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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
5
Local Richmond reports detail Boy Scout signaling practice, first aid testing, and pending officer elections. Church suppers, Red Cross courses, and Auxiliary meetings are noted along with Thanksgiving and rationing notices. Funeral services for Gilbert Maxwell and Marie LeBlanc are recorded with interment details.
Personal items note several locals inducted into the U S Army at Camp Devens Massachusetts including Horace Lancaster James McIver Albert Coffin Jr and Lawrence Adams Mrs Harold Conley returns from Central Maine General Hospital Ray Esterbrook bags a big buck at the Inspections Station Mrs Harry Purington visits from Portland Charlotte Aldrich and Richard Parker wed at 69 Willow Street Augusta with Stanely Anderson as guest attendant The bride is a Brewer and Kents Hill graduate and Gates Business College student The groom is stationed at Fort Monmouth New Jersey.
Morse High School adopts a 16 mm sound projector from student activity funds. The device aids visual education in science English home economics and shop. Student Council members Robert Mosher Robert Dolan Cyril Leeman Horace Morse Mary Durant and Dorothy Dunn will operate it under rules set by Mrs. Hazel Cook.
Harold J. Jennings and Mrs. Jennie A. Foster were married Thursday afternoon at the bride’s home 153 Cony street Augusta in a single ring ceremony conducted by Rev A T McWhorter D D of Chatham Mass Attendants were Mr and Mrs William F Leavitt Jennings is vice president and treasurer of the Central Maine Power Co and both are prominent Augusta residents They will reside at 34 Eastern Avenue Augusta after a short wedding trip
Miss Mary Anderson and Miss Marjorie Nichols arrive Tuesday night from Boston where they attend Pierce Secretarial School to spend the Thanksgiving recess at home.
Mrs Florence Woodside hosted the Georgetown Working League on Center street Bath with members and guests attending. Fire damage to the Hagan property displaced families and routines noted alongside acorn laden signs of a hard winter. Local residents travel for holidays with Miss Belle Heald and Mrs Walter Cummings among those away or ill.
The Palmer and Hagan families express sincere gratitude to neighbors friends and the Five Islands Fire Department for kindness and aid after a recent fire that destroyed their home. November 25 1942.
Donald MacLaren plans Thanksgiving with his parents Mr. and Mrs. James MacLaren in Winthrop Massachusetts. He lives with his uncle on Phippsburg road and his father works at Hyde Windlass Co.
Morse High official warns Rotary Club that a national and state backed Victory program will require nearly all residents 18 and older to participate. Boys and girls will be directed toward a preliminary Flying service program with increased physical training to match German standards. federal officials emphasize building bodies for service, possibly dropping other subjects.
Three rare umbrella birds arrived at the Bronx New York Zoological Park from Costa Rica amid a large Central American bird import by Charles Cordier. The birds, along with 52 hummingbirds and 18 quetzals, will be shown in new exhibition cages as caretakers note their distinctive umbrella crests and helmetlike plumage.
The funeral of Mrs. Ida M. Williams, wife of Ernest E Williams, was held Wednesday afternoon from the Campbell home. Rev Chester B Oliver of Wesley Methodist church officiated. Bearers were Harold Ferguson Edward Thompson Omar Perry and Percy Holbrook. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
Lincoln Campbell Jr. leaves for Camp Devens after Army induction in Portland. Five Islands residents attend Good Neighbor club, Red Cross sewing, and local hospital news. Births, funerals, and gatherings noted, including Oscar S. Snowman burial and Peter Aderton Kunz birth in Washington DC. School closes for Thanksgiving. multiple local residents’ comings and goings listed.
Lieut Roland E Peterson of Boston and daughter Louise visiting Robinhood with Miss Madelyn Johnson of Portland. Deer harvested by Everett Haines near Robinhood Cove. mercy killing due to antler growth threat. Engagement announced for Elizabeth Anne Bisbee to Ensign Rupert Neily Jr with wedding planned at Bowdoin College chapel on Saturday Nov 28.
Mrs. Carl E. Albee and Miss Margaret J. Melcher hosted Les Camarades Musicaux at Mrs. Albee’s Washington Street home. Mrs. Robert B. Hatch led a Wagner quiz before the program featuring piano quartette, choral pieces, solos, and duets performed by guests and members including Mrs. Melcher, Mrs. Shaw, and Mrs. Albee.
Mrs. E E Parker told Hartshorn class members at the WLU club house in Lewiston that protecting children foundations the probate court. She described its roles in probating wills supervising adoptions waivers of the five day marriage rule and deciding commitments to the industrial home and insane hospital. Parker, the only woman to have appeared before the Maine Law Court, was once assistant registrar of Androscoggin county probate.
Bangor Brewer Girl Scout Council received one of six annual National Girl Scouts publicity awards. The honor went to Oscar Shepard for the Bangor Daily News feature story of the year, later reprinted in the New York Herald Tribune with a five column rotogravure photo.
Mrs Ida Mabel Williams 1876 1950 wife of Ernest E Williams of Campbell Pond died at home after a sudden illness. Former Winthrop h s grad and 12 year teacher in West Minot Greene Winthrop West Bath she served 13 years on West Bath school board. Survived by husband three children four grandchildren two sisters and other relatives. Funeral held Wednesday at Campbell Pond with burial in Bath.
Arthur W Pushard 59 years old died Sunday after a fall down stairs at 167 Middle Street. He was taken to Bath Memorial hospital where county medical examiner Dr. Albert S Owen ruled death a broken neck. He left a daughter and five brothers, with services held Tuesday at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence.
Frank L. Sample Jr. Inc. of Boothbay Harbor Maine received the Army and Navy Production award pennant and lapel pins for excellence in making minesweepers and rescue tugs. Rear Admiral Wat Tyler Cluverius presented the pennant, with Brig. Gen. Treland giving out pins. Governor Sumner Sewall led the ceremony and lunch followed an inspection of the yard. The firm has grown to about 500 employees in two years with facilities focused on Navy vessels.
Gilbert Maxwell died at Hotel Christy in Hollywood California at 78 and funeral services were held Sunday at his daughter Mrs Laurence Bond in Richmond. He was born in Bowdoinham Maine son of Thomas and Ruth Maxwell. He worked 25 years in North Adams Massachusetts and spent retirement in Florida and California. He loved horses and once owned several race horses and served as a judge at the Boston Horse Show. He is survived by son Noble Maxwell of New York City daughter Laurence Bond and sister Mrs Farretson plus three grandchildren.
Arthur W. Pushard died from a fall Sunday afternoon. The funeral took place Tuesday at 2 PM at the Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence with Rev. Charles A. Berry officiating. Bearers were brothers Maurice Loring Oscar and Basil Pushard. Interment was in Oak Grove cemetery family lot.
Fred Dean Winter aged 82 died at Memorial Hospital Friday night where he had been a resident since October 1932. Born in West Bath to Joseph and Emma Winter, he left no living relatives closer than a cousin. Funeral services were held Monday at Curtis Funeral Home.
Funeral services for the late Addie Flora Jewett of Waterbury Conn. will be held at her former home on Saturday afternoon at two. The 81 year old widow of Merrill C. Jewett is survived by daughter Miss Florence A. Newman and sister Mrs. W. A. Farrer of Monson. Miss Marion Titcomb of Dexter visited the city as guest of her sister, Miss Beatrice Titcomb.
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