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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
6
Bath residents enjoy a Maine cruise aboard the Hilda piloted by H A Burton while Frank and Shirley Defreitas, now in Portland, own the boat. The column lists Navy, Army, and Marine assignments, visits, hospital stays, and family happenings from Bath and nearby towns including Boothbay Harbor, Portland, and Saugus with multiple named individuals and places.
Robert W. Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Jones of Damariscotta formerly of Bath enrolled in Coburn Classical Institute to prepare for entrance into Colby College. He served a year with the U S Ski Troops in the United States and overseas and received an honorable medical discharge in January. He spent the summer as a counselor at the State Y M C A camp.
Warrant Officer Arthur Mac Donald USN at Boston Navy Yard and Mrs MacDonald return to their Boston apartment after ten days leave spent with Mrs Wilbur Burns and Mr Burns on Washington Street.
Rev. George B. Wolstenholme of Bath attended the Brunswick Rotary club gathering at First Parish Congregational church. Principal speaker Athern P. Daggett discussed the Community War Chest drive. Miss Friel Blodgett of Trufant street returned from a short visit in Richmond with her sister Mrs. Frank Bishop.
Henry King was commissioned as a captain and ordered to Texas for duty after prior service on Cape Cod. Also mentioned are Carl Erlebach a POW near Munich, Brian M. Jewett's return from Washington, D. C., and various Rebekah Lodge activities and local social notes from Columbia and nearby communities.
Mr Vaughan Smiley and sol Bruce of Upper Darby arrived for a two week vacation with Mrs Smiley. The Discord Lodge hosted last week with guests including Mrs Fenton Lo Minos Mire Raymond Palmier and Mrs Robert King. The evening featured sewing and knitting, and the club plans to meet next Tuesday with Mrs McCabe on Washington Street.
Mr and Mrs John Rines and son John Jr come home after two days in New York and the rest of their vacation with Mr Rines sister and Mr Gledden in North Weymouth Massachusetts.
Master Arthur G Small Jr son of Mr and Mrs Arthur G Small of 36 Court Street celebrated his second birthday last Wednesday. Mothers accompanied children as they played in their own way while Arthur helped cut a decorated cake. Yellow and blue decor brightened the dining room with small favors and floral candy baskets. Guests included Mrs James Nelson and Barbara Jean Mrs James Mallard and Clark Mrs Ada Bragdon and David Stilphen Mrs Ralph Hutchins and Ralph Jr Mrs Edward Hodgdon and daughters Beatrice and Elizabeth Miss Mildred Maney Mrs William Small Mrs Chesley Hutchins Mrs Edwin Small Mrs Ralph Lingley Jr and sons David and Alfred and one out of town guest Mrs Frank Mather of Brunswick.
Vinal King of the U S Navy resumed duties at Sampson New York after a period of home recuperation for leg injuries. He arrived back on Saturday to rejoin the base.
Mrs Bessie Hasselman returns to her Center street home after a week visiting Braintree Nequasset and Huna rock Beach Massachusetts. She attended the Brockton Fair during her trip.
Mr and Mrs Albert Thompson of upper Washington street recently stayed with Mr and Mrs Fred Beane and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Simmons of Brewer. Beane, employed at Forsyth Laboratory in Boston, is on vacation.
Private Alice Donovan of the WAC, stationed at Bath on recruiting duty, has been awarded the good conduct medal for one year of excellent service.
The Misses Katherine and Nellie Tracey return from Meadowbrook where they spent the summer. They hosted Mrs. Kenneth Percival and Frances and Robert Percival of Portland at the cottage and home. Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Bridges of Popham Beach were guests Thursday of Mrs. Bridges’ mother. Mrs. Page Wyman of Mechanic Street also mentioned.
A group led by Lloyd A. Beers in the sloop The Defender sailed along the Maine coast visiting Monhegan Vinalhaven and Harpswell Sound. Others include Mrs. Roy Harmon and Mrs. Margaret Adams visiting from Brunswick and Weeks Street respectively.
Rev and Mrs Charles L Kinney with Mrs Adelbert Hall of Bedford Street visited Oak land for the Augusta District Methodist Conference held on Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Edna Andrews hosted a weekend family gathering on Union Street with guests including her parents Mr and Mrs George W Blake of Rochester New Hampshire her son Pvt Donald Andrews USA on a two week furlough after basic training at Camp Croft South Carolina and her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs John J Keegan Jr and infant Richard of the city. Pvt Andrews formerly worked in the outfitting department at Bath Iron Works and will transfer to Camp Mead Maryland where he will report for duty September 29.
Miss Miriam White of Cottage Street returns to her office duties at Lambert Park after a Bristol vacation with cousin Miss Anna Mae Grennan. The pair spent several days in New York City during the trip.
Mrs. Ralph Mawyer and Miss Marguerite Rines of Bath have returned after spending several days in Boston.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Crooker of Milan street spend a few days at their hunting lodge on Merrymeeting shores in Woolwich during the early duck hunting season They entertain Ralph Crooker of High street and Wilfred W Chaney of Middle street during the stay
Guy Meader of Rumford visits his friend John Wilson at 4 Andrews road for a few days. Former Bath resident Meader has many local friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Smith of 454 Beacon street Boston stay with Mrs. E. C. Stiness at 16 North street. Smith once lived in Bowdoin as a boy and frequented Bath, so he is well known here.
Mrs John McInnis has returned to her home on Washington Street after a two weeks visit at the home of her son John McInnis in Portland.
Fred Merchant, visiting his father in Meadow Way, left for New York and boarded flights to New Orleans then the Canal Zone. He plans to resume work as a Government employee in the Panama Canal Zone, where he has lived for years, with a northern vacation recently.
Mrs Horace P Morse and daughter Barbara of West street passed Thursday in Portland as guests of Mrs Morse's aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Frank H Phillips of Reading Pa at their Eastland apartment. Mrs William Freeman nee Marion Hill and daughter Priscilla of Westfield N J have gone to San Francisco to join Capt Freeman. Mrs Freeman recently visited her mother Mrs Frederick D Hill of High street. Mrs George Walker of Fryeburg is a guest of Mrs Howard Holmes and daughter Kathy on High street.
Mrs. W. S. Kendall of South Portland and Florida returns home after visiting Mrs. Walter S. Wiggin. James W Voorhees U S M M arrives for a short leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs Win ner S Voorhees of Bedford Street. His brother William H Voorhees apprentice seaman U S M S on leave from Sheepshead Bay stayed with their parents.
Jonn Mullaney and Deeess N Seabees stationed in the Solomon Islands report a new assignment to relatives in Bath. William R Freeman Jr returns to Westfield New Jersey after summer with grandmother Mrs Marian Hill. He will begin the Admiral Farragut Academy Pine Beach New Jersey this month. Miss Helen Hartwell returns to duties in the Telephone Company commercial office after a one week home vacation.
Dr. RH Johnson, an osteopathic physician, will occupy the 926 Washington Street Oak Street residence recently purchased by him in October. Mn Purinton, who has lived there all summer, will relocate to the Caverly home at 29 Corliss Street.
Betty Lou Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter M Hill of North Street left Sunday evening by train for Boston to resume nurse training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital where she had been home over the weekend.
Mrs Edward Larkin nee Dorothy Huggard of Hyannis Massachusetts writes her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Huggard of Mechanic Street that the hurricane was frightening. Photos in metropolitan papers show Cape destruction and Main Street near her home. She notes no damage to her property and thanks Providence. Mr Larkin, in Alaska on a government mission, will return in November. She has worked at Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis and Bath private duty for two years. She is a Bath City Hospital graduate.
Rev. A. D. Gillis has returned to Rockland after visiting his mother Mrs. Edmund Arsenault on High Street.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Bonney of Union street court and Mrs. Bonney's aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Phillips who have lived at the Eastland in Portland for two years left Monday for Reading Pa. There the Phillips intend to spend the winter at their home. The Bonneys will stay several days with them before returning to Bath.
Mr and Mrs Harry P Briggs Jr return to 993 High Street after visiting their Se basco cottage and passing the Scemmier.
William Elliot of Portland and formerly Bath receives a warm welcome from friends on the first day of duck hunting at Merrymeeting Bay. Known as Pog ay, he now works at the New England Shipbuilding Corp where he previously ran a lodge with his wife welcoming sportsmen from across the country including Boston and New York.
Mr and Mrs Chester Leeman of Woolwich spent the weekend in Damariscotta as guests of Mrs Leeman’s parents Mr and Mrs Norris Waltz. Mr and Mrs Joan M Howe of upper Washington street left for Arlington Virginia for two weeks with relatives including Mrs Paul Cushman and son Thomas. Mrs Ralph G Stetson returned from New York where she was with her father James Dann. Mrs Elmer Rogers returned from Augusta after a week with her sister Mrs Ernest Ward, during which Mr Ward visited Bath for duck hunting at Merrymeeting Bay. Mrs R Clinton McFadden and daughter Georganna of North street spent Saturday in Portland.
Mr and Mrs Frederick Henderson returned to their Eliot home Sunday after a week visiting Mrs Hendersons parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Gilley of Court street and Mr Hendersons parents Mr and Mrs Charles T Henderson of High street Raymond Trott of Providence Rhode Island also returned home Sunday after a brief visit.
Mr and Mrs James Bornheimer of Scarboro visited Mr and Mrs Howard Rice on Mechanic Street en route home from Camden where they were called by Heimer's uncle. Mr Bornheimer is a former Bath boy.
Mr and Mrs Peter Gagnon of Winneyanee return home from a lengthy motor trip through Massachusetts and New York. Mrs Gagnon is an RFD mail carrier to Popham Beach and the couple enjoyed the vacation journey together.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Baker and daughter Ruth of Charleston West Virginia visited relatives in Portland stopping in Bath and West Bath to see Col George A Baker in Milen Street and Mrs Leon Belanger s family. They were joined by Mrs Whitman Mitchell of Portland and later hosted by Mrs Charles E Doten in Portland. Ralph Baker has worked on an Octane Gas plant in Philadelphia and a synthetic rubber plant project in Charleston. Their daughter Alice works in Charleston and Ruth graduated high school in June. Lorenzo, their son, serves with the U S Marines in Oklahoma. The Bakers left for home last Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs David McKellar of High Street returned home Monday morning after being away for a week.
Mr and Mrs Edwin F Small of Winnegance travel by train to Boston for a two week vacation visiting relatives in Boston and Cape Cod. This marks Mr Small's first vacation in several years.
Mrs Leonard Lord of Fitts Street recently stayed with Mr and Mrs Harry Reed at Boothbay Harbor in a social visit noted by the local circles.
The family of Justus H Miller of Garden Street prepares to spend the winter in St. Petersburg Florida. They will occupy a suite in an apartment house there owned by Mr Miller. Mrs Miller will be joined by her daughters while Mr Miller remains in Bath.
Mrs Valmont Tardif of Lewiston returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs John Costain in Middle Street. Sherwood Keith owner of the Boothbay Playhouse spent a few days in Boothbay and hinted Raymond Palmer of Quincy Mass may manage the theater next year. Keith, now manager of the CBS studio building in Raymond Page of Brunswick, has been on vacation from Bath Iron Works.
Cpl. Robert Ward of the U S Army recently transferred to Fort Stark Vermont spent a 24 hour leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Ward in Augusta prior to entering the service. He previously worked as a machinist at Bath Iron Works.
Mr. and Mrs. J Edward Drake hosted a informal gathering at their Washington street home from 5 to 7 on Saturday. Mrs. John Scott of Garden street joined with her daughter Miss Hilda Scott a South Portland High School English teacher and University of Maine graduate who has taught there for several years. Also visiting were Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Walter Anliker of Cape Elizabeth. Mr. Anliker formerly worked in the Bath Iron Works electrical department and now is employed in the same capacity at South Portland shipyard.
Miss Agnes Humphreys of Highstreet spent the weekend visiting at the home of her sister Mrs. Robert Toothaker of Brunswick and returned home Monday morning.
Miss Barbara Page, in her second year at Gorham Normal School, spent the weekend at home with her parents on Academy street and returned to the campus Sunday evening. Miss Germaine Bonney and Betty Small of Farmington Normal School visited with their parents on Union and Pear streets.
Mr and Mrs Noble Snowdeal return to their Jonesboro home after spending the weekend with Mr and Mrs Albert E Whitney of Center street.
Mrs John Costain returns to her Middle Street home from Portland where she was a patient at Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. She is able to be out and about again and her many friends will be glad to learn.
Arthur C. Shorey of New York was in Bath on Monday as a guest of his brother William S. Shorey at 1044 Washington street. The couple has been staying ten days with the Mountain View House in Whitefield New Hampshire.
R Clinton McFadden of North street returned from a two week business visit in the White Mountains where he supervised the installation of a new generator in the tramway at Cannon Mountain Franconia Notch. He passed the night of a recent hurricane on the mountain top as gale winds blew. The house atop the peak was chained down as a precaution. The crew agreed it was one of the wildest nights of their experiences and very cold all day.
Miss Mary McCabe resumes her duties in the Navy Personnel office at Bath Iron Works after a week away in Boston.
Mr and Mrs Charles Leveroni and their children Edith and Charles of North Quincy Massachusetts returned home after spending the summer in Woolwich. Charles Jr a senior at North Quincy High School worked at Bath Iron Works this summer. Mr Leveroni is on the Boston Herald staff.
Mrs Evelyn Hobbs of the Transportation Department at Bath Iron Works spent the weekend in May with her son Harrison Hobbs.
Mrs Leeman’s cousin Pfc Donald Waltz son of Mr and Mrs Frank Waltz of Damariscotta is found safe returning to his unit. He was wounded but not seriously and had wandered away from his unit. Mrs Ralph Gay of Granite Street substituting in the Hyde Windlass Co office during Miss Edith Small’s vacation.
Frank A. King, foreman in the copper shop at Bath Iron Works, is a patient at Memorial Hospital.
The Central church choir, 26 members, enjoyed a luncheon of lobster stew and lemon pie at Thatcher B. Pinkham Jr.’s Small Point cottage after morning service. They toured the sea moss factory and spent time on the beach before evening Pilgrim Fellowship. Pvt. Mary Hadley of Des Moines, WAC, is visiting the Bath recruiting office during Cpl. Dobrowolski’s furlough.
Judith Dennison pledges to Kappa Kappa Gamma at Denison University while her mother also belongs to the sorority. Germaine Bonney returns to Farmington Normal School after a weekend with her parents. Mrs. Walter Glidden visits in Portland. The Moore family returns from Montreal and Quebec with relatives visiting. Mrs. Ernest G Key accompanied by family returns to Montreal. Mr. Warren McIntire hosts sister and husband from Hamden. Arthur C. Shorey travels from New York after visiting sister Alice Shorey and brother William Shorey on Washington street. Sefica Center Lowell Mass, resident returns from vacation at the Wagner home on Washington street. Daniel Craney, once at New England Baptist Hospital, comes home to Union street.
Elizabeth Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Williams of Washington street departs Monday for New York to resume music studies at Juilliard, now in her third year. She has sung at church and gave a well received recital at the Masonic Temple this summer and performed The Lord’s Prayer at Bath Memorial Hospital nurses graduation events with praise.
George J. Nugent treasurer of the Bath Trust Co. traveled to Chicago to attend the Second War Service meeting of the American Bankers Association at Stevens Hotel from September 24 to 27.
Mrs. Alice Baker of Norwood Massachusetts and Georgetown returns to Norwood Monday evening after participating in Summer in Georgetown. She teaches voice with a Massachusetts studio and has taught in Bath. She serves as soloist at the Norwood Congregational Church.
Mrs Margery Coleman of Bath street came home Tuesday evening after several weeks visiting her old home in Gloucester Massachusetts and a sister in Philadelphia. She was accompanied by her father Captain Ralph Whalen a noted skipper from Gloucester. He will make a brief visit at his daughter's Bath street residence and many locals look forward to greeting him again.
Mr and Mrs J Harry McLellan formerly of Bath have stayed in Portland for the summer and plan to return to California soon to spend another winter there.
Mrs. John Shaw visits Oak Street husband at Maine General Hospital where he recovers from a long illness and hopes to return home soon. Dennis Smith returns from Memorial Hospital as a seventh grader at Dike School. Mrs. Alfred Carpenter and Mrs. R Clinton McFadden travel to Swampscott for a Girl Scout conference. William S. Newell of Bath Iron Works speaks at the Victory Fleet Day event in Falmouth Hotel honoring shipping personnel with a ladies night dinner and dance at seven.
Mrs Myrtle Simpson and Mrs Angie Talbot spent the weekend in Portland returning Monday evening. Past Noble Grands club and husbands plan a North Edgecomb cottage supper Thursday at 6 30 hosted by Mr and Mrs Henry T B Leeman with co hosts Mrs Herbert Huggard and Mrs Nellie Lord. Mrs Harold E Hodgkins is convalescing at Memorial Hospital. The Past Ladies club of the Odd Ladies met at Mrs Wilfred Chaney 377 Middle Street with eleven members attending. Dr and Mrs Albert Owen of Washington Street plan a leisurely auto trip west visiting Portland Maryland Albuquerque and other points. Dr Owen a WWI veteran is a surgeon and has practiced locally. Mrs Owen is Katherine Chase of Edgecomb and a trained nurse.
A cosmetic tip advises starting with a copper foundation to complement red hair. The guidance notes copper tones blend with warm hair hues for a natural base.
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