Local notices and family updates from Sanford area
Community announcements cover a church meeting at Odd Fellows hall, births including David Carlton Ring born March 20 in Guelph Ontario, travel notes on Ontario connections, students at Ontario Veterinary College, and local residents visiting or returning from military or Florida trips. The clippings mention hospital and school ties, a teacher hosting pupils, and a nurse student visiting River Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Ring
Guelph
Ont
Can
David Carlton Ring
Hing
Russell Ring
Main Street
Ontario Veterinarian College
de Appl
Henry Francoeur
Fort Benning
Francoeur
Eva Hutchins
Beverly Arnott
Charles Kennedy
River Road
Frank Preble
Florida
Worth Front Street
Wallace P. Scott
Sanford
Othee Itet
Scott
Southbound tour ends as Libbys return home
Dr and Mrs Raymond Libby complete a six week automobile tour of the South returning to South Pleasant street. Mrs Libby describes the spring South, noting many dual roads and parkways, and recounts March travel of about five thousand miles with visits to capitols and landmarks, praising modern structures and grounds along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Libby
South
South Pleasant Street
Methodist group holds arch Wednesday cleanup session
The Methodist women met at arch Wednesday for a cleanup event. Carrie Cornell plans to return to Cedar Grove from Daytona Beach this month. 4-H club officers were chosen March 29 with Rosalie Harold Bickford of Saco as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch
Carrie Cornell
Daytona Beach
Cedar Grove
Powell
Rosalie Harold Bickford
Saco
L. A. Bailey
R. C. Titus
Florida
Stork Shower for Mrs. George Gallant Held at Hewitt Home
A surprise stork shower was hosted Friday night for Mrs. George Gallant by Mrs. John Voorhees and Mrs. Charles E Hewitt III at 74 High Street. Guests included Mrs. Evelyn King, Mrs. Louise Thornton, Mrs. Harold Perkins, Mrs. John Bowie, Mrs. Elizabeth Gallant, Mrs. Margaret Horner, and others unable to attend due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallant
John Voorhees
Charles E Hewitt
Palm Sunday Observed With Sermon Song At First
Palm Sunday observed at the First with sermon and song. Scripture readings from St Matthew and John Reedy spoke on the Triumphal entry. Delegates to the P T A State convention—Mrs Watson and Mrs Stevens. A nurse Miss Lucy Marshall Chamberlain led a school cleanup effort at Central School. The Robinhood tea room described spring birds and wildlife. A clever squirrel outwitted a six foot swing shelf for grosbeak seeds at the tea room. Various residents and visitors were noted including Miss Louise Peterson and Perviz Chahbazi of Colby College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeding
St. Matt
Jerusalem
John Reedy
Elsie Fullerton
Portland
Watson
Stevens
Lucy Marshall Chamberlain
Robinhood Tea Room
Robinhood
Louise Peterson
Vassalboro
Waterville
Perviz Chahbazi
Colby College
Victor
Caribou
Cleaves Henderson
Presque
Isle Residents Welcome Visiting Relatives and Neighbors
A Bath area update notes Victor, grandson of locals, visiting for a week. Gordon and Roy Newman hosts, Bath visitors from Brunswick, and several families including Cunninghams and Beanes changing residences or hosting relatives. Wren estate business and a government buoy found near Westport shore are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Gordon
Roy Newman
Bath
Walter Cunningham
Bay Point Road
Walter Beane
Georgetown Center
Daught Sutherland
Ralph Davis
Augusta
Indian Point Road
Mae Hagan
Carrie Carlisle
Wiscasset
Wren
Walter MacMahan
Westport Shore
Birds and visitors dot Bay Point in routine notes
Bay Point residents note two young eagles flying north and an Arctic owl in a tree by Medder Pond for two days. The column records multiple Sunday visits, illnesses, and callers including Sumner Mains family, Mrs. Sylvia Warren, Donna Furbish, and various Bath and Edgecomb residents, with several Brunswick and Somerville visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Medder Pond
Sumner Mains
Sylvia Warren
Five Islands
Gail
Donna
Jimmy
Clyde Whittaker
George Doodle
Brunswick
Bay Poir
Harold Drake
Deborah
Townsend
Edgecomb
Leo Conley
Somerville
Mass
Eleanor Mains
Bath
H. Martin Powers
Arthur Tibbetts
Air Point
Alex Cunningham
Walter Delano
Keith
David and
Talbot
M. Phinney
Gunnerson
Richmond
Madison Moore
Madison, Jr
Cape Cottage
William Shaunessey
Nina Cummings
Family
Eugene Butterfield
Substitute secretary aids county attorney in absence
Mrs. Herman Coombs of Meadowway fills in for Harold Rubin as acting secretary while his regular secretary Miss Kay Pert recovers from an appendectomy at Memorial hospital. Kay Pert is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Pert of Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Coombs
Meadowway
Harold Rubin
Lof
Kay Pert
Memorial Hospital
Perlerston Pert
Middle Street
Community notices and local births and visits
The community reports a death, a spring Young People's gathering under Mrs. Cora, and church activities including recitations, a play, tableau, and choir music. Birth announced for Arthur Henry Jr. April 3 to Arthur H Walker and Marcia Thomas in New London. Numerous visits by residents from Wakefield, New Jersey, Bath, Richmond, Portland, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
William Sop
Hiram Pierce
Victor
Farber Davis
Connecticut
Five Islands
Ellsworth Reynolds
Belmont
Mass
Francis Pierce
Florida
Thomas Watson
Georgetown
George Hanna
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Vernon Gray
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Woodrow Gray
Portland
Gray
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
Eugene Reynolds
Eric Alan
Bath Memorial Hospital
John Brown
Arthur Nelson
Frank Carlton
Arrowsic
Two motorists fined in municipal court
Robert E. Doll of Pownal and Edward F. Kavanagh of Portland pleaded guilty to driving with obstructed vision and paid 10 dollar fines plus court costs. Both were cited on Route 1 by State Trooper Frank Powers. A second man was fined 10 dollars and 6.95 costs for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Doll
Pownal
Edward F. Kavanagh
Portland
Municipal Court
Gardiner R. Deering
Frank Powers
Mrs Scribner Returns From Bangor Visit
Mrs. Ethel Scribner of 135 Waterstreet returned home Monday night after two days in Pittsfield and Bangor. She visited her twin sister Edith Libby of Ellsworth who had been a surgical patient at Eastern Maine General hospital in Bangor until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Scribner
Waterstreet
Pittsfield
Bangor
Scribner
Edith Libby
Ellsworth
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Air-entrained Portland cement chosen for Freeport cut off road
The Freeport cutoff will use air-entrained Portland cement concrete to resist scaling in cold winters. Portland Cement Association engineers say the 50 year pavement reduces maintenance costs, a key fix for Maine highway funds. The Dragon Cement Corp. of Thomaston makes the concrete used, with notable use in Pennsylvania turnpikes and the Natnhouse traffic circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Leroy F. Hussey
Governors Council
Portland Cement Association
Maine
Pennsylvania
Newthouse
New England
Dragon Cement Corporation
Thomaston
Pomona Grange Meeting Discusses Spring Plans
Dromore grange hosted a Tuesday gathering with guests from Bodwell Topsham and West Bath. Sagadahoc Pomona will meet Dromore April 30 with noon dinner and Easter Seal Fund was voted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Bodwell
Topsham
West Bath Granges
Ray Campbell
Sagadahoc Pomona
Charles L. Stevens
Grange Church
Bodwell Grange
Phippsburg Center
Dromore
Elfreda Perkins
Portland
Mabel Williams
Florence Rollins
Anna Hanson
Sumper Sewall
Charles Morse
Lucy Cutting
Otange
Elizabeth Stevens
Theresa Willliams
Thomas Tracey
Henry de Graff
Frank Cutting
Lillian Henderson
West Bath Grange
Old Rugged Cross
Helena Oliver
Charles Stevens
Earie Perkins
Hyde Memorial Home
Maine
Obituary for Daniel Sumner Bennett 79 Bath resident
Daniel Sumner Bennett 79 died at his home 823 Middle Street after a long illness. Born June 16, 1872 in Dennysville he worked 17 years at Bath Iron Works after 50 years at sea aboard ships and tugs. He married Nellie Ward in 1902 and had 20 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He was a Knights of Pythias member with sons Clyde and Ralph and six Bath daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sumner Bennett
Middle Street
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Bennett
Bath
Dennysville
Daniel
Betsy Farley Bennett
Nellie Ward
Cutler
Lubec
American Can Co
Socony
New York
Virginia
Jud Hallowell
Knights of Pythias
Clyde Bennett
Patchogue
N. Y
Ralph Bennett
Brunswick
Vernard Flemmings
Lawrence Babb
Francis Fortier
Paul Berry
Roland McIntosh
Alton Carver
South Portland
Funeral for Fred Adelbert Stickney Held at Curtis Home
Funeral services for Fred Adelbert Stickney were conducted Sunday at 2 30 PM at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Richard J Schaper of Winter Street Church officiating. Pallbearers included John H Williams Samuel P Lakin Wilbur Crocker Galen Ward John P Crosby and Bertram Willis. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Adelbert Stickney
Curtis Funeral Home
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street
John H. Williams
Samuel P. Lakin
Wilbur Crocker
Galen Ward
John P. Crosby
Bertram Willis
Oak Grove
Card of Thanks Expresses Gratitude to Community
The family extends deep appreciation for kindness shown through words, cards, floral arrangements, and donations. They thank Bath Memorial hospital staff, their doctor, multiple Bath organizations, Masons, Eagles, A F L Union, De Molay, Eastern Star, Bath Iron Works Department 50, and the teachers and pupils of Central Grammar Weeks Street and Weeks Street P T A Mrs Lannes Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Masons
Polar Star Lodge
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Bath A. F. L. Union
Bath
Order of de Molay
Bath Chapiter
Eastern Star
Bath Iron Works
Central Grammar
Weeks Street
South End
Lannes Fuller
Community emphasizes fire safety on hikes and during outings
iGreen urges universal duty to prevent fires with careful behavior on hikes and when smoking. Guests Margaret Gilman Anita Totman and Myrtle Pye spoke, with Bernard Henderson also noting remarks. A social hour followed as sandwiches cakes and coffee were served by Mrs Bertha Holbrook Myrtle Shepard Alma Holbrook and Ada King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Holbrook
Myrtle Shepard
Alma ‘Holbrook
Ada King
Students McPhee and Paisley on Weeklong Break
John F. McPhee and George B. Paisley cadets at the U S Maritime Academy Castine are on a week’s vacation. Paisley resides at 39 Weeks Street and is spending the week in New York City while McPhee visits his parents at 43 Dummer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. McPhee
George B. Paisley
U. S. Maritime Academy
Castine
Paisley
Weeks Street
New York City
McPhee
Howard S. McPhee
Dummer Street
Mrs Lena Douglass Donnell Admitted To Bath Memorial
Mrs Lena Douglass Donnell of Center Street was admitted to Bath Memorial hospital on Monday after several days of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Douglass Donnell
Center Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Donnell
Frederick A Stickney obituary notes extensive work in Cuba and New England
Frederick Adelbert Stickney of North Adams died at 51. He was born in 1900, son of Fred A and (Blaisdeil) Stickney. He studied Bath schools and Morse High School then served in World War I with the Coast Artillery. He studied at Wentworth Institute in Boston and became a structural architect. He oversaw Sugar mill projects in Cuba for United Fruit Co and the Boston Garden project in Massachusetts. Survived by wife Gladys Talbert Stickney. father Fred A Stickney and step-mother of Gorham. three daughters Constance M Thompson, Beverly Ann Churchill, and Gladys Thelma Shumway. son Richard Parkhurst Stickney. brother Elver Stickney. half-brother Almon Stickney. sister Mrs. Charles Hart. half-sister Mrs Beatrice Littlefield. fiveBagged children, three nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Adelbert
North Adams
Allteci
Bath
Fred A. and
Blaisdeil) Stickney
Morse High
Old Fourth Company, Coast Artillery
Wentworth Institute of Boston
Stickney
Cuba
United Fruit Co
Boston Garden
Massachusetts
Fitts Street
Mr. Stickney
Congregational Church
Gladys
Talbert) Stickney
Fred A. Stickney
Gorham
Constance M. Thompson
Beverly Ann Churchill
Buckland
Mass
Gladys Thelma Shumway
Charlemont
Richard Parkhurst Stickney
Manchester
Charles Hart
Boothbay Harbor
Iece
Beatrice Littlefield
Albany
N. Y
John P. Carey Sr 85 Bath native dies at Memorial Hospital
John P. Carey Sr aged 85 of 19 Fisher's Court died Tuesday at Memorial hospital after a 10 day illness. Born in Bath February 12 1867 he was a longtime worker at Old Bath Iron Works and a parishioner of St Marys Roman Catholic Church. Survived by wife Mary A Caine son John Jr granddaughter Elizabeth Caver. Libra will be recited at St Marys church Saturday at two and requiem high mass Monday at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Carey, Sr
Fisher’s Court
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Mr. Carey
Old Bath Iron Works
Patrick
Mary Kelley Carey
St.Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Sewis Vite
Mary A. Caine
John P. Carey, Jr
Elizabeth Caver
John P. Carey
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Church
Death of Herman N Wright at 51 in Bath
Herman N Wright 51 of 40 Summer street died today after a heart attack at Oak and W ton streets around 11 35 a.m. Dr Joseph I Smith pronounced him dead. Curtis Funeral Home took the body. wife Dorothy B Wright notified. He was a veteran tinsmith at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman N. Wright
Summer Street
Oak
Wton
Joseph I. Smith
Wright
Curtis Funeral Home
Bath
Dorothy B. Wright
Bath Iron Works
Student Gerald Jack Visits Grandparents in Topsham
Gerald Jack a University of New student and Morse High School graduate spends spring vacation with his grandparents Mr and Mrs John L Jack in Topsham and plans to return to campus soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Jack
University of New
Morse High School
John L. Jack
Topsham
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Cently
Odd Fellows Hall
Church
Lcity
Carl Anderson
Dewey. Fisher
Farrars Stuber
United States
Stork
Isle
Vis
County
Pomona
Daniel S. Bennett
Iron Works
Frederick A. Stickney
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
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