Bath directory 1949 50 details city and county changes
The Bath city directory for 1949 50 shows major changes since two years ago with 2173 new names and 1905 erased names, 2402 corrections, and extensive street guide updates. Five nearby towns were corrected by canvass, while sponsors bear the cost. The Browns top families, with Wallace of Phippsburg a notable large group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
Crowley & Lunt
Beverly
Mass
Arrowsie
Georgetown
Phippsburg
West Bath
Woolwich
Bath
Smiths
King
Oliver
Hart
Coombs
Wilson
Rogers
Morse
Wallace
Social notes from coastal town weekend visits
Emma Hunt of Sarasota and numerous local residents are listed with greetings and weekend visits. A. C. Smith of Charlestown called on Harry Whitehouse. Charles Kennedy and others stayed at Small Point. Families from Bowdoinham Old Orchard and New Harbor are noted visiting and traveling between homes and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hunt
Sarasota
Fla
Emma Small
Mary Taylor
Edward Favor
Laura Whitney
Isabel Pauling
Hartley Ranger
Raymond Libby
Caroline Marr
Edwin Ames
Alice Hall
Elvert Pooler
Leonard Lamoreau
Carrie Haskell
Lee Bishop
Ervin Welch
Perley Joy
Edwin Pratt
A. C. Smith
Charlestown
Mass
Harry Whitehouse
Charles B. Kennedy
Ellen Pridham
Martha Skillin
LeRoy Pridham
Small Point
Allen Brough
Dexter
Seth Watson
Charles Lamoreau
Bowdoinham
Pleasant Street
Nathan Fowler
Old Orchard
Mrs Norman Young travels to Bath for late friend’s funeral
Mrs Norman Young of Slippery Rock Pa arrived at Portland Airport Monday evening to be met by her parents Mr and Mrs Howard King of Elsinore avenue She is the former 1st Lt Ruth King who served with the Army Nurse Corps in World War II Mrs Young then flew to Bath to attend the funeral of Mrs Margaret Carey with whom she had lived as a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Young
Slippery Rock
Portland Airport
Howard King
Elsinore Avenue
Young
Ruth King
Bath
Army Nurse Corp
Margaret Carey
Bath Rotary Club Hosts Lobster Clambake at Miller Birch Point
Mr and Mrs Justus H Miller of Garden Street entertained Bath Rotary Club members Tuesday evening with a lobster and clambake at their Birch Point summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus H. Miller
Garden Street
Bath Rotary Club
Birch Point
REA Borrowers Add Nearly Half Million New Consumers in 1948
REA financed power systems connected between 475000 and 495000 new consumers during 1948, the largest single year total ever for REA borrowers, signaling a major expansion in rural electric service and nationwide electrification progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
FIVE ISLANDS COMMUNITY NOTES AND EVENTS
A week’s Good Neighbor club meeting set the date to move club possessions as the building becomes a Summer cottage. Many locals report moonlight sailing, family visits, and a jam packed schedule including Minstrel Show dates August 25 and 26 for Georgetown Fire Department. The Baptist church heard a Gordon College gospel team, and Captain William Plummer led a party to Pemaquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
J. W. Mason
Hartford
Georgetown
Joe Avery
Baptist Church
Gordon College
William Plummer
Pemaquid
William Patten
Malden Island
Bath Memorial Hospital
The
Library Association
Georgetown Farm Bureau
Frances Aderton
Jacob P. Kunz
George Bowles
U.S.A
Bowles
Georgia
Robert Yeo
Eunice Kiley
West Medford
Mass
Rockcrest
Clyde Pinkham
Brunswick
E. E. Pinkham
Edith
George Lee
Robert
Onset
Stanley Lewis
Alton Reid
Woolwich
Chester Pinkham
Cora Currey
Everett Hennen
Henen
Almon Marr
Malden
Arthur Marr
Parker
Melrose
William Wolfe
Naperville
D. W. Staffeld
Catherine
Ann Staffeld
Framingham
John Stuart
Brighton
Stuart
Pleasant Villa
Francis Bacon
Peter
L. H. Rowe
Bacon
Donald Bacon
South Sidbury
Sedgemere Road
Fred Dodge
Kittery
Ida Hinckley
Lundquist
Harmon's Harbor
Leon Williams
Waltham
Roscoe V. D. Edwards
Arthur Nelson
Edward Davis
Stinson Davis
Cleveland Davis
Dexter
Hiram Pierce
A. G. Pierce
Stonington
Sherburn Howard
Shirley
Florida
Howard Home
Helen Nichols
Quincy
Felix Solomons
Lynn
Solomoni
Gordon Clark
Moore Cottage
Clark
Salvation Army Annual Appeal Opens Wednesday
The Bath campaign to raise 6000 for the Salvation Army opens Wednesday and runs through August to support local relief services including unemployment aid, emergencies, and other needs. E W Bridgham and Mrs F R E Dean chair the drive with a publicity committee. yearly relief figures show hours of visitation, numbers helped, and Christmas aid among other entries for May 1 to June 30, 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Salvation Army
E. W. Bridgham
F. R. E. Dean
Lewis E. Prentiss
S. H. Towne
Avis
Pee En
Boost Maine Campaign Aims to Sell State Widely
Sagadahoc hosts a Boost Maine Campaign dinner after a Navy plane arrival. Pete, Newell, and Edward Denny Jr. outlined the Maine Development Commission and Maine Publicity Bureau roles. Rodney Ross and Guy Butler spoke on support and plan development with Bath organizers and local officials. John McPhee leaves for Castine to join Maine Maritime Academy after a party at Meadow Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Maine
Newell
Edward Denny, Jr
Damariscotta Dairyman
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine Development Commission
Denny
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Bath City
Hyde Windlass Co
Guy P. Butler
Publicity Bureau
Harry C. Webber
The
Bath Times and
Independent
Fred H. Gabbi
John C. Page
Dick Hebert
Joseph W. Larrabee
Branches to Visit in Hilton with Parents on Sphenson
Dr and Mrs F H Branch Jr are due this week from Boston to visit Mrs Branchs parents Mr and Mrs on Sphenson High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Branch, Jr
Boston
Wilsons Return From Weeklong New Jersey Vacation
Mr and Mrs Joseph Wilson of New Jersey returned to their home Wednesday morning after spending a week visiting Mr Wilsons sister Mrs Frank Moses of High street and other relatives during their vacation stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wilson
New Jersey
Mr. Wilson
Frank ‘Moses
High Street
Richards Library opens in Georgetown with weekly Thursday hours
The Richards library in Georgetown will open Thursday from 2:30 to 4 p m and remain open the same day and time weekly until further notice. A flotilla of local activity follows including horse assisted timber handling, bridge materials transport for Flying Point, and community notices covering sermons, baptisms, and social visits across MacMahan Sagadahoc Bay and nearby cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards
Walter Beane
Gypsy
Lawrence Heffron
Peterson's
Burton Cunningham
Robinhood
Lawrence Heff
Alfred Rowe
Overlook
Harold Leroy Brown
Percy Scott
Peterson Wharf
Patricia
Senator Smith Seeks Home Life in Skowhegan Summer
Senator Margaret Chase Smith writes to constituents that she hoped to be back in Skowhegan this summer. She notes the adjournment targets July 31 and September appears likely and describes building a new small five room rambler with a living room and three large picture windows facing the Kennebec River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Maine
Washington
Congress
Kennebec
Norridgewock
Hyde Park Terrace Prenuptial Party Highlights
Mrs. Stanley Coleman hosted a pink and blue decorated prenuptial party for cousin Miss Madeline Beauchene of Roxbury Mass. A broken balloon showered confetti over the bride to be as a dancing exhibition by Miss Janice Knight and Miss Laura Silvers drew revelry. Attendees included Ruth Farrington Augusta William Vernon Laura Silvers Syracuse Madeline Beauchene Roxbury Theresa Arsenault Norman Dean Hazel Brown and Jennine Bonsey. Jennine Bonsey marked her eighth birthday with friends Sandra Perkins Leah Maxson Donna Maxson Florence Pendleton before returning to Surry Fri. Mrs John Minott has returned home to Central Avenue after a few days in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Coleman
Central Avenue
Madeline Beauchene
Roxbury
Mass
Janice Knight
Laura Silvers
Syracuse
N. Y
Sandra Perkins
Leah
Donna Maxson
Florence Pendleton
Jennine
Surry
John Minott
Rockland
Local Social Roundup of Weekend Visits and Visitors
The notes list attendees at a Five Islands sale and weekend guests visiting families in Westport Kennedy area towns. Names include Mrs. Minnie Hicks Ruth Hicks Mrs. William A. Todd Prescott Steadman Mary Mitchell Nellie Catlow Joseph Higgins Walter V. Cummings and visitors Mrs. Martha Bowen of Richmond Frances Sherman Ruth Moore Mary Jane Parker Gladys Weeman Eva McLean Flora Campbell Louise Burns Frances Oliver among others. The report also notes work changes for Walter MacMahan and travel between Danforth and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Lexington
Mass
Sagadahoe Bay
Henry Snow
Melrose
Betty Clark
Staten Island
N. Y
John T. Holt
Washington, D.C
George H. Rogers
Ardmore
MacMahan
Alfred Laskey
Carroll Powers
Todd
Arthur Holt
Germany
Kennebec Point
William Shain
Philadelphia
Beatrice Abbott
Bath
Joseph F. Higgins
Elizabeth Thompson
Howard Fletcher
Minnie Hicks
Knubble
E. M. Mintz
New York City
Ben Raeburn
Flushing
Warren S. Todd
William
Stoneham
Roscoe P. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Harry Stone
Bay Point
Brooklyn
Fletcher
William Wilson
Rose McClaeffrty
Edward C. Clarey
William Payson McKaye
Five Islands
Ruth Hicks
William A. Todd
Prescott Steadman
Mary Mitchell
Nellie Catlow
Joseph Higgins
Walter V. Cummings
Harold J. Brown
Martha Bowen
Richmond
Francess Sherman
Walter MacMahan
Dewey Richardson
Westport
Edwin Cromwell
Ernest Silver
Seguinland
Ralph Davis
Louise Peterson
Ruth Moore
Danforth
Mary Jane Parker
Miss Peterson
Gladys Weeman
Portland
Weeman
Eva McLean
Flora Campbell
Lewiston
Tommy Hutchins
Edgecomb
Robinhood
Hutchins
Frances Oliver
Berlin
N. H
Obituary of George H. Jones Bath native and shipbuilder
George H. Jones 56 of East Boothbay a Bath native and shipbuilder died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at East Boothbay. He worked at Rice Brothers Shipyard during World War I and Bath Iron Works during World War II before returning to boat design in East Boothbay. Survived by wife Eleanor Rice Jones three sons Ervin Neil and William E one granddaughter Judith two brothers William E Arthur M and sister Mrs George Preston. Funeral Friday at two from his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
East Boothbay
George H. Jones
William H
Ellen King Jones
Jones
Forman Chipper
Rice Brothers Shipyard
Bath Iron Works Corp
George Jones
Eleanor Rice Jones
Ervin and
Neil
William E. Jones
Boston
Judith
William E
Five Islands
Arthur M
George Preston
Southington
Conn
William E Bramhall dies at 62 in Friendship
William E Bramhall 62 died at his home in Friendship Monday morning after a career with the Harry Thompson estate and Ash Point construction at Rockland Municipal Airport. He later worked with Rodney E Foyler and opened a boat shop in Friendship. Survived by wife Genie Wotton Bramhall son Philip daughter Beatrice Grant two sisters two nephews two nieces four grandchildren. Funeral from Advent church of Friendship at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Bramhall
Friendship
Bramhall
Harry Thompson
Ash Point
Rockland
Rodney E. Foyler
Genie Wotton Bramhall
Philip
Beatrice Grant
Gertrude Simmons
Owen Simmons
Advent Church of Friendship
Mrs Margaret Carey 89 dies at home in Bath
Mrs Margaret Carey a widow of Peter Carey aged 89 died Sunday at her residence 50 Shepard Street Born in Charlotte Town P E I to Isaac and Rosa Knight McGovern She is survived by daughter Rosa C King Bath and several nieces and nephews Requiem Mass planned Tuesday at 8 AM from St Marys Roman Catholic Church Friends may call at Mayo funeral home before the service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Carey
Peter Carey
Shepard Street
Charlottetown
Local residents noted in brief home and social visits
Gary Meister of Central avenue is home with a sore throat. Mrs. Paul Watts of Central avenue is ill at Memorial. Mr and Mrs Ralph Houston returned to Bluff road after a Rangeley vacation. Richard Bull of Central avenue called in Ellsworth and Bangor. Miss Patricia MacFarland of Bluff road visits the Davenport sisters in Bangor. Mrs James Cilley of Shepherd lane dined with Mrs John Minott on Central avenue. Mr and Mrs Hollis Bonsey Jr of Surry visited Delen Bonsey on Central avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Meister
Carl Meister
Central Avenue
Paul Watts
Ralph Houston
Bluff Road
Rangeley
Richard Bull
Ellsworth
Bangor
Patricia MacFarland
Carol
Noreen Davenport
Hyde Park
James Cilley
Shepard Lane
John Minott
William B Palmer 62 dies in Bath after long illness
William Bartlett Palmer, 62, of Bath, died Thursday at Memorial hospital. Born October 24, 1887 in Bath, he was a Bath High School and Franklin Institute graduate with a Columbia scholarship halted by World War I. Navy service in WWI, teaching at Annapolis, and Coast Guard Reserve in WWII marked his career. He worked at Bath city offices and Bath Iron Works, retired due to ill health. Survived by sisters Marion Ledyard, Anna M. Palmer, and May Palmer. He belonged to Bath Elks, Polar Star Masons, and Smith-Tobey A L Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bartlett Palmer
Memorial Hospital
Bath
William B
Alice Norris Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Franklin Institute
Columbia University
United States Navy
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
Bath Iron Works Corp
Palmer
Bath Lodge of Elks
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Smith-Tobey Post
A. L
Marion Ledyard
Anna M. Palmer
Portland
Ore
May Palmer
Boston
Donna Lee Meroff Dies at 10 in Portland Hospital
Donna Lee Meroff 10 daughter of William and Lillian Freeman Meroff of Wiscasset died Wednesday evening at Maine General Hospital Portland. Born in Bath she would have entered fourth grade at Haskell Memorial School next month. Survivors include her parents a brother William H and sisters Doreeta and Deborah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Lee Meroff
William
Lillian Freeman Meroff
Wiscasset
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Bath
Haskell Memorial School
William H
Doreeta
Deborah
William Bartlett Palmer Burial in Oak Grove
Funeral services for William Bartlett Palmer were held Sunday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. Bearers included George Gallant Grand Exalted Ruler of Bath Lodge of Elks Frank Reinoehl secretary of the BPOE Gardiner Rogers and Roy Getchell representing Smith Tobey Post A.L. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bartlett Palmer
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
George Gallant
Bath Lodge of Elks
Frank Reinoehl
B.P.O.E
Gardiner Rogers
Roy Getchell
Smith-Tobey Post
A. L
Oak Grove
Roy G Phinney obituary in Arrowsic
Roy G Phinney aged 65 died suddenly Monday at his Arrowsic home. Born in St Martin Canada he was a machinist at Bath Iron Works. Survived by brother Elton E Phinney and seven nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for Thursday at Mayo’s Funeral Residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy G. Phinney
Arrowsic
St. Martin
Canada
Robert
Lydia Craine Phinney
Bath Iron Works Corp
Elton E. Phinney
Mayo
Requiem Mass in Mass for Margaret Carey
A high mass was held at St. Marys church for Margaret Carey with Rev. Fr. Bellefontaine officiating. A grave committal at Oak Grove cemetery followed the service with bearers Eleazer Babine Richard Frates George Potter and Charles Dutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Margaret Carey
John E. Bellefontaine
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fr. Bellefontaine
Eleazer Babine
Richard Frates
George Potter
Charles Dutton
Residents and visitors attend regional weekend events
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Comeau of Russell street hosted guests Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Maines and daughter of Bluff road returned after the weekend at their cottage at Flying Point in Freeport. George Lawrence, son of Mrs. Pearl Lawrence of Bluff road, spent Friday at Old Orchard. Ralph Blackington of Bluff road attended the Lobster Festival in Rockland over the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Comeau
Russell Street
Earl Maines
Bluff Road
Flying Point
Freeport
George Lawrence
Pearl Lawrence
Old Orchard
Ralph Blackington
Rockland
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Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Ai Lodge
Tootfiker
C.F. Hall
Odd Fellows
Auburn
Edmund Merrill
Harland Joyce
Gardiner Street
Dexter Siegars
Joyce
Reginald Michaud
Cecil Hatfield
Edith Hatfield
Frank Lint
Lincoln Street
Lint
Robert Lint
Bremerton
Wash
Earle Ve
Perry
George Clarke
River Road
Donald C. Perry
Ollywood
Calif
Kathleen Perry Hamilton
Strathmore
Helen Bartlett
Kingsburg
P. W. Bradford
Orange
T. B. Perry
Vernon Perry
Easton
Lester Barker
Oakland
Sydney Perry
Island Falls
Frances Boynton
George Yeaton
Mildred Bradstreet
Tara Bradstreet
Augusta
Verona
Elaine Pinkham
Edward C. Pinkham
Melvin C. Lewis
Earl Lewis
County Road
William Bennett
Methodist Church
Miss Pinkham
Richmond High School
E. E. Taylor Shoe Factory
Sgt. Lewis
Armed Forces
Austria
March Field
Lewis
Harry
Aubrey Hager
Longlake
Stanley Hooper
Medford
Hooper
Audrey Holman
Ernest Long
Andrew Lynch
Lynch
St. Albans
Long
Fred Lewis
Ann Mealey
Marie Yarborough
James White
Arlington
Carolyn Marr
William H. Smith
Asa Hodgkins
Winfield
Richard B. Derby
Lillian Anderson
Winchester
POL
Thurs
Islands
Boothbay
Lermond Davis
Jimmy
North Anson
Lester Davis
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Ocean Park
Sagadahoc
John McPhee
Howard McPhee
Castine
Maine Maritime Academy
Bernard Plummer
Meadowbrook
Jack
Gardner Hanson
Mrs. Hanson
Dianne
Lee Hanson
Howard M. Trafton
Hansons
Rudolf Trafton
Sheepscot
Cape Newagon
Boothbay Harbor
Hussa
Edwin F. Hussa
Charles Snider
Senator Smith
Hyde Park Terrace
Mrs
Louise Burns
Berlin, N. H
Clarence Oliver
Marius H. Page
North Street
Hollis Bonsey, Jr
Delen Bonsey
William B. Palmer
W.B. Palmer Funeral
Margaret Carey Mass
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington Street
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