Thanksgiving News From A Local Community House
In December the Post No 132 plans a supper for contest winners and lists house committee members Pearl Brown Howard Pearl Perry Frye to oversee painting and cleanup. Visiting relatives from Dorchester and Melrose joined local residents for Thanksgiving at several homes.
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n-Lane
Raiteeranty
Pearl Eee Ee Rown
Howard Pearl Perry Beens Frye
Mace
Herbert
Dorchéster
Roger Pierce
Melrose
Mass
Ear
Howard "Knight
Auburn
Rae Gor
Iston National Bark
John. Parker Encousther
Carlton
Dresden
Richard Parent
Linda
Richard, Jr
Community Recreation Debate Promotes Open After Hours Use
A speaker urges a city recreation program linking schools and clubs with broad leisure education. He argues churches and venues stay open after hours under recreation committees while Maine funds lag. The meeting includes a toy sale report and notices of upcoming events and local residents.
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Maine
Curtis
John Parker
John Greene
Linwood
Haynes
William Davis
Mia
Francis McLaughlin
Thomas Aikenhead
Granville Colby
Local notes mention hunters and community events in Robinhood area
Deer were shot by Carl Delano Billie Plummer Mrs Lawrence and two Portland men. The new library walls are being cleaned for wallboard. A pileated woodpecker was seen last week. Fritz Rockwell exhibited sculpture at a Robinhood show. Thanksgiving dinners featured Mr and Mrs Roland Peterson and guests from South Bristol Bath and Manchester. Fall has been mild with light snow flurries. Pete Farrow plans wintering in Philadelphia then return to New Jersey.
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Dan Weidke
Hobert
Carl Delano
Billie Plummer
Fritz Rockwell
Newa
Ark
Robinhood
Audubon Society
Roland Peterson
Louise
Vassalboro
Georgetown
Five Islands
Bath
Gretchen Flanders
Manchester
George Musk
Peterson Wharf
Drizzly
Tim
Alfred
Pete) Farrow
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Mr. Farrow
Bath social roundup includes visits and holidays
Bath residents and visitors share Thanksgiving days with relatives across Sagadahoc Bay and New York. Mrs. Everett Stevens and family host, while Miss Belle Heald and others attend a musical show in Bath. Walter MacMeahan helps in Westport ferry operations as family ties and travel mark the week.
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W. A. Todd
M. Newman
Powers of
Bath
Everett Stevens
Boris Philips
New York City
Scotts A
Woscam Bea
Merrill Bowles
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
West Georgetown
Ee Lee
Pis
Berets
Rapheal Higgine
Clarina Michelson
Hugh Rockwell
Walter MacMeahan
Edward Cromwell
Westport
Cromwell
Elizabeth Nagle
Melvin Cunningham
Walter Beans
Malden
Belle Heald
Carroll Powers
Louise Peterson
Robert Soo
Odd Fellows Hall
Tony
Juanita
Alexander Cunningham
Bucksport
Vincent MacMahan
Gilreath
Consis Haries
New York State
Jack Hallstein
M&m
May Hagan
Elmer Palmer
Laurentia Jones
Damariscotta
Roy ‘Finch
Roy M. Newman
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Huse Memorial School
Stanley Kasolka
Sagadahoc Bay
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ralph Davis
Victor Pinkham
Five Islands
Yarmouth Academy
Sacred Heart Circle Attends Joint Installations in Lewiston
Members of Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella attended the joint installation of St. Maris Circle Lewiston and St. Timothy Circle Rumford in Lewiston on Sunday. Bath party attendees included Mrs. Louise Edgett regent and eleven other members. The group traveled by private cars and found the event pleasant. Sacred Heart Circle will meet at Knights of Columbus hall Tuesday evening where the design club will feature a round table.
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Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. Maris Circle
Lewiston
St. Timothy
Rumford
Bath
Louise Edgett
Regent
Vivian Kronstrand
Alice Burgess
Ruth Sonia
Beatrice Thebeau
Elizabeth Holland
Katherine Burgess
Mae King
Adeline McPhee
Margaret Flaherty
Clara Sonia
Knights of Columbus Hall
Mrs Ezra Gorman Visits Bath From Brownville Junction
Mrs Ezra Gorman of Brownville Junction, former Bath resident and operator of Pleasant Point Hotel, has been visiting Bath and plans to return home Wednesday.
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Ezra Gorman
Brownville Junction
Bath
Pleasant Point Hotel
Wednes- Bertrand
Washington Street
Local gatherings and visits mark Thanksgiving week
A long notice lists residents and visitors sharing Thanksgiving and weekend events. Rev. and Mrs. Whitelock attend services. many families from Boothbay Harbor, Leominster, Cambridge, Franklin, and Bath join meals and church events. Capt. William Plummer and others haul boats for winter. Irving Hanna, U.S.N., on ten day leave. births and travels noted among local households.
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Whitelock
Ryetown
Ee Stuart
Hagan
Lloydham
Harry Heald
Alfred Belle Ree
Earley Hagan
Carlisle
Russell Pinkhaw
Louise Peterson
Joan Hagan
Branwell Harford
Eve
Frank Decks
Xistory
B. Savage
Walter Savage
Vincent Davis
Eleanor
Leominster
Mass
Lester Davis
Davis
Hugh Eisenhauer
Cambridge
Maynard Thibodeau
John Brown
Boothbay Harbor
John Huskins
William Plummer
George Ee
William Marr
Beulah Miller
Alton Reed
Reed
Mo’ E ‘Pinkham
Edith Pinkham
Franklin S. Keehlwetter
Keehlwetter
Helen
Bryanton
Carrie Stevens
Gardiner
Carroll Powers
Grace Fullerton
Robinhood
Lucien Ames
Bath
A. G. Pierce
Randolph
Francis
Pierce
O State
Why the name Ireland came to North Bath
The article traces how the Grace family, early settlers in North Bath, connected to Ireland through James Grace who hailed from the north of Ireland. It details Grace’s land at Chops farm, his family tree with wives and children, military service in 1742 and 1757, and the spread of Irish-linked settlers from Merrymeeting Bay into Georgetown, naming local descendants and intermarriages.
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Henry W. Owen
James Grace
Ireland
North Bath
Chops Farm
Bath
Merrymeeting Bay
Kennebec River
Christopher Lawson
Grace
America
Scotland
England
Georgetown
Cerial
Acs
Jane
Alexander Drummond
Arthur Noble
Drummond
Kennebec
James Thornton
Thorne
James
Thomas
Patrick
Huldah Purington
Humphrey Parr
King’s Spar Dock
Hugh Wallis
Huldah
John Brownhead
Whiskeag
John
Jane Grace
Hannah Hallowell Rogers
Robert Rogers
Lemont
John Grace
Butler’s Cove
Hannah (Rogers) Grace
Samuel Wylie Rogers
John Grace Rogers
Owen Rogers
William
William Thornton
Hannah
Samuel Withiam
Sarah
Rachel
Amasa Smith
Perry
Elsie
David Percy
High
Oak Streets
David
Grace) Percy
David T. Percy
Kneely
Rogers
Ward
Witham
Crawford
Purington
PTA Leader at Boston Technical Resigns Amid Changes
The president of the Parent-Teachers' Association at Boston Technical enters a period of transition as leadership negotiates new directions for the Mass. chapter, aiming to strengthen school community ties and support.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Boston Technical Ttes
Pode Sn
Mass
Portland Obituary Notices for Larrabee Family Members
Mr. and Mrs. John Larrabee and daughter Lillius Louise, and Mr. Larrabee's mother, Mrs. Lillius Larrabee of Liberty Street passed Tuesday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Larrabee
Lillius Louise
Mr. Larrabee
Lillius Larrabee
Liberty Street
Portland
Mrs Alice May Bowie Dies at 80 in 1868
Mrs Alice May Bowie aged 80, wife of Fred A Bowie, died May 19 1868. She belonged to Beacon Street Methodist church and Women’s Society of Christian Service, and was a past chief of Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters. Survived by husband, four daughters, three sons, seven grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. Funeral at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Alfred Ives officiating. burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Alice May Bowie
Fred A
Ham
David and
Charity (Goddard) Goddard
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters
Bessie L. Bowie
Stanley P. Jensen
Hartford
Wallace S Mayo Funeral Held For War Hero
Funeral services for Pfc. Wallace S Mayo USA Anti Tank Division killed in Germany in 1945 were held Saturday at 2 pm from the Mayo home 819 High Street. Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated with eight close friends as bearers. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Wallace S. Mayo
USA
Germany
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles M. Tubbs
J.g
Gerard Nelson
George Burgon
Paul Laer
Albert Desmond
Kenneth W
Edward Footer
Raymond
Bo and
David
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Alice E Getchell Dies in Bangor Home
Mrs. Alice E. Getchell wife of Clarence T Getchell of Bangor died suddenly Saturday evening at her home. She was a well known Bath visitor and member of the Auxiliary of James W. Williams Post American Legion. Survived by sisters Mildred Bay Bangor and J Getchell Levant and brother Talmadge Tompkins Mars Hill with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Bangor.
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S. Dashell
Ats Wrife
Clarence T.tchell
Bangor
Bath
Brigham Ve
Milford Lewis
Getchell
James W. Williams Post
American Legion
Mildred Bay
J Getchell
Levant
Talmadge Tompkins
Mars Hill
XI Beta Chapter Plans December Gift Exchange
XI Beta chapter met Tuesday at 69 Dummer Street with Mrs. John M. Conley Jr. and Mrs. William Turpie presiding. Members discussed a December 14 Christmas party with Theta, a White Elephant sale, and a December 7 meeting at Miss Jean Danforth's home.
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XI Beta Chapter
John M. Conley
Dummer Street
William Turpie
Theta Group
Jean Danforth
Eleanor Danforth
Helen Hayes
Roberta Hathorne
Katherine Legard
Barbara Haynes
Kathleen Watson
Polly Eliason
Carolyn Turpie
Jeannette Greene
Thomas E C Rosineg Long Service in Government and Masons' Roles
Thomas E C Rosineg served as Milford postmaster from 1898 to 1908 and later held roles at the U S Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank. He became a liquidator at customs in 1923 and retired in 1943. He then served as curator for Masonic, Congregational, and Scottish Rite bodies in Boston until his death. He is survived by wife Blanch Robinson and brother Charles W. Dunedin Florida.
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Milford
U. S
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank
Customs Service
Masonic Street
Mount Lebanon
St. Paul’s
R. Boston
Brookline Club
Blanch Robinson
Charles W. Dunedin
Fla
Harold E. Tobey funeral plans announced
Funeral services set for Friday afternoon at two in the local church with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Active pallbearers include Karcher Jackson Joan Gillespie Edwin Lowell George Hastings John Wishart and Francis Norton. Burial will take place in Oak Grove Cemetery with family lot ownership noted.
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Joseph O. Purdue
Karcher Jackson
Joan Gillespie
Edwin Lowell
George Hastings
John Wishart
Francis Norton
Fred Osgood
Milton
Oak Grove Tery
Funeral Services for May Bowie of Beacon Street
Funeral services for May Bowie of Beacon Street, member of Beacon Street Methodist church, pastor officiating. Bearers include Maurice Shea, Howard Rice, Daniel Lord, and James Steen. Burial in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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May Bowie Tor
Beacon Street
Water supply worries rise in rural Maine districts
Nequasset lake as main water source spills over Ryan's corner while river flows return to normal. Residents report improved water levels but lingering odors from prior low periods as forests fire hazards ease and lakes recover.
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Nequasset Lake
Ryan’s. Corner
Maine
Kennebec
City Health Officer Attends State House Meeting
Chester H. McCabe, city health officer, met at the State House in Augusta on Wednesday in his official capacity to discuss related matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. McCabe
State House
Augusta
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Litchfield
Lawrence Brown
le Ann Brown
Wilbur Gowell
Lough
Bel of
and Bowley
Randol
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Pittston
Arthur’ Jackson
Marjorie
Redding
Ord
Ann Gilbert
Togus
George Gilbert
Norman Farisy
White Memorial Church
Enterprise Age
Sagadahocomona
Merry Meeting Grange
Bowdoinham
G. C. Mer
Clarence Dunbar
Leon Batchelder
James Meserve
Elizabeth Bishop
Gwendoyn Douglass
Marshall White
Robert Hoyle
Lowell
Nnes
Richmond
Wiliam, Tait
County Road
Continental
Europe
Mrs
George Lee
Bobbie
Onset
Central
Ymaine
General Electric
Sere Ee Rade
Nathaniel Brackett
Ann Johnson
Kenneth la Rose
Brooklyn
N. Y
Vernon E. Gray
Plummer
Joe
Billy Plummer
Arthur Ot Ran
Carole
Cochran
Helen Nichols
Myricks
Marlene Pinkham
Addie Stevens
Gene Bowker
Purg
Russell Watson
Oan Harbor
Elgrade
Ges
North
Erin
Wallace
MAYO
Alice E. Getchell
Thomas E. C. Rosineg
Harold E. Tobey
MES. Bowie Funeral
Fred
S. Curtis &Co
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