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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1941

Page

4

Golden wedding anniversary celebrated in Wiscasset

Mr and Mrs Benjamin H Crossman longtime town residents were honored for their 1891 marriage with open house at their daughter Mrs Charles E Mason Bradford Street and a family gathering with 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The couple's family and local notables joined in the celebration with church and lodge ties noted.

Benjamin H. Crossman Charles E. Mason Mason Bradford Street Crossman Wiscasset Methodist Church Lincoln Lodge of Masons Red Men Pocahontas Wilbur Cowley

Philathea Class Plans Luncheon and Supper

Corliss Street Church Philathea class schedules an all day Re search class lunch on Wednesday in the vestry and a Monday Sterling Bible class supper. Mrs. Earl H. Morang chairs the lunch with aides Mrs. Truman J. King and Mrs. Emerson B. Glidden. Mrs. Orris I. Ames chairs the kitchen for the supper with aides Mrs. F. Arthur Berry Mrs. Edward G. Waters and Mrs. Raymond Palmer. Dining room hosts are Mrs. Roy L. Lutz Mrs. LaForrest G. Coombs and Mrs. Alden Denham Jr.

Philathea Corliss Street Church Sterling Bible Earl H. Morang Truman J. King Emerson B. Glidden Orris I. Ames F. Arthur Berry Edward G. Waters Raymond Palmer Roy L. Lutz LaForrest G. Coombs Alden Denham, Jr Foster M. Pratt Robert King

West Bath Grange Boosters Night Draws 100 Plus

More than one hundred attended the Annual Boosters night at West Bath Grange on Monday evening. Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant led the program with a Carver's Orchestra dance segment and refreshments afterward. Participants included Miss Claire Grainger Franklin Howe Walter Olsen Mrs. Lawrence Palmer Mrs. Lewis Palmer Linwood Piper Frederick P. Morton Edward Jenks Mrs. David Henderson Mrs. Bird A. Shellenbarger Charles Genthner Miss Marie McDonald Lewis Palmer and Misses Dorothy and Jeanette Williams. Genthner will oversee the next contest program on Monday Oct. 6 the eighth in the series with dancing following.

West Bath Grange Fred K. Sturtevant Carver Claire Grainger Franklin Howe Walter Olsen Lawrence Palmer Lewis Palmer Linwood Piper Frederick P. Morton Edward Jenks David Henderson Bird A. Shellenbarger Charles Genthner Marie McDonald Dorothy Jeannette Williams

Still Alarm Fire at Bath Iron Works

Engine four answered a still alarm at Bath Iron Works Corp at 2 15 Tuesday afternoon when sparks from a blacksmiths temporary shack cut up by Ellis Snodgrass contracting firm workers in the north yard. The plant whistle alarm brought the yard fire department and engine four crew with a booster pump to control the blaze. No damage resulted.

Engine Four Bath Iron Works Corp Sparks Eyon Ellis Snodgrass

West Bath Sewing group resumes Red Cross work meeting

The West Bath Sewing group held its first work meeting of the season at the West Bath grange with an all day session to restart Red Cross clothing projects. A noon dinner was served by a committee. The gathering included numerous members and guests from nearby towns.

West Bath Sewing Group West Bath Grange Red Cross Harry Peterson William Powers Herbert Simpson Grange Hall Fred Bubier Maynard Carlton Courtney Stover Powers Peterson Simpson William Kerrigan Hazel Whorf Annie Henderson Marjorie Cavanaugh Fred W. Larrabee Fred Rose Annie Williams A. B. Snow Bubier Leon Felker Jerry Haile J. E. Mayo Carolyn Rogers

Insurance Firm Receives Gold Sign for 25 Years

James B. Drake & Sons, local insurance agents, were presented with a gold sign by The American Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J., in recognition of over 25 years representing the company. Paul B. Sommers, president of The American, sent a congratulatory letter praising loyalty and friendship. Drake & Sons have represented the firm since Sept. 28, 1916, and are wished continued success.

James B. Drake & Sons The American Insurance Co Newark N. J Paul B. Sommers Sommers

Blake couple celebrate 34th wedding anniversary

Howard E. Blake and Mrs. Blake traveled to Portland for the 35th Great Sun Council Fire of the Degree of Pocahontas while observing the 34th anniversary of their wedding. They wed October 1, 1907, at First Baptist Church. Both are active in local Masonic and D of P circles with extensive family ties across Maine.

Howard E. Blake Blake Portland Great Sun Council First Baptist Church George F. Roullaird Masonic Order Ramona Council D of P Genesta Myrtle Lodge U. O L O. L Sons of Veterans Lincoln Nebraska Lucelia Tarbox Franklin P. Tarbox Westport Willard Clifford Topsham Dennis Tarbox Mechanic Falls Rodney Tarbox Woolwich Arnold Tarbox Massachusetts Mr. Blake Nettie Blake Roslindale Mass

Litchfield Allen announce engagement

Capt and Mrs William S Blair of Washington street announce the engagement of Alma E Allen to Leonard E Litchfield. Alma is superintendent of St Andrew's hospital Boothbay Harbor and a Morse High and Mount Auburn School of Nursing alumna. Leonard a Bath Street native and Union Iron Works test engineer in San Francisco holds a Maine chemical engineering degree cum laude. The couple plan to marry in October.

William S. Blair Washington Street Alma E. Allen Leonard E. Litchfield Miss Allen St. Andrew's Hospital Boothbay Harbor William H. Allen Woolwich Morse High School Mount Auburn School of Nursing Cambridge Mass Litchfield Harry E. Litchfield Bath Street Union Iron Works San Francisco Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp Kents Hill Seminary University of Maine California Hyde Windlass Co

Selective Service Board Calls 16 Draftees for October 13

Local Board No. 1 issued its sixteenth call listing draftees for departure on October 13. Names include Robert R. Reno Bath Guy F. Coolen Topsham Orrin S. Martin Richmond Harold F. Babb Bath and others. A Maine man claims a bear attacked his hive, then he shot a 200 pound bear and collected a $10 bounty, settling a debt.

Selective Service Robert R. Reno Bath Guy F. Coolen Topsham Orrin S. Martin Richmond Harold F. Babb Brunswick Robert D. Cates Herbert E. Blakney, Jr Homer Farthing South Portland Gordon E. Pinkham Daniel E. Poulos Leon Tervey Anson Hervey

Expanded training wing opens at Aubert Hall in chemistry fields

A new wing of Aubert Hall was dedicated Friday with expanded facilities for training and research in chemistry chemical engineering and pulp and paper technology. Faculty students alumni and members of the Maine Chemical Society and the Maine New Hampshire Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry attended a two day session on campus.

Maine Aubert Hall American Chemical Society Maine-New Hampshire Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry

Woolwich and Bath Baptists Unite in Joint Service

A union service united Bath area Baptist churches for a baptism at the Bath church. Community groups like Willing Workers and Day's Ferry plan suppers to raise funds for Christian service while neighborhood clubs hold meetings and visitors arrive from surrounding towns for services and social events.

Baptist Church Bath Anna Soule Day's Ferry Union For Christian Service Hollis Leeman Nequasset

Personal notices from Bath and vicinity

Mrs E Melvin Pratt of Spring street is ill and at home under a physician’s care. Norman McDonald of Waltham Mass visits Bath with the Carrolls of Washington. Ambrose Curran, chief machinist on the ice cutter Kickapoo, is a patient at Baltimore Marine Hospital for five weeks. his wife recently visited. Mrs Albert H Thompson returns from Orono after a week with Mr and Mrs Phelan Junkins former Bath residents. Mr Thompson accompanied her from Orono. Beulah Rebekah lodge Richmond officers to be installed by Carolyn Thompson district deputy president and her marshal Queen Esther Rebekah lodge Bath. installation marks Thompson’s first in that role. Supper at the grange hall around 6 30.

Viola Adams Nellie Munsey Ruth E. Leighton Church School First Congregational Church A. J. Myer James A. Bimson Bath and Wiscasset Carleton Lowell Fred Hayward Ruth R. J. Steussy Bath Mary Hobson George Bemis Carolyn S., Varney Grace L. Knight Quebec Charles E. Cowley New Hampshire Vermont Frederick Tripp Chehaven Benjamin Adams Union Street Bernard Seamon Brookline Mass Inez Sherman Federal Street Alice Fulton Mae Flanders New York Bradford- Sortwell-Wright American Legion Post George Gavett Neil Due Walter Shaw Carol Westbrook Harold Sherman Earle Lewis Gibbs House Lewis Frank B. Adams William B. Lewis Phyliss Reed Thelma Berry Bradford-Sortwell-Wright, A. L Grace Crowe Louise Heiffer Lynn James J. Keefe Gardiner Rond John Blagdon North Edgecomb Calvin Carey Blagdon Eames Clarence Race Hale Pulsifer Eddy Cottage East Edgecomb Locust Valley N.Y Eugene McGrath Nova Scotia Alfred Cargill Kermit Cargill Agnes Cargill Washington Maine Courtney Stover Nazarene Church Rock Hill Inn George Sullivan Betty George, Jr Bingham L. D. Rogers Hayden Rogers Nancy Charles Haggett West Bath Henry Donnell Brunswick E. C. Donnell Roland Bailey Waterville George Gainsley John Preble Lemuel Preble Walter Libby Nequasset Bath Memorial Hospital Clifford Peck Waldo P. Hawthorne Cummington Charles Haley Lincoln Houdlette Beltran Crocker Paul Richard Patricia Sagadahoc Ferry Rangeley Lake Donald Leavitt Donald, Jr Leavitt Lee Merry Gilbert Genthner Barbara Woolwich George Hathorne Genthner Mary Cameron Washington Street Weston Bousfield Mansfield Conn Cyril Bousfield Day's Ferry John N. Palmer Woolwich Methodist Church Bowdoinham Nequasset Methodist Church Day's Ferry Congregational Church Sagadahock Ferry Herbert F. Milligan The Churches of Maine First Baptist Church Franklin W. Johnson Colby College Mark A Rich New York City Mildred C. Widber Boston Herman J. Sweet Chicago Paul L. Vogt Washington, D. C Marget Winchester Max H. Webster Burlington Mervin M E. Melvin Pratt Spring Street Norman McDonald Waltham Harry J. Carroll Ambrose M. Curran Blind Crossing Marine Hospital Baltimore Curran Albert H. Thompson Upper Washington Street Orono Phelan O. Junkins Junkins Thompson

Brookline Wedding Unites Mollie Stewart and Joseph Read

Miss Mollie Stewart of Brookline Mass and Joseph Read of New Haven Conn were married September 27 at Harvard Congregational Church Brookline. The ceremony featured a Lohengrin march and ivory satin gown with a reception in the parish house. Over 100 guests attended and plans call for residence in New Haven after a wedding trip.

Mollie Stewart Brookline Mass Kennebec Point Joseph Read New Haven Conn Harvard Congregational Church Stewart Read Carroll Deering Elizabeth Harry Stone Lewiston Gail Whitehouse Children's Library of Arthur Maxwell Pearl Perry Walter Quance Evelyn Mr. Brown Auburn Pollack Adams Miss Howard Bath Adelaide Hinckley Maurice Burns

Birthday Outing for Topsham Citizen

A Sunday afternoon gathering at the Rock Hill Inn in West Bath celebrated Percy E. Marriner of Topsham turning 64. The group enjoyed a clam bake, a seaplane ride for Marriner, and foliage views from the air, with several attendees taking rides and returning to walks and water adventures.

Percy E. Marriner Rock Hill New Meadows Rock Hill Inn West Bath Topsham Fred W. Larrabee Marriner Peje Larrabee Walter Larrabee Percy Marriner Norman Marriner Harry S. Wallace Herbert Anderson Herbert, Jr Leburton D. Sheldon This City Scott Maxson Edgar Murphy Fred L. Williams Katherine Corrigan Portland

Bath Men Attend Trawler Launching

The 60 foot trawler Holy Cross was launched in semi dark ness at the Maine Ship building Corp. yard. It is the seventh of 10 vessels for F. J. O'Hara & Sons of Boston. Sponsor Miss Gertrude Dolan of Boston attended with Holy Cross President Rev. Joseph R. N. Maxwell and Bath Iron Works leaders William S. Newell and Archibald Main. Also present were former Gov. Louis J. Brann, Arthur R. Greenleaf, and Edward J. Bran lent U.S. District Attorney Boston.

Holy Cross South Portland Maine Shipbuilding Corp F. J. O'Hara & Sons Boston Gertrude Dolan Joseph R. N. Maxwell William S. Newell Archibald Main Bath Iron Works Corp Louis J. Brann Arthur R. Greenleaf Edward J. Branlent U.S

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Lincoln Home Charles J. DiPerri Alvin W. Kernstead Fred R. Fulton Samuel J. Sewall Charles Pomeroy Elinor Pomeroy Greenlawn Turner Gregoire Maine Teachers’ Association Winona Leavitt Frank H. Gray Pemaquid Frederick Pennoyer West Boothbay Harbor William Frye Lon Jewett Lillian Nash Damariscotta Harvey. Pease Burlington, Vt Marlene Washburn Lincoln Street Priscille Byrant Arthur Leland Byrant Robert Ashley Condon St. Philip's Church Stanley Dodge White Mountains Gray Maine Central Roy R. Marston Vermont Pharmaceutical Association Richard Rines Edgar Smith Newcastle John B. Downey Lee and Churchill Streets Norris A. Miller Register of Deeds John Riley Gibbs F. W. Burleigh J. E. White Lubec Eastport Tom Wilmot Frederick H. Burleigh Montreal Pittsburgh Penn Oscar Bailey Alna Road Cyril Grant Gorham Grant Todd-Bath Iron Works William Dickinson Sandy Creek N. Y Alvin W. Keirstead Main Street X. C. Gaimont Oakland Mary Warren Martha Warren A. H. Durgin Gaimont Maine Central Railroad C. D Everett Foot Cushion Laboratories Dept Ferry Everett Corliss Street Bath Iron Works Bath Insurance Firm Iron Works Litchfield-Allen Selective Service Board Eben Dana Bessie Hunt Gilbert Frank Becker George Cotter Chelsea Becker Cottage Nequasset Lake Morton Baker Ida _ Beals Flossie Beals Harvey P. Hathorne Rangeley Lakes Everett Rice Jean South Windham Mr. Rice Minnie Rice J. N. Palmer Alice Miss Ames Bowdeinham Palmer J. R. Terry Haverhill Hall Inn Brooks Terry W. T. Grant Phyllis Gilpatrick Boothbay Fred Rice Harold Shaw G. W. Shaw Moatsweag Loring D. Small Wilbert and Dana Charles Bates Beachmont Sabine Frank J. Hunt Joan Leon Eaton Leonard M. Lord Fitts Street Ethel Blake R. N Maxine Walker Russell J. Boyd William O’connell Samuel P. Buck Buck Charles Chase Charlotte Buck Carrie Hathorne Mason Carter Hazel Sarah Bagley Wright World Emergency Fund Anna Bernice Soule Irene Spinney Moatsweag Baptist Church Jean and Margaret Gowdey Central Baptist Church Melvin Howe Jon Richard Baker Arlington David G. Reed Guy Buzzy Sanford Frank J. Walker Earl Gainsley Topsham Citizen
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