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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1943

Page

5

Marriage of Virginia Kingsley to William E Jones

Virginia Kingsley daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester S Kingsley of Caribou married William E Jones son of Mr and Mrs George H Jones of East Boothbay on Nov 7 at the Kingsleys Caribou home. Jones is a leadman welder with New England Shipbuilding in South Portland. Virginia is a Bath school alum and X ray technician at St Andrews Hospital Boothbay Harbor. The Kingsleys formerly lived in Bath.

Chester S. Kingsley Caribou Virginia William E. Jones George H. Jones East Boothbay Bath St. Andrews Hospital Boothbay Harbor Jones New England Shipbuilding Corp South Portland Kingsleys Ate Kingsley

Social notes from Bath and area gatherings and deaths

Mrs Myrtie Billings and Mr and Mrs Albert H Thompson of upper Washington street attended Beulah Rebekah lodge reception at Odd Fellows hall in Richmond. Funeral services for Thomas J Mali a were held at St Marys Catholic church. Cpl Ralph Dodge Jr and family visited from Chebeague Island. Pvt William Curran and wife spent a week at home after the death and funeral of Pvt Currans uncle Thomas J Mali a. William H Shea and wife recover from grip. Birth announced for William Andrew Jr son of Staff Sgt William A Clark and Mrs Clark born at Memorial hospital November 9. George F Carey attends naval architects meetings in New York and becomes a Marine Engineers Society member. Mrs Douglas Merrill of Bath Iron Works weekend in Thomaston. Various locals visit, travel, and recover from illness across Bath area communities.

Myrtie Billings Albert H. Thompson Upper Washington Street Beulah Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellows Hall Richmond William Curran USA Boston William A Clark George F. Carey Summer Street New York Carey Society of Navyal Architects and Marine Engineers Waldorf-Astoria Society Chartle A. Carey Wilmington de

McAie Improves Slowly After Ten Days at Home

Donald F. McAie of 47 Union Street is improving slowly from an illness that has confined him to his home for ten days.

Donald F. McAie Union Street

Brownell Couple Weekend Trip to Boston For Dartmouth Cornell Game

Mr and Mrs Robert Brownell of upper Washington street spend the weekend in Boston as Mr Brownell attends to business. He will attend the Dartmouth Cornell football game Saturday afternoon while Mrs Brownell visits her brother Davis Billings in West Newton for the weekend.

Robert Brownell Upper Washington Street Boston Brownell Dartmouth

Social notes from Bath gatherings and visitors

Mrs. Fred Temple visits Marcia street with niece. Ruth Watson hosts Miss Ruth Acton at her Washington street home. Earl Temple visits Boston. Myron Keegan and infant Eugene stay with relatives in Portland. Mrs James Jackson visits from New York. Mrs Vincent C Morek related news. Marine Gunner Morek home on furlough after Solomons service. Arthur Wing and daughter visit Armstrongs. Harry Tabor and Bates student stay with Thompson family. Tabor's Bath ties noted.

Ethel Trask Worcester, Mass Harry G. Deering Washington Street Fred Temple Marcia Street James Goodwin Mr. Goodwin Chestnut Street Vincent C. Morek Ernestine Eaton Coronado Calif Marine Gunner Morek Air Corps Solomons aBth Goodwin Ruth Acton Providence, R. I Millard E. Watson

Local Families Share Summer and Winter Moves Across Town

Mr and Mrs Leon Felker of Bath Iron Works move from Foster's Point to the James Lemont cottage on New Meadows for winter. Stanley White and son Warren of Grot on Conn visit Mrs White's mother Mrs Eben Dana in Woolwich while Stan takes a furlough from Camp Per CY wal. Warren Melntire returns from Washington Street after two weeks away and resumes work at Bath Iron Works. The Melntires visited James Marr in Connecticut and relatives in Hope and Norwood while Mr and Mrs Brian Jewett of Farrington Street attend a Dartmouth Cornell game then travel to Washington DC on business. Mrs Jewett will visit Mrs W H Siewerts in Milton, Mass. L M Haynes recently spent a day at their Southport cottage.

Leon Felker Bath Iron Works Foster's Point James Lemont New Meadows Stanley Whitehouse Warren Groton, Conn White Eben Dana Woolwich Stan Camp Per CY Wal Warren MelIntire Washington Street Melntire McIntire James Marr Connecticut Clarence McIintire Hope Revo Harry McIntire Norwood R_ I Brian M. Jewett Farring Street Jeff Froston Jewett Dartmouth- Corneil Washington D.C Capital

Portland Wedding Ties Neighborhood and Navy Life

Mrs Henry O McCabe and daughter Anne of North street attend the wedding of Paul Copeland USN and Miss Bertha Stoddard at Chestnut Street Methodist church in Portland. After a reception the couple leave for a honeymoon before Copeland reports to duty. The event drew relatives from out of town and featured Fall flowers and a Portland High School background.

Henry O McCabe Anne North Street Percy Pratt Oak Street Portland Paul Copeland USN Bertha Stoddard Chestnut Street Methodist Church Nathan E. Copeland Ethel Pratt Copeland Hotel Eastland

Bath family visits Malden Mass and returns

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Foster return from a several days visit in Malden Massachusetts where their son Osborne Oliver and wife hosted them. Their daughter Mrs Florence Foster of Sagadahoc Ferry accompanied them. Captain Oliver is on vacation from his night watchman duties at Bath Train Works and has resumed his duties.

Edward Foster Bath Iron Works Iron Works Hospital Memorial Hospital Sagadahoc Ferry Ruth Watson Providence R. I Ruth Acton Winthrop Highlands Mass Frank Cheney Miss Watson Miss Acton Providence Bible Institute Leonard Oliver Washington Street Florence Foster Malden Osborne Oliver Oliver Bath Tron Works

Visitations of Huskins and Rose in New Jersey training move

Capt John Huskins of Had Brook Massachusetts is staying with Mrs Huskins at Five Islands for several days. They visited Capt and Mrs William F Plummer on Winship Street. Miss Marion Rose a Memorial Hospital student nurse from West Bath sails to Jersey City New Jersey to affiliate with its hospital for training.

John Huskins Hadbrook Mass Marion Rose The Memorial Hospital Fred Rose West Bath Jersey City N. J

Bleike Reed of Butler Recovers After Heel Operations

Bleike Reed son of Wallace Reed of High street and Morse High graduate, now much more comfortable after two painful heel operations that hospitalized him for weeks. he served in the military but received an honorable discharge recently due to medical disability.

Bleike Reed Butler N. J Wallace Reed High Street Morse High Reed

Mrs James Little and Son Return From New York Visit

Mrs James Little and her son Gerald of Turner Court have returned from a two month visit in New York City with Mrs Lit ward F McElroy. They were joined by Mrs Little's husband in the U S Maritime service who spent his leave with them. The family is staying with Mr Little's mother Mrs Carrie Little of Turner's Court for now and will return to New York in December for a short stay with her husband.

James Little Gerald Turner Court New York City Litward F. McElroy Mrs. Little U.S. Maritime Service Mrs. Little and Son Mr. Little Carrie Little Turner's Court New York Peter Cosmopolitan Club Ralston

Auxiliary of American Legion to banquet at Lafayette hotel

Mrs Edgar Leavitt and eleven other Auxiliary members will attend a banquet at the Lafayette hotel in Portland. National Vice President Ruth Cann of Area A will speak, with Mrs Alice Gibson of Lewiston the State Department President also present. Dinner will be served.

Edgar Leavitt Walter Hill Ralph Gay Bernard Pratt John Hart John Costain Virginia Poulos Carl Stinson Ambrose Curran John Dowling The American Legion Lafayette Hotel Portland Ruth Cann Area A Alice Gibson Lewiston State Department Abet

Secretary Pauline Mikelsky Visits Boston

Miss Pauline Mikelsky of the Hyde Park Administration office is spending a few days in Boston for a short visit and sightseeing.

Pauline Mikelsky Hyde Park Administration Boston

Soldier Nimard Fifield Dies of Illness at Home

Pvt Nimard Fifield U S A stationed Camp Breckenridge Ky died in hospital after returning from furlough with his mother Mrs Ludie Fifield 25 Milan Street He wrote of improving and hope to be out soon H S Stewart U S Navy visited Muriel Williams 713 Middle Street over the weekend

Nimard Fifield Camp Breckenridge Ludie Fifield Milan Street H.S. Stewart U. S. Navy Muriel Williams Middle Street

Glenboro girls return to Gorham Normal after weekend visit

Miss Elizabeth Burgess daughter of Mr and Mrs J Arthur Burgess of Court Street and Miss Jacqueline Gonya of East Milinocket return to Gorham Normal School Monday after a weekend visit with Burgesss parents. Burgess graduated Morse High in the class of 1943 with honors.

Elizabeth Burgess J. Arthur Burgess Court Street Jaqueline Gonya East Milinocket Gorham Normal

Social notes from Bath area entertain guests for Thanksgiving

Mrs Helen Fepett of Brooklyn and Mrs Caroline LeGro of Melrose visit Mr and Mrs Henry Shaw in Bath. Mr Mack Zimmerman of Etowah has returned from leave with Mrs Zimmerman, joined by Mrs Fitzgerald and Mrs Fitzgerald heads to Bath before Thanksgiving. Mrs George Stevens of Detroit returns after visiting the Smiths. Twin Bees club to be hosted by Mrs Everett Haley on Thursday December 11. November meeting postponed due to Armistice Day holiday. Grant Harris family to visit Bath for Thanksgiving with Mrs Hugh D. Grant and Dr Grant.

Helen Tfepett Brooklyn, N. Y Caroline LeGro Melrose Mass Henry G. Shaw Oak Street Everett Haley Middle Street Brunswick Twin Bees Club K. P. Hall Bath Grant Harris Grant Robert Holyoke

Pvt Lee Stewart to spend Thanksgiving with mother in Bedford

Pvt Lee Stewart of U S Army stationed at Turner Field Ga and Mrs Stewart are due to arrive within days to join Mrs Jennie Oliver at Bedford Street for Thanksgiving while Pvt Stewart is on a 15 day furlough They reside in an Albany Ga apartment nearby.

Lee Stewart U.S. A Turner Field Stewart

Local People and Short Sends Home from Maine Visit

Mrs. Donald Crosby returns from a two day visit in South Portland staying with Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Farnham. Mrs. Nellie D Arcy resumes duties at the N E T T Co after a two week vacation in New York City. Mrs. D Arcy is joined by Miss Bessie Stimpson who also enjoyed her annual vacation. Charles E Crosby plans a trip to Auburn to visit his daughter Mrs. George W Cobb.

Donald Crosby Dike Road South Portland Egbert Farnham Nellie D'Arcy Bruce Street New York City D'Arcy Bessie Stimpson South Paris Charles E. Crosby Western Avenue Auburn George W. Cobb

Linwood A Abbott to Attend Industrial Arts Confab

Linwood A Abbott Morse High School machine shop instructor and Maine Industrial Arts Teachers association secretary will travel to Boston for sessions of the New England Industrial Arts Teachers' association on Friday and Saturday. Ralph McDonald of the Sea Bees is visiting his brother and wife in South Portland and plans to return to Fort Williams. Mrs Coleman and Mr Samuel Coleman have returned from Gloucester and Roxbury and will reside at 20 Bath Street while Mrs Coleman resumes duties at Senter's. Miss Erma Farrar of Brunswick, formerly of Bath, will help lead the parish supper arrangements for the First Parish church in Brunswick Thursday.

Genesta Millward G. Patten Topsham Maine Chicago Patten Hortense B. Stevens Lewiston Mabel De-Shon Portland Lou Morse Bangor Ella Fickett Stevens Linwood A. Abbott Morse High School The Maine Industrial Arts Teachers Association Boston New England Industrial Arts Teachers’ Association Ralph McDonald Seabees Charles McDonald, Jr South Erma Farrar Brunswick Bath

Happy Family to Hold Annual Christmas Party at Masonic Temple

The Happy Family, employees of the Congress Shirt Co., with the largest membership in history, will hold its annual Christmas party on December 21 at the Masonic Temple hall. A pheasant has been seen in the pine woods near Morse mill in Winnegance, but an owl has attacked and killed it, leaving feathers on the ground.

Happy Family Congress Shirt Co Masonic Temple Hall Morse Mill Winnegance

Bananas Limited as Bath Merchants Respond No Bananas

Indications show Bath merchants will tell customers no bananas for months due to fruit losses this season and limited Central America transport. Few will reach Northeast markets until spring, harming availability.

Bath Central America

Ice Supply Outlook for Winter and Summer Markets

The article notes a potential ice shortage due to labor scarcity and higher demand. It discusses limited electric refrigerators after a government halt on production and sales, with dealers reporting many orders awaiting available refrigeration units.

First European free speech broadcast reaches listeners

Radio listeners on NBC heard the first free speech broadcast from Europe in months as American forces set up temporary Naples radio links. The Naples signal was spotty but marked a notable step in Allied progress in Europe.

NBC Europe Naples

Salvation Army Mobile Canteen Braces for Winter Routes

Bath's Salvation Army mobile canteen crew, serving hot coffee and doughnuts to troops, faces tougher travel as winter snow and ice threaten coastal posts. The vehicle operated last spring across rough roads, and the Army vows to press on despite deteriorating conditions.

Bath Salvation Army

Cold Snap Marks Start of Harsh Winter

A sequence of frigid mornings begins with 16 above zero then drops to 42 above and stays above freezing for a week. December 19 opens with temperatures just above zero, noon reads one above, and the next day falls to 12 below. A river ice break by a tug enables Bath Iron Works to launch a destroyer.

Bath Iron Works

Christmas tree hustle offers cash for local growers

A caller advises coordinating with farmers or woodlot owners to cut marked Christmas trees, place a Times classified ad, fulfill orders for churches and homes, and haul them away by truck. The piece notes labor shortages and the need for willing middlemen to profit. It also mentions Bath radio users facing scarce tubes and rising government control of production.

Independent Times

Hyde Windlass Co. Moves to Bigger, Better Plant

President Rodney E. Ross and officials celebrate a new Hyde Windlass plant that outgrew the old office building. The spacious, well lit facility includes a top parking lot with a marked Visitors section for guests conducting business.

Rodney E. Ross Hyde Windlass Co

Local coon hunting nostalgia recalled in Bath area

The piece remembers Bath area traditions of coon hunting with dog coursing under hunters moon during November. It notes past success of Bath gunners and a social afterhunt coon supper, often at the gunner home or a restaurant, with tales shared. It highlights the late Charles E. Gahan as a leading enthusiast.

Bath Charles E. Gahan

High tides reach near Washington street during full moon

The full moon tide peaked Thursday night and submerged parts of the South End near Washington street for several hours. Army heat restrictive orders have been rescinded enabling residents to raise shades, though keeping them down at night conserves heat as engineers advise to save fuel.

Washington Street

Gibbons Coal Co Expands Wharf Operations in Woolwich

Gibbons Coal Co now leases Woolwich wharf properties from Maine Central Railroad Co and installs a weighing house and storage sheds. A large crew is building sheds to hold coal in various sizes with room for at least ten rail cars. The plant abandonment of former holdings improves siding capacity and may enable barge shipments after the war via the leased wharf.

Gibbons Company Maine Central Carlton Bridge

No Fish Today Shuts Local Market Amid Weather Stoppage

A Monday sign on a local fish market reads No Fish Today as bad weather keeps fishermen ashore. The shortage slows the market and tests rationing plans as the supply line tightens.

Woman digs up century old papers for scrap drive

A Woolwich resident climbs to her stable loft to salvage old papers for the scrap drive. She uncovers century old Boston and Bath newspapers and Youth's Companion volumes saved by her family years ago.

Woolwich Boston Bath

Old Time Carriage Makers Remembered On Winter Night

A South End resident recalls bygone carriage builders and the days of saving fats for soap. He mentions a tree collision injuring a wagon wheel and restoring with spokes, rims, and tires while using a hayrack as a makeshift haul.

South End

Drivers Prepare for Icy Roads With Chains and Repairs

As ice and snow cover highways, drivers plan trips to garages on the first day of slick conditions to buy chains if available or to have worn chains repaired by replacing links. Garages are the focus for motorists now, before the automobile era.

Blacksmiths Rush to Fit Caulks for Slippery Travel

In the early days of slick travel local smithies rushed to fit or sharpen horse caulks. The busy period stretched from daylight to dark with several Bryno blacksmiths, including the late John R. Knowlton and H. P. Mason & Son, among those serving.

John R. Knowlton H. P. Mason

Eel Grass Growth After Winnegance Causeway Proliferates Islands

Since the Winnegance causeway was built eel grass has spread rapidly creating many grass islands in a previously open waterway. Tides now flow less freely than in earlier decades when Ed Conant and his brother ran a small steamboat to the creek head for summer picnic parties.

Winnegance Ed Conant

Belated berry gatherers seek red partridge berries

As heavy snows approach, gatherers rush to collect red partridge berries before snow buries the plants. This season sees plentiful berries and continued popularity of the bright green leafed plants.

Scarcity Hits Bath Carpenter on Lumber Prices

A Bath carpenter said stock scarcity and high costs make new boards rare. He recalled buying boarding boards for $6 per thousand feet, now $30. Lumber once $9 and cut to size now runs about $55 for similar quality, reflecting tight supply and rising prices.

Shingle Shortage Cited by Carpenter and Buyers

A carpenter notes wood shingles are unavailable locally and nationally despite high prices. A Maine dealer cannot find shingles anywhere. Sears Roebuck converts a former shipyard building in Winnegance for surplus goods. Clipper ship legacies are set to inspire new US Maritime Commission cargo vessels with Bath shipyards names.

Sears Roebuck Percy & Small Richard Morse Winnegance Yesteryear New England United States Maritime Commission Far East Bath Shipyards Maritime Commission

Engineers depart as plans for Popham National Park move forward

Engineers at Popham Beach have left after surveying sketches to prepare for a possible state and national park movement. The upcoming special legislative session may launch the project as postwar employment grows. The site is viewed as historic with natural advantages for a park.

Popham Beach

Goats Now Common in Town for Milk Supply

In recent years goats have become a common sight in the city yards as families keep a Nanny for milk. Demand for goat milk is described as great, contrasting earlier times when goats were rare.

Bath men sought gold in Maine hills near Whitefield

The Maine Development Commission notes recent mineral finds, recalling Bath leaders who believed gold lay in Whitefield. They secured farm options for prospecting, sent ore to assayers, and initial results sparked more mining. Andrew S Merrill led further farm options as reports grew more encouraging.

Maine Development Commission Maine Bath Whitefield Syndicate of Andrew S. Merrill

Goldfield Syndicate Debated Viability Amid Low Yields

A late nineteenth century debate over a mining syndicate yielded gold but in insufficient quantities to justify operations. The movement faded as assayers and syndicate correspondence were reviewed, revealing an entertaining if inconclusive exchange.

Early Christmas shopping sparks rush amid shortages

Stores report early buying as gifts travel long distances to service members and women. Merchants fear product scarcities and hiring shortages with many high school girls expected to work during Christmas vacation.

Moose sightings increase in Phippsburg area

Reports describe several moose present in Phippsburg over months with motorists forced to stop for moose on roads. A vehicle sustained minor damage from a moose. Recently a bull and cow moose were seen in daylight on marshes near Povham Beach.

Phippsburg Povham Beach

These Men Shall Never Die by Lowell Thomas Tops Sales

The book by radio commentator Lowell Thomas is selling well and features sketches of war heroes, accounts of their deeds, and portraits. Thomas is a popular figure in Batn, having received multiple annual medals as the best liked on air.

Lowell Thomas Thomas Batn

Shortage of Photo Films Hits Amateur Cameras

Article notes a film shortage affecting amateur photographers as dealers and drug stores struggle to promise quick deliveries. It explains many films are diverted to military use, leaving limited supplies for civilians, while local shops strive to serve their customers. Peter the squirrel becomes a heartwarming side tale of rescues and release.

Herbert Douglas

Auburns new fire truck saves property in tank design

Auburn unveiled a new fire truck built as a tank style to save money on property losses. Chief Harnden said the unit, costing about 2000 dollars for a new chassis plus 400 dollars for a second hand tank and fittings, tests total nearly 800 gallons capacity and 19 minutes to empty. It will respond to all fires and is aimed at outside sites lacking water.

Auburn Harnden

Hunter Shot by Fellow At Auburn Calf Wound

Herbert W. Gough aged 52 of 122 Whitney Street Auburn is at vital after a hunting accident in which fellow hunter Frank Merrill shot him in the calf. Game War den Kenneth Gray of the Forks reports the incident.

Herbert W. Gough Whitney Street Auburn Vital Frank Merrill Kenneth Gray The Forks

Eldredge Clark Family Visiting Colangelos in Central

Mr and Mrs Eldredge Clark and son Woodie of Brewer stay with Mr and Mrs Nick Colangelo on Central avenue. Mrs Clark is Mrs Colangelo's sister in a brief family visit.

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