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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1942
Page
6
Dike P T A met in the teachers room Tuesday with pupil speakers reporting war efforts. The program featured grades VII to VI with songs plays and poems and defense stamp and scrap drive notes. Mrs. Horne directed the program. Mrs. Mocklar led the business session.
Miss Berthena Thompson of New London and Lyle W. Acre of Elsie Mich. were married at the bride’s sister’s home in Bangor at seven Sunday evening. The ceremony was by Rev. Chester B. Oliver with a double ring. The bride wore soldier blue silk crepe and carried American Beauty roses. Attendants wore powder blue and corsages of swainsona. The couple will reside at 1404 Washington Street after a Bangor reception and trip to Elsie. Out-of-town guests included relatives from Bangor, New London, Topsham and Bath.
More than 100 Sagadahoc County men departed Bath on Wednesday and Thursday for Army induction with 21 leaving the 10:03 train to Fort Devens Massachusetts. A Thursday morning group boarded for Portland for examinations with Rev Joseph O Purdue leading the local draft board.
Mrs Martin D Freeman of 204 Washington Street hosted a Tuesday afternoon tea celebrating Mr Freeman's mother Mrs Frank Freeman who visits Rutland Vermont after a week in town. Guests included Mrs David S Cogan Mrs Joseph Epstein and others. Colleen DeLong engagement to David Cressey announced at a surprise farewell party for Mr Cressey who leaves for Camp Devens.
West Bath Grange held a Halloween party after its weekly meeting with Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant directing and Mrs. Edward B. Hamblett handling refreshments. A ghost host welcomed guests, fortune telling occurred, and apple bobbing plus games entertained attendees.
The Winter Street Men's club prepares a lobster stew supper at 6 30 in the social parlors of Winter Street church. Mel Haggett and a committee including Carl Albee Charles Doyle Allen Irish Rev Joseph Purdue Levi Steward and Harry Walters organize the event with USO aid and films by Andrew Danielson and Henry Trowbridge. Invited are Bath Lions and Bath Rotary clubs. attendees include traveling men and others in the city seeking fellowship.
James A. Gillies Jr announces Governor Sewall appoints Miss Eleanor Webster as controller of the local district warning center. Webster has supervised the center since April and is the first woman in the state to hold the post. The center relies on 105 active volunteers and may implement two-woman day shifts. More volunteers needed, especially for daytime hours.
Ministers association met at Central church to discuss church census and ongoing Sunday services for soldiers. Harland A. Ladd urged Bath schools to expand hours and align prep for armed service or wartime industry, citing teacher shortages and need for church and parental support.
Rev and Mrs F L Littlefield of Boothbay Harbor announce the engagement of their daughter Arlene Evelyn Littlefield to David Terry Pardee Jr of Rutherford New Jersey. Arlene a Morse high school and UNC Chapel Hill alumna active in theatre and journalism. Pardee a Rutherford High and University of Tennessee Medical School graduate a sergeant major in the Royal Canadian Air Force now in U S Navy Air Corps training. No wedding date set.
The wedding of Miss Alice Mae Flewelling daughter of William O Flewelling and the late Mrs Flewelling and Frank Stanley Adams took place Wednesday night at Grace Episcopal church with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating. A reception followed at the home of Mrs Edith Larson Oak Street. Adams is a son of Mrs H Ruth Adams and Carlton E Adams of Freeport.
Mrs Fred Hayward of North Bath passed away Saturday in Portland. The obituary notes her life with family, and local neighbors extend condolences.
Advertises immediate openings for a Rawleigh route serving 800 families in Kennebec and East Lincoln Counties. Seeks reliable men with no experience. offers good profits. Apply to Rawleigh's Albany New York department MBK-141-7, 11-5-11p.
Bowdoinham reports a Halloween party at Bishop School with student performances and treats. Other items include Elmer Curtis pleading guilty to reckless driving in Topsham, Bowdoinham Red Cross making 500 surgical dressings, fundraising for Bowdoinham service members, a birthday visit in Portland, a Baptist church costume party, and various local meetings and visits.
Mr and Mrs Raymond M Clark of upper Washington street observe their 25th wedding anniversary at home. Clark has been ill and convalescing after surgery. friends sent cards flowers and gifts. The couple wed November 3 1917 in North Street parsonage with Rev Samuel A Evans.
General hospital Portland reports a patient returned home Monday. Mr and Mrs Wallace Hunte left Tuesday for a short visit in Boston. Miss Mildred Hamor of Biddeford visited Bath over the weekend as guest of Miss Rut Watson at 407 Washington Street. Miss Hamor teaches in Biddeford and attended the Maine Teachers Association Fall meeting in Lewiston before coming to Bath.
Master Louis Young Jr of 1303 Washington Street returns home Sunday after a school vacation with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Alber Reed of Bristol and his cousin Mrs Byron Pitcher of Damaris Cotta.
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