Richmond Enterprise Grange Officers Elected and Community News
Richmond Enterprise Grange No. 48 elected officers led by Master William Sullivan Jr and Overseer Clarence Dunbar. Dorothy W Jones elected matron of Enterprise Juvenile Grange No. 99. Christmas party planned with 25 cent exchange gifts. Maine Legion members honored. Christmas club payouts reach $20,000 to 300 members. Local high school boys beat Bowdoinham 42 to 24. Community notices include veterans legislation plans and a birthday party for Mrs. Maurice Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange No. 48
William J. Sullivan, Jr
Clarence O. Dunbar
Annie Dunbar
Harold L. Jones
Wesley E. Webber, Sr
Belle Call
Howard F. Knight
Joseph W. Randlette
Raymond Kelley
Ceres
Freda J. Sullivan
Pomona
Katherine Kelley
Flora
Dorothy W. Jones
G. C. Marriner
Marriner
State Grange
Richmond
Depositors Trust Co
Richmond High
Bowdoinham
Joe
Pillsbury
Glenn White
Robert Gibbs
Estabrook
Lambert
Local families note veterans returns and engagements
The column lists multiple residents recently discharged from the armed services. Charles Dowd was discharged at Bainbridge Maryland after three years in the Marine Service. Several families announce births engagements and visits over the weekend including Robena Eleanor Call and Velma Emily Berry Verbal notices cover Army Navy and Coast Guard service with transports to Fort Devens Portland Harbor and California.
Obituary: Paul H. Hussey 67 of Monmouth passes away
Paul H. Hussey died at his son Harold’s Belmont Massachusetts home after long illness. Born May 3 1878 in Revere he moved to Woolwich in 1917 then Monmouth and married Cora Stewart Hussey forty five years ago. Survived by widow two sons three daughters eight grandchildren one great grandchild. Services Thursday at 2 30 at Mayo Funeral Residence with Woolwich interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Hussey
Monmouth
Harold Hussey
Belmont
Mass
Mr. Hussey
Revere
William .A
Emma Pratt Hussey
Woolwich
Cora Stewart Hussey
Unitarian Church of
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Woolwich held at Mayo residence
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Woolwich were held Monday at two o clock from the Arthur F Mayo & Son funeral residence 819 High street with Rev Charles M Tubbs rector of Grace Episcopal church officiating Bearers were Alfred Stearns and Merton Bearce Burial took place in the family lot in Riverside Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Woolwich
Arthur F
Georgetown Chronicle Notes Christmas Gatherings and Post Office History
A Georgetown Christmas party at the Primary School ended early due to a fierce storm. Post office history for Georgetown Sagadahoc County Maine lists long service, name changes, and postmasters from 1801 to 1941, with notes on borders between Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties.
Local News Quick Hits from Wiscasset Area
Wiscasset families move into new homes on Federal street and nearby properties. Local residents join the American Association for the Advancement of Science. a hospital eye operation recovery is noted. Funeral services for Mrs. Della Brown are reported with interment at Greenlawn, and church services and memorial observances are described. Christmas tree shipments depart by rail and truck to Boston and Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Street
Fred Merry
Earl B. Colby
Walter Adams
Bernard Seamon
Molly Seamon
Middle Street
American Association For the Advancement of Science
John Blagdon
Sewall Strout
Chester Pendleton
Portland
Fred Soule
Thayer Hospital
Waterville
Montsweag
Robert P. Robert
South Portland
Warland House
Dresden Road
Depositors Trust Co
William R. Campbell, Maine Insurance Dealer, Dies at 73
William R. Campbell, 73, of Cape Elizabeth, a Maine insurance dealer and former deputy collector of Internal Revenue, died in Portland after a career spanning D T Percy & Sons, banking, coal and insurance. Born in Phippsburg, he moved with his wife Mary Lincoln to Portland and then Cape Elizabeth, was part of Campbell Payson & Noyes, and a longtime member of State Street Congregational Church. Surviving are his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Campbell
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Portland
Phippsburg
Scott
Susan (Hutchins) Campbell
Campbell
Mary Lincoln
George M. Lincoln
James O. Lincoln
D. T. Percy & Sons
Waterville
Campbell, Payson & Noyes
Exchange Street
Internal Revenue
Lowelltown
Franklin County
State Street
Five Islands Club Hosts Busy Holiday Week Events
The Good Neighbor club enjoyed a pleasant meeting with president Mrs Harland Pinkham and hosts Mrs Pinkham and Mrs Rudolph Pinkham. Christmas party plans, hospital donations for Franz and Melburn Stevens, and rehearsals for a church pageant were reported alongside Bible conference attendance and local social events at Library hall and the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Harland Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Francis Pierce
Kathleen Rittall
Henry Moore
Philip Pinkham
Edith McMahan
Franz Stevens
William Marr
Victor Pinkham
Marr
Melburn Stevens
Library Hall
Walter Nelson
North Carolina
Lermond Davis
Clifton Little
James Stevens
Woodrow Gray
Mr. Little
Barbara Davis
Shirley Moore
Patricia Davis
Mrs Addie Moulton of Five Islands Dies in Bath
Mrs Addie Moulton aged in Five Islands passed away Monday in Bath after a brief illness. Her son and daughter survive, with funeral arrangements to be announced locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Moulton
Five Islands
Bath
Daniel J Small 62 Dies. Bath Man Served at Bath Iron Works
Daniel Johnson Small aged 62 of 41 Western Avenue died Monday evening at Memorial Hospital. Born Dresden November 22, 1883 he lived in Bath about 52 years. Funeral Thursday at 2 from Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street with Rev W A Smith officiating. Burial Oak Grove. Survived by sister Mrs Amy Snipe Arrowsic and several cousins. Formerly employed in Bath Iron Works cleaning dept and member of Dromore Grange Phippsburg. Also a member of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War recently elected color bearer after previously serving as inside guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Johnson Small
Western Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Dresden
Richard
Hattie Johnson Small
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
W. A. Smith
Oak Grove
Small
Amy Snipe
Arrowsic
Bath Iron Works
Dromore Grange of
Phippsburg
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Mrs Hattie N Jack Dies At Amherst Mass
Mrs Hattie Nichols Jack 56 died Friday at her Amherst home after a long illness She was born in Claremont California June 15 1889 daughter of Frank J and Effie Lydick Nichols She credited as the first white child born in Claremont She married Robert H Jack of Bowdoinham in 1910 and held various Western Union posts including Rangeley Claremont N H and Bath She belonged to South Amherst Congregational church Electa chapter Bowdoinham and Rebekah lodge Survivors include a daughter Mrs Louis Toppan South Amherst Mass and three grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Nichols Jack
Amherst
Mass
Claremont
Calif
Frank J
Effie Lydick Nichols
Jack
West
Kent's Hill Seminary
Kent's Hill
Robert H. Jack
Bowdoinham
Western Union
Rangeley
N.H
South
Rebekah Lodge
N. H
Maine Central
Bowdeinham
Bath Independent
Bath
Louis Toppan
South Amherst
George G Hathorn 89 Died At Memorial Hospital
George Gilbert Hathorn 89 died Saturday at Memorial hospital after a short illness. He was born January 23 1856 in Woolwich son of Gilbert and Hannah Hathorn. He lived with daughter Mrs Roland Beal at 2 Bedford Street since 1938 and retired about 20 years ago. Funeral from Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street with Rev Charles R Sims officiating burial Riverside cemetery. He leaves daughter three sisters two brothers and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gilbert Hathorn
Memorial Hospital
Woolwich
Gilbert
Hannah
Carlton) Hathorn
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Joseph Melrose
Milton C. Trott
Freeman Trott
Chester Addison
Riverside Cemetery
Mrs Dora D Boyd 78 dies in Los Angeles after illness
Mrs Dora Davis Boyd widow of Charles M Boyd died at her Los Angeles home after months of heart illness. She was born in Georgetown and lived in Bath with her husband, a Bath barber. A charter member of Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters she remained active until her death. Surviving is her son Harold in Los Angeles and a sister in South Portland among other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora (Davis) Boyd
Charles M. Boyd
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary Curtis
Pleasant Street
Harold Boyd
Bath
Boyd
Georgetown
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Temple
Harold
South Portland
Addie Moulton
Five Islands
Death of Dr James O Lincoln in Brattleboro Vermont
Word has been received of the death of Dr James O Lincoln aged 84 at the Osgood Infirmary Brattleboro Vermont. He was born in Bath December 27 1861 son of George M Lincoln and Frances Louise Berry Lincoln. He practiced medicine in Bath after training at Bowdoin Maine Medical and College of Physicians and Surgeons New York City. He served on Bath Hospital medical staff and gave time to the Old Folks Home as founding president. An avid golfer and music lover he sang with a Central church quartet and helped Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Survived by wife Daisy Drake brother Charles M Lincoln former New York Times editor sister Mrs William R Campbell Portland and three nieces. Cremation will be carried out per his wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dowd
Bainbridge
Marine Service
Staten Island
N. Y
Raymond Call
Robena Eleanor
Call
Portland Harbor
Coast Guard
Eleanor Allard
William G. Berry
Velma Emily
Joseph Leo Madore
James N. Sidelinger
Chestnut Street
Robert E. Sidelinger
California
Pacific
James N. Sidelinger, Jr
Fort Devens
Lee E. Stilphen
Plymouth
N. H
Main Street
Rebecca Lee
Stilphen
Fred Stilphen
Cedar Grove
Lillian McKenney
Old Orchard
Richmond
J. Franklin McKenney
Fort
Anderson
Patton
Third Army
Wesley Hinckley
Merle Terrell
Joseph Whitmore
Arthur Gonier
Romeo Bellavance
Joseph Couture
Larry la Flamme
Lucien Poulin
Augusta
Shirley Moore
Gardiner General Hospital
Basil Foss
Hallowell
Foss
Ernest J. Foss
Hollis Kennedy
Bonita
Bath
Pvt. Kennedy
C. B. Kennedy
River Road
James O. Lincoln
Osgood Infirmary
Brattleboro
Vermont
George M. Lincoln
Frances Louise Berry Lincoln
Bath High School
Yale
Maine Medical School
Bowdoin College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York City
Bath Hospital
Lincoln
Central Church
New England
Daisy Drake
Charles M. Lincoln
New York Times
William E Poertner 66 Bath native dies in Maine General Hospital
William H Poertner formerly of Bath and resident of Portland for 24 years died Monday after a six week illness at Maine General hospital. A retired Maine Central engineer he worked 28 years on the railroad and four years for New England Shipbuilding Corp. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers and once to Bath Masonic lodge. Survived by his widow Blanche L Poertner a stepson Howard W Call a brother Charles Poertner and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Thursday afternoon in Portland with interment at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Poertner
Bath
Portland
Maine General Hospital
Maine Central
Poertner
St. John
N. B
Bath Street
New England Shipbuilding Corp
Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers
Blanche L. Poertner
Howard W. Call
South Portland
Charles Poertner
Oak Grove Cemetery
City
Portland Landscape Architect Fred A Bartheleney Dies at 56
Fred A Bartheleney 56 died suddenly in Portland on Thursday. Born in Boston he was a noted landscape architect in New England before moving to Portland to enter the furniture business. Survived by wife Gertrude of South Portland a daughter Mrs David Yale of Delta Pennsylvania a son Eric Merchant Marine in foreign service several brothers and sisters in Massachusetts and a grandson David of Delta Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Bartheleney
Portland
Boston
New England
Gertrude
South Portland
David Yale
Delta
Penn
Bath
Eric
Merchant Marine
Foreign Service
Massachusetts
David
Rachel the French Actress Born Elizabeth Felix
Elizabeth Felix, later known as Rachel, emerged as a famous 19th century French actress born to poor Jewish pedlars in Switzerland, reflecting an unlikely rise from humble origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel
Elizabeth Felix
Switzerland
Died in the Store Where He Started
Alfred Sturgiss, a Portland traveling drug salesman, died suddenly Monday noon in the rear of Staples Drug Store. He began in that spot over 60 years ago under Kidder and Daugherty, later joining Cook Everett Pennel of Portland. He was the second employer of the firm to die suddenly within two days, a day after Francis J. Stubbs of Spring Street, Portland, died at the Odd Fellows home in Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Sturgiss
Portland
Staples Drug Store
Sturgiss
W. G. Kidder
Daniel T. Daugherty
Bath
Kidder
Cook, Everett & Pennel
Francis J. Stubbs
Spring Street
Odd Fellows Home
Auburn
Dr George Shorkley Dies. Arctic Doctor and Mt Vernon Figure
Dr George Shorkley of Mt. Vernon Washington died at his home on November 30. Born in 1882 in Lewisburg Pennsylvania, he trained at Bicknell College and Hahnemann Medical School and practiced in Camden before joining an Arctic expedition as surgeon. He later settled in Washington, served as a WWI major, and rose to prominence in Masonic circles. He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shorkley
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Camden
Lewisburg
Bicknell College
Hahnemann Medical School
Baldwin- Zeigler
Arctic
Shortley
Washington
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Maine
Sharkley
Death of Lawrence B. Lewis Jr. of Reading Mass
Lawrence B. Lewis Jr. aged 84 died in Reading Mass. He owned Malden's Joslin & Co. department store for many years. His widow Estelle Webber of Round Pond and their Reading home will host funeral services at the Reading residence Friday.
Mrs Helen F Maybury Dies At Osteopathic Hospital
Mrs Helen F Maybury aged 49 died Saturday morning at the Osteopathic hospital. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs William Pierce of England and is survived by two daughters Mrs Merton Bearce of Woolwich and Missery Maybury of Cambridge, ass. Also three sisters Miss Elizabeth Pierce Mrs Grace Muller of Medford Mass and Mrs Harry Dykstra of East Boston Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen F. Maybury
Osteopathic Hospital
William Pierce
England
Merton Bearce
Woolwich
Missery Maybury
Cambridge
Elizabeth Pierce
Grace Muller
Medford
Mass
Harry Dykstra
East
Boston
Henry Sheffield Appears on Marjorie Mills Program
Friday afternoon Henry Sheffield USA appeared on the Marjorie Mills program at noon. He spoke of his Bath Maine grandmother who made fine molasses doughnuts and named several of Miss Mills’s friends. Mills invited him to share his injury and service on the network before he heads home for a short visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sheffield
USA
Marjorie Mills
Miss Mills
Bath
Maine
Henry
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Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Maurice Wheeler
Ralph Groves
Groves
Lincoln Street
Ralph Wheeler
Donald Savage
Ethel Rankins
Chester Call
South Pleasant Street
Ernest Drew
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Otis Chase
CM Melvin Chase
Norfolk
Guam
Melvin Curtis
Maurice Reynolds
Lewiston
Richard Parent
Joseph Parent
HaHewell
Donald Parent
Donaald, Jr
Belmont, Mass
Sonie Thibodeau
Ernest Heal
Working League
Kennebunk
York County
Sagadahoc County
Lincoln County
Mark Langdon Hill
Andrew Reed
Mark L. Hill
Mark Langdon Hill, Jr
Alexander Drummond, Jr
Phippsburgh
John L. Hill
Nathaniel C. Reed
Alvin D. Getchell
Charles V. Minott
Thomas Minott
George C. Pease
Annie M. Pease
Roscoe E. Perkins
Susie E. Barbour
Sagadahoc
Allen Clary, Jr
Jacob Power
Zacheus Trafton
Andrew J. Berry
Kelvin W. Riggs
William G. Emmons
Nathaniel S. Todd
Albion K. P. Oliver
Byron M. Rowe
Warren C. Todd
William A. Todd
Elizabeth Powers
William Bisseth
Peterson
Bisseth
10Th Mountain Division
Italy
10Th
Apennines
Kesselring
Po Valley
Brenner Pass
Mr. Bisseth
Germany
John K. Lee
Bryn Mawr
Ralph Davis
Harry Carlisle
Madeline Johnson
Roland Peterson
George Powers
Lawrence du Pont
Melvin Cunningham
Maud Thayer
Harry Heald
Gilbert Standish
Vincent MacMahan
Robinhood
George Jones
Boothbay Harbor
Carroll Powers
John Blackié
West Georgetown
A. S. Cunningham
Searsport
Dorothy Stuart
Aubrey Fullerton
Lief Lorneland
Alonzo Thibodeau
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harold J. Brown
Kennebie Point
Clarence White
Seguinland
Clement MacMahan
Alvah Reynolds
Henry Reynolds
Maureen
Wiscasset
Mr. Gray
Albert Moore
Ida Hinckley
Rowe
Robert Bailey
U.S.M
Charles Osborne
Beulah Miller
Alice Cromwell
Daniel J. Small
Hattie N. Jack
Amherst, Mass
Bowdoinham Station
George G. Hathorn
Dora D. Boyd
Ida McVicar
Lemont Street
Hollywood Beach
Hollywood
Fla
Pearl Campbell
Donald B. Wilson
High Street
Bertram Packard
Marius H. Page
North St
Kennebec Greenhouses
William E. Poertner
Lawrence B. Lewis
Mrs
H. F. Maybury
Fred S. Curtis & Co
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