Local Profiles and Returns Highlight Holiday Season Notices
The item notes Pfc. Oliver back at Fort E. Warren and families visiting relatives such as Mrs. Ida Smith and Jerry McCormack of Freeport. It mentions Miss Pauline Darrah from New London visiting her rents, and Henry Plouff returning to college after holidays. Dr. Sutcliffe edited a book of letters by Edward Arlington Robinson and has an extensive academic background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aires
Satiell
Gan Dore Jr
Oliver
Fort . E
Warren
Casenine
Henry Plouff
White
Henry Carter
Ida Smith
Jerry McCormack
Freeport
William Suvcliffe
Kenyon College
Richmond High School
Maine Rhodes
Bates College
Oxford University
Sutcliffe
Harvard College
Bath Elks New Year Party a Big Success
The Bath Elks New Year’s Party drew more than 50 couples for an evening of dancing, refreshments and entertainment. Kenneth W mir danc led the room with decorations by Mrs. Shirley Bourque and Miss Mattie Niles, as Brian M. Jewett presided as exalted ruler. Steve O'Donnell sang and Madelyn Oliver danced as noisemakers and hats added festive flair. Thornton Henderson chaired the committee with John Bourque Percy W. Kingsbury Maurice Glidden John McLaughlin and George Gallant assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Steve O'Donnell
Madelyn Oliver
Thornton Henderson
John Bourque
Percy W. Kingsbury
Maurice Glidden
John McLaughlin
George Gallant
Chatterboat Club Elects Officers at Dum mer Street Home
Elaine Mitchell hosted the Chatterboat club as officers were elected. Pauline Belanger named president, Mary McCrater vice president, Jerry Barter secretary, Blanche Locker treasurer, with the next meeting set for January 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Mitchell
Dummer Street
Chatterboat Club
Pauline Belanger
Mary McCrater
Jerry Barter
Blanche Locker
Georgetown PTA Hosts Bean Supper and Open House
The Georgetown area community gathered for a baked bean supper at the First Baptist Leahamabad and an open house on the new school building. Visitors from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Leonard of Woolwich with flowers, while the Woolwich PTA was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
First Baptist
Leahamabad
Leonard
Woolwich
Farm Bureau
First Baptist Church Vestry
J. R. Blackie
Joseph F. Higgins
Ernest Heal
William Bisseth
Horace Lee
Falmouth
Louise Peterson
Louise
Peterson
Paul
Beatrice Houston
West Georgetown
Walter Bouton
Baltimore
Edward Wren
Bath
George Oliver
Willard Oliver
Gale
Dixie
Wellington
Lexington
Mass
Allan Bean
Everett Haines
Richmond
Robert Haines
Wal- Mass
Roy J. Campbell
Salem College
North Carolina
Roscoe P. Todd
Carroll P. Powers
Lauretta M. Jones
Joe
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Roland E. Peterson
Lee
John K. Lee
Marjorie Rockwell
W Rt
New York
Evelyn Hughan
Rockwell
Jacqueline
Martha Holmes
Frederick
Dorothy Oliver
Walter V. Cummings
Charles Andre
Parker Moulton
Victor Hagan
Earle Hagan
Belle Heald
Robinhood
Melrose Highlands
Ida E. (Harris
F. Palmer
Little blue heron is white in its first two years
In its initial two years the little blue heron lacks the blue coloration and appears white. Researchers note the youngster's plumage changes with age and environmental factors before maturing into the distinctive blue adult.
Edward Little High Band to Play Second Annual Concert
The Edward Little High School band will perform Friday at Morse High School auditorium starting at eight. The program includes Hayden Conant’s arrangement The Blue and White, a Morse graduate Rutherford White, and an overture with Revolutionary scenes. Proceeds aid school instruments and the senior class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Little
Morse High School
Bath
Hayden Conant
Blue and White
Mr. Conant
Rutherford White
Morse
White
Edward Lemoine
Harry Starboard
Norman Howard
Kennebec Yacht Club
North End
Alhambra
Calif
Larrabee Announces Candidacy for State Major Nomination
Joseph W. Larrabee of West Bath said on Tuesday he will seek the Republican nomination for State major from Sagadahoc county in the June primaries. He served two terms in the Maine House in the 88th and 89th Legislatures as nomination papers ready soon. J Horace McClure of Bath had been urged to run but announced he will not oppose Larrabee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Sagadahoc County
Larrabee
House of Representatives
J. Horace McClure
Bath
McClure
Senate
Plymouth Lord Mayor thanks Bath groups for aid to bombed city
Mayor Donald H. Small receives a letter from H J Perry Lord Mayor of Plymouth praising Alfred J. Back and Bath organizations for shipping clothing footwear and candy to bombed Plymouth. The letter thanks churches Rotary Inner Wheel and others and extends season's greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald H. Small
Plymouth
Eng
Alfred of
Bath
Mayor Small
Alfred J. Back
Rotary Club
Inner Wheel
Back
Barbara Ross Returns to Wheaton College Duties
Miss Barbara Ross at Wheaton College resumes her duties after a recess visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Rodney E Ross of High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ross
Wheaton College
Rodney E. Ross
High Street
Memorial pupil John Wills Jr hospitalized on Cobb Road
John Wills Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Wills lives at 24 Cobb Road and is a patient at Memorial Hospital. He attends Memorial School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wills, Jr
John Wills
Cobb Road
Memorial Hosital
John
Use Memorial School
Five Islands School Delays Opening Despite Gear Shortage
Five Islands school failed to open last week as desks and seats were not installed. Pupils enjoyed a modern, comfortable new schoolhouse this week. The Five Islands library also reopened after a brief closure. Mrs. Francis Pierce hosted the Good Neighbor club with modest attendance. The Ladies Bible class met with Mrs. William Marr and gathers today at Mrs. Vernon Gray. Firehouse alterations began last week converting the former schoolhouse to house engines No 1 and No 2. The Boston bride Dorothy Thompson and Nehemiah Boynton of Waban wed in Bloomfield Hills Michigan on December 28 with a reception at Cranbrook School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Francis Pierce
Good Neighbor Club
William Marr
Vernon Gray
Dorothy Thompson
Boston
Nehemiah Boynton
Waban
Mass
Christ Episcopal Church
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Boynton
Margaret Spoehr
Pleasant Ridge
Amherst College
Amherst
Robert Reid
Greenfield
Robert Thompson
Charles V. Cluttick, Jr
David M. Seamans
Calvin
Open House Highlights Town School’s Modern Features
Saturday visitors toured the George town school noting its color theme modern lighting heating and spacious classrooms. Local residents Miss Elizabeth Pinkham Bay Point and family visited relatives while Togus veterans and area residents shared weekend activities and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Obituary James C. Love 90 longtime Old Folks Home resident
James C. Love 90 died Wednesday morning after two years of declining health. Born August 3 1857 in Southport he sailed as a cook before working in Bath shipbuilding until retirement. Survived by sister Laura Tewksbury and numerous nieces foes. funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Love
Old Folks Home
Mr. Love
Southport
George
Katherine (Harris) Love
Bath
Robinson Street
Love
Wesley Methodist Church
Laura Tewksbury
Winthrop
Mags
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Oak Grove
Bay Point Community Notes Highlight Local Life
R Grover mail carrier on star route extension 1240 praised for reliable daily mail service despite poor roads. New school building opened Monday amid improved clamming activity on flats between Bay Point and Long Island. Birds and locals figure in day’s tale with a recovering junco and social visits to Navajo and Earl Payson who uses crutches after losing a leg last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Grover
Bay Point
Long Island
Forrest Drake
Walter Cuningham
Alice Hinckley
Cunningham
Earl Payson
Prompt Action Saves North Bath Home from Snowbound Fire
Firefighters from Bath Fire Department led by Chief Richard Frates raced five miles through deep snow to North Bath to battle an upstairs blaze in the John Brown farmell on Ireland road. They quickly connected booster lines, used house water, and contained damage to the upper story and kitchen areas with only minor smoke and water effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richard Frates
Engine Four
John Brown
Mr. Brown
Babb
Ireland Road
Central Station
Clarence Pecci
Frates
Central Fire Station
Brunswick Youth Maurice Tourigny Dies at 17
Maurice Tourigny aged 17 of 28 McLellan Street Brunswick died Thursday in Brunswick. Born in Bath June 30 1931 he moved to Brunswick in 1942 and attended Bath schools. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Emile Tourigny a brother Leo M and two sisters Annette and Pauline. Funeral services were Saturday at nine at St Johns Church Brunswick with burial in St Johns Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Tourigny
McLellan Street
Brunswick
Bath
Emile Tourigny
Leo M
Annette
Pauline
St. John’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Amputation Surgery for Lawrence Jackson of Schenectady
Friends report Lawrence Jackson has undergone leg amputation after months of ill health. He is recovering well at a Bath home where his family has stayed during past years. Jackson, once a top executive with Texas S.S. Co., lived in Bath during that era and has frequently visited local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Jackson
Schenectady
N. Y
Jackson
Texas S.S. Co
Henry C. Wright
Washington Street
Oe Jackson
Bath
Capt Charles Hewitt 96 Kennebec Towboat Captain Dies
Capt Charles E Hewitt 96 veteran towboat captain on the Kennebec river died Thursday at Willowcrest Home Pitts ton after ten months as a patient He lived in Richmond most of his life and later Bath residence His wife Julia Lilly Hewitt died in 1929 He supervised Consolidated and American Ice Companies and served as Sagadahoc deputy sheriff He was eldest Richmond Methodist Church member and held 50 year jewels from Richmond Odd Fellows and Masons He is survived by son Charles E Hewitt Jr of Bath two daughters Lily Sherbourne Portland and Aura Higgins Eliot plus grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services were held at the Richmond Methodist church Saturday at two PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt
Kennebec
Willowcrest
Pittston
Hewitt
Richmond
Julia Lilly Hewitt
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Bath
Capt. Hewitt
Consolidated
American Ice Companies
Sagadahoc
Richmond Methodist Church
Richmond Lodge of Odd Fellows
Richmond Lodge of Masons
He Hewitt
Windsor
Alexander and
Alvira Pierce Hewitt
Lily Sherbourne
Portland
Aura Higgins
Eliot
Death of Donald E Sherman 24 at Gardiner General Hospital
Bath friends mourn Donald E Sherman 24 son of William and Mary Sherman who died after several months illness at Gardiner General Hospital. Born in Portland August 24 1924 he lived in Bath Augusta Pittston and Chelsea. Survived by parents grandparents and several aunts and uncles funeral set Christ Episcopal church Gardiner Thursday at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
William Sherman
Cedar Grove Road
Pittston
Donald E. Sherman
Gardiner General Hospital
Mr. Sherman
Portland
William and
Mary (Lambert) Sherman
High Street
Winship Street
North End
Central Maine Light and Power Co
Augusta
Sherman
Garree High School
Charles Douglas
Chelsea
Christ Episcopal Church
Gardiner
Richmond Man Found Dead In Shed After Apparent Suicide
Harold Castner, 56, of Richmond, was found shot in the head inside a shed behind his home early Monday. A discharged shotgun lay nearby. Medical examiner Dr. E F Pratt ruled death as suicide. Castner had been in ill health and was discovered by a neighbor after his wife awoke to his disappearance and missing shotgun. He is survived by his widow, a brother Earl Castner of Bangor, a son Linwood, and two stepsons Richard and Linwood Grindell, all of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Castner
Richmond
E. F. Pratt
Castner
Earl Castner
Bangor
Linwood
Richard and
Linwood Grindell
William R Dean Dies at 65 in Southern Pines
William R Dean, a longtime Bath resident and former Connecticut resident, died at his home in Southern Pines North Carolina at age 65 after a period of ill health. He was a former mayor candidate and was active in church and civic groups. Surviving are his son John Dean of Albans Long Island a daughter Mrs Clarence Spencer of Scotland Conn and others. Funeral services were held Sunday in Southern Pines with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robert Desin
Southern
N. C
George Dean
Agnes Lat Dean
Pembroke
Bath
Ba’ School
Cornell Unie
Dean
Center
Conn
Pines
Mrs. I
Maine
Sabino
Sabino Meat Association
Mae Ae Jes
Connecticut
J Street
Portland
Neer
Marine Mes
Coane Eral Yeas
Sabine
Meadow
L. I
N. Y
Clarence Spencer
Scotland
John Dean
Albans
Herbert
Mallard
Southern Pines
Stewart A Strout Dies After Short Illness in Portland
Stewart A Strout 36 formerly of Bath died in Portland on December 28 after a short illness. He was born April 18 1911 in Boston son of Walter and Eva F Strout. Survived by his wife Mrs James Potterland three brothers and son George MacKinnon of mouth Mass. Funeral held at Burrell Funeral Home in Bath with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart A. Strout
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Portland
Jin Bosto
Walter
Eva F Strout
James Potterland
George MacKinnon
Mouth
Mass
Burrell Funeral Home
Land
Oak Grove
Death Notice for Martin C Bohley in Palo Alto
Martin C Bohley 38, former Navy construction superintendent at Bath Iron Works in 1937 38, died in Palo Alto. A New York native he resided in Palo Alto since March 1946. Survived by wife Frances Bohley two sons Carl and Peter and mother Mrs Charlotte Bohley. Funeral services were December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Martin C. Bohley
United States Navy
Navy
Bath Iron Works Corp
B N. Y
Bohley
Alto
Frances Bohley
Carl
Peter Bohley
Charlotte Bohley
Totman Men Build Row Boat for Camp Devil
Captain Arthur L. Totman and his son Arthur of Winnegance completed a row boat intended for use at Camp Devil, located just across Brigham's Eve. The project reflects local effort in support of the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Totman
Arthur
Winnegance
Camp Devil
Brigham's Eve
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sew
James P Baker
Ileck
Inter
Street
William Teakles
Setts
William A. Foster
Fames. Ton
RoBert Hassen
Dreagee Mills
Larah
Elmer Purinton
Litchfield
Cpl
Sreeen
Thy Air Corps
Paige
Lackland Air
San Antonio
Tex
T.eens
Soir Terete
Melvin Chase
Otis’Chase
Fort Dix
Fort Va
Bertha
Astrid’ Borjesson
North Estabrook
Fall University of Maine
Giles
Skinner
Henry Densmore
Philip Densmore
Roswell Edegcomb
Thomas
Borigon
Phils
Urice °Delphia
David Mille Miller
Ine Mionald Pushard
Mildred Gilpatrick
Phyllis Choate
R.N
Ber Harbor
Party OF Elks
Sale
Seorgetown
Edward Little Band
Morse High
England
Alfred Back
Elizabeth Pinkham
E. E. Pinkham
Irving Hanna
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Branwell Harford
Franklin Koehlwetter
Bryant Pond
Alice Cromwell
Helen Keehlwetter
North Bath
Charles Hewitt
William R. Dean
Fred S. Curtis & & Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!