Richmond Poet Featured In Anthology And Local Christmas Notes
Mrs Kennedy of Richmond is included in a contemporary American poets anthology with her poem Lost An Hour and is eligible for a $50 prize. Other works by Kennedy and local holiday events at Baptist and Methodist churches are noted along with obituaries and travel visits. Ernest E Howe, 60, drug clerk and photographer, died of a heart ailment in Beech Street residence.
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New York City
Charlie
Crown
Crown Publishing Co
Columbian Music Co
Toronto
Canada
Amy Hovey
Howard Purinton
Alice Hovey
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
James Connors
Norman Walker
Dedham
Mass
Ernest E. Howe
Beech Street
John
Harriet Davis Howe
Richmond
Bibber
Howe
Enterprise Grange
Ruth Bunker
Gordon
Maud Millay
Bowdeinham
Irving Howe
Stockholm
Charles Alexander
George Thomson
Cleveland Marriner
Seth Warren
Richmond Cemetery
Charles B. Day
Local travel notes and listed student names in Florida trip
A fragment lists a trip to Florida with mentions of Miss Barbara Bond of North Adams and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bond. It also names Hondr Roll students including Rich- Helen Seamans Lawrence Thompson Estelle Brown Laurelle Priest Edward Lewis and James Sherburne Marion Purinton Wallace Umberhind Nellie Alexander Leona Lemont Melvin Lewis Blaine Pickett Claudia Cote.
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Florida
Barbara Bond
North Adams
Rene Crore Jane Wares
Lawrence Bond
Rich
Bath Veteran Firemen Nominate Officers
Herbert L. Anderson was nominated to succeed himself as president of the Bath Veteran Firemen's Association. Election of officers will take place Monday evening Jan. 8. Other nominees include Walter E. Madden vice president Frank H. Turner treasurer Richard Moran clerk Frank T. Fortier foreman and others. The association planned a January social and appointed a committee to arrange it.
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Herbert L. Anderson
Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association
Walter E. Madden
Frank H. Turner
Richard Moran
Frank T. Fortier
Melvin H. Savage
J. Edward Blake
Frank J. Farrin
Edward F. Miller
Mr. Turner
Mr. Fortier
Henry C. Parshley
Fred Ellingwood
Oscar King
George H. Pratt
Earl R. Fortier
Parshley
Samuel Guptill
Turner
Moran
Madden
Anderson
King
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin Elects New Officers
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin met Saturday evening to complete the third and fourth degrees for seven candidates. Officers elected include Master Norman Curtis Overseer Kenneth Bickford Steward Lawrence Adams Chaplain Mattie Card Treasurer Edwin Baker Gate Keeper Donald Bickford Ceres Alice Larrabee Pomona Edna Bickford Flora Daisy Bickford and three year member executive committee Leslie Bickford. Remaining officers to be chosen next Saturday and a Christmas tree celebration noted.
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Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Norman Curtis
Kenneth Bickford
Lawrence Adams
Mattie Card
Edwin Baker
Donald Bickford
Ceres
Alice Larrabee
Pomona
Edna Bickford
Flora
Daisy Bickford
Leslie Bickford
Perfect Attendance Winners Named Across Classes
Center street school four grade pupils with perfect term attendance include Joan Briggs Maynard Dixon Eleanor Gotte Janet Haley Richard Hersom Robert Higgins David Johnson and Rita Sullivan. Grade three lists Robert Alley Albert Cullen and Gerald Watson with perfect attendance. Junior Primary honors go to Margaret Cahill Judith Haley James Hart Dorothy Landry. Ungraded room recipients are Harold Anderson Francis Burnell and Doris Warner.
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Center Street School
Joan Briggs
Maynard Dixon
Eleanor Gotte
Janet Haley
Richard Hersom
Robert Higgins
David Johnson
Rita Sullivan
Robert Alley
Albert Cullen
Gerald Watson
Margaret Cahill
Judith Haley
James Hart
Dorothy Landry
Harold Anderson
Francis Burnell
Doris Warner
Accident Befalls Bay Point Fish Warden Owen Richardson
Owen Richardson, Bay Point fish warden, fell on duty and broke several bones in his right ankle. He is hospitalized at Bath Memorial. The community notes multiple visits, illnesses, and a seasonal lobster haul ending early due to rough seas and trap losses.
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Owen Richardson
Small Point
Richardson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ernestine Little
Neil
Edward
Bay Point
Edna M. Coolidge
Boston
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth
Bath
Lou
Sylvia Warren
Five Islands
Maurice Burns
Georgetown Road
Ralph Spinney, Jr
Ernestine Spinney
Rachel Mathews
Pupils Entertain With Fine Program at Center Street School
The ungraded room at Center Street School led by Mrs Florence Hawley and Mrs Frances Small staged a holiday program before dismissal. Songs included Santa's Visit The Christmas Tree and A Star for Our Christmas Tree. Paul Ater sang Up On The House Top and Silent Night duet with Clarence Colby. A Christmas store choral reading and One Hundredth Psalm were performed, followed by carols and a tree with gifts. Gratitude was extended to North Center PTA for ice cream and cookies and to South End PTA for candy bags.
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Center Street School
Florence Hawley
Frances Small
Santa
Paul Ater
Clarence Colby
North-Center
P.T.A
South End
Georgetown School Closes Friday in Center District
Georgetown reports the Center district closes Friday for winter break with a Christmas program by the junior and senior groups. Junior performers include Anne Powers, Le Roy Pinkham, Harold Loveitt, Elizabeth Pinkham, Faylene Rowe, Clayton Stevens, and others. senior acts feature Barbara Hanna and Gwen dolyn Hanna among reciters.
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Ruth Powers
St. Luke II
Anne Powers
Leroy Pinkham
Harold Loveitt
Helen Koehlwetter
Elizabeth Pinkham
Faylene Rowe
Clayton Stevens
Clayton Heald
Lois Burns
Barbara Hanna
Auddry Pinkham
Maurice Hinckley, Jr
Elliott Harford
Gwendolyn Hanna
Ella McMahan
Effie ‘Loveitt
Wilber Loveitt
Charles Hanna
Adaline Hinckley
Howard M. Trafton
Massachusetts
Harold Miller
Rudolph Trafton
Portland
Charles L. Blaisdell
Trafton
Town
Bath
Everett Trafton
Lincoln Street
William A. Todd
Joseph F. Higgins
Walter V. Cummings
Carroll A. Deering
F. P. Moffatt
Corliss Street
James Boyd Stuart
Emma Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Georgetown
Penn's Grove
N. J
Stuart
The
du Pont Co
First Baptist Church
King
Price
Jesus
Willard
Alfred Rowe
Herald Angels
Walter Powers
John Blackie
May Hagan
Myra Trafton
Belle Heald
Eleanor Hamilton
Lester Powers
Franklin Koehlwetter
Harry Heald
Harold Brown
Ward
Former pastor to dedicate Corliss Street baptistry
Rev. Benjamin P. Browne of Holyoke Massachusetts will deliver the dedication address at the Corliss Street Baptist church baptistry service on Sunday January 14. Browne a former pastor of the Corliss Street church now leads the Second Baptist church in Holyoke and is a prominent New England Baptist figure. Also attending are Rev. John S. Pendleton of Waterville secretary of the United Baptist Association of Maine and Rev. Brindley of Waterville district secretary for dedicatory services.
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Benjamin P. Browne
Holyoke
Mass
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Browne
Corliss Street Church
Second Baptist Church
New England
Bath
Moffatt
John S. Pendleton
Waterville
United Baptist Association of Maine
Mr. Brindley
Burglary at Bath Brunswick Highway Filling Station
A break in at Lewis' Filling Station near Court Street on the Bath Brunswick highway led to the theft of 15 cartons of cigarettes. Entry was gained by shattering a rear window pane and releasing the catch. Patrolman Dana York found the break during a night patrol at 145 a.m.
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Lewis
Bath-Brunswick Highway
Court Street
Dana York
George F Simpson Funeral Held in Bath
The funeral for George Fred Simpson was Monday afternoon at Curtis funeral home. Rev. Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street church officiated. Burial followed in the town cemetery at Phippsburg Center. Charles Goomes of Sebasco Estates visited Bath on Saturday.
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George Fred Simpson
Curtis Funeral Home
Bath
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Phippsburg Center
Five Islands Christmas program draws strong turnout
A Friday afternoon Christmas program at the Five Islands school drew 34 attendees including Superintendent John Carter of Woolwich. The event featured many students performing songs and readings while Santa distributed gifts after the tree was lit and decorations were displayed.
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John Carter
Woolwich
Wolcome i Ae
Cleon Pinkham
Beverly Rittal
Rose Campbell
Danny McGillivary
Natilie MacMahan
Grandma's
Barbara Pinkham
Betty Carr
Madelon Pierce
Maureen Davis
Betty Rittall
Marilyn Landry
Evelyn Bold
Mary Louise Pinkham
Gloria Landry
Charlotte Gray
John MacGillivary
Irving Hanna
Chester MacMahan, Jr
Ida MacGillivary
Mary Hanna
Wnson
Jeanette Pinkham
Doris Campbell
the Mouse
Dickie Campbell
David Stevens
Claire MacGillivary
Santa Claus
Russell Harford, Jr
Ida McGillivary
Richard Campbell
Laura E. Harding
Boothbay
Repairs on No 1 Highway At Witch Spring
Men and trucks work on the Brunswick road east of the West Bath road junction at Witch Spring. Blasting and heavy hauling remove rock and dirt as the ledge beneath the road causes surface damage when water freezes. An underdrain will improve drainage for a permanent top next spring. Driver caution urged during construction.
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Brunswick Road
West Bath Road
Witch Spring
Progressive Grange Elects New Richmond Master
Charles Wheeler was elected master of Progressive Grange in Richmond on Friday night. New officers include Overseer Clair Farnum, Lecturer Bertha Gray, Steward Richard Thompson, Assistant Steward Arthur Pickard, Chaplain Grace Thompson, Treasurer Walter Knight, Secretary Lucy Tarr, Gate Keeper Marshall White, Ceres Florence Wheeler, Pomona Cora Farnum, Flora Eva Libby, Lady Assistant Steward Laurelle Priest, with Edward Rideout named to the three year executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wheeler
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Clair Farnum
Bertha Gray
Richard Thompson
Arthur Pickard
Grace Thompson
Walter Knight
Lucy Tarr
Marshall White
Ceres
Florence Wheeler
Pomona
Cora Farnum
Flora
Eva Libby
Laurelle Priest
Edward Rideout
Edith M. Stinson Funeral Held at Home
The funeral for Edith M. Stinson wife of Charles E. Stinson occurred Tuesday afternoon at two at their home 477 Washington street. Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt of Corliss Street church presided. Bearers were Ernest L. Stinson George S. Lenox Carroll A. Deering and Robert C. Mitchell. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
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Edith M. Stinson
Charles E. Stinson
Washington Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street
Ernest L. Stinson
George S. Lenox
Carroll A. Deering
Robert C.mitchell
Oak Grove
Rebecca M Rogers 64 former Bath pupil dies in Portland
Funeral held in Richmond for Rebecca M Rogers 64 widow of Elmer E Rogers formerly of Phippsburg born Bowdoin daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Potter. She taught in Bath Center Street and Phippsburg schools and was active in Beulah Rebekah lodge O E S Mt Carmel D A R Enterprise grange and Baptist choir. Survived by sister Mrs Isaac H Rideout Mrs Ralph J Patten and brother Woodbury Potter.
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Rebecca M. Rogers
Phippsburg
Elmer E. Rogers
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Richmond
Isaac H. Rideout
Bath
Emery Rideout
Carlton Rideout
Earlon Rideout
Bowdoin
Daniel
Elizabeth Potter
Herbert Bowker
Rogers
Mt. Carmel
That
Enterprise Grange
Rideout
Ralph J. Patten
Woodbury Potter
Topsham
Master Mariner Capt Gillies Dies At 76 In Bath Hospital
Capt James C Gillies a well known Sebasco district master mariner died Sunday at Bath Memorial Hospital after a 17 day stay. A native of New Brunswick he spent much of his life in Phippsburg and contributed to building auxiliary schooner yachts. His wife Cordelia and several children survive. The Blanche Gillies was sold to Philadelphia parties for a pleasure voyage to Australia. The Lorraine, a two masted auxiliary schooner, begun Nov 1 1938, nears completion.
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James C. Gillies
Sebasco
Phippsburg
Bath Memorial Hospital
New Brunswick
Blanche Gillies
Philadelphia
Australia
Lorraine
Gillies
Cordelia
Obituary of Herbert S. Small 76 of Topsham
Herbert S. Small age 76 died at his Topsham home Thursday after a long illness. He was born in Bowdoinham, a son of Steven and Lucy Small. He leaves his wife, four daughters, one son, two foster daughters, a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Small
Eugene Babb
Bath
Topsham
Small
Bowdoinham
Steven
Lucy Small
William Metcalf
Charles Jackett
Brunswick
Fred Anderson
Rockland
Babb
Hollis Small
Edith Prince
Bessie Small
Wallace Small
Emma Card
Lisbon Falls
Joseph A. Dunning Obituary
Joseph A. Dunning 88 died Tuesday evening after a long illness at his son Andrew Dunning's home in Cundy's Harbor. Born May 12, 1851 in Harpswell to Abisiah and Jane Stover Dunning, he lived there all his life and worked as a fisherman. He is survived by daughter Rhoda of Portland, son Millard of Yarmouth Island, and several grandchildren.
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Joseph A. Dunning
Andrew Dunning
Cundy’s Harbor
Harpswell
Abisiah
Jane (Stover) Dunning
Rhoda
Portland
Millard
Yarmouth Island
Death of Anna C DeFreitas in Bath leaves husband and two children
Anna C DeFreitas 47 of the North Bath district formerly of 16 Center street died in a Lewiston hospital after a seven week stay. She was born in Middleboro Kentucky and had lived in Bath ten years. Survived by husband Frank DeFreitas a son William Rader a daughter Shirley DeFreitas and daughter-in-law Christine Rader of Bath.
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Anna C. DeFreitas
Bath District
Center Street
Lewiston
Frank DeFreitas
Middleboro
Bath
William Rader
Shirley DeFreitas
Christine Rader
Miss Eliza Grant Dies in Gardiner Nursing Service Veteran
Miss Eliza Grant aged 86 a practical nurse from Monmouth died Monday in Gardiner General Hospital. Survived by brothers Dr Hugh D. Grant Bath and Russell Grant Dundee Canada. sisters Miss Nellie Grant and Miss Matilda Grant Montreal. She had lived the past year and a half at Overlook Lodge in Gardiner.
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Eliza Grant
Monmouth
Gardiner General Hospital
Hugh D. Grant
Bath
Russell Grant
Dundee
Canada
Nellie Grant
Matilda Grant
Montreal
Miss Grant
Overlook Lodge
Gardiner
George F. Simpson, 73, Dies in Bath Memorial Hospital
George Fred Simpson, 73, of West Point died of double pneumonia Friday at Bath Memorial hospital after a Thursday move there by order of Phippsburg selectmen. He had no near relatives.
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George Fred Simpson
West Point
Bath Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg
Funeral for World War veteran J J Hutchins at Bath
The funeral for James J. Hutchins, World War II veteran and fitter's helper at Bath Iron Works, was held Saturday at ten. Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence. Bearers from Roland Smith post A L included ex Commander Gardiner D Rogers Hershon B Oliver Randall Coombs and Edward Wellman of Boston. The body was entombed and will be sent to South Orland later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hutchins
Bath Iron Works Corp
Arthur F. Mayo
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Gardiner D. Rogers
Hershon B. Oliver
Randall Coombs
Smith Post
Edward Wellman
Boston
James J Hutchins veteran ship fitter dies of pneumonia
James J Hutchins 55 World War II veteran and ship fitter's helper died after a few days illness with pneumonia. His wife was hospitalized with the same disease. He lived at 655 Middle Street and was born in South Orland, son of Jothan and Flzada Hutchins. Survived by wife, son Merle Hutchins of Bath, sister Mrs. Mabel Webster of South Orland, two nieces, three grand nieces, and one great nephew listed among survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hutchins
Middle Street
Mr. Hutchins
South Orland
Jothan
Flzada York Hutchins
Henvy
Merle Hutchins
Bath
Mabel Webster
Wesley Simpson
Chester Clement
Charlotte Witham
North Castine
Elmer Curtis
George Hale
Freeport
Mrs Angelia F Purington Widow of Capt Frank G Purington Dies
Mrs Angelia F Purington widow of Capt Frank G Purington died after a six week illness at her niece’s home in Haverhill Massachusetts. She was born in Parker Head daughter of Ezekiel and Pauline Oliver and lived thirty years in Tacoma Washington. She leaves two sisters Mrs George M Daley of Bath and Mrs Alpheus E Purington of Parker Head a brother Despar W Oliver of Orlando Florida and several nieces and nephews.
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Angelia F. Purington
Frank G. Purington
Samuel Stokes
Haverhill
Mass
Purington
Parker Head
Ezekiel
Pauline
Emery) Oliver
Tacoma
Wash
Winneganee
George M. (Daley
Bath
Alpheus E. Purington
Despar W. Oliver
Orlando, Fla
Anc
William Lumsden 66 Dies in Chelsea Mass
William Lumsden 66 formerly of Bath died December 13 at Soldiers Hospital Chelsea after months of illness. Born in Saint John New Brunswick he came to the United States as a young man working as a carpenter in Rumford later in Bath and most recently ran a radio repair shop in Boston. He leaves wife Gertrude M. Lumsden and three daughters Mrs Wilbur Crocker Mrs Merton Dearing and Mrs Ethel Blair all of Bath with two grandchildren Doris Crocker and Beverly Dearing. He was active in Boston Legion Post affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lumsden
Bath
Soldiers Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
St. John
N. B
Lumsden
United States
Rumford
Boston
John Lumsden
Gertrude M. Lumsden
City
Wilbur Crocker
Merton Dearing
Ethel Blair
Doris Crocker
Beverly Dearing
Legion Post
Mrs Edith M Stinson Dies After Prolonged Illness
Edith M Stinson aged 68 wife of Charles E Stinson died Sunday after a long illness. Born in Sandy River to Benjamin and Catherine Berry Gifford she moved to Bath 30 years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs Catherine Weiland of Dedham Mass and sister in law Mrs Susan Stinson Mitchell of Bath plus several cousins.
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Edith M. Stinson
Charles E. Stinson
Sandy River
Benjamin
Catherine Berry Gifford
Bath
Catherine Weiland
Dedham
Mass
Susan Stinson Mitchell
Mrs Purington Funeral Follows Winter Stay in Bath
The funeral for Mrs Angelia F Purington widow of Captain Frank G Purington occurred Sunday at the Fred S Curtis funeral home in Bath. Reverend Charles R Sims of First Baptist Church officiated with a long list of bearers and burial at Oak Grove. Attendees included relatives from Haverhill Mass Allendale New Jersey Jersey City New Jersey and South China Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelia F. Purington
Frank G. Purington
Haverhill
Mass
Parker Head
Fred S. Curtis
Washington Street
Bath
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Samuel Stokes
Eliot Williams
South China
John G. Morse, Jr
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
George Klippel
Fritz Klippel
William J. Rich
George Wright
Oak Grove
Alpheus Purington
Paul Purington
Allendale
N. J
Grant Purington
Jersey City
Funeral for Artell Hayward in Woolwich
The funeral of Artell Hayward a former Woolwich resident who died December 12 in Rockland was held Thursday at 2 p m at the home of his daughter Mrs Hollis L Leeman Barley Neck road Woolwich Charles Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiated The bearers were his four sons Harry of Portland Fred of Bath Elmer of Sedgwick and Arthur of Woolwich Burial followed in Riverside cemetery Days Ferry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artell Hayward
Woolwich
Rockland
Hollis L. Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Charles Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Mr. Hayward
Harry
Portland
Fred
Bath
Elmer
Sedgwick
Arthur
Riverside Cemetery
Day’s Ferry
Mrs Anna DeFrei tas Funeral Held in Lewiston
The funeral for Anna C DeFrei tas who died Saturday in Lewiston was held Tuesday at 2 PM at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street. Rev George B Wolstenholme officiated with bearers John Dupont Leonard Quinn Earl Alexander and Joseph Noraha. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna C. DeFreitas
Lewiston
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
George B. Wolstenholme
John Dupont
Leonard Quinn
Earl Alexander
Joseph Noraha
Oak Grove
Mrs Martha W Harrington Buried in Bath
The ashes of Mrs Martha W Harrington wife of Fred W Harrington of Roslindale Mass were brought to Bath for burial in Oak Grove cemetery. She died December 9 after a long illness and was once a Bath resident. The body was moved to Forest Hills Crematory for cremation.
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Martha W
Fred W. Harrington
Roslindale
Mass
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
Harrington
Forest Hills
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Ancnt
Sagadahoc
Clyde Pinkham
Earle Payson
Herman Spinney
Eldar Markson
Markson Bros
Bath, Me
Vicinity
Maine
Bath, Maine
George F. Simpson
Charles Goomes
Sebasco Estates
Joseph Saint Pepeateek
James MacMahan
Dennis Moore
Sand ‘Man
Cecil Stevens
Pi Patcimpa
Charles Carr
T. J. Hanna
Blaine Gordon Hanna
Southport
Good Neighbor Club
Koehlwetter
Furber Davis
Davis
Jack Gibson
Horace Rittal
Bath Iron Works
William McGrath
William Marr
J. G. Stevens
Ardene Pinkham, Jr
Maurice Pinkham
Horace E. Wade
Orville Rowe
Wiscasset
Allen
Isabel Stevens
Farber Davis
Edith Davis
Richard Potter
Mr. Potter
Herbert
Anna C. D’freitas
Miss Eliza Grant
J. J. Hutchins
Mrs. Angelia F. Purington
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston