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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
6
Bath residents share summer visits with relatives in Maine and beyond. Bruce Stone of Springfield, Mass serves in the U.S. Army and trains at Annapolis prep. Shirley Povich returns from Pacific war service as a Post sports editor. Families gather at Popham Beach, Campbells Pond, and Martin's Point while relatives resume duties with Portland firms and Bath Iron Works.
Ernest Curtis of Salem Massachusetts returned Friday morning to his home after spending the month of August with his sister Mrs. Lizzie French at 468 Washington Street. Mrs. Marion Loeser and Mrs. Madelyn Pierce spent Wednesday in Portland.
John Donald of Staten Island attended Edmund M. Staples funeral then departed for New York on Sunday. Mrs. Donald remains for a longer visit with Mrs Staples. Mrs. Ralph D. Warren and family returned to Washington Street after summering at Foster’s Point and Chicago. Dr Warren is at sea duty in the Pacific. Mrs. Elizabeth Densmore of Hallowell and her grandson visited Bath. Mr. Johnson, new Morse High coach, preceded them. Engagement announced at a Buffalo buffet on Aug 26 between Virginia Gertrude Schweizer and Lt. (jg) Edgar Daniel Williams. wedding planned for early Fall. Mrs Harry Cooke of New York City returned after weeks with Mr. Cooke’s parents. Mr. Cooke’s father ill in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stewart of West Somerville, Mass., spent the Labor Day weekend with Mrs. Seth Stewart in Green Street.
Mrs. Fred Summerton and granddaughter Barbara Summerton passed Friday in Portland. Mrs. H W Summerton returned from Boston with her brother Carl Crosman who will spend two weeks with their mother Mrs. Mattie Crosman on Washington street. Rev and Mrs Charles L Kinney returned home on Beacon street after visiting Gorham with Mrs Kinney's brother Rev Hayward S Thomas and family.
Mrs. Charles E. Haley and family return from Provincetown trip visiting Cape Cod sites and staying with James E. Haley in Kitty. Mrs. Bruce H. M. White to host duplicate contract tournament at her Mere Point cottage Tuesday. Mrs. Bradford C. Redennett Jr. visits New Britain after summer with Wing family. Mrs. Frank A. Givin hosted coffee for Mrs. Martin Watrous at 21 Andrews road. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bassler at Bath Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roberts of Woolwich return from White Mountains trip. Ettore Sinibaldi buys corner property and will run grocery on Park and Washington. Mrs. Elmer Prey and son-in-law Mr. Leonard Wetherbee host overnight guests.
Mrs Arthur MacDonald leaves Sen ter's Inc to join Edna Mae Shoppe as a new employee.
Mrs Hayward S Thomas and her son Stanley of Gorham visited the Beacon Street parsonage overnight on Labor Day. Stanley Thomas, a 1st lieutenant and Air Corps pilot, was discharged the day Japan surrendered after nearly two years in India Burma China flying the hump in C-47 lanes. He plans to return to the University of Maine in the fall. Florence Troop of First National Bank and her sister Miss Effie Noddin of Elizabeth New Jersey join relatives in Bangor for a week long vacation after Labor Day.
Mr and Mrs Marvin L Williams reside with Williams in laws at 713 Middle street and Williams received his honorable discharge from the U S Navy on Aug 27. Mrs Clifton Carbury and sister Miss Florence Bailey of Memorial drive Boston visited Mr and Mrs George Willis in Woolwich. Carbury and Bailey enjoy a two weeks outing at Oak Grove hotel Boothbay Harbor. The Carburys once owned Capt William Beals homestead at Robinhood where they summers. Mr and Mrs H Eames and family of Thornes Head moved into Dr Harry Bates home at Hardings which they recently purchased. Mr Eames works in the Bath Iron Works machine shop. Loyall F Sewall recently returned from a ten days business trip to New York City and visited his sister Mrs Walter Edge and Governor Edge in Atlantic City.
Mrs. George Stephens visits Bath and Topsham to attend her niece Elizabeth Williams recital at Huse Memorial school. Lieut. Brooke Lee arrives in Maine on leave to stay with Mrs. Lee at Small Point. Several families from Lynn, York Beach, Presque Isle, and Bangor regions visit relatives in Wiscasset, Moosehead Lake, Bath, Boothbay Harbor, and Sabine.
Mrs Dorothy Wing Nystrom a Penn master’s candidate returns to the University of Maine this fall to teach preschool education as an instructor for a year. Her husband in service hopes to join a chemical engineering review course at Maine this year if released.
Mr and Mrs Edward Cogan and family return to 1037 High Street from Popham Beach after the summer. Mrs Adel bert Hall and Mrs Leland Plummer of Beacon Street Church attended the Laymen's meeting in Augusta at Gardiner. Mrs Clinton V Owen son Peter and daughter Sue Ellen of Garden Street return from a week at Pemaquid. Bath people attending Windsor Fair Labor Day included J Emery Footer Fred King Fred Hayward Roland McIntosh Archie Wishart Charles W Messenger Perley Seavey and Clarence Merrill.
Mrs. Charles E. Doten of Port land visited her father Col. George A. Baker at 15 Milan Street. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osgood and daughter Cynthia spent Labor Day in Auburn with Mrs. Osgood’s parents. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David L. Wilson returned from Campbell’s Pond where they observed their 44th wedding anniversary. The Kane sisters Mary and Genevieve visited after being in Bath. Blair C. Wilson and sons left for Melrose after a summer at Campbell’s Pond. Elizabeth E. Webber and Helen Stearns returned to Cambridge after August at Popham Beach. Phyllis Curran, at Station Indiana, attended the Burnham-Caytor wedding in West Bath. Wallace Sheldon and Dorothy Ann returned to Brooklyn after three weeks with Mr. Sheldon’s parents in Woolwich.
Ken dall, Bowdoin College sophomore and Brunswick native, entered the service in 1943 and trained in the Army Airforce Communications Squadron. He flew to Europe in 1943 and is now in a university setup in Biarritz, France with an eight week course before further orders. He hopes to return to Bowdoin in 1946. Raymond G. Chubbuck, U S N R and Mrs Chubbuck of Bath and Dorchester Mass, announce the birth of their son Stephen Daniel on Aug 30 at Leonard Morse Hospital Natick Mass. He served previously as Labor Management Secretary at Bath Iron Works and is now on a repair ship in the Pacific.
Edward Murphy returns to Linden street resuming duties at Memorial hospital after visiting his brother G Thomas Murphy in New York and relatives in New Jersey and Connecticut. Frank Kittridge enjoys vacation from Bath Iron Works with a visit to Portland and Berlin TM. Morang transfers duties to Provincetown Massachusetts with wife Shirley and three children. Leah Kittridge returns home from Dover New Hampshire after week with Uncle Frank Kittridge’s family. Arline Biller of Brighton Massachusetts visits former classmate Ruth Cogan at the Cogan home on High Street. Biller is employed in Boston.
Bath friends mourn the death of William Shoppe of West Auburn. A noted Maine farmer who taught at the University of Maine and Bozeman Montana before turning to farming at West Auburn. Funeral services were held today in West Auburn.
The village school at Popham Beach faces an unsettled start as teacher Miss Margaret Wyman searches for housing after announcing her engagement. The Phippsburg Board of Selectmen vacancy due to Lendall Greene’s resignation prompts First Selectman Raymond Wyman to coordinate with Third Selectman Davis for a replacement. Personal items note residents and visitors from Bath, Winchester, Cambridge, and Boston spending time at cottages along Atkins Bay and Sedgwood with several returning to Mass appearances.
Mrs Nathaniel Leonard of New York City arrived Wednesday afternoon to be the guest of Mr and Mrs John Parker of Summer Street for the weekend. Leonard is supervisor of music at Horace Mann School in the metropolis.
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