the State Odd Fellows Home in Auburn. Native of Lewiston he also worked at the Charlestown Navy Yard and belonged to Lincoln lodge Odd Fellows and Solar lodge Masons in Bath. He is survived by a sister Mrs Susie Willis of Lewiston.
Bath friends mourn the death of Miss Helen Lenox Campbell of Oakland California on March 22. Campbell formerly resided in Bath and is remembered by many older residents, along with her sister Mrs Harry Benner formerly Miss Henri Anna Campbell.
Delegates Arrowsie Mrs James S McFarland Bath Mrs Gardiner R Deering Miss Bessie E Dickinson Miss Grace P Dickinson Mrs William T Donnell Mrs Reginald S Farnham Thomas L Grindell Ernest B Heald Justus H Miller Arthur K Purington Mrs Edmund A Rothwell Harold J Rubin Harold P Small Frank H Turner Stanley E Wallace Bowdoin Herbert Ames Bowdoinham Cora Denham Mary T Nealey Philip C Nealey Georgetown Seward P Emmons Phippsburg Winfield W Morse Richmond Wallace Gardner Roy Gilpatrick Charles W Messenger Joseph W Randlette Mrs Georgia Wakefield Mrs Sadie Wood Topsham Sherwood Aldrich John L Jack Arthur B Johnson John Tarbox Harold Willis West Bath Earle C Donnell Woolwich Mrs Mazilla Gilmore Garret J Galvin Eben Dana Alternates Bowdoin Mrs Florence Merryman Bowdoinham J Hall Denham W Gray Mrs Charles B Randal Phippsburg Mrs Winfield W Morse Woolwich Mrs Albion L Corliss Mrs Eben Dana Samuel Moore
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