Richmond clubs and society notes batch
Richmond firemen Auxiliary hosted members and guests for a supper after a business meeting with officers reelected. Mt. Carmel Chapter OES installed officers, and a semi public installation is planned. A Bay Shore wedding in Bay Shore New York bonds two local families as L Gardner Jr. marries Doris Bechtel. Community groups elect officers, plan events, and host social gatherings in early year.
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George Hoyt
Wesley Webber
Harold Harford
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Hoyt
Mt. Carmel
O.es
Priscilla Chipman
George Sanford
Gwendolyn Douglass
Myron Douglass
Margaret Duren
Hazel Libby
Margaret Borjesson
Enterprise Grange Aid
Della Grondin
Main Street
Grondin
Merle Harrington
Gertrude Gardner
Ethel Rankins
Secetary
Fort Richmond
D.A. R
Winifred Roberts
Harold Bates
Louise Shepard
Leon Shepard
Harold Ames
Fred Duren
David Ames
Courtney Hinkley
Ruth Robinson
Dirigo Court
the Amaranth
Bath
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Winfield Hall
Legion Auxiliary reports national citation in 1949 drive
Emerson-Lane Post Auxiliary of the American Legion announced a national citation for the unit in the 1949 membership drive as part of a dinner after the drive ends February 3. The article also lists local personal items and visits, births, and hospital attendances.
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Robert Sidelinger
William Ommons
Clyde McFee
James Carr
Emerson-Lane Post Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion Hall
Bath smelt fishermen seek repeal of $3 license fee bill
Bath representative J Horace McClure files a bill in the 94th Maine legislature to abolish the $3 license for selling smelts caught in tidal waters by hook and line. Fishermen complain the fee is a hardship and protests grew when the provision appeared in a previous measure. McClure says legislators largely favor striking the fee and fishermen await action.
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Bath
Maine
J. Horace Mcc Clure
McClure
New Meadows Lake Boating On The Rise
Bowdoin College trustees approve funds for Bowdoin Sailing Club to buy dinghies at New Meadows Lake between the old and new bridges. The club, winner of the New England dinghy title at Mystic Lake last spring, plans a boat house and floats this summer on the site.
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New Meadows
Bull Rock
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin Sailing Club
Bowdoin
New England
Mystic Lakes
West Medford
Mass
Dresden Superintendent Stanwood Gilman Visits Elementary Schools
Dresden Superintendent Stanwood C. Gilman visited the local elementary schools, meeting staff and students during a day of tours and observations. He spoke with principals, inspected classrooms, and outlined goals for improving elementary programs.
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Stanwood C. Gilman
Bath Iron Works retiree ends 51 years of service
Frank J. Farrin of Bath retires from Bath Iron Works after 51 years as a chipper and caulker. A lifelong Bath resident, Farrin leaves with shop friends presenting him with smoking accessories as thanks for his long career.
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Frank J. Farrin
Green Street
Bath Iron Works
Farrin
Bath
Iron Works
Georgetown community calendar notes many local events
Readable items describe a Working League meeting at Robinhood hosted by Mrs. Roland E. Peterson, a $100 gift to Georgetown school, a chimney fire at the Methodist parsonage, a First Baptist choir rehearsal at the Graffams, and a PTA food sale at Five Islands. The report lists numerous visits, family gatherings, travel to Bath and Morse High, and local civic activities involving residents and neighbors.
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Roland E. Peterson
Robinhood
Georgetown
George M. Kahr
Five Islands
Virgil Stevens
First Baptist Church
Robert Graffam
West Georgetown
Farm Bureau
PTA
Mark Hanna
Bath
Ralph Davis
Terry Davis
Maureen Davis
J. A. Bean
Lexington
Mass
Allan Bean
May I. Bouton
St. Louis
Beatrice Bouton
Eugene Reynolds
Doris
Beverly Rittall
Morse High
Morse
Rockland
Miss Rittall
Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Lions
YMCA
Jack
Horace Lee
Lee Cottage
MacMahon
John Lee
Horace
Portland
George Powers
Cleves Henderson
Gordon Theological School
Boston
Russell Sturmer
Arrowsic
Roland Peterson
Charley Howe
Andover
Westport
Howe
Peterson
Myers Thread Mill
Lowell
Stanley Kosalka
Edwin Hussa
New York City
MacMahan
Edward C. Clarey
William Bisseth
Clement MacMahan
Vincent
Grace Fullerton
Laskey
Aubrey Fullerton
Rickey Kosalka
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alfred Rowe
March of Dimes
Joseph Higgins
Grand Jury
Vernon E. Gray
Melvin Cunningham
Harry L. Horre
Frank Brown
Private Ferris arrives at Sheppard Air Force Base
Pvt. Bernard L. Ferris son of Mr and Mrs L B Ferris of Richardson street has arrived at Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls Texas He is assigned to the 3753 Training Squadron Flight 285.
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Bernard L. Ferris
L. B. Ferris
Richardson Street
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Texas
Bath to vote on new school district plan and bonds
State acts favorably on creating Bath School District allowing a referendum for final city decision. The plan aims to borrow for new classrooms at Huse school and to close Center Street and Central Grammar schools as outmoded. District trustees would be elected, bonds issued up to 30000?400000, and district taxes added to the city tax roll until debts are paid.
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Bath
Board of Education
Center Street
Central Grammar
Huse
Maine
City of
Board of Trustees
Five Islands Club Meets for Social and Health Programs
Five Islands Good Neighbor club held a Tuesday meeting at the clubhouse with a short business session and social evening. Members planning a home nursing course, and Red Cross first aid book reviews were noted. Several local residents and students attended church and social events, with updates on illness, surgeries, and community activities.
Open House at Dike P T A to feature student work
The Dike P T A hosts an open house Thursday at 7 30 PM. Teachers will meet parents and display student work while Frank Ozella chairs the program. State Trooper Frank W Powers will discuss highway safety during a short Q and A. An executive meeting precedes the event and refreshments are provided by junior primary mothers.
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Dike P.T.A
Frank Ozella
Frank W. Powers
Publishers propose self censorship for comic books
A three educator committee plans to steer comics toward educational and moral content to avoid government censorship. Leaders John Wade Ordway Tead and Charles Gosnell back a program to curb objectionable material. Police in Bangor and nearby cities consider withdrawing such comics from shelves amid rising juvenile crime concerns.
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John Wade
New York City
Ordway Tead
Frank L. Moriarty
Bangor
Bath City Retains Trees at Lovers Retreat After Private Lumbering
City officials state no resumption of tree cutting along North Bath highway known as Lovers Retreat. Ralph Mittendorf says trees cut were on city property within a 40 foot right of way. Deeds from 1907 and 1910 show trees to remain standing and transfer to Bath, supporting city authority.
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Ralph F. Mittendorf
Bath
Mittendorf
Harold M. Sewall
Sagadahoe County Register of Deeds Office
Sewall
Archibald M Main Elected President of First Radio Parish Church
Archibald M Main of Bath and director of the Maine Port Authority was elected president at the annual meeting of the First Radio Parish Church of America held Monday in Portland.
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Archibald M. Main
Bath
Maine Port Authority
First Radio Parish Church of America
Portland
George A Tobey 83 dies after long Bath service
George A Tobey 83 of Bath died Tuesday morning after a short illness at his home 20 Western Avenue. He was born April 29 1865 in Bath son of James and Lucy Tobey. A lifelong Bath resident he served as a coachman for Albert H Shaw and later for Mrs. Kimball totaling 62 years with the Shaw family. He is survived by his widow Alice Stevens Tobey a sister a son a daughter a grandson and a great granddaughter along with several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be Thursday at two from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Laforest Hodgkins officiating Burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
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George A. Tobey
Western Avenue
Mr. Tobey
Bath
James
Lucy Overlook Tobey
Albert H. Shaw
Frederick H. Kimball
Shaw
Albert H
Milton G. Shaw
Maine
High Street
High and
Center Streets
Hotel Sedgwick
Tobey
Kimball
Alice Stevens Tobey
Samuel R. Percy
Hiram A. Tobey
Wakefield
Mass
Harold S. Avery
Harold S. Avery, Jr
Diane Elaine Avery
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Death notice for Mrs Mary Mabey in Malden Mass
Mrs Mary Mabey of Malden Massachusetts, born in Sackville New Brunswick, died January 15. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Barnes and wife of Ernest Mabey. Survived by five sons three daughters several grandchildren three sisters and one brother. Burial at Malden.
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James L. MacNeil
Pine Street
Mary Mabey
Malden
Mass
Mabey
Joseph Barnes
Sackville
N. B
Ernest Mabey
Ella Orr
Moncton
Florence Barnes
James MacNeil
Bath
Miller Barnes
Bridgeport
Conn
Morse High seniors fair draws strong support for Washington trip
Enthusiasm for the 49ers Fair by Morse High School seniors and parents grows. Proceeds fund a class trip to Washington DC in spring. New chairs include Mrs Emerton Gross for samples, Mrs J C Footer for rummage, Mrs Lillian Johansen for grab bags, and Mrs Cecil Rowland for candy. Fair runs February 24 to 26 with a waste paper drive Monday and Tuesday.
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Morse High School
Washington, D. C
Bernard L., Knight
Knight
Emerton Gross
J. C. Footer
Lillian Johansen
Cecil Rowland
Car! Kronstrand
Obituary Mrs Ruth H Grevers Dies Unexpectedly in Cleveland
Mrs Ruth Hutchins Grevers 45 wife of a Hearst magazine executive died unexpectedly Tuesday in a Cleveland hospital after a week unconsciousness. Born in Phippsburg Center she lived in Meadowbrook Bath with her husband and daughter Susan. She leaves a brother W Stanley Hutchins two aunts Mrs Gardiner D Rogers and Mrs Carrie Little a niece nephew and several cousins.
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Ruth Hutchins Grevers
Cleveland
Ohio
Grevers
Hearst Magazine
Don Black
Phippsburg Center
Walter L
Martha Cutting Hutchins
Mrs Lucretia A Haley Rites Noted In Bath Area
Mrs Lucretia A Haley 84 died Thursday morning in Kittery where she had lived with her son Raymond M Haley for four years Ill health had lasted over a year She was born in West Bath March 5 1865 daughter of John and Nancy Wyman Mitchell last of nine siblings Her husband Milton R Haley died in 1912 She lived in Bath since 1908 and joined Beacon Street Methodist church and Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters as one of its oldest members
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Lucretia A. Haley
Bath
Kittery
Raymond M. Haley
Haley
West Bath
John
Nancy Wyman Mitchell
Milton R. Haley
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Death of Alice Mary Belanger 44 in Brunswick home
Alice Mary Belanger aged 44 died at her parents' Cumberland street residence in Brunswick after a long illness. A Bath resident for 25 years, she belonged to St. John's church and the Society of Children of Mary. Survived by her parents Leon and the late Mary Belanger, two brothers Leon Belanger Jr and Joseph Belanger, and six sisters Lillian Perkins Jennie Belanger Laura Bergeron Rose Caron Rita St Pierre and Sarah Snowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Mary Belanger
Leon Belanger
Cumberland Street
Brunswick
Bath
St. John’s Church
Society of Children of Mary
Leon Belanger, Jr
West Bath
Joseph Belanger
Bluff Road
Lillian Perkins
Jennie Belanger
Center Street
Laura Bergeron
Rose Caron
Rita St. Pierre
Sarah Snowden
Funeral for Mrs William A Grevers
Funeral services for Mrs. William A. Grevers were held Monday at 2 PM at the Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence on High Street with Rev. Joseph O Purdue officiating. Bearers were James Jenkins James Little Allen Little Charles Haggett Carl Anderson and Maurice Libby. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove cemetery.
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William A. Grevers
Arthur F
Army recruiting offers two one year enlistment slots
Sgt. Roy E. Morin announced two vacancies for 18 year olds to enlist for one year. Continental service is guaranteed in this classification, meaning they will not be sent overseas during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Morin
S. Army
Continental Service
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