Richmond Sal vation Army drive and local notices amid wartime aid
The Richmond community reports the annual Salvation Army Maintenance Fund appeal led by Edwin F. Pratt M D as local and district chairman with Mrs Alice Favor as treasurer. A Star club Red Cross bridge event raised twenty dollars and donors are urged to meet the local quota of 1300.33. Personal notes mention neighbors visiting, furloughs, and community happenings with multiple residents traveling, hosting guests, and local soldiers listed before a continuation on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Edwin F. Pratt
M.D
Alice Favor
Adelaide Anderson
Alberta Haynes
Howard Knight
Farl MceFee
Russell Ring
Star Club
Red Cross
Hazel Libby
Grace Furinton
Ivy Anes
Dorothy Heenie
Jewell Monroe
Marietta Day
Vanessa Beedle
Lucy Tarr
Martha Bowen
Ivor Ring
Margaret Duren
Pauline Gilpatrick
Courtney Hinckley
Ivy Ames
Grace Purinton
Richmond
Donna Hi8sins
Bowdoin
Nellie Cobb
Richmond Corner
Lee Bishop
Pleasant Street
Bangor
Houlton
Peesque Isle
Esther Edwards
Portland
Taura Suilphen
Easter services and local news from Georgetown
Easter services at First Baptist Church drew a large crowd as the choir performed and Rev J A Beyea delivered the message. The evening program featured readings and solos while a grammar school spelling contest favored the boys 33 to 26. Additional notes mention snowdrifts, local visitors, and a lobster business trailer truck from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
J. A. Beyea
Reading
Maude Thayer
John Blackie
Alfred Rowe
Woodrow Gray
Natalie MacMahan
Clayton Stevens
Eugene Reynolds
Clayton Heald
Jeanette Pinkham
Leona Tibbetts
Harold Loveitt
Betty Rittall
Barbara
Audrey Pinkham
Ernest Wade
Bath
Georgia Durgin
Kevar Falls
Minnie I. Gray
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro, N. H
George Laskey
Boston
Local Social Roundup Ahead of Week in Bath Area
Mrs Forrest Drake of Brockton Mass spent the weekend with her husband here. Numerous guests called on friends in Bath and Five Islands as area residents shared meals and Sunday visits. Edward Clarey plans a ten day Maryland trip after visiting New Jersey. several others enjoyed church services and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Drake
Brockton
Mass
C. L. Hinckley
Linda Gordon
Harold Brown
Kennebec Point
Miles Hagan
Bath
Edith Powers
Lena Torrey
Thomaston
John Olson
William Todd
Henry Tarbox
Sasanoa
Ruth Gordon
John Gordon
Leslie Brewer
Southport
Wallace Pierce
Five Islands
Robinhood
Benjamin Riggs
Portland
New Jersey
Maryland
Gordon Beyea
USA
J. A. Beyea
Maurice Hinckley
Robert Jordan
William Talbert
Webster
Vernon Gray
USN
James Oliver
Vermont
Long Cove
Mildred Easler
Bangor
William Stacey
Clarence Oliver
Maude Thayer
West Georgetown
George Powers
Earle Hagan
Harry Horne
Chester Horne
Junior Cosmopolitan Club Elects Officers
The Junior Cosmopolitan club met last Tuesday to elect officers. Mae Nelson is president, Jane Trott vice president, Doreen Higgins treasurer, Ruth Small secretary. Frances Callan Anne Desmond Agnes McDonald named to membership committee. Betty Cummings Nancy Gregware and Trott handle refreshments. Callan Higgins Small lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Cosmopolitan Club
Mae Nelson
Jane Trott
Doreen Higgins
Ruth Small
Frances Callan
Anne Desmond
Agnes McDonald
Betty Cummings
Nancy Gregware
Miss Trott
Miss Callan
Miss Higgins
Miss Small
Progressive Grange Meeting Highlights Bowdoinham Visit
Merrymeeting Grange members from Bowdoinham attended the Progressive Grange session in Richmond on Friday evening. The charter was draped in memory of Mrs. Abbis Graves. A program featured singing, readings, and an Easter prayer with Edna Small and Ethel Riffenberg taking roles, plus Edward L. White recounting a New York trip for soil conservation and milk discussions with 200 farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowduinham
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Abbis Graves
Roy Rifenberg
Clair Farnham
Walter Knight
Eva Libby
Edna Small
Ethel Riffenberg
Edward L. White
New York
Bernice Farnum Symborski
Noted Auctioneer Joseph Day Dies After Long Career
Joseph P. Day 70 well known as a national real estate auctioneer died Monday. He claimed to have sold more than 1.25 billion dollars in properties from 1900 to 1930. He led the sale of the so called Brick project at the North End after World War I, one of the nation’s largest transactions of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph PP. Day
North End
Miss Kista Hanson Recovers From Broken Ankle
Miss Kista Hanson of 15 Huse Street, who fractured an ankle on February 17, is now able to move about on crutches. She visited her mother, Mrs. Wilbert Crowe, in Richmond this Sunday as Mrs. Crowe has been ill all winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kista Hanson
Huse Street
Wilbert Crowe
Richmond
Five Islands Good Neighbor Club reports Easter plans
The Five Islands Good Neighbor Club met with Mrs Richard Potter to sew and vote to furnish church flowers for Easter. Members mourn a former member, Mrs Theresa Bailey, in Fairfield San itarium. Next Sunday will be Good Neighbor Sunday with a churchwide gathering and a pastor’s message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Richard Potter
Theresa Bailey
Fairfield Sanitarium
Five Islands
Seguinland
Cunningham
Franz Stevens
Lermond Davis
Edith McMahan
Henry Moore
Reginald Pinkham
Clayton Hanna
Dorothy MacGillivary
Eleanor Mains
Narive Stevens
Marlene Pinkham
Beverley Rittall
Woodrow Gray
Irma Groves
Bath
Ada MacGillivary
L. H. Rowe
Frank MacMahan
Somerville
Mass
Thomas Hanna
Navy
Mary Louise Pinkham
Yarmouth Academy
Victor Pinkham
Brookline
Capt. Potter
Boston
William Main
Rose Wilkins
Vincent Strout
O. F. Rowe
Gerald Beyea
J. A. Beyea
Ida Hinckley
Orielle Rowe
Addie Moulton
Georgetown Center
Sophomore Mystery Play Set at Morse High Friday
Morse High School students stage The High School Mystery by Robert St. Clair with a large cast led by Laura Crowder Betty Anderson and Dorothy Russell plus a special children’s matinee Thursday. Directors include Miss Katherine Conley and David Y Alkazin with Kenneth Hill and Richard Andrews assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Northwestern Press of
Minneapolis
Robert St. Clair
City Council names joint standing committees for the year
Mayor Walter C Rogers and Council President Stanley R. Hunter named joint standing committees at the first regular meeting. Members include Aldermen Anderson Rothwell Newell Luke Reeks Eaton Thayer and others with the mayor and council president on all standing and special panels, and trees committee chaired by Thayer Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C Rogers
Stanley R. Hunter
Anderson
Rothwell
Carter
French and
Comeau
Newell
Robinson
Charles Plummer
Jones
Reeks and
Eaton
William Plummer
Troop
Kingsbury
Thayer
Luke
Small
Witham
French
Lermond
Prentiss and
Cooke
Thomas, Fenn and
Green Insurance
Eaton and Reeks
Fenn
New Streets
Blake
Luke and
Thomas
Eaton and
Prentiss
Eames
Reeks
Knights
Lake
Knight
Kingsbury Water and Water Works
Green
Anderson and
State Aid and Pensions
Common Council
Hunter
Wesley Church Women Hear of Hobby Show and Conference
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Wesley Church meets in the vestry with Miss Edna Besaw describing the Hobbs Show. Mrs. Willard McLean reports on the Jurisdictional Conference in New York City and pageant impressions. May plans include a Morgan Memorial bag, May 2 meeting hostesses, and a brush demonstration by Marcia Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Society of Christian Service
Wesley Church
Edna Besaw
Youth Fellowship
Willard McLean
New York City
Wesley Society
Morgan
Elnora Oliver
Union Street
Ethel Sampson
Jenmie Walker
Seddie Kelley
Thelma Higgins
Charlotte Day
Adelaide Bryant
Jennie
Nellie Follett
Marcia Knight
Clayton Ward Visits Winthrop Relative This Weekend
Clayton Ward of Winthrop was weekend guest of his mother Mrs Albert Maxim on Quimby Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Ward
Winthrop
Albert Maxim
Quimby Street
Obituary for Louise T. Brown of Bath
Louise T. Brown wife of George C. Brown of 406 High Street died suddenly in her sleep at home Saturday night near midnight after Mr Brown returned from work. Born July 9, 1893 in Albion she was daughter of Edwin and Mary Fowler and resided in Bath with many relatives. She is survived by her husband two sons Kenneth and Harland four daughters Nes Hefferson Leon Barnes Harvey Chambers Alton Mitchell three brothers Myron Alton Bela and three sisters Horace Young Leon Googins and Benjamin Harriman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise T. Brown
George C. Brown
High Street
Brown
Albion
Edwin and
Mary (Goodspeed) Fowler
Bath
Kenneth
Harland
Nes) Hefferson
Leon Barnes
Harvey Chambers
Alton Mitchell
West Bath
Myron Fowler
Alton Fowler
Burnham
Bela Fowler
Troy
Horace Young
Matinicus Island
Death Notice of Mrs. Lida Rittall in Bath
Mrs. Lida Rittall, 65, widow of George W. Rittall, formerly of 1411 Washington street, died Monday in Bath Memorial hospital after a week as a patient. Born in Dresden on October 8, 1879, she was a daughter of Thaddeus and Louisa Leavitt and lived in Bath 38 years with her son Wallace J. Rittall. Surviving: three sisters Viola Bailey of Dresden Mills, Mabel Lewis of Gardiner, Nellie Chapman of Dresden. two brothers Wendell Leavitt of Bath and Melvin Leavitt of Richmond. Funeral Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with Rev. Charles L. Kinney officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Rittall
George W. Rittall
Washington Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dresden
Thaddeus Leavitt
Louisa Hassan Leavitt
Bath
Wallace J. Rittall
Beacon Street
Viola Bailey
Dresden Mills
Mabel Lewis. Gardiner
Nellie Chapman
Wendell Leavitt
Melvin Leavitt
Richmond
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles L. Kinney
Noyes Young 80 Dies After Years of Ill Health
Noyes Young 80 of 11 Summer Street Bath died Monday after years of poor health. Born in Gouldsboro he lived in Bath since youth and worked caulker in wooden shipyards and later went to sea. Survived by his wife Bertha four sons Lewis Lawrence Richard Russell all of Bath one daughter Mrs William Catlin of Portland and 11 grandchildren. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 PM from 11 Dummer Street with Rev Chester B Oliver officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes Young
Summer Street
Gouldsboro
Bath
Bertha Young
Lewis
Lawrence
Richard
Russell
William Catlin
Portland
Dummer Street
Chester B. Oliver
Mrs Nancy A Nason 74 dies in York Village residence
Mrs Nancy Arthur Nason widow of Wentworth S Nason aged 74 died Wednesday at her son Kenneth Nason’s home in York Village where she had resided recently She was born in Wiscasset and lived in Bath and Deering Street Bath for many years Funeral services will be at her son’s York Village home Saturday at 1 pm then committal in Greenlaw Cemetery Wiscasset James M Jewett services followed at Arthur Mayo Funeral Residence 819 High Street Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Arthur Nason
Wentworth S. Nason
Kenneth Nason
York Village
Wiscasset
Bath
Nason
Hyde Windlass Co
Deering Street
Circle of Friends
Greenlaw Cemetery
Ophthalmologist Dr Ralph Hatch Dies at 62 in Brookline Mass
Dr Ralph Augustus Hatch 62 of 51 Center Street Brookline Mass died April 1. Born in Bath Maine he graduated Harvard College 1904 Harvard Medical School 1906 and served as a captain in the last war at Bordeaux France. He leaves widow Alberta Bamford Hatch and two sons Albert M Hatch Marblehead and Capt Ralph A Hatch Jr U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Augustus Hatch
Center Street
Brookline
Mass
Bath
Maine
Hatch
Harvard College
Harvard Medical School
Bordeaux
France
American Medical Association
Massachusetts Medical Society
New England Ophthalamological Society
Aessulapian and
Warvard Clubs
Boston
James M. Jewett Dies at 76 in Augusta
James M. Jewett 76 died in Augusta after months as a patient. Born in Westport to Benjamin and Alice Tarbox Jewett he had lived in Bath on Washburn Street. A retired marine engineer he is survived by a daughter Gladys Hodgdon of Westport. Funeral held Saturday at 2 PM at Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence with Rev. Chester B. Oliver officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Jewett
Augusta
Westport
Benjamin
Alice
Tarbox) Jewett
Jewett
Washburn Street
Bath
Gladys Hodgdon
Arthur F. Mayo
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Methodist Church
Edgar F Colby 66 Dies After Ill Health in Bath
Edgar F Colby 66 died Friday morning after a period of failing health. Born in Edgecomb he previously lived in Phippsburg before moving to Bath. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Harry Skinner and Mrs. Lorraine Rice both of Bath two brothers Burt Colby of Greenville and Charles Colby of New Hampshire. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 PM from the Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar F. Colby
Edgecomb
Bath
Phippsburg
Colby
Harry Skinner
Lorraine Rice
Burt Colby
Greenille
Charles Colby
New Hampshire
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Michael D Potter dies in Brunswick at Memorial hospital
Michael D Potter aged 22 dies Thursday at Memorial hospital Brunswick son of Donald Edwin Potter and Gertrude Nickerson Potter of old Bath road Brunswick born March 22 1943 funeral held Sunday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street Survivors include his two sisters Donna Ann and Karen Eva
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Donald
Donald Edwin
Gertrude Nickerson Potter
Old Bath Road
Brunswick
Memorial Hospital
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Donna Ann
Karen Eva
Melvin L Pinkham Dies at Bath Iron Works
Melvin Linwood Pinkham died suddenly Tuesday at work in Bath Iron Works from heart trouble. Funeral arrangements were announced Wednesday by Cowley’s Funeral Parlor in Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowley
Wiscasset
Melvin Linwood Pinkham
Bath Iron Works
Mrs Josiah W Reed Funeral in Woolwich
Funeral for Mrs Josiah W Reed held Thursday at two from her Woolwich home with Rev David L Wilson officiating. Bearers included George F E Wright Cleveland L Buck Herbert Munsey Henry Seigar Robert Reed and John C Brace. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah W. Reed
Woolwich
David L. Wilson
George FE. Wright
Cleveland L. Buck
Herbert Munsey
Henry Seigar
Robert Reed
John C. Brace
Riverside Cemetery
J Frank Johnson dies at 66 in Brunswick home
J Frank Johnson 66 died Sunday at his Brunswick residence 5 Columbia Street. Born Bowdoin July 28 1878 to William and Dora Clark Jobiesor he moved to Brunswick years ago and worked at Bowdoin College. Survived by wife Catherine Harold Johnson a daughter Mrs Dennis Haggerty a son Corp Frank Johnson US Army a sister Mrs John Stewart and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Frank Jobson
Columbia Street
Brunswick
Bowdoin
William
Dora Clark Jobiesor
Bruunswick
Bowdoin College
Catherine Harold Johnson
Dennis Haggerty
Corp. Frank Johnson
U. S. Army
John Stewart
Funeral services for Edward F. Colby held Sunday
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at two for Edward F. Colby. Rev. Chester B. Oliver officiated at the Arthur F. High street church. Burial is planned later in the spring in the family lot at a Phippsburg cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Colby
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Chester B. Oliver
Phippsburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elsie Henrickson
Richard Witham
Robert Sommer
Lois Webber
White Street
Webber
University of Maine
Wesley Hinckley
Camp Polk
Signel Corps
Thomas Hinckley
North Front Street
Moses T. Floyd
W. Earl Whitney
Alexander Road
Donald Savare
Pfe
Arthur B. Bixby
Gertrode Bixby
Ferry Road
Pic. Bixby
Scott Field
Georgetown
Seagre
America
Sears
Bath, Maine
Junior Cosmo Club
Francis H
Mayne, Jr
Baltimore
Manes
Melrose Mass
Mayne
Francis H. Mayne
Virginia Mayne
McDonald
Mes
Noye
Young
Nancy A. Nason
Wentworth A. Nason
J. M. Jewett
James M Jewett
Arthur F Mayo
Oak Grove
Ralph A. Hatch
Brookline, Mass
Michael D. Potter
Melvin L. Pinkham
Mrs. Reed
J. Frank Johnson
E. F. Colby
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Puneral Service
Washington &T
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