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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1947
Page
5
After the installation the new noble grand Ethel received a special gift while a retiring grand who served six years was honored. Guests from nearby towns and friends of Queen Esther enjoyed the ceremony. The event featured remarks by the installing staff and a social following the ceremonies.
Lions will sponsor a school paper drive for next week with assistance from the local party. They will collect, bundle, and place paper for children to pick up, starting Monday, with a freight car arriving Tuesday to transport the collected material.
Mr and Mrs Carroll Watson of Washington street enjoyed a weekend at their cottage at the Beach taking advantage of perfect weather. Many other Bath cottagers also spent the weekend at the same location.
The St Barnabas Guild voted to discontinue meetings as the Bath Memorial hospital nursing school has closed. The decision ends guild work for student nurses and expresses thanks to associate members. Hostesses were Mrs Ralph Crooker and Mrs William Blair. attendees included Rev Charles M Tubbs and several named members.
John Shepard son of Mrs. Lena Shepard of 1079 High street leaves for Pasadena California to join Bank of America after four years at First National Bank. A WWII veteran, he served three and a half years in the U S Army in the signal corps in Egypt and India. He will visit Boston Canton Canton Ohio and Emporia Kansas before reporting for duty November first.
Francis J. Merritt of Brunswick pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle after his license was revoked. He paid a fine of 20 dollars and costs of 4.70. State Trooper George C. Buzzell escorted him. The offense was alleged on Route No. 201 in Topsham.
Registration for all courses at Morse School set for Oct 27 as the Bailey Evening School starts the 1947 48 term. Maine Teachers Convention occurs that week, so first classes begin Nov 3. New offerings include a mother’s group, child development, modern teaching methods, amateur photography taught by C D White, and courses in English arithmetic drawing dressmaking and knitting. Some classes meet one night a week and there is no tuition, only books and materials. Early registration Oct 27 is advised to organize opening night classes.
Seaman First Class William B Crandell husband of Mrs Mary Louise Crandell of 7 Freemont Street served aboard the destroyer Moale in the Pacific Mobile Task Force. The voyage included Pearl Harbor Australia Guam Manila and Tsingtao before returning to Pearl Harbor to rendezvous with the Honda Knot bearing WWII dead to San Francisco.
The Dike PTA hosts a reception for teachers from Dike and Upper Washington street schools at the Dike school Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Laforest Hodgkins will speak on juvenile delinquency. Abbie Harvey will lead a student musical program with Morse high students. Refreshments by third grade mothers.
The Church of the Nazarene began its 40th year on October 13 1908 in Pilot Point Texas with about 10 members and 228 churches. It now has nearly 3500 churches in the US Canada and British Isles with over 200000 members and operates mission stations in 23 world areas. Six colleges support the denomination in the US Canada and Britain and Nazarene Theological Seminary offers a Bachelor of Divinity. The financial footprint has grown from 000 to 30500000 in 1946 and Nazarene per capita giving led all denominations at 8233. Showers of Blessing is heard weekly on 115 stations and shortwave globally.
Lions Club recent turkey dinner at Odd Fellows hall featured Bath Iron Works fireman Stanley Turner and Bath fire chief Richard Frates discussing fire safety and department duties. Directors considered a joint city Halloween party with the school and PTA and a paper drive to raise funds.
Announced by Mr and Mrs Dennis Gaudette Western Avenue their daughter Mary Ann to Terrence Paul Quinn son of Mr and Mrs John of West Ores He is a World War II veteran who served a year on a Bay destroyer in the Atlantic and Pacific now employed at the Bath Iron Works Harding plant No wedding date set.
Mr and Mrs Clifton Estes of Noble Avenue died Sunday at Bar Harbor. Funeral arrangements were not disclosed in the available text.
Dobbins, who later lived in Quincy and Salem Indiana, is honored among the fallen. He studied at a local high school before joining the Navy. His body will be buried beside his father in Salem. Mrs. Morse plans to travel there once funeral arrangements are confirmed. Her son Albert died at Midway and her former husband served in the Navy when he died in Bath in 1943.
M/Sgt Roy E Morin commanding the eastern Seer Office announces World War II Victory Medal and American Defense Service Medal eligibility for service between December 7 1941 and December 31 1946 and September 8 1939 to December 7 1941. Applications may be made in person with the original certificate or in lieu certificates. next of kin may apply for deceased personnel. Receipt arrangements available through the U S Army and Air Force Room 25 Bath Post Office Wing.
Lt. Comdr John E French U S Navy of Skowhegan died in the Pearl Harbor attack. A 1922 Naval Academy graduate he served in the Asiatic Fleet taught at the Naval Academy and then served on the Arizona. The body will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery beside his wife.
Mr and Mrs F B Nichols returned Tuesday afternoon after spending the weekend at Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden Vermont near Rutland. The annual Ne
The Past association met with an opening by Elfreda of Dro women and a closing reading by Allen of Sagadahoc grange. A Dromore baked bean supper was announced at the grange hall Saturday evening. Past masters and lecturers planned renewals and new members were welcomed.
Enrollment in Bath schools rose by October 1 reaching 2 448 students in elementary and high school grades. The current figures show 1 774 in elementary and another 4 in high school with week-to-week increases noted.
Sylvia R Petlock formerly of Atlantic Heights School Portsmouth New Hampshire becomes engaged. Mr Pearlstein a 1941 graduate of Millis Hightow and Burdett College accounting diploma holder.
Fragmentary text mentions a person connected to club work and a two year old purchased animal as a reward for excellence. Details are incomplete and names and places are unreadable.
Fragments indicate an alarm system problem disrupts the central office operations. Urgent calls face delays as the technical issue causes congestion and blocks timely handling.
Notes recount many kind remembrances of flowers and cards he received while hospitalized, reflecting support from friends and family during his illness.
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