Farm Bureau Officers Elected in Richmond Meeting
A joint meeting of the mens and ladies Farm Bureau in Richmond elected Charles Eastman as guest speaker and Charles Wheeler as chairman of the men’s bureau. Officers for the ladies included Mrs. Fred S. Meacham as chairman and Mrs. George Leavitt as secretary. Various plans for the year were laid out and other community activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mens
Ladies Farm Bureau
Mary Wright
Charles Eastman
Mr. Eastman
Maine
Charles Wheeler
Howard Knight
Earl McFee
Charles Leon
Fred S. Meacham
George Leavitt
Rachel Knight
Herbert Anderson
Erland Rogers
Emily Gray
Sagadahoc’s First Woman Legislator Miss Deering
Elizabeth Deering, daughter of Carroll A. Deering of Bath, becomes Sagadahoc’s first woman legislator in the 90th Maine Legislature. She arrives with her mother at Augusta House and aims to focus on education and health committees. She joins fellow women lawmakers Mrs. Neeta Fowles Grady of Whitefield and Miss Ruth Thorndike Clough of Bangor, both Republicans, as they pursue broader participation in state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elford A. Stover
Bath and Sagadahoc
Maine
Sumner Sewall
Elizabeth Deering
Carroll A. Deering
Washington Street
Bath
Sagadahoc
William King
Sagadahoc County
Capitol Hill
Miss Deering
Rep. Deering
Augusta House
N. Gratz Jackson
Gratz
Morse High School
Sargent College
Genesta Chapter
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
South End
Bath and
Deering
Neeta Fow
Grady
Whitefield
Farmington State Normal School
Lincoln County Women's Republican Club
Clough
Bangor
Ann Mullin
Lydia Moses
Miss Clough
Goucher College
University of Maine
University of Puerto
Georgetown residents recall Hartley painting and local history
Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Newman return from a trip via the Big Four line visiting St. Louis museums. They note a Marsden Hartley painting titled Smelt Brook Falls Georgetown Me in St. Louis and recount local family ties to Smelt Brook David and connections to Lewiston and Georgetown histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Newman
Mr. Newman
St. Louis
Boston
Albany
Buffalo
Cleveland
Indianapolis
New York Central
Museum of Fine Arts
Marsden Hartley
Georgetown
Newman
Lewiston
Blake Street
Marsden
Hartley
Corea
Maine
Bath Residents Attend Sewall Inaugural and Reception
Mrs. Thomas F. Cummings and her daughter Betty were among Bath people at the governor Sewall inaugural and the reception hosted by Gov and Mrs Sewall at the Blaine mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Cummings
Betty
Bath
Gov. Sewall
Gov
Sewall
Blaine Mansion
Firemen to Dine at Memorial Turkey Banquet
Bath Memorial Firemen's association completed plans Monday night for the annual turkey banquet to Phoenix at seven o'clock. Each member will pay for his own ticket. The Board of Fire Engineers will be invited to attend as will Dr. David L. Wilson, Rev. Timothy C. Maney and Rev. George B. Wolstenholme. Ex-Chief Engineer Scott Morse may serve as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Firemen’s Association
Phoenix
Board of Fire Engineers
David L. Wilson
Timothy C. Maney
George B. Wolstenholme
Scott Morse
Fine Bath Couple Mark Golden 50th Anniversary
A Bath couple, Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Coombs, celebrate their golden wedding after fifty years of work and service. He led a varied career from clerk in a shoe store to groceryman and gardener at the Old Folks' Home, while she served as Winneganee postmaster and led local auxiliaries. The pair live at the Old Folks' Home with their son Randall D. Coombs and are lauded by friends and the Home's matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fred S. Coombs
Mr. Coombs
Isaiah
Margaret D. Lord Coombs
Davis Hatch
Isaiah Coombs
New England Shipbuilding Co
Fred
Edward A. Farrar
John Cook
Winneganee
Coombs
James and
Evelyn Prescott Jackson
Pitch Pine Hill
Phippsburg
Bath High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Roland Smith
Women’s Auxiliary
First Baptist Church
Randall D. Coombs
Sanders Stephens Wedding in Woolwich
Robert C. Sanders son of Jesse T. Sanders married Marian E. Stephens daughter of Mrs Marian Stephens on January 1 at 3 in the groom’s brother William A. Sanders home 35 Mechanic Street Woolwich. Charles T. Brown officiated the single ring ceremony. The couple were attended by William A. Sanders and Mrs Sanders. The bride cut the cake as families and a few friends gathered. Mr Sanders works in Bath Iron Works tin shop and Mrs Sanders is Morse high school 1940 graduate. they will reside in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Sanders
Jesse T. Sanders
Bath
Marian E. Stephens
Marian Stephens
Woolwich
William A. Sanders
Mrs Troop Purchases Three Story Dwelling on Washington Street
Mrs Florence E Troop buys the three story frame house at 1111 Washington Street from Mr and Mrs Charles W Avery. The property, built for shipbuilder Samuel Sewall, overlooks the river. It had been owned by Dr Seth S Mullin and later by Mrs Mullin who sold to the Averys, who lived there until Mr Avery went to naval service in the Philippines. The dwelling was divided into three apartments, one occupied by Mrs Mullin and one by Mrs Troop. Mrs Troop had previously owned the Edward Sewall house at 1115 Washington Street. During Mr Troop’s absence Mrs Avery resides in Atlantic Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Troop
Charles W. Avery
Washington Street
Samuel Sewall
Seth S. Mullin
Mullin
Blair Couple Returns From New York City Visit
Capt and Mrs William S Blair of 1219 Washington Street have returned after a brief visit in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Blair
Washington Street
New York City
FIVE ISLANDS LIBRARY NEWS AND TOWN NOTES
The Five Islands library has purchased Out of the Fog by Joseph Lincoln Isabel Rorick writes Mr and Mrs Cugat Invitation to Live by Lloyd Douglas Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts and Next to Valor by John Jennings. School reopened Monday after a two week vacation. Some pupils had chicken pox while others stayed home. Miss Laura Harding returned Saturday from vacation in Boothbay. J G Stevens began cutting wood on the Morrill lot. Furniture moved to the Eustis home at Ledgewood. Mr and Mrs Eustis visited from Newton Mass. Vincent Davis was examined for the draft. Snowstorm Saturday was the worst of the winter. The snowplow kept roads clear and the mail was late. Miss Nancy Barter returned to Bath after two weeks with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Vernon E Gray. Irving Pinkham of Richmond visited his brother Maurice and Mrs Pinkham. George Gray and J J Gibson were in Bath Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 5
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Pauline Cronk
Ruie Curtis
Fort Richmond
Charles B. Day
Enterprise Juvenile Grange
New Hall
Enterprise Grange
G. Cleveland Marriner
Freda Hopkins
Richard Parent
Evelyn Hinkley
Community Garden Club
Fred Melvin
Gardiner
District No. 11
Erroll Thompson
IOOF
Rebekah Lodge
Emma All
Mina Floyd
America
Elizabeth Haynes
Vereander Sanford
Sanford
Carolyn B. Harding
Stillwater
Howard Knight
Dale Guiou
Fort Bragg
Ne. Carolina
Clowes Guiou
Frederick Watson
Mary McGinn
Waterville
Florence Young
Everett Stratton
William Skelton
New Hampshire State Normal School
Langdon Road
Richmond
Charles Sylvester
Portland
Otis C. Gray
White Road
Brunswick Hospital
Margaret Wilson
Sisters’ Hospital
Joseph Wilson
Jennie Horne
Elmer
Rochester
New Hampshire
T. H. Wellman
Ted
Wellman
Lewiston
James Poulin
Katherine Cyr
A. S. Cunningham
Joseph Smith
Rudolph
Gardner Hanson
Cambridge
Mass
Howard
First Baptist Church
Winthrop W. Riggs
Riggs
Benjamin Riggs
Robinhood
Marylee
Smith College
Northampton
Shirley Cunningham
Boothbay
Alexander S. Cunningham
Frank S. Heald
Bath
Ernest Heal
Falmouth
Walter F. Powers
Maud I Thayer
West Georgetown
Woolwich
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Thomas N. Williams
Roy Campbell
Winston- Salem
N. C
North Carolina
Seward E. Emmons
Gov. Sewall
Augusta
Joseph FF. Higgins
Joseph Lincoln
Mr. and
Mrs. Cugat
Isabel Rorick
Lloyd Douglas
Oliver Wiswell
Kenneth Roberts
Valor
John Jennings
Laura Harding
J. G. Stevens
Morrill
Five Islands
Eustis
Ledgewood
Newton
Vincent Davis
Nancy Barter
Vernon E. Gray
Irving Pinkham
Maurice Pinkham
Surveyors Work in Maine Central Freight Yard
Surveyors are at work in the Maine Central freight yard where labor has continued through Sunday. Rumors say the railroad plans a new station or relocation to free yard space for Bath Iron Works, possibly building brick with a central heating plant to serve all services. Workmen's cars from the West arrived with the morning freight and were spotted on empty track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Bath Iron Works
New Manager Joins Uptown Theatre Bath
Ralph W. Pinkham named manager of the Uptown theatre Bath replacing Francis J. Gooch who goes to Houlton to run the new theatre there. Pinkham, Boston native, previously led the Temple theatre Houlton Playhouse Montpelier VI and Park theatre Bangor. He and his wife Priscilla McMurray will reside at 161 North Street. They have two sons Ralph Jr. and John H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Pinkham
Temple Theatre
Houlton
Bath
Uptown Theatre
Francis J. Gooch
The
Temple
Pinkham
North Street
Gooch
Boston
Houston
Playhouse
Montpelier
Park Theatre
Bangor
Progressive Grange Richmond Meeting Programs and Change in Office
A Friday Richmond Progressive Grange session featured lecturer Margaret Baker with songs including America the Beautiful and Beautiful Grange That We Love. The program covered 1941 plans, a humorous reading by James Jones, a comic quiz, and closing thoughts by Nellie Sylvester. Mrs Laura Baker resigned as Pomona and Marjorie Curtis was elected to succeed her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Margaret Baker
Grange
America
James Jones
Marjorie Curtis
Nellie Sylvester
Laura Baker
Pomona
Ex Gov Louis J Brawn Joins Boston Law Firm
Tuesday announcements state former Maine governor Louis J. Brawn has joined Ely Bradford Thompson Brown, a Boston firm at 49 Federal Street, specializing in federal court and administrative work. Brawn will maintain an office in Lewiston after admission to the Massachusetts Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Brawn
Maine
Ely
Bradford, Thompson & Brown
Federal Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Bran
Lewiston
Bay State Bar
Stork Arrives in Bath as Baby Comes Before Doctor
In Bath on Sunday morning a seven-pound baby boy was born in a third floor apartment at the Gielstrup building with only the father present. Police officer Doyle and Patrolman Clark hurried to summon a physician and nurse after Lloyd W. Rainey reported the delivery. The newborn, Lloyd W. Rainey Jr., joins parents who recently moved from Leeds and a 18 month old sister Judith Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gielstrup
Center Street
Lloyd W. Rainey
First National Market
Front Street
Byron E. Clark
Ellery E. Doyle
Doyle
Clark
Rainey
Lloyd W. Rainey, Jr
Max Katz Attends Boston Style Show During Visit
Max Katz of 5 Cobb Road is spending a few days in Boston to attend a fashion style show and take in local events during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Katz
5 Cobb Road
Boston
Central League New Year Social at Central Church
The Central League held a New Year's supper and joke tree in the parish house with Mrs. Leonard F. Wetherbee as Santa. Prizes went to Mrs. Horace P. Morse, Mrs. Lawrence S. Lord, Miss Shirley M. Mank, and Mrs. Marilla Tarr. Entertainment was by Mrs. Edward A. Cummings and Mrs. Wetherbee, with a long general committee list. Supper featured chicken salad, peas, potato chips, cake and coffee. A league meeting is planned for next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Santa Claus
Horace P. Morse
Lawrence S. Lord
Shirley M. Mank
Marilla Tarr
Edward A. Cummings
Wetherbee
Gardiner R. Deering
Charles A. Soule
Arthur W. King
Carl E. Stinson
Albert S. Noyes
Bowen Torrey
League
Maine Glee Club Set to Perform in Bath Sunday
University of Maine Men's Glee Club will give a 7:30 concert at Winter Street Church auditorium Bath. Proceeds go to the carpet fund with songs by Beethoven Handel Dvorak Bach Gilbert and Sullivan and others listed by manager Stanley Freedman. Progam includes Holy Art Thou Lost Chord and Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee among sacred and classical selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Glee Club
University of Maine
Bath
Winter Street Church
Winter Street Ladies Aid
New Carpet Fund
Stanley P. Freedman
Beethoven
Protheroe
Handel
Dvorak
Cornell
Britain
Gilbert and Sullivan
Bach
Sullivan
Elect and Install Officers at First Baptist Youth Group
The Baptist Young Folks from First Baptist Church elected and installed officers Monday evening led by Rev. Charles R. Sims as chairman. Officers include Carl Graves president, Mrs. Arthur J. Freeman vice president, Miss Mary L. Oliver secretary, Robert S. Moore treasurer. A covered dish supper preceded the session. Next meeting set for January 15 with Miss Dorothy Cares at 607 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Carl Graves
Arthur J. Freeman
Mary L. Oliver
Robert S. Moore
Charles R. Sims
Harriet Furber
Sims
Irma DD. Groves
Gloria M. Stover
Furber
Eleanor L. Mills
Dorothy Cares
High Street
Mrs Clarence W Morse Heads to New York City
Mrs Clarence W Morse of Washington Street left Monday to spend several days in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Morse
Washington Street
New York City
Josiah Marsh dies from auto crash injuries
Josiah Marsh. 54. Hyde Windlass Co. night foreman, died Saturday night at Sisters Hospital Waterville from injuries after being struck by a car on the Newport road near Clinton. Driver James Glidden of Albion said he did not see Marsh in time to avoid the collision. Survived by wife Mildred Hanson Marsh of New York, son Henry of Brunswick, granddaughter Joan Patricia Marsh, and brother Charles of Dexter. Funeral held Tuesday in Dexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Marsh
Hyde Windlass Co
Sisters Hospital
Waterville
James Glidden
Albion
Marsh
Dexter
Clinton
Newport Road
Gildden
Mildred Hanson Marsh
New York
Henry
Brunswick
Joan Patricia Marsh
Charles
Funeral held for John P. Lorentsen in Revere Mass
John P. Lorentsen 73 died Sunday at his Revere home after a year long illness. The service was Tuesday at the Congregational church in Revere. Born in Denmark he came to the United States at 21 and was a frequent visitor to Bath and West Bath. Survived by his wife five daughters and one son 15 grandchildren and one great grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Lorentsen
Revere
Mass
Lorentsen
Denmark
Bath
West Bath
Nellie Whitmer
Julius Baer
Flushing
N. Y
Death Notices Annie B Lancaster 75 Providence Bath native
Annie B Lancaster died December 23 in Providence Rhode Island at 75 she was a Bath native who lived in Providence 35 years. She resided with sister Julia Hill at 29 Dodge Street and is survived by three other sisters Idella Lancaster Elizabeth Burnham and Caroline Fuller. Funeral held December 26 at Church of the Mediator with Rev Henry Schooley and burial in Oakland Cemetery Edgewood Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Providence
R. I
Annie B. Lancaster
William C
Elizabeth Lancaster
Bath
Julia Hill
Dodge Street
Miss Evelyn Wallace Dies at 26 in Fairfield
Miss Evelyn Wallace 26 of this city died Tuesday noon at Fairfield after a period as patient at Central Maine Sanitorium. Born in Fitchburg Mass she was daughter of the late Stanley B Wallace and Eva Small Wallace of Bath. Survived by three sisters Mrs Charles H Cahill Jr Miss Verna Wallace Bath Miss Frances Wallace Bath and Lewiston and three brothers Stanley B Wallace Syracuse Jack Wallace Portland and Elmer Wallace Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Wallace
Fairfield
Central Maine
Bath
Fitchburg
Mass
Stanley B
Eva
Small) Wallace
Charles H. Cahill
Verna Wallace
Frances Wallace
Lewiston
Stanley B. Wallace
Syracuse
N. Y
Jack Wallace
Portland
Elmer Wallace
Susie E. Gove Dies in Dresden At 64
Mrs. Susie E. Gove widow of Willard E. Gove died Sunday at 5 30 p m at the home of Mrs. George Bailey Call's Hill road Dresden born June 7 1861 in Dresden daughter of Knowles and Elizabeth Holbrook Gahan surviving are a brother Knowles E Gahan of Lockport New York and a sister Mrs Ida Call of Portland Oregon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie E. Gove
Willard E. Gove
Dresden
George Bailey
Call’s Hill Road
Knowles
Elizabeth Holbrook Gahan
Knowles E. Gahan
Lockport
N. Y
Ida Call
Portland
Ore
William H Brackley dies after long illness at 70
William H. Brackley, 70, a retired boilermaker, died Thursday afternoon at his home 2 Huse Street after a long illness. He was born in Bath to Eben and Sophia Dow Brackley. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and a daughter Elizabeth A. Brackley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Brackley
Huse Street
Bath
Eben and
Sophia Dow Brackley
Elizabeth
Elizabeth A. Brackley
Brackley Rites Held at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral for William F. Brackley of 2 Huse Street was held Saturday afternoon at two at Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue of Winter Street officiated. Bearers were Herbert Anderson, George Priery, Charles King, Mathias MacDonald. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Brackley
Huse Street
Curtis Funeral Home
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Herbert Anderson
George Priery
Charles King
Mathias MacDonald
Oak Grove
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Troop
Fine New Theatre
Stork
Seven Pound Boy
Central League
Maine Glee Club
Baptist
Miss Evelyn Wallace
W. H. Brackley Funeral
Fred S. Curtis&cgo
Thomas R. Huston
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