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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1944

Page

9

Flowers Hill Wedding At Home of Bride's Parents

Miss Deletra Louise Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Hill married Sgt Raymond Paul Flowers in a quiet ceremony at the bride’s home with Rev Albert R Freeman officiating The couple were attended by Miss Anna Day and Rafael Bushey The bride wore white serge flannel and red rose bouquet The groom in uniform A brief reception followed and a bridal cake was cut They plan a Florida honeymoon before Sgt Flowers reports to Camp Down in Florida for his next assignment

Deletra Louise Hill William A. Hill Middle Street Raymond Paul Flowers Reading Albert R. Freeman Corliss Street Baptist Church Anna Day Rafael Bushey Miss Hill Morse High Shepard Shoe Store Sgt. Flowers H West Signal Corps Jungles

Honeymooners Lieut and Mrs Pfeffer at Edward Drake home

Lieut and Mrs Carl Pfeffer and Martha Morse returned from a New York City honeymoon and are now at home at 371 Middle Street to Edward Drake Jr. residence.

Carl Pfeffer Martha Morse New York City Middle Street Edward Drake, Jr

Winter Street Men’s Club Meeting and Talk

Winter Street Men’s Club met Thursday evening in the men’s room with a fine supper by the Ladies’ auxiliary, followed by a business meeting. President Clinton D Wil son introduced speaker Fred Farnsworth on local housing projects, government funding limits, and future drainage work. The program closed with five reels of war and Canada focused films. A club member praised Henry D B Small for arranging the pictures and a daughter was born to Mr Ruland Robinson of Dummer Street at Memorial Hospital Nouv 13.

Winter Street Men’s Club Ladies’ Auxiliary Clinton D. Wilson Fred Farnsworth Federal Housing Project Time of Canada Canada Atlantic Pactic Europe France Henry DB Smai Ruland Robinson Dummer Street Memorial Hospital Nouv

Christmas Sale by Winter Street Ladies Aid Dec 1

Plans for the annual Christmas sale and supper by the Winter Street church Ladies Aid are set for Friday December 1 with a lobster salad supper after a 2 PM sale. A long list of committee members covers Fancy Work Candy Green Table Utilities Cooked Foods and more with Mrs. Henry O. McCabe heading the accompanying doll table committee.

Ladies Aid of Winter Street Church Addison F. Pendleton Wallace Atwood Allen M. Irish Sarah Lermond Phyllis Bowie Robert Colley Charles Messenger Fred Kitteridge Alice Varney Elmer Rogers Clarence W. Morse Claire Coombs John Morse Langdon T. Snipe Charles Low Sarah Hitchcock Annie Darby Candy Arthur K. Purington David Black Elsie Folsom Raymond Powers Joseph O. Purdue John A. Lord Carl Y. Kennedy Roscoe P. McFadden George Hastings Herbert Lemont Walter F. Bowker Elmer Hodgkins Harry E. Peterson Fred C. Hill Edgar Hatch Charles Nelson Samuel R. Percy Walter S. Wiggin Edwina Durgin Cecil Paine Emma Hooper Fred Hooper Charles Frost Gertrude Silsby Lucy G. Rogers Alice Lorraine Purdue Fred Foote Fred Emmons Carlton Andrews Trygve Carlson Fred Irish Sarah Adams Henry O. McCabe

Girl Scouts Prepare Aid for Ye Olde Tyme Faire

Senior Girl Scout leaders Mrs Maurice Libby and Mrs James Nostall outline plans for Girl Scouts to assist at Ye Olde Tyme Faire sponsored by Bath Memorial hospital. Scouts will run the fish pond and collect suitable items like games, handkerchiefs, bric a brac, dishes, pot holders, books, and toys from city youths, with packages wrapped in tissue. Committees from Allegra and Red Rose troops organize volunteers for the event at State Armory on Lincoln Street, November 24 and 25.

Maurice Libby Red Rose James Nostall Libby Bath Men Nt State Armory Lincoln Fish Pond Barbara Hart Marguerite Driscull Jerry Soames Ste‘a Block Jean Dee

Puna Carle Wedding At St Marys Church

A morning ceremony at St Marys Catholic Church united Miss Esse Carle of Freeport with Cpl Carmello Puna US Army. Rev Fr John Cummings officiated the double ring service as relatives and friends gathered for the eight oclock mass. The bride wore ivory satin with a long veil and carried a prayer book, presented by her brother Leon Carle. Attendants included maid of honor Miss Mary Puiin and bridesmaids Miss Marion Carle and Miss Doris Sloat in pink blue and yellow taffeta. Best man was Frank Pulia. A breakfast followed at the bride’s aunt’s home, with a three tier cake and elaborate decorations. The couple will reside in Savannah Georgia after a stay in Freeport Augusta and Portland.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Esse Carle Freeport Carmello Puna John Cummings Leon Carle Mary Puiin Marion Carle Doris Sloat Pulla Miss Carle Edward Little High Morse High Savannah Morse Bath Corporal Pulia Augusta Portland Stella Murdock New York City Grace Hamlin Mary Sylvester Grant Nickerson Mary Putia Anne Pulia Herman Holbrook Michael Evaniski Lisbon Falls Edward Plummer Antonio Pulia Sally Pulia Frank Pulia James Puiia Boston

Elizabeth Lawrence CAR Met Tuesday

Elizabeth Lawrence CAR met Tuesday of last week with senior president Mrs. H. Kenneth Smith at her home 893 High Street. Fourteen members attended with guests from Colonel Dum mer Sewall chapter DAR. A report on the October State Convention in Augusta was read and officers will be elected at December meeting. A quiz on State Government pleased members. One new member, Miss Avis Carter, was admitted. DAR members present included Mrs. Charles Andre and others. Cradle roll members brought items for Mountain School box for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Orr hosted Mrs. Ethelyn Carlson of Head Tide Tuesday night.

Elizabeth Lawrence Society CAR H. Kenneth Smith High Street Dummer Sewall Dar Joanne Hea Natalie Hathorne Pearl Hathorne Augusta Evelyn Perkins Barbara Lou Deering Joanne Heat Avis Carter Caroline Carpenter Cynthia Moses Barbara Cocke Mary Lou Reed Lucy Lee Smith Charles Andre Frank Jaques Almena Jaques Elwood Hathorne Little D € Cradleroll Mountain School

Legion Auxiliary to furnish gifts for service personnel

The Roland Smith Post Auxiliary joins nationwide drive for Christmas boxes “The Yanks Who Gave.” Maine hospitals including Kittery, Portland, Togus, Bangor, Presque Isle will receive boxes for Army Navy and Veterans Administration patients. Packing sites at stores and plants will collect neatly wrapped gifts. excess stay in state, then National Headquarters.

American Legion Auxiliary Roland Smith Post Department of Maine Eddie Cantor Army Navy Veterans Administration Roland Smith Gardiner Rogers Eugene Desmond Earl Risteen Ralph Gay Walter Hill Edgar Leavitt David McKellar David Alkazin George Costain Maine Kittery Portland Togus Bangor Presque Isle United States

Engaged Miss Anita Geiger and Baxter Sharp Jr

Dr and Mrs J C Geiger announce the engagement of daughter Anita Celine Geiger to Baxter Rice Sharp Jr at their Forest Hill home. Anita, a leader of Alpha Lambda Chi at San Francisco Junior College, is a San Francisco native with family ties to Maine and Louisiana. Baxter, an Army officer, is the son of Mr and Mrs Baxter Sharp of San Francisco.

J. C. Geiger Anita Celine Baxter Rice Sharp, Jr Forest Hill Anita Alpha Lambda Chi San Francisco Junior College Charles Wyman Morse Bath Maine Louisiana Miss Hamlin San Francisco Ferry Hall Lake Forest Ill Stevens College Columbia Capt James Metz Geiger France John Casson Geiger Navy South Pacific Baxter R. Sharp, Jr United States Army Baxter R. Sharp Charles Benjamin Sharps Virginia Charles Edwin Chatfields Mr. Chatfield Lord Chatfield Admiralty Great Britain Admiral Beatty Jutland Geiger Mme Leon Genis Belgium Paul Frossard Switzerland Saboia-Lima Brazil Carlos Mackechnie Peru Craig Carrier Alma Chambers Meade Hoover Robert Lee Randolph Geiger Barbara Lee Marlene Beth Wilcox Pat Hutchins

Bath Women Attend Regional Episcopal Auxiliary Session

Women from Grace church Bath along with congregations Belfast Belfast Rockland Newcastle Brunswick Wiscasset attended a regional Woman's Auxiliary meeting at St. Philip's Wiscasset. Local leaders presided and reported on Synod meetings in Portland. Christmas gift plans and a box lunch preceded a devotional service led by Rev. George G. Chiera and Rev. Ernest O. Kenyon.

Belfast Rockland Newcastle Brunswick Wiscasset Bath St. Philip's Church Grace Church Warren Hawley W. Henry Double Frederick E. Drake Walter M. Hill Walter S. Glidden Charles M. Tubbs Wilmer I. Voorhees Minnie A. White Edward B. Parker J. L. Hayes Kerynap Rice Portland Kenneth C. M. Sills Genie Daly St. Thomas’ Church Camden St. Philip’s George G. Chiera Ernest O. Kenyon

Christmas sale committees named by St Marys Guild

St Marys Guild outlined plans for a parish Christmas sale and supper at the parish house on December 5. Committees appointed include Supper chair Mrs W S Voorhees and others. dining room chair Mrs Warren Hawley. aprons chair Miss Anna Trott. gifts and utilities chair Mrs Charles M Tubbs. food table chair Mrs Daniel Williams. with several listed helpers. A chicken salad supper runs 5:30 to 7 and the sale starts at 2. Guild members will sew aprons all day Tuesday and hold the usual evening business meeting.

St. Mary's Guild W. S. Voorhees Augustus Pero Walter Hill Russell Phinney Fred Hill Annie Manuel Warren Hawley Kenneth Brown Woodbury Moulton Caroline Day Priscilla Magoun

Bath youth elected head student councils

Horace G. Morse of Bath was elected president of the Maine Association of Student Councils to succeed Robert Marden of Waterville. Miss Mary Whitcomb of Bar Harbor was secretary and David S. Smiley of Skowhegan treasurer. Governor Sumner Sewall addressed about democracy aiding peace. Harland A. Ladd spoke. Delegates, hosted by the Sewalls at Blaine House, voted to meet in Augusta next year.

Horace G. Morse Ace G. Morse Bath Maine Association of Student Councils Robert Marden Waterville Mary Whitcomb Bar Harbor David S. Smiley Skowhegan Sumner Sewall Harland A. Ladd Sewall Blaine House Augusta

Colby College Receives $137,332 Since July 1

At the Board of Trustees Fall meeting former President Franklin W. Johnson said gifts and pledges totaled 63,142 toward the Mayflower Hill completion. Other receipts included 8,189 in non designated gifts, 6,000 in bequests filed, and 60,000 in irrevocable insurance policies written for the college.

Colby College Board of Trustees Franklin W. Johnson Mayflower Hill

Grange Fair Opens With Minstrel Show At Bowdoinham

Bowdoinham reports the Grange Fair opened Wednesday evening featuring Ralph Purington as interlocutor and Charles Berry directing pianist Delmar Curtis. The program included songs duets poems skits and an upcoming Thursday slate of plays What A Carbuncle and The Quilting Bee plus dancing with Berry's orchestra. Also noted are local personal items and a Thanksgiving service planned at the Baptist vestry.

Grange Fair Ralph Purington Charles Berry Delmar Curtis Ward Haley Nelson Fennimore Fred Leavitt Chester Purington Reginald Dore Edward Haley Eli Miner Daddy Reginald Dow Hazel Denham Hunter Boys Jean Belanger Guy Sedgley Bernard Valentine R. W. Chesley William Bailey Milton Baker Jacob Bakter James Pratt Arnold Lamoreau George Hackett George Hamilton William Gould Milton Given Lottie Purington Charles MacDonald Berry Clayton Mitchell Snc Sampson N. Y Portland

Miss Annie Walls to Thanksgiving with Richs in Bedford

Miss Annie Walls of Portland will be a Thanksgiving guest of her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. David Rich of Bedford street.

Annie Walls Portland David Rich Bedford Street

Ye Olde Tyme Faire ticket sale pushes ahead

Tickets for Ye Olde Tyme Faire at the State Armory in Bath are available Friday 9 to 5 at the Memorial Hospital auxiliary HQ in the Central Maine Power Co. building. Advance sales have been strong with prizes including ten 50 war bonds. the same ticket covers both Friday and Saturday nights with continuous pictures and dancing to Cliff Leeman's seven piece orchestra.

State Armory Lincoln Street Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Central Maine Power Co Front Street Bath Cliff Leeman

Tin Can Drive Collects Eight Thousand Pounds in Portland

About 8,000 pounds of tin cans were gathered on Nov 14 in Portland as part of ongoing salvage drives. Officials note drives will continue and urge every household to save cans. The campaign remains crucial to wartime metal needs and government goals.

War Production Board Portland

Iron Works Employee Slightly Injured in Plane Crash

Robert A. Morse, 30, of Church Road Brunswick, a naval welding inspector at Bath Iron Works, was injured when a small Cub plane crashed from 900 feet at West Washington. He has 200 flight hours and could not explain the accident. The plane belonged to George Austin of Washington. Donald E. Flagg, 28, Bath, promoted to Staff Sergeant in the 86th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division at Camp Swift, Texas. Miss Gloria Stover of this city will move to Washington, D C for a new job.

Robert A. Morse Church Road Brunswick Bath Iron Works Corp West Washington George Austin Washington Donald E. Flagg Park Street Bath 86Th Mountain Infantry Regiment 10Th Mountain Division Camp Swift Texas

Also Mentioned on This Page

Senter's, Inc Bride Winter Street Men's Club WGANS WGAN CBS World News America Korliss Archer Voice of Friendly Service Winter Street Ladies Aid Girl Scouts ST. Mary's Church Elizabeth Lawrence C.A.R Arthur Orr Sasanoa Bluffs Ethelyn Carlson Head Tide Legion Auxiliary Anita Geiger Anna Morse Eleanor Voorhees U. S. Naval Training Station Columbia University Miss Voorhees LaGuardia Field St. Philip’s Church St. Mary’s Guild Portland 2 Pr Reed Co. Maereee i Walincor Bowdoinham Bertha Heath Bliss Business College Lewiston Frank Heath Hager Cross Guilford Main Street Cross Brunswick Naval Station Florence Sedgley George Sedgley Ridge Road William Prindle Fort Sills Okla Irving Prindle Baptist Vestry Paul West Ivan Lang Bradford Mass Robert Wade Courtney Nealey Sanford Philip Nealey Philip Rideout Princeton Bank Nite Smiley Burnette Ccpl Cts Randolph Scott Glenn Ford Technicolor Iron Works Gloria Stover Washington, D. C Opera House Alan Marshal Laraine Robert Lowery Ellen Drew GARSON + PIDGEON Edward Arnold Darling
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