Richmond War Fund Quota Reached. Local Activities
The Richmond sophomore class cleared over 22 at its hop and the town has met the Red Cross war fund quota of 1333.33 with the drive closed. May events include the Fort Richmond chapter DAR postponement to May 13 and a Beulah Rebekah lodge donation to the cancer drive. Personal items note servicemen overseas promotions and arrivals, local visits, and family movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Red Cross War Fund
Fort Richmond
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Edward W Hall dies after year long illness at Dresden Mills
Edward Wesley Hall died Wednesday of last week at his daughter's home in Dresden after a year long illness. He was a Methodist church member in Dresden Mills. Survived by his wife Mary Lowell Hall six daughters Ruth Stilphen Dresden Laura Stilphen Richmond Nellie Ridlon Yarmouth Emily Goodwin Pejepscot Hazel Good Gardiner Avis Caston Kezar Falls 15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday at daughter Ruth Stilphen's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
James H. Fields
Naval Training
New York
Percy H. Baker, Jr
Percy H. Baker
Gardiner
Richmond
Army Air Force
Blytheville
Ark
Robert Prosser
Lowell
Malden
Everett
Hudson
Mass
James Mckhellop
Waterville
United Baptist Convention
Avis Caston
Florence Norton
George Doe
Kezar Falls
Laura Stilphen
Western Carver
Cobb Maternity Hospital
Nellie Cobb
Roland Bearce
Charles B. Day
Pleasant Street
Boston
Vinton Lewis
Edward Wesley Hall
Fred Stilphen
Dresden
Methodist Church of
Dresden Mills
Mary Lowell Hall
Ruth Stilphen
Nellie Ridlon
Yarmouth
Emily Goodwin
Pejepscot
Hazel Good
Central Ladies' Aid Post Easter Sale and Supper
The Central church Ladies' Aid held a post Easter sale and supper at the parish house. More than 100 dined on chicken salad, hot rolls, pie, and coffee. the sale ran from 2 pm until all items sold. Various members organized tables, tickets, kitchen, and dining room duties with spring flowers as centerpieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of
Central Church
Aid
Lionesses_ club
Richard Quick
Dora L. Howard
Margaret Foote
Frederick Edney
Albion L. Corliss
Jason A. Merrill
Luther Thompson
James T. Bonney
Alfred Rowe
Joseph Avery
Charles T. Jackson
George Tobey
Lewis Sanborn
George Rogers
Perry Thompson
George Wallace
John Grindell
Barbara Kenney
Howard McPhee
Marion Small
Nellie Page
Brown
Bath men attend meeting in Portland
Superintendent H A Ladd and Bath Board of Education chairman Edwin R Andrews joined more than 100 Maine educators and industrial leaders at a National Association of Manufacturers conference in Portland. The event kicks off a series of joint education industry meetings aimed at aligning schooling with industry needs across Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Ladd
Edwin R. Andrews
Bath Board of Education
Portland
National Association of Manufacturers
East and Hotel
NAM
National Industrial Information Committee
Maine
Restaurants Complying Over Wind Litter Nuisance
A local report notes littered streets with broken liquor bottles from wrapped papers after a Sunday wind. Citizens urged cooperation to curb the nuisance and warned of court action against those responsible. Mrs. Fred Wilburn of Quincy Mass visits the Footer home in North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardons
Fred Wilburn
Quincy
Mass
Robert Footer
Edward LeMoine
North Street
Georgetown social notes span birthdays and local events
Georgetown residents enjoyed a dinner honoring Mrs. Walter Powers for her birthday with Harold and Mrs. Hunt hosting. A fire near Nobleboro was contained after smoke sightings by Henry Reynolds and Norman Drummond. Community members visited Bath Iron Works launches and met locals including Dr. Thompson who received the Egleston medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hunt
Walter Powers
Nobleboro
Henry Reynolds
Norman Drummond
Georgetown
Reynolds
South Pacific
The
Independent
Robinhood Woods
Edward C. Clarey
New Jersey
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
John F. Thompson
International Nickel Company
Clarey
Thompson
Egleston
Columbia Engineering School Alumni Association
Columbia University Club
Walter S. Landis
American Cyanamide Company
Dr. Thompson
Five Islands Community Notes Round Up
The Five Islands Good Neighbor club held a well attended meeting. Mrs. Mellen Kimball is leaving as her husband enters the armed forces. Birthday and spelling honors were noted for several students at local schools. The Five Islands Fire Department tackled a pasture fire on the Bath road. Elsworth Pinkham marked his 80th birthday and his 55th wedding anniversary with family. A church service and library additions including books by Dr Seagrave and Dr Rousefield were reported alongside numerous visits, visitors, and small town movements among residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Mellen Kimball
Mrs. Kimball
Richard Campbell
Narvie Stevens
Reginald Pinkham
Clayton
Daniel MacGilvary
Arpa MacGillivary
Five Islands
Bath Road
Robinhood
Ellsworth Pinkham
Mr. Pinkham
McMahon Island
The
Baptist Church
O. F. Rowe
Audrey Pinkham
Maurice Pinkham
Arthur Cochrane
Ralph Cochrane
Myricks
Mass
George B. Wolstenholm
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Cochrane
Coast Guard
Carrie Stevens
Burma
Seagrave
Stilwell
Cyril Rousefield
Woolwich
China
Little Prince
Laura Briggs
Somerville
Beverly Rittall
Cleon Pinkham
Marlene Pinkham
Clayton Hanna
Dorothy
Daniel MacGillivary
Guests of Mr and Mrs Heal Visit in Various Cities
Guests of Mr and Mrs Ernest Heal include Mr and Mrs Joe Lane who spent the winter in Chicago and arrived recently Also Mrs Hazel Barter and Lawrence Perow were weekend visitors in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Heal
Joe Lane
Chicago
Hazel Barter
Lawrence Perow
Boston
Bath Iron Works group hosts band concert in Bath
The Bath Iron Works Athletic and Recreational Association sponsored a Sunday band concert at the Social Center on Washington Street. The New England Shipbuilding West Area Band conducted by Joseph L. Gaudreau performed a varied program including Herbert favorites and patriotic selections. Proceeds went to Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Athletic and Recreational Association
Washington Street
New England Shipbuilding West Area
Joseph L. Gaudreau
William S. Newell
Bath
Victor Herbert
Gate City
Welden
Former Mahan Colonist Passes Reverend George Pine dies at 91
Rev. George Stevenson Pine, dean of Rhode Island Episcopal clergy, died April 13 at Rhode Island Hospital after a fall fractured his hip. Born March 25, 1853 in Philadelphia, he served as rector at St Pauls Mission Providence and St Marks New Canaan among many posts, retired in 1927, remained active visiting hospitals until his fall, never married and lived at Bishop MacVicar House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stevenson Pine
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Hospital
Philadelphia
Pine
St. Paul's Mission
Providence
Church of the
Marlboro
Mass
Father Pine
R. IL
St. Paul's Church
Bishop MacVicar
Harvard University
Phi Betta Kappa
Abram Hornsinger
Theo McNeill
Pine Street
Bath
Miss Pine
MacMahan Island
Effie Hunt Bowker Dies in Portland Convalescent Home
Mrs. Effie Hunt Bowker widow of Frank Bowker longtime Livermore Falls resident died Thursday in a Portland convalescent home after five years as a patient. She was born in Brunswick daughter of Benjamin and Abbie Hunt. Survived by two daughters Helen Bowker of Portland and Mrs. Robert Eastman of Fryeburg three brothers John and Edward Hunt of Portland and Frank Hunt of Brunswick and a sister Mrs. Florence Blake of Framingham Mass. Funeral services were held Sunday at Hay and Peabody Portland with burial planned for spring in Livermore Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie (Hunt) Bowker
Frank Bowker
Livermore Falls
Portland
Brunswick
Benjamin
Abbie (Parsons) Hunt
Helen Bowker
Robert Eastman
Fryeburg
John H. Hunt
Middle Street
Edward Hunt
Middle Street, This City, and Frank Hunt
Florence Blake
Framingham
Mass
Hay & Peabody Funeral
Congress Street
Casualty Figures From Allied Forces Prisoners of War
Latest figures show 33 223 American service members held by the enemy as POWs with 1 902 deaths since capture. Office of War Information covers Pearl Harbor to April 7. Army POWs total 382 048 and Navy 9 282. War Prisoners Aid provides aid to prisoners and civilian internees in enemy camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air
National War Fund
John P. Carey
Sagadahoc County
Navy
Obituary of Mrs. Mary Dickey McIntire 74
Mrs. Mary Dickey McIntire 74 of West Warwick R I died at home after a long life spanning Nova Scotia Bath and West Warwick She was wife of Clarense McIntire mother of Rev Harry McIntire of Providence and sister and brother survivors include a son two siblings and she belonged to Corliss Street church Myrtle lodge Odd Ladies and the Government of Maine Her body was moved to Bath and burial followed in Oak Grove with a church service led by Rev Leon F Kenney and Rev Frederick P Moffatt Bearers included Wilfred W Chaney Robert Mitchell Charles Colby Atty Ralph O Dale Warren McIntire George McIntire of this city George Dale of Portland and Ralph Remington of Hope R I
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dickey McIntire
West Warwick
R. L
Clarense McIntire
Nova Scotia
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Corliss Street Church
Leon F. Kenney
Peoples Church
Providence
Frederick P. Moffatt
Oak Grove
Wilfred W. Chaney
Robert Mitchell
Charles Colby
Ralph O. Dale
Warren McIntire
George McIntire
This City
George Dale
Portland
Ralph Remington
Hope
R. I
Mrs. Cora Idella Hunnewell dies at 74 in Woolwich
Mrs. Cora Idella Hunnewell 74 widow of James A Hunnewell of Sagadahoc Ferry died at her son J Vinal Hunnewell home after a weeklong illness. She was born November 9 1869 in Woolwich and lived there all her life. Surviving are two sons J Vinal Hunnewell and C Douglas Hunnewell a sister Miss Angie Hunnewell a brother J Edgar Hunnewell and three granddaughters. Burial at Murphy Corner cemetery Woolwich after services at Curtis Funeral Home Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Idella Hunnewell
James A. Hunnewell
Sagadahoe Ferry
J. Vinal Hunnewell
Woolwich
Charles A
Olivia (Adams) Hunnewell
Hunnewell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Murphy Corner
Miss Beatrice Small former Barrows secretary dies at 50
Miss Beatrice Mildred Small 50 of Newport former secretary to Ex-Governor Barrows died suddenly at her brother Elmer Q. Small’s home in Lisbon Falls. Born November 13 1893 in Bowdoinham she attended Bowdoinham High School and Shaw Business College. She served as secretary to Barrows in State Department and governorship and was a Past Matron of Nokomis chapter OES Newport. She is survived by her brother an uncle and aunt and two nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Mildred Small
Newport
Lewis O. Barrows
Elmer Q. Small
Lisbon Falls
Miss Small
Bowdoinham
Elmer E
Jennie P. Small
Bowdoinham High School
Shaw Business College
Portland
Barrows
Nokomis Chapter
O.E.S
Harold E. Cheney
Infant son of James W. Stone Jr. dies. services set
James William Stone Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Stone, born Jan 6 in this city, died after a short illness at Memorial hospital. Survived by parents, paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone, and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ariel Post. Prayers at Curtis Funeral Home Thursday noon. services private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Stone
James W. Stone
Union
Memorial Hospital
James W
Marilyn (Good- Win) Stone
Robert Stone
Ariel Post
Rockland
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Lewiston Visit By Keegan Family Members
Mrs John J Keegan and sister Mrs William Esmond with Barbara daughter visited Lewiston for the day staying with friends and attending local social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
William Esmond
Barbara
Lewiston
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England
William Coates
Norfolk
Wilber Gilpatrick
Edna Shaw
Dorchester
Gilpatrick
Dorothea Celia Rose
William James Brion
Harry Curran
North Front Street
Punta Gorda
Fla
Curran
Gordon
Clayton H. Esty
Boynton Street
Italy
Fifth Army
Robert D. Cate
Kesign Field
River Road
Charles Kelley
Presque Isle
Monticello
Marguerite Manwaring
R. N
Augusta
Main Street
Blaine Jack
Ray Stanholm
Thomaston
Richard Witham
Billie Wing
Richard
Carroll Greenleaf
Horace Purinton
Harriet Ormondroyd
Sanford
L. W. Oddy
Sears New
Sears
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Wiscasset
Damariscotta
Enterprise
Edward W. Hall
Central Ladies’ Aid
Martha Bowen
Charles Alexander
Harold Brown
Harry Horne
Benjamin Riggs
Winthrop
Chapman
Aubrey Fullerton
Hunt
Fullerton
Helen Walker
Dorothy Stuart
John Olsen
Long Cove
Seward Emmons
West Georgetown
Beatrice Abbott
Joseph Higgins
Roland Peterson
Bath Iron Works
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth Deering
Roy Newman
William Chesna
Mildred Easler
Bangor
George Powers
Joan
Janice Olson
John Blackie
Blanche Westall
Harry Carlisle
Thibodean House
Mae Hagan
Ray Dunkling
Plainfield
James Oliver
Wallace Pierce
Clarence Oliver
John Calloway
USCG
Herman Barter
Charlotte Gray
Edith Skelton
Charles Andre
Virginia Andre
Vincent Davis
Eleanor
Kittery
Davis
Lester Davis Ransom Sawyer, Jr
Pvt
Donald Nichols
Andrew Rowe
Clinton
Georgetown Center
Ida Magro
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Branwell Harford
Arletta Harford
Carl Cunningham
Taylor House
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Lulu Powers
Erland Moore
Richard Bowman
Herbert Hunt
Kathleen Rittall
Albert Moore
Osteopathic Hospital
Herbert Miles
Groveton
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Groveton, NH
U.S Pierce
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D. L. Howard
Alton Reed
Reed
Clinton Hanna
Capt
George Hanna
Paul Pierce
George MacKinnon
Mary Fossett
Mellon Kimball
Lock’s Mills
Arthur Nelson
Benefit of Memorial Hospital
Lake March of the Toys
Nordland
Fortune Teller
Mlle. Modiste
Eileen
Shirley Plummer
Band
March
Bombasto
O. R. Farrar
Ballet Egyptien
Alex Luigini
Paul Yoder
Goodby Broadway
Berlin
No-Man’s Land
Miss Plummer
Victory
Tropicana
Stone March
John Phillip Sousa
Damroche
Sousa Miss Plummer
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Gilchrist
Beaconstreet
Dawson
Gilchrist
Barbara Genthner
Ruth Presley
A. M. George Gumbley R.N
A. M. Sidney Metcalf
Ron
Mrs. Effie Hunt Bowker
Bath Man
Pearl Harbor
Mrs. Clarence M'Intire
West Warwick, R. L
Cora I. Hunnewell
Beatrice Small
Goverernor Barrows
James W. Stone, JR
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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