Bath P T A hears City Council candidates
Bath P T A Council members and citizens held an interview session at City Hall with Ward 1 candidate Arthur Hutchins Jr and other hopefuls. Candidates spoke on school issues, budgets, and debt, with Ross noting upcoming budget cuts and varied stances on the School District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath P. T. A.council
City Hall
Charles Small
L. A. Dole
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Arthur E. Hutchins, Jr
Hutchins
Hutchings
Andrew M. Butterfield
Arthur E. Sturtevant
Archibald Main, Jr
Ross
Citizens Planning Committee
William Turpie
Bath
Emma F. Leonard
Topsham
Morse High School
U. S
H. Joseph Madden
Arrowsic Sees Old Town Hall Gain New Look and Purpose
Arrowsic residents advance a community project to convert the moved town hall into a larger multi purpose venue. The building will receive a kitchen extension, new roof, electrical lights, and paint with plans for spring town meetings graduations and PTA events supported by volunteer labor and fundraising suppers.
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Arrowsic
Exien
Arrowsie
P.T.A
Youth Sunday Observed atWinter Street Church
Youth Sunday was observed at Winter Street church with Edwin Pert leading the morning service and giving the children's story. Lorraine Allen led in prayer and Susan Watt the responsive reading, as Warren Raynes sang a solo and the Junior choir performed.
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Winter Street
Edwin Pert
Lorraine Allen
Susan Watt
Warren Raynes
Young People’s Council
Earle Warren
Audrey Peterson
Lila Mae Richmond
Jesus
Thomas Whitmer
Ann MacLeod
Robert Small
Sally True
Fireside Club
J J Newberry District Official Visits Bath
G F Russell district superintendent of J J Newberry Co was in Bath Wednesday on a business visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Russell
J. J. Newberry Co
Bath
Seguinland Notes From Florida Folk
Thursday night featured an outdoor pot luck supper with a weenie roast. Stewart Day and Durward Bowie added a long table with attached seats and an outside stone fireplace. Sixty five people attended and nineteen park children toasted marshmallows after dark as floodlights lit the grounds.
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Stewart Day
Durward Bowie
Joseph A. Bergeron
Clearwater
Alice Weston
Heath House
St. Pete
William Bowie
Furber Davis
Merrill Cota
Winter Haven
William Plummer
Kosals Return to Lexington After Bath Tragedy
Mr and Mrs Stanley Kosal ka return to Lexington Massachusetts from a week at the Hinckley residence in Sagadahoc bay Their trip ends as they reach Bath where they were called by the death of Mrs Kosalka s father C L Hinckley
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Stanley Kosalka
Lexington
Mass
Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Bath
Riverside theatre opens with new features and cry room
More than 1,000 people attended the opening of the Riverside theatre in Richmond on a Sunday. The air conditioned facility features a 24 by 18 foot stage, leather seats, fireproof decor, and a soundproof cry room for women with babies. Gordon Howe's orchestra provided music for three shows, and the Bob Hope film The Great Lover drew crowds along with vaudeville acts.
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Riverside Theatre
Theatre and Recreation
Gordon Howe
Bob Hope
Lover
Maine
Marvin Rainey
Dan Kelley
Gary Lovely
Augusta
Fay Willette
Cony
Tommy MacDermot
Gardiner
Robert Wheeler
Charles Wheeler
Mainstreet
New Theatre
Frineds
Community notes on meetings and a historic Jewett family
Last week the Working League met at Mrs Earle Hagans with 14 members, a Feb 7 meeting planned at Mrs Melvin Cunninghams. Farm Bureau met at Five Islands grange with Mrs Blackie and Mrs Todd present and Miss Barton spoke on Household Storage. A Fellowship gathering at First Baptist with Five Islands church featured Rev Moffatt. A Robinhood Riggsville photo recalled six Jewett siblings, their Maine origins and drift west to Detroit. A Willa Jones anecdote recounts a miswritten Wes Jewett name. Personal items include Frank Brown of Portland, Clayton Stevens, Irving Hunt, Fred Oliver and Ronald Atwood visits, and Bowdoin professor Bar rett at the Watsons.
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Earle Hagan
Belle Heald
Melvin Cunningham
Five Islands Grange Hall
John R. Blackie
Harold J. Brown
William A. Todd
Beryl Barton
First Baptist Church
Five Islands
Moffatt of
Bowdoinham
John Blackie
Vernon Gray
Harlan Pinkham
William Marr
Robinhood
Riggsville
Edward C. Clarey
Jewett
Eugene
Wesley
Stanley
Chandler
Ella Chase Jewett
Knubble Bay
Alice
William Higgins
Bowdeinham
Portland
Michigan
Detroit
Marion
Maine
Bath Hospital
Charles Morse
Bath
Arthur
Irving
Clarey
Genevra
McKenzie
Harold
Willa Jones
Wesley Jewett
Jesley
Wesley Jesley
Frank Brown
Clayton Stevens
Seguinland
Jimmie Hart
Irving Hunt
Brunswick
Fred P. Oliver
Melrose
Mass
Ronald Atwood
Earle Wagon Hay
Georgetown
Horace Moffatt
Billy Graham
Boston
Earl Hagan
Baptist Church
Library Hall
Georgetown Farm Bureau
Maynard Thibodeau
Russell Pinkham
William Todd
Good Neighbor Club
Bowdoinham Association
Fire Department
Station
Francis Pierce
Otter Cliff
Tony Nicholas
Branwell Harford
Cleaves Henderson
E. E. Pinkham
Edith
West Georgetown
Stanley Lewis
William Farr
Wakefield
Jeanette Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Victor Pinkham
Melvin Comeau
Helen Nichols
Edward Clarey
Vernon E. Gray
Lincoln Campbell
Community notices from Georgetown and Five Islands
A Georgetown church fellowship heard Rev. Horace Moffatt of Bowdoinham describe a Billy Graham rally via tape. Members hosted refreshments. various church and farm bureau meetings and social events were reported. Otter Cliff hotel teardown began. local residents were noted in multiple caregiver and visitation items.
Social Notes From Bath and Nearby Towns
Residents share visits and travels with family from Lexington Melrose Concord Tops ham Oak Grove school friends attend a skating party and church events at Georgetown Robinhood and Five Islands while Maxine Wyman and Stanley Perkins wed in Small Point with Maureen Davis singing Truly.
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Carroll P. Powers
Stanley Kosalka
Sagadahoc Bay
Lexington
Mass
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
Bath
Ralph Davis
Edward Wren
Irving Hunt
Joseph F. Higgins
Ernest Heal
Mae Hagan
Melvin Cunningham
Walter W. Cummings
Gertrude Hunt
Bertha Powers
Topsham
Hunt House
Cleaves Henderson
Maureen Davis
Eugene Reynolds
Maxine Wyman
Stanley Perkins
Miss Wyman
Miss Davis
Yarmouth Academy
Five Islands
Malden and Somerville Families Visit Parents in Flushing
Daughters Mrs John Powell Mr Powell and their son Jackie of Malden Massachusetts along with Mrs Clif ford Landry of Somerville Massachusetts visit the family. Another daughter Mrs Lawrence Shea Mr Shea and Terri Ann of Flushing New York are spending a few weeks with their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Powell
Powell
Jackie
Malden
Mass
Clifford Landry
Somerville
Lawrence Shea
Shea
Terri Ann
Flushing
N. Y
Cost of Living Shows Big Jump
The Institute notes a long-term uptrend in living costs since 1900. It cites the dollar now buys 33 cents of 1900 power and 59 cents of 1939 power, with rising savings, insurance, pensions, and Social Security coverage expanding the nation’s financial security.
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Institute
Picayune
U. S
Funeral services for Eliza J. Sweeney held at Curtis Funeral Home
Eliza J. Sweeney's funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 2 30 from Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Eliza J. Sweeney
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove
Card of Thanks Mild tributes after bereavement
The Hinckley Higgins Kosalka families express sincere gratitude to neighbors and friends for floral tributes and kindnesses shown during a recent bereavement.
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Cleveland L. Hinckley
Raphael Higgins
Stanley Kosalka
Local social notes from Woolwich and Lisbon Falls
Mrs. Edwin Hemingway of Woolwich toured Lisbon Falls on a business visit. Benjamin S. Haggett of East Orange N J returned home after visiting his brother in law Donald Young and Mrs Young at 345 Front Street. Rev and Mrs Culbert McGay traveled to Yonkers NY to attend the funeral of Mrs Isaac McGays mother who recently died at age 102. Mrs Edwin A Hemingway hosted the Good Will club with daughter Mrs Henry G Root planning a Washingtons Birthday party.
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Edwin Hemingway
Woolwich
Lisbon Falls
Benjamin S. Haggett
East Orange
N. J
Inlaw
Donald Young
Young
Front Street
Culbert McGay
Yonkers
McGary
Isaac McGay
McGay
Obituary of Rachel Mikelsky Mikels Israel 56
Mrs Rachel Mikelsky Mikels Israel 56 died Sunday at Mount Sinai New York after a long illness. Born in Bath she was daughter of Isaac and Sarah Libby Mikelsky. A Morse High School 1911 and Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing 1915 graduate she worked 22 years as superintendent of the Loeb Memorial Home Eastview NY and was a noted consultant on convalescent institutional management. Survived by husband Charles Israel New York a brother Horatio Mikels San Francisco and five sisters Sophie M Bessie M Esther Mikels Ruth P Silverman Bath and Frieda M Smith Brookline Mass.
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Rachel Mikelsky Mikels Israel
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
Bath
Isaac
Sarah Libby Mikelsky
Morse High School
Columbia University
Loeb Memorial Home
Eastview
N. Y
United States
Canada
Death of John J. Eade of Peabody Mass
John J. Eade died early Friday at his Lin den Road home in Peabody Massachusetts. He and his wife Elizabeth were among long time summer visitors to Sabine with a cottage there. A popular figure in Bath summer colony he starred in minstrel shows and many entertainments. Funeral services were held Monday at the Congregational church in Peabody.
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John J
Jack” Eade
Linden Road
Peabody
Mass
Eade
Elizabeth
George Mosse
Dorothy Carver
Topsfield
Sabine
Bath
Congregational Church
Clarence Dunn 88 Dies at Presley Convalescent Home
Clarence Dunn 88 former Mount Vernon resident died Thursday at Presley Convalescent Home Born October 9 1862 in Mount Vernon son of William and Deborah Foster Dunn Survived by daughter Mrs Homer Potter Mount Vernon sister Louis Dunn Mount Vernon nephew Peter Dunn Vernon and grandsons David and William Potter Funeral held Saturday at 2 pm Leon Roberts Son Funeral Home Winthrop with burial at Dunns Corner Cemetery Mount Vernon
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Clarence Dunn
Presley
Mount Vernon
William
Deborah Foster Dunn
Homer Potter
Washburn Street
Louisé Dunn
Peter Dunn
Vernon
David
William Potter
Bath
Leon Roberts & Son
Winthrop
Dunn’s Corner
Funeral for Irving P. Wright Held in Westbrook
Mrs Flora Bartlett of Woolwich attended the funeral for Irving P Wright 72 of West Gorham at Neil Funeral Home Westbrook. Born January 7 1878 in Westford Massachusetts he died in Presque Isle after two weeks illness. He ran a Gorham plumbing business. Nine grandchildren and a sister were present. his wife Estella N. could not attend due to illness.
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Flora Bartlett
Woolwich
Gorham
Irving P. Wright
West Gorham
Neil
Westbrook
Wright
Westford
Mass
Presque Isle
Fletcher A
Alvin M
Addie Ohneiser
Jersey City
N. J
Wealthy Margerson
Malden
Bartlett
Flora Edwards
Estella N
Death of Leburton D. Sheldon Prominent Bath Figure
Leburton Daniel Sheldon 51 of 7 Edgett street Bath died Wednesday morning. A Bath native and long-time public servant he worked at Maine Central freight office and as Carlton bridge superintendent. He served in World War I, belonged to Hyde Light Guards Smith Tobey American Legion Solar Lodge Masons and held roles on Bath city council and Board of Tax Assessors. Survived by wife Vivian Williams Sheldon a sister and extended family. Funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home with burial at Oak Grove.
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Leburton
Daniel Sheldon
Edgett Street
Bath
Sadie Campbell Sheldon
Sheldon
Old Hyde Light Guards
O Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Solar Lodge
Masons
Maine Central
Carlton
South Portland
Bath Iron Works
Iron Works
Vivian Williams Sheldon
Joseph Larrabee
West Bath
William Jackson
Kansas City
Emma Rice
Trafton Swain
Edward J. McMann
Walter Larrabee
Topsham
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Oak Grove
Edwin E Chaplin Dies. Bath Iron Works artist
Edwin E. Chaplin 55 died Sunday morning in Jefferson born August 16 1895 in Athol Massachusetts. He leaves three brothers Wallace Wilfred Chaplin Bath and Bert Chaplin New Hampshire and three sisters Mrs Elsie Lyons Brunswick Mrs Viola Groves Waldoboro and Mrs Mildred Jones Yarmouth. A leading man in the Bath Iron Works paint department for many years funeral services were held Tuesday at Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev David L Wilson officiating burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery family lot.
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B.I.W
Jefferson
Edwin E. Chaplin
Athol
Mass
Edwin
Clara Rollins Chaplin
Wallace
Wilfred Chaplin
Bath
Bert Chaplin
New Hampshire
Elsie Lyons
Brunswick
Viola Groves
Waldoboro
Mildred Jones
Yarmouth
Bath Iron Works Corp
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mary C Blethen 82 dies after long illness at Old Folks Home
Mary C Blethen 82 died Monday evening at the Old Folks Home Washington Street after a long illness. She was born in Pittsfield November 19 1867 to Joseph and Mary Russell. Survived by one daughter Mrs Lucy E Wildes. Curtis Funeral Home to hold Thursday at two with Rev Arvid L Anderson officiating. Entombment later in Oak Grove cemetery in spring.
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Mary C. Blethen
Old Folks Home
Washington Street
Pittsfield
Joseph
Mary Russell
Lucy E. Wildes
Bowdeinham
Curtis Funeral Home
Arvid L. Anderson
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Clifford J. Gilblair Passes Away at Togus Hospital
Clifford J. Gilblair formerly of Bath died suddenly Saturday at Togus Veterans Hospital. The obituary notes his residence and the place of death.
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Clifford J. Gilblair
Bath
Togus Veterans Hospital
Togus
Georgetown man visits West Bath couple this weekend
Oscar Jaquith of Georgetown Massachusetts spent a weekend visiting Mr and Mrs Graydon Smith in West Bath.
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Oscar Jaquith
Georgetown
Mass
Mrs. Graydon Smith
West Bath
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