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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1940

Page

1

Maine golf pro switches to Oak Park Chicago club

Eddie Bush of Greenwich Conn former Maine open champion and Nor way Country Club ace leaves Norway to join Dick Metz at Oak Park Country Club in Chicago as playing professional and instructor. He will start April 1 1941 after signing contracts four weeks ago during a Chicago visit. Bush also held posts at Key West and Greenwich's Giant Valley Club while earning Maine titles this season.

Eddie Bush Greenwich, Conn Norway, Maine, Country Club Dick Metz Oak Park Country Club Chicago Ill Bush Greenwich Maine Norway Club Metz Greenwich Country Club Florida Norway Key West Country Club Key West Fla Greenwich Man Giant Valley Country Club New Haven Lloyd Mangrum

Nightingale Club Opens Fall Session at Hotel Sedgwick

The Nightingale Club met at Hotel Sedgwick with 11 members for a dinner and cards. A report on last year's tea funds showed five bedside stands donated to Memorial hospital, plus linoleum for nursery and delivery floors and chests of drawers for each room, per hospital superintendent Miss Helen V. Downing.

Nightingale Club Sedgwick Memorial Hospital Helen V. Downing

Registrants Urged to Consult Boards Over Questionnaires

The draft board reports trouble with questionnaire returns and asks registrants to seek help from advisory boards. About a dozen forms were received incorrectly or incompletely, risking personal appearances to correct errors. Black ink is required as pencil is not acceptable. legal advisory boards meet evenings in the common council chamber to assist registrants.

Legal Advisory Board Common Council

Bath songwriter earns honorable mention from New York guild

Stella M. Hedrick of Bath is among 26 amateur songwriters named for honorable mention by the Song Hit Guild of New York. An advisory board led by Paul Whiteman and Kay Kyser praised her manuscripts as promising, though they narrowly missed top honors in the guild's third talent project concluded Nov. 1. The Tin Pan Alley group operates from 1619 Broadway, New York City, and has helped launch numerous careers in under two years.

Stella M. Hedrick Franklin Street Bath Song Hit Guild of New York Paul Whiteman Guy Lombardo Billy Rose Kay Kyser Miss Hedrick Tin Pan Alley Broadway New York City

LeBel Arrested After Burnham Auto Break In

Clarence J. LeBel, 22, of 58 Russell Street, is arrested after the Burnham Auto Supply Co. at 94 Front Street is broken into on Friday night. He pleads guilty in municipal court to breaking and entering and intoxication, with bound over to the Sagadahoc Superior Court in sureties of $500. Blood found at the scene and a brick used to break windows are noted. Officers spotted LeBel in the alley and take him into custody.

Bath Gardiner R. Deering Charles Dalessio Topsham Center Street Dalessio Sagadahoc Society of Jehovah's Witnesses Cathance Stuhl Deering Judge Deering Sherwood Aldrich Rutherford Aldrich Joseph Fountaine Savario Ceveste Bowdoinham Jehovah's Witnesses Burnham Auto Supply Co Front Street Clarence J. Lebel Russell Street Sagadahoc Superior Court Ellery Doyle New England Tel. & Tel. Co Dana York Lebel Doyle

Engineer Injured at Hardings Plant Construction

Philip Gregory, 25, of Wellesley Mass., an engineer with Tuttle Construction, had his right leg amputated after a raincoat was caught on a backing locomotive at the Bath Iron Works Fabrication Plant in Hardings East Brunswick. The accident occurred Friday afternoon during the plant’s erection for Bath Iron Works Corp. Gregory, a University of Maine civil engineer graduate, had worked on the project since early summer.

Hardings East Brunswick Bath Iron Works Corp Philip Gregory Wellesley Mass Memorial Hospital Gregory Tuttle Construction Co Bucksport University of Maine

Bath Automobiles Collide. No Injuries Reported

Two Bath cars driven by E Arthur Kronstrand and Merritt Scott Jr collided on the Brunswick Lewiston road near Topsham village. Both drivers escaped injuries, Kronstrand’s car damaged on the left side and Scott’s on the forward left. A third Bath car was nearby. A deputy sheriff reported no charges.

E. Arthur Kronstrand Court Street Merritt Scott, Jr Middle Street Bath Topsham Village Brunswick-Lewiston Road Kronstrand Scott Lewiston

Naval official inspects Bath Iron Works amid new destroyer program

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Lewis Compton visits Bath Iron Works as part of a New England inspection of naval construction plants. He tours the East Brunswick fabrication site and the main plant, viewing two destroyers under construction and discussing future airplane production and expanded shipbuilding capacity.

Lewis Compton Bath New England Bath Iron Works Corp Campton Naval Navy Department Portsmouth Navy Yard Compton Ciivilian Hardings East Brunswick Iron Works The Willian S. Newell Archibbald M. Main Treas L. Eugene Thebeau Joseph A. Kiernan Maine Sedewick Eberle Ludlow Comipton South Ward Futer

Two Die and Six Hurt in Brunswick Gardeiner Crash

A three car crash on the Brunswick Gardiner highway resulted in the deaths of Joseph Couture 29 Bath and Katherine Parmenter 17 Boothbay Harbor with six others injured. Drivers Brown Hogan and others escaped serious harm as deputies investigated the scene and charges were not yet filed.

Bath Boothbay Harbor

Wartime shipbuilding plans revealed at plant visit

Mr. Compton observed destroyer construction activity and two merchant cargo carriers under way at the plant. He noted the larger wartime effort compared with the World War peak and spoke only to aspects related to this work. Further details continued on page three.

Compton

Earle Brown Faces Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Route 201 Crash

Earle Brown, driver of the roadster, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and reckless driving warrants tied to a triple crash on Route 201 in Bowdoin that killed Joseph Couture 29 and Katherine Parmenter, a Boothbay Harbor high school senior. Judge Deering set Nov. 26 for further proceedings with bonds $2000 and $100 respectively. Brown, injured, was treated at Brunswick hospital and later taken into custody.

Earle Brown Lemont Street Joseph O. Couture Katherine Parmenter Boothbay Harbor Bowdoin Gardiner R. Deering Bath Brown Morse High Brunswick Hospital DeWinters Edward J. Hogan Oliver Street Berwick Miss Parmenter Couture Brunswick Hogan Alice L. Hogan Edward Donn Pratt Pleasant Avenue Forestine Gardiner Woolwich Eliabeth Lewis

Y M C A Camera Club Forms At T A

The Y M C A Camera club held its first meeting on a Tuesday afternoon with four members. Plans were made to use the Y kitchen as a dark room and meetings set for Tuesdays at 6 30 pm. Members listed equipment and expect to begin dark room work soon.

Y M.C. A. Camera Club Y” Camera Club Camera Club

Deer Harvest Report From Bath Iron Works Workers

Deering shot an eight point buck in Georgetown weighing 185 pounds. Clinton Kaler and Henry Tarbox, fellow gunners, recently harvested deer including Kaler's 250 pound buck and Tarbox's doe at Millinocket Lake.

Deering Woolwich Bath Iron Works Corp Georgetown Clinton Kaler Henry Tarbox Mr. Kaler Mr. Tarbox Millinocket Lake

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Oak Park Mrs. Morton Young Frank West Roxbury, Mass Mrs. Young Mary Young Song Hit Guild Plymouth Miles Standish Adrian Whiting Massachusetts Central Press Albion K. Parris Portland Literary Club Fryehall Charles E. Hewitt, Jr Fred P. Nichols Earl Kimble Lena Shepard John G. Morse, Jr Harry Ring John Taylor J. Leslie Coombs Herman L. Stover Boston John J. Keegan Grove Street Stover Whitman-Riley Samuel Johanson Bedford Street Berlin Construction Co Berlin Conn Johnson Bath Iron Works Edward Bigos Adolph Crandall Carl Severin H Dorman Perkins Evelyn Perkins Lion Works Muriel Hollywood, Fla Bathman Boothbay Harbor High School Brunswick-Gardiner Highway Joseph QO. Couture Liberty Street Union Street Sasanoa Bluff Elmhurst Farm Elizabeth Lewis Atlantic Avenue Muriel Lowe John DeWinters Frank Carver Sagadahoe County Parmenter Doctors’ Hospital Bowdoin Center Road Carver Edward Brown Morse High School Miss Lewis Miss Lowe Cecil Canney Gardiner Pratt Canney Leigh H. Pray John A Bell Maurice D. Skillings Millard Gardener East Machias Machias
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