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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1944

Page

3

Organ Society and local clubs meet in Wiscasset

The Organ Society met at Miss Carolyn Varney’s Washoe street home on Oct 26 with small turnout due to rain and illness. The group plans weekly meetings until Christmas sale. Hostesses included Miss Varney and several others. Next Woman’s club meeting set for Nov 3 with Superintendent Harold B. Clifford as guest speaker. White Elephant club hosted by Mrs Hattie Mosher on Warren street with pot luck and sewing for the Christmas sale. Marco club held a Halloween party Oct 23 at the Dodge home with 18 members in costume. Lt. Paul Hutchins attended, welcomed by Veron ica Dodge and Vincent Hitler. Bernard McFadden won a costume prize. The article also lists Academy students earning A grades across grades.

Organ Society Sar Bce Te Church Carolyn S. Varney Washoe Street Miss Varney Antoinette Plumstead Edith Hutchins Carrie Ey Iron Bridge Woman's Club of Wiscasset Henry W. Webble High Street Harold B. Clifford Boothbay Harbor North Edgecomb White Elephant Club Hattie Mosher Warren Street Nellie Munsey Ruth Wickham Sue Bailey Fannie Adams Viola Adams Alberta Larrabee Federal Street Vera Haggett Louise Blagdon Marco Club Stanley W. Dodge Paul Midte Albert Bailey Bernard McFadden Leland Foster Leland Brown Richard Barker Clinton Harris Vincent Reed Paul Hutchins Veronica Dodge Vincent Hitler Hutchins Bernard Mc Foster Hilton Hall Andrew Wilband Summer Street Fort Lauderdale Fla Ernest Colby Lennox House Main Street Wilband Earle Pulsifer Foster Charles Hendrickson West Anna C. J. DiPerri New York Washington Street Boston Daniel Clishey Haggett Building Main Middle Streets Elsie Blagdon Portland Wesley C. Day Depositors Trust Martha Kaler Richard Augusta Kalers Leeman Potter Alan Pease Harvey R. Pease Lincoln Bradford C. Redonnett Hodge Street Ruth Kelliher Wiscasset Academy Thomaston High School Henry W. Webb William T. Cost Philip Cowen Upper James Higgins Howard P. Bourne Newcastle Weathersfield Conn Neal Creamer Davis Island Connecticut William Woodfield St. Andrew's Hospital Samuel J. Sewall Everett F_ Jackson Jean Hutchins Robert Dead Ordnance Department Brunswick Naval Station Simon D. Crosby Rockland Water Street Zina Davis Boothbay Aes Pease Albert Gallouphd Hallowell Dr . Island Stanley W Dodge Resmond Farmer Oral A & P Grace McFadcen Harriett Jackson Dorothy Ames Barbara Miche Lewis Tarr Bats B. C. Bedennett Susie Bean Mabel McPhee Herman

Armistice Day Dance Supports Christmas Boxes

Bradford Soltner Wright Post and Auxiliary raise funds by selling tickets for an Armistice Day dance to help cover the cost of sending about 200 Christmas boxes to local men and women in military service. 80 boxes have been packed and mailed overseas. plans call for more boxes to go out late November and early December.

Bradford-So7tner-Wright Post American Legion and Auxiliary Armed Service Legion and Auxiliary Red Men's Hall Nina Gavett Florence Macqueston Teresa Abbott Helen Haggett Sarah Bradford Commander MacQueston George Gavett Roland Abbott Lawrence B. Haggett Paul Hutch Ne Quartermaster Corps New York Vincent C. Reed May Sherman Walter Richard Fresno Calif Air Corps Pushard Herbert Pushard Ray R. Marston Lawrence H. Marston Malden Mass Mary Hunnewell Woolwich Antoinette Plumstead Federal Street Billie Ingram Ralph Harvey Wiscasset Academy Miles Memorial Hospital Damariscotta Ina Emery Saco

Community notes from Gardiner and Wiscasset events

Seavey and family from Gardiner attend Huntoon Hill Farm Breau bi monthly meeting on Oct 24 with 25 members. Hallowe en party at Hunton Hill grange. prizes awarded to Blanche Fowle and Charles Dunton. War Chest drive in Wiscasset a success. Sgt Bradford Redonnett to radar training in Florida. Weston Nichols visiting. Mrs Etta Stimpson dies at 88 in Bath. funeral in Bath. Erville Meserve promoted to sergeant while stationed in England.

Huntoon Hill Farm Breau Olive Dow Sarah Bradford Gladys Sherman Ida Shea Hunton Hill Grange Hall Lucile Leighton Blanche Fowle Charles Dunton Carl Barnes Geneva Sherman Wiscasset May Sherman Bradford C. Redonnett USAAF Chanute Field Boca Raton Fla Sgt. Redennett Jane E. Wing Bath Florida Weston C. Nichols Mr. Nichols South Glastonbury, Conn Etta Stimpson William E. Stimpson Lester Munsey Stimpson Skowhegan Isaac Wall Dresden St. Philip's Church George G. Chiera Greenlawn Lesta Meserve Erville England

Dresden social notes reference multiple local guests and events

Mr and Mrs George Morris and daughter Carol of South Portland visited relatives in Dresden. Carolyn Sheldon stayed with Mrs Houdlette in Farmingdale for the State Teachers convention in Lewiston. Sunday sermon at M E church titled Making Character. Malcolm Bailey entered the Army in Florida. Various other visits and family announcements across Gardiner Wiscasset and Jamaica Plain including Patricia Ann Babcock born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Babcock.

George Morris Carol South Portland Oscar Bailey Carolyn Sheldon A. A. Houdlette Farmingdale Lewiston M. E Clayton Mayers Massachusetts Malcolm Bailey Florida Cora Gahan Fred Emerson Margaret Gardiner Dorothy Bowman Harold Bickford George Carrol Sproul Wiscasset Walter Rittall Walter, Jr Arline Dorothy New York

Mrs Margery Coleman Offen Bath Street Headed for Week Away

Mrs Margery Coleman of Bath street was a passenger on the train Tuesday morning. She visits her friend Mrs Alice Baker of Norwood who has a Summer home in Georgetown. She is a voice teacher and has sung at Central church services. Mrs Coleman will be away one week.

Margery Coleman Bath Street Alice Baker Norwood Georgetown Central Church

Fisher on Vacation From Bath Iron Works Duties

Atonzo Fisher of Park Street is taking vacation from his duties in the Bath Iron Works machine shop. He plans to spend part of the time in North Vassalboro while he hunts, guesting with his wife’s sister Mrs Arthur Clowes of that town.

Atonzo Fisher Park Street Bath Iron Works Vassalboro Arthur Clowes

Bay Point Community Notes and Fire Aid Acknowledgment

Forest Drake aided at a Frank Arsenault home fire by removing belongings and carrying water until Bath apparatus arrived, injuring a hand breaking in a locked door. A bay area moose pair was seen near Sagadahoc Bay causing minor alarm. Sympathy is offered to Donald Avery on Mrs. Avery’s death. Various local residents and visitors are noted including Walter Delano on leave, Mrs. Forrest Drake’s Brockton visit, Audrey Pinkham visiting Yar mouth Academy, and other social mentions.

Forrest Drake Frank Arsenault Bath Drake Sagadahoc Bay Donald Avery Avery Bay Point New Haven Conn Audrey Pinkham Yarmouth Academy Walter Cunningham Walter, Jr Elton M Groomsbridge Boston Leroy Moore Edward and Earl Whitney James Clifford Edward Hughes Joseph Donovan Birchwood

Former Morse High student marries former Morse student

Announcement recalls the marriage of Ensign Glenn H. Easton Jr. USNR and Miss Jeanne Mulhall at St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor Michigan on Saturday September 16 The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Fitzgerald of Ann Arbor The groom is son of Omar Glenn H Easton Sr USN Ret and Mrs Easton of 923 Forest Ave Ann Arbor former Bath residents Easton a Morse class of 1936 president of his class later entered Annapolis and Navy career The couple and family have a Summer home on China Lake in Vassalboro

Ensign Glenn H. Easton, Jr USNR Jeanne Mulhall Ann Arbor Mich St. Andrew's Episcopal Church William Fitzgerald Omar Glenn H. Easton USN Easton Forest Avenue Bath Ensign Easton Morse High Morse Naval Academy At Annapolis Cmdr. Easton Naval Department of the Bath Iron Works R. D. Bibber Front Street Washington, D. C Pacific Coast U. S. Naval Training Station Princeton University N. J John C. Gilmore Maine General Hospital Portland Bath Road Edith Weston Paul J. M. Gowdey Montsweag A. A. Stott Portsmouth N. H Harry Mosher Wiscasset Albert Temple Sally Grant Jean Leonard River Road Howard McNeil Hare North Woolwich Providence R. I Robert Nolen Corinna Mr. Temple Ella Temple Bowdeinham Merle Jameson Merleen Keith Harry Muckler Clifton Mary- Martha State Grange Alton Berry Montsweag Road Bill Gowdey U.S. A Camp Reynolds Camp Dix

Woolwich First Baptist services and local notices

Woolwich and Montsweag churches hold morning services with Mrs. J M Gowdey presenting Abraham the Faithful. Evening programs and Ladies Aid meetings announced. Numerous local visits, social events, and a waste paper drive extension to Nov 15 noted along with Boy Scout organization efforts and a statewide teachers meeting attendance.

First Baptist Church Woolwich Center J M. Gowdey Abraham the Faithful Church School B.Y.F Sarah Bagley Wright Woolwich and Wiscasset Baptist Church Montsweag J. M. Gowdey Abraham the Ladies Aid of Center J. M. Gowday

Nequasset Auxiliary Holds All Day Session

Nequasset Auxiliary met Thursday at Mrs. Pamelia Shaw’s home with 18 members present including long-absent Mrs. Amelia Williams. Aprons were the day’s work and a future supper was planned. Dinner committee: Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Jordan Wright, Mrs. Maurice Hathorne. Illary will be at Mrs. Ethel Bailey’s home on Nov 9.

Nequasset Pamelia Shaw Amelia Williams Shaw Jordan Wright Maurice Hathorne Illary Ethel Bailey

Penni man family relocates to Bluff Road area

Mr and Mrs Silas E Penniman and Mrs Amanda A Penniman move from Pemaquid Beach to 86 Bluff Road. He works as a machinist at Bath Iron Works.

Silas E. Penniman Amanda A. Penniman Bluff Road Pemaquid Beach Bath Iron Works

West Bath PTA to Meet At Lowell School

West Bath P T A will meet on November 17 at the Lowell school with Mrs Robert Coombs in charge and a guest speaker. West Bath Sewing group met at the grange hall for Red Cross sewing with many members listed. Next Winter meeting set for December 3 at the home of Mr and Mrs John H McNary.

West Bath P.T.A Lowell School Robert Coombs West Bath Sewing Group Grange Hall Red Cross Atttending Melvin Comeau Herbert Cavanaugh Annie Towle Howard Mc Ronald F. W. Larrabee Harry Peterson Llewellyn Rogers Harvey Flewelling Bath John H. McNary John Perkins Gertrude Greenleaf Howard Carlton Arrowsie Juliet Carlton Chester Kelsea Georgetown Burll Hallett Woolwich Ed Murphy Dresden Perkins Irving Burnham Albert Pinkham George Melzard N. Garrett

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Academy Jed Colby Clara Dow Walter Dow Elaine Monre Marilyn Petrie Richard Reid Carlene Shea Robert Adams Keith Bachelder Valeria Bean Ronald Hodgdon Billie Ingraham Helen Knight Donald Munsey Eliot Munsey Aurolyn Rines Bertha Wakefield Marilyn Bailey Raymond Dalton Harold Downey Marjorie Holbrook Polly Jackson Barbara Merry Wilberta Nichols Geneva Shermen Shirley Wakefield Ray Calnan Stanley Dalton Lillian Eastman Verne Farmer Mary Fahey Evelyn Gorham Alberta Grover Rebecca Grover Robert Grover Ruth Jackson Shirley Potter Earl Wright Fadden Girma Albert Baley Albert J. Bailey Pfe Parker Foye Fort Devens Maurice Foye Wilsow William L. Heigham MM J.c Ins Brighton Robert H Heigham William B Lewis Charles Normson Katherine Pinkham Nave Bradford Co Hodge Strod Clifton Redannet Bristol Cacety Barstow Redonne Joe Marsh Tim Sears Sam Abernethy Sam Tim Brewing Industry Foundation Maine Frank MH. Holley Main ST Waterville Seavey Gerard Billington Lark Street Bangor Robert Billington War Prison Stalag Luft No. 3 Germany Martha Charlton B. Charlton Los Angeles International Woolwich Grange Hall Florence Temple Chopps School Frederick Huff Alberta Seigars Mary-Martha Muckler Helen Condon Roberta Ames Herbert Condon Hayden Temple Alice Galvin Lend National Dairy Council West Bath Cora Hanson Lynn Yyra Medcalf George Jaquith Earl Wing Marshall Boudreau David Albert White E. A. Eastman Reading Scott Ward C. Nelson Ernest Ward Lawrence Burnham Donald Fogg Albert White, Jr Howard Bubier David Boudreau Mary Deehan Patty Booker Edward Burns Philip Frankie Donnell Perry Thompson City Hall Bill Deehan Stanley Haley Brunswick Warren Babbidge Islesboro Elizabeth Condon Lowell East Dryrington F. Deehan Courtney Stover Larrabee Grove Bill Bailey Billy Ketchum North Carolina Allan MacAllister White House Pentagon Building Washington Monument Marshall White San Bruno Edna Chadbourne Herbert Hopkins Vern Wakefield Dexter Percy Holbrook Daniel Gaudette Digby Nova Scotia Dennis Gaudette Marshal Boudreau Stanley Williams Francensa Bingham Ernest Williams Wendall Williams Myra Medcalf Charles Dunham Carroll Wing Burton Wing Tokyo Calvin Wing Italy Arthur Bermuda Robert Waterman Westport Charlies Grove Auburn Rufus W. Lombard Nancy Natick Patricia Wing Robinson City the Times Coo
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