Fire damages Temple residence and surrounding buildings in Bowdoinham
Richmond report details a morning fire at Mrs. Ethel Temple’s Bowdoinham home on Spruce Street. Wind-driven flames spread from a shed to nearby roofs, involving three other structures before firefighters contained the blaze by mid afternoon. Damages to Temple property about 900 dollars with substantial water damage elsewhere. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ethel Temple
Bowdoinham
William Osgood
Spruce Street
Harry Sykes
Laura Beals
No. 3 Hose Co
Pleasant
Fuller Streets
Ideal Home Corner Club
D. of A. W. Hall
Pearl Perry
Reginald Emmons
Seth Watson
Belle Call
Miss Call
Emmons
Perry
Axel Johanson
Paul
Brockton
Mass
Leslie Burnell
Ora Reed
Portland
Lyte Lint
Raymond Blair
Robert
Willis Blair
Edward B. Marsh
Rutland
Foreclosure Notice on Topsham Land Mortgage
Lulu M. French of Topsham Maine gives public notice of a mortgage claim and impending foreclosure on a parcel in Topsham described as undivided half interest. Mortgage originated March 27 1936 from Albert H Carr to Lulu M French. breach of conditions cited. deed records in Sagadahoc County Book 188 Page 355.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Carr
Topsham
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Lulu M. French
Lisbon Falls
George Prosser
U. A. Jack
Albert H. Spear
Said Spear
Mary A. Jack
Mamie A. Carr
Edith Carr
Polly
Howard L. Carr
Jennie L. Carr
State of
Maine
Bay Point residents keep busy with visits and gifts
A Bay Point letter from Walter I. Noyes of Portland notes a severe winter and plans to reunite with old friends. Various locals and visitors are listed enjoying cottages, camps, and weekend gatherings, including gifts to the Bay Point Circulating Library and several North Bay Point residents hosting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter I. Noyes
Portland
Bay Point
Dave
Cahill
Charlotte Cahill
Morse High School
John W. Coombs
First Beach
Edith Berg
Sumner Hawley
Ruth Hawley
Ruth Keen
Adelphi College
Garden City
N. Y
Gertrude E. Betsch
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
N.Y
Miss Keen
William Adams
Louise Howard
New York
Frank LeClair
Doris
Frank Rideout
Auburn
George Moses
Cynthia Ann
Harry
Fred Taylor
Clayton
John
Stewart
Gertrude Small
Ray Oliver
Quincy
Mass
Leila Oliver
Bath
Donald Avery
Beatrice
Dawn
Buddy Spinney
Herman A. Spinney
Lawrence Perow
Mildred
Samuel Soule
Wiscasset
Edna Coolidge
Birchwood
Earle Rouse
Roxbury
Rouse Island
Maurice Burns
Lois
Kay
Rudolph L. Bernier
Lewiston
Earle Payson
Harold Robinson
Mrs. Stone
Miss Eleanor McQue
Stone Cottage
Smith Woodbury Wedding at Middle Street Home
Miss Janette Smith daughter of Mrs Edward B Smith and Stephen Tenney Woodbury son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Woodbury wed at the bride’s mother’s Middle street home. Rev Joseph Pur due officiated with Matron of honor Mrs Andrew J Karkos and flower girl Patricia Smith. Best man Gilbert W Woodbury, Fitchburg. A reception followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janette Smith
Edward B. Smith
Middle Street
Stephen Tenney Woodbury
Charles Woodbury
Fitchbury
Mass
Joseph O. Purdue
Miss Smith
Andrew J. Karkos
Lunenburg
Mrs Karkos to be matron at Miss Smith Woodbury wedding
Mrs Andrew J Karkos of Lunnenberg Mass arrived Monday to visit Miss Janette Smith of Middle street. Mrs Karkos will be the matron of honor at the wedding Saturday of Miss Smith to Stephen T Woodbury of Fitchburg Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Karkos
Lunnenberg
Mass
Janette Smith
Middle Street
Topsham Mortgage Foreclosure Notice
Jennie L Carr of Topsham conveyed to Lulu French a one half undivided interest in land with buildings on State Highway Topsham to Lewiston Sagadahoc County Maine. Mortgage breach cited. F M Prench signs dated March twenty seventh.
Richards Library Receives Gifts and Local News
Georgetown reports donations to the Richards Library from Mr and Mrs Gay Summer residents on Indian Point road include Sinners Beware Truth Comes Limping This Side of Regret and The Kings Spurs. The Civil Service exam for Georgetown postmaster candidates was held at Bath with Elizabeth Powers Marjorie Hagan and Birdie Davis as entrants. Everett Stevens resumes Bath Five Islands route on a four year contract starting July 1 1941. Other items note local residents Florida winters renovations to a new home West Georgetown and town school vacation numerous community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards
Gay
Indian Point Road
Oppenheim
Connington
Cushman
Carter
Library Association
Civil Service
Georgetown
Todd
Bath
Elizabeth I. Powers
Marjorie Hagan
Birdie Davis
Everett Stevens
Bath Five Islands
Albert Moore
Stevens
John Thibodeau
Maine
Oldsmar
Fla
Florida
West Georgetown
Thomas F. Bird
Brookline
Mass
Thompson
Holler Hill
Owen Marr
William Thompson
Harrison
N. Y
Williams
Bird
Bath Iron Works
Alex Cunningham
Joseph Smith
Working League of the First Baptist Church
Franklin S. Keehlwetter
Keebhwetter
Helen
Inez Allen
North Sedgwick
Sarah Rodd
Thomas N. Williams
Harry Heald
Bath Iron Works Corp
William Marr
Five Islands
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston
Joseph F. Higgins
Walter
Ralph Scott
Boothbay Harbor
Rosa Smith
Boston
George Tarr
Selectmen
Arrowsie
Bath Memorial Hospital
Nancy Russell
Woodside
Bath couple Welcomes Daughter Jeanette Delphine
Jeanette Delphine born Saturday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Marshall J. Boudreau of Besster Point West Miss Bansie R. Galvin of Bath. Newborn weighed seven pounds 12.5 ounces. Mrs. Agusta E. Rowe returned Tuesday from Arlington Massachusetts to Georgetown for the summer with her son Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Delphine
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marshall J. Boudreau
Besster Ss Point
West
Bansie R. Galvin
Bath
Agusta E. Rowe
Arlington
Mass
Georgetown
Arthur
Explorer Mrs Osa Johnson Delivers Bath Lecture at Bowdoin
A capacity Bath audience heard Mrs Osa Johnson speak on Sub civilized Society at the Bowdoin Institute. The illustrated talk traced the Johnsons explorations from 1912 to East Africa with rare wildlife footage, drawing many local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osa Johnson
Bowdoin Institute
South Sea Islands
Africa
Bath
William Skelton
David Skelton
Jane Goodman
Granville M. Colby
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Hubert McCarty
Wilmer J. Voorhees
Fred D. Hill
Warren F. Hawley
Newlyweds in Chelsea Car Crash on Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Sanford J Brown married Saturday by Rev David L Wilson were involved in a Sunday auto accident in Chelsea Massachusetts. They were on their honeymoon en route to Winthrop when their car was struck from behind injuring two men in the other vehicle. The Browns were uninjured and the hospital treated the two men for a fractured skull and broken ankle and nose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford J. Brown
David L. Wilson
Chelsea
Mass
Brown
Elizabeth Donnell Hewins
Mr. Brown
Howard Brown
Augusta
Hyde Camp and Auxiliary Raised 4500 For GAR Building
A Maine gathering honored Judge Robert A. Cony at Augusta on May 1 as Hyde camp and auxiliary celebrate raising 4500 to finance the GAR building on Middle Street. The event featured dance interludes, a scrapbook gift, and a God Bless America finale with local officers and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Belfast
Vernon W. Miller
Jennie Garrey
Hyde Camp
Linwood V. Miller
Charlotte Cahill
Joan Osborne
Norma Pye
Pauline Colby
Jean Bripps
Eleanor Mitchell
Ruth Crocker
Harry Warner
Clarence Warner
Gardner Crocker
George O. Moelzard
Florence Robinson
Lucelia Blake
Jennie Miller
Etta Gallant
Mary Pratt
Mabel Ansert
Frances Warner
Jennie Garey
Eva Sanford
Edna Sanford
Edith Miller
Margaret Coffill
Annie Wilson
Five Islands Notes of Residents and Visitors
Ida Pinkham sold her home to Albion Carr and they occupy the Clarence MacMahan house with Harold. Carr’s family already settled. Davis and Anson residents visit Bath welding school. various locals host, travel, and volunteerships noted. Regular social events and church activities are listed along with summer occupancy and seasonal repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Pinkham
Albion Carr
Harold
Clarence MacMahan
Carr
Davis
Arthur Davis
Anson
Lester Davis
Bath
Everett Cromwell
James Stevens
Woodrow Gray
Five Islands
Corinne Smith
Cambridge
Mass
Eliza B. Knight
Leonora Knight
Waterbury
Conn
Library
William Marr
Marion Stevens
Good Neighbor Club
Laura Harding
Audubon
N. J
Warner Eustis
Newton
Martha Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Thompson
J. G. Stevens
Francis Pierce
Googins
Gott's Cove
Malden Island
Winter Street Ladies plan summer activities and events
The Winter Street Ladies aid held an all day meeting with a turkey dinner. Plans outlined include a May 21 fashion show for the carpet fund and a June 19 lobster supper indoor fair. July 2 invites members to an all day picnic at Mrs. Minott's with box lunches and a white elephant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Ladies Aid
Arthur C. Lemont
Wallace L. Atwood
Davis Hatch
Olive W. Emerson
Fred K. Sturtevant
Edgar D. Leavitt
Charles W. Walsh
Edward Smith
Horace W. Ward
Leavitt
Carleton Andrews
Carl Y. Kennedy
Lemont
Joseph O. Purdue
Wilband
Walter H. Bowker
McFadden
Atwood
John H. Sylvester
Winnie Durgin
Arthur K. Purington
Elsie Folsom
Bath Woman Guest of Honor at a Tea
Mrs. G. Thomas Murphy who left for Texas was hosted by the Lewiston Beta Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter at a Sunday tea in Lewiston. The event included songs by Bates College students Genevieve Stephenson and Jean Kenneston, with serving by Mrs. Chase and Mrs. Kimball. Members from Bath Theta chapter and Lewiston Auburn chapter attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Thomas Murphy
Texas
George Chase
Lewiston
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Epsilon
Genevieve Stephenson
Bates College
Jean Kenneston
Bates
Robie Marriner
Lewiston-Auburn
Mrs Warren Pashard Visiting Daughter in Woolwich
Mrs Warren Pashard is visiting her daughter Mrs Eben Dana in Woolwich after spending the winter with her brother Zina Trunt and Mrs Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Pashard
Zina Trunt
Hunt
Eben Dana
Woolwich
Obituary of George R Copeland former Bath ship yard executive
Word arrived of the death in New York of George R Copeland long time plant general superintendent for The Texas Steam Ship Co during the wartime era. Born in England he worked at Bath Iron Works and Fore River yard in Quincy before and after Bath. He married Jennie Merrill and is survived by son George Jr. Cremation planned with ashes brought to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George R. Copeland
Texas Steamship Co
Copeland
Bath Iron Works
Jennie Merrill
George, Jr
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Bath
Irving B. Wright Dies After Long Illness in Bath
Irving B. Wright 66 longtime Bath resident and teamster for the Board of Highways and Sewers died Sunday evening at 85 Commercial Street after a long illness. Born in Woolwich to Reuben and Sarah J. Brookings Wright, he leaves his wife Lara, three sons Irving B. Jr Linwood A and Stanley D. Wright all of Bath, two daughters Mildred O and Pauline I Wright also of Bath, and one sister Mrs Minnie Stickney of Kittery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving B. Wright
Board of Highways and Sewers
Commercial Street
Woolwich
Reuben and
Sarah J. Brookings Wright
Bath
Lara Wright
Irving B. Jr
Linwood A
Stanley D. Wright
Mildred O
Pauline I. Wright
Minnie Stickney
Kittery
Jennie M Gowell 71 Dies in Bath Memorial Hospital
Jennie M Gowell 71 longtime Bath resident died April 18 at Memorial hospital born in Bath to George and Mary Kelley Gowell daughter of Bath. Survived by sisters Mrs Edward W Vaughan and Mrs Walter E Rowe and a niece Mrs Herbert T Caverly all of Bath funeral held at her Corliss street home Rev Frederick P Motfatt officiated bearers Albert Bonney Fred A Fuller Roy J Lutz John F Pomeroy burial Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie M. Gowell
Memorial Hospital
Bath
George
Mary Kelley Gowell
Edward W. Vaughan
Walter E. Rowe
Herbert T. Caverly
Corliss Street
Frederick P. Motfatt
Albert Bonney
Fred A. Fuller
Roy J. Lutz
John EF. Pomeroy
Oak Grove
Carl Fuller Funeral Held At Oak Grove
The funeral service for Carl Fuller, victim of last winter's drowning, was held Saturday afternoon at the family lot in Oak Grove. Rev. Chester B. Oliver of Wesley church officiated. Bath and Wiscasset friends attended, with bearers Rollin and Fred Fuller brothers of Carl, plus Winfield Debow, Harry Ring, Walter Millett and Mark Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fuller
Oak Grove
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Church
Bath and
Wiscasset
Rollin
Fred Fuller
Carl
Winfield Debow
Harry Ring
Walter Millett
Mark Jackson
Funeral for Miss Florence Grindle Held at Mayo
Miss Florence Grindle is mourned at a Thursday funeral service at the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence on High street. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. Burial followed in Sea Side cemetery at Bluehill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Grindle
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Sea Side Cemetery
Bluehill
Civil Service Exam Notice for Veterans Administration Job
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for an attendant at the U S Veterans Administration Togus Maine with salary of 1020 a year less quarters and subsistence if furnished. Applications must be filed with the Manager First U S Civil Service District Boston Mass or the Secretary Board of U S Civil Service Examiners Augusta Maine Postoffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
U.S. Veterans Administration
Togus
Maine
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Augusta
First
U. S. Civil Service District
Postoffice
Boston
Mass
Marriage intentions filed for Felix Gallant and Marie Farmer
Marriage intentions recently filed with the city clerk list Felix A Gallant of 48 Willow Street and Miss Marie R Farmer of Brunswick as a couple. Also listed are David B Rolley of Hartford Connecticut and Miss Margaret Emack with family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix A Gallant
Joseph E. Gallant
Willow Street
Marie R Farmer
Joseph P. Fournier
Brunswick
David B Rolley
Hartford
Stuber and Stubey Move to Bath and Southport Jobs
Vernon F Stuber and Mr Stubey formerly of Faedan Perry Bath arrive in Watertown Maass to pass the Stasmer at South port. Stubey plans daily commute between Bath and Southport while employed at the Bathlon War Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon F. Stuber
Stuber
Faedan Perry
Bath
Watertown
Maass
Southport
Stubey Nis
Attos
Bathlon War Corp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Betty Clifford
Mrs. B. Clifford
Wollaston
Milford Y. Lewis
Lulu M. Prench
Smith-Woodbury
Bowdoin
Sumner Sewall
William Ewall
Nassan College
Springvale
Anne Hodgman
Evelyn Smith
Frances Aderton
Washington, D. C
Winifred Aderton
Joseph Saint
Mr. Saint
H. M. Fossett
Ann
Harlan
Randolph
Carl Wieting
Percy Savage
Willis Beane
Seguin Lodge
S. S. Lightbody
Rochester
N. H
D. R. Stevens
Steven
Orville Rowe
Vincent Davis
Mary Louise Pinkham
Charlotte Gray
Alice Cromwell
New England Fellowship
Alice Guptill
Lorainne
Jacquelyn Sawyer
D. L. Howard
Cleve Rowe
William Leshie
Philadelphia
Rowe
Mabel Dickey
William L. Berry
Zetta Higgins
Wakefield
Basil MacMahan
Ellsworth Pinkham
Harold Rowe
J. A. Folsom
Lester Woodward
Norman
Beulah Miller
Malden
Arthur Marr
Marr
Grace Middleton
Mrs
Rudolph Pinkham
Almon Marr
Mrs. Parker Start
Melrose, Mass
Welikit
P. B. Savage
Thomas
Lowell
Cranshaw
Winter Street
Aid
Miss Grindle
Civil Service Examination
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington Steel
Ion Sueny
Parent
Bath, Maine
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