Richmond Club Elects Martha Sutter President Again
Mrs Martha Sutter reelected president of the Richmond Townsend club at the annual officers election Friday evening. Secretary Warren Lewis treasurer Mrs Alice Parkhurst. The club voted to donate three beds for a local defense hospital. Next Friday a birthday party for member Mrs William Osgood is planned at the Townsend club hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Sutter
Richmond Townsend Club
Warren Lewis
Alice Parkhurst
William Osgood
Townsend Club
Richmond Lodge
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Vanessa Beedle
Mt. Carmel
Charles Blake
Ideal Home Corner Club
Daughters of Veterans Halk
Bell
Woman's’ Society of Christian Service
J. Leslie Dunston
Honolulu
University of Hawaii
Dunston
Punahow
John Dunston
Richmond
Richmond Methodist Church
Richmond High School
Colby College
Edythe Porter
Lubec
Progressive Grange Holds Richmond Christmas Meeting
A Richmond Progressive Grange gathering Friday evening concluded with a Christmas party. Frances White of Enterprise Grange, vice chair of Women Civilian Defense, distributed and explained Civilian Defense cards. Dickey Moore led songs, and Santa Claus with helpers distributed presents from a large tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Frances White
Enterprise Grange
Dickey Moore
Santa* Claus
Marshall White
Gertrude Curtis
Rachel Varney
Leona Wheeler
Richard Jordan Addresses Bath Rotary Meeting
Richard Jordan, now with Oakhurst Dairy in Bath, spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick. He discussed his past role as purchasing agent for the State School for Boys, its shift from a military to a home like setting, and the current life of about 150 boys with job work, schooling, and increased liberties for dependable students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Jordan
South Windham
Steen Crooker Wedding Set for New Year’s Day
The wedding of Miss Doris M. Crooker and James C. Steen will be held at Beacon Street Methodist church at noon on New Year’s Day with Rev. Charles L. Kinney officiating. Attendants include Howard M. Steen and N. Elwood Coffin Jr. A reception will follow at the bride’s parents’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris M. Crooker
Wilbur H. Crooker
Park Street
James C. Steen
Aubrey Steen
Meadowway
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Charles L. Kinney
Howard M. Steen
Steen
N. Elwood Coffin, Jr
Bath
Illness News and Holiday Socials in Robinhood Georgetown
Mrs Helena Stewart of Newton Center Mass regains health after a hospital stay and plans to return home. Christmas sermons and lighter church attendance mark the season as residents host family parties and plan nursing courses. Local schools reopen. Sgt Francis Oliver returns home on leave. many residents visit friends and relatives in Bath Robinhood and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Stewart
Newton Center
Mass
Kennebec Point
Newton Hospital
Pettengill
First Baptist Church
Beatrice Boutin
Elizabeth Harris
Bath
Walter Powers
Alex Cunningham
Clarence Colby
Portland
Woodrow Gray
Kittery
Joseph Higgins
William Todd
Walter Cummings
Roy Newman
Newman
D. L. Pettengill
First Baptist Parsonage
Carrie Oliver
Louise Howard
Robert Frye
Walter Cunningham
Bay Point
Francis Oliver
Aberdeen
N. C
Maude Thayer
Jonesboro
West Georgetown
William Zoracah
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robinhood
Adolf Spear
Bobbie
Thomas Bird
Bath Opera House
Hamilton
Marrtown
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston High School
J. F. Higgins
Charles Mains
W. A. Todd
Boothbay Harbor
Ralph A. Scott
Scott
Smith
Merrill Bowles
Bangor
Paul Moore
Shirley
George Powers
Aubrey Fullerton
Boston
Ralph Hotstat
Hotstat
Ella McMahan
George Suslaw
Shrewsbury
Elmer Palmer
Melrose
Earl Hagan
Allen C. Brown
Dana Craney
Stott
Carroll Powers
William Bissett
Rolande Peterson
New Jersey
Thomas Williams
Waltham
Demand grows for incinerator to replace Bath dump
A Bath city dump closed after five p m and Sundays renews calls for an incinerator to replace the fire prone site. Petitions with hundreds of signatures urged abolition and the Lions Club and health officials have studied removal and extermination options while surveys continue.
Maine Farmers Plan To Exceed Last Year
Maine farmers expect higher output in 1942 with projected 29 percent rise in eggs and 12 percent rise in milk, per a 28 291 farm survey for the U S Department of Agriculture by Triple A committeemen. Increases exceed national minimums while hay acreage holds. pasture expands about 21 percent and hog marketing rises 22 percent. Mrs Ron Colby of Blaine House visited over the weekend with her husband at their Andrews road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ron Colby
Blaine
Mr. Colby
Andrews Road
Five Islands Forms Merry Maid 4-H Club Officers
The first meeting of the Five Islands Merry Maid 4-H club organized by Mrs. Milburn Stevens elected President Audrey Pinkham Vice President Lorraine Sawyer Secretary Ida MacGillivary Treasurer Mary L Pinkham and Color Bearer Barbara Pinkham. The group plans biweekly meetings on Monday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Merry Maid 4-H Club
Milburn Stevens
Audrey Pinkham
Lorraine Sawyer
Ida MacGillivary
Mary L. Pinkham
Barbara Pinkham
Good Neighbor Club
Marion Stevens
Will Davis
Wrenham
Mass
Davis
Ricard Potter
William McGrath
Fred M. Reid
Bath
Charles Berry
Obituary of Iva May Coombs 72 Bath and Dresden widow
Iva May Coombs 72 widow of George A. Coombs died Tuesday afternoon in Dresden at the home of her daughter Mrs Harry Hateh on the Middle road. She had been in poor health since May and bedridden ten weeks. Born in Wiscasset April 11, she was daughter of B Ladeoly and Jide (0001 sage Blasdtn. She lived in Wools ten years, then Bath and for the last ten years lived with her son Ardrow Mo Kies on Cebib road NMye vurtshiw Weis $06 fer pint pied. Her first husband was Charles Tice whose death occurred in New Hampshire on 12 Sesh. Survived by two brothers George Uphagdon and Chander Braiton of Wascasset, two sisters Mrs Rose Lilly of Dexter and Mrs Angie Dickin son of Springvale, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday at two P.M. at Curtis funeral home Washington street. Rev Charles K. Sims will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva May Coombs
George A. Coombs
Bath
Dresden
Dreden
Harry Hateh
Middle Road
bHatehs
Coombs
Coomi
Wi Casset
Andis Sears
Sears
Ardrow Mo
Kies
Cebib Road
Charles Tice
New Hammpshire
Face
Vite
Diteshiter
Past Noble Grands Club Meets At Good Will Hall
Mrs Alfred Barker and Mrs Victor Pinkburn host the Past Noble Grands club of Queen Esther lodge in Sagadahoc Ferry. Guests dine on supper then play cards in the evening at Good Will hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Barker
Vistor Pinkburm
Ralph Mank Voll
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther Lodge
Good Will Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Four Respondents Face Court For Christmas Intoxication
Four respondents appeared before Judge Gardiner KR Deering in Municipal Court on charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace. One man pleaded guilty to Christmas afternoon intoxication on Center Street and faced a history of prior charges and probation. An elderly Bath woman also pled guilty, paying $6.10 in costs to avoid a 30 day jail sentence. A third pleaded guilty and a fourth was found not guilty after witnesses testified, with a mental health evaluation ordered due to apparent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner KR. Deering
Center Street
Boston
Thanksgiving menu in Canal Zone booklet for Uncle Sam's boys
A brown and white booklet sent to Mrs Doris Sheppard Mooers by son C D Ties lists the Canal Zone battery’s Thanksgiving menu with oyster stew crackerettes stuffed olives celery hearts roast turkey cranberry sauce giblet gravy snowflake potatoes creamed peas candied yams asparagus tips lettuce tomato cucumber salad hot rolls drip coffee cherry pie pumpkin pie nuts and cigars cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Zone
Doris Shepard Mooers
C. D. Ties
tosekeeRe
Hillgrove William F E died at 62 at 40 Dummer Street
William F E Hillgrove 62 died Sunday at his home after a long illness born in Parrsboro Nova Scotia Dec 26 17 a son of Robert and Mars A MacDonald Hillgrove. He followed the sea and sailed with Capt William F Phimner of Bath. Survived by wife Mrs Jane W Hillgrove and three sisters Mrs James B E Leitch Mary McNamara and Miss M K R Hillgrove of Chitcape. The funeral was held Wednesday morning at St. Mars chwirel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FE Hillgrove
Dummer Street
V Hillgrove
Parrsboro
Robert
Mars A. (MacDonald) Hillgrove
William F Phimnmer
Bath
Hillgrove
Jane W. Hillgrove
James BE. Leitch
Mary McNamara
M. KR. Hillgrove
Chitcape
Edward McAuliffe Dies After Long Bath Illness
Edward McAuliffe 83 a Bath resident and former post office employee died Christmas morning at Bath Memorial hospital after a prolonged illness. Born March 20 1849 in Luthe he served Bath post office from 1894 as substitute carrier then regular carrier later clerk before retiring 17 years ago. Survived by widow former Annie T Broderick two brothers a nephew and a niece and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McAuliffe
Ao Postoffice
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. McAuliffe
Luthe
Timothy
Katherine Kieley
Bath
McAuliffe
Annie T. Broderick
Bailey Street
William P. Mcc Auliffe
York Street
Newton
Mass
Katherine Horn
Brooklyon
N.Y
J. N. Sanford
Crescent Street
Death of Dr James A Duffy 49 noted cancer specialist
Attorney and Mrs John J Keegan of Grove Street mourn the sudden death in New York City of Judge Keegan's cousin Dr James A Duffy 49 a renowned cancer doctor and radium expert in charge of four gram radium packs at Memorial Hospital He also served as surgeon at St Vincent Hospital consultant at New York Infirmary and radiology assistant professor at Cornell He was unmarried with a sister Mary Duffy and a brother Reverend Charles Duffy of Webster Mass Duffy died December 14 in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Grove Street
New York City
Keegan
James A. Duffy
Memorial Hospital
St Vincent Hospital
New York Infirmary For Women
Cornell University Medical University
New York
Dully
Mary Duffy
Webster
Mass
Charles Duffy
Firth Avenue
Duffy
Bath
Maine
Kegan
Obituary Notice for Mrs O Brien and Family Funeral Details
Corliss street resident Miss Savaliko Coombs hosts a gathering at Morini street Portland as Mrs O Brien mourns her brother’s death. Pastor Dr. O Piengs memoria service at HG Dockrell’s home. five children and three grandchildren survive. Mrs O Brien died in Boston Baptist Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savaliko Coombs
Corliss Street
Chiistains
Morini Street
Portland
O Brien
Dockrell
Bath Wall
Dinhaell Gs
Phe
Boston
Baptist
Funeral for Mrs Annie Criso Held At Mayo Home
The funeral of Mrs Annie Criso wife of Charles Criso occurred at 2 PM at the Mayo funeral residence. Rev Charles I Kinnes of Beacon Street church conducted the service. Bearers were David Tabor Edwin Powers Eugene Footer and Raymond Parker. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Criso
Charles FE
Arthur F. Mayo
Charles I. Kinnes
Beacon Street Church
David Tabor
Edwin Powers
Eugene Footer
Raymond Parker
Oak Grave Cemetery
Miss Eunice Perkins at Brunswick high school dance
Miss Eunice Perkins, a Duke University attendee, was among the guests at Brunswick high school's annual Christmas dance held Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Perkins
Duke University
Brounswick High School
Brunswick High School
Mrs Annie C Robinson Dies Sunday Evening
Annie C Robinson 82 wife of Charles E Robinson died Sunday at her Bath home after an illness since Thanksgiving. She was born February 2, 1860 in Bath, lifelong resident, a Beacon Street Methodist member. Survived by widower, two daughters Louise Robinson and Mrs Joseph Lausier, three grandsons, three sisters and one brother. Funeral Tuesday at 2 at Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence with Rev Charles L Kinney officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie C. Robinson
Charles E. Robinson
Washington Street
Robinson
Bath
Alexander and
Mary (Smart) Dunbar
Beacon Street
Mary D. Yule
Sarah Tabor
Walter S. Dunbar
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles L. Kinney
Westport Obituary for William H. Mains 51
William H. Mains died suddenly at his Westport home. The Bath born machinist lived in Westport eight years after Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the widower of Nettie Farnham of Brookfield. Survived by step-mother Lottie A. Mains and step-siblings from Roxbury and Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Mrs Annie N Donnell Funeral Held in Bath
The funeral for Annie N Donnell widow of William T Donnell occurred Friday at 2 PM at her niece Mrs Willand Hunteh and Mr Hatch 394 Washington St officiated by Rev Charles Robins First Baptist Church. Bearers were Alfred E Carpenter Harold Beares Ernest Stinson and Lester G Campbell. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie N. Donnell
William T. Donnell
Bath Memorial Hospital
Willand Hunteh
Hatch
Washington Street
Charles Robins
First Baptist Church
Alfred E. Carpenter
Harold Beares
Ernest Stinson
Lester G. Campbell
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mains Funeral Held in Westport at Curtis Home
Mains of Westport was buried after services held Saturday afternoon at 2 in the Curtis funeral home 942 Washington street Rev George B Wolstenholme pastor of Peoples Baptist church officiated bearers were Oscar Shea John Warrison John Harrison Sr and Robert Greenleaf Durial was interred in Oak Grove cemetery Mr and Mrs Herbert Rice and children of South Portland were visitors of Mr Rice's mother Meirs Melville Rice Dummer Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Mains
Westport
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Baptist Church
Oscar Shea
John Warrison
John Harrison, Sr
Robert Greenleaf Durial
Oak Grove Cemetery
Herbert Rice
South Portland
Mr. Rice
Meirs. Melville Rice
Dummer Street
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Harold Williams
Freeport
Joseph Witmore
James Haynes
Gardiner General Hospital
Barbara Floyd
Washington, D. C
Moses Floyd
Mina Floyd
Merle Terrell
Paul Medore
Gardner Pridham
Gordon Curran
Fort Devens
Frank Anderson
Camp Wheeler
Camp Shelby
Wallace Gardner
Florence Young
Hazen Aucoin
Hartford
Conn
Joseph Naylor
Camp Blanding
Fred Naylor
Leslie Watson
Clowes Guiou
Edward Pinkham
Edward Lewis
Donald Waltz
Blaine Pickett
Raymond Millett
Harold Plummer
Frederick Richter
Austin Stover
Gordon Houdlette
Gerald Foss
Matilda M. Johnson
Fred Johnson
Evergreen Cemetery
Johnson
Oslo
Norway
America
Roy Johnson
Warren C. Kinney, Jr
Athalie M
Warren C. Kinney
Wilber Gilpatrick
Frances Alice Shaw
James Norris Sidelinger
Mr. Sidelinger
J. Norris Sidelinger
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Miss Shaw
Roberts Variety Store
Lynn W. Richardson
Methodist Church
John Volz
George Coughlin
Joseph White
James Fields
Raymond Libby
James Lothridge
Eben Baker
Brown Cemetery
Alice Richardson
Arlen Richardson
Milo
Elwood Gildard
Lisbon Falls
Charles Quimby
Clayton Esty
Frank Ducette
Wilmot Quimby
Alfred
Kenneth Brown
Rumford
Ada Wakem
Stuart Harris
Yarmouth
Cleveland Quinnam
Austin Brown
Wilma Brown
Lancaster
Ernest Johns
Lorraine Naugle
William Gould
Bowdoinham
Fred Skidmore
Gardiner
Alice Merriman
Topsham
Fred Joyce
Richard Jordan
State School For Boys
Leon Buck
Loring Small
John Parker
William Higgins
W. T. Grant
Wolstenholme
Rotary
Steen-Crooker
Georgetown
Peter Lorentsen
Mechanic Street
Sebasco Estates
Hazen Hilton
Peter
Dike School
Hiltons
Public Safety Committee
State Department of Health
Lions Club
Roland Wilkins
Harland
William Marr
Marr
Rapheal Higgins
Rosalyn
Orville Rowe
R. Stevens
Victor Pinkham
J. J. Gibson
Frances Aderton
Katharine Pendergast
Daytona Beach
Fla
Vincent Strout
Cabot, VI
Strout
Mr. Marr
Howard Bacon
L. H. Rowe
Francis Pierce
Norman
Charles Lewis
Donald Bacon
Niranc de Mirso
Uncle Sam
William EF. Hillgrove
Edward M’auliffe
Edward M'Auliffe
DK. HW
G. Dockrelel
Mes. Robinson
Mr. Mains
Charles Thomas
Harriet (Thistle) Mains
Worcester Mass
Nettie Farnham
Brookfield
Lottie A. Mains
Roxbury
Hugh F. Mains
Charles T. Mains
Charlestown
Loistene LaMontagne
Feeds, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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