Richmond Youth Center Opens With Noted Support
The Richmond Youth Center opened Thursday night April 19 with strong attendance. Lions Club furnished rooms while Mac Killop received credit for preparing the space. The center hosts Sunday evenings from seven to ten and Saturday evenings for seventh and eighth graders. May 4 is set for high school Junior declamations with tryouts this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion’s Club
MacKillop
Richmond High School
Bridge Academy
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Queen Esther Lodge
Bath
Dexter and
Milo Rebekah
Frances White
Lucy
George Kimball
Isaac Sergent
Brighton
Earl Farley
Gardiner General Hospital
Mertie Fickett
Laura Whitmore
Gardiner
Susan Borjesson
Bert Faulkner
Washburn
Paul McKinon
Main Street
Melvin Curtis
Myrtle Street
Portland
William Berry, Jr
Gardiner Gental Hospital
Local Family News From Litchfield Area
Summer home on the Brunswick road this past week. Mrs Laurelle Vahue and daughter Glenda were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Danforth in Litchfield. Hester McCormick, Petty Officer, RCNVR, left for Sidney Nova Scotia after visiting John McCormick and family on North Pleasant street. Harold Carr purchased the Farmers Union store in Randolph. Nathaniel Gilpatrick purchased the former D Small place on South Front street. The Gilpatrick place on White street has been sold to Everett King of Bath. George Gilbert and family returned to the County road home after living in the village this Winter.
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Gardiner Andrews
Main Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Raymond Curtis
Pvt
France
Solon Purinton
Charles ‘Rogers
South Pleasant Street
Miler
North Front Street
Rogers
River Road
Miriam Fredericks
Portland
Gerald Fredericks
Arthur Faulkner
Kenneth
Reading
Mass
Faulkner
Dewey Fisher
Fisher
William Meserve
Earl Paine
Rodney
Larry
South Portland
Bernard F. Mann
Clifton Jacobs
Clifton
Tommy
Auburn
Harry Sulphen
Burleigh Ridlon
Seth Ridlon
Yarmouth
Ridlon
Laura Stilphen
Charles B. Day
Pleasant Street
Raymond Libby
Robert Somer
South Front Street
New York
Leslie Roberts
Carla Roberts
Augusta
Annie Farley
Hartford
Conn
George Yeaton
Walter Trott
Ralph Trott
West Haven
Brunswick Road
Laurelle Vahue
Glenda
Charles Danforth
Litchfield
Hester McCormick
RCNIR
Sidney
Nova Scotia
John McCormick
North Pleasant Street
Harold Carr
Farmers Union
Randolph
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
D. Small
Gilpatrick
White Street
Everett King
Bath
George Gilbert
Harold Hunt
Michael Morris
Peterson Place
Riggs
Benjamin Riggs
Walter Beane
Malden
Earle Hagan
Bath Iron Works
Charles Kinney
Robinhood
Kinney
George Laskey
Edith Powers
Ralph Dunton
Raphael Higgins
Higgin
C. L. Hinckley
Clarence Oliver
Maynard Thibodeau
Edwin Pinson
Clement V. MacMahan
Vincent MacMahan
Lauretta M. Jones
Deermont House
George Powers
Boothbay
Parker Moulton
Wareham
West Georgetown
Roland Peterson
J. A. Bevea
Garland
Elden Hartley
Aubrey Fullerton
Hartley
Salerno
Italy
Joe Lane
Melrose
Perley Kieth
Danvers
Alvah Reynolds
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur Burnham
Cooper's Mills
Hugh Eisenhower
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Frederick Harvey
Victor Hagan
Kenneth Wyman
Mere Point
Laskey
Ray Dunkling
Wiscasset
Clarke Matthews
Pinson’s
Thomas Watson
Georgia
Joan Marr
Quincy
Marr
Somme
John Huskins
Milburn Stevens
Narvie
Benjamin
Lisbon Falls
Lermond Davis
Arthur Cochrane
Jacqualin Sawyer
Myrick
Mathew Buttler
Charles
West Roxbury
Everett Ford
Hyde Park
P. B. Savage
Cecil Stevens
Vernon E. Gray
Charles Hanna
Ruth Hanna
Belgrade
Harlan Pinkham
Pinkham
William Farr
Zetta Higgins
Freddie Rassmussum
Wakefield
Woodrow Gray
Sc. Usn
Georgia Final
Erland Moore
Lulu Hanna
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn Berry
Mark Porter
USN
West Bath Grange Announces May Ball And Minstrel Show
West Bath grange presented a program featuring a piano solo, poems, and contests. It announced the May Ball at the grange hall on May 4 with a minstrel show and rehearsals under way led by Arthur Lemont and William Small Jr.
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West Bath Grange
Rockies
The
Grange
Carlton Andrews
Bertha Ward
David Henderson
James B. Lemont
Marie
Vivian White
Frances Young
Thelma Sylvester
Betty Weeks
Andalucia
Ella Coombs
Grange Hall
Annie Lemont
Martin Crocker
Laura White
Ethel MacDonald
Frank Donnell
Florence Farnham
Perry Thompson
Gerald Weeks
John Sylvester
Alfred Neal
Arthur C. Lemont
William H. Small, Jr
David Fields
John Howe
Ferdinand Coombs
Edwin W. Haggett
Sylvester
Mildred Weeks
Woolwich Mountain School Mothers Club Meeting Notes
Woolwich Mountain School Mothers' club met at Mrs. J. W. Gowdy's home with Mrs. Edith Weston hosting. Plans for the rest of the school year were discussed, a social hour enjoyed, and refreshments served. Next gathering will be with Mrs. Fernald Bailey on Thursday. Attendees included Mrs. Jay Bailey, Mrs. Ralph Knowles, Mrs. Frank Reynolds, Mrs. Harvey Chubbuck, Mrs. J. M. Gowdy, and Mrs. Fernald Bailey. Earl Bailey is at the Naval Training Station in Sampson New York for boat training after enlisting in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain School Mothers’ Club
J. W. Gowdy
Edith Weston
Fernald Bailey
Jay Bailey
Ralph Knowles
Frank Reynolds
Harvey Chubbuck
J. M. Gowdy
Earl Bailey
Moody Family Guests At Clifton Street Home
Mrs. George Moody and her children Mary and Peter of Machias visit Mr. and Mrs. George Moody on Clifton street. Mr. Moody Jr. of the U S A A F has returned to his post after furlough with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moody
Mary
Peter
Machias
Mr. Moody
Clifton Street
Mr. Moody, Jr
Georgetown Social News Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Community notes record birthdays at the Hunt residence honoring Mrs. Walter Powers with gifts and refreshments. A Working League gathering hosted by Mrs. Ralph Davis saw ten attendees. Multiple visits, travels, and renovations appear near Bath and Georgetown, including stonework on the Riggs site and summer guests from Malden and Boston.
Local boat towing and cattle trades noted at Five Islands
Carlton Brown and Clinton Beals of Phippsburg visited Five Islands in Mr Beals power boat. They towed home a boat Brown bought from Gilbert Standish. Ralph Davis recently purchased a fine Guernsey cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Mass
Carlton Brown
Clinton Beals
Phippsburg
Islands
Mr. Beals
Mr. Brown
Gilbert Standish
Ralph Davis
Guernsey
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans May Breakfast
Cosmopolitan Garden club met Monday to finalize plans for the annual May Breakfast on Tuesday. Members voted to pack two Birthday Boxes monthly for Togus service boys and to use May Breakfast proceeds for community betterment. The next meeting May 14 will host the Regional luncheon with state president Mrs Edward Merrill as a guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Fred Quimby
Camp and Hospital Service
The
Red Cross
Warren Hawley
Togus
Morris Povich
Elmer Eldridge
Garden Club
Edward Merrill
Skowhegan
Topsham Soldier Earns Bronze Star in Italy
Private First Class Roy K. Combs of Topsham Maine received the Bronze Star for heroism on the Fifth Army front in Northern Italy. A surgical technician with the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, he moved to aid wounded comrades after a mine attack and lost a leg to another explosion. He also bears a Purple Heart and is married to Barbara S. Combs of 10 Highland Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Italy
Roy K. Combs
Topsham
Maine
Combs
87Th Mountain Infantry Regiment
10Th ‘‘Mountaineer
United States Army
Barbara S. Combs
Highland Street
Kora Temple Ceremonial in Lewiston This Friday
Lewiston hosts the Spring Ceremonial of Kora Temple likely its largest in years. Banquet from 4 30 to 7 pm, band concert at six, candidates report at 6 30, ceremonies start seven after Arab Patrol drill. A short business session follows and many will cross the hot sands to Mecca. A good-night lunch at ten completes the program. Shriners urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kora
Lewiston
Mecca
Topsham Man Awarded Purple Heart for Europe Action
Pvt. Loring R. Smith of Topsham, son of Mrs. Blanche Smith, 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion, U S A, earns the Purple Heart for injuries in Western Europe on March 19. He is a rifleman and has returned to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Loring R. Smith
Blanche Smith
Topsham
52Nd Armored Infantry Battalion
Europe
Pvt. Smith
Mrs. Tobey Returns Home After Fortnight Hospital Stay
Mrs Harold Tobey of Willow Street is back home after a two week stay at Memorial Hospital for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tobey
Willow Street
Memorial Hospital
Five Islands Community News Highlights and Visits
Mrs Harlan Pinkham hosted the Good Neighbor club with 11 members and six guests, a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Merton Pinkham, and plans for an Honor Roll at Five Islands church. The note lists many local residents visiting, traveling, and attending various events around Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Pinkham
Good Neighbor Club
Merton Pinkham
Five Islands Church
Erland Moore
Lovica Moore
Victor Pinkham
Philip Pinkham
Kathleen Rittail
Franz Stevens
William Marr
Lloyd Pinkham
Edith McMahan
Rudolph Pinkham
Georgia Final
Bath
Donald Stevens
Bayonne
N. J
Mary Louise Pinkham
North Yarmouth
Adamey
Joan Marr
Thomas Watson
Quincy
Mass
Islands
Hagan’s Cove
Hobby
Lermond Davis
Davis
Obituary of Henry Enman 75 Pioneer Lumberman and Farmer
Henry Enman 75 died at his daughter Mrs. Owen Richards 593 Washington St after a short illness. Born in Wellington P E I Canada Aug 7 1869 he was a contractor lumberman and farmer who moved to Bath six years ago. He is survived by his wife Ina, daughter, sister, half siblings and three grandchildren. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug 15. Funeral services were held in Bethel with burial in Upton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Enman
Owen Richards
Washington Street
Wellington
Canada
Daniel
Bridget (Flynn) Enman
Enman
Bath
Congregational Church
Upton
Ina (Fuller) Enman
Richards
Margaret Creighton
LaToque
Quebec
William Simmons
Portland
David Enman
Andover
Albert Enman
Rumford
Clayton Richards
Pacific
Beverly and
Otis
Bethel
Greenleaf Funeral Home
Mrs Emma Purinton 80 Dies After Bowdoinham Fire Tragedy
Mrs Emma Purinton 80 widow of Clarence O Purinton of Bowdoinham died at Scammon Nursing Home Topsham after six weeks as patient following Bath Memorial Hospital transfer from her home burned in December tragedy. She was born April 24 1865 in Litchfield daughter of Melville and Mary Adams educated in Litchfield schools member of Merrymeeting grange Electa chapter O E S Bowdoinham. Funeral Friday Laws Funeral Parlor Brunswick with Rev Paul West Bowdoinham officiating. Burial in Litchfield Plains. Survived by four stepsons Cyrus L Purinton George B Arthur E and Ellis C living in Maine and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Purinton
Clarence O. Purinton
Boewdeinham
Scammon
Topsham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Purinton
Litchfield
Melville
Mary (Smith) Adams
Bowdoinham
Merrymeeting Grange
Electa Chapter
O.E.S
Laws Funeral
Brunswick
Paul West
Bowdeinham
Litchfield Plains
Cyrus L. Purinton
High Street
George B
Portland
Arthur E
Fitchburg
Mass
Ellis C
Beverly
Mrs Dorothy Syde dies after surgery in Bangor
Mrs Dorothy Syde 34 wife of Dustin Syde a former Bath resident died at Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor after surgery. She was born in Bangor trained as nurse at Peter Bent Brigham. Surviving husband a five day old daughter four sisters and one brother. Funeral held from Bangor home of sister Mrs Harold Holmes with burial at family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Syde
Dustin Syde
Bath
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School
Syde
O.bs. of
Carmel
Garden Club of
Farm Bureau of
John Fowler
Norcross
Everett Watters
Patten
Harold Holmes
George Morrison
Warren Rand
Old Town
Mt. Vernon Street
Edward Syde
Morse High School
Charles Syde
Marcia Sreet
Bath school children set record with scrap paper drive
Bath pupils collected forty seven tons of scrap paper breaking all previous records. The prior drive yielded forty five tons, which had stood as the high mark until now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Susan M McLaughlin dies at 85 in Bath
Susan M McLaughlin 85 wife of William E McLaughlin of Bath died at Memorial hospital Thursday afternoon after a long illness She formerly lived in Wisconsin and had long been a Bath resident after moving here years ago
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Wiscasset
Bath
Susan M. McLaughlin
William E. McLaughlin
Memorial Hospital
Mrs McLaughlin Dies at Bath After Illness
Illness confined her to home. Born in Wiscasset on June 28, 1859 to John and Mary McFadden. She married McLaughlin and moved to Bath 60 years ago. Member of Corliss Street Baptist church and Queen Esther Rebekah lodge. Survived by son Harry D. McLaughlin of New London and eight nieces and one nephew. Funeral Sunday at Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
John
Mary McFadden
McLaughlin
Bath
Corliss Street
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Nellie M Soule Dies at 68 in Woolwich
Mrs. Nellie M. Soule widow of Charles L. Soule died at her Woolwich home Tuesday morning at age 68 years 7 months and 17 days. Born in Dresden she was the daughter of Henry C. and Emma Hatch. Surviving are two sons Lewis H. Soule of Woolwich and George E. Soule of Boothbay Harbor and two daughters Mrs William Wright and Mrs Ernest Stilphen of Woolwich. Also 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She long belonged to the South Dresden church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie M. Soule
Woolwich
Charles L. Soule
Soule
Dresden
Henry C
Emma Pusnard Hatch
George E
Boothbay Harbor
Lewis H
William Wright
Ernest Stilphen
William Smith of Skowhegan Dies After Illness
William Smith of Skowhegan died Monday afternoon at four o'clock at Memorial Hospital after being found ill on the street and carried there. He did not regain consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Skowhegan
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Nellie Soule Funeral Set In Woolwich
Nellie M Soule who died at her Woolwich home will be laid to rest at South Dresden church Thursday at two in the afternoon. Survived by immediate family and three sisters Amy Cromwell Stella Seigars of Woolwich Ida Gibbs of Wiscasset, and a brother Harry Hatch of Dresden. Interment in Maple Grove South Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie M. Soule
Woolwich
South Dresden
Amy Cromwell
Stella Seigars
Ida Gibbs
Wiscasset
Harry Hatch
Dresden
Maple Grove
Names of the Months Across Roman Origins
The piece explains how each month derives from Roman names and meanings. January honors Janus, February purifies from a Roman festival, March taps Mars, April means opening, May honors Maia, June for Juno, July and August honor Julius and Augustus Caesar, while September through December reflect numbers from the old Roman calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janus
Mars
Aperio
Maia
Mercury
Olympus
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Ear Damage in Ironworkers Reaches Boilermaker Deafness
The article notes years of recognition that noise harms hearing among ironworkers and refers to the condition as boilermaker's deafness. It explains the ear lacks a mechanism to filter excessive noise unlike the eye's iris.
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