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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
8
Charles Bennett and many local families celebrate Armistice Day with visiting relatives and telegrams from service members in the U S Army Air Corps Navy and Engineer Corps. The column lists numerous graduates, transfers, and visits, with movements among Bath Monts, Portland, Leeds and New York as families report health, work, and travel events.
Alfred Hutchins resumes work at Hyde Windlass Co. after breaking his toe. Birth announced for a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Oulton and son Richard hosted by Allen Oulton in Bedford street. Mrs. Sadie Coultiard, recently from Boston, will winter with her niece in Corliss street. Various visits and social events across Bath including dinners, parties, and receptions. Naval leave for Richard H. Hogan noted. Musicial recital by Kathrine Bailey in Boston.
Clarence Oliver of Union street visited Everett Mass recently to tend his mother Mrs. Jennie Oliver at the home of her son Percy Oliver and Mrs. Oliver. Miss Grace Crowley, student at Stoneleigh College Rye New Hampshire, spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. William Crowley on Union street.
Charles E. Leeman of Phippsburg, formerly of 24 Cummings Street, has been ill since July and recently collapsed. He is under observation at Memorial Hospital after being brought in by ambulance.
Miss Irma Wallace of Sebasco Estates serves as secretary to Nassan college student activities fund committee at Springvale. The senior in secretarial science leads a plan to bring notable speakers to the campus with a slate of lectures for the year. The first event on Nov 30 features Jan Voltin, author of Out of The Night. Dr Dawn Nelson Wallace, college president and former city visitor, advises the committee.
Residents and former Morse High School students attend Armistice Day events in Bath while others enlist in the military services. Lt John E L Huse memorial dedication, new naval aviation cadets, and several family visits documented among Bath, Lewiston, Augusta, and surrounding towns.
Mrs Fanny Gass, a nurse at the Old Folks Home, joined by her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Albert Henderson, spent Friday evening with her son Mr James Henderson and his wife in South Portland. The gathering included extended family from Old South Place.
Mrs. Arthur Lilly of Yarmouth has returned home after a visit with her brother Luther Thompson of Shedford.
Mr and Mrs John Atwood and their son Jackie of Cape Elizabeth visited Mrs Kerwin B Butcher in Upper Washington to spend time with family.
Corp William Kerwin rejoined the Army at Fort Benning Ga after two years in the Panama Canal Zone. He was home for his birthday and received purses of money from family and friends and was guest of honor at a lobster supper prepared by Mrs Charles Kidder Sr. Kerwin was selected with others from Panama to attend an officers training school. James A Clappison and David Henderson return from a gunning trip in northern Maine. Norman E Seekins U S N visits Bath rodz and plans to return to Illinois after basic training at Great Lakes. Mrs Sidney Mooney and Miss Barbara Henqurise served as bridesmaids at the wedding of Phyllis Small to Corp Gordon P Jackson U S M C in Somerville Mass.
Mrs Roy Harmon and sister visit mother Margaret Adams in Bath. Roland F Hill of Bath Iron Works attends Newcomen Society dinner in New York and naval architects meetings. then tours West Coast shipyards. Mrs H Kenneth Smith hospitalized after a fall. daughter Lucy Lee with grandparents. Leonard Thombs celebrate weekend in Portland. Mrs Frank L Chamberlain Jr travels to Smyrna Tennessee to join husband Corp Chamberlain US Army. Dr Walter Morse home from Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Reverend Purdue attends Boston directors meeting. A son born to Mr and Mrs Harold Corliss at Memorial Hospital. Danny Leroy born Nov 14 to Harold and Mrs Corliss. Various local movements and visits listed.
Rupert Irvine arrives back at his North Street home after spending a week vacation in Northern Maine hunting.
Paul G. Legard Jr. is the name given to the newborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Legard of North Street born recently at Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Gardner Forscutt Cook announce the birth of a son Jeremy Bradford Cook on Nov 13 at Norton Infirmary Louisville. Grandparents include Col and Mrs Raymond Parker Cook and Mrs Hourwich Reyher. The child is a descendant of William Bradford first Governor of Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs H Stanley Peter and their daughters Judith and Audrey have returned from Portsmouth New Hampshire where they lived. They are with Mr Peterson’s parents Mr and Mrs Harry E Peterson of Brunswick Road. Mr Peterson, after 13 years with National Biscuit Co as a salesman, has joined the production department at Bath Iron Works.
Frank A. Danforth of Washington Street returned Monday from Strong where he had been visiting his niece Mrs. Walter Dyer.
Robert Hamblett has been transferred to a radio school. Donald Nichols of Bath Iron Works is stationed in Miami Beach after enlisting in the Army Air Corps. Local social items note visits, a birthday celebration for Mrs. Frank T. Fortier, and relatives visiting Bath residents including Miss Ethel Rolston and Mrs. Fred Stevens. Lieutenant Fred Otis Hayward Jr. has graduated OCS and been commissioned in the U S Army. Barbara Power visits Bath.
Mrs. Fred Frenzel of Gloucester Mass returns home after a visit with sister Mrs A L Coleman at 20 Bath Street. Pvt Waldo Weston Jr son of Mr and Mrs Waldo Weston of Park Street enlists in the U S Air Corps and is stationed at a training school in Georgia. Mrs Weston has been visiting in Washington D C with her father Major Horace White and has joined her husband.
A Bath plant, Congress Shirt Co. on Middle Street, emphasizes its long record and new fluorescent lighting while hiring more women as stitchers and inspectors. The facility provides full or part time positions, suitable for housewives, with pay enough to boost family budgets. Apply at the Middle Street office for details.
The piece argues Maine homes will face colder winters as oil and gas supplies shift toward North Africa for the war effort. It notes the vast shipping needs for supplying troops, the importance of petroleum for modern warfare, and the strain on Atlantic tanker movement due to German submarine activity.
The piece notes 100 million barrels a day move by rail and pipe, but a shortfall of 400000 barrels daily remains. A northeastern pipeline awaits spring start up, leaving Maine and New England to cope meanwhile. It praises Secretary Ickes for exploring the oil crisis and earning company confidence while serving the ultimate consumer.
Mrs. Royce Crowley returns home after a week in Boston. George McKenzie assisted a burned-out friend in Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. Everett G. Lemont hosted dinner guests from West Bath. Pvt. Arthur F. Cain resumes studies at Newark aviation school after fur lough with his wife in Georgetown. Edgar Williamson returns to Bath Iron Works pipe shop after vacation with family in South Orrington. Mrs. Marjorie Christian RN returns after weekend with grandmother in North Street. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wallace of Portland welcome son Brian John born at Dr Leighton's hospital. infant eight pounds ten ounces. Mr. Wallace formerly Bath resident. Mr. and Mrs. William Sander and George Harnish, plus Herbert McIntire from Wiscasset, return from hunting trip in Northern Maine. Mrs. Kenneth Atwood returns to Miami after summer in Bath. husband employed at Bath Iron Works. Mrs. C. B. Oliver, long in Boston hospital, shows improvement. Wesley church ladies send cards and flowers. Mrs. Henry O. Trowbridge returns from three-week Norfolk visit. Trowbridge attended Naval Architects and Marine Engineers meetings in New York where he is a member.
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