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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
7
Joseph Williams Jr USN instructor at Sampson Training Station New York visits and returns to his station. Various Bath residents report visits, funerals, births, travel and hospital stays. Notables include Miss Carmen Huse heading to Radcliffe, Anne Bliss Read birth record, and Morris family movements among Bath, Friendship, Worcester and Providence connections.
Mr. Bird, connected with Olsen Motor Co, visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Olsen at Thorn's Head. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Quimby and Misses Bessie and Grace Dickinson spent Saturday in Portland.
Galen M. Low returns to Boston Saturday with his mother Mrs. Charles C. Low of High Street to visit at his home. He came down Friday with Mrs. Edward H. Hartwell to her home. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Steen have returned from a summer cottage stay at Jane's Eddy in Arrowsie. Mrs. Stewart McCoubray Alta Messenger and Mrs. Jessie A. Richards visited Charles W. Messenger and his wife on Court Street Thursday.
Henry G. Shaw of Oak Street returns to work at Bath Iron Works after a weeklong vacation, resuming his duties Monday.
Mrs Edward H Hartwell returns home after three weeks with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Galen Low in Boston. Many residents travel to and from Cape Cod and Winslow while civic and church groups meet in Waterville and Augusta. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs George DeWolfe at Memorial hospital weighed six pounds twelve ounces. Mary Welch returns from Lewiston hospitals. Queen Esther lodge serves Odd Fellows supper as guests from Warren attend.
Mr and Mrs Charles Graffam who lived on Bedford Street while Mr Graffam worked at Bath Iron Works have returned to their home in Unity after two years.
Miss Arlene Waite of Shepard Street was a recent guest of Miss in a social gathering noted by local society reporters.
Mr and Mrs Willis Chapman of Lynn Massachusetts returned home Friday after visiting Mr and Mrs Asa Wilson of Oak Street. While in the city Mr Chapman a polo player in Alameda days called on many friends.
Mr and Mrs James Nostall of Middle street spent Sunday at their Bay Point cottage with the Madden and Frates families attending. John Taylor of Washington street returned from Quebec and Maine trip. Eva Marriner visiting Fryeburg and Bath with Con ley family. Christine Curtis of Pleasant street vacationing in Boston area. Roy Harmon now teaching languages at Richmond High School after Woonsocket background. John Henry Hunt hosted Saturday Evening Contract Club on Middle street. Attendees at Harve y Hathorne funeral included Mrs Benjamin Welch Augusta and Mrs William Clark Damariscotta. Harry Litchfield Bath street and William Haggett Front street dined at Wooster House Hallowell.
The Misses Edith Small Louise Trainor Lillian Goodwin Harriet OReilly and May McCabe left Sunday for New York by air for a several day trip They will visit Boston on Friday and return to Bath the following Monday
Mrs. Arthur C. Whittier and her cousin Miss Catherine M. Simonton return from a brief visit in Brooklin where they were guests of Mrs. Whittier's brother Captain G. A. Andrews and family.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Pinkham of Somerville Massachusetts recently visited Mr and Mrs Arthur Farris on Elm Street and also traveled to Nobleboro to see Mr and Mrs Arthur Pinkham, the latter being Mr Pinkham’s brother and wife.
Mrs Charles Ho band and Lt Charles L Hoevel USNR chief engineer of the Bath-built destroyer Hanson are cited. Lt Hoevel is now at sea aboard the vessel as its engineer in command during wartime operations.
Raymond Trott of Providence Rhode Island spent the weekend in Bath and left for home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williams of Detroit visit Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Clowes before traveling to Vassalboro to see relatives including the Williams and Williams families. George A. Hitchcock and family from Brooklyn visited Bath friends after New Castle and Damariscotta trips. Several local residents returned from trips to Boston and Find dental school, while others headed to Readfield Depot and Popham Beach for weekend stays. Robert E. Hart entered Togus Veterans Hospital for recurring injuries. he previously served 29 months overseas and was 16 at enlistment. Lieut. James Voorhees and Mrs. Voorhees left for Boston to rejoin his ship after a short home leave.
Miss Kathleen Harkins, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Harkins of Corliss street, returns to Boston after a weekend at home to begin work on her Masters at Boston University. Mr and Mrs John Marks Jr of High Street welcome a new baby boy born Sunday at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Warren Stilphen of Middle Street is ill at home. Agnes Humphreys of High Street weekends with Mr and Mrs Robert Toothaker in Brunswick before returning home. Mrs Philip Trainor visits in Damariscotta with her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert York. Mrs Whitman R Mitchell and daughter Mrs Jerome McNinch of Portland stay with Col George Baker on Milan Street. Arthur Williams and Charles Hart of Winneganee go to New York City for a few days. Betty Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Anderson of Green Street, leaves for Boston after weekend at home. Mrs Marshall White of Warren and Mrs Albert White of West Bath visit Mrs Marjorie Henderson in Bath.
S/Sgt Edward F Jones of 23 Russell Street Bath was discharged from the Army under the point system at Westover Field Mass Friday. Mr and Mrs John Kelley of Deering Street left Saturday for a pleasure trip through Canada.
Mr and Mrs Théodore Earl plan a mid October move to North East Harbor where Earl will join Mt. Desert Boat Yard local staff. The couple, active in community life, will be missed by many friends. Mrs Earl has led the Junior League and serves on Bath Memorial Hospital auxiliary board.
Mrs. Donald Watt and two children Donald and Susan departed Tuesday for New Rochelle New York for a ten day stay. Mr. and Mrs. Chester M Shubert and sons Chester Jr William O and Robert of Rockville Center Long Island were weekend guests of Mrs. Shubert's parents Hon. and Mrs Oliver Moses 2nd of Washington street before returning home.
Mrs Scott M Golder has returned to her home on Winship Street after spending a fort night in Weymouth Massachusetts as a guest of her daughter Mrs Frank Chesman.
Mrs Charles H Cahill of High Street and Mr and Mrs Frank Given of Andrews Road traveled to Augusta on Sunday and enjoyed a meal at the Augusta House, keeping to a quiet family outing with no reported incidents.
A large friendly bull moose with wide antlers visited Winnegance on Tuesday. It roamed fields and the mill yard of Morse & Sons, approached people and a car, then lingered near homes before slipping into a pine grove at dusk. Locals watched as children yelled and the moose escaped back into the pines.
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met Tuesday with Miss Roberta Hathorne at her Woolwich home. They organized a Guess Who party for October 2 at director Mrs Edwin R Andrews 981 High Street. A committee includes Mrs Brewster Sedgwick Miss Jane Stevens Mrs Harry Ring Miss Helen Hayes Mrs Catharine Legard Mrs William Turpie and Miss Barbara Kenney. The group will help Old Tyme Fair by selling a nice blanket with Mrs William Turpie in charge of disposal. Mrs Harmon Eliason led the cultural program sharing Panama visit and Mrs Richard Haskell spoke of a West Coast plane trip. Evening topic was Travel with a social hour and refreshments served. Attendees included Mrs John A Greene Jr Mrs Richard Haskell Miss Roberta Hathorne Miss Helen Hayes Miss Barbara Kenney Mrs Edwin R Andrews Mrs Richard Barker Miss Eleanor Danforth Mrs Harmon Eliason Mrs Brewster Sedgwick Miss Madge Stacy Miss Jane Stevens Mrs William Turpie Mrs Earl Wade Mrs Nathan Watson and others.
Iota Sigma chapter held its annual initiation Tuesday evening at Mrs Ruth Freeman's Middle Street residence. New members Miss Ruth Watson and Mrs Florence Jewell were received, with Mrs Edward McGuiggan leading a brief business meeting.
Mrs Kenneth Thayer hosted Mizpah class gathering on Tuesday. The group voted to clean the church and to hold a fellowship supper October 18 with dining room and kitchen led by named members. An invitation to Nobleboro was extended for October 2, with transportation from the Court House by 6 30.
Maine anglers and gunners weigh in on the duck gunning season with reports of strong flights and good bagging, while others see lean days. Inland waters and recent plantings boost duck numbers as woodcock and partridge open countywide. Gene Letourneau of the Waterville Sentinel profiles the prolific hunter and his rabbit burger method.
Warden supervisor Levi Dow reports a strong autumn fishing season across Northern Aroostook. Landlocked salmon ranging six to nine pounds are being caught, signaling a top year for anglers statewide.
Lieut. James Stanton, U. S. N. R., stationed on the West coast, has arrived for a leave which he is passing with Mrs. Stanton and their son, James, Jr., at the home of Mrs. Stanton's mother, Mrs. John Cummings of Oak street.
The Bath council and Post War Planning committees discussed G I Bill driven recreation and labor surveys. Henry O Trowbridge urged a community managed recreation center to replace the USO, citing costs and public support from Youth Council members and local groups. The council will revisit the issue in October and seek a firm decision.
Mrs. Thomas Sullivan of Natick and her husband visited Frederick E. Drake and family in Washington street. Mrs. Sullivan is Drake Jr.’s sister. Harry Cook and his wife returned to New York after a week with Mrs. Cook’s mother in Willow street, following Mr. Cook’s death. Theo Webb reopened her Middle street home after a season at Mere Point and notes her daughter Mary's last year at Wheaton College. William Crowley of the Boston Navy Yard and daughter Grace Crowley, a Boston Airport secretary, stayed with Mrs. Crowley on Union street as Mr. and Mrs. Crowley hosted a house party including Milton Crowley and Mrs. Day, who have toured the White Mountains and Maine.
There will be a special convocation Thursday evening at 7 30 of Montgomery and St Bernard Chapter Royal Arch Masons with work in the Mark Master Mason degree.
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