Richmond Groups Tackle Dinner and Local Events
Richmond high school seniors plan a fundraising supper at the Methodist dining hall with co chairs Marguerite Wesley and Iris Nichols. Enterprise Orange Ladies' Aid re elects Mrs Ernest Stewart as president and sets a tasting party for Feb 2 at the grange hall. Hoopsters beat Winthrop 28 25 with Guiou scoring 17. Winthrop girls won 27 8 in the preliminary. Boy Scouts led by Rev Alfred Ives held a Saturday hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Wesley
Iris Nichols
Richmond High School
Methodist
Ernest Stewart
Enterprise Orange Ladies’ Aid
Mabelle Crillen
Ethel Rankin
Wallace Gardner
Spofford
Leon Batchelor
Winnie Waldron
Grange Hall
Winthrop
Guiou
Richmond
Boy Scouts
Alfred Ives
D. of A. W. Hall
Bronson Crispin
Bath
Seventh Day Advent
Methodist Church
Lester Norton
The
Baptist Church
Mt. Carmel
Flora Denham
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Vanessa Beedle
Thomas Hinckley
Grace Purinton Weed
Rule Curtis
Courtney Hinckley
Patricia Duren
Marguerite McGurty
Colleen Hinckley
Theresa Grondin
Gertrude Curtis
Beverly
Cadenelli
Earlene Fisher
Mildred Morris
Ester King
Lois Webber
Florence ,Young
House of David
Maine
Progressive Grange installs officers in Augusta
Charles White and staff presided at a special Wednesday night meeting to install Progressive Grange officers. Assisting were Mr and Mrs Davis of Augusta with Mrs Howard as flag bearer Mrs White as emblem bearer and Mr Howard as regalia. Ceres Florence Wheeler and Flora Eva Libby among the officers. Edward Rideout named to a three year term on the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles White
Augusta
Progressive Grange
White
Davis
Howard
Mr Howard
Raymond Libby
Charles Wheeler
Clair Farmer
Bertha Gray
Richard Thompson
Arthur Pickard
Grace Thompson
Walter Knight
Marshall White
Florence Wheeler
Ceres
Cora Farnum
Pomona
Eva Libby Flora
Lorella Priest
Edward Rideout
Farmers test wooden bushel containers for potatoes
Aroos proposed plan lets farmers ship potatoes in wooden bushel containers. The aim is to attract buyers by appearance and reduce bruising, arguing the spuds will arrive in better condition and appeal more to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Navy planes crash over Borego Valley injures one rescuee
C P Phonephoto radioman Charles Wesley Post of Troutdale Oregon escaped with a slight arm injury after two Navy planes collided in midair over Borego Valley California. He and four others parachuted to safety. One airman, Ames Addison Crowson of Maysville Alabama, was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wesley Post
Troutdale
Ore
Borego Valley
Calif
Ames Addison Crowson
Maysville
Ala
Fraser and Eaton plead guilty in Sagadahoc court
Herbert Fraser and Harold Eaton both of Bath admitted guilt to breaking and entering and larceny for a break in at Emero's Filling Station with about $20 stolen. Separate cases included a cross action about an auto collision between Wylie Fullerton and Carl Cooper. a Woolwich issue urged settlement. and other indictments notable for indeterminate language or errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Fraser
Harold Eaton
Bath
Sagadahoc
Emero
Wylie T. Fullerton
Carl Cooper
Woolwich
George L. Emery
Insurance Company
Harold J. Rubin
Cooper
Pilgrim Chevrolet, Inc
Fullerton
John J. Keegan
Mr. Condon
John P. Carey, Jr
Filmer Geneau
Frank O. Dunton
Geneau
Fred A. Carr
Topsham
Ralph Leavitt
Leavitt
Edward W. Bridgham
Carr
Bridgham
Aldrich
Parish Meeting At Central Church Discusses Pastor Resignation
Central Church members met Monday despite bad weather to review committee reports. Dr. Wilson resigns after 26 years as pastor effective February 1, with no immediate successor chosen. February pulpit supplied by guest preachers. Minor summer church repairs and parsonage upgrades planned at 898 Middle Street. Hon. N Gratz Jackson presided and members suggested future improvements and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Wilson
Middle Street
N. Gratz Jackson
Hi Y Club Elects Officers Monday Night
Hi Y club elected officers to serve until year end: Russell Snell president Bruce Wright first vice president Russell Gasser second vice president Edward Cummings secretary Norman Alkazin treasurer. Club now has over 50 members Stunt night planned next Monday with new members on program committee includes Snell Sturtevant Hamblett McDonald refreshments handled by Alkazin and Cummings Members viewed Laiking movies afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi-Y Club
Russell Snell
Bruce Wright
Russell Gasser
Edward Cummings
Norman Alkazin
Jack Sturtevant
Robert Hamblett
James McDonald
Robert Cummings
Bowdoinham Grange Installs Officers Friday
Merrymeeting grange in Bowdoinham held its officer installation Friday evening with Charles M White of Augusta installing, assisted by Elmer and Mrs. Davis of Capitol grange. Mrs White and Miss Mary Dodge served as regalia bearers, with music by Charles Berry, Roger Robinson, and Frank Carver. A tableaux at the chaplain and lady officers stations followed, then a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Charles M. White
Augusta
Elmer Davis
Capitol Grange
White
Mary Dodge
Charles Berry
Roger Robinson
Frank Carver
Topsham
Caleb Mitchell
Raymond Blodgett
Kenneth Gilpatrick
Lois Pratt
Should Intelligent People Read Novels Lecture at Bates College
Novelist and biographer Rollo Waller Brown will discuss the difference between flims and true art in a lecture titled Should Intelligent People Read Novels. The Bates College event, part of the current concert-lecture series, notes Brown's long tenure as professor and his Ohio upbringing shaping his fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollo Waller Brown
Bates College Chapel
Brown
Ohio
Death of Mrs Edith W Trafton 36 Georgetown
Mrs Edith W Trafton 36 of Rackleff Street Portland died Friday at Osteopathic hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday in Portland with interment at Oak Cemetery Georgetown. Numerous relatives and friends attended. Also notes on local residents Emma Billings Natt Howe and Thomas M Hagan in recovery or activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Oliver
Charles L. Blaisdell
Bath
Rudolph Trafton
George Powers
Robinhood
Walter Powers
Georgetown
New York
Emma Billings
Natt Howe
Benny Goodman Swing Orchestra at Strand Portland
Benny Goodman and his swing orchestra play the Strand Theatre in Portland for one week starting January 21 1949 in person. The show features Gene Shelton Loretta Fisher Gloria Day and acts including Damon Runyon's Great American Story with stars Lewis Stone Ann Sothern Walter Brennan and William Gargan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Goodman
Strand Theatre
Portland
New York
Carnegie Hall
Goodman
Paul Whiteman
Gene Sheldon
Loretta Fisher
Gloria Day
Damon Runyon
Joe
Ethel Turp
President
Lewis Stone
Ann Sothern
Walter Brennan
William Gargan
Pirates of Nassau Shape Early Bahamas History
The Bahamas saw repeated invasions and piracy as England Spain and France vied for control. Blackbeard operated from New Providence while Woodes Rogers arrived in 1718 to curb piracy and establish Nassau as a colonial capital under George I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
New World
England
France
Spain
Nassau
Bahamas
Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
Elizabeth
Charles I
William III
Prince of Orange
New Providence
Blackbeard
Woodes Rogers
Rogers
George I
Capital Y Men's Singing Club Concert At Cony High
The Capital Y Men's Singing Club with 55 voices directed by Erle B. Renwick of Readfield will perform classic and semi classic music at Cony High School auditorium on Tuesday evening January 23 with Leo K. Andrews as organist and pianist accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital “Y
Cony High School
Erle B. Renwick
Readfield
Leo K. Andrews
Legion Auxiliary Joke Tree Raises Funds for Storm Windows
The American Legion and Auxiliary held their annual joke tree event at Legion hall. A gift from the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Post helped pay for new storm windows on the north side of the building. The party included Santa, gifts, crabmeat lunch, games, and dancing with Cliff Leeman's orchestra. The next Legion dance is planned for Friday night January 19 with Miles Hagan as chairman and Gardiner Rogers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Santa Claus
Owen
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Legion
Miles Hagan
Gardiner Rogers
Cliff Leeman
Co-Workers Class Holds Christmas Meeting at Parsonage
The Co-Workers Class of First Baptist held its annual Christmas tree and gift exchange at the parsonage on North Street. 82 calls were reported for the last month. supper duties and entertainment for the February meeting were assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
North Street
Bernice Oliver
Helen Hall
Eleanor Mills
Ora Dauphin
Lottie Eaton
Lizzie Haggett
Alice Smith
Elizabeth Moore
Evelyn Sotheard
Lila Place
Helen Pratt
Cleora Coombs
Julia Haggett
Laura Harrington
Mary Sims
Helen Overman
Benjamin Woodside
Maude Hartleb
Julia Worrey
Rose Wade
Effie Legard
Elsie Crosby
Florence Martin
Harriet Wright
Julia Moore
Mary Pratt
Mabel Lake
Jessie Erskine
Louisa Carter
Mabel Reid
Marjorie Stover
Nella Stover
Albert Kuzel
Colby Students Present Evening Fireside Program
Two Colby college students led a Sunday Fireside club program on Winter Street. Marilyn Ireland read devotional prose and poetry and performed Bliss Carman and other works. Madelyn Hinckley sang solos with Ireland at the piano. future program duties were announced for Warren Higgins and John Kimble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College
Winter Street Fireside Club
Marilyn Ireland
Thomas A Kempis
Bliss Carman
Madelyn Hinckley
Miss Ireland
Schubert
Donald McKellar
Warren Higgins
John Kimble
Popham Cottages Endangered By Southeast Storm
A southeast storm drove an unusually high tide at Popham Beach washing away three posts of a cottage pier and shattering windows. Coast Guard crews patrolled the beach amid rough surf and near zero visibility seeking distress calls and checking for further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Tax Return Assistance Available at Post Office
A deputy collector of the Internal Revenue department will be in Room 24 at the Post Office building from March 1 through March 15 to help taxpayers prepare their returns. Service is free for those meeting income thresholds, including single filers with net income $1000+ or cross income $504+ or married filers not living with spouse, plus married filers living with spouse with net income $2500+ or cross income $504+.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Department
Post Office Building
Noa
Palm Beach angler wins eight foot sailfish
The 1940 Palm Beach fishing outing produced a notable catch as Mrs. Charles FE Barry of Kennebunk reeled in an eight foot sailfish during a trip with Capt. DeWitt Up the grove on the Howdee. She fished with her husband Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Lavery of Columbus Ohio and Col A Potapoff of Palm Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beaches
Charles FE. Barry
Kennebunk
DeWitt
Howdee
G. L. Lavery
Columbus
Ohio
Col. A. Potapoff
Palm Beach
Five Islands tidy up activities and shore work updates
George Gray and men cut ice on Mac Mahan Island Friday and Saturday. Landscape gardener Herbert George from Newton Massachusetts visited with Sedge mere property buyers Warner Eustis and crew including William Marr Franz Stevens Lloyd Pinkham and James Stevens. The group plans return next month for more work with Franz Stevens in charge. After a heavy Friday snow storm the youth performed skits as the snow lasted. Library Auxiliary met with Miss Madeline Berry and Mrs Mabel Dickey for sewing and social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gray
MacMahan Island
Herbert George
Newton
Mass
Sedgemere
Warner Eustis
William Marr
Franz Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
James Stevens
George
Library
Madeline Berry
Mabel Dickey
Islands
Corliss Street
Bath
Fred Carr
Russell Harford
Lawrence Bailey
Allie Carr
Victor Pinkham
Portland
Five Island
Fire Department
Good Neighbor Club
Richard Potter
Five Islands
New England Grange Leaders Plan Big 1941 Conference in Boston
New England states report steady Grange gains and high ritual and community work. A January 27 conference in Boston led by National Master Louis J. Taber aims to chart a full year of New England Grange activity and preparations for the November 1941 Diamond Jubilee convention likely to draw about 25,900 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston
Louis J. Taber
Columbus
Ohio
National Grange
Hartford
Sagadahoc Grange Installs Officers at Bowdoin Center
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin Center held its officer installation Saturday evening with county deputy Lorenzo Masse of Brunswick as installing officer. He was assisted by friends from Brunswick. Mrs Marshall Merrymann acted as chaplain pro tem. Music by Louise Goodrich with Mrs Lorenzo Masse as pianist. A banquet followed the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Lorenzo Masse
Brunswick
Marshall Merrymann
Itouise Goodrich
Banat
Bears Return Near Whiting Trescott Den Sightings
Fall bears emerge near the Whiting Trescott boundary with sightings by hunters and locals. Reports say a den lies high on a snow covered ledge within reach of Whiting Corner, with a breathing space visible when snow melts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiting
Trescott
Merit
Moo
Wittier
Bie
Wilcox Settlement
McIntosh
Whiting Corner
Notable Maine educator Mrs. Winona T. Stinson dies at 59
Mrs. Winona Tilton Stinson 59 longtime Bath resident and former dean of Mount Ida Junior College Newton Mass died Tuesday after months of illness. Born in Norway Maine she led the South End PTA pioneer chapter in Maine and served as Maine state secretary of the National League for Women's Service during World War I. She taught at The Bath Daily Times Wellesley Public Schools Utica and Mount Ida before retiring to New Hampshire and later burial at Woodlawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Tilton Stinson
Mount Ida
Bath
South End
Bertrand Eaton
Boston
Prince School of Education
Harry O. Stinson
P. T.A
Hose Co
Marshall Street
Stinson
Katherine Gibbs
Public
Wellesley
Mass
Utica
Utica County Day School
N. Y
Mount Ida Junior College
Newton
Marot Junior College
Thompson
Short & Williams
Allston
Woodlawn
Martin Wyman longtime Small Point merchant dies
Martin Wyman 81 life long farmer and Small Point resident died Tuesday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital after heart ailment and complications. He owned a store since 1910 and served as selectman postmaster and school board member. Survived by six sons and three daughters. Funeral Friday at Curtis funeral home in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wyman
Small Point
Phippsburg
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Wyman
Board of Selectmen
Wilbur H
Asa C
Swanton H. Wyman
Ernest Rogers
Leon Eaton
Bath
Emma N. Wyman
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Mrs Green's Funeral Held for Catherine B Green
The funeral for Catherine B wife of Herbert F P Green was held Monday afternoon at two at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street. Rev Joseph Q C Purdue of Winter Street Church officiated with bearers Langdon Robert John and Leland Green. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine B
Herbert FP. Green
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Joseph QC
Purdue
Winter Street
Langdon
Robert
John
Leland Green
Oak Grove
Coffin Funeral Held At Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral for Philip S. Coffin was held Wednesday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street with Rev. Jesse Kenderdine of Beacon Street Church officiating. The body will be shipped Thursday morning to Dover-Foxcroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip S. Coffin
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street Church
Dover-Foxcroft
Funeral for fisherman Fred Alexander held after pneumonia
Fred Alexander, aged fisherman, died of pneumonia Monday morning. His funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon in the chapel at Sebasca. Leap Year events at Bates College featured a reversed dating custom with coeds asking men for dances. Herman E. George, 75, son of res H Creorge of South Paris, reportedly the oldest Maine-born man, died at his home in Hebron after a long farm life and membership in the Grange and Knights of Pythias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Alexander
Sebasca
Bates College
Bates
Herman E. George
Res H Creorge
South
Paris
Maine
Hebron
al- Wass
The
Grange and Knights of Pythias
William A. McKenney 85 prominent Boston businessman dies
William A. McKenney, 85, longtime Bath acquaintance and summer resident at Paradise Point Lin ekin Bay Boothbay, well known for yachting, first commodore of Linekin Bay Yacht club and visitor with his Nohoko. He co founded McKenney and Waterbury, led Boulevard Trust Co. and served as director of New Ocean House and Boston Acceptance Corp. Survived by two nieces including Marion F. Chick of Brookline who summers at Paradise Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. McKenney
Boston
Bath
Paradise Point
Linekin Bay
Boothbay
Marion F. Chick
Brookline
Death of Mrs Edith Trafton in Portland Hospital
Mrs Edith Trafton 38 wife of Rudolf Trafton of Portland died Friday morning after a three week illness with complications. She was a Massachusetts native survived by husband Donald 8 and Cynthia Ann 4 children, mother Elizabeth Workman Cambridge and sister Mrs Guy Jones Belmont. Funeral Sunday at Hay & Peabody Portland with prayers at Georgetown Center church and burial in Georgetown Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith W. Trafton
Rackleff St
Portland
Osteopathic Hospital
Rudolph H. Iton
Howard M. Trafton
Hay & Peabody Funeral
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Gardner Hanson
Cambridge
Mass
Guy Jones
Belmont
Stella Workman
Brookline
Norman
Bowdoin College
Oscar Bloomquist
Laconia
N. H
Marguerite Morrison
Roy M. Trafton
Leominster
Rudolph Trafton
Howard Trafton
Edith Trafton
Rudolf Trafton
Georgetown Center
Philip S. Coffin Dies at 61 in Bath Iron Works
Philip S. Coffin 61 died suddenly Sunday night at Bath Iron Works where he worked as a machinist in maintenance. A Burlington native, son of Charles M. Coffin and Caroline Cookson, he lived in Dover-Foxcroft 25 years before moving to Bath four years ago. Survived by wife Ethel Hall Coffin, two daughters Pauline and Phyllis, two brothers Charles F. and Leon S., two sisters Mary Pullen and Margaret Bolger. His only son died in a drowning two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip S. Coffin
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mr. Coffin
Burlington
Charles M
Caroline Cookson Coffin
Dover-Foxcroft
Bath
Crone Lodge of Odd Fellows
Ethel Hall Coffin
Pauline M
Phyllis A
Charles F
Hermon
Leon S
Passadumkeag
Mary Pullen
Boston
Margaret Bolger
Augusta
Catherine B Green Dies After Long Illness
Catherine B. Green 63 wife of Herbert F. Green died Friday at home 390 Front Street Bath after a ten year illness. She was born in Rockland daughter of Marston and Julia Woodman and came to Bath 15 years ago from Boston. She leaves husband, one son Walter M. Green of South Boston and one brother Marston W. Woodman of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine B. Green
Herbert F. Green
Front Street
Rockland
Marston
Julia Cates Woodman
Bath
Boston
Walter M. Green
South Boston
Marston W. Woodman
Portland
Miss Helmi Miete Dies at 25 in Lewiston Hospital
Miss Helmi Ellen Matilda Miete aged 25 of Anna died Thursday at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston after six years as a patient in the Central Maine Sanitarium. She is survived by her father Otto Miete two sisters and four brothers. The funeral was held Saturday at 1 30 p m at her father’s home with Rev. George T Chiera of St Philips church Wiscasset officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Helmi
Ellen Matilda Miete
Anna
Central Maine
Otto Miete
George T. Chiera
St. Philips Church
Wiscasset
Fisherman Frederick Alexander Dies in Bath Hospital
Frederick Alexander, a well known Basin district fisherman from Phippsburg, died early Monday in Bath hospital from pneumonia and chronic heart trouble. He was in his late seventies and had entered the hospital on January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Alexander
Basin
Phippsburg
Bath Memoral Hospital
Alexander
Mrs Hattie Silsby of Bath Dead at 80 in Boston
Mrs Hattie Silsby widow of George T Silsby a former Bath sailmaker died in Boston City Hospital aged 80. Ms F Brown of Cambridge Mass visited Bath on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werd
Boston City Hospital
Hattie Silsby
George T Sllsby
Bath
M F. Brown
Cambridge
Mass
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Eaton
Legion-Auxiliary
Co-Workers’ Class Monthly Meeting
COLBY
Popham
Percy MacGillivary
Grange
Winona T. Stinson
P.T.A
Mrs. Green
Philip IS
Ss Funeral
Fred Alexnander
Linekin Bay Yacht Club
Bath Iron Works
E. M. Miete
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Center Street
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