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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1946

Page

4

Wiscasset News Highlights Local Happenings And Obituaries

Wiscasset items report weddings and church notices with Revd Findley taking St Philip's rectorship and services at 11. Also fire society meeting set, a longtime hunter Eldredge estate sale, and school fund drives. Personal notes cover local families traveling, teaching hires, and residents visiting Portland and Boston.

West Bath Farm Bureau Meets for Christmas Craft and Postwar Equipment Talks

Miss Beryl Barton, Home Demonstration Agent of Twin County Farm Bureau, led the West Bath group at Mrs. Oscar Adams home. She demonstrated Christmas craft ideas and crochet knitting tips. The afternoon covered Purchasing Postwar Equipment including washing machines ironers refrigerators and freezers. Members present included Mrs. Otis Card Mrs. Edwin Haggett Mrs. Everett Lemont Mrs. Edward Thompson and others. The next meeting is set for Oct 17 at Littlefield school with lunches to be brought.

Beryl Barton Twin County Farm Bureau West Bath Oscar Adams Littlefield School Adams Miss Barton Otis Card Edwin Haggett Everett Lemont Edward Thompson Perry Thompson Loring Small

Surprise shower for Miss Phyllis Gray before wedding

A surprise miscellaneous shower was held for Miss Phyllis Gray who will wed Gilbert Woodiman Jr. of Phippsburg at Miss Dorothy Gill's home on Tower Circle last Saturday evening. Attendees included Nancy Webber Kay Pert Arlene Gray Lorraine Fortier Kitty DeLong Marguerite Driscoll Gerry Somes Mary Gaudette Regina Babine Dorothy Downing Frances Downing Eunice Pert Marie Smart Duveen Bryant Doris Lang Arlene James Natalie Hagan Mrs Christopher J Gill Sr Mrs Gilbert Woodman Sr June Gill Dorothy Gill and Miss Gray. To conserve bread use potatoes for stuffing meat or poultry.

Phyllis Gray Gilbert Woodiman Jr Phippsburg Dorothy Gill Tower Circle Nancy Webber Kay Pert Arlene Gray Lorraine Fortier Kitty DeLong Marguerite Driscoll Gerry Somes Mary Gaudette Regina Babine Dorothy Downing Frances Downing Eunice Pert Marie Smart Duveen Bryant Doris Lang Arlene James Natalie Hagan Christopher J. Gill Sr Gilbert Woodman Sr June Gill Miss Gray

Woolwich Community Notices and Local Church Activities

Local Woolwich and Nequasset notices describe a public baked bean sale for Wing Woolwich-Wiscasset Baptist church at 330 am with school at 10 30 am and sermons by Rev. F H Jones. Center Baptist services listed, plus Woolwich Community churches schedules, Christian Endeavor, and remarks on Camp Mainton visit by Nequasset girls including readings and a youth service. Various local clubs meet, plan plays at Montsweag grange hall, and Grange minstrel shows fund High School.

Beneft Woolwich-Wiscasset F. H. Jones Woolwich Center Baptist Church F. H. Johnson Lowell B. Milliken Christian Endeavor Lowell W. Milliken Bangor Nequasset Camp Mainton Geraldine Fogg Patricia Maass Marjorie Leeman Leona Presley Miss Presley Boy Scout Troop 93 Temple's Amy Cromwell Norma Holbrook Florence Hathorne Bernice Soule Beck Mary Morrixson Ruth. Cromwell Hazel Presley Norma Hol¢broook Dicky Genesta Carter Esther Mayo Edward Barbara Ethel Bailey Margaret Beck Anna Seeger Mary Morrison Spinning Wheel Club Roy Lilly Dresden Roy Lilly Jordan Wright Hollis Leeman Evelyn Leeman Clayton Stinson Ernest Getchell Gilbert Hathorne Merle Jameson Albert Temple Samuel Hathorne Woolwich Grange Wiscasset Grange Hall

Community notices and travels across Bath area

A stream of local events and family news fills a Bath region page. Meetings in West Bath and Lewiston groups, along with social visits from Pittston to Massachusetts, highlight clubs, PTA, and church ties. Local families celebrate births and trips to Boston, Washington, and California.

Dresden Notes Speak of Visits and Local Activities

Mrs Cora Gahan returned home from South Portland after visiting her son Lawrence and family. The 4 H club of West Dresden hosted an exhibition at Pownalboro hall led by Mrs Melville Houdlette. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Wentworth visited relatives at Milo. Mrs Harvey Perry and sister Miss Virginia Robbins returned from Corinth. The D rd en schools held a demonstration on correct and incorrect school lunches from Orono. Rev David Hickland of Dresden Mills M E Church preached on Pictures in the Echoes with a soloist.

John B. Downey Mary Harold Lee Street Miss Downey Carl Boudin Rufus Ingalls East Denmark Mr. Ingalls Edmund Ingalls Ingalls Ray Fortini Brunswick Leslie A. Sullivan Roslindale Mass Roy R. Marston Poland Spring Maine Pharmaceutical Association Poland Spring House Grace M. Sewall Katherine Sewall Morrill Smith Alan Pease Lincoln Academy Charles H. Plumstead St. Andrew's Hospital Llewellyn P. Rhines Malden Moatsweag Mary Haggett Conrad Peters Boston Bryant & Stratton School of Business Administration Harry E. Rines Thomas A. Dow Charles Sessions Portland Frank M. Haggett Paul Bailey Brownie Mareau New York Parker E. Mareau Main Street Seth W. Thornton Maine Unemployment Commission McKowen U. S. Employment Service Leland Brown DiPerri House Fort Hill Street Samuel J. Sewall Green Mountain Gersaldine Woolwich U.S Pulman Bath Iron Works Rock Hill Inn Music and Literature Club Lewiston West Bath P.T.A Littlefield School Cheyenne Wyo San Francisco Yosemite National Park Washington St. Petersburg Fla William Caylor David Bruce Bath Memorial Hospital Elmer Williams Jeanette North Shore Gloucester Rockport James Jenkins Foster’s Point Bath Joseph Larrabee Fred Larrabee Topsham Grange Harvey Dobbins Nellie Whitmer Freda Baker Norman Ninion Fairfield Leon Belanger Jr Mildred Bowie Col D. K. Mitchell Charles Dunham Foster's Point Road Charleston S. C Henry Donnell Henry Jr Earle Donnell Andrew Babkirk Philip Burns Portsmouth N. H Michael Meehan Dorchester Richard Renshaw Cora Gahan Lawrence South Portland West Dresden Melville Houdlette Pownalboro Hall Benjamin Wentworth Milo Harvey Perry Virginia Robbins Corinth Norman Bailey Charles Dorr Canada Orono David Hickland Dresden Mills M. E South Dresden Jast li

Four nurses receive diplomas in church ceremony

Bath Gloria Haskell Warren Madeline Leblond Lisbon Falls Nancy MacLain Con stance Murphy Anne Robb Calais Pearl Chadburn Bath all earned nursing diplomas in a church ceremony. Miss Alice V. Lincoln of Brunswick played and accompanied Ruth Williams who sang The Lord's Prayer. Nurses entered with a marshal and staff members, with Rev. Louis Dole and Rev. Joseph O. Purdue delivering addresses emphasizing professionalism and duty.

Bath Gloria Haskell Warren Madeline Leblond Lisbon Falls Nancy MacLain Constance Murphy Anne Robb Calais Pearl Chadburn Alice V. Lincoln Brunswick Ruth Williams Helen Doncaster Marshal Ethel Blake Josephine Moore Ralph E. Crocker Elwood Legard Arthur Hutchins, Jr Nightingale Club Junion Hospital League Louis Dole Church of the New Jerusalem Bates Hill Francis A. Winchenbach Winchenbach

Birthday Party for Miss Mary E Callan

Miss Mary E Callan daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Callan of Middle street was honored Monday evening by a surprise birthday party at Mrs Donald J Lennoxs Bailey street home. Guests included Patricia Mulcahy Joan Bennett Marilyn Longley Alice Jones Ida Ferris Marion Corliss Frances Callan Mervin Bronson Robert Calley William Boyland Thomas Underwood Richard Bapweet Linwood Miller and Granger.

Mary E. Callan J. P. Callan Middle Street Donald J. Lennox Bailey Street Patricia Mulcahy Joan Bennett Marilyn Longley Alice Jones Ida Ferris Marion Corliss Frances Callan Mervin Bronson Robert Calley William Boyland Thomas, Underwood Richard Bapweet Linwood Miller Granger

Street Railway Use Concentrated in Big Cities in 1945

Ninety percent of urban rail travel occurred in cities larger than 250000, with eighty seven percent of all street railway trips taking place in these major populations during 1945.

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