Richmond Doctor Sommer Dies After Coronary Thrombosis
Dr Robert Sommer a Richmond physician died suddenly at his home 59 South Front street from coronary thrombosis. Born in Vienna on December 19 1894 he studied there and practiced before moving to England then the United States in 1940. He is survived by his wife Matilda, a son Robert George Jr and siblings. Funeral services were private and the body sent to New York for cremation.
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Robert Sommer
Robert G. Sommer
South Front Street
Richmond
Dr. Sommer
Vienna
Joseph and
Matilda Knoepfelmacher Sommer
Vienna University
England
United States
Ohio
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Matilda Hberling Sommer
Robert George, Jr
Kurt Sommer
San Francisco
Cal
Ernest Koerner
Chicago
Ill
New York
St Ambrose church lawn party draws many locals
A large attendance filled the St Ambrose church lawn for a Thursday afternoon and evening party. Prizes on the fancy goods table included a luncheon set won by Mary OBrien and an afghan won by Elizabeth Marco. Several residents and visitors were listed as guests at area homes, with notes on births, travels, and local family ties.
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Taxpayers’ Association
Town Hall
James Carr
Elizabeth McFee
Oscar Emerson
Brunswick
Philip Watson
Taxpayers’ Associaion of
Auburn
Leslie Roberts
Harry Sykes
Morris Sidelinger
Curry Stiles
Vacation Bible School
Elizabeth Haynes
St. Ambrose Church
Mary O'Brien
Elizabeth Marco
Anna Machese
Janette Belevance
Jeanette Bellevance
Richard Strout
Edith Seamans
Tillie Bellevance
Althea McGinn
Herbert Webber
John Clegg
Nellie Cobb
Waterstreet
Brunswick Hospital
Chester Foster
North Front Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Diane
Charles St. Pierre
Edna Shaw
Miss Shaw
Webber Gilpatrick
St. Pierre
Percy York
Genevieve Irvine
Melrose
Mass
James MackKillop
George Litch
George Yeaton
River Road
Bath
Edwin F. Pratt
Pleasant Street
Hanover Inn
Hanover
N. H
Pauline Hutchinson
Maine General Hospital
Portland
South Front Street
Marilla Tarr
Julia Houdlette
Charles Stetson
Norwalk
Conn
Charles Blake
Frank Stetson
Litchfield
Miles Delano
Richmond High School
Camp Menatoma
Kent's Hill
Little Swan Island
Kennebec River
Hallowell
Sebago
Russell E. Ring
Russell Ring
Main Street
Donald W. Shoff
North Stratford
Margaret Louise Bishop
Neil Bishop
Bowdeinham
Emerson -Grammar School
Engagement announced in Georgetown and local notes
Miss Leona Holmes of New York City engages Whitney Brown son of Dr and Mrs J H Brown wedding planned soon. Working League met with Mrs Howard Trafton and plans a church vestry sale August 14 with no supper. Fog affects hay crop. Various local residents and visitors are named with travel and work updates from Bath to Boston.
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Leona Holmes
Henry A. Holmes
New York City
Whitney Brown
J. H. Brown
Georgetown
Working League
Howard Trafton
Russell Boyington
Malden Island
First Baptist Church
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro
N. H
Walter Beane
Malden
Mass
Ralph Carlisle
Wakefield
Kennebec Point
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Arlington
Charles Kenney
Webber
Bath
J. C. Bearce
Amy
Helen Lauriatt
Boston
Frank Brown
Melvin Cunningham
Stetson Fletcher
Wayland
Roy Newman
William A. Todd
Joseph Higgins
Dorothy W. Oliver
Walter Cummings
Portland
John Richards
Gardiner
Indian Point
Alfred Steadman
Virginia Steadman
Framingham
Lawrence Lowell
Jones Cottage
Mac Hagan
Auburn
Ernest Heal
H. E. Snow
J. C. Bearse
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Carroll P. Powers
Melrose Highlands
R. P. Todd
C. L. Hinckley
Parker Moulton
West Georgetown
Dalrymple Farm
POW Captivity and Family Updates From Bath Area News
PHIPPSBURG 1st Army member who married Elaine Nasi was a prisoner from December 16 to May 2. Germans marched his unit toward Austria before Americans recaptured. Capt Reaugh lost 40 pounds first month, then took a 65 day furlough with relatives in New Jersey and Newton, Kansas before re assignment. Mrs Reaugh attends University of California Berkeley during absence and plans to return this fall after attending Morse High in Bath.
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1St Army
Elaine
Austria
Reaugh
Ray
New Jersey
Newton
Kansas
University of California
Berkeley
Calif
Morse High
Bath
Residents Note Local Travel and Road Improvements
Wallace Ledaman is taking boot camp training at Manhattan Beach. Mr and Mrs Karol Mijel of Somerville Mass spend two weeks at the J K Bowker cottage. Carrie Little returns to Bath after visiting Alice Lancaster at Perry’s Cove. Carl Severin returns to Portland after two weeks at a New Meadows cottage. Meadow Brook residents praise road improvements by Howard Bowker widening graveling and grading from Hughes home to Jewell hill. Kenneth Percival and son Robert return to Portland after two weeks at the Tracy cottage.
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Bishop
Higgins Classical Institute
Charleston
Gorham Normal School
Ralph Faulkingham
George Ingling
New Brunswick
N. J
Faulkingham
Solon Fuhinton
North Front Street
Howard Farwell
Barbara
Sara
Spruce Point
Boothbay Harbor
Stanley Marr
Norwood
Mass
Pfc
Alfred Spaulding
U.S.A
West
Spaulding
Portland
George Kimball
Frank Preble
Lister Umberhind, Jr
North Carolina
Lister Umberhind
Reed Road
Frank Good
Philadelphia
Benny Moody
Main Street
Good
Moody
Donald
Larry
Ellsworth
Edwin Royal
Eben Baker
Sabina Winchenbach
Waldoboro
Linden Little
Greenfield
High Strret
Walter Espling
Herbert
Caribou
Jeanette Jordan
Robert Newell
Malden
Gertrude Baker
Frank Reynolds
Louise Oakes
Bath
Emma N. Williams
Karol Mijel
Somerville
Howard Bowker
Hughes
Jewell Hill
Kenneth Percival
Robert
Tracy Cottage
Robert Hammond
Elliot Kerns
William Marr
Victor Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Harland Pinkham
Hammond
Kerns
Marr
Charles Sims
Clifford Canning
Westbrook
Elsworth Pinkham
Frank Blake
Blake
Benjamin
Charles van Loon
Braintree
Norman Kenney
Everett Cromwell
Beulah Miller
Alice Cromwell
Charles Orsborn
Bible School
Orrin White
Wizza
Francis Bacon
Peter
L. H. Rowe
Robert L. Goodridge
USAAF
Goodridge
Glenda Howard
Howard
Norman Howard
Orville Rowe
Ellsworth Pinkham
Alton ‘Reed
Miles ‘Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Donald Bacon
Waltham
Blake Camp
Marilyn Booker
Lucille Fettig
Irving Booker
New York City
George Smith
Gertrude
Everett Hennon
Bessie Quimby
Army Plans 57.9 Million Pounds Peanut Butter For 1945
The Army announces a 57 900 000 pound peanut butter allotment for 1945. The announcement outlines the large scale procurement to feed personnel and support wartime nutrition efforts.
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Army
Five Islands Community Club and Bible School Notes
A crowded Community club meeting featured post-session games and prizes. The Vacation Bible School wrapped up its summer session with a church program and student exhibits, including songs, Bible verses, and recitations led by Robert Hammond and Elliot Kerns.
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Bigo
America
Jesus
Jesus Savior
Dorothy Leiber Arrives at Al liquippa House
Miss Dorothy Leiber of Balti more arrived Tuesday at the Al liquippa House, Small Point.
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Dorothy Leiber
Baltimore
Alliquippa House
Small Point
Sewall Family Reunion Hosted by Mrs Mark W Sewall
Mrs Mark W Sewall entertained a Sewall family reunion as a noon to two coffee event at 1127 Washington Street. Twenty eight relatives and friends attended amid summer flowers and shipyard paintings recalling the Sewall yards.
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Mark W. Sewall
Sewall
Washington Street
Grovenor Bachus
New York City
Dublin
N. H
L. Thompson
Washington, D. C
Oscar Sewall
USA
John J. Jayne
New Canaan
Kansas City
Kan
Edmund Bouchelle
Edmund Gardiner
Donald Sewall
Joseph Sewall
Boothbay Harbor
Frank Sewall
Kelley
Edward Sewall
Edward Sewall, Jr
Arthur Sewall
Mary Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Charles
This City
Wives Club to Meet at U S O Hall Thursday Evening
Army and Navy Wives club holds important business meeting at U S O hall Thursday at 8 o clock. Members and prospective members urged to attend. Officers elected June 21 include Mrs Vernon Stuber president and Mrs Edward McGuiggan vice president. Entertainment committee named.
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Army and Navy Wives Club
U.S.O
Ada Greenblatt
Buddy Madden
Boothbay Playhouse
Emily Reed
Navy
S.1
Edward Hanson
Engagement announced for Mary Esther Ellicott
Mrs. Katherine Ellicott of New York City announces the engagement of her daughter Mary Esther to Murray Gordon Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Charles F Thompson of Richmond Corner. A wedding is planned for the latter part of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Ellicott
New York City
Old Brunswick Road
Mary Esther
Murray Gordon Thompson
Charles F. Thompson
Richmond Corner
Dresden church completion and service notes
Sunday sermons at Dresden venues featured Dr. Alexander Cairns asking Quo Vadis and a sermon titled Jesus or Judas for the ladies, with a dog story junior talk. The Bridge Academy Special paper honors Sgt Adelbert Barter and Pvt Bernard Barter, both connected to postwar service and losses. Names include Mayers, Emerson, Sherbourne, Clough, Good, Bailey, Brouillette, Fitch, Tressell, Murray, Houdlette, Milligan, Bickford, and others with military postings and recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Cairns
L.L.D
South Dresden
Jesus
Judas
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clayton W. Mayers
Bridge Academy
Eleanor Emerson
Clara Sherbourne
Elizabeth Clough
Gorham Normal School
Avalon Good
Adelbert Barter
Pvt
Bernard Barter
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Bernard
Luzon
Salvation Army Seeks Funds for Its Annual Appeal
In Damariscotta on August 1, Mrs. I. R. Miles chairs the appeal as Mrs. Made line Bass and Miss Delma Sanborn begin a systematic fundraising drive in Damariscotta and nearby towns. Bass and Sanborn are accredited Salvation Army Public Relations workers urging residents to mail contributions to Treasurer Robert K. Tukey to save time and expenses for the cause.
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Damariscotta
I. R. Miles
Salvation Army
Madeline Bass
Delma Sanborn
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Adams widow of Charles Adams
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Adams widow of Charles A Adams were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence 819 High street. Rev Charles M Tubbs rector of Grace Episcopal church officiated. Bearers were Bartholomew O Donnell Joseph Wilson and Lucian Ames. Burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Adams
Charles A. Adams
Arthur F
Wallace Funeral Services Held at Sebasco Church
Funeral services for James Franklin Wallace were conducted Tuesday afternoon at two o clock in Sebasco Church conducted by Rev. Bickmore. Burial followed in the Sebasco Cemetery.
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J. F. Wallace
James Franklin Wallace
Sebasco Church
Rev. Bickmore
Sebasco Cemetery
D A R Members Meet for Red Cross Sewing
Members of Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R meet each Thursday at 10 a.m. in the sewing room to sew for the Red Cross. Much work remains and volunteers are urged to join for a few hours or the full session. Mrs Leonard Lord leads the sewing effort.
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Dummer Sewall
Red Cross
Leonard Lord
Obituary of Margaret Adams 78 Widow of Charles Adams
Mrs. Margaret Adams 78 widow of Charles A Adams died at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born May 14 1867 in Reading Pennsylvania she lived in Bath and Brunswick for 50 years. Survived by three daughters a granddaughter and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating. Burial in Oak Grove.
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Margaret Adams
Charles A. Adams
Memorial Hospital
Adams
Reading
George
Susan (Peiffer) Wittick
Bath
Brunswick
Wellington A. Moore
Weeks Street
Royal B. Harmon
Ernest T. Stanwood
Bartholomew O'Donnell
Colleen Margaret
Michael O'Donnell
Cape Elizabeth
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Leonard Decker 73 Committed at Riverside Cemetery Woolwich
A committal service was held at Riverside cemetery in Woolwich for Leonard Decker 73 of North Reading Massachusetts in a saturday ceremony. Rev Dr David L Wilson led the service. Decker a 1893 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy graduate long worked as a pharmacist in Salem Beverly and Manchester. He was Past Master of Starr King Lodge A F and A M and recently received the Veterans Jewel from the Salem lodge. He is survived by his wife Evelyn Thwing Decker a son Robert M Decker a daughter Ruth Hume Johnston and a grandson Richard G Hume all of North Reading and Waban Massachusetts.
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Riverside Cemetery
Woolwich
Leonard Decker
North Reading
Mass
David L. Wilson
Mr. Decker
Leonard B
Julia Trott Decker
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Salem
Beverly
Manchester
Starr King Jodge A. F. & A. M
Salem Lodge
Dicker
Evelyn Thwing Decker
Robert M. Decker
Waban
Ruth Hume Johnston
Richard G. Hume
Wallace James Franklin 60 dies in Sebasco
James Franklin Wallace aged 60 years 17 days died Sunday at his Sebasco home. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Sebasco church. Born July 12, 1885 in Sebasco, son of James D and Levine Wallace. Lifelong fisherman. Survived by father Alvah Wallace two sisters Mrs. Jennie Koehling and Mrs. Gertrude Humphrey and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Franklin Wallace
Sebasco
Mr. Wallace
James D
Levine Alexander Wallace
Alvah Wallace
Jennie M. Koehling
Gertrude Humphrey
Mrs Bertha E Young 75 dies at Bath widow of Noyse
Mrs Bertha E Young 75 widow of Noyse Young of 11 Dummer street Bath died Thursday afternoon Born at Lower Argyle Nova Scotia she was daughter of Isaac and Sarah Hamilton Survived by four sons Lewis Lawrence Richard Russell Young of Bath and one daughter Mrs William Catlin of Portland Funeral held at 11 Dummer street Sunday afternoon the service conducted by Rev C B Oliver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha E. Young
Noyse Young
Dummer Street
Lower Argyle
N. S
Isaac
Sarah Hamilton
Lewis H. Young
Lawrence Young
Richard Young
Russell Young
Bath
William Catlin
Portland
C. B. Oliver
Orvis Gray Died in Newport News At 4 30 P M
Orvis Gray former superintendent at the Pendleton shipyards during World War I died in Newport News Virginia on Thursday at 4 30 p m A telegram to Mrs James Gillespie Washington street confirms the death He left a wife and two sons and had lived in Bath at the William T Donnell house on Washington street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvis Gray
Pendleton
Newport News
James Gillespie
Washington Street
Bath
Gray
William T. Donnell
Waite Funeral Held for Frederick E Waite
Frederick E Waite died recently with funeral services at the Mayo Funeral Residence conducted by Rev Dr David L Wilson. Interment followed in East Clarendon Vermont Friday afternoon with the committal service led by Rev Graydon Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick E. Waite
Mayo
David L. Wilson
East Clarendon
Vermont
Graydon Brown
Miss Marion Wakefield and Mrs Russell Dalrymple Pass Away
Miss Marion Wakefield and Mrs Russell Dalrymple of Middle Street were reported to have died Wednesday in Portland, according to local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Wakefield
Russell Dalrymple
Middle Street
Portland
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