Emerson Lane Legion Auxiliary hosts outdoor supper meeting
Richmond scene recounts an outdoor supper and meeting by Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary at Mrs. Elizabeth McFee home. Visitors include Mrs. Taresa Smedberg who spoke on legion auxiliaries work. Plans set for Kennebec County Council meeting August 8 with hosts including Emerson Lane Post and AGmIEEY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson-Lane Post
Aemaican Legion Auxiliary
Elizabeth McFee
Taresa Smedberg
Coty
Waterville
Peacock Tavern
Besoth
Pleasant Pond
Howard Farwell
Barbara
Sarah
New Bedford
Mass
Maine
Joy Ellen Savage dies after fall in Nashua family
Joy Ellen Savage 2 died after a fall in her Nashua home and died in a Boston hospital. Born July 14 1949 in Livingston New Jersey she was the daughter of Lowell and Esther Savage and sister to Lowell David. She is survived by grandparents Russell King Bangor. Funeral services were held in Bangor and burial followed at Mt Hope Cemetery Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Ellen Savage
Lowell
Esther
Ring) Savage
Nashua
N. H
Boston
Livingston
N. J
Lowell David
Russell King
Bangor
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Charles Mitchell Home on Furlough from Austria
Charles Mitchell, known as Charlie, returns home on furlough with his father Horace Mitchell of upper Washington street after four years in Austria. A former Bath Bus Co. driver, he plans to reenlist for six more years and uses leave to reconnect with old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mitchell
Austria
Horace Mitchell
Upper Washington Street
Community notes and visits around Dresden Mills area
Miss Carolyn Sheldon visits Bowdoinham relatives while Bruce and Philip Alexander join the National Guard at Pine Camp. Numerous local residents host, travel, or work nearby, including Red Cross secretary Mrs. George Vaughn of Boothbay Harbor, and a St Johns Episcopal Church service led by Lee Harrison. A newborn at Gardner General Hospital and local PTA Sodium fluoride therapy highlight a busy local scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Sheldon
Harold Rollins
Bowdoinham
Bruce
Philip Alexander
National Guard, Co. M Infantry
Pine Camp
Kenneth Swasey
Rebecca
Gardiner
Swasey
Arthur Siegars
West Dresden
George Vaughn
Boothbay Harbor
Cedar Grove
Merton Emerson
Vaughn
Lincoln County
American Red Cross
Hollis Brannen
Kennebunkport
Blanch Herbert
St. John’s
Ernest Cates
Georgetown
John E. Hale
Alfred Houdlette
Bath
Nova Scotia
Horace Gilpatrick
Dresden Mills
Popham
Carleton McCobb
Charles McDonald
Samuel McDonald
June Bailey
Wallace Rittall
Fred Allen
Robert Wilson
Ipswich
Mass
Carle Longfellow
Sheldon
Davis Camps
Wiscasset
Seth Grover
Juanita
Helen
Framingham
Oscar Bailey
Frank Anderson
Arthur Brouillette
Pearl
WAC
Germany
Logan Skogsberg
Bloomfield
N. J
Grace Blanchard
Somerville
Samuel Burke
PTA
Bridge Academy
Eastern River Grange
Thaddeus
Ethel Reed
Anna White
Dept. Reed
Eric Brouillette
Karen
Kim
Gardiner General Hospital
Priscilla Frances Given Kitchen Shower at J J Newberry
Co workers at the local J. J. Newberry store hosted a surprise kitchen shower for Priscilla Frances at the home of Mrs. Arlene Anderson on Washington Street. The house was decorated in yellow and light blue. Gifts were exchanged, games played, and refreshments served with guests Kay Burns Betty Csorosz Blanche Gillies Minnie Wars Mell Blade Chris Watts Dot Wood Clair Reynolds Beverly Coombs Virginia Reed and Roberta Oliver in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Frances
J. J. Newberry
Arlene Anderson
Washington Street
Mrs. Anderson
Kay Burns
Betty Csorosz
Blanche Gillies
Minnie Wars
Mell Blade
Chris Watts
Dot Wood
Reynolds Family Plans Natick Visit at Suitphen Cottage
Mrs. Lester Reynolds will visit Natick with son Peter and daughter Elizabeth for a fortnight this weekend. Mr. Reynolds, from Bath Iron Works, will stay in Natick to manage a restaurant business he set up there. Mrs. Reynolds is Elizabeth Lee of Bath, daughter of Mrs. Edward J. Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Reynolds
Peter
Elizabeth
Natick
Mass
Brigham’s Cove
Reynolds
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Elizabeth Lee
Bath
Edward J. Lee
Georgetown Church Pastor Resigns Amid Respectful Farewell
In Georgetown Center First Baptist Church after Rev Cleaves Henderson delivered the Mountain Top Experiences talk on Elijah he announced his resignation. Parishioners and the two Baptist churches mourn the loss of his zeal and toil with teens and children. Announced also were the Working League sale at Georgetown Central school Aug 7 and the choir presentation postponement to Aug 14 at Overlook hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleaves Henderson
First Baptist Church
Elijah
Carmel
Georgetown Central School
Overlook
Henderson
Georgetown
Hendersons resign and farewell service set Sept
Five Islands community news notes Rev Cleaves Henderson resigns to take a church in Easton with farewell service planned for Sept 9. He and Mrs Henderson have served the parish three years and are praised as exemplary in Christian living. A baptism is planned at Sedgemere Beach. Various local visits, gatherings, and travel are noted among residents and guests at Harmon's Harbor and Sedgemere Road cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Cleaves Henderson
Henderson
Easton
Sedgemere Beach
Stafford’s Beach
William Shorey
Providence Bible Institute
Wilmot Wolfe
Naperville
Ill
Nat Hasenfus
Harmon’s Harbor
Jacob P. Kunz
Fred White
Carl Welling
South Weymouth
Mass
P. B. Savage
William McGrath
Marion L. Stevens
Clarence MacLaughlin
Gardiner
J. G. Stevens
Harlan Pinkham
Walter Weinzheimer
California
Edda Needham
Helen Huskins
Rangeley
Irving Booker
Cornersville
Ind
Wilbert Wolfe
Lyndonville
N. S
Bina Marr
Quincy
Thomas Watson
Grainger
Peterboro
N. H
Malden Island
Cora Pinkham
Glenda Pearson
Marilyn MacGillivary
Young Peoples’ Gospel
Edward Cleary
Robinhood
Vernon E. Gray
William Gradey
Roxbury
Thompson Cottage
Carl A. Rasmussen
Cpl
Dennis Moore
Stanley Lewis
Barbara
Jill
Onset
Peter Bacon
L. H. Rowe
Frank Allard
South Danville
Leon Williams
Waltham
Johnson Cottage
Sedgemere Road
James Hyatt and Son
Brighton
Pleasantville
Mr. Hyatt
Edgar Rowe
Percy Wilkins
Lewiston
Kenneth Smith
Kittery
Victor Pinkham
Francis Bacon
Fettig
Indiana
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Rupert
Dolph
Pine Valley
N. Y
Drinkwater
Bath
Nelson
Pre-nuptial Shower for Barbara Hatch Held at Caouette Home
Miss Barbara Hatch was honored at a pre-nuptial shower hosted by Miss Josephine Jones at 59 Pearl Street, celebrating her upcoming marriage to George Kingsbury Jr. Guests included many local residents from Waldoboro, Damariscotta, and Brunswick, with a buffet supper and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hatch
Josephine Jones
Joseph Caouette
Pearl Street
Miss Hatch
George Kingsbury, Jr
Sadie Fogg
Adele Watt
Jeanette Kelly
Mary Lemont
Blanche Blaisdell
Daphne Cushing
Susan Watt
Rachel M. Hall
Mable O'Rian
Althia House
Florence Prendville
Carol Patterson
Mary Hunt
Mary Harrington
Waldoboro
Janice Jewett
Alice Jackson
Alsbury Hyson
Harriet Cushman
Lida Charlston
Damariscotta
Gail Norton
Olive Madden
Grace Murray
Ellen Keegan
Wiscasset
Ethel Payne
Hilda Orne
Maude Lewis
Nancy Libby
Susie Hamilton
Alice Fuller
Louise Wood
Phyllis Webber
Althea Becans
Roberta Jewell
Brunswick
Bath Elks Clambake Highlights Lively Sunday Event
Bath Lodge of Elks held its annual clambake Sunday at Wyman's Beach Small Point with about 75 lodge members. The event featured praise for the bake committee and an Elks softball loss to Augusta 1 0 while out of town guests included C Dwight Stevens Albert Berry Nathan Copeland Clarence Burden and William Menneally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Sumner Sewall
Wyman’s Beach
Small Point
Elks
Augusta
Maine West
Albert Berry
Nathan Copeland
Clarence Burden
Portland Lodge
William P. Menneally
Bath
Brian M. Jewett
Joe Rosenberry
Bernard Varnum
George Gallant
Donald Emero
Edward Jones
Paul McCole
Gardiner R. Rogers
John Sturtevant
Hugh MacDonald
John P
TWO NAVAL STUDENTS SAILING FOR BATH
David Lerch and John Sims, 22 year old Webb Institute seniors, sail a 17 foot catboat from New York City toward Bath aiming to reach Bath around August 8. Lerch, of 255 Quincy Ave New York, trained at Bath Iron Works during winter and stayed with Mrs. Sarah D Cameron of 797 High Street in Bath. Details on Sims remain sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New York City
David
Bill” Lerch
John Sims
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
New York
Young Lerch
Quincy Avenue
Webb Institute
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Glenns Falls
N. Y
Lerch
Sarah D. Cameron
High Street
Sims
Island visitors and local families converge at Malden camp
Malden Island group includes Mr and Mrs Russell Patton and family and Mr and Mrs John Cranshaw and family. Mr and Mrs Chester Pinkham of Portland visit his mother Mrs E E Pinkham. Rev and Mrs Robert Heigham and daughter of Lowell Mass are at the Blake camp. Herbert Larkison Jr of West Roxbury Mass is a guest of David Hasenfus with Mr and Mrs Sarkison set to come Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell E. Ring
Wesley House
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Mass
Richard E. Witham
Gerald Witham
Gardiner Street
Fort Campbell
Seth Watson
Beech Street
Lela Marshall
Edna Marshall
Augusta
Edward Carlton
Asbury
U. S. Navy
Vulcan
Newport
R. I
Percy Chetley
Howard de Marr
Frank McMasters
Burlington
James Fields
de Marr
Margaret McMaster
Richmond
Blenmae
Pridham
Jeanette Beaulieu
Barbara Chase
Lawreweld
Weld
Leroy Pridham
Edward Chase
Lawrence Farley
Ronald Beaulieu
Seth Ridlon
Burley Ridlon
Mary Hall
Yarmouth
Working League
J. R. Blackie
League
Joseph F. Higgins
Earle Hagan
James Oliver
Belle Heald
Irving Hunt
Melvin Cunningham
Harold Brown
Alfred Rowe
Charles Shain
Raphael Higgins
Beatrice Boutin
Elizabeth Harris
Gilbert Gunnell
Ruth Patterson
Harry L. Horne
Roy Newman
William A. Todd
Stanley Lewis
MacMahan
Robinhood
Little Jack Horner
Rs. Gaiser
Gilbert Evans
Robert Evans
Petersons
Georgetown Center
Five Islands
Walter Powers
Marjorie Allen
Samuel
MacMahon
New Jersey
Edward C. Clarey
Vernon E. Gray
John Marr
Staten Island
N. Y
John Pollack
New York
England
Maine
Royce Crowley
Bath
Carroll Powers
William Harrison
Benjamin Riggs
Winthrop
Portland
Robert Hersey
Massachusetts
Hersey
Totman Shore
Melvin Jackson
Malden Island
Russell Patton
John Cranshaw
Chester Pinkham
E. E. Pinkham
Robert Heigham
Lowell, Mass
Blake Camp
Herbert Larkison, Jr
West Roxbury
David Hasenfus
Sarkison
Pilgrim Fellowship to Meet at Camp Manitou Winthrop
The Pilgrim Fellowship of Congregational churches in the state will hold its annual conference at Camp Manitou on Lake Cobbesseecontee in Winthrop from August 28 to September 2. Rev. Richard J. Schaper asks members to submit registrations promptly. Graeme Hanson serves as local president and Rev. Orville O Lozier of Portland directs the camp with Rev. John T. Webster and Rev. Eben T. Chapman among officers. A nurse will attend the camp, with Mrs. M. Webb Wright of Biddeford in that role this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Fellowship of Congregational Churches
Camp Manitou
Lake Cobbesseecontee
Winthrop
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Church
Graeme Hanson
Orville O. Lozier
Portland
John T. Webster
Wilton
Eben T. Chapman
Farmington
M. Webb Wright
Biddeford
Pilgrim Fellowship
Schaper
City Receives Housing Authority Tax In Lieu Payment
The City of Bath receives a tax in lieu of payment totaling $46,862.90 from the Bath Housing Authority for the 1951 year. The Public Housing Administration in Washington, D C, authorized the payment as the seventh annual in lieu of taxes since Bath Housing Authority leased Hyde Park Terrace and Lambert Park in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Bath
Bath Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration, Housing and Home Financing Agency
Washington, D. C
Hyde Park Terrace
Lambert Park
Public Housing Administration
Mrs Eleanor C Coombs Dies at Bath Home
Mrs Eleanor C Coombs widow of Carlos B Coombs died at 342 Washington Street Bath Wednesday noon. Born in Bath she was daughter of James H and Adeline Cameron and longtime member of First Church of Christ Scientist Bath. Survived by daughter Adelaide and sister Christine Cameron both of Bath. She attended Bath schools and Bath High School class of 1893. Private funeral from 342 Washington Saturday at two with burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor C. Coombs
Carlos B. Coombs
Washington Street
Bath
James H. and
Adeline (Smith) Cameron
First Church of Christ Scientist of
Adelaide
Christine Cameron
The Diamond Cutting Art Discovered in the 18th Century
A brief note states that the craft of diamond cutting emerged in the 1700s. It highlights early development and the period's influence on gem trade.
Walter E Sprague longtime Coast Guard officer dies at 64
Walter E Sprague 64 a retired Coast Guard war veteran died in a Portland hospital after a lengthy career beginning in 1935. Born in Ranier he served at Kennebec river Beach Wood Island Isle of Shoals Plum Island and Merrimac River stations. Survived by wife Mildred two sons Herbert and Richard and daughter Barbara. Funeral Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home Georgetown Center Oak Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Sprague
Coast Guard
Portland
Mann
Ranier
Gray) Sprague
Kennebec River
Beach
Wood Island
Isle of Shoals
Plum Island
Merrimac River
Oe Island
Newburyport
Mildred Sprague
Herbert
Popham Beach
Richard Sprague
U.S.A
Barbara Sprague
Curtis Funeral Home
War Street
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Mrs Nellie P Bridge obituary from Gardiner to Bath
Nellie Prusia Bridge 86 died at home 1115 Washington St after a long illness. Born Gardiner Sept 17 1865 daughter of Deborah Stillinga Silver she lived in Dexter Brunswick before moving to Bath over 25 years ago to be with her late son Harry Bridge. She was organist at Dexter Baptist Church and is survived by son Ezra Ralph Bridge of Batavia NY sister Susie Whitmore of Hampden three grandchildren including Harry Bridge Jr of Boothbay Harbor and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Mass
Gardiner Hanson
Trafton Place
Georgetown Center
J. Clifford Woodhull, Jr
MacMahan
Boothbay Harbor
William Wilson
Wilson
Army Hospital
Waltham, Mass
Kenneth Roome
Tenafly
N. J
Charles Shain
Dorothy W. Oliver
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
Bath
Howard D. Penley
Paris Hill
Benjamin Riggs
Charles Gould
Clement MacMahan
Vincent
Flying Point
Louise Peterson
Vassalboro
Roland E. Peterson
Petersons
Murray Peterson
South Bristol
Roland Peterson
William Strang
Gunnar Solveson
Thora Berggreen
Robinhood
First Baptist Church
George Manning
North Billerica
Aubrey Fullerton
Sally Hulbert
West Georgetown
York
Anne Gifford
Harry Bedford
Luella Ballantine
Whitinsville
Friendship
Thomaston
Alvah C. Reysnolds
Eugene
Boston
Doris Reynolds
Pratt Diagnostic Hospital
Charles Andre
Pany
South Harpswell
Georgetown
Heal
Frank
Harry Heald
Harry Horne
Clayton Stevens
Beverly
Harold Shervington
Lillian Morse
Portland
Everett D. Stevens
Seguinland
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Jason Schoener
Edward Schoener
Trevor
Cleveland
Mr. Schoener
Elmer Brown
Bobbie
Jimmy
Jason
Kennebunk
Brick Store Museum
California
George Powers
Walter Parker
Reid Park
William Zorach
New York
Nellie Prusia Bridge
Washington Street
Gardiner
Deborah
Stillinga) Silver
Bridge
Dexter
Dexter Baptist Church
Frederick A. Gerrish Dies Suddenly at 60 in West Bath
Frederick A. Gerrish, 60, a lifelong West Bath farmer, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday morning. Born December 10, 1890, he was the son of Fred and Mary Card Gerrish. Survived by brother Harold Gerrish of Rockland and sisters Mrs. Ferdinand Coombs of Bath and Miss Lucy Gerrish of Dorchester, Mass. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM from A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral residence with Rev. Arvid L. Anderson officiating. Burial in West Bath cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Gerrish
West Bath
Fred
Mary Card Gerrish
Harold Gerrish
Rockland
Ferdinand Coombs
Bath
Lucy. Gerrish
Dorchester
Mass
A. F. Mayo & Son
Arvid L. Anderson
Corliss Street Baptist Church
West Bath Cemetery
Funeral services for Walter E. Sprague held at Curtis Funeral Home
Retired Coast Guard warrant officer Walter E. Sprague was honored at a 2 p.m. service led by Rev. Macy Whitehead of Phippsburg. Bearers were John McCarty, Guy E. Crowley, Henry E. Leonard and Carl Newcomb. Burial followed in Oak Cemetery with relatives Gerald Eldridge of Bournemouth and Cyril Bousfield of Woolwich expected to visit soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Sprague
Coast Guard
Curtis Funeral Home
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Gray’s Department Store
W. Dresden
Ralph Caouette
Bath Elks
Marius H. Page
Kenn Tel
North Street
Ebec
Richard J. On Bee
Fred S. Curtis & CO. “Funeral Service
Nellie P. Bridge
W. E. Sprague
Gerald Eldridge
Bournemouth
United States
Montreal
Ea Cyril Bousfield
Woolwich