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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1944

Page

3

Phippsburg Dromore Farm Bureau Meets for War Food Talk

The Dromore area Farm Bureau held a Wednesday grange luncheon with eighteen members present including County Agent Ruth Mac Gregory and new Christian Service worker Leona Harmon. They discussed War Time Information on Food and planned a Christmas party and officer elections with committees named. the penny sales boosted the treasury for hall rent and heating.

Dromore Farm Bureau Grange Hall Ruth MacGregory Katherine Preble Evelyn Beals Margaret Wyman Julia Gogais Gladys Gogais Alice Lowell Leona Harmon New Christian Service Worker Pauline Nesbet Jo Ann Hyte Wyman Walter McCourt Emma Pery Doris Young Peter Priscilla Thayer Mabel Pashard Alethea Campbell Frances Morse John Morse, Jr Treasury Farm Bureau Treasury

Past Masters Confer Degrees at Dromore Grange

Past Masters Association conferred the degrees on a class of candidates Tuesday of last week at Dromore grange with nearly 100 members and guests welcomed by Worthy Master Robert Metcalf. Granges represented included West Bath Bodwell Enterprise Merrymeeting Topsham Sidney and Dromore with 44 from Dromore. An invitation was extended for Juvenile Degree Team to confer first and second degrees next Monday evening. A crocheted apron donated by Mrs Florence Robinson was won by Mrs Bertha Ward of West Bath.

Dromore Grange Robert Metcalf Dromore Seving West Bath Bodwell Enterprise Merrymeeting Topsham Sidney Dromore Arthur C. Lemont West Bath Grange Cleveland Harriner Enterprise Grange John Howe Alfreda Perkins Herbert Simpson Edward Belanger Topsham Grange Melvin Pratt Bodwell Grange Woolwich James B. Lemont J. W. Randlett Core Hobart Ceres Mae Gould Richmond Grange Pomona Mary Pratt Flora Mary Morse Everett G. Lemont Chester Hobart Harold Hildreth Edwin W. Haggett

Lucky Johnson Substitutes for Lachance in Brunswick Bout

Boxing promoter Frank Cunha changes the Thanksgiving card at Brunswick Town hall with Lefty Lachance withdrawing due to an injured hand. Lucky Johnson of Philadelphia will replace Lachance to face Scotchy Hudson of Bath for the Maine featherweight title clash, sparking fans with the potential tight bout as Scotchy recently beat Leo Methot in Portland. Johnson had long sought a Lachance match, while Lachance avoided it, per his manager. The fights start at 8 30 Thursday evening.

Omah Perry Meadowbrook Winneganee James E. Perry Bowie Eugene Bowker Jay K. Bowker Eugene Fort Bragg N.C Bath Iron Works Pistol Lake Ernest Rogers John Percy Jude John Hyde Topsham Haley Kittery Frank Bates Edward Hawkes Bath Capt William B. Perry Daugher Doris Pierce Pleasant Cove Farm Harry Blaisdell Bailey Alfred W. Simmons Cook's Corner Popham Beach Simmons Frank Cunha Brunswick Boxing Brunswick Town Hall Lefty” Lachance Lisbon Falls Scotchy" Hudson Maine Lachance Maine Boxing Commission Lucky” Johnson Philadelphia East New England Leo Methot Portland Johnson Lisbon Brunswick

Parker Head Sunday School Observes Thanksgiving Week

Parker Head notes an enrollment of 30 for Sunday school with sessions from 11 to 12. Missing meetings include the Girl Scouts and PTA sewing. The community hosted a Thanksgiving program with a reading exhibit, a Mother Goose play, and a candy sale raising over 20 dollars for the school league.

Giri Caroline Wyman Robert Cushing Beryla Nisbet Carole Calarnes Bill Lowell Sally Lowell Francis Gray Miss Moppity Beverly Anne Snow Mother Hubbard Beverly Moore King Cole Raymond Nisbet Sandra Man Barbara Harington Laura Wyman Simple Simon Albert Gray Jack and Jill Sandra Mank Edward Gray Mary Babara Harrington Miss Muffe Joyce Gray Alphonse Galarneau H. D. Mank Bernard Wyman Miss Packard

Popham Beach photographs highlight New Guinea festival

A local community page reports Captain and Mrs. Sprague received letters from Corporal Herbert Sprague describing a native festival in New Guinea and other wartime observations. Photographs by W. H. Ballard capture hurricane aftermath at Popham Beach, Fort Popham, and Sequin with pine etching-like detail.

New Guinea Aind Walter Sprague Cpl Herbert BR. Sprague Army Military Police Cpl. Sprague Sprague W. H. Ballard Rnchor Light Studio Southwest Harbor Mr. Ballard Fort Pophim Seguin Popham Fred Humphreys Bath Popham School Leona Harmon Popnam Shhool Bertha Newick Mary Newdick Walter Newdick Eten Newdick Virgina Perkins Smak Richard Small Charles Leonard Elizabeth Leonard Robert Morong Gerald Morong Merrill Oliver Bertha Newdick Ernest Oliver Pocham Frea Spinney

Cox's Head William Proctor Morrison Died October 25

William Proctor Morrison born February 2 1862 died October 25 and was buried in Cincinnati in the Morrison family lot with 17 relatives. He was the oldest of six children and left four brothers and one sister living in Cincinnati Cleveland and Denver.

William Proctor Morrison Cincinnati Morrison Cleveland Denver Col

Proctor Ancestry and Local Visits Highlight Weekly Notes

The column lists distant relations and local social calls. Mentions include a Proctor lineage linked to Proctor and Gamble, Yale graduate and Boston lawyer, and visits by Leona Harmon to Mrs. Carlson and the Dozois family. Others note cottage weekends, a Winter sale, Bath visits, and letters from serviceman Elimer Hill in England and Charles Perkins in Everett Mass awaiting summer at Cox's Head.

Proctor William Proctor Proctor & Gamble Co Cincinnati Yale University Phi Beta Kappa Boston Leona Harmon Eric Carlson Dozois Arthur Stinson John Delong Woolwich Stinson Bernhard Carlsson Dix Island George Stacey Bath Nathaniel Percy Pvt Elimer Hill England Charles Perkins Everett Mass Cox's Head Cottage Lawrence Thayer Firenk Wyman

Corduroy Trouser Section and Winter Visits

A fragmentary local note details Mrs. Ejilison Moody visiting Freeport with Mrs. Earl Moody and Cpl. Ralph Spinney now stationed in Washington. It mentions family gatherings with Spinney, their son David, Uncle Ernest Spinney, and others from Wakefield and Reading. Several relatives travel for visits, with hospital recoveries and overseas assignments noted. Continued on Page Seven.

Ejilison Moody Earl Moody Ralph Spinney Washington

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