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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1940

Page

4

Society Notes Highlight Ellen Dolloff Sail to Honolulu and Local Visits

Miss Ellen Dolloff RN departs Nov 16 for two years at Naval hospital Honolulu after serving at Philadelphia and Newport. She trained at Grace hospital in 1932, and will visit sister in Maryville before sailing. The column also lists numerous local visits, moves, weddings, and social events among Bath residents and military families.

Ellen Dolloff R.N Cuvier Doloff Washington Street Honolulu Naval Hospital Philadelphia Newport R. I Dolloff U. S Morse High Grace Hospital New Haven Conn Maryville Tenn Wesley Crumpton Mildred Dulloff

Harold Clark and sons head to Wilson's Mills for week hunting

Raymond Clark and his sons Melville and David Clark along with Charles Savage Jr. of upper Washington street travel to Wilson's Mills in the northern part of the state for a week of hunting activities.

Raymond Clark Bath Iron Works Melville David Clark Charles Savage, Jr Washington Street Wilson's Mills

Fourth Company Survivors Hold Armistice Reunion in Bath

Bath wartime veterans from the Fourth Company and allied Bath Shipping City units gathered at Hotel Phoenix for the second annual Armistice day reunion. About 60 attendees dined at 1:30 pm while Col. Henry W. Owen and Col. George A Baker led brief reminiscences.

Bath Hotel Phoenix Harry S. Farrell Old Hyde Light Guards Henry W. Owen George A.baker Col Owen George H. Pratt Bath Light Infantry John Williams Bath Company John Cailan Hyde Light Guard Ludlow Bath Iron Works Corp Sergis Samuel Lakin Chester N. Marr Howard L. Pratt

Education Week highlighted at Rotary luncheon

At Hotel Sedgwick Rotary members learned about Education Week, a national Armistice week program promoting democracy. Morse High principal Horace P. Herrick outlined four student leaders from the Senior class who described Student Council, Morse Mentor, Athletic Association, and Dramatics while praising faculty efforts to foster student achievement.

Rotary Club Hotel Sedgwick Horace P. Herrick Morse High American Legion Sumner Hawley Morse Marie Bennett Athletic Association Robert Gilbert Dramatics Betty Lou Hill Dominique J. Tardif F. E. Proctor Boothbay Harbor

Pilgrim Fellowship Hosts University of Maine Delegation

Bath Pilgrim Fellowship enjoyed a weekend social with seven University of Maine students. Chester Darling Robert Goodwin and Olive Rowell led Sunday worship at Central church while John Webster William Booth Sylvia Belden and June Bridges led Winter Street church services.

Bath Pilgrim Fellowship University of Maine Winter Street Chester Darling Robert Goodwin Olive Rowell Central Church John Webster William Booth Sylvia Belden June Bridges Fellowship Winter Street Church Jane W. Stevens Normena MacKinnon Edna Inecen Millay

Downs O Brien wedding at Portsmouth Monday

Arthur A. Downs and Kathrine O'Brien wed in the Church of the Immaculate Conception with 150 guests at K of C hall. The bride is the daughter of Coleman C. O'Brien of Bath Portsmouth, both graduates of Portsmouth High School. The groom, son of Alex A. Downs of Portsmouth, works as an electrician at the Navy Yard.

A. J. Snow Ann G. A. Cram Portsmouth N. H Arthur A. Downs Katherine O'Brien Bath James H. Brennan Church of the Immaculate Conception Eleanor E. O’brien William Scott K. of C. Hall Downs Portsmouth High School Coleman C. O'Brien Alex A. Downs Navy Yard

Bath Couple Observes Golden Anniversary

Mr and Mrs Winfield Cressey of 24 Tarbox Street celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday with a supper hosted by their daughter Mrs Emerson Glidden at 7 Tarbox Street. Attending were their son Scott from Boston, daughters Tiena Ellis of Bath and Marguerite Richie of Boston, 15 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Mr Cressey, a retired carpenter, was born in Westport and Mrs Cressey, nee Annie J MacMahan, was born in Georgetown. They were married in Bath by Rev A I Lewis of Wesley Methodist church. Mrs Cressey belongs to Corliss Street church. guests included Mr and Mrs Howard MacMahan of Boothbay who gave gifts.

Winfield Cressey Tarbox Street Emerson Glidden Scott Cressey Boston Tiena Ellis Bath Marguerite Richie Cressey Westport

Real Estate Transfers Ranked in Sagadahoc Registry

Nearly half of recent deeds in Sagadahoc show Bath as the main location with multiple transactions. Notable transfers include Susie M. Conforth to Homer M. Potter on Washburn Street and Bath Trust Co. to Maurice and Elder Markson on Center Street amid a long list of properties changing hands across Bath and neighboring towns.

Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds Bath Susie M. Conforth Homer M. Potter Washburn Street People’s Investment Association Richard P. Howard Valley Road Hattie R. Evrard Maude B. Brownell Washington Street Charles C. Toothaker Fred H. Thompson North Street Philip Boudreau John Bourque Floral Street Mary A. Grindell Bertha M. Tyler Homestead Park Bath Trust Co Maurice and Elder Markson, Inc Center Street Virginia P. Smythe Et Als Cecil E. Paine High Street Alice D. Lancaster Laura B. Cutting Chesley Hutchins Raymond P. Hutchins Middle Getchell Streets Margaret A. Conley Catherine E. Conley Granite Street Jennie Solovich Alice J. Colby Charles F. Cummings J. Horace McClure Bowdoinham Gardiner Savings Institution Robert McAfee Alton G. Leonard Kerneth

Doris Scott Weekend in Boston Report

Miss Doris Scott of Garden Street spent the weekend in Boston with no reported incidents.

Doris Scott Garden Street Boston

Fortieth Wedding Anniversary Noted in Monmouth

Mr and Mrs Clinton Ham of Monmouth hosted a dinner Sunday for Mr and Mrs Paul Hussey marking their 40th wedding anniversary. Hussey, born in Revere Massachusetts, worked in poultry management before moving to Maine and running his own poultry business. He is a Unitarian and Mason. Mrs Hussey, a former kindergarten teacher, is from South Boston. The couple have four children including Harold a sugar refinery chemist in Reserve Louisiana, and grandchildren.

Clinton Ham Monmouth Paul Hussey Woolwich Coy Robison Donald Mabel Williams Massachusetts Hussey Revere Mass Mr. Hussey Amherst College Galen L. Stone Marion Maine Unitarian Church of Monmouth Grange and Masons Boston William Stewart Monmouth Grange Episcopal Church Mamaroneck N. Y Harold Reserve Evelyn Ham Wales Marion Hanson Eunice Robertson Bath

Governor appoints Sagadahoc advisory board for registrants

Governor Lewis O Barrows names an Advisory Board to assist Sagadahoc county registrants with the Selective Service questionnaire. Brig. Gen. James W Hanson notes the board includes Bath judges Gardiner R Deering Arthur J Dunton and Charles T Small Jr with numerous associate members from Bath Woolwich Topsham Bowdoinham and other towns. The board will support completion of forms while local boards issue questionnaires and determine classifications. Registrants should consult nearest advisory board member and return forms within five days.

Lewis O. Barrows Sagadahoc County James W. Hanson Gardiner R. Deering Bath Arthur J. Dunton Charles T. Small, Jr Earle C. Donnell RFD N. H. Drummond Woolwich D. C. Stinson Natt T. Howe Arrowsic Howard Heald Georgetown Raymond Wyman Phippsburg J. Bradford Sprague Sebasco Estates Ray Purinton Bowdoinham Norman Curtis R. A. Douglass W. F. Sewall Mason Marshall Topsham J. Gould Bailey Wiscasset James Dunton John Carter Sam Dorrance Richmond Otis Gray Charles L. Eastman P. O. Bldg Lewiston Selective Service Board Hanson Maine Charles D. Bartlett State Augusta

Bath residents join election bet wheelbarrow fun

John Perell wheeled Patrolman Kingsbury through Bath’s business district to settle an election bet on Harrison and Cleveland. The tale recalls 1888 and 1892 wheelings by Bath figures. Carlton Murphy pleaded guilty to operating without a license in Sebasco and was fined. Federal aliens registration resumed with fingerprinting after illness. A Bath police officer rescued a drifting motor boat adrift in the river, tying it to the ferry dock.

John Perell Wheeling Ercy W. Kingsbury Bath Edward Brown Lemont Street Thomas P. Neagle Brown Harrison Cleveland Neagle Carlton Murphy Sebasco Phippsburg Gardiner R. Deering Charles W. Messenger Jimmy Decapua Jimmy

Suppers Arranged for New Pastor at Central Church

Central Church League held its regular meeting appointing Mrs Gardiner R Deering and Mrs Harold E Armes as co chairmen of the kitchen committee for a supper before the installation of Rev Raymond G Putnam on November 19. Other committees were named for dining room programs magazines and social hosts set for next week and a Christmas sale planned for December 10.

Central Church League Gardiner R. Deering Harold E. Armes Raymond G. Putnam A. George Moses Leonard F. Wetherbee Maynard O. Brown Alex MacDonald Walter Wassmund John H. Harkins Percy R. Low Edward A. Cummings Arthur W. King Wetherbee Albert S. Noyes Howard M. Steen Low Brown Margaret R. Foote League Winter Street

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