Richmond Groups Assist Grange Fire Victims and Community News
Richmond area clubs and Grange groups contributed aid to Jackson Grange after its hall was destroyed by fire, and presented a quilt to Bowdoinham resident Mrs. Edith Douglass who lost her home. A Harvest March is planned by Progressive Grange at Bowdoinham, and local officers will host a Feb 18 Sagadahoc Grange union meeting. Debora Bates won the Richmond High Good Citizenship award for leadership and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Jackson
Edith Douglass
Bowdoinham
Walter Knight
Clifford Gray
Merry Meeting Grange
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Deborah Bates
Harold Bates
Front Street
Richmond High School
Richmond
D.A.R
Bates
Gardiner Lodge
Pushard-Guion V.F.W
Eva Douglass
Helen Lothridge
Fort Richmond
Pauline Cronk
Ruie Curtis
Frederick Crow
Cronk
Muriel Pratt
Continental Congress
Washington, D. C
Richard Derby
Mina Clark
Emil Popp
Erland Rand
George Rand
Auburn
Marilyn Crow
Boston
Europe
United Baptist Church
Building Fund Committee
Carlton Curtis
Mayford Morris
Edith Knight
Marion Dickey
Annie Mctevier
Albert Darrah
Stanley Griffin
Vernon Little
John Thrower
Clifford Lothridge
Frances Sherman
Stanley Card
Evelyn Gillespie
Jessie Griffin
Dallas Gillespie
Evelyn Cromwell
Mothers, Friends and Teachers Club
Ernest Harvey
Gordon Lemont
Carl Stinson
Eugene Cook
James N. Sidelinger
Heart Fund
Georgetown Church Sermon and Community Notices
A stormy Sunday brought slim church attendance at First Baptist as Warren Harris spoke on The School of Jesus Christ with Matt 11 20 30. Pledges for redecorating total $110.00. Georgetown groups held a Valentine party and PTA food sale netting $33 50 for a school grill. Several notices cover dances, Cub Scout events, a Georgetown wedding, farm sightings, and local visits across Georgetown Center Robinhood and Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
School of Jesus Christ
Matt
Warren Harris
Georgetown
Five Islands
Victor Pinkham
Georgia Watson
Terry Davis
Nancy Tibbetts
Georgetown P. T. A
Todd's
Georgetown Center
Channing Penley
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Watson
Central School
Elizabeth Moffatt
Francis Pierce
Five Islands Social Activities and Local News
Five Islands residents hosted the Good Neighbor club for scrapbook evening. Ground Observers Corps members from Five Islands earned wings at Brunswick Naval Air Station. Numerous local visits, birthdays, and school closures noted amid winter weather and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pinkham
Good Neighbor Club
Thomas Watson
Dennis Moore
Harlan Pinkham
Lulu Hanna
Franz Stevens
Orville Rowe
Sylvia Pinkham
Paul
Jerusalem
Marr
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Reynolds Grover
Maynard Thibodeau
Francis Pierce
Arthur Cochrane
Kenneth la
South End P T A Observes Founder's Day in Bath
The South End P T A celebrated Founder's Day with past presidents as guests. Mrs. Richard Johnson welcomed attendees, and Mrs. Arthur Berry offered a history titled Backward Look tracing the group since 1914. Members donated to Morse High band, won attendance banners, and enjoyed a radio play, piano solos, duets, and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P.T.A
Bath
Association Hall
Richard Johnson
Arthur Berry
Mitchell School
Association
Morse High
Anna Heine
Susan Howe
Linda Allenwood
Linda Foster
Betsy Ross
Warren Plant
George Ross
Walter Coombs
George Washington
Carroll Moffatt
Robert Morris
Sally Czhoon
Johnson
Charlotte Redson
Carroll Deering
Orris Ames
James Noftall
Paul Strube
Alfred Oxton
William Paisley
Bath BPW Club Sees Swedish Exchange Student Speak
International Affairs topic highlighted as Sven Salin a Bowdoin exchange student from Sweden speaks at the Bath Business and Professional Women's club dinner meeting at Sedgwick. International Night will feature a candlelight service with 22 foreign clubs, decorations in red white and blue, and guest invites urged. Bake bean supper moved to Fisher school on March 19 to benefit the March of Dimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Business and Professional Women
Sedgwick
Sven Salin
Sweden
Bowdoin College
Ftta Thurlow
Daisy Elwell
Marion Smith
Nell Whitmer
Fisher School
Huse Memorial School
March of Dimes
Rowena Marsh
Asenith Haggett
Margaret Kane
Almeda Genthner
Gladys Chase
Etta Thurlow
Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Meets
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Church met at the church with Mrs Manley Grant first vice leading devotions and the business session. Reports noted the polio apron program raising 1158 dollars to date and plans outlined for Cub Scout supper, Valentine nut cup favors for hospital and Old Ladies Home, Palm and Easter flower work, Children's Day plants, and World Day of Prayer services. Envelopes for Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children were signed, hostesses listed, and next meeting set for February 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Manley Grant
Old Ladies Home
Pine Tree Society For
Daniel, Matter
John Gillespie
Rachel Nichols
Anna Hill
Fisher PTA Honors Past Presidents On Founder's Day
The February Fisher PTA meeting honored past presidents and marked Founder’s Day with Chaplain Robert K. Wilson of Brunswick NAS as guest speaker. He recalled WWII service and the jump master commands while linking them to parents teachers and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian F. Fisher
Chaplain Wilson
John Bayles
Albert Oliver
Vincent Henderson
Harmon Eliason
Eugene Hart
Association
Vinal King
Raymond Vachon
Herbert Lindeau
Leslie Ferris
Daniel Beaton
Leonard Thombs
Raymond Small
Henry Rogers
Edward Stilphen
Charles Swearingen
Past Priests Night Planned by Montgomery Royal Arch
Members of Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch Chapter No 2 will observe Past Priests night on Thursday. The Past High Priests Degree team led by Edwin H P Lowell will confer the Royal Arch Degree on one candidate. A chicken pie supper will precede the meeting in the banquet hall served by Genesta Chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery and
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Royal Arch
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Orman Coggeshall
John Gillespie
J. Maurice Haynes
Clyde Baker
Thomas Aikenhead
Roy Howe
Fred Osgood
Linwood E. Temple
Herbert Morse
Francis W. Norton
George Goodwin
Bay Point Community Snow Drifts and Local News
Last week Bay Point endured heavy snowfall totaling about ten inches with slush lingering knee deep in places. A warm spell helped melt some of the snow while a local oil man attempted rounds but could not complete them. William Shaughnessy of Bath is remembered as a kind friend with community sympathy extended to his family. Jay Hamilton helped his father deliver milk, then carried milk carriers on foot to customers. A PTA food sale at Central Grammar in Georgetown drew attendees from the area. Mary Evans and Raymond Llewellyn Swain Jr announce their marriage on February 11 in Medford, Mass. Sympathy is offered to Leroy S. Moore’s family. his funeral was held in Bath. Local residents and neighbors noted visits and calls, including Sumner Mains, Eleanor Gillis, Karan Furbish, Sylvia Warren, Madison Moore, Farle Coombs, Walter Shaughnessy, and George Nicholson, a former sparring partner of Joe Louis who now works as a New York City bank guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shaughnessy
Bath
Bay Point
Jay Hamilton
J. Hamilton
West Bath
Jay
PTA
Central Grammar School
Georgetown
Mary Evans
Paul Ingraham Wren
Medford
Mass
Raymond Llewellyn Swain, Jr
Leroy S. Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mayo
Itens
Sumner Mains
Fairfield
Eleanor Gillis
Karan Furbish
Sylvia Warren
Madison Moore
Farle Coombs
Walter Shaughnessy
Minnie A White dies in Bath fire at 90
A cigarette sparked a fire at a Bath convalescent home at 833 High Street killing Minnie A. White 90. Firefighters confined the blaze to the room but she was found dead by attendant Genrce Simonton. Born in Rockland she served Grace Episcopal church and Bath groups. survived by two nieces in New York and a nephew in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
High Street
Minnie A. White
George Gould
Richmond
Miss White
Genrce Simonton
Miss Whites
Rockland
Women’s Auxiliary
Grace Episcopal Church
Needlework Guild
Bath Cosmopolitan Club
New York City
Tuscon, Ariz
Alcide Morin dies en route home after Bath Iron Works shift
Alcide J Morin 55 of Brunswick died of natural causes Monday afternoon on Route 1 West Bath while returning home from Bath Iron Works where he worked as an electrician. Survived by his widow Yvette Leclair two sons Philip and Merin a daughter Carmen and two brothers Paul O and Joseph J funeral set for Thursday at St John s Brunswick with burial at St John s Cemetery in spring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcide J. Morin
Bath Iron Works Corp
West Bath
Brunswick
George Gould
Richmond
Morin
Frank E. Barker
Edward C. Belanger
Topsham
Sagadahoc
Curtis
Demers
Nestor
Delina Aubut Morin
Bath Iron Works
Holy Name Society
The
Mission Club
Assumption Society
le Union Ste Jean de Baptiste
Yvette Leclair
Philip
Marist Fathers College
Framingham Center
Mass
St. Paul
Merin
Ft. Meade
Carmen
Paul O
Westbrook
Joseph J
S. John's Church
St John’s Cemetery
Tracey L McCulloch Private Committal Held
Tracey Leigh McCulloch ten day old daughter of Edward J and Ann McCulloch of Shrewsbury died at a Worcester hospital after birth on February 5 1956. Survived by parents two brothers and two sisters Jeffrey Judith Thomas and Nancy maternal grandparents Clinton D Wilson of Bath and paternal grandparents Thomas Miler of Bridgeport Conn. Harry Jeffers once a bantam and featherweight boxing champion is a jockey agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury
Mass
Tracey Leigh McCulloch
Edward J
Ann (Wilson) McCulloch
Worcester
Jeffrey
Judith
Thomas
Nancy
Clinton D Wilson
Bath
Thomas Miler
Bridgeport
Conn
Bath Emblem Club Leads House to House Heart Drive
Bath Emblem Club members organize a citywide house to house canvass for the Maine Heart Association with Mrs. Earl Fortier as chairwoman. Ward captains coordinate in seven wards while co chairs McMann and Thebeau push a February campaign ending with Heart Sunday on February 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Joseph Desmond
R. Earl Fortier
Robert Fortier
Joseph Grace
John Bourque
McMann
Raymond Vachon
Bath Emblem Club
Portland Emblem Club
Harry Thebeau
Heart Drive
Bath
Emblem Club
Maine Heart Association
Maine
The
Earl Fortier
Clara McEaechern
Lawrence G. Katz
Lawence Perow
John Hart
Harold Chandler, Jr
John Wakefield
Edward Newell
Joseph L. Robinson
Roland Trott
Lorraine Penfold
Graydon Smith
Dorothy Pecci
Linwood Boardman
Harry W. Thebeau
Obituary of Mrs Julia Ellen Worrey
Mrs Julia Ellen Worrey 86 widow of Herbert E Worrey died Tuesday at Gowan Convalescent Home Born Albion Sept 29 1869 daughter of Gustavus B Shorey and Ellen N Gilman Educated in Albion public schools lived in Bath fifty years active in First Baptist Church of Bath Surviving Parker E Worrey West Newton Eugene Worrey Framingham Roger Worrey Needham daughter J Haviland Torrey Bath brother Laforest Shorey Massachusetts sister Mrs Charles Wixson Waterville several grandchildren and nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements announced service Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home at two oclock in the afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Worrey
Julia Ellen Worrey
Herbert E. Worrey
Gowan
Albion
Gustavus B
Ellen N. (Gilman) Shorey
Bath
J. Haviland Torrey
Torrey
Cobb Road
Parker E. Worrey
West Newton
Mass
Eugene Worrey
Framingham
Roger Worrey
Needham
This City
Laforest Shorey
Massachusetts
MRS HATTIE MAY WRIGHT DIES IN BATH AT 65
Mrs Hattie May Wright wife of Everett Wright of 104 Union street died suddenly at home in Bath on Tuesday afternoon. Born December 10 1879 in Troy she was daughter of Nelson and Emma Carter a dressmaker and active church member. Survived by husband daughter Eleanor sister Linwood Varney brother Wilbur Carter 13 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren three nephews six nieces. Funeral at Curtis Funeral Home Friday at 2 pm with Rev Charles R Sims. burial Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie May Wright
Everett Wright
Union Street
Bath
Troy
Nelson
Emma Arbo Carter
GAR
Eleanor Wright
Linwood Varney
Gardiner
Wilbur Carter
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles R. Sims
Oak Grove
Leroy S. Moore dies after brief Bath hospital stay
Leroy S. Moore, 81, a retired lobsterman from Bay Point Road, Georgetown, died Monday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital after a three day stay. He was born in Southport on April 22, 1874, to Dean and Luclia Brown Moore. Surviving relatives noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy S. Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bay Point Road
Georgetown
Mr. Moore
Southport
Dean
Luclia Brown Moore
Support Of Civil Defense Stressed At Rotary Club
Capt. Ernest Joy of the U S Navy told Bath Rotarians that Maine could be a main target in a war and outlined civil defense plans at a luncheon in the Central Congregational church parish house. He depicted atomic biol ogical and chemical warfare and praised Bath health officer R Clinton McFadden for high restaurant sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Joy
U. S. Navy
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Rotary Club
Central Congregational Church
Maine
Navy
Joy
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath
RNAS
McFadden
Joseph Yavorsky
BNAS
Francis J. Patty
Mr. McFadden
Scott Morse
Sagadahoc County
Walter Fisher
Jerry Wilkes
Bath Junior High School
Frank Plummer
James Pitcher
Eugene Piper
Kenneth Poole
John Preble
Valentine party hosted by Mrs. Wyman at Lincoln Street
Mrs. Philip Wyman hosted a Valentine party for Mother Goose Nursery School children and their mothers at 188 Lincoln Street. Guests exchanged valentines, played games, and viewed school movies. refreshments were served. Attendees included several named mothers and relatives, with a note on extensive natural gas pipeline mileage in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Wyman
Lincoln Street
Mother Goose Nursery School
Alton Payne
Paul Scanlin
Charles Cahill
Sidney Dudley
Charles Lee
Francis Bertrand
James Goding
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Coates
Gary
Jeff Coates
Kimball Street
C. U.S
William Bruce
Bedford Street
Florence
Elizabeth Watson
Bruce
Florence Watson
Emily Chase
Ellen
Oscar Douglass
Augusta
Bertha Curtis
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Raymond Llewellyn Swain
Frances Wren
Elizabeth Dun
Summit
Corinne Lyman
Alamosa
Colo
Ann Hood
Natalie
Radcliffe
Newton High School
Mr. Swain
Tufts College
Delta Upsilon
United States Army
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co
Pittsburgh
Robinhood Farm
Working League
Belle Heald
Charles Kelley
Central
Walter Cunningham
Jack Lee
Bryn Mawr
New Jersey
Horace
Roland Peterson
William Bisseth
Robinhood
Bisseth
Mr. Lee
MacMahan
Jack Calabrese
Brighton
Peterson
Duchess
Lyman Owen
Louis Brendel
Coshocton
Ohio
of Bath
Edgar Hunter
Little Sheepscot
Mary Hitchcock Clinic
Hanover
Alfred A. Rowe
Alfred I. Rowe
Hyde Memorial Home
James Oliver
Damariscotta
Joyce
Holly Brown
Brown
Kennebec Point
Carl Kennedy
Sadie Armstrong
Roy M. Newman
F. M
Brian Davis
U.S Coast Guard
Rently
Greenland
Joseph Bonimere
Omaha
Neb
Dennise Moore
Gordon Pinkham
Alan Hanna
Alvin Moore
Peter Stevens
Debbie
Ricky Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds
Georgie Pinkham
Philip Pinkham
Georgia
Luluv Hanna
Morse
Georgetta Pinkham
Henry Moore
Freeport
Myricks
Laura Cochrane
Melvin Comeau
C P.O. Vernon E. Gray, Jr
U.S.N
Gray
Kenneth Smith
Clayton Doyle
Billy
Yarmouth
Lilla Lewis
Cpl
Robert Moore
Kevin Brown
BPW
Ladies Auxiliary of
Winter Street
Fisher
Royal Arch Chapter
George Nicholson
Joe Louis
Alcide Morin
Tracey L. McCulloch
Harry Jeffers
William Turpie
Thebeau
Eisenhower
Heart
Clarissa Warren Moore
Clyde Pinkham
Clarence Kneeland
Merrimac
Ann Jewett
United States
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