Foss brothers serve in United States forces network
Pvt Donald Foss and Pfc Basil Foss Sr. of Medomak are noted for World War II and Korea service. Basil and brothers are linked to Fort Hood and the 82nd Airborne Division. Community reports cover local post activities, Girl Scouts, Missionary events, and health drives with volunteers from Emerson Lane and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Foss
Beheree
Cee Tra
Basil Foss
Medomak
Korea
64Th Field Hospital
Foss
St Eannes
Navy
Dean
Basil
Emerson Lane Post
A. S
Richmond Girl Scouts
Harold Bates
Juliette Lowe
Mary Carr
Gretchen Hodgkins
Rome
Adventist Church Friday Er
Northern New England Conference of Advent Churches
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Neal Powers
Melvin ‘Curtis
John Mac
Norris Sidelinger
James Fur- Wi Teakles
I Matecullen
Thomas
George Borjesson
Hoyt
Laura Stilphen
Ruth Stilphen
Gardner Street
Erland Curtis
Bee Road
Albion Raynes
Almon Riske
Emerson School
Ixth
Judy Proctor
Billie Wells
Harry Simmons
William Lechner
Gerald Cloutier
Donald Beckwith
Florence Starr
Lula
Dromore Grange Plans April 17 Meeting With Topsham
Dromore Grange and the Past Masters Association plan an April 17 meeting with Topsham Grange, preceded by supper at 6 30. Members aim to attend Farm and Home Week at the University of Maine Orono from Pomona Grange. The Spring Festival featured the song Flowers In the Rain and a program including forestry Bible themes and a colored movie The Green Heart. Rev Charles L Stevens gave the scripture Holbrook Ada King Mertie Shepard Alma Holbrook. Mrs Lillian Henderson sang. tableaux performed. social hour followed with frankfurter rolls cakes and coffee served by committee members Henry DeGraffe Elmer Rogers William Robshaw Ray Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Masters’ Association
Topsham Grange
Grange
Uni of Maine
Orono
Pomona Grange
Hyde Memorial Home
Lillian Henderson
Charles L. Stevens
Holbrook
Ada King
Mertie Shepard
Alma Holbrook
The
Henry DeGraffe
Elmer Rogers
William Robshaw
Ray Campbell
Sailor Maurice A Jean Serves Aboard USS Kiowa
Maurice A Jean metalsmith second class USN serves aboard the sea going Kiowa with the Atlantic Fleet. He is son of Mr and Mrs Romeo A Jean of Route 1 Topsham and husband of Mrs M A Jean of Lisbond Falls. The Kiowa unit with Commander Service Force carries automatic towing engines for hauling and is used for salvage and rescue work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice A. Jean
USN
Romeo A. Jean
Route 1
Topsham
M. A. Jean
Lisbond Falls
Service Force
First Baptist service recalls mob violence parallels
The Sunday morning service at First Baptist featured a sermon on High Points of the Cross using Galatians to compare mob violence with Ku Klux Klan and lynching history in the south. Choir, solos and notices followed with updates on families, engagements, and local events.
Local residents and visitors fill weekend at Robin Hood and area
Sunday saw numerous families from Georgetown Center Georgetown and surrounding towns visiting or staying at cottages in Robin Hood and MacMahan. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lawrence Du Pont and family Mr and Mrs Melvin Cunningham Mrs Ida Magro of Malden Mass and Mrs Thomas Watson others from Augusta Bath Newton and Andover. Several residents noted illness with Clement McMahan and Winthop Riggs Jr among those mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ounces
Lawrence du Pont
Melvin Cunningham
Farmingdale
Cathy Brown
Memorial Hospital
Kennebec Point
Harold J. Brown
Charles Britt
Augusta
Robinhood
Ida Magro
Malden
Mass
Ferris Leonard
Everett Leonard
Bath
Maude P. Thayer
West Georgetown
West Point
Guy C. Forbush
Emory Basford
Andover
Basford
MacMahan
Massachusetts
William Browns
Fessenden Wilders
Grace Fullerton
Belmont
Peterson
Joan Hagan
Louise Peterson
Winthop Riggs 2Nd
Portland
Bay Point Social Notes Highlight Local Family Visits
Bay Point residents report Sunday school attendance at Georgetown with Mr. Reedy guiding children after services. Harold Drake family visits from Rhode Island, plus Mrs. Mina Hinckley visiting Sumner Mains, and the Hagan family with Midshipman Richard Hagan traveling to Castine. Renaud hauls a reconditioned warship to Boston. others visit Bath, Brunswick, and Bath business shoppers. Roads icy north hinder travel. plans include a sandwich shop revival and a store reopening by Lila Spinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Drake
Bay Point
Kenneth Crafts
Staniley
Crafts
Rhode Island
F. Dube
Auburn
Bath Memorial Hospital
Thomas Hagan
Mina Hinckley
Sumner Mains
Lila M. Spinney
Lincoln Campbell
Sherman Campbell
Ernestine Spinney Carty
Illinois
Cecil Mains
George Renaud
Boston
Kennebec River
Renaud
Bath
Geneva Morang
Wilmer Bowen
Richard Hagan
iCastine
Gordon Merry
Merton Pinkham
Cpl
Co. L. Hinckley
Brunswick
Sylvia Warren
Georgetown
Joseph Perow
Perow
Maurice Hinckley
Cambridge Woman Heads Longy Festival Concert Committees
Mrs John C Phillips of Garden street Cambridge Massachusetts former Miss Eleanor Hyde of Bath and Small Point leads a committee for three Longy School of Music festival concerts to aid sustains and scholarship funds Sanders theater Harvard University secured for April 7 and April 14 invitations issued
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Phillips
Garden Street
Cambridge
Mass
Eleanor Hyde
Bath and
Small Point
Longy School of Music
Sanders Theater
Harvard University
Hitching post at general store broken by truck
Old stone hitching post, a generations old landmark near the general store, was broken when struck by a truck. The feature notes the post used by horse drawn traffic and reflects local history and community memory.
Outstanding Student Award Highlights Gorham Teachers College
On March 25 John Darling received the Outstanding Student award for 1951-52 basketball at Gorham Teachers College. He was noted as a splendid player while at Bridge Academy and Gorham defeated Bates College 23 points to the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Darling
Gorham Teachers’ College
John
Bridge Academy
Gorham
Bates College
Bates
Anne Rerner
Gardiner General Hospital
Ralph Crowell
Providence
R. I
John E. Hall
Winnifred Ramsdell
Methodist Vestry
Horace Gilpatrick
St. John’s Parish
Dorr Woodward
Dresden
Frank Goodwin
Alden Stilphen
Maine State Highway Department
Rockland
Cedar Grove
Mary Casey
Middle Bridge
Stanwood Gilman
Judy Peters
West Dresden
West Point Woman Announces Candidacy for Maine Legislature
Mrs. Jane E. Gilliam of West Point Phippsburg 41 year old housewife and ex schoolteacher today announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the State Legislature from Arrowsie Phippsburg Topsham Woolwich and West Bath. She said she believes the time has come for a change in Maine government with the people fed up with the Republican ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane E. Gilliam
West Point
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
Topsham
Woolwich
West Bath
Maine
Social notes from Bath and nearby towns
Two Bath children visited grandparents Capt and Mrs William Plummer. Mr and Mrs Stanley Lewis and two daughters returned from a three weeks visit with her parents Mr and Mrs George Lee in Onset Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs Francis Pierce and family are en route home from Florida. Harold A Rowe Jr and fiance Miss Kattie Boston of Ogunquit visited his parents. Mrs Lawrence Perow of Bath visited her parents Monday. Miss Madelyn Berry and Mrs Mabel Dickey of Bath were at their home Sunday. Mrs Victor Pinkham and children stayed with her sister Mrs Roy Clark at Seguinland. Mr and Mrs Paul A Thompson of Bloomfield Hills Michigan were guests of her aunts Isabel and Carrie Stevens. The Carroll family moved from one Howard tent. Mrs Addie Stevens returned home after Bath visit. Mrs Theresa Nelson confined to Bath Memorial Hospital with infected throat. She and her son will join husband Arthur Nelson in Fitzgerald Georgia for a two week vacation then return to Five Islands to open roadside stand. Mr Nelson, former Bath resident, is manager of a factory in Fitzgerald and the family plans to reside there next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Berry
Betty Rittall
Key West
Fla
Berry
Navy
President Truman
White House
Eugene Reynolds
Bath Memorial Hospital
James McMahan
Korea
Margaret McMahan
D. W. Staffeld
Woolwich
Donald Stevens
Seguinland
Leila Hutchins
Edgecomb
Fred Carr
Donald Dupre
Bath
Vernon E. Gray
Addie Moulton
Marion Stevens
Exeter
N. H
Frank Allard
South Danville
Stevens
Carrie
Isabel Stevens
William Brown
McMahon Island
Brown
Andover Academy
Mass
Orville Rowe
Lloyd Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Gordon
Augusta
Fessenden
Andover
MacMahan Island
William Farr
Victor Pinkham
Albert Moore
Portland
J. Clifton Little
Lawrence Perow
Ida Hinckley
John Shottlier
Doris Reynolds
Georgetown
Beverly Ruttall
Parker Start
Melrose
Marr Cottage
Harold Pinkham
William Plummer
Stanley Lewis
George Lee
Onset
Francis Pierce
Florida
Harold A. Rowe, Jr
Kattie Boston
Ogunquit
Harold Rowe
Madelyn Berry
Mabel Dickey
Carroll
Howard
Addie Stevens
Theresa Nelson
Arthur Elson
Fitzgerald
Nelson
Obituary Lorenzo J. Collins 62 of Bath
Lorenzo J. Collins 62 of 58 North street died Sunday morning at Presley Convalescent Home. He served 29 years as an ironsmith at Bath Iron Works and was a former special policeman. Born in Bath May 27 1889 he was a Knights of Columbus member and St Marys church parishioner. Survived by widow Dora, daughter Rita C. Ketchum, two sisters and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo J. Collins
North Street
Presley
Wyton Street
Mr. Collins
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Zepherin and
Elsie Couture Collins
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's Church
Dora Collins
Rita C. Ketchum
Wilfred Shaling
Brunswick
Arthur Tracey
Kittery
Mrs Ruth J Copp Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Ruth Julia Copp 55 wife of Harold J Copp died at home of her daughter on 12 Wesley street after a long illness. Born in Blue Hill February 12, 1897 she moved to Bath four years ago from Milford. Survived by husband three sons Leonard Copp East Friendship Russell Copp Bangor Walter Copp US Army two daughters Mrs June Van Derson Vallejo California Miss Dorothy Copp Bath a sister Mrs Theo Barkley Bath three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Julia Copp
Harold J. Copp
Wesley Street
Blue Hill
Eugene
Maude
Jordan
Bath
Milford
Copp
Leonard Copp
East Friendship
Russell Copp
Bangor
Walter Copp
Richard Hawley Tucker Dies at 92 in California
Richard Hawley Tucker a retired astronomer and Wiscasset native died Monday in Palo Alto California at age 92 He was born October 29 1859 and graduated from Lehigh University in 1879 He is survived by his widow two daughters and a sister Jane Tucker of Wiscasset He spent years at Lick Observatory Palo Alto joining in 1893 and retiring in 1926 as senior astronomer for the University of California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hawley Tucker
Wiscasset
Palo Alto
Calif
Lehigh University
Jane Tucker
Lee and
High Streets
Tucker
Lick Observatory
University of California
Funeral for Lorenzo J. Collins at St Mary’s Church
Lorenzo J. Collins funeral held Tuesday morning at 7 30 from St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church with Rev Fr John E Bellefontaine officiating. Honorary bearers from the Knights of Columbus included Henry Biggins Edmund Arsenault Wilfred Guerin and others. Active bearers listed as Maurice Skaling James Skaling Dr Robert Vachon and more. Burial planned in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo J. Collins
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
John E. Bellefontaine
Henry Biggins
Edmund Arsenault
Wilfred Guerin
John J. Keegan, Jr
Arthur Bourque
Arthur Boulay
Knights of Columbus
Maurice Skaling
James Skaling
Robert Vachon
John McLaughlin
Edgar Ouellette
William Ketchum, Jr
Oak Grove
Woolwich Boy Scouts to Host a Play Money Fair
Scout Troop 93 of Woolwich invites parents Scouts and the public to Tuessie hall Friday night from 7 30 to 10 for a Play Money Fair. booths feature knot tying firemaking woodcraft maps and compass and first aid with a grand prize auction for counterfeit currency. Colored slides of Camp Hinds will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 93
Woolwich
Tuessie Hall
Campbell pond resident Mrs Ellen Davis returns to Mercy Hospital
Mrs Ellen Davis of Campbell pond is back at Mercy Hospital in Portland for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Davis
Campbell Pond
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Lannes M Fuller 55 West Bath Man Dies
Lannes M Fuller died at Memorial Hospital on June 31 1896 in West Bath. He was a son of Victor and Mrs Fuller and a 25 year member of Polar Star Lodge Masons and Fraternal Order of Eagles. Survived by wife, two daughters Barbara Ruth Christine Lee and four brothers Elmer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lannes M. Fuller
West Bath
Memorial Hos
Victor Fuller
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Order of Eagles
Wide Lannes
Victor Elmer
Barbara Ruth
Christine Lee
James A Glidden 70 Dies at Memorial Hospital in Bath
James A Glidden died Thursday night at Memorial hospital aged 70 after a two month illness. A coppersmith and former Bath Iron Works smith, he was son of George and Miran da Cressey Glidden and member of T. W. eee Camp Sons of Union. Survived by four brothers Baseroon Arthige and ae of Bath Fred of North Weymouth Mass and a sister Mrs Viola Workman of Portsmouth NH. Funeral set for Saturday at 3 30 p.m. from Mayo funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. de Ssee Street
Memorial Hospital
Eeeekee
George
Miranda Cressey Glidden
Bath Iron Works
T. W
Bath
Fred
North Weymouth
Mass
Viola Workman
Portsmouth
N. H
Mayo Funeral Home
William L. Crocker Funeral Details at Wesley Church
William L. Crocker of 942 Washington Street will be laid to rest with Rev. Dr. C Clifford Sargent of Wesley Church officiating. Bearers include Richard Crocker George R Crocker and Ralph A Baker. Burial planned for spring in Laurel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
C. Clifford Sargent
Wesley Church
Richard Crocker
George R. Crocker
Ralph A. Baker
Laurel
Ruth Copp Funeral Held in Thomaston Village Cemetery
Danny Hart gen and John were entombed for burial later in Village cemetery Thomaston as part of Ruth Copp’s funeral proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Hartgen
John
Village Cemetery
Thomaston
Funeral for James E. Glidden Held for S U Veterans
A funeral service was held for James E. Glidden, longtime past department commander of the Sons of Union Veterans, with honors reflecting his leadership and service to the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Glidden
The
Sons of Union Pa
Funeral services for Lannes M Fuller
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM at Mayo Funeral Home with Rev Laforest E Hodgkins presiding. Bearers included Patel Crooker Courtney Stove Ring Scott Mank and Carl Graves. Entombment followed in the family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lannes M. Fuller
Mayo Funeral Home
Birth of Son Named Jeffrey Hyde to Marblehead Parents
A son born March 12 to Mr and Mrs David Arthur of Marblehead Massachusetts has been named Jeffrey Hyde in Mrs Knights is the former Hyde of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Arthur
Marblehead, Mass
Jeffrey Hyde
Knights
Hyde
Bath
Bowdoin Glee Club Welcomes Morse High Alum
Melvin Hodgkins, son of Rev. and Mrs. Laforest E. Middlestreet, a Morse High School class of 1951 graduate and Bowdoin College freshman, joins the Bowdoin Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Hodgkins
Laforest E. Middlestreet
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin Glee Club
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Oliver Mallet
Reading
Kermit Darrah
Lynnfield Center
Bath Dept. Store
First Baptist Church
John Reedy
Christ
Ku Klux Klan
City of God
Alfred
William Strang
Gladys Weeman
Murray G. Peterson
Harry
South Bristol
Roger C. Peterson
Louis
William Bisseth
Edward C. Clarey
Colby College
Chahbazi
Fortland
Central School
John Williams
Virgil Stevens
Joseph F. Higgins
William A. Todd
Thomas Watson
Watson
Out of Town
Harry L. Horne
Joseph Lane
J. Robert Blackie
Joseph Higgins
Percy MacGillivary
Kennebec
Edward Clarey
John A. Riggs
Riggsville
Phil Sheridan
Mary Lee
Nichols
Pond
Riggs
Clarey
Central Schoool
Alvah C. Reynolds
Eugene A Reynolds
Eric Alan
Reedy
Kathleen Rittall
Red Cross
Philip Pinkham
Alfred Rowe
Helen Huskins
Ruth J. Copp
Woolwich Boy Scouts
James A. Glidden
William L. Crocker
Ruth Copp
Florence Nightingale
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street