Bath society notes mark many WWII era happenings
Local society column details Navy recruit James Edward Clancy’s return to Newport Rhode Island after a week with his wife and family in Bath. It notes Morse College connections, athletics, and multiple residents traveling, births, marriages, and army inductions, with updates on local workers at Bath Iron Works and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Clancy
Newport
R. L
Clancy
Marion Getchell
West Bath
George D. Adams
Russell Street
Bath
Hardings
B. I. W. Corp
Navy
Morse
Edward Clancy
Bath area social notes and military furloughs recap
Frederick Gordon Hall, in the Coast Guard since July 15, arrives for a furlough to Bath, with his parents at 1239 Washington Street. The Hall parents celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. The column lists visiting relatives and friends from Boston, Philadelphia, Syracuse, and other places, plus weddings, travel, and deployments affecting Bath residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gordon Hall
United States Coast Guard
Hoboken
N. J
George S. Hall
Washington Street
Library workers note Victory Week and improved Patten Free Library
Bertha C. Dean reports Victory Book Week activities and a major library upgrade at Patten Free Library. New shelves lights and tables improve access to bound newspaper volumes while state guidance aided storage and crowd handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Library Association
Patten Free Library
State Library
Elizabeth Gardner
Elizabeth Libbey
Americana Annual
Bath
Maine
Laws of Maine
Lincoln Library of Essential
Maine Register
Webster's Dictionary
World Almanac
Bath Daily Times
Bath Independent
Wiscasset
Powarborough
Morse High School
Treasury report shows 1941-1942 balances and trust gifts
Treasurer Allen Spear presents figures: cash on Oct 7 1941 was 2330.57 and Oct 12 1942 was 385.20. Trust fund income totaled 1179.50 with multiple donors. Total receipts 6360.07, disbursements 5974.87. Library book purchases 1242.49 and year end cash 982.12. List of trust contributors includes N C Gielstrup John O Fiske Charles E Patten and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Spear
S. W. Marr
F. W. Humphreys
John S. Hyde
Lucy W. Patten
H. M. Sewall
E. S. Wright
Davenport
City of
Bath
State of Maine
Spear
N. C. Gielstrup
John O. Fiske
Charles E. Patten
Mary A. Wiggin
Sarah W. Marr
Thomas Harward
Lucinda Bailey
Charlotte G. M Harward
George P. Davenport
Edward P. Donnell
Andrew J. Fuller
Frances W. Humphreys
Ernestine S. Wright
William D. Sewall
Annie P. Jelly
George F. Mason
Nancy E. Clapp
James S. Lowell
Elizabeth R. Moses
Emma H. Moses
Lina G. Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
Clara A. Abbott
Jane S. Murphy
Harry B. Sawyer
Inoculations shifted to Monday for whooping cough program
Whooping cough inoculations will be given Monday October 19 instead of Wednesday this week. Dr Eleanor Blish state director of maternal and child welfare leads the program with the Red Cross Nursing service. Regular well baby conferences proceed as scheduled this week on Wednesday afternoon in Red Cross rooms on Front street and Thursday afternoon at Hyde Park Terrace Administration office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Blish
Maternal and Child Welfare
Red Cross Nursing Service
Red Cross
Front Street
Hyde Park Terrace
Local visits note Ralph Curtis with Bourget and Hutchins family
Ralph Curtis has been visiting for several weeks with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bourget and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hutchins of Cherry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Curtis
Edward Bourget
Arthur Hutchins
Cherry Street
Maine in Washington on price controls and war needs
The article outlines federal price controls expanding across many products, with focus on potato regulation and industry adjustments. It notes labor cost debates, a new tax bill moving to conference, and a 100 to 200 million foot potential increase in Maine lumber output guided by War Production Board efforts led by E. C. Hyde in Portland to boost wartime supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Price Administration
Washington
Maine
New York Times
Senate
Morganthau
War Production Board
E. C. Hyde
War Production Board For
State Building
Portland
Maine Egg Laying Contest Yields National Leader
The 1941 42 Maine Egg Laying Test crowns a Rhode Island Red hen entered by Howard A Richards of Harco Orchards South Easton Massachusetts as the U S A leader with 338 points from 357 days and 26 ounce eggs. The high pen belongs to G B Treadwell Spencer Mass with 3740 45 points from 3562 eggs and a Maine state cap goes to Edgar Smith North Edgecomb with 306 eggs and 324 10 points. The University of Maine Orono Rhode Island Red pen posts 3177 20 points with 100 percent livability. Fabian Paulin hosts a family gathering at Foster's Point Cottage with gifts and patriotic decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Rhode Island
Howard A. Richards
Harco Orchards
South Easton
Massachusetts
Maine
U.S. A
Rhode Island Reds
G. B. Treadwell
Spencer
Mass
Party in honor of Arthur Paulin
Arthur Paulin was guest of honor at a family dinner hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs as he prepares to report to Fort Devens Mass after being recalled for service in the United States Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar R. Hunt
Charlestown Navy Yard
Bath
John H. Hunt
Middle Street
Stanley White
Lyn. Mass
Maine
Curt Chapman
Saugus
Mass
Sam
Carl Chapman
Everett
Charles Chapman
Quartermasters Corps
U. S. Army
Newport
R. I
U. S. Marines
Saugus High School
Joseph O. Purdue
Portland
Young People’s Council of Congregational Churches
Camp
Manitou
Purdue
Winter Street
Francis L. Sullivan
Harry C. Sullivan
Liberty Street
Kelly Field
Tex
Camp Devens
Ft. Knox
Camp Polk
Randolph Field
Robert W. Sullivan
Navy
Morse
Francis
Robert
Patricia Thomas
Fred Thomas
Washington Street
Arthur Paulin
Fort Devens
United States Army
Pilgrim Fellowship Meeting Features Miss Merrill on Heroes
Bath group met Sunday at Central Congregational church with Miss Marie C Merrill Colby 42 as speaker. She argued true greatness lies beyond hero worship naming Aristotle Lincoln and Jesus Christ as real heroes. Social committee arranged cider doughnuts and a hay cart outing to Brightwater next Sunday with campfire cook-out and song service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Pilgrim Fellowship
Central Congregational Church
Marie C. Merrill
Colby
Miss Merrill
Aristotle
Abraham Lincoln
Jesus Christ
Addison Burbank
Judy Dennison
Brightwater
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William Farrar
Brunswick
Thomas Cummings
Cummings Street
Dorchester
Emil Freddy, Jr
Cummings
Bath Iron Works
Jeanette Shackford Greene
Meadow Way
New England Tel & Tel. Co
John Marsh
High Street
Mr Marsh
Lincoln Lodge
C.F
Charles T. Henderson
St. Stephens
N. B
Stanley W. Thomas
Gorham
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Orono
University of Maine
Hayward S. Thomas
Joseph McDouall
Hursday
Bath Memorial Hospital
John Alexander
Harold E. Armes
The
Osteopathic Hospital
Walter Ward Armes
Armes
Leola Ward
Walter Grover
Rumford
Wesley Simpson
Fisher Court
Augusta
S. S. Webster
Edward Charles Morton
Bath Ship Outfitter
Margaret Cora Peterson
Augusta General Hospital
Norma Jeary Steus
R. J. M. Steusss
Eleanor Wilson
Jackson College
Aiet
Lewis E. Wilson
North Street
Charles D. Madden
Mechanic Street
South Portland
G. Clifford Madden
Calvin E. Farnham
George B. Farnham
Woolwich
Devens
Eugene V. Rice
Nelson R. Rice
Morse’ High School
Morse’ High School Classmate of Mr. Farnham
Warren Bartlett
Harry Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Rice
Hyde Windlass Co
Bartlett
Bath Iron Works Corp
Farnham
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Wash
87Th
Thomas Allen
Robert Crean
Mr. Crean
Providence
Vincent Marsh
Ernestine Eaton
James Goodwin
Chestnut Street
Quantico
Caronano
Calif
U. S. Marine Corps
Edgar W. Oliver
Bishop of the Bath Iron Works Corp
A. Farley Mayo
W. Dayton Hill
C. M. Tubbs
St. Mark's Parish
William E. Berger
Claude L. Pickens
China
Gripsholm
Augusta China Club
Arthur H. Colby
Academy Street
Lawrence Young
U. S
Camp Niantic
Niantic
Conn
Phyllis L. Darrah
Morse High
Shaw Business College
Eimplay
Central Maine Power Co
Albert Darrah
Court Strollet
Eps
Nord Moore
Carolyn Thompson
Inv Rebekon Lodge
Airs
Potter
Queen Esther Rebekon Lodge
Lewiston
Myr Ge Ballings
Nellie PR
Athana Guillespie
Thompson
Patricia Sewall
Todd-Bath Shipbuilding Co
Edward Sewall
Nathan BE. Coffin
Park Street
Flossie M
Cliftondale
Lawrence Vail
Vivian Brown
Ruth Moore
Weeks Street
Bartholomew O'Donnell
Fred D. Hill
Boston
Walter Paine
Barbara
Alton L. Richards
Henry Harford
Lena Shepard
Hish Street
Pvt
John W. Shepard
Savannah, Ga
Tampa
Fla
36Th Airbase
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Lawrence MacDonald
Philadelphia
Bernnice MacDonald
Bailey Street
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Louis A. Dole
Wilmington
Del
George Henry Dole
St. Mark’s
Oliver L. Loring
Carroll E. Morse
New York City
Ebasco Services, Inc
Samuel A. Morse
Millard Green
Everett Green
Bowery Street
Naval School
Great Lakes
Mr. Green
Ile
Harry Lemont
Mr. Lemont
Lahey Clinic
Louis Wilkin
Elizabeth Ann
Maine General Hospital
Wilkin
Center Street
Myra A. Webber
R. N
Ralph Hutchins
Hutchins
Edward Biggins
Eugene Pierce
Reinneers
Hathorne
Sagadahoc Ferry
West Southport
Cecil Pierce
Norma Steussey
Chamberlain School
R. J. M. Steussey
Hazel Morrison
Brighton
David G. Reed
Cyril E. Bousfield
Ardella B. Farrar
Mira Hunnewell
Sagadahoc
Merton Webber
Western Avenue
Manley Ellis
Alice R. Pratt
Valley Road
Ellis
Army
Guy McFarland
Donald Kingsbury
Frankfort
Eleanor R. Gediman
Alderman
Arthur W. Gediman
Andrews Road
Gediman
Burdett Business College
Colin R. Dunn
Suburbs
Edward H. Owen
Granby
Mr. Owen
Col
Henry W. Owen
Oak Street
Travelers’ Life Insurance Company
Nicholas Cusinello
U.S.N
Bloomfield, N. J
Pfc
George P. Perry
Fort Lyons
Daniel J. Perry
Dorothy M. Bourque
Kenneth H. Orr
Nicky
Fairhaven
William Gardner Stevenson
Braintree
Colin
Dunn
Spring Cove
Westport
Henry J. Brennan
Margaret
Lawrence
Martin Watrous
Sedgemere
New Meadows
New Orleans
Barbara Moore
Maynard Moore, Jr
Mack Hines
Syracuse
N. Y
Ritz Carlton
Hiram Annis
Milan Street
Practical Arts School
Hines
Francis Cooke
Silver Springs
Popham Beach
Allan Spear
Ida Greenleaf
Mercie McFadden
Bedford Street
Burt Lyon
Edward H. Hartwell
Chestnut Hill
Galen M. Low
American Petroleum Institute
Petroleum Institute
Lydia Brimisine
Independent Chronicle
Universal Advertiser
Walter Buchler
Colin Clements
Harry Day
Alice Magoun
Bath School Committee
Northern Tribune
Daily Mirror
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Eastern Times
Cecelia Club
Edward Hartwell
Caroline Bowman Parkinson
Fred Dean
L. T. Snipe
Bath High School
Lillian Snow
Clara Barton
Bertha L. Soule
Carl Anderson
American Legion
Bath Rotary Club
Bates College
Bates
Church of the Nazarene
Herald of Holiness
Colby College
Daughters of Isabella
Sign
Fred R. E. Dean
Life
Far and Near Missionary Society
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Missions
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Sentinel
Grace Church Periodical Club
Episcopal
Hobbies
Thomas R. Huston
Nation's Business
Knights of Columbus
Columbia
North-Center
Parent Teacher’ Association
Frank B. Nichols
Joseph Trott
National Geographic Magazine
Raymond Trott
Arts and Decorations
C. P. Wetherbee
Readers Digest
U. S. Recruiting News
Army Life and
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Our Dumb Animals
William Yule
Zions Herald
Wiscasset Public Library
Maine Library Association
Boston Herald
Bertha C. Dean
Ralph O. Brewster
Fabian Paulin
Floral Street
Clifford White
Mr. White
Foster's Point
Paulin
Ted Sinibaldi
James Comeau
Leo Paulin
Alanson Brewer
George Paulin
Lena Carpentier
Clifton Edegard
Pauline Morse
Alice Grimard
William Grimard
Peter Parfitt
Allan Bickford
Clayton Palmer
Douglas Richardson
Gladys Gundel
Leonard Theriauld
Alfred Pomerleau
Pilgrim Fellowship Meeting