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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1941

Page

7

Shower Honoring Miss Eleanor Hall Before Marriage

A miscellaneous shower was hosted at Mrs. Hall’s 974 High Street for Miss Eleanor Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis B. Hall, who will wed Lloyd Weatherbee Burr of Bucksport on November 24. Guests included many local residents and relatives. decorations featured pink and white, a wedding bell arch, and a cake baked by Mrs. Jake Heal.

Arthur W. Hall Wendell B Heal Mrs. Hall High Street Eleanor Hall Miss Hall Willis B. Hall Middle Street Lloyd Weatherbee Burr Bucksport Fay A. Burr Mattawamkeag Jake Heal Georgetown Amerise Bourque Gladys Comeau Ruth Lt. Clark Rita Epstein Mary Gallant Barbara Pitman Anne M. Thompson Elsie Ll. Trott Emily White Auburn George Carey Albert Douglas Paul Kingston Maurice Libby Arthur Mac Donald Charles Nelson Guy Norton Karl Olsen John Sanborn Robert Yates Harold Gilmore York Beach

Surprise Shower for Miss Dorothy Thebeau at Rock Hill Inn

Miss Dorothy Thebeau's surprise shower honor was hosted by Miss Eleanor Thebeau and Mrs. Louis Silverman at Rock Hill Inn. The event celebrated her upcoming wedding to Webster B. Starr of White Plains New York on November 1. Attendees included Miss Charlotte Page Miss Roberta Irwin Miss Sylvia Kutz and others. A pink and aqua decor theme featured a central bouquet of pink roses and carnations in a crystal bowl on a fern edged mirror with pink tapers. Lobster salad rolls coffee cake and ice cream were served.

Eleanor Thebeau Louis Silverman Rock Hill Inn Dorothy Thebeau Webster B. Starr White Plains N. Y Charlotte Page Roberta Irwin Sylvia Kutz James Jenkins Rita Cummings Ellen Stevens Henry O. Trowbridge Lawrence Sprague Marguerite Brown Charles Morgan Norman Nye Matthew Harrison Kathaleen Scott Brunswick Philip van Hook Boston

Oxen from Fred Noble Win Big At Fyreburg And Topsham Fairs

Fred Noble of Norway owns a pair of 4750 pound oxen trained for pulling. Driven by Roger Bragdon they earned about one thousand dollars prize money in two years, winning first at Fryeburg and first at Topsham fairs. The pair are noted as remarkable and versatile workers, having previously worked on the off side and later trained for the near side.

Fred Noble Norway Roger Bragdon Fryeburg Fair Topsham Mr Noble

Music group opens season with Mozart program and regroups

Camarades Musiaux began its 11th season with Allan H. Ramsay hosting at Oak Street. A Mozart anniversary tribute and other works were planned while George Field rejoined after four years. Mrs. Ring will join later as pianist. Guests included Roland Perry and five choir members, with a varied program of solos duets and ensembles led by Ramsay and Mrs. Albee.

Es Camarades Musicaux Allan H. Ramsay Oak Street Ramsay Wolfgang Mozart Gallia George Field Field Harry E. Ring DeRose Hatch Hill Mr. Ramsay Miss Melcher A. Carolio Bon. Giordano B Franz George D. Field Albee Lemare Nathan Watson Cary Carleton L. Rice Donizetti Mr. Royal Mrs. Albee A. Sonny Boy Kerry Cadman Hawley Newman Elgar

Music courses may be offered by Union 48 schools

Union 48 plans to offer music courses in Woolwich Arrowsic and Westport with Mrs Ward of Yarmouth to teach in Wiscasset starting Oct 27 replacing Miss Lewis in part time role. Supt Gilman hopes for a full time instructor later for Woolwich Arrowsic Westport Wiscasset. Percy Tourtelotte found a missing Ingersoll dollar watch after Bayside car plot incident. it later resurfaced from a well where the well was cleaned after drying this fall. Erbern Tourtelotte’s watch, once lost, was recovered from the same well and still ran.

Woolwich Arrowsie Westport Stanwood C. Gilman Union 48 Ward Yarmouth New England Conservatory of Music Wiscasset Miss Lewis H. Clifford Boothbay Arrowsic Gilman Percy Tourtelotte Carcei Bayside Erbern Tourtelotte Erbern

MISS DANFORTH CHOSEN LEADER OF NORMAL GRADS

Miss Eleanor P. Danforth of Farmington, a 1933 Farming ton Normal graduate, was elected president of a Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties group of Farmington Normal graduates at a Sedgwick Hotel luncheon attended by 14. Officers include Mrs. Margaret Ford, Miss Enid Sawyer, and Mrs. Charles Doyle. The Lions club heard talks on a blind aids drive and on Japanese conditions with Lt. Com. D. J. MacCullum, captain of the destroyer Macomb, describing postwar Japan and censorship.

Eleanor P. Danforth Farmington Normal School Farmington Normal Lincoln Sagadahoc Sedgwick Lincoln County Margaret Ford Thomaston Waldoboro Enid M. Sawyer Waterville Charles B. Doyle Charlotte Farnham Alfreda Ellis Donald F. Preble Cranberry Point Phippsburg Bath Edmund M Staples Eva Carny Bowdoin Clyde Taylor Boothbay Harbor Danforth Doyle Lions Club Hotel Sedgwick Harry W. Thompson Maine State Highway Police Force Thompson New York Rockland Lions Cummings Motors Inc Dumont Bath Club New Jersey D. J. MacCullum Macomb MacCullum Japan United States Far East Wilfrid Guerin Sam Prawer Sidney Haines Nathan Press Harvey Hartley Harry Rust Clayton Churchill George Sunderlin Sunderlin & Watrous Ensign Drummond U.S

Shower Given to Miss Wing Soon to Marry

Mrs. Charles H Cahill Jr and Mrs. Frank W Sparks Jr hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Jane E Wing in Bath on Wednesday October 15 in honor of her upcoming marriage to Bradford C Redennett Jr of Wiscasset. Attendees included many Bath and nearby residents and relatives.

Charles H. Cahill, Jr City Frank W Sparks, Jr Woolwich Jane E. Wing Harold B. Wing Bradford C. Redennett, Jr Wiscasset Wing South Street School Morse High Gorham Normal Richmond Bath Public Schools John Blagdon Bradford C. Redennett Nellie Burgon Louise Trainor Lindell J. Chadbourne Lissa Dearborn Donald Emero Donald B. Hopkins George J. Hopkins Frederick A. Lovell Harold Lyden Donald N. Small Jennie Walker

Ada Purington Confirmed as Bath Board Chair

Mrs Ada Marr Purington 1201 Washington street is named chairman of the Bath Board of Registration after confirmation by Gov Sumner Sewall and the Executive Council on October 15. A Georgetown native and Syracuse University graduate, she taught in Boothbay Harbor before moving to Bath, where her late husband Arthur K Purington previously led the board.

Sumner Sewall Executive Council Ada Marr Purington Washington Street Bath Will T Ardelle Marr Syracuse University Boothbay Harbor

Engagement announced for Journeau Freeman of Bowdoin

Mr and Mrs Wilson Freeman of Bowdoin announce the engagement of their daughter Journeau Freeman of Bowdoin Miss Freeman a Morse High School 1937 graduate is employed at Congress Shirt Co in this city Mr Letourneau is employed at Bath Iron Works Corp The wedding will take place in the spring

Wilson Freeman Bowdoin Journeau Miss Freeman Morse High School Congress Shirt Co Letourneau Bath Iron Works Corp

Classified Notice Rates and Deadline Policy

Classifieds advertise rates for first insertion and later insertions with a per word and per line structure. It specifies a deadline to reach the office by noon on Wednesdays and mentions the spelling variant yeopy.

Farm or city shore property ad with contact names

Interested buyers can contact Fred B Reed Co manager Stanley E Wallace at 98 Front St Bath Tel 514 W for property viewing or purchase. Persons willing to furnish a truck or truck with snow plow for highway removal in Woolwich should communicate with the Selectmen’s Office by October 30. F R Bailey chairman Board of Electmen.

Fred B. Reed Co Stanley E Wallace Front St Bath Prrson Woolwich Selectmen's F. R. Bailey Brlectmnen

Evening of Fun Delights West Bath Grange Crowd

A crowd of about 100 enjoyed West Bath grange night with a half hour comedy "De Boss o de Home" and "Cleopatter Goofus" led by Frederick Morton. A chorus and skits followed with Music by Carver's orchestra and a festive finish of dancing and refreshments. The next program будет directed by Franklin Howe with a Poverty Party and Halloween refreshments. The Fall Fair committee is named: Mr and Mrs Edwin Haggett, Mr and Mrs David Henderson, Mr and Mrs Harry Peterson, Mr and Mrs Everett Lemont.

West Bath Grange Grange Hall Frederick Morton Cleopatter Goofus Alexander Edward Jenks Cleopatter Stanley Rose Carnation Fresco Harry Moore Claire Grainger Marie MacDonald Anna May Shellenbarger Eileen Piper Doris Crocker Marion Rose Eva Kingsbury William A. Armstrong Franklin Howe Carver Edwin W. Haggett David S. Henderson Harry E. Peterson Everett G. Lemont

Miss Hyde Honored Guest in Wilmington Tea

Miss Nancy Hyde of Elmhurst returns to Wellesley Hills from Wilmington North Carolina where she stayed with Dr and Mrs John T Hoggard as guest of honor at a Governor Dudley Hotel tea. The event featured Mrs Hoggard and guests in lavender beige gray attire amid early fall flowers. Also notes a birthday party for Donald Benson Jr with toys cake and candy baskets for attendees. Nellie Savage of Sagadahoc Ferry has improved and may be out of bed.

Nancy Hyde Elmhurst Wellesley Hills Mass Wilmington N. C John T. Hoggard Miss Hyde Edmund A. Hoggard Hoggard Governor Dudley Hotel Nellie Savage Sagadahoc Ferry

Bowdoinham Rally Day Highlights and Local Notices

Bowdoinham Rally Day at the Baptist church featured a Sunday school roll call led by Supt. James Ames with Marilyn Brown noted as never absent. Charles Osgood and Sherman Hamilton visited, while a series of personal items report visits, weddings, travel, and a drunken driving case in Bath with a $100 fine and probation.

Baptist Church James Ames Marilyn Brown Roland Ouellette Bath Auburn Elmer Dodge Bath Memorial Hospital

Miss Margaret Strack Joins Sears Roebuck as Clerk

Miss Margaret Strack daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Strack of upper Washington street has returned from Philadelphia where she worked for the summer and recently entered employment with Sears Roebuck and Co as a clerk.

Margaret Strack Peter Strack Upper Washington Street Philadelphia Sears, Roebuck & Co

New York Architect Plans Maine Home in Wiscasset

MacKay Malcolm, a renowned New York registered architect, has severed ties there to practice in Maine and will base his home in Wiscasset with his wife Louise Bailey. His long career includes supervision of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, War Camp building work, and designs in Honolulu the Philippines and China. He recently left a NYC Public Works Design Bureau post, citing expected postwar growth in Maine.

MacKay Malcolm New York Maine Wiscasset Louise Bailey B. A. Bailey Malcolm Beaux Arts Society New York City America Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Europe Riker Island Penitentiary Austin MacCormick LaGuadia Orient Honolulu Philippines China Dept. of Public Works

Wallace Butterfield Injured In A Fall

Wallace Butterfield of upper Washington street employed with Houston Construction Co was injured Wednesday forenoon in a fall from a roof at Bath Iron Works Corp He was taken to the hospital by ambulance with a back injury awaiting X rays in the afternoon Miss Marian Sprague has left for Augusta to enter nursing training at Augusta General Hospital She is Morse high School class of 1941 John C Lindgren of the U S Navy left for Charleston S C after leave with his parents in this city.

Wallace Butterfield Upper Washington Street Houston Construction Co Bath Iron Works Corp Marian Sprague Ada M. Sprague Edward Street Augusta Augusta General Hospital Miss Sprague Morse High John C. Lindgren U.S Navy Charleston S. C Harold V. Fish

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Senter’s, Inc Fostoria Wendell B. Heal Miss Thebeau John J. Desmond Center Street Bath, Maine Les Camarades School Union Miss Danforth Farmington Irving Comeau East Braintree Mr. Comeau Ambrose Comeau South Braintree Alphonse Turcotte Winship Street Charles Helah North Street New Harbor Mrs. Cahill Mrs. Sparks Ada Purington W. Bath Grange Ensign Hoggard Donald Benson, Jr Donald Benson Russell Street David Meluer David White Bruce Mitchelson Audrey Johnson Mary Martha Muckler Donna Lee White Judith Lesier Ruby Gail Johnson David Dyer South Gardiner Ethel Trask Agency Bowdoinham John Conley Groveton N. H Harold Conley Conley Mary Browne Catherine Lemar Gardiner Addie Trufant L. H. Lamoreau Town Hall Welch Ruth Jones Belmont Mrs. Thompson Ruth Thompson Brown Henry Erhard James Parker, Jr Theodore Hollander Wenham Marchus Beebe, Jr Brookline Clara N. Fogg Pen Women Columbia Hotel Portland Poole Skowhegan Frederick Pauling Hartford Mr. Cook Frank Siegars Ivan Lang Robert Wade Haverhill William Sparks E. K. Allen Sanford Allen Avery Fides Mary Clements Robert Malden John Maher Marshall Merryman Owen E. Rogers Arthur Lovejoy Lovejoy Dorothy Perry Perley Joy Jack Lynch Charles Osgood Sherman Hamilton Chebeague Island Stanley Libby Winifred Robshaw North Whitefield Ey Ene Alice Faye Ber John Payne Ler Tenate Technicolor Havana Sry Tit Johnny Downs Mischa Auer Walter Catlett Paulette Hope Goddard Effing M&p Theatres THE Range Busters King of the Texas Rangers Tor Tait Puramiseks Dll Leas N.Y MacKay Malcom
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