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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1943

Page

8

Bath Memorial Hospital nursing graduates Thursday night

Graduation exercises for the Student nurses of Bath Memorial Hospital will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 in Morse High School auditorium. The entire nursing staff will attend to celebrate the awarding of diplomas to the members of the graduating class. Mrs. Saradon Thexter of Portland is among the honorees with ties to local residents. The ceremony features addresses by Dr. Lanai and others, with music by the hospital orchestra.

Bath Memorial Morse High School Cere Saradon Thexter Portland Freder H. Kimball Hier Urinz Coonan Tosxert Tate Lanai

West Bath Grange Holds Eighteen Final Degrees

Mrs Sewall presided at a West Bath Grange meeting where eighteen members received final degrees and retired officers included Mrs Lewhart, Mrs Weather, and Mrs Resene MacFattem. A detailed program featured lectures, reports, and a church service planned for the following Sunday.

Fighteen West Bath Grange

Osmo Garden Club Basket Luncheon Recap

The Osmo Garden Club held a basket luncheon with members discussing club activities. Remarks praised members like Mrs Harro Muslinchy and Mrs Fre Isash while planning for the upcoming year and noting donations and attendance at the event.

Osmo Garden Club

Club Meeting Brings Humor and Interest to Members

Mrs nartes Kinees delivered a light talk on future topics while Mrs Morti Powech read two amusing programs. The gathering entertained attendees and featured offset fees discussed by the group in a social club setting.

Birthday Party Honors Miss Boucher On Seventeenth

Miss Marie Boucher celebrated her seventeenth birthday Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Ed wed B Mambkeit on Floral Street. Guests enjoyed dancing, a decorated cake, and a light supper with assorted cookies and punch. The event honored the young honoree with music by the Vactroija and warm thanks to Mrs. Hamblett for hosting.

Marie Boucher Francis Boucher Floral Street Edwed Sumner Sewall Mames Thamage Nuum Hamblett Mase Boucher Jeter Sewall Aiiaar Miss Boucher Mewburys Aliee Larson Amelia Bourzeon Lloas McAllister Arline Carr Fern Boucher Dorothy Carr Barbara Perry Gertrude Boucher Fay Summers Marilyn Bouget Connie Barter Phyllis Baster Allen McAllister Billy Ketchum Allen White Dennis Meadum Joe Hart Red Seneca Harold Davis Morris Grimmerd Armene Bernier Oscar Paradis Eugene Burgess Leonard Boucher Hamibjiett

Rotarians Hear of Teacher Shortage and War Time Pressures

Earle Hutchinson, Maine director of Secondary Schools, spoke at the Sedgwick Rotary luncheon on the difficulty of staffing schools during wartime. He warned that teacher shortages threaten discipline and interest as Defense work draws workers, noting Maine lost about 1,000 teachers and that many schools closed or relied on underqualified staff. Hutchinson praised student efforts to support war bonds, stamps, scrap drives, and other drives.

Rotars Club Earle Hutchinson Maine Sedgwick Army Navy Mets Hutetunmsun Bath Wiseman Farm Bates Mass Adelaide Campbell E. F. Campbell High Street Robert Steele George Bradford Meetrose Mass Asn

Miller Putts Wed at Wesley Methodist Church Parsonage

Howard G Miller USN and Mast Martha Alice Putt of Fort Wayne Ind were married Monday evening at six at Wesley Methodist church parsonage Rev Chester B Oliver officiating The single ring ceremony was used Attending were Albert H Shipley USN of Pittsburgh Pa and Miss Mary Moody employed at the Bath Works Corp They announced plans for Miss Muriel Grace to return to Bath within a few days Grace traveled with her mother Mrs William Grace to St Petersburg Fla and to New York City prior to the visit Also with Grace were Mrs J Leslie Coombs of Reading Mass formerly of this city who later returned home

Howard G Miller Martha Alice Putt Fort Wayne Ind Wesley Methodist Church Parsonage Chester B. Oliver Albert H. Shipley USN Pittsburgh Mary Moody Bath From Works Corp Muriel Grace Bath Formantss St. Petersburg Flz William Grace New York City Miss Grace J. Leslie Coombs Reading Mass

Miss Ruth Ann Murphy Weds Robert H. Stone Jr in Bath

Miss Ruth Ann Murphy daughter of Mr and Mrs James Murphy of 9 Bailey Street Bath became the bride of Robert H. Stone Jr of Newark New Jersey in a 11 o'clock Saturday morning ceremony at the Central Congregational church parsonage. Rev Raymond G Putnam performed the ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Newark.

Ruth Ann Murphy James Murphy Bailey Street Robert H. Stone, Jr Newark N. J This City Central Congregational Church Raymond G. Putnam Barbara Trott Ronald Stone Miss Trott Woride Morse High Bath Savings Institution Robert H. Stone Court Street Bath Iron Works de Laval Steam Turbine Co Trenton N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Stone Left Immediately After the Wedding For Newark, N. J Bath

M'Carthy Pinkham Wedding At Bayonne

Mrs. Jacob Wheeler of 19 Corliss Street attended the wedding of her niece Miss Anna Pinkham to Lieut. John J. McCarthy Jr. in Bayonne New Jersey. The couple hosted a reception at the Pinkham home and honeymooned with the bride’s grandfather in North Berwick before heading to Fort Jackson South Carolina.

Jacob Wheeler Corliss Street New York City Bayonne N. J Anna Pinkham John J. McCarthy, Jr Earle Pinkham West 41St Street McCarthy North Berwick Merritt Pinkham Arrowsic Doubling Point U.S. Army Fort Jackson S. C Lieut. McCarthy

Past Ladies' Club Meets Monday Night

Past Ladies club of Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Duely on Rose Street for the regular monthly meeting hosted by Mrs. Emma Daley and Mrs. Maude Clark. Contract bridge and flinch were played with prizes awarded to Mrs. Lucy Perry, Mrs. Mary Curtis, Mrs. Sadie Savage, and Mrs. Amelia Mitchell. Ice cream and cake were served. The June meeting will be at Mrs. Frances Clark on Upper Washington Street.

Myrtle Lodge Odd Ladies Emma Daley Maude Clark Duely Rose Street Lucy Perry Mary Curtis Sadie Savage Amelia Mitchell Frances Clark Upper Washington Street John Hunt Lizzie Belle Chaney Lucelia Blake Jennie Oliver Ameila Mitchell

Farm and city shore property listings offered by Fred B Reed Co

Real estate listings advertise buying and selling farm and city shore properties by Fred B Reed Company Man Stanley E Wallace at 93 Front Street Bath. Telephone number provided.

City Shore Fred B. Reed Co Stanley E. Wallace Front St . Bath Tel Ata

Bowdoinham Wedding and Local News Highlights

Miss Charlotte White married Corp. Walter Potter in a Bowdoinham Baptist church ceremony performed by Rev. A. M. Craig. Attendees included relatives from Augusta Sabattus and South Paris. The event featured period dress, a reception at the bride’s home, and gifts of Maine quartz pendants. Other items note Ardene E. Grant’s fine for an overloaded truck, a death in West Gardiner, a birth in Brunswick, and local personal notices and arrivals.

Baptist Bowdoinham Ridge Charlotte White Corp Walter Potter A. M. Craig Phyllis White Lois White Augusta Clifford Miller Malden Mass Jack Gates South Paris Lawrence Potter Sabattus Marshall White Bowdeinham Neil Bishop Edward White Potter Bowdoinham Richmond High School University of Maine Phi Kappa Phi Phi Beta Kappa West Paris Sabattus High School Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Zeta-Honorary Agricultural Society Fort Benning Maine Guy Williams Webster Bickford Lisbon Charles White Clinton Thurlow David White John Ingraham Wilmington Del Arthur Potter Ardene E. Grant Auburn James H. Ames Sidney Gray West Gardiner William Wood Gilbert Wildes Brunswick Hospital Elmer Allen Ralph McEwen Jacob Barter Gardiner General Hospital

West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Local Extension Talks

West Bath Farm Bureau members met with Mrs Edward K Thompson and Edna M Cobb of the University of Maine Extension Service to discuss food production farm labor programs and home management. The gathering covered gardening duties apparel farming volunteers and the Emergency Farm Service while noting upcoming canning conferences and a July program on sewing and storage. Private Harold Bubar arrived from Los Angeles for a short leave with his wife at the Pearson home.

West Bath Edward K. Thompson Edna M. Cobb University of Main Doris McCready Cobb Victor Thompson Willian Davis Oscar Adams Th County Extension Service Grange Hall William A Coombs Bath Street Bath Walter Marco Adams Robert Coombs E. C Donnell E. W. Haggett L. D. Small Perry L Thompson E. E. Whittemore Pfe Harold Bubar USA Los Angeles Ard Olof Pearson Hinckle Street Bubar Desert Trainin Center Buba Caribe Newport Durin Pribar Bom California

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