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Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1941

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Bath ministers host district conference in Lewiston area

The Aug­usta District Maine Methodism conference concluded at Eaton Memorial Methodist church with over 200 ministers and lay delegates in attendance. Bishop Oxnam spoke on The Minister and His Books and The Church in a World at War, with Mrs Fisher on Woman as Psychic Center. musical features highlighted by an augmented choir and soloists. The conference elected commissions and lay leaders, outlined evangelism aims, and urged subscriptions to Zion's Herald and renewed missionary programs, ending with a call for church unity amid world tensions.

Augusta Maine Eaton Memorial Methodist Church Livermore Falls Merle S. Conant Farmington Harriet Louise Ferry North Waldoboro Norman Porter Clinton G. Bromley Oxnam Boston Fred B. Fisher R. W. Moody Boothbay Harbor John Houghton Irene Davenport Wilson Ewart Sydney Australia George Rand Herbert F. Aldrich Independent Religious Journal of New England Methodism Zion’s Herald F. F. Fowle Winthrop Herbert F. Milligan Woolwich Maine Methodist Conference Elwyn Wilson Biddeford Cumbrid H. Hughes Guy Wilson Rockland Harold R. Yates H. D. Wright Corinna G. J. Volz Richmond W. J. Craft Bath Charles M. White H. F. Twomley Gardiner Charles F. Kinney L. L. Boobar Gorham Harold Yates C. H. Osborne Waterville Woman's Society of Christian Service United States Conference ‘Preachers’ Aid Society

Woolwich Couple Honored on 43rd Anniversary Surprise

Dr. and Mrs. Cyril Bousfield longtime missionaries in China were celebrated by Woolwich Baptist church members and friends at Christine Hawthorne’s Woolwich Center home. The gathering recognized their 43rd wedding anniversary with gifts, cake, flowers, and a humorous poem about their China wedding cake fate. Notables Neal and Weston Bousfield, their sons, were named in the tribute.

Cyril Bousfield Day's Ferry Harvey Henderson Ladies Aid Woolwich Bousfield China Lillie Snowden Ningpo East China Dr. Bousfield Neal Bousfield Bar Harbor Weston Bousfield University of Connecticut

Combat Engineers Meet for a Drill at Bath Armory

The second meeting of Co. A Volunteer Combat Engineers was held at Bath Armory with six new members, bringing the total to about 60. Meetings will be Mondays at 7:45 p.m. A camouflage lecture by Lieut. Carroll T. Berry was given, and Chester Roberts was named Acting First Sergeant while G. C. Auspland became Company Supply Sergeant. Plans include an informal Navy Day dance on Oct. 27 to raise funds for uniforms and tentative plans for a basketball team.

Co. A Bath Armory Carroll T. Berry Wiscasset Chester Roberts G. C. Auspland Hayden Houston Navy Day

Pupils Come From Distant Points to Attend Morse

Students travel from Maine and New Hampshire to Morse High School as Bath Iron Works and defense industries draw families to Bath. Notable entrants include Margaret Wright from Saratoga Springs and many from Massachusetts and Maine towns, with freshmen Clinton Davis of Augusta and Constance Barter of Brunswick among the new arrivals.

Peru New Sweden Maine Morse High School Bath Iron Works, Corp Bath Prin Horace P. Herrick Margaret Wright Saratoga Springs N. Y David Dickson Manchester N. H New Hampshire Chester Whittaker Clyde Whittaker Littleton Willis Hammond Rochester Rena Ulmer Portsmouth Albert Vachon Amesbury Barbara Moore North Quincy Albert Brady Watertown Muriel Williams Needham Richard Smith Medford Morse Massachusetts Dana Jewett Leslie Jewett Oakland Arlene Morrison Tenant's Harbor Phyllis Thayer Pauline Thayer North Haven Barbara Tasker Bradford Raymond Corey Harmony Frances Libby Sanford Geraldine Reay Lincoln Academy Wiscasset Clinton Davis Augusta Nellie Dunlap Brewer Constance Barter Brunswick Alice Larson Myrlene Putnam John Morotto Portland Merton McKenna David Bennett Rumford Gertrude Simpson Stockton Springs Allene Jones Thomaston Harry Waring Unity Maxine Rice Winter Harbor

Mentor Host Reception Welcomes Freshmen Students

More than 375 attendees, including invited guests, attended the fourth annual Mentor staff reception for freshmen. The event featured a five piece Frank Curran orchestra and committees led by Ruth Cogan, Kathleen Harkins, Robert Kingsbury, Loring Hart, Marilyn Cummings, Betty Bowers, and Nathan Watson. Patronesses Hazel Feere and Virginia Jewett organized the affair, with freshmen wearing green bow ties to mark the occasion. A separate note reports a Bath Iron Works pipe shop worker returning home from Osteopathic Hospital after a five week stay following emergency surgery, now improving and able to sit up briefly daily.

Frank Curran Ruth Cogan Kathleen Harkins Robert Kingsbury Loring Hart Marilyn Cummings Betty Bowers Nathan Watson Hazel Feere Virginia Jewett Doasdtste Bath Iron Works Upper Washington Street Osteopathic Hospital Portland

SPECIAL POMONA AT BOWDOINHAM TO CONFER DEGREE

A Sagadahoc Pomona meeting in Merrymeeting hall drew 140 attendees as the Diamond Jubilee year opened with songs, piano solos, and a Cross and Flag tableau. The Fifth Degree honored members from Bodwell, Dirigo, Dromore, Merrymeeting, Houston, West Bath, Topsham, and others. Fire department tackled two noon blazes nearby, including a small wharf fire and a brass foundry fire at Torrey Roller Bushing Works.

Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Merrymeeting Grange Frank Bishop Richmond Bonnie Pomona John Perkins William Eves Topsham Grange Philip Dinsmore Chester Foster R. D. Richardson Angel America Bodwell Grange Phippsburg Stewart McPherson Hollis Hanscom Charlena Melford Perham James Knight Willis G. Hall, Jr Dwinal Marguerie Cornish Dirigo Grange Brunswick Ralph Barrett Ethel Hartwell Little Raymond Hamlin Lawrence Dorothy Lewis Gertrude Palmer Franklin Howe Harry Moore Pauline Morse Progressive Grange Richmond Corner Francis Sherman Topsham Grange John June Hyde Alice Adams Harold Ward Hazel Lucille Howard Carr, Jr God Front Street Fremont Old Boston Boat Dock Torrey Roller Bushing Works

Ruth Wilson Chosen President of Teachers' Club

Mrs Ruth B Wilson of Bath was elected president of the Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers association at Morse high school. Other officers include Mrs Madelyn Porter Waldoboro vice president and Mrs Ruth Powers Georgetown re elected secretary treasurer. Delegates and alternates from Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties named. Prof Robert P B Tristram Coffin spoke on poetic order and imagination.

Ruth B. Wilson Bath Lincoln- Sagadahoc Teachers’ Association Morse High School Madelyn Porter Waldoboro Ruth Powers Georgetown Donald Cressey Damariscotta Violet Smith Southport Roberta Hathorne Hester Rose New England Association Maine Teachers’ Association Nathan Watson Doris Humphreys Irene Chambers Woolwich Carrie Stanley Sebasco Estates Grace Wyman Phippsburg Sagadahoc County Lester Reynolds Bernice Staples Ssaphene Dolloff Minnie I, Gray Laura Harding Five Islands Lincoln County Wiscasset Charles Small Dodge Mary Conley Robert BP. Tristram Coffin Bowdoin College Frances Plumstead Hope Hersom Lou Baker Augusta Lawrence Plummer Cochairman Neota Grady Whitefield Agnes Mantor Farmington Normal Bay Leo Bridges Stella Dakin Farmington Normal School Dana Cotton Maine

Wesleyan President Addresses Lincoln-Sagadahoc Teachers

President James L. McConaughy of Wesleyan University spoke to about 250 teachers at Morse High School, urging unity and patient progress as the nation faces upheaval. He wove lessons from Ghiberti's Florence doors into calls for shared purpose and defense of American ideals for future generations.

James L. McConaughy Wesleyan University Lincoln-Sagadahoc County Dana M. Cotton State Department Harry V. Gilson Maine McConaughy Florence Italy Ghibarti Harrison Lyseth Boothbay Harbor High School Dramatic Club Wilfred Poole Jean Patten John Simpson Stephen Marson Harriet Baker Robert P. Tristram Coffin Bowdoin

First Civilian Defense Unit Organized in Sagadahoc County

The Arrowsic civilian defense effort formed its council and executive committee with new members and a Red Cross first aid instructor among the aides. Miss Mildred E. Cribby highlighted a two week training at Farmington Normal school with 96 hours of classes plus lectures, practicing warden duties, gas defense and air raid precautions. The course involved gas chamber practice, field exercises, a 60 vehicle motor caravan with a smoke screen, and rapid medical and camp set ups.

Sagadahoc County Arrowsic Norman H. Drummond Ibra K. Lawrence Ralph A. Steen Kenneth Day Charles L. Crosby Frank W. Rittall Mildred E. Cribby Farmington Normal School Red Cross American Legion U. S. Army Motor Corps Bath Brunswick Miss Cribby

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Augusta District Methodists Cyril Bousefield Merle Jameson Sarah Bagley Wright John Gowdy Elster Dolloff Clara A. Hawthorne Eliza Hawthorne Carrie Hathorne Hattie Adams Ralph Rice Morton Baker Ida M. Beals Harvey P. Hathorn Stephene Dolloff Samuel Hathorne Keith Jameson Irene Spinney MacFadden Combat Engineers U. S. Navy Iceland Central Press Bowdoinham Granges Ruth Wilson Teachers’ Club Sagadahoc Lincoln Lincoln Counties Nelson Carter Middle Street Cape Elizabeth Rerhie L. Seekins Ocean House Road
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