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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1942
Page
4
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie C Shaw were held in Bowdoinham with grandchildren as bearers and burial in South Bowdoin. The Richmond community hosted church activities, lodge meetings, and social events while noting school staff appointments and local visits.
Morse High announces a nine game season with five at home and four away under Athletic Director Henry D. Small. The schedule includes league games against Kennebunk St Louis Brunswick Sanford and Westbrook with non league games against Gardiner and Biddeford plus Edward Little at Auburn tonight and a Bowdoin game reference for student attendance.
Bay Harbor residents traveled to Richmound Friday for the funeral of their nephew George Kimball. Mr and Mrs Earl Whitney returned home Friday from a two week visit with their son and two daughters in Westbrook. Norris and Ralph Chapman and families moved to South Gardiner this week. Mrs Ethel Foster left Friday for Syracuse NY for a two week visit with her aunt Mrs Ida Pascale. Ralph Norton returned to Rangeley to teach for a second year. Mr and Mrs Lewvill Proctor of Weeks Mills visited Mr and Mrs Archer Terrell Monday. Mrs D M Allard of Mooseup Conn arrived Monday for a week with cousin Mrs Charles Grondin.
Richmond Progressive Grange held a Friday meeting with guests from Enterprise and Merry Meeting Granges. County Deputy G Cleveland Marriner aided with the program as plans were made for Booster Night on Sept 29 inviting Litchfield Saga dahoc and Merry meeting Granges to send two program numbers each.
Miss Annabelle M. Harmon of Belfast and Malcolm S. Hatch of Belfast, both linked to Portland via Deering High School and Crosby High School, announce their engagement. Harmon, Class of 1941, works for New England Telephone in Belfast. Hatch, trained at Baypath Institute and Bangor Maine School of Commerce, now serves in the personnel office at South Portland Shipbuilding. The forthcoming wedding is planned for a notable date at a Belfast ceremony.
New York Zoo researchers attempt a diet-based method to preserve red plumage in four captive American flamingos. Curator Lee Crandall notes color loss in standard feed and hopes the secret supplement will yield red or bright pink feathers by next February or March.
Barrow, three months old and son of Riki, greene’s lead dog, journeys from Maine’s Fort Kent to Kittery during the winter of 1941. He will live with film actress Dorothy Lamour in Hollywood after being presented at Portland High School stadium. Lamour toured Maine selling war bonds and stamps. The puppy hails from Greene Kennels in Warren, run by a Maine guide and famed wood chopper.
Rockland High School began an aeronautics course last week with classes five days a week. Principal Joseph E Blaisdell teaches using Elements of Pre-Flight Aeronautics for High Schools as the text. A film set titled Pilot Training was received for classroom projection to accompany the course.
Miss Julia L. Small spoke on local Red Cross Nursing Activities and new office hours were set for the public health and school nurses. Ruth W. Henry and Marjorie Boucher listed contact times at Senter's office. A second baby conference was approved for Hyde Park Terrace starting Oct 1, with Ed win M. Fuller Jr in charge. The current baby conference continues Wednesdays. The final diphtheria immunization clinic is Sept 25 at Hyde Park Terrace. Immunization totals: diphtheria first doses 88, second doses 21, new first doses 88, vaccinations 87, total treatments 257.
First day sale at North Grammar school nets over 50 dollars in stamps purchased by fourth through seventh graders under principal Enid Sawyer. War Stamp sales will be daily at at least one city school, with North Grammar hosting every Friday and schools competing to top the list.
Teachers and officers of Corliss Street Baptist church Sunday school held a quarterly session in the vestry. The rally day is set for Sunday Sept 27 at 9.45 with promotion certificates and Bibles for primary to junior department. Invitations will be sent and pens distributed. school resumes Sept 13. Secretary pro-tem was Miss Beulah Pratt. next quarterly meeting Dec 1.
Miss Janet Beardsley and George W. Freeman Jr., stationed at the Kennebec River Coast Guard station, have returned after a week with Mr Freeman’s parents in Baltimore. They also visited Washington D C and Annapolis during the trip.
At Mrs. Walter Powers home Georgetown a birthday party celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt turning 84 with a steak dinner and flowery table decor. Guests included Mrs. Augustus Rowe Mrs. J. C. Bearce and Rev. Frank Koehlwetter among others while Mrs. Hunt enjoys embroidery and crochet.
Carleton Brown of Bath visited the home of Mr and Mrs Allen C Brown on Friday. Mrs Brown accompanied him back to Bath and spent the weekend as a guest of Mr and Mrs Dana Craney. Roscoe P Todd of Melrose Highlands Mass left last week and entered New England hospital Boston for observation and an operation is planned. Dorothy Stuart at the Seal and Porpoise club MacMahan Island finished duties and returned home. Harry Heald is ill with pneumonia at Bath Memorial hospital. Aubrey Fullerton of Robin Hood and his stepdaughter Mrs Marjorie McNerish left for Bridgewater where Mrs McNerish will care for her ill grandmother.
Miss Geraldine Nickerson elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Sanford B Nickerson graduates Morse High class of 1942 and will enter Bates College Lewiston as English major She was honored at a farewell surprise party hosted by her mother at 23 Park Street with gifts and flowers from her garden Attending were Doris Stickney Kathleen Harkins Dorothy Williams Jeanette Williams Margaret Sampson Elizabeth Williams Ruth Cogan and others
Samuel H. Kirkpatrick, 60, died suddenly Monday morning at his Woolwich home after arriving at his Bath Fuel Co. office on Commercial street. Born in Birkenhead, England, he moved to Bath 22 years ago and later ran Bath Fuel Co. with wife Dora Howard Kirkpatrick. Survived by wife, two sons Ivan and Howard, brother James of Philadelphia, and two sisters in England.
The ashes of Anna M Davis 84 of Boston widow of Roswell H Davis were strewn over the family lot in Grovers Tavern Cemetery Woolwich per her request. She was born in Woolwich daughter of Bradford and Lucy Baker Dickinson and later lived in Boston. Surviving relatives include three grand nieces in Boston and N Gratz Jackson of Bath is a second cousin.
The funeral of Samuel H Kirkpatrick of Woolwich and formerly of Bath, proprietor of the Bath Fuel Company, was held Wednesday at two in his Woolwich home. Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt officiated. Bearers included Alfred Bryant ex-Mayor Harold P. Small Alvah Morse Philip Wenz and Daniel Williams. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery.
Mr and Mrs William Astle and daughter Mrs Shirley Hatch of Littleton New Hampshire arrived Thursday for a visit with Mr Astles daughter Mrs Fred Higge ward at North Bath.
Library purchases include Mrs. Minniver and The Mine with the Iron Door among others. Local civic groups held meetings and members returned from vacations or trips to Bath Iron Works and nearby cities.
Auburn school authorities reject sandbagging for basement shelter windows and replace with iron barricades leaving an 18 inch gap. Supt Gardner announced plans to extend the system to Stevens Mills East Auburn Washburn Lincoln and Franklin schools. About 4000 sandbags were bought last March at 15 cents each but were ruined by spring storms.
Raymond L Dawson son of Mr and Mrs Wilfred L Daw son of Sanford was elected mayor of Quoddy Village to fill the unexpired term of Leno Yard of New York City Yard has completed his course and returned to his home Dawson graduated from Sanford High School in 1941 and is presently taking a course in map making and surveying.
Second Lieut Charles Baker U S A who recently graduated from the Armored Force Officer Candidate school at Fort Knox Ky is passing a two weeks furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Baker 12 Bedford street.
Jacob Friedman faced a wild five minute chase as 500 crates of turkeys and chickens spilled from his two and a half ton truck on Elizabeth Street near Grand Street. Police and residents joined the feathery scramble, leaving 25 chickens and six turkeys missing with one dead turkey in the street.
Lieut. Ruth P. Haskell, serving in England, wrote to her Augusta parents that in the lounge of the American Officers Club in London she met Lieut. Hildreth Hawes, a Cony High School classmate. They recalled old times and shared an enjoyable evening with her party.
Imperial Shrine Potentate and Mrs Albert Fiebach of Cleveland joined Augusta hosts former Illustrious Potentate and Mrs Leroy Hussey for a Saturday coffee at the Hussey home. Also present were Mr and Mrs Everett Jacobs of Richmond national deputy and Illustrious Potentate Grant Smith of Lexington Temple St John NB en route to Kora Temple Lexington.
Mrs Ethel McPherson of Caribou and 1st Sgt John Templeton of Presque Isle Air Base united in marriage on Thursday September 17. They will reside at 45 Chapman Street Presque Isle. Mrs Templeton is employed as assistant clerk in the administration branch finance office.
Mr and Mrs Granville M Colby of Quimby street and Mr and Mrs Bernard Plummer of Granite street spent the weekend at the Plummer cottage at Birch Point.
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