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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1944

Page

4

Wiscasset Church School Opens After Summer Session

In Wiscasset the First Congregational Church completes a successful summer session led by Superintendent William H. Burton and Mary Hobson as music head. The new season opens Oct 1 with adult Bible class, rally day, World Wide Communion, and an evening informal service. The issue also notes lodge events, club meetings, guest speakers, and local social notices.

First Congregational Church Samuel Sewall William H. Burton Mr. Sewall Mary Hobson Robert H. Heigham North Edgecomb Young People’s Society Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches Warren Garrison Hill Samuel J. Sewall Sidney G. Evans F. Burton Haggett Woman's Club of Wiscasset Congregational Vestry John Smith Lowe Rockland Ms.g Robinson First Service Command Army Stanley Dodge Alberta Larrabee Kate Sewall Vera Haggett Florence MacQueston William Cochran Wiscasset Grain Co Marcia Angell Donald Tozier Augusta Lara Coffin Hooper Street Arthur H. Durgin Portland John W Charles E. Cowley Jennie J. Ladd William S. Kierstead Mr. Kierstead Federal Street Milo Jean Mass Charles T. Groves Newton Foster S. Perkins James E. White Joseph Erskine Vivian Giles Star

Obituary: Arthur A. Brown 75 Dies at Pleasant Street Home

Arthur A. Brown age 75 died at his Pleasant street home Friday September 14 after a long illness. A former sea hand and Maine Central railroad bridge keeper at the Iron bridge over the Sheepscot river, he retired to the Ballard house on Pleasant street. He belonged to Lincoln lodge F A M New Jerusalem Royal Arch chapter and Star lodge Knights of Pythias. Funeral at his home Monday with Rev. Robert H. Heigham, interment in Brook lawn Portland. He is survived by his widow and two sons Nathan of Portland and Joseph of Wiscasset, who also serves as bridge tender at Taylor's Point.

Knights of Pythias Boothbay Lodge Boothbay Harbor Supreme Chancellor Clarence A. Race Harvey R. Pease Portland John W. Bricker City Hall Square Eastland Bricker Stanley W. Dodge Boston Mabel H. Paquet Russell Street Bath Frank M. Haggett Haggett Federal Street Daniel Clisley Wiscasset Haggett Block Main Middle Streets Vera Leach Bangor Frank H. Hutchins Washington Street Benjamin F. Webber Thomaston John Blagdon Union Street Henry Demmons Slocum House Miss Burton William H. Burton Birch Point Wilder Merry Woburn Mass Richard Bennett Merry Lester Ray Woolwich Catherine Taylor Verne Safford Dead River Alice Hunnewell Harry D. Mosher Henry Washburn Lisbon Falls Josephine Plumstead Frances Plumstead Antoinette Plumstead Albert S. Owen Henry Hall Hall Capt. Cate North Edgecomb New Hampshire Etta Stimson Lester Munsey John H. Southard Arthur A. Brown Pleasant Street Mr. Brown Maine Central Railroad Sheepscot River Taylor's Point Ballard House Lincoln

Sun's northward swing ends as warmth returns to soil

After peaking near the longest day, the sun moves toward the equator. The warming of lower air layers follows as cool air from above or far away replaces the heated air that rises. Ground heating lags by a month or more before peak summer temperatures arrive.

Earth Old Sol Equator

West Bath Fall church services and community notices

Fall church services are listed for West Bath on Sunday afternoons. First Fall meeting of the West Bath P T A is Tuesday evening at the Littlefield school. Various local social visits, hospitalizations, and family updates followed, including illness at Memorial Hospital Bath and residents traveling to Portland and Kentucky for military and family reasons. Duck hunting, V F W district events, and multiple guests at homes on weekends are noted along with property moves and local travel by residents and relatives.

West Bath West Bath P.T.A Littlefield School Hounds Club Bath Rock Hill Inn B.I.W Eben Dana Ralph Rice Ernest Stilphen Memorial Hospital Roy Moore Portland Laurence Moore Joseph Stetson Donald Brunswick G. C. Smith O. A. Knight Massachusetts Sabine James Tucker Deehan Fred Waterman Leon Felker Edward Burns Walter Larrabee William Joseph David Topsham J. W. Larrabee F. W. Larrabee David Larrabee Carroll Wing Chester Kelsea Georgetown Roland Carlton John Perkins William Bass Yarmouth Percy Holbrook J. B. Cooke V.F.W Boothbay Harbor Cooke Grange Hall Omar Perry Fred Wilson Winneganee Creek Howard Carlton Arrowsie Alice Lanchester Francis Carlton Johnson Marines North Carolina William Bailey State Guard Auburn Calvin Wing USA Earl Wing R. G. Coolidge Wayne Burton Wing USN Pacific Area Daniel McDonald South Portland Warren Davis Wallace McDonald Pinson Place Albert Pinkham Brigham's Cove Maynard Carleton Bertha Card Kentucky Fort Knox Stanley Williams Sewall Jewett Augustus Leavitt Leavitt Williams Mr. Leavitt T. Edward McCormick M. C. McCormick Thomas McCormck Marshall Boudreau Fred Bubier Bubier Lin

West Bath Grange Meets Monday Night

West Bath Grange met Monday evening with 130 members present. Refreshments were served by Mrs Annie Lemont and helpers. The program featured readings, songs, a paper on Building the Grange Hall, a tribute to members in service, tableaux, skits, and a Penny March ending with God Bless America.

West Bath Perry Thompson Frank Donnell Barber Shop Leonard Boucher Billy Ketchum Gerald Boudreau John Hayward

West Bath Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting

West Bath Farm Bureau gathered with Mrs L D Small for a day centered on care and repair for longer wear. Home Management Leader Mrs E W Hagg tt led sessions on rugs furniture pillows mattresses and household systems with Red Cross sewing and a meal prepared by Mrs Oscar Adams and Mrs E C Donnell.

West Bath Farm Bureau L. D. Small E. W. Haggett Red Cross Oscar Adams E. C. Donnell Frank A. French Small Donnell Ruth MacGregory William A. Coombs William Davis Walter Marco Joseph Oliver Edward Thompson Perry Thompson Lillian Bibber Waterville Barbara Adams

Evacuation of Nazi Troops Across Loire Captured

Lt. Sam W. Magill of Astabula Ohio leads a platoon that evacuated a large force of German troops across the Loire River after the surrender in Beaugency France. The image shows him addressing the evacuation problem as the operation unfolds.

Beaugency France Sam W. Magill Astabula Loire River Magill International

Laurel Grove Cemetery Association Plans Annual Meeting

Woolwich residents are invited to the Laurel Grove Cemetery Association annual meeting at the Baptist hall Saturday evening. Officers will be elected and business discussed. Services at First Baptist Woolwich Center feature Mrs. J. M. Gowdey on Great Men and Women of the Bible. The day includes church sessions, choirs, and community notices from Woolwich and Bath contacts.

Laurel Grove Cemetery Bath Woolwich Melvina Sollman George Hammond Fairfield Fred Soule Cheerio Club Maurice Hathorne Spinning Wheel Club Gilbert Hathorne Roy Lilley Dresden Jordan Wright Barley Neck Merle Jameson Albert Temple Samuel Hathorne Holligy Leeman Evelyn Arline Leeman Goodwill Club

Extreme Clippers and the Flying Cloud

The Flying Cloud epitomizes the Extreme Clipper type perfected between 1845 and 1860. Light hulls and intense sail pressure produced very fast voyages but required frequent docking and overhauls and reduced freight capacity.

Mexico Leads Rich Metal Exports Amid Mineral Boom

Rich nation Mexico tops in metallic exports with silver gold zinc lead copper and petroleum as its six chief products. Additional minerals like tungsten molybdenum manganese and platinum are gaining prominence, with metallic minerals constituting over half of total exports.

Mexico

Sagadahoc Saga Bath Shipyards and War Effort Recalled

Christine Weston profiles Sagadahoc County and Bath's long shipbuilding history from 1674 to 1917, highlighting its growth into a major wartime industry. The piece notes early yards, key vessels, and the 20 month wartime transformation that mobilized Bath workers in support of the war effort.

Bath Thomas Hyde Bath Iron Works Sewalls Arthur Sewall Maine Plummer Iron Works Sewall America Jonathan Philbrook William S. Newell

Bath shipyard unions rally for war fund drive

Accused by French term labor as a job union effort keeps war industry moving. Bath Iron Works workers and shipyard families contribute taxes to fund War Bonds and Sagadahoc County War Chest. An August meeting elected officers including Archibald Main as President and Ralph Bragg as Campaign Chairman to lead the drive for support of armed forces and war relief agencies.

Kennebec Saipan Guam Sicily Corsica Bordeaux National War Fund Bath Bath Iron Works State War Chest Sagadahoc County War Chest Archibald F. Main Bath Iron Works Corporation Edwin R. Andrews Granville Colby Dominique Tardif William S. Newell United Seamen's Service Henry O. Trowbridge Chester Plant Rupert Irvine Edmund Rothwell Harland Ladd Lendall Green All of Neil S. Bishop Bowdeinham Ray Monroe Richmond Ivan Trueworthy Mark W. Hennessey Ralph Bragg Central Maine Power Co

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