Yaverton Lane Post Celebrates 30th Anniversary
The American Legion Post in Waterville marked its 30th anniversary with guest speakers Department Commander James Day and Vice Commander Walter Leland among others. Residents heard of community activities including Swan Island Game Preserve work and local personal notices.
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Yaverton Lane
Legion ‘Home
James Boyle
Waterville
James V.day
Kennebunk
Walter Leland
Lewiston
Samuel Mbert
Brewer
Reeth Aee
A Thrower
Glen Lamoreau
Laura Reynolds
Swan Island
Dr Edwin F Pratt Dies Suddenly in Richmond Area
Dr Edwin Francis Pratt 77 died Thursday at his home on Pleasant street after a sudden illness. A Wilton native born November 2 1874 to Francis and Isabella Averill Pratt, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1897 and Maine Medical School in 1900. He led Somerset County Medical Association, presided Lincoln-Sagn CC Medical Association, and belonged to the American Medical Association. Practicing since 1900 at North New Portland then Richmond for 23 years, he held 33rd degree in Freemasonry and belonged to numerous groups including Kora Tem Shrine Lewiston Commandery Skowhegan Kingsfield IOOF Rebekah Lodge and Richmond Lions Club. Survived by wife Urial Hamilton Pratt a daughter Louise Pratt two brothers Leo W Pratt Albert Pratt and sister Mrs Claude McIntyre.
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Edwin C. Millett
Mainstreet
Ames Worsted
Millett
Ruth Anderson
Boston
Frank Anderson
Street
Clarence R. Peacock
Main Street
Waterlo
Pillsbury
Louise Pratt
Hanover
Edwin F. Pratt
Fred J. Little
Melrose
Mass
Paul Jack
Jen
Joanne
Kathleen
Ian
Barbara
Framing
Jack
Della Rondin
David Ames
Southtreet
Phila Iphia
Baltimore
Earl Cronk
Roger Pierce
Anne Shaughnesse
Dorchester
Russell EB. Ring
Russell A. Ring
Scarlet Key
Boston University
School of Publicity Band
Scabbard and Military Society
Essey Ciuce
New England Methodist Student Movement
All-University
Draclub
Mu Epsilon
Edwin Francis Pratt
Pleasant Street
Wilton
Francis
Isab Averill Pratt
Eowin College
Medical Hool of
Maine
Somerset Unty Medal Association
Lincoln-Sagncc Medical Association
American Medic Association
North New Portland
Richmond
Pratt
Mainen History
Portland
Lewiston
Chapter Commandery
Skowhegan
Kingfield
IOOF
Rekah Lodge
Richmond Lions Club
Urial Hamilton Pratt
Leo W. Olace
Albert
Brunswick
Claude McIntyre
Funeral services for local resident on Pleasant Street
Funeral services were Sunday from the late home on Pleasant Street. Rev. Frank M. Fellows and Rev. George Wolze officiated assisted by Prof. Wilmot B. Mitchell. Honorary bearers and active pallbearers are listed. Burial was in Richmond Cemetery. Numerous relatives and friends from out of town attended, including Louise Pratt of Hanover New Hampshire and many Pratts from several towns.
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Hisom Wainods
Porte Son
Porte Land
Pleasant Street
Frank M. Fellows
Methodist Church
George Wolze
Wilmot B. Mitchell
Bowdoin College
George Gould
Earl Richardson
Wallace Gardiner
Arthur J N
Harry Lcona
Edwin Baker
Carlton Curtis
Maurice Wheeler
John McCormick
Glen McIntyre
York
Manfred Pratt
Auburn
Seth Pratt
Joseph Rand
Daniel Pratt
Merle Pratt
Wilton
J. L. Foster
C. Earl Richardson
Brunswick
Herbert Cloutier
Topsham
Edward Small
Farmington
Edna Harriman
Emma Wescott
Harry Jackson
North New Portland
Etta Knowles
Skowhegan
Virgil McGorrill
Marion Young
Portland
Edson Waite
F. D. Russell
Leeds
Philip Berry
South Portland
W. E. Kershner
Bath
Frank Bull
Gardiner
Edward Marston
North Anson
Reconditioned War Boat Visits Bath After Kennebec Test
On Saturday morning at 8 15 the reconditioned war boat 152 left the Kennebec river mouth on a trial trip and returned to Bath between four and five in the afternoon. A brush fire at Kennebec Point drew out the Bay Point fire company and Five Islands firefighters. Fire Chief Kenneth Crafts and a team assisted by H Martin Powers and son Henry Thomas Hagan Paul Berry Gordon Merry Clayton Taylor and Theodore Stewart helped fight the blaze. Numerous locals and visitors, including Mr and Mrs J Wesley Southard Mr and Mrs Ernest Randall Miss Ruth Keen Mr and Mrs Robert Miller and others spent the weekend at cottages along First Beach and Kennebec Point. Kenneth Crafts returned home Friday after a Bath Memorial Hospital stay. Corp C W Hinckley reported to Camp Devens Sunday after furlough.
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Kennebec
Bath
Kennebec Point
Lippards and
Woodruffs
Bay Point
J. Wesley Southard
Frt
Ernest Randall
Locust Valley
N. Y
Ruth Keen
Hempstead
N.Y
Robert Miller
Roosevelt
Miller Cotage
John Townsend
Florida
Somerville
Mass
H. Martin Powers
Henry
Katherine
Brunswick
Bowdoin College Science Department
Theodore Stewart
Clayton Taylor
Thomas Hagan
Harold Miller
Don
Brattleboro
First Beach
Harold White
Dedham
Carl Hieshing
Hiessling Cottage
Higgins
Lauretta M. Jones
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Brookline
Stewart Cottons
Helen Walker
Providence
R. 1
MacMahan
Walker Cottage
Dorothy W. Stuart
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro
N. H
Georgetown Center
Marthan
Miss Stuart
Belle Heald
Frederick Woodruff
Bangor
Pera House
Sagadahoc
Billa Tarr
Richmond
Dorothy Stuart
Frederick P. Oliver
Hilda
Wakefield
William A. Todd
Roger Peterson
Sandie
Portland
Roland E. Peterson
Miles Hagan
Bay Point Road
Harold J. Brown
Harold
Cathy
Frank King
Oakley Thibodeau
Weymouth Mass
Seguinland
Massachusetts
Theodore
Alonzo Thibodeau
Camille
Walter McElman
Ambrose Thibodeau
Bowdoinham
Henry Tarbox
Earl Dow
Woolwich
David Alkazin
Hugh Rockwell
New York
Denmark
Ralph Dunton
Gunnar Solveson
Douglas
Winters Street
Morse High
Lawrence Heffron
Bath Memorial Hospital
Eugene Reynolds
Eric
Five Islands
Alvah Reynolds
Francis Pierce
Erland Moore
George Young
Helen Pinkham
George Gray
Woodrow Gray
William Marr
Georgetown
Victor Pinkham
Kenneth Smith
Kittery
Smith
Franz Stevens
Peter Harold
Clarence Preble
Roger Pinkham
Rudolph Pinkham
D. W. Staffeld
Rose Wilkins
Livermore Falls
Vincent Strout
Strout
Westport
Bath Canning Company
Cochrane
Myrick
Arthur
Harlan Pinkham
Fenton Moore
Vernon FE. Gray
Mary Stevens
Pinkham
Arthur Nelson
Georgia
Mr. Nelson
Page
Almon Marr
Malden
Lester Lewis
Hiram Pierce
Gerald
Mr. Pierce
A. G. Pierce
Gardiner
Grace Thompson
Waldoboro
Jimmie
Dickie Davis
North Anson
Lermond Davis
Lester Davis
David Dunton
Ransom Sawyer
Mercie McFadden
Elwood Toothaker
Joseph Avery
Clayton Doyle
Billy
Yarmouth
Otis Baker
Norwood
Carl Pearson
Percy Wilkes
Lewiston
Etta Moore
Richard Hogan
Mary Ann
Onset Mass
Stanley Lewis
Harold Dunton
Jeanette Pinkham
George Lee
Robert
Onset
Lee
Herman Barter
Diana
Frances
Lawrence Perow
Miss Anita Deering Undergoes Tonsillectomy
Miss Anita Deering daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry L Deering of 30 Park Street submitted to a tonsillectomy at Memorial Hospital Monday. She is a junior at Morse High School.
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Anita Deering
Harry L.deering
Park Street
Memorial Hospital
Miss Deering
Morse High School
Broken Laws And Fire Scenes Mark Georgetown Weekend
The Sun day service at First Baptist featured John Reedy preaching Broken Laws Demand Justice from Genesis III 1 21. A choir absence led to no music with substitute pianist Miss Dorothy W Stuart ill and Miss Faylene Rowe in New York. Fires erupted in Georgetown with grass and brush threatening Ralph Davis buildings and a log woodlot, started by Pastor Reedy, described as an act of overzealous cleanup. Bay Point and Georgetown Fire Departments fought outbreaks near Dalrymple Summer home stead and Sagadahoc Bay while a Virginia physician Dr Verdeon Lippard’s house endured exposure to heat and charring. Bird life at Robinhood saw nests fall, cowbirds joining males and grackles arriving at the Tea Room. Personal notes list Morse High School trip participants and local visitors as several families and residents visited Georgetown Center venues and summer homes.
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John Reedy
First Baptist Church
Rock
Tempest
Dorothy W. Stuart
Faylene Rowe
New York
William Marr
Five Islands
Otis Baker
Newton
Eee Harbor
Georgetown
Georgetown Center
Ralph Davis
Reedy
Davis
Dalrymple
William Todd
Sagadahoc Bay
Bay Point
Meadow Pond
Verdon Lippard
Virginia
George Kahrl
Robinhood
Morse High Puvils
New York City
Greyhound
Christine Williams
Doris Reynolds
Faviene Rowe
Dan Harley
Merton Darling
Candy’s Harbor
Charles MacMahan
Malden Mass
Horize Lee
Portland
MacMahan
Henry Kelly
Andover Mass
Messrs
Reed
Winkley Place
Westport
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Joseph F. Higgins
Boston
Roscoe P. Todd
Robinhood area residents enjoy visits and gatherings
Local figures and families from Bath Seguinland and surrounding towns spent weekends at cottages on Robinhood and Seguinland. Visitors included Mrs. Lauretta M. Jones, Miss Dorothy W. Stuart, the Boyd family in Hillsboro, Mr. and Mrs. William Todd, and many more as they joined relatives in Bath and nearby communities. Illnesses and recoveries were noted among several residents with care from family members and friends.
Elks Show at Opera House Highlights Maine Population Rank
Elks show at the opera house features Haviland Torrey and Frances M. Jewett chairing ticket reservations, with Percy W. Kingsbury and Fred Sutherland on stage and publicity. Program committee includes F E Drake Jr and Joseph Desmond among others. Census says Maine ranks 35th in population and 38th in land area.
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Haviland Torrey
Per
Frances M. Jewett
Percy W. Kingsbury
Elk
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
George Perry
John Sturtevant
Fred Sutherland
F. E. Drake, Jr
Joseph F. Desmond
J. Haviland Torrey
Gilbert Hughes
Harold Fielding
Philip Theberge
Morris Owen
James
The
Census Bureau
Maine
Stork showers and community notices in a Maine town
Friends celebrate a surprise stork shower for Mrs. Francis Pierce after a Portland outing. A second shower honors Mrs. George Young nee Helen Pinkham. The community reports grass and woods fires, church services, musical performances, hospital confirms, and numerous visits and travels among residents and visitors across Bath Georgetown Kittery and nearby towns.
Bath Area Families Gather for Holiday Visits
A page of local social notes lists Martha and Brenton Gray visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Vernon E Gray in Bath. The Harvey family from Boston remodels a gym shop into a dwelling while here for the holiday. Several Bath residents are noted with illnesses and weekend trips, including Morse High seniors Cleon Pinkham and David Stevens to New York City.
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Martha and Brenton
Bath
Vernon E. Gray
James Baker
Norwood
Mass
Baker
Blanche Gibson
Mabel Dickey
Medelyn Berry
Harvey
Boston
Paul Skidmore
Kathleen
Gardiner
George Gray
Roland Peterson
Edward Clarey
Robinhood
Cleon Pinkham
David Stevens
Morse High School
New York City
John Reedy
Vernon Gray
Orville Rowe
Dennis Moore
Clayton Hanna
Reginald Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
Kathleen Rittall
Five Islands
Joan Hagan Alfred Rowe, Jr
Robert Jordan
Georgetown
Topsham Baptist Church
John Ww
Carl L. Goding Killed in Action in Korea
Sgt. 1st Class Carl L. Goding, son of Floyd R. Goding of 797 High street, was killed in action on April 3 in Korea. A Farmington High School graduate born April 19 1931 in Winthrop, he served two years and returned from Norwalk after attending his daughter’s wedding. He is survived by his father, a brother Floyd Jr. and sister Mrs. Robert Rogowsky of Norwalk. Details of the death were not provided.
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Carl L. Goding
Floyd R. Goding
High Street
Sgt. Goding
Korea
Winthrop
Farmington High School
Goding
Norwalk
Conn
Floyd, Jr
Robert Rogowski
Mr. Goding
Dromore Grange Hosts West Bath and Bodwell Members
Dromore Grange met Tuesday evening at the grange hall with guests from West Bath and Bodwell granges. Sagadahoc Pomona grange will meet with Dromore Wednesday for an all day session with dinner at noon. Committee is led by Mrs. Evelyn Beals with assistants and a dining-room head.
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Dromore Grange
Grange Hall
West Bath
Bodwell
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Dromore
Evelyn Beals
Bertha Holbrook
Florence Rollins
Ada King
Annie Wilson
Sophie McPherson
Georgina Thorpe
Grace Trask
Lucy Cutting
The
Grange
Elizabeth Stevens
Liberty
Aretha Campbell
Ethel Robshaw
Columbia
Ocean
William Gilman
Helena Oliver
Bodwell Grange
Edward King
John Howe
West Bath Grange
Sumner Sewall
Alma Holbrook
May Dannenfelser
Phi Kappa Delta Meeting and Friday Committee Plan
The Phi Kappa Delta club met at the Community Center with Mrs. James Footer leading in place of the president and vice president. A committee meeting is set for Friday night at Mrs. John Preney’s home to discuss the proposed food sale. all committee members should attend. The note adds that walnut and cherry trees are valued for both produce and wood.
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Phi Kappa Delta Club
James Footer
John Preney
Obituary of Wilson H. Munsey 84 of Wiscasset
Wilson H. Munsey 84 died at his Wiscasset home on April 15 after a long illness. He was born in Wiscasset to Joseph W. and Emma Colby Munsey and lived there his whole life. He worked as a contract intervist and was active in Lincoln Lodge of Masons Garrison Hill Chapter OES and St. Phillips Episcopal Church. He is survived by daughter Fern Anderson of Massachusetts son Wiley Munsey of Wiscasset and brother Leonard M. Munsey. Funeral services were held at Cowley Funeral Home with burial in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson H. Munsey
Wiscasset
Joseph W
Emma
Colby) Munsey
Mr. Munsey
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Garrison Hill
O.es
St. Phillips Episcopal Church
Fern Anderson
Massachusetts
Wiley Munsey
Leonard M. Munsey
Cowley Funeral Home
Richard O. Moore Dead at Bay Pines Florida
Richard O Moore died at Bay Pines Florida on April 15 born August 21 1880 in North Edgecomb. He served as a naval officer and later lived in the South after retirement. He attended Shaw's Business College Portland and was a 33rd degree Mason. Survived by four brothers and four sisters with several nieces and nephews.
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Richard O. Moore
Bay Pines
Florida
North Edgecomb
Richard
Almira Barnes Moore
South
Shaw's Business College
Portland
Ralph B. Moore
Zenith
Washington
Roy R. Moore
West Bath
Ross W. Moore
New Orleans
Ine
Leon T. Moore
Eva M. Bailey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ruby M. Terry
West Somerville
Mass
Eunice E. Putnam
Woolwich
Mary L. Rines
Wiscasset
Funeral for Richard O Moore with Colby officiating
Funeral services for Richard O Moore were conducted by Rev. Rensel H. Colby of Wiscasset. Bearers included Irving Davis Albert Ryan Baron Lemont and Ivan Rines. Burial followed in the family lot at North Edgecomb Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard O. Moore
Rensel H. Colby
Wiscasset
Irving Davis
Albert Ryan
Baron Lemont
Ivan Rines
North Edgecomb Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs. Josephine L. Perkins
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine L. Perkins were held at 2 pm with Reverend Rockland officiating. Bearers were Newell Swain Gerald Weston and Robert Howe. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine L. Perkins
Genege
Woman's Fellowship elects officers at Cen tral church meeting
The Woman's Fellowship of Central Church held its first regular meeting at the parish house with officers elected: President Mrs Jason A Merrill Vice President Mrs Donald Preble Secretary Miss Eleanor Ferguson and Treasurer Mrs Marius Page Committee chairmen to be announced Devotional given by Mrs Merrill A program on World Health Organization actions against disease across 64 countries followed by a social hour Refreshments served by Mrs Merrill and Mrs Horace Morse Next meeting set for May 14 at the parish house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Fellowship of Central Church
Jason A. Merrill
Donald Preble
Eleanor Ferguson
Marius Page
World Health Organization
United Nations
Merrill
Horace Morse
Edwin Daley 67 Dies After Illness in Kingston New Hampshire
Edwin Daley aged 67 died Thursday morning in Kingston New Hampshire after a pneumonia illness. Born in Parker Head in April 1885 he was a U S Navy veteran and later an engineer at the State House in Boston. He is survived by his wife and a daughter in Exeter New Hampshire. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the local church with family attendees from Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Daley
Kingston
N. H
Parker Head
Willard Martha Golder Ting Ae
U. S. Navy
State House
Boston
Bradenton Bradenton
Fla
Yes
Bath
William Temple
Exeter
Death of Ralph N Haley at Dresden Mills
Ralph N Haley 61 died suddenly at home in Dresden Mills. A World War I veteran and sawmill worker, he lived previously in Bath and had five grandchildren and two daughters in law. Burial at White Funeral Home in Gardiner with local tributes from family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph N. Haley
Dresden Mills
Thomas and
Soceohing Chonan
Thomas Aosep Haley
Haley
Bath
Acneae
Dresden Mille
Almon Haley
Bert
Peasléé
Ioh
Martin Haley
New York City
Wasbury-White Funeral Home
Washington Avenue
Gerdiner
Mrs Catherine C Burgess Dies at Mercy Hospital
Catherine C Burgess 54 wife of F Earl Burgess of 36 Lincoln Street died early Thursday morning at Mercy hospital. Born in Dover November 1 1897 to John Andrew Cunningham and Margaret McCrory Cunningham she was a member of St Marys Catholic Church. Survived by sister Mrs Gertrude of Wellesley Hills Mass and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine C. Burgess
F. Earl Burgess
Lincoln Street
Mercy Hosp
Dover
John Andrew and
Margaret (McCrory) Cunningham
Burgess
St. 'S Catholic Church
Ingham
Haverhill
Mass
Gertrude
Wellesley Hills
Burgess Rites Held at St Marys Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine E. Burgess were held Monday morning at eight from St Marys Church with Rev Fr John E Bellefontaine presiding. Bearers were Worthley McPhee Wesley McPhee Stephen McPhee Alex Bur Charles Burgess and Carl Gronstrand in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine E. Burgess
St. Mary’s Church
John E. Bellefontaine
Worthley McPhee
Wesley McPhee
Stephen McPhee
Alex Bur
Charles Burgess
Carl Gronstrand
Oak Grove
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PHI Kappa Delta
Woman’s Fellowship
George Erwin Daley
Arthur F. Mayo & Son