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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1945

Page

4

Armistice Day service set for First Congregational Church

On Sunday morning Rev 11 will lead the annual union Armistice Day service at the First Congregational church at 11 o clock with Rev Cornelius E Clark LHD new superintendent of the Congregational Christian Conference of Maine as preacher. Local patriotic groups invited.

First Congregational Church Cornelius E. Clark LHD Oliver Powell National Pilgrim Fellowship Raymon B. Sherman Lincoln Home Newcastle

Woolwich Community Church Notices and Local Happenings

Woolwich Center Baptist church holds 10 am service with Mrs J M Gowdey sermon Doing What You Cant. B Y F meets 6 45 pm led by Robert Baker. Dedication of flags and new hymn books at 7 30 with special music. Various area clubs and residents host meetings and visits including Day's Ferry Union service at 10 30 am with Rev Milliken and Thelma Overlock. Deputy and family news noted.

Woolwich Center J. M. Gowdy Harold Bailey Westport Ferry South Woolwich Volunteer Fire Society Major Robert Doe Robert Sutter Day's Ferry Community Club Herbert Munsey Woolwich Teachers’ Club Sagadahoe Ferry Louise Reynolds Spaulding Haley Woolwich Nequasset Church William Fogg Henry Dubar Daisy Elwell Mary Dodge May Gilmore Hazel Presley Margaret Beck Alice Baker Ruth Dubar William Robson Genesta Carter Eugene Beck Orville Lozier Maine Congregational Conference World Order Day's Ferry Congregational Church Day's Ferry Lowell W. Milliken Thelma Overlock All Souls Church Bangor

Bath Nurses Guests In Wiscasset Home

A Bath Memorial hospital group visited Mr and Mrs Clarence Blagdon in Wiscasset for a birthday surprise dinner. Mrs Blagdon received a cake and gift as they celebrated with Halloween table decor and games. Nurses attending were Beulah Light Beatrice Crocker Beatrice Lowery Nellie McCabe Thayer Isabelle Golderman Ethel Blake Margie McDonald Florence Hunt Dorothy Brown two towns Bath and Boothbay.

Alton Berry Judson Soule Fred Soule Waterville Thayer's Hospital U.S. S Shea Montsweag Road Robert Case Arkansas John Finch North Carolina Harry H. Froehoff Ohio Langdon Reddingius, Jr Erma Bennett Bath Berry Woolwich Col. Dummer Sewall Arthur Colby Academy Street Percy Bailey H. E. Wade Frank Bailey Donald S. Nichols Billy Moore USA Maurice Hathorne Murphy's Corner J. M. Gowdey Maine Baptist Convention Board Halbert Condon North Woolwich Monmouth Blanche Littlefield Day's Ferry Mrs. Robinson South Portland Thorpe House Howard Trott Bath Memorial Hospital Clarence Blagdon Wiscasset Beulah Light Beatrice Crocker Beatrice Lowery Nellie MceCabe Thayer Isabelle Golderman Ethel Blake Margie McDonald Florence Hunt Dorothy Brown Boothbay

Woolwich Fire Alarm Signals Announced

Tuesday last Woolwich organized fire department with Clifford Gainsley as chief. A donated air raid siren from Bath Iron Works will be installed at Sagadahoc Motor Co. premises to alert Woolwich volunteers with a district coded whistle system and Tuesday 7.30 p.m. meetings.

Woolwich Clifford Gainsley Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Sagadahoc Motor Co Bath Carlton River Road Sarah Carlton Carver Brunswick Dresden Gainsley Wool Sagadahoc Ferry Day's Ferry North Woolwich River Road Nequasset Union Bridge Town House Middle Road Grange Hall Murphy's Corner South Bailey's Neck Road

Good Will Club Holds Annual Supper and Plans Weekly Events

The Good Will Club of Sagadahoc Ferry hosted a chicken and steak supper at Ye Old Bunny Cafe attended by nearly 40 members and guests. A Halloween touch appeared in serving containers as the group discussed a series of weekly hall parties and a public baked bean and salad supper on November 17, with Mrs. Edward V. Reed as chairman for the first event.

Marco Club Masonic Hall William Cossette Leland Brown Bernard McFadden Robert Heigham Vincent Reed Good Will Club Sagadahoc Ferry Costello P. Hall Edward V. Reed Florence Carlton Good Will

Oil stove blaze at 795 Middle street

An oil stove flooding ignited Thursday night about 11 o'clock in a room on the upper floor of a house at 795 Middle street. An alarm from Box 45 summoned firefighters who quickly extinguished the fire with little damage.

Middle Street Box 45

West Bath sewing group aids Red Cross and community

The West Bath sewing group met at the grange hall to sew for the Red Cross. A surprise shower honored Mrs. Marvin Williams at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Williams of Bath. Various neighbors attended, with meals, games, and Halloween festivities noted.

West Bath Grange Hall Red Cross Melvin Comeau Ann Rogers Fred Larrabee Edwin Haggett Walter Marco Francis Deehan James Cooke Fred Bubier Earle Wing Sidney Pendleton Stanley Williams Mary Stover Albert White Everett Waterman Shirley Waterman Joanne Bobby David Boudreau John Larrabee Charles Richard Dunham Dorothy Howard Bubier Albert Patricia Edna White Joseph Larrabee L. D. Rogers James Lemont Farm Bureau Auburn Garrett Galvin Wilbur Hagan Marshal Boudreau Carroll Wing Edward Yore Lewistoft Henry Charles Natick Mass F. W. Larrabee New Brunswick Nathan Johnson Richard Rogue Bluff Neal and Pendleton Kennard Johnson Mona Cole I. B. Neiley Florence Neiley Ralph H. McNary Marblehead John H. McNary Roy Moore Lawrence Florida Samuel Cole Lewiston Mr. Cole Cole Mrs. Larrabee Augusta Stanleigh E. W. Haggett Alpha Booker George Booker Warren Babbidge Islesboro Frank Magne Portland Boston Rumford Lannes Fuller Larrabee's Grove Stanley Wiliams Walter Stewart Bath Peter Gagnon Percy Holbrook Lindell Chadbourne Herbert Hopkins Graydon Smith USN Smith Lena Larrabee Lawrence Perry Livermore Falls Fletcher Waterman E. A. Litch Bradenton Fla

Woolwich bus line hearing draws 460 signatures

Woolwich residents weigh immediate bus service with 600 taxpayers in town signed petitions. A meeting with the Maine State Public Utilities Commission in Augusta is set for Tuesday at 2 30 p m to decide on a Woolwich bus franchise and route details.

Woolwich the Times Maine State Public Utilities Commission Augusta Woolwich Bus Line Hubert W. Eldred Bath City Hall Woolwich Post Office Day's Ferry Nequasset Road Ryan's Corner Ryan's Corners Taxpayers Budget Committee Sasenoa Hall

Budget Committee Recommends Special Town Meeting for Bus Start

The Budget Committee urges the selectmen to call a special town meeting to ratify proposals allowing bus operations to begin promptly. Col Eldred, Waldo Hawthorne, and John Leonard are thanked for their efforts and for helping gather a petition signed by 80 percent of Woolwich residents.

Soap Bubbles Spark Bath Street Delights

Bath residents, young and old, enjoy a bubble blowing craze as a local chain store demonstrates a pipe and metal tube to produce colorful bubbles drifting through Front Street. Spectators chase and pop them, sharing amusement while Miss Alice Norris of the First National Bank takes a vacation break.

Bath Front Street Alice Norris First National Bank

BAY POINT NOTES ON BEACH SIGHTS AND LOCAL LIFE

Second Beaches show rocks gray with patches of green moss and white blossoms. Deer spotted on the shore, then vanished. Sympathy to the family of Herman Burns of Waldoboro. Local residents and visitors from Bath, Roosevelt NY, and Richmond share visits and dinners over the weekend.

Herman Burns Waldobe Burns Maurice Burns Ec’ Valley H. O. Nash Bath H. A. Spinn Robert Millson Bobby Miller Roosevelt, N. Y William Adams George Gat Pearl Perry Richmond

Miss Henrietta Potter Plans Move to St Petersburg

Miss Henrietta Potter of St Petersburg Florida will wed Win and will reside with her cousin Mrs Emily Potter Morgan in St Petersburg. Potter is employed at the Dexter Gift Shop run by a relative of the former Pendexter department store once in Bath.

Henrietta Potter St. Petersburg

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