Community updates from Richmond and nearby towns
Local notes report fundraising efforts for a four year old, club activities for Christmas sales, furnace drive at the Richmond Methodist church, deer tagging, and police auxiliary planning. Multiple holiday visits and anniversaries are noted along with library contests and youth group meetings. Several families from Lewiston, Portland, Topsham, and nearby areas are listed as guests or visitors during Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Anderson
Ernest Pinkham
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
Mothers, Friends
Marion Perry
Leona Wheeler
Lorraine Furlong
Oscar Smith
Richmond Methodist Church
Em. Deer
George Coughlin
Norman Lewis
Norman D. Garsoe
Cumberland Center
Ralph Sutton
Portland
C. D
Armand Boudreau
Lewiston
D. D
Methodist
Archer Terrill
Ideal Home Corner Club
Jeff D. Coates
Kimball Street
Charles Packard
Norma
Harland Harrington
County Road
Douglass Harrington
Douglass
Charlestown
Mass
Emily Chase
Ellen Chase
Doris Hitchcock
Raymond Holman
Chester Hysom
Windsor
Lowell Savage
Lowell David
Lynn
Nashua
N. H
Russell A. Ring
Leander Ring
State Road
Nathaniel A. Gilpatrick
Cpl
Donald R. Marquis
Baumholder
Ger
Nice
Riviera
Rome
Venice
Isle of Capri
Switzerland
Charles Wheeler
James Welner
Topsham
Myra Dunn
Central Maine General Hospital
Richard Derby
Mary Baker
Sarah Bradley
Cape Cod
Harold Wade
Nancy
Virginia
Lee Hall
Ruth Robinson
Anna Harrington
Harry Tarr
Annie Ames
Fred Stilphen
Don Sheff
Brunswick
Robert Shaughnessey
Robert
Dorchester
S. Harry Martin
Eva Sherman
Edith Peary
Rosabel Paine
Elizabeth Thomas
Frederick A. Connell
Jamaica Plain
Jean G. Levesque
J. Norris Sidelinger
Maurice Sullivan
Neil la Rochelle
Farmington
Kenneth Gray
Waterville
Greere Tabb
Harry L. Stilphen
Eric Stilphen
Tilton
Jean Curtis
Sebago Lake
Paul Roberts
Limestone
Roberts
Mattie Roberts
Dresden Bridge Academy holds musical program and play
Dresden students presented a Friday program directed by Mrs. Charles Bailey including the one act Pig of My Dreams with cast members such as Jim Barrett Victor Mesenseff and Carole Brown. The program featured dances solos and a closing chorus along with a list of cast and supporting performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Academy
Charles Bailey
Jimmy Barrett
Victor Mesenseff
Mantha McGovern
Carole Brown
Jane Clandon
Rosalina San
Fred Ring Anniversary Surprise Party Observed
Mr and Mrs Fred Ring of 12 Goddard street were honored with a surprise party marking their thirty first wedding anniversary. Guests gathered at Mrs Ring’s daughter Mrs Louton Wallace s home then moved to the Ring residence with a gift floor lamp dressed as a dummy. The couple married November 30 1923 in Wiscasset and later moved to Bath. They have three children two living Mrs Wallace and Janet Ring and a late daughter. The evening included music games socializing and a lobster salad meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ring
Goddard Street
J. James Temple
Thanksgiving Reunion At Bangor Family Home
Sgt. Hutchinson and his mother share holiday time in Bangor after years stationed in Dow Air Force Base Japan. He returned October 25 and now resides with family at 171 13th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Air Force
Japan
Sgt. Hutchinson
13Th Street
Bangor
Donald Hamblett Returns Home After Visit
Donald Hamblett has returned to the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs Edward Hamblett on Pratt Street following a week's visit in Framing Ass. with his sister and husband Mr and Mrs J Francis Donahue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hamblett
Edward Hamblett
Pratt Street
Framing Ass
Andusband
J. Francis Donahue
Living to Please God Sermon and Holiday News
Pastor Warren Harris preached on Romans XII at First Baptist Georgetown urging four paths to please God: surrender, use gifts, care for fellow believers, and witness. The paragraph covers holiday visits, a missionary service in Five Islands, a south island flood and road cleanup, a gun accident injuring Harold Loveitt leading to finger amputation, Thanksgiving gatherings, deer tagging tallies, local social visits, anniversaries, and community notices from Georgetown and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
Harrises
Exteter
N. H
Harold Loveitt
Loveitt
Arrowsic
William Harrison
Richard
Lawrence Dupont
Farmingdale
Martha Bowen
Harold J. Brown
William A. Todd
Frederick P. Oliver
Wakefield
Mass
Roy M. Newman
Harry L. Horne
Bath
Walter V. Cummings
Joseph F. Higgins
Drummond Stevens
Linwood
Roy Clark
Seguinland
Gilbert Lewis
Georgetown Center
Stanley Lewis
Five Islands
Lawrence Cloutier
Augusta
Raymond Cloutier
Washington D. C
Addie Moulton
Ralph Davis
Donald E Field
Robinhood
Margaret Niles
Paul Stevens
Alfred Proctor
Arthur Perry
George
Wilbur Loveitt
M. Belle Heard
Alfred Rowe
Harold Brown
J. Robert Blackie
West Georgetown
Day's Ferry
Blackie
Arthur Brawn
Barbara Preston
Washington, D. C
Reid Park
Waterville
Bath Area Residents and Visitors Frequent Local Spots
A long list of Bath area residents and guests recounts weekend visits to MacMahan Robinhood and Seguinland in addition to family events. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. J W McArthur of Augusta and Mr. Eugene M Reynolds and children, Mrs. Addie Loveitt hosting on Georgetown Road, and Clayton H Heald’s Bath Iron Works vacation. Also noted are births at Memorial hospital Bath, missionary church services, and local travel to New York State and Maine destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Johnson
Bath
MacMahan
Horace Lee
Selandia
Roland Peterson
Mr. Lee
Merrill Bowles
Bangor
Robinhood
Brenda Lee
Addie Loveitt
Memorial Hospital
J. W. McArthur
Augusta
Eugene M Reynolds
Alvah C. Reynolds
Daisy Mains
Charles E. Mains
Eva Kakalis
Five Islands
Herbert Loveitt
Pennsylvania
Georgetown Road
Oakley Thibodeau
Seguinland
North Weymouth
Mass
Wynne Beach Bascom
Kennebec Point
Bascom
Betty Anne Carlisle
Townsend, Mass
Ethel Patterson
West Georgetown
Woodland
Roland E. Peterson
Slateville Springs
New York State
Parviz Chahbazi
Chahbazi
Dorothy W. Stuart
Georgetown Center
Thomas Kahrl
George Kahrl
Kensnebeck Point
Kahrl
Harvard College
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
Winter Street Church
Harry L. Horne
Georgetown
Dr. Zerby
Bates College
Lewiston
Harry Stone
Todd and Newman
Christmas Fair at Wesley Friday at Wesley Methodist Church
The annual Christmas Fair hosted by the Women's Society of Christian Service will run Friday from 2 to 6:30 p.m. A chicken shortcake supper is served from 5:30. Co chairs Mrs. Marc King and Mrs. Stanley Hunter oversee committees for crafts, foods, and fixtures with many volunteers named for aprons, candy, cooked foods, canned goods, fancy work, greens, mystery table, youth fellowship, white elephant, cookies, and tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Marc King
Stanley Hunter
Charles Howe
Arthur Ferris
William Temple
James Haley
Oliver Bell
Loring Small
Lissa Dearborn
Charles Marble
William Hanson
Andrew Butterfield
James Knight
Otis Ayer
Carolyn Rogers
Rodney Upham
Sherwood Crosby
Mare King
Wilfred Trott
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Carlyle Taber
Priscilla Marbelle
Gail Carlton
Roger Upham
Elnora Oliver
Edward Coombs
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Walter Upham
Merle Niles
George Hopkins
Nellie Follett
John Swearingen
Patsy Morse
Edna King
Priscilla Marble
Elizabeth Marble
Barbara Taber
Anna Lonn
Yvonne Crosby
Christel Cornish
Robert Savage
Pearl Reed
W.S.C.S
Mrs Adelbert Hall Leaves Bath for Yonkers Winter
Mrs Adelbert Hall closes her Bedford street home for the season and travels to Yonkers New York to stay with her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Harold Hall. Her son accompanies her to Yonkers to assist in the move and separation for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert Hall
Bedford Street
Yonkers
N. Y
Harold Hall
Hall
Bath
Surprise Stork Shower Honoring Mrs Berry at Five Islands
Mrs Arthur Berry was guest of honor at a surprise shower hosted by Mrs Thomas Watson. Guests shared sandwiches cake coffee and tea as gifts were opened. The event included many local neighbors and friends from Bath Kittery and surrounding towns.
Municipal Court Actions Include Guilty Plea and Fines
Judge Gardiner R. Deering heard two cases Monday with a third continued to December 9. Victor Pellegrini of Woolwich pled guilty to a hunting on Sun charge, costs $5.70. David Eastman of Cornish pleaded innocent but was found guilty for failing to stop at a stop sign, fined $5 plus $8.70 costs. Lt. Robert E. Wagner Jr. was the complaintant. A Bath man’s case of intoxication and disturbing the peace was continued to December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Victor Pellegrini
Woolwich
Charles Ring
David Eastman
Cornish
Leeman Highway
Washington Streets
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Obituary John A Greene lifelong Bath resident dies at 72
John A Greene aged 72 a Bath resident died Monday noon at his home 5 Leonard court after a long illness Born February 3 1882 in Bath he was the son of Frank and Mary Darrah Greene He worked 24 years in the Bath Iron Works stores department and 26 years as a moulder at Torrey Roller Bushing Works Surviving with his widow Helen Hawkes Greene are his mother four daughters two sons four sisters one brother seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be 1 30 p m Thursday at the Leslie C Shumway funeral home 638 High Street Burial will be in Oak Grove Family lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Greene
Bath
Leonard Court
Frank
Mary Darrah Greene
Greene
Winter Street Congregational Church
Bath Iron Works
Torrey Roller
Mrs Frances M Wallace Rites Held at West Point
Mrs Frances May Wallace 75 of West Point widow of Albion F Wallace died Tuesday noon in a Bath nursing home after three weeks as a patient. Born in Phippsburg Feb 12 1879 she was daughter of James O and Julia Gilliam. Survived by daughter Cordelia May Lovell two sons Merton and Sherburn West Point two sisters Cordelia Darling Sebasco Nellie Wallace West Point a brother Jerry Gilliam Harpswell and numerous step siblings ten grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at two from West Point Chapel with Rev Herbert Ewart Sebasco officiating burial in Holland cemetery West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances May Wallace
West Point
Albion F. Wallace
Bath
Phippsburg
James O
Julia Wallace Gilliam
Harpswell
Funeral services for Rev William H H Taylor held at Wesley church
Funeral services for Rev William H H Taylor were held at 11 o clock Monday from Wesley Methodist church. District Superintendent Rev Alfred G Hempstead led the service, assisted by Rev Arthur G Christopher Rev Dr Oliver W Bell and several ministers. Bearers included Herbert Lemont James Haine Dennis Haine and William Hess. Burial followed at Dunstan Cemetery in West Scarboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. H. Taylor
Wesley Methodist Church
Augusta
Methodist Church
Alfred G. Hempstead
Arthur G. Christopher
Green Street
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist
Beacon Street Methodist
Bath
Gordon W. H. Suzza
Winthrop
Howard E. Benson
Randolph
W. R. Wright
Bangor
C. C. Sargent
Wesley Church
Herbert Lemont
James Haine
Dennis Haine
William Hess
Dunstan Cemetery
West Scarboro
Private Funeral for Mrs Annie Hodgdon Held at Home
Private funeral services for Mrs Annie R Hodgdon were conducted Saturday afternoon from her home at 52 Green Street. The Rev Gladys D York of Yarmouth officiated. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie R. Hodgdon
Green Street
Gladys D. York
Yarmouth
Oak Grove
Farewell Party for Pamela Olson at New Junior High
Pamela Olson daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Olson of Central avenue was honored with a farewell party by classmates at the new Junior High School She received gifts after a theatre outing and refreshments at the home of Mr and Mrs Wesley Marco on Central avenue Her father will be stationed at a Naval Air Base in California The gathering included Judy Ashe Sally Grindell Helena Marco Loretta Bailey LeAnna Norton Jeanette Boudreau Carol Bennett Meredith Mitchell and Pamela Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Olson
Arnold Olson
Central Avenue
New Junior High
Wesley Marco
Pamela
West Coast
Naval Air Base
California
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Bath
Judy Ashe
Sally Grindell
Helena Marco
Loretta Bailey
Le-Anna Norton
Jeanette Boudreau
Carol_Bennett
Meredith Mitchell
Thanksgiving Dinner Held by Carlisle Family
Mr and Mrs Colin Carlisle hosted a Thanksgiving dinner at 53 Lemont Street with guests including Mr and Mrs Edward J Mann and daughters Marie Jean and Paula Mr and Mrs Donald Sylvester and daughters Jocelyn and Nicolet James Carlisle Robert Carlisle and Mr and Mrs Lowell Grindstaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Carlisle
Lemont Street
Edward J. M.mann
Marie
Jean
Paula
Donald Sylvester
Jocelyn
Nicolet
James Carlisle
Robert Carlisle
Lowell Grindstaff
Revered Methodist minister dies in Bath at 82
The Rev William Henry Hillier Taylor 82 a longtime Methodist minister died Friday at the home of his daughter Mrs Herbert Lemont 564 Washington Bath He born in London March 12 1872 came to this country in 1910 A conference veteran he pastored in Ogunquit Eliot West Scarboro Brunswick Eastern Solon and Philips He leaves widow two daughters Elizabeth Hillier Hess Lewes Del Ida Lemont Bath two sons William Henry Guilford N H Donovan C Audubon N J eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren two brothers and a sister in England Funeral 11 am Monday at Wesley Methodist Church with interment in West Scarboro family lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Hillier Taylor
Herbert Lemont
Washington Street
London
England
George and
Mary Hillier Taylor
Methodist Conference
Ogunquit
Eliot
West Scarboro
Brunswick
Eastern
Wesley Methodist Church
Mrs Edithe M Dolloff Dies In Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Edithe M Dolloff 52 of 226 Washington Street Bath died suddenly Saturday morning shortly after admission to Bath Memorial Hospital She was born April 26 1902 in Livermore Falls daughter of Frank and Mary Higgins Soule and lived in Oakland most of her life She moved to Bath three years ago to live with her daughter Beverly Decker Bath She is survived by her daughter a brother Clyde Soule a sister Vivian Winters three grandsons and several nieces and nephews She belonged to the Smith Tobey Post American Legion Auxiliary Funeral services will be at 130 p m Tuesday at the Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence Rev Oliver Bell officiating Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edithe M. Dolloff
Washington Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Livermore Falls
Frank and
Mary Higgins Soule
Oakland
Bath
Vivian Winters
George H. Carr 69 of West Bath dies after brief illness
George H. Carr of West Bath died Saturday at Bath Memorial hospital after a brief illness. Born June 8, 1885 in Calais, he worked 30 years for M. W. Sewall Co. Survived by widow Ethel, two sons George and Chester, four daughters Arlene Babine Thelma Leavitt Dorothy Bailey Laura Payne, two sisters Fannie Varnum Jeannette Hart, and 14 grandchildren. Funeral held Monday at Arther residence with Rev. Leslie Grant. burial in Hillside cemetery Eastport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Carr
West Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Calais
James
Elizabeth Betts Carr
M. W. Sewall Co
Ethel Carr
George
Chester
Avon Park
Fla
Arlene Babine
Thelma Leavitt
Bath
Dorothy Bailey
Laura Payne
Wilmington
Del
Fannie Varnum
Ridleyville
Jeannette Hart
Charlestown
Mass
Arthur F. Mayo
Funeral Services for Leslie W. Hall 60 Bath Native
Leslie W. Hall of Bath died November 24 after a brief illness. The Bath Iron Works veteran, born November 22, 1894, lived in Norwood, Mass., since World War I. Survived by sister Mrs. Marion Pratt of Bath, sons Robert of Hyde Park and Walter of Portland, daughter Mrs. Michael Benkovitch of Norwood, and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie W. Hall
Bath
Ginley
Walpole
Mass
Harry D
Jennie Whitehead Hall
Hall
Bath Iron Works
Norwood
Ruth Carr Hall
Marion Pratt
Robert Hall
Hyde Park
Walter Hall
Portland
Ore
Michael Benkovitch
Funeral for Charles E. Poulos Conducted at Grace Episcopal
Funeral services for Charles E. Poulos were held Saturday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Thomas Bitzis presiding. Bearers included Peter Kofopoulos John Arkelides Nicholas Vamarkias John Kapos James Spanos and Nicholas Gianbias. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Poulos
Grace Episcopal Church
Thomas Bitzis
Portland
Peter Kofopoulos
John Arkelides
Nicholas Vamarkias
John Kapos
James Spanos
Nicholas Gianbias
Oak Grove
Five Year Old Sandra Jean Smith Observed at Memorial Hospital
Sandra Jean Smith, five year old daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Talbot Smith of West Point, is a patient at Memorial Hospital under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Jean Smith
Dorothy Talbot Smith
West Point
Memorial Hospice
Mrs Hodgdon 90 Dies In Bath After Long Illness
Mrs Annie R Hodgdon aged 90 of 52 Green Street Bath died at home after an illness lasting since Sunday She was born in Bath Sept 7 18 in 1881 and was the second daughter of Charles T Lom She married G Hodgdon Dec 24 1884 their 61st wedding anniversary coming shortly before his death in January 1946 Surviving Amy A Hodgdon Nellie L Hodgdon two nieces and nephews Private funeral was held Saturday at 1 30 from her home with Rev Gladys D York officiating Burial was in the Oak Grove family lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie R. Hodgdon
Green Street
G. Hodgdon
Bath
Charles T. Lom
O Bath High School
North Yarmouth
Charles E Poulos Dies at 60 in Bath
Charles E Poulos 60 of 1162 High Street Bath died Thursday morning at Memorial hospital Born in Greece Aug 15 1894 son of Elias and Theodora Spanos Poulos He had lived in Bath for 28 years came from Springfield Mass Employed by Liberty Bottling Co Member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Survived by wife Anastasia two daughters Barbara and Helen two sons George and Peter all of Bath plus nieces nephews in Bath Springfield Ganes and a sister in Greece Funeral Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church burial Oak Grove Curtis Funeral Home handling arrangements
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Charles E. Poulos
High’street
Memorial Hospital
Greece
Elias and
Theodora Spanos Poulos
Bath
Springfield
Mass
Liberty Bottling Co
Poulos
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Portland
Anastasia
Barbara
Helen
George
Peter
Ganes
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Curtis Funeral Home
Death of Lloyd D. Perry in Bath
Lloyd D. Perry 43 died suddenly Sunday night at his Bath home. Born January 2, 1911 in Parker Head he was son of Charles D. and Edna Daley Perry. He lived in Bath nearly all his life and worked at Bath Iron Works for 22 years. He belonged to Corlis Street Baptist Church and the Rod and Gun Club. Surviving are Ruth Hughes Perry a son Wayne V his mother and an uncle all of Bath and a cousin Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liey@D. Perry
Lincoln Street
Jane
Parker Head
Charles D
Edna Daley Perry
Bath
Stone Returns From Visit With Hunting Friends
Robert Stone of North Quincy Massachusetts returns after a week with his mother Mrs Hilda Stone of Court street. During the stay he and his friend Leon Pennell did some hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stone
North Quincy
Mass
Hilda Stone
Court Street
Leon Pennell
Slight Change in Funeral Benefits of Social Security
The lump sum death benefit to the widow or whoever pays the funeral expenses has been increased by recent Social Security changes. The lump sum remains three times the primary benefit but now faces a maximum limit. Congress had sought to cancel the payment entirely, but the National Funeral Directors Association advocated for compromise and secured the described limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
National Funeral Directors Association
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Herbert Cavanaugh
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Arthur Berry
Thomas Watson
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Earland Moore
Russell Pinkham
Dennis Moore
Lloyd Pinkham
George Gray
Henry Moore
Victor Pinkham
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Albert Moore
Orville Rowe
Alton Reed
Woodrow Gray
Kathleen Rittall
Eugene Reynolds
Alvah Reynolds
Franz Stevens
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Edwin Berry
Philip Pinkham
George Pinkham
William Marr
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Reynolds Grover
Rosalyn Pinkham
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James MacMahan
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