Richmond Tragedy Leads To Sign At Gardiner Crossing
A bright white sign reading One Killed Here Feb 1950 was placed at the Gardiner street railroad crossing marking the fatal car train collision that killed Gustave Eckman. Sagadahoc County sees its second February fatal crash, as community notices and local events fill the week.
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Gardiner Street
Gustave Eckman
Sagadahoc
Richmond Theatre
Priscilla Mealey
Glenna Curtis
Roxana Curtis
Mertie Vieira
Carolyn Hodgkins
Carolyn Bishop
Paula Adams
Jean Lemieux
Joseph Tripp
Lawrence Huntington
United Baptist Church
Jesse J. Starr
Edward Milonas
Greece
Europe
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Margaret Nelson
Ethel Pinkham
Viola Douglass
Lillian Johnson
Frances White
Clara Foster
Mabel Harrington
Miss Curtis
Bernice Terrell
Priscilla Chipman
Edna Hodgkins
Hazel Savage
Hodgkins
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc Court
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc set April first Tuesday actions for estates including Hopkins Burns Emmons McKenzie MacFadden Williams Low Perry Hathorne and guardianship of Maribeth McKenzie. Executors and guardians named with orders for publication and May hearing to approve and finalize accounts and name changes.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Herbert L. Hopkins
George
E J. Hopkins
Donald B. Ns
George J. Ate
Margaret D. Burns
Harold W. DeLong
Jee
Harold W Long
Annie B. Haskell
Fred P. Emmons
Maribeth Jane McKenzie
Maribeth Jane Malone
Vera B. Malone
Frances E. * MacFadden
Mattie S. Cornish
Oscar F. Williams
Clara M. Hunt
Daniel Williams
Annie R. Low
Allan Eyeers
Olney Cleveland Perry
Esther W. Perry
Asa C. Hathorne
Woolwich
Maurice T. Hathorne
George J. Hopkins
Guardian
R J. Dunton
John L. Jack
Allen A. MacDonald
Lynn M. Bussey
Cleora A. Reed
Bowadapam
Haverford
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Klemm Rogers
Elvira A. Trafton
Bernice M. Oliver
Arte Dunton
Maine students return to studies from spring break
Several University of Maine students including Miss Duveen Bryant Mary Lermond Donald Spear and George Byrant resumed studies after spring vacation. Georgetown note includes Working League meeting officers PTA program and church service with Easter activities and community events.
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Duveen Bryant
Harding P. Bryant
Mary Lermond
Earle B. Lermond
Donald Spear
Allan Spear
George Byrant
University of Maine
Five Islands Club resumes meetings and community events
The Good Neighbor club held Tuesday evening gathering with 11 members including Mrs. Philip Pinkham. Upcoming plans involve a public anchor event next month with Mrs. Russell Pinkham. Local PTA attendees heard Myron Lamb discuss Maine state parks. a preschool clinic at Central School featured Nurse and Dr. Jacob Smith. Easter services, Bible class, and church activities filled the week.
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Belle Heald
Harry Heald
Louise Peterson
John R. Blackie
Walter W. Cummings
Georgetown Baptist Church
Roy Clark
Edward Brown
Bath
L. Earle Hagan
Clarence Oliver
John R
Blackie
Russell G. Pinkham
Arthur L. Nelson
Central School
Myron Lamb
Portland
Reid Park
Robinhood
Eugene A. Reynolds
Wilbur Loveitt
Augusta
Morse High
First Baptist Church
Henderson
Douglas Henderson
Mary Lee Rowe
Carol Tibbetts
Jesus
Janie Oliver
Mary Rowe
Sonja
Greta Graffam
Sonja Graffam
Carol Williams
Sonja Grafffam
Christine Williams
Sherry Rowe
Nancy Hagan
Louise Powers
Joan Hagan
Alfred Rowe, Jr
Faylene Rowe
Kathie
Buddy Brown
Eric Graffam
Juanita
Gloreen Pinkham
Nancy Tibbetts
Sandra Bowman
Georgia Watson
Good Neighbor Club
Philip Pinkham
Russell Pinkham
P.T.A
Reed Park
Maine
Jacob Smith
Francis Pierce
Arthur Nelson
Maynard Thibodeau
William Marr
Ezra
Nehemiah
Lloyd Pinkham
Malden Island
Victor Pinkham
Cleves Henderson
Local Residents Attend Meetings and Welcome Visitors
Portland residents hosted guests from Bangor and Watertown as families and friends gathered. A Maine Veterinary Medical Association event drew participants from Bangor Pleasant Street and beyond including Lamoreau and Blanchard families.
Bath Police Department awards uniforms contract
Contracts for 11 uniforms and 33 shirts were awarded to Charles A. Shepard of Shepard's Men's Store. Uniform set total price $56.35 and shirts $3.65 each. One other bid existed. Shepard's was lowest. City had voter approval last year to fund department uniforms. next year overcoats may be financed.
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NEW York Casualty Co
American Bonding Company
Broadway
New York
N.Y
Baltimore
Maryland
Providence
Rhode Island
Pension Fund
Bath
Charles A. Shepard
Shepard’s Men's Store
Front Street
Shepard
Community Notes Trace Incoming Visits and Birth Announcements
Visitors and family updates fill the page with names and places from Maine and New Hampshire. Among them are Richard Carey’s weekend in Presque Isle with fiancé Edith Pinkham and Rev J Clifton Little’s family welcoming a son, John Clifton Jr., in Rochester New Hampshire.
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E. E. Pinkham
Richard Carey
Presque Isle
Edith Pinkham
George Young
Camden
Ray Croxford
Wiscasset
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Fred Carr
Arrowsie
Albion
Harry
John Clifton Jr
J. Clifton Little
Rochester
N. H
Littles
Little
Five Islands
Georgetown
Daniel Sinclair
Luke Roy
Plymouth
Roys
Francis Bacon
Sudbury
Mass
L. H. Rowe
Chester Pinkham
Clifford Canning
Portland
Alton Reed
Woolwich
Richard Walker
Newton
Malden Island
Staley Lewis
Mabel Dickey
Bath
Della Lewis
Ontario
Can
Stinson Davis
Edward
Yarmouth
George Lee Jr
Onset
Stanley Lewis
Charles Lewis
Clayton Healdet
Disaster service expert here Thursday
Miss Gertrude Landmesser of the American Red Cross Disaster Service will visit Bath on Thursday to discuss medical disaster preparation. She led nurses in the Coconut Grove fire, Hartford circus fire, and Texas City explosion and will host talks at the Red Cross office and at the Nurses Alumnae Association gathering.
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Gertrude Landmesser
R. N
Disaster Service
American Red Cross
Bath
The
Red Cross
Brunswick Golf Club Opens Its Course
The Brunswick Golf club opened for play Saturday with eight regular greens in use. No 5 green remains frostbound, a temporary green will be used for a few days. Patriot's Day tournament requests for April 22-23 are being received and will be allotted on a first come, first served basis.
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Brunswick Golf Club
Jim Browning
Reed Fund Contributions Update for John Reed Family
Brian M. Jewett reports funds and furnishings sent to the Reed family now living at 60 Central Avenue Hyde Park Bath. Combined contributions total 627.63 with 50.40 from Bath Aerie of Eagles and many individual donations listed. Contributions continue to be accepted at the Central Avenue address for the fund.
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Central Avenue
Hyde Park Terrace
Brian M. Jewett
John Reed
Woolwich P. T. A
Reed
Bath
Jewett
Mr. Reed
A. M. Main
Roscoe C. Higgins
Abe Kramer
C. M. Tubbs
M. A. Gordon
Larry's Market
Carole Ann
Walter __ E. Coombs
Jack Pastasnick
John N. Taylor
S. L. Eaton
Fred Cullen
John W. Quarrington
Richard Frates
Cosmopolitan Club
Olsen Motor Co
Roland Raynes Saye
James Thorpe
Crete
Lounsbury
William Mhomn
Ole Lore
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Pre-nuptial Shower For Miss Lois Young
A pre nuptial shower was given for Miss Lois Young in honor of her approaching marriage to Joseph Hart. Mrs. James Young hosted at her Western avenue home. Guests included Mrs. Gilbert Young and several others, with a buffet lunch to follow.
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Lois Young
Joseph Hart
James Young
Western Avenue
Gilbert Young
Andrew Hart
Harry Teasdale
Glenn Dodge
Irving Burnham
Walter Thayer
Anna Mae Cummings
Lillian Saunders
Sally Grant
Eunice Pert
Sagadahoc Mothers Club Plans May 5 Boy Scout Benefit
The Sagadahoc Mothers Club met with 14 members and one guest. Plans for a May 5 Boy Scout benefit dance were discussed. Woolwich Mothers clubs sponsor the event. Canasta was played and refreshments served by the hostess Mrs Mercie Mallard.
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Sagadahoc Ferry
Mercie Mallard
Mothers’ Clubs
Woolwich
David Loon 82 Dies in Memorial Hospital
David Loon aged 82 died Tuesday morning at Memorial hospital. Born July 25, 1867 in Bath he was a lifelong Popham Beach resident. Survived by wife Carrie A and stepdaughter Mrs. Rachel Getchell plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM from the Artur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence.
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David Loon
Memorial Hospital
Bath
John Loon
Popham Beach
Carrie A
Rachel Getchell
Artur F. Mayo & Son
Obituary of Francis G. Cooke Former Bath Draftsman
Francis G. Cooke of Whitman Massachusetts died Thursday afternoon. A Bath resident and draftsman at the Bath Iron Works he married Harriet Henderson in 1918. He later moved to Washington D C and retired April 1 1949 as a civilian with the Navy Department. He was active in Masonic orders and is survived by wife Harriet and a Whitman brother Randall who is Whitman National Bank cashier.
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Francis G. Cooke
Whitman
Mass
Bath
Albert H. Henderson
Cooke
Navy Office
Old Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Harriet Henderson
Washington, D. C
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Solar Lodge of Masons
Bureau of Ships
Washington
Navy Department
Silver Springs
Randall
Whitman National Bank
Mrs Addie S Dunton 90 Portland widow of Capt James F Dunton
Mrs Addie S Dunton 90 died April 3 in Portland born February 14 1860 on Isle of Springs daughter of Hiram and Lucretia Swett. She lived in Boothbay Bath and Wiscasset later in Surviving include two sons S Dunton and Guy F Dunton of Portland two daughters Florence Doten of Portland Adelaide Bowker of Bath five grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services were in Portland Friday at 9 30 a m Hay and Peabody Funeral Home Interment was at Murphys Corner cemetery Woolwich.
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Addie S. Dunton
James F. Dunton
Portland
Dunton
Isle of Springs
Hiram
Lucretia Swett
Boothbay
Bath
Wiscasset
S. Dunton
Guy F. Dunton
Florence Doten
Adelaide Bowker
Virginia Skelton
Schenectady
N. Y
Madeline Jordan
Swampscott
Mass
Forest W. Doten, Jr
New Haven
Hay & Peabody Funeral Home
Murphy's Corner
Cemtery
Woolwich
Funeral for Herbert L. Simpson 80 in East Brunswick
Herbert L. Simpson 80, lifelong East Brunswick resident, died Friday after a weeks long illness. He operated a dairy and roadside vegetable stand on Old Brunswick road and served as Brunswick road surveyor. Survived by widow Mary McManus Simpson, daughter Mary J. Footer, two sons Herbert P. and Frank T. Simpson, five grandchildren. Interment in Hardings Cemetery.
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Herbert L. Simpson
Brunswick Road
Brunswick
Mr. Simpson
Tuston
Caroline Baker Simpson
Bath
West Bath
Grass fire near Park and Milan streets scorches two acres
Fire apparatus from Engine House No. 2 rushed to a grass fire between Park and Milan streets Saturday morning. The blaze burned about two acres before being extinguished. call came in at 11:25 a.m. and fire was out at 11:55 a.m.
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Park
Milan
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Innie Batchelder
Proem
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George B. MacDonald
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Hallowell
Rufus Caswell
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Richmond High School
Bliss Business College
Lewiston
Maine Employment Security Commission
Wiscasset Academy
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Maine General Hospital
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New London
Vergil Poland
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Sanford
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Chestnut Street
Register
American Surety Company OF
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OGG
National Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Indianapolis
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Cleaves Henderson
Robert Blackie
Robert Graffam
Harlan Pinkham
Christ Arose
David Stevens
Sylvia Pinkham
Christ the Lord
Benediction
Library Association
Walter Nutter
Liberty
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Federal Census
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Arrowsic
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Thomas Watson
Dennis Moore
Jimmy MceMahan
Boothbay Harbor
William Farr
Wakefield
Jeanette Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Continental Casualty Co
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Fidelity and Casualty Company OF
Arthur Cochrane
Myricks
Robert Wiley
Philadelphia
Crown Island
David Rutherford
Alton Reid
Guy Farley
Raymond Libby
Pleasant Street
Bangor
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
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Libby
Philip Blanchard
Watertown
Wallace Osgood
Oscar Chandler
Wilton
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Harold Blanchard
Fulton
Edwin Lam
Howard Dickey
John Thrower
Dexter
A. Allen Brough
Henry Alexander
High Street
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Cora Smith
Charlotte Randall
Maxine Waltz
Leslie Seekins
Aruba
Netherlands
West Indies
Robert Cutler
Spruce Street
Seekins
Lynn
Largo Oil and Transport Co
Veterans Administration
Togus
Frank Pridham
South Gardiner
P. Cadenelli
Kathleen
Florida
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
Bath, Maine
Sagadahoc Mothers
Whitman, Mass
Addie
East Brunswick
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington Street
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