Richmond church reports and community notes summary
Multiple Richmond area notices cover church events with Rev. Norton starting at Buckfield and Rev. Ives preaching on Spirit filled life. Nazarene services led by Roland Lord. A diphtheria clinic at Emerson school used the Xchick test. A Social Service Council formed at Mrs. Lawrence Bond’s home. Masonic and high school honors noted with honor roll listings and a badminton title won by Wallace Umberhind. Local court records show Earl Mains sentenced for illegal liquor sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester R. Norton
Buckfield
Baptist Church
Alfred Ives
Roland Lord
Church of the Nazarene
William Hengkins
Emerson School
Ada McConnell
Lawrence Bond
Edwin B. Dunn
Edwin F. Pratt
Solon Purinton
Ethel Gillis
Grand Worthy
Sadie P. Grover
York Village
Carmel
Donald Waltz
Lawrence Thompson
Geneva Gomier
James Sherburne
Marion Purinton
John Thrower
Wallace Umberhind
Melville Hanson
Richmond High
Amberkind
Garnet
White
Earl H. Mains
Richmond
J. W. Randlette
C. W. Messenger
Maine
Bath Board of Education Considers Budgets and Policies
The Bath Board of Education met at City hall with members Skelton Dunton Smith and Spear. It allocated 55 dollars from the Plum mer fund for high school library books and adopted the Maine association eligibility rules for athletics. The board kept its current stance on public dances and denied Sunday gym use for official exams, while pursuing tuition collections from Woolwich and Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
City Hall
William L. Skelton
Arthur J. Dunton
Alden G. Smith
Allan Spear
Plummer Fund
Maine Association of Principals of Secondary Schools
Maine
Morse High School Athletic Council
Junior Hospital League
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Western Maine Board of
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Repair Crew Rushes Aroostook Snow Fence Repairs
A crew of 130 men repairs 155 miles of Aroostook snow fences after a rain storm of near gale velocity blew down more than 100 miles of the barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Bath City Police Bill Creates Board of Commissioners
The act establishes a board of commissioners to select and appoint Bath's police department including a chief and two sergeants. Candidates face tests for physical, mental, and moral fitness, with an eligible list valid one year. The measure sets age, retirement, discipline, and appointment rules, with public election to approve the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bath
Board of Commissioners
Board of Commissioners of Police
Patten Free Library Supports Broad Research Efforts
Bath readers gain access to old Maine newspapers through the Patten Free Library. Mrs. H Kenneth Smith pursues 1820s education history using Maine Gazette and Lincoln Telegraph files, sharing findings with the University of Maine education department. The library adds specialized technical books to aid industry and arts research, focusing on fiction plus historical and scientific works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Bath
H. Kenneth Smith
Washington Street
Maine Gazette
Torrey & Simpson
Smith
Ava Chadbourne
Department of Education
University of Maine
Maine
Miss Jenkins Speaks to Winter Street Fireside Club
Miss Florence L. Jenkins of the State Board of Education spoke to the Winter Street Fireside club on Sunday night. She shared insights from Maine school work, stressed self examination for aptitudes, and noted risks and new work like industrial design. The Brunswick trip was postponed due to diphtheria. a Christmas meeting will discuss Growing a Personality with Martha Page leading and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence L. Jenkins
State Board of Education
Winter Street
Maine
Miss Jenkins
Brunswick
Martha Page
Co-Workers Class Elects Officers At First Baptist Meeting
At the annual Co-Workers class meeting held Friday evening at Miss Irma D. Groves home, 60 Oak Street, Mrs. Ernest H. Wade was elected president. Other officers named include Mrs. Willis B. Hall as vice president, Mrs. Vernon W. Miller secretary, Mrs. Jennie C. Cameron treasurer, and Mrs. Everett B. Wright assistant secretary with Lucy G. Rogers and Elmer W. Rogers as look-out committee. A New Year’s tree at the parsonage 138 North Street was planned with Mrs. Charles R. Sims hostess. Refreshment committee members listed are Mrs. Sims, Mrs. Clarence N. Flood, Mrs. Ruth MacKenzie and Mrs. Leon R. Eaton. Mrs. Jessie Pond, Dummer Street, has returned from Quincy Mass after two weeks with her brother Frank Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co- Workers
First Baptist Church
Irma D. Groves
Oak Street
Ernest H. Wade
Willis B. Hall
Vernon W. Miller
Jennie C. Cameron
Everett B. Wright
Lucy G. Rogers
Elmer W. Rogers
Miller
Cameron
Wade
Malt
North Street
Charles R. Sims
Sims
Clarence N. Flood
Ruth MacKenzie
Leon R. Eaton
Georgetown Ladies Host Lobster Stew Supper at Vestry
Georgetown church social events feature a lobster stew supper led by Mrs. J. R. Blackie with helpers Mrs. H. M. Trafton and Miss Belle Heald. Attendees include Bath residents and WPA foreman Melvin Cunningham recovering from illness. Community notes cover school events, trips to Florida, weekly whist parties, and church property work as horse sheds are removed for improved parsonage views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
J. R. Blackie
H. M. Trafton
Belle Heald
Bath
Carroll A. Deering
Elizabeth
Eva Gaudet
Melvin Cunningham
School Improvement Society
Emma Billings
Frank Heald
Gardiner
John Thibodeau
Florida
John
Havana
Andover
Mass
Thibodeau
Henry Albers
Howard M Trafion
W. A. Todd
Walter F. Powers
E. Emmons
John R. Blackie
Rapheal Higgins
C. L. Hinckley
Harold J. Brown
Charles Blaisdell
Walter T. Newdick
J. F. Higgins
Walter Newdick
Allie" Hinckley
Howard Trafton
Beatrice Abbott
Miami
Fla
Cemetery Association
Walter Powers
Maynard J. Thibodeau
the Cove
Improvements At Patten Library Upgrade Access And Shelving
Patten Free Library patrons praise the new combined permanent driveway and sidewalk from Summer street to the steps. The south banking was regraded and hedges planted to deter trespass. Additional basement shelf space is added to store books, and the stack room is being cleaned and refreshed for winter. The children's room and basement received fresh paint and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Summer Street
Lainges Return From Weekend Visit in Boston Area
Mr and Mrs Charles W Laing of Braintree Massachusetts returned after a weekend visit with Mrs Laings sister Mrs Ernest T Fulton in the city. Front street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Laing
Braintree
Mass
Cosmopolitan Club Hosts 10th Annual Silver Tea Attended by Many
The Cosmopolitan club held its tenth annual silver tea Sunday afternoon in the club house with over 100 members and guests. Decorations by the Garden club featured evergreen ropes and red candles. Proceeds go to philanthropic work as Miss Alice F. Johnson led the event with Mrs. J. R. Andrews and others serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Carl F. Pierce
Garden Club
Roscoe P. McFadden
Addiella D. Palmer
John Morse
Dorothy M. Milliken
Paul L. Boudreau
Harold W. DeLong
John Parker
Bethlehem
Paul Bliss
Music Drama Department
George B. Connard
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Carl Y. Kennedy
Rupert M. Irvine
Amy A. Irish
Herbert R. Lemont
George A. Churchill
Gardiner R. Deering
William W. Dennison
Leonard Wetherbee
Eleanor P. Danforth
Leroy F. Colby
Earl P. Cahoon
Elizabeth A. Colby
Sagada hoc Probate Court Handles Yearend Session
The December term Sagadagac probate court, presided by Hon Arthur J. Dunton, dealt with several small matters including wills, administrations, bonds, inventories, and account approvals. Filings covered estates in Bath Bowdoinham Topsham Woolwich and Noblesboro with listed executors guardians and administrators. Extension of time granted to commissioners of insolvency for the estate of Arthur H. Kateon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
Cornelius C. Small
Bowdoin
Scott Small
James F. Bonness
Bath
John Trainor
Joseph W. Dunning
Topsham
Mary E. Mulligan
Nobleboro
Edmund A. Lemfest
Ruth L. Dennison
Ida May Stewart
Woolwich
Thomas S. Long
Mary Rowe
Ruth R. Gallagher
Guardian
Annie Wylie Stackpole
West Bath
Mildred Strout
John S. Doyle
Charles B. Doyle
Rose McMackin
Althea I. Theberge
Mabel J. Smith
Pauline M. Smith
William J. Perry
Agnes M. Perry
Alice K. Robbins
Ruth W. Holt
Grace S. Preble
Clarence A. Preble
Arthur H. Kateon
Christmas tree shippers halt orders after highway warning
Eastern New Brunswick shippers read a bulletin from the Highway Department forbidding heavy trucks on gravel and untreated highways due to soft roads from recent rain and melted snow. Many firms abandoned all efforts to fill orders as supply was cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
New Brunswick
Five Islands Notes on Library Support and Local Visits
The Independent reports a Summer visitor Miss Harriet Worrell of Philadelphia joins Five Islands Library Association with a substantial check for dues. Local residents Mr. and Mrs Hartley Harley return from Seguinland. Bath, Milford and Webster visitors are noted along with Christmas concert rehearsals and various social calls across Five Islands and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Worrell
Philadelphia
Five Islands Library Association
Grange
Hartley Harley
Seguinland
Milford
N. H
D. L. Howard
D. R. Stevens
Bath
Five Islands
H. Elwin Burgess
Webster
Mass
Vernon E. Gray
Ralph Pinkham
Maurice Pinkham
Isabel Stevens
Carrie Stevens
Katharine Pendergast
Madeline Berry
Horace Rittall
Mr. Rittall
Fred H. Rittall
Paul
Billy Chase
Freeport
William Chase
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Chase
Alfred Rowe
Clayton Rowe
Clyde Caton
Albert
Edward DeWolfe
Henrietta Pushard
Isabel
Three Act Comedy at Grangers Fair
The McCoy Sisters a three act comedy presented by the West Bath grange at Walnut Village. Bob Oliver wrote directed and acted in the one and a half hour entertainer. Cast includes Maud McCoy Tia Day June McCoy Barbara Walsh Barbara Freeman Catherine Maud McCoy’s daughter Dan Holmes Aunt Matilda Tom Bell James King Hope Ward and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy Sisters
West Bath
Bob Oliver
Maud McCoy
Tia Day
Jason McCoy
June McCoy
Barbara Walsh
May McCoy
Barbara Freeman
Catherine McCoy
Charlotte Doyle
Dan Holmes
Robert Pletts
Matilda
Voce Ecu
Annie Henderson
Tom Bell
June
Edward Jenks James King
May
Charles Doyle Buck Spruce
John Howe
Susan
Hope Ward
Roger Parsons
David Henderson
Walnut Village
U S S O Officers Host Informal Sunday Social
The officers of the U S S O invite friends to an informal gathering at the Hotel Sedgwick on Sunday afternoon from five to seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Edward Thornton 88 dies at son's Bath home
Edward 8. Thornton aged 88 died Friday at the home of his son Oscar F. Thornton 472 Middle Street after a long illness. Born in Lubec son of Daniel and Mary Jane Thornton he sailed the sea and worked at Lime Rock Railroad in Rockland before moving to Bath in 1918 and later Bath Iron Works. Survived by wife two sons Oscar F. Thornton and Charles Thornton a daughter Velma Marsh a sister Mrs. Ella Corbett five grandchildren and several great grandchildren. He belonged to the Masonic lodge in Rockland and the Episcopal church there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Bath Iron Works
Masonic Lodge
Rockland
Episcopal Church
Oscar F. Thornton
Charles Thornton
Velma Marsh
Ella Corbett
Portland
Edward S. Thornton
Grace Mansfield
Arlington, Mass
Wendell Thornton
Newton, Mass
Frances Marsh
Oscar Marsh
William E Besaw Dies After Long Illness
William E Besaw 72 longtime Bath Iron Works machinist and former Hyde Light Guards lieutenant died at his home 537 High Street after a month long heart illness. Born in Brunswick he spent most of his life in Bath and is survived by his daughter Miss May Besaw. Funeral service Saturday at two in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Besaw
Old Bath Iron Works, Ltd
High Street
Mr. Besaw
Brunswick
John
Marceline Besaw
Bath
Old Hyde Light Guards
Miss May Besaw
Death removes Dr Caroline B Woodruff of medicine class 1884
Dr Caroline B Woodruff, once a Brunswick homeopathic physician later in Iowa, died from injuries after a fall in Independence Iowa. She was born in Skowhegan Maine and changed her surname in 1902 after marriage to Woodruff. Survived by Mr Woodruff. Signed Dr Edward E Briry December 9 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Independence
Iowa
Boston University School of Medicine
Brunswick
Caroline Brooks
George Storer
Old Elm House
Lower
Maine Street
Brooks
Skowhegan
Woodruff
Edward E. Briry
Funeral service set for Burton A Fuller in Melrose Mass
Arthur I Pepper of 841 Middle Street travels to Melrose Mass to attend the funeral of his brother in law Burton A Fuller 58 who died Thursday after a long illness. Fuller was a traveling grocery salesman before retirement and is survived by his wife Florence Pepper a sister Bessie Fuller and brother Fred Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur I. Pepper
Middle Street
Melrose
Mass
Burton A. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Florence E. Pepper
Bath
Bessie Fuller
Fred Fuller
Augusta
Death of Alice Elizabeth Lancaster in Richmond
Alice Elizabeth Lancaster died early Friday at her home on Brunswick road Richmond after months of illness. She was born June 18 1926 in Gardiner and was a student in Richmond schools. She is survived by her parents Harold D and Mrs Lancaster a sister Grace Lancaster of Everett Massachusetts two brothers Kenneth and Merle Lancaster of Richmond and several uncles aunts and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Elizabeth Lancaster
Harold D. Lancaster
Brunswick Road
Richmond
Gardiner
Grace Lancaster
Everett
Mass
Kenneth
Merle Lancaster
J A Fullers Funeral for Civil War Veteran Joseph A Fuller
The 98 year old Civil War veteran Joseph A Fuller was laid to rest Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Fred S Curtis funeral home 105 Center Street Rev Charles R Sims of the First Baptist church officiated. Bearers from the T W Hyde camp S of U V included Lloyd L Hooker George Melzard Vernon W Miller and Harry G Barrett. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Fuller
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
T. W. Hyde Camp
U. V
Lloyd L. Hooker
George Melzard
Vernon W. Miller
Harry G. Barrett
Oak Grove
Thornton Funeral Held for Edward S. Thornton
The funeral of Edward S. Thornton who died Friday was held Monday afternoon at two at the home of his son Oscar F. Thornton 472 Middle Street. Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt officiated with bearers Oscar F. Thornton Charles H. Thornton Edward B. Thornton and Wendell H. Thornton. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Thornton
Oscar F. Thornton
Middle Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Charles H. Thornton
Edward B. Thornton
Wendell H. Thornton
Oak Grove Cemetery
Tide recedes with no damage at Popham Beach cottages
A 111 foot tide at Popham Beach caused no damage to cottage property as the high seas ease. Some cottages remain precarious and could be at risk if a southeast storm returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
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Maine Association of Principals
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Police
Civil Service
Fireside Club
Jessie Pond
Dummer Street
Quincy
Frank Oliver
Georgetown
Patten
Royal David's City
Marion Brswell
Miles S. Purington
Alvah B. Kelley
Marion S. Kelley
Bowdoinham
Leslie F. Roberts
Joshua G. C. Farnham
James J. Landers
James A. Landers
Charles M. Miller
Annie M. Miller
L. A. Jack
Pauline R. Curtis
George W. Curtis
Grangers’ Fair
West Bath Grange
McCoy
Grandpa McCoy
Catherine
Dick McKenzie
Grandpa
Langdon Simons
Carol
Langdon, Jr
Minot
Washington
New York
England
Simonds
Norton Co
Worcester
Garden City
London
Carol Percy
Frank H. Percy
Minot Simonds
Prout’s Neck
Mrs. Simonds
New York City
Thornton
Caroline B. Woodruff
Alice E. Lancaster
J. A. Fuller
E. S. Thornton Funeral
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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