Richmond area obituary and community notes
Mrs. Martha Weeks died at her daughter Mrs. Ethel Trott’s home in Richmond after a long life split between Gardiner and the town. Surviving are her daughter, two sons Walter and Herbert of Gardiner, 19 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. A later cooking school at the Methodist church parish home awarded prizes to many local women. Personal items list visitors from Rutland Massachusetts and Brunswick with several local residents attending Sunday dinner in Bath Bowdoinham and Lynn households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Weeks
Ethel Trott
Gardiner
David
Melissa Fletcher Haynes
Walter
Herbert
Methodist Church
Goldie Williams
Courtney Hinkley
Della Grondin
Catherine McFee
Hazel Libby
J. N. Sidelinger
Thelma Chase
Lillian McKenney
Lillian Sykes
Elizabeth Nichols
Gwendolyn Douglass
Carolyn Marr
E. L. Merrifield
Elmer King
Pauline Purinton
Shirley Bishop
Dorothy Muise
Minnie Waldron
Hazel Smith
Arthur McStay
Myrtle Burke
Winnifred Burke
Lulu Mansfield
Lynn
Mass
Mason Carter
Bath
Arnold Lancreau
Bowdoinham
West Bath Grange Plans Minstrel Show
West Bath grange held a meeting with Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant as lecturer in place of ill Mrs. Russell W. Kenney. The program featured The Grange Supper act with several local ladies, readings, patriotic pieces, a personal experiences segment, a bird rhyme guessing game, a poem, and Penny March clipping won by Mrs Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred K. Sturtevant
West Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Meets Enterprise Grange in Richmond
Sagadahoc Pomona and Enterprise granges met in Richmond on Wednesday. The program included greeting and response, piano solo by Clifford Gray, speakers Mrs Andrews and Mrs Fausta Howes state chair of Home and Community Welfare, instrumental music by Chester Foster and Philip Densmore, Allison P Howes past state lecturer, discussion on whether government issues should be discussed in open Grange forum, pageant Maine led by Lady Officers, reading by Mina Floyd, audience question on automobile impact on national prosperity, with John Allen, Guy Williams, and tableau arranged by Ann Spofford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Clifford Gray
Andrews
Fausta Howes
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Chester Foster
Philip Densmore
Allison P. Howes
Open Grange
Maine
Mina Floyd
John Allen
Guy Williams
Ann Spofford
Enterprise Grange Confers Degrees on 25 Candidates
The Enterprise grange of Richmond met Tuesday evening of last week as G C Marriner and his degree team conferred the third and fourth degrees on 25 candidates. Lorenzo Masse of Derigo grange served as Deputy Inspector and inspected the work. Sagadahoc Pomona met with Enterprise last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
G. C. Marriner
Lorenzo Masse
Derigo Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Enterprise
Foreign Wars vets install officers Sunday afternoon
Asa A. Wilson was installed as commander of Dyer Flaherty Post No 2197 VFW in Bath with Department Commander William J. Martin of Biddeford as installing officer. The ceremony at Odd Fellows hall included numerous officers, department aides, and guests, followed by a baked bean supper and transfer of focus to Brunswick for Manwaring Moreau Post installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa A. Wilson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Dyer- Flaherty
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. F. W. Department
William J. Martin
Biddeford
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Martin
Napoleon Frechette
Theodore J. Beaudoin
Roy T. Woodward
Jesse T. Sanders
Christopher J. Cushing
John J. Quirk
Floyd H. Preble
Earl Cooper
Donald D Young
Franst Emery
Sumner Sewall
Carl B. Swanton
Alvin P. Williams
Roland Haining
Sentinel
Beltran Crocker
Ernest O. Trudeau
Ernest Pinkham
Albert Pinkham
William Roach
Lewiston
Hector F. Richard
Auburn
Leroy P. Smith
Togus
Edward Morissette
Brunswick
Lawrence Hamlin
Oliver R. Hamlin
Rockland
Lawrence Pelletier
Bangor
Christopher Cushing
Bath
Albert Brickley
Robert H. Haskell
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Board of al
Manwaring-Moreau
Train Schedules Advance One Hour Across Railroads
Maine Central and Boston & Maine timetables shift forward one hour starting next Sunday to align with daylight saving time in 1940. The Pine Tree Limited and Kennebec Limited adjust routes and connection times, with temporary changes until the Piscataquis River bridge at Kittery opens. Passengers should note new departures from North Station and Bath with various connecting trains to Portland, Boston, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Boston & Maine
Pine Tree Limited
Piscataquis River
Kittery
Portsmouth
North Station
Brunswick
Bath
Kennebec Limited
Portland
Boston
Evening church service and library gifts in Georgetown
Georgetown notes a Baptist church service with Corliss Street Bath church union, music, and a sermon on A Necklace of Pearls. Morning theme The Witness of the Tent Pegs. Richards Library receives five new books. Community updates include visitors, relocations, and cottage stays around Georgetown Center and West Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Corliss Street
Bath
Richards Library
Mazc de la Roche
Tobias Wagner
Evelyn Waugh
B. M. Bowie
Rhoda Truax
Ladies’ Working League
Robert B. Thomas
Ernest
Jake" Heal
Gilbert Gunnell
John
T. N. Williams
Gunnells
Waltham
Mass
Lancaster
Gunnell
Hamilton Watch Co
Village Choir Testimonial Poem From Georgetown Church
A Georgetown village choir testimonial poem praises the singers for sustaining church life through winter and sorrow. It honors the choir’s melodies and service, noting their care for the ill and daily parish work while naming Mrs. Ernest G. Rogers recovering at home and visiting relatives in Bath and Hallowell.
Bath Brunswick Community Concerts Plans May Campaign
The Bath and Brunswick Community Concert association will open the subscription campaign for the fourth group of concerts the week of May 7. The committee discussed artists for next season including the Trapp Family Garbousova Jan Smeterlin the Boston String Quartet Renardy and Gladys Swarthout. Subscription sales fund the series and allow deferred payments. Mrs Carleton C Young of Brunswick chairs the committee and Prof Frederic Tillotson of Bowdoin College heads the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and Brunswick
Roland Hayes
Trudi Schoop
Argentinia
Don Cossack
Zimbalist
Brunswick
Carleton C. Young
Frederic Tillotson
Bowdoin College Department of Music
Fred D. Hill
Bath
Fred K. Sturtevant
Robert B. Hatch
George Baer Connard
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Margaret Mackinnon
Paul Boudreau
Obituary David Norton Heald 1873 1960 Bath Tin smith
David Norton Heald 67 a Bath Iron Works tinsmith died Wednesday at his home 510 Washington Bath Heald born Arrowsic February 21 1873 son of Jeremiah and Julia Heald moved to Bath 40 years ago and remained at Bath Iron Works attending the Christian Science church He is survived by his wife two stepdaughters five grandchildren one great grandson two nieces and three nephews Funeral service Friday at two at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Norton Heald
Bath Iron Works Corp
Washington Street
Heald
Arrowsic
Jeremiah
Julia Racliff Heald
Boston
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Christian Science Church
Alice E. Heald
Jennie H. Knight
Evelyn H. Young
Sidney B
James E
Marjorie L. Knight
David A
Alice E. Young
Robert Heald Knight
Wiscasset
Harold Bailey
Marion Heald
Malden
Mass
Charles A. Owen
South Portland
Melvurne
William Heald
Mr. Heald
Mrs Ruth S Newton 24 Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Ruth S Hodgkins Newton, 24, wife of Clark Newton of Auburn, died Tuesday at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston after a brief illness with complications. Born in Bath to Elwood B Hodgkins and Mabel Sparks Hodgkins she graduated Deering High 1934 and moved to Auburn post marriage. Survived by husband son David P of Auburn parents of Lewiston sister Mrs Harold G McAfee and Elwood B Hodgkins Jr of Portland. Funeral Friday at 1 p.m. in Dillingham and Son chapel, burial Evergreen cemetery Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth S. Newton
Clark Newton
Third Avenue
Auburn
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Newton
Bath
Elwood B
Mabel Sparks Hodgkins
Deering High School
David P
Harold G. McAfee
Elwood B. Hodgkins, Jr
Portland
Dillingham and Son Memorial
Evergreen Cemetery
Mrs W L Tremain Dies After Long Illness in Richmond
Mrs Willian L Tremain formerly of Bath died Tuesday morning at her daughter Mrs Blair's home in Richmond after a long illness. Born in Cape Breton Nova Scotia she moved to the United States in 1885. Survived by two daughters Mrs Blair and Mrs Clarence Boyles four sons Philin A William E Tremain Robert L and Glenville S Tremain thirteen grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren and one pervariant grandson. Funeral services held at Roberts funeral parlors Richmond with details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian L. Tremain
Bath
W. L. Blair
Richmond
Mrs. Trem
Cape Breton
N.S
United States
Blair
Clarence Boyles
North Weymouth
Mass
Philin A
William E. Tremain
Robert L
East Saugus
Glenville S Tremain
Westfield
Roberts Funeral
Death of Sir Bigsbee Foster in Orlando Pla
Stephen B Foster received word from Mrs William A Hil of the death Friday of her father Sir Bigsbee Foster in Orlando Pennsylvania where he lived with his son A W Foster formerly of Bath born May 28 1873 in Amherst son of the late Joseph and Arabella Kenniston Foster Survivors include his wife Dora Street Foster two sons Walter J Foster of Cincinnati and A W Foster of Orlando and a daughter Mrs Hill The funeral was in Orlando and the body cremated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Hil
Middle Street
Bigsbee Foster
Orlando
Pla
A. W Foster
Bath
Amherst
Joseph and
Arabella
Kenniston) Foster
Dora Street Foster
Walter J. Foster
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fla
Funeral services for Edgar W. Bailey in West Bath
Edgar W. Bailey longtime Woolwich resident died recently. The funeral proceeded Wednesday at Curtis funeral home in West Bath with Charles Brown of Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiating. Bearers included John H Carter Cyrus H Gilmore John C Gilmore and Frank Walker. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery Day's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Bailey
Woolwich
Foster's Point Road
West Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
John H Carter
Cyrus H. Gilmore
John C. Gilmore
Frank Walker
Riverside Cemetery
Day's Ferry
Five Islands School Closes For Ten Day Vacation
Five Islands School closes Thursday for a ten day break. A list of students with perfect attendance or spelling accuracy includes Barbara Pinkham Maureen Davis Madelon Pierce Jeanette Pinkham Evelyn Bold Rose Campbell Richard Campbell Charlotte Gray Russell Harford Gloria Landry Ida Mac Gillivary Mary Louise Pinkham and Betty Rittall. Teacher Miss Laura Harding stays in Boothbay during vacation. Additional notes mention local residents' illnesses moves and visits, with numerous families from Bath Kents ton Richmond and Woolwich seen at cottages and events around Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Pinkham
Maureen Davis
Madelon Pierce
Jeanette Pinkham
Evelyn Bold
Rose Campbell
Richard Campbell
Charlotte Gray
Russell Harford
Gloria Landry
Ida MacGillivary
Mary Louise Pinkham
Betty Rittall
Laura ‘Harding
Boothbay
Cleon Pinkham
Winchenbach
Bath
George Gray
Yarmouth
MacMahan Island
Clifford Gray
Richmond
Five Islands
Lawrence Bailey
Mt. Hope Cottage
Bailey
Franz Stevens
Sedgemere
Warner Eustis
Library
J. G. Stevens
Good Neighbor Club
Horace Rittall
Bulwarks Rise To Shield Cottages On Popham Beach
Crews erect bulwarks before cottages along the Popham Beach riverbank to stave off sea damage after a weekend and Monday northeast gale. Some homes remain at risk as high tides bring turbulent seas, but protection work aims to withstand future storms. The Dr E M Puller cottage and Lester Hathaway home were ruined beyond salvage and will be demolished. The Berwind Glen coal steamer, delayed by the storm, departed Parker Flats Tuesday morning as seas abated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
E. M. Puller
Lester Hathaway
Sume
Berwindglen
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Newport News
Bay Point survey widens Kennebec channel and spring flora
Federal surveyors mapped the Kennebec channel from Gilbert Head to Bay Point to widen it. Walter Powers and Walter Cunningham cleared rocks near the road, with Charles Burgess bringing the first Trailing Arbutus found on Bay Point. Observers note the Shad flower blooms with Arbutus, and tree swallows inspect birdhouses promising a full summer colony. The update lists numerous residents visiting Bath, camps on Kennebec Point and First Beach, and a birthday remembrance for Capt. Percy born January 28, 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
Gilbert Head
Bay Point
Walter Powers
Walter Cunningham
Charles Burgess
Roy's Market
New York State
Delaware River
Maine
H. A. Syanney
Bath
Clarence Kneeland
L. M. Spinne
Clyde Pinkham
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth
Eva Gaudet
Walter Perry
First Beach
Donald Avery
Harry Crosman
George Moses
Cynthia Ann
Harry
Stella Block
Maurice Burns
Lois
Edith Walton
Burns
James Frank
Bremen
Harry Stone
Auburn
Evelyn Pinkham
F. D. Wren
Paul
Boston
Kennebec Point
Lillian White
Albert Coombs
Blanche
Albert
Belmont
Mass
Ralph Carlisle
Frank LeClair
Frank Rideout
Edward Coombs
John
Ruth
Miss Coombs
Ray Oliver
Leila Oliver
Fred P. Taylor
Clayton
Edward Wren
Georgetown
Captain Harry P. Percy Death Notices Bath and Staten Island
Friends and relatives in Bath and Phippsburg regret the death of Capt. Harry Pearson Percy at the Marine Hospital Stapleton Staten Island on April 21. A lifelong seaman, he sailed as a boy on the Bath built Indiana and served in the Lighthouse Service and Navy before becoming a Hudson River pilot. He lived in Staten Island 50 years, was a Mason and Shriner, and his funeral was held with Masonic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and
Phippsburg
Harry Pearson Percy
Marine Hospital
Stapleton
Staten Island
Percy
Indiana
Iad
Daisy
Lghthouse
Jonn Rovers
Larkspur
Albany
Hope Lodge
A. M
N. Y
Mreea Temple
Mystic Shrine
George
Emerson Hill
Frank
Frederick H Stilphen 78 Had Long Career In Masonry
Frederick H Stilphen 78 well known stone and brick mason died Thursday at his son's home 66 Richardson Street after an illness that began Sunday He lived in Bath most his life and ran his own business for 40 years He helped build Patten Free Library Casco Castle and installed Yarmouth Water Works He also laid foundations for Bath National Bank and two churches He retired eight years ago Survived by son two sisters brother and two grandsons Clyde K Jr and William
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Stilphen
Clyde K. Stilphen
Richardson Street
Mr. Stilphen
Bath
Thomas and
Lydia Webster Stilphen
Patten Free Library
Charles DeWolfe
Casco Castle
South Freeport
Yarmouth
Bath National Bank
People's Baptist
Wesley Methodist
Stilphen
Bath Water District
Samuel Rogers
Hannah Curtis
West Bath
Annie McDougall
Arthur Stilphen
This City
Clyde K., Jr
William
Edgar W. Bailey obituary a Woolwich selectman dies at 71
Edgar W Bailey 71 longtime Woolwich selectman died suddenly Monday morning of a heart attack while eating breakfast at his home on Foster's Point road West Bath He was born in North Anson son of J Reed and Ellen Tozier Bailey moved with his family to Woolwich at age five later resided in West Bath He graduated Bath High School and Farmington Normal 1894 taught in several areas then farmed in Woolwich Retired to West Bath survived by son Alden at Morse High two brothers Frost of Harpswell Frank R Bailey Woolwich chairman of selectmen two sisters Florence Hathorne Woolwich and Sarah L Bailey Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Bailey
Woolwich
Foster's Point Road
West Bath
Mr. Bailey
North Anson
J. Reed
Ellen (Tozier) Bailey
Old Bath
Farming
Morse High
Frost Bailey
Harpswell
Frank R Bailey
Board of Selectmen
Florence Hathorne
Sarah L. Bailey
Gardiner
Death of George P. Bonney in Brookline Mass
Friends and relatives in Bath and Phippsburg mourn the passing of George P. Bonney in Brookline Massachusetts. Survived by widow, one son, one sister and two brothers, with summers spent at a Ridge home and Rangeley camp for fishing. No details yet released on the death or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Phippsburg
George P. Bonney
Brookline
Mass
Bonney
Hodgdon
Lee’s Island
Ridge
Mr. Bonney
George Bonney
Montgomery
Frederick
Miss Mary A. Durgin Dies in Portland Home
Miss Mary A. Durgin a pioneer employee of New Meadows Inn died Saturday at 11 Carroll Street Portland A native of Brunswick she was the daughter of the late William F and Rosa Durgin She trained at Trull Hospital Training School Biddeford and served about 20 years as head nurse at Corey Hill Hospital Brookline Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Durgin
New Meadows Inn
Carroll Street
Portland
Brunswick
William F
Rosa Durgin
Trull Hospital
Biddeford
Corey Hill Hospital
Brookline
Funeral for Frederick H. Stilphen at Oak Grove
The funeral of Frederick H. Stilphen, noted contracting brick and stone mason, was held Sunday afternoon at 66 Richardson Street. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers were George Burnham, William Waters, Everett Leonard, Milan Leonard. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Stilphen
Richardson Street
David L. Wilson
George Burnham
William Waters
Everett Leonard
Milan Leonard
Buriat
Oak Grove
Reception guests honor Mr and Mrs Wing at Hill home
Out of town guests at a reception honoring Mr and Mrs Harry Wing attended Saturday night at the home of Mr and Mrs William Hill at 645 Middle Street. Guests included Mr and Mrs Almont Wing Winthrop Mr and Mrs Irving Wing Auburn Arthur Wing Lewiston Mr and Mrs David Mitchell and Mrs Fred Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lb
Widow Juliette Landry Dies After Short Illness
Juliette Landry aged 23 wife of Didas J. Landry of 21 Raymond Court died Tuesday morning at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. A native of Berlin New Hampshire, she was a daughter of Narcesses and Mary Bedoin and had lived in Bath about three years. She leaves husband, two sons Robert and Richard, three sisters and two brothers. The body was sent to Berlin Tuesday afternoon for Thursday morning funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliette Landry
Didas J. Landry
Raymond Court
Hos
Berlin
N. H
Narcesses
Mary 'Fanchu’ Bedoin
Bath
Robert
Richard
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Warner Twins
Phyllis
Frances
Patricia Ann Jones
Lorraine Allain
West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Foreign Wars
Leon Williams
Leon, Jr
Olive
Thomas N. Williams
Williams
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston
Joseph F. Higgins
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Melrose
F. S. Koehlwetter
Helen
Inez Allen
North Sedgwick
Howard Fletcher
Ernest G. Rogers
Trufant Street
Mémorial Hospital
Trafton Swain
York
Swain
Joseph W. Larrabee
Carroll Burnham
North Bath
Mrs
James Cosgrove
Hallowell
Association
W. L. Tremain
Stephen B. Foster
E. W. Bailey
Nat Hassenfuss
Seguinland
D. R. Stevens
Victor Pinkham
Horace ©. Wade
Thelma Davis
Hope Berry
Herman Barter
Nancy
Clarence MacMahan
Delbert
Rittall
Arthur Marr
Parker Start
Mr. Start
Marr
Daniel Boynton
Malden Island
Clyde Caton
James DeWolfe
Isabel
Carrie Stevens
Jack Gibson
John Huskins
Harold Rowe
Carl
Donald Kenney
T. E. Cromwell
Leon
L. H. Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Charlotte Morrison
James B. Percy
Parker Head
Harry P. Percy
Selecteer Binecral
Critwenda Vey Servint
Moravien Venterers
Foster’s Point
F. H. Stilphen
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Ambulance Service
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