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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1942
Page
2
A fragment notes the National Youth Administration program offering married and single women aged 24 and under work experience in industrial and clerical fields. It mentions training in pattern work machine operation and office tasks as part of wartime employment efforts.
Donald P Astry chief of agriculture notes the Rhody days in the Rhode Island Egg Laying test for 1941-42. The report records eggs laid and average weights, with six year olds and Southeast authorities weighing in on champions. A note cites an average egg weight and a high total number laid by competitors during the period.
A meeting will be held January 14 at the K P hall basement attendance listed. Mrs Rose Jean ret Haiscom and Mrs Strude Stew son Wiarrah are named. All members are required to be present and confirm attendance with Maury Curtis.
The fragmented clipping notes Allen and Bertocci family members connected to Cambridge and Boston, with mentions of graduates and job roles. It references Nuburn area and Giorgio Bertocci, Berkland and Lewis Works Corp. influences, implying a notable local graduation event and employment links.
State official explains teachers may qualify for occupational mileage under B books for travel to the Maine Teachers' Convention in Lewiston October 28–30. Boards must require ride sharing where possible and prove lack of alternate transport. OPA rules also state school buses used to transport teachers to or between convention sites may affect tire and vaseline eligibility.
The Salvation Army conducts its Annual Maintenance Campaign in Bath to fund aid for soldiers and civilians affected by war. Contributions support local work and international relief, with donations requested through Daniel Williams at the First National Bank of Bath.
Sewing Circle of First Baptist church met to finalize plans for a baked bean supper on October 24. Mrs. Roy Francis chairs the dining room committee with listed helpers. Laura Harrington handles tickets. kitchen duties are led by Mrs. Herbert Worrey with assistants. A Christmas sale and supper is set for December 8. Members urged to attend next Wednesday meeting on an important matter. Refreshments will be served by Mary Pratt and others.
The Sacred Heart Circle D of L plans an October social at 7 30 pm followed by an 8 15 meeting in the D of I hall on Front Street. Nomination committee members will report officers for the year.
The Log Cabin House of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hughes in Brunswick hosted a surprise shower Thursday evening for Mrs Thomas Monaco nee Helen Cameron a recent bride from Quincy Massachusetts. Guests included Mrs Agnes Gallant Wellington P E L aunt Mrs James E Cameron and many others. Monaco is daughter of Mr and Mrs James E Cameron of 797 High Street. A buffet lunch was served and gifts were given.
Firefighters were dispatched to the Dunton pasture in North Bath on Friday afternoon for a second woods fire near a previous Labor Day blaze. The fire, spreading from a well on Bath Brunswick highway fringe, required a box 51 alarm and burned underground before being controlled two hours after dusk. Fire officials warned it could rekindle and kept crews on duty as a precaution.
Mrs. Ruth Trueworthy resigns after 20 years at the Winnegance village school to join the staff of the Lieut. John E. L. Huse Memorial school, teaching seventh grade in the new building. She has been popular, guiding all grades through the eighth, with about 40 pupils under her during the fall term. Superintendent Gilman plans to implement a platoon system to split younger and older students.
Former James F. Will Co. workers now with A. F. Brehaut Co. gathered at the Eagle in Brunswick for their annual reunion. Attendees included Miss Alice F. Johnson of Brunswick and John L. Purington and Mrs. Marion Luce Purington, both formerly of Bath. A memorial service honored five deceased members, including Mrs. Daisie Hubbard Fuller of Bath and Mrs. Annette Pennell Bryant. Roll calls featured poetry and reminiscences of years gone by.
Central Congregational church Sunday school prepares for a busy year with large enrollment indicated by Rally Day. Principal Miss Jane W Stevens leads Beginners to high school classes with a full staff including Miss Shirley Mank, Miss Virginia Trott, Rev Raymond G Putnam and Mrs Evelyn Rogers.
The Navy invites eight applicants in the first Naval District who qualify as Warrant Carpenters. Applicants must have carpentry experience on wooden hulls and apply at the Officer Procurement office in Boston. Selected men earn 1800 dollars annually plus allowances. Miss Josephine Moore, R.N. was a weekend guest in Boston.
The Saga dahoc Superior Court selects grand and traverse jurors for the October term starting October 20 and for the January and June 1943 terms. The lists cover Arrowsic Bath Bowdoin Bangor not shown Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath Woolwich with jurors including Frances Sturmer Phyllis Bowie Mason H Marshall Stella Given Ida Hayes and Sarah Carlton among others.
Marriage intentions were filed Saturday noon in the City Clerk office by Evelyn Petlock of this city, a longtime stenographer for Hon. John P. Carey Jr and P F C Abe Merson of Lewiston. Petlock is daughter of the late Nathan Petlock. Merson, son of the late Nathan L. Merson, is with the U S Army Air Corps at Gunter Field Alabama. Also filed were Everett Lewis Harford and Francis Balliro of Bath for FP No 1. Harford is son of Earl F Harford of Chelsea Massachusetts and works at Bath Iron Works. Balliro is daughter of Joseph Balliro of East Boston. Edward Hamblett, a U of M student, returned to Orono after summer in Lynn Massachusetts.
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