Richmond Water Works sale to Cape Elizabeth engineer
Richard N. Berry of Cape Elizabeth purchased controlling interest in the Richmond Water Works from ery Bocker of Brunswick. Berry, an engineer, plans to push improvements to Kennebec River sourced water to ensure good tasting, high quality drinking water for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Richard N. Berry
Cape Elizabeth
Ery Bocker
Brunswick
Berry
Kennebec
Booker
Samuel Furbish
Ideal Home Center Club
Marc
Della Grondin
Pushard-Guiou
Pushard-Guiou Post, V.F.W
Donald Waltz
Charles Watson
Edward Crosby
Ebvert Pooler
George J. Gould
Winfield Hull
Oscar Smith
Vincent C. Jones
Walter Anderson
Winfield Hall
Lord
Odd Fellows Hall
Methodist Church
Melita ~ Leavitt
oe _Anderson
Russell
Pushard-Guiou Post
V.F.W
Eva Douglass
John Thrower, Jr
Quinnam
Athletic Association
Percy Little
Wilbur Emerson
James Burney
Chester Foster
Two Views on the Death Christ In Georgetown Ser Mon
John Reedy preaches on Lazarus and Caiaphas at First Baptist Church as union Holy Week services are planned with Five Islands churches. A Georgetown Center event, sunrise at 6 30, Easter program at Five Islands, and a Friday film on home life are noted alongside local school news and a bridal shower for Louise Peterson at the Hagan home with Colby students present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Merry Meeting Grange
Bowdeinham
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Marie Fossett
Beatrice Webber
Harris Hutchins
Frederick Raynes
Donald Curtis
Theodore Williams
Albion Raynes
Harold Brown
Grange Hall
P. Dove
Ridge Road
Kia
Sedgley
Merson - Lane
Annet and Legion
Esther Foss
John Reedy
Lazarus
Christ
Caiaphas
Reedy
Georgetown Center
Five Islands
Tioga Street
Georgetown
Charles Kelley
Georgetown Central School
Robert Spear
Linda Gordon
Carl Williams
Sherry Rowe
Kelley
Darling Jay Lee born in Dresden Maine
Mr and Mrs John Darling of Gorham announce the birth of son Jay Lee on March 12 at Maine General Hospital Portland. Mrs Oliver Getchell observes 89th birthday. long town resident with large family. Eastern River grange holds meetings. weather brings high waters and birds returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Darling
Gorham
Jay Lee
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Arthur Pushard
Capital City Grange
Augusta
Eastern River Grange
Charles Gray
Marjorie Hamlin
Otis Carver
Bernard Bailey
Helen Jewett
John H. Mayers
Natick
Mass
Benjamin Wentworth
Dresden Center
Oliver Getchell
Melville Houdlette
West Dresden
Getchell
Minasville
Nova Scotia
Extension Association
William Houdlette
Gertrude Hopper
Tenant's Harbor
Old Town Landing
Stork Shower Honors Mr. and Mrs. McDorr
A stork shower for Airman and Mrs. Thomas G. McDorr was hosted by Mrs. Helen McDorr at 12 Russell Street. The couple, married Dec 15, received gifts as they plan to unite with him in California before his overseas posting to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. McDorr
Mrs Harnden Returns From California Visit
Mrs Robert Harnden of 1079 High Street has returned home from Pasadena with her son and wife. She flew from California to Boston and then came back after a week with her sister Frank Smith of West New.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Harnden
1079
High Street
Pasadena
Calif
John Shepard
California
Boston
Frank Smith
West New
Social notes span guests and floods in Georgetown
The column lists local visitors and residents including the Ha man sisters, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Todd, and many others at a Georgetown party. It mentions a flood near Georgetown with water damage to a ceiling and a half full rain water globe, plus travel updates from Everett and Paul Stevens and several town residents visiting relatives, attending events, or arriving for Easter break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Personal notes from Wollaston and New York social rounds
Conrad Larrabee of Eastern Nazarene College Wollaston Mass returned home for Easter with his father in Larrabee West Bath. Miss Eleanor Voorhees resident manager of Johnson Hall Columbia University New York City came back after visiting her parents in Bedford Street. Mrs Earl Kimble 1174 High Street hosted her contract club luncheon before the weekly game. Mr and Mrs Milton C Trott returned from Needham Mass where they spent the weekend with daughter and son in law Commander and Mrs Lewis Smith and were met at home by granddaughter Carla Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Stevens
Paul
Eastport
Everett
Edgar Hunter
Hanover
N. H
Dorothy W. Stuart
New York
Sheepscot
Roland
Ohio
George Manning
Arrowsic
William Bisseth
Robinhood
Phyllis Wheeler
Indian Point Road
Sadie Drake
Dana Hall
Wellesley
Mass
Bath
Ethel Patterson
Ruth
West Georgetown
Highland Manor School
West Long Branch
N. J
George Alderman
Amherst
Louise Peterson
Parviz Chahbazi
Portland
David Painter
Suzanne Roberts Painter
Ardmore
Painter
Mac- Mahan
Conrad Larrabee
Eastern Nazarene College
Wollaston
Larrabee
West Bath
Eleanor H. Voorhees
Johnson Hall
Columbia University
New York City
Wilmer S. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Earl Kimble
High Street
Lena Shepard Lowing
Milton C. Trott
Needham
Lewis Smith
Carla Smith
Easter events guide for Five Islands and Georgetown churches
Easter plans include services at Five Islands and Georgetown churches with a sunrise service at 6 30 am and an Easter cantata. A pre Easter film and dress rehearsal sont follow the Friday event. Local fishermen Dennis Moore reports loss after his 80 foot boat broke from Gott s Cove and wrecked on Bailey s shore. Married Chester McMahan Jr and Catherine Anne Frates of Bath at Georgetown parsonage. he served in Korea and both will reside in Bath. Personal items note illnesses travel visits and moves among local residents and flood conditions at the Brunswick Topsham bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Georgetown
Dennis Moore
Gott’s Cove
Bailey's Shore
Chester McMahan, Jr
Catherine Anne Frates
Bath
Georgetown Parsonage
John Reedy
McMahan
Korea
Andrew Rowe
Francis Pierce
Florida
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Gray
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Paul Goodrich
Gardiner
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Victor Pinkham
Margaret McMahan
Lincoln Campbell
Harmon's Harbor
Rutherford House
William Campbell
Vernon Gray
Brunswick
Brunswick- Topsham Bridge
Wilder
Massachusetts
McMahan Island
Bedford Street Man Now in South Africa
Joseph A. Long of 19 Bedford Street left in January for Durban to work with Foster-Wheeler Corp. in New York. He heads the X ray department at the Standard Vacuum refinery and, with Harold Rosevear, uses an industrial X ray unit to inspect welding in progress. The unit may be the first of its kind in South Africa and films are developed in minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durban
South Africa
Joseph A. Long
Bedford Street
Long
Foster-Wheeler Corp
New York
New
Harold Rosevear
Doc” Leng
Bay Point activity and flood damage reported
Heavy rain disrupted power for over an hour then restored by Central Maine Power Co. Residents and visitors including Howard O Nash and Lila Spinney were sighted on Bay Point. A mill basement flooded on the Topsham side as the Androscoggin and Kennebec rivers surged, with closures and riverbank crowds watching the high waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Howard O. Nash
Bath
Bay Point
Alton Reed
Georgetown
Lincoln Campbell
Lila M. Spinney
Five Islands
Leon Oliver
Maurice Burns
Walter DeLane
Richmond
Frederick Moffat
Anne
Sumner Mains
Jean Rogers
State Health and Welfare Department
Bath Memorial Hospital
Eugene Foster
Chestnut Street
George Dutile
Gail Furbish
Furbish
Cecil Mains
Thomas Hagan
Maine Cancer Society
Wesley Church
Eleanor Gillis
Mina Hinckley
Brunswick
Topsham
Mrs. Hogan
Waterville
Kennebec
Karen Furbish
Obituary for Kenneth Morrison 56 lifelong Lincolnville native
Kenneth Morrison 56 died early Wednesday at 101 Center street. Born December 22 1896 in Lincolnville he is survived by daughter Alberta Landry of Brunswick and son Ethan Morrison of Chelsea Massachusetts. A former houseman at Frank Pepper pool room and wartime BIW employee funeral Friday at 10 from Mayo funeral home 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Morrison
Center Street
Lincolnville
Alberta Landry
Brunswick
Ethan Morrison
Chelsea
Mass
Morrison
Frank Pepper Pool
BIW
Mayo Funeral Home
High Street
Funeral for William Donnell Brown Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for William Donnell Brown were held Sunday afternoon at two at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Richard J. Schaper officiating. Bearers were Thornton O. Percy, Robert W. Donnell, Lawrence Brown and Kenneth R. Sylvester. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Donnell Brown
Curtis Funeral Home
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Church
Thornton O. Percy
Robert W. Donnell
Lawrence Brown
Kenneth R. Sylvester
Oak Grove
Local Birth and Social notes from Bath area
Mr and Mrs Gordon W Hersom of West Point welcome a son Gordon Wayne Jr born Monday at Memorial Hospital weighing nine pounds two ounces. Kenneth Drummond, an oceanologist with the U S Navy, visited Bath and heads to Bermuda. Hon and Mrs Walter C Rogers spent winter at West Palm Beach Fla and returned home. Mrs Rogers still suffers a sprained ankle. Edward P Thomas of Coxs Head and Mrs Robert Harnden hosted winter guests. their cat Smutty wandered
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon W. Hersom
West Point
Gordon Wayne, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Hersom
Times
Kenneth Drummond
Owen J. Ledyard
High Street
Washington,d. C
U. S. Navy Department
Bath
Bermuda
Walter C. Rogers
Washington Street
West Palm Beach
Fla
Rogers
Calvin W. Rogers
Robert Harnden
Thomas Jare
Miss Nellie T Morse Dies After Long Illness in Fall River
Miss Nellie Thayer Morse died at her Fall River home on March 29 after a long illness. Born September 10, 1860 in Bath, she was daughter of the late J Parker Morse and Mary Franklin Henry Morse. Private funeral in Fall River and burial in Maple Grove cemetery Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Thayer Morse
Fall River
Mass
Miss Morse
J. Parker Morse
Mary Franklin Henry Morse
Bath
Morse
High Street
William F. Hooper
Parker Morse Hooper
Camden
Harry Morse Payne
Boston
Maple Grove Cemetery
William G Payne Funeral Set After Two Car Crash
Funeral services for William G. Payne 60 of North Edgecomb will be held at the Baptist church Thursday afternoon. Payne died from injuries suffered in a two car crash near Woolwich late Sunday night. He was born in Edgecomb June 2 1892 and owned a milk business after earlier work at Boothbay Harbor shipyard and Bath Iron Works. He is survived by his wife two daughters five brothers a sister and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Payne
North Edgecomb
Memorial Hospital
Woolwich
Baptist Church
No. Edgecomb
Ernest Foss
Boothbay
A. F. Mayo & Son
Mr. Payne
Edgecomb
Elmer
Nellie Haggett Payne
Boothbay Harbor
Frank L. Sample
Bertha Lakin Payne
James A. DeCapua
Leatrice Payne
Bath
Dewey
Lewiston
Lowell
Charles
Emery
West Bath
Lester
Martha Delano
Wiscasset
Nine year old William Brown dies after long illness
William Donnell Brown aged 9 died at Bath Memorial hospital after months of illness. Born July 4 1943 in Bath he was son of Sanford and Elizabeth Brown of Sagadahoc Ferry. He attended Nequasset Central School and belonged to Cub Scouts and Sunday school. He survived by parents two brothers a grandmother and grandparents with many aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Donnell Brown
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Sanford and
Elizabeth (Donnell) Brown
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Nequasset Central School
Cub Scouts
Winter Street
Sanford, Jr
Thomas E. Brown
Roy Donnell
Upper Washington Street
Howard O. Brown
Gardiner
Navy Lt (jg) William Dossie Simpson dies at 46
Lt (jg) William Dossie Simpson USN ret died suddenly in San Diego at age 46 from a heart attack. Graveside services with full military honors were held at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. He served nearly 30 years, including World War II Pacific campaigns such as Guadalcanal and Tarawa. He lived in Chula Vista and leaves wife Bess and two daughters Charlotte Ellen and Evelyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
William Dossie Simpson
USN
Mr. Simpson
Bath
New London
Bath sheriff reports woman shot dead. investigation continues
A 25 year old Bath Mem resident died from a bullet wound after a Wednesday incident. Officials say Hazel Saal Belanger, of Route One, died at a hospital. Medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Belanger, born June 0 1927 in Bath, was survived by her husband, four sons, her parents and extended family. Private funeral planned at Nazarene Church with burial at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Loring
Small
Hazel Saal
Route One
Herpital
Belanger
Josep Smith
Jer Street
Philip
Kenneth
Elzear
Lar T Dale
Gay
Matties B. Mahan
Edgecomb
Harry Warner, Jr
June Belanger
Peterlanger
Woolwich
J. Lyal Calhoun
Ioe Nazarene Church
Fat Oak Grove
North Edgecomb Man Dies From Injuries
A 55 year old North Edgecomb man identified as William Payne died at Bath hospital from injuries after being struck by a car on Route 1 in Bath Sunday night. Police report Payne was changing a tire when the incident occurred and a bystander grandson and others leaped to safety as another car approached. A Brockton physician provided first aid before Payne’s hospital transport. Investigators continue the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath al Hospital
Woolwich
William Payne
Payne
Bath
Bennett
I' Edgecomb
Pital
Brockton
Mass
Bath Woman Cora Mae Jordan Dies at 56
Cora Mae Jordan wife of James W. Jordan died at home on Friday morning at 56. Born February 16 1883 in Bath she lived there most of her life with earlier years in Massachusetts. Survived by husband two children a granddaughter and a grandson two cousins. Funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Mae Jordan
James W. Jordan
Pinte Street
Bath
Daniel and
Abbie (Colby) Savage
Mass
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Central Church
Grace Lothrop
Kendall Tyler
Lewiston
Joyce Tyler
William Lothrop
Alice Ramsay
Edwin F. Ramsay
Curtis Funeral
Washington Street
Oak Grove
Lizzie Hathorne Dies in Woolwich at 67
Lizzie Ellen Hathorne widow of Asa Hathorne died Wednesday at her son’s home in Woolwich. Born November 22, 1858 in Woolwich, she was daughter of John and Mehitable Corliss. Survived by Maurice Hathorne of Woolwich and Raymond Hathorne of Utah, plus granddaughter Sensei Stevens of Bath. Funeral Saturday at two at Mayo Funeral Home in Woolwich with Rev. LaForest Hiskins officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Ellen Hathorne
Asa Hathorne
Mri Hathorne
Woolwich
John and
Mehitible (Baker) Corliss
Hathorne
Congregational Church of
Woolwich Grange
Maurice Hathorne
Sense! Stevens
Bath
Raymond C. Hathorne
Utah
Mayo Funeral Home
Big B Nlly
Rev.LaForest Hiskins
Anale Cemetery
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Ricind
Charles Eastman
M. F. T. Club
Dell
Arlene Gardner
Gertrude Smith
Grange
Bertha Curtis
Erland Curtis
Dana Sullivan
Freda Sullivan
Norene White
Harry Yule
Cleveland Marriner
Viola White
Winthrop
Maizie Danforth
Brunswich
Eleanor Blanchard
Bodwell
Dromore Granges
Phippsburg
Dirigo
Merrymeeting
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin Center
Progressive Granges
Lincoln
Cumberland
Frederick Baynes
Wayne Lewis
Methodist
Y.A.Y.F
Lara Mansir
Edith Burney
Margaret Borjesson
L. Earle Hagan
Tehran
Iran
Miss Peterson
Hagan
Joseph F. Higgins
Belle Heald
Sheepscot Bay
Dresden
Mrs. M’dorr
Joan
Nancy Haman
Mary Stevens
William A. Todd
Melvin Cunningham
Clarence B. Hill
Hazel Gay
Harry Heald
Frank S. Heald
Alfred Rowe
Daughr
Mary Lee
John D. Williams
Christine
Ralph Davis
Carroll Powers
James Oliver
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Central School
Standard Vacuum Oil Co
John O. Witham
Highland Street
John R. Larrabee
U. S.N
Beverly
Trinidad
Nellie T. Morse
Fall River, Mass
Lad
William Simpson
Cai Ea
M. H. Page
North St
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