Richmon d cow sets Guernsey milk record for age class
Rafton s Rose of M HL 467 599 Richmond owned by Millay Bros. tested under Maine Agricultural Experiment Station supervision and announced by The American Guernsey Cattle club with 9 507 pounds of milk and 600 1 pounds of butter fat in class GG. Community notices on club meetings church sermons Lions club home crafts and town affairs follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
M. HL
Richmond
Millay Bros
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Ideal
Charles Dore
Lester Norton
Baptist Church
World Wide Guild
Baptist Parsonage
Evelyn Cromwell
Margaret Bailey
Boy Scouts
Methodist Church
Alfred Ives
Maude Andrews Lincoln
Augusta
Boston
Curtis Hall
Fort Richmond
Dresden-Richmond Bridge
Ralph Haskell
Sate Department of Education
Lions Club
C. H. Aber
D. O. Tate
A. Jackson
Century Indemnity Company Financial Statement 1938 Maine
On December 1 1938 Century Indemnity Company filed a statement with Maine detailing assets totaling 12 029 242 17 including stocks and bonds 8 593 880 00 cash in office and bank 1 660 753 53 gross premiums in course of collection accrued interest other admitted assets net unpaid losses unearned premiums reserve for commissions surplus and liabilities 12 029 242 17. D M Eys Co resident agents Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Indemnity Company
Harts
State of Maine
Taras
D.M. Eys & CO
Bath
Maine
Bath Iron Works sketches highlight Haskell and Sewall lineage
A Bath News sketch highlights Robert Haskell a Bath shipfitter a long time employee at the Iron Works and prominent local figure with family ties to the plant and council service. It contrasts him with Arthur Sewall a Yale educated banker and mayor sharing deep local influence and friendship.
Maritime notes and local staff activity update
The report outlines shipyard and naval staff movements including Louis Dallett on vacation in Canada, the USS Sampson voyage plans to Cuba Haiti and California with a World’s Fair stop in New York, Bath weekend visits by Lieut. Arthur Loeser, and honeymooning staff in New York and Boston. It also mentions upcoming National Council of Marine Draughtsmen meetings at Hotel Phoenix, turbine testing work in Philadelphia, and guard safety contest ticket distribution at Morse High School with assigned nights for admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uss. Sampson
New England
Norfolk
U. S
Cuba
Haiti
New York
California
San Diego
San Francisco
National Council of Marine Draughtsmen
Hotel Phoenix
National Council
Hyde Windlass Co
Morse High School
Sagadahoc Grange Meets at Bowdoin on February Fourth
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin held a well attended meeting February 4 with a program featuring singing, readings by Mrs. Mattie Card and Evelyn Skelton, recitations by Raymond Skelton and Betty Byrns, a sketch Runaways, and a debate on country life versus city life. The affirmative won, followed by piano solos, further readings, quizzes, and a cast listing including N E Curtis and Robert Bickford, with closing thoughts by Annie Cornish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
the Grange
Mattie Card
E. E. Baker
Raymond Skelton
Betty Byrns
Mary
Helen Byrns
Kenneth Bickford
Dwight Adams
Llewellyn Freeman
Thelma Cornish
Margaret Adams
Winifred Freeman
Reading
May Woods
Ernest Coombs
Evelyn Skelton
Lizzie Kurisko
Margaret
Gerald Adams
Shirley Marshall
Weston Allen
N. Doughiey
N. E. Curtis
Robert Bickford
Leslie Bickford
Edna Bickford
Alice Larrabee
Daisy Bickford
Annie Cornish
Enterprise Grange Degrees Confer At Tuesday Meeting
The third and fourth degrees were conferred on three candidates by G. Cleveland Marriner and his degree staff. The income tax bill was discussed. An oyster stew supper was served by the lady officers. The next meeting on February 21 will feature a Boy Scouts program led by Rev. Alfred Ives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
G. Cleveland Marriner
Boy Scouts
Alfred Ives
Farewell Reception for Hutchings in West Bath Grange Hall
A public farewell was held Wednesday night in West Bath grange hall for Mr and Mrs Fernando Hutchings before their departure to Lynn Massachusetts where Mr Hutchings will join General Electric Co Mrs Hutchings has been active in grange affairs holding many chairs and recently resigned from Pomona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernando Hutchings
West Bath Grange Hall
Lynn
Mass
Hutchins
General Electric Co
Grange
Pomona
Retirement of Nathan C. Grover Chief Hydraulic Engineer
Nathan C. Grover of Beth el and University of Maine graduate class of 1890 retired after a long career. He studied at MIT for a year after graduation, taught civil engineering, rose to full professor, joined the U S Geological Survey, left to lead a construction company, then returned as chief engineer of the Geological Survey in 1913 and served until retirement last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan C. Grover
Bethel
University of Maine
United States Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grover
Geological Survey
Georgetown Notes on Wedded Bliss and Local Events
Local Georgetown items cover a church club’s light courting advice, Roy M Newman song broadcasts, Maine art judges including Marsden Hartley, visits by Bath guests, ice harvest on Five Islands pond, and a Lincoln Club banquet in Portland with speeches by Gov Barrows and Senator Tobey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake View
Schoepfer
Georgetown
Roy M. Newman
WNAC
Chicago
WEEI
Boston
Roy
Georgetown Center
Hartley
New York City
Vinal Haven
Alexander Bower
Dorohy Hay
Portland
Waldo Pierce
Bangor
Eva Gaudet
Bath
Newman
Old Wood
Thomas N. Williams
Five Islands
Walter Powers
Alonzo T. Hunt
McKenney
Miss Thayer
Howard M. Trafton
Pleuissy
Rudolph
Trafton
Wyman
Sabattus
Barrows
Barbara Smith
Rutland
Senator Tobey
New Hampshire
Maine
Winter Street Ladies Valentine Party Honors Winners
Miss Gertrude J Diggery won a prize for finding the most hearts. Mrs Cecil V Rowland earned a prize for pinning on a heart and Miss Diggery got another for guessing the most songs. The February 25 gathering at Winter Street church ladies parlor hosted 31 women with conundrums and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude J. Diggery
Cecil V. Rowland
Miss Diggery
Winter Street Church
George Baer Connard
The
Holy Land
Alma I. Kirkpatrick
Catharine E. Leonard
Katharine Conley
Philip J. Wenz
Amy A. Irish
Card of Thanks for Kind Gestures During Illness
Mrs. John H. Perkins thanks friends for flowers cards letters of sympathy and encouragement sent during her recent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Perkins
Puzzles and visits mark Five Islands community notes
Seven jig-saw puzzles arrive from Mrs. C. F. Knight of Waterbury Connecticut for library enjoyment as evenings stay long. Local residents share visits, births, and social gatherings at Five Islands with several named people traveling between Bath Georgetown and Robinhood. A nine pound son Bruce is born at Cornish Maternity Home in Bath. Community clubs meet, prayers held, and social events hosted by the Grays and Stevens with multiple attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Knight
Waterbury
Conn
Georgetown
Woodrow Gray
Mr. Gray
J. G. Stevens
Isabel Stevens
J. G. Rowe
Bruce
Percy MacGillivary
Bath
Nancy Barter
Vernon E. Gray
Paul Stevens
Arrowsic
Five Islands
T. M. Hagan
Reid Pond
Seguinland Road
Ralph Pinkham
Maurice Pinkham
George Laskey
Robinhood
Young Married Women's Club
Franklin Koehlwetter
Orville Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Horace Rittall
Lloyd Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Norman Dubois
Lawrence Bailey
T. J. Hanna
Serepta Pinfold
Charles Kenney
Alice Cromwell
John Grindell
Alfred R Pratt Observes Birthday in New Hampden
Alfred R Pratt a Hyde Windlass Co retiree marked his 80th birthday with a Sunday gathering at 98 Bedford Street. Relatives and friends came from Portland and New Jersey. the Elm Street church service was dedicated to him, and a pastor praised his long community service and church devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred R. Pratt
Hyde Windlass Iron Foundry
Bedford Street
Mr. Pratt
Pratt
Elm Street
Charles R. Sims
Hyde Windlass Co
Hollis S. Pratt
South Portland
Nathan Copeland
Nathan Copeland, Jr
Arthur P. Pratt
Thomas H. Pratt
Sadie J. Andrews
Portland
Marcia Thorburn
Priscilla
East Orange
N. J
Boston
Corliss Street Sunday School Conference Discusses Boys Club Plan
At the Corliss Street Sunday school supper conference the teachers and officers voted to recommend to the Men's class that they organize a Boy's club under supervision. One new teacher joined, another moved from Senior to Junior. Silas E. Plant presided. 21 present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
Silas E. Plant
Wilfred W. Chaney
Beulah A. Pratt
Olive M. Seavey
Local neighbors praised for sympathy and floral tributes
Mrs. Lillian Mayo and Mrs. Edith Stewart express deep thanks to neighbors and friends for kind acts and sympathy after a bereavement, and for the beautiful floral tributes received in Bath Maine on February 15, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Mayo
Edith Stewart
James A Clark to Observe 100th Birthday in Bingham
James Albert Clark of Bingham marks his 100th birthday Sunday. A Queens County New Brunswick native, he has lived 57 years in Maine and 33 years in Bingham. He enjoys good health and light daily exercise and resides with his son Stephen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Albert Clark
Bingham
Clark
Queens County
N. B
Maine
Stephen
Obituary for Mrs Mary F McCollett 74 Gardiner area
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the home of her son Clifford P McCollett Gardiner for Mrs Mary F McCollett widow of John J McCollett who died Feb 9 after a brief illness in Gardiner hospital She was born in Aberdeen Scotland and moved to New Brunswick as a girl later living in South Gardiner Parker Head Phippsburg and Bath Surviving are two sons four daughters a sister two nephews eleven grandchildren and a great grandchild Portland papers requested to copy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. McCollett
John J. McCollett
Clifford P. McCollett
High Street
Gardiner
Charles H. Berry
Emmanuel Bible Assembly
Bath
George H. Paul
Congregational Church of
South Gardiner
McCollett
Mabel A. Wade
M. Muriel Sisk
James E. Murphy
Randolph
Arthur Stewart
Waldoboro
Portland
Funeral for Everett H. Davis in Bath
Everett H. Davis died at 68 after treatment in Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston. The funeral was held at his sister Mrs. Burton B Brown’s home in East Durham with Rev. Ernest Heywood of Wesley Methodist Bath presiding. Burial followed in Davis cemetery. Survived by Bertha Alice Davis of Bath, a sister, three daughters, three sons, and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett H. Davis
High Street
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Burton B Brown
East Durham
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Davis
Davis Cemetery
Mr. Davis
Durham
William Penn
Louisa Day Davis
That Town
Oak Grove Seminary
Solid Rock Grange
Henry T. B. Leeman
Bertha Alice Davis
Burton B. Brown
Lester E. Davis
Roger Conant
Linden N. J
Earlow Rideout
Earl E
Bar Harbor
George B
Saugus
Mass
W. Penn Davis
Linden, N. J
James E. Alexander II dies at 79 in Topsham hospital
James E. Alexander II, 79, of North Harpswell died Monday in the Barron hospital in Topsham after a long life that began April 23, 1854. He was a former blacksmith and later a salesman for Stuart Products Co. in New York. Survived by two nieces and two nephews, plus several grand nieces and grand nephews. wife Etta H. Johnson predeceased him by 29 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Alexander
Barron Hospital
Topsham
North Harpswell
James
Fannie Stover Alexander
Etta H. Johnson
Harpswell
Alexander
Stuart Products Co
New York
Orville B. Allen
West Harpswell
Herbert Rogers
Bath
Mrs Alice Ferguson Dies in Waterville Hospital
Mrs. Alice Ferguson of Bingham widow of Merritt A Ferguson formerly of Bath died Wednesday of last week in a Waterville hospital. The couple moved to Bath in 1916 from Schenectady New York when he became assistant paymaster at Bath Iron Works. They lived on Washburn street and were prominent socially. She is survived by one brother in Schenectady. Burial will be in Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Ferguson
Bingham
Merritt A. Ferguson
Bath
Waterville
Ferguson
Schenectady
N. Y
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Washburn Street
Funeral Held for Mrs Helen Kennedy MacLanathan of Andover
Mrs Helen Kennedy MacLanathan of Andover Massachusetts and Small Point Beach died suddenly Monday. The funeral was Thursday at two in Christchurch Andover. She leaves her husband and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Kennedy MacLanathan
Andover
Mass
Small Point Beach
Christchurch
Health official urges ragweed control to curb hay fever
Dr George H Coombs, Maine health director, asks Portland City Council to appropriate funds to destroy ragweed during July 15 to August 1. He notes ragweed along roadsides harms visitors and that northern areas have less, urging action to attract health minded travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
George H Coombs
Departmentof Health and Welfare
Maine
Houston
Greenville and Bailey
Roxbury marketman Leon Berry dies at 62
Leon W. Berry of Roslindale Massachusetts a Georgetown native and long time Bath resident died suddenly of a heart attack at his home 23 Edgemont street Roslindale He was 62 and had worked as a marketman for about 25 years He leaves a wife Minnie Black a daughter Corinne Berry one brother Walter Berry and a sister Mrs Harry E Peterson Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church Jamaica Plain with interment at Bath Oak Grove Cemetery after a committal service in Bath He was a Mason a member of the Grange and president of the Church Brotherhood
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon W. Berry
Georgetown
Bath
Roxbury
Mass
Edgemont Street
Roslindale
Harry E. Peterson
East Brunswick
First Baptist Church
Center
Mystic Streets
Jamaica Plain
Oak Grove
Mr. Berry
George L
Ellen A. Berry
Phippsburg
Massachusetts
Berry
The
Grange
Church Brotherhood
Minnie Black
Corinne Berry
Mrs Myra E Burke dies at 67 in Lewiston hospital
Mrs Myra E Burke 67 wife of George Burke of Lisbon Center died suddenly at C M G hospital Lewiston Sunday noon after three weeks illness. Born Bowdoin July 8 1872 daughter of William and Susan Bubier. Married 50 years ago at Litchfield. Lived Lisbon Center 30 years. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Ralph Cornish Bath and Mrs John Clark Lewiston two brothers Winfield Bubier Litchfield and Fred Bubier Pawtucket R I seven grandchildren four great grandchildren and several nieces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra E. Burke
George Burke
Lisbon Center
C. M. G. Hospital
Lewiston
Bowdoin
William
Susan Pratt Bubier
Mr. Burke
Litchfield
Ralph Cornish
Bath
John Clark
Winfield S. Bubier
Fred E. Bubier
Pawtucket
R. I
Everett H. Davis Funeral in Bath Home
Funeral services for Everett H. Davis of Bath were held Sunday afternoon at two in his sister’s East Durham home with Rev. Ernest Heywood of Wesley Methodist Church officiating. Bearers included his sons Earl George and W Penn Davis and nephews Hugh and Harry Brown. Burial followed in Davis cemetery Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett H. Davis
Bath
Burton B. Brown
East Durham
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Methodist Church
Davis
Mr. Davis
Earl
George
W. Penn Davis
Hugh
Harry Brown
Davis Cemetery
Durham
Mrs Sheldon Funeral Service Held At Home Address
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah E. Sheldon wife of Leburton D. Sheldon was Friday afternoon at two at 9 Edgett Street. Rev Ernest Heywood of Wesley church officiated. Bearers were Walter Larrabee Edward J Mc Mann Trafton Swayne and Walter Taylor Jr. The body was entombed at Maple Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Sheldon
Leburton D. Sheldon
Edgett Street
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Church
Walter Larrabee
Edward J. McMann
Trafton Swayne
Walter Taylor, Jr
Maple Grove
Mrs Saunders Funeral Service Held for Adelia Saunders
The funeral of Adelia A. Saunders widow of Alfred Saunders of Orland was held Thursday at ten in the Fred S. Curtis funeral home with Dr. David L. Wilson of Central Church officiating. Burial followed in Orland. A separate Portland Merchants Association push aims to secure support for its program from local merchants as part of broader anti tax and business advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelia A. Saunders
Alfred Saunders
Orland
Fred S. Curtis
David L. Wilson
Central Church
State Merchants’ Association, Inc
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Nelson, Wilson & Nelson
Augusta
State Merchants’ Association
Maine Association
American Retail Federation
David R. Craig
Marriage intentions filed by Couture and Gasser
Marriage intentions were filed Saturday in the office of City Clerk Gilmore by Lawrence A. Couture of 18 Liberty Street and Miss Eleanor G. Gasser, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lorimer S. Lewis of 15 Shaw Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore
Lawrence A. Couture
Liberty Street
Eleanor G. Gasser
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Sidney Leavitt
Almon Farley
Emerson
Mt. Carmel
Flora Denham
Inez Hincksey
Martha
Hazel Libby
Genevieve Quinnan
Annie Stimson
Perkins
Dora Thurlow
Elizabeth Kelley
Pinehurst
N. C
Orlando
Fila
Richmond High
Anderson's Market
Virginia Gilpatrick
Helyne Walton
Margaret Wilson
Hazel Luby
Inez Hinckley
Virginia Dunklee
Margaret Duren
Lucy Tarr
Epworth League
Ruby Nichols
Townsend Club
D. of A. V. Hall
Belle Card
Augusta Trust Co
Llewellyn Fortier
Ellsworth
Peter Thaamum
Winthrop
Emerson Lane Post A. L
Grace
John C. Burnham
Maine Highway Department
Leith
Black
Belfast
Aroostook
Swanville
Henry Black
Sandy Point
Bob
Davis Hatch Shoe Store
Iron Works
Robbins’ Drydock
Brooklyn
Megguier & Jones
Williams. Newell and Associates
Haskell
Washington Street
Solar Lodge of Masons
Arthur Sewall
Sewall
Mary L
William D. Sewall
Westminster School
Connecticut
Yale University
Yale
Corn Exchange National Bank
Fidelity Trust Co
City
Bath National Bank and Memorial Hospital
Old Ladies’ Home
Bath Ym.c.a
Federal Reserve Bank
Laura Barler
Smith College
Northampton
Choate School
Wallingford
Ann
Guy E. Lewis
Woolwich
Shipfitter
Guy
Mr. Lewis
Kennebec River
Stan Curtis
Mold
Federal Shipbuilding Co
Kearney
Bruce Grace
South Yard
Boston Navy Yard
Stanley Brown
Mondey
Valentine
Harold Tobey
Louis Dallett
Canada
Pioral Street
Lieut
Arthur Loeser
Us.n
Sampson
Ridin’ Light Lodge
James G. Jenkins
Purchasing Department
Emily Jordan
Washington
Touraine
Edward P. Steininger
Philadelphia
Sagadahoc
Winter Street
Corliss Street Sunday School
Mary F. M’collett
Parker Head
Lewiston Hospital
Helen K. M'Lanathan
E. H. Davis
Alice Lorraine
Joseph O. Purdue
Dorothy Wilson
Dorothy Maas
Beverly Curran
Barbara Burnham
Jean Small
Nellie Page
Evelyn Berry
Marian Corliss
Lydia Savage
Lois McLellan
Beatrice Beals
Annie McCabe
Audrey King
Sarah Silverman
Joan Pearson
Roberta Armstrong
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Center Street
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