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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1943

Page

5

Richmond Club Notices and Social Happenings

Richmond community reports a farewell for Mrs. William Osgood moving to Damaris cotta, a Christmas gift drive for 42 service members, and a beano fundraiser at Front street hall. Other items include Y Y F society activities, a personal shower for Mrs. Roland Rhyms, War Loan Drive kickoff at post office, quilt making and suppers, Grange inspections, and local movements and visits among residents and families.

William Osgood Raymond Melott State Road Gardiner Roland Rhyms Poughkeepsie N. Y Richmond Wallace Farley Main Street Bath Claremont N. H Melrose Mass Hazel Brawn Henry Farley Solon Purinton Don O. Cate John Quarrington

Theta Chapter meets with Mrs Wetherbee on Tuesday evening

The first Fall meeting of Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi resumes after summer recess at Mrs Leonard Wetherbee’s Western avenue home. President Herman Eliason presided with plans for future meetings, a Third War Loan drive, and a social roast planned for September 28 at Mrs Wetherbee’s with a White Elephant sale.

Theta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Leonard Wetherbee Western Avenue Herman Eliason Wetherbee Eliason Wiscasset Eleanor Danforth High Street Albert Coombs Elizabeth Butterfield Bath John A. Greene, Jr Roberta Hathorne Woolwich Richard Haskell Madge Stacy Valley Road Mary Carroll Virginia Smart Burt M. Osgood

Brunswick Man Guilty of Reckless Driving in Court

Flavien Richards of Brunswick pleaded not guilty at a municipal court arraignment but was found guilty of reckless driving and fined 25 dollars plus 7.70 in court costs after a Bowdoin incident on U S Route 201 where a large trailer truck allegedly forced him off the road. The State Patrol confirmed the trailer owner identified Richards as the driver.

Flavien Richards Brunswick Richards Harold Davis Bowdoin John de Winter Davis Percy Kierstead Bristol Middle Street Kierstead Gardiner R. Deering Edward L. Gaudreau Gaudreau Iron Works High Street Owen Richardson Georgetown

BIW Purchasing Dept Hosts Clambake At Seedar Cabin

W Dayton Hill of Bath Iron Works invited the purchasing department staff to a Thursday clambake and evening at Seedar Cabin Birth Point hosted by Mr and Mrs Chester Plant. Guests included Florence Stewart Marion Palmer Irene Nichols and others with parlor games quizzes and community singing led by Plant.

W. Dayton Hill Bath Iron Works Chester Plant High Street Seedar Cabin Birth Point Florence Stewart Freeport Marion Palmer Lewiston Roland Perry Barbara Combs Topsham Irene Nichols Carl Pinson

Bowdoin house partygoers noted from city

Miss Nancy Sewall Miss Barbara Stodder and Miss Martha Morse of this city attended house parties at Bowdoin over the weekend, among the young people seen there.

Nancy Sewall Barbara Stodder Martha Morse Bowdoin

Georgetown Man Injured in Boat Shaft Accident

Ray Dunkling suffered a serious leg cut when his pant leg caught in a boat shaft while pumping out the vessel last Friday. He walked ashore, received treatment at Bath Memorial Hospital, and is reported in satisfactory condition. Also noted are a thriving baked bean supper fundraiser, summer church services end, Dutch refugees Van Heurn story, and a wave of local social and travel news from Georgetown and Bath.

Ray Dunkling Bath Memorial Hospital Robinhood Bath Charles L. Kinney Kinney Edward St. Martin Capt Oliver Johann Anton van Heurn New York van Heurn Europe Rome Paris Holland Eart Hagan

Bath Motor Corps Auxiliary Meets Tuesday Evening

The Bath Motor Corps auxiliary gathered at the State Armory on Lincoln Street Tuesday night for a six o'clock picnic supper. A business meeting followed chaired by Mrs Granville Colby with Mrs J Arthur Burgess elected secretary. Master Robert Brown and Master David John Leonard were celebrated as the first babies of the organization, and a gift presented to Miss Eleanor Wilson who departs for Tufts this Fall. Captain David Y Alkazin spoke on ranks duties and salut ing with Lt Whitney, recently arrived from Rockland. An October First Aid refresher is planned and all members urged to attend.

Bath Motor Corps Auxiliary State Armory Lincoln Street Granville Colby John Parker J. Arthur Burgess Robert Brown Geraldine Brown David John Leonard John Leonard Brown Leonard Motor Corps Eleanor Wilson Lewis Wilson North Street Tufts College Bath Memorial Hospital Mary Farris Elm Street Capt Alkazin Lieut Whitney Bath Rockland

Good Will Club Meets on Monday in Woolwich

The Good Will club of Woolwich met with Mrs. Edward V. Reed at Sagadahoe Ferry. President Mrs. Arthur Orr led a business meeting planning another baked bean supper on Sept 25 and a Christmas card sale with cards distributed to members.

Good Will Club Woolwich Edward V. Reed Sagadahoe Ferry Arthur Orr Bath Charles HH. Hunnewell Florence Carlton Harry Fitch Nelson Rice Costello P. Hall Percy Marston Freeman Oliver Alex St. Pierre

Personal notes on regional social visits in Bath area

Miss Barbara Farnham daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Farnham of Portland returns after summer with aunt Mrs Donald Crosby of Dike road. Mrs Leonard Oliver and daughters Gloria and Sandra and Mrs Leonard Oliver of Washington street visit Lewiston on business Tuesday. Mrs Martha MacNaughton of Camden Nj who spent weeks in Bath guest of Mr and Mrs Warren McIntire returns home. Mrs Leon Berry of Jamaica Plain arrived for a week with sister in law Mrs Harry E Peterson and Mr Peterson in East Brunswick.

Barbara Farnham Robert Farnham Portland Donald Crosby Dike Road Leonard Oliver Gloria Sandra Washington Street Lewiston Martha MacNaughton Camden N. J Bath Warren McIntire Washingtontreet Leon Berry Jamaica Plain Mass Harry E. Peterson Peterson East Brunswick

Five Islands Church Social Notices and Local Visitors

A quiet Sunday at Five Islands church featured Rev. Beyea on the Life of Isaac with a Beulah Miller solo. Local gatherings included the Good Neighbor club with Mrs. Luke Roy and a 4-H club exhibition led to no meeting, plus a Thursday Card club meeting at the Roy home. Visits span from Bath Iron Works workers to distant relatives in Portland New Jersey and Malden Mass with multiple residents away at cottages, missions, or hospital stays.

Beyea Isaac Beulah Miller Franklin Koehlwetter Good Neighbor Club Luke Roy Marion Stevens Lermond Davis O. F. Rowe Melburn Stevens Nick O'Conner Mary O'Conner Port Washington N. Y Arlington Mass J. G. Stevens Marion Stevens Portland Jean Thompson Magnolia George Barnaby S.K U. S.N Barnaby Maine General Hospital Tommy Hanna Bath Iron Works Richard Bowman Mr. Bowman Robert Bowman Davis William Patten Malden Island Glen Ridge N. J Russell Boynton Newton Center L. H. Rowe Bath William Plummer Bernard Victor Pinkham Arthur Marr Malden Paul Thompson Grothy Thompson Friay Squantum Thompson Harold A. Rowe Carl Gordon Cutten Kittery Rowe Cottage Otis Baker Norwood Howard Bacon Waltham Mrs Bacon Wilkins Webster Scott Weston Mags Scott Farber Davis Irving Campbell Edgecomb Walter Davis Almon Marr Harry Corbett California Corbett West Coast John Hinds Pejepscot Seguins Lake Roy Bath Tron Works Aits, Yone

Miss Georgiana McFadden Confined With Heavy Cold

Miss Georgiana McFadden daughter of Mr and Mrs R Clinton McFadden of North street is confined to her home with one of the prevailing heavy colds.

Georgiana McFadden R Clinton McFadden North Street

Augusta Boy Now Captain in Army Air Corps

Word reaches Bath that Capt Donald M Morse U S Air Forces is the son of Dr and Mrs John H Morse of Western Avenue. The 24 year old native was promoted from first lieutenant to captain in Australia, with awards including the Silver Star Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster for valor in the South Pacific. Morse, a Cony High School graduate, studied at Staunton Military Academy Bowdoin College and VMA before entering the air corps. He trained at Cochran Field and Craig Field.

Augusta Bath Donald M. Morse U.S. Air Forces Morse E. W. Hyde John Hi. Morse Western Avenue Army Air Corps Australia Pearl Harbor George C. Kenney United Nations South Pacific Cony High School Staunton Military Academy Bowdoin College Virginia Military Academy Air Corps Cochran Field Macon Craig Field Ala

Junior Project Services Adviser sought for FPHA Bath

A Civil Service vacancy forJunior Project Services Adviser with the Federal Public Housing Authority in Bath invites qualified applicants. Requirements include a college degree and at least one year in community organization recreation leadership or related program direction. Salary is 2433 dollars yearly for a 48 hour week. Apply at the First United States Civil Service District office 57 Exchange Street Portland Maine.

Federal Public Housing Authority Bath FPHA Office First United States Civil Service District Exchange Street Portland

Advertising Pioneer Julius Mathews Dies in Boston

Julius Mathews, longtime Maine advertising representative and owner of several newspapers, died in Boston on September 8. A Rockland native who lived in Lewiston, he built a national ad agency with offices in Boston New York Detroit and Chicago. He mentored many staffers and helped sustain papers like Biddeford Daily Journal Sanford Tribune and Rochester Courier. arrangements have been made to continue agency operations.

Julius Mathews Boston Maine Rockland Lewiston New England New York Detroit Chicago Biddeford Daily Journal Sanford Tribune Rochester N. H. Courier The Independent Farragut Hotel Rye N. H Pinehurst N. C

Mrs Angie B Blakeney Dead in Albany After Illness

Ralph L Blakeney of 108 High street learned of his mother Angie B Blakeney death in Albany New York where she was a guest of daughter Mrs Theodore Brown She had two years of poor health and was active in Red Cross and Bundles for Britain work A longtime pianist and church organist at the Adventist church in Fairfield Surviving: two sons Ralph and Herbert and daughter Mrs Brown Also four grandsons and two granddaughters Funeral was held in Fairfield with burial in the family lot

Ralph L. Blakeney High Street Fairfield Angie B. Blakeney Albany N. Y Theodore Brown Rome Maine William Watson Blakeney Red Cross Bundles For Britain Society Adventist Church Herbert Blakeney Waterville Mrs. Brown Janice Jean Brown Dorothy Blakeney Albert Brown Herbert, Jr Chandler William Blakeney Fairfield Cemetery

Death notices for B. Parker Child of Allston Mass

Jack Shaw of 164 Oak street reports the death on August 20 of B Parker Child of Allston Massachusetts a former John Hood Co dental supplies representative. Child sang as tenor in Grace Episcopal and Central Congregational churches while Shaw led choirs. funeral services were at St Pauls Cathedral Boston where Child had been tenor soloist. He is survived by his wife Fay Child.

Jack Shaw Oak Street B. Parker Child Allston Mass Child John Hood Co Boston Bath Grace Episcopal Central Congregational Mr. Shaw Mr. Child St. Paul's Cathedral Fay Child

Visitors and Relatives Partake in Local Yuletide Weekends

Mr and Mrs Everett W Leonard of Farrin Street spent Sunday with their son John Leonard in Woolwich. Wilbur Hagan from Skowhegan visited Mrs Garret Galvin at Day's Ferry, while Raymond Markham and Mrs Arthur Plumme called on Mrs George Newell in Tarboro Street. Charles Jenkins of Leominster Mass arrived to visit niece and nephew Sherwood Francis and his wife in Hyde Park Terrace. Lewis Spicer and son Lowell returned home on Bedford Street after a summer with a large victory garden. Byron C Stevens of Meredith Conn visiting Maine was guest Monday of Capt Leonard Oliver, Mrs Oliver and daughter Mrs Edward Foster on Washington Street.

Fritz Rockwell Brooks Place Westport William Zorach Lena Shepard Bath Ernest Heal Ralph Carlisle Winchester Mass Kennebec Point Roy J. Campbell Winston-Salem N. C Merril Bowles Bangor Bowles Campbell Cottage Roscoe P. Todd Melrose Highlands Joseph Higgins Howard Fletcher Belmont Elizabeth Thompson Brooklyn N. Y Robinhood James Oliver James Carey Boston Elford Stover Lloyd Beers Edward Lee Paul Stinson Campbell Roland Peterson Louise Mac Hagan Arthur, Pepper Howard Trafton Ruth Pinette W.A.C Philadelphia Ruth Reynolds Maureen Pinette Woolwich Percy Booker Rumford Walter Cummings Prescott Stedman Clarence Hill James Dunton Gardiner Steadman Denver Cole Albert Deermont New York Helen-Louise Oles Seattle Wash Oles West Coast Roscoe Todd Loretta Jones Carroll Powers C. L. Hinckley Raphael Higgins Rosalind Maude Thayer Thomaston Joe Lane Indian Point Harry Horne Everett W. Leonard Farrin Street John Leonard Wilbur Hagan Skowhegan Hagan Garret Galvin Day's Ferry Raymond Markham Arthur Plumme Chelsea George Newell Tarbowr Street Charles Jenkins Leominister Sherwood Francis Hyde Park Terarce Lewis Spicer Lowell Bedford Street Byron C Stevens Meredith, Conn Maine Leonard Oliver Oliver Edward Foster Washington Street

Mrs Fisenberg's Funeral Services Held for 59

Funeral services for Ella R. P. Eisenberg age 59 wife of Ephriam Eisenberg of Newark N J were held at Arthur Mayo Funeral Home 819 High Street Monday morning at 10 with Rev David L Wilson officiating She was born in Oakland California daughter of Capt Charles and Jane Reed Prescott Surviving are her husband two daughters Miriam Reed Eisenberg of Washington D C and Ruth Eisenberg of Newark one sister Mrs James Ladner of South Gardiner and one brother Worrell D Prescott of Larchmont N Y all attended Burial was in Riverside Cemetery Woolwich

Ella R. P. Eisenberg Ephriam Eisenberg Newark N.J Arthur Mayo High Street David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Eisenberg Oakland Calif Charles and Jane (Reed) Prescott Miriam Reed

Travelers to Return on Gripsholm Amid Long Silence

Word reaches Mr and Mrs John Hall of Livermore Falls that their sister and brother in law Rev and Mrs Chester Travis and children will come back to the United States on the Gripsholm during its second civil swap. No confirmation has arrived for a year and a half.

John Hall Livermore Falls Chester Travis Gripsholm Travis

George W Wilson Dies After Car Crash And Hospital Stay

George W Wilson 56 died at Bath Memorial hospital Monday after being seriously injured in a four car crash on Route 1 at New Meadows on Sunday. He lived in Bath, worked at Bath Iron Works boiler shop, and served on the Bath Police force. Survived by wife, three sons, two daughters, a sister and a brother. Funeral from St Marys Catholic church Wednesday at eight.

George W. Wilson Bath Memorial Hospital New Meadows Massachusetts Mr. Wilson Prince Edwards Island James and Catherine Marr) Wilson Bath Iron Works Wilson St. Mary's Catholic Church Bath Aerie Lodge of Eagles Bath Washington Street Joseph George W., Jr U.S. A Portland Emery Wilson Foreign Service Elinore Wilson Esther Wilson Frank E. Moses Corliss Street Joseph Wilson New York City

Arthur C Whittier dies at 58 in city home

Arthur Clarence Whittier aged 58 of 19 Russell street died last Wednesday after a period of ill health. Born October 2 1884 in Somerville Missouri he lived here twenty six years. He worked at Portsmouth Navy Yard retiring last year. Surviving are his wife Caroline Andrews a daughter Diane and granddaughter Diane Bailey two sisters and two brothers. Funeral held Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Amesbury Hill cemetery Rockport family lot.

Arthur Clarence Whittier Russell Street Somerville Herbert and Francena (Stearns) Whittier Whittier Portsmouth Navy Yard Caroline Andrews Rockport Woodbury W. Bailey Diane Bailey City Viola Smith Brunswick Harold Hammond Blanche Barbour Ralph Whittier Walter Whittier Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street Chester B. Oliver Wesley Church Amesbury Hill Cemetery

Wilfred H Caswell 67 former Lewiston resident dies in Phillips

Wilfred H Caswell aged 67 formerly of Lewiston died September 4 at his home on Amble Street Phillips after a period of ill health. Born September 8 1876 in Bridgton he was son of Millard M and Frances Webb Caswell a Bridgton High School graduate and University of Maine mechanical engineering alumnus. He worked for Bridgton Saco Railroad Portland Company International Paper in New York and served as master mechanic for ten years at Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad before joining New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1923. He later worked in Bath Iron Works drafting before retiring, and was a member of local Masons.

Wilfred H. Caswell Lewiston Amble Street Phillips Bridgton Millard M Frances Webb Caswell Bridgton High School University of Maine Bridgton-Saco Portland Company International Paper Co New York Sandy River Rangeley Lakes New Haven and Hartford Bath Iron Works

Funeral of Faank R Seavey at Center Street Home

Funeral services for Faank R. Seavey were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from the family home at 228 Center Street. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated. Seavey, a member of the Roland Smith post A L, served in World War I. Bearers were Roy Getchell, Hersom Oliver, Ernest Pinkham, Samuel McElroy, Eugene Hart and Gardiner Rogers. The American Legion conducted a committal service at the grave.

MR. Seavey Faank R. Seavey Center Street David L. Wilson Central Concrepational Church Seavey Roland Smith Post A. L Roy Getchell Hersom Oliver Ernest Pinkham Samuel McElroy Eugene Hart Gardiner Rogers The American Legion

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Amy Eardley Cleveland Marriner Sagadahoc County Grange Dromore Grange Preston Carver Pvt Carver Mitchell Field Marion Purinton Edith G. Newell East Otis Farmington Normal School Jacob Barter Bowdoinham Ring House Darrah Street Frank Hea Cambridge S. Stanley Card BIW Birch Point U.S.A George Wilson West Bath Arthur C. Whittier Fred S. Curtis & CO Thomas KR. Huston Washington St
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