Richmond Taxpayers to Meet at Men's Hall
Richmond Taxpayers Association will meet Wednesday evening August 22 at eight o'clock in Men's Hall. Officers will be elected and all taxpayers are requested to attend. Enterprise Grange met Friday evening with degrees conferred on four candidates followed by refreshments. Annual lawn party for the Lumberhine library benefits Aug. 22 at its grounds including costume parade treasure hunt cards and games with Penny Arcade feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Taxpayers Associaion
Iemen‘s
Enterprise Grange
Iiy
Umberhine Library
Enny Arcade
Five Year Old Hit By Car On Washington Street
Real Comeau, five, was struck by a car near the Hendricks home at 813 Washington Street and was taken by police ambulance to Memorial hospital for observation. Witnesses said he ran in front of the car. his condition is not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Comeau
Charles Hendricks
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Ray Howe
Hendricks
Mrs Augusta Rowe Celebrated at 91 Birthday Dinner
Bath town notes a family gathering honoring Mrs Augusta Rowe of Lincoln Street who turned 91. Her son Arthur Rowe hosted a noon dinner at Witch Spring Inn for 15 guests before a visit to the Grindell home. Gifts included checks and a corsage from her grandnieces Sherry and Sally Grindell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Augusta Rowe
Lincoln Street
Witch Spring Inn
Arthur S. Rowe
West Somerville
Mass
Rowe
Maine
John Grindell
Brunswick Road
Times
Winter Street Congregational Church
Novel Hat Show Delights Goddard Playground Crowd
Youngsters at Goddard city playground staged a hat show drawing many parents as judges. Seventeen contestants paraded a mix of old and modern headpieces with winners in four categories led by Charles Douglas and Lloyd Coombs among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goddard City
Charles Douglas
Johnny Hughes
Donnie Benson
Linda Ames
Lloyd Coombs
Joyce Bruce
Dickie Coombs
Arthur Richardson
Dot Blake
Frances McNeil
Ruby Johnson
Connie Kerwin
Christel Cornish
Bobby Bruce
Bobby King
Patsy Blake
Alice McNeil
Bath Iron Works Wins 6 4 Over Waterville All Stars
Bath Iron Works defeated Waterville All Stars 6 to 4 at Winslow on Sunday. Washburn pitched seven innings, Rupe Lewis finished, and Carl Wright started for Waterville. Herm Grover led Bath with three hits including a first inning triple driving in two runs. Over 1000 paid admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Waterville All Stars
Winslow
Shipbuilders
Washburn
Iron Workers
Rupe Lewis
Waterville Club
Carl “Gumbo” Wright
Bath Club
Steve Shipbuilders
Holmes Brown wedding in New York at Riverside church
Announcement from Georgetown notes the marriage of Lenor Elisabeth Holmes to Josiah Whitney Brown U S N R on August four nineteen forty five at Riverside church New York The bride is Mt Holyoke graduate ivory satin gown groom a Dartmouth and Long Island College of Medicine student in Navy V 12 program Also mentions reception and arrival at Brown camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Alfred Holmes
Lenor Eliabeth
Josiah Whitney Brown
U.S.N.R
Riverside Church
New York
Mt. Holyoke College
Josiah H. Brown
Brown
West Newton
Mass
Dartmouth College
Long Island College of Medicine
Navy
Brown Camp
Local notes coverLibrary meeting sails and community events
Five Islands reports a Library association meeting at Library hall with many attendees. A Bath sail on Wednesday and a 12th birthday party for Maureen Davis of Georgetown Center are noted. Various visits, cottages, picnics, and church services fill the week, with many names and towns mentioned.
Tuesday Probate Court session records many Bath estates
The court granted administrations and filed or approved numerous estates in Bath and nearby towns. Wills by Ralph O. Dale and David L. Wilson named executors. executrices and guardians appointed without bond. inventories and final accounts presented for multiple estates including Bath Topsham Woolwich Nashua NH and Phippsburg. License to sell real estate granted for Carlton Ryan and a petition filed for Eva C Dunton's estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie W. Bowie
Bath
Harrison E. Bowie
Charles W. Clifford
Millicent C. Sewall
Ernest A. Work
Lynette Lee Knights
John L. Wilson
Ralph O. Dale
Frances H. Peaslee
David L. Wilson
Roscoe G. Bailey
Clara E. Bailey
Williams Whitney
Marion Bowie
Florence M. Bates
Delmar E. Bates
Carrie B. Potter
Rachel P. Sievers
Leon le Clare
Eva Crowley
Admx
Etta M. Shaw
Topsham
George L. Higgins
Martha R. Pennell
Charlotte M. Heald
John D. Thompson
Gladys I. Irish
Grace E. Cotton
Grace E. Mott
Christine C. Cummings
Lydia Smith
John L. Baxter
Alden G. Smith
Bessie M. Madden
Charles I. Madden
Harry L. Haynes
Walter L. Haynes
Harold C. Hart
Gardiner D. Rogers
George W. Rooke
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles Henry Vinal
Admr
Harry T. Madden
Edith M. Madden
Abbie F. Minott
Phippsburg
William S. Shorey
Eunice E. Boyce
Charles H. Cahill
Grace E. Cahill
Joseph Lachance
Hector Lachance
Althea L. Rogers
Guardian
Abbie F. Trowell
James A. Trowell
Jennie Solovich
Celia Eaton
Packs Davis
Admis
Napoleon A. Lemoine
Andrew J. Lemoine
Joseph Solovich
Charlotte C. Day
Walter F. Day
Carlton Philip Ryan
Woolwich
Mildred G. Ryan
Eva C. Dunton
Allan Spear
Obituary of Vernal P. Chaney 56 Bath shipyard figure
Vernal P. Chaney 56 died suddenly at home 18 Cato avenue after a yearlong illness. Born November 11 1888 in Bath he followed shipyard work at Bath Iron Works Portsmouth Navy Yard and as a Government Inspector. Survived by wife Goldie two daughters Geneva and Mrs. William Phillips three sons John Vernal Wilfred B a U S A member eight grandchildren and siblings Ethel Morse and Wilfred Chaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal P. Chaney
Cato Avenue
Albion K
Ida
Martin) Chaney
Chaney
Bath Iron Works
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Bath
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Corliss Street
Goldie (Sprague) Chaney
Geneva Chaney
William Phillips
Woolwich
John
Vernal ”A
Wilfred B
U.S.A
Groton
Death of Arthur G Chadbourne 82 Somerset Center Mass
Arthur G Chadbourne 82 died Tuesday evening in Somerset Center Massachusetts. Born in Bath he was son of William C Chadbourne and brother of the late William J Chadbourne and Roland Chadbourne. He ran a wholesale paper business in Bath. Survived by nephew Arthur R Chadbourne of St Petersburg Florida. Funeral Friday at 2 PM from Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street with Rev David L Wilson officiating. burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Center
Mass
Arthur G. Chadbourne
Chad Dourne
Bath
William C. Chadbourne
William J. Chadbourne
Roland Chadbourne
Chadbourne
Arthur R. Chadbourne
St. Petersburg
Fla
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove
Harry W Lemont 66 longtime Bath Iron Works worker dies
Harry William Lemont 66 died Saturday evening in a Pittston nursing home after a career at Bath Iron Works and Fore River Shipbuilding Corp. He was born in West Bath to Joseph M. and Laura White Lemont and retired five years ago due to ill health. Survived by brothers Everett and Arthur Lemont of Bath James B Lemont of West Bath sister Mrs Edwin W Haggett also of West Bath and aunt Mrs Fred W Larrabee of West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry William Lemont
Old Bath Iron Works
Pittston
Mr. Lemont
West Bath
Joseph M
Laura (White) Lemont
Fore River Shipbuilding Corp
Quincy
Mass
Bath Iron Works Corp
Everett G
Arthur Lemont
City
James B. Lemont
Edwin W. Haggett
Fred W. Larrabee
Funeral services for Vernal P Chaney held at Curtis Funeral Home
Large crowd attended the Sunday service for Vernal P. Chaney 56 at Curtis Funeral Home in Bath with Rev. Sidney Dee presiding. Attendees included Bath Iron Works leaders and Portsmouth Navy Yard personnel. Chaney was a longtime shipworker and government inspector who served in World War II. A flower spray from Fort Knox honored his son Wilfred Chaney in the US Army. Burial was in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Vernal P. Chaney
Sidney Dee
Central Congregational Church
Bath Iron Works
Chaney
Old Bath Iron Works
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Bath
Fort Knox
Wilfred Chaney
Red Cross
Bath Fire Dept
Shepard Street
Agnes R Colby 71 Dies After Long Illness in Bath
Mrs. Agnes R Colby wife of Chester D Colby of 15 Weeks Street Bath died Tuesday at Memorial hospital after a long illness She was born March 17 1874 in Jacket River NB and moved to Bath forty years ago She was a member of St Marys Catholic Church Surviving are three daughters two sisters two brothers and three grandchildren Funeral services will be held Friday at St Marys Church with calling at Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence prior to the service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Association
Library Hall
Bath
Norman
Addie Moulton
Maureen Davis
Georgeton Center
Beverly Rittall
Jeanette Pinkham
Claire MacGillivary
Marlene Pinkham
Constance Gray
Nancy Hutchinson
Betty Carr
Carol
Glenda Pearson
Georgetown
Joan Hagan
Faylene Rowe
Louise Powers
Christine Williams
Young Brothers
Brian
Terry
Wiscasset
Woodrow Mitchell
Franklin Koehlwetter
Charles Moore
Nat Hasenfus
Seguinland
Boston College
Grace Thurston
Wilmington
Mass
Howard Bacon
Sedgemere
Melvin Comeau
Blake Camp
Ellen
Rosemary Cunningham
Harriet Worrell
Philadelphia
Worrell
Rockcrest
Joseph Perry
Acton
Mr. Chaney
Paul Thompson
Marion Stevens
Boothbay Harbor
Alice Crowell
Fred Cutter
New York City
Hall Cottage
Sedgemere Road
Ida Upson
Lucy Currier
George Hennon
Everett Hennon
Paul Staffeld
USMC
Staffeld
Cherry Point
N. C
D. W. Staffeld
Harold Cranshaw
Malden Island
William Tighe
Birmingham
Mich
Paul A Thompson
Elmarn Brown
Taylor
Orville Rowe
William Plummer
Everett Cromwell
Friendship
Mr. Rowe
Capt
Huskins
Cleveland Daves
Dexter
Cpl
Elbridge Southard
Malden
Rus. Pinkham
Kittery
Vils Ellsworth Pinkham
Judson Senecal
Yarmouth
Dana Michiel
Senecal
Fred Carr
Alis Moore
Johnson Cottage
Donald Bacon
South
Sudbury
Prey
Blake
Beal&h Harding
West Boothbay Harbor
Clifford Buck
Southport
Laura Harding
Phillip O'Brien
Washington, D. C
Charles Cummings
Agnes R. Colby
Chester D. Colby
Weeks Street
Memorial Hospital
Colby
Jacket River
N. B
Joseph and
Elizabeth (LaViolette) LaPointe
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Pacific
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Richard Neagle dies in Augusta at 76
Richard Neagle aged 76 died Monday morning in Augusta. Born in Bath to Thomas Neagle and Bridgett Fitzgibbons Neagle he worked for Western Union Telegraph Co. Survived by sister Martha Crocker of Swampscott Mass. Service Thursday at 9 from St Marys Catholic Church. Friends may visit Arthur F. Maso & Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Neagle
Augusta
Bath
Thomas
Bridgett (Fitzgibbons) Neagle
Neagle
Western Union Telegraph Co
Martha Crocker
Swampscott
Mass
Welock
St Mary's Catholic Church
Frends
Arthur F. Maso & Son
High Street
George Kondos Funeral Services Updated Time
Funeral services for George Kondos will be held at Grace Episcopal Church on Wednesday at two o'clock in the afternoon instead of the previously announced ten o'clock in the forenoon. The residence at 819 High Street will be open for visitation until 1:30 Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kondos
Grace Episcopal Church
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Bath Teen Dies of Poliomyelitis at Augusta General Hospital
Charles Edward Hank Webb 18 a Bath resident and Cony High senior died Sunday at Augusta General Hospital from poliomyelitis. A former Bath Iron Works baseball catcher, he played multiple positions and was co captain of the 1945 46 football team. He was stricken after working at Camp Character YMCA in Winthrop and the camp has been under quarantine since July 29. He is survived by his parents a sister and extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward “Hank” Webb
Conn
Augusta General Hospital
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Y.M
C.A
Winthrop
Augusta
Donald Cooper
Harold Cooper
Auburn
Young Webb
Cony
Mel
Charles E
Mary Lizette Webb
Carol Ann Webb
Obituary of Carlton F. Wallace of Sebasco
Carlton Freemont Wallace 43 died at his Sebasco home after years of ill health. Born August 3 1902 in Sebasco he lived there his whole life. Fisherman husband father and son of Loat and Abbie Wallace survived by Celeste Irma Edith Margaret Jane a Sebasco sister Everett West Point Merton Cundy s Harbor Lafayette and Victor of Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Freemont Wallace
Sebasco
Loat
Abbie (McKinney) Wallace
Everett Lowell
Everett
West Point
Merton
Cundy’s Harbor
Lafayette
Victor
George Kondos 59 of Bath dies in Portland hospital
George Kondos, 59, of Bath died Sunday at Maine General Hospital in Portland. He had lived in Dover Foxcroft for years and moved to Bath to live with his son Louis on Washington Street. He is survived by a brother Charles who runs the Washington Street Fruit store, a sister Mrs. Georgia Karellas of Beverly Massachusetts, and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kondos
Bath
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Kondos
Dove Foxcroft
Louis
Washington Street
Charles
Georgia Karellas
Beverly
Mass
Funeral Services Held for Carlton F. Wallace in Sebasco
Funeral services for Carlton Fremont Wallace of Sebasco were conducted Saturday afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. Chester B. Oliver at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street. Large attendance and many flowers marked the ceremony with bearers Danier Rogers Maurice Libby Samuel Preble and Chester Wilson among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Fremont Wallace
Sebasco
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Chester B. Oliver
Gardiner Rogers
Maurice Libby
Samuel Preble
Chester Wilson
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs Em ma Billings Held at Georgetown Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Billings were held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Georgetown Baptist Church with Rev. Franklin Keelweitzer of Bryant Pond officiating before a large attendance. Bearers were Frank S Heald Harry H Heald Andrew Rowe and Alfred Pierce. Burial followed at Oak Cemetery with Mrs. Harry E Ring of Bath serving as organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma B. Billings
Charles Billings
First Baptist Church
Frank Koehlwetter
Five Islands
Robinhood
MacMahan
Billings
Boothbay
James
Mary (Allen) Boyd
Emma Billings
Georgetown Baptist Church
Franklin Keelweitzer
Bryant Pond
Frank S. Heald
Harry H. Heald
Andrew Rowe
Alfred Pierce
Oak Cemetery
Harry E. Ring of
Bath
Chadbourne Funeral Services Held Friday
Arthur G. Chadbourne died recently and funeral services were held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral residence. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. Burial followed in the family plot at Oak Grove.
Hemingway Dies Suddenly While Commenting On Death
An obituary from Aug 5 reports Joan Thomas Hemingway 70 of England died yesterday while commenting on a fellow countryman’s death. He reportedly collapsed as he remarked that no one can pass out so quickly. Survived by his wife Ethel, plus a brother and three sisters in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suman
Sanford
Joan Thomas Hemingway
England
Hemeningway
George B. Wolstuenholme
Bath
Vaume
Ethel
Miss Louise Briggs Plans Short Haven Visit
Miss Louise Briggs of Center Street will pass a few days at Haven for a brief stay away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Briggs
Center Street
Haven
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richmond
Clinton Hamilton
Nother
Horace Hamilton
Carl \nderson
School Street
Delia Hapgood
Stephen Mills
North Straford
N. H
Russell Ring
Main Street
Thelma MacKillop
Farmington Normal School
Emersonchool
Ralph Hodges
Ralph, Jr
Addison
Newark
N. J
James MacKillop
Lillian Crockett
Ruby Wood
Ayer
Virginia Anderson
Russell King
Qld Orchard
Barbara Heenie
Dorothy Muise
Worc Ester
Perley Joy
Pleasant Street
Alfred Nigelini
Norma
Someyville
William Howard
Mary Pottie
Gardiner
Gertrude Robinson
Bernard Pierce
Arlington
Fred Cornell
Jamaica Plain
Pleasant View Farm
David Ames
Polly Bouche
Old Orchard Beach
Ralph J. Faulkingham
New Brunswick
Stanley Marr
Norwood
Frank Preble
Ralph George
East Saugus
Carlos Dunlap
Thomas Donnelly
Murene Clerey
New Rochelle
N. Y
Fort Dix
Chester Call
Howard Farwell
Barbara
Sara
Fall River
France
Wales
Austria
Scotland
Stewart
Richmond High School
Melrose
General Hospital
Fred Elliott
Massachusetts
Russell King and Son
Russell
Ring
Fred Stitphen
Edward Hall
Cedar Grove
Delia Slapgood
North Stratford
William Sager
Waterville
Winslow Ball Park
Jennie Riggs
Riggsville
Old Riggs
Miss Riggs
Kelvin
Sarah
Little) Riggs
Benjamin Riggs
Williams Farm
Gilbert Gunnell
Roger Henry
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Play School
Walter Williams
James Stuart
Penn's Grove
Howard Fletcher
Elizabeth Thompson
Dorothy Oliver
Myron Hilton
Cape Elizabeth
Ernestine Hilton
Campbell Cottage
Lloyd Beers
Beers
Skowhegan
Lester Levin
Adams Cottage
Norfolk
John Mitchell
Waltham
Popham Beach
Beatrice Abbott
Joseph ©. Higgins
Ruth Freeman
Edward Townsend
Victor Trum
A. S.E.Y
Lillie Wheeler
MacMahan Island
Augusta E. Rowe
Arthur Rowe
Carolyn Marr
Marie Yarbough
Peterson
Gardner Cook
Ralph Hatstal
Clement V. MacMahan
Harriet Layne
Elizabeth Hunt
Frank
Harry Heald
Thomas Williams
George Hourwich
Alice R. Merrill
Bernice M Lee
Ethel A. Ralston
Homer Potter
Henry W. Campbell
Florence A. Campbell
Frederick W. Freeman
John H W. Freeman
CTA
James A. Milles
Charles E Miller
Marilyn L. Allen
Lillian A. Allen
Harry W. Crosman
Josephine Coombs
Cynthia Moses
William H. Shea
Jane M.shea
Edward A. Bridgham
Vernal
P. Chaney
Harry W. Lemont
Marius H. Page
North Street
Kennebec
George Krondos
Charles E. Webb
Carlton F. Wallace
MRS. Billings’ Funeral
Central Church
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!