Richmond Warrant Publicizes Town Meeting Schedule
Richmond voters will open polls Monday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and hold an evening session to transact business on March 5 at the high school gym. Selectmen will meet Saturday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to correct the voter list and numerous community notices follow including club gatherings and military relief donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High School
Education Foundation
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Frances White
Mabel Harrington
Pauline Gilpatrick
Alberta Haynes
Polly Protheroe
Noble Grand
Ralph Tracy
Reed Protheroe
Melvin Curtis
Elizabeth Haynes
Herman Muise
Clinton Hinkley
Friendship Day Observed by Pine Tree Girl Scout Troop
Pine Tree Troop No. 1 of the Girl Scouts of America held a Friendship Day program on Wednesday at 2 30 P M in the I O O F hall Front Street The event featured a world friendship parade and a block print of two girls in national costume joining hands around the globe Tea was served by senior girls Juliette Low council member Mrs Archibald Main spoke to the gathering presenting notes on the world association and flag and organizing figures from Argentina Ireland India Sweden Denmark Hungary Scotland Turkey England Russia Switzerland China Hawaii and more contributed remarks including Frances Callan on the Western Hemisphere Encampment and Marguerite Rines on the Juliette Low Memorial fund
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Troop
Girl Scouts of America
Front Street
Marilyn McElman
Jean Osborne
Argentine
Beatrice Bronson
Ireland
Lydia Savage
India
Barbara Robinson
Sweden
Betty MacGuire
Scotland
Dorothy Freeman
Hungary
Jane Grant
Denmark
Marjorie Rogers
Turkey
Margaret Burns
England
Martha Stone
Russia
Sylvia Cohen
Switzerland
Marjorie Fraser
China
Gloria Leavitt
Hawaii
World Association
Nellie Page
Girl Scouts
Archibald Main
Juliette Low
Bath
Appreciative Letter From Chaplain of the 366th Infantry
Mrs. Berenice Colby a Central Grammar School teacher in Bath Maine received a letter from Fort Devens Massachusetts dated February 18 1942 thanking her and the Grade seven one pupils and local parents for gifts to the soldiers of the 366th Infantry The chaplain Deval Crice commends their generous support of books magazines home cooked foods and comforts for troops at the armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berenice Colby
Central Grammar School
366Th Infantry
Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Bath
Maine
Deval Crice
Former Bath Man Highly Praised For Work At T B I Yard
The Ship yard News from T B I Yard of South Portland praises Joseph T. Smith, a former Bath man, as a top tester in the testing department. He is linked with the pneumatic department as assistant foreman under Ed T. B I yard and has been with Bath Iron Works Corp since 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.B.I. Yard
South Portland
Joseph T. Smith
Mullin MIntire wedding guests and reception in Bath
Miss Annie Oliver McIntire and Roland N Mullen both of Bath were married Saturday evening by Charles T Small Jr notary in his Front Street office. A reception followed at 83 Milan Street hosted by Mr and Mrs Michael Flaherty. They will live in West Bath. Mullen works at Bath Iron Works Harding plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Oliver MelIntire
Roland N. Mullen
Bath
Charles T. Small, Jr
Front Street
Vivian Wheeler
This City
Michael Flaherty
Milan Street
Ada Bowker McIntire
Robert McIintire
William Mullen
Oakland
George Davis
Ronald Ellis
Somerville
Mass
George Soule
George, Jr
Topsham
Edith
West Bath
Marie Varney
Freeport
Mullen
Hardings
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Past Masters Night Observed by Polar Star Lodge No 114
The seventeenth annual Past Masters Night of Polar Star lodge No 114 F and A M was held at Masonic Temple at 7 30 PM Wednesday. The Master Mason degree was demonstrated by past masters including Percy Marks George J Goodwin Donald N Snail Thatcher B Pinkham William A Furber Carl J Severin Chester H McCabe Delmer E Bates Everett L Pinkham Charles F Nelson Harold E Cutting Philip A Roberts Carl H Pinson John Wishart and a chicken supper was served at 6 30 by Genesta chapter OES.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polar Star Lodge
Masonic Temple
Percy Marks
George J. Goodwin
Donald N. Snail
Thatcher B. Pinkham
William A. Furber
Carl J. Severin
Chester H. McCabe
Delmer E. Bates
Everett L. Pinkham
Charles F. Nelson
Harold E. Cutting
Philip A. Roberts
Carl H. Pinson
John Wishart
Genesta
Walter S. Russell
Eben J. Marston
E. Motley Fuller
Delmar E. Bates
Joseph A. Terrell
Raymond C. Brown
Alden P. Denham
Oliver Moses
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Arthur B. Stilphen
Missionary Life in China Shared by Bath Rotarians
Bath Rotarians heard Mrs. Charles E. Bousfield speak on 25 years in Southern China where she and her late husband founded a hospital and a girls school. She described hardships, credited divine guidance, and displayed souvenirs including a Moses era spear and idols. Two Colby College acquaintances among attendees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
China
Charles E. Bousfield
Woolwich
Hotel Sedgwick
Bousfield
Heavenly Father
Georgetown Center school Valentine activities and notices
The Georgetown Center school crowd held a Valentine event with a boys victory in the six week spelling contest led by Faylene Rowe who achieved a perfect score. A girls party followed the contest with games and refreshments as vacation loomed and ice deliveries to Gilbert Lewis continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Center School
Faylene Rowe
Harold Loveitt
Wilbur L. Loveitt
Eugene A. Reynolds
Gilbert Lewis
Seguinland
Joe Patton
Dr. Smith
Bath
Roy Newman
Darien
Conn
Cherry Lawn School
Walter Cummings
Auxiliary Firemen Meet Wednesday At Central Station
A Wednesday evening gathering at 7 30 at the Central fire station included call firemen from the department. Deputy Marshal Percy W Kinss bury of Bath spoke on incendiary bombs and chemical warfare. Chief Richard C Frates urged 100 more men and urged city residents not yet in Civilian Defense to volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Fire Station
Percy W. Kinssbury
Bath Police
Richard C. Frates
Harbingers of Spring Sighted in Maine Towns
In Solon crows and gees were seen signaling spring. In Skowhegan a man in the business district wore a straw hat, while a robin perched in an apple tree on the William Simmons farm pecked at seeds from a clingy apple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Solon
Skowhegan
William Simmons
Many Bath People Plan to Occupy Brunswick Homes
Real estate broker Ilenry M. Baribeau reports Harpswell Pines houses in Brunswick selling fast with all but 18 sold. Most occupants are Bath residents. the list names numerous Bath couples and a few from nearby towns and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Houses
Ilenry M. Baribeau
Brunswick Read
Harpswell Pines
Brunswick
Bath
Edward Hamil
Joseph Savoy
Keyne
Robert Smith
Emile Boucher
William Kingsbury
Luther Taylor
Gilpatrick
Perley Cotton
Alvin Messer
Woolwich
Wing
Koerber
William Stilphen
George Baker
Harry Cribbey
East Brunswick
Maurice Mallett
Patterson
Edson Foss
Grattan Donovan
Willey
Rosaire Boutot
Lewiston
Thurland Hall
Portland
Lloyd Carpenter
Frederick Short, Jr
Omer Bertrand
Freeman
Sastamoine
Ivan Philbrook
Walter Cree
Harry Lally
Bucksport
Dwight Hale
Hamilton Shields
Boston
Mass
Toll Houses to Serve as Sentry Boxes on Carlton Bridge
On the suggestion of Bridge Director Harold P Small auxiliary toll houses used during rush periods will be moved to serve as sentry boxes for soldiers on guard duty at the Carlton bridge. The highway department will relocate two buildings, one on the south sidewalk and one on the railroad deck, with oil heaters and rear windows added as needed. The move is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Carlton Bridge
Highway Department
Tire Board Reports Weekly Rationing Certificates
Local Rationing Board No. 121 of Sagadahoc county lists certificates issued for February 16 to 21 for new tires and tubes including William Wright Ellis M. Moore Robert Coombs and others. It also notes obsolete size certificates and remaining quota by category and a ban on camel back retreading from February 19 to March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
William Wright
Ellis M. Moore
Robert Coombs
Roy Purineton
Herbert Cram
Michael J Kratula
Bernice
Gwendolst Hooper
Raxvimond GG
Atwood Daughters Engaged to Pennell and Dubois
Mr and Mrs Frank B Atwood announce the engagements of their daughters Miss Eunice Atwood to Donald H Pennell and Miss Evelyn P Atwood to Elmer J Dubois. Pennell is son of Mr and Mrs Charles S Pennell of East Harpswell and Dubois is son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dubois of Middle Bay Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Atwood
Donald H. Pennell
Charles S. Pennell
East Harpswell
Evelyn P. Atwood
Elmer J. Dubois
Joseph Dubois
Middle Bay Road
Fifth Islands Community News Highlights and Local Events
Five Islands notes mark Mrs. J C Briggs’s 90th birthday and 72nd wedding anniversary at Winter Hill Massachusetts with family and visitors. Red Cross officers named for Georgetown Branch. Camp Devens draft note. school week schedule. church services. 4 H club meeting. local visits and weekend gatherings at cottages across Five Islands and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Briggs
Winter Hill
Mass
Winnifred
Susan Briggs
Briggs
Georgetown
Red Cross Disaster Committee
George Gray
Marion Stevens
W. A. Todd
Harry Heald
Willam Marr
Alfred Rowe
Vernon Gray
Madelyn Berry
Rapheal Higgins
Roy Newman
Louise Howard
Furber Davis
Belle Heald
O. F. Rowe
Alex Cunningham
Central Purchase
Earle Hagan
Merton Pinkham
Camp Devens
Richard Campbell
Marion Carr
John MacGillivary
Danny MacGillivary
Gloria Landry
Mary Louise Pinkham
Cleon Pinkham
Eleanor Mains
Beverly Rittall
Marilyn Landry
John W. Hyssong
Brunswick
William Marr
Arthur Marr
Medford
Merry Maid
Milburn Stevens
Stevens
Isabel Stevens
Red Cross
Horace FE. Wade
Woolwich
George Philbrook
Freeport
Weiikit
Almon Marr
Woodrow Gray
Constance
Jerry
Kittery
Frank MacMahan
Somerville
Warner Eustis
M. F. Butts
Newton
Eustis
Ledgewood
Francis Pierce
Victor Pinkham
Alfred Hall
Gardiner
Richard Young
Bath
Vincent Davis
Kitters
Lester Davis
Walter Davis
Chester
Jammie MacMahan
William McGrath
Horace Rittall
Lermond Davis
Harold Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Thelma Davis
Willan Watson
William Stacey
Stacey
Mroo
Vernon Gray Pheineson
Veridi, Jr
Wiese
Connie Gray
Sylvia Pinkham
Miss Constance Perkins Vale Dictorian At Cony High School
Miss Constance Perkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Perkins of 5 South Belfast Avenue Augusta will be valedictorian at the Cony High School graduation exercises June 17. She has the four year average of 93.81 percent. Mrs Walter M Till and daughter Betty Lou of North Street are visiting Beachmont Massachusetts with Mrs Hill's mother Mrs Horace Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Perkins
Everett Perkins
Belfast Avenue
Augusta
Cony High School
Walter M. Till
Betty Lou
North Street
Beachmont
Mass
Hill
Horace Aiken
Lincoln and Washington Program At North Grammar
North Grammar School Grade IV conducted a Lincoln's Day program on February 12 with Nancy Lee Stover and Leatrice Bandera in charge. The program included readings, poems, songs, and a class presentation titled Stand Up America, plus a Lincoln Washington program by Grade V and various related activities by grades seven and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar School
Nancy Lee Stover
Leatrice Bandera
Abraham Lincoln
America
Richard Card
Vera Wallace
Katherine Frates
June Belanger
Robert Colley
James Smith
Forest Staples
George Kingsbury
Valentine
Nancy Simall
Betty MacGuire
Dorothy Coombs
Paul Flaherty
Donald Davis
Billy Boyland
Ferne Beal
Barbara Fleming
Marie Mitchell
Richard Kingsbury
Arnold Cogan
America,’ Class Poem. “Ten Little Indians,’ Richard Kingsbury
Whitehouse Kitchen
John Parker
George Washington
Barbara Lou Deering
John Morse
Washington
Joan Osborne
Hugh Madden
Carolyn Miller
Maine county tire and tube quotas announced
Augusta February 24.4 percent Cumberland county received the largest March quota of tires and tubes. Sagadahoc county was allotted 14 passenger tires 12 tubes and 28 truck tires with 12 tubes and 1 retread. The Elks home surgical dressing room will close until further notice as the current course ends. A new course is expected to start within a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Cumberland County
Wilbur H. Towle
Elks Home
Obituary Elmer E. Ridley 80 Bath native dies in Lewiston
Elmer E Ridley aged 80 native of Bath died Thursday morning at Nelson Nursing Home in Lewiston. Born July 22 1861 son of Dexter and Nancy Ridley he worked as a ship's carpenter and later for Dingley Foss Shoe Co. He married Annie Elizabeth Smith and is survived by a son Oscar W Ridley and four daughters Mrs James V McPhee Mrs Perley W Lombard Mrs Carl E Rollins and Mrs Frances L Dyer. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm in Dillingham Son Memorial Chapel Lewiston with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E. Ridley
Bath
Nelson
College Street
Lewiston
Mr. Ridley
Dexter
Nancy Brimijohn Ridley
Oscar W. Ridley
James V. McPhee
Claremont
N.H
Perley W. Lombard
Greenwood
Mass
Carl E. Rollins
Manhasset
N. Y
Frances L. Dyer
Memorial
Dillingham & Son
Riverside Cemetery
Einar A Hill 55 Parker Head death in Bath Maine
Einar A Hill age 55 of Parker Head died Wednesday evening after long illness. Born in Finland May 25 1887 he worked as caretaker of a Phippsburg summer home. Survived by two sons Elmer and Edwin Bath two daughters Mrs Harry Knight Jr and Virginia Hill Bath and brother John Hill Boston. Funeral Saturday at 2 PM at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Cleveland Marriner
Harold Hopkins
Dana
Bodwell Grange
Phippsburg
Richard Parent
Portland
Pvt
Lester Umberhind, Jr
Lester Umberhind
Reed Road
Bangor Air Base
Arthur Terrell
Carroll Terrell
Coast Artillery
Fisher Island
L. I
Margaret Wilson
Sisters’ Hospital
Waterville
Joseph Wilson
River Road
Estelle Brown
Bryant Stratton School
Boston
Walter Knight
Albert Merrifield
Augusta
William Meserve
Joseph Randlette
Cora Osborne
Topsham Grange
Donald Nichols
Brunswick Hospital
Edward Hewitt
Windsor
Harold Richardson
Richardson
Guy George
Haverhill
Mass
John Dunn
Attleboro
John Royal
Sturdy Hospital
Frank Condlin
Orangeburg
N. Y
Melvin Curtis
Orrin Crosby
Bath
Stephen Week
Percy Chetley
Hattie Powers
Bowdoinham Road
Emily Waldron
Rachel Strout
Fred Strout
Einar A. Hill
Parker Head
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Hill
Finland
Andrew Hitt
Elmer
Edwin
Harry Knight, Jr
Virginia Hill
John Hill
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Mrs Bertha M Shea 1871 70 Dies in Phippsburg Home
Mrs Bertha Mabel Shea aged 70 died late Wednesday morning at the Phippsburg home of her daughter Mrs Walter J Small with whom she resided after a Winter illness. She was born August 23 1871 in Phippsburg a daughter of Edward and Mary Heald. Survived by the daughter. Funeral Saturday at two in Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Mabel Shea
Phippsburg
Walter J. Small
Shea
Edward and
Mary
Francis) Heald
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Mrs Abbie Dodge Dies in Boothbay Harbor At 65
Mrs Abbie Dodge widow of Charles Dodge died Wednesday after a two day illness at her Boothbay Harbor home. She would have turned 66 on Saturday. She had lived earlier with Mrs William Cummings of 897 Middle Street. She is survived by her daughter Mrs Gertrude Gregory of Boothbay Harbor four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Dodge
Charles Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
Dodge
William Cummings
Middle Street
Einar A Hill Funeral Held at Mayo Residence
The funeral of Einar A Hill of Parker Head occurred Saturday at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence at 819 High Street. Dr David L Wilson officiated with bearers Leo Hill, Harry L Knight, Harry I Knight Jr, and A Farley Mayo Jr. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einar A. Hill
Parker Head
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Leo Hill
Harry L. Knight
Harry I. Knight, Jr
A. Farley Mayo, Jr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Winter Carnival Guest Lists at Hotchkiss School
Miss Sally Hyde of Elmhurst attended the Winter Carnival weekend at Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. Miss Dorothy Wing of Stonington High School is vacationing with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Wing of North Street. An important Republican City committee meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 in City Hall Common Council room to review final election plans ahead of Monday, March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Woodside
Bath
D. L Pettengill
Hubert Loveitt
Camp Devens
Beatrice Abbott
Mattie Fielding
John Ireland
Freeport
Abbott
Higgins
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Joseph Higgins
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
John
Gunnell
Thomas Williams
Georgetown
Lawrence Helfron
Newmans
Roscoe P.todd
Melrose Highlands
W. A. Todd
Harry Horne
Belle Heald
Everett Stevens
Ernest Heald
New York
Harold Hunt
Pittsfield
Working League
Storm Seven
Keissling
Dedham
Bb. J. Patton
Sally Hyde
Elmhurst
Hotchkiss School
Connecticut
Dorothy Wing
Stonington High School
Stonington, Conn
Harold B. Wing
North Street
Republican City Committee
City Hall
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Richmond
Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service
War Relief Fund
Enterprise Orange Ladies’ Aid
D. of
A. W. Hall
Frank Bishop
American Legion Auxiliary
Hilda Hatch
Beatrice Turcotte
4Th District
Hazel Libby
Elizabeth McFee
Marcia Baker
Fern Perry
Grace Dickerson
Eva Sherman
Sally Chapney
Lillian Sykes
Legionnaires Wives and Daughters
Selectman’s Office
Emeth Chapter
R. A
Masonic Hall
Mullin-M’intire
Temple
Tire Board
Mrs
Frank Bo Atwood
North Grammar
Lincoln
Deane Leavitt
Everett Parker
Donald Sylvester
Donald Spear
George Larrabee
Alvin Gediman
George Dole
Robert Farnham
David McKellar
Russell Stodder
Addison Thompson
Anita Bagdikian
Jeannine Groves
Dean Leavitt
West Virginia
Lois Young
Harvey Hartleb
Einar A, Hill
Bertha M, Shea
E. A. Hill
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston