Belmont man named town manager for one year in Richmond
Rich mond announces the appointment of Ervin L Welch of Belmont Mass as Richmond town manager for one year. Welch, a Navy veteran and former First National Bank of Boston employee, is a UMass Amherst and Boston University MBA graduate who served on a destroyer in the Pacific and has studied town management at Harvard and Boston Universities. He is married with a two year old son and will assume duties after a two week return. A separate note mentions a pre nuptial shower for Marguerite Seemans and a wedding for Marguerite Elizabeth Seamans and Keith Barlow Tozier on March 31 with details of attire and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin L. Welch
Belmont
Mass
Welch
First National Bank of Boston
University of Massachusetts At Amherst
Municipal Research Bureau
Boston University
Pacific
Harvard
Boston
Marguerite Elizabeth Seamans
Edward H. Seamans
Kieth Barlow Tozier
Roland Tozier
Solon
St. Ambrose’s Rectory
Thomas Henderson
Dean Foss
Edward L. Seamans
Richmond High School
Bliss College
Lewiston
Solon High
University of Maine
Bangor
Community clubs host April birthday party and lodge meetings
The Ideal Home Cor ned club held a Saturday birthday event for April born members with oyster stew, two birthday cakes, and a program led by Fred Witham. Richmond Lodge F and A M, and Beulah Rebekah lodge IOOF conducted ceremonies, visits, and a banquet for about 80 at the Methodist church dining room, with dignitaries from Maine associations in attendance. Sagadahoc Pomona met last week with Enterprise grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Witham
Richmond Lodge
Eastern Star
Arthur Gibbs
Brunswick Road
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Fredella B. Hilton
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Methodist Church
Hilton
Julia Marley
Lillian Johnson
Maine Association of Ladies Auxilaries
Patriarchs Militant
Ethel Reed
Sadie Cunningham
Emma T. Lapham
Maine Association of Ladies Auxilaries Patriarchs
Bernice Goggin
Dorothy Fulton
Sagadahoc Pomona
Enterprise Grange
Past Masters Night Includes Degree and Guests
Observation noted for the fifth degree conferred on 17 candidates. Elizabeth Eastman greeted past masters with carnations. Honored guests from Sagadahoc Pomona and others attended. A poem honored the Past Masters read by Mrs Eastman. Visitors came from Cumberland Lincoln Franklin East Livermore and Excelsior Pomo nas. Attendance cup won by Sagadahoc grange. Dr Harvey Blenay of Eastern Nazarene College spoke at the Nazarene church with a student quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Eastman
Herbert Adams
Elfreda Perkins
Harry Rackley
Erland Curtis
Sagadahoc Pomona
Cooper
Kennebec
Pierce
Excelsior
Allen
Lincoln
Eastman
Cumberland
Franklin
East Livermore
Excelsior Pomonas
Sagadahoc Grange
Harvey Blenay
Eastern Nazarene College
Wollaston
Mass
Nazarene
Life's Supreme Question sermon at Dresden church
Rev William T Bennett of the M E church spoke on Life's Supreme Question on Sunday. The United Quarterly Conference meets today at Dresden Mills with South Dresden church members attending. Supt Worth is in charge. Oscar Bailey and family visited George Morris in South Portland. Mrs Harold Austin visits relatives in Providence Rhode Island. Mrs Leslie Bailey, long hospitalized at Gardiner General, has returned home. Frank Lemarr bought a new truck. Mrs Seth Bailey visits Stanley Vague in Concord New Hampshire. Evelyn Bodge, student at Bridge Academy, visited Dorothy Rittall on Saturday. Selectmen make house calls to set valuations. Eastern river remains ice free for the season as shore ice melted earlier this spring per residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Bennett
M. E. Church
United Quarterly Conference
Dresden Mills
South Dresden
Supttworth
Oscar Bailey
Norman Bailey
South Portland
George Morris
Harold Austin
Providence
R. I
Leslie Bailey
Gardiner General Hospital
Frank Lemarr
Seth Bailey
Stanley Vague
Concord
N. H
Evelyn Bodge
Bridge Academy
Dorothy Rittall
Young Dana Hart Celebrates Third Birthday Party
Dana Hart son of Mr and Mrs George Hart 1026 Middle Street held a birthday party Sunday from 2 30 to 4 00 with family and friends. Dana and guests played games opened gifts and enjoyed refreshments under Easter decor with balloons. Attending were grandparents Mrs George J Hart and Mrs William J Charron of Brunswick and many relatives from Brunswick Bath and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Hart
George Hart
Middle Street
Dana
George J. Hart
William J. Charron
Brunswick
Roland Duval
Phyllis
Edward Ware
Linda
Raymond Charron
Celine
Felix Charron
David
Felix
Henry Baribeau
Marcelle Baribeau
Bath
William Greene
Billy
Frank Kenyon
Dickie
Paul Hart
Joan
Brian
Eugene Bubar
Georgetown News Roundup Highlights Local Hosts and Community Events
Last Wednesday Mrs Thomas Watson hosted a baby shower for Mrs Carl Delano with guests from Portland Bath and town. Measles and mumps kept many pupils absent as school reopened Monday. Dr Oscar E Hanscom 77 died March 22 at his Greene home after a yearlong illness. he taught in local schools and served in multiple town offices. Chickmunks emerge from hibernation selling peanuts at Robinhood stands. A brush fire near Parker Moulton and Morris Levine prompted a West Georgetown call. Out-of-state visitors report evening grosbeaks at Robinhood Tearoom and a plan for a new swinging shelf for summer birds. Manfred Stinson’s slaughterhouse building moved and dismantled. lumber to be used for a camp on Arrowsic road. New sterilizer arrived at Middle Dyke farm with expansion for henhouses. Numerous visits and social calls span Bath to Portland with many family and neighbor updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Watson
Carl Delano
Portland
Bath
Oscar E. Hanscom
Greene
Maine Medical School
The
Baptist Church
Robert O
Lewiston
Basil C
Waterville
A. C. Hanscomb
Sanford
Annie Roberts
Springvale
Mary Dearborn
North Berwick
Dora Low
Whitman
Mass
Hanscomb
Bates College
Robinhood
West Georgetown
Parker Moulton
Morris Levine
Manfred Stinson
Arrowsie
Levi Powers
Charley Campbell
Walter Powers
Arrowsic
Mr. Rice
Frank Arsenault
Middle Dyke Farm
Georgia
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Five Islands
Stanley Kosalka
Sagadahoc Bay
Lexington
Ralph Davis
Brian Davis
Joseph F. Higgins
Walter V. Cummings
Elizabeth Harris
Beatrice Bouton
Baltimore
Ralph Dunton
Edward St. Martin
Roland E. Peterson
Grace Lutheran Church
Ferris Leonard
Everett Leonard
Grace Fullerton
Virgil Stevens
Robinhood Parsonage
George Powers
Jack
Horace Lee
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Sidney L. Eaton
Philip
Peterson
Clifford
Fred Carr
Cleaves Henderson
Georgetown Parsonage
Good Neighbor Club
Pierce's Marine Railway
William Marr
Percy MacGillivary
Chaney
Good Neighbor
Jeanette Pinkham
Beverly Rittall
Berean Baptist Church
Brunswick
C. H. Sanford
Exeter
N. H
East Kingston
John Blackie
Stanley Lewis
Nicky Stone
McMahon Island
Edward Clarey
Clarey
George Lee
Robert
Onset
Lewis
Victor Pinkham
Victor, Jr
Sylvia
Orville Rowe
Sylvia Warren
Addie Stevens
James Carr
Kenneth Pinkham
Clarence Preble
Limestone
Vernon E. Gray
Maurice Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Vernal Chaney
Kittery
Portsmouth Navy Yard
North Yarmouth Academy
Dickie Barter
Vernon Gray
Vincent Davis
Leominster
Lester Davis
Kenneth LaRose
Wayne Lee
A. P. Hackett
Fairfield
Belle Heald
Georgetown
John Brown
Baby
Richard Walker
Mareena Butts
Malden Island
South End P T A Observes Men's Night Show
South End P T A held a men's night with Mark Jackson in charge and about 50 attendees. Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins spoke on Juvenile Delinquency after a trip to the girls' school in Hallowell. A public card party is planned for April 28 with committee chairs and refreshments arranged by Mothers and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Mark Jackson
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Hallowell
Bart O'Donnell
Edward Newell
South Street School
Donald McRae
Gordon Bryant
Lawrence Thayer
Roland Breton
Albert Douglas
Vance Wakefield
Charles Marble
Paul ,Strode
Mitchell School
John Dauphin
Edward McGuiggan
Camp Night at Y M C A Highlights Summer Program
Y M C A gym hosts Camp Night for boys 8 to 16 with songs cartoons and movies about the Maine State Y M C A camp. Norman J. Temple will attend to answer questions about the upcoming summer program now in its 34th season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman J. Temple
Maine
M. Temple
Five Islands Community News From Church, School and Shore
Local church activities including Easter preparations at Georgetown parsonage and sunrise service plans. Measles cases rise while fishing crews prep boats for spring lobster season. Bus driver change, roof shingling, and dinners at the Good Neighbor clubhouse mark community work. Several residents reported recoveries and visits. multiple families noted travels and Sunday calls on neighbors.
Funeral for Mrs Barbara Owen Held at Grace Episcopal
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara M Owen were held Tuesday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev Charles Myron Tubbs officiating. Bearers were John Preney Stephen Johns John Cummirstgs Leonard Thombs Ralph Fous ton Theodore Watson Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara M. Owen
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Myron Tubbs
John Preney
Stephen Johns
John Cummirstgs
Leonard Thombs
Ralph Fouston
Theodore Watson
Oak Grove
Funeral services held for Mrs Eunice M Higgins
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home for Mrs Eunice M Higgins. Rev Alfred Guy, A Nichols, Banes M Stanley, Kenneth Snowden, Walter Higgins, Elmer Higgins and Wilbur Higgins attended followed by burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice M. Higgins
Curtis Funeral Home
Alfred Guy A. Nichols
Banes M. Stanley
Kenneth Snowden
Walter Higgins
Elmer Higgins
Wilbur Higgins
Oak Grove Cemetery
Birth of Daughter Jane Elizabeth to Mr and Mrs Downes
Mr Ralph G Downes and Mrs Downes welcome daughter Jane Elizabeth born April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph G. Downes
Jane Elizabeth
Former Bath Mayor Allen M. Irish dies after brief illness
Allen Marshall Irish 64 a Bath resident and former mayor died early Tuesday evening at Bath Memorial Hospital after a three day illness. He served on Bath’s Common Council and was mayor in 1924. Survived by Eleanor Percy Irish and two brothers, funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen M. Irish
Bath
Allen Marshall Irish
Bath Memorial Hospital
North Street
Mr. Irish
Hartford
Horace
Virginia Mason Irish
USN
Bath Iron Works
Percy & Small
Eleanor A. Percy
Samuel R. Percy
Irish
Common Council
Bath Trust Co
Patten Free Library
Kennebec
Old Ladies’ Home
Old Folks Home
New England
Eleanor Percy Irish
Lewis M. Irish
Rumford
Luther M. Irish
Buckfield
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Francis A Holmes dies in Bath at 78
Francis A Holmes died at Bath Memorial hospital Tuesday morning. He was born December 16, 1865 in Bath, son of Augustine and Ellen O Neil Holmes. Survived by five sons and three daughters, 26 grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Retired blacksmith at Bath Iron Works. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. from A F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence officiated by Rev Charles M Tubbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Holmes
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Augustine
Ellen O'Neil Holmes
Holmes
Francis E. Brunswick Clarence
Harold
Kittery
Arthur
Arnold
U.S Army
Jesse Allen
Beth
Mildred Booth
New York
Lillian Toothaker
Bath Iron Works
A F. Mayo & Son
Charles M. Tubbs
Elizabeth Augusta French 86 dies in Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Augusta French, 86, of Bath died Thursday morning after two weeks as a patient at Bath Memorial hospital. Born November 22, 1863 in Bath, she lived there her whole life, was child of Nathaniel Curtis, longtime Corliss Street Church member, and charter member of Myrtle lodge Odd Ladies. She married Ephraim French in 1885. he died several years ago. Survived by brother Ernest Curtis of Salem, two grandchildren Cora May Sutter and Curtis Pearson, three great grandchildren Robert, William and Scott Sutter, and two nephews Scott and Charles Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Augusta French
Bath Memorial Hospital
French
Bath
Nathaniel Curtis
Corliss Street Church
Death of George W. Talbot at Bath residence
George W. Talbot died at his late Bath home on Washington Street after a four year illness. Born February 12 1880 in Bath to John and Lida Barter Talbot, he leaves wife Viola Worrey Talbot a daughter Mrs John Crane Jr and son Irving L Talbot. two sisters Mrs Thomas Gallagher and Mrs Harry Woodward. four grandsons and many nieces and nephews. He worked most of his life at Bath Iron Works. He was known as a jovial family man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Talbot
Washington Street
Bath
John
Lida Barter Talbot
Viola Worrey Talbot
John Crane, Jr
City
Irving L. Talbot
Boston
Thomas Gallagher
Harry Woodward
Bath Iron Works
Obituary of Nellie Edna White of West Bath
Nellie Edna White died at her West Bath home after a long illness. Born in Portland to George Walter Atkinson and Florence Wiles of Gloucester, she lived in West Bath 15 years, previously Augusta. Survived by William White her husband and four children, private 9 a.m. service at home and burial at South Berwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NellIe Edna White
West Bath
Portland
George Walter Atkinson
Florence Annie Wiles
Gloucester
Mass
Augusta
First Baptist Church
Frederick White
Hope
Phoebe
White
South Berwick
Ruby Nason Dolloff Dies at 53 in Oaklawn Ill
Ruby Nason Dolloff 53 of 50 Turner avenue Oaklawn Illinois died suddenly. She was daughter of the late Jesse H. Nalson and Alice F. Loring Woolwich. Survived by husband George R. Dolloff three sons Richard Alan and Marshall one daughter Virginia and three sisters Mrs Clarence Bailey Mrs Stanley C Elwell and Mrs Flora Dow plus a daughter in law Mrs Curvier Dolloff Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Nason Dolloff
Turner Avenue
Oaklawn
R. IL
Jesse H. Nalson
Alice F. Loring
Woolwich
Curvier Dolloff
Washington Street
Bath
George Talbot Funeral Held at Beacon Street Methodist Church
The funeral for George Talbot was held Saturday at 2 p.m. from Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev. Alfred H. Ives officiating. Bearers were Lester Crocker Chester Worrey Thomas Gallagher and Lawrence Talbot. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Talbot
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
Alfred H. Ives
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Lester Crocker
Chester Worrey
Thomas Gallagher
Lawrence Talbot
Oak Grove Cemetery
Guerin and Bell Return From New England Business Trip
Wilfred Guerin and Henry Bell returned early Tuesday from a business trip to Middletown and Portland Connecticut. They arrived home safely after completing their assignments and will resume their routine activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Guerin
Henrys Bell
Middletown
Portland
Sidney McIntire 79 Phippsburg Native Dies in Hallowell
Sidney McIntire a native of Phippsburg aged 79 died March 29 at a convalescent home in Hallowell He was born April 20 1869 son of Charles H and Sarah J Pye McIntire A longtime elevator construction worker with Otis Elevator Co The Standard Plunger and The Wilson Co He belonged to the Baptist church Surviving are son Raymond and daughter Myrtle Pye both of Small Point brothers Walter E McIntire Peak's Island Charles A McIntire Ardsley Pa and several grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services were held at 11 am Thursday at the Knowlton Hewins Funeral Home Hallowell with Rev Robert Brackley The committal followed at Pine Grove Cemetery Falmouth Three bearers were Clyde Pye Clifford Pye Raymond Pye Carl McIntire and Herbert McIntire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Howard McIintire
Phippsburg
Hallowell
Charles H
Sarah J. Pye McIntire
Otis Elevator Co
Standard Plunger
Wilson Co
The
Baptist Church
Raymond
Myrtle Pye
Small Point
Walter E. McIntire
Peak’s Island
Charles A. McIntire
Ardsley
Knowlton & Hewins
Robert Brackley
First Baptist Church of
Pine Grove Cemetery
Falmouth
Brackley
Clyde P. Pye
Clifford M. Pye
Raymond R. Pye
Carl H. McIntire
Herbert S. McIntire
Eunice M Higgins obituary notes Bath native born 1896
Eunice Madelyn Higgins of Court Street died Sunday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born December 15 1896 in Bath to Peter and Elizabeth Hart she is survived by her husband Sidney R Higgins two sisters four brothers three daughters one son one foster son eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Madelyn — Higgins
Court Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Peter
Elizabeth Carlton Hart
Sidney R. Higgins
Gertrude Nichols
Ethel Ogum
Ralph E
Charles E
Harold C
Walter E. Hart
Herbert E. Nickerson
Edwin MacDonald
Leroy L. Stover
George R. Perry, Jr
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Mrs Maurice H Owen obituary notice in Bath
Mrs. Maurice H. Owen dies Saturday at Bath Memorial hospital. Born October 21 1920 at Mont sweag daughter of Irvine C. and Florence A Dunning Mank. She married Maurice H Owen July 26 1941 and was a Grace church and St Marys Guild member. Survived by husband step-parents an infant daughter Barbara Ellen Owen grandmother and brother Irville C Mank Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara M
Maurice H. Owen
Bath Memorial Hospital
Grace Church
St. Mary’s Guild
Mass for Mrs Gallant at St Marys Church
A requiem high mass was sung Thursday at 8 by Rev Fr Timothy C Maney for Mrs Mary Madeline Gallant at St Marys church. Bearers were George Gallant Peter Lebel John Lebel Franc is Lebel Arthur Lebel and George Babine. The body was entombed for burial in Calvary cemetery later in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Madeline Gallant
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Church
George Gallant
Peter Lebel
John Lebel
Francis Lebel
Arthur Lebel
George Babine
Calvary Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs. Ruby Nason Dolloff Held in Providence
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Nason Dolloff daughter in law of Curvier Dolloff were conducted from Roy Page Funeral Parlors 260 Elmwood Avenue Providence Rhode Island at two o clock Saturday afternoon.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richmond
Marguerite Seemans
Ira Durgin
Gardiner Street
Gordon Houdlette
Farmingdale
William Vieda
Constance Guiou
Donald Knight
Phyllis Strout
Ralph Brown
Esther Foss
Garnetta Guiou
Donald Savage
George Tibbetts
John Burns
Gardiner
Richard Palmer
Robert Stewart
Skowhegan
A. C. Smith
Charlestown
Harry Whitehouse
John Emerald
Brockton
Wallace Nichols
Lincoln Street
Ann Gilbert
County Road
Togus
Louise Oakes
Preble’s
Norman Farley
Guy Farley
Lillian Weeks
Dexter
Carrie Hall
Seth Watson
Charles
Togus Veterans Hospital
Dresden
Bath Surplus
Center Street
Woodrow Gray
Rebecca Weeks
Dorothy W. Stuart
Roland Peterson
Cape Elizabeth
Riggs
Emory Basford
Guy Forbush
MacMahan
Andover
Louise Peterson
Merry Lad
Edward C. Clarey
Vassalboro
Carolyn
Sandra Young
Holt House
Kennebec Point
Clinton Pinkham
Lincoln Walton
Mount Vernon
Russell Harford
Clarence Wallace
William Cushing
Westpoint
South End P.T.A
Laforest Hodgkins
Lake Cobbseecontee
Winthrop
Mrs. Higgins
Elizabeth A. French
Marius H. Page
Sidney H. M'Intire
Mrs. Gallant
Fred S. Curtis & CO