Spring Garden Tour Aboard Queen Mary
Mrs. Perley Clark leaves Pleasant Street April 12 with 52 for the Rhode Island Horticultural Society Spring Garden Tour. The group sails from New York on the Queen Mary, arrives Cherbourg April 18, and visits France Belgium Holland and England before returning to Richmond in late May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley Clark
Pleasant Street
New York City
Rhode Island Horticultural Society
New York
Cherbourg
France
Belgium
Holland
England
Clark
Richmond
Amy Bradley
Everett Douglass
North Front Street
Department
Bangor
Edyth Hayes
Ann James
Daisy Mealey
Alice Wedge
Ethel Silver
Mina Iannotta
Iannotta
Chestnut Street
Carroll Coughlin
Albert Berry
David Trask
Explorer Patrol
Kenneth Foster
Ernest Savage
Lawrence Bond
Bond
Harris Hutchins
Maine State Fish and Game Department
Lions Club
Larry Arbor
Hallowell
Stephen Reed
Bowdeinham
Hyde Memorial
Bath
Richmond Lodge of Odd Fellows
Gardiner Lodge
Pushard-Guiou
V.F.W
Phyllis Crosby
Mary Hackett
Helen Lothridge
Willia Hull
Mary Alexander
Gertrude Riley
Sadie Waltz
Addie Lemieux
Boothbay
Alice Roberts
Waterville
Richmond High School
South Portland
Charlotte Hinkley
Marilyn Perry
Deborah Bates
Arthur Harvey
Neil Lemieux
Carlton Merrill
Lowell Lamoreau
Harold Bates
Russell Ring
Portland
Carmel Chapter
O.E.S
Donald R. Marquis
Marquis
Nathaniel A. Gil
Soule Engagement of Faith Eileen to Wayne Barney
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Soule of Fort Lauderdale Florida announce the engagement of their daughter Faith Eileen Soule to Wayne Leroy Barney of Dover Foxcroft Maine The couple plans a June wedding Miss Soule studied in Bath and is a Rumney Christian High School senior Mr Barney a Guilford High and Gordon College graduate now teaching in New Hampshire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Soule
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Faith Eileen Soule
Wayne Leroy Barney
Dover-Foxcroft
Soule
Bath
Rumney Christian High School
Rumney Depot
N. H
Barney
Guilford High
Guilford
Gorden College
Boston
New Hampshire
Georgetown Church Calendar and Community Notes
Warren Harris sermon at First Baptist on Christ and comfort. School board appoints Virginia Hamilton as physician with polio and immunizations planned. PTA officers elected and installations planned. Local visits, dinners, weddings, and travel noted for Georgetown residents and nearby towns with multiple out‑of‑town guests and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
St. John
Raphael Higgins
Bath
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Guy Snow
Auburn
Adolph Spear
Virginia Hamilton
Channing Penley
Francis Pierce
Charles Kelley
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Kennebec Point
Five Islands
Pierce
Stanley Kosalka
Sagadahoc Bay
James Oliver
Bay Point Road
Daisy Hinckley
Edith Powers
Robinhood
Bowdoinham
Daniel Bliss
Greenwich
Joseph F. Higgins
Boothbay Harbor
Roland E. Peterson
Portland
Wynne Bascom
Groton
Germany
Archorage
Everett Stevens
Seguinland
Massachusetts
Gordon Divinity School
Beverly Farms
North Andover
Todd
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Roy M. Newman
Bay Point residents feature boat building and visitors
Pvt. Robert H. Miller completed boat training at Fort Dix and was sent to Fort Sam Houston. The Roosevelts returned home after a week on Bay Point. Numerous guests and boat activity mark a weekend, with Alfred Perow, Arthur Tibbetts, and Forrest Drake among those noted for boats and cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Miller
Roosevelt, N. Y
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Bobby
Robert Miller
Roosevelt
L. I
N. Y
Ruth E. Keen
Hempstead
Howard Blum
Miller
Lynbrook
Leonard Doughty
East Stoneham
Bay Point
Perow Barage
Alfred
Joseph Perow
Bath
Perow Cottage
Arlene Colby
Five Islands
Sumner Mains
Arthur Tibbetts
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Clarence Kneeland
Kneeland
LeRoy Moore
Harry Stone
Lewiston
McIver
Massachusetts
Paul Berrys
West Auburn
Conleys
Somerville
Mass
Mina Hinckley
Nathaniel Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Bath Iron Works declares dividend of 65 cents per share
J William Schulze vice president announces at a board meeting that Bath Iron Works Corporation has declared a dividend of 65 cents per share on outstanding capital stock. The dividend will be payable July 1 to stockholders of record at close of business June 15, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. William Schulze
Bath Iron Works Corporation
French toast cheese sandwich recipe from vintage kitchen note
Instructions describe making three cheese sandwiches with cheddar, mustard, and white bread. Beat one egg with a quarter cup milk and salt, dip the sandwiches, then brown in hot butter or margarine.
World ship output tops 1,233 vessels in 1954 Lloyds report
The Lloyds register records that 1,233 ships were built worldwide during the year 1954, highlighting a robust maritime production level across industries and shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyds Register
Five-Islands Club Sees 14 Members at Carr Cottage
The Five Islands Good Neighbor club met at the Carr cottage with 14 present. After a short meeting sewing was done and refreshments served by Mrs. Georgetta Pinkham and Mrs. Phillip Pinkham. Many members listed attended other church and community events, including a ground breaking for a church addition and reports on baptisms and village life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Carr Cottage
Georgetta Pinkham
Phillip Pinkham
Addie Moulton
George Gray
Dennis Moore
Alfred Proctor
Thomas Watson
Woodrow Gray
Charles Kelley
Orville Rowe
Kathleen Rittall
Warren Harris
Franz Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
Five Islands
Stinson Davis
William Marr
Erland Moore
Alton Reed
Victor Pinkham
Mary Proctor
Linda McMahan
Evelyn Pinkham
James Stevens
Elaine Stevens
Georgetown Central School
Body of Frederick S. Coombs Found in Kennebec River
Frederick Snow Coombs 92 of Bath was found in the Kennebec River Friday morning, about 25 feet from shore, after being reported missing from the Old Folks Home. Survived by son Randall Coombs, funeral at Curtis Funeral Home Monday 2 p.m. Burial Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick S. Coombs
Kennebec
Bath
Frederick Snow Coombs
Kennebec River
Old Folks Home
Washington Street
Edward L. Gaudreau
Coombs
Isaiah
Margaret Harriman Coombs
Dane Perkins Fifth Birthday Party at Hyde Park Center
Diane Lynn Perkins, daughter of Mr and Mrs Reid Perkins, celebrated her fifth birthday with a party Friday at the Hyde Park Community Center. Guests included Betsy McInnes, Taffy Robinson, Jane Perkins, Kathy Kenyon and others as party games, prizes, a cake and fruit punch were enjoyed. The event also served as a farewell before the family moves to Trufant street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Lynn Perkins
Reid Perkins
Lark Street
Hyde Park Community Center
Diane
Trufant Street
George Rogers
Betsy McInnes
Taffy Robinson
Taffy
Jane Perkins
Bonnie McDougal
Betsy
Kathy McInnes
Kathy Kenyon
Valerie Pangburn
Sharon Nickerson
Linda Garside
Sandra
Michael Perkins
Emblem Club Card Party Set For May Fourth
Bath based Emblem Club announces its first annual card party on May 4 at 8 p.m. in Huse Memorial School auditorium. Tickets available from committee members Frances Jewett Mila Morse and Iona Prawer. Other committees include Prizes Scores Food and Special Awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Emblem Club
Huse Memorial School
Frances Jewett
Mila Morse
Iona Prawer
Mary Grevers
Mary Emero
Mary Frances Ross
Jane Fenn
Scores
Dean Hancox
Bea Ovzella
Grace Fortier
Eleanor Perow
Joan Wilkes
Lorraine Penfold
Arlene Wright
Martha Vachon
Tina Hogan
Belle Levinehall
Diana Hart
Dorothy Pecei
Pauline Newell
Hazel Pero
Norris H Wilson Funeral Held at Pittsfield Cemetery
Funeral services for Norris H Wilson were conducted at 1.30 p m Thursday at Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home 638 High Street with Rev Harold Allen officiating Interment followed Friday morning in the Powers Cemetery family lot in Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris H Wilson
Leslie C Shumway
High Street
Harold Allen
Powers Cemetery
Pittsfield
Frederick S Coombs Funeral Services
Funeral services for Frederick S Coombs were held at Curtis Funeral Home on Washington street Monday at two o'clock. Rev. Charles R Sims of the First Baptist church officiated. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Oak Grove
Frederick S Coombs
Charles R Sims
First Baptist Church
Dr Sukthankar Dies Suddenly in London Hospital
Dr Milin Sukthankar 60 of Bombay India a renowned physician who spoke at Brunswick clubs died suddenly in a London hospital from a heart ailment after leaving New York on April 7 en route to her homeland. She had stayed in Brunswick since October visiting her daughter and son-in-law Dr and Mrs Badkrishna Gokhale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Furlong
Augusta
Richmond
Furlong
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
P. T. Durrell
Lowell
Mass
River Road
Oscar Douglass
Old Ferry Road
Lewiston
Milin Sukthankar
Bombay
India
London
Sukthankar
New York
Brunswick
Badkrishna Gokhale
Gokhale
Bowdoin College
Sukthanker
Medical School
Bombay University
Central Board of Education
Government of India
National Council of Women of India
All-India Women’s Conference
Lillian May Blair Dies After Short Illness in Portland
Lillian May Blair 71 wife of Willard M Blair of Dromore Phippsburg died at a Portland hospital after a brief illness. Born in Montreal March 4 1884 she moved from South Braintree Massachusetts to Phippsburg nine years ago. She attended Bur dette Business College Boston was a Congregationalist and member of Eastern Star South Braintree and Dromore grange. Survived by her husband two sons George Blair and Clarence Blair and a brother William Slack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian May Blair
Willard M. Blair
Dromore
Phippsburg
Portland
Montreal
Canada
William and
Mary (Smith) Slack
South Braintree
Mass
Phippsburg Center
Eastern Star
Dromore Grange
George Blair
Walpole
Clarence Blair
Stockbridge
Mrs Blair Funeral in Dromore and Arthur Cain Service
Funeral services for Mrs Lilian Blair of Dromore were held Monday at 10 30 from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Dr Oliver Bell officiating Bearers included Alfred Blair Ray Campbell Reuben Purington and Frank Cutting. Arthur Cain funeral was held Saturday at 230 at Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home with Rev Dr David L Wilson officiating Bearers were John M Brown Hudson G Fowles Jr Lawrence R Vail and Robert N Starling Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Blair
Dromore
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Oliver Bell
Wesley-Beacon Street
Alfred Blair
Ray Campbell
Reuben Purington
Frank Cutting
Oak Grove
Arthur Cain
Arthur
Cain
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Miss Mabel Duncan Services Held in Brooklyn and Bath
Committal services for Miss Mabel Duncan of Brooklyn New York were held Sunday at Oak Grove cemetery with Rev Dr. David L Wilson officiating. Funeral services occurred Saturday afternoon at 230 oclock from Fairchild Funeral Parlors in Brooklyn with nieces Mrs Edward J Lentart and Mrs John Horgan of New York attending the committal in Bath along with Mr and Mrs Arthur F Allan of Merrimacport Massachusetts and Mr and Mrs Ralph Duncan of Forest Hills Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Duncan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Oak Grove Cemetery
David L. Wilson
Fairchild Funeral
Bath
Duncan
Edward J. Lentart
John Horgan
New York
Arthur F. Allan
Merrimacport
Mass
Ralph Duncan
Forest Hills
Air Holds Water At Different Temperatures
Ten pounds of air at 80 degrees Fahrenheit can hold 3 ounces of water, compared to y ounces of water at freezing temperature.
Obituary Arthur F Cain 69 Bath musician and band founder
Arthur Filmore Cain 69 of 872 Washington Street died Thursday night after a three week hospital stay. Born in New York City December 21 1885 he was a drummer and trumpeter with vaudeville orchestras John Philip Sousa’s band and the King Brothers circus band. Survived by widow Marian Dyer Cain of Bath son Raymond E Cain of Fort Smith Arkansas and one grandchild. He organized the first bands at Brunswick High Rockland High and Lincoln Academy and taught music locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Cain
Arthur Filmore Cain
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
New York City
Brookyn
United States
Cain
John Philip Sousa
Europe
England
Marian Dyer
Bath
Brunswick High School
Rockland High
Lincoln Academy
King Brothers Circus
First Church of Christ, Scientist
The
Masons
Elks
Marian Dyer Cain
Raymond E. Cain
Fort Smith
Ark
Miss Mabel Duncan Dies in Brooklyn at 75
Miss Mabel Duncan of Bath born January 4 1880 died at her Brooklyn New York home after a several month illness. She was a 1899 Bath High School graduate and longtime secretary at Manuel Baptist Church Brooklyn. Remains to be brought to Bath for burial in Oak Grove with committal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Duncan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bath
George H
Mary (Faxon) Duncan
Old
Bath High School
D. T. Percy & Sons
New York Baptist Foundation
Manuel Baptist Church
Miss Duncan
D. T. Percy & Sons Old Clerks’ Club
Ralph W. Bragg
Farrin Street
Donald Duncan
Cummings Street
Oak Grove
Portland builder Frank C. Simpson 91 dies at son’s home
Frank C. Simpson 91 of Portland, former Winslow resident, died Thursday morning at his son Bradford A. Simpson’s home at 124 Caleb Street after years of ill health. Born November 5, 1863 in Winslow, he worked in lumber, oil, contract building, and with Portland Woodhandling Co. for 37 years. Survived by a son, grandson, and granddaughter. a member of Herman Lodge Masons of Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Simpson
Portland
Bradford A. Simpson
Caléb Street
Winslow
Bradford
Belinda (Hurd) Simpson
Maine
Bath
Center Street
St. John Lumber Co
South Gardiner
Portland Woodhandling Co
Herman Lodge of Masons of
Gardiner
Funeral service for Vincent C. Nichols held Friday
Funeral service for Vincent C. Nichols conducted Friday afternoon at two from Curtis funeral home with Rev. Harold L. Allen officiating. Bearers were Alyce Chapman, James Hamilton, Ernest Avery Jr, Leon Genthner, Carl Fortier and Arthur Avery. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent C. Nichols
Curtis Funeral Home
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Alyce Chapman
James Hamilton
Ernest Avery, Jr
Leon Genthner
Carl Fortier
Arthur Avery
Oak Grove
Fragmented Local Times Before Standard Time Adoption
Before standard time was adopted in the United States in 1883 Michigan had 27 local times Wisconsin 38 Illinois 27 Indiana 23, reflecting a patchwork of clocks across states.
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United States
Michigan
Wisconsin
Hlinvis
Indiana
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Patrick
Front Street
Elaine W. Gilpatrick
Camp Kilmer
Norris J. Sidelinger
Tristram Little
Jean Lev
Ronald Leibowitz
Ronald Meserve
Fulton Curtis
Harry Hurley
David Williams
Gary Williams
Russell Perry
William O’brian
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Alice Gilpatrick
Grace Dickinson
Bertha Curtis
Veneranda Sanford
Germaine Terrell
Laura Reynolds
Cecelia Robinson
Helen Emerson
United Baptist Church
Eulah Rebekah Lodge
Lara Mansir
Tri-Hi-Y Club
Walter James
Marylin Perry
Grace Hatfield
Billie Wells
Neal Powers
Lions International
Wilton
Searsport
Strong Lions Clubs
Frank Preble
St. Petersburg
Dallas Gillespie
Augusta General Hospital
Nelson Raynes
Albion Raynes
County Road
San Francisco
Calif
Harmon Curtis
Chicago
Archibald Hoyne
Illinois
Georgetown
Peirce Fuller
Georgetown Center
Charles Nelson
Nelson
Harry L. Horne
Chester Horne
Theodore Stewart
Brookline
Clayton Taylor
Harold J. Brown
Branwell Harford
Quincy
Lynn McMahan
Rachel Savage
Kittery
P. B. Savage
Warner Eustis
Newton
Frank Blake
Melrose
Clifford Landry
Lincoln Campbell
Richard Campbell
Eleanor Wilson
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Lisa
Neil Boynton
Malden Island
Catherine Hoover
Arlington
Howard
Grady
Roxbury
A. P. Hackett
Harmon's Harbor
John Brown
Bonnie
Jamestown, Y
Helen Huskins
Kevin
Reginald Spinney
Evelyn Black
Perow
Martha
Henry Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harry Miller
Beulah Miller
Malden
Georgia Watson
Kenneth Dell
Dell
Quincey
Nathanial Hasenfus
Elaine Snow
Mrs. Hyde
Topsham
Ernest Snow
Freeport
Barbara Jean Pratt
Russell Pinkham
Alma
Clinton
Melvin Comeau
Maria
Marie Hasenfus
Hasenfus
Harold Rowe
John Shakely
Butler
Pennsylvania State University
Paul Linville
Media
Zne
Shakely
Tahiti
International
Dane Perkins
Norris Wilson
Frederick
Dr. Sukthanker
Mrs. Blair
Shumway Funeral Service
Vincent Nichols
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec Greenhouses
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