Richmond Granges Host War Effort Meeting and Community Notices
Enterprise Bodwell and Progressive granges tally 165 attendees with visitors from East Somerset Pomona Lincoln County Pomona and one from Vermont. DAR Fort Richmond chapter held Monday at Mrs Carl Andersons home. Red Cross in war times program led by Mrs Lawrence Bond. YAYF to serve chicken supper Thursday at Methodist parish house at 6 followed by Sportsmans club supper at 7. Richmond 1945 constables named including Harry Lake Fred Strout Melvin Curtis and more. Local Red Cross surpasses its 1300 quota by raising 1439. Personal notes cover home sales visits returns and travels of residents and relatives with brief mentions of hospital, overseas service, and Easter plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Lane
Enterprise Grange Hall
Harold S. Turner
Earl Preble
Roy Dickenson
Bertha Curtis
Sally Hoyt
Bertha Trott
Arlene Cottle
Norma Johnson
Marjorie Rice
Constance Guion
Jacqueline Guion
Madelyn Sedgley
Rexford Stover
Edward Pinkham
Charles Kelley
William Babb
Carl Reynolds
Harry Hanson
Frank Rice
Evelyn Hinckley
Fort Richmond
DAR
Carl Anderson
School Street
Lawrence Bond
Regent
Red Cross
Methodist Parish House
Sportsman's Club
Richmond
Harry Lake
Fred Strout
Melvin Curtis James Lothridge
William Berry
Fred Moeller
Owen McGurty
Hollis Small
Harry Douglass
Howard Knight
Carl Bolton
Ernest Drew
William Berry, Jr
Hazel McCosh
South Front Street
Clarence Wagner
Bath
Seth C. Watson
Langdon Road
Arthur Parker
Gardiner
Lee Bishop
Presque Isle
South Pleasant Street
Bishop
Maurice Bodge
Waldoboro
Marjorie Whitney
Boynton Street
Carrie Hall
Worcester
Mass
Russell E. Ring
Russell H. Ring
Main Street
Eugene Gordon
Service Members and Families Update From Gardiner Area
In Germany where he was wounded February 23, Robert Wheeler USN reports receiving the Purple Heart and Combat badge. Robert Wheeler and Mrs Wheeler announce the birth of a daughter at Gardiner General hospital. Gerrald Foss on four day leave with fiancee Miss Florence Young of Belfast and Boston arrived to visit relatives. Miss Young is daughter of Mrs Marion Young of Belfast and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Gardiner of Center street. Miss Ann Gilbert a Bliss Business college student visits Lewiston parents Mr and Mrs George Gilbert of Pleasant street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther King
Lois Webber
Charlie Trask
Gordon Howe
Marguerite McGarty
Larry Bond
Miss Bond
U. of M
Larry
Kent's Hill
Randall Young
Winthrop
Walter Anderson
Leon Dunklee
Brighton
Mass
Minora Pert
Dunklee
Boston Opera
Edward C. Joss
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Clara Holbrook
John Dixon
Lisbon Falls
Charles Whitney
Lovell General Hospital
Fort Devens
Courtney Hinckley
Clare Ames
Ivy Ames
Pine Cone
Auburn
Carlton Curtis
Boston
Collette
Jeanette Bellavance
St. Joseph's Academy
Portland
North Pleasant Street
Edward Mansir
Michael Alan
Gardiner General Hospital
Russell Ring
Esther Ring
Raymond Curtis
Jean
Lewiston
James Sencabaugh
Pfc
James F. Sencabaugh
England
Pfe
Sencabaugh
Army Air Force
Gardiner
Germany
Robert Wheeler
USN
Wheeler
Gerrald Foss
Src
Florence Young
Belfast
Miss Young
Marion Young
Wallace Gardiner
Center Street
Ann Gilbert
Bliss Business College
George Gilbert
Pleasant Street
Easter Ball Draws Strong Attendance in Sagadahoc
The third annual Easter ball by Sagadahoc council, Knights of Columbus, drew good crowds at Morse High School auditorium. Ernie Harting’s orchestra and Miss Rena Ulmer provided music as the grand march led by Alexander Burgess and others.
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Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Morse High School
Ernie Harting
Rena Ulmer
Alexander Burgess
Burgess
Edmund Parady
Parady
Sekenger Council
Brunswick
Raymond Busque
Busque
Lorenzo Masse
Masse
Patrick Goggin
Richard McElman
Arthur Paulin
Arthur Bourque
Joseph Paulin
Marriage Unites Martha Thompson Waves in Navy Chapel
Five Islands News reports the March 25 wedding of Martha Thompson Waves to Lt. (j.g.) Ralph Seelye Washburn at the Navy Chapel in Nannacosta D C. The bride, eldest daughter of Lieut. Comdr. Paul A. Thompson, wore ivory faille with lace and an orange blossom coronet. attended by her sister Jean Thompson. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Seelye Washburn of Auburndale Mass. The ceremony was led by Chaplain Francis B. Bayre Jr. A reception followed at the Roberts home in Washington D C before a wedding trip. The couple will resume Navy duties after the trip. Easter Sunrise service at the church drew strong attendance with a program by the young girls choir and mixed-voice choir in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Thompson
The
Waves
J.g
Ralph Seelye Washburn
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy Chapel
Nannacosta
D. C
Francis B. Bayre, Jr
Paul A. Thompson
Thompson
Athens
Birmingham
Mich
Georgia
Ralph S. Washburn
Edward A. Roberts
Washington
Navy Department
Washington, and Lt. Washburn, Who Has Just Returned From the Pacific Area
Washburn
J. G. Stevens
Ralph Pinkam
Richmond
Ernest Pinkham
Arletta Harford
Carl Cunningham
Bath Memorial Hospital
P. B. Savage
Roy Shackford
Shackford
Bath
Russell Harford
Pvt
Russell, Jr
Infantry
Camp Blanding
Fla
Lawrence Davis
Bangor
Addie Moulton
Portland
Henry Moore
Erland Moore
Virginia
Barbara Stacey
Howard
Mary Stevens
Beulah Miller
Charles Hanna
Forest
William Chase
Freeport
Maurice Pinkham
Farber Davis
Walter
New Harbor
Ted Campbell
Campbell
Seguinland
Islands
Alton Reed
Woolwich
Elsworth Pinkham
William Plummer
Plummer
Alice Mulligan
John Huskins
Francis Pierce
Norman
Betty Jane
Randolph
Lincoln Campbell
Lloyd Pinkham
Bath Iron Works
Ulysses Pierce
Thibodeau
Clayton Heald
Eugene Reynolds
Harold Loveitt
Faylene Rowe
Joan Hagan
Richard Campbell
Joseph Higgins
Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Parker Head
Dorothy Stuart
Melvin Cunningham
Edward Rowe
Malden
Mass
Ernest Heal
Heal
Harry Horne
Frank Berry
Cape Elizabeth
Aubrey Fullerton
Robinhood
Harold Hunt
Charles Andre
Parker Chaney
Arrowsie
First Baptist
Roland Peterson
Georgetown
Harold Brown
Maude Thayer
William A. Todd
Charles Davis
Five Islands
Allen C. Brown
Ruth Boyington
Everett Stevens
Easter Messages and Village Social Notes Compile Report
Easter services featured two Easter messages in song with a vocal duet by Mrs Williams Marr and Mrs George Gray as Rev Beyea delivered the day’s message. The altar held potted plants including a memory plant for late Mr and Mrs Almon Marr as active church workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Marr
George Gray
Beyea
Almon Marr
Army private visits home for Easter from UConn training
Pvt. Charles F. Lermond of Weeks street, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Lermond, spent Easter with his parents before returning to the University of Connecticut at Storrs to continue his Army training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Lermond
Earl B. Lermond
Weeks Street
Universty of
Connecticut
Storrs
Farnsworth Rites Held At St Marys Church
Funeral services for Hubert G. Farnsworth were held at St Marys Catholic church with a high mass at eight o’clock Wednesday. Rev Fr Timothy Maney officiated and bearers included Forrest Young Robert Bearce Arthur Wilson Alphonse Turcotte Edmund Paradis and Reglнд Cyr. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert G. Farnsworth
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Timothy Maney
Forrest Young
Robert Bearce
Arthur Wilson
Alphonse Turcotte
Edmund Paradis
Reginald Cyr
Oak Grove
Largest island Hindo lies off Norway coast
The largest island on Norway's coast is Hindo, covering about 850 square miles. The island stands out for its size among coastal landmasses and is noted in regional geography references.
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Norway
Hindo
Charles H. Cogswell Killed at Iwo Jima
Mrs. Shirley Mae Cogswell of 96 Bluff Road receives word Pvt. Charles H. Cogswell died in action on Iwo Jima March 15. A Marine who enlisted in June 1944 trained at Paris Island and served at Camp Lejeune Camp Pendleton and overseas. He leaves a three year old daughter Charlene Dawn, his mother Martha Cogswell of Portland and three brothers in the Navy and Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cogswell
Philip Willette
Bluff Road
Iwo Jima
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Camp LeJune
New River
Camp Pendleton
South Portland Yard
Portland
Bath
Naval Hospital
Boston
Pvt
Cogswell
Shirley Mae Cogswell
Charlene Dawn
Martha Cogswell
Walter Cogswell
U. S. Navy
Edward
John Cogswell
U.S. Army
Bath man dies at 56 in his Washington street home
Hubert George Farnsworth 56 died at his Bath home on Washington Street Sunday after moving to Bath from Jonesboro. He worked for Bath Iron Works as a leadman and belonged to Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus. Survived by widow, two daughters Leeman Smith Bar Harbor and Mrs Robert Bearce Falmouth Foreside, a stepdaughter Phyhis Delano, a brother Alton Benner, sisters Mrs Lyle Clark Columbia Falls and Mrs Myrtle Wilson Bath, six grandchildren. Funeral at St Marys Church Wednesday at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert George Farnsworth
Washington Street
Bath
Jonesboro
Bartlett Thomas Hogan Bartlett dies suddenly in South Portland
Thomas Hogan Bartlett of South Portland formerly of Sé basco died at his home 147 Stamford Street South Portland on Thursday. Funeral services were held Monday at two o clock from the Church of the Nazarene 176 Sawyer Street with interment at Pine Grove Cemetery Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hogan Bartlett
South Portland
Sébasco
Stamford Street
Church of the Nazarene
Sawyer Street
Pine Grove
Falmouth
Mrs Bertha Hinckley of Stratford dies at 90 Concord St
Mrs. Bertha F. Hinckley of 90 Concord street Stratford Conn died Monday in Bridgeport hospital. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. in G S Larson rooms 414 Wood avenue burial Mountain Grove cemetery. She worked for Crawford Laundry Co survived by a daughter Mrs Oscar Bertison four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Born in Georgetown daughter of Capt William L and Viola Stevens Hinckley she was known in Georgetown Five Islands Bath Gardiner and Waterville.
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Bertha F. Hinckley
Concord Street
Stratford
Mrs Helena R Lewis 93 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Helena Rowe Lewis 93 of Malden Massachusetts widow of Warner Riggs Lewis died March 25 after a three year illness. Born Georgetown Maine March 9 1852 she was the daughter of Sarah Stevens Rowe and Joseph Rowe and last of a large family. She leaves son Burton Lewis and daughter Mrs Robert Hodgdon plus three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pinkham
Good Neighbor Club
Pinkham
William Marr
Percy MacGillivary
Erland Moore
Franz Stevens
Orville Rowe
Edith McMahan
Harlan Pinkham
Kathleen Rittall
Lermond Davis
Rudolph Pinkham
Phillip Pinkham
Henry Moore
O. F. Rowe
Phillip Pinkam
Georgetown Bay Point Road
Mile Beach
Lena Lewis
Lewis
Warner R. Lewis
Joseph Rowe
Rowe
Malden
Mass
Bert Lewis
Auburndale
Forestdale Cemetery
Helena (Rowe) Lewis
Cross Street
Warner Riggs Lewis
Bath
Robert Hodgdon
Georgetown
Maine
Sarah (Stevens) Rowe
Burton Lewis
Funeral of Mrs. Lena C. Crocker Held at Mayo Residence
The funeral for Mrs. Lena C. Crocker occurred Thursday at the Mayo Funeral Residence with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiating. The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary conducted the service and pallbearers were local members. Burial took place in the family plot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena C. Crocker
Mayo
David L. Wilson
Sons of Veterans
The
Maurice Warner
G. O. Melzard
H. Warner
P. F. Boyd
A. K. Rogers, Jr
P. D
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Sagadahock
Pomona Grange
Enterprise Grange No. 48
Enterprise Grange
Joseph Stickney
Maine Inland Fish and Game Department
Pomona
Enterpise
Bodwell
Progressive Granges
East Somerset
Lincoln County
Vermont
Morse High
Winfield Lewis
Emmerson Glidden
Tarbox Street
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Jeanette Pinkham
Elizabeth Rittall
Mary Hanna
Elizabeth Carr
WAC
America
Woman’s Army Corps
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
City Hall
WAC Hospital
Phonct
Uivalent School
Army Air Forces
H. G. Farnsworth
Thomas H. Bartlett
Helena R. Lewis
Fred S. Curtis & CO